Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

In addition, Yang Qilong also has an official position as an alternate county magistrate, a West-selected official, who was assisted by Wu Yingxiong before Wu Sangui was deprived of the right to appoint generals in Yunnan and Guizhou.Although he has always been an alternate, he is an official after all, which is very convenient when he is out and about.

So after the swearing-in military parade that day, before Shang Kexi led his soldiers out of Guangzhou City, Yang Qilong took Wu Sangui's autograph letter from Liu Xuanchu and left Guangzhou City overnight. Zhu Heqi reported the letter.

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When Yang Qilong came all the way to Jieyang, the double newlywed son of Prince Ding Zhu Heqi was in the attic of the backyard with Da Boling, Zhuge Military Advisor, Pang Eunuch, Mr. Yu, Guo Shiye and other core members of the organization. Dao Scarrong, who has been staying in Jieyang since sending his sister off to get married, is discussing a major matter that makes everyone have a headache.

Of course, this big event is not how to defeat Shang Kexi, they don't know that Shang Kexi has sworn to send troops!

The major headache for them now is to marry a wife for Zhu Cijiong, Zhu's third prince, that is, Zhu Heqi and his old bean!

Zhu Hexi, the third grandson of Zhu, married two daughter-in-laws in one visit. As an old man, the third prince Zhu should marry a housefill, isn't it too much?

So on the third day after Zhu Heqi, Qiu Shuzhen, and Da Boling consummated their marriage, the third prince Zhu was at the wine table (of course, the wedding banquet in Chaozhou would have to last for a few days), and took advantage of the strength of wine to meet his brother-in-law at the banquet. The old man, the military advisor Zhuge Sanhe, and the eunuch Pang, the governor of the East Factory, talked about wanting to marry a wife, and they also made demands on the future daughter-in-law.

That's a lot to ask for...

The one who delivered the message for the third prince Zhu was Emperor Chongzhen's "Qizai" Mr. Yu. He said to Zhu Heqi: "Qizai, your father said that he doesn't have any requirements. He just wants a rich family and a scholarly background. Yes, knowledgeable and reasonable."

Zhu Hechi nodded and thought: "This is not too demanding. Although my 'New and Old Dou' is not young, has no diploma, no house in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and a son in his 20s. But he My current job is good, I am the King of the Ming Dynasty! With this job, it is no problem to marry a lady from a great family. At most, I will be fatter or ugly..."

But before the old man finished speaking, he continued: "Your father also asked his future daughter-in-law to have fairer skin, more beautiful appearance, bigger breasts, and bigger buttocks, but her waist should not be thick. In addition... It’s best to learn a little martial arts!”

Mr. Yu frowned while speaking.That seems like a lot to ask for!In addition, Mr. Yu seems to recognize a woman who meets all the requirements of the heavenly king Zhu Ti. Who is this woman?Why can't I remember it for a while?

Zhu and Qi frowned when they heard what Old Master Yu said about Heavenly King Zhu's criteria for choosing a spouse—how could this be based on Da Boling?What does he mean?Have you been secretly in love with Da Bo Ling?Da Boling was his sister-in-law before, but now he is his daughter-in-law, how could he do this?What about his loyalty?What about his reason?He doesn't want to learn from Tang Minghuang, does he?

no!Zhu Hechi thought to himself: "I have to tighten my grip on military power!"

"Mrs. Ling, the person that Tianwang Zhu wants is similar to that of Zhu..." Eunuch Pang was really used to being free and easy, without a doorman on his mouth, he directly broke the window paper.

After pointing it out, the eunuch Pang didn't realize that he had made a slip of the tongue, and even asked the blushing Da Boling, "Mrs. Ling, does your natal family have a younger sister who looks similar to you? If so, this matter will be fine." done."

"Master, don't you know what's going on in Nu Niang's house?" Da Boling glanced at the eunuch Pang angrily.

Daboling's family was originally a wealthy Chaozhou family, and later he and Dadusu fought against the Qing Dynasty. After their failure, they were massacred by the Qing soldiers and nearly wiped out their family. I didn't find a few, and they were not as beautiful as Daboling.

Seeing the scene, Mr. Guo was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to divert the big guy's attention. He smiled and asked, "Mrs. Ling, I know everyone in the Chaozhou area. Do you know any girl who can suit the king's wishes?"

Da Boling frowned, thought carefully, then shook her head and said: "Where is it? Including Da Lao Hui and Liu Guoxuan's territory, we only have four counties at hand, and there are quite a few rich families, but this There are too few scholarly families."

