Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 154 Liu Qing persuades Chen Gu to surrender
Chen Gu didn't know much about Liu Qing, but Lao Nian said that he was a good official with a good reputation.

But in Chen Gu's opinion, no matter how good the Han officials considered by the Qing Dynasty were, they were probably limited. In Chen Gu's eyes, in ancient times, only officials like Hai Rui and Yue Fei could be considered truly good officials, well, they should be said to be the model of good officials.

A Chen Gu who is slightly inferior to Hai Rui and Yue Fei is also acceptable.

As for whether Liu Qing is a good official, let's meet him first. It is rare for two armies to communicate beforehand when they are fighting.

It is said that Chen the Executor had killed several important officials of the court, but he had never had a good talk with any of them.

Chen Gu gathered all the officers of the Fobao Department, and at the same time sent someone to ask Bai Wencheng and Bian Shichun if they were convenient to meet the guests. If it was convenient, they could come together to meet the guests.

After all, Bai Wencheng and his men had not completely torn their relations with the imperial court. Even if Chen Gu was defeated at this time, they could be said to have been coerced by Chen Gu, and there was still room for maneuver, so there was some benefit in not seeing Liu Qing at this time.

However, Bai Wencheng and the others all came. Firstly, they wanted to show their loyalty to Chen Gu, and secondly, even if they met Liu Qing at this time, it could be said that they were coerced by Chen Gu. Anyway, they were not the heads of the family, so the impact would not be big.

Bai Wencheng and the others still wanted to meet Liu Qing, the famous Liu Qingtian.

In fact, the eldest sons of the ten major families in Jiangjin all have achievements. Liu Qing was able to make a name for himself as an honest official, which made him a capable person. For ordinary scholars, it could even be said to be the ultimate goal. The position of provincial prosecutor was also the ultimate goal for them.

After all, the dragon robe worn by a third-rank civil official has nine dragons with five claws, which is completely different from the dragon robe with eight dragons and four claws of the fourth-rank official.

After all, the Qing Dynasty only had 18 inland provinces, five general jurisdictions, and four vassal states in Tibet, Qinghai, Mongolia and Xinjiang. There were far fewer officials above the third rank, but there were hundreds of prefectures and counties. The third rank provincial judges were much rarer than the fourth and fifth rank prefects and county magistrates.

It can be said that the third rank is a hurdle. When one reaches the third rank, even if he is a lowest-level Censor and a Han Chinese, it can be said that Jian is in the emperor's favor.

Liu Qing is 58 years old this year. He is from Guangshun, Guizhou. After passing the examination for a scholar, he was selected as a tribute student. After that, he first went to Mianning, Sichuan to serve as a county magistrate, and then went to Nancheng to serve as a county magistrate. Then he earned the reputation of Liu Qingtian.

The so-called "selected tribute students" is equivalent to the current recommended students, and "recommended students" means graduating with excellent grades. In the Qing Dynasty, recommended students were sent to the Imperial College to study.

From this we can see that Liu Qing must be extremely knowledgeable.

The old man had a goatee and was a little thin, but he looked energetic and his eyes were very bright. When he came in front of Chen Jue, he looked at Chen Jue and then at the red flag behind Chen Jue. He bowed to Chen Jue and said, "I am Liu Qing, the Sichuan Provincial Surveillance Commissioner. Are you Chen Jue Chen Prajna?"

Chen Gu also casually bowed in return, nodded and smiled: "Yes, the two armies are fighting at this time. I wonder why you are here, old man?"

"May I ask what this flag of yours means?" Liu Qing asked.

Chen Gu turned around and glanced at the red flag with emotion. That was his spiritual belief, but it was not convenient to explain its original meaning.

"The red and yellow colors represent that we Chinese are descendants of Yan and Huang, and they also represent our determination to persist in the struggle.

We Chinese will use our blood to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, restore our Chinese orthodox territory, and establish a new country where scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are all equal. By then, no matter whether they are Manchu, Han, Miao, Zhuang, Tibetan, Mongolian, or any other ethnic group, we will all be truly one family.

Instead of shouting that the Manchus and the Han are one family like the Qing Dynasty, but making the Manchus superior and targeting other ethnic groups everywhere. The founding declaration of our Huaxia is to put people first, equal land and low taxes, the emperor is under the law, and to be pioneering and enterprising! "Chen Gu became more and more excited as he spoke, and the last sixteen words were shouted out loud.

Yunhua immediately raised his arms and shouted the sixteen-character declaration, and the others had no choice but to follow suit and shout the slogan. Even Bai Wencheng, Bian Shichun and others shouted it with helplessness on their faces.

There's nothing you can do. Everyone is shouting, and if you don't shout, wouldn't that be out of place?

Didn’t he see that Liu Qing and his followers didn’t shout along? Not only was the old man himself stunned, but even the two followers looked at a loss.

Liu Qing was indeed shocked at this moment. He had never expected that Chen Gu was not an ordinary bandit or mountain robber who had developed into a rebel army. Not only was he powerful in military force, but he actually had a political program.

This is trouble, a big trouble. Liu Qing is well-educated and naturally knows the difference between a group of rebels with a political program and those without a political program.

This gap is even greater than the gap between being an emperor or not.

Only when an organization has a political program can its people know what to do. The political program actually guides the direction of progress, is the goal of struggle, and is the belief of the organization.

The key is that Chen's sixteen-character program sounds simple, but the meaning it contains is extremely profound and is in line with universal values, which means it will have a large mass base.

Especially Chen Gu's explanation of the red flag made the sixteen words fuller. The people-oriented approach and equal distribution of land and low taxes would surely win the respect of ordinary people, and the emperor under the law would attract many frustrated scholars to follow him.

A cold light flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, and he couldn't help but think of Wang Sanhuai last year.

Last year, Liu Qing tried to persuade Wang Sanhuai to surrender. Wang Sanhuai trusted Liu Qing and went to the Qing army camp to negotiate, but was captured by Le Bao. His subordinates were all killed by Le Bao, and Wang Sanhuai himself was escorted to Beijing and was executed by slow slicing. It's ridiculous that Wang Sanhuai even earned the good name of Liu Qingtian for Liu Qing until his death.

Because Jiaqing asked Wang Sanhuai why he rebelled, and Wang Sanhuai replied that it was because the officials forced the people to rebel. Jiaqing then asked, "Is there no good official in Sichuan?"

Wang Sanhuai’s answer was only Liu Qingtian!

Of course, Wang Sanhuai's answer did win a lot of benefits for the rebels' families, and Liu Qing also spent money to solidify his reputation as Liu Qingtian.

Compared to Wang Sanhuai, who made Liu Qing feel a little sorry, Chen Gu's gang of rebels should be killed completely, and even Jiangjin County should be massacred. Chen Gu's political program posed too great a threat to the court, and it was bound to be like a wildfire that could not be extinguished.

Liu Qing glanced at Bai Wencheng and the others, sighed, and said, "The court also has its own difficulties, ~!"

"Old man, there's no need to talk so much nonsense!" Chen Gu interrupted Liu Qing directly.

This made Liu Qing frown, "Chen Jue, now my army has blocked the rivers and you rebels are trapped in one place. Your destruction is imminent. Do you still want to resist stubbornly?"

"Really?" Chen Gu sneered!
　The big star represents our Huaxia, and the small star represents scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. These words have been harmonized.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)