Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Guo Shao hated Ma Yulong very much. It was the kind of hatred in his bones. He hated that Ma Yulong didn't tell him when he wanted to surrender, but instead made him and his subordinate Yan Ding a meeting ceremony for the Ming army.

You Ma Wangba are afraid of the artillery of the Ming army, but I, Guo Shao, are not afraid?

It is said that every time a dog is slaughtered by righteousness, how come I have turned it around! Ma Yulong, that **** has no loyalty, no loyalty!

"I am willing to die for the general, and I am willing to die for Da Ming!"

Guo Shaoxing made an impassioned speech, which was even more touching than Ma Yulong's previous performance.

"At this time, it is the time for the imperial court to employ people. Master Guo can resolutely wake up and return to Daming. This general can't help but be overjoyed. I should forgive you the sins of your former captives on behalf of the imperial court. I hope that Master Guo can serve the country wholeheartedly, for the court and for the people. fortune."

Zhou Shixiang pinched his nose and approved Guo Shao's surrender, and continued to hand over the errand of the Salt Inspection Office to Guo Shao to a great extent. He also showed great respect for the scholars in his gestures, which made Guo Shao very grateful. As for whether his heart is really what he said, it is not for outsiders.

Zhou Shixiang acted as a polite and virtuous Guo Shao, rather than saying that he was extending an olive branch to those Han officials who worked for the Qing court, or buying horse bones with money, it would be better to say that he had no one to use.

Ma Yulong is easy to deal with by introducing Qiu Ba, and it is easy to disperse his troops and settle in the army. However, Guo Shao, the technical bureaucrat who manages salt and scavenges salt, is in short supply in Zhou Shixiang's pocket, and he is also the first Taiping army since Luo Ding established the camp. He was an official of the Qing court who surrendered (from Bapin is also an official), so in any case Zhou Shixiang had to make the best use of everything and use Guo Shao. Besides, Guo Shao is still a master, and this status should be treated with courtesy anywhere in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Zhou Shixiang is determined to change the previous development model of rogues, so he must assume the role of this era and respect the characteristics of this era - respect for scholars.

What the Qing army could do, the Taiping army had to do. If you want to establish a foothold in Fragrant Hill, use Fragrant Hill as the base of the Taiping Army. Then the disposal of Xiangshan cannot be as before, and some literati officials are bound to help Zhou Shixiang govern. When there is no training of one's own family who can serve as one side, the appointment of demoted officials is inevitable. Guo Shao is the first, but by no means the last.

In addition to attracting people's hearts by retaining Guo Shao at the Salt Inspection Office, there is another advantage, that is, Guo ▲style_txt, who is familiar with the affairs of the Salt Inspection Office; Shao can quickly serve the Taiping Army, and the tax and salt paid to Guangzhou will be transferred on the spot. Taiping Army.

Unlike Ma Yulong, who is more windy, Guo Shao still has political ambitions and is very capable of managing and managing politics. This is shown in the fact that since he served as the ambassador of the Liangzidu Salt Inspection Office, the salt tax in Liangzidu has exceeded 40% of the previous year, and the total tax payment is more than 26,000 taels. And Guo Shao kept some of it in private, but he used the money to repair the bayonet and make up for the salt. This is not to say that Guo Shao is not greedy for money, there is no one in this world who is not good at money, and he does not believe that if he guards the salt patrol station's fat, he will not be able to make money.

But in fact Guo Shao is not corrupt, because he is too ambitious. Zhu Guorong, who is now the prefect of Guangzhou, is an example of Guo Shao's one-hearted study. Zhu Guorong can be the prefect, but Guo Shao may not be able to. If you want to make progress, you have to be appreciated by Shangguan, and doing the errand at hand is the best performance.

When the Taiping Army came, Guo Shao still wanted to defend the capital with Ma Yulong. Waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the court, as long as he can defend the capital of good characters, Guo Shao must be a hero, and it is not impossible to take a step or two with this credit. Unexpectedly, Ma Yulong, who slapped his chest to defend the capital of Liangzi before the war, was after the Taiping army opened fire. He was so frightened that he changed his face and surrendered to Kaesong. Guo Shao, who fell into the hands of the Ming army, knew that when he was not a hero, he could only surrender honestly and try his best to prove his ability. Only in this way can he save his life and his position.

