Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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"There are two people to kill Geng Jingzhong, one is the King of Yanping County; the other is Liu Jinzhong." Yang Qilong said, "First of all, the King of Yanping County must be asked to deceive Geng Jingzhong and trick him into sending troops to attack Jiangxi and Wuchang.

Then Liu Jinzhong will come forward to sell Geng Jingzhong... If Xuan Ye finds out that Geng Jingzhong has rebelled, and finds out that Liu Jinzhong is genuinely loyal, he will definitely send troops from Wuchang and Jiujiang to set up an ambush.In order to extinguish the scourge of Geng Jingzhong in the shortest possible time! "

Zhu Heqi laughed and said, "Wuchang will be empty in this way! If Wu Sangui seizes the time and hits hard, he will most likely be able to hit the city of Wuchang. But whether Wuchang can be taken down depends on whether Xuanye can send soldiers to Jiangxi to fight Geng Jingzhong in time. Back to help."

Yang Qilong said: "I can't come back for help... Now it's time for Liu Jinzhong to bully Xuanye!

If he strikes back when Geng Jingzhong is besieged by the Qing Yao, joins us in a surprise attack on Jiujiang, and cuts off the Qing Yao's way to return to Wuchang, Wu Sangui will be able to take down Wuchang, which is empty of troops, right? "

"That's for sure!" Zhu Hechi said with a smile, "Wu Sangui is not an incompetent person, and the success or failure of Wuchang and Hanyang is related to the survival of the Wu family, so he will definitely go all out."

Speaking of this, he suddenly frowned again, "But how should King Yanping cheat Geng Jingzhong? How should he invite him to come forward? Liu Jinzhong is Geng Jingzhong's old subordinate, how can he push Geng Jingzhong into the pit of fire?"

"My lord," Yang Qilong said seriously, "King Yanping needs his lord to come forward, I will go to Chaozhou with my lord, and then invite King Yanping to come to Chaozhou for a meeting, then I will be able to convince King Yanping.

As for Liu Jinzhong, His Royal Highness Ding Wang had to come forward and invite him to a secret meeting on the border.He is Geng Jingzhong, and even an old minister of Emperor Weizong! "

Chapter 275 Third Prince Zhu, A Little Guilty

Dinghu Mountain, Qingyun Temple.

Ever since the city of Guangzhou entered the hot summer mode, Zhu Cijiong, king of the Ming Dynasty, brought his increasingly large harem team, accompanied by a small number of confidants, to this summer resort with pleasant scenery and cool climate, to continue his peaceful life. And cured.

Yes, this is no longer a vertical arch, but simply living a life of seclusion and lying down.

Since ancient times, the founding emperor of the country, there is probably no one who is more carefree than him.

Even Li Yuan, who relied on his son to conquer the country, still had to sacrifice a lot of personal enjoyment time to deal with government affairs before the Xuanwu Gate change.

And since Zhu Cijiong came to Guangzhou, he has been the winner in life, and he will be the emperor.And the Sixth Court of the Sangong, which he dreamed of, has also begun to be gradually purchased... There is no Sangong, but the quota for the Sixth Court is already full.It's not like in Jieyang, using a few brothel girls to deal with things.After arriving in Guangzhou, the number of people under Zhu Heqi's rule directly exceeded one million, and now there are 300 million!

Therefore, I can help the third prince Zhu choose a few ladies from all over the world to become concubine... Of course it is a concubine, isn't it enough to have Zhu Heqi as a son from the first line?

Although Zhu Heqi never said anything about it, the officials of the Ministry of Education and the bachelors of the University Academy all knew it in their hearts.

And as long as the third prince Zhu can hold hands with the woman he likes every night, and bring out a litter of children, he will be satisfied.

He doesn't pay much attention to the birth of a concubine.

As for national affairs, he was even less concerned.Anyway, Zhu and Qi will arrange everything in order.