Chaozhou people in this era don't like to read very much, but there are actually several scholarly families, such as the Duma family of Longjing, which is a scholarly family.But the people in their family are all elongated, which doesn't meet the requirements of the king of heaven, Zhu!

Old man Yu's family can barely be considered a scholarly family, but his family is not suitable either.The daughters of Mr. Yu's family are all fat, with round faces and average figures, and they are not well literate, let alone martial arts.

As for the other scholarly families, in Da Boling's impression, there seemed to be no particularly outstanding girls.Those who are waiting to be married are either fat or short, or have pockmarked faces, and a few of them are passable, and they are not as good in culture and martial arts as Da Boling.

"I do know that a girl is quite suitable." Dao Scarrong said suddenly at this time.

"Really? A girl from whose family?" Zhu Heqi immediately became filial -- this Da Boling is not afraid of being stolen by thieves, but afraid of his father thinking about it!

So he had to find himself a new mother quickly!

"Xu Shungong Shen Rui's sister-in-law is beautiful!" Dao Barong said, "She is a famous beauty, and she has fascinated Liu Jinzhong's son so much.

Liu Jinzhong was so forced by his son that he had no choice but to propose marriage to Duke Xushun's mansion, but Deng Guangming blocked him back on the grounds that he was not in the right family.Because of this incident, Liu Jinzhong also ordered people to erect a fence in the city of Chaozhou Prefecture, and had no contact with Duke Xushun's residence. "

"That's right," Eunuch Pang said, slapping his thigh, "It's hard to remember, all the girls in the Shen family are outstanding! The deputy general and the chief soldier of their family rely on the daughters in the family to sleep out!"

This Duke Xushun's mansion is also quite shameless, other warlords rely on beatings, and his family relies on their daughters and sisters sleeping with others.First, Mao Wenlong was taken to sleep, and then some other senior generals of the Pidao Army were "brought down", thus establishing the Shen family's status as a warlord.

"Can Xushun Gong's mansion be regarded as a scholarly family?" Zhu Heqi immediately realized that something was wrong, shaking his head like a rattle, "Who is his family? He is a traitor! He is a traitor who has defected to the country! And he Miss at home, how did we get it?"

Everyone heard it right!

Why can't the women in Duke Xushun's mansion be legal wives for Zhu Tianwang!

What's more, she is still hiding in the city of Chaozhou, so she can't be robbed, and even if she is robbed, it's worthless, how can she be a princess?

But where can I find a well-born, good-looking, and curvaceous lady who will be the wife of the king of heaven, Zhu?

Just thinking about it, the voice of his disciple, the governor of the inner factory and the head of the Shizifu, the little father-in-law Pang Siming suddenly came from outside the pavilion.

"My lord, there is a Mr. Yang Qilong Yang who said he was your old friend and wanted to see him!"

Chapter 106

Yang Qilong's arrival interrupted the ongoing secret meeting. Except for Da Boling, everyone followed Zhu Heqi to the gate of the Shizi Mansion to welcome this hero who was active in the secret front of anti-Qing and Fuming. , please enter the second hall of Shizi Mansion.

The two parties were divided into guests and hosts, and after exchanging pleasantries, Yang Qilong got into the subject and said to Zhu Heqi: "My lord, on the 32th day of the first month, Shang Kexi took oaths in Guangzhou... This time he came for real. The flag army, green battalion, flag slaves, and flag men under the Pingnan Prince's Mansion alone pulled out more than [-] people, and also took out [-] Macao-made Hongyi cannons and many muskets and gunpowder accumulated over the years!

Shunde Town, Dongguan Town, Shaozhou Town, and Jieshi Town all received orders to send troops to join the war.The pacesetters of the admiral of Guangdong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the governor of Guangdong will also participate in the battle.Plus the soldiers and horses of Duke Xushun's mansion and Chaozhou Town.This time it is still gratifying to be able to pull out at least [-] troops, which can be regarded as an all-out force!

In addition, Shi Lang, the newly appointed Admiral of the Fujian Navy, also traveled south day and night, and he will arrive in Zhangzhou in a few days. "

"What?" Zhu Heqian was quite sure just now, but when he heard that Shi Lang came to Zhangzhou, he immediately became nervous, "Shi Lang came to Zhangzhou?"

In the memory of his previous life, Shi Lang didn't seem to show up much during the San Francisco Rebellion, and he didn't know where to get the soy sauce?Why did you come to Fujian now?

Is it to deal with me?

