Huai Haijun's entry into Changzhou went very smoothly. This time, the gentry in Changzhou welcomed Huai Haijun's arrival with great enthusiasm.
There was no way, it was really the Qing army that suffered a lot, and they had themselves to blame for it. It was they who refused to let the Huai Navy stationed, and took the initiative to invite Zhang Guoliang.
But later, Huai Haijun ignored the previous suspicion and took the initiative to help them drive away Zhang Guoliang's bandits, otherwise more families would be harmed.
After Huai Haijun entered the city, he helped restore order in the city. He did not offend the merchants and people in the city and took no money from them. Moreover, Huai Haijun's court organized a public trial for the thugs.
All those who committed murder and rape were shot in public. Those who committed robbery, destruction, and injury were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from five years to life. A total of more than 1,500 people were arrested this time, of which more than 200 were arrested.
Sentenced to death. The remaining people will be sent to the most difficult labor camps for reform.
The court in Huaihai Haijun also stipulated that people could identify on the spot or in private. The purpose of allowing private identification and no public trial was mainly to protect the privacy of women who had been raped.
People in this period had conservative and backward thinking. Women who were raped were obviously victims, but if the outside world knew about it, they would be harmed twice.
Therefore, Huai Haijun specially arranged closed trials for these people to protect the privacy of these women and give them a chance to start their lives again.
Huai Haijun also organizes the return of property robbed by thugs. As long as you can find evidence or find someone to act as a guarantee, you can register to take back the robbed property.
This made the gentry and common people in Changzhou heartily convinced of Huai Haijun. Without comparison, there would be no harm. Those gentry who originally advocated boycotting Huai Haijun regretted their actions. Now they dare not go out for fear of being poked in the back.
What does "teacher of kings" mean? This is it.
At the same time, all policies implemented by the Huaihai Navy in Changzhou went very smoothly. Military governments at all levels were quickly established, garrison troops were stationed, and militias in various places were also preparing to be established.
The Huaihai Navy stopped at Lishui in the southwest and defended on the spot. In the northwest, it advanced to Zhenjiang Prefecture and confronted Luo Gangyou in Zhenjiang Prefecture. Peng Yulin's water diversion division contained the Taiping Army in Zhenjiang on the river, so that Luo Gangyou did not dare to move.
The southern section of the canal to Hangzhou was also under the control of the Huaihai Navy.
Both sides of this section of the canal are important tea-producing and silk-producing areas. In the future, the Huaihai Navy will definitely penetrate along both sides of the canal to control the production sources of export products. Through the canal, the Huaihai Navy's strategic space will be greatly expanded.
promote.
Tianjing City has been celebrating the victory over the Jiangnan Camp in the past few days. Without the Jiangnan Camp, the Taiping Army and the occupied southern Anhui and most of Jiangxi have become one.
Hong Xiuquan's heart finally calmed down.
One of the most important elements of the celebration is the awarding of rewards. The army that contributed the most this time was Yang Xiuqing's army. After all, most of the power in Tianjing now falls in the hands of Yang Xiuqing. The second one is Wei Changhui's subordinates. Of course, the Tianwang Mansion will not send troops this time.
There are many, but Huang Hao, the subordinate of the King of Heaven, also made great contributions this time.
Hong Xiuquan named Huang Hao the deputy prime minister of Yin Guan. Huang Hao, who had been promoted, held a banquet in a restaurant to entertain his friends in Tianwang Mansion and the subordinate officers who accompanied him to the battle this time.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, one of Huang Hao's contemporaries advised him: "Prime Minister Huang, you are a prime minister at your age. You should be considered young and promising, and you have achieved fame!"
Everyone around him agreed.
"I heard that the Heavenly King had previously intended to match you up with the Dongwang's sister. Why don't you, brother, take advantage of the opportunity of returning from the victory to go to the Dongwang Mansion to ask for your hand in marriage?"
When Huang Hao heard this, he thought, yes! What a great opportunity now.
So he took advantage of the wine, surrounded by a group of friends, and headed for the East Prince's Mansion.
At the gate of Dongwang Mansion, Huang Hao and his party met Yang Ximei who was returning home by chance. Yang Ximei and Fu Shanxiang were riding in a carriage. A group of people stopped Yang Ximei's carriage.
