Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

On the first day of the new year, after paying homage to the ancestors, Song Chongxiao, the owner of the Songshi Pavilion on Shibosi Street, excitedly reported to his 60-year-old father: "Father, the good news is that the officers and soldiers have arrived. Below the city of Ningbo, the days of sea rebellion are numbered."

The reason why Song Haishu was so looking forward to the arrival of the Qing army was nothing more than profit. Although Zheng Jun did not force the people to go to sea in the eastern Zhejiang area, he lured a group of tenants for profit, which extremely damaged the interests of the big households, let alone Zheng Jun. The army ruthlessly suppressed the "captive" gentry, which put all the land owners at risk.

"Don't be too happy too early." Mr. Song narrowed his eyes and corrected his son's attitude. "The so-called dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and the poor mouse bites back. The more you have to restrain your temper and stand on the sidelines at this time." Mr. Song took a sip of the hookah. "Besides, it must be a good thing for the officers and soldiers to enter the city? You must check whether there is any tampering, and you must raise some rewards." Looking at Song Chongxiao, whose expression froze, Mr. Song sighed slightly. "And what if Haini wants to stick to Ningbo?"

The city wall of Ningbo was first built in the Tang Dynasty, but it was destroyed by the Mongolian cavalry and the new attached army who went south in the early Yuan Dynasty. It was not until the sixth year of Ming Hongwu (1373) that Feng Lin, the commander of the Mingzhou Guard, rebuilt the city. After several repairs, it was not until the Jiajing period that the city wall was 46 feet high, 560 feet wide at the base, 65 feet wide at the top, 480 feet in circumference, and extended for [-] miles.Today’s Ningbo City has six gates: Lingqiao Gate and Dongdu Gate in the east, Changchun Gate in the south, Wangjing Gate in the west, Yongfeng Gate in the north, Heyi Gate in the northeast, and suspension bridges at the West and South Gates.There are [-] enemy towers in the city, [-] crenels, [-] police shops, and the city is surrounded by [-] to [-] feet from the north to the south, with the Fenghua River, Yuyao River, and Yongjiang River as the main body.Looking at these data, you will know how much you need to pay to capture such a fortified city. It is not because the Qing army was mobilized by the Zheng army before that the defenders were insufficient. Otherwise, the Zheng army would never succeed easily. .

The muscles on Song Chongxiao's face couldn't help twitching for a while when he thought that the whole of Ningbo had turned into a battlefield and a sea of ​​flames, and then he asked his old father for advice: "Father, then just watch Haini smash Ningbo to pieces." ?"

As soon as Song Chongxiao finished speaking, Grandpa Song slapped his face immediately, covering his hot face, Song Chongxiao looked at the angry old man for some reason, then understood something, and knelt on the ground with a thud: " Dad, it's my son who is stupid and doesn't know how to do things, so please explain it to me, but it's the first day of the first lunar month, so don't get angry and get angry."

"You also know that you are stupid, so what are you doing with the Gu family and the Qi family?" Mr. Song said coldly, leaning back on the grand master's chair. "Watching Haini smashing Ningbo to pieces, are you able to say such things? Can the Song family participate in military and state affairs? I don't know how big the sky is."

Grandfather Song's words had not yet landed, and there was a commotion outside. Song Chongxiao's second younger brother, Song Chongyou, rushed in, ignoring the Patriarch who was kneeling on the ground, and just yelled at the old man: "Father is not good, Hai Ni is trying to claim everything!" In the city, it is said that the houses of big households in Daoqian Street, Fuqian Street, and Confucian Temple Street have all been ransacked, and now the brigade Haini is coming to Shibosi Street."

Suddenly, Song Chongyou heard the sound of two rows of teeth colliding up and down. Surprised, he looked back and found Song Chongxiao who was kneeling there: "Brother, what's the matter with you?"

"Useless stuff!" Song Taigong's face darkened. "Whether it's a blessing or a disaster, you can't avoid it. The matter has come to this, why are you panicking?"

"Brother, are you?" Song Chongyou looked at Song Chongxiao dumbfounded. "It's a disaster, it's a disaster"

Song Chongyou was beating his chest and stamping his feet, when the manager of the Song family reported outside the house: "Grand Master, Grand Master, Second Master, there are officials outside the door asking to see you."

officials?Not officers and soldiers!Song Taigong's face relaxed, and he pointed to Song Chongyou who was beside him: "Second brother, go and say hello."

After a while, Song Chongyou came back with a strange expression: "Father, big brother, it's okay, Hai Ni told us not to go out, so as not to be arrested as a gangster, it seems that we are not implicated for the time being."

But to Song Chongyou's surprise, Song Taigong's face was ashen ashes: "Hai Ni did not arrest us today, but once the officers and soldiers come, they may not regard us as Hai Ni's accomplices based on what happened today."

As soon as these words came out, the relaxed expression on the faces of the two Song brothers suddenly froze: "The imperial court has always been holy."

"It's okay to talk nonsense to fools," Song Chongxiao interrupted Song Chongyou. "Doesn't the second brother know the real situation? There is a saying that no one in the court should be an official, and no one in the government should make a fortune. A mere subordinate official can beat you to the bone. If you are accused of being a traitor , the red-eyed official was ready to pounce on you early in the morning and eat you up."