Zhu Heqi couldn't help but frowned, thinking: "Chaozhou land is relatively stable now, Jieyang County has been built into a simple bastion, and a century-old cannon imported from Britain was put on it, which can be described as impregnable. !

Moreover, my son is becoming more and more good at using troops. Recently, he invented a new tactic of coordinating with the 'Infantry Hammer'. He is definitely a tactical genius!But I don't know how to fight in the water, so I can only rely on the big brother Hui in the water.

This was not a problem at first, but now that Shi Lang is an extra variable, the boss Hui might not be able to beat Shi Lang when playing in the navy!

Moreover, sweet gunpowder is too susceptible to moisture to be used on the sea.Without the prestige of sweet gunpowder, and the opponent is a ruthless character like Shi Lang, if the boss Hui can't win, the situation will be unimaginable..."

The more Zhu and Qi thought about it, the more wrong it became!His brows gradually knit into a ball.

While introducing the situation, Yang Qilong was also observing the changes in Zhu Heqi's expression. Seeing his frowning, he thought he was worried about Shang Kexi's army, so he comforted him: "My lord, don't worry too much, Shang Kexi Although there are many soldiers and horses in the army, they are not in the same mind and each has their own ghosts. Yan Ziming, Miao Zhixiu, Zhang Guoxun, Wang Guodong, Liu Jinzhong and other general soldiers are all princes of one side.

Junshi Liu would take Wu Sangui's personal letter to visit Yan, Miao, Zhang, Wang and other generals, and naturally let them hold Shang Kexi back.

On Liu Jinzhong's side, the minister will also bring Wu Sangui's personal letter to visit, and when the time comes to grant Wu Sangui a Duke of Haiyang, let him stay in Haiyang, Dapu, and Fengshun counties forever, and he will stand still. "

Yang Qilong didn't give a solution to Shi Lang's threat - maybe in his opinion, Shi Lang, who just took office, can't pose much threat yet.

Zhu Heqi smiled, and said to Yang Qilong: "Then I will have to thank Junshi Liu and Junshi Yang!"

"Military adviser?" Yang Qilong was taken aback, looking up at Zhu Heqi, he didn't remember when he became a military adviser.

Zhu Hexi explained with a smile: "Brother Qilong, my father and I were able to open up the Jieyang court, and you contributed a lot! Although the Jieyang court is just a grass-roots team, your contribution should not be forgotten. Therefore, our university scholars The meeting has been discussed, and I would like to invite you to be our right assistant deputy military adviser, and to preside over the Grand Military Division together with Zhuge Military Division in the future.

Brother Qilong, don't think that the yamen of our Jieyang court is too small! "

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Now the grass-roots team of the Jieyang court has been set up.

Because Shi Lang and Fan Chengmo arrived in Fujian one after another, the Yanping Palace became nervous, so Chen Yonghua did not come to Chaozhou as agreed, but he still sent someone to bring Zheng Jing's "persuasion form" and recommendation letter.

"Persuading Jinbiao" is to persuade Zhu Cijiong to become emperor, while the recommendation letter is to recommend Chen Yonghua, Qiu Rong, Qu Dajun, Zhu Zhiyu, Zhu Da, Feng Xifan and other six people as great scholars.

But Heavenly King Zhu did not proclaim himself emperor—it would be too shameless to proclaim himself emperor with only half of the county's directly-administered territory.

So Heavenly King Zhu is still supervising the country in the name of Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong, but he is not a supervising country with all the power.

Because the Jieyang court is now under the banner of "the world is for the public, the world is peaceful, and the defense of the Chinese orthodoxy", so a university academy has been set up as an institution to assist the prime minister and supervise the country.

Under the Jianguo Mansion and the University Academy, there is the Zhongshu Mansion personally led by Zhu Heqi.Under the Zhongshu Mansion, there are four directly subordinate yamen, Jinyi Qinjun, Junshifu, Tianwang Xuegong, and Jieyang County Yamen.

Among them, Jinyi's army is the main force of Zhu's father and son's army, and Zhu Heqi is the commander.At present, there are [-] standing soldiers organized into two towns, with Su Yong and Lin Ahu serving as the governors of the northern and southern towns respectively.

The military division's office is also an important yamen, in charge of combat, training, military orders, and intelligence investigation-although Jinyi's army looks like the old Jinyiwei, it is actually a serious army and does not care about spies at all.The spy work of the Jieyang court is now under the control of the Military Division.

And the boss of the military division mansion is called Zuo Fuzheng military division, of course it is Zhuge Sanhe!