Even if Zhu Heqi is not in Guangzhou, the left servant of Zhongshu Province, Mr. Yu, the right servant Guo Youde, and the following six ministers, twelve ministers, etc., will follow Zhu Heqi's instructions and handle the government affairs in the slightest. Not messy.Even if something happened, they would not bother Zhu Tianwang, who was lying flat and governing, but would ask for instructions from Zhu Heqi on Huangpu Island or Haizhu Island.

So Zhu Tianwang was happy to take a leisurely break, and decided not to stay in Guangzhou, but went to Dinghu Mountain in Zhaoqing to escape the summer heat, and lived his flat life... Life is a winner, but that's all!

Last night, the winner of life played mahjong with Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Qiu Hui, Eunuch Pang, Eunuch Bingbi, and Governor of Guangdong Zhao Zhongyi. He played mahjong until late at night, and lost thousands of taels of silver.When I woke up early this morning, I was still a little dizzy, and when I was yawning with my hands on my head and looking at the snacks on the table, I heard a rush of footsteps.Before Zhu Tianwang had time to ask who it was, he saw the guards at the door lift the curtain, and eunuch Pang and a master of the Ding Palace named Wang Shiyuan stepped in one after the other.One of them, Wang Shiyuan, walked in a hurry. When he entered the door, he was knocked by the threshold and almost fell.

"Jianguo, Jianguo...His Royal Highness has gone to Dinghu Mountain!"

It was Wang Shiyuan who spoke, he was the teacher that Eunuch Pang had found for Zhu Tianwang... It is said that he is from Henan, in his 30s, with good looks and delicate features, and he was a monk in Fengyang Mansion when he was young.He can speak fluent Henan dialect and Fengyang dialect, and knows a lot about the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty. He got along very well with Zhu Tianwang—Zhu Tianwang thought he was a talent, and wanted to recommend him to Zhu Heqi, Mix it up with a big official.But this guy is not interested in being an official, so he will be a teacher for Zhu Tianwang, copying and writing, and just dawdling around, he will be very satisfied.

Just such a dawdling person, today he seemed very flustered for some reason, and his voice trembled when he spoke.

Now Zhu Tianwang also panicked, what happened?Has the boy lost the battle?I can't... I haven't heard of sending troops!

Moreover, Shanzi doesn't talk about martial arts in war. Before he slashes, he uses Shenlei to blast him. How can he be defeated in such a fight?

At this time, Eunuch Pang finally followed in panting.

When Zhu Tianwang saw him, he hurriedly asked, "Master, what happened?"

"No, it's nothing... It's just that the son has gone up the mountain." Eunuch Pang said, "He came here on a fast horse."

"Then, there is something wrong..." Zhu Tianwang said here, and pointed at Wang Shiyuan who looked flustered, "What does it have to do with him?"

"No, it doesn't matter." Eunuch Pang seemed a little guilty, shaking his head again and again, "It doesn't matter at all."

Zhu Tianwang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "That's good...call Shanzi over for breakfast."

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Zhu Heqi rushed to Dinghu Mountain in a hurry, of course to invite the third prince Zhu to come forward to meet Liu Jinzhong.

On his way to Dinghushan, when passing through Guangdong, he sent Fengmingshan to Ganzhou Mansion with his own letter, and invited Liu Jinzhong to meet and talk in secret at Meiguan at the junction of Nanxiong Mansion and Nan'an Mansion.

"What? You want Liu Jinzhong to kill Geng Jingzhong? But the Geng family is kind to Liu Jinzhong!" Zhu Tianwang immediately shook his head when he heard Zhu Heqi's words, "Liu Jinzhong is not such a disloyal person... you If you want to force him to defect, send troops to force him to do so, most likely it will be done. But if you want him to be so loyal, I'm afraid he won't let you go!"

In a living room in Qingyun Temple, Zhu Tianwang, who was having breakfast, immediately shook his head after hearing his son's plan.

