Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 86
The whole of Jiaxing seems to be in chaos.

In Haiyan County, Zheng Jiwu, the garrison of Haining, had just received a letter saying that Li Yuchun, the puppet Jiaxing commander-in-chief assigned by the Tartars, was leading his troops, but was attacked in Kanbei and suffered heavy losses.

"Where are the soldiers and horses from the north of Ganpu?"

His brother-in-law Zhu Gang also looked at the map and was puzzled. Since they killed the puppet general anyway, they made a statement to King Yiyang of Chongming to supervise the country, and King Yiyang also sent envoys to confer official positions on the two of them.Zheng Jiwu was awarded the title of deputy general of Jiaxing, and Zhu Dagang was the assistant general.

It's just that although King Yiyang promoted them, he failed to send troops to help them. The two were on guard day and night in Haiyan, recruiting troops, but they were still weak.

These days, it has been rumored that the Hangzhou Marshal sent troops to fight against them, and the forces of all parties in Haiyan City are also undercurrents. Zheng Jiwu has even caught several gentry and powerful men who secretly sent people to Hangzhou to report to the captives. In this case, Zheng Zhu Er People have to sit in the city of sorrow, so how can they spare no effort to manage other things.

"Could it be Marshal Chen returning to the teacher?"

At this time, the two of them still didn't know that Chen Wu, who had gone south earlier, had fallen into the sand in Ningbo and lost his head.

"Dashuai Chen returned for help, why didn't he send someone to notify us?"

"What should we do now?"

Zheng Jiwu patted his head, and he also had some headaches, "Send a few brothers to check on Kanbei."

"Do you want to bring troops to reinforce?"

"The situation is unknown, we should guard Haiyan first."

"Alright, I hope Marshal Chen can defeat Thief Li this time."

The two believed in their hearts that it should be Chen Wu who led his troops back to help. After all, Chen Wu was originally a general in Jiaxing, and they were also Chen Wu's old subordinates.

"But since Chen Shuai has returned to help, we are no longer alone." Zheng Jiwu squinted his eyes, "Recently, many big households in Haiyan are secretly making moves, and we know what they are planning, and even these people have been secretly I am reporting to the outside world, and I plan to open the door to surrender to the thieves at any time."

Before that, Zheng Jiwu only caught a few kittens and dogs and beheaded them to scare the chickens and monkeys, but he did not act rashly against those powerful families.

"Let's get rid of these national thieves and traitors first."

Zhu Gang hesitated, "Isn't it too early to do it now? And we don't have any hard evidence."

"Evidence? They're all planning to take our heads to ask for credit and reward. We know it well, what hard evidence do we need? This big war has started, don't they be eliminated at this time, and they are left to cause chaos? This is the time, too There is no need for evidence, we have soldiers and knives in our hands, cut them down, and then ransack the house, do you want any evidence then?"

"Okay, I'll listen to big brother, so I'll call the brothers now."

"Be careful. In our army, there are many eyeliners and even children from various families. First, control these people before doing anything."

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, let's clean Haiyan County and Hainingwei thoroughly this time."

"clear."

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Ganpu.

At dusk, the evening breeze is gentle, and the summer breeze is cool.

Zhu Yihai entered Ganpu City under the guard of his servants. The night wind was filled with bloody smell, and mosquitoes and flies flew around.

Groups of soldiers were cleaning the battlefield. Just now, the salt warehouse to the west of Haiyan had just experienced a big battle.After the Xuyuan battle, Zhu Yihai sent a letter to all the battalions to assemble and launch a blocking war against Li Yuchun who was advancing eastward, while he himself took advantage of Xuyuan's victory and directly launched an attack on Ganpu.

Zhang Mingyang sneaked into Ganpu with some people ahead of time, and when Zhu Yihai led his troops to attack, he took the opportunity to set fire to the city and cause chaos, then seized a city gate and led his troops into the city.

There are a large number of private salt dealers in Ganpu City. These people have many desperate thugs, and even have many armored bows, crossbows and muskets that are forbidden to be hidden privately. Under the attack of dense arrows, crossbows and muskets, how can those guys who walk on the road with personal ruthlessness and bravery be opponents.

No matter how high your martial arts are, after a row of muskets, you will become a sieve.

No more flying over the eaves and walls, but the rain of arrows will make you fall directly on the street.

The battle didn't last long, and Zhu Yihai, who gathered several battalions of troops, quickly took down Ganpu City, and then according to the information collected in advance, he dealt with these private salt dealers, gangs, and even those who spread secrets in the city to make trouble. The sect took action to suppress it.

These local snake-like organizations are usually pervasive. They divide their own territories on this three-acre land, fight and fight, and have complicated relationships with the government and major families. Even after the Qing army went south, there were many Most of them hooked up with the Qing army again.

For Zhu Yihai, as long as he is willing to resist captives, no matter whether it was Donglin or Fushe, whether it was eunuchs or trespassers, or even pirates, pirates, bandits, etc., they are all willing to temporarily compromise and unite.

The premise is to be able to resist the captives together.

In Ganpu City, there are very few people who have this kind of awakening. Most of the so-called Daoist people are essentially a group of blood-sucking insects. They only have interests in their eyes and use the strong to bully the weak. Unite with big clans to bully others.Now that Daming is gone, they will immediately cling to Xinchao, so they don't care who will rule the world.

