Dashun Yongchang

Jiang Xuan was not as optimistic as his elder brother. He frowned and said, "But when we contacted the gentry from all over the place before, they said that the Manchus entered the customs to help us suppress the bandits in the Ming Dynasty. Now those gentry demand that King Zaoqiang be the supervisor of the country, so that The government and civilians are ordering the armed forces everywhere to suppress thieves. Now that the Manchus have occupied Beijing again, how can we convince them that the Manchus will not stay in Beijing for a long time?"

In fact, Jiang Yu already knew before that the slogan of the Manchus entering the customs to help the Ming and suppress the thieves was a bit untrue, especially after the regent Dorgon ordered the relocation of the Eight Banners outside the customs to enter the customs, which further exposed the ambitions of the Manchus. They do have the intention of staying in the pass.

But at this time, Jiang Guan felt that there was no way for them who had voted for the Manchus to retreat, because they had already betrayed Da Ming once, and Dashun again, and now they continue to betray the Manchus. It was impossible to trust their promises anymore.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu couldn't help but secretly complained to Wu Sangui, didn't this guy even set conditions when he lured people into the customs?Now everyone is in a dilemma.

But even though he thought so in his heart, he said to his younger brother: "The Manchus are going south to fight the main force of the intruders. For such an important capital barrier as Xuanda, only a few thousand Manchus were sent. It is mainly based on our Daming frontier army, which shows that the strength of the Manchus is no more than that.

This time you set things right, took down Yanghewei, cut off Shanggu Shun General Huang Yingxuan's retreat, and caused his entire army to be defeated.Even if the Manchus want to fight for the world, we still need people like us to maintain this place.We can just wait and see how things change and wait for the future.

As for the establishment of King Zaoqiang as the supervisor of the country, I don't think it's a big deal. The Manchus themselves are holding the banner of helping the Ming and suppressing thieves. Isn't it okay for us to establish a clan to supervise the country?Besides, although we defeated the Shun army in Shanggu, the city of Datong is so strong that it cannot be defeated by tens of thousands of people, we must have internal support.

Since these gentry of Datong want to establish a strong king, why not? It is important to win Datong before we can talk about the future.If you can't win Datong City, the counties around Datong will not surrender to me easily.So how can our Jiang family restore its former prestige in Datong Town? "

After Jiang Xuan heard what his elder brother said, he couldn't say anything against him. Isn't his biggest purpose of rebelling against obedience is to restore his family's status in Datong Town? In this troubled world, if he preserves his family's power, he also preserves himself. .He could only hope that his brother's choice would not be wrong this time, otherwise the future of the Jiang family would be really bleak.

Thinking of this, he said worriedly: "I rebelled in Yanghe, Guo Tianxing probably already knows that our Jiang family has surrendered to the Manchus, how does brother plan to persuade him to surrender together?"

Jiang Guan sighed and said: "Although Guo Tianxing is loyal, he is also bad at it. He persuaded us to sacrifice Datong that day, but I listened to his advice and almost died at the hands of Li Zicheng.

Although he also interceded for me afterwards, at most we were evened out, and there was no relationship between me and him to talk about.But the bond between him and Thief Li is much deeper, if I go directly to persuade him, I'm afraid he will definitely turn against me.Therefore, it is impossible to persuade him to hand over Datong City, and we still have to rely on ourselves in the end.After all, Guo Tianxing is not a local, and his foundation in Datong City is not deep enough, so as long as we can persuade the gentry and old troops in the city to vote for us, Datong City can be destroyed..."

Yang Hewei's rebellion and Shanggu's defenders' defeat greatly encouraged Hauge who arrived in Xuanhua.In fact, he led the army this time without any intention of making contributions, but just wanted to protect himself.

Nominally, he was the commander-in-chief of this army, but the military power was in the hands of Zhen Yechen, Gushan Ezhen of Xianghongqi. Yechen was a general in the Nurhachi period.

