08 The gambling of the future people jumping over the wall
Why did Zhao Kuo choose Zhu Qingzheng alone? Because he learned about Zhu Qingzheng's family background from various channels. Zhao Kuo found that Zhu Qingzheng was simply from a "revolutionary" family.
His father was like a witch doctor who was a feudal superstitious gang member and traveled around the world. When Zhu Qingzheng was ten years old, he attended a peasant party because of his loyalty and gang rules, and went to Dade Temple, the largest landlord in the local area, who had no morals and evil intentions, to borrow food. As a result, the presidency of the Buddha's light, he slandered them as rioters. His father was beheaded by the government as one of the three main culprits.
Later, he and his brother lived in his uncle's house and were raised by their aunt. His uncle was rarely at home and was a "bad man". What is a "bad man"? It is an immigrant who traveled across the sea to make a living in the South China Ocean. The land was fertile and rich in resources, and there was no excessive tax levy from the Qing Dynasty. As long as you work hard and sweat, you will earn much more than your family. However, because of the strong ban on seas in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing emperor once issued an edict saying: Such people who go overseas are "bad man". Not only will the "nationality" of the Qing Dynasty be removed, the government can also confiscate their houses and property in the mainland.
Many people lost their money because of excessive taxes. They couldn't survive without going overseas, so there were still many people who went overseas to survive. However, the Qing Dynasty always had policies and countermeasures. In addition, the government was corrupt, and as long as you bribe a little money, your household registration could still be retained. Many "bad people" did this, working hard overseas and working hard, saving savings and remitting back to their hometowns.
Because of the traditional Chinese sense of hometown, there are still few people who settle overseas, and most people take their savings to their hometown to buy land. However, their family's labor force is overseas and there is not enough manpower, so they often give the land to others to rent and plant.
Zhu Qingzheng and his uncle also had a lot of land through blood and sweat, but the despicable and shameless people who rented his land in the village tried to hack his uncle's land rent and reported his uncle's identity as a bad person to the government.
When the government saw that, OK, this man had a lot of land and property, and he was a big fat piece of meat. He immediately became unintentional and wanted to confiscate all his uncle's property.
After receiving the letter, my uncle was shocked and immediately returned to China by boat. However, as soon as he arrived, he was arrested and died in prison, and his property was confiscated. My aunt went crazy and died soon after.
My uncle's son and Zhu Qingzheng's cousin angrily joined the Xiaodao Club initiated by the "Weapons" in Fuzhou!
After his uncle's family was destroyed, Zhu Qingzheng wandered around with his elder brother, and made some money by studying medical books by himself as a doctor in the entertainment industry. Later, both joined the Tiandihui and were both backbones. His elder brother had a conflict with the servants two years ago because of the heavy taxes on collecting cargo ships and was beaten to death.
The whole family was completely dead and was full of deep hatred. Because of this, when he heard that Guangxi had a son of the true god, Zhu Qingzheng gritted his teeth and came to join the army.
Now he saw the essence and deterioration of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and was a little worried that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom might not succeed until it keeps going north. So he can't go back to Guangdong, so how can he realize his ideal? Therefore, he became disengaged and wanted to return to Guangdong and revolt and kill the Qing demons in Guangdong.
Zhao Kuojue's man is the cane he is looking for. He is not only familiar with the Tiandihui, but also with the Xiaodaohui. He is really a very broad-minded person. If he really fights Guangdong, he can consult him for the source of the gang. When he fights, he can get information. Even if he runs away, he is also familiar with the geographical routes of the province.
In addition to Zhu Qingzheng, Zhao Kuo also found a few heavenly soldiers who had also been involved in the Guangdong and Guangxi Heaven and Earth Association, and asked about various information such as Guangdong geography and humanities. The selection conditions were very simple: I can't be too slippery, they all made military achievements and fought bravely in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom;
But just as he was about to drag the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to Guangdong and find a way for himself, a "bad news" came: The Western King Xiao Chaogui "dedicated himself to heaven" under Changsha City.
How did he die?
Later historians have different opinions.
Some people say that Xiao Chaogui's clothes were too gorgeous and too brave to supervise the battle on the front line, but he was shot to death by a sniper in the Qing Dynasty.
It was said that it was nothing. How could he, a prince, wears a Chinese uniform to supervise the battle on the front line? He was killed by a shot from the Qing Dynasty.
Even now, just at the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom garrison in Chenzhou after Xiao Chaogui's death, Zhao Kuo still didn't know how this kid died.
However, when Xiao Chaogui set out to Changsha, he knew that Xiao Chaogui was dead.
