On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the imperial envoy of Jinan Prefecture was on his way. Liu Yong, wearing a gray city cloth robe, sat on the imperial chair in the study. His adopted son Liu Xipeng, standing beside him, was opening an urgent letter sent from his hometown in Zhucheng.
This letter was secretly sent to Chahe Villa in Zhucheng by people from the Bei Naval Intelligence Bureau five days ago. The envelope was written "Shi'an Gongdaoqi" and the signature was "Weiyang's last school Jiao Li Tang". Li Tang is Jiao Li Tang.
The word "Xun".
The Liu family was angry and frightened by the messenger's unscrupulous behavior. However, they did not dare to detain the messenger and send it to the government, nor did they dare to hide the letter and not deliver it, so they had to let him go home to worship his ancestors, and his buttocks were returned.
Liu Xipeng, who was not feeling hot anymore, quickly sent the letter to Jinan. This man was Liu Yong's adopted son. Since Liu Yong had no children, his clan brother Liu Chang adopted one.
You must know that the troops of the Northern Navy have now pushed into the front line of Wulong River, which is just across the Sun River from Laiyang County. After climbing over two mountains and walking more than 400 miles, you will reach Zhucheng. However, they have large iron ships and
If you really want to fight the gunboats, you won't have to go to such trouble. You can land at the Chaohe estuary in the southern part of the Jiaodong Peninsula, go straight north for more than a hundred miles, and then cross the Jiujian Mountain.
Why did Jiao Xun write to Liu Yong?
It is said that in the forty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, 16-year-old Jiao Xun participated in the boy examination, and Liu Yong was the academic administrator of Jiangsu at that time. After that, Jiao Xun successfully entered the official school. Because of his solid foundation in arithmetic and outstanding results, he was appreciated by Liu Yong; he was also favored by the other party.
Guidance, start learning Confucian classics from "Mao Shi". From this point of view, Liu Yong and Jiao Xun can be regarded as masters and disciples.
Jiao Xun actually had this idea very early, but it was not until he returned to Beihai Town and learned that the Qing government sent Liu Yong to Shandong that he decided to write a letter to his former teacher to persuade him. He shared this idea with Zhao
Xin said that, although Zhao Xin disagreed, he still agreed to let people from the Intelligence Bureau be responsible for delivering it.
In Zhao Xin's view, although the Liu family of Chahe Villa is not a big landowner and has a reputation for being honest and frugal, and has the ability to respond to all the people in Shandong, they are still tightly entangled in the big tree of Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
The vines on the tree are natural enemies of Beihai Town.
The Liu family in Zhucheng moved to Shandong from Xuzhou in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. For more than a hundred years, they made a living by farming and belonged to the lower class of society. It was not until the Tianqi period that someone became a "Zhusheng", which was considered a step into the upper class.
The road to imperial examination.
From the ninth year of Shunzhi to the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, the Liu family successively produced 32 candidates, 11 official Jinshis, and as many as 8 officials of third rank or above in more than 140 years. Especially Liu Yong's
In the 26th year of Qianlong's reign, his father, Liu Tongxun, served as a bachelor of Dongge University and in charge of the Ministry of Ceremonies and the Ministry of War. Later, he became the foreman of the Military and Aircraft Minister, and was called "a true prime minister worthy of the prime minister" by Emperor Qianlong. At this point, the Liu family finally became comparable to the Zhang family in Tongcheng.
A famous family of Han officials in China.
In addition, since the Han people moved out of Beijing in the sixth year of Shunzhi, there are only two Han ministers who have been rewarded by the emperor to live in Beijing. One is the Zhang Tingyu family of Huguo Temple, and the other is the Liu family of Lushi Hutong. Now, with Liu Yong
He was promoted to cabinet bachelor and led the army to Shandong. The Liu family reached another peak.
Jiao Xun's writing to such a person was of no use except to be able to respond to him mentally; Zhao Xin even felt that it was still a matter of debate whether he could respond to him mentally.
Under Liu Yong's gaze, Liu Xipeng opened the paint on the envelope, took out the letter paper and glanced at it twice. His expression suddenly changed and he said softly: "Father, most of the letters are rebellious and arrogant. Jiao Litang's intentions are really sinister."
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"read."
"this......"
"read!"
Compared with when Zhao Xin met him at Chaoyin Temple in Dagu Kou a few years ago, Liu Yong's face had almost no change, except that the hair on the back of his head was whiter, and his bronze square face and cheeks were sunken. At this moment, he was half-squinting.
He closed his eyes and stared sideways at the snowy scene outside the window, a bit like an old stork looking for food on the river beach in the snow, not knowing what he was thinking.
