Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 490
These days the scholar-bureaucrats still have at least the strength of character. Hong Chengchou really received the favor of the emperor. He jumped from a poor scholar who sells stinky officials to a first-rank official, minister of the Ministry of War, and governor of Jiliao. He is a good-looking minister In the eyes of the people of the time, such a person would die and be loyal to the country, and would he surrender to the Qing Dynasty?It's almost as unbelievable as the Socialist immigration to Russia.

However, it was such an impossibility, but it happened. Hong Chengchou led the remnant army to hold Songshan City for a year and a half. After it finally fell, the whole world thought he was dead, and even the emperor personally sacrificed for him, according to the ritual needs. Nine altars have been sacrificed to the eighth altar, and the news that Hong Chengchou shaved his hair and surrendered suddenly spreads, embarrassing everyone.

Because of this impossibility, later Jiangnan's disciples also hated Hong Chengchou to the bone. Later, Hong Chengchou, the admiral of Jiangnan, tried Xia Wanchun, a righteous man, and just asked to surrender. Who knew Xia Wanchun, who was only sixteen years old, sneered and asked who are you?
After answering Hong Chengchou, Xia Wanchun uttered his famous ridicule: "Hong Hengjiu in this dynasty, an outstanding man of the Ming Dynasty, fought to the death between pines and apricots. Zhen Dianyu, since I admire Mr. Hong's death, I want to die and die for the country, what kind of ugly person are you, pretending to be Mr. Hong?"

Even Hong Chengchou can't claim himself anymore. The fate of Hong Chengchou's treason can be imagined, but it is precisely because of this jealousy that it also shows the importance of Hong Chengchou to the Qing Dynasty. Fan Wencheng before was just a poor scholar, but he He is a senior member of the first rank. In the Qing Dynasty, with his knowledge, he can even be called the chief engineer of the Qing army's entry into the customs. With his help, Dorgon recovered the Ming Dynasty survivors in Beijing and stabilized the northern form. He went out to the south of the Zhenjiang River again and pacified countless anti-Qing forces in a row. The clan king of the Ming Dynasty killed five of them.

Song Qingshu said that he was worth a hundred thousand troops, or did he underestimate him, this man is regarded as the guide of Jiannu!

Although the fate outside the pass cannot be changed, if we want to win this person back from Jiannu at the most desperate time, even if we kill him, at least we can change history a little bit!
On August [-]th, even though he was full of doubts, Song Qingshu accepted the post of General Pingliao under the consistent trust of the Qihuo Army.However, it is not for nothing. The imperial court has to continue to show some sincerity. Zhang Hao, a shabby scholar who had mixed up with Song Qingshu in Xi'an City, is now in the top position. Since he is General Zheng Liao, Liao Town belongs to Shandong, and Shandong has to be designated. Give him a place?Under Song Qingshu's recommendation, Zhang Haocai was directly promoted several ranks from a small Wuxi county, and became the governor of Denglai, which was equivalent to obtaining an enclave in Shandong for the beggar army.

This place is not just as simple as a military port. The golden Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flowed in the Ming Dynasty, and the waterway of the north-south water transport almost overlapped with it. On the river, Song Qingshu really didn't catch much gold.

However, if the offshore routes of Songjiang, Denglai, and finally Tianjin are opened, it will deprive Yangzhou of its economic functions for a short period of time. At that time, Songjiang, which is vigorously developed by Song Qingshu, that is, Shanghai, will officially rise.

And when you send troops to fight, you must have rations, right?The last time I sent troops to serve the king, I didn't pay a single cent of the salary. If I don't pay this time, I won't be so easy to cheat!The envoys shuttled back and forth three times, but the court still couldn't come up with money and food. Li Daiwen, the Minister of the Household Department who was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, finally had to play tricks and ask for an imperial edict to ask Song Qingshu to collect food by himself.

I didn't want this edict to cheat my teammates!
Yangzhou, Taipingfang, the famous Grain Merchant Street, the most magnificent shop on the street, Rulin Grain Shop.

