The day after Zhou Shixiang returned to Nanjing, he received a message from the Military Information Department. The news came from the Henan Transfer Station, saying that the Qing court sent the Minister Ebilong to raid the imperial merchants in Shanxi, and countless prisons were raised, killing people. It is said that the amount of gold and silver that was seized by various royal merchants in Shanxi was no less than tens of millions of taels of taels of gold and silver.

Zhou Shixiang was a little confused by the news and didn't understand why Fulin was doing well to copy the Shanxi merchants who served him. Who would dare to work for him in the future when he did this? He was not afraid that this move would make the Han people, officials and businessmen in the north, and look forward to the King's Army of the Ming Dynasty?

Gui Yongzhi, aide under Zhou Shixiang, was the rank of Li Shutai, the former governor of the Qing Dynasty, and Dong Changqing was an ordinary student in Huizhou, Guangdong. The two did not know much about the situation in the Qing Dynasty, especially the north, so it was difficult to answer Zhou Shixiang's confusion. Xu Yingyuan and Guo Shao, who were previously a counselor, were not around now, and they were there. Before they surrendered, one was a magistrate and the other was a salt patrol envoy. They had poorer knowledge than Gui Yongzhi, so it was difficult to provide an accurate analysis of this information.

Li Zhicui, the former censor who surrendered in Jiangxi, knew the situation in the north well. Unfortunately, he is now serving as the governor in Nanchang and is responsible for stabilizing the situation in Jiangxi. It is considered that far water cannot save the near fire. Jiang Guozhu is in Suzhou again. Lang Tingzuo and Zhu Guozhi, two dead-dead men in the Qing Dynasty, were tortured by Zhou Shi in the previous episode, and he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word, so don't expect them to be able to resolve doubts and doubts for the "thief scholar".

Because Qian Qianyi was still suffering from a cold on the road, he arrived in Nanjing, so Zhou Shixiang specially vacate the former Qian Mansion and let the old clan rest for a few days. It is difficult to ask. Besides, Qian Qianyi may not be much better than Gui Yongzhi and the others. After all, this old man is just a leader in the literary world, not an important official like Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, and Hong Chengchou who can seize the world. I am afraid that his opinions are worse than those of children.

Finally, Zhou Shixiang thought of someone, Zhang Changgeng, the former governor of Qinghuguang, who came to Nanjing with the vanguard of the Huguang aid and suppression army when he was in Suzhou.

The first time that arrived in Nanjing was the second town, one of the four old towns of the Taiping Army. The town general Tieyi also served as the deputy chief commander of the Huguang Army. In addition to bringing Zhang Changgeng, Tieyi also brought one person, but Sun Kewang, who was captured in Changsha.

Before Zhou Shixiang could meet the great prince of the Great Western Army, the Qin King of the Ming Dynasty, and His Highness of the Yi King of the Qing Dynasty, he only asked to stay with Yue Le, Lang Tingzuo, Liang Huafeng, and Zhu Guozhi first, and then go to see Sun Kewang after finishing the major events at hand. As for killing the pass, Zhou Shixiang has not yet made up his mind.

Zhang Changgeng was not taken to Nanjing as a prisoner like Sun Kewang, but came to Nanjing as a surrendered official. Theoretically, as long as Zhang Changgeng did not run away, the Taiping Army must be polite to him. When Zhou Shixiang received the report that Wuchang had already been sent, he issued an instruction to Yu Shizhong to treat Zhang Changgen well. It was rare for a Qing official at the level of the governor to surrender voluntarily. If Zhou Shixiang didn't make good use of it, he would be too sorry for this horse bone.

It was not until Zhang Changgeng entered Nanjing that he was truly relieved and knew that his life would be saved. He was not afraid of the "thief scholar" who would kill him, but was afraid of the big bandits in Kuidong who were invading the city before the governor of Huguang Dong Xueli, and he did not dare to stay in Wuchang at all. Instead, he asked the commander of the Huguang army of the Taiping Army, Yu Shizhong, to send him to Nanjing because he was very afraid of Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi and others would liquidate the crimes he committed against Kuidong during his tenure as governor of Hubei.

Zhang Changgeng's guess was correct. Although Yu Shizhong had dissuaded him, after the Ming army controlled Wuchang City, the generals of Zhongzhen Camp Hao Yaoqi and He Zhen slaughtered Dong Xueli and a group of surrendered Green Camp soldiers. It is conceivable that if Zhang Changgen had not escaped into the Taiping Army's camp in advance, he might have been killed by Zhongzhen Camp, which was eager to take revenge.

