Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 7: Magistrate

The reason why these men looked at Zhou Shixiang with such admiration was because they had all suffered from You Yunlong.

Last year, Nanming Li Dingguo sent troops to attack Guangdong from Liuzhou, Guangxi. Guo Zhiqi, then a scholar of the Yongli Dynasty, and Lianchengbi, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, actively contacted the anti-Qing divisions scattered all over Guangdong and the Nanming army to cooperate with Li in the main battle. Even the bandits from all over the country have a sense of righteousness.

It is true that many of these men once served in the Ming army, but the Ming and Qing dynasties have been fighting for Guangdong for six or seven years. Either he followed the Emperor Yongli and hid behind him, or Jiang Qing turned into a green camp. In short, after the officials ran away, most of these men became stragglers, and they became the only choice for them. After all, they did not want to shave their hair and become obedient citizens of the Qing Dynasty. Besides killing people with knives, they would not Do something.

After they became pirates, these men bullied the common people, but when they learned that the Guangxi Ming army was going to attack Guangdong, and saw the recruitment announcement of the Nanming University sergeant and the governor, these men still wanted to fight with the Tartars because of the Han family. With the idea of fighting to the end, one after another came out of the mountain to join the righteous teacher. At that time, the righteous teachers they participated in were a group of soldiers and horses organized by Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of Nanming Gao, Lian, Lei, and Qiong.

Later, Li Dingguo’s army entered Guangdong and was victorious, and the Qing army in Guangdong shrank around Guangzhou and dared not move. Zhang Xiaoqi led his troops to Xinhui to participate in the siege. Unexpectedly, on the second day after arriving at Xinhui, Yunlong, the Qing army defender in the city, attacked the Ming army with four hundred fine cavalry, and Zhang Xiaoqi was the first to bear the brunt. Almost instantly, Zhang Xiaoqi’s temporarily assembled army was defeated by the Qing army. There were literally countless dead and no place for the zealots.

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This group of people in front of Zhou Shixiang escaped from death in this battle. They all saw with their own eyes how tens of thousands of troops were defeated by hundreds of Qing troops, and they also saw how Yu Yunlong, the defender of the Xinhui, fought bravely with one against ten. The previous scene, the scene at that time, is now very scary when I think about it. Therefore, when they learned that Yu Yunlong was actually killed by Xiucai Zhou this week, how could they not be surprised, and how could they not admire!

“It turned out to be the hero who killed Tartar, Brother Zhou, please get up!”

The leading man was already excited, and stepped forward to help Zhou Shixiang stand up in person. When Zhou Shixiang got up, he noticed that his left arm was half short.

After Zhou Shixiang got up, the man took a few steps back. Then he and the rest of the men bowed to Zhou Shixiang and said in unison, “Brother Zhou, please let me wait and bow!”

“No, no!” Zhou Shixiang waved his hand subconsciously.

Mr. Song next to him smiled and said, “Why not! Brother Zhou knows that they all almost died under Yu Yunlong’s hands last year. If you hadn’t killed the thief, they would never be able to avenge this revenge in their entire lives. Well, it’s a matter of course for you to be worshipped by them, so you don’t have to refuse.”

As Mr. Song said, the men over there had already bowed unrelentingly, and Zhou Shixiang had no choice but to accept their salute.

After everyone paid their respects, the atmosphere was different from before. Looking at Zhou Shixiang’s eyes was as hot as looking at a handsome daughter-in-law, and the bearded beard immediately returned An Er’s longevity lock to Zhou Shixiang.

Zhou Shixiang was still confused at this meeting. He didn’t know who these people were. He wanted to take advantage of the situation to get close to them, get close to them, and inquire about something, but he didn’t know how to speak. He could only look at Mr. Song awkwardly, sorry. Said: “Have you not asked the gentleman’s name?”

Mr. Song was stunned for a moment, then patted his head, laughed, and said, “Look at me, I was patronizing to introduce you to the brothers, but I forgot to introduce you.” Then he introduced himself: “My surname is Song and my name is Xianggong, because I know some medical skills and know some words, so they all call me Mr. Song, if you don’t dislike it, just call me Mr. Song like them.”

