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In the "History of Ming Dynasty" compiled by the Qing Dynasty and "Records of Officials Martyred in the Imperial Ding Dynasty", Wu Bing committed suicide and died of hunger strike for seven days.

However, in the history books compiled by the survivors of the late Ming Dynasty, Wu Bing surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and died of dysentery soon after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.Moreover, Qu Gongmei, a relative of Wu Bing's friend, also recorded exactly that he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in "爝火录".

Which statement is more reliable is up to everyone to understand.

After some refreshment, Wu Bing walked away from the brothel, and went to the Gongyuan in a sedan chair in the middle of the night.He was drunk, with a copy of "The Record of the Female Generals of Datong" stuck in his waist, and it was only when he walked to the street where the Gongyuan was located that he felt something was wrong.

Under normal circumstances, at least thousands of students take part in the Daoist Examination in Nanchang Prefecture, and the examinations must be conducted in rounds in counties.

But in this alley, why are there only a few hundred candidates?

Yawning, Wu Bing quietly entered through the small door, not daring to let the examinees find out.Because according to the rules, not only he himself has to live in the examination room in advance, but also the accompanying scribes have to live in, so as not to mess around before the exam.

After sneaking into the examination room, Wu Bing, smelling of alcohol, called the clerk of the government office: "How many candidates are there in Nanchang this year?"

"Seven people in 820." The scribe replied.

Wu Bing asked in surprise, "Why only so little?"

"Ugh!"

The scribe sighed all over, not bothering to answer this question.

If schoolchildren and students take the Taoist examination, they must first register with the county magistrate, and then the county school teacher organizes the examination.

Now, the magistrates and counties all over Nanchang Prefecture are fooling around, and so are the edicts appointed by the imperial court.It's fine if it's an examination of Juren, after all, there is a chance to take the Jinshi examination and leave Jiangxi.But what's the point of being a showman?Even if they can be admitted to the scholar, Jiangxi has already changed the world before they won the exam.

Taking the exam is a waste of time, so it's better to self-study the elementary school textbooks that Zhao Han gave out.

Today, the reformed elementary and middle school textbooks have all been printed.It quickly aroused panic buying by scholars. They were embarrassed to go to elementary school, but it was good to buy books and study at home.

Anyway, self-study is not difficult, just add some mathematics content and Datong thought, and they have already mastered the rest of the knowledge.

Wu Bing sat in the curtain and sighed. The students didn't want to take the exam, so how could he make money?

The sky was dimly lit, and the exam questions were distributed.

But I saw those examinees walking out of the examination room collectively, running to the outside of the curtain and kneeling together.

A candidate representative shouted: "Inspector Rong Zhi, Luling Zhao bandits don't follow the sages, and promote that kind of mathematics in various counties. This mathematics is not the arithmetic of the Ming Dynasty, but the writing of the barbarians. It is really a matter of forgetting the ancestors and replacing Xia with barbarians. We are waiting for Nanchang scholars to jointly submit a letter, and ask the supervisor to forward it to the imperial court for the sage to listen to."

"Please supervise the school!" More than 800 scholars kowtowed in unison.

Wu Bing said: "Pass me the memorial, you go back and take the exam."

"Thank you, Inspector."

Seeing that Wu Bing received the memorial, the examinees finally returned to the examination room.

Throwing away the memorial, Wu Bing lay down and went to sleep.He was exhausted most of the night, and was too sleepy after being drunk, so he could slowly fall asleep during the student exams.

As for the memorial to the emperor?

You said that the joint name of Juren to Shangshu might still cause some waves.But the eight hundred scholars in front of them didn't even pass the exam for scholar. They came here for the exam for scholar today.

"Inspector, Inspector!"

I don't know how long I slept, but the civil servant quietly woke Wu Bing up: "A candidate has handed in the test paper, will he be interviewed?"

