The Jingbiao generals filed out. These people were among the green camp military generals of the Qing Dynasty. They were all ranked among the best warriors. Hong Chengchou specially transferred them from all over the place, so that one person could do his best.

Use everything and make the best use of your talents.

After leaving the economic and strategic office, the generals said goodbye to each other, then mounted their horses and rushed to the military camps where their respective subordinates were stationed. After a long time, the army was dispatched again, rushing to Baoqing, Hengzhou, Guangxi and other places, and some went to assist in defense.

Some of them rushed to help in the suppression. Of course, there were also many troops who continued to stay in Changsha City, waiting for Hong Chengchou's military orders at any time.

The army set foot on the official road and rushed to their respective destinations. In the past two years, under the vigorous control of the Changsha shogunate, the official road from Changsha to the north of Huguang, to the Baoqing front line, and to the north of Guangxi

Everything has been renovated, and many ships have been built where there are waterways, which undoubtedly strengthened the Qing army's mobility.

On both sides of the official road, there are green and vibrant field ridges. The ears have begun to bear here. According to the experience of those farmers, they can be harvested next month.

A large group of Qing troops passed by, and the people in the fields seemed to be shrinking, but they did not flee directly or hide.

Huguang is ripe, and the world is rich. It has replaced Su Song and become the most important grain in the country, especially the commercial grain production area, which plays a great role in the food stability of the entire country. Hong Chengchou is quite strict in governing the army, especially in Huguang at the moment.

The work of restoring people's livelihood is no more negligible than military tasks. The severity of punishment for the army's harassment of agricultural production also inevitably made the people's fear of the Qing army less severe.

The closer we get to the harvest, the more we have to work against the clock. Agricultural production is extremely time-sensitive. Since there is not much danger here, the people continue to work regardless of the fear in their hearts.

, but those pairs of eyes were still looking at the advancing team from time to time, revealing suppressed fear.

The army has gone away, but the city of Changsha is still in such orderly order, as if nothing has happened. The city of Changsha is full of business travelers traveling from south to north. As for the local landmarks, the most important thing to mention is

Naji Palace.

The first vassal king of Ji Fan was the seventh son of Ming Yingzong, and Emperor Yingzong was the one who was captured in Tumubao and launched the rebellion to seize the throne from his own brother. However, Ji Fan in Changsha City

The palace was not built at that time, but it was the Prince Tan's Palace built during the reign of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Prince of Tan and the subsequent Princes of Gu and Xiang did not live here for a long time. When Prince Ji became the vassal, it was a natural place.

It became Prince Ji's Mansion.

Changsha is a city with the royal palace built in the middle. It covers a huge area and is about half the size. Later, this large-scale royal palace was completely destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong. However, many people got their name from the palace.

However, the streets and alleys have been passed down for hundreds of years. For example, Zuoju Street, Hongpailou, and Simenmen, they can be found everywhere in the city of Changsha.

When Hong Chengchou's Southwest Economic and Strategy Office was located, the four generals' mansions of the descendants of the common people of the Ji Fan family, who lived in the generals who were responsible for the country and the generals who assisted the country, were selected. A place that is well known to the elderly in Changsha City is called Laozhaobi.

Where the street is, there is the location of the screen wall of the Fourth General's Mansion.

In an inn not too far from the Southwest Economic and Strategic Government Office, several groups of gentry who had been traveling together recently were sitting in an elegant house behind the inn.

Everyone gathered here, but there were no dishes, drinks, or even the simplest side dishes on the table. What was left was just a pot of the most ordinary tea, which had long since been left to cool down, and there was no trace of heat rising. However,

, but all the gentry sitting around seemed absent-minded, and the worries on their faces completely ruined the elegance of appreciating the fragrant tea.

I don’t know how much time passed, but a gentleman who looked to be in his fifties strode in. Everyone heard the footsteps and quickly stood up to greet him. The man who had just arrived made a silent gesture when they met.

