Chapter 4 Inspection
Qu Zhenhan has always been curious about this Tianjing envoy who was full of mystery. However, after entering the city, Liu Chang like Lin Meimei entered the Grand View Garden and refused to say a word.
But now Liu Chang spoke, Qu Zhenhan immediately bowed and said, "What's wrong? Are these all good strategies set by Mr. Jin Peiquan?"
Jin Peiquan, who was beside him, had already stood up: "This is a benevolent and righteous act. The righteous army entered the city without any offense. He kept the old people and could win the trust of others."
He always believed in Zhang Zifang and Zhuge Liang. This time the Red Turban Army entered Lecheng, and the military discipline was well-organized, which was mostly due to his contribution. As for retaining civil and military officials and Green Camp officers and soldiers, it was his work: "My righteous army retained the old people, and the whole city was very calm, and it was a benevolent and righteous army."
Liu Chang shook his head slightly and gestured with his hands: "Mr. Jin's words are wrong!"
Liu Chang knew that these Green Camp soldiers were definitely forced to attack the Red Turban Army, not their original intention. The Green Camp soldiers were useless as early as the Qianlong period, and were even more vulnerable after the First Opium War. They ushered in a total collapse in the tide of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, the Qing Ting still tried to repair the collapsed Green Camp soldiers system for decades, and even occupied nearly half of the military resources of the late Qing Dynasty.
The reason is that the Green Camp soldiers are loyal to each other. The Green Camp soldiers are a military system, with generations of natives and extremely obedient. In the end, they were all loyal lackeys in the Qing court's suppression of civil unrest.
Once there is a change, these green camp soldiers will definitely become the most terrifying enemy of the Red Turban Army. In history, it was these remaining green camp officers and soldiers. When the residents of the county town attacked the Red Turban Army, these green camp officers and soldiers responded and joined the slaughtering team, causing hundreds of red Turban Army to fall in the pool of blood.
Qu Zhenhan was unwilling to let Liu Chang get off the car and pointed at the Red Turban Army, feeling unhappy, but since this man claimed to be an envoy from Tianjing, he could only listen to his idle words for a while before leaving.
Liu Chang continued, "My righteous teacher entered the city and should act be kind and righteous. But Mr. Jin should know why Emperor Gaozu of Han abandoned Luoyang and established his capital in Guanzhong?"
Although Jin Peiquan was only a rural tutor and was willing to talk nonsense, since he believed in Zhang Zifang, Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bowen, he naturally read the Records of the Grand Historian and Tongjian. He heard this and asked, "Does Lou Jing tell the story of Emperor Gaozu? I still remember that this was Zhang Zifang's sentence that this place was not a country that used martial arts to finally persuade Emperor Gaozu to establish his capital in Guanzhong."
Liu Chang nodded and asked again: "Why didn't Han Gao use the Forbidden City to establish the capital of Luoyang?"
Jin Peiquan had a good foundation in his old school, so he immediately recited the words of Lou Jing to persuade Han Gao: "Your Majesty to take the world and Zhou Yi. Zhou was the first to be granted Tai from the Later Ji, and accumulated virtue and goodness for more than ten years. As for Tai King, King Ji, King Wen, and King Wu, the princes returned to him, and then destroyed Yin as the emperor. When King Cheng ascended the throne, Duke Zhou was the prime minister and then he was in Luoyi... Now Your Majesty has set up Feng, Pei, Shu, Han, and Sanqin, and fought with Xiang Yu and Xingyang, Chenggao, and fought for seventy and forty in a small battle. The people of the world are covered in the hearts and minds, and the father and son are in great danger, and the crying sounds have not stopped, and those who hurt the barbarians have not arisen. But when they want to be better than Cheng and Kang, I think it is not a good deal..."
