mind master

Chapter 560 Yangzhou Ten Days
This alley is close to the river. If you look carefully, the river is very big, and it is a long and continuous Grand Canal.There is a port by the river. At this moment, there are many ships moored at the port on the river, and various materials are transported from the ships. In the port, a large number of warriors in coarse clothes are carrying the goods, shouting slogans, Shouting and sweating.

Somebody picks the box off the box.

The black cloth that originally covered the goods was blown up by the wind, and you can see that there are frames of green salt inside.

"Yangzhou Port!!"

"Thirteen bends in Yangzhou, this is the ancient canal, the ancient canal of Yangzhou."

Zhong Yan looked up at the archway in front of the port, as if he could see that this was the port of Yangzhou City.The surrounding people, in the voices of communication, undoubtedly revealed what kind of place this is, and the unique accent also revealed the message of this place, and the bustling scene was also clear at a glance.

The ancient canal is a golden waterway in Yangzhou City. In ancient times, thousands of sails competed on the river all day long, linking each other end to end.With the prosperity of waterway transportation, the ferries, wharves, cargo stations, commercial banks, shops, workshops, etc. on both sides of the ancient canal are built along the river, and the business is booming.During the day, there is a lot of traffic, shoulder-to-shoulder, and rows of ten-mile river banks; at night, the lights along the coast are bright, the moon shadows the shadows of the flowing water, and the spring breeze carries the plum blossoms at night. It is really a paradise on earth.

Yangzhou has been a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times.

The real splendid mountains and rivers.

In history, it has a pivotal position. In many eras, most of the taxes came from here, especially the salt tax. Yangzhou cannot be ignored. This ancient canal also breeds a lot of forces. The oldest , Nothing is better than Water Transport and the Salt Gang, which control the two major money-making machines of transportation and salt sales.

Thirteen ferry crossings are: Wantou Ancient Ferry, Yanting Ferry, Wutai Mountain Ferry, Silkworm Farm Ferry, Yanchi Street Sanmaoan Ferry, Dongguan Floating Bridge Ferry, Gap Ferry, Xu Ningmen Ferry, Fuyunmen Floating Bridge Ferry, Chaoguan ferry, the ferry at the front gate of the post house, the small wharf ferry, and Longyi'an ferry.

But now, Zhong Yan and the others were clearly at Wantou Ancient Ferry.

Many water systems converge here, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Mangdao River, and Liaojiagou River have divided Wantou into three convenient water transportation channels.This is the first ferry for water transportation to enter Yangzhou.From the Western Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Zhuyu Bay has always been the gateway to the northeast of Yangzhou City and an important port, where salt and water transportation must pass.

The prosperity here can be imagined.

Only now, at a glance, there are countless prosperous and endless streams of people.

There is a saying in an ancient poem: with one finger, you can eat until you are full, and you can go down to Yangzhou on a crane with a hundred thousand guan in your waist.

This poem alone has already told that the prosperity of Yangzhou makes people yearn for it, and here is the most famous place for selling gold.Ordinary people can also eat well here, let alone those rich businessmen and dignitaries, that is their paradise.Here, as long as you have money, you can almost sell most things in the world.All kinds of rare treasures can be seen.

The population of Yangzhou is also astonishing, with millions of people all the year round, gathering a large number of celebrities and wealthy businessmen.

"Come on, Miaomiao, since this is Yangzhou, let's take a stroll and find out what time it is now, and then see if we can determine the origin of this fantasy world."

Zhong Yan smiled and said to Miao Miaomiao.

This is undoubtedly the destiny plot world, what needs to be determined most now is what the destiny here is.

Yangzhou has been a prosperous place since ancient times. What kind of destiny plot will involve Yangzhou. It seems that this fantasy world is not small, and it is definitely second to none among the fantasy worlds experienced.

It can be seen that the people here do not have pigtails. Naturally, it is not the Qing Dynasty, but it is most likely the Ming Dynasty. However, which era it belongs to still needs to be carefully researched.

"Although this is Yangzhou, I feel that the people seem to have a kind of worry."

Miao Miaomiao hugged A Bao with one hand, and stroked gently with the other, her eyes were constantly looking at her. With her eyesight trained in Guantianlou, she could still see something.

"Hey, old man, may I ask what year is today?"

Zhong Yan saw an old man in Confucian clothes, smiled slightly, and stepped forward to ask for advice.

"Young student, you also have a family background, how can you not know the year and month?"

The old man had a kind face, and when he heard the question, he also stopped, holding an ancient book in his hand, which seemed to be taken out from somewhere, and looked at Zhong Yan. It can be seen that this is definitely a son of an extraordinary family, who is either rich or noble, such a person would not know the age, isn't this a joke?

However, although he was muttering in his heart, he still did not refuse, and opened his mouth and said, "It is now the third day of March in the first year of Hongguang."

"The first year of Hongguang."

Zhong Yan heard that in his mind, in the palace of the soul, a large number of words had quickly emerged, and the classics about this year were quickly retrieved in an instant.

