Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 50

It is said that since Renzong established his teachings to quell the pirates, thanks to the talented officials in the frontier and the clean courtiers, he has put the world in order.However, in the winter of the 14th year of Jiaqing, there was a strange case in the yamen of the Ministry of Industry in which a privately printed fake seal was used to counterfeit money.If this case was handled seriously, the officials of the six halls and the treasury minister would all be punished. Fortunately, the judge of the Ministry of Punishment did not want to be troublesome, so he only silenced Wang Shuchang.In the 16th year of Jiaqing, ministers and officials from both inside and outside Beijing invited to hold a hunting ceremony. Renzong issued an edict to tour the west, and was lucky enough to drive Wutai Mountain and enjoy the mountains and clouds. Unexpectedly, the sky gave a warning.According to the secret performance of Qin Tianjian, according to the astrology, there is a military chaos in the Lord.Renzong was very unhappy, and followed the transfer of all the officials to repair the remaining courtiers and guard them until the end of the year in fear. Fortunately, nothing happened.I only thought it would be okay from now on, but unexpectedly after this year, there was a rumor in the Henan area of ​​Zhili that the astrology should be on September 18th, [-], and Jingbao Henan Tong would suffer from military disasters, which would kill these places. The local people seemed to be terrified.Do you know where this rumor comes from?It turns out that a new church has sprung up in Zhi and Henan, called Tianli Sect, and its rules and regulations are similar to those of the White Lotus Sect of the Tiandihui.There are two teaching heads in the church, one is Lin Mingqing, who is in charge of Zhili educational affairs.One, Li Wencheng, was in charge of educational affairs in Henan.Lin and Li, the leaders of the sect, have great supernatural powers, and the people of Zhi and Henan were lured into the sect by him, and it is not known how many people.Taking advantage of the vision of Xingbo Ziweitan in the sky at this time, Li Wencheng's heart was moved, and he discussed with Lin Qing secretly: "The sky shows strangeness and people's hearts are confused. This is a golden opportunity. Let's gather believers and take advantage of this time to start an incident. It is not difficult to succeed in one fell swoop."

Lin Qingdao: "It's not difficult to make troubles, but it's really difficult to achieve them. The Tiandihui in Taiwan, the White Lotus Sect in Chuanhu, why don't they have a lot of followers? Why isn't the momentum not strong? In the end, I lost my life in vain."

Wen Chengdao: "According to what you say, we have a lot of things to do in teaching."

Lin Qingdao: "How do you say that?"

Wen Chengdao: "How should I put it, if you don't want to be rich and honored to be an emperor, you don't need to set up a religion. It's better to be a commoner in peace and contentment."

Lin Qing said: "You misunderstood me.

I don't want to make trouble, but I don't want to act rashly, I always have to make plans and do things step by step. "

Wen Cheng said: "How to plan?"

Lin Qingdao: "Let me ask you first, since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, how many rebellions have there been in the customs?"

Wen Chengdao: "Wu Sangui, Zhu Yiguan, Lin Shuangwen, Xia Fenglong, Wang Sanhuai, Wang Lun, I'm afraid there may have been six or seven incidents."

Lin Qingdao: "These six or seven heroes are not as powerful as us, are they not as powerful as us?"

Wen Cheng said: "Wu Sangui and Wang Sanhuai are so powerful, how can we compare with him?"

Lin Qingdao: "Have Wu Sangui and Wang Sanhuai succeeded?"

Wen Cheng said: "Successful, why is it still the Qing Dynasty at this moment?"

Lin Qingdao: "Do you know why they didn't succeed?"

Wen Chengdao: "If you think about it, it's nothing more than the loss of troops."

Lin Qingdao: "Invincible in terms of military strength is the next best thing."

Wen Cheng said: "What is the first?"

Lin Qingdao: "Let me ask you, why did Zhu die tomorrow?"

Wen Chengdao: "Who doesn't know that Li Baicheng conquered the capital of the Ming Dynasty, forced Chongzhen to death, and just died like this."

Lin Qingdao: "You know that if you want to take over the world, you must first attack the capital to find the emperor. Shooting people first shoots horses, and capturing thieves is the right thing to do. If you don't do this, you will get three points in the world and two points, and people's hearts will end." He refuses to die. If we cut the weeds and don’t get rid of the roots, we will relapse in the coming spring, so how can things be successful.”

