Wanli Youming

Chapter 183 Hai Rui Official Wei Hehe

Chapter 183 Hai Rui Official Wei Hehe

Half a month later, Hai Rui arrived at Qingjiangpu.

Hu Shouren and Jinwuwei's tens of thousands of soldiers have been waiting for him here for a long time.

As soon as Hai Rui saw Hu Shouren, his face darkened, and he said to Hu Shouren, "Didn't you just go to Yangzhou to wait? How did you get here! How can a Qingjiangpu pay for your tens of thousands of soldiers?"

Hu Shouren hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "The Ministry is honourable! The gates of Yangzhou Prefecture are closed, and some fierce people say that we are going south to plunder and shoot arrows at us. We don't have your order, so we dare not use force to attack us without authorization." Yangzhou City had to retreat to Qingjiangpu to temporarily station. After all, Qingjiangpu is an important canal town. Compared with other towns, it is easier to buy grain and beans, and there is no need to worry about the lack of grain. Before it arrived, the major grain stores in Qingjiangpu did not have much stock, and the most important thing was that there was not enough soybean material."

After hearing this, Hai Rui's expression became more serious: "It's ridiculous! What kind of thuggish people can make Yangzhou's officials unable to control them, and let the power of the city be taken over. What is the difference between this and the reverse? Is he a crime of failure?!"

"What should we do, please tell the Ministry."

Hu Shouren said.

Hai Rui went directly back to the ship, wrote the Jun Order on the special paper for official letters, stamped it with his own official seal, took it out, and handed it to Hu Shouren:

"First, warn the scholars and people of Yangzhou once again. If the city is not opened within half a stick of incense, and those who prevent the officers and soldiers from entering the city will be punished as rebels. Yangzhou has counterattacked the city!"

After Hu Shouren received the official letter, he said yes and left.

A few days later, in Yangzhou City, Hu Shouren and other Jinwuwei Emperor's troops came outside the city again, accompanied by the rising sun.

At that time, Cheng Batian, a fierce citizen of Yangzhou who was standing on the city, asked the student Zhang Zongxi: "Mr. Zhang, the heavenly soldiers who collect taxes have come again. Should we still close the city gate?"

"Continue to close!"

"Then Hai Rui is a man who loves the people and is famous. He is not afraid of officials but afraid of the people. He dare not attack without authorization. Maybe because of this, he will realize the difficulty of paying the food and errands for the officials and gentry, and sue the court to let the court ruling people know the difficulty. Advise the Son of Heaven to take back the will to cancel the preferential treatment."

This chapter Xianggong said.

"That's right! All you have to do is tell the common people that these heavenly soldiers will burn, kill and loot after entering Yangzhou, so they must stop the Yangzhou Yamen and guard the city gate, and don't let the officials and soldiers in the city have a chance to open the city gate!"

Another student named Gong Yuanxiang started talking.

"Listen to the people in the city, there is an order from the Governor-General of the Ministry of Taxation and Sea Affairs. If the city is not opened after half a stick of incense, it will be regarded as Yangzhou has rebelled, and the city will be attacked by force. At that time, all officials and soldiers in Yangzhou will be accused of incompetence. Those who have meritorious service will be punished as disobedience, and those who defend the city will be punished as rebels!"

A messenger came to the city with an official letter to the cavalry at this time and shouted.

Cheng Batian hurriedly asked Zhang Zongxi: "Mr. Zhang, what should we do now?"

"No, let's take a look first, maybe it's just a scare."

Zhang Zongxi thought for a while and said.

When the time for the half stick of incense was about to end, Hu Shouren ordered here: "Let the gunners fire! Tell them that the time for the half stick of incense is based on the sound of the cannon. .”

Not long after, Cheng Batian pointed to the cannon [-] steps away and said: "Mr. Zhang, they are going to fire the cannon, and the cannon cover has been lifted. The cannon should not look small, and the outline can still be seen from such a distance! They This is really going to attack the city!"

Zhang Zongxi, who was short-sighted due to reading a lot, couldn't help squinting: "Where is the cannon?"

Cheng Batian hurriedly pointed.

Zhang Zongxi couldn't help watching seriously, and soon saw the general idea.

Here, the student Gong Yuanxiang hastily left the city first: "I'm going to open the city gate!"

"Brother Bo Tong! Why are you so courageous! He, Hai Gangfeng, would not really order the siege of the city, maybe he was just trying to scare us."

Zhang Zongxi couldn't help turning around and shouting loudly.

Gong Yuanxiang didn't listen to him, but went down the city with his slaves.

At the same time, many students left the city.

After Zhang Zongxi saw this and thought about it, he said to Cheng Batian: "Cheng Lichang, you have to lead the villagers to persevere, and tell them that the heavenly soldiers will not really attack, because Hai Qingtian is the one who rules them. Qingtian will not harm the people. Tell them to persist until the half stick of incense is about to end before leaving. I have something to do, so I have to leave first."