A dozen or so soldiers suddenly kicked open the door of the shop viciously, and then a general in helmet and armor strode in. Many merchants who were discussing the purchase and sale of grain scattered away in shock, but they looked at the shop. Na Ang wanted to be so arrogant as a general in the sky, but instead of being afraid, a large group of grain merchants were full of sneers.

The water in the Confucian Grain is so deep!In order to fight against the invasion of northern merchants, Yangzhou salt merchants united with Donglin Fushe landlords, and even some Nanjing dignitaries, to jointly set up a big monopoly trust grain store. If you are blackmailing, even if you come to the general, you have to kowtow when you come here.

But when Bao Mizhen, the head shopkeeper, saw the person coming, he couldn't help but his face changed drastically, and he hurriedly strode out from behind, and the striding meteor who was full of vigilance greeted him, and solemnly clasped his fists.

"Vice-General Liu is here, and I feel disappointed to welcome you. I don't know what business is Vice-General Liu doing here? I'd like to inform Boss Bao and Mr. Qian."

Liu Zongmin is a veteran of Song Qingshu's family, but in history, this guy took over Wu Sangui's wife Chen Yuanyuan, and didn't give the emperor Li Zicheng face, so Song Qingshu treats him with weight but not high authority. He is in charge of the logistics of the entire army. He also went to various places to buy military supplies, so Bao Mizhen knew him.

These words are respectful, but they are hidden needles in the cotton, and they are threatening, telling Liu Zongmin that there are people behind them, don't make troubles for the mother!
It's a pity that Liu Zongmin came here to find trouble this time. This is probably the happiest time he has done in several years as the deputy logistics commander. With a wave of his hand, a roll of bright yellow imperial decree was presented by the soldiers, and immediately he waved his hand carelessly: "I use this , I want to buy you 200 million tons of rice!"

"Hey, General Liu is joking! This is an imperial decree! How dare you use the imperial decree to buy and sell, are you not afraid of the crime of disrespect?" Hearing this, Bao Mizhen's treacherous old face was full of sarcasm. Instead of being annoyed, Liu Zongmin smiled.

"You know it's an imperial decree, that's fine, secretary, read it!"

The soldiers holding the imperial decree stretched out their hands again, and read aloud: "By God, the emperor ordered..., General Ping Liao will collect grain and grass on the spot in the east of the Huaihe River to prepare for the need for the Liao conquest!"

"This Yangzhou belongs to Lianghuai, right? 100 million dans of rice and 100 million tans of white flour. Three days later, I will lead troops to fetch them. There must be no less than one tan! And they all have new rice. If you fool with moldy and rotten old rice, don't Blame Ben for being ruthless under the knife! Let's go!"

With a shout, the soldiers who came back retreated like a cloud and flowing water. Hearing Liu Zongmin's teasing and threats, Bao Mizhen, who was busy kneeling down, had red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple on his face. , Standing up trembling, under the surprised gazes of other merchants, the shopkeeper who stomped his feet and made the grain merchant tremble yelled with a mournful face.

"Quickly inform the shopkeeper, the general merchant, what should we do about this matter?"

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Two million taels of grain, according to the current market price of five or six taels a tael, is almost 200 million. Normal salt merchants evade taxes everywhere, and the tens of millions of taels of salt are sold every year, and only less than 200 million taels are handed over to the court. It was more uncomfortable for Shang to cut such a big knife than to kill them.

Moreover, the interests of Qian Qianyi, Zhang Pu and other celebrities in Donglin were also involved here. In less than a day, Chen Zilong from far away in Songjiang came.

"No, even if this food is fed to dogs, it must not be given to Song Qingshu, a traitor!"

Before I went to trouble him, I actually called at the door. Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, had red eyes, slapped the table and gritted his teeth and shouted, but the treacherous Qian Qianyi shook his head with difficulty.