Although Ye Chen has a relationship with Hauge, Ye Chen has always assisted in the matter of inlaying the red flag, so he is not a core figure of the two yellow flags, that is to say, he has not been involved in the struggle for the throne, so naturally he is not Hauge's confidant.As a general who survived the Nurhachi period, Ye Chen was also a very cautious figure, and he kept a sufficient distance from Hauge and Dorgon.

The reason why Dorgon asked Ye Chen to assist Hauge in the expedition this time was because he didn't want Hauge to make any achievements, but to let him be a puppet honestly.In fact, if it weren't for the setback in the Battle of Tianjin, which made the two red flags very dissatisfied, and Dorgon had to give up part of the power to lead the army to cover up the mistakes of the two white flags, Hauge would not have been able to take command this time. Opportunity.

But when Hauge saw the equipment of his subordinates when he set off, Dorgon almost didn't let his cronies appear in this army, so he knew that there was still nothing to hope for this expedition.Dorgon made it clear that if he made any mistakes, let him take the blame. If he made a meritorious deed, it would be the responsibility of the subordinates. Anyway, he has no cronies in the army, so Dorgon has the final say on how to judge meritorious service.

Hauge did not show anger at Dorgon's aggressiveness, but chose to endure it silently, which is actually quite surprising.Because in the past, Haug has always been known for his bad temper.

It’s just that Hauge has come to understand now that it’s completely different to have daddy’s cover and not have daddy’s cover. In the past, when he got into trouble, daddy would at most punish him with his salary, but now Dorgon just finds an excuse to kill him. Trust me.Since taking a step back in the battle for the throne, he is now under the control of the Dorgon brothers everywhere. If he is not honest, he may not be able to keep the last few cronies, so he can only change his temper.

However, no matter how cautious he is, he will still be happy when he encounters this kind of credit for nothing.Without the Eight Banners generals under his command going all out, these former Ming officials turned their backs and attacked the peasant army one by one. Is there any more pleasant news than this?

After hearing the news, Hauge asked Ye Chen beside him: "Ye Chen Gushan, what should our army do next?"

Ye Chen is also an old man who fought wars. Although he kept a distance from Hauge, he would not avoid suspicion on military issues, so he thought for a while and said: "The slave thinks: Brother Jiang Yu should be recruited now. The counties around Datong cut off Datong’s foreign aid first. Then our army guarded outside Datong City. If there are reinforcements from Taiyuan, we will wipe them out first. , with a two-pronged approach, the city of Datong can be broken."

Haug thought for a while and said, "What Gu Shan said is very reasonable, but the redeployment of the cannon needs to be approved by the imperial court, and we have to submit a memorial together for this matter."

Ye Chen nodded and agreed, "In that case, the army can be divided into two parts. The slaves lead the vanguard towards Datong, and the master sits in Xuanfu to rectify the troops and wait for the arrival of the Hongyi Cannon..."

As for the capital, Fulin, who was enthroned as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, made an announcement to the world, and rewarded the generals of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Dynasties. Therefore, Wu Sangui was canonized as King Pingxi, and Dorgon had fulfilled his promise to him.

It's just that Wu Sangui, who had just been conferred the title of King Pingxi, was soon transferred to the command of General Jingyuan Azig, and he went south from Baoding as the vanguard of his army.As early as September, Wu Sangui had secretly written letters to the gentry and former generals of the Zhending, Shunde, and Guangping prefectures, so when he went south from Beijing for less than five days, the Shunde and Guangping prefectures had already surrendered anyway. Zhending had already raised troops to betray Dashun before.

The Dashun Army of Zhending, Shunde, and Guangping had to retreat to Zhangde and Huaiqing, but at this time the hearts of the counties north of the Yellow River were already floating, and Wu Sangui, who had just been named Pingxi King, was also working hard Very soon, so Wu's troops followed the retreating Shun army into Zhangde and Huaiqing, and the Shun army lost the city and territory on the north bank of the Yellow River, shaking both sides of the Yellow River for a while.