"Zhang Xianggong, the time for half a stick of incense has come."

Cheng Batian said something at this time.

"what?"

Zhang Zongxi couldn't help looking back for a while, and saw that he was the only scholar with a reputation left on the top of the city, and other friends had already left the city, while the heavenly soldiers outside the city had already drawn their swords and lit the matchlocks.

Zhang Zongxi regretted it for a moment, and turned back to Cheng Batian and said: "Don't confess to me, I will take your wife and children to my house to support them properly!"

As he said that, Zhang Zongxi hurried down to the city.

boom!

Suddenly, the city wall trembled violently.

Zhang Zongxi directly fell to the ground because of this.

At this time, the city gate had already been opened ahead of time, and Gong Yuanxiang had already knelt at the gate of the city, shouting: "Yangzhou is not rebellious, it's just that some unruly people are making trouble, and the heavenly soldiers are specially invited to enter the city!"

Moreover, Hu Shouren had already let a group of cavalry rush in and headed for the city wall.

Seeing that he could no longer escape, Zhang Zongxi had an idea, laughed loudly, and then pointed at Cheng Batian and cursed:

"You anti-thieves and demons, do you think you can take Yangzhou for yourself by encouraging the foolish soldiers to trap the government and occupy the city gate?!"

"The majesty of the emperor, the law of the king is clear, have you ever thought that once the heavenly soldiers arrive, what you will do is nothing more than a mantis!"

Cheng Batian was a little stunned by the scolding, so he froze in place.

Li Yitian, the general of the Jinwu Guard who went up to the city wall, was also a little stunned seeing this.

Zhang Zongxi also directly turned his head to command Li Yifu: "This general hastened to kill these rebels, so as to avoid their troubles!"

"Kneel down and disarm!"

At this time, the orphan Lin Linfeng who was with everyone who came over at the same time and also graduated from Xingming Academy reacted faster, shouted, and said to Li Yifu:

"It is not ruled out that these people are coerced, and it is not appropriate to kill them directly. In this way, the mastermind behind the scenes may be dug out!"

After hearing this, Li Yifu suddenly felt reasonable, and hurriedly said: "Kneel down and disarm, and be lenient!"

Zhang Zongxi knelt down first, and whispered to Lin Linfeng and Li Yitian: "If the two generals can kill these people directly, I wish to irrigate [-] acres of water at home to the two generals!"

Lin Linfeng laughed: "You husband, if you want to offer bribes, you should be generous. You can't get anything worth a few hundred taels, and it's not enough to seal these brothers' mouths. You also put us in danger of being expelled from the military guards for nothing. It's really stupid to read and read."

Li Yifu ordered people to disarm Cheng Batian and these outrageous people first, and then pointed to Zhang Zongxi to Cheng Batian: "What's his name, what is his identity?"

Cheng Batian replied without hesitation: "This mansion is the birthplace of Mr. Zhang Zong Xizhang."

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Not long after, Hai Rui also arrived in Yangzhou City.

At this time, the officials, gentry and wealthy households in Yangzhou City held their breaths and concentrated, and many high-rise mansions were completely decorated in violation of the regulations and suspected of violating the royal privileges.

"Put Zhang Zongxi and Cheng Batian in the Yangzhou Prison, Hu Tishuai, you order the First Bureau to take over the Yangzhou Prison, and send another team of officers and soldiers to the Yangzhou Government Office! And let the Yangzhou Prefect come to see the hall!"

When Hai Rui came to Yangzhou and heard Hu Shouren's report on the situation, he gave orders.

Not long after, Wu Xiumin, the magistrate of Yangzhou, came to Hai Rui, knelt down and cried, "The outrageous people are making trouble, but fortunately, the Ministry and the Heavenly Soldiers arrived in time, otherwise the officials would have to die for the festival, woohoo!"

Hai Rui stood up, looked at the sailing boats on the canal with his hands behind his back, and asked, "How many thugs are there? You can't do it even if you are a magistrate, and you can't send salt to the yamen and the patrolling censor." Ding to help?"

Wu Xiumin said: "It is precisely because there are no less than [-] Yan Ding who took the lead in besieging the yamen, so that the lower officials can't do anything!"

"Why are these Yan Ding besieging the government office?"

Hai Rui asked with a sullen face.

Wu Xiumin said: "It's all due to the system that officials and gentry pay food and errands together. Most of these salt workers have family members who are tenants of officials and gentry, and they think that canceling the preferential treatment will make the officials and gentry pass on the extra burden of taxes and silver to them, so I think The imperial court continued to give preferential treatment to officials and gentry."

"It's not negotiable!"

Hai Rui waved his sleeves and replied sharply.

(End of this chapter)