When the unruly people in Shandong rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, the Ministry of Punishment was the first to make an emergency response from the central government.
The Minister of Political Affairs, the Minister of Punishment Manchu Yinglian, the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Minister of Punishment Yuan Shoudong both submitted letters requesting that the "crime of gathering crowds to form alliances" be added to the "Qing Code".
After deliberation and approval by many experts from the Ministry of Punishments, all Han people with different surnames who make alliances with blood and burn their watches to sworn brothers will be subject to the law of treason, regardless of the reason or the number of people. The leader will be hanged in prison and those who follow will be punished
first class;
When a crowd of more than twenty people was gathered, the leader was hanged and executed, and the followers were sent to Yunnan and Guizhou, and the army was sent to the smog-stricken areas at the extreme edges of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Experts added that even if there is no blood oath, if the sworn people are only ordered by age, the leader will be sentenced to prison, and the followers will be reduced by one rank.
That is to say, there are two or three Han people who are not related to each other. On weekdays, Guan is the eldest brother Zhang, Guan is the second brother Han, and Guan is the third brother Wang. If they are suspected of opposing the Qing Dynasty, the local government must imprison them and report to the Ministry of Punishment.
Those who can be caught or not must be caught, and those who can be killed or not must be killed.
"Only by acting in accordance with the law and acting in accordance with the law can we completely prevent the Han people from plotting against others."
In order to comply with the new criminal case released by the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites also requested a nationwide inspection and ban on "Water Margin" and deleted the plot of Liu Guan and Zhang Taoyuan's sworn alliance in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Therefore, this plot is regarded as the same as the crime of gathering a crowd to form an alliance, and it is feared that it will serve as an example for unruly people.
"Is this correction too much?"
Qianlong agreed to ban "Water Margin", but had reservations about deleting "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" because the Taoyuan feud was the basis of this book, and several plots developed from it. Moreover, this book was a military textbook for the Qing Dynasty, so the Qing Dynasty could conquer China.
Is it inappropriate to rely on half of the credit for this book and make rash deletions?
Order the Military Aircraft Division to discuss further.
According to the results of the review by the Military Aircraft Department, not many Han civilians are literate, and only one or two out of a hundred people are literate. Therefore, matters related to sworn worship are mostly spread by folk storytellers. Therefore, there is no need to delete the books. The local government is ordered to rectify the storytellers and related dramas, so as not to make them useless.
Just learn from those with evil intentions.
Qianlong gave instructions: "I understand, let's do something about it."
Qinghe County.
A joint meeting of all branches of the armed forces, called by Major General Jia Jiashikai, the leading minister of the Central Military Forces, is being held.
Participants included provincial senior officials Shandong Governor Cathay, Tianjin Governor Xu Ji, and Zhili Chief Envoy Yang Jingsu; Military Lieutenant General Shandong General Soldier Wan Chaoxing; Major Generals Marqing'a, Wang Zhen, and Yingji
Figure, Ye Qing et al.
There are also local departments and several division-level officials.
This meeting is mainly to summarize the lessons learned from the Battle of Linqing, strengthen the relationship between various ministries, and lay the foundation for better annihilation of religious bandits.
For being able to gather so many leaders who were senior to him to participate in the meeting, Jia Liu would like to thank Yang Jingsu, the chief envoy of Zhili, because after he proposed the idea of a joint meeting of various arms and departments, Yang Jingsu was the first to express support and actively contributed to the meeting.
After a lot of hard work, this meeting was finally convened.
Of course, it is also related to the fact that Jia Liu is a general of the Central Army.
The meeting was presided over by Yang Jingsu, who had served as the governor of Zhili. This old man was highly respected and was the best choice to coordinate the relations between various ministries.
"After investigation, the main members of the Qingshui Sect are all people who practice martial arts among the people of Qilu. Most of them are heroic deserters, government clerks, salt dealers, gamblers, and horse and semi-weapons. Such people are originally the destabilizing factors of our Qing Dynasty.
On weekdays, we are good brothers and we stick together when trouble comes. But if we encounter an attack from the government, we will gather together to rebel."
Combined with the local reports in Shandong and the actual investigation results of various soldiers and horses, the civil and military officials attending the meeting basically agreed that the Qingshui Sect was a mixed group disguised as a sect. This rebellion was also planned in advance and did not happen hastily.
However, even though they knew that the Qingshui Sect had nothing to do with Bailian, the officials unanimously determined that Wang Lun's uprising was a cult.
