Just as the drama in Yulin City was about to begin, the people in the four counties were flocking to the free mooncakes and rewards. He Xiwen's troops were also secretly gearing up, preparing to go out on the night of August 14th to surprise Teng County. The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhu
Suddenly, Gui personally led an army of 5,000 people to Wuzhou City.
Just after midnight on the morning of August 14th, Hu Youren, the prefect of Wuzhou, led his colleagues, magistrates, magistrates, Xuezheng, and Cangwu County Magistrate and other officials to arrive at the dock outside Nanxun Gate with a full set of honor books.
Also coming was Xu Guocai, the deputy general of Wuzhou Association.
"Your Excellency! The Marshal's official ship has already passed Longzhou Pond and will arrive with just two sticks of incense."
After hearing the report, Hu Youren and a group of bureaucrats got up and left the reception hall and came to the shore to wait. The climate in Guangxi in August is hot, and the scorching weather seems to be able to roast people. Although officials with status have servants who are constantly
Some were fanning and holding parasols above their heads, but big beads of sweat were still dripping down their cheeks.
Just when everyone's backs were soaked with sweat, they saw a gorgeous black ship coming slowly from the east. On both sides and behind the ship were troop transport ships that were as long as snakes and could not be seen to the end. Among them were
Including rice boats, paddle boats, fast horses, fast crab boats, fishing boats, etc., the decks of each ship were filled with flags of various colors, and the momentum was amazing. Such a scene made both sides of the Xunjiang River filled with onlookers.
Although Wuzhou had already received the order, the scene in front of them still made all the officials including Hu Youren extremely excited. This was so awesome!
"Your Majesty, if the commander-in-chief leads the army, everyone in Wuzhou Mansion will be safe and sound."
"We have a general in command in Wuzhou. No matter how cruel Zhao Ni is, he will definitely be defeated!"
Hearing the excited discussions of the people behind him, Hu Youren couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, thinking that with this army, at least Wuzhou City should be safe, and he hoped that He Xiwen's men would retreat in the face of difficulties.
Ever since the Beihai Navy captured Bobai and quickly captured Yulin Mansion, Hu Youren, the prefect of Wuzhou, has never had a good night's sleep. Although he has never faced the Beihai Navy directly, who among the Manchu officials in the world is not afraid of them?
Although Wuzhou is located in a remote area of Guangxi, because it is located at the intersection of the Xunjiang and Guijiang river systems, it has developed shipping and business travel from all directions, so it is very well-informed. News from Guangzhou can be known here within a month.
Speaking of the prosperity of Wuzhou's commerce in the Qing Dynasty, only one example can be used to illustrate it.
The Qing court divided the levels of state capitals around the world based on "deficiency". That is to say, on the basis of "rush, complexity, fatigue, and difficulty", four levels were derived: most lacking, essential lacking, medium lacking, and simple lacking.
.And among the 183 prefectures in the pass, there are five most urgent vacancies - super fat vacancies, which make countless fourth-grade officials yearn for them. If you can serve as an official for one term, you will basically lose the money you suffered when you were an official before.
You can make up for it, and your life can be rich, so that your family no longer has to worry about money.
The five most vulnerable are Kuizhou in Sichuan, Guangzhou and Chaozhou in Guangdong, and Xunzhou and Wuzhou in Guangxi. Among them, the prefect of Kuizhou in Sichuan has an annual income of up to 200,000 taels of silver in addition to his salary.
For the fourth government, it is more than 100,000 taels per year.
Yes, you read that right, there is no one in the south of the Yangtze River, which is known as the most fertile land. The reason for this situation is that the above-mentioned five prefectures all guard the waterways, and whether it is eastern Sichuan or Guangdong and Guangxi, land transportation is so poor that business travelers can only go
Waterways are not good in the south of the Yangtze River. The rivers are crisscrossed like a network, and no government can control all water systems.
Because they have high profits that are unmatched by other states and counties, these five highly vacated prefects have always been elected every two years. At that point, they will be replaced and will never be given a chance to be re-elected. Anyone who dares to break the rules and seek re-election will be punished by all four
Officials of all grades punished him together.
