Lingchi Shang Geng's two fanfares, and the east of Guangzhou City is crowded with people.|2 The scenes are so lively, Chen Wen has seen them before, and it can even be said that he has seen them too many times.

In the sixth year of Yongli, when Chen Wen returned to suppress the rebellion, he was cruel to the local generals of Jinhua in Lingchi, Jinhua Prefecture City for many years. In the eighth year of Yongli, Yu Guangxin Mansion also dealt with the traitor Hong Chengchou and his subordinates with the punishment of Lingchi. In the tenth year of Yongli, he once again committed this torture under the city of Guangzhou, and the targets of the punishment were the two slaughtered Pingnan and Jingnan.

There is such a thing every other year, and every time it is like this. At first glance, it seems that the word "cruel" is full of the word "cruel". However, the one who is really cruel is not Chen Wen, nor is it those people who are full of hatred and want to drink blood and eat meat. As a modern person, Chen Wen hates Lingchi's punishment from the bottom of his bones, and those people have seen their kindness in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Nanzhili, and in every corner he has visited.

The reason why such a huge contrast is actually the cause and effect of those traitors who endured thousands of cuts on the stage!

Ma Jinbao participated in the Jinhua Massacre, robbed people's wealth while in Jinhua Prefecture, and even thought about the punishment of putting people upside down and pouring vinegar into his nose.

During the Chongzhen period, Hong Chengchou's surrender to the Qing Dynasty was the highest among the officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty at that time, and the impact was particularly severe. After entering the pass, he was the vanguard of the Qing Dynasty's suppression of the anti-Qing movement, recruiting the southeast, and later whether it was the historical stance in the southwest or the here stance in the southeast, Hong Chengchou made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, and was well deserved.

Shang Geng's two fan families, who were born in the Dongjiang Army, failed to die in the Liaodong battlefield like most Dongjiang generals, but instead made accusations for tigers, especially Shang Kexi, whose father Shang Xueli was fighting hard to die for the country. He was able to take the initiative to join the arms of his father's enemies and then massacre in Guangzhou. His unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous face appeared in history books. In the words of Mr. Gu Cheng, a famous historian in later generations, said: "Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao recorded a famous historical record in the Qing Dynasty with the blood of his Han compatriots."

Faced with such scum, just as Chen Wen said in the Sun's courtyard at the foot of Dalan Mountain, the way of heaven is good, and China has the principle of resoluteness. People's hearts are suitable, and every man will avenge him. Only with the most cruel punishment can we comfort the unjust souls of those who died in vain!

The memorial service ended, and the integration of the newly occupied areas had begun. Chen Wenben had three prefectures in Fujian. He drew officials and garrisons from Zhejiang, and some of the garrisons who accompanied him during the expedition were also left there, and the situation there could always be stabilized. Guangdong, Chaozhou, Huizhou and Shaozhou took advantage of it, and Guangzhou was also very smooth. Even Zhaoqing Prefecture, Luodingzhou and even Gao Lian Lei Qiong were only a matter of time. The messenger had returned to Jiangxi, and the personnel were ready, just waiting for the news that Chen Wen had recovered Guangdong to set off.

According to reports and feedback from people from the Military Intelligence Department and Fujian and Guangdong, the overall situation in these two provinces is relatively complicated.

The sea trade in Fujian is completely controlled by the Zheng family, and the right of passage of the Fujian Sea Channel is in your hands. Those who want to pass either go to the waterway near Penghu and Taiwan to face the Dutch, or pay the money in a regular manner. As for the six prefectures and counties within, they are nothing more than exploitation and robbery by the Qing army under Liu Qingtai and the former Pingnan Prince's Mansion, which is a variety of ways, but that means, nothing is too new.

In contrast, the situation in Guangdong is a little different. It is true that Zheng Chenggong's navy traverses the southeast coast, but the strength of Guangdong is as strong as Zhejiang, far from comparable to Fujian. Guangzhou was known as the Nanku of the Emperor in the Ming Dynasty, with endless sea ships and extremely prosperous trade. If it weren't for the massacre a few years ago, the Guangzhou that Chen Wen saw would not be like this now. In addition, there were the Portuguese in Macau and various Ming troops, rebels and pirates along the coast. The situation in the Guangdong Sea was far above the Fujian Sea, which was dominant by the Zheng Group.

