"No matter how many moves you make in this matter, how can you deceive the people in the world? There are many people in Suzhou who know the truth of the matter. Could it be that you will kill them all? If you don't kill them, the truth will eventually spread. In that case, aren't you shooting yourself in the foot? Who will believe you in the future?"

Jiang Guozhu looked at Zhou Shixiang with disbelief. This thief scholar was really whimsical. He was so naked and naked, turning black and white, pointing to a deer as a horse. Did he think he could really turn stones into gold, and what he said was what he said?

It should be noted that the matter of loyalty suddenly spread, and the Han officials and generals who served in the Qing court would be disappointed, disappointed with the emperor, and wavered, and thus passive in the war, and even turned against each other. But once they knew the truth, these people would probably be more loyal to the Qing court. Not only would they not get any benefits after surrendering to the thief scholar, they would also lose their lives. How stupid should this person be to choose to surrender?

Others don’t know about those Han officials, but how can Jiang Guozhu not know about it?

No Han officials and generals under the Qing court were speculated by the Ming Dynasty. When they were officials in the Ming Dynasty, they only focused on gaining benefits. They joined the Qing Dynasty because the Ming Dynasty was no longer possible, but the Qing Dynasty treated them very favorably. Not only did they have no worries about their lives, they could also continue to gain benefits, so they all surrendered one by one. Now, although the Qing Dynasty failed, they still own half of the northern territory. Therefore, even if the Han officials had the intention to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, they were still watching. The so-called "don't show off the eagle without seeing a rabbit, they should let them know that the thief scholars not only had no rabbits, but they raised a poisonous snake. Those Han officials would only commit suicide if their brains were burned out!

I took it for granted, and it was too young and had no experience in dealing with things, so I was so whimsical. If it were me, even if I wanted to break my promise and kill someone, there would always be some means. How could I be so impatient and sloppy and ruin my reputation?

Jiang Guozhu shook his head secretly, wondering how such a reckless thief scholar got to where he is today step by step.

The harm of killing surrender outweighs the benefits!

Jiang Guozhu thought the other party would be angry and embarrassed. He didn't expect Zhou Shixiang to listen to his words, but he agreed and said: "I think this is the case, so the beginning and end of this matter must fall on you, Governor Jiang."

"I?"

Jiang Guozhu was slightly surprised, what does it have to do with me?

Zhou Shixiang looked at him with a smile: "With your Governor Jiang's help, there will naturally be no flaws in this matter."

When Jiang Guozhu heard this, he understood what Zhou Shixiang wanted him to do. He shook his head flatly: "It's impossible to ask me to surrender to you!"

Zhou Shixiang said in surprise: "Fulin wants Liang Huafeng to capture you, why are you still loyal to him?"

"If the king wants his minister to die, he has to die!" Jiang Guozhu's tone was unquestionable.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help laughing: "Since that's the case, why did you and Guan Qizhong shrink in this Suzhou City and watch Liang Huafeng's defeat? If you don't want to die, you can hand over the military power and surrender it. Why do you have to support yourself? You still don't want to die if you say a thousand words, so you don't have to pretend to be in front of me."

There was a black forehead next to him. Jiang Guozhu was not that thick-skinned. He and Guan Qizhong didn't want to surrender, so they hurried in Suzhou and hoped that Liang Huafeng would die. But he was embarrassed to admit that this was the fact, so he didn't say anything, his face was gloomy and sunny. His forehead was still drooping his head, not knowing whether he was regretting or worried about something.

"Jiang Guozhu, if you really want to be loyal to the Qing court and die for the Qing court, I am not good at saying anything. Everyone has their own ambitions, but Fulin not only wants Liang Huafeng to capture you and dismiss you, but also send you and Guan Qilian family to be slaves under Baoyi. What is the end of being slaves under Baoyi? You are from the Han army's white flag, so I'm afraid you know better than me."

Zhou Shixiang was not intimidating Jiang Guozhu because this was a fact, and the secret order of Shunzhi was clearly written.

After hearing this, Jiang Guozhu's expression moved, and a cold air surged in his heart. He became a slave under the clothes, and the consequences were even more miserable than the destruction of his family. Not only did women become tools for venting the Eight Banners, but men also became slaves for generations and would never turn over.

