The two vassals of Shang and Geng were aggressively scrapping land in Guangdong, and the Qing government also wanted to collect taxes and taxes in Guangdong. The two sides overlapped, and the province, which had been in chaos for several years after Li Dingguo swept through Guangdong, was even more burdened.? Follow {梦}

Small ◢.1a This undoubtedly provided the Ming Army and the Rebel Army with supplements and support in terms of manpower and popular support.

In terms of income alone, their scraping of land in Guangdong was a huge amount of money. Every year, the Qing government also paid hundreds of thousands of taels of silver as military pay. In other words, even if they didn't waste a penny, the money they scraped from scraping land was still

The income of their respective palaces was nothing more than bribing the powerful officials of the Eight Banners, feeding their servants, and satisfying their own arrogance and extravagance, so there would always be a lot left in the treasury.

Li Dingguo, Guo Zhiqi and Chen Kai have all been eyeing this amount of money for a long time, and they all know each other tacitly. The exact amount is still unknown, but after listening to Gong Ming's description of Pingnan Palace, it contains jewelry, jade, gold and silver.

There was a dazzling array of calligraphy, paintings, and luxury goods that had no standard of value at all, which made the counting staff look straight at it.

In addition, the Shang family also had a very large eagle and dog house, which was located on Houloufang Street in later generations. It was dedicated to domesticating pets. Among them, the insect and ant house raised crickets, grasshoppers, cicadas, and bees.

The bird room raises quails, thrushes, white pigeons, and fighting cocks; the eagle and harrier rooms raise sea turtles, blue harriers, and sparrow hawks; the dog room raises Guandong hounds and pugs. There are full-time officials such as "dog supervisors" everywhere.

There are nearly a hundred breeders.

"Shang Kexi has a wide range of hobbies."

Chen Kai chuckled softly, Gong Ming agreed, and then continued: "Your Highness, Governor Guo, and Chen Fujun, please don't underestimate these beasts. In Prince Pingnan's palace, cats are called misses, Niuniu, and dogs are called husbands.

The Shang family remembers the name "little brother" more clearly than the cats and dogs. On weekdays, they often go out, and when on the road, people and dogs are blocked. What's even more exaggerated is that the butcher shops they pass by have to

Respect pork and these Shang family dogs, and passers-by will inevitably avoid them in fear, lest they fail."

After listening to this narration, Chen Kai asked himself that he had learned a lot. Those who co-authored later generations called their pets sons out of love for pets, while daughters were just leftovers from the ancients.

Think again about the police dogs used by the Chaozhou Manufacturing Bureau to patrol. They are still eating leftovers. Occasionally, they can wag their tails happily for a piece of meat. And the dogs raised by the Prince of Pingnan have already come to the butcher shops they pass to "filial piety"

"As far as pork is concerned, this is probably the legendary battle between dog and man.

"Golden bottles of fine wine bring the blood of thousands of people, and jade plates of delicacies make people's lives more precious. When the candles fall, the people shed tears, and where the singing is loud, the complaints are loud."

This poem came to mind, as if I had read it a long time ago. Speaking of which, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao's violent expropriation in Guangdong was not like Fujian not long ago, which was riddled with boiling public complaints.

, and as a result, with a push, all the houses collapsed in an instant. Here, it was entirely the combined efforts of the Ming army, military means, and the crushing advantage of the arms that achieved the final victory. But it is undeniable that on weekdays,

The Ming army in western Guangdong could survive because of the support of the common people. When Li Dingguo's army swept across western Guangdong, the common people responded. Even if there seemed to be no obvious traces, the literati rarely recorded it.

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Chen Kai whispered this poem. The poem was simple and easy to understand. After listening to it, Li Dingguo's expression suddenly changed. He sat there without saying a word, but upon closer inspection, he was obviously remembering something.

Many other people present also noticed this. Speaking of which, the White Jade Pillar of the Southern Ming Dynasty was reviled by thousands of people as a rogue who brought trouble to the world. Now, his heart goes to the officials, generals, and those old people of the Ming Dynasty.

The surviving young people and the people who were deeply oppressed by the Manchus often regarded it as their best hope. At first glance, it seemed a little funny.

There was a sudden silence in the big tent. Guo Zhiqi glanced at Chen Kai with a hint of complaint, and immediately changed the topic: "This poem was written by Chen Fujun?"

"No." Chen Kai smiled and shook his head, and then explained it: "It's a good line from "Guangxiao Mansion" by Mr. Feng Menglong. I only remember it clearly."