The Daoist Examination in the Ming Dynasty only took one exam, which was easier than the government examination in the Qing Dynasty. The examiner was in a good mood and could interview and admit him on the spot.

Wu Bing yawned and sat up straight, feeling that he still wanted to sleep, so he said: "Go home after the exam, don't bother me to meditate and learn."

Just like Jiangxi, Wu Bing has already broken the jar.

One day Zhao thief dares to send troops to occupy Nanchang City, Wu Bing dares to follow the thief immediately, and will be happy to be colleagues with the female generals of Datong from now on.

Of course, it would be better to leave Jiangxi earlier, and Xiong Wencan must be impeached by then!

Wu Bing had a personal feud with Xiong Wencan, and Xiong Wencan was defeated in the conquest of Liu Xiang, so he wanted to confiscate the goods of foreign merchants (including the Netherlands, Portugal, Japan and other countries) to make up for the loss.He told Wu Bing to forge the crimes of merchants and merchants. At that time, Wu Bing was the prefect of Fuzhou, and he immediately came back and said: "I can't bear to kill and flatter."

To put it bluntly, it is actually driven by interests, Wu Bing still has to rely on those foreign merchants to make money!

Also because of this incident, Wu Bing was suppressed by Xiong Wencan all the time, and he was forced to report illness and return to his hometown, where he devoted himself to opera creation.

This year he returned to office, thanks to Chongzhen's restoration of the nomination system, Wu Bing was nominated for his return.

In the next few days, Wu Bing waited for someone to send money.After receiving more than two hundred taels one after another, seeing that he couldn't get any more, he could only lament that the world is getting worse, and the candidates in Jiangxi are not even active in offering bribes and cheating.

After reviewing the papers and releasing the rankings, Wu Bing encouraged himself and decided to go to Linjiujiang, Nankang, Raozhou, Guangxin and other prefectures first.Those places are not the territory of Zhao thief, and he must be able to get more. At this time, he must not give up on himself.

Come on, Wu Bing, you can do it!

Starting from the mansion in a sedan chair, Wu Bing wanted to go to Nankang Mansion first, but he was stopped just after turning a street.

Wu Bing opened the sedan chair curtain and saw countless people holding sticks. He was so frightened that he quickly shouted: "Get off the sedan chair, get off the sedan chair, the rebels are coming!"

The bearer didn't know what was going on, but when he heard Wu Bing's shout, he threw down the sedan chair and ran away.

Wu Bing was thrown to the ground, and climbed out of the official sedan chair in embarrassment. He was considering whether to escape or follow the thief, but found that those "rebels" did not rush over at all.

Wu Bing hid far away, waited and watched courageously, and soon let out a sigh of relief.

It was the mansion of the eunuch guarding Jiangxi, surrounded by countless small townspeople.All of them slammed into the door with all their strength, and after some hard work, they finally broke the door open.

"Kill the eunuch dog!"

"Four walls are guarded, don't let the eunuch escape over the wall!"

"Kill!"

"..."

Not long after, Wang Yongzhong, the eunuch guarding Jiangxi, was caught by these petty citizens.

Wang Yongzhong was so frightened that he peed his pants, and said with tears running down his face, "The hero, spare your life, the hero, spare your life!"

A merchant grabbed the eunuch's clothes and asked, "Do you still dare to collect taxes randomly?"

Wang Yongzhong was paralyzed all over, and repeatedly promised: "Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare again. All heroes, please forgive me, and I will definitely not dare to accept it again in the future."

"Don't believe this guy's nonsense, once you let him go today, you will definitely get revenge in the future."

"Kill the eunuch, the government dare not do anything."

"That's right, this Nanchang is Mr. Zhao's world, the eunuchs sent by the dog emperor, if you kill them, you will kill them!"

"kill him!"

"kill him!"

"..."

Under the agitation of the crowd, the people in the outer layer squeezed in hard, and the people in the inner layer subconsciously started fighting.

I don't know how long it took to fight, but I came here on the official mission of the inspector and Nanchang mansion.

