"Master, after Lin Shipeng and others left our house, they went straight to Qian's house in Jiangdong. Liu Kuangsheng was also there, and Qian Sule's brother-in-law Zhang Cangshui was also there."
In Tianci Garden, the steward of the Xie family reported to Xie Sanbin.
"These arrogant people, in such a situation, still want to overturn the situation? They are really wishful thinking and stubborn." Xie Sanbin was admiring a painting by Song Huizong, and became angry when he heard this.
"Those are just rotten scholars. We are afraid that they will harm us." The housekeeper said, "I also heard a piece of news. Zhang Cangshui was originally in Hangzhou, but later he went to Shaoxing with Yu Ning, Shaotai Road, and Yu Ying. Shaoxing surrendered to the Xin Dynasty.
After the court, Yu Ying ran to the mountains, and Zhang Cangshui suddenly ran back to Ningbo. I suspect that he must have come to incite rebellion."
Xie Sanbin put away the painting, "That's for sure. Didn't Lin Shi encourage me to cause trouble with them before?"
"Then master, we have to be careful not to get implicated by these gangsters."
Xie Sanbin pondered.
"We have to think of a way."
He had previously taken the initiative to meet with Chen Hongfan in Hangzhou and presented him with several famous paintings. Through him, he met with the Commander-in-Chief Bolo and donated ten thousand taels of silver.
Face. Bolo has promised to recommend him as a minister, or at least arrange for him to be a governor.
Now that he is back, he is waiting for good news.
Xie Sanbin has long believed that the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do, and smart people cannot sink with the broken ship of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Qing Dynasty is so strong, of course it must get on board as soon as possible. Just like Chen Hongfan, it was originally sent by the Hongguang Dynasty to negotiate peace.
The envoy went to Beijing and secretly surrendered the Tatars. After he came back, he spread all kinds of rumors about defeat and instigated rebellion everywhere.
After Hongguang was destroyed, he went to Hangzhou to encourage King Lu to surrender. Now he has become a great hero in the Qing Dynasty. It is said that the Qing Emperor wants to make him a governor.
Last time in Hangzhou, he saw with his own eyes the power of the Eight Banners. How could the corrupt army of the Ming Dynasty be the opponent of the Qing army? What's more, Chongzhen committed suicide, Hongguang was captured, and Lujian surrendered. Today, the Ming Dynasty doesn't even have a person in charge.
Resistance to what?
"Wang Zhiren from Dinghai and Zhang Mingzhen from Stone have some old friendships with me." Xie Sanbin mused. Although Xie Sanbin was famous for elegance in the scholars, he was a master of poetry and painting, and he was also a collector. But among the scholars in Donglin, Xie Sanbin
There is another achievement that is more effective, which is to know the soldiers.
In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, Xie Sanbin obtained the official position of patrolling Shandong through connections. At that time, Kong Youde in Denglai was in rebellion, and Jin Houjin was rising outside the customs. Many people in the court proposed to appease the emperor. Xie Sanbin already knew the emperor's intentions through the eunuchs, so he pretended
He said impassionedly that the court's support of ministers was just for the purpose. If they all avoided danger, they would be safe. Who would be responsible for the affairs of the country? He also said that the victory was with me, and there was nothing to fear from thieves. This would only last a few months.
Xie Sanbin was appointed as the censor of Shandong. He went to Shandong and did a few things. He inspected the forts, supervised the food and grass, and killed several defeated generals. After relieving the siege of Laizhou, he followed the army to capture Dengzhou. However,
When it comes to the Pingdenglai Rebellion, Xie Sanbin was just a military censor, and he was not the one in charge.
But afterwards, he used the relationship between Gao Qiqian and other eunuchs to steal the credit from the real commander Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong.
Especially after the pacification of Denglai, the countless properties looted and hoarded by the rebels fell into the hands of the army. Xie Sanbin divided all the money on behalf of the eunuchs and the army lieutenant general. He alone received countless gold and silver coins.
The money made him more solidly positioned as the richest man in Ningbo.
