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"Who is it?" Zhao Han asked.

Gu Yanwu said: "Gui Zhuang, the word is Er Li. The villagers joked, Gu Wei is Gu Qi, I am Gu Guai, he is Gui Qi."

"Then invite someone to do something." Zhao Han nodded in agreement.

To the village, to the grandson of Youguang.Historically, in Kunshan, the magistrate was killed to guard the city, the city was destroyed, his father, brother and sister-in-law died, and more than 4 people were massacred in the city.Guizhuang escaped by chance, shaved his hair and became a monk, changing his name to "Zuo Ming".

Gu Yanwu's name was also changed at that time, "Yan" represents Han orthodoxy.

Gu Yanwu took orders to go to Jiangxi. On the second day, Zhao Han received the military report.

Fei Ruhe had conquered Wuhu, and was besieging Dangtu, that is, Taiping Mansion.

There are nearly ten thousand troops in Taiping Mansion, the city is high and the pool is deep, and the magistrate has a high prestige, repeated surrenders cannot shake the morale of the officers and soldiers.

Fei Ruhe decided to attack Nanjing directly. Maybe Nanjing is easier to conquer than Taiping Mansion, because Nanjing city has a lot of messy officials.There are also various Fushe scholars and Datong scholars, the two sides have been linked together, and Huizhou merchants in Nanjing are also willing to cooperate with the city.

Chapter 308 [Nanjing Event]

Xingyuan in Suzhou.

Zhao Han summoned his secretaries and think tanks and asked, "This "Widow Remarriage Order", if you don't remarry, how should you be punished?"

"Any kind of punishment is fine," Gu Gao reminded, "there is only one thing to pay attention to. Persuading widows to remarry should not be regarded as the achievements of officials. Otherwise, strict orders will be imposed at the local level. In order to obtain political achievements, most officials will be indiscriminate. , and forced the widow to marry. This will bring two evil consequences, one is that the martyrdom commits suicide in order to save her own name; the other is that she remarries within a time limit, and she can only choose her husband’s family randomly, and after remarrying, her life will be even more unsatisfactory.”

Wang Dai clasped his hands and said, "Mr. Gu's words are justified. Jiangnan has a strict code of ethics, and we cannot force all the people to be as enlightened as the general town. The remarriage of widows must never be recorded as an official achievement."

"But if it is not listed as a political achievement, officials will not implement it, and the decree has not been promulgated." Tao Aizhi said.

Kuang Lu suggested: "Small rewards and small punishments. Within three months after the promulgation of the remarriage order, those who are willing to remarry can be exempted from the land tax of five acres in the year, or exempt from the city security fee for one year. Those who do not want to remarry will be fined every month." Qian Shiwen."

Zhang Jiayu said, "Isn't it too little for a monthly fine of ten Wen?"

"Ten cents is enough," Kuang Lu said, "The purpose is not to fine money, but to show the government's attitude."

Everyone discussed for a while, and Zhao Han made a final decision: "As Kuang Sheng said, small rewards and small punishments show our attitude. Will Kuang Sheng be released as an official?"

Kuang Lu cupped her hands and said, "I am willing."

Zhao Han ordered: "You go to be the magistrate of Shanghai, work hard to develop industry and commerce, expand river ports, and build seaports. Afterwards, I will order the establishment of Shanghai Shipping Department, with the goal of turning Shanghai into a port city on the other side of Guangzhou. Do you understand? ?”

"understand!"

Kuang Lu was suddenly inexplicably excited. He was originally from Guangzhou and knew what to do with this thing.

Zhao Han said to Zhang Jiayu and Wang Dai again: "You two, one is the general judge of the Suzhou government, and the other is the general judge of the Songjiang government. They are responsible for suppressing the local gentry and powerful. Take the lead and beat the other, especially the Xu family. Before going to other provinces, you must take a close look at it. I am afraid that they will mess things up with a big family with tens of millions of acres!"

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu and Wang Dai quickly took orders.

Jiangxi was closely connected with Jiangnan, and Zhao Han was worried about Jiangxi officials, so he asked people from Guangdong and Hunan to take up key positions.

"General town, good news, the whole city of Nanjing surrendered!"

The guards rushed in, and everyone was pleasantly surprised.

Happy for sure, but Nanjing is so easy to conquer, it still shocked them beyond compare.

……

Jinling Flower Street, Meixiang Building.

In the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, the women who have never received guests only wear braids.After picking up the guests, you can comb the bun, so the first time picking up the guests is commonly known as "combing".

Today is the day when Li Zhenli's daughter, Li Xiang, turns 16. As usual, she will invite many elegant ladies.