But in the face of such a situation, those officials did not dare to stop them, for fear that the troublemakers would turn around and beat them.I had to stand far away and shout: "Don't beat me, don't beat me, I'll cut my head off!"

The common people don't pay attention to official posts at all, only a few timid ones sneak away in fright.

"The eunuch is dead, hurry up and leave."

"Oh, don't worry, someone stepped on my hand!"

"..."

After an unknown amount of time, the people finally dispersed, leaving only an unrecognizable corpse on the street.

Wu Bingzhuang took the courage to go over to check, and immediately covered his face and turned his head. The eunuch's death was too miserable.Wu Bing's legs were weak, his mind went blank, and he was only slightly awake when he ran back to his residence.

Either quickly transfer the money away, or become a muddled official in Jiangxi, Wu Bing can no longer have a second thought.

Xiong Wencan, Jiangxi Sansi, and the prefect of Nanchang rushed to the scene one after another, but they had nothing to say when they saw the eunuch's body.

Wu Shiliang, who is in his 80s, was promoted from the right chief envoy of Jiangxi to the left chief envoy in place.The old man sighed and said: "Wang Yongzhong, the guarding eunuch, exploited excessively, provoked civil uprisings, and was surrounded and beaten to death by merchants. Just kill any culprits and report them to the court."

"Exactly." Xiong Wencan nodded.

None of the officials dared to object, and collectively reported the case "truthfully".As for the culprit who beat and killed the eunuch, he could kill any number of death row inmates in the prison.

This Jiangxi is really lawless!

Chapter 218 [Southern Patrol]

It was May and it still hadn't rained.

Even if people are superstitious, they will not think that Zhao Han lost his virtue, but that Emperor Chongzhen lost his destiny.

Hungry people from Zhejiang have already appeared in Guangxin Mansion, and they entered the three counties of Yushan, Guangfeng and Qianshan along the commercial road.They can't even wait for the harvest of summer grain, because there is no summer grain in Zhejiang, and they have already switched to various cash crops.

Last year it was a natural disaster in Zhejiang, but this year most of it was a man-made disaster. The Chongzhen government pressed taxes too quickly, and local officials simply robbed them directly.

The prefect of Guangxin was terrified, fearing that there would be too many hungry people, which would lead to a civil uprising sooner or later.Therefore, the gentry was called on to contribute money and food, and at the same time recruited village braves to drive these hungry people back to Zhejiang by force!

In addition, Guangdong fried.

Shen Youlong quelled civil unrest in Guangdong last year, and is continuing to suppress thieves in Guangxi.However, last year, most of Guangdong was hit by drought, and this year, most of Guangdong was hit by drought again.

The peasant uprising in Guangdong revived in April and quickly swept across several provinces.These variables were all brought about by Zhao Han. Without him defeating the officers and soldiers several times, there would not be so many peasant uprisings in the surrounding areas, and even the uprisings would be quickly quelled by the governor.

Ji'an Mansion.

Zhao Han said goodbye to his wife and younger sister Yiyi, and then boarded the warship. He wanted to personally appease the Hakka people in the southern Jiangxi region.

In the mountainous area around Ganzhou City, Chen Maosheng's missionary work has made great progress.Due to the economic blockade and internal divisions, more and more mountain people are willing to settle down and pay taxes, but farmers' associations are still unable to be established.

These Hakka people are united in the first place, and help each other through geographical and blood ties, and the peasant association seems to have become a superfluous thing.

However, their group and mutual assistance structure is too small, and even Hakkas from different regions will stage full martial arts because of their interests.This spring alone, due to the drought and competition for water, there were several conflicts between locals and guests, resulting in the death of more than 20 people.

In one of the biggest disturbances, more than 3000 people were dispatched by both sides to fight!

Zhao Yan enjoyed the grand scenery on both sides of the strait all the way, and soon came to Ganzhou City by boat.

