Wang Quan was a native of Mengjin, Henan. When the Qing army invaded Beijing, his eldest brother Wang Duo was still an official in the Beiting. After the Qing army issued the order to shave his hair, there were rumors on the road that Wang Duo had shaved his head to comply with the order. After this news reached Mengjin,
Everyone in the Wang family was extremely shocked and incredulous when they heard the news.
Wang Qin himself is particularly hard to believe. Both Wang brothers are famous for their literary talents, but Wang Qin's career was very unsatisfactory. In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the thirty-four-year-old Wang Qin took part in the provincial examination and was dismissed because of taboos in his writing.
He failed to pass the exam, which was very different from his brother Wang Duo, who was a Beijing official and was on the rise.
In early October, the Qing government issued a hair-shaving order, requiring all northern soldiers and civilians to shave their heads. Even the puppet Tongzhi Emperor Zhu Cixiang, who was held in Dorgon's palm, was reportedly forced to shave his head.
People with lofty ideals in the north and south of the river, no matter whether they are loyal or loyal, after learning this news, they can't help but be extremely angry.
Wang Qin himself did not have much favorable impressions of the Dashun Army. When the uprising army attacked Luoyang in the 14th year of Chongzhen's reign, Wang Qin fled his hometown of Mengjin and hid in the mountains of Lushi County.
But after he heard the news that his elder brother Wang Duo had surrendered to the Donglu, his respect for his brother was gone, and his old worldview was severely impacted.
At this time, Dashun was opening an examination to obtain scholars in Luoyang. Song Qijiao, the official secretary of the government, and Xie Zheng, the president of the Wenyu Academy, both came to Luoyang to observe the examination.
Wang Quan thought that Song Qijiao was a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty, and Xie Zheng was the nephew of Xie Sheng, the original academician. Even these people had returned to Chengdu and became ministers and high-ranking officials. The Mengjin and Wang family wanted to preserve the family.
It was obviously impossible to rely on his eldest brother Wang Duo, who had already shaved his head and became a Qing Dynasty. Therefore, in order to get a chance to stand out and to avoid being liquidated by Dashun because of his elder brother's haircut and Qing Dynasty, Wang Quan decided to go to Luoyang to participate in Dashun.
of the imperial examination.
Wang Quan's eldest brother, Wang Duo, was a Ci official of Emperor Chongzhen. Like his brother, he himself had a rich literary reputation in Henan, but he was not appreciated by the examiners in Henan in the past because of his unrestrained writing style.
This time Song Qijiao and Xie Zheng went to Henan to select talents. They still followed the new imperial examination system reformed by Gong Yan, the Minister of Rite Government, and focused on testing the scholars' policy making and current affairs abilities.
Wang Quan's "Daliang Lun" was appreciated by Xie Zheng, and he was praised as "shangshang". He was awarded the title of Juren, and was immediately appointed as the magistrate of Lingbao County.
He had just been awarded the title of magistrate of Lingbao County in Juren and Dashun, and he immediately saw the vigorous administrative efficiency and work style of the new regime. The day after the celebration banquet of the Central Judiciary Committee, Xie Zheng, the president of the Wenyuyuan, sent
A special person urged Wang Qin to go to Lingbao immediately, accompanied by the mighty general Li Weiqun who led his troops to guard Shaanzhou.
The Dashun Army adopts a right-wing policy. General Quan can control the military envoys of several provinces, General Zhi can control the military envoys of a province, General Guoyi can control the defensive envoys and state pastoralists, and General Weiwei can of course control a county.
make.
Li Weiqun was tall, but very young, and looked to be in his teens or 20s. But as soon as Wang Qin heard that this young general was from Suizhou, he immediately knew that he must not be treated lightly.
Although he had recently joined the Dashun regime, as a local gentry in Henan, Wang Quan's understanding of the Dashun Army was not superficial. Of course he knew that the prince of the Supervisory State, King Li Laiheng of Jin, who is now in charge of the Dashun Army, started his career in Suizhou
, after he took control of Dashun, he transferred many Chu officials from Huguang.
Wang Quan heard that there is a popular saying in Kaifeng today: "If you can speak Northern Shaanxi dialect, you should carry a saber on your shoulder; if you can speak Hubei dialect, you should bear the official seal."
Northern Shaanxi was the hometown of the founding fathers of Dashun, and Hubei was the hometown of key members of the direct lineage of the King of Jin. People born in these two places became the two main factions that were particularly powerful in the Dashun regime. According to the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty,
This method should be called "Qin Party" and "Chu Party".
This Li Weiqun has already occupied the position of a mighty general of Dashun at a young age. He is also from Suizhou. Unsurprisingly, he must be someone close to His Royal Highness the King of Jin. Although Wang Quan prides himself on being a noble scholar, he was demoted to the Qing Dynasty after his eldest brother shaved his head and became a Qing Dynasty.
After the incident, he also looked away a lot and made up his mind to pursue his official career in Dashun. Therefore, he followed Li Weiqun to Shaanzhou and actively flattered this young and proud general.