On the other hand, Duoduo was conferred the title of Great General of Dingguo, officially left Beijing on October 20, and took the route southward along the canal in Tianjin.Compared with Azige's road, Duoduo's road is the real main force of the Qing army, with a total strength of 28.As a result, the combined forces of Xuanfu, Baoding, and Tianjin have reached [-], and there are only tens of thousands of soldiers left around Beijing.

Dorgon personally controls the last tens of thousands of horses, one is to consolidate the security of the capital, and the other is to prepare for Duoduo's backup.In Dorgon's view, the other two roads are actually not the focus, and only Duoduo's road is the main point of the Heshun Army's decisive battle. If necessary, he is ready to suppress the last tens of thousands of horses.

After all, in current China, apart from Li Zicheng, who is widely recognized by the people in the north, no one else has this prestige.Those northern gentry could unite against Li Zicheng, which shows that they did not regard other people as a threat.Therefore, when Li Zicheng fell, there was no leader in the north who could stand against the Manchus.

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When the Manchus in the north started to move, an earthquake also broke out in Yangzhou. On the morning of October 10st, about half a mile along the Little Qinhuai River in the north of Chaoguan, the south gate of Yangzhou, He Duiji sat under a tea shed by the river and watched a street in front of him.

At first glance, although the row of teahouses along the river is deserted, it is not much different from other streets along the canal.However, the inside of the nine alleys connected to this street is full of twists and turns. People standing in front of the alley can't see the bottom at all. They can only see the brick walls inside or the wooden buildings higher than the brick walls. It is very Jiangnan style. The charm of the people in the alley.

But here is the most famous Flower Street and Willow Alley in Yangzhou. Foreign merchants come to Yangzhou to find flowers and ask willows here.Don't look at the deserted here during the day, when the streets are full of lanterns in the evening, there will be as many as five to six hundred young women, young women or mistresses coming out of the alleys, circling in front of these teahouses facing the river, Waiting for the guests to come to the door.

Even when Gao Jie's army was raging around Yangzhou City, the business here was still booming. Although it was only separated by a city wall, the people in the city were still living their romantic lives.

Although Dezhou is considered prosperous, He Duiji never thought that there would be such a corrupt place. In his opinion, although brothels cannot be completely abolished, they should not be so openly connected with the lives of the people.While talking about Women's Day and etiquette, but at the same time allowing the people to enjoy themselves in this way, can the atmosphere in this place get better?

Not to mention, apart from some of the women in Huajie Liuxiang who were willing to degenerate, there were also a large group of people who were forced into this industry, which made him feel even more unbearable.These days, after careful investigation, he discovered that human trafficking in Yangzhou has almost become a refined industry.

He thought that the traffickers sold the child women to brothels, and then it was over.But in fact, this is not the case. Human traffickers have to divide the women and children after they get them. The best girls will be sold to families who specialize in training skinny horses, and the second-class women and girls will be sold to high-end brothels. It was a medium brothel, then a low brothel, and the last ones were sold to beggars.

If it weren't for the Marshal's Mansion standing behind him, and if the Statistics Department didn't have independent investigation powers, he wouldn't be able to investigate these things at all, and ordinary people would be targeted if they had a little contact with them.Because standing behind the human traffickers are not only local gangsters and subordinates, but also gentry and local officials.

Just as He Duiji was drinking his morning tea and fell into deep thought, several men in casual clothes came to the tea shop where he was sitting, and the leading man, a capable man with a spirited look, cupped his hands at He Duiji and said, "He Duiji Master, Wang Xiancheng has been invited."

He Duiji looked up, and there was a person next to the capable man, a slightly fat middle-aged man with a small mustache, and he looked kind.He smiled slightly and stretched out his hand to say hello: "Is it Wang Zhiduan, Wang Xiancheng? Sit down and talk. Shopkeeper, get some more teacups."