"What kind of kindness is Geng Jingzhong to him? My grandfather Emperor Weimiao's kindness to him is so great! Dad, you are the third prince Zhu, and he will definitely listen to us if you come forward... Uh huh, this cloud It’s good to swallow!”

Zhu and Qi drove all the way, and they ate some randomly at dawn today, and then rode into the mountain before the temperature came up, and they were already hungry at the moment, so they ate wontons while talking.

Looking at his son who was devouring his food, Zhu Tianwang didn't know what to say... Is Emperor Chongzhen your grandfather?If it's true, that's fine.The kindness of the Geng family is just icing on the cake for Liu Jinzhong.He can't be the chief soldier, but there are still lieutenants.

But Chongzhen's kindness to Liu Jinzhong is equivalent to reinvention!How could he have survived the troubled times in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties without Emperor Chongzhen promoting him as a small official of the Yongwei Battalion?His name of "Jin Zhong" was changed back then!

Moreover, Liu Jinzhong has repaid a lot for the Geng family's promotion of Liu Jinzhong. He fought many tough battles for Geng Jimao in his early years.But what about Chongzhen's kindness?Did he report it?

"Shanzi, for the father, the third prince Zhu..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was already written on his face - false!

Although Zhu Tianwang's identity has been verified multiple times.But the problem is that Liu Jinzhong was born in the Yongwei Camp, and he is the son of the emperor. He has met Emperor Chongzhen himself, and maybe he has also met the real Third Prince Zhu!

Moreover, Liu Jinzhong's team is the old base of the Yongwei Camp, and there are quite a few old brothers from the Yongwei Camp, among whom it is inevitable that some of them have met the real Third Prince Zhu.

Zhu Tianwang's honor is said to belong to Tang Wang's family, so there is no problem at all.Said to be the son of Chongzhen, it is really a bit of a return to the ancestors.

"Father, he can be a hero for the founding of the country if he joins us!" Zhu Heqi swallowed two wontons one at a time, and said with a smile, "Besides, they are all descendants of Emperor Taizu. Who is not loyal?"

The identity of Zhu Tianwang's third prince Zhu is not true, but the identity of Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants is not false at all.

He paused, then laughed again: "Let's make him a hereditary and irreplaceable Marquis... If it doesn't work, we can add more money and give him 10 taels of silver. Is that all right?"

Zhu Tianwang frowned, "Then he will refuse to agree?"

When asked by Zhu Tianwang, Zhu Heqi didn't know what to say.Could it be that Liu Jinzhong was sent to kill Liu Jinzhong?When he was in a daze, the eunuch Pang who was accompanying him suddenly said: "Third Prince, Nan (I) should accompany Niu (you) on this trip together. Nan and Liu Jinzhong are old acquaintances. Da Dang of the Yumajian, his benefactor Huang Zongrong saw him, and he had to call him "Old Ancestor."

"By the way," Zhu Heqi slapped his thighs, "There is also Huang Degong...a posthumous title of Duke of Yasukuni and posthumous posthumous title of Zhongwu!"

Chapter 276 It's All My Loved Ones!

In the second year of Dingwang Jianguo, on the tenth day of the seventh month, Chenghai County, Suwandu.

Zhu Heqi sat in a rickety open four-wheeled carriage, frowning, thinking deeply, not knowing what to think.Inside the carriage, there were only two women, Da Boling and Qiu Shuzhen, and a fat boy who was eight or nine months old.Qiu Shuzhen looked very excited, looking around at the scenery beside the official road.Da Boling borrowed Zhu Heqi and Qiu Shuzhen's son, a fat man named Yixin, to "roll" for fun.In fact, she is about to become a mother herself. After Zhu and Qi held hands with special, double and hard work, the hard work finally paid off, and the Ximai was diagnosed in May.

It was precisely because Qiu Shuzhen took the child and Da Boling diagnosed a happy pulse that Zhu Heqi thought of getting this four-wheeled carriage.

