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Chapter 8 Fleeing

One shot, two shots, three shots, three shots, and then another shot, and then another shot, but no matter how you calculate it, Song Xianggong could not even get rid of the hat of "a slave of the three surnames". Looking at his experience, it can be said that he is unprecedented and has no future, so he really makes people "eye with admiration".

In the past, Duke Xiang of Song was mixed with a group of rude men and did not say anything about the past. After all, these people were not much better than him, and they were not afraid of fifty steps at all. But in front of Zhou Shixiang, for some reason, he always felt that the past was too unbearable, so he looked very dry. When Boss Hu said that, he wanted to step forward several times to interrupt him, but he couldn't move his steps away, and he was so upset that he was so angry that he could not get a crack on the ground that he wanted to get in.

Boss Hu didn't know whether it was done on purpose or was born with a rough and rude man, so he didn't notice that Duke Xiang of Song was awkward and spoke loudly. After saying that, he still proudly said to Zhou Shi: "I didn't lie to you, we Mr. Song has indeed been the magistrate. If the old prince had not unfortunately died, he would have thought that Mr. Song would still be the magistrate in which mansion." (Author's note: After Li Chengdong's death, the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty posthumously awarded him as "King of Ningxia")

"Yes, yes, Mr. Song is a great talent!"

Zhou Shixiang did not dare to show his expression of looking down on Duke Xiang of Song. He was tactful and relieved the siege of Duke Xiang of Song who was very embarrassed. He was slightly ungrateful and said, "Sir, please introduce the other heroes to me."

"oh!"

When Duke Xiang of Song was in his heart, he was so embarrassed that he disappeared. He coughed lightly and called the leader to the man, and smiled and introduced to Zhou Shixiang: "This boss Hu has a full name, a native of Hejian Prefecture, Northern Zhili. After the Tartars entered the pass, they fled south and hid in my Duke Li En's army. After Duke Li En's death, the Tartars fought over. If Bos Hu had not dragged me away desperately, I would have seen the King of Hell."

Escape?

Zhou Shixiang was a little stunned. It was the first time he heard someone fleeing, but he didn't know who fled and why he fled.

Duke Xiang of Song knew that he didn't understand, so he explained it briefly.

...........

The so-called fugitive refers to the rewards given to the Han people who acted as slaves after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. These people were roughly the Qing army who entered the pass and plundered during the Chongzhen period. Later, the Qing Dynasty established the Central Plains. In order to reward the Eight Banners Manchu soldiers, the Regent Dorgon specially ordered the capital to enclose land in the capital, and the people in the enclosed area were allocated to be slaves. Among them, there were also Ming troops who went south to fight and successively captured them. These people were not able to fight, but they could work. In addition, they were all young and strong men, so they were deeply loved by the Manchu masters.

Mr. Hu was surrounded by the Eight Banners. He did not want to be cast as a slave and fled south with his mother and brothers.

Thinking of my mother and brother who died on the way to escape south, Boss Hu couldn't help but interrupt Duke Xiang of Song and cursed: "Dog-ho's way of escaping, in order to take us back as slaves, the Tartars killed more people than fugitives!"

Duke Xiang of Song told Zhou Shixiang that in order to prevent local fugitives from hiding fugitives, the Qing court formulated a harsh law for fugitives. If someone finds that he dares to hide such fugitives, it is a crime that is a crime. If it is not easy to implicate the entire family, a large number of people will fall off.

He also said why the Tartars attached so much importance to fugitives. The reason is that this fugitive is the lifeblood of those Manchu masters. The masters all count on these slaves to farm and produce for them. If all the slaves escape, who will support them?

Dorgon, the deceased Qing regent, issued an edict to the officials of Manchu and Han in the fourth year of Shunzhi, saying, "The population obtained from bloody battles was always used to farm and herd horses and shed various labors. He fled a lot every day, but he did not get one ten times. The reason was that the traitors hid the nest, so the legislation had to be strict. If the law was strict, the Han people would suffer. However, the law was not strict, and there would be no stagnation in the nest. The more people fled, the more people would drive me. What should I do with health preservation? Is the Manchus alone not suffering?"

In order to prevent any Han officials from making random comments, Dorgon also told his ministers: "If anyone who shaves his hair, wears, encloses his land, and throws away his fugitives, and those who are involved in the five matters will be beheaded, and no one is allowed to be granted the title."