Fei Ruhe, Chen Maosheng, Liu Anfeng and others led the generals and officials out of the city to meet them.Liu Huan, the former magistrate of Ganzhou in the Ming Dynasty, made meritorious service for cooperating with Chen Maosheng. In view of the complicated situation in the southern Jiangxi region, he was especially promoted to be the magistrate of Ganzhou prefecture.

"Greetings to Zongzhen!" Everyone bowed in unison.

Zhao Han clasped his fists in return and said, "Everyone has worked hard, so there is no need to be polite."

Walking in front of Fei Ruhe, Zhao Han smiled and said, "You've lost weight again, and you look more energetic."

"War all the time, can you not lose weight?" Fei Ruhe laughed.

During this time, Fei Ruhe had really been fighting.One is to suppress the bandits in the mountains, and the other is to fight against the peasant army in the counties of Southern Jiangxi.

The situation of these peasant armies is different.

Some were willing to submit to Zhao Han, while some insisted on self-government.And no matter what kind, they don't cooperate with the work very much, and they have to be convinced to become honest.

So far, Fei Ruhe's troops have occupied the seven cities of Ganzhou, Shangyou, Dayu, Nankang, Xingguo, Yudu, Ningdu, and Xinfeng, completely opening up the connecting route between Jiangxi and Guangdong.At the same time, [-] soldiers were stationed at Meiguan to contain the strategic point between the two provinces.

However, only the three counties of Ganxian, Xingguo, and Yudu have successfully completed the land division work, and other places have to continue to work hard.

Zhao Han patted Chen Maosheng on the shoulder again and said, "You have worked hard too."

"It's not hard." Chen Maosheng stood up straight.

Chen Maosheng's wife, Yang Chun'e, was standing beside her right now, with a big belly.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Congratulations, congratulations!"

The couple also laughed. They planned to adopt a child, but they didn't expect Yang Chun'e to be pregnant.

Zhao Han went to talk to Liu Anfeng and Liu Huan again, walking into the city gate while talking.

As a Ming official who surrendered, Liu Huan was directly appointed as the Tongzhi of Ganzhou through sheer luck.Surprised by Zhao Han's youth, he responded carefully all the way, and found that the lord was really unassuming, so he relaxed himself.

People came to watch along the way, wanting to see what Zhao Tianwang looked like, but Zhao Han did not disappoint them.

Temporarily living in the government office, other officials have dispersed, leaving only a few main responsible persons.

Fei Ruhe first reported: "If Chongyi County is taken again, the whole territory of Nan'an Prefecture will be conquered. There will be no rebels there. Inside the city is the Ming government, and outside the city there will be Hakka people everywhere. The whole county is poor and surrounded by mountains. There are only a few valleys that are considered fertile. To tell the truth, that place is a burden to occupy, and it does not help the war."

"No matter how poor you are, you have to take it," Zhao Han said. "When the other three counties in Nan'an Prefecture have completed the division of land and the farmers' association has been consolidated, then go and occupy Chongyi County. What about Ganzhou Prefecture?"

Fei Ruhe said: "Xinfeng County was just captured last month. In Longnan, Quannan, and Dingnan counties, there is a field soldier leader named Guo Quan, and there are more than a dozen large and small field soldier leaders. They were willing to join them. I heard that We had to divide the fields, and the acres could not be sublet, so we occupied the three counties and fought stubbornly."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "It's because I rebelled and became a landlord, so I don't want to spit out the land I grabbed."

"The counties of Ruijin, Huichang, Changning, Anyuan, and Shicheng are all in the same situation. The leaders of the field soldiers are unwilling to divide the land," Fei Ruhe continued. "These leaders of the field soldiers are all short-sighted. To attack and attack territory is to band together to resist the government, in the past it was against Ming Dynasty, but now it is against us."

Zhao Han concluded: "They rebelled only to become big landlords."

"Yes, that's it!" Fei Ruhe clapped his hands.