Where there is a left, of course there is a right, and the post of deputy military adviser to the right has been vacant and has not been appointed, but it is actually reserved for Yang Qilong.

In addition, Tianwang Xuegong is also a very important yamen, which is a yamen in charge of education and ideology!

Now it is not just the dolls in the youth hall who need to be educated in the original Confucianism, but also all the officials and generals directly under the Jieyang court!

Everyone needs to know why there is a war?

You also need to know what are the benefits of fighting with the third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu?No good who fights?

As for the issue of this benefit, you can't let the superiors talk to the subordinates, you have to let the gentlemen of the academy talk.

In fact, most of the so-called Mr. Xuegong are Chaozhou heroes who are proficient in literature or older students from the Youth Hall.Zhu Heqi didn't mean that they really became scientists and philosophers... These talents have to be selected from the primary school students in the youth hall!

Therefore, after teaching these older heroes and students to recite, silently write, and interpret the passage "the journey of the great way, the world is for the public" in "Book of Rites·Li Yun", Zhu Heqi sent them to the army as military followers. Specially responsible for explaining the truth to the generals, and also responsible for literacy for the generals.

In order to let the following group of followers live off the addiction of being a high-ranking official, the Jieyang court issued six departments of officials, rites, households, soldiers, punishments, and workers, and a supervisor of ceremonies that sounds very big.

Mr. Yu, Mr. Guo, Ma Xiucai, Dao Scarong, Zhongyi Zhao, and Li Laocai, each of them got a Shangshu!

Among them, Mr. Yu became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Dao Barong became the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Li Laocai, the salt smuggler, became the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Zhongyi Zhao became the Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Mr. Guo became the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, and Ma Xiucai Ma Chenglong became the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. After becoming the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the eunuch Pang Yongzhong and the eunuch Pang Yongzhong were of course the Eunuch Pang Yongzhong.

By the way, in addition to the nominal officials of Shangshu or Bingbi eunuch, the above-mentioned officials all have other real positions.

Among them, Mr. Yu, Mr. Guo, and Ma Xiucai are all cultural people, so they all work in the Tianwang Academy and the Youth Hall.

Li Laocai no longer sells private salt now, and has been promoted to Beiguan Commercial City in Jieyang County—this is a position that can get a commission. Although it is not very big, it is very affordable!This old Li is a businessman, and he got into Zhu Heqi's pirate ship by chance. He can't be a military strategist or a politician, he just wants to make money.

Zhongyi Zhao Zhao Zhongyi is Zhu Tianwang's confidant, so he became the admiral of the four sects, in charge of a city guard camp, and also responsible for the defense of the Jianguo Mansion. This is the general of the Yulin Army, and there are three or four hundred men under him.

With such a large number of yamen and government-run internal factories in the southeast and northwest, the court of the third prince Zhu and his grandson and his son is really impressive, and it seems that it is really possible to achieve great things.

So Yang Qilong was overjoyed when he heard that he could be the deputy military advisor of the right assistant, and the deputy of that miraculous Zhuge military advisor.

In the future, if the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty is successful, they will not be granted the title of Duke!

But just as he wanted to salute and thank him, he felt that it was inappropriate - he had to go to the enemy camp, so he couldn't let Wu Sangui and the others know that his job was to be a military adviser of the Ming Dynasty!

Thinking of this, Yang Qilong hastily declined and said: "My lord, it is really inconvenient for me to be a military advisor if I have to walk around the enemy camp. If Wu Sangui and others know that I belong to my lord, I'm afraid something bad will happen."

Zhu Heqi smiled and waved his hands and said: "Brother Qilong, don't worry, I have already made arrangements...Brother Qilong can use an alias to be the right military advisor of the Military Advisor's Mansion. I think Brother Long is elegant and gentle, so it's better to just Change your name to Xiuqing!"

"Xiuqing?" Yang Qilong muttered in a low voice, "Yang Xiuqing? What a name!"

Chapter 107 Military division, where is your trick?

Yang Qilong's military advisor is quite formal!

Not only did he receive the military adviser’s seal, official uniform (Confucius uniform) and Jian Guo’s decree in the Jian Guo Mansion, but he was also allocated a mansion in Jieyang County, and received a corresponding salary—50 taels of silver a month!

Well, 50 taels of silver a month may not seem like much, but it is currently the highest standard salary issued by the Jieyang court.

Jian Guoding Wang Zhu Cijiong and his son Zhongshu Ling Zhu Heqi are now only receiving a salary of 50 taels a month...and they don't have any extra income!

