Dominate the Country

Forbidden City, Yangxin Palace.

In October, Beijing had already seen a light snowfall, but the West Warm Pavilion was hot. Emperor Qianlong was bareheaded, his clean forehead glowing brightly under the light of the palace lanterns. He was wearing only a blue satin singlet, but he didn't feel the slightest bit of cold. The bright yellow dragon-shaped buckle belt was tightly tied around his waist, making him look very energetic.

"Wu Shulai!" The excited Emperor Qianlong was beaming with joy. The victory report from the Burmese Mingrui Army was like a bowl of hot steamed rice in the winter, warming Qianlong's internal organs. There was a war on the southwest border, and there was chaos in the heart of the Central Plains. Qianlong felt very stressed. Now Mingrui had defeated the Burmese army in Manjie. After reading the victory report sent by Mingrui, Qianlong felt that Myanmar was no longer a concern. The pressure on his shoulders was reduced, and he could not hide his joy in his voice when talking to the eunuchs around him.

This was very good news for the Qing court. Chen Ming didn't know this news yet. Even if he knew it, he didn't know that his time travel had already caused a change in the trajectory of a war thousands of miles away. In the Qing-Myanmar War in history, Mingrui did win a victory in Manjie and captured thousands of people. But that was in December at the end of the year. Only two or three months after this victory, Myanmar drew a large army from Siam to counterattack, gathering more than 50,000 people to besiege Mingrui. Mingrui had few soldiers and no support, and ran out of ammunition and food. This nephew of Fuheng, a famous general in the middle period of Qianlong, was quickly defeated.

But now it's not even November, and Mingrui won a great victory in Manjie. The victory report said that 7,000 people were killed and captured, and the results were greater than those in history. This was definitely a "butterfly".

A great chaos suddenly broke out in the Central Plains, and those with deep roots like Mingrui must have known about it. This battle was really like a shot of cardiotonic, which made Emperor Qianlong's dragon power flourish.

"The slave is here!" The chief eunuch Wu Shulai responded.

"Go and get all the memorials from Huguang, Henan, and Shaanxi." With the great victory of the Manjie as a foundation, Qianlong was also willing to endure the bad news. The Shaanxi Green Camp led by Wu Dashan had been in Luoyang for more than half a month, but had not been able to break through Chen Ni's first line of defense in Pengpo Town, which made Qianlong very disappointed.

Huguang Governor Ding Chang was also a loser. He was clearly ordered to absolutely guarantee Yunyang, but what happened? Chen Ni fought happily in Yunyang. Once hundreds of thousands of refugees in Yunyang were incited, the Qing Dynasty would be in big trouble.

Qianlong obviously overestimated his psychological endurance. After reading a few memorials, his face turned from sunny to cloudy, and the clouds became denser and denser.

When Wu Shulai was first transferred to Qianlong's side, he was just an ordinary eunuch, just like the eunuchs in and out of the palace. The reason why he can stand beside Qianlong now is that he is smart, eloquent and good at observing the emperor's facial expressions. It is these three qualities that make him stand out from many low-ranking eunuchs and become the personal eunuch of Emperor Qianlong when he was in the palace.

Wu Shulai had already figured out Qianlong's mind. Although this gentleman was not as harsh as the previous emperor to the people around him, he was definitely not as tolerant as Kangxi, whom Qianlong admired the most. Seeing Qianlong's sudden change of face, everyone was immediately shocked and secretly said bad luck.

As the saying goes, "Being with the emperor is like being with a tiger", it is not wrong for eunuchs. Just now, they were talking and laughing, full of joy, and now they are angry in the blink of an eye. It is also a very common thing. But the master was angry, and the servant's legs were trembling, but he couldn't show his fear at all. Wu Shulai and the eunuchs and palace maids in the West Warm Pavilion could only lower their heads and hold on.

Qianlong was speechless for a long time, and then he slapped the table heavily, shaking the decorations on the table.