Wen Cheng asked in surprise: "Do you dare to launch a trouble in Beijing?"

Lin Qing said with a smile: "Unless you don't do anything, you have to be in the capital if you want to do it."

Wen Cheng said: "It's not easy! How many Manchurian soldiers are there in Beijing!"

Lin Qingdao: "You can't just rely on your blood and courage, you have to think about it slowly."

Wen Cheng said: "What method do you use?"

Lin Qingdao: "Bring tens of thousands of silver and bribe the eunuch, and things will be easier."

Wen Cheng said: "Can the eunuch buy it?"

Lin Qingdao: "In today's world, if you have money, why can't you succeed?"

Wen Cheng said: "It's so good, it's not too late, you can go to Beijing to buy a house, and I will rush back to Hua County to handle the incident.

Lin Qing said: "This matter is not trivial, and it must be kept secret." "

Wen Cheng said: "You don't need to tell me, I know."

So the two split up.

Wen Cheng sneaked into Hua County, secretly gathered believers, bought weapons, and made flags, while sending people out to threaten: "On September 18th, the [-]th year of Jiaqing, the place should be robbed by soldiers.

"Everything is done, but wait for Lin Qing's news from Beijing, even if the flag is erected to launch an attack. One day, then Lin Qing sent a letter, knowing that the matter of internal affairs has already begun, and eunuchs Liu Jin, Gao Guangfu, and Yan Jinxi have all been bribed. Wen Cheng is overjoyed. Not long after One day, Lin Qing personally came to Hua County to meet with Wen Cheng. Asked about the situation in Beijing, Lin Qing said: "The affairs of the inner court have been properly arranged. There are only three big eunuchs, Liu, Gao, and Yan, and the young eunuchs have also bribed one or two." Ten, there is no need to worry about not responding in the palace.It's just that the believers were too timid, and when they heard that they were killed in the palace, they all shivered.How can things be done like this! "

Wen Cheng said: "Aren't there any brave ones?"

Lin Qingdao: "As far as my confidantes are willing to risk their lives, there are less than three hundred people in total."

Wen Cheng said: "I have 5000 people here, all of them are not afraid of death, they can take care of you."

Lin Qingdao: "It's very good. Jiaqing will leave Beijing soon."

Wen Cheng said, "What are you doing out of Beijing?"

Lin Qingdao: "Going hunting in Mulan is a routine thing every year."

Wen Chengdao: "When will it be held regularly?"

Lin Qingdao: "Eunuch Liu told me that I will be leaving on the third day of the first lunar month."

Wen Chengdao: "Let's take advantage of Jiaqing's departure. If we leave Beijing, it will be troublesome."

Lin Qingdao: "My idea is that it's better to do it after he leaves."

Wen Chengdao: "When he makes his move, what's his idea? Jiaqing is outside, we will occupy the capital, and he will call on the governors of the provinces to take charge of King Qin. At that time, there was no aid inside, no reinforcements outside, and there was no way to defend the isolated city." Chinese use."

Lin Qingdao: "Qiu Mi Huiluan, this is the only way to go, you lead the disciples, hijack here, surprise them, attack them unprepared, you will surely succeed. Then send another 2000 people to my place to help, both sides can be successful. It’s settled. The system of the Qing Dynasty, the clans and princes, never entrusted them outside. Once Beijing is won, everything will be wiped out, and there will be no such thing as ZTE and partial security. How about you?”

Wen Cheng said happily: "Brother Lin is so resourceful, I really admire you. I hope that after the matter is completed, you and I will share the world equally and enjoy the glory and wealth for the rest of our lives."

After discussing and deciding, Lin Qing went back to Beijing on his own.Li Wencheng summoned his disciples, gave instructions, planned strategies, and geared up, but when the imperial chariot arrived, he immediately raised the flag to attack.

People have thousands of plans, but heaven only counts.It is also Renzong's life that should not be cut off, and a savior came unexpectedly.The savior, surnamed Qiang and given name Kejie, is the county magistrate of Hua County.As soon as he arrived in office, he heard that there was a Tianli religion in the county, and he was extremely suspicious, so he sent his confidant family members to join the religion to inquire about the news.That day, the family got the news of Li Wencheng's hijacking, and rushed to the police station to report to Kejie.Ke Jie said: "I knew that this thief would cause trouble sooner or later, and now it is true."