And the reason why he took the pregnant Da Boling and Qiu Shuzhen with the child to wander all the way to Chaozhou was mainly to pay homage to his ancestors at Zhucuo Village, Suwandu, Chenghai County when he met Zheng Jing—— Tribute to Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Zhu family in Chaozhou!

Well, some of Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants are now Teochew people!

But this is also the need for anti-Qing and Ming-ming.

It turned out that after Zhu Heqi took over Guangzhou, people who claimed to be Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants came to seek refuge from time to time. Although most of them were fakes, there were also genuine ones.

For example, a group of bearded beards came from Xinning and Yangjiang counties. The "per capita beard length" is more than one foot, and they are also one size larger than ordinary Cantonese. "of.When Zhu and Qi saw them, they didn't need to look up the family tree to know that they must be relatives.

The heavenly king Zhu had told him long ago that the Tang royal family had "ten males and nine bearded beards", and all of them were relatively big and had a violent temper... That Emperor Longwu was a bearded man with a violent temper. When he was the king of Tang, he actually beat to death an uncle who was suspected of poisoning his father with a stick, and seriously injured another.

Later, when the Qing army entered the pass to burn and kill in August of that year, the fiery king of Tang actually recruited troops privately and led [-] troops to the north without permission from Shangshu to ask the king of Qin.Later, he was ordered to return by Chongzhen. On the way, he encountered a peasant uprising army, and they won all the fights.At that time, there were many bearded eldest sons of the Tang clan in King Qin's army.In fact, they don't know how to fight at all, but they are so fierce that they frighten the peasant army on the opposite side.

And after recognizing these bearded relatives from Xinning and Yangjiang, more and more Zhu family members successfully recognized their relatives. There are countless generals and lieutenants.Even though many were killed by the Qing army, some still escaped.These people don't know how much hardship they have endured and how difficult their lives are. When Zhu Heqi's rule in Guangdong stabilized, they came and returned one after another.

After recognizing this group of poor relatives, Zhu Hechi became "not righteous" and did not restore their titles and world positions, nor did they use the court's finances to pay them salaries.

However, he still took a lot of money from the income from selling perfumes to these "poor relatives", and then allocated them a good piece of land in Chaozhou - Suwan, Chenghai, which belonged to one of the five tigers in Chaozhou , Xu Long, who was later captured by the Qing court and taken to Beijing as a Manchurian, and his clan's property were all given to these poor relatives.Also ask Qiu Hui and Da Boling's clansmen to help take care of the Zhu family who are in trouble, so that these Zhu family can take root in Chaozhou as soon as possible, and then spread their branches and leaves.

The reason why Zhu Heqi arranged for his distant relatives in this way was not that he was really reluctant to part with those few silver coins.

After all, after the turmoil in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there are not many Zhu family members who can still find Zhu and Qi.Moreover, under Zhu Hexi's arrangement, the Guangdong court's finances were quite ample.It's nothing to raise these people as pigs again.

But the lesson of the Zhu family's descendants being slaughtered like pigs and sheep at the end of the Ming Dynasty is vivid, so how can Zhu and Qi repeat the same mistakes?

So Zhu Heqi will not let the descendants of the Zhu family, including his own, be "pigs" anymore... Of course, he will not let the descendants of the Zhu family do things that are too disproportionate to his abilities.

Of course, he will try his best to promote and reuse those descendants of the Zhu family who are indeed capable, and he will also provide money to run schools for the young Zhu family who are still worthy of training.But for those Zhu family members who have no skills and can only fool around.Sorry, their mission is to return to the countryside of Chaozhou and take root!

There are two main reasons for this arrangement.

One is that Zhu Heqi started his business from Chaozhou, and there are a lot of people in Chaozhou.Chaozhou people are to Zhu Heqi just like Fengyang people are to Zhu Yuanzhang!

But Chaozhou people like to hang out with fellow villagers, and they are more exclusive.However, Zhu Heqi was not a native of Chaozhou in his life. His ancestral home was Fengyang, and his ancestors were enshrined in Nanyang. He himself was born in Wen'an City, Xinning County, Guangfu.