Hu Youren was so worried. In order to get this position the year before last, he gave Heshen a hundred thousand taels. Almost half of it was borrowed from people who lent money to Beijing. As the saying goes, after three years of clearing the prefecture, ten
Wan Xuehuayin, he can earn this amount by staying in Wuzhou for one year.
In order to make enough money while in office and to tightly control taxation, he brought more than 200 domestic slaves when he took office, and eating horse chews every day was a lot of money. After a busy year, it was not easy.
After paying back the previous loan, and seeing that all the money in the future would be his own, Bei Haijun came.
Although the main battlefield between the Beihai Navy and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been outside the customs in recent years, don't forget that there is still a small area in Jiaodong. As a result, some of the governance methods and policies of Beihai Town have gradually become known to officials from all over the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
Things like abolition of slaves, reduction of business taxes, state and county officials having no other income besides regular salaries, organizing peasant associations in each township, land reform, etc., all of these things made the Manchu bureaucracy unable to do anything.
Accept. It is said that taking someone's money is like killing one's parents. Hu Youren was determined to defend Wuzhou for the sake of money.
Hmm... I can't beat him.
As the Heilou ship got closer and closer, the bright yellow flag on the ship became more and more conspicuous. Under the bright sun, the words on it were clearly visible: Bachelor of the Imperial Cabinet, Taibao of the Crown Prince, Minister of the Ministry of War,
Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Governor of Guangdong Zhu.
Hu Youren hurriedly ordered the cannons to be fired to play music. In an instant, three cannons exploded in succession, white smoke curled up, and drum music followed closely.
When the official ship approached, there was already a general on the deck who raised the curtain, and saw an official with gray beard slowly walking out of the cabin. This man was short in stature, with a round face that looked very blessed, and his chin
He has a one-foot-long beard, wears an azure official uniform with crane patches, and a yellow mandarin jacket, with a peacock feather with two eyes trailing under the ruby crown.
He is Zhu Gui and Zhu Shijun, known as the "Emperor's Master" and currently serving as the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Well, let us welcome the youngest super academic since the Qing Dynasty, croak croak croak!
It is said that Zhu Gui is a super academic master because he was admitted as a scholar at a young age. He passed the examination at the age of 17 and became a Jinshi at the age of 18, which attracted the attention of scholars all over the world. In the history of another time and space, if it were not for the Daoguang Dynasty.
One of the more outstanding academics is Lin, who was admitted as a scholar at the age of 9 and a Jinshi at the age of 15. Zhu Gui will definitely take the top spot.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What are you thinking! It's not Lin Zexu. That person's name is Lin Tingxi, and he is from the same hometown as Lin Zexu.
In the forty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign, the 49-year-old Zhu Gui left Beijing to serve as an academic administrator in Fujian and has been traveling in the south. In the following ten years, he and Yong Yan continued to exchange letters. Although they were thousands of miles apart,
Their friendship has not diminished at all. Among the study masters including Xie Yong, Feng Kuan, Zhu Gui, Wang Jie, Liu Yong, etc., Yong Yan and Zhu Gui have the best relationship.
Why did Heshen in history prevent Zhu Gui from entering the capital after Jiaqing succeeded to the throne? He was not afraid of Wang Jie or Dong Gao. What he was most worried about was Zhu Gui's return to the capital. The latter moved from the central government to the local areas, from studying politics to being an inspector and envoy.
, governor and even governor, he has too much experience in political struggles! When the time comes to join forces with Jiaqing as a master and apprentice, I'm afraid he will have no chance of trying to be the "second emperor" again.
As for Wang Erlie, who is well known to many people, his relationship is just average, not as good as what was mentioned in the "Legend of Muyu Stone". Otherwise, Jiaqing would not have checked Wang Erlie's luggage when he filed for old age.
You must know that the second most lucrative position among governors in the world is Guangdong and Guangxi. The amount of money received every year is only 300,000 taels, and Zhu Gui is just the right governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Getting this kind of money has nothing to do with whether he is honest or not. Sitting in this position means that
Anyone who dares not to accept more income is breaking the rules.