If it were not determined in this way, the subsequent investigation by the imperial court would reveal the truth behind the continuous drought and locust disaster in Shandong in the past two years. Ten houses were half-empty, and hungry corpses were everywhere. However, local officials turned a blind eye and imposed exorbitant taxes, which ultimately triggered Wang Lun's uprising.
In that case, Shandong officials will lose their heads.
In the same way, the so-called White Lotus Sect and Bagua Sect are also strategies used by the local government to spread black water, seize the initiative in public opinion, and shirk responsibility.
Jia Liu was very familiar with this routine.
"The leader of the thieves, Wang Lun, was originally a rich farmer with no children. His family had 158 acres of land and 15 earth-tile houses. He usually used the excuse of treating people to confuse ignorant people."
Yang Jingsu took the "Detailed Examination of Teaching Bandits" given by Jia Liu and read it according to the text, while Jia Liu was full of emotions.
Throughout the history of peasant uprisings, except for Zhu Yuanzhang, most of the other leaders were heroes who dared to stand up and overthrow their own class.
This kind of person should be regarded as an outstanding person.
What ordinary people cannot do.
After investigation, it was found that four of Wang Lun's key men were named generalissimo, namely Fan Wei, Meng Can, Wang Jinglong, and Yan Jiren.
Among the four, Fan Wei is a scholar, Meng Can, Wang Jinglong are a juggler, and Yan Jiren is a poor man.
"After detailed investigation, it was found that Liu Huan, the yamen officer, Yan Fengyuan, the camp soldier, and Wang Da, the village warrior, were also the backbone of Wang Lun, and Wu Sanniang was the leader of the women's army and cavalry who taught the bandits."
After capturing Linqing, Wang Lun called his rebel army the "Eternal Victory Army". Many of the backbones of his army came from the Green Camp, which was quite similar to the composition of the former Ming Yi Army.
Jia Liu bought this information from a religious bandit named Lin Sanmao for three hundred taels of silver.
This Lin Sanmao was originally a prisoner in Shouzhang Prison. After Wang Lun broke through the county government and released the prisoners, the prisoners had nowhere to go and were afraid of being arrested again by the government, so they simply followed Wang Lun to start a rebellion.
Due to the prisoners' natural hostility to the government, these people soon became the backbone of the rebel army.
Lin Sanmao was appointed as the minor leader because of his alertness. However, seeing the government troops surrounding him from all sides, Wang Lun remained stagnant in Linqing. Knowing that it would be difficult to accomplish anything, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army's victory and celebrations to sneak in.
He escaped from the city and surrendered to the army.
As a result, it happened to fall into the hands of the Central Army.
When he learned that Lin Sanmao had come to surrender, Jia Liu was overjoyed and brought him to trial in person, thereby basically finding out the details of the Chang Sheng Army.
In order to express his gratitude to Lin Sanmao, he was given a special reward of three hundred taels, and he was given the title of Sula and asked to serve in front of the army.
Shuan Zhu suggested that the spy should be killed.
Jia Liu refused and said, "People come to vote for me, but I kill them. Who will dare to vote for me in the future?"
The basic intention was to point to Lin Sanmao, a traitor who knew the details of the Ever Victorious Army, to help him defeat the cult bandits. With Lin Sanmao here, it would be easier for him to use various means to divide the Ever Victorious Army.
War is about politics, and real swords and guns are useless.
If he really had to go bare-chested and carry a big sword, Jia Jiashikai wouldn't be where he is today.
Taking over Yang Jingsu's words, he said to the senior officials attending the meeting: "Lin Sanmao confessed that Generalissimo Fan Wei was also Wang Lun's military advisor. He gave Wang Lun two ideas, one was the best strategy and the other was the middle strategy."
Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin, asked curiously: "What is the best strategy?"
Jia Liu pointed his finger to the north: "Concentrate the elites to attack Beijing."
As soon as this statement came out, all the officials were shocked.
There are no heavy troops in the capital. If Wang Lun really wants to concentrate his best troops to attack Beijing, the country will really be shaken.
Wan Chaoxing, the commander-in-chief of Zhili, asked: "Where is Zhongce?"
Jia Liu chuckled lightly: "I don't know where Fan Wei learned that the Yellow River overflows the mouth of Huainan and there are refugees everywhere, so he suggested that if Wang Lun doesn't go north to the capital, he can go south to Jining, burn grain ships, and enter Huainan in a mighty way. In this way, he can gain dozens of
Thousands of people become powerful.”