During the Pingdenglai Rebellion, Zhang Mingzhen was an officer in the Beijing camp and had a very good relationship with the eunuchs. He had many contacts with the eunuchs. The same was true for Wang Zhiren. Generally speaking, the three of them were all on good terms with the eunuchs back then.
, we fought through the Denglai Rebellion together, and even shared Denglai's stolen money together in the end.
This relationship is indeed relatively strong. Xie Sanbin also determined that both Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, especially their surrender to the Qing Dynasty. He personally wrote a letter to Bolo in Hangzhou to surrender. Thinking about it this way, Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen
These two generals with heavy troops in Ningbo were his solid backers.
Thinking of this, Xie Sanbin immediately started writing letters to Zhang Wangzhiren and Zhang Mingzhen.
He told Sun Jiaji and Xiong Rulin of Yuyao about their rebellion. He also said that Yu Ying was also working as an intellectual in Shaoxing and sent Zhang Huangyan to Ningbo to encourage the uprising. He also said that Qian Sule had pretended to be on a hunger strike and died for the country, but in fact he was using secrets to plot a rebellion.
, Now with Lin Shi, Dong Zhining and a group of crazy Confucianists colluding together to raise troops to rebel in Ningbo.
He asked Wang Zhiren to immediately lead troops to Yinxian County to suppress the rebellion for the sake of peace in Ningbo. He promised that after the incident was settled, he would express his merits to Boluo. At the same time, he was willing to pay a thousand taels of silver himself to thank him, and to raise funds from gentry merchants.
Wanliang of silver helps the army.
After writing one letter, he wrote another letter to Zhang Minzhen, also asking him to bring troops to Ningbo and induce him to gain benefits.
He even had an ambitious plan to wait until Generals Wang and Zhang led their troops to Ningbo to kill all the rebels such as Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan, etc., and then command them to lead their troops to attack Yuyao, Shanyin and other cities in Shaoxing Prefecture.
After winning the battle, he showed his face in front of Marshal Bolo and completely stabilized his position as governor.
Thinking of this, Xie Sanbin even felt a little excited.
These arrogant Confucianism’s rebellion is not entirely a bad thing. They are not giving themselves credit.
"Send the letter to Dinghai and Shipu immediately. It must be fast, and it must be kept confidential. Don't let those crazy Confucian rebels know about it." After saying that, Xie Sanbin generously took a tael of silver and rewarded him.
The steward received the reward and quit.
In the side room, Xie Sanbin's eldest brother Xie Sanjie was teaching his grandchildren to read with scriptures in hand. When he saw the steward coming out of the room, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Uncle, you know what grandfather is doing, right?" Xie Weilin raised his head and said.
Xie Sanjie glanced at the young man and sighed again, "Hey."
"Why didn't my uncle stop it?"
"I'm just an old boy who has failed over the years. Although I am the eldest son of Xie, how can your grandfather take me seriously?"
"But it's wrong for my grandfather to do this. Our Ningbo Xie family is descended from Xie An, the Taifu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. We moved here during the Song Dynasty and worked for generations to study in an innocent family. How can we surrender the captives and collude with thieves now? Or even frame the righteous people?"
The speaker, Xie Weilin, is the eldest grandson of Xie Sanbin, and his father, Xie Yuxuan, is Xie Sanbin's only son. In the 16th year of Chongzhen's reign, he was a Jinshi and was awarded the title of "Xingren Sixingren". During the Jiashen Incident, Beijing fell, and he was captured by the intruders. He scolded the thieves for being unyielding and suffered all kinds of punishments.
In the end, he was hacked to death. It can be said that he was loyal to the emperor and kept his integrity.
Xie Sanbin later wrote to Hongguang, asking Enyin's eldest grandson Xie Weilin to study in the Imperial Academy. After Nanjing surrendered, Xie Weilin returned to his hometown in Ningbo and was taught by his uncle Xie Sanjie. Also studying together were his four younger brothers and the grandchildren of his uncles.
The young Xie Weilin was sixteen or seventeen years old at this time and had good academic skills. If it had not been for the national chaos, he might have passed the scholar examination and was preparing to take the imperial examination. He was very similar to his father in appearance and character. He was studious and more loyal and upright.