Song Xianggong?

Hearing the name, Zhou Shixiang looked a little weird. Mr. Song knew why, but he didn’t mind, and laughed at himself, “Even if there is something wrong with the name given by my parents, there is nothing I can do about being a son of a human being. But the word Xianggong is good, it seems that I am a human being, hehe.”

“Yes, yes, benevolence and righteousness are good, benevolence and righteousness are good.” Zhou Shixiang couldn’t say anything about other people’s names, so he could only nod his head and say a few words.

The head man smiled and said, “Brother Zhou, Mr. Song is not only a man of benevolence and righteousness, but also not only has some medical skills, and can read some words, you know, we Mr. Song have been magistrates and have great skills. Huh.”

“Oh?”

The dream of the former owner of the body with the reputation of being a scholar is to be able to take the imperial examination and his younger brother in the future, and become a county parent official. Unfortunately, this person can’t take the examination, and being a magistrate can only be a dream. When he heard that Duke Xiang of Song had actually been a magistrate in front of him, Zhou Shixiang couldn’t help being awe-inspiring and admiring him.

I don’t know that the man is fine if he doesn’t talk about it. When he said about the matter of the county magistrate, Mr. Song’s face turned red, and he rubbed his hands there and hesitantly said: “What is the county magistrate, brother Zhou, don’t listen to Hu Da’s nonsense, I didn’t do it. I have been to the magistrate, but I have never done it…”

“Hey, that’s not right, why didn’t you do it?” The head man listened to Song Xianggong’s words, but he didn’t follow it. “You are obviously a county master, why didn’t you admit it in front of Brother Zhou.”

“Boss Hu, let’s talk about it another day, let’s talk about it another day, let’s go back to the stockade for now.”

Mr. Song’s face was flushed red, and he was about to leave the matter in a hurry, but Boss Hu didn’t realize that he really didn’t want to mention it. He ignored Mr. Song’s frequent beckoning eyes and said to Zhou Shixiang from the mouth. It reminds me of how Mr. Song was the magistrate back then.

He didn’t say anything, but when he said it, Zhou Shixiang was stunned.

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It turned out that Duke Xiang of Song was originally from Nanyang Prefecture in Henan. He was a scholar during the Chongzhen period. It was only because the family was surrounded by apprentices and the frequent wars made him unable to study hard with peace of mind, so he stopped at the scholar. Otherwise, it would be another good talk among teenagers. I can’t say that I can still get a jinshi. (This experience is quite similar to Zhou Shixiang.)

That year, Duke Xiang of Song saw that he was hopeless, and he was in great danger of crossing the border. It was the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and Duke Xiang of Song was thirty-one years old.

After casting the thief, Song Xianggong was only a poor scholar who was not selected, and he was not a scholar at all, and he had no reputation, but he was a scholar after all. , the thieves who cast him will be very fond of him, and he will be mentioned as the military Chinese secretary office, and he will be treated very well.

A scholar dies for a confidant. The thief will treat Song Xianggong deeply, and Song Xianggong will remember it in his heart, and he is dedicated to retribution. He has been in the army for more than two years, everything is decent, and there are no mistakes in the official documents.

Song Xianggong thought that if the thieves were trapped in the capital, the new dynasty would definitely be settled, and the thieves would treat the literati favorably, such as Niu Jin Xing’er, who is now a high-ranking minister and minister, so as long as he works steadfastly and works hard, he will surely win the new dynasty in the future. Great use, although Niu Jinxing did not have the chance to rank above the court, but at least he could find a magistrate in the new dynasty to do it. If you are lucky, the magistrate is not impossible. In this way, it can be regarded as honoring the ancestors, and it is enough to repay the kindness of the parents.

The matter was exactly as Song Xianggong thought. Seeing that the army had captured the capital, it was a sure thing for Dashun to replace Daming. The bandit general was happy and told Song Xianggong that when Emperor Yongchang officially ascended the throne in Beijing, he would go to the throne. The table guarantees that he is a county parent.