He took the pen and inkstone as he was called, and wrote two paper bases by himself, and sent them out immediately.One was handed to Lang Jinqi, the prefect of Weihui Prefecture, and the other to Gao Qi, governor of Henan Province, to report Li Wencheng's treasonous situation, and immediately asked to send troops to arrest him.Unexpectedly, both Gao Futai and Lang Ben's house were greedy for trouble, and they did not send troops after receiving the documents, so Qiang Kejie was in vain.

The rumors are getting tighter and tighter, and the timing is getting tighter and tighter.Qiang Kejie said to Muyou: "When things come to an end, I can't take care of them anymore. Argumentation was originally a matter for Futai. Now that Gao Futai has been pushed away and the thief is lurking in my territory, I have no choice but to do it." Yes. If I were like them and there was a big disturbance in the future, wouldn’t all the officials in our Henan province be dead? Besides, I’d be sorry for the country.”

Muyou said: "The Ming government is loyal to the country, and no one dares to criticize it. But one thing, Li Wencheng deliberately rebelled, there must be a lot of party members, how can we catch him with bare hands? , but it’s still an unfinished business.”

Qiang Kejie said: "It doesn't matter. I personally led the Minzhuang Fast Squad to catch him. I'm not afraid that he will fly into the sky. My worry is that after the arrest, the bandits will make trouble. I'm afraid of my life." It’s hard to guarantee it. However, there is no way to save the country.”

All the behind-the-scenes friends are full of emotion.Qiang Kejie passed down a secret decree, telling Zhuang Ban, Zao Ban, Kuai Ban, to come to the Yamen to serve at the time when the lights are on.When the leaders of the third class received this message, they didn't know what important case the official was handling, so they all discussed it one after another.

After dinner, it was said that Qi's servants rushed to the county government office, just when the lights were on.In an instant, Qiang Ke Jie sat down, without pointing his finger, he just asked, "Is everyone here?"

Everyone replied: "It's all ready."

Ke Jie said: "You and I go to the office to handle the case."

After saying this, he ordered to pick up the sedan chair.Those leaders called Qian'er and asked, "Where to handle the case, please show me!"

Qiang Kejie said: "Follow the official's sedan chair, you can do as I do, and you can live as long as I live, so don't ask any more questions. Otherwise, I will take you out of the sky!"

While talking, the sedan chair was ready, Kejie got up and asked the leader of the fast team: "Have you brought all of them?
"The leader of the fast class replied: "I have brought everything together." Everyone waited for the official to get on the sedan chair and flew with the official sedan chair.

All of a sudden, I heard an official order from the sedan chair to stop, everyone stopped, and the official sedan chair also stopped.Kejie got out of the sedan chair and pointed to a house, "Securing the front and back doors of this house.

"Everyone was stunned. It turned out that there were quite a few of the yamen servants who were connected with Li Wencheng. Now that the officer is present in person, he knows that he can't use his hands and feet, so he can only complain in secret.

For a while, the front door and the back house were all guarded. Kejie led the soldiers, broke in and searched room by room.Searched in the firewood room and saw Li Wencheng hiding there shaking.Ke Jie shouted, "Take it!
Immediately put on the iron chain, the Yangzhou woman dragged her away like a hozen. After being dragged to the county government, she was immediately promoted to the court for interrogation.

At this time, all kinds of large punishment scales, sticks, and big sticks have been fully prepared.This Li Wencheng is really amazing, the confession he asked, apart from his name, age, and hometown, he didn't say a single word, and he didn't respond to a single word.Strong Kejie drink: "Use torture."

Wen Cheng sneered and said: "My lord, your ability is only enough to put me to death. If I risk my life, what can you do to me? You say that I am a private cult and have committed crimes. Those are baseless words.

Where is the wrong place?Where is the cult established? "

Ke Jie said: "Your evil plot was reversed, and I personally visited and found out. Would you wrongly accuse you? Since you refuse to confess, you have to apologize; if you are wrongly accused, this officer is willing to pay for your life."

Then they clapped the flag and drum, and ordered "up the stick", and the parties on both sides made a harmonious sound.When looking at Li Wencheng, his expression remained unchanged.Qiang Kejie ordered "Quick clip!"

, Three or five soap classes, all of them started to take out the shoes and socks for him, and put on the stick.Qiang Kejie asked, "Should I recruit?

Wen Cheng gritted his teeth and remained silent. Qiang Kejie ordered, "Put it away!" "

, As soon as he received it, Li Wencheng passed out from the pain.Loosen the clip to rescue him, but he still didn't move, so he tightened it again.