He gestured to them not to speak for the time being until this group of people poured into the room.

"Mr. Xie'an, what does Hong Jinglue say?"

When one person asked, everyone's eyes were focused on the Jin gentry. Among the people, Mr. Guo'an, whose surname was Guo Tao Duxian, was from Yiyang County, Changsha Prefecture. He served as governor of Jiangxi during the Chongzhen Dynasty, and served as governor of Jiangxi in the Nanming Dynasty and Yongli Dynasty.

He was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War, but failed to take office. However, he was the first-class gentry and representative of the scholar-bureaucrat class in Huguang, especially in southern Huguang.

Speaking of which, when Guo Duxian was an official in the Ministry of Personnel, Hong Chengchou was dismissed from his post and imprisoned. He tried to rescue him in many ways, tried his best to defend him, and petitioned to be exempted from guilt. Hong Chengchou deeply felt the kindness of the encounter and regarded him as his mentor. Hong Chengchou

After being surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and being re-employed, he made a special trip to Taohua River to pay a visit. He was very respectful, but Guo Duxian sat in the hall and pretended to squint his eyes. Then Hong Chengchou asked in surprise, "When did he get the eye disease?", and Guo Duxian replied

I was blind when I met you. In order to repay the kindness of knowing you, Hong Chenglue gave Guo Duxian money as a gift, but Guo Duxian did not accept it. He also asked Guo Duxian's son to be the governor, but Guo Duxian still declined.

Guo Duxian organized the resistance against the Qing Dynasty in Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province and other places. Later, he participated in organizing the "Three Thousand Taoist Priests Going to Dongting" in Fuqiu Mountain to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Even now, he is still a survivor and has great influence on the Qing Dynasty.

The imperial court hated Hong Chengchou extremely, and was not ashamed of Hong Chengchou's character. However, during this period, as a major case involving more than 300 Huguang gentry broke out, Guo Duxian had no choice but to go to Hong Chengchou again and again to see him.

, but what you get is often just perfunctory.

There was nothing we could do about the situation being stronger than the people. This time, Guo Duxian took advantage of Changde's victory over the Qing army and wanted to take advantage of Hong Chengchou's good mood to talk about items 1 and 2. As a result, Hong Chengchou was released.

Some good news, but it still stated that the case would be heard in public.

"What does this open trial mean?"

"He only said that it was a public trial and refused to say anything else. However, I feel that Guangdong is like that, so this time it is unlikely that such a major case involving hundreds of families will really be completed, right?

.”

Speaking of which, Guo Duxian himself could not guarantee this matter, let alone appease others: "Let's see what he said about the results of the public trial in a few days. We have done everything we can to the extreme.

.What’s left is to do your best and listen to fate.”

A sigh, in exchange for even more sighs. This time, at this point, it is really as Guo Duxian said, just do your best and listen to fate. However, this major case has a

With tangible evidence, so many people have been implicated so far. Even if the final verdict is only on these people and no other people are further implicated, it is also a blow to Shilin in Huguang that is as heavy as breaking bones and tendons. I am afraid that in the future,

Decades may not bring any relief.

The uneasy mood continued to ferment in the next few days. A few days later, Hong Chengchou and Guo Duxian mentioned the date from the Zhenwu Palace east of the Jinglue Office, where anti-Qing people had been imprisoned since the Qing Dynasty.

The soldiers of the Jinglue Mansion escorted more than 300 Huguang gentry who had been detained there for nearly two years to more than a year to the Southwest Jinglue Office, where Hong Chengchou personally sat in court to investigate the case.

This case originated from the great victory of Hengyang in the sixth year of Yongli. In the great victory of Hengyang, Li Dingguo's army defeated Nikan, which shocked the world and attracted the gentry of Huguang, including Guo Duxian, Zhou Kangeng and Tao Runai who had just been escorted into the lobby.

