Chapter 366 The big family that lost the blood mold [1 more]
As the rebels entered the city, the North City Gate was completely occupied, and a large number of King Ning's rebels poured into Nanjing. Unless someone led an army to suddenly come out to turn the tide.
It is a pity that the people in Nanjing City are complicated. Even if Wei Guogong Xu Er tried his best, he still could not defend Nanjing City, the core place in the south of the Yangtze River.
Just after Xu Pengju brought back the news that the North City Gate had been breached, Xu Yan had already left Nanjing with the core personnel of Wei Guogong's lineage.
Based on the Xu family's huge network of contacts in Nanjing City, Wei Guogong Xu Er had actually made several preparations as early as when King Ning raised his army.
It's just that the preparation of Cheng Po and escaping from Nanjing City is obviously the last thing Xu Ren wants to see.
After all, the Xu family has been entrenched in Nanjing City for so many years. It can be said that they truly operate Nanjing City as their home base. There may be other officials who hope that Prince Ning can enter the city, but from the Xu family's standpoint, even if it is not for today's
The emperor and the Duke of Wei, the Xu family, absolutely did not want to see Prince Ning enter the city.
After all, the current situation in Nanjing City is the most beneficial to the Xu family. This situation has been stabilized for decades or hundreds of years. As long as there is no trouble in Nanjing City, no one can endanger their Wei Guogong lineage.
The transcendent status and huge interests in Nanjing City.
Once King Ning entered Nanjing, it can be said that the people who suffered the most damage were the Duke of Wei's Xu family.
The Xu family occupies huge interests in Nanjing City, and after King Ning enters Nanjing City, the entire city of Nanjing will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes, and the Xu family's interests will inevitably be damaged.
Even if the Xu family chooses to surrender to Prince Ning, it will never change the result of the loss of interests.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Er, an old fox, chose to stand up and purge some officials who colluded with King Ning, hoping to stabilize the situation in Nanjing City.
It's a pity that Xu Yan underestimated the unpredictability of people's hearts. Although he said he had captured some officials, there were still many gentry in the city, and the powerful chose Prince Ning.
Even without the rebellion of the deputy general, the city of Nanjing would not have been able to hold on for long, and it would have been captured by King Ning sooner or later.
Of course, the premise is that Chu Yi will not arrive in advance. If Chu Yi arrives in Nanjing City in advance, then with Chu Yi's methods and deterrent power, Nanjing City will definitely be impregnable by then. Even King Ning's 100,000-strong army will never be able to capture Nanjing City.
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Fan Heng had been prepared for a long time. Except for his confidant Li Ying, Fan Heng did not bring any of the other eunuchs. The two of them changed clothes, and Li Ying carried a small package. At first glance, there was nothing at all.
Who could recognize that Fan Heng was the eunuch left behind in Nanjing City?
When the rebels entered the city, what the people in the city were most worried about happened.
The soldiers under King Ning are not a regular army, and I dare not say that they are all corrupted by military discipline. However, it is obviously difficult to expect these soldiers to restrain themselves when facing the bustling city of Nanjing.
I don't know who started it first, but many soldiers who poured into the city began to loot everywhere.
The city of Nanjing was prosperous, with many dignitaries and gentry families in the city. Many of them were overjoyed when they saw Prince Ning's rebels entering the city.
It is obvious that Prince Ning is definitely more reliable in the eyes of many wealthy gentry and powerful people in Nanjing than today's emperor.
There were shouts of killing everywhere, and many people's homes were knocked away by the wolf-like rebel soldiers, who then rushed in, burned, killed, and looted.
As a result, the people in the city suffered. Many people's families either did not dare to resist when they saw their property being robbed, or they were killed on the spot by the rebels after they tried their best to resist.
A group of rebel soldiers were gathering in front of a large courtyard at the moment. The door was closed and they only looked at the wealthy and majestic house. Any fool knew that the owner of this house must be a powerful person and came from a wealthy gentry.
The first general looked at the compound in front of him and couldn't help but his eyes shone. He wanted to rush forward immediately and plunder the homes of ordinary people. How much oil and water can be plundered? But if you are going after these wealthy families, you don't need to go too much. You only need to rob the houses.
Then one or two families are enough to rob thousands of people's homes.
Wang Yidao was a bandit before he joined Prince Ning's army. After joining Prince Ning's army, he relied on his ruthlessness to climb to the rank of captain among Prince Ning's rebels, commanding nearly a thousand people.
At this moment, Wang Yidao looked at the mansion in front of him, and his heart was about to move.
Next to him, a lieutenant general encouraged: "General, this is a wealthy family. At least it has a lot of money. Let's rush in and make sure that all the brothers eat and their mouths are full of oil."
In the Xu Mansion, Xu Mingzheng clapped his hands with joy and praised: "Okay, okay, God is really eye-opening. Prince Ning is indeed the right one, and our Xu family is right in choosing to support Prince Ning!"
The faces of several core members of the Xu family were also full of joy.