The reign title of Hongguang is the reign title of the Ming Dynasty, and, not surprisingly, this is almost the last calendar of the Ming Dynasty.In history, it belongs to 1645. At this time, a major event that shocked history happened in Yangzhou.

"Old man, I don't know if Jian Nu has already buckled the edge."

Zhong Yan straightened his expression and asked.

"I haven't heard of the idea of ​​going south, but there are rumors among the people that Jiannu will go south and fight Daming to the death. Now everyone is uneasy in their hearts. No one knows when those Jiannu will do it. Our Daming , What a disaster."

When the old man heard this, his face was a little ugly, obviously, he was also quite worried about it.

The horror of Jiannu is already well known in the world. Daming has already lost half of the country. If it really goes south, no one knows whether Daming can stop it, and whether it can divide the north and south with Jiannu.But many people understand that Jiannu is already menacing and unstoppable.In some ways, it’s even more of a trend.

To be able to dominate the world, who would give up such an opportunity.

The Ming Dynasty is in the Central Plains, it is orthodox, if the Ming Dynasty is not destroyed, how can those alien races feel at ease, really anyone can not be killed, but the Ming Dynasty must be wiped out, this is the most fundamental strategy, no one can give up , Let Daming take a breather, once another Ming Jun emerges from Daming, the consequences that will be brought about are no one wants to see.Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Qing Dynasty, which must be wiped out.

Jiannu has occupied the great country of the Central Plains, and he is not going to leave.

Since he doesn't want to leave, he can become the new master by killing the old master. It's such a simple and clear thing.

"Don't worry, old man, Jiannu can only act fiercely for a while, and the land of the Central Plains will still belong to us."

Zhong Yan said with a smile.

"maybe."

The old man shook his head, noncommittal, and then continued to walk forward.

Didn't stay too long.

"So that's it. I think I know what kind of destiny plot this fantasy world is."

Zhong Yan raised his eyes to look into the void, as if he could see the blood and fire of the future in his eyes, he saw that the bustling Yangzhou city had turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

"Husband, you are talking about ten days in Yangzhou."

Miao Miaomiao's hands tightened subconsciously, and a look of horror flashed in her eyes.

The tenth day in Yangzhou was the bloodiest and tragic event in Chinese history, and the most heinous page in historical records.

"That's right, no accidents, it was the bloody massacre on the Tenth Day of Yangzhou that year. That was a huge blood debt."

Zhong Yan nodded and said.

According to historical records, in the first year of Ming Hongguang (1645), the Qing army sent troops south to break bamboo.

At that time, even in the face of national crisis in Nanming, there were still constant party struggles. It has to be said that the demise of the Ming Dynasty had a great relationship with party struggles.

When the Qing army went south, Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War and a scholar of Dongge University, went to Yangzhou to support the crisis.

On April 4000th, the Qing army general Duoduo sent troops all the way south, and the Qing army surrounded Yangzhou City.Shi Kefa led an army of [-] people to the city to defend against the enemy, vowing to live and die with the army and civilians of Yangzhou City.After ten days of hard guarding, Yangzhou fell into the hands of the Qing army.Ren Yumin, the magistrate of Yangzhou, was killed unyieldingly, and his whole family threw themselves into a well.Shi Kefa was captured and died generously.Governor Liu Zhaoji led more than [-] remnants of his troops and the citizens of the city to start a street battle with the Qing army until the entire army was wiped out and no one surrendered.

After the Qing army occupied Yangzhou, Duoduo hated the resistance of the people of Yangzhou, and ordered the massacre of the city for ten days on the grounds of not listening to the surrender, even though his subordinates killed innocent people indiscriminately.

In his decree "to civil and military officials in Nanjing and other places", he said: "Yesterday when the soldiers arrived in Weiyang, the officials, soldiers, and civilian infants in the city stood firm. I regret the lives of the people and cannot bear to add troops. Finally disobeyed. Then the city was attacked and massacred, and his wife was taken prisoner. It was not his intention, but Gai did it as a last resort. Afterwards, the soldiers were everywhere, and the officials, soldiers and civilians resisted and did not surrender. Wei Yang can learn from it.”

The ruthless Doduo regards the lives of the people in Yangzhou as worthless, and uses the evil deeds of the butcher to intimidate the soldiers and civilians who dare to resist.

At that time, only a few of the residents of Yangzhou City escaped before the city was broken, and a few survived by hiding after the Qing army entered the city.

Millions of people in Yangzhou City, it is said that more than 80 people were slaughtered in this massacre.

That picture, one can imagine.

That was the most painful scar in Chinese history.

"If it's really ten days in Yangzhou, what will my husband plan to do?"

Miao Miaomiao asked curiously: "Are we going to help the Ming Dynasty?"

"Look at it first."

Zhong Yan said after pondering for a while.

This is obviously a battle of camps. How to choose between the Qing army and the Ming army can allow oneself to obtain the greatest benefits. In this war, if you get enough power of destiny, you will be able to seize the origin of the world.That is also crucial.

(End of this chapter)