It was hard to be calm after living a stable life.

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In Yunxi County, the Qing Dynasty's triangular flag had fallen from the top of the city, and it was replaced by a bright red flag.

Chen Baoguang, Chen Baosheng, and Huang Shougui, three hidden men buried by the Chen family army, worked together to capture the panic-stricken Yunxi County, very easily. They first sent people to sneak into the county town and lurk there, then took advantage of the skyrocketing food prices in the city to stir up trouble among the people and attract the only military force in Yunxi County to the chaos in the county town. Finally, the three of them gathered 600 men and took over Yunxi County in one fell swoop.

The news of the fall of Yunyang Prefecture City had already spread to Yunxi. Under the general trend, the wealthy gentry in Yunxi County had to acquiesce to the fact that the county town was occupied by bandits. Moreover, Chen Baoguang and the other three did not want to take over everything. They only dealt with a few merchants and wealthy families in the county town who were the most unpopular, and then reached a "peace agreement" with other wealthy gentry.

Outside the gate of the county government office, a place that passers-by usually dare not look at, more than a dozen cages were lined up at this time. Each cage held a Qing official or clerk, and each had a sign hanging beside the cage, indicating their original status: Ning Gang, the magistrate, Yuan Ruihuai, the clerk of the criminal department, Wang Tong, the clerk of the household department, Zhou Mingyuan, and so on...

The lowest status among the more than ten cages was the two jailers in the prison. However, no matter whether it was the magistrate or those petty clerks who seemed to have no status, in the real society, all of these people were well-known figures in Yunxi County.

The treatment of the dignified officials was more cruel than chopping them off with a knife. Ning Gang, Yuan Ruihuai and others had already regretted it. If they knew that they were humiliated like this, they might as well learn from the teacher Xu Tongfei and kill themselves with a knife.

You know, just a month ago, when everyone in the cage here came to the wood factory of Chen Baoguang and his three friends, the latter would wait on them respectfully, greet each other with a smile, and send each other off with a smile. The reason why Chen Baoguang San is cheating on them now is deeply related to his previous bad luck.

The curious, mocking, and joking eyes of the common people on the three floors outside and outside the cage were like Ling Chi's blades, cutting them one after another.

The 120-year-old dignity of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty officials was completely destroyed in Yunxi. Even if the Chen Army withdraws from Yunxi County in the future and the Qing army regains Yunxi and establishes the existing order, the prestige of the county officials will not be re-established in Yunxi County in a short time. Even the Qing court was ridiculed.

Forty or fifty boy scouts aged 12 to 14 or 15 were holding knives and weapons, and their military posture was very untidy. They were the children of the refugees gathered by Chen Baoguang and his wife, and some of them were directly orphans. These children know how to be afraid, but their fear of the government cannot resist the temptation of food and clothing. For these children, having food and clothing is the greatest happiness.

These people stood by the standing cage with their chests puffed out and their bellies high. Protect these dozen officials from having their flesh bitten off. The people in Yunxi County may not dare to completely tear themselves apart, but as Chen Baoguang and others conquered the county, the city gates were opened wide, and Chen Baoguang and others "opened warehouses to release grain", and no one knew how many refugees and refugees from the surrounding areas were swarming. Come, many of these people hate the government to the core.

Chen Baoguang and the others want to save the lives of these people, because the good show they planned has not yet been staged. They have to wait until the influence has completely spread, and wait until the real Chen Jiajun marches into the county and holds a public trial, then they will take the lives of these corrupt officials.

In a small courtyard at the other end of the Yamen Avenue, a man with a surly appearance looked at the group of people around him and gave the final instructions, "I have memorized all the words. I don't mean to ask you to falsely accuse good people. Everyone knows who the official and the person wearing official clothing are. These things have not happened to you, but they have happened to others. They are all facts, absolute facts.

Remember, you must stir up the atmosphere, and the things you cry and scold must sound like they are real, and stir up the fire for me..."