Then everyone started making noises and asked Huang Hao to read poems to Yang Ximei.
This scene was seen by the guards guarding the palace. A group of guards rushed over and tried to drive the group of people away. From the official uniforms on these people, the guards could recognize that these people were close ministers of the Heavenly Palace, so there was no
Kill him as soon as he comes up.
The guards of the East Prince's Palace originally thought they could just disperse. But they didn't expect that there were several generals from the Heavenly Prince's Palace who were used to being domineering. They actually had a physical conflict with the guards of the East Prince's Palace.
In this way, things got bigger and Yang Xiuqing was finally alerted. Yang Xiuqing was extremely angry. Originally, Yang Xiuqing was very dissatisfied with the fact that Hong Xiuquan sent people to take away his credit for the destruction of the Jiangnan camp. Now people from the Tianwang Palace dared to come to him.
There was a commotion in front of the door.
The most abominable thing is that these people actually molested my own girl in front of my own house. It is really "unbearable"!
In anger, Yang Xiuqing captured all these people and imprisoned them.
The matter reached the ears of Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan could only smile bitterly. Yang Xiuqing became so violent that even he, the king of heaven, was threatened with a stick. Wei Changhui, the majestic king of the north, was given a stick by him in front of everyone, not to mention his men.
Gangzi's confidant.
There is no way, Yang Xiuqing can be possessed by the Heavenly Father. As long as he uses the name of the Heavenly Father, they all have to hold their noses and listen. The sky is big and the earth is big, and the Heavenly Father is the biggest.
Hong Xiuquan felt that after the Jiangnan camp was destroyed this time, Yang Xiuqing became more arrogant and domineering. A few days ago, he even ordered himself to confer him the title of Long Live in the name of Heavenly Father.
Just two days ago, Yang Xiuqing summoned the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan to the Dongwang Mansion under the guise of Heavenly Father. Dongwang, "Heavenly Father", said to the Heavenly King: "You and Dongwang are both my sons. Dongwang has such great contributions, not only
Called nine thousand years old?"
Hong Xiuquan said: "The King of the East conquers the country, so long live it."
"Heavenly Father" asked again: "Isn't Prince Dong more than a thousand years old?"
Hong said: "Since the King of the East is called Long Live, the Crown Prince should also be called Long Live, and all generations will be called Long Live."
"Heavenly Father" said with great joy: "I am returning to heaven."
This incident made Hong Xiuquan both shocked and angry. Yang Xiuqing not only wanted to do Long Live for herself, but also wanted to do Long Live for her son.
What is this going to do? Hong Xiuquan has always had a dream of being emperor, so what he fears most is that someone will take away his first position.
After establishing Tianjing as the capital, he already felt that his dream had come true. Therefore, some people advised him to abandon Tianjing and go north with the main force, but he did not agree. Historically, until the end Tianjing City was about to be breached, Hong Xiu was unwilling to do anything.
Leave Tianjing.
In his heart, Tianjing is the place where dragons thrive. It is the so-called ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, where dragons and tigers are dominating.
Now Yang Xiuqing is obviously trying to seize his position, which has already crossed his bottom line.
Hong Xiuquan has already developed murderous intentions in his heart. Although he is about to brainwash himself now, this has not reduced his ability to fight for power.
Hong Xiuquan first lowered his profile and sent his chamberlain to beg Yang Xiuqing to release Huang Hao and others.
Yang Xiuqing knew that he could not kill these people. After all, they were not worthy of death, and Yang Xiuqing did not want to push Hong Xiuquan into a panic.
However, these people were exempted from the death penalty but could not escape from the living crime. Yang Xiuqing fined each of them 20 imperial rods. In the end, Huang Hao and others were carried out of the prison.
Once the seeds of hatred are planted, they will quickly take root and sprout.
In particular, Hong Xiuquan himself hated Yang Xiuqing. The hatred of Huang Hao and other close officials towards Yang Xiuqing would nourish Hong Xiuquan's hatred like fertilizer and expand rapidly.
On November 15, Hong Xiuquan summoned his ministers to discuss future strategies. Even Yi Wang Shi Dakai, who was in charge of military affairs in Anqing, was summoned back.