Ordinarily, as Jiaqing's most valued imperial master, Zhu Gui should have gone to the capital at this time, been promoted to a bachelor's degree, and joined the military aircraft department. As soon as the mourning period came out in Jiaqing, an order was issued to summon Zhu Gui to the capital. However, by coincidence,
Before the imperial edict arrived in Guangzhou, He Xiwen led his troops to land from Lianzhou.
In recent years, there has been no good candidate for the position of Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi since the death of Li Shijie. In the past few years, Guo Shixun, the governor of Guangdong, held the concurrent post. Last year, Guo Shixun was seriously ill and was about to die. After receiving the memorial, Qianlong thought about it and asked him to serve as governor.
Zhu Gui, the governor of Anhui, went to Guangdong and served as governor and concurrently as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Even though Zhu Gui had never led troops to fight, what Qianlong wanted was his reputation for being upright and honest for the people, and stabilizing the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi through team training. In recent years, the Qing court had suffered successive defeats in the north, and those Tiandihui elements dormant among the people
The White Lotus cultists are also ready to make a move.
Zhu Gui knew very well that if he went to Beijing without hesitation, the training regiments from all over the country would be leaderless, Guangdong and Guangxi would inevitably become a mess, and the Guangdong Customs, the emperor's money bag, might not be safe. Guangzhou General Fuchang was a loser, and the Eight Banners Soldiers and Green Camp were even more useless. If he wanted to
To resist the North Korean navy's offensive, in addition to supervising and raising bids, we can only rely on team training.
So he immediately sent a six-hundred-mile expedited memorial to Jiaqing, explaining the emergency situation in Guangdong and Guangxi, and requesting to stay in office temporarily. He had been waiting in Zhaoqing for those days, waiting for the regiment training army from eastern Guangdong to join up.
It is said that since Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng drove the Thunder God to repel the Qing attack and bombarded the Xiangshan Association, the then governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Sun Shiyi, sent a report to Qianlong, requesting to recruit young people from the gentry and people in the counties of the Pearl River Delta to form rural warriors.
Resist Beihai Town's attack from the sea. At first, Qianlong did not agree, fearing that it would be difficult to control once the opening was opened. However, after Zhao Xin led more than a dozen people and turned half of Guangzhou upside down, he formed a large-scale regiment and practiced it.
The arrow is on the string.
No clue, the Eight Banners and Green Camp in Guangzhou are really unreliable, and the team training in Guangdong actually has a foundation and is relatively easier to operate than other regions.
Since the early years of the Yongzheng reign, with the economic development in the counties of the Pearl River Delta, the problem of land shortage has become increasingly serious. The local gentry and people had no choice but to compete with water for land and reclaim land from sand, causing the area of Shatian to increase dramatically. During the construction of Shatian
In the process of reclamation, politics, economy, and force are all indispensable, otherwise it will be seized by others in minutes; and after the reclamation of Sha Tin is completed, the force of self-defense must be retained, otherwise the harvest will not be preserved.
Although the Beihai navy looked down upon these sand fields and harvests and would not rob them at all, the common people did not know. Under the vigorous propaganda of the Manchu and Qing government, the Beihai pirates were more vicious than pirates, and the name Zhao Xin could even make children stop crying.
After Li Shijie took office, he worked hard to accomplish the most important thing. He established the "Team Training Convention" in Xiangshan, Shunde, Xinhui, Dongguan, Panyu and Nanhai. During his tenure, Guo Shixun expanded it to Zhaoqing Prefecture.
Huizhou Prefecture and Chaozhou Prefecture.
To put it simply, the content of the "Team Training Convention" is that each township draws funds according to the land, eighty cents per mu of land per year, half of which is paid by the landlord and tenant, and is paid in two installments each year, which is used to recruit and train brave men;
Water barriers, artillery piers and blockhouses were set up at the pass, muskets and artillery and other equipment were built, and civilian ships were hired; the "professor" of each township was appointed by those who had good conduct and were convinced by everyone.