Therefore, Zhu Heqi has been worried that he will be regarded as an outsider by the Chaozhou hero group after he gets farther and farther away from Chaozhou in the future.

Therefore, he wanted to take root in Chaozhou by creating the Chaozhou Zhu clan.

The other reason for arranging for the Zhu family to take root in Chaozhou is that Zhu Heqi learned the lesson of the Ming Dynasty’s imperial family, and wanted to explore a path that could truly allow the imperial family to thrive... In his opinion, they cannot support themselves. The royal family, which eventually became a heavy burden on the country, will not end well in the end.

The ones that can really develop and exist for a long time are the royal clans that can eat their own strength and take root in the folk, not much different from ordinary people.

In addition, Zhu Heqi did not hope that the families of heroes in the Ming Dynasty would develop into parasitic families like "Rongguo Mansion" and "Ningguo Mansion" in the future, nor did they want them to become waste like the children of the Eight Banners in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.

And the era when the military aristocrats dominated the world is over... Now is the era when muskets, artillery, and grenades dominate the battlefield, not to mention the future.

Therefore, Zhu Hexi hoped that under the demonstration effect of Zhu Ming's royal family, the families of heroes of the Ming Dynasty in the future could have more contact with the earth.

But now that they are about to meet their poor relatives, Zhu Heqi is also a little confused... Don't let the "beloved relatives and friends" let yourself down!

When Zhu and Qi were a little worried, the team of chariots and horses had already seen from a distance several large enclosures in Zhucuo Village that depended on each other and gathered together.This Zhucuo Village was originally named Xucuo Village, and it was the old nest of the Xu family, a rich family in Chenghai.Xu Long, the patriarch of the Xu family, was originally a Chaozhou tyrant, and he also helped the Manchu Qing resist Zheng Chenggong, and he was named the general soldier.

But such a family still did not escape the blow of the coastal relocation.Xu Long himself and his family were moved to Beijing to become Manchus, and his clan was moved to Chengxiang County, where the Hakkas gather in the northern mountainous area of ​​Chaozhou... I don’t know how to throw a Chaozhou family into a group of Hakka clans What kind of heart is full of peace!

On the periphery of those large buildings, there is a circle of earthen walls, and outside the earthen wall is a circle of "village moat" that has been filled with water and turned into small canals. A suspension bridge on the "moat river" has long been put down.

On the outside of the suspension bridge, a large group of men in cross-collared clothes, kerchiefs on their heads, and long swords hanging from their waists were waiting neatly.There are also men who dance lions and beat gongs and drums, and they have been waiting for a long time.Large strings of firecrackers were hung on the forks, and the thick incense heads were held in the hands of a few men in "Confucius uniforms", waiting to be lit.

Zheng Jing and Chen Yonghua, who were going to meet Zhu Hedi in Zhucuo Village, had already arrived. They were also standing outside the suspension bridge under the guard of a group of soldiers in uniform, welcoming the arrival of Prince Ding's son Zhu Hedi.

When Zhu and Qi's chariot and horse team approached, a man who looked a little like the king of heaven, Zhu, gave an order immediately.The gongs and drums were beating, the firecrackers were crackling, and the lions were dancing.The people waiting at the door all bowed and saluted, and shouted loudly: "Welcome to the head of the Zhu clan in Chaozhou..."

Chapter 277 Liu Jinzhong, You Are So Loyal!

It was also the tenth day of July, and Liu Jinzhong, who was dressed as a Jiangxi businessman, was accompanied by dozens of strong men, a few elderly men, and Feng Mingshan, the inspector of Daming Jiangxi in plain clothes of the Qing Dynasty. The narrow front of Dameiguan, the first pass in southern Guangdong.

The terrain of Dameiguan is a real one-handed pass, and there is no way for ten thousand husbands to open it!It is a narrow and long ancient road carved out of the mountain, and a pocket-sized pass was built with bricks and stones.

