This is simply unbelievable. Where did these rebels come from?
Why is there no news at all?
Rebellions in the past dynasties have been more or less rumored, or they started out as a bunch of rabble-rousers, and then gradually expanded and became formal.
But this time the rebels were different. They seemed to have emerged from the ground. They were well-trained and extremely capable as soon as they emerged.
When the officers and soldiers fighting against the rebellion encountered them, they would either be annihilated or surrender directly.
No city in its path could hold out for more than three days!
This is simply incredible!
Although Kuang Ruoyu is an old bureaucrat, he can be regarded as a capable official and has been in officialdom for a long time, but he has never encountered such a situation and has never seen it in any history books.
At this time, the defense of the entire provincial capital was empty, and the memorial asking for help had just left and was sent to the capital.
I’m confused, everything is so confusing!
It was at this time that Zhou Shen, Kuang Ruoyu's staff, came in sweating profusely and said: "To make the platform, Chen Fantai is bringing Huang Yuanwai, Mr. Bai, Lu Gong and others outside to ask for an audience!"
These are all powerful squires in the provincial capital. Some have served as high-ranking officials in the court and have now retired and returned to their hometowns. Some are the heads of powerful local families.
In short, they are all respectable characters.
Kuang Ruoyu didn't dare to neglect: "Please come quickly, please come quickly!"
Normally, these people have tremendous energy.
Not to mention that now, if you want to defend the city and the government does not have enough power, you have to rely on these people to help!
However, as soon as those people came in, Kuang Ruoyu vaguely felt that something was wrong.
These people seem...
Before Kuang Ruoyu could think clearly, he saw that the so-called Chen Fantai, the chief envoy Chen Heliang, had already clasped his fists and said: "Please, for the sake of the wealth and lives of the people in the province, please open the city to welcome the heavenly soldiers to enter the city!"
Kuang Ruoyu was stunned when he saw these people all clasping their fists and saluting: "Please make a platform for the sake of the people of the province and open the door to welcome the heavenly soldiers into the city!"
Kuang Ruoyu took a breath and squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Do you want to rebel?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere changed.
The hale and hearty Mr. Lu, who was over eighty years old and leaning on a cane, stood up and sneered: "I am a Chinese nobleman and a descendant of gods, but I have never been a courtier to the Tatars.
These people just took advantage of my weakness in Da Qi to steal the artifact and make my country full of fishy smells.
Now that a real person has descended from heaven to bring order to the chaos, if you don't surrender quickly, are you waiting to be destroyed together?
The Heavenly Soldiers rose up so quickly and occupied half of the province in a short period of time. Master Zhu Tai still doesn’t understand the reason?"
Kuang Ruoyu took in a breath of cold air again, and his teeth began to tremble.
If he didn't understand at this time, he could have bought a piece of tofu and killed him long ago.
"You, you...are you already...not afraid of the imperial officers and soldiers..."
Then Chen Heliang smiled and said: "Master Taiwan, do you think we only have people like Hengjiang?
Let me tell you, all the gentry in the world are on our side.
I advise you, Mr. Tai, to understand your destiny. If you want to be buried with Jingren, you will not have any reputation for eternity!"
Public opinion is in the hands of the gentry and scholars.
Whether you are a loyal minister or not does not matter what you say or what you do!
In other words, even if Kuang Ruoyu was loyal to Jingren and the court, it would be difficult for him to get a good evaluation after his death.
In life, all you want is fame and fortune!
Since there is no name and no profit in being loyal to the court, then what is the need to be loyal to one's duties?
Thinking of this, Kuang Ruoyu softened his tone and said: "Although I am the governor, the military power in the city is in the hands of Commander Hasa..."
The chief envoy Chen Heliang had already opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Master Taiwan may not know yet, under whose banner we came to overthrow Da Jing, right?"
"who?"
"The Jing people have stolen our land, so the Emperor of Heaven ordered Master Cihang to come to the world and drive out the Jing people!"
When he heard the words "Zhenren Cihang", Kuang Ruoyu took a deep breath subconsciously.
Of course, the four words "Zhenren Cihang" have different meanings to different people.
To the officials of the Jingren court, Cihang undoubtedly represented terror.
Since a few years ago, Master Cihang led hundreds of warriors into the palace to assassinate the emperor.
Over the years, no fewer than dozens of senior officials in the Jingren court were killed by Tao Xiaowu.
Generally, the lowest ones are the fourth-grade magistrates and above. Among the first- and second-grade officials, I don’t know how many died at the hands of Master Cihang.
It has simply become a nightmare for the officials in Jingren's court. They are afraid that as soon as they fall asleep, their heads will no longer be theirs...
It's just that those Jingren officials didn't know that most of these things were not done by Tao Xiaowu himself.
Now Tao Xiaowu has countless masters from all walks of life. Many of them are stubborn, obstructive, loyal to Jingren's court, and capable, and they are all assassinated one by one!
At this moment, when he heard the words "Master Cihang", Na Kuang Ruoyu was frightened, but also felt completely relieved.
So, then Hasa is dead and can't continue to get in the way!
Thinking of this, Kuang Ruoyu no longer hesitated and slapped the table hard: "Okay, Jingren has no way, I will obey the rules and overthrow Jingting..."
From the Chief Minister Chen Heliang down, everyone showed joy.
The governor is the highest official in a province, a second-rank official, and can be said to be the real official of the frontier!
One can imagine the influence that such a person would have by surrendering to them...
This is the reason why Li Yuanhong must be invited to be the leader in Wuchang!
Different names bring different appeal and influence!
The next day, the army successfully entered Lingchuan, and Kuang Ruoyu, the governor of Hengjiang, personally led people out of the city to greet them.
When the news came out, the world was shocked.
The best resistance in the entire Hengjiang Province also disappeared. Even some counties that had resisted in the past quickly surrendered. As a result, the rebel army quickly occupied the entire Hengjiang Province.
The rebels stayed here for several days and formally established the Grand Marshal's Mansion of the Army of the World, under the banner of expelling Jingren and restoring the world.
When the news spread, the world was in shock.
The Jingren court was extremely shocked, and troops from several provinces were mobilized to Anzhou to encircle and suppress the Sanyang Sect rebellion.
At this time, the surrounding provinces were empty of troops. But suddenly such a chaos occurred, and the slogan was to expel Jingren and restore the world. Even Kuang Ruoyu, the governor of Hengjiang, surrendered.
The shock caused by this kind of thing is definitely on Jingren's psychological bottom line.
No one knows better than Jingren how powerful this banner's appeal is to Chinese and Chinese Confucianism.
Not to mention, the leader was Tao Xiaowu, Jingting's number one enemy, who assassinated the emperor and dozens of high-ranking officials.