Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2021 Li Suiqiu Returns to City

Cui Hantang always upholds the intention of "befriending" the visiting scholars from the local area - although Fu Meng reminded him not to get too close to these people.However, Cui Hantang believes that religion should still maintain a "folk" color and should not appear as an "official" one.If it is too "official", many things cannot be done or spoken, and flexibility will be lost instead.

As far as the moment is concerned, his status as a veteran and the two halos of "promoting the five immortals" have made him full of "official air".Furthermore, if we follow the policy closely and follow the same pace, it will push many middle-aged people out.It is better to maintain a certain degree of independence on the surface, and it is better to exist as a gray communication channel between public and private.

As for what will happen to these scholars and gentry in the future, and how the Senate will treat them, this is not a question for him to consider.For the time being, the attitude of scholars has a great guiding effect on the expansion of the influence of New Taoism in Guangzhou.

Although these days he has also met many scholars in Guangzhou Prefecture, including "celebrities", but he has not met anyone who is really important-Li Suiqiu is No. 1.

Li Suiqiu was a well-known literati in Guangdong in the late Ming Dynasty, and a well-known "peony champion", good at poetry and Danqing.He is a representative figure of the mature and splendid urban culture in the late Ming Dynasty.But at the same time, he was also a member of Fushe, an anti-Qing patriot, and finally died in Ganzhou to die for the Ming Dynasty.

But at this time, Li Suiqiu was neither a "Peony Champion" nor an "Anti-Qing Zhishi". He was just an ordinary literati who failed to succeed after repeated trials and devoted himself to poetry and prose.Although he participated in the "Yinshan Conference" in the second year of Chongzhen and was one of the early members of the Fushe, he did not have much political influence.

He probably never dreamed that the top-secret material "Guangzhou Local Who's Who" compiled and printed by the Foreign Intelligence Agency would record his entire chronology in another time and space, and his teacher Chen Zizhuang, and others who could enjoy the same treatment as him, The other ten members of the "Twelve Sons" of the "Nanyuan Poetry Society" that has not yet been formed.

These people who have fully expressed their integrity and loyalty in another time and space are the focus of the Senate.This is not only because these people have great appeal among the gentry and common people in Guangzhou, but also to prevent them from becoming "anti-Kun martyrs".

So these days since entering the city, although the Political Security Bureau has been closely monitoring them, it has not disturbed them.Some people secretly left Guangzhou without doing anything to stop them: for the Senate, it was a good thing for them to leave voluntarily.

Li Suiqiu did not leave Guangzhou.He is very filial to his relatives. In the history of old time and space, in Chongzhen, he refused to be recruited by the imperial court on the grounds of his mother.His mother, Mrs. Su, was over [-] years old at this time, and couldn't bear the fatigue of the long journey, so he took his wife and children and took refuge with his mother in the old house Liaoshuiju in Banqiao Village, Panyu County.

This stay is more than half a year.The Li family lived in Banqiao Village for a long time, and there are quite a lot of connections in the area.Although the social order outside the city was once in disorder after Guangzhou was captured, the village community had the courage to defend itself and was not affected much.Soon the national army went to the countryside to suppress the bandits, and the suburbs of Guangzhou returned to peace.Li Suiqiu originally wanted to go back to the city to see the situation in the city before deciding whether to stay or not. There was another epidemic in Guangzhou, and it was rumored that Xiong Du would lead an army to counterattack.Li Suiqiu gave up the idea of ​​returning to the city.Simply read and write in the countryside with peace of mind, and live a life of seclusion.By the time the plague receded, it had been nine years since Chongzhen.

It has been a year and a half since the Australians occupied Guangzhou in the spring of the eighth year of Chongzhen. Despite the turmoil in the city, from the witchcraft case, the outbreak of the plague to the recent tax cleanup caused by a series of "tax cases", The big gentry in the city can be said to be panic-stricken.Li Suiqiu's life is quite peaceful.He also completed the writing of "Zhouyi Yaowu Dangming", which completed a major event.

Although he avoided living in the countryside, devoted himself to writing, and thanked guests behind closed doors.A posture of "not listening to things outside the window, only reading the books of sages and sages", but in fact he is very clear about the situation in Guangzhou-the servants who stay at home will come to Banqiao Township to deliver goods and letters every now and then.Sometimes they would also bring along the "Di Bao" of the gangsters such as "Yangcheng Express".

Li Suiqiu is not ignorant of Australians: when Ziji’s Australian products first appeared in Guangzhou, he bought Australian mirrors for his mother and wife; When soldiers approached the city of Guangzhou and set fire to Wuyang Post, he took his whole family and fled into the city from Bieye outside the East Gate in a hurry; later, on the rockery in Donggao Bieye owned by his teacher Chen Zizhuang, he watched with his own eyes the change from "Big World" "The "iron ladder" built along the way ran an iron automatic car emitting black smoke and white mist.