Although Wang Zhiduan didn't know why the other party called him to this place early in the morning, he knew that the other party represented the Marshal's Mansion, and he couldn't afford to offend him at all, so after waiting for the store to serve new tea and leave, he finally couldn't help asking the other party He said: "I don't know what is the purpose of this Lord He, who invited the subordinate officials here in the name of the Marshal's Mansion, and is not allowed to wear official uniforms?"

He Duiji pointed to the capable man who brought Wang Zhiduan and said, "This is Li Long, the deputy general of Yangzhou, and Zhang Youde, the captain of the Yangzhou Volunteer Army. Both of them are dealing with the issue of compensation for the bereaved families of victims outside the city these days." The next official is He Eng of the Statistics Department, who happens to be in charge of verifying the payment of pensions.

However, the Marshal's Mansion received a report a few days ago, saying that the subordinates and country bullies colluded with the relatives of the victims to embezzle the pension money, and some people sold the orphans of the survivors into Liuxiang. His Majesty was furious when he heard that, so we had no choice but to come here Verify the truth of the matter.I wonder if Wang Xiancheng has heard of such a thing? "

Wang Zhiduan widened his eyes and said in surprise and annoyance: "Of course I didn't know such a thing happened. Who is so bold to do such a shameless thing? Where is the culprit? Is there a pleadings?"

He Duiji carefully looked at the expression on the other party's face, and it seemed that he was not lying.However, he thought in his heart that no matter whether it was a forgery or not, it would be exposed later, so he nodded slightly to the other party and replied: "Whether it is the suffering master or the pleadings, they are all in the Marshal's Mansion. Today I came to search here to see if there is any There are no children or women of unknown origin. I invite Wang Xiancheng to come here because I hope you will be a witness so that we can explain less."

Wang Zhiduan was silent for a few seconds and then said: "The Marshal's Mansion is going to search here, and the lower officials naturally dare not stop it, but your officials must at least have a formality?"

He Duiji took out an official document from his sleeve pocket, then pushed it in front of Wang Zhiduan and said, "This is an official document issued by the Marshal's Mansion, does Wang Xiancheng have any questions?"

Wang Zhiduan stared at the red seal on the official document for a long time, then looked up at He Duiji solemnly and said, "I don't have any doubts, I wonder if I can get someone to inform the county."

He Duiji shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about it, let's talk about it after I finish the search. Lieutenant General Li, Captain Zhang, have you guarded all the exits?"

Wang Zhiduan watched He Duiji leave him aside and ignore him, but he was helpless.Since the other party dared to use Yangzhou local officers and soldiers and volunteers to search here, it showed that he was completely sure. Although he didn't know what would be found in the search, he didn't want to go into this muddy water.

Wang Zhiduan had a good premonition. He was worried that calling the Shun army or other Ming troops who surrendered would arouse the resentment of Yangzhou citizens. Li Zicheng deliberately selected nearly a thousand people from Yangzhou local officers, soldiers and volunteers to do this.These officers and soldiers said they were locals, but they were not residents of Yangzhou City. Although those volunteers lived in the city, they were colleagues of the victims of this incident, so they naturally wanted to seek justice for their colleagues.

The entry of other troops into Yangzhou City may also attract the attention of Yangzhou citizens, but these people's entry into the city just makes the citizens think it is a normal transfer, so no one pays too much attention to their movements after entering the city.In fact, there is nothing to pay attention to, because the Xiaoqinhuai River is near the south gate, just turn right when entering the city.

Of course, when these officers and soldiers led volunteers into the alley, began to drive people out one by one, and then rushed to the street by the river for registration and questioning, the commotion became louder, and immediately attracted many citizens to watch.

