Chapter 44: Who Did It?
A crushing, nothing more than that. Dozens of Green Camp soldiers were killed in this way. The only difference was that some were knocked away and assassinated by Cai Qiao's guest cavalry, while others were killed by ordinary people who transformed into violent beasts.
They were completely torn apart...
In just one day, the only remaining Qing army in Jinhua Mansion due to Ma Jinbao's expedition lost forty or fifty people in such a small village, and no one who came here was able to escape alive. Here, only
It is a pity that all the Qing troops are dead. The rhetoric he used to buy time for Cai Qiao and others during the preparation stage did not have the chance to be widely known to the Qing troops. It is a pity.
Yu Youhan was untied, and the villagers hurriedly went to beg for forgiveness. Chen Kai cleaned up the battlefield, and at the same time told the squire that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time. The Qing army would come to the door in a few days, so it was better to simply run away with the people.
Then he recruited several villagers who were good at repairing cart shafts, and together they repaired his lagging donkey cart.
"The grace of saving life is deeply felt in my heart."
Forgiveness is not possible. Yu Youhan regained his strength, put his luggage on his body, put his Miao knife on his waist, and came to Chen Kai, bowed and thanked him.
How is Yu Youhan's martial arts? He was injured, so Chen Kai couldn't let him show it on the spot. However, after a conversation with the squire, Daozong's imagination was basically confirmed. He immediately gathered his talent and proposed a proposal.
He asked Yu Youhan to accompany him to Fujian.
"I shouldn't refuse my life-saving grace. But I'm used to being idle and wandering, and I can't bear to be restrained. I'm really sorry. Well, this book "Xinyou Sword Technique" was written by Qi Shaobao back then. There are many masters and masters in it.
And with my understanding, I should consider this as a gift of thanks and give it to Your Excellency."
"The master's secret treasure, is it inconvenient?"
"It's nothing inconvenient. The master followed Qi Shaobao back then. Later, Qi Shaobao was ostracized by the court. He became disheartened and turned his attention to martial arts... The master has only one apprentice, the master, and the master can only have one apprentice after another.
So far, we have not found a suitable apprentice to pass on this sword technique. If it happens again like today, I am afraid that the inheritance will be broken, but I will have no words to meet my master and master under Jiuquan."
"Then what if you meet a suitable apprentice in the future?"
"Knife, in my heart, there is no need for these anymore."
Chen Kai didn't get the knife book for free, so he asked Yu Youhan to accompany him for a few days. After he left the Jinhua Mansion, he could give him a horse to use on his journey.
After the donkey cart was repaired, the squire was still persuading the villagers to stay away for a while. Chen Kai was too lazy to say anything, so the group continued on the road and headed west. On the way, Chen Kai chatted with Yu Youhan
Compared with what he saw and heard on the road, Yu Youhan saw a lot along the way, especially in the countryside. Robbery like that in the past few days was really common, and the entire land of China was completely shrouded in such a
under the atmosphere.
This did not start when the Qing army entered the Pass. The military generals of the Chongzhen Dynasty began to gradually get rid of the control of the imperial power and the civilian leadership system, and the deterioration of military discipline increased day by day. When the Qing army entered the Pass, they originally had to restrain the generals as much as possible.
The Ming court, which tried to reduce the damage caused by the army to the domestic people, was replaced by the Qing court, which used small tribes to attack the big country, and used military intimidation and massacre as a means of frightening people.
It’s so simple to impose restrictions, but it even needs to encourage this kind of trend to frighten the Han people and increase the fighting desire of the Green Camp soldiers.
This situation would not turn around until the large-scale anti-Qing movement was suppressed and the Qing government sought to win over the gentry and the people to stabilize people's hearts.
Chen Kai remembered that he had seen such remarks on the Internet before - during the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army's cruelty to the Chinese was due to the Chinese's resistance. If the Chinese did not resist, the Japanese would not harm the Chinese people. The same thing
The recipe, the same taste. Regarding the massacre by the Qing army, some people said that there was nothing different between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They were all normal dynasty changes. The massacre was inevitable in the process of national integration. The flaws cannot be concealed. Any accusation against the Qing Dynasty is
Narrow nationalism is at work.
If we follow this logical analysis, China’s 35 million casualties and 650 billion U.S. dollars of direct and indirect economic losses during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were all caused by itself. Then let’s ask the five major victors of World War II and the five major powers of the United Nations.
What about the only non-European and American country among the permanent members?
If anyone still questions why the poor and weak China at that time could become one of the top five victorious powers, then in terms of the number of Axis military personnel killed, China is second only to the Soviet Union and the United States. Shouldn't they be more questioning why France, the surrendering country, was
Can you sneak in and join in?