News came the day before yesterday that Jiangxi bandit soldiers had surrounded Taiping Mansion.

Surround it, just surround it, it's still far from Nanjing.

Even if soldiers are approaching the city of Nanjing, what is there to be afraid of?Recruiting soldiers to defend the city is a matter for the government. Anyway, Zhao Tianwang would not send troops to loot.

Therefore, there are quite a lot of people here today, and they all know that Li Zhenli has a beautiful daughter.

Hou Fangyu also came, dragged by his friend Yang Youlong.

Yang Youlong is Ma Shiying's brother-in-law. According to unofficial history records, he is a villain.Hou Fangyu didn't have enough cash to buy Li Xiangjun's first night, so he had to borrow money from Yang Youlong to pay in advance.He also said that it was Ruan Dacheng who gave the money, intending to win Hou Fangyu over.

"Brother Chaozong, Jiangxi soldiers are coming soon, what's your plan?" Yang Youlong asked in a low voice.

Hou Fangyu sighed: "My father is still in prison in Beijing, and my family is also in Henan. How dare I follow the thief?"

Yang Youlong said: "It's a pseudonym. Zhao Tianwang has already occupied Jiangxi, southern Hunan and Guangdong, and the court dare not dismiss all the officials in these places. As long as you use a pseudonym, it will not be heard by the court's monarchs and ministers."

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case." Hou Fangyu still couldn't make up his mind.

Yang Youlong said: "Dingsheng (Chen Zhenhui) and Ruyu (Ni Yuanlu) have both returned to their hometowns, and they must surrender their families."

"This..." Hou Fangyu was still hesitating.

Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, and Yang Youlong are in a group, and they are working hard to improve the bad relationship with Fushe.In history, it almost succeeded, but it's a pity that the Donglin Party stepped in.

Although Fushe is called Little Donglin, Fushe is Fushe, and the Donglin Party is Donglin Party, and they sometimes tear each other down.

Now, Jiangxi soldiers are approaching in a blink of an eye, and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng are jointly planning to sacrifice the city with Fushe.Their common goal is to deal with officials of the Donglin Party in Nanjing.

"My little girl is out of the pavilion today, thank you all the guests for coming to see us in spite of your busy schedule..." The old bustard Li Zhenli began to speak.

Many benefactors are looking forward to it, hoping that they can come out on top.

Li Zhenli said again: "After the little girl came out of the cabinet, she changed her name to Li Xiangjun..."

At this moment, a maid came hurriedly: "Mom, mom, it's not good, Miss is gone!"

"what?"

Li Zhenli didn't care to say any more, and hurried back upstairs.But I saw a lot of clothes, which were connected together to make ropes, one end was tied to the foot of the bed, and the other end was stretched out of the window.

Many benefactors also ran over, and seeing this situation, they immediately talked about it.

Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "This woman is interesting."

……

Li Xiangjun carried a copy of "The Record of the Female Generals of Datong" in his pocket, and rushed out of Huajie frantically, and rushed across the Wuding Bridge.

She had to run fast, it was approaching evening, and the city gate might be closed at any time.

Panting, he finally approached the city gate. Li Xiangjun looked desperate because the city gate was closed.

Bandit soldiers are approaching, and the whole city is under martial law.

Li Xiangjun turned around in a daze, not daring to walk on the bustling avenue, so he could only find back streets and lanes to avoid being chased.

It was getting dark and the back streets and alleyways, this kind of time and place was not safe.

Before he had gone far, Li Xiangjun was followed by a few gangsters.

"The little lady is wearing a wedding gown, did she escape from marriage?" A gangster giggled.

With an idea, Li Xiangjun took out the "Record of the Female Generals of Datong" in his arms, and threatened, "Don't come here, I am from Jiangxi Zhao Tianwang. You dare to touch half of my finger, and when Zhao Tianwang brings troops to Nanjing, you will definitely be arrested." Cut to pieces!"

The other gangster said with a smile, "Yo, I've read this book too, but I borrowed it from someone. It's just that the pages are uneven, and a few pages are often missing, and I don't know why it was torn out."

"Of course I tore up the jerk, hahahaha, those female generals are beautifully drawn." The gangster before him laughed.

Seeing that these people were not intimidated, Li Xiangjun immediately turned around and fled, shouting as he fled: "The world is one, the good and the low are equal. The world is one, the good and the low are equal..."

She knew that there were members of the Datong Society in Nanjing, and they often distributed the "Datong" series of books.

Even the "Records of Female Generals of Datong" in her arms was left by a scholar of Datong.At that time, it was thrown in the corridor, but Li Xiangjun quietly picked it up, and then hid in the room every day to secretly read.