At this time, the role of the county magistrate Wang Zhiduan was revealed. After he revealed his identity, he immediately quelled the criticism of the onlookers.When they heard that these volunteers were here to find and rescue the orphans of their colleagues who had been trafficked, the people's sympathy immediately turned to the volunteers.And began to denounce those heartless human traffickers, and even those who hadn't left early in the morning were scolded a lot.

After searching for about an hour, the county magistrate finally arrived.When he came to Xiaoqinhuai River, he was also at a loss. He and the county magistrate Wang Zhiduan were almost new officials who had just taken office, so they only knew this place was a flowery street and willow alley, because it could bring great benefits to the county government. They didn't pay too much attention here because there were few flowers and silks.

This time, he was also entrusted to come here, hoping that he could stop such actions that violated local rules.But Zhou Zhiwei finally didn't act rashly after seeing the wink from the county magistrate, but asked He Duiji, "I wonder if Mr. He found anything?"

He Duiji glanced at the hundreds of brothel personnel who were queuing up for investigation, suppressed a trace of anxiety, and calmly said to Zhou Zhiwei: "It seems that there is not yet. I wonder if the magistrate has any advice?"

Zhou Zhiwei glanced at all kinds of people standing on the street, and said with a worried face: "I just heard about the orphans of the bereaved family from Wang Xiancheng, and I also feel that this is against the conscience. I hope they can find them as soon as possible." These orphans. However, if they cannot be searched here, what place will Mr. He plan to search next? I wonder if the county can do something?"

Although He Duiji's expression eased a bit, he still refused tactfully: "If there is any trouble with the county magistrate, I will naturally open my mouth, but the news I got now..."

"A Bao, is it A Bao?" A woman suddenly ran out from the crowd of onlookers and rushed towards a ten-year-old girl in the queue.He Duiji's eyes and everyone's eyes were immediately attracted, at this moment someone on the other side suddenly shouted: "It's diving, someone is diving."

He Duiji immediately lifted his spirits, and said to Li Long and others beside him, "Don't let anyone escape. Also, go and bring that woman and girl here."

Li Long promised He Duiji and said: "Please rest assured, my lord, the general has already arranged fishing nets and boats upstream and downstream, and we must not allow anyone to escape..."

Just when Li Long arranged for people to arrest the diving personnel, someone in the crowd finally recognized the woman who rushed out. I went to the countryside to flee famine, but lost my child when I left the city, I never thought that this child was here..."

When the woman and the girl were brought in front of He Duiji, the mother and daughter had recognized each other and were hugging each other and weeping bitterly.He Duiji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. If there is the first one, there will be a second one. He asked the mother and daughter to be taken aside to ask about the records, and he took the brothel where the girl was to the side to start a thorough investigation. .

After a while, Li Long walked over with a wet man, and said to He Duiji, "So it's Li Hou'er, the wanted Jiangyang thief. He colluded with water thieves and killed at least ten people..."

He Duiji nodded slightly. With the continuous in-depth search of the volunteers, the rotten things hidden in the flower street and willow alley finally gave off a stench bit by bit.

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At the beginning, they just watched the lively Yangzhou people, and when they saw children from their neighborhood being trafficked into these brothels, they became angry.

They really guessed right. With the arrival of dozens of parents who had lost their children, four or five more girls were recognized by their parents, and these girls who returned to their parents finally became courageous and turned to statistics again. The Secretary revealed the circumstances of some prostitutes and girls who were tortured to death in brothels, and others described the areas where they were held when they were trafficked.

With the disclosure of these girls, volunteers quickly found the children's bones in the courtyard of the brothel and some abandoned houses.For those adult prostitutes who have been naturalized, after being tortured to death, they can be taken out of the city for burial as long as they report a disease to the government, but for those children purchased through abnormal means, once they die, they can only find a child in the hospital The place was buried, and then waited for an opportunity to unearth the bones and move them out of the city.

Although the procuresses and thugs of the brothel conceal these dark things from the outside, for the prostitutes in the brothel, these things are semi-public, because this is also the means used by the procuress and thugs to intimidate children and prostitutes to prevent them from fleeing Or ask a guest for help.

