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Chapter 361 The governor behaves like a monster and the people in Chengdu are in chaos

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were examples of the same family serving in Wei, Shu and Wu respectively, and even brothers serving in different countries. For example, Zhuge Liang served in the Shu Han Dynasty, but his brother Zhuge Jin served in the Sun Wu Dynasty.

But that was in the distant Three Kingdoms period.

In today's era, if other officials in Sichuan were to know that his eldest son was an official, not only would it be difficult for him to sit down as the prefect of Chongqing, but he might even be suspected of treason and defection and be arrested!

So why did his eldest son behave in such an "unfilial" manner?

It was because the eldest son believed that he should abandon Ming Dynasty and surrender to Wei, and he was also using his preparations to become an official to force him to make the choice of surrendering to Wei.

In fact, in the second half of this family letter, the eldest son bluntly advised him to surrender.

The first is to tell him that the Ming Dynasty is like a building that is about to collapse and is difficult to save, and the emergence of Damei is to obey the sky and respond to the people. He will definitely replace the Ming Dynasty, establish a new dynasty, and restore peace to the world.

Secondly, Emperor Da'ei has appointed He Lianyue as General to Conquer the West and Shen Wandeng as General to Pingxi. This autumn, he will send hundreds of thousands of elite troops to invade Sichuan and seize Sichuan and Guizhou!

Based on the current situation of the Ming government and the Ming army in Sichuan, if they want to resist the Wei army, it is like using a mantis' arm as a chariot or hitting a stone with an egg. It will only involve countless innocent people suffering in the war, but it will be difficult to change the outcome of Sichuan being owned by the Wei army.

In this case, whether he, the prefect of Chongqing, is considering his personal safety or his future, or considering the people of Chongqing, he should abandon the Ming Dynasty and join the rebellion!

To be honest, Wang Xingjian never expected that his eldest son, who was a bit timid and taciturn in front of him, would have such bold words in his family letter.

If the family letter had not been written by the eldest son himself, and some of the words and tones were similar, he would have thought that the family letter was fake.

He was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen and served as a county magistrate in Ba County. Due to his outstanding political achievements and the Chongqing magistrate happened to be vacant, he sent some people to do some activities and became the Chongqing magistrate.

During this period, he only brought one concubine and a dozen domestic servants with him to serve him. Due to military disasters, he had not returned home for four or five years.

Probably because his eldest son has experienced too much in the past few years and has grown up rapidly, so he has become a little different from what he remembered, right?

Thinking of this, Wang Xingjian missed his wife and other relatives far away in his hometown even more than before.

Just when Wang Xingjian was feeling homesick as he read the letters home, rapid footsteps and shouts suddenly came from outside.

"Is Dong Weng here? I have something important to report!"

Wang Xingjian quickly collected the family letter and then walked out of the study.

He now has two masters around him. One of them was a Shaoxing friend whom he was familiar with when he was preparing to be the magistrate of Ba County, that is, the famous Shaoxing master, who knows everything about money, food, punishment, and reputation.

The other one, after becoming the prefect of Chongqing, invited a friend he met in Chongqing to serve as the governor.

This friend's surname is also Wang, and his given name is Wang Ze, but he is from Chengdu. Although he was a scholar, he came from a wealthy family in Chengdu, so he had quite a few connections in Chengdu.

Wang Xingjian invited Wang Ze to be his master because he was interested in his connections and abilities. He hoped that Wang Ze could help him manage the Chengdu side and send back some important news in a timely manner.

Because Wang Xingjian understands that as an official, sometimes well-informed and personal connections are more important than political achievements.

Wang Ze went to Chengdu for business a few days ago. Now he suddenly came back and said that he had something important to report. It was probably because something had happened in Chengdu.

When Wang Xingjian made this judgment in his mind, he had already arrived in the hall and asked his servants to invite Wang Ze in.

After Wang Ze came in, he didn't bother to salute and said anxiously: "Dong Weng, something big happened in Chengdu!"

Wang Xingjian frowned slightly and said, "Zhigui (Wang Zezi), don't be impatient. Sit down and have a cup of tea and calm down before talking."

"Oh, how can I still be calm after such a big disaster?"

"What happened?" Wang Xingjian asked simply.

Wang Zedao: "Since the former governor Shao Jiechun was arrested and brought to Beijing due to Yang Sichang's impeachment, Liao Daheng was appointed governor.

Therefore, the former imperial court pressed for money and grain from Sichuan, so Liao Daheng borrowed money here and there, raised a batch and sent it out of Sichuan first, and directly plundered all the money and grain treasury under the governor's office in Sichuan. As a result, it was difficult to pay the salaries of officials and government servants. come out.

In addition, Sichuan is now facing heavy pressure from the Yi army and is in urgent need of money and food to recruit troops to resist. Liao Daheng has repeatedly increased taxes.

I don’t know what the situation is like in other places, but many large households in Chengdu Prefecture have taken the lead in resisting the tax.