"This Fan Wei is quite talented. No wonder he can teach bandits as a strategist."
The speaker was Wang Zhen, the deputy general of the river who came from Jining. He knew the situation in Huainan. It had been hit by floods since April and there were countless refugees.
Therefore, if we really want to let the religious bandits flee to the land of Huainan, they don't need to be coerced at all. They can be mobilized by hundreds of thousands of people. At that time, who can control them?
Jia Liu also thought that Fan Wei was a talented person, but it was a pity that Wang Lun did not go north or south. He didn't know what went wrong in his brain, but he had to stay here in Linqing to wait for death.
During the Qianlong dynasty, you, Wang Lun, were the closest uprising to Beijing, and 70% of the Qing government's military strength was thousands of miles away in Sichuan, so the city of Beijing went to a new bed with your new wife, took off your pants and waited for you, Wang Lun.
If you are braver, I, Jia Laoliu, will cooperate with you to burn down the Old Summer Palace. This is just for fun.
Such a good opportunity was all in vain.
The governor of Shandong, Cathay, spoke: "According to the information I have, Wang Lun once sent someone secretly to the capital, saying that there was a rumor that there was a rebellion in the capital, and he wanted to contact the ghost family."
"What ghost house?"
Xu Ji, the governor of Tianjin, looked puzzled, and Jia Liu was also puzzled.
I don’t want Cathay to say that the ghost family refers to the rebels from Jinchuan and Xiaojinchuan.
"Wang Lun intends to collude with Xiao Jinchuan?"
Jia Liu was shocked beyond words: The flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple.
Cathay nodded and said that Wang Lun might have sent people to Jinchuan and Jinchuan. It was just a long way and it was very possible that they had not arrived.
"Recently, I heard that the Jinchuan bandits escaped from Sichuan and entered Huguang. There is a theory about Xinghan. Now I have found Pinghu words in the Qingshui cult's evil books, which echo the two. I also heard that the bandits all have long hair, while the bandits of the cult
Untie your braids and show off your long hair to both thieves, East and West. If you want to rebel against my Qing dynasty, you will be punished."
60-year-old Yang Jingsu has been blessed by the country for three generations and hates the rebels with all his heart.
"The hair is rough and the Qing Dynasty is restless!"
Jia Liu stood up and looked around at the high-ranking civil and military officials. He cupped his hands and said, "Everyone, the reason why the Qingshui cult bandits were able to accomplish this was because they took advantage of our government's unpreparedness. However, when the previous army was defeated, our officers and soldiers were not unprepared, so why did they suffer such a tragic defeat?
Shikai believed that there were three reasons: first, poor coordination among various ministries; second, teaching bandits to hide the cavalry; third, insufficient bravery of the officers and soldiers.
Gu Shikai believes that from now on, all ministries should coordinate the command, decide on strategies to prevent horses, and encourage officers and soldiers to forge ahead."
Just as he was about to announce several strategies to defeat the thieves in order to gain support from his colleagues, a team of yellow jackets flew into the camp.
"The leader of the team, Jia Jiashikai, accepts the order!"
An imperial guard rushed into the venue with an imperial edict in hand.
Jia Liu hurriedly knelt down and worshiped with all the officials.
"The imperial edict states that Jia Jiashikai is brave, steadfast, honest, and dares to take the lead. He is awarded the imperial seal of customs defense, appointed as the general manager of the forward battalion, and is rewarded with a yellow mandarin jacket. He is also in charge of all military affairs in Shandong."
After the imperial edict was read out, the imperial guards presented the edict along with the imperial seal. Seeing the Prime Minister who had not reacted, the guards couldn't help but remind him: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, please accept the edict."
Well?
Jia Liu was inexplicably excited. He took over the imperial edict and the customs defense from the guards, bowed three times and shouted: "Jia Jiashikai, I have no choice but to sacrifice my life to serve the country!"
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Wang Lun sent his wife back to the capital to have a look at the capital, and declared that "there is a rebel family in the city of Gui" who could be contacted and echoed from east to west. According to "The Oral Confessions of Dongyu", the "Ghost family" refers to the Jinchuan River and the Jinchuan River.
Fan Wei said: "If you had followed my words earlier and attacked the capital with light cavalry during the patrol to the east, the world would have been settled." (Qin Zhenjun's "Diary of Shou Linqing")