After more than 30 corpses were taken out and carried to the street, the Yangzhou citizens onlookers were already raging, clamoring to kill those unscrupulous bustards.The faces of the magistrate and county magistrate standing beside He Duiji were a little blue.Although they know in their hearts that there may not be such cases of forced prostitution in the flower streets and willow alleys, it is a common practice that "the people will not be prosecuted, and the officials will not be prosecuted", so they will not break this unspoken rule.

Just looking at the children's bones carried out one after another, Zhou Zhiwei stared blankly at a man and woman crying beside the child, and murmured, "That's Jia Xiucai. He came to the county when I took office for less than three days. The yamen reported that his daughter was missing, so it turned out that his daughter was sold here. I should have ordered a search of this place at that time, my salary is really wasted..."

He Duiji snorted coldly and said, "What's the use of searching for a family or two? This alley is full of twists and turns, and there are secret doors between the yards. If you enter through the front door, they will take people with you." He left through the secret door. What's more, how many spies are there in the county government? Use their people to check themselves, what can they find out?"

No matter how much he hated the peasant army before, he was speechless at this moment when He Duiji mocked Zhou Zhiwei. After a few breaths, he silently took off the official hat on his head and said, "I have nothing to say, After the truth of this case came to light, I should resign from the official position to thank the elders of Yangzhou."

After hearing this, Wang Zhiduan also touched his head, but it was empty. Then he remembered that he was wearing casual clothes, so he put his hand down silently.He Duiji glanced at the ashamed Zhou Zhiwei, and finally stopped mocking him.

On this day, the boundless Little Qinhuai River became a large-scale recognition scene. The parents who found their children wept with joy, while those who failed to find their children begged the staff of the Statistics Department, begging the Marshal of the capital to help them find their children whereabouts.Although the magistrate and magistrate of Jiangdu County were present, the parents who lost their children only wanted to believe in the Marshal's Mansion.

Even the Yangzhou people who were onlookers helped these parents and pleaded: "Their lost children have been lost for more than a year. I don't know how many times they have reported to the government, but the government doesn't care at all. Since the Marshal's Mansion has helped others find After returning to the children, why not do good deeds and help find their children..."

Faced with the entreaties of these parents and the appeals of the citizens, He Duiji finally stood up and said: "My elders, please listen to me. Yangzhou has a population of 10 inside and outside the city. It can’t be done. Because we are not familiar with Yangzhou at all, if we want to find those thugs, we don’t know that it will be delayed until the year of the monkey, but those thugs will not stay at home and wait for us to come.”

He Duiji's answer caused an uproar among Yangzhou citizens. Although they knew that what He Duiji said was not unreasonable, they still felt that He Duiji meant to shirk them.Therefore, some people said angrily: "Is this lord unwilling to make decisions for us, then we will go to the emperor, the emperor can't just sit idly by..."

He Duiji felt that his back was about to be soaked in sweat when the surrounding citizens began to echo the opinion of the emperor to uphold justice. At this moment, he understood what Li Zicheng said to him, "The emotions of the masses Just like the Yellow River, when the unrestrained river starts to flood, then we ourselves will become a part of being destroyed by the river. Therefore, we must not let the masses control our emotions, but we should work hard to guide the emotions of the masses and make them become A powerful weapon in our hands."

Thinking of this, He Duiji hurriedly shouted again: "Of course the emperor will make decisions for everyone, but what we need now is manpower. If there is no manpower to find out the bad things done by these villains and catch their movements, even if the emperor wants to do it for everyone." Everyone is in charge, and it is difficult to start."

Hearing He Duiji's change of words, the citizens' emotions eased a little, and they asked him loudly: "Then how can we let the emperor uphold justice for us?"