"I'm afraid it won't work if you don't give it. This time the Song thief really came here. A while ago, the emperor issued an order to kill him. What happened? Even Gao Qiqian and Gao Gong returned home. Now he is missing. His Majesty still has to seal him. It is General Ping Liao who can appease this moment, if there is no food now, I am afraid he will really make use of it, after all, the Song thief is holding a knife in his hand!"

"Hmph, then take out the 20 dans of grain from Zhang Cang and Lou Cang, which are at the bottom of a few rotten boxes, and deal with him to get the grain. We are not afraid that he will be bitten by Song Thieves. If he really messes around , we can mobilize all our strength to fight him, this Yangzhou is still the Yangzhou of the Ming Dynasty."

Now Li Xiangjun is Song Qingshu's intelligence secretary, and also his concubine, Hou Fangyu is taking love and hate, and then roared fiercely with red eyes, Bao Lu, Wang Zhenmeng and other big salt merchants just don't want to bleed, and it is also true after hearing the words Nod straight.

"Master Hou's plan is very good!"

"Let's do it like this!"

"It's wrong to do this!"

In Kefu Society, Chen Zilong shook his head with great difficulty.

"Song Qingshu is now leading General Pingliao. Now that Hong Hengjiu is defeated, the elites from the Nine Frontiers are gone, Guan Ningjin is shaking all over the place, and the capital is all talking about it. Now that the Huai army is going north to fight Jiannu, let's use these stale grains to deal with it. Both the country and the people are disloyal!"

"Hmph, he, Song, has a lot of money and is short of food. He bought it himself, and it's not like he didn't sell it to him. Why should we pay for it? Besides, do you think he, Song, is really going to fight Jiannu? Does he have the guts? Hmph, if you want to take advantage of us, there is no way!"

Arms folded, full of sinister smiles, Hou Fangyu snorted proudly.

Dozens of Donglin celebrities who promised to serve the country with blood were finally trapped by Brother Kong Fang, and they unanimously decided to use rotten food to fool them, and agreed to go back to contact relatives and friends, to resist Song Qingshu together, and drank for another day , After listening to a little song for a day, I just left.

These days, I still have a big plan in my heart, and it is about to be completed. After discussing with Qian Qianyi and the others, Zhang Pu is very relaxed, and he is doing the special four-wheeled shock-absorbing carriage of Jiaduobao, proud of himself. He returned home, but he had just gotten out of the car, and before he opened the door, a rotten egg suddenly fell from the sky and hit Zhang Pu right on the head, making his face covered in bruises.

"Who are you, dare to attack my master?"

The driver immediately refused, jumped down and roared furiously, and was about to hit someone, but the young Russian crown scholar who threw the egg became even more furious, threw another tomato over, and cursed at the same time.

"The country is in trouble, Mr. Renxue, you still speak unequivocally. For the country and the people, you even used corrupt food to deal with the army fighting for the country. I, Gu Yanwu, am ashamed to join the Fushe! The society cuts off the robe and judges justice, a hypocrite and vicious hypocrite!"

After scolding together, the young scholar walked away.

This one egg can fool Zhang Pu. His influence used to spread all over the south of the Yangtze River. Even in Suzhou, the common people and prostitutes in Yangzhou all worshiped him. But since Song Qingshu was published, it is obvious that his influence has been greatly suppressed. It's just a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, and the Fushe literati support him, but now, some members of the Fushe are throwing rotten eggs at him!
A serious sense of crisis arises spontaneously.

Full of nervousness, Zhang Pu didn't even care about wiping the egg whites, and wanted to go in when he pushed the door, but he didn't let go, a large book page was scratched on the door beam, and all of them fell off, and he picked up one, which was full of shocking little pages. People, hypocrites, corruption, viciousness and other accusations, there are dozens of severance letters, and even the little prodigy Xia Wanchun who had a good relationship with him threatened to sever ties with him.

Fame is Zhang Pu's lifeblood, and he couldn't help panicking all of a sudden...

(End of this chapter)