Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 405 Confrontation
A restless atmosphere swept across half of Jiangnan, and as time entered June, more and more rumors came from the trade unions of various factories. A few days ago, the imperial court recruited wages were not enough, and they set their sights on Jiangnan's rich The industry and commerce of Jiangnan intends to drain the blood of Jiangnan to support the north.

After finally working in the factory, saving a little money, and betting on a pension insurance in the insurance company, the imperial court will stretch out its hand to deprive all of this. This is even more unacceptable than when it was still in the bitter cold. Extending to Songjiang Prefecture, hundreds of thousands of workers are like a powder keg that is about to be ignited.

But a Martian jumped in.

From the capital to Yingtian by water boat, and then up the Yangtze River to Anqing City, the base camp of the begging army, Chen Yan, the inspector of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, who came to check Song Qingshu, was full of domineering, and the first thing he did was to order to seal it All of Song Qingshu's properties in the south of the Yangtze River were wiped out, the factories were sealed, and the workers were dismissed directly.

Chen Yan's eyes were shining, and he came directly to Yinzi. However, before the government's seal was pasted, the Jiangnan industry and commerce, which was already extremely anxious, rioted again!

"Dog officer! Get out of Anqing!"

"Defend the Marshal! Go to the court!"

The overwhelming bricks and stones were thrown from all directions, and rained down on the Anqing post house. As the base camp of the begging army, Anqing's industry and commerce were even stronger than Yingtian's, and compared to the light industry in the south of the Yangtze River, All the people gathered here are heavy industries such as steelmaking. It seems that the tempers of the workers have become a little bit grumpy. Tens of thousands of people have surrounded the place without saying anything, and more rioting workers gathered here.

Dozens of blacksmiths from ironworks swung heavy hammers and thumped on the walls of the post station. The officials inside heard their hearts beating wildly like dogs. They no longer had the arrogance they had when they closed the factories, crying and begging for mercy. with.

"Marshal, isn't the trouble a bit big this time?"

Even standing on the side of Qianshan, you can see the billowing smoke of the riots in Anqing City, but it is different from the chaos in the city, here is still orderly, the asphalt road is neatly repaired, and there are four-wheeled trucks in Zhuang. Pulled by the ox, he struggled up the mountain. Occasionally, the felt cloth covering the car turned up a corner because of the tilt, and there were all black and oily weapons inside.

Swords, guns, halberds, spears and hatchets, even begging firearms, and tiger crouching guns are all available.

These were transported to Huguang and southern Henan, which is the main gathering place for recruiting and surrendering peasant troops. There were at least 30 million people who surrendered, were demobilized or were not demobilized, and most of them were given to Song Qingshu's sworn brother, the Eighth University Wang Zhang Xianzhong's.

These days, it is estimated that Jiangnan's industry will lose a lot because of the policy. If it is changed to another place, Song Qingshu will naturally recover the loss. As for whether he is raising thieves?You are not benevolent and I am not righteous!

Following Song Qingshu to supervise the transportation team, looking back at the chaos in Anqing, Sun Chuanting still couldn't help it, and persuaded Song Qingshu sadly.

Although a little aggrieved, the best way to deal with the difficulties of the court officials is to use a silver bullet offensive. One end stabilizes Chen Yan, and the other end carries a million taels of silver to Beijing, and buys them one by one. The contacts of the living army may not be able to turn the situation around, this is what Yang Sichang expected.

But now, what his commander-in-chief is doing is exactly what Gong Dingzi expected. Song Qingshu is trying his best to instigate the entire Southern Zhili, workers to strike, businessmen to strike, students to strike, and use all his strength to openly contend with the court.

This is really dangerous, just like dancing on the tip of a knife. Once Emperor Chongzhen angrily ordered the extermination, all the whitewashing activities done by the begging army before will be in vain, and will become the target of public criticism. No wonder Sun Chuanting is so worried .

But listening to Sun Chuanting's persuasion, Song Qingshu couldn't help but sneered, turned his head to look north for a moment, then shook his head complicatedly.

