The "Guidance Manual for Rebellions in Fujian Region" can also be called the "Rebellion Manual of the Qing Dynasty".
This manual gives almost all the answers to how societies organize uprisings, how to develop after uprisings, and how to strengthen themselves during the Qing army's encirclement and suppression.
First of all, Jia Liu did not want Lin Shuangwen to act blindly to the left, and wanted to make a big one from the beginning.
In my impression, the Huanghuagang Uprising went straight to the governor's office of Guangdong and Guangxi. Although more than a hundred rebels rushed into the governor's office, they failed to kill the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi appointed by the Qing court, and they failed to mobilize other Qing troops in Guangzhou to participate in the uprising.
The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi who had escaped recovered and quickly mobilized troops to suppress the uprising.
According to Lin Shuangwen's idea, he ordered some troops and went straight to the governor's office of Fujian and Zhejiang, killed the governor, and massacred the whole city. Fuzhou City was recovered in one day. The movement was enough to shake the southeast and the Qing court.
It probably had the same effect as when Guo Xingye entered the Yangtze River and besieged Nanjing more than a hundred years ago.
However it is simply not feasible.
During the Huanghuagang Uprising, Mancheng's role of isolating bannermen and Han people no longer existed. Han people could freely enter and leave Mancheng, which facilitated the actions of the rebel army.
But now, Mancheng's role of isolating Manchus and Han people still exists. Unless officials, ordinary Han people cannot enter Mancheng at all, which eliminates half of the possibility of the success of the uprising.
In addition, during the Huanghuagang period, the so-called Eight Banners soldiers stationed all over the city by the Qing Dynasty existed in name only. However, although the Eight Banners soldiers stationed all over the city now are decayed and unusable, at least they still maintain their organizational structure.
For example, there are more than 2,000 Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Chengdu.
Fuzhou Mancheng was established earlier than Chengdu. There are at least about 3,000 Eight Banners soldiers. In addition, Fuzhou is the administrative office of the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. There must be supervisors under the direct command of the Governor. Therefore, based on the number of community members Lin Shuangwen can organize
Judging from the strength of the attack force, there is basically no possibility of attacking Mancheng.
Therefore, Jia Liu had formulated a feasible plan for Lin Shuangwen a long time ago.
First, the location of the incident was not in mainland Fujian, but in Taiwan.
Because the Qing army in Taiwan has limited strength.
Attacking the enemy's weakness, then operating the territory and gradually expanding it is the only way for the rebels to succeed.
If possible, it would be in Changhua County where the Lin family is located.
The manual states that before the uprising, it is necessary to find out the strength of the Qing army guards in Changhua County and nearby areas, and to make a preliminary judgment on the views of the powerful forces in the county towards the Qing court, that is, to distinguish who is the enemy, who is a friend, and who is a neutral.
In this way, after the uprising, the enemy can be targeted, united with friends, and neutrals can be won over, so that the rebel army can have a good operating environment in the initial stage.
Otherwise, if you act randomly, it will not be an uprising, but a retaliatory fight.
After the uprising, capturing the government and the large and small "units" controlled by the government is the first step.
The second step is to cut off the inns and block the roads to ensure that the whereabouts of the rebels will not be revealed in the early stage.
The third step is to immediately recruit troops and expand the strength after the uprising is successful.
Jia Liu estimated that with Lin Shuangwen's current ability, even if he was given a huge sum of one hundred thousand taels and 400 muskets, he would not be able to win over a hundred key members of the organization.
Therefore, the manual calls for winning over clans with big surnames that are dissatisfied with the government, especially the "brave and fearless ones" among them.
The dissatisfaction of the clans with big surnames towards the government must also be found to intensify.
For example, some incidents can be deliberately created to encourage local residents with big surnames to distance themselves from the government, and to fan the flames of dissatisfaction with the government, thereby elevating dissatisfaction to the level of resistance.
In this step, rumors will play a big role.
For example, there was a fight between the two surnames Lin and Wang in the local area. This was originally a small incident, but it could be magnified and rumors were spread that the government wanted to kill all the people named Zhu, Lin, and Wang.
