Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 489

Hong Chengchou entered Cangzhou City and began a hunger strike.

He didn't pay attention to Tu Guobao anymore, didn't say a word to him, and didn't eat anymore, as if he wanted to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty. When Tu Guobao saw this, he didn't bother to waste his words, but he just told his soldiers to watch out.

Winning Hong Chengchou is the biggest gain after landing this time, but it is idle to be idle while hugging grass and beating rabbits. It is also a surprise to win Cangzhou City. Such a big city is still an important city of canals and Luyan, so it cannot be done in vain. .

"Uncle, is Hong Chengchou unwilling to surrender?"

Tu Guobao scratched his head, "I guess he has no face, maybe he can't change it for a while, let him let him go for a few days. How is the harvest?"

"Fat, big fortune, just after interrogating Wang Wenyuan and Zhang Xuan, before Hong Chengchou left Beijing, he sent a flag officer to pass an order to prepare salt and grain here, and specially summoned those Changlu salt merchants to order them As for donating money, Zhang Xuan transferred a lot of He Dao soldiers and Yun Ding, if we hadn't played Hong Chengchou's banner, it would be really impossible to win Cangzhou City."

When Tu Guobao heard this, he immediately regained his spirits.

"Hurry up, it's not suitable to stay here for long!"

Only 500 of them landed from the seashore. During this period of time, they ran here and there, attracting many salt dealers, bandits, rebels, and hungry people. A stronger green battalion may be surrounded and wiped out.

Tu Guobao came out this time to show his loyalty to Emperor Shaotian first, but the premise was to guarantee his own life, and he didn't come here to die.

Yamen Flower Hall.

All the Cangzhou civil and military officials, gentry tyrants, and salt merchants who were high-sounding half a day ago are all crowded inside in a panic and panic, and all of them have even taken off their hats.

Tu Guobao murdered people, so he cut off their braids. At this time, all of them were disheveled, like a mourning concubine, and their official robes were also taken off. They only wore a white shirt, and followed the mourning in the hall. Same.

Armored soldiers with guns and knives stood at the door, staring at them.

The people in the hall were terrified and did not dare to talk nonsense, they were all waiting for the unknown unknown.

"Governor of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs in Tianjin, and the Chief Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, have arrived!"

The guard suddenly shouted loudly outside.

The lifeless people in the hall immediately stood up as if their tails were burned, and looked at the door anxiously.

The door opens.

Tu Guobao came in with his generals and soldiers.

"Hello everyone, sit down, sit down!"

Everyone looked at Tu Guobao in fear, and there were some who knew Tu Guobao before, such as Xunyan Zhang Xuan, and several of Hong's staff.

Seeing this guy who used to start as a private salt dealer, and later became a water bandit in Taihu Lake. After being recruited by Hong Chengchou, he joined the army and became a lieutenant all the way.

At this time, he was wearing a cotton armor, with a big knife hanging from his waist, and he was triumphant.

"Everyone here, some of you know Tu, and some don't. Let me make a formal self-introduction. I'm Tu Guobao, from Shanxi. Like everyone else, I went through a detour and surrendered to the Manchurians, but after I lost my way, I turned around and returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway. Fortunately, Long Live God ignored the past, and Shengming was kind and still entrusted him with important tasks. This time he led his troops as the advance of the Northern Expedition. , is also specially here to meet old benefactor Hong Gongzu."

"Everyone may not know that Hong Gongzu has been in Cao Ying since he was defeated and captured in Liaodong.

"Last year, Grandfather Hong appeased Jiangnan, and then managed Huguang. Why do you think that Jiangnan and Huguang were corrupted and completely corrupted last year?"

"To be honest, it's not only because there is a Yan Wogong in the south of the Yangtze River, but also because Hong Gongzu has been secretly enlightened, so the deployment of the tartars in the south of the Yangtze River and Huguang fell into the hands of the Lord Long Live, so they were defeated everywhere. Let's go."

"Why do you think I just happened to appear in Cangzhou? Why do you think you are here? It's all because Hong Gongzu summoned me here."

The crowd was stunned.

"Grandfather Hong has long been secretly appointed Governor of Zhili by Long Live God, Governor of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan provinces. Minister of Jiabing Department, Yushi of Youdu, Governor of Shuntian, River Channel and Changlu Salt Administration, Admiral of Military Affairs and Food and Pay also."

Zhou Yuji and other Hong Chengchou's aides looked at the Tu national treasure, half disbelieving in their hearts.

But others were dubious, and some people even believed in it. Otherwise, why did the Tu national treasure just appear, or did they cheat Cangzhou on Hong Chengchou's boat?
"Everyone, this is a list of rewards and rewards for a certain person who was personally summoned by the sage when he was traveling northward from Dengzhou. According to the list recommended by Hong Gongzu, everyone listen carefully."

"Zhang Xuan was appointed as the right deputy capital censor, the prime minister Changlu, Lianghuai, and Shandong Sanyan Transportation Department, and also managed the Beihe River."

"I confer on Wang Wenyuan as governor of Baoding!"

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Tu Guobao read a long list of seals. Zhang Xuan, who was originally a seventh-rank salt inspector, was directly promoted to a third-rank official in the Salt Inspection Department, and he was in charge of three salt areas.

