Behind the Yongping Magistrate’s Office is the residence of the Magistrate and his family. Different from the past, the atmosphere in the Magistrate’s Yamen today is extremely tense, so much so that none of the officials and chief officers dared to say a word, and they all looked at the dozens of people in wonder.
A group of forward battalion soldiers lined up outside the lobby.【】
In the lobby, there are several officials standing. One of them is wearing a third-grade Tongzi, and the other three are wearing a fourth-grade Tongzi. They are sitting in the hall, casually sipping the tea brought by the servants, and looking at each other from time to time.
Looking behind the hall, his eyes were a little anxious.
The person leading the troops outside was a military attaché dressed as a sergeant. Compared to several officials in the hall, he was not in a hurry. He stood calmly outside the hall with his sword in hand, letting the sun shine on his head. He was even very comfortable.
Squint your eyes slightly and enjoy the hot feeling of the sun hitting your back.
In the backyard of the Yamen, in the room of the prefect Liu Dao, the head catcher Xiong Fang showed the prefect Liu Dao, who had finished dressing up, and advised him very sadly: "Sir, the people from the court are waiting outside. Don't you go and receive the order?"
"No need." Liu Dao shook his head: "The late emperor died outside the pass. I, Liu Dao, was greatly favored by the late emperor. It is natural for me to go with the late emperor to fulfill the righteousness of my ministers. I will not accept this order."
After hearing Liu Dao's words, Xiong Fangliang remained silent. He had been with Liu Dao for more than ten years and knew the prefect's temper. Once he decided on something, no matter how others tried to persuade him, he would never turn back.
Carefully holding the official hat in his hands, and carefully dusting off the dust on his face, Liu Dao sighed, glanced at Xiong Fangliang, and said softly: "I have made up my mind, so don't try to persuade me any more. After I die, I hope you can
Just take care of my toilet."
"grown ups!"
Xiong Fangliang's nose felt sore and she didn't know what to say. She had thousands of words in her heart but couldn't say a single word. She was so sad that she wanted to burst into tears.
"get out."
Liu Dao stood up gently and turned around. He was no longer with Xiong Fangliang. He was also a little reluctant to leave his wife and children, but thinking of the late emperor's great kindness to him, no matter how important his wife and children were, he would resolutely go with the late emperor. This is the only way to be human.
This is the principle of a minister, and only in this way can we be a loyal and honest person.
"grown ups!"
When Xiong Fangliang saw this, with tears in his eyes, he left the house sadly, closed the door gently, and then stood quietly outside the house. After a while, he heard the sound of a stool falling to the ground from inside the house.
………
"Several adults, Mr. Liu has already hung up."
"What?"
Upon hearing that Liu Dao committed suicide, several officials in the hall were stunned for a moment. The third-rank official lost his voice and said: "What do you mean? The emperor just asked him to resign his job in Yongping Mansion and return to the capital for another appointment. How could he
I just can't think about it, I'm so disappointed!" His expression was more regretful, as if he had lost something so good to be with him.
The three fourth-grade officials also had expressions of regret, and expressed pity for Liu Dao in a few words. In fact, they and Liu Dao only knew each other by name, had never met, and were not even acquaintances. The reason why they were so sorry was because
It is completely because the regent once said before coming, "Liu Dao is an official. He is not afraid of the powerful and only seeks the benefit of the people. He is a good official. After you go, be sure to persuade him to come to the capital. I will talk to him personally."
Let’s talk.”
It can be heard from the words of the regent that the prince wanted to reuse Liu Dao, but now he has hanged himself, which makes people feel that it is a pity.
"That's it, that's it!"
The person was already dead, and there was no use in pity. The third-rank official turned to a fourth-rank official and said: "Sir Wang, you are sitting in the lobby of Yongping Mansion. I have to go to Shunping Mansion. Things here will not be settled."
Leave it to Mr. Wang."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Wang quickly bowed and thanked him, and then sent the third-rank official out of the hall, "Mr. Zhang, go away. I'll see you off not far away!"