Or maybe the government wants to kill all the Chaozhou people, massacre all the Hokkien people, or something like that.
Regardless of whether you believe it or not, let’s start with this rumor first.
Or they may make up rumors about the government, saying what kind of taxes they will impose, or what kind of women they will choose. Anyway, the manual requires corporate members to paint the worst image of the government.
Secondly, it is necessary to "extract" the thoughts of the majority of people in Taiwan against the Qing Dynasty. Things like the stone man with one eye and the fox barking in the middle of the night can be interpreted in other ways.
Don’t be afraid that no one will believe you.
Judging from what people of the Jia Liu generation saw and heard, it is already the 21st century, and the people still believe the rumors.
The city is slightly better, but the countryside is outrageous.
As long as someone dares to take the lead, there will definitely be a group of ignorant people who will help spread the word, and even directly form a big incident.
The leader is already there.
Tiandi will have a certain organizational foundation, and a bold person like Lin Shuangwen will naturally be a good seed to start an uprising.
For Guo Xingye, the god in the hearts of the coastal people, we must spare no effort to promote him.
In the manual, Jia Liu suggested that Lin Shuangwen could claim to be a descendant of the national surname, or claim to be a descendant of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty. Any ninth grandson or eighteenth prince would be fine.
At the same time, it was suggested that the Tiandihui could be tied to the Ming Dynasty or the Guoxingye. For example, the Tiandihui was a secret organization formed by the descendants of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty.
After the uprising is successful, political power must be established immediately, and it must not be a grassroots team.
Because the establishment of political power was a great temptation for the gentry class.
If you don't claim to be the master, no matter how many troops you have, in the eyes of the gentry, you are just helping bandits and robbers.
The first step is to capture a county, which is definitely no problem.
Without Jia Liu's guidance, Lin Shuangwen and the others would have succeeded.
It doesn't take hundreds, but dozens of people to paralyze an unsuspecting county government office.
But after capturing a county, how to expand it, how to kill a large number of Qing troops who came to encircle and suppress, and then spread the scope of the uprising to the entire Taiwan area, that has to be particular.
Jia Liu listed roughly seventeen or eight points, each of which is the experience summed up by countless martyrs.
However, this instruction manual did not provide further guidance on the Qing government's response after the Taiwan chaos, such as mobilizing heavy troops to cross the sea for encirclement and suppression.
The reason is that Jia Liu feels that it is not easy to teach too much to avoid shooting himself in the foot.
Originally, he wanted to launch the Tiandihui uprising in Taiwan and Fujian at the same time, but now there is no need.
Because Huguang is about to be in chaos.
As long as Taiwan's uprising can contain the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, it will be a strategic success.
Considering that the rebel army was a mob and lacked training, the booklet also gave seven infantry training methods at the end.
Let Lin Shuangwen train his troops according to the seven points, so that he can have the ability to sweep Taiwan.
"As long as you follow the book, I can't guarantee anything else. You will still be worthy of being the King of Taiwan."
Jia Liu smiled and handed the book to Lin Shuangwen.
This book was written by an unknown person and has nothing to do with him, Mr. Jia Jia.
It was not written by Master Jia Jia himself, but by Shuan Zhu with his left hand.
Lin Shuangwen took it and did not open it immediately. Instead, he asked a question: "As a senior official of the Qing court, why do you want to help me in the Tiandihui uprising?"
"the reason is simple,"
Jia Liu laughed, "Because I want to be promoted and make a fortune."
The truth really cannot be true anymore.
But Lin Shuangwen didn't believe this answer, but he didn't care what the answer was, even if the other party took advantage of him.
One hundred thousand taels of silver and 400 muskets are the most real things.
With these things, he dared to say that he could wipe out all the Tatar government in Taiwan in one year at most.
But he hesitated for a moment, took the booklet and said with embarrassment: "Sir, I can't read."
"..."
Jia Liu was stunned. He had never thought that the famous Lin Shuangwen could be illiterate.
Next to him, Yang Yuchun suddenly became excited and gently tugged on Brother Zhuzi with a longing look on his face.