Seeing that it was difficult to collect the summer tax, Liao Daheng actually promised the petty officials and government servants in charge of collecting taxes in Chengdu Prefecture that not only would their salaries come from the summer tax, but they could even take a percentage of it as a reward! "

"What?!" Wang Xingjian was shocked when he heard this, "How could Daheng Liao be like this? Don't you know that subordinate officials are greedy and people's desires are hard to satisfy. With this order, those subordinate officials will probably destroy the people's homes!" "Look, dong Dong Weng has more knowledge than that Liao Tycoon! In my opinion, when Liao Daheng was able to curry favor with Yang Sichang, become his party member, and serve as the supervisor of the army, he must have given him a heavy gift!"

As a master who has failed many times and has a deep understanding of the dim officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Ze couldn't help but once again complain about Liao Daheng's rise in Sichuan officialdom.

Wang Xingjian said: "Yang Sichang has died of illness, and now Sichuan has lost contact with the capital. What's the use of all this."

"Alas," Wang Ze sighed, "Dong Weng, now Sichuan is in dire straits, I feel depressed, I feel unhappy if I don't say these words."

"Let's get down to business." Wang Xingjian reminded helplessly.

As a master, he is indeed capable of inquiring about information, but his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, he talks a lot with acquaintances, and it is easy to go off topic.

Sure enough, Wang Ze slapped his forehead and said: "Look at my head - just as Dong Weng expected, Liao Daheng made a mistake. First, people died in Peng County because officials were too hasty to force taxes, causing civil unrest.

Subsequently, the civil unrest spread rapidly. Among the sixteen counties surrounding Fucheng, only two counties, Guo Huayang and Chengdu, near Fucheng were left without unrest. Civil unrest broke out in all the remaining fourteen counties. (Chengdu has more than sixteen counties.)

There were even rebels who raised the banner with the word "崋" to rebel, calling themselves the Puppet General Wei, breaking the county government office and taking control of the county seat! "

When Wang Ze said this, everyone in Wang Xingjian was dumbfounded.

Seeing that the troops of the Tai army were pressing down on the territory, they did not know when they would invade central Sichuan. As the seat of the governor's office, the chief envoy's office, and many other Sichuan provincial government offices, Chengdu Prefecture was the heart of Sichuan. At this time, large-scale civil unrest unexpectedly occurred!

Isn't this just like two people fighting, one of whom is old and frail, while the other is a young and strong opponent, but suddenly suffers a heart attack when facing the battle?

Under such circumstances, how could Sichuan possibly be able to hold on? !

Thinking again about how Liao Daheng became the governor of Sichuan and what he did after taking office, Wang Xingjian suddenly felt that what his eldest son said in his third family letter was absolutely true.

This Ming Dynasty is really hopeless!

Damn it!

Since the Yi army had the appearance of establishing a new dynasty, it might be a good thing for the people if the Ming Dynasty died early!

Thinking of this, Wang Xingjian's eyes flashed with a firm look, but he was determined to lead the entire Chongqing to abandon the Ming Dynasty and surrender to Wei.

However, this is a huge matter and must be considered carefully and carefully.

After coming back to his senses, he looked at Wang Ze and asked, "How is the situation in Chengdu now? What are the countermeasures for Liao Daheng and others?"

Wang Zedao: "Liao Daheng was incompetent when he served as supervisor of the army in the past. Now faced with such a huge civil unrest, what good plan can he have? It's just to send troops to suppress the unrest.

Thanks to the large number of soldiers and horses gathered in the capital of Chengdu, the rebellious people in various counties were either just resisting taxes or revolting hastily, so that they would not have time to cause serious trouble in the future.

If the Fucheng side spends some time, they should be able to suppress the chaos among the people in the counties.

However, after this chaos, countless people in Chengdu Prefecture were displaced and even died in military disasters. "

Wang Xingjian's brows twitched slightly after hearing this.

Chengdu Prefecture was heavily guarded by troops, and civil unrest broke out in a hurry. Without external help, it would be difficult to accomplish anything.

However, from the fact that the rebellious people in Chengdu knew about the establishment of Da'ei and took advantage of it by raising the banner with the word "崋", we can know that most of the spies of the Wei army have also infiltrated into Chengdu Prefecture.

Thinking of this, Wang Xingjian narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Zhigui thought simply. The Wei army was about to attack Sichuan. If he knew about this, he would definitely take action."

"How could Wei Jun know about this..." Wang Ze said this halfway before he suddenly woke up.

The people around Chengdu all knew about the establishment of Damei, and they even raised the banner of "崋" to rebel.

Chengdu did not have the ability to block news of civil unrest.

Now he has come to Chongqing with news of the civil unrest. Maybe a spy from the Wei army has sent this news to Helianyue, the general of the Wei army in Jingzhou!

　Second more.

　　During the Chongzhen period, Sichuan governors were also changed very diligently, basically once a year.

　　Shao Jiechun didn’t say it before, but Liao Daheng one year later, Chen Shiqi another year, and then Long Wenguang and Ma Gan...

　　Historically, it was a real incident that Liao Daheng's strict tax enforcement led to civil unrest in Chengdu, and he was dismissed from office because of this.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)