Don't talk too much, Li Wencheng refused to say anything at the Huaxian Hall, and Qiang Kejie lost his temper in anger, and ordered to tighten and beat. After this, Li Wencheng's two shins were pinched off by the gang, and he fell to the ground in a coma , unconscious.Zaobanpiao knew about Kejie, and Kejie said: "The shin is broken, and he is disabled for life. Although he was not cured to death, I don't think there will be any more monsters."

He was ordered to be rescued, and the nails and arrows were banned. At the same time, he wrote a document to apply for the constitution.Qiang Kejie's arrival is really a means of thunder and lightning.The Tianli Sect lost its leader, so it didn't make sense for a while. Several second- and third-class leaders arranged a meeting to discuss how to rescue Wencheng.Some advocated sending people to Beijing to report to Lin Qing; some advocated buying the jailer Xu Tu to save him;At the end of the discussion, more than half of the people advocated the uprising.So it was decided that on the seventh day of September, Changyuan and Dongming in Zhili, Caoxian, Dingtao, and Jinxiang in Shandong, and Huaxian in Henan, all raised their flags to start an incident.

On this day, five or six places, all gangs launched an attack.Attacking the city and killing officials, rebelling against prisons and robbing prisons, it was a mess.Needless to say, the big city in Huaxian County was breached by Tianli believers long ago.Qiang Kejie was full of loyalty and indignation, but he didn't have a soldier in his hand and couldn't use force, so he just died and died.When believers enter the city, the first priority is to rescue Li Wencheng from prison and make him the leader, and all soldiers and horses are under restraint.Wen Cheng said to the believers: "Although your actions are out of loyalty, you have made a big mistake in the overall situation."

People asked why.Wen Cheng said: "We made an appointment with Master Lin, originally on September [-]th. This time there was a hasty riot, and Master Lin, I'm sorry that he didn't know."

Follow-up question: "Have you ever sent someone to Beijing?"

Everyone replied "no".Wen Cheng said: "If we didn't know, how would Instructor Lin know when we started an incident? On the [-]th day, he will attack in Beijing. If we don't respond, wouldn't it be a big mistake? It's far away from Beijing. It's too late. What do you think about this matter?"

All the believers looked at each other in blank dismay, and didn't make any sense for a long time.Wen Chengdao: "The situation is also God's will, otherwise, how could Qiang Kejie oppose us like this. If I hadn't experienced setbacks, you would never have acted like this. Now we can only focus on the present, and everyone will work together. Whether it will succeed or not is uncertain."

So the believers were sent to plunder separately.

In a few days, a shocking letter came from Beijing, saying that Lin Qing had made a big disturbance in the imperial city and had been captured by officers and soldiers because no one responded.The believers in the capital suffered all casualties.Wen Cheng stumbled and said, "It was I who harmed him."

It turned out that Lin Qing was in Beijing, and Wen Cheng was arrested and the believers rioted, but he didn't know anything about it.On September [-]th, two hundred believers were sent to the inner city with weapons, waiting in various hotels, and agreed to attack Donghua and Xihua on the first month.The uprising brothers all wore white scarves on their heads as a sign.Lin Qing assigned Dingdang, so he came to the wine shop near the imperial city, and just stepped through the door, when he saw someone get up and greet him: "Brother Lin, it's been a long time."

Lin Qing asked in surprise, "Why are you both here?"

The two returned together: "I'm waiting for you on a special trip."

Lin Qingdao: "Let's have a long talk inside."

So we went inside together and chose an elegant seat to sit down.The two asked, "How did things go?"

Lin Qing looked back to see if there was no one there, and then said quietly: "It's almost ready. I have ambushed more than 200 people in all the hotels in the city, and I can do it as soon as the moon rises."

The two said: "How can we handle things well with only 200 people? What happened to Muzi's support?
" Lin Qing said: "The appointment will never be missed. "

One person said: "Have you contacted him?"

Lin Qingdao: "I haven't met before, the capital is so big, where can I find him?"

That one said: "No contact, I don't think it's very appropriate."

Lin Qingdao: "What are you afraid of? He originally made an appointment with me. If you want to change it, you have informed me earlier. If there is no letter, I hope there will be no change."

The first person asked: "Has Muzi sent a letter recently?"