He Duiji then said: "The leadership of the Marshal's Office, supported by the Yangzhou government, council members, and citizen representatives, divided Yangzhou into areas for inspection and population registration, so that we can know where those villains live."

The surrounding citizens were silent for a while, and then someone shouted: "Then go to the county government and the council to petition, and ask the gentlemen to come out and uphold justice."

Immediately someone responded: "Why don't you go to the county office? Don't the magistrate and the magistrate just stand there?"

Facing the appeals of the citizens, Zhou Zhiwei and Wang Zhiduan immediately stood up and stated that they have always supported the search of the Marshal's Mansion, otherwise they would not be standing here.After hearing the statements of the two officials, the mood of the citizens finally stabilized a lot, so someone proposed to go to Qionghuaguan to find the members of the council to make a statement, and asked the council to send someone to cooperate with the Marshal's Mansion.

Under the appeal of these people, more than half of the onlookers blocking the two ends of the small Qinhuai River immediately left. When these citizens walked towards the outside of the Great East Gate, they did not forget to publicize the tragedy that happened in the small Qinhuai River.Immediately, more and more citizens followed the parade. By the time Qionghua was watched from the outside, the citizens' petition team had already stretched for several miles, and the number of people was nearly tens of thousands.

The Qionghua Temple that Yangzhou people call is actually a common name. The correct name of this Taoist temple is Fanli Temple. It is said that it was given by Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.Although this Taoist temple is now presided over by Zhengdao, after Li Zicheng went south, he requisitioned more than half of it for the daily meetings of the Yangzhou Council.

But even so, in the face of tens of thousands of citizens coming, Qionghua Temple is still too small.Therefore, some councilors who were discussing things inside still walked out of the gate and started face-to-face communication with the citizens.

Although it is not that the gentry in Yangzhou did not communicate directly with the citizens before, in order to resist the occupation of Yangzhou by Gao Jiejun and Liu Zeqing's army, these gentry called on the citizens of the city to rise up and fight.But at any time, they are the ones who talk, and the citizens listen.But this time the view of Qionghua was reversed. It was mainly the citizens who put forward their proposals and asked the gentry to accept them.

At the beginning, some gentry tried to persuade the citizens to calm down and leave the matter to the government and the council for resolution, but some citizens who had just witnessed the children's bones obviously found it difficult to calm down, and they directly regarded these gentry as people who were trying to make peace , could not help but sarcastically said to them.

"In the past, when we went to the county government to report the case, you convinced us to believe the government. As a result, those children turned into bones, and the government did not find anything. Now the Marshal's House has found clues about the abduction and trafficking of these children, but it is just for you to cooperate. For a moment, if you don’t want to do this, what kind of representatives are you?”

Facing the doubts and resentment of the citizens, these gentry immediately fell silent. Some of them had nothing to do with the child trafficking. Willing to be in contact with these low-character gentry, now even more unwilling to take responsibility for them.

Seeing that the citizens became more and more excited, the representatives of the council finally changed their attitudes and said to the crowd: "Of course we are willing to assist the Marshal's Mansion to thoroughly investigate the traffickers who abducted women and children in Yangzhou City, but this We always have to ask His Majesty for instructions, can't we make decisions by ourselves?"

Although the excuses of the representatives of the council made the citizens present a little dissatisfied, there were still some people who supported the council's approach, thinking that it would be more legal procedurally.Immediately, some citizens asked the Council to send representatives to follow them to the Daming Temple to petition. Facing the voices of the masses, the council representatives present decided to send people to follow the citizens to the Daming Temple to petition and discuss the issue. Communicate to those representatives who were not there and ask them to come over to a meeting to deal with this matter.

When the citizens of Yangzhou surrounded by [-] or [-] council representatives were walking towards Daming Temple, in Pingshan Hall, Li Zicheng was receiving Gao Doushu and other people who came from Yunyang.