Jiang Guozhu was afraid that it would not matter if he died, but if he really wanted his children and grandchildren to be slaves for generations, his wives, concubines, daughters, and daughters-in-law were ruined like brothel kiln sisters, it would be terrible than killing him.

But Jiang Guozhu still refused to surrender. He smiled bitterly and said to Zhou Shixiang clearly: "I surrender to you, but my wife and children still cannot help but be sent to the slaves. Since that's the case, why don't I be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty!"

Zhou Shixiang shook his head and said, "Do you think that if you become a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, Fulin will be able to feel loyalty and righteousness, and spare your wife and children? Then you are too naive. Let me tell you the truth. Fulin has issued an order to search Lang Tingzuo and Shuo Erhui's residences, and both his wife and daughter were sent to be slaves. Lang Tingzuo was captured alive by me as the governor. Fulin also said it was right, but Shuo Erhui died in battle, and his family was also sent to the king as slaves. You said that your wife and daughter will be better than Lang Tingzuo and Shuo Erhui's family? Will you be more important in Fulin's heart than them?"

After hearing this, Jiang Guozhu seemed to want to refute something, but finally sighed without saying a word. He knew about the young emperor's character. I'm afraid that if he really died, he would not be able to change the tragic fate of his wife, daughter and grandchildren.

Zhou Shixiang said slowly: "Jiang Guozhu, I advised you to surrender to give you a chance. You must know that if you don't surrender, your wife and children will be slaves, and your descendants will not be able to turn over. If you surrender to me, I will call you the governor of Jiangsu. In the future, there will always be a matter of your Jiang family to surrender or not. I will always have a thought. I still have a lot to do now, so you can think clearly."

After hearing this, Jiang Guozhu's body trembled and his waist drooped a lot.

Zhou Shixiang wanted Jiang Guozhu to surrender, in addition to the matter of loyalty, this person must be the beginning and end, and the Jiangnan area also needed this person to come forward to stabilize. More importantly, he needed Jiang Guozhu's knife.

Although Jiang Guozhu was born in the Han army, he was a civil servant and was very good at governing as the governor of Jiangning. However, just so, Zhou Shixiang did not strongly conquer this person's thoughts. The fundamental reason that prompted him to surrender was that he saw a document on Jiang Guozhu in the public housing of the Governor Lang Tingzuo, Liangjiang.

The general meaning of this document is that because of the continuous use of troops in recent years, the Qing court's treasury was not enough to make ends meet, so it implemented a more severe tuition hiring in the Jiangnan region than in the Ming Dynasty. The officials who were awarded tens of the imperial examination were all completed, and those who were not sufficient would be punished. However, the gentry and powerful Jiangnan still relied on their former power to transport government officials, bribed the officials, and owed money and grain, which often accumulated hundreds of thousands of yuan. Seeing that the collection was not good, Jiang Guozhu suggested to the Governor of Liangjiang Lang Tingzuo to suppress the privileges of the gentry, and on the excuse that these people resisted the grain and developed a prison, and violently suppressed the landlords of Jiangnan, so that they could collect all the money and grain in Jiangnan.

In the official document, Jiang Guozhu said that the prison was prospered and the case was cancelled. Anyone who owed food was not asked whether it was a high-ranking official, nor did he tell the amount of money or the amount of money. The gentry was dismissed from the name of the name, scholars, scholars, Jinshi, and those who had not finished their money and food were all dismissed from their fame and fortune. The current official was demoted to two levels.

When Zhou Shi saw this official document at a certain time, he concluded that if the case was carried out, the landlords and powerful people in Jiangnan would inevitably suffer a heavy blow. At the same time, he also saw the advantage of Jiang Guozhu, that is, he used this person to deal with the gentry and powerful people in Jiangnan to avoid making this shame on himself.

In the past, most gentry in Jiangnan had people who restored the Ming Dynasty. Before the Taiping Army took Jiangnan, these people were worthy of winning and help. However, when Suzhou came, the interests of both sides were no longer the same.

The fundamental demand of the gentry in Jiangnan to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty was to not pay food or taxes as in the Ming Dynasty; Zhou Shixiang wanted to promote the merger of villages and villages in Jiangnan, and the imperial power went to the countryside, and the privileges of gentry and clans would never be allowed to exist, and they would not be allowed to pay taxes, money and grain, so they could be booked. So soon, the relationship between the Taiping Army and the gentry in Jiangnan would probably be incompatible.
Chapter completed!