In the same way, the Qing army went south and destroyed Li Zicheng's Dashun army and the Hongguang court of the Southern Ming Dynasty with lightning speed. How resolute and brutal they were in enclosing land, surrendering, and shaving their hair and changing their clothes.
However, as the resistance intensified, large-scale land enclosures stopped in the fourth or fifth year of Shunzhi; shaving one's hair and changing clothes could only be done or not, and there was no room for change, but it still forced the Qing government to intensify its efforts to win over
Han literati used traitors and traitor armed forces to suppress anti-Qing movements in various places.
Although the Nan Ming anti-Qing movement failed in the end, the fierce resistance still dealt a heavy blow and a deep impression to the Manchu rulers. Otherwise, who can guarantee that they will not "kill poor ghosts" like they did in Liaodong?
”, “Kill the wealthy households” and place all the Han people in the banner villages and make them slaves to the banner people?
Struggle is never meaningless, the only difference is success or failure!
A few days later, Yu Youhan thanked and left, and Chen Kai continued their journey. After entering Quzhou Prefecture, the government's interrogation intensity began to increase. The more time Chen Kai created for them to escape was under the control of the Qing court.
Flying Pigeon Chuanzhu has not yet been able to ensure a worry-free journey for this group of people.
Fortunately, after so many days, the officials from all over the country have probably felt that they had already fled into the sea. Especially when Wang Jiang was still an old minister of King Lu, the intensity of the investigation was very limited, and the money was in place.
, who would go against money?
Especially so, Chen Kai and his party also tried their best to avoid the places where the Qing army was heavily stationed. They followed the established route and when they arrived outside Xianxia Pass, they quickly met up with the people sent by Zheng Chenggong to meet them. Xianxia Pass
It is the most important route from Zhejiang to Fujian, and it is also the most important commercial route for trade in northern Fujian. The Zheng family's connections in northern Fujian allowed Chen Kai and his party to pass through this dangerous pass in an honorable manner and enter Jianning Prefecture in northern Fujian.
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Back in Fujian, Chen Kai dug out the three books on the investigation of the anti-Qing movement that he had written along the way. He put aside the one about Jiangxi and carefully read the one about Zhejiang and South Zhili, just like the one about Jiangxi.
Due to the rush on the road, the content is limited, so what you see is nothing more than a glimpse of the leopard.
However, his family knew his own affairs, and Chen Kai knew very well that he did not really go all the way south from Datong Prefecture in Shanxi to Nan'ao Island to defect to Zheng Chenggong - he appeared in the mountainous area near Fenshui Pass in Raoping, Chaozhou, and went directly to Nan'ao Island.
In the past few years, the main areas of activity have been limited to southern Fujian, eastern Guangdong, and at most Guangzhou. I don't have a very clear understanding of the anti-Qing movement situation in other areas and the local situation.
Now, he has made up for this lesson, and the price may be the loss of rights and lower status within the Zheng Group, but in this world, it is normal to have gains and losses.
Not to mention that his future lies on the big stage, not just in a corner of the Zheng Group. Just talk about Zheng Jing's successor status. If he only works hard internally, then he can only hope that Zheng Jing will make mistakes.
And Zheng Chenggong's tolerance was completely wiped out by Zheng Jing's stupidity. Such passivity is definitely not in line with Chen Kai's habits. Especially because Zheng Jing's situation in history is different from Shi Lang's situation where there was a fundamental conflict of interest. God knows which one
Will things continue to happen in the future?
Along the way, it seemed meaningless, but in fact, he saw a lot. Originally, Chen Kai thought that what he needed to do to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty and completely change this era, so that China could move toward the sea, was to strengthen the Zheng Group. With the Zheng Group’s original
resources to become bigger and stronger, thereby achieving further development of civilization.
But from this point of view, this undertaking is not that simple. Apart from this, Zheng Chenggong is famous in Chinese history for his strict military management. However, his army is still unable to avoid the bad habits of many armies of this era.
, such as plundering, killing, and plundering. Chen Kai's efforts over the years have only made the army's financial situation more comfortable, avoiding a lot of oppression of civilians caused by financial pressure. But people like Ou Ting
For example, in a series of fortresses in Chaozhou that used force to fight against the Ming army, Zheng Chenggong's army would still carry out targeted killings. This was inevitable even in an army with almost the best military discipline in this era.
of.
The massacre by the Qing army made the oppression even worse. The late Ming Dynasty was a bad era. This is a fact, but it should not be what China and the Chinese people should face. What they need is not a dynasty's revival, nor is it a simple
To change the dynasty, what they need is a real change, a change that allows them to resist oppression to a certain extent, and a rebirth of Chinese civilization!
Along the way, everything I saw and felt was recorded in these three books on the investigation of the anti-Qing movement. In this regard, Chen Kai already has a cross-era plan, but he still has to continue to work hard and wait for the opportunity. And now, do
Chapter completed!