Guo Shao chose to surrender obediently instead of being beheaded by the Taiping Army as a diehard, and he also had other careful thoughts. Since the Qing army entered the customs, Han intellectuals have been treated preferentially, and Han officials who surrendered in Nanming can also be appointed. Therefore, no matter how the Qing army massacred the locality, the Han nationality scholars and officials in the locality can be given favor. Safe and secure, and credit them regardless of previous suspicions. This kind of solicitation of the hearts of Han Chinese scholars played a great role in the occupation of the Han Dynasty by the Qing army, so Guo Shao did not worry that he would be liquidated by the Qing army after he defected to the Ming Dynasty.

The Taiping army came suddenly, and he, Guo Shao, was not the chief officer responsible for defending the land. He surrendered when he surrendered. No one can say that he is not.

Zhou Shixiang specifically asked how the Salt Inspection Institute worked. He asked carefully, and Guo Shao answered very carefully. After some answering, Zhou Shixiang was very satisfied. During this process, Guo Shao specially instructed Yanding to withdraw more than 6,000 taels of silver from the office, saying that it was the salt tax collected in the past few months and the proceeds from the investigation of smuggled salt. It was originally scheduled to be shipped to Guangzhou next month. Just handed over to the Taiping Army.

Zhou Shixiang was of course happy that the money was in the account. Ma Yulong over there saw Guo Shao taking out the money, and he had a clear mind. He quickly ordered his subordinates to go to his house in Liangzidu to get 3,000 taels of silver bills to "self-offer" to Yu Dajun. . Zhou Shixiang naturally praised Ma Yulong's "self-sacrifice" behavior.

The city of Liangzidu was not large. Under the guidance of Guo Shao and Ma Yulong, Zhou Shixiang inspected the entire city in only half an hour. Later, he ordered Shao Jiugong's majestic camp to be stationed in Liangzidu. Ma Yulong and his colleagues The battalion soldiers were transferred to the guard battalion. In this regard, Ma Yulong did not dare to be angry or speak out, and obeyed obediently.

Seeing that Ma Yulong was taken away from military power, Guo Shao was uneasy in his heart, afraid that Zhou Shixiang would also turn his face and take him down. Unexpectedly, Zhou Shixiang not only did not turn his face, but instead summoned the gentry, the security chief and the armor chief of Liangzidu, telling them that from now on, Guo Shao, the newly appointed Liangzidu city walled official of the Taiping Army, was in charge of the affairs of Liangzidu. Half of the Yan Ding of the original salt patrol station remained in the salt patrol station, and the other half were transferred to the officers directly under the city official Guo Shao, who were responsible for patrolling the borders for the people.

The Qing court, like the Ming Dynasty, did not send officials to the countryside, and the gentry made the decisions in the local area, but the gentry could not personally handle all the small and large affairs in the countryside, so these affairs were all performed by the chief of the security and the head of the li, who were recognized by the gentry. that power. The scale of Liangzidu is larger than that of Longan. It also has salt patrol stations and garrisoned troops. It is much larger than Longan in terms of security. Therefore, there are many people in the capital. According to the yellow book of the village provided by the Baochang , there are more than 5,000 people. In addition, there were more than a dozen gentry landlords in the city wall, and none of these people had time to escape and were caught in the city wall.

The garrison battalion surrendered, and Guo Shao, the ambassador of the Yanxun Office, also surrendered~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Now the situation is stronger than people, the gentry of Liangzidu managed to tame on the surface after the Taiping army entered the city, and the arrangement of the Taiping army No one dared to be dissatisfied.

In the past, the landlords and gentry were the natural enemies of the Taiping Army, but now they are the ones who need to win over. Before the Taiping army had completely established itself in Xiangshan, Zhou Shixiang did not intend to use the tame landlord gentry, but this did not mean that he would allow these people to fight against the Taiping army behind their backs. It was a clear arrangement for Guo Shao to serve as the official of the Liangzi Capital City Walled City, while the secret arrangement was Shao Jiugong.

Liangzi is the second largest town in Xiangshan except for Renhoufang, the county government. It is also the transportation point between Xiangshan and Guangzhou. Therefore, it is conceivable that in the future, Liangzi will definitely be developed as a military town. A base for housing the civilians of the Taiping Army Hou Camp

Land, which will inevitably conflict with the original local people, especially these landlords and gentry. Once there is a conflict, Shao Jiugong's majestic camp will take on the role of blackface. Shao Jiugong, who was born in the green camp, has done a lot of this kind of thing, and he is very good at it.

Zhou Shixiang is still pondering how to implement a policy in Xiangshan that is in line with the interests of the Taiping Army and can unite local people's hearts. Longan is one of his experimental fields. (To be continued.)

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