And Wang Wenyuan, who was originally a third-rank salt transport envoy, was directly promoted to governor of Baoding.

The other people in the hall, this one was promoted to be a political envoy, that one was appointed as an inspector, these few were appointed sub-inspectors, and those few were appointed prefects.

Even many gentry and salt merchants were conferred with official positions.

Hong Chengchou's staff team has at least a fifth-rank official position.

The people whose names were read were stunned when they heard their official positions, while those who hadn't read their names were full of anticipation and nervousness.

After the last name was pronounced, everyone fell into a strange mood.

Everyone looked at this national treasure who claimed to be the governor of Tianjin, and didn't know how to express it.

At this time, even Zhou Shizhong and Hong's confidantes and staff couldn't help thinking, could it be that Hong Chengchou really had a secret light early on?
He has just been awarded a long reed patrol salt and river management, only seventh rank, but it is a very hot job.

"Where is Master Hong?"

Zou Zhuoming, who had just been appointed as the sub-inspector of Qinghe Road, still felt that something was wrong. They were Hong Chengchou's confidantes. It is already transparent.

"Grandfather Hong is writing a memorial for the emperor. In addition, he accidentally fell into the river and caught a cold, so he will not come here for the time being."

Zou Zhuoming has not forgotten how Tu Guobao led troops to attack them on the canal before, and the scene of swords, arrows, guns and guns, blood and flesh flying all over the place, and even Hong Chengchou himself raised his sword to fight on the deck, and finally the soldiers were defeated and thrown into the water .

Why do you say that it is already clear now?

Or the governor of Ming Zhili?This is impossible!
Zhang Dade secretly tugged at Zou Zhuoming's sleeve. In fact, others might believe Tu Guobao's words, but they, Hong Chengchou's confidantes, who would believe such nonsense, especially after the canal attack just now.

Zhang Dade is Hong Chengchou's undercover staff officer, a strategist who is good at making plans, and his mind is very clever. At the beginning, Hong Chengchou heard that he was good at strategy, but he personally visited the thatched cottage and asked him to come out to assist him.

Will he fail to see the problem?
Tu Guobao's words are full of loopholes.

But because it was all flawed lies, he knew the truth early on. The truth is that Tu Guobao, Hong Chengchou's old department, surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, and then brought a troop from Dengzhou to land near Cangzhou to investigate Knowing that Hong Chengchou and the others were passing by, they were robbed halfway, and then used their boat and flag to swindle into Cangzhou. It was not a coincidence, but they came prepared.

The so-called governor of Tianjin, Tu Guobao, may be true, but it is absolutely impossible for Hong Chengchou to be transparent in secret, let alone the governor of Zhili in the Ming Dynasty.

Tu Guobao said so much here, and the official positions he conferred are also very problematic.

Because many official positions are not in line with their identities, and even those salt merchants are appointed officials. How can there be such a conferment?

Therefore, there will be situations where the original third-rank official still confers the third rank, but the seventh rank confers the third rank, and the fifth rank is granted for nothing.

Why Tu Guobao did this can be understood after a little thought, but it was just a trick. In the final analysis, he was still just a partial division of the Ming army.

Zou Zhuoming insisted on breaking the casserole and asking the bottom line. It must be unwise to doubt like this.

If you are smarter, you should pretend to be confused. Since you have fallen into the enemy's hands, you should first pretend to obey and plan in the long run.

Zou Zhuoming wanted to say something more, but Zhang Dade directly pinched him on the leg, and he finally shut up.

Tu Guobao had a panoramic view of everything and was very satisfied.

"Everyone is a loyal person recommended by Hong Gongzu to the saint, and even more talented officials. Now that the saint is driving the Northern Expedition and Cangzhou is newly restored, he has to rely on you all. Hong Gong will go to Denglai to face the saint and report the military situation of Zhili .

Hong Gongzu made a special confession that you can’t go to face the saint empty-handed. That would be rude, so I specially confessed to XX, and asked everyone to prepare the salt, grain, cloth, money, and boats that he had told him to prepare, and transport them to the sea with him to Denglai. Tribute. "

Zhang Dade thought to himself, now that the entire Cangzhou city is in your hands, and my wealth and life are in your hands. If you want money, food, salt, and boats, it’s not up to you. Why are you telling us these things.

It's just that they still underestimated the national treasure.

After taking Cangzhou, the salt and grain money boat in Cangzhou city is naturally his, but he is not satisfied with this.

He made up imperial edicts and appointed officials indiscriminately because he wanted to use the waste again. Not only did he want to squeeze out all the money from these people, but he also wanted to let the inspectors, censors, governors, and chief executives newly appointed by him Envoys, inspectors, branch patrols, magistrates, etc., came forward to lead his subordinates, and then took the opportunity to rob the surrounding areas.

Lie if you can, rob if you can, and use the waste.

Anyway, he didn't plan to stay here for a long time. The emperor's military order was also very clear that it was to invade and destroy, but the emperor had already made it clear that these advance troops going north would directly reward them with half of the proceeds captured in the theater.

The more you rob, the more you will be divided into. Tu Guobao doesn't mind having a lot of money!

It will definitely be much more convenient to rob along both ends of the canal, and to use these tartar officials to cover up.

(End of this chapter)