Having received the promise of the thief general, Duke Xiang of Song was overjoyed, and he was even more grateful to the thief general. How do you think, the wish is about to be fulfilled, that Ping Xibo Wu Sangui actually led the Manchu soldiers to enter the gate, and the thief was defeated in the first battle, and he was defeated.

After the thief died, the generals of the thief battalion were all headless and panicked. Seeing that the general situation was over, Duke Xiang of Song had another dissent. He heard that Wu Sangui, the Ping Xibo, was borrowing the captive of the pirates, and that King Zhu Mingfu was enthroned as emperor in Nanjing. For a while, the ghosts thought that the world was still the Ming Dynasty after all, and in the future, he was killed by the Ming army on the guillotine.

Song Xianggong thought again that he was just a document in the thief camp. He went to Ming Dynasty and couldn’t bring anyone together. He was alone and widowed. How could the Ming Dynasty pay attention to him, so he turned his heart and stole his favor overnight. The thief general of Rushan fled south with the official seal, and he wanted to take this thief general’s official seal to the south to try his luck.

I never thought that people were arrested in Jiangbei halfway before they reached the southern capital. Song Xianggong was arrested by the soldiers of Li Chengdong, the commander-in-chief of Gaojie, the new Feng Xingpingbo of Nanming.

This Li Chengdong nicknamed “Li Hezi”, like that Gao Jie, was also a thief, and then he betrayed the thief together with Gao Jie. Gao Jie was defeated due to the great potential of the thieves, so he led a cadre of Cheng Dong to flee south, and temporarily settled in Xuzhou, north of the Yangtze River.

After the situation in Jiashen changed, the Gao Jie Department, which was originally a lost dog, also moved with the times. Relying on the fact that the King Fu was enthroned by his soldiers, he had to be awarded Xing Pingbo. Later, he was awarded the title of the four towns in Jiangbei by Shi Kefa, an important minister of the Hongguang Dynasty. one.

Gao Jie was awarded the title of Xingpingbo, and Li Chengdong was also awarded the Xuzhou Chief Military Officer. After his soldiers captured Song Xianggong who fled to the south, they found the official seal of the thief general. They mistakenly thought that Song Xianggong was a high-ranking official in the camp.

Song Xianggong complained in every possible way and tried his best to defend himself. However, when Xiucai encountered a soldier, he could not explain the rationale. Chengdong’s subordinates ignored him, but Chengdong was not confused. Looking at his hand, he found that there was no calluses on his hand, apparently he had never held a knife or a gun before, so he began to interrogate him carefully.

In order to save his life, Duke Xiang of Song also explained his experience clearly like pouring beans in a bamboo tube, and he cried and asked for mercy. Cheng Dong laughed without saying a word, and asked someone to untie Song Xianggong. He told him that you could do anything in the south since you were a thief and a scholar. There are so many people who want to be an official. You have no fame, no qualifications, and no money. , the four have no connections, just want to exchange for an official with a thief general seal? It’s really ridiculous, just like you, it’s no wonder that the officials in Nandu don’t take you as a thief and ask for merit. It’s better to stay in our army and serve. If you get credit, you can recommend it to the court for you someday.

Song Xianggong didn’t want Chengdong to recruit himself, and he was also overjoyed. He thought that he could be **** by Chengdong’s subordinates as thieves for merit tomorrow, and he would not be **** by the officials in Nandu tomorrow to ask for merit. I voted, and I agreed immediately, and stayed in the Chengdong Army.

Although Cheng Dong is a rough man, he also loves talents. Although Song Xianggong is not capable of earth-shattering, he is better than writing documents in the thief camp for more than two years. It can be used, so I always take it with me to be responsible for the money and grain documents. Song Xianggong is also familiar with such matters, and the two masters and servants get along well.