When Zhang Changgeng was brought to Zhou Shixiang, just like those who were surrendered in the past, they were surprised at the youth of this "thief scholar". But Zheng Sen, who was in Jinxia, ​​led the army in his twenties, and Li Dingguo in the southwest, was also at the same age as the leader of the Qing Dynasty. In recent years, the Qing Dynasty was led by young royal families, so he felt relieved. After he hesitating for a moment, Zhang Changgeng knelt down on the ground and gave a big gift to Zhou Shixiang. He didn't know whether it was a habit or a nervousness, but he used the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhou Shixiang helped him up with a smile, but did not care about Zhang Changgen's mistakes in etiquette, but praised him first. It was nothing more than Zhang Changgen's behavior of knowing the current affairs, and the people in Wuchang City were able to avoid the war, which also reduced the casualties of the Ming army, etc. Zhang Changgen was ashamed and kept saying that I had been guilty in the past. Zhou Shixiang laughed and told him that since he had abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, he should not say anything he had done before, and he would still have some reliance in the future. After hearing this, Zhang Changgeng felt relieved. At present, he had nothing to worry about except for his family in Beijing.

Zhou Shi said again that he had something unknown and did not know whether Zhang Changgeng could solve his doubts. Zhang Changgeng was immediately favored and hurriedly said that he would give him worries for the Duke of Guangdong.

Zhou Shixiang briefly said what happened in Shanxi to Zhang Changgeng. After hearing this, Zhang Changgeng thought for a moment and told Zhou Shixiang that the Qing court attacked Shanxi merchants because the treasury had no money.

"In the past, the Tartars had no money, so they relied on looting. Now that the Duke of the State is here, the Tartars have no way to loot. The wealth and wealth in Jiangnan are lost again. However, the Tartars have to maintain their court and army. Naturally, they can only attack the rich people under their rule. The eight royal merchants have had an affair with the Tartars since the Tianqi period. After 30 years, their property was quite considerable. After confiscated, the Qing court did not have to worry about lacking money in a moment."

After Zhang Changgeng said this, Zhou Shixiang naturally understood it, but he also felt it was incredible. He asked Zhang Changgeng if he was afraid of being cold in the Qing Dynasty when he did this to kill chickens and get eggs.

Zhang Changgeng smiled and said that the Qing court was like the Chongzhen Dynasty. The savings since entering the pass were spent on the war in the south. Now the war continued. It needed to fill in a lot of money, manpower and material resources like a bottomless pit. The north was already ruined, and there were several essences in the world only in Jiangnan and Huguang. Now they were occupied by Zhou Shixiang. If they didn't take any ruthless measures, they were afraid that the north would not be able to be saved, and the Qing Dynasty would not be able to be saved either. At this critical moment, how could the Qing court take care of so many? As for the so-called people's hearts, it is a matter of no need to worry. Nowadays, there are more dogs. As long as the Qing court does not fall, there are more dogs who are fighting to grab the Qing court and throw away bones. There are eight royal merchants today, and there may not be no thirteen wealthy families tomorrow. Of course, their final outcome will not be able to escape being scammered by the Qing court. Because scammering rich Han people was a national policy implemented by the Qing court long before.

"When the Tartars were in Liaodong, there was a saying that they killed pigs. But this killing pigs was not really killing pigs, but killing Han people. When the old slave was there, they liked to check the grain of Han people. Anyone who had grains that were not as good as the hardware was used, they were designated as "Han people without grains". The old slave said that "Han people without grains" was "not plowing fields, without grains, and not settled in their homes, and wanted to escape to the bachelor of Ming Kingdom from here". They ordered the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners to "receive the people without grains as enemies" and hunt them down when they found out. Later, they issued an edict accusing the Han people with grains of Han people, accepting letters, and ordering all Han people with grains to kill them in various places. In this way, there were no Han people in Liaodong, and there were also those who worked hard for slaves under the banner, which was also called Baoyi Slave or Aha."

"The Tartars really regarded me, Han people as pigs and dogs, hum, but I don't know who is the pig to be slaughtered!" Zhou Shixiang was angry and even more disgusted with Manzhou.

"But in this way, Fulin has such ruthlessness and is very despicable. He knows what he needs most and what he doesn't need most now."

Zhou Shixiang was a little moved and admired Fulin's ruthlessness. He also thought of the document on the public housing of Lang Tingzuo that "reported to cancel" the case of Jiang Guozhu. If it were not for his appearance, it would be the imperial merchants in Shanxi who were searched for their property now, but the gentry of Jiangnan.

When he was feeling emotion, Dong Changqing brought two newspapers, both of which came from Wuchang. Two things, one thing was that Feng Shuangli, the King of Qingyang of Ming Dynasty, in Jianchang, had sent envoys to worship the King of Tang as the main story; the other thing was that Feng Shuangli, the Manchu and Mongolian Qing army in the southwest, had fled from Guiyang to Chongqing under the leadership of Doni Peace Keduo, and was running towards Chengdu.
Chapter completed!