"May there is no brother in heaven who looks down on you every day." Zhao Kuo thought evilly, while wrapping a white cloth strip on his head to express his memorial service.
In the conference hall, the former Qing government in Ai Leman Hall, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, who had red eyes, were already roaring to avenge their "brother".
"It's our 100,000 people who are about to eat up Chenzhou? Damn it, if you don't move the place, the locust swarm will not starve to death! But you'd better divide my troops south. I don't want to wait for you to capture Nanjing. If you are sent to the northern expedition, you will die!" Zhao Kuo tried hard to squeeze his nose and tears.
A group of higher-level generals shouted together to fight for revenge in Changsha. Their status was higher than that of Zeng Si, Tan Tianshun, and Qiu Fuguang, who were unknown in history, Zhao Kuo followed him at the end and shouted.
"Okay, we must avenge the King of the West! Prepare to send troops to Changsha!" Hong Xiuquan shouted loudly at last.
Zhao Kuo was not desperate. He knew that this was an inevitable development in history, but now Hong Xiuquan's soldiers were defeated because they were not as strong as the raincoat was defeated, and there might be a lot more. Perhaps there was still a chance to divide some of the troops to move south.
Because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom adopted the bandit strategy, snowball-like development and no base, there was almost no division of troops, because if the route was divided, once the starting point was thrown to the Qing soldiers, they would often be split in half. Who would want to divide the troops?
But Zhao Kuo thought! He even divided the troops against the direction of the Taiping Army's march.
He didn't want to fight with the Hunan Army. Soon, the Hunan Army's armed forces were not much inferior to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He didn't want to be killed in the later internal struggle, nor did he want to be killed in the later stage of the fight, nor did he want to be sent to Beijing alone because of Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing's victory. He should know that he was also Xiao Chaogui's man. It is very possible to send himself to the Northern Expedition. Moreover, he did not believe in God. When the others died, he was very happy to go to heaven, but Zhao Kuo understood that you were dead, so where would you go to find Hong Xiuquan's relatives?
He just wanted to enter Guangdong and inspire the Great Rebellion of the Heaven and Earth Association in 1854 in advance, and use the chaos to escape with foreign buddies or simply surrender to the Qing Dynasty to become a traitor.
Although this plan is very risky, think about it, the Heaven and Earth Uprising in 1854 bloomed almost everywhere in Guangdong. How could this be possible without solid civil anger as the foundation? Water drops through stones are not a one-day achievement. Although two years in advance, it is estimated that the Guangdong people will live as miserable as they will be two years later, and the public anger will be as huge.
So, seeing that the giants had almost finished their talks, he stepped forward and bowed, "Long live the Heavenly King, all the East Kings, thousand years old, my subordinates proposed whether to divide the troops to Guangdong. If they succeed, they would contact the heroes of all heaven and earth associations to strengthen their momentum and take the south in one fell swoop; if the Qing demons were deceitful, our soldiers would be distracted from the two sides, and the Qing court would inevitably lose their ranks and be at a loss. You should know that those Qing demon officials were the most timid, and one heavenly soldier would wish to say it would be a thousand, and one hundred heavenly soldiers would inevitably report it to thousands. The Qing court would inevitably be in chaos when receiving the report. If you try to attack Guangdong at this time, it can also prevent reinforcements from gathering in Changsha. An isolated city in Changsha would definitely be able to turn over."
"General Xixian Zhao Ziwei has always wanted to knock on Guangdong, Brother Tian, what do you think?" Yang Xiuqing smiled and turned to signal.
Hong Xiuquan nodded with a "knowing" and had already agreed on this matter. Yang Xiuqing also made a decision. Now he asked him just to give him face.
"Okay, let the demons be so scared that they don't know what our soldiers are pointing!" Hong Xiuquan said loudly.
Yang Xiuquan nodded and issued an order to Zhao Kuo. This guy from a miner is really talented in warfare, and Zhao Kuo listened carefully to every word of the order.
"I'll give you 5,000 celestial troops to attack Yichang a hundred miles south, and then go to Shaoguan by water. You should open up flags and make a big move along the way, and take the initiative of a large army to go south. When looking for ships by water, you should also look for more ships, and find as many as you can find. In short, let the Qing Yao think that the number of people you are getting is getting better. Now send contacts from the local Tiandihui to take them as their internal support. If the attack along the way is unfavorable, withdraw quickly."
"Subordinate obey the order." Zhao Kuo was so excited that he cried. This was the first time he was in a casino that he was so excited to bet on all his wealth.
Chapter completed!