People went to the Nine Immortals Temple at the foot of Zigai Peak in Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue to pay homage to Li Dingguo and discuss the matter of "revolting soldiers to drive out the Qing officials". Li Dingguo was later squeezed out by Sun Kewang and was forced to go south, but these gentry joined forces and prepared to wait for Li Dingguo's army.

When they went north again, they raised troops to respond.

However, in February of the following year, Pan Zhengxian, a former Southern Ming official who knew and participated in the incident, reported to the Qing court, exposing Tao Runai and others' anti-Qing crimes. As a result, the Qing court's governor Jin Tingxian arrested the participants on a large scale.

, and imprisoned them in Zhenwu Palace.

However, Jin Tingxian did not find out anything about the "Hengshan Meeting" during the interrogation, including the former governor of Jiangxi Guo Duxian, the former minister of the Ministry of Industry Zhou Kangen and the Taoist priest Du Ji, the Taoist priest of Fuqiu Mountain Li Chunyang, and the Jiuxian Temple of Hengshan.

A large number of anti-Qing people including Chang Li Haobai and Tu Ruming, the leader of the Meishandong barbarians, were not discovered by the Qing court that they were involved in this matter. After some discussion, it was decided that Guo Duxian, who was kind to Hong Chengchou, would take part in the rescue.

Others continued to secretly communicate and organize the anti-Qing struggle.

More than two years have passed since February of the seventh year of Yongli. Guo Duxian has come forward several times and is finally about to find a solution. Since this is a public trial, he might as well come here to observe the trial.

, most of the gentry that I saw had been escorted away, leaving only those who needed to be interrogated in advance, including several gentry including Tao Runai.

Looking from a distance, Tao Runai has obviously lost a lot of weight. Guo Duxian and Tao Runai were "born in the same neighborhood, grew up together as classmates, and were comrades in times of adversity." They have always been close friends. This time, many of their gay friends were obviously in prison.

Suffering, the fists in the crowd were clenched tightly. However, he was just a gentry with no fists and no courage. He could use his reputation to organize an anti-Qing rebel army, but the rebel army was a rebel army after all, and there was really no way to compete with the regular Qing army.

In comparison, let alone the fact that a figure like Hong Chengchou is here, it is useless.

The Dongting Incident this time is still related to Li Dingguo. However, Li Dingguo's army went south, created a world in Guangdong and Guangxi, and joined forces with Chen Kai of the Zheng Group. But for them, it has always been

The distant water cannot quench the near thirst, and can only be used as fish meat under the sword of the Qing court.

The defendant was escorted to the lobby, and soon after, Pan Zhengxian, the plaintiff, was summoned. Guo Duxian did not know this person, otherwise he would not have slipped through the net, but what he saw here was a luxuriously dressed and quite wealthy man.

The somewhat prosperous member took a small step backwards, and then respectfully bowed to Hong Chengchou in the lobby.

"Pan Zheng, the little man, goes to see Mr. Jinglue first."

Knocking his head so loudly that he made a banging sound. Seeing that this man was living a comfortable life, Guo Duxian became even more angry and his eyes were about to burst. However, this was where Hong Chengchou's government office was, so he did not dare to break out, so he had to

There was a moment of gnashing of teeth in my heart, secretly thinking that when the situation calmed down in the future, I would find someone to cut this guy into pieces, but that was all.

The plaintiff and defendant came to court, and Hong Chengchou began to sit in the court to investigate the case. The case began when Pan Zhengxian first accused Tao Runai and others of conspiring to conspire against each other, and it was Pan Zhengxian who took the lead in making the accusation and told everything he knew.

This case has been going on for more than two years, and Pan Zhengxian has already remembered it very well. At this time, once Hong Chengchou asked him about it, Pan Zhengxian immediately said all the words he was familiar with, without any hesitation.

It was stumbling but smooth, as if it had been written down by my husband dozens of times. It looked like he would never forget it in his life.