This is not just talking casually, but it has to be announced to accept the supervision of the big guys!Now the world is for the public!Even if Zhu Tianwang and Zhu Heqi wanted to be kings, they could only be "vegetarian kings".Of course, with this little income, the two of them can still eat fish and meat.

After all, in today's Chaozhou, there are fewer people and more land, and you can still eat seafood by the sea, so delicious things are not expensive.

And they both have some old roots.Zhu and Qi also got two dowries, one from Qiu Shuzhen and one from Da Boling...you can also eat soft rice, it tastes good!

However, the South and Northwest Inner Factory created by Zhu Hechi and the East Factory contributed by Eunuch Pang are now "for the public".It doesn't work if you don't "serve the public"!

The Jieyang court now has hundreds of civil and military officials, 1000 to [-] standing troops, and more than [-] teachers and students of the Academy Youth Hall to support.

The monthly expenses are as high as 8000 taels of silver, and the income is only 1 taels a year from Yanping Palace and 800 shimi a year from Qiu Hui, as well as taxes from Jieyang Beiguan Commercial City and Jieyang County... ...A month's worth is only [-] taels.

That is to say, the Jieyang court’s tax revenue in January is only 3000 taels, while the expenditure is 8000 taels, and the deficit is as high as 6000 taels!

And such a big hole, in addition to relying on the old capital, can only be filled by the five factories in the southeast, northwest, and north!At present, among the products of the five factories, the ones that receive the fastest money are the fire salt of the West Factory and the gunpowder of the Inner Factory!

Immediately after Zhu Hechi took over Jieyang County, he issued a "dung collection order" - the people living in the county and the large animals raised in the county must be registered in the register and hand in a certain amount of excrement and urine every day.

And these feces and urine are collected by Xichang, and then mixed with soil according to a certain proportion, and piled up in the newly built nitrate collection pond outside Dongguan, the county seat. The salt ponds are now under the management of the Xichang Gucheng Branch.Regardless of the main factory and branch factories, they have been continuously expanding production in the past two months.

According to Zhu Heqi's design, if the raw materials are sufficient, a nitrate collection pond can produce about 150 to [-] jins of nitrate per month, and can extract [-] to [-] jins of fire nitrate. Consuming [-] to [-] catties of "raw materials"... Now the Gucheng branch has [-] "pools" with a monthly output of up to [-] catties of fire nitrate!The supply of raw materials at the Jieyang General Factory is also sufficient, and it is free, so there are as many as [-] "pools" that have been built or planned to be built!

If all of them are completed, the monthly output of the entire West Factory will be able to steadily exceed 500 jin!Zhu Heqi's standing army is only [-] people, so of course they don't need so much fire nitrate or gunpowder... So before all these nitrate pools were built, Zhu Heqi had already started to take orders from Qiu Hui and Liu Guoxuan!

This fire nitrate and high-quality granulated gunpowder are hard currency here in Guangdong, and any local tyrant wants to buy it... Buy it back and you can fight with the clans in the next village, and you can use it to scare the dog officials who are forced to evict or come to collect taxes. dog official.

Anyone who doesn't have it, can't sleep at ease!

Therefore, as long as the West Factory and the Inner Factory buy three or four thousand catties of gunpowder within a month, they can earn about 5000 taels of silver to subsidize the national use... Although it is still beyond the means, it can also greatly slow down the consumption of cash. , It can help the Jieyang court support until the two leading products of "Daming Chunjiu" and "Dongchangxiang" start to make a lot of profits.

At that time, the finances of the Jieyang court will be stable.

However, the Jieyang court's current style of diligence and thrift for the public still makes Yang Qilong, who has temporarily become Yang Xiuqing, feel a kind of vigorous new dynasty atmosphere.

Compared with the poor court in Jieyang, the Manchu Qing court in Beijing seemed quite extravagant, and it also smelled of decay.Just by smelling it, you know that the Qing Dynasty is coming to an end!

Yang Qilong, who had put on the Confucian clothes that looked cheap and wore a linen belt around his waist, with a long sword hanging from his belt, was sitting on a chair in the main hall of the Jianguo Mansion, watching the Manchu Dynasty. The commoner Qingxiang suddenly felt that he had flourished a lot.

He was going to Haiyang County tomorrow to win over Liu Jinzhong—not for Zhu and Qi, but for Wu Sangui.And today Zhu Heqi didn't arrange for him to eat, drink and have fun in Jieyang County, but took him to court.

The purpose is to let him really feel what a court where the world is for the public is like!