After the formation of the regiment training in each township is completed, the Guangdong governor's yamen will send special personnel to review and review together with the military preparation yamen and the yamen of various prefectures and counties. After confirmation, a "bandit-attacking Baoliang stamp" will be issued, allowing the formation of the regiment. For example, the navy from the North invaded in large numbers
Or if there is banditry in the local area, the commanders are ordered to fortify the walls and clear the country, and at the same time assemble regiments to train and go to war. The Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangdong and the governor's office of Guangdong will distribute food and rewards during the regiment training, dispatch troops and fight, and reward the meritorious squires.
Sixth grade title.
In the past few years after the formation of the regiment, although the Northern Navy did not come, small groups of South China pirates still invaded the inland. Since Deng Fei and Wang Yuanfang led their troops to eliminate Mo Guanfu and Chen Tianbao, they also occupied Hoi An and
In Citrus Ao, the small group of pirates on the South China Sea are so frightened that they dare not provoke them even if their heads are squeezed by the door. Comparing the two, some people feel that it is safer to rob coastal ships and villages and towns.
However, what this group of poor and crazy pirates didn't expect was that as soon as they entered the inland, the regiments from various places sounded the gongs and bells to call the police. Then the regiments from each township contacted each other and went out to fight bravely under the stimulation of the government's bonuses, beating the pirates.
They couldn't even get off the boat, let alone go ashore for supplies. Over the past few years, the bandits on the outer seas and inland rivers of Guangdong have disappeared and been completely eliminated.
When Zhu Gui walked off the gangplank, Hu Youren immediately took off his horseshoe sleeves and led everyone present to perform the courtesy of a subordinate meeting his superior. His tone was both respectful and a bit excited: "Hu Youren is a humble person."
, lead Wuzhou civil and military officials to pay homage to the commander-in-chief!"
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Brother Hu, please get up! Everyone, please get up!" Zhu Gui smiled, raised his hands to support him, and then said with a fist to the officials and gentry who greeted him.
: "This time I am accompanied by, in addition to the supervising headquarters, there are also four thousand regiments from Zhaoqing Prefecture and Guangzhou Prefecture. If you have any trouble, please take it for my sake and don't do it."
Sorry."
"Don't dare! What the commander said is too outrageous."
"The commander-in-chief personally led the army to come here this time. He is actually saving the 40,000 people of Wuzhou from fire and water. How can it be said to be a nuisance?"
"It's true that Guangdong and Guangxi are one family. As the saying goes, one family does not speak the same language."
"Shi Jungong is famous far and wide. To see him today is enough for a lifetime wish!"
The officials and gentry present had heard of Zhu Gui for a long time, and when they saw his sincere words and lack of arrogance, they all admired him in their hearts. No matter what, the governor's reputation was too great. When he met him, he was three points shorter, and he was unconsciously embarrassed.
Put the other party in a high position.
Zhu Gui smiled and remained calm, and then introduced several civil and military officials who had accompanied him to Wuzhou to everyone present. Among them were the chief military officer of Zuizui Town in charge of regiment training affairs, and Guangzhao Luo in charge of supervision and food and salary affairs.
Inspect the roads separately and supervise the deputy general of the Chinese Army in the Central Battalion, the deputy general of the Zhaoqing Association, the staff general of the Zhaoqing Naval Battalion, etc.
After the welcoming ceremony, Zhu Gui declined the reception banquet in the reception hall and directly got on the eight-carriage sedan to Wuzhou Mansion Office. After freshening up and changing clothes, he went to the signing room to talk to Hu Youren. He came up without any nonsense and asked directly.
The donation and loss situation of Wuzhou gentry.
Nowadays, the Qing court's treasury is empty, and the money in the Guangdong vassal's treasury is far from enough. The troops and horses have not been moved, but the food and grass have gone first. If there is no money to reward, who will sacrifice their lives for you?
There is no shortage of food in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the autumn harvest has just passed. The grain stored in warehouses in various places is sufficient, but the lack of money makes Zhu Gui very headache. Guangdong Customs does have money, and the Thirteenth Bank and businessmen in Guangzhou City also donated it.
Hundreds of thousands of taels, but that is for Guangdong, there is no reason to use it in Guangxi.
Hu Youren wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with shame: "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, I sent a donation letter to several big business houses and gentry in the city five days ago, and now I have received a total of thirty thousand taels...