At that time, Xie Yuxuan couldn't stand the behavior of his father Xie Sanbin. He was dissatisfied with his eunuch and his power, and was even more dissatisfied with his corruption. He did not use any of the countless money he had received from Denglai.
Under his instruction, the Xie Weilin brothers also had great character.
There were four Xie Sanbin brothers, but only Xie Sanbin became an official. The family tradition of the Xie family was actually quite good. The ancestors of the Xie family had many censors and loyal ministers, but somehow, when it came to Xie Sanbin, such a person came out.
"Read a book."
Xie Weilin could no longer study, "Uncle, the country has fallen and the country is about to perish. How can we still study here quietly? I have thought clearly, I will not study anymore."
Xie Sanjie was stunned, "We, the Xie family, have passed down poetry and calligraphy to our family and have a distinguished family. What are we going to do if we don't study?"
"Anyway, I don't have the heart to study now. Besides, am I going to test the scholars of Jianlu and their candidates, and even go to Beijing to test in front of the Lu chieftain in the future?"
Xie Weilin put down the book angrily, "I am proud of my father. He was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and would rather die than surrender. He sacrificed himself for his country and upheld the integrity. I am ashamed of my grandfather. He turned against his teacher because of a prostitute. He took bribes for the sake of power, official position, and money."
, even pretending to be meritorious, and now even more so to gain access to the new dynasty, and to murder loyal and righteous people, this is inconsistent with the motto of my Xie family!"
He got up and packed his things.
"Brother Lin, where are you going?"
"There are still loyal people in our Xie family, and the family tradition of our Xie family still needs to be passed down. I am going to see Qian Gong and Lin Gong, and tell them that my grandfather sent people to Dinghai to ask Wang Zhiren to lead troops to harm them."
Xie Sanjie was stunned for a moment, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just waved his hand and said, "Then you should be more careful. I will tell your grandfather that you are feeling depressed and have gone to the village outside the city to study quietly."
The four brothers, Xie Weixian, Xie Weizhao, Xie Weifu, and Xie Weheng, also threw away their books and said, "We also want to go with the eldest brother."
"Why are you joining in the fun? Study hard."
"The eldest brother doesn't want to read, and we won't read either." The four young men had no intention of studying for a long time. When they saw that the eldest brother was leaving, they all wanted to leave too.
Xie Sanjie waved his hand helplessly, "Let's all go, I just told you to go to Zhuangzi."
The five brothers escaped like trapped animals, especially Xie Weilin, who was full of worries.
For him, today is a complete break with his grandfather. Back then, his father also wanted to break with his father, but he was never able to take this step. But now, the young Xie Weilin has bravely taken this step.
"The Xie family knows etiquette and integrity!" Xie Weilin stood at the gate of the Xie family and murmured to himself, then raised his chest and raised his head, and stepped forward.
The four brothers Wei Xian then recited their father's motto, "Be virtuous, be determined to help the world, inherit the legacy of your ancestors well, and make good plans for the future." These sentences are not only the words left to them by their father, but also the generation set by his father for his descendants.
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The five brothers are named De, and their sons will be named De in the future.
He lives his life based on virtue, aims to help the world and save the people, inherits the fine traditions of his ancestors, and calmly adapts to the people of the world.
Xie Yuxuan wrote these four sentences back then and used them as the names of his descendants. It was also with good intentions, reflecting his opposition to his father's actions and hoping that his descendants would be able to uphold the family tradition and conduct themselves virtuously in the future.
"Brother, do you think Mr. Qian and others will believe us?"
"Brother, do you think that if grandpa finds out that we went to tell the truth, will he be angry and punish us?"
"Brother, should we go home first and get some money?"
Xie Weilin looked back at his young and naive brothers, a little helpless. Maybe they just thought it was fun and did not understand the importance of his step.
"We will not come back after we leave. From now on, we will follow Qian Gong and others to revolt against King Qin. You are still young, so we should go to Zhuangzi outside the city first."
"No, let's go with big brother."
"Okay, let's go!" Xie Weilin moved forward resolutely without looking back, gradually getting further and further away from Xie's Tianci Garden!