In fact, at this time, Liu Yong recalled in his mind the young scholar he met in Yangzhou more than ten years ago. He would pay special attention to those young people who were from poor families and still studied hard. In his mind, Jiao Xun
He is a very talented young man, and he is extremely filial to his mother. How could such a person betray the imperial court and join the unlearned rebel Zhao Xin?
"Shi'an Gong sent a letter to his father-in-law: Fang Chi's ruler slips have been damaged by Jin Han. When I heard that the Duke was planning on Shandong, I still sighed when I thought back to those days, but what's more, I am weak and old, and my hand is not wood or stone. I have great righteousness now, and I hope that I will accept it.
The world belongs to China. However, the Manchus took advantage of the difficulties and occupied the Central Plains when China was sinking. They used one family and one clan to poison all the people. They fed their ugly people, fed the people, and paid high officials generously.
Scented in Xingxi, taking rebelliousness as righteousness. In the past, the king unified the four barbarians and ruled the four barbarians. The spring and Autumn period was righteous, and the first words were to respect and fight; the five chaotic summers were spread again and destroyed; the Meng Yuan was surly and disappeared for a hundred years. Now the saint descends from the sky in Beihai to lead the heroes.
And to expand the land thousands of miles away, to solve the problems of people's livelihood, to enlighten the people's wisdom, to promote the civil rights, to regain China, in a short time. It is true that God's way will be restored, and it should be prophesied.
My father is familiar with history and Han Dynasty, and he is well versed in the inner classics. He should know the current situation that can be exploited but cannot be resisted. My father and son have been honest and honest for generations. They have lived in the Eastern Province for generations. With their thorough knowledge and ability to distinguish, they cultivated and studied to pass down the family. In the past,
Liu Wenzheng, the Duke of Qingjie, kept his bow, restrained himself and kept himself, and his reputation spread all over the world. Duke Shi'an was upright and upright, and he did not disobey the powerful. Everyone in the world obeyed the official's ethics, even Bao Xiaosu compared him. Today's situation is changing, and the Northern Navy is devastated.
The days of the Manchu Dynasty were running out. Although the Duke tried his best to save him, there was nothing he could do to save him. The deserted garden changed its owner, and the trees had no one to rely on. If you have a heart that loves the world, what should you choose at this time?
Relying on the kindness of the Duke and Xun, I dared to pour out my heart, and I was not ashamed to say what I said. Why did I act like this? Fortunately, the imperial edict was issued. I didn’t have to wait for ten days, and my disciple Xun was afraid to speak up."
After Liu Xipeng finished reading, the study room fell into deathly silence, and all he could hear was the monotonous and boring "click-click" sound of the imperial chime bell. After a while, Liu Yong said to himself lightly: "
Jiao Litang, by writing me such a letter to persuade me to surrender, do you want to put a thorn in my heart, or do you want to use this to alienate the friendship between me and the emperor? Ridiculous!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Whether his voice was loud or soft, the guard standing guard outside the door could definitely hear it. After saying that, he took the letter from Liu Xipeng and casually
He clenched it into a ball and threw it into the charcoal brazier in front of him. In the blink of an eye, the two pieces of letter paper were burned to ashes by the flames, and no trace was left.
"Write a letter to Chahe for me and tell them that if the Beihai Pirates dare to come again, they will be sent to the official directly!"
Liu Xipeng was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to say more, he saw Liu Yong staring at the door with those triangular eyes. He was shocked, and then bowed and said, "Yes, father."
"You go down first." Liu Yong sighed in his heart, this adopted son is really stupid! If his nephew Liu Yi was here, he would definitely understand what he meant.
"yes."
After sending his adopted son away, Liu Yong lit up a bag of cigarettes and started smoking. In fact, Zhao Xin guessed wrong. Although Liu Yong burned the letter immediately after reading it, his heart was already in a mess. Jiao Xun
This letter completely messed up his mood that had finally calmed down due to the New Year.
Yes, the deserted garden has changed its owner, and there is no place to go around the trees. A large group of Manchu people can run to Gorkha, but I am seventy-three. Do I have to follow them to climb the snowy plateau and climb many mountains?
Are you going to be a lonely ghost from outside the territory?
Of course, it is absolutely impossible for him to seek refuge in Beihai Town. Both his father and son were deeply grateful to the three generations of emperors of the Qing Dynasty. When Qianlong personally visited the seriously ill Liu Tongxun in Liu's house in Donkey City Hutong, because of his family background,
It was so narrow that it was impossible to get in, and even the top of the sedan chair was removed. This kind of treatment was unprecedented among the Han officials.
What's more, ever since he met Zhao Xin at the Tuijiao Station and learned that his wife was the only descendant of the Shen family involved in the "Poetry on a Tower" case, Liu Yong knew that there was no way he and Beihai Town could let go. In reality,
This is why Qianlong felt confident in sending him to take charge of Shandong. Other Han officials would surrender, but Liu Yong would never do so.