Chen Kai said this, but in fact he remembered it wrong, at least not completely correctly. There is a similar text in "Guangxiao Mansion", but it is "Full of fine wine and the blood of thousands of families, finely cut the ointment of fat sheep with ten thousand surnames"

"Candles are dripping with tears of injustice, and songs are loud and loud." These are two lines from a ballad that ridiculed the corruption of the Jingzhou prefect. Later, this poem was spread to North Korea and was added to the well-known classical literary masterpiece "Chunxiang Biography" in North Korea.

, it became what it is now. During the Donghak Party uprising in North Korea, this song was also used as a folk song.

However, before that time, this poem was exported to domestic sales again and spread back to China from North Korea. It was the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Jiaqing ridiculed official corruption, so he slightly modified this poem and used it for

To motivate the ministers. For this reason, a Qing history expert in later generations also used this to praise Emperor Jiaqing's love for the people and his kindness, and repeatedly pointed out that Koreans plagiarized imperial poems.

"Mr. Feng Menglong?"

Li Dingguo had never heard of this name. Speaking of which, when he was a bandit, he mostly heard stories about "The Romance of the Gods" and "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" told by storytellers. Later, Jin Weixin came into the scene, and there were many stories about it on weekdays.

He would use relatively popular things such as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to instill in him the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. As for other texts, he was busy with military affairs and had too much time to deal with them. However, this poem alone attracted immediate attention.

With great interest, he inquired in detail about the whereabouts of Mr. Feng, but the answer he got was that Feng Menglong was dead.

"Mr. Feng passed away in the second year of Longwu. It is said that he was killed by the Tatars for resisting the Japanese army."

As soon as he said this, Li Dingguo couldn't help but said "Hey" and sighed that it was a pity that he could not talk to such people in this life.

In this regard, Chen Kai was speechless. Logically speaking, if a former bandit wanted to clear his name, he would always have to keep his past identity secret. He could only find a way to integrate into the general environment of the Ming court and work for him.

Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty made great contributions to transforming from a "rebel who brought trouble to the world" in the traditional sense to a heroic figure who "had been deceived but was born loyal" in the literati's mouth.

At this moment, like this, Li Dingguo obviously didn't think of this, he was just showing his true feelings. But seeing this scene, he couldn't help but have the idea that "no one is perfect".

This low-level political war god of Nanming may need more help from him in the future, but this time, history has begun to change due to the recovery of Guangzhou. In the days to come, perhaps this era will become different from what he remembers.

The Nanming period is becoming more and more different, and whether some things will continue to happen will become one big unknown after another.

"No matter what, what should be done must still be done!"

A hint of perseverance flashed across his expression. At this time, Li Dingguo was still immersed in regret, and Guo Zhiqi looked thoughtful. Only Jin Weixin and Gong Ming could clearly see Chen Kai.

The fleeting moment continued to amplify in their minds, and it seemed that even the weight was constantly increasing.

"Chen Fujun is truly a genius."

The two of them returned to Prince Pingnan's Mansion to continue the inventory. On the way, Gong Ming suddenly expressed such admiration, but Jin Weixin did not feel the slightest surprise. Instead, he nodded heavily.

From the beginning of the Battle of Xinhui, Chen Kai's every step of planning was in their eyes. Especially the plan that attracted the Qing army to go deep. Chen Kai hid it from Lian Chengbi and made a show for Shang Kexi, but he did not hide it.

He followed Jin Weixin, and also sent the strategy to Li Dingguo through Jin Weixin, so that the joint attack in the Jiangmen Battle was realized.

"To put it bluntly, Chen Fujun is just a white man. He has read sage books for a few years at most and has not even received any honors. But his current achievements and the great things he has done in the past few years are no longer those of those Jinshi.

People can compare it. If you want to realize the Ming Dynasty and revive the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, you still have to look at ability, not the results in the imperial examination."

"Indeed, these are still troubled times after all. Only those who are good at reading sages and have good luck in examinations are not qualified to govern the country. Regardless of this qualification, there will always be more people who are not lucky in examinations but have extraordinary abilities.

Come out. Wasn’t the founding prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Pu, Zhao Xianggong, a wizard who ruled the world with only half a book of Analects?"

They are better than Chen Kai, and they always have their fame and achievements. But they did not take the imperial examination route, but like Chen Kai, they started as a staff of the commander-in-chief of the feudal town. After a few years, Chen Kai went from

A naked white man has already sat in the high position of the governor. He is a dignified second-rank official. His promotion after this war will definitely be indispensable. Isn't this kind of person and this kind of experience what they are striving for now?