Li Suiqiu’s impression of Australians is that at first they were “skillful maritime merchants”, later they were “pirates with strong ships and guns”, and finally they were “giant bandits with ulterior motives”...but no matter how the pirates progressed Forced, he never thought that these pirates who are "very good at doing business and workmanship" would dare to use the banner of the Song Dynasty to compete for the world!
With the power of a single government in Qiongzhou to fight against the world of the thirteen chief envoys of the Ming Dynasty, this gangster is too self-sufficient!
Li Suiqiu didn't believe that the Australians had the qualifications to "compete in the Central Plains".After all, they were pirate merchants, and they also recruited those poor people to Qiongzhou in Guangzhou. They have never heard of them recruiting any scholars—but they are very enthusiastic about merchants.

Since ancient times, there have been people who won the world immediately, but I have never heard of anyone who won the world on a boat, let alone ruled the world on a boat.

He originally thought that the Australians were pirates. At most, he followed the example of Zheng Zhilong, who threatened the imperial court to recruit security by attacking Guangzhou. .If the imperial court does not allow it, it will be the same as the siege of Guangzhou, forcing the wealthy households in the four townships to "repay", rob and retreat.I can't avoid living in the countryside to avoid the edge.If the thieves fished the village and killed innocent people indiscriminately, he would have to recruit village braves to fight to the death to protect his homeland.

Unexpectedly, after this gang of thieves entered the city, instead of robbing or killing them, they were not in a hurry to do business, forcing them to "report water".On the contrary, he started to govern the country in Yangcheng with peace of mind.It is said that this Australian "Prefect Liu" entered the city grandly in "eight sedan chairs".Since then, there has been an announcement every three days, a "policy" every five days, and a special "Mansion Newspaper" has been set up to publish it.Quite a bit of the meaning of "be crowned with a monkey" - Li Suiqiu didn't take it seriously, the king of the mountain wanted to wear a dragon robe to live the emperor's addiction even if he occupied a cottage, not to mention the mighty gangster who won the first city in Nantian ?
Unexpectedly, Kun Thief's "Monkey and Crown" looks good.After entering the city, Sanbanfu first tidied up the subordinate staff and rectified public security, then dredged ditches, repaired roads, stabilized prices, improved sanitation, developed commerce, and eliminated banditry... Even several "chronic diseases" that had been dying in the city for many years were given by the gangsters. cured.Especially the great plague at the end of last year touched him deeply.Although his family lived in the countryside and had no direct perception of the epidemic, the servants of the guard city mansion and relatives and friends in the city talked about the epidemic and praised the Australians.Said they "has the ability to manage affairs".

Seeing that it has been almost two years since the fall of Guangzhou, the city of Guangzhou not only has not suffered from military disasters, but is prospering day by day.Teachers and friends who had disappeared before also gradually showed up.Several people came to visit him when they knew that he had avoided living in Banqiao.

I was worried that the Australians would raise their flags to rebel, so it was necessary to recruit local literati for their use. However, I learned from the visiting teachers and friends that the Australians had no intention of recruiting the "sages" in Guangzhou.Not to mention "visiting the thatched cottage three times" at the door, even the imagined drama of "forced to take a fake job with a sword" has never appeared. On the contrary, a "civil servant examination" drama has been created.Li Suiqiu can't help but laugh: I'm just pretending to be passionate.

That is to say, there is no danger of being forced to take up false posts, the Australians have already established a firm foothold, and Xiong Du's counterattack is nowhere in sight, and the family lives in the countryside, which is quite inconvenient.In particular, the dim sum supplements that my mother has several hobbies are nowhere to be found in Banqiao.Half a month ago, Li Suiqiu and his family moved from their old house in Banqiao Township to their home in Guangzhou.

Entering the city, it feels like a world away, not only the streets are neat and open, but the streets are also cleaner and tidy than before.The common people led carts to sell pulp, and each settled down to his own business; all the shops in front of the shops were demolished, and the business of every family was booming-the city of Guangzhou was more prosperous than it was under the Ming Dynasty.

This pirate ruled affairs and benefited the village, which has never been heard of since ancient times.Li Suiqiu couldn't figure it out. When he returned home, the old servant who guarded him came out to greet him. He saw that the house was as safe as before. Except for the "door number" nailed on the lintel, Qiu hadn't committed any crimes—even though he knew it before. Still amazed to see it with my own eyes.

Not long after Li Suiqiu came home, the card player of the film came to the door and said, "Greetings to Uncle Li".

In the past, it was customary for people like Li Jia to come to the house butlers, and they never invited the old man to see him.Unexpectedly, this time, Li Suiqiu asked Li Suiqiu to meet him in person.This surprised him - he didn't know what new rules came into being in Guangzhou City after he went to the countryside to avoid living for a year and a half.At that moment, he called Pai A to come in, and after asking, he found out that this Pai A was here to apply for a registered residence.

"Please forgive me, my lord," Pai Jia bowed again and again, "The little one is also engaged in business, and I can't help myself. Please forgive me, lord."

He went on to say that because of the Australians' orders, each household must re-register their household registration and receive a household registration booklet.In the past, there was no one in the Li family, except for a few servants guarding the house. They could not register without the head of the house. This time, when they came back, they had to ask him to "descend to register"—the Australian police station wanted to "inquire".

"...If the registration is not clear, the head of the family must be sent to the police station for questioning," Li Jia bent over and over again, "please forgive me, and register according to the book. Let the younger ones Answer according to the rules."
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