After the third-grade officer led the other two fourth-grade officials out of the yamen lobby, he first glanced at the leader with half-closed eyes, then coughed softly, and then walked out of the yamen. The yamen servants and officials on both sides were busy paying respect.
He saluted and watched them leave the Yamen.
After the people left, Wang Yongnian, the new prefect of Yongping, glanced at the officials and government servants who were looking at him with satisfaction, waved to call Xiong Fangliang, and raised his voice and said: "The imperial court has a decree, and there are bannermen and officials in Yongping territory.
The rebels outside the customs are colluding, so you will immediately put up a notice telling the people not to go out at will in the next few days, and the rebels will be picked up by the green camp to avoid being caught by mistake."
"twitter!"
Xiong Fangliang and all the government officials hurriedly responded, but all of them were confused. Over there, the twenty soldiers brought by the Wang Zhifu were already shouting at them to post notices quickly. Xiong Fangliang and other government officials did not dare to delay.
Everyone went to do their errands.
There is a green battalion in Yongping Prefecture. There are not many soldiers, only more than 400 people. The troops are led by Qian Zong, whose surname is Zhang Mingtianlai, who is from Shandong. When the Yongping Prefecture changed people, dozens of flying horses came into his camp.
, when Zhang Tianlai and his subordinates did not know what was going on, the Green Camp general who was first dressed as a senior officer took out a transfer order from the Ministry of War and told them that from today on, the Yongping Green Camp would be under his direct command.
In accordance with the decree of the imperial court, the rebels within the territory were immediately arrested.
Since the other party was a general and had orders from the Ministry of War, and the Yongping Prefecture sent people to coordinate later, Zhang Tianlai and the more than 400 soldiers did not suspect anything. After hearing that Emperor Kangxi had been killed by rebels outside the customs, they
He was really stunned, and then under the command of the general, he took the notice from Yongping Mansion and started to take people according to the list in the notice.
There are eight counties in Yongping Prefecture. Except for the easternmost Shanhaiwei station where Green Camp is stationed and is not under the jurisdiction of Yongping Prefecture, the rest of the places are under the jurisdiction of Yongping Prefecture. The soldiers of Green Camp and Yamen first arrested them in the city of Yongping Prefecture.
In a short time, they captured half of the bannermen in the city. The bannermen were also confused by Monk Zhang Er, wondering how he had become a rebel. However, no matter how they explained, the green soldiers drove them out of the house without any explanation.
That night, under the command of Yongping Magistrate Wang Yongnian and Yongping Staff General Lin Kui, Yongping Green Camp soldiers executed more than 400 bannermen for "rebeling the party" regardless of their innocence. With the imperial edict and officials present,
None of the Green Camp soldiers, including Zhang Tianlai, had any objections to this slaughterhouse. They were soldiers and received royal food. No matter who was the emperor, they had to obey orders. Otherwise, if they violated the imperial edict, who would have the brains to resist it?
Failure to comply is a serious crime, and you may lose your head.
After killing more than 400 banner men who had colluded with the rebels, the Yongping Prefecture set up dozens of large tables in the prefect's Yamen with wine and meat for the Green Camp soldiers to eat and drink. At dawn the next day, they divided into three groups to go to each of them.
They left the county. With the cooperation of the new magistrates, new commanders and generals Qian, in two days, more than half of the bannermen in Yongping Prefecture were captured, including descendants of the clan like General Gutai.
, six of the ten flag villages were broken into by the Green Camp soldiers.
Because of the emperor's decree, the bannermen could not figure out the situation, and no one dared to move easily for a while. When some bannermen went to the Green Camp to arrest their neighbors, they felt lucky that it was none of their business and they were not traitors.
Party, but when the Green Camp soldiers broke down their door, no one could speak for them anymore.
While the green battalion soldiers in Yongping Prefecture were deceived and frantically arrested "rebels", the official road between Shanhaiguan and Beijing was tightly blocked. More than 20,000 soldiers in Shanhaiguan were eagerly waiting to welcome the impending
The Qing army arrived. The latest information from the customs detectives showed that more than 10,000 Qing troops were galloping towards Shanhaiguan under the leadership of Wu Yuele of Anjun County.