Just after he was halfway through, Jin Peiquan suddenly felt sweating profusely and could not carry it. Liu Chang asked him: "Although Shuai was rebellious, the situation today is in the era of Chengkang, and he has accumulated virtue for more than ten generations? Or is it when Han Gao, the world will chase his deer together?"
"This..." Jin Peiquan felt that his original perfect plan suddenly had countless flaws. He stammered: "Master Qu and we all started from the grassroots, unlike the Zhou Dynasty who accumulated virtue and goodness, and were closer to the time of Han Gao."
He knew what he was like. Although Qu Zhenhan called himself the commander of the Hongjun Army in Dongdong and had the title of Grand Marshal of the World, he was just an ordinary tyrant in Dongxiang before the uprising. Everyone knew that he was just a fermented bean shop owner who donated a prison student. If he went down the county town, Qu Zhenhan had to arrange things like history a few days in advance. This time he was able to convene the Red Turban Army of the Third Battalion, most of the time, he borrowed the power of the Qu clan.
As for himself, he was just a rural scholar with a little reputation. He had no weight in the county town. As for the leaders who were involved in the incident, he was barely worthy of weight in the countryside of Yueqing. At least he had a superintendent and a student, but he was nothing after entering Yueqing City.
Such a group of little tyrants have no ability to accumulate virtue and goodness, and how can they have the ability to hold those old officials and servants who have been doing things for many years? The green camp holds Mou in their hands. Everyone knows that you are just a small fermented bean curd shop owner after all.
Qu Zhenhan was just a little familiar with the writing, but he could also hear Jin Peiquan's voice: "Mr. Jin? Are there some small flaws in the strategy you set?"
Jin Peiquan responded, and Liu Chang's voice was already loud: "Shuai Qu, this time in Han Gao, there are winds and clouds. In times of troubled times, you should use the divination. You can't be merciful and ruthless, and you will mislead yourself and the clan!"
He had already figured out that the people who were in charge of the incident with Qu Zhenhan this time were all the people in Dongxiang, and the Qu clan was very crowded. Although Qu Zhenhan was a little rich man, he was a human being and helped the clan, so he could respond to it.
Qu Zhenhan was born in a rampant family, but he was finally a little familiar with his writing. Liu Chang said, "In the Han Gao era", and "In the chaotic era", he not only could understand it, but also felt that he had gone to his heart. As for "misleading the clan", he felt that the long-haired messenger from Tianjing seemed to be his caring person. He just said hesitantly: "It's just that my handsome words have been spoken, and I can't go back on my word."
Jin Peiquan had already spoken: "As the saying goes, "Charity does not take charge of the army!"
Although he was a not-so-wise strategist, he could only understand it at all. Now he became more and more scared when he thought about it. He didn't expect that he would have buried such a time bomb in the backyard and was content. If it weren't for the planning of this Tianjing Lao Yu, he would have almost missed the big thing.
"Ceyi does not control the army, and those who accomplish great things cannot be restricted by means." Liu Chang also advised: "Shishou Qu, you must not mislead yourself."
Qu Zhenhan was still a little hesitant: "But there are my inner supporters here, and they are reliable."
His mother-in-law and mother, Jin Peiquan pushed: "This gentleman is right. Those who accomplish great things cannot be restricted by means, and Shuai Qu cannot make this big mistake."
Speaking of this, Qu Zhenhan made up his mind: "That's all for the two gentlemen! By the way, I haven't asked this young gentleman for his surname Gao? Since he is a messenger in Tianjing, what position does he hold in the Eastern Palace now?"
Until now, Liu Chang has not yet revealed his identity. He has already thought of a set of words and immediately bowed forward and took a step forward: "Let's go down to Liu Chang."
"Brother Liu is really young and promising!" Qu Zhenhan praised.
Liu Chang continued to introduce his origin: "Although I came from Tianjing, I am a idler in the Heavenly King's Mansion and has nothing to do with His Highness Dongwang."