Pan Zhengxian eloquently told Hong Chengchou how he discovered that Tao Runai and others were plotting a rebellion. Hong Chengchou was still listening, and there was naturally a document below that recorded Pan Zhengxian's confession. Then, after that,

Pan Zheng said it first, and Hong Chengchou motioned to Tao Runai and others to defend the matter. From then on, the two sides went back and forth in the lobby until Hong Chengchou felt sleepy, and that was the end.

Most of the remaining defendants were implicated by the Qing government through the relationship between Tao Ru Nai and others. Hong Chengchou asked Pan Zhengxian, Tao Ru Nai and others, and said he already had an idea of ​​the case. Immediately, he turned to Pan Zhengxian.

, asked a question that no one else would have thought of.

"The plaintiff accused the defendant and others of conspiring to rebel, and this court is already aware of it. However, this court would like to ask the plaintiff if there is any written evidence for this matter."

"ah?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned. The Qing court had been on guard against the Han for a long time, and when it came to the Han people's rebellion against the Qing, they would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. For example, in the Literary Prison, many of them

It's just a matter of catching wind and shadow. It's nothing more than Zhu, Hong, Yi Di, Barbarian and other words. The perpetrators and the relevant personnel of printing, publishing, distribution and sales will be killed. The lighter ones will also be sent to Ning Guta and armored slaves.

.For those who were reported to be against the Qing Dynasty, it was indispensable to extort confessions through words and deeds. Under the inducement of the Qing court, local officials always regarded their political achievements as a good thing, and often had a personal certificate in place. Who could provide any physical evidence without physical evidence?

Pay attention to this.

However, what happened to Hong Chengchou was more serious. But the problem is that these people conspired and colluded. Pan Zhengxian was just a peripheral person. He didn't even know about the crucial Hengshan meeting, let alone what he could come up with.

The physical evidence is nothing more than the fact that the people he accused were close friends. With the confessions, the case can be opened or even closed. It's not that troublesome.

At this time, Pan Zhengxian could not produce any physical evidence, so Hong Chengchou asked Tao Runai and others to explain their close relationship. In this regard, Tao Runai and others could not see what Hong Chengchou was thinking, and quickly said that they were just normal exchanges of knowledge between scholars.

The most they could do in socializing was to write some poems to entertain. When it came to this, Tao Runai even improvised a poem about scenery. He insisted that this was written at a certain gathering where Pan Zhengxian accused them of conspiring, because he felt that it was written appropriately.

If it's not good, it's not recorded.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou expressed his deep belief and insisted that it was reasonable for scholars to exchange knowledge normally. Then, under Pan Zhengxian's increasingly horrified eyes, Hong Chengchou directly issued a verdict, which overturned everyone's opinions in one fell swoop.

imagination of the case.

"...Pan Zhengxian falsely accused others, beheaded and abandoned the market; the defendants were released in court, and those who were expelled were reinstated!"

Originally, according to the usual practice, the case was already settled, but Hong Chengchou easily turned it around, and at the same time executed the informer without hesitation. Such a thunderous method left everyone present dumbfounded. This was definitely not the case.

It was a normal case trial, but Hong Chengchou did just that, and said in court that he would report the results of the case to the Qing court as the Southwest Manager, making it clear that he wanted to provide guarantee for these Huguang gentry who were plotting against the Qing Dynasty.

After the trial of the case was over, when all the defendants came forward to thank Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou first comforted them, and then encouraged these scholars to participate in the imperial examinations of the Qing court and serve as officials in the Qing court. Those who were unwilling to become officials could also come.

He did things in the background. At the end, Hong Chengchou said that he would host a banquet to entertain them and wash their hands of them. His wooing gesture was unabashed.

"It just so happened that the army defeated the Western bandits in Changde and killed their general Lu Mingchen. By catching the wind and washing away the dust, we can also celebrate this great victory for the court. If you can leave some poems, those tributes to you
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