Lin Qingdao: "Ten days ago, the believer came to Beijing with a message, saying that he was very good at handling various affairs in Huaxian County, and asked me not to miss the schedule."

The three of them were talking happily, but one of them came in from the outside and said: "You have done a good job, I will go to the yamen of the commander of the infantry."

The three of them were startled, and when they looked back, they were all happy.It turned out that the first two were Gao Guangfu and Yan Jinxi, and the second was Liu Jin.These three are all eunuchs of the inner court, who were bribed by Lin Qing.Liu Jin sat down and asked, "Do you want to do it today?"

Lin Qing nodded and asked him about the situation in the palace.Liu Jin said: "When you are in the palace, you can do nothing else. There is only one person who is difficult to deal with, so you have to guard against him all at once."

Lin Qing hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

, Liu Jin pointed to Gao and Yan: "They also know, didn't they tell you?"

Gao Guangfu said: "Aren't you talking about the second master?"

Liu Jindao: "Who else is there besides him? Teacher Lin, this young master really can't tell you, his skills and thoughts can't be seconded anywhere in the world."

Lin Qingdao: "Do you not believe that there will be heroes and heroes born in the embroidered bushes?"

Liu Jindao: "This young master's name is Min Ning, and he has been heroic since he was a child. I remember that year when Lafayette was hunting in Rehe, all the princes and grandchildren followed him. The second master was only eight years old. One day, Lafayette Happy, I personally led the kings Baylor to review the bows and horses. The second master was eager to see them. After Hou Wang Baylor finished shooting, he took a small bow and arrow and shot two arrows, both of which were hit by red hearts. Seeing the joy of the Lafayette, he swore his way "My son, if you can hit three arrows in a row, I will reward you with a yellow jacket." Although this young master is young, Xirong Muli's heart is very eager. Hearing his grandfather's words, he calmed down He shot an arrow, and hit the heart again. All the attendants praised him. After he shot, he put down the bow and arrow, knelt in front of Lafayette, and refused to get up. Asked him what he wanted, but he didn't answer. Lafayette laughed Said: "I know!" The courtiers rewarded him with a yellow mandarin jacket. If there was no small one in a hurry, they put the yellow mandarin jacket worn by an adult on him. The man's small coat was big, and the train was long and brushed the ground. Xie En got up , can’t even walk. Lafayette asked the guards to carry him back. Master Lin, think about it, he already has this ability at such a young age, and now with experience, it’s even more amazing. After entering the palace, this person can’t Don't guard against him all at once."

Lin Qing said with a smile: "Shooting horses and shooting arrows, that's just my brother's martial arts practice, what should I do if I'm afraid of him? When we went to the palace, he was frightened and fainted. Do you really dare to resist us?"

Gao Guangfu said: "Don't underestimate him. This master is not only meticulous in his thinking, but also good at his skills. He is always planning quietly as if nothing happened. If you want him to be scared It's not easy."

Lin Qingdao: "Since that's the case, I'll just guard against him."

Then I asked about the route in the palace and the north-south direction.

Just waiting to be dispersed, suddenly saw an inner eunuch rushing in and said to Liu Jin: "Master Liu, it's not good, our matter has been found out by the superiors."

The four of them were startled and asked what was going on.

The inner eunuch said: "Director Chang checked the door and found us. The two believers who came in early in the morning were all arrested by him."

Liu Jin hurriedly asked: "Have you been arrested?"

The inner supervisor said: "I have handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, I'm afraid I haven't asked yet?"

Lin Qingdao: "It doesn't matter if you didn't ask. Fortunately, we will do it tonight."

Gao Guangfu said: "Since two people have been arrested, the sooner we do it, the better."

Lin Qing agreed.

Liu Jin and others all resigned, Lin Qing went out to find the believers, and issued an order to start the incident immediately.

With this order, the Manhuang City immediately erupted into a commotion.The [-] believers were divided into two teams, one team attacked Donghua Gate, and the other team attacked Xihua Gate. They all wore white scarves and held white knives, shouting loudly, and the momentum was overwhelming.As soon as they arrived at the Chaomen Gate, someone opened the door to meet them. Liu Jin was at the Donghua Gate, and Gao Guangfu was at the Xihua Gate.At this time, all the guards and guards on duty, when they received the shocking letter, they all rushed to resist, fighting hand in hand and fighting desperately.If you want to know whether Lin Qing can succeed, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.

(End of this chapter)