There are also some heroes who know loyalty, integrity and shame on the road, but the number is too small.

Salt merchants, private salt dealers, pirates, gangs, secret societies, local powerful families, even pirates and water thieves, all kinds of people are crossing the sea during this power vacancy period. machine to gain more benefits.

Before Zhu Yihai came in, the fighting methods of all parties in Ganpu City were almost coming to an end. The Oolong Society had attracted many forces, and basically formed a suppressing force, becoming the leader in Ganpu City.

This Oolong Society is a gang of rivers and lakes, not only engaged in smuggling salt, but also smuggling at sea, and even doing pirates, water thieves, and bandits at no cost. In the salt distribution center of Ganpu, they also They also operate as intermediaries, such as the feet and teeth of car and boat shops. Even selling vegetables, sailing boats, carrying bags, and working as babysitters basically have to go through their procedures. The bag bearers and servants even had to obey their orders.

They collect protection fees everywhere, but at the same time they also act as protectors of the industry. In case of disputes, they are basically resolved by them instead of the government.

And because the power of the Ganpu government has almost collapsed, the servants and servants of many big families also united through private organizations at this time. A large group of servants united and armed themselves, pointing the finger at the original master. Taking advantage of the chaos to loot big households.

These people also occupied a place in Ganpu City amidst the chaos, and put forward their own slogans, that is, to abolish the slavery system for generations. These slaves formed an alliance with the Oolong Society that usually had contacts.

Facing the chaos, the big and powerful households in Ganpu had no choice but to take out gold and silver, spend a lot of money with their children to recruit guard servants, and even summoned their own clan's children and tenants from outside the city to form a self-defense servant army.

This is also the case with Xu Min and his Xu Family Camp.

If it continues to develop, the strongest Oolong Society may gain control of Ganpu, the western salt industry center of Haiyan County, and the armed forces of those serfs and wealthy households may continue to fight among themselves.

However, with Zhu Yihai's sudden attack on the city, the fragile balance in the city was also broken.

All the forces in the internal struggle were no match for Zhu Yihai's army.

Zhu Yihai, who has already found out the chaotic situation in the city, has no sympathy for these ghosts and monsters. The Tartars invaded the south. You, like the people in Jiangyin and Jiading in history, stood up to fight against the Qing.

"Let them all hand over their weapons, and those who dare to take down the stubborn resistance will be killed without mercy!"

They are all rotten people, but Zhu Yihai is still willing to leave some leeway.

As long as they can accept Zhu Yihai's order, hand over their weapons first, and even hand over the money they accumulated illegally, Zhu Yihai is willing to punish them lightly, even if they are willing to serve the country, Zhu Yihai is also willing to break them up and reorganize them into an army.

Give them a chance to be human again.

Shen Chenquan was very dissatisfied with the rebellious slave organization in the city, "These evil slaves are making trouble and bullying their masters. They must not be forgiven, otherwise they will mess up."

Slavery was a phenomenon that could not be eradicated in the feudal era.

Although Daming also had reforms in this area, it was actually just a change of soup and medicine, and no slaves were allowed. But it is not a violation of the system for me to adopt an adopted son and adopted daughter, right?

But these so-called righteous sons and daughters were still slaves in essence. Even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, slavery became more popular in the affluent Jiangnan area, and many of them didn't even bother to do that layer of cover-up.

From the perspective of Shen Chenquan, it is of course unacceptable for a servant to rebel.

Zhu Yihai is the supervisor of the country, and his ass must not accept it, otherwise the world will not be in chaos?Even the foundation of governance is gone.

On this issue, he can't be vague, otherwise the slaves will revolt in the future, and it will be really chaotic.

"These slaves rebelled, and the crime is unforgivable. But now that the country is in crisis, I am willing to give everyone who is willing to contribute to the country a chance, whether it is the salt sellers in Ganpu City, or secret societies, or their rebellious slaves , or pirates and pirates, as long as they are willing to join Gu's anti-captive army, Gu can pardon their death and allow them to make meritorious deeds."

"Your Highness, absolutely not, these evil slaves have rebelled against the master, and they have no faith or loyalty at all."

"Gu Dao doesn't want to kill too many of his own people. Although these people seem to deserve to be killed, he is still willing to give them a chance." Zhu Yihai still said.

"I only hope that before dawn, Ganpu City can change its appearance and is no longer a chaotic city."

"Shen Qing, our real enemy is Li Yuchun who is coming, Boluo in Hangzhou city, Duoduo in Jinling city, Dorgon and Aixinjueluo Fulin in Beijing city, and those who entered the customs and invaded. The Eight Banners Tartars who slaughtered our Han people."

"Before dealing with these foreign enemies, we should try our best to mediate internal strife."

"Your Highness, I think that the inside must be settled first when fighting against the outside world. The dregs in Ganpu City are all poisonous in troubled times, and they should all be purged together. This is intolerable. Your Highness, to govern the troubled times, we must use heavy codes, and we must not have the benevolence of women. If so The house is restless, so how can we resist foreign aggression?"

Zhu Yihai sighed, "Mr. Shen, what you said is somewhat reasonable, but let's do it according to the lonely decision. Give them a chance, and give us a chance. We have only half of the broken country left. One more person Just have more strength."

(End of this chapter)