In fact, more than one "Yizhulou Poems" case, Yan Dayong's "Mamata Collection" case, and Yin Baoshan's "Xiuting Cao" case were all caused by him.
The "Matamata Collection" case was settled, and only Yan Dayong died, while the others were exiled; but the "Izhulou Poetry" case had many more people dead. Fortunately, the Manchu and Qing court was busy handling it from top to bottom at that time.
The affair of the Xu family was so loud that it achieved the goal of rectifying the scholarly conduct in Jiangnan and strictly banning books. Only then did the young scholar Yin Baoshan and his family escape death.
At the age of 39 and 57, Liu Yong served as an academic administrator in Jiangsu twice. Relying on the merits of the Literary Prison, he finally became the governor of a province. Then he returned to Beijing and entered the center of the Qing court. From then on, everyone in the Jiangnan scholar community hated him!
Think about the scholars who have taken refuge in Beihai Town. Seven of the eight are from the Yangzhou School, and the remaining one, Hong Liangji, is also from the Wu School.
Different from Liu Tongxun, Liu Yong was a person who liked to figure out Qianlong's thoughts, and his judgment was quite accurate. When he keenly realized that Qianlong wanted to use the literary prison to rectify the scholarly conduct, he spared no effort to expose the literary prison cases related to this; he frequently went to court.
When Tsuna went online, he completely lost his father's impartial and upright attitude towards doing things.
Although Liu Tongxun spared no effort in Hu Zhongzao's "Poetry Notes" case, it was not a simple literary inquisition, but a struggle in the court. In order to suppress the two parties of Ertai and Zhang Tingyu, Qianlong eliminated the partisanship in the court.
Starting from "Jian Mo Sheng Shi Chao", it extends to corruption and bribery. You must know that Hu Zhongzao is Ertai's disciple, and E Chang is Ertai's nephew.
Therefore, what Zhao Xin and Cao Peng did when they scolded him was absolutely right. You don't need to do too many immoral things, and if you do one well, it will be enough to eliminate your descendants.
Liu Yong himself is not afraid of death. He has studied Buddhism for many years and is proficient in Mahayana Buddhism, especially the Shurangama Sutra. He is so thorough in Confucianism and Buddhism that he has already discovered life and death.
Just leave. As for whether the three concubines should observe the festival or remarry, let them do it.
But what about the Liu family in Zhucheng? There are hundreds of them! His nephew Liu Daozhi is his favorite among the next generation, and because his father died early, he was raised by him since he was a child. Now he is a concubine of the Hanlin Academy. Could it be that he also
Follow to Gorkha?
Now in his eighties, Qianlong was more and more in love with the emperor. Even now, he still clung to the throne. He could not let go of the thousands of miles of land in his hands, and he could not let go of the Old Summer Palace that had been built with all the manpower and material resources in the world. He still insisted on holding on to the throne.
The capital city struggled to the death, and even agreed to Zhao Xin's conditions, exchanging Khalkhas for Gurkhas, to give the Manchus a glimmer of hope.
The question is, will Zhao Xin give this a chance? Based on Liu Yong's understanding of Zhao Xin, this guy will send troops into Tibet sooner or later. Now, including Fukang'an, all discerning people in the court know that this is a plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves.
But I still have to grit my teeth and swallow this bitter pill.
Ever since the Northern Navy captured the entire territory of Khalkha, Liu Yong had already seen that Zhao Xin's wings were already established. As long as it took a little time, he would march his troops into the pass, and his unstoppable power would be unstoppable. Not to mention the decline of talents in the imperial court at the moment.
Even if Fu Heng and Zhao Hui were still alive, they couldn't defeat them at all.
After arriving in Jinan in early August last year, Liu Yong knew that he did not have the two brushes of his father Liu Tongxun, so he simply handed over the task of leading the army to Lawang Dorji and Fucha Mingliang. However, after figuring out the intention of Beihai Town to send troops to Shandong
Before that, he strictly ordered the two of them not to exchange fire without permission as long as the other side's troops did not cross Dengzhou Prefecture.
Tens of thousands of Qing troops pressed forward and entered Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture to garrison. The problem was that Mingliang, who had experience fighting the Northern Navy, knew that even if it was doubled, let alone 15,000, it would be difficult to resist the Northern Navy.
cannons, not to mention that the Green Battalion led by him was weak in combat.
From a military point of view, the terrain of Shandong is relatively flat and there are many transportation channels. Although the Jiaodong area is densely covered with rivers, they all freeze in winter. If the Northern Navy continues to fight westward, there will be a vast plain outside the mountainous area of Zhonglu, and the Qing army will not be in danger at all.
Can be defended.