Under such heavy pressure, governments in various places dare not neglect the fugitives anymore. Anyone who fled in the territory will be arrested and repatriated to the north. For this reason, hundreds of thousands of people are captured and killed. No matter whether you are a father hiding his son, a son hiding his father, or a husband hiding his wife, or a wife hiding his husband, you will be caught and killed. A large number of people are really disregarding family and tragic!

Ordinary Han people were killed in large numbers because of hiding fugitives, and the Han officials who worked for the Qing court were not spared. Guo Ziji, the former governor of Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, did not report the fugitives because he had a fugitive under his tent. As a result, Dorgon was furious and directly chopped off his whole family and his property was also used as a public servant. Geng Jimao, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, was even scared and afraid of his crime because his subordinates hid the fugitives!

The governor and the prince ended up like this because of the fugitive. None of the other officials dared to neglect them. They did not dare to take any more than their own lives to arrest all the fugitives and those who dared to hide. Otherwise, God would know if the Regent would also focus on his own head. In this case, the situation of fugitives like Boss Hu was really miserable. One out of ten survived escaped was mostly caught and sent back to be slaves and exhausted to death, or were slaughtered by the Qing soldiers because of resistance.

In short, Boss Hu was lucky. He went south and successfully intervened in Li Chengdong's army. Although he broke one arm, because his hometown Hejian Prefecture had a martial spirit, he learned his skills since childhood and made some contributions to the army. He was selected by Li Chengdong as his personal army. Otherwise, how could he survive until now?

"I won't say that anymore. When I say this, my heart is very blocked. Back then, my brothers and I escaped south together, but my mother, the second and third brothers died halfway, and I was the only one living. Oh!... I'm afraid I can't get this revenge."

Boss Hu's face suddenly dimmed. Everyone could understand the current situation. The Ming Dynasty was probably going to die, and he couldn't take revenge.

Boss Hu's despair made Zhou Shixiang sigh in his heart, and he comforted him: "We still have the emperor in the Ming Dynasty and have several provinces in territory. The world may not be occupied by the Tartars. Is it possible to defeat the Tartars in the future? At that time, Brother Hu will also join the army. Wouldn't this revenge be avenged?"

"Oh, it's difficult." Boss Hu shook his head, his expression was melancholy, making people feel uncomfortable.

Zhou Shixiang didn't know how to persuade him. Seeing Boss Hu's left sleeve hanging empty, he said, "Brother Hu's arm is also called a disaster for Tartars?"

Hearing this, Boss Hu's expression changed, he shook his head, said nothing, turned around and left the shed. The other men's faces were also different, and Zhou Shixiang's eyes were a bit complaining.

Zhou Shixiang thought he had said something wrong, so he was at a loss and stood there.

Looking at Boss Hu outside, Duke Xiang of Song shook his head secretly, stepped forward and patted Zhou Shixiang on the shoulder, and whispered: "Boss Hu's arm was not caused by the Tartars, but was broken by himself."

"I broke it myself? Why?!"

Zhou Shixiang is silent. Is there anyone in this world who breaks his arm?

Song Xianggong's tone was a little heavy, and he said, "Boss Hu took his mother and his brother to flee south. The Tartars were checking tightly on the road, so they hid in the mountains, but they didn't eat a bite. My mother was so hungry that she couldn't do it. The three brothers went out to find food separately. The second brothers asked the Qing soldiers to find it. The two brothers refused to be captured and became slaves when they died. So they fought with the Qing soldiers, but they all called to kill them. After Boss Hu escaped, he did not dare to tell me the truth. My mother was so hungry that she only breathed a breath. She gritted her teeth and smashed her arm with a stone. She found a pot discarded by the people in the mountains, boiled the broth for his mother to eat. Not long after his mother ate it."

Silk!

After hearing this, Zhou Shixiang gasped and heard the story of the Twenty-Four Filial Piety in his previous life, such as the mother who was dressed in a reed suit, the mother who was buried in his son, the mother who was sold to bury his father, the ice bury his carp, and the ones were all filial to the world, but they were all handed down by the older generation. Who knows the truth or falsehood? Now he heard a shocking filial piety act with his broken arm feeding his mother with his own ears, and the person involved was in front of him, and he was really shocked.

Filial piety is the best filial piety in the world!

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Chapter completed!
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