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"Only 30,000?" Before Hu Youren could finish, Zhu Gui's face darkened and he interrupted: "It's too far behind. This production station brought 5,000 soldiers and 300 warships. How can this amount of money be enough?"
?I heard that the richest man in Wuzhou is named Huang Genyun, also known as Huang Wanwan. How much has he donated?"
"Eight thousand taels."
"It's ridiculous. If the North Sea Pirates break through Wuzhou, will Huang Baiwan use millions of his family's wealth to honor Zhao Ni?" Zhu Gui thought that he must capture Huang Baiwan. As long as this person takes the lead, it is not difficult to pay hundreds of thousands taels of silver.
get.
As soon as these heart-wrenching words came out, Hu Youren hurriedly explained: "Commander, Huang Genyun said that he can donate more money, but he has a small request, but he is too humble to agree to it because of his humble position."
"What does he want?" Zhu Gui's eyes became sharper and sharper, making Hu Youren feel like a thorn in his back.
"Huang Genyun told him that he would like to ask the editor to write a congratulatory article for his father's Xiangxian Temple. To this end, he is willing to donate fifty thousand taels."
Cunning! Zhu Gui cursed in his mind. He had heard about the Huang family in Wuzhou for a long time. Their business extended to Nanning in the west and Guangzhou in the east. The family also opened several pawnshops. It would be too stingy to donate 50,000 to at least 3 to 50 million.
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Hu Youren noticed Zhu Gui's displeasure, so he said: "Huang Genyun's donation of 50,000 yuan is a bit small, but as long as he takes the lead, other gentry and businessmen will donate more, and together, it should not be less than 100,000 yuan. But they all hope
The imperial court can reward them."
"That's natural. I will inform the emperor afterwards and invite rewards for them."
Zhu Gui nodded and said. An article can be exchanged for 100,000 silver. Although it involves some risks, there is no other way at the moment. Then he asked Hu Youren about the situation of the Xian Temple in Huang's hometown.
Why did the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi come to Wuzhou? Coincidentally, he had the same idea as He Xiwen and planned to play a trick. It was just that He Xiwen was bluffing and taking advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to launch a surprise attack from thousands of miles away, while Zhu Gui was
I have other plans.
In fact, after learning that the Northern Navy landed in Lianzhou and then attacked Yulinzhou, Zhu Gui guessed that He Xiwen must not have come to attack Guangdong, but to attack Nanning.
Why? Because Zhu Gui knew the inside story of Heshen's defection, and Jiaqing made it clear in the secret letter calling him back to Beijing. As a political opponent for many years, Zhu Gui knew Heshen's character very well, and he knew that the other party would never
Give up on He Lin. Nowadays, there are dense spies on the land and water roads from the north to the south, all looking for traces of He Shen. If the latter wants to go to Yunnan to join his brother, the nearest way is to go to Guangxi.
So when the Northern Navy landed from Lianzhou, it did not attack Qinzhou, which was close to the left, nor Leizhou on the right, but went straight to Yulinzhou. Zhu Gui immediately understood what was going on, so he dared to take the governor and the
The regiment training troops in eastern Guangdong left Zhaoqing, preparing to come to He Xiwen to buy time for Fukang'an in Sichuan.
However, Zhu Gui would definitely not dare to fight the Northern Navy face to face. His plan was to take advantage of the unique climate of the Xunjiang River, specifically the fog.
It is said that the terrain of Guangxi is in the west, with high terrain in the north, and low terrain in the middle, east and south. It looks like a basin with gaps on both sides in the southeast. The cold air blowing from the South China Sea will quickly condense into water vapor after entering the warm and humid Guizhong Basin.
, it will either rain or there will be heavy fog.
Of course, the people of the Qing Dynasty in the 18th century certainly didn't understand this, but the experienced sailors on the Xunjiang and Pearl Rivers would know it if they asked someone.
In addition, when Zhu Gui set out from Zhaoqing, he had already sent an order to Peng Chengyao, the Admiral of Guangxi who was stationed in Xunzhou, that the Northern Navy must be blocked in Xunzhou Mansion.