In the next four months, Liu Yong ordered all the prefectures in Shandong to organize and train rural warriors on a large scale, promulgated the "Regulations on Group Training", and forcibly recruited strong men and sent them to Jinan Prefecture for training.
Talk to the big squires and ask them to donate food and pay for the army.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fortunately, after the Beihai Navy captured the four counties of Jiaodong with a swift and fierce offensive, it stopped east of the Qingyang River and Sun River; while the Qing Army stabilized its defense line
Along the lines of Aishan, Jagged Mountain, Wulong River, Changshui River, Taozhang River and Dagu River, large-scale construction works were carried out and fort checkpoints were set up.
After learning the news, Qianlong and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were finally relieved. It seemed that Beihai Town was short of people again. Okay, as long as we stop fighting westward, we can take away all the people in Dengzhou Prefecture.
However, Liu Yong didn't think so. Judging from the actions of the Beihai Navy in issuing civil peace notices in four counties, setting up military control committees to take over the local areas, and sending "work teams" to the countryside, they definitely won't leave this time!
For nine years, he couldn't understand or think about many things in Beihai Town. Not only him, but everyone in the court didn't understand. How did Zhao Xin feed those millions of people? Why did Beihai Town fall under the rule of
Each acre of land can achieve an astonishing harvest of 500 or even 800 to 900 kilograms? How did he make those strange utensils? Where did his subordinates such as Liu Sheng, Deng Fei, Chen Qingsong, Hong Tao and others come from?
Coming out of nowhere?
As for what kind of magic Zhao Xin knows, people like Liu Yong would never believe it. But the spies went through all kinds of hardships and paid a blood price to get the high-yielding wheat seeds from Ninggu Pagoda. Why could they not reach such a high yield when they were planted in Shengjing?
What’s more, the “Beihai Town Farm” also sprinkled some white powder into the ground during the wheat growth period. Although the spies tried their best to get some, after taking it back to the capital, it tasted a bit astringent and salty.
Besides, no one can tell what it is.
Liu Yong is now sitting by the warm charcoal stove, thinking about each item one by one, and his heart is filled with shivers one after another.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think that if Beihai Town conquers the world in the future, wouldn't the whole world be able to grow that kind of high-yield food? Then no one will go hungry again! Even if there is a famine, the people will rely on their own
The food saved is enough to save ourselves. This is something that all dynasties have never been able to do!
Not to mention anything else, Zhao Xin can surpass all emperors since Zulong, and his achievements are directly comparable to those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Not to mention that he also conquered a large territory in the north, and according to Guangdong and Guangxi,
According to a secret report from the side, Beihai Town also occupied several territories in Nanyang, and even obtained Dong Dang and Lang Son on paper on the condition of supporting the Ruan family in Guangnan.
Liu Yong really couldn't understand how Zhao Xin would manage such a large area? Isn't he afraid of dying?
You must know that the imperial court has already ruled thousands of miles from north to south, east to west, and it is extremely difficult to manage it. It often pays attention to one end but not the other. The land in the Western Regions has been fought back and forth for more than a hundred years.
It was a garrison stationed in the fields, and it was difficult to consolidate it.
It can be seen from Fukang'an's visit to Tibet that it takes a month for letters between him and the capital to be delivered. Even if something happens to him, it is beyond the reach of the capital, so we can only think about it after the fact.
Tangled! How to contact Beihai Town to find a way out for the Liu family in Zhucheng?
Liu Yong began to screen the children of the clan one by one. He must be careful and careful in doing things, and must not let outsiders notice. At present, from the court to the people, there are countless eyes staring at him, staring at the Liu family in Zhucheng, staring at
In Chahe Villa, if you are not careful, disaster may come your way!
He drank cup after cup of tea, smoked bag after bag of cigarettes, and sat there from afternoon to light time. When Liu Xipeng came over and invited him to move to the flower hall for dinner, he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the other person's appearance. He couldn't get over it.
By two hours, the 73-year-old Liu Yong already looked tired and his eye sockets were sunken.
"Father, how about dinner? How about I bring it to you?"
Liu Yong hunched his back, took a sip of tea, stroked his hot forehead and said, "No, I'll come over."
Liu Xipeng took off the washed white cotton cloak from the hanger and put it on Liu Yong. He also took out a hat and put it on him, and then he and Liu Yong left the study. They stood in the corridor, with the snowflakes still dancing wildly.
In the endless rapid fall from the sky, Liu Yong raised his head and looked at the gray and gloomy sky, and sighed inaudibly.
At night, light snow dust flows like white smoke in the streets and alleys of Jinan City. The houses, restaurants, pavilions, government offices, and courtyards that usually use gray as the main color are immersed in the world of dancing flowers.
, the boundaries between heaven and earth were blurred and unclear, which also cast a shadow over the beginning of the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong...