The next day, many new prisoners were admitted to the prison.

What surprised Yang Xuan was that these prisoners were all very arrogant and had neither anklets nor bracelets, not even the symbolic hemp rope.

The jailers who usually showed off their power were like Sun Tzu, nodding and bowing in front of these prisoners, and they were submissive.

This is really strange. From ancient times to the present, jailers are all uncles, and prisoners are all grandsons. Why is it reversed today?

While Yang Xuan was wondering, a middle-aged prisoner moved in next door to Yang Xuan. He was yelling in front of the jailer. Sometimes he thought the room was dark, and sometimes he thought the bedding in the cell was dirty.

A jailer carefully apologized beside him: "Sir, the oil lamp and bedding will be sent to you immediately. The conditions here are poor, please forgive me, just make do with it for one night. Tomorrow, Mr. Tai will go through the process, and I will send you out immediately.

prison."

The prisoner got angry and said: "A little Jie Tai dares to arrest our parishioners. Now Master Yang's warship is still waiting outside the Pearl River Estuary, and a Jie Tai dares to act wild in front of Master Yang."

"Today I suffered a lot of injustice and ended up in a cell. If you don't take good care of me, be careful. I will tell Mr. Foreigner tomorrow and I will have you removed from your job and take away your job!"

The jailer stood aside and said with a cautious smile: "Brother, please calm down. There are many people in the militia outside, and they all carry guns and clubs. If you have to deal with it here all night, Mr. Tai can go to the militia. Those militia are lawless.

Why do you need to be acquainted with them?"

The prisoner snorted and said: "The militiamen all have silver-like pewter gun tips. They dare to go against the foreign masters. They are simply impatient. Taiwan is not a good person either. He works as an accomplice. Go back and tell him, don't think that you have any

If you are a militia group, you dare to challenge the foreign masters!"

The prisoner was still cursing and cursing, but the jailer no longer dared to answer the question.

Later generations said that the Manchu and Qing dynasties were closed to the outside world, but this was not necessarily the case. Since the early Qing Dynasty, the Manchu and Qing dynasties had been opening up Guangzhou and Xiamen to foreign trade. Later, the Manchu and Qing dynasties closed the Xiamen port, leaving only Guangzhou for foreign trade.

Guangzhou was a treaty port, and foreigners were not allowed to enter the city. They had to trade with thirteen trading houses outside the city. This is the famous "Guangzhou Thirteen Banks" in history.

Relying on its trade monopoly, Guangzhou became the most prosperous place in China, and merchants from thirteen lines of business also made a lot of money.

After the First Opium War, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were forced to open five ports to trade. Since then, Guangzhou lost its trade monopoly, and the city's prosperity plummeted.

According to the Treaty of Nanjing and the Five-Port Trade Charter signed between China and Britain after the war, foreigners have the right to enter Guangzhou, rent houses, live in the city, do business, and preach.

The foreigners showed off their power and power, and their power once overshadowed the Guangzhou government. Many missionaries also sneaked into Guangzhou and actively carried out missionary work. Some lawless people took the opportunity to join the religion and took advantage of the foreigners' power to commit evil.

For example, Hong Xiuquan failed in the imperial examination and founded the God Worshiping Society. The basic teachings of the God Worshiping Society came from a Christian pamphlet he accidentally obtained during the examination in Guangzhou.

Later, Hong Xiuquan went to Guangzhou in person, became a disciple of missionary Luo Xiaoquan, and studied Christian doctrines carefully.

When the people became religious, they received the protection of the church and were called religious people. When the religious people committed crimes, the church often came forward to help, but the government did not dare to investigate further.

Now, these parishioners are in jail, but they talk arrogantly and don't take the government seriously at all.

When Yang Xuan saw this, he decided to provoke the prisoner next door and asked:

"Brother, I heard that the current governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is Xu Guangjin. Master Xu is an admirer of Lin Zexu. He has a very tough attitude and has organized a militia of hundreds of thousands of people. No matter how powerful the foreigners are, they only have a thousand people. How can they compete with

How about a militia of 100,000 people competing for supremacy?”

When the church member heard this, he immediately got excited and said: "Hey, I said you are really unworthy. Although the foreigners have few people, they have strong ships and cannons. Although the militia has many people, they are just a rabble. With a rabble.

Against strong ships and powerful guns, do you think Mr. Xu has a chance of winning?

"I think Mr. Xu is most likely trying to gain fame and fame and take the opportunity to ask for credit from the emperor. If he dares to rely on his militia to start a war with the foreigners, the sun will rise from the west and I will have to go around the governor's office when I pass by."

This religious man has been imprisoned, but he is still so arrogant that even the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi do not look down upon him.

You can know autumn by looking at a leaf.

An ordinary religious man dared to speak arrogant words because he relied on the protection of foreigners. The officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were incompetent, and the people had no national concept. From this, it is not difficult to see that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was already on the verge of subjugation.

Yang Xuan intended to undermine the prestige of the cultivator and said:

"Brother, you can't say that. No matter what, we are still Chinese. No matter how good the foreigners are, they are still barbarians. No matter how powerful the foreigners are, they still can't enter the city of Guangzhou?