The Xu family owns at least a dozen shops and restaurants in Nanjing. If taxes are increased according to Chu Yi's request, then their family will have to pay at least several thousand or even nearly ten thousand taels in taxes every year.
Ever since the Xu family started to make a fortune, the Xu family has never paid any business taxes, and now they are suddenly asked to pay taxes. Isn't this cutting off their flesh and bleeding their blood?
If you don't agree, you can't agree even if you die! If you want to raise taxes, then just step over their corpses.
It can be said that there are not many thinkers like the Xu family in the prosperous commercial area of Jiangnan.
A burst of rapid footsteps approached. Xu Ming, who was excited about Prince Ning's entry into the city, couldn't help but look up and saw the panic look on the face of the leader of the nursing home.
"Xu Li, why are you so flustered?"
As the head of the Xu family's nursing home, Xu Li has stayed in the Xu family for nearly ten years. It can be said that he has already integrated into the Xu family. At this moment, he panted and said: "Master, something bad has happened.
The soldiers appeared outside the mansion, looking at their posture, they seem to be doing harm to our Xu family!"
Xu Ming couldn't help but change his expression after hearing this, and said with a bit of astonishment on his face: "How is it possible? You have seen clearly, what are the origins of those soldiers? Could it be that the army was defeated in the city?"
If it was said that the imperial troops were defeated and became a rebel army, looting the city, then Xu Ming could understand it.
Xu Li shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Master, those people are obviously the soldiers of King Ning!"
"This is impossible. Our Xu family strongly supports King Ning, and even secretly sent thousands of stones of food and some ordnance to King Ning. How could King Ning's soldiers and horses be detrimental to our Xu family!"
While talking, Xu Ming quickly walked out of the living room and said, "Follow me and meet each other for a while!"
Wang Yidao's eyes were filled with greed, and he waved his hand and said: "Brothers, charge me!"
Behind Wang Yidao, the rebel soldiers who had already lost their patience for a long time heard this, their eyes lit up and they howled, and they rushed towards the Xu family.
The Xu family's gate might be able to block some ordinary people, but for these soldiers, it only took a few hits to knock the gate open.
Hundreds of rebel soldiers immediately rushed out.
Xu Ming, who had just walked out of the living room, heard a burst of cheers from outside the door before he reached the door. Then he saw the door shake several times. With a bang, the door fell down. A group of soldiers poured in.
In the courtyard.
Wang Yidao's gaze fell on Xu Li's face, which looked horrified.
Xu Li was dressed in silk and satin, with a ruddy complexion and a military hat. His face was full of shock and anger. When he saw Wang Yidao and others, he no longer cared about fear, and immediately pointed at Wang Yidao and shouted: "You guys
We know that our Xu family has surrendered to His Highness Prince Ning a long time ago, why don’t you get out of here quickly!”
Wang Yidao frowned and looked at Xu Li.
To be honest, Wang Yidao really didn't expect to rob a wealthy family's house, and the other party turned to Prince Ning a long time ago. Wang Yidao suddenly hesitated.
The deputy general standing next to Wang Yidao whispered into Wang Yidao's ear: "General, since you have offended the other party, you will not stop doing anything and slaughter the Xu family directly, and then frame the imperial court's defeated army.
On the one hand, it avoids future troubles, and on the other hand, it also allows the brothers to vent their anger..."
Although the deputy general's voice was not loud, Xu Li still heard it clearly. His eyes were wide open and his face was full of horror, and he said in a trembling voice: "You... you..."
Wang Yidao narrowed his eyes, slashed at Xu Li with the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "You guys, kill me!"
Even if Xu Li, the leader of the nursing home, reacted, in the final analysis, he was just an ordinary nursing home leader. He was no match for the crazy rebels. In the blink of an eye, the Xu family suffered a military disaster.
These rebels burned, killed, looted, and even committed adultery in the Xu family. In less than a stick of incense, the originally orderly Xu family fell into chaos.
There are definitely no small number of wealthy and powerful families like the Xu family. Some of them relied on the servants they usually raised to hold off the rebel army, but most of them suffered a direct misfortune.
Naturally, the chaos in the city reached Prince Ning immediately.
King Ning was not in a hurry to enter the city. After all, Nanjing City had just been captured not long ago, and there were even imperial troops in the city that had not been completely wiped out. For the sake of safety, King Ning remained outside the city.
In the big tent, Prince Ning and others couldn't help but frowned after hearing the news from the city brought by the messenger.
King Ning waved his hand to signal the messenger to retreat, then coughed slightly and looked at the crowd and said, "What do you think of this?"
A civil servant came forward and said: "Your Highness, please immediately give an order to stop the army from looting in the city. Please note that Nanjing City may become the capital of Your Highness in the future. If you allow the army to loot everywhere, I am afraid that the people's morale will be greatly lost. In the end, Nanjing City may be the capital of Your Highness."
The important thing is that His Highness is very likely to lose the support of the powerful people and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River!"
Prince Ning shrank his eyes and subconsciously looked at Yang Tinghe, Liu Yangzheng, and Li Shishi.
