I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 421 Liu Ruhan is dead!
Yongzheng was better than his father Kangxi, at least he was not directly angered to death.

But Yunyang really can’t beat him!

The battlefield in Beizhili has been completely defeated, the elite divisions in Shengjing, Liaodong have been lost, and the remaining Liu Ruhan has no specific information.But Yongzheng could also guess that without Yinsu to share the pressure, Liu Ruhan would not be able to last long.

Not only could they not last long, Yongzheng didn't know that Liu Ruhan had decided to abandon Shanxi and go directly to Hetao to compete for territory with the Mongols.

The Ming army was completely victorious in the Northern War. Even if Yongzheng now captured Yunyang or even reached Xiangfan, it would be useless.Because the Ming army must gather troops to fight him in Xiangfan for a decisive battle, the Ming army would only dare to attack Yongzheng three times.

Now we are fighting one on one, are you kidding me?
Although Yongzheng already had sugar gunpowder on his hands, even if it was just a simple version, it would definitely not be as powerful as the sugar gunpowder used by the Ming army, but it was still much better than before.

Yongzheng also concluded through continuous experiments by craftsmen that the higher the purity and crystal clear icing sugar mixed with black gunpowder, the more powerful it would be.On the contrary, the frosting with extremely low purity, many impurities, and extremely poor quality is not only weak in power, but some are even completely ineffective.

Yongzheng did not know that this was because there were too many impurities and the sugar content was too low, which affected or even hindered the violent combustion reaction between gunpowder and sugar.

But it's useless to know, because there is no choice. Sichuan's sugar production level is like this, and Yongzheng cannot forcefully expand production.

Now Yongzheng not only relies on Sichuan to supply food and salt, but Sichuan itself does not have that many craftsmen who can make sugar.

From the late Ming Dynasty to the Three Feudatories, rogue bandits, Wu Sangui, and the Manchu Qing took turns killing each other, and the entire Sichuan was killed to the point where every room in the house was empty.

The sugar industry in Sichuan in the late Qing Dynasty was brought by immigrants from Guangdong.

The immigration policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was really poor. They only issued orders and ignored everything else. This can be seen by just looking at how many Cantonese people were filled in Huguang and Sichuan.

Yongzheng withdrew his troops from Yunyang and returned all the way to Xi'an.

After returning to Xi'an and making sure that Chongqing was not lost, they hurriedly mobilized troops southward and went to Hanzhong to support Sichuan.

Not only was he afraid that Yue Zhongqi would not be able to stop the Ming army, but he was also afraid that Yue Zhongqi would not be able to get reinforcements for a long time and would switch sides.

As for why he didn't go to Kuizhou, the danger of the Three Gorges in Kuimen was no joke, otherwise Yongzheng wouldn't have been so angry that he vomited blood.

Even if you have to defend the city to the death, you can still hold it for a few months, right?

The only way they could fight so quickly was because the prefect of Kuizhou and the county magistrate of Wushan surrendered voluntarily.

……

Shanxi.

Liu Ruhan had just returned to Taiyuan when he heard that in the southern state capital, all the civilian and military generals he appointed had either defected in large numbers, or the civilian officials had planned to kill the generals and then surrendered and defected.

In short, good news comes frequently!

"These ungrateful traitors! Traitors! I promoted them." Liu Ruhan roared and tore up the letter in his hand.

Shen Wenhao said: "Your Majesty, calm down! Why are you so angry about some rebellious ministers and traitors? Now that the pseudo-Ming Dynasty is attacking Shanxi, where to go? Your Majesty should make a decision as soon as possible!"

This is to persuade Liu Ruhan to quickly retreat to the Loop before the Ming army comes!

First go to Hetao to grab a piece of land, then take off the imperial title, imitate Mongolia and become a grassland king in Hetao, and then become vassal to the Ming Emperor.

In this way, there is a great chance to save both life and wealth.Even if nothing can be done in the future, we can still carry out the operation of offering land to the vassal state. At least one hereditary prince will be indispensable by then.

Isn't it beautiful?

Liu Ruhan was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Rebellious ministers and traitors? Will the Prime Minister betray me?"

Shen Wenhao was startled, then quickly knelt down: "I don't dare! I am loyal to the emperor, and heaven and earth can learn from it!"