"Shangzi occupied land in a province in Guangdong to establish Wangzhuang, controlled rivers, lakes and even coastal fisheries, and organized the main store to manipulate the trade of the whole province. As for occupying private houses, accusing good people of stealing, extorting huge sums of money, and levying taxes, etc. According to the account book provided by Mr. Jin, Shangzi's annual income is more than one million taels of silver."

Just like Geng Jimao was a heroic blessing in Fujian, the Qing Dynasty was in the north, the city of Hangzhou was notorious, and Shang Kexi was the same in Guangdong. Lorption was the nature of the Qing Dynasty, which was like this since Liaodong, and after entering the pass, it was also the same. Even in the late Qing Dynasty, it had to manipulate the stock market and rob the people and help the "public" with the foreign exchange market.

Of course, once you think of Puyi's famous saying "I don't care how many people the Japanese killed in the Northeast and how much grain and coal they transported away, as long as I was not allowed to be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Wen was completely speechless - Shunzhi, since the descendants of Kangxi even had the so-called "land of the ancestors of the pass" they always said, then there is nothing abnormal in the pass that is caused by disasters.

"More than one million taels?"

"Reporting to the king, it's different every year. It's down after the eighth year of Yongli, but there are still a few million."

This is the number in one year. Geng Jimao captured Guangzhou in the fourth year of Yongli to was forced to move to Fujian in the sixth year of Yongli, and stayed in Fujian for four years and only had one million taels of silver. In comparison, Shang Kexi was in heaven in Guangdong. What’s even more terrifying is that this number was only the local income of the Pingnan Palace, and there were also the money and grains sent by the Qing Dynasty every year, which was always there until Chen Wen defeated Hong Chengchou in the eighth year of Yongli.

"The golden cup, the wine is blood of thousands of people, and the delicious food is delicious in the jade plate, and the cream of thousands of people. When the tears of candles fall, the people's tears fall, and the singing is high and the complaints are high."

Yesterday, when he went to Pingnan Prince's Mansion to inspect the liquidation of the royal palace's property, Chen Wen couldn't help but read this poem when he looked at the dazzling array of jewelry, jade, gold, silver, calligraphy and paintings, and luxury goods that had no standard of value.

"No wonder one province is not as good as the two vassals. The two thieves of Shang Geng are not as good as those of the Ming Dynasty. Some people watched the vassals, and they still had to restrain themselves. In which province in Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, Shanxi and other places are not a bunch of vassals, especially in Huguang and Henan. As many as nine princes are in the local area, they have never seen the vassals as the two vassals."

No one of the civil and military officials present dared to answer this. Chen Wen did not say this to the vassal kings of the Ming court. Now he is the prince himself, especially when Chen Wen had just resisted the imperial edict, no one dared to speak nonsense at this time.

If others dare not say it, it does not mean that Jin Guang dares not. He has made great contributions to surrendering people. The family has something to do with the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. What’s more important is that he is not a civil official promoted by the Ming court. Now he has turned to Chen Wenmu, which is quite different from others.

"Now China will be destroyed by the Tartars. If the king had not turned the tide, the students would never have the chance to change into the Chinese family's clothes in their lives."

Expressing his attitude from Chen Wen's position, Jin Guang then said: "The students had traveled all over the world in their early years and had seen too many injustice everywhere. The government exploited the government, bullied the gentry, and the royal palace was even more rampant. The cabinet ministers, eunuchs and even the Jinyiwei in the court intervened in profit-making, bullying and dominating the market, and exposing thieves, and offering rebellion is also a matter of right."

In the late dynasty, it was not unavailable to see these. In the middle of the dynasty, people with knowledge even saw the existence of hidden worries and tried to eliminate them through improvement. However, the consequences were often either touched the vested interest groups and failed, resulting in death, or the improvement caused greater and more problems, but the destruction of the dynasty. Even if it was really successful at that time, people would often die and politically end.

Since ancient times, there are countless reformers and losers. Many people have achieved results but lost their power. Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng are examples. How Li Zicheng jumped out is a very simple example. After all, it is probably the Qin reform that really succeeded and created the terrible tyrannical Qin, but Shang Yang did not end up well, so any improvement is highly dangerous.

"Students heard in Guangdong that the king rectified the royal palace in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the garrisons and government offices at all levels were considered effective. Military merits were given to fields, judicial and administration were separated, and the royal palace and garrison industries were reintegrated. The strength of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Kings Division was not just a siege and field battle."

