The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 300

"Mu Jing, I'm fucking your mother!" Lu Jin kept shaking his head and cursing along the way, "You assassinated King Gui, but why did you drag me into the water?!"

According to what Xu Feihu said, now that King Gui is dead, the assassin is the woman Lu Jin brought into the palace.Even if he jumped into the Yellow River now, he couldn't clean himself up. What else could he do but run away?
Last night, he and his family ran southward along the Guijiang River for nearly [-] miles, and they didn't take a rest until the horse's legs cramped.Fortunately, he has a lot of old acquaintances near Wuzhou, and before the incident in the city was reported, no one stopped him along the way.

At dawn, he asked his confidants to buy horses at a post station nearby, and continued to flee south, hoping to enter Guangdong along the lower reaches of the Guijiang River, and then find a way to go to Shaozhou Prefecture, or find a way out.

Less than half an hour after he set off, a large group of pursuers came here, separated the traces on the ground, divided them into two groups, and continued to pursue hotly.

On the other side, in the city of Wuzhou, the universe was even more shaken.

When Chen Ke learned that there was an accident in Prince Gui's Mansion, he immediately mobilized thousands of troops overnight to surround the mansion tightly, and then closed the four gates of Wuzhou City to prevent anyone from entering or leaving.

At noon the next day, Ding Kuichu, who was suppressing the military mutiny in Liuzhou, also got the news, and was immediately shocked.

Now this "broken house" in Guangxi is leaking everywhere. If there is another problem with King Gui's biggest card in his hand, the situation will really be out of control.

He hastily handed over all the military affairs to the deputy general, and then led his people back to Wuzhou in a hurry. Halfway through the trip, Chen Ke came to report the situation.

"Have you searched the city carefully?"

"Going back to the governor's hall, my subordinates sent five thousand soldiers and horses to search every house several times, but no trace of King Gui was found."

Ding Kui asked anxiously: "Could it be that he has not escaped from the palace?"

Chen Ke hurriedly said: "But it's not necessarily true. A military officer reported that before and after the incident last night, Lu Jin left the city under the guise of urgent military affairs."

Hearing the words, Ding Kuichu seemed to have caught a life-saving straw, and said sharply: "King Gui must have been taken away by him in the chaos, so send troops to chase after him! If you want to see people, you want to see dead bodies!"

"Reporting to Dutang, my subordinates have sent people to search for the trace overnight, and we will definitely not let him escape."

"Okay, okay..." Ding Kuichu bowed his head and thought for a while, and then ordered, "It's not enough, immediately deploy more troops to defend the border between Guangxi and Guangdong, and make sure to check carefully, and don't let anyone go."

"Subordinates obey orders."

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard came to report with a letter, "Report to the Governor's Hall, there is an urgent message from Zhen'an Mansion."

Ding Kuichu removed the seal from the letter box, took out the paper and unfolded it to read.It was reported by the garrison office of Zhen'an Mansion near Yunnan that [-] soldiers and horses from Shadingzhou had entered the territory of Guangxi.

Ding Kuichu knew very well that Shadingzhou was entrenched in Yunnan, and it was useless to amass money. His soldiers and horses were extremely well-equipped, and the strength of the five thousand troops was equivalent to more than ten thousand of his own.

With the reinforcement of this Yunnan army, it is possible for him to wrestle with the imperial court.But now King Gui, who he used to command the heroes, is gone.If Sha Dingzhou learns about this, he will definitely withdraw his troops and give up joining forces with him.

No, we must find a way to stabilize Shashi first.Ding Kuichu frowned and pondered, since he couldn't find King Gui himself, it would be difficult for others to know his whereabouts.

right!King Gui is just a signboard, whether he is real or not?

As soon as he thought about this, he immediately summoned Chen Ke to tell him: "You return to Wuzhou immediately, and spread the news, only that King Gui's mansion is on fire, King Gui suffered some minor injuries and needs to rest for a few days, but it doesn't matter.