Jin Peiquan immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes! Brother Liu said that it was the King of Heaven who sent him to eastern Zhejiang. Brother Liu often heard holy words in front of the King of Heaven's Palace? Have you ever led a large army into Zhejiang?"
During this uprising of the Red Turban Army, Jin Peiquan was the middle-aged man who made a connection with him. He risked his life to Nanjing several times, and finally got the appreciation of the King of Mengdong Yang Xiuqing and received a letter of appointment as the commander of the Hongjun of Zhejiang East.
At this time, the political structure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a freak. Although the king of heaven Hong Xiuquan was the most supreme person in theory, it was completely undermined in actual operation. The king of eastern Yang Xiuqing was almost in charge of all military and political power, completely above Hong Xiuquan. He even wanted to beat Hong Xiuquan's board in public under the name of Brother Tian descending to earth. In the end, everyone pleaded for mercy to avoid Hong Xiuquan's board.
Under such circumstances, Jin Peiquan naturally followed the path of the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing. The Heavenly Kingdom was uprising and responded from all sides. There were countless small people running like him inside and outside the Eastern King's Mansion. Yang Xiuqing did not put much high hopes on him. He refused to give him any support except a public letter.
"When the King of Heaven heard about the uprising of the Hong Army in East Zhejiang, he specially sent me to participate in the grand ceremony!" Liu Chang said calmly: "As for the heavenly soldiers entering Zhejiang, the Hong Army is in need of support!"
Jin Peiquan had already changed many thoughts in his mind. He felt that the Red Turban Army had more confidence in this uprising: "The heavenly soldiers really made great efforts to enter Zhejiang?"
Speaking of which, the strategic layout of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after it established its capital in Nanjing can be described as a strange man. First, the Northern Expedition Army was sent to the deep end, and then the Western Expedition ended in a dashless manner. It lacked strategic vision and was far from being able to defend Zhenjiang. Nearby, even the Zijin Mountain outside Nanjing was in the hands of the Qing army, and the Jiangnan camp was stationed more than ten miles away from Tianjing.
Originally, after conquering Nanjing, the old wisdom of Zhu Yuanzhang in establishing the Ming Dynasty could be used to gradually conquer the southeast and then lead troops to attack the north. However, the Kingdom of Heaven not only failed to pacify southern Jiangsu, but also for a long time, it could be said that it was completely unscrupulous to Zhejiang, the most prosperous province in the southeast.
The entire Qing Dynasty's economic lifeline was particularly important in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang. Zhejiang Green Camp was also a famous weak brigade and was extremely unbearable to fight.
However, since Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, they had no intention of conquering Zhejiang at all, and they had the most beautiful fat meat to abandon it. In 1855, Fan Rujie's army entered Zhejiang for only six days. Although the whole Zhejiang was shocked, they only made a trip. In 1858, Shi Da entered Zhejiang for April, and had no long-term plans. It was not until 1860 that Li Xiu became the siege of Tianjing and finally entered Zhejiang in large numbers, but this was also to surround Wei and rescue Zhao and defeat the Jiangnan camp. Finally, in the second year, in 1861, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom finally made up its mind to take all Zhejiang, but it was too late. Although he once captured almost the entire Zhejiang except for the two prefectures and five counties, the drastic changes in the situation made Zhejiang an abandoned son in the strategic layout of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
However, Liu Chang replied without hesitation: "That's right, the Heavenly King and the East King have agreed that as long as the Hong Army raises, the Heavenly Army can enter Zhejiang in large numbers."
His words were equivalent to giving Qu Zhenhan a shot of heart: "It's so good, but Brother Liu is really an idle person in the Heavenly King's Mansion? I think it's not?"
Liu Chang was not very familiar with the official system of the Celestial Dynasty, so after he beat him, he was about to get away with it: "The position of the lower official is very small, it's just a check."
Jin Peiquan was already exclaiming: "Is it one of the thirty-six inspection points in front of the palace?"
Chapter completed!