Originally thought that he had returned to the Ming Dynasty, the thief died again, and the Ming Dynasty was promising, and his future would be settled, but no one thought that the Qing Dynasty had the intention of annexing the world, and Shi Kefa, an important minister of the cabinet of the Hongguang regime of Nanming, was hopeful. However, he was a mediocre generation with neither the intention of restoring the Central Plains nor any sane strategy, nor the ability to be a general. Ma Shiying and the Donglin Fushe group were in the courtroom and the party struggles continued. As a result, a year later, the Manchurian soldiers went south. The Shige Department had no countermeasures. Except for Huang Degong who died without surrendering in the four towns in Jiangbei, the remaining three towns were all surrendered. Ghost, the Hongguang Dynasty is over.

Before the Qing army went south, Gao Jie was executed at a banquet by Xu Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of Henan, who had secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. After his death, the commander was temporarily led by Li Benshen and Li Chengdong, the commander in chief. Afterwards, Cheng Dong and Ben Shen enshrined Gao Jie’s wife Xing’s and his son, Xing Yuan, to shave their hair and surrender to Qing, and changed Yuan’s banner.

Song Xianggong was able to cast thieves back then, so he went to the scholar’s integrity early. Since the benefactor Chengdong has surrendered, he naturally shaved his hair. Up to now, what can he do if he doesn’t shave his hair? The Hongguang regime has collapsed, and the Dashun army has fallen apart. This world is now in the Qing Dynasty. At this juncture, if he is not seeking wealth and honor in the new dynasty, it is difficult to become a Ming Dynasty. The loyal ministers and righteous men of the DPRK fail.

The Ming army turned into a Qing army, and Cheng Dong and his generals also adapted. After that, Prince Manqing Rui ordered Cheng Dong to attack Su Song in the south, and Cheng Dong became a new minister of Qing. Ordered 5,000 elite soldiers to cross the river south.

Before leaving, Cheng Dong came to ask Song Xianggong if he wanted to follow a piece of land south. Song Xianggong thought that although I followed you to surrender, but after all, he was a Han Chinese. You don’t know how many Han people you want to kill when you go south to Susong, so I still won’t go with you, so as not to be stained with the blood of those Han people in the south, and your conscience will be disturbed.

Seeing Song Xianggong’s hesitation, Cheng Dong also understood. He knew what he was thinking, and he didn’t point it out. Instead, he asked Prince Yu for grace and asked him to go to Huai’an to be the magistrate of Yancheng.

This magistrate has been doing it for more than four years. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is also happy. Unexpectedly, in the fifth year of Shunzhi, Li Chengdong suddenly returned to the Ming Dynasty in Guangdong. I don’t want the gold and silver, so I rushed south to Li Chengdong overnight.

Can’t run! Song Xianggong understood very well that his county magistrate was recommended by Li Chengdong, and everyone in the Huai’an House knew about this relationship, so it was not difficult for him to see Li Chengdong’s face. But now that Li Chengdong has returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, how can he continue to do as a magistrate in the county? I am afraid that the colleagues in Huai’an Prefecture have already begun to wonder whether to tie him up as an “anti-Party” and ask for credit after learning the news.

On the way to the south, Song Xianggong also experienced ups and downs, but there were no dangers. Finally, he met his former benefactor, Li Chengdong, who is now Prince Huiguo of Nanming.

The arrival of Song Xianggong surprised Li Chengdong too. He wanted to use it for him because of the situation at the time, but at that time Chengdong was leading the army to attack Ganzhou, Jiangxi.

Song Xianggong couldn’t wait any longer. When he wanted to ask the benefactor for grace again, Cheng Dong actually died in battle. Then the Qing army invaded Guangdong, and as a last resort, Song Xianggong followed Boss Hu, who was Chengdong’s personal soldier, and fell for the bandits. After several years of ups and downs, some bandits, a Ming army, and a righteous teacher, it was really tossing, but in the end, he was still a bandit in the mountains.

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Author’s Note: The southern capital is Nanjing.

Jiangnan Province was originally the southern Zhili area of the Ming Dynasty. After the Manchu and Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Nanjing was changed to Jiangning. In the second year of Shunzhi, Jiangnan Cheng announced the government department along the Ming system, and the governor’s yamen was located in Jiangning House. In the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, Jiangnan was divided into Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.