"Gather together the people in the palace, and choose another place to set up the palace, so that they can still act as usual."

Chen Ke was also surprised when he heard the words, but he still cupped his hands and said: "Your subordinate obeys the order!" He thought for a while, and then asked, "Maybe there should be a 'King Gui' sitting in charge in this mansion..."

"Go and find someone with a similar figure and appearance as a substitute, so that your confidantes will stand by and guard you, and you will rarely let others approach you."

"My subordinate understands."

After Chen Ke returned to Wuzhou, he immediately dispatched a large number of soldiers to guard the border of Guangxi to prevent Lu Jin from fleeing to Guangdong with "King Gui".The city of Wuzhou suddenly became one of the pine trees.

Lu Jin fled all the way to Yongning in the southeast of Guangxi, but saw that the border to the east was densely guarded, and it was impossible to leave Guangxi.

At the same time, the number of pursuers behind him continued to increase. At this time, there were about [-] soldiers chasing and intercepting him. It made him miserable, but he could only keep his head down and continue to flee.

But Zhu Youlang was in Wuzhou City at this time, and the dilapidated house he was hiding in was less than [-] steps away from the burnt palace.But only on the second day after the palace caught fire, some soldiers came here to take a quick look, and no one came here after that.

As the saying goes, it is dark under the lamp.Those people in Chen Ke can't believe that King Gui, who they can't find in the southeast of Guangxi, is actually next to the palace, right under their noses.

……

In a village in Majiang County, Wuzhou Prefecture, more than a dozen peasants were eating lunch on the ground.

"Hey, have you heard?" A square-faced man asked with a mysterious expression, "The imperial court is going to levy a 'single tax' instead."

"What is a flat tax?"

"You don't know this?" Fang Lian drooled, "From now on, the government will only levy [-]% tax, and all other tax donations will be prohibited!"

"real or fake?"

"impossible……"

Fang Lian said seriously: "Of course it is true. It is said that Guangdong has implemented it. Maybe it won't be long before we can come here."

"Hey, I heard that Mr. Ding is going to fight the imperial court, so thank God if Guangxi doesn't increase its wealth."

Fang Lian sighed, "Who said it wasn't? I just hope that the court can win quickly..."

"Shut up, do you want to die?!" Immediately, someone gestured and looked around, seeing no strangers, and then said, "Lao Zhang, who are you listening to?"

"Li Dabaozi, the head of the east of the village."

At this time, Li Dabangzi was also happily talking about the "single tax", and the farmers around him nodded frequently.

Then he talked about the imperial government's disaster relief in southern Fujian and Chaozhou, so that countless people survived from death, and the imperial court also exempted the disaster area from taxes for two years.By the way, I also briefly popularized potatoes and sweet potatoes.

"Hey, if it wasn't for the rebellion surnamed Ding, our life would be much easier now."

In the end, he concluded that he used the excuse of something to do at home, then turned around and went to the next village, waiting for an opportunity to find someone to promote according to the arrangement of the Propaganda Department.And the words he just said were quickly spread by the villagers.

This Li Dabangzi, formerly known as Li Dai, was a response officer under the newly established Countermeasure Department of the Propaganda Department, who was in charge of spreading rumors and creating public opinion among the enemy.

There are no less than five or six hundred policy officers like him in Wuzhou, Liuzhou and other places, which greatly affected public opinion in Guangxi.

Of course, apart from Dai Li who is in charge of the countryside, there are other policy officers who are in charge of different groups of people.

At this time, in Wangxing Pavilion, the most prestigious restaurant in Liuzhou City, twenty or thirty students were holding a poetry meeting.But after writing a few poems, everyone gathered around Zhao Xiucai, listening to him talk.

"Xuanbu, that's on par with the original Six Ministries. You should be able to figure out how many seats will be needed for this huge new division."

(End of this chapter)