"There is only a thousand days of thieves, there is no thousand days of thieves, and our shareholders have been clinging to the shadow of those landlords and bureaucrats for too long. It is time to show their fangs and let them stand on our political stage!"

Even the [-] Revolution in later generations was labeled as weak and compromised, because the Chinese bourgeoisie was too strictly suppressed by the feudal landlords, and they lacked the spirit of resistance consciously, allowing batches of rich and powerful to exploit a layer On another level, the prosperous Yangzhou salt merchants perished because of this. The bank accounts of Shanxi merchants in the late Qing Dynasty were also dragged down by waves of forced expropriation and extortion by the imperial court. The merchants took out, here is also dragged to pieces, Song Qingshu didn't want the sprouts of capitalism that he was not easy to cultivate, so he just went the old way.

There is no revolution without bloodshed. If so, the struggle must be fought!

There is another reason why Song Qingshu did not say that the 11th year of Chongzhen was not only the most peaceful and powerful year for the imperial court since Wei Zhongxian's chaos, but it was also the beginning of the defeat of the Ming Dynasty. Under the flames of the peasant uprising that broke out and was finally extinguished, more prairie sparks became active, and since Huang Taiji changed the name of the country to the Qing Dynasty, the war with Ming Dynasty was even more cruel and tragic.

It can be said bluntly that the downfall of the Ming Dynasty has entered the countdown!So what is Song Qingshu afraid of?
"Big guy!"

While the two were talking, more than a dozen fast horses suddenly galloped over with a long cloud of smoke and dust. They turned several somersaults in a row under the interception of the soldiers at the foot of the mountain, sweating profusely. Hui rolled and crawled up the mountainside again.

"Marshal, it's urgent. The rioting workers have broken through the post station and killed more than 20 Jinyiwei. Chen Yan, the patrol censor of the Lianghuai River, fled to Anqing Mansion under the protection of the pacesetters. Fu Zhifu sent someone to the Marshal's Mansion to ask for help!"

"Hmph, this Chen Yan really knows how to find a place to hide!"

Song Qingshu didn't have the slightest affection for this guy. On the first day he came to Anqing, he actually went straight to his bank. If he hadn't been too eager to show off his power, he ordered the factory to be closed and was blocked by rioting workers. The deposit bank of Jiaduobao bank account in Anqing is as high as 500 million taels, and it will really be stolen by this bastard.

With a sneer, Song Qingshu waved his hand lightly: "Send someone to pick up Mr. Fu, and then notify the trade union, let them make trouble as they like, and I will support them!"

"Respect!"

Seeing Song Yongzhong crawling down the mountain covered in sweat again, Sun Chuanting became even more worried.

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Sun Chuanting was right to be worried. On June [-], the day Chen Yan arrived in Anqing, he was beaten to death by rioting workers. In early July, the court was really enraged when he received the news.

"Your Majesty, the water transportation has stagnated. The water workers were threatened by the Song thieves to no longer transfer grain and grass. Tianjin Wei's inventory was empty. The Yangtze River was paralyzed. The thugs assembled by the Song thieves smashed the government everywhere. It was Mr. Chen, the inspector of the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, who was beaten to death by Song thieves and thugs before he could start an investigation."

"Your Majesty, the traitors of the Song Dynasty are so arrogant and ignoring the court's laws. If things go on like this, the country will not be a country! Please send out the Sixth Division as soon as possible, and punish this traitor today!"

The muscles on his face and beard were all twitching with anger, Gong Dingzi's serious voice almost caught up with Baogong, he suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and threw all the black materials of Song Qingshu that he had collected on it, seeing Emperor Chongzhen's gloomy like a thunderstorm With the look on the face of the eve, his soul almost flew out of excitement.

Song Qingshu, my lord thinks you are still alive this time?An anti-thief, the most despicable gangster, dares to go against the gentry who have read the scriptures, the masters, it is too long!
Gao Yingxiang died, Li Zicheng broke into the army and scattered, leaving only a hundred and ten people to go to the mountains to fight guerrillas. Since he ascended the throne, all the civil uprisings have been wiped out by himself. The self-confidence of Emperor Chongzhen is unprecedentedly inflated. At this time, Song Qingshu Jumping out to confront him was like stroking a tiger's beard upside down. Zhu Youjian patted the dragon chair angrily amidst the angrily cursing by the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Lead Jin Yiwei to go to Anqing today, take Song Qingshu to Beijing to interrogate, and order Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, not to return to the station in a hurry, and go east. A group of Song rebels who dare to stand up to the corner, immediately wipe out the Song army with a dignified army!"