"Dear ministers, the Jiangnan camp has been destroyed. With the blessing of Heavenly Father, our Kingdom of Heaven has finally eliminated a serious threat. I have called you here today to discuss the next strategy of our Kingdom of Heaven." Hong Xiuquan sat in the main hall. asked.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates feel that the next step is to attack the Huaihai Navy in the east. After the Jiangnan Camp was destroyed, the Huaihai Navy sent nearly 20,000 people to occupy Changzhou, filling the gap in the Jiangnan Camp. Not only that, but also occupying the Jiangnan Camp. The south and east sides of Zhenjiang Prefecture, plus its navy on the river, surround Zhenjiang Prefecture on three sides."
"If we don't get rid of Huai Haijun, our situation in Tianjing will not improve much." Luo Outline stood up and suggested.
Many big guys in Tianjing City had never taken Huai Haijun seriously before, thinking that they were just a group of regiments. The Taiping Army encountered numerous regiments along the way, but most of them were unbearable in combat.
The previous Yangzhou Taiping Army was prepared to give up voluntarily, so the failure in Yangzhou did not make everyone in Tianjing City take it to heart.
"What Prime Minister Qin said is inappropriate. There was news a few days ago that the Huaihai Navy wiped out more than 3,000 of your men, which shows that their strength is not weak. Now the main force of our Taiping Army is in the west. The plan for now is to strengthen it. For the offensive in the west, seize the time to capture Anhui and Jiangxi, capture Hubei, and advance into the land of abundance in Sichuan. When the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are owned by our Taiping Army, and with a million troops, we can move down the river with a thunderous force. Destroy the Huai Navy."
Yang Xiuqing knows some of Huai Haijun's strength, so he doesn't want to directly collide with Huai Haijun now.
He felt that the Huai Navy did not want to fight a decisive battle with the Taiping Army now. Obviously Dong Shuheng also wanted to consolidate and develop the newly occupied Su and Chang Mansion first.
But Yang Xiuqing's suggestion didn't mean what it meant to Hong Xiuquan, because just before the meeting, Huang Hao reported a secret to him.
It turns out that Yang Xiuqing's younger sister, Yang Ximei, was captured by Huai Haijun before and was released intact.
In addition, Yang Xiuqing has exchanged a large amount of supplies through the Huai Navy in the past few months. Using these supplies, Yang Xiuqing's strength has improved a lot.
Therefore, the long speech published by Yang Xiuqing made Hong Xiuquan more sure that Yang Xiuqing had colluded with Huai Haijun.
Yang Xiuqing did not hesitate to collude with Huai Haijun to increase his strength, but who was he going to deal with? Who was worthy of Yang Xiuqing's betrayal of the interests of the Kingdom of Heaven?
The more Hong Xiuquan thought about it, the clearer it became, and the answer was ready to come out.
He looked at Shi Dakai on the side. Shi Dakai did not speak. He had always advocated heading westward.
Hong Xiuquan looked at Wei Changhui again. Wei Changhui had always been at odds with Yang Xiuqing.
Wei Changhui stood up: "Does the King of the East want to indulge the Huai Navy in the east? Don't we need to avenge the three thousand brothers who were just annihilated by them?"
"Hmph... If King Bei has the energy, I think he can lead his troops to the north to support our brothers in Tianjin, which is close to Qing Yao's lair. Our biggest enmity is with Qing Yao."
"You..." Wei Changhui became furious after being told by Yang Xiuqing.
"Your Majesty, if you support your 10,000 soldiers and horses, I will definitely attack Changzhou." Luo Gangzhou continued. He lost three thousand troops inexplicably, which made Luo Gangyou feel quite unhappy.
Hong Xiuquan said nothing, his mind was spinning rapidly.
If 10,000 people were transferred to Luo Guangyuan, it would definitely be his own troops. By then, his strength would be weak.
So he said: "I think according to what brother Dong Wang said, Zhenjiang in the east will be fully defended. Allocate troops to step up the attack on the west."
"In addition, Brother Dongwang, please also allocate troops to defend the Huaihai Navy in Jurong, Lishui."
When Yang Xiuqing heard that Hong Xiuquan had given up, he could only agree to Hong Xiuquan's defense request and send some of his troops to the direction of Lishui and Jurong.
He had already made up his mind to find someone to tell Dong Shuheng about a truce.