The entire pass is a city gate tower, and the two sides of the gate tower are straight cliffs, which cannot be climbed at all.

Such terrain is extremely dangerous!

But it was this kind of terrain that was impossible for anyone to open, but it took Zhuge Sanhe's son Zhuge Zhengyang to lead his troops for an hour to break it a few months ago.At that time, the defenders of the city were the flag-drum-coated assistant collars of Princess Dingnan's Mansion led by Kong Sizhen's confidant Dai Liangchen—they were the most loyal servants!

But under the blow of the super-caliber blooming hammer... Loyalty is nothing!

Now the closed wall has been repaired a long time ago, and it looks stronger than before, but Liu Jinzhong, who closed it immediately, knows that no matter how strong the city gate is, it can't stand the pace of the soldiers of tomorrow.

"If the first emperor saw such a great tomorrow soldier, how happy he would be!"

Looking at the flags of "Sun and Moon Are Bright", "The World is Public" and "Human Great Harmony" fluttering in the wind above the city of the No. [-] Xiongguan in Southern Guangdong, Liu Jinzhong's thoughts seemed to have returned to his youth when he fought for the continuation of Ming Dynasty ...He, like Fengming Mountain next to him, is a Liao native who was struggling to get through.Because my ancestors have been military households for generations and can't do anything else, they were recruited into the Yongwei Battalion.

While serving as a soldier in the Yongwei Battalion, although he did not make any great achievements, he was still awarded an official position.When I was awarded an official, I went to the Forbidden City to kowtow to Emperor Chongzhen to thank him, and I was rewarded with ten taels of silver.

The reward of ten taels of silver is not a big deal, but at that time Emperor Chongzhen probably saw that he was mighty, so he opened his "Tiankou" to talk to him for a while, talking about recovering Liaodong and making Liu Jinzhong suffer like this The refugees returned home earlier, and said that the suffering of the Liao people was due to the lack of morality of the emperor... These words should be sincere, after all, Chongzhen didn't need to lie in front of Liu Jinzhong, a small man.

So these words moved Liu Jinzhong, who thought about his hometown day and night, so much that he changed his name to "Jinzhong" after returning home, and made up his mind to risk his life to become a loyal minister.

As a result...not only did he not become a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty, but he also betrayed Ming Dynasty with his old boss Ma Degong, and Ma Degong even dedicated Emperor Hongguang to the Qing court.

Thinking of this, Liu Jinzhong felt ashamed, wishing he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

So when he learned that the Third Prince Zhu who raised troops in Chaozhou Prefecture was the real thing, he wanted to turn against the Qing Dynasty and seek refuge...but the "painter" Xue Zhang painted a portrait of the "Third Prince Zhu" for him to see .

At a glance, he found that the Heavenly King Zhu and Emperor Chongzhen were not the same!

Emperor Chongzhen was a white-faced scholar, and he looked a little melancholy, while the king of heaven, Zhu, was a strong man like Guan Erye.

At first he thought that Xue Zhang's drawing was wrong, so he asked some old brave guards who were said to have seen the prince Zhu Cihong to disguise themselves as businessmen, and sneaked into Jieyang City to inquire.The result is also disappointing - Xue Zhang is not wrong, the one who looks like Guan Gong is the "Third Prince Zhu".

Moreover, the "Third Prince Zhu" not only looks like Guan Gong, but also has a body shape similar to Guan Gong, a big and strong man.

This body shape is also different from Chongzhen!

Although Chongzhen was quite tall, he was slender, not stout.

Although it was discovered that Heavenly King Zhu was a fake third prince Zhu, Heavenly King Zhu had already passed multiple certifications at that time, and he was really fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty!

So Liu Jinzhong didn't go to expose it, but he didn't go to seek refuge immediately... As a result, he missed the biggest outlet!

Although we missed the outlet, we still have to fight against the Qing Dynasty.So when Yang Qilong came to lure him into the gang in the name of Wu Sangui's envoy, he immediately agreed.