"The militia has a large number of people, but the religious people are weak alone, and the foreigners can't enter the city outside the city. You do whatever you want in the city. If your gun goes off and angers the militia, won't you be the one who suffers then?

"

The church member was furious and cursed: "Hey, you kid, what are you talking about? We joined the foreign religion to abandon evil and do good, not to cling to the foreign masters. The court did not keep its faith and agreed to let the foreigners

The adult entered the city and has not been found yet.

"Now that the foreign masters are coming to the city, they just want to urge the imperial court to implement the treaty. They have no other intention. The governor has invited militia groups without authorization, which has made Guangzhou troubled internally and externally, and the public security has deteriorated. When it comes to it, the government always does too much evil. What does it have to do with the foreign masters? Who cares about our education?

What's wrong with the people?"

After the First Opium War, the Thirteen Merchants in Guangzhou lost their trade monopoly, and their interests were greatly harmed. They became the most determined anti-British group. The Guangdong gentry also remembered that war deeply and resolutely opposed foreigners entering the city.

Many years have passed since the war, and foreigners have still not been able to enter Guangzhou. In the eyes of foreigners, this is because the Chinese did not abide by the treaty. In the eyes of the Chinese, it is because the foreigners invaded first.

In 1847, the then British Minister Derby led the British army to break through the Humen Fortress and march to the gates of Guangzhou, demanding that the Qing Dynasty abide by the treaty and open up Guangzhou. The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at the time was a senior Qingying "expert" on Westernization in the Qing Dynasty.

Qiying knew that Emperor Daoguang was already old and just wanted to whitewash peace, so he tried his best to appease Debi and promised to allow foreigners to enter the city in two years.

Now, the two-year period has passed, and foreigners are clamoring to enter the city. The religious people in the city have also begun to pretend to be powerful and use the power of the foreigners to commit illegal acts.

Today, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has been replaced by the main militant Xu Guangjin. Xu Guangjin was unwilling to give in and mobilized the people to form a militia, that is, to train armed groups, in an attempt to fight against the foreigners.

A few days ago, religious people clashed with militia groups. The government arrested a group of religious people for violating public order.

Seeing the arrogant words coming out of the disciple's mouth, Yang Xuan sneered and said, "Brother, please calm down. I'm just trying to persuade you. I'm worried that I'll misunderstand foreigners and suffer a loss in the future."

The parishioner was still cursing, and Yang Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to him.

After a while, the jailer brought a candle and lit up the cell. Seeing that Yang Xuan's cell was cleaner, the parishioner deliberately caused trouble and wanted to change rooms with Yang Xuan.

The jailer did not dare to offend him, so he had to beg Yang Xuan for permission. Yang Xuan was about to have a fit, but he thought that he was a post of Zhaoyong Hou and would not be able to cause trouble again, so he kept silent and exchanged cells with the religious man.

Needless to say, Yang Xuan's bedding was also occupied by the fellow believers. It was still the first month of the year, and the prison was very cold. Yang Xuan felt that the bedding in the cell was too dirty, and he could not sleep well all night.

Early the next morning, the jailer released the parishioners in the prison as expected. Yang Xuan saw it clearly. The jailer also gave the parishioners a bunch of copper coins, saying that he was entrusted by Master Zhitai and asked the parishioners to be patient and not to go to jail.

Making trouble in front of foreign adults.

Yang Xuan was filled with emotions and even more disappointed with the government.

In the evening, Yang Tian entered the prison in a panic. As soon as they met, he said with a sad face: "Young Master... Young Master, something serious has happened. Old... Master, he he... he..."

Seeing Yang Tian shed tears, Yang Xuan felt bad and shouted: "Why are you panicking? Speak slowly. What happened to the master?"

Yang Tian sobbed and said: "Old... the old man is dead!"

Father is dead? Yang Xuan was shocked and asked hurriedly: "What happened? How did the master die?"

Yang Tian stammered and talked for a long time before he explained the matter clearly.

It turned out that in the past few days, the confrontation between the religious people and the militia in Guangzhou City had intensified, and armed fights broke out frequently. Yang Guozuo was a military attaché, and he had to beg the governor to let Yang Xuan go, so he deliberately showed off in front of the governor and led the militia to suppress the religious people.

However, foreigners outside the city donated many muskets and ammunition to the parishioners. At noon, the parishioners and the militia had another armed fight. The parishioners used muskets to drive back the militia, and also used fire bombs to attack the regiment's training barracks.

Yang Guozuo was old and could not escape, so he was burned alive by the fire. His body could not even be found!

Yang Xuan heard the whole story and was so angry that his blood boiled. The religious people bullied others too much and the officials were incompetent. How could he avenge his father's murder?

After he became Marquis Yang Zhongwu, he was imprisoned just for participating in the Tiandihui. He was transferred to Huizhou Prison after being entrusted with the rank of Guangdong Admiral.

The parishioners relied on the protection of foreigners. After committing a crime, the government not only did not dare to intervene, but also gave them money as a gift.

What kind of world is this?

Now that there is chaos inside and outside Guangzhou, when can I move to Huizhou?

My father’s body is gone, when will the great revenge be avenged?
Chapter completed!