Song Taigong sighed: "Boss is right, a family division lawsuit can completely ruin a century-old family, not to mention such a big case as adversary, how much money does our Song family have to fill this hole."

"Is there no way?" Song Chongyou was still skeptical. "Maybe we are scaring ourselves"

"Maybe, but Qiongzhou" Speaking of which, the flow of information in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was not very fast, coupled with the deliberate blockade of the Manchu and Qing governments, the things that happened in Qiongzhou were actually not widely circulated, but this kind of non-wide spread was aimed at the lower class people , Who in the big family doesn't have their own sources of news? "It's a lesson learned from the past."

"Hai Ni is very vicious." Song Chongyou's mind suddenly became clear. "This is obviously forcing us to go to Dongning." So what if we see through it. "If anyone can't see through and doesn't want to go, they will use the government's knife to kill people. These corrupt officials are also willing to be used by Hai Ni. This, this is really a family of snakes and rats!"

"Of course there is another way." Mr. Song looked at the two sons in front of him and sighed. "It's been sixty years as a father, and I've had enough to live." Song Chongxiao and Song Chongyou looked at their old father in shock. "As soon as word spreads that Haini forced the old man to death, even if he wants to come to the government, he can't find an excuse to attack the Song family."

"Father, I can't," Song Chongxiao said with horror. "How can father have such thoughts, and the rumors will say that the sons are unfilial." Song Chongxiao hugged Song Taigong's feet. "This incident was caused by my son. The son was willing to die by himself, and begged his father to dispel his thoughts (seeking death)."

"Yes, father," Song Chongyou also persuaded. "Hai Ni just forced us to move to Dongning, so let's go. It's a pity to lose our ancestral property, but looking at the current situation, Hai Ni may not be impossible. Maybe in the future, our Song family will also be blessed by misfortune. My generation, there will be a day when I will take back my property, why bother to make such a hasty move."

"I'm already sixty years old, why do I have to leave my hometown and go to Dongning?" Song Taigong made up his mind. "You are all filial children, as long as the Song family's incense continues, father will be satisfied." Speaking of this, Song Taigong solemnly explained his last words. "Whether Haini is in power or the Qing court continues to rule the world, my descendants of the Song family are not allowed to be officials."

Song Chongxiao and Song Chongyou burst into tears. Hearing their cries, other members of the Song family came after hearing the news. The joy suddenly turned into a miserable storm

"One hundred volumes of "Yao Lei", seven volumes of "Seven Policies and Pushing Steps", one volume of "Fengshan Quotations", and six volumes of "Yi Jin Shi""

Following a series of announcements, books, sets, rolls of rare books, and rare books were taken out of Tianyi Pavilion, carefully put into airtight boxes, and then sealed, and then packed into larger boxes. in barrels, loaded and transported away.

Seeing the classics that their ancestors worked so hard to preserve were forcibly snatched away, and the surrounding Fan clan cried loudly, Xue An, who was in charge of the transportation task, showed a bit of unbearable expression on the face of this miserable scene. But Zheng Kezang made it clear that these things must not be kept under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, so he could only turn a blind eye.

The winter sun sets very quickly, before You time, torches have been lit around Tianyi Pavilion, illuminating the entire courtyard brightly.At this time, the soldiers performing the task had changed, but the counting and moving were still going on. Obviously, Zheng Jun wanted to complete all this in the shortest possible time, so as not to leave any regrets after the Qing army attacked the city.

"Where did the six volumes of "Shang Yi Yi" go? There are also eight volumes of "Taibai Yin Jing", twelve volumes of "Zhou Gong Ju Jie", and one volume of "Chu Shi Yi". The exhausted Xue An found the Fan family who were also sleepless all night. "One volume of "Huailutang Poetry Talk", six volumes of "Zhonglu Tongkao", and forty volumes of "Mr. Don't blame me for not showing face to the Fan family."

"All [-] volumes have been taken away, and what are you saying to give the Fan family face." The person who responded was very arrogant. "Kill if you want"

"What are you talking so much nonsense for?" Xue An signaled slightly, and the two Zheng Jun beside him started talking with gun butts, knocking out the person who was answering the question. "It's okay if you don't give it. Someone, escort all the Fan clan onto the boat, and send them directly to Dongning."

The cries suddenly rose, and at this time Xue An suddenly said: "Why are you crying, are you unwilling to let you go to Dongning to guard these things? It really is so, what a loyal and filial son."

The current owner of Tianyi Pavilion stood up tremblingly: "When we arrive in Dongning, will these collections be returned to our Fan family?"

"Give it back to you?" Xue An laughed loudly. "Of course it will be returned to you, but before returning it to you, the lord will copy and engrave all these rare and rare books, and the records obtained will be returned to you after they are included in the Imperial College and the libraries of various counties. If there is any damage or omission, someone from your Fan family must be present."

The face of the owner of Tianyi Pavilion slowly slowed down: "The ancestors' precepts don't distinguish between generations, and they don't leave the pavilion, but now they have left the pavilion. Naturally, my descendants of the Fan family can no longer watch it damage. Okay, everyone, go back and pack your bags now. Return the ones you took away, tomorrow, go with Dongning’s boat.”