Jin Guang's praise, most of the people present had a glamorous face. The Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were completely different from the Ming army in the old style. The administrative organizations in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also different from other regions. However, under the new policy, they had a more vibrant force, which was the basis for the strength of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, some of them, including Chen Wen, were deeply pondered. The improvement touched the vested interest groups, and Chen Wen had offended countless royal palaces, garrisons and gentry in recent years. Correspondingly, the continuous expansion of the guards and the establishment of the Supervision Department are the most obvious manifestations.

Now is the war period, and everything aims to serve the war, and many things make sense. Even if the generals are not respected in the name of being unacceptable to foreign military orders, it is no big deal. But once the world is peaceful and so many interests are affected, the political struggle will only become more cruel.

"What Mr. Jin saw is not false, the new policy is very effective, the army's battles are also very high, and the army's troops are invading the northern expedition and restoring the old land of the Han family is no longer a luxury. I will only say one thing here, you are easy to do, don't worry about being rich or not."

Chen Wen said something ambiguous, and everyone has their own understanding. Chen Wen has not yet fully understood some things, let alone what to prepare. However, after resisting the order, the people who were worried about it were inevitable. Instead of waiting for them to ease their work progress, Chen Wen chose to suppress them first.

The army attacked in all directions, and Hou Guoyuan recovered the three counties of Lianshan in the north without long, thus achieving the confrontation between northern Guangzhou, Shaozhou to Nangan and southern Huguang; Zhang Zisheng went south to Guangzhou, southern Zhaoqing and the four prefectures of Gao Lian Leiqiong, and made great progress, but the journey was too far and he could not do his best for a while; on the side of Ma Xin, the army headed westward, Zhaoqing Prefecture and Luo Dingzhou were no problem, and Wuzhou was just around the corner.

Guangdong Province is about to be fully recovered, and Chen Wen's policy is still the same for the newly occupied areas. Aftermath large-scale loans solve the problem of exploiting gentry and people by the royal palace, government government, and green camps; Guangdong and Fujian have no royal palaces, only Shaozhou has a Huai king who has been there for a few years, and was soon moved to Jiangxi; and in terms of garrisons, the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong provinces are mostly coastal Japanese garrisons, and there are certain rules for rectification, so it is not to be mentioned.

It is easy to talk about in terms of administration and judicial affairs. The Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has relatively mature civil servants' groups that are dependent on and even symbiotic. They all have certain rules. As long as the organization is established, the governance can be carried out.

Only in terms of tax revenue, Chen Wen was not Shang Kexi. He must have given up a lot of Shang Kexi's silver worth more than one million taels a year and returned to the same state as Jiangsu and Zhejiang. However, the wealth of the monk Zhixiao Villa in Pingnan Prince's Mansion really made Chen Wen have a fortune, and took out part of it to restore the livelihood of Guangdong, and the others could be put into the warehouse to cope with the problem of economic structure transformation on the ground of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Of course, some of them may still be in Guangdong, not to restore people's livelihood, but to appease and bribe the civil and military officials of the Yongli court in Guangdong and Guangxi.

This was the biggest problem after Guangdong's regaining, so it was owned by the Yongli court for a long time, not completely in the hands of the Qing Dynasty. Chen Wen could not have always taken into account the faces of the imperial court and the Yue Palace, just like those Qing officials.

The commander Guo Zhiqi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Lian Chengbi, and the governor of the four prefectures Zhang Xiaoqi and other senior civil officials, Chen Wen denounced him as an incompetent minister in front of the envoy of the imperial edict. Impeachment was inevitable. Shang Kexi had put them under house arrest before, and Chen Wen did not intend to let them change places, so as not to cause trouble in the work of integrating the Ming army in Guangdong and Guangxi.

In the chaotic times, civil officials are bullied, and military generals have soldiers, but they are the kings. To be honest, fighting is Chen Wen’s least worrying about now, but the Ming army in Guangdong and Guangxi mostly relies on mountains and rivers to defend, and it is not in line with the interests of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Especially delaying the follow-up plan is not worth the loss.

To this end, Chen Wen decided to test Chen Qice and Li Changrong first. They were comrades in the Guangzhou siege, assisting in conquering Dongguan and Zengcheng counties. During Chen Wen's attack on Guangzhou, he also controlled the Pearl River waterway. In addition, he had previously pulled the two to demonstrate to the envoys of the Imperial Palace, which was the only choice from these two.
Chapter completed!