Because the Yangtze River route was cut off, Gao Doushu and his party came by land.For Li Zicheng, what Gao Doushu and his party saw on the road allowed him to better understand the sphere of influence of Zuo Liangyu's military and political clique and the customs and customs of De'an, Huangzhou, Anqing, Fengyang and other places. It is a place where the Statistics Department is not as powerful.

After talking with Gao Doushu all afternoon, Li Zicheng couldn't help asking him a question: "If I, Dashun, want to stabilize the area north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huai River, what should I do now?"

Gao Doushu stared at Li Zicheng, pondered for a long time in his heart, and then said softly: "You should dispatch officials in the name of your majesty and the crown prince to stabilize the local order. No matter what kind of order it is, it is better than the current chaos.

Although Zuo Liangyu has power, he has no desire to govern the local area. Although De'an and Huangzhou are under the control of Wuchang in name, they are actually not managed by anyone. They are either controlled by gentry or occupied by local bandits. In the confrontation between the two sides, he was at a loss, and now he only asked the court to send someone to restore order.

Although Anqing Mansion is still relatively peaceful, but this place guards the Yangtze River, Zuo Liangyu is the first place to go south, and the local gentry and people are also anxious, fearing that they will be robbed by Zuo soldiers... His Majesty sent an official, these places will inevitably Bow down. "

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Li Zicheng, who was talking to Gao Doushu, suddenly heard a shout coming from a distance. He couldn't help but stop talking with Gao Doushu and turned his head to look outside Pingshan Hall. Looking around, I don't know what happened outside.

After a while they saw Li Laiheng walking up the steps. He walked into the hall and bowed his hands to Li Zicheng and reported: "The members of the council ran to the door with a large group of Yangzhou citizens, claiming to ask His Majesty to uphold justice."

Li Zicheng was silent for a while, then he got up and wanted to leave, but then he stopped and said to Gao Doushu: "Mr. Gao might as well go out with me to have a look, maybe I will ask you for advice."

Gao Doushu was also curious about what was going on outside, so he got up and followed Li Zicheng's footsteps. They walked through the path among the flowers and several courtyard gates and came to the vestibule of Daming Temple. Platoon guards kept the crowd out.

Li Zicheng stepped forward and patted the shoulders of the guards in the queue, signaling them to make a gap, then walked out of the gate and stood on the stone steps.The crowd standing in the open space outside the temple immediately turned their heads to look over, and then a few scholar-like people came out of the crowd, bowed deeply to Li Zicheng and said: "Students Gao Xiaozan, Wang Zan, Wang Shixiu, etc., have seen Your Majesty. "

Then several people came out to pay respects to Li Zicheng and said: "Member Huang Dazong, Wu Renzhi and others pay respects to His Majesty."

Seeing that the citizens present were all saluting to him one by one, Li Zicheng finally stretched out his hand and patted him. After attracting everyone's attention, he said: "I have accepted all your salutes. Next, let's talk about your reason for coming. Yangzhou Elders, why are you looking for me today?"

Gao Xiaozan and his companions looked at each other, then stopped in front of several councilors, and told Li Zicheng exactly what happened in the Little Qinhuai River to Li Zicheng, then saluted Li Zicheng again and pleaded: "Students think that this time Breeding beasts to isolate themselves from the family, just in exchange for a few taels of silver, is really outrageous. If these beasts continue to hide in Yangzhou City, who will be able to sleep in the future? We speak on behalf of the people of Yangzhou, and just want to ask Your Majesty to order Thoroughly search Yangzhou, bring these beasts to justice one by one, so as to save the hearts of the people in the city."

Seeing this, the councilors on the side also pleaded with Li Zicheng: "That's exactly the case. I will bring the people of Yangzhou to come here, hoping that Your Majesty can calm down the demon atmosphere in the city."

After hearing this, Li Zicheng frowned and asked, "Didn't I ask the Statistics Department to go to the Xiaoqinhuai River to search for trafficked children? Why, didn't they do a good job?"