However, Li Weiqun seemed to be very uninterested in Wang Qin. He was annoyed by Wang Qin's flattery, so he said impatiently:
"Wang Zhixian, do you know the laws of Dashun?"
Wang Qin's heart trembled, and he quickly said: "Please give me some advice, general."
Li Weiqun laughed and cursed:
"The laws of Dashun are designed to treat people like you who are flattering. Wang Zhixian, if you are really a smart man with seven orifices in your heart, you should be more familiar with the laws of Dashun and the conduct of His Highness the King of Jin.
Behavioral style: It's okay to flatter others, but if you do it so simply and directly, are you afraid that the inspectors won't report you to Kaifeng?
From time to time, the Prince of Jin's palace would send people to covertly pay secret visits. Those who were honest would be immediately rewarded, and those who were greedy would be immediately beheaded. This was sent to all prefectures and counties. I heard that President Xie said that you were a famous scribe who failed in the Ming Dynasty. Now,
It is not easy to obtain the honorable position of a county magistrate. If you cherish your official career, even if you don't like it, you have to force yourself to be an upright person.
Also, His Royal Highness the King of Jin hates civil servants who are arrogant. He is a warrior. If he disagrees with you, he will send Longyi Guards to skin you and kill you. Are you afraid? It is the most difficult to be a civil servant in Dashun! You should understand me well, so as not to worry about it.
It wouldn’t be nice if the inspector or Long Yiwei took it and beheaded it one day.”
Li Weiqun's words were half true and half false, and he threatened Wang Qin half to death. Then he laughed and rode away. Wang Qin was sweating on his back. It was only then that he realized whether he had boarded the wrong ship. This was the Dashun New Dynasty.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, is it really necessary to restore Zhu Yuanzhang's evil rule of skinning and filling grass?
Horrible, terrible!
Waiting for Li Weiqun, Wang Quan and his party in Shaanzhou is Pei Shouyue, the governor of Shaanzhou. Pei Shouyue has no reputation. He worked as a private school for several years and also helped people fight yamen lawsuits. But he is from Zaoyang County, Xiangyang Prefecture.
He was also a "Chu person" and had participated in the Chu Chuang regime very early. He had served as an inspector of Zaoyang County, an official of Qizhou, an official of Xiangyang Prefecture, and a field envoy of Yangwu Prefecture.
Pei Shouyue was a direct descendant of the King of Jin and had rich practical experience at the grassroots level. After the King of Jin took charge of the Dashun regime, he transferred Pei Shouyue to the west of Henan Province to serve as the prefecture pastor of Shaanzhou. Although he was originally a private school teacher, he is now used to it.
Senior officials at the state and county level also seem to have a deep and powerful power.
Wang Qin knew that he would inevitably have to deal with Pei Zhoumu in the future, so he quickly corrected his attitude. He thought of what Li Weiqun had said on the way from Luoyang to western Henan, and he did not dare to make any more obvious gestures of flattery.
I finally figured out that doing my job well was the right way to become an official in Dashun.
Pei Shouyue, the governor of Shaanzhou, and Li Weiqun, the mighty general, seemed to be old acquaintances. After they met again, they talked to each other about what they had seen and heard.
Because Pei Shouyue was an official transferred from Huguang not long ago, he introduced the current situation of Huguang to Li Weiqun and Wang Qin.
As he walked he said:
"The terrain of Huguang is complex and there are many lakes. Waterlogging is very easy to occur on the lakeside. When we are officials in Huguang, repairing water conservancy is our top priority. Chen Jingzhou has a great talent in business, and Huguang gentry and businessmen often actively serve, so although it does not last long,
But just around the three towns of Wuhan, many abandoned water conservancy projects have been renovated, and many canals have been recently built."
Wang Quan was surprised and said: "I heard that the Xianghan area is easy to attack and difficult to defend. The upper reaches are occupied by Zhang Xianzhong, and the lower reaches of Jinling also have many soldiers. When our army is in a trance, the military resources and food supplies may not be sufficient.
How come there is still time to repair water conservancy projects?”
Pei Shouyue replied calmly:
"The foundation of the country lies in agriculture, and the foundation of agriculture lies in ditches. The officials appointed by His Highness the King of Jin do not shoulder the burden of public duties, and do not open their roofs in the hot weather. They work hard on the ditches, so why worry about failure to achieve great things?
What's more, Huguang has the advantage of farming land, and the militia system has no shortage of manpower. After His Highness the King of Jin implemented the farming system in northern Chu, the land profits were not prosperous, and the land price became lower every day. There were many gentry and merchants who sold their land.
The gentry were engaged in business, and there were not many experienced people. Therefore, some people often formed joint ventures with Dashun to run shops, repair water conservancy projects, and provide building materials and food through this channel.
In northern Chu, there are rivers and lakes, and most of the people's fields and cottages are in water towns. If we don't build strong dams and dredge the river bays, water will accumulate in the fields and there will be no way out, and the soldiers and the people will have no rice to eat."