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

At this time, he didn't care about going against the emperor, Yang Sichang's fat face was soaked with a thick layer of oily sweat, and he stood up helplessly.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Ni, Li Ni and other traitors have just been appeased, and when they are still unsteady in their hearts, they rashly use troops against the Song rebels, which is very likely to cause repeated attacks. Moreover, the Song rebels are very close to Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum. If the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, Disturbing the ancestral mausoleum is also detrimental to His Majesty's majesty, in my opinion, comfort is the most important thing!"

"Killing the court censor openly, lazily transporting water! It's tantamount to conspiracy, and let me go to appease you? What's the face of the court, and how can we deter all military officials in the future?"

Emperor Chongzhen was diligent and benevolent, but he had the same problem as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so he was very happy!If it was placed in the peaceful years, at most it would add some military exploits to the empire, and it would not shake the foundation, but the Ming Dynasty, which is dying of illness, is not comparable to the Han Dynasty, which was ruled by Wen Jingzhi. They don't listen to persuasion.

Seeing the emperor's angry appearance, Yang Sichang was still soft after all, he didn't have the guts to fight hard, and retreated resentfully.

Following the order, Jin Yiwei Commander Luo Yangxing immediately ordered hundreds of Jin Yiwei to go south to arrest Song Qingshu.

In the midst of this blissful venting, during the morning's government affairs, several important events were either killed or rejected by the officials, which showed the toughness of the Ming Dynasty that had not been revealed for a long time, but at noon, Emperor Chongzhen was hungry and ordered to withdraw from the court At that time, outside the palace gate, the old eunuch's voice suddenly echoed like a crow circling on the tomb, and it was unpleasant to hear.

"Urgent report at the border!"

The eastern captive proclaimed himself emperor and changed the name of the country to the Qing Dynasty. The captive chieftain Mergen led hundreds of thousands of bandits on behalf of Qing and divided his troops into two groups. They broke through the wall and Ziling. The whole army is wiped out, and it is urgent!
It is impossible to announce the emergency military situation in front of the officials, but even if they entered the imperial study room, this sudden tragedy still turned the faces of several members of the cabinet and Emperor Chongzhen pale.

Miyun is now a part of Beijing in later generations. It can be seen that it is close to the capital. This time, the Eastern Captives came in a menacing manner, and a sharp knife was directly inserted into the heart of the Ming Empire. What's even more frightening is that the main force of the empire, the elite soldiers from the three sides, and the Southern Province Most of the elites are still dragged in Huguang, thousands of miles away from the capital, and it will take more than ten days for the Xuanda frontier soldiers who can be used, and the Liaodong elites will arrive at King Qin. Only the three major battalions of the capital and the Tianjin Wei can be relied on.

This veteran soldier can't bring the slightest sense of security.

"Your Majesty, please issue King Qin's edict as soon as possible, ordering the soldiers and horses from all over the world to enter King Qin!"

Xue Guoguan was considered a mediocre person through and through. He was able to sit on the Shoufu Grand Scholar because the emperor didn't want to use the party to fight for him. At this moment, his head was muddled, and before Chongzhen could ask a question, he knelt down and kowtowed.

He didn't count on him either, his face was pale, and Emperor Chongzhen cast his hopeful eyes on Yang Sichang's fat face again.His face was almost soaked in oil and sweat, and Yang Sichang's own voice trembled.

"Your Majesty, it is not difficult to mobilize King Qin's army, but the water transport in the southern province is paralyzed from Yangzhou below, the Yangtze River is impassable, and the Huguang grain cannot be transferred to the capital. If there is no food and payment, a million troops will be useless!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen heard another hum in his ears, and sat back on the dragon chair...

(End of this chapter)