"Haha, I naturally trust the Prime Minister!" Liu Ruhan smiled and then said, "If you pass the order, let the army empty the treasury immediately, and then let the gentry and wealthy families donate money to the army, and each family should give at least half of their property! "

Good guy!
Shen Wenhao could hardly believe his ears. He just emptied the treasury, but he actually asked the gentry and wealthy people to donate, and he also explicitly asked the other party to donate half of their family property.

This is simply a steal!

Shen Wenhao instantly realized that Liu Ruhan might not last long.

Even if he could retreat to the Hetao, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would never spare him the trouble he caused to Taiyuan.

No, we can no longer follow this madman, we must find a way to escape...or sacrifice the city directly?In the next few days, Liu Ruhan actually ordered that while emptying the Taiyuan treasury of food and property, he dispersed the army and allowed them to burn, kill and loot everywhere in the city.

Well, it was burning, killing and looting.

Orders are orders. In the eyes of those pseudo-Han generals, they will soon leave the Han Dynasty and go to the grasslands. Naturally, they will be happy in Taiyuan City.

In just a few days, the entire Taiyuan City was boiling with public dissatisfaction.

If public dissatisfaction boils over, then they will rebel.

So, under the leadership of a gentry who was forced by the puppet Han soldiers to destroy his family and his family.

The people of Taiyuan rebelled!

At the beginning, the rebel army had less than 300 people, but it soon grew at an alarming rate.

They used kitchen knives and sticks as soldiers and raised poles as military flags.

Although the puppet Han troops who burned, killed, and looted had also been trained, they were now busy making money everywhere, and the army had long since lost its organizational structure.

Moreover, after the battle in Zhengding Mansion, the morale of the army has long been weakened.

This group of rebels, who could be called a ragtag group, actually relied on the strength of their numbers and the puppet Han army was caught off guard and killed them directly.

Taiyuan was in chaos, with troops everywhere.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened. Someone in the city has rebelled!"

Liu Ruhan had just had an affair with his beloved concubine during the day, and was resting with the beauty in his arms. When he heard the news, he woke up instantly.Not caring about asking for details, he said quickly: "Quick, escort me to the riding camp immediately!"

The cavalry camp has one thousand of Liu Ruhan's cavalry, which is also the only one thousand cavalry in Shanxi.

It is with these thousand pro-horses in hand that Liu Ruhan can suppress the mountains and hills in the army.

Liu Ruhan didn't even wear armor, he only carried a sword. As soon as he left the palace under the protection of several personal soldiers, he saw a large group of fully armed soldiers suddenly surrounding the palace gate.

Liu Ruhan recognized the soldiers' armors as his own cavalry camp.

not good!

Liu Ruhan's heart skipped a beat and he didn't have time to think about it.

Shen Wenhao walked out and said, "Your Majesty, there are rioters everywhere outside now. I would like to ask Your Majesty to move back to the palace!"

"Prime Minister!" Liu Ruhan was shocked at first, then gritted his teeth and said, "You also betrayed me?"

Shen Wenhao had a serious expression on his face: "I just ask the emperor to return to the palace. Don't let the chaos outside disturb the emperor."

Liu Ruhan's eyes were red, and he was already going crazy: "You rebellious minister, I'm going to kill you!"

Shen Wenhao just retreated behind the crowd, raised his hand and ordered: "Don't worry, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and the Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty may be happier if he is dead!"

With these words, Liu Ruhan's personal riders, who had been instigated by Shen Wenhao to rebel, instantly showed their fierce expressions. More than 20 people rushed forward and surrounded Liu Ruhan.

All the soldiers who originally supported Liu Ruhan have defected.

Liu Ruhan single-handedly faced the siege of more than 20 people. He did not last three rounds before he was pierced through the abdomen with a sword and his intestines were dragged out.

Before he could even feel the pain, two more swords struck him, one knocked the long sword out of his hand, and the other slashed his throat on the spot.

Liu Ruhan died like this!

Shen Wenhao looked at the dead body that fell to the ground and said, "Cut off the head quickly and guard the palace gate. Don't let the rebels rush in. This will be our wealth from now on!"

　After thinking about it, let Liu Ruhan die!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)