Li Xiangjun escaped half an alley, but was finally caught up.

A gangster grabbed her wedding dress, Li Xiangjun kept struggling, broke free from the wedding dress and ran away again.During the struggle, the bun was messed up, and another gangster grabbed his hair and pulled it.

"The world is united, the world is united... help!"

"boom!"

The door of the courtyard next door opened, and suddenly several scholars came out.

They don't have swords on their backs, but they hold swords in their hands.

clang clang...

He drew his sword out of its scabbard, chased after the gangster, and hacked, killing three people and injuring two in succession.

The two begged and struggled, but were hacked to death by the knife.

Neighbors on the left and right heard the movement.But no one reported to the officials, and no one even came out to check. They knew that Zhao Tianwang's people couldn't be messed with.

Li Xiangjun hurriedly picked up "The Record of the Female General of Great Harmony", held it in his hand, and said tremblingly: "The world is great, the world is great..."

A member of the Datong Society pulled her up and dragged her into the courtyard, saying: "Those who believe in Datong are brothers and sisters, and they are comrades. Don't be afraid, comrades, follow us, and no one will dare to bully you."

"Thank you so much!" After running for a long time, Li Xiangjun was already tired and weak, and now he was holding "The Record of Female Generals of Datong" and refused to let go.

Datong scholar cleaned up the house, gave up a wing room, and brought Li Xiangjun food to fill his stomach.

The corpses of those gangsters were also dragged into the yard.

Some scholars dug a pit to bury the corpse, and some scholars cleaned up the blood in the alley.They were quick in their hands and feet, and they had a tacit understanding of the division of labor. It seemed that this was not the first time they had done this kind of thing.

Li Xiangjun didn't eat much, and his stomach was full.

When she came to the courtyard and watched the scholars bury their corpses, she didn't feel scared by the blood, but admired their bravery more and more.

"Are you all from Jiangxi?" Li Xiangjun asked.

A scholar said with a smile: "I also want to go to Jiangxi. I heard that the house is closed at night. Thinking about it makes people look forward to it. My home is in Qingyang County. It has probably been taken by General Fei. Mr. Huang (Xu Ying) sent me After the list is passed, I and other members of the Datong Society will be able to share the land with my family members, and I will be exempted from the land tax for one year."

"When Nanjing is won, we made an appointment to visit Jiangxi. Especially Ji'an Mansion. I have dreamed of going there for two years. It must be like a paradise," another scholar said, "Sister, you should go to Ji'an too, woman. If you can also go out to do things, you will definitely find a good husband."

"Okay, I will definitely go." Li Xiangjun brushed his hair away.

She had disheveled her hair before, but at this moment, she pushed the chaotic law away, and immediately couldn't take her eyes off those Datong scholars.

"Cough cough!"

The leading scholar coughed twice, and the other scholars immediately turned their heads.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the city.

A scholar immediately went out to check the situation, and quickly came back, happily saying: "The Jiangxi navy is here, just outside the city, and the river has been cut off, and no ships are allowed to pass!"

"Back the sword!"

The leader said.

Everyone carried their swords on their backs one after another, ready to seize the city and fight at any time.

Just as the sword was backed up, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, and it was very rhythmic: "Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!"

"My own people, open the door!"

The courtyard door opened, and a store clerk rushed in, closed the door and said: "Don't move around for the next two days, the city is connecting together, and we will seize the city together after receiving the order!"

Chapter 309 [Honorous]

The Jiangxi Navy only came with six warships.

Do you want to fight?

Daming Caojiang Admiral and Chengyi Bo Liu Kongzhao hesitated at this moment, and he found that he had no way out.

Fighting is definitely impossible to win, and it is best not to win, otherwise you will be blamed afterwards.

But Liu Kongzhao couldn't surrender. Hou Fangyu's own father, Hubu Shangshu Hou Xun, was resigned by him, and he is still imprisoned in Beijing.

He offended the Donglin Party and Fushe to death. How could he surrender with Fushe?

Moreover, Zhang Guowei, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, is also a hardcore Donglin Party!

The commander of the Nanjing Navy, the commander of the Nanjing Army, the two sides are actually sworn enemies, how the hell should we defend this.

"Grandpa, you have to make up your mind." Liu Kongzhao said anxiously.

Wei Guogong Xu Hongji sighed: "It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married, so let him go."

Liu Kongzhao patted his thigh and said, "My lord, are you sitting at home waiting to die?"

"Otherwise what else?" Xu Hongji asked back.

Xu Da's descendants and Liu Bowen's descendants just looked at each other silently.