Thinking of this, the two of them were overjoyed, as if they had already seen a future where they could be like Chen Kai. Just a moment later, Gong Ming continued to secretly vow to work harder, while Jin Weixin

Suddenly he remembered what Chen Kai had mentioned to him earlier, saying that if they were with Li Dingguo, they would have more opportunities to become officials in the court in the future.

"What does this mean?"

Both inside and outside these words always made him feel that there was some double entender in the mood. Especially after these great victories, it made him think carefully and rethink what Chen Kai had said.

It seems that there is something worth exploring in every sentence.

However, at this time, their first priority was to count the seizures, which was the most urgent matter. Taking history as a guide, Song Taizong's Northern Expedition failed. A large part of the reason was that the victory over Taiyuan was not rewarded in time, which led to the resentment of the sergeants. Now it has indeed been recovered

The famous city defeated the main force of the Qing army, but if something bad happens again and there is no timely reward, it will definitely be a big hidden danger.

In order to eliminate hidden dangers, Li Dingguo, Guo Zhiqi and Chen Kai all believed that counting money and cloth should be given priority, and the direction of their work was naturally determined.

After working around the clock, I finally counted these things as quickly as possible. But after counting the money in the two palaces, I discovered an incredible thing, that is, the money in Pingnan Palace was much less than that in Jingnan Palace.

Young Master, you must know that Shang Kexi is an old man. Is it possible that his level of land scraping is not as good as Geng Jimao, a fledgling nephew?

"Did that guy use it to buy antique calligraphy and paintings?"

Guo Zhiqi felt ridiculous when the word "buy" came out of his mouth. On the ground of Guangdong, apart from Chen Kai's territory, there was no place where the Prince of Pingnan did not get what he asked for. With Shang Kexi's usual style, let's look at his subordinates.

Some of those bastards seemed to know how to deal fairly, and they only said one word, even though they were robbing each other.

"When I got back to Governor Guo, the student looked through the account books, and there were mentions of donating to temples quite a few times. Especially Master Tianran's Haizhuang Temple."

This natural mage, whose common name is Zeng Qixin, is from Panyu, Guangzhou. He was a leader of Buddhism in Guangdong in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It is said that after the Guangzhou Massacre, Shang Kexi often had nightmares and often wandered into various places.

He visited such Taoist temples in an attempt to gain peace of mind. At Haizhuang Temple, he met the then abbot, Monk Tian Tian. Under Monk Tian's advice, Shang Kexi seemed to have an epiphany and wanted to make amends for what he had done.

Therefore, he followed the advice of Monk Tian Tian and took the lead in expanding the Haizhuang Temple to save the souls of the dead who died in the ten-day massacre.

Shang Kexi was so happy, and his wife, Princess Shu of Pingnan, Xu Erxian, the commander-in-chief of the left wing, and officials of all sizes in the city also donated generously to build the Haizhuang Temple more and more spectacular.

It soon became the top of the four major jungles in Guangdong.

This process was abruptly interrupted by Chen Kai. Chen Kai didn't care much whether the monk was happy or not, but Shang Kexi actually had nightmares and relied on the monk for psychological counseling. Think about it again

What his men did in Xinhui, and considering this guy's stubbornness, it's really hopeless.

Ling Chi in the east of the city was still going on. After hearing this, Chen Kai felt a little unhappy. He simply sent someone over and told the executioner to cut more cuts. Conscience discovered that it is never done by words or by giving.

After all, it is a good thing to pay for incense oil in a Buddhist temple. You know that you are guilty of a serious sin, but you refuse to repent. These few stabs can be regarded as an explanation for the Ming army and people who died at the hands of the Guangzhou Massacre in history.

The two kings of Pingnan and Jingnan have a lot of annual income, but the accounts show that it is not only various expenses, but also sent to the capital to bribe the Manchu dignitaries. In addition, this year Li Dingguo swept Guangdong

Xi, the income is almost negligible, and the money warehouses of the two palaces together turned out 15.6 million taels of silver.

"It's better to reward first."

There is no way, it is always bad to not reward for merit. The rewards for the four battles before and after, and the nearly 100,000 soldiers of the three groups were calculated based on the merits and rewards for participating in the war. Seeing the money being scattered, it was probably

There weren't too many left. But at this time, the generals and soldiers of the Ming Army were happy, and Chen Kai was even more sure that these troops would not be able to fight any more tough battles for the time being.

After all the real money and silver rewards were realized, there really was nothing left. Next, it finally came to the core stage of dividing the spoils, whether it was movable or real estate, luxury goods or works of art, as long as they got it,
Chapter completed!