Chapter 144 Buying People's Hearts
In summary, Wang Jing felt that he had no future with such a court. Even if he was not killed by the Qing army, he would be killed by his own court.
But if he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Wang Jing felt that it would be better to die. Imagine that he would cut his head into a pig's tail in the future, and Wang Jing felt disgusted. Wang Jing felt that in the face of national invasion, he would never surrender or become a traitor.
Moreover, according to the character of the Manchu wild boar skin, even if he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, there was not much good fruit. The highest power was always controlled by the wild boar skin. These Manchu Tartars did not regard the Han people as humans at all. When they saw the emperor, they called themselves "slaves" and "slaves".
Neither he wanted to follow the Ming Dynasty nor was he going to surrender to the wild boar skin of the Qing Dynasty. He had to go on a turbulent world. After all, he had hundreds of years of knowledge than the people of this era. Moreover, Wang Jing felt that although 1971 changed the historical time, the outline should have not changed yet, otherwise this "Dao of Heaven" would have planned to plot against him long ago.
When Wang Jing thought of this, he was still very familiar with most of the battles of the Manchu wild boar skin, so he took a try!
Regarding the matter of independence, Wang Jing felt that he could only think about it in his heart. Now this matter is not the time he thought about it. The most important thing now is to escape from Yangzhou City.
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The Qing Tartars occupied the Forbidden City for 200 or 300 years until the Republic of China. The Qing Dynasty ruled the Ming Dynasty society, which had already had the budding of capitalism, backed back to the original point. It also indicates that China is becoming increasingly backward compared with Western technology, and thus signed many treaties that sold the country and seek prosperity.
Whenever Wang Jing thought of the many national humiliation clauses signed by the Qing Dynasty, such as the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Treaty of Nanjing, and other ethnic humiliation, he wanted to change history and wash away these humiliations.
Of course, there are some selfish thoughts here. This "Dao of Heaven" is already so chaotic. Isn't it a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation? God wants to beat you, isn't there still 1971 to resist?
Thinking of this, Wang Jing couldn't help but think of the current situation, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, "Chongzhen"!
Wang Jing still has some understanding of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen. Wang Jing often went to forums in his previous life because he could not find a job for the time being. There was a saying by Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, on the online forum.
Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty: I died without a face and saw my ancestors underground. I took the crown to cover my face and let the thieves split and do not hurt my people alone.
No matter how the emperor said this, Wang Jing had a good impression of the Ming Dynasty from this sentence alone. Moreover, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was that the emperor guarded the country and the king died of the country. Even if he was captured, he did not surrender.
There were only emperors who died in battle, and no emperors who surrendered. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was no humiliation of marriage and no shame of paying tribute. It was the most backbone dynasty in ancient China.
Now, the Ming Dynasty has been destroyed, and only the remaining Ming Dynasty forces are left to establish the so-called Southern Ming Dynasty in Nanjing. However, those emperors are unsightly and only know how to enjoy themselves.
Wang Jing remembers that the emperor who ascended the throne in Nanjing was the Hongguang regime of Zhu Yousong. After Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, he only knew how to eat, drink, play, build palaces, and search for beauties. It seemed that it was destroyed in no time. Then the Longwu regime, the King of Lu, the Shaowu regime, and the Yongli regime were defeated after 18 years.
If he hadn't been killed in 1971 at that time, perhaps the whole world would have changed because of himself, but now, Wang Jing's eyes were dim.
Now the Yangzhou City where Wang Jing is located has been broken, and Shi Kefa, who guards Yangzhou City, is now dead. The owner of the body that Wang Jing travels through is called "Xu Tao", and is the son of Xu Zhaoji, the left governor of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Xu Zhaoji has also died in the battle of defense of Yangzhou.
Now the ten thousand officers and soldiers who defended Yangzhou City were only the people in this room left. Of course, some were scattered outside, either fled or captured.
These more than 30 great men are the father of "Wang Jing" and Xu Zhaoji's loyal guards defended "Wang Jing" to hide in this place. On the way to hide, Wang Jing was knocked to the ground and fainted, giving Wang Jing the opportunity to travel through time. Naturally, the original "Xu Tao" died, and Wang Jing occupied this body.
Damn, why do I feel like I have become a big devil? Every time I come through time, I will kill someone, except for "Ling Feng"!
Xu Zhaoji was the left governor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the crown prince Taibao. He was a big official. "Xu Tao" like his father Xu Zhaoji, and he liked wars very much. "Xu Tao" was naturally good at martial arts, so he was taken by his side only when he went to the expedition to "Xu Tao". The Xu family's father and son treated his soldiers very well, so he was loved by many soldiers.
"Xu Tao" is still a bit majestic in the army, which is also the reason why these people swear to save "Xu Tao" to the death.
At this time, the Qing Tartars were constantly massacring the people of Yangzhou City. If they were not stopped, then all the 800,000 people would die. This is just official data. As for how many people actually died, there were probably only a few more people. 800,000 people were nearly three times the number of people in Nanjing Massacre.
After Wang Jing merged the memories in his mind, he felt that he should wake up. Listening to the shrill sounds of constant shouting outside, Wang Jing felt that he had the responsibility to save them.
Wang Jing opened his eyes first and did not say anything. After all, he was not really Liu Xia, so it would be better to say less and less. The guard beside "Wang Jing" shouted happily when he saw "Wang Jing" open his eyes.
"Major General woke up"
"Major General woke up"
"Great, Major General, you finally woke up. I'm so anxious. Major General, how about Major General?"
"The Major General is awake, it's great"
"Major General..."
"Wang Jing" heard these loyal servants shouting at him excitedly, and felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, and it seemed to be saying in his heart: These people are so loyal to themselves, and even willing to give up their lives. They must save them, and they must save them.
"Wang Jing" sat up, clenched his fist tightly, and shot the more than thirty men's eyes at a glance, feeling a little sad. Although there was nothing seriously injured in these more than thirty men, they were now like beggars. Some people were excited to shed tears when they saw themselves doing it. "Wang Jing" sighed in his heart.
"Brothers, I, Wang Jing, are here to thank you for sacrificing my life to save you." As he said, "Wang Jing" stood up and bowed to the more than 30 people. The man nearest to "Wang Jing" hurriedly went up to support "Wang Jing", and then choked up excitedly and said to "Wang Jing": "Don't say dirty words, if we had not had any major generals and old generals to save us before, we would probably have been in a different place. How could we be free today? We have already handed over our lives to the major general. The major general must not worship us, and we really can't bear it." Seeing that "Wang Jing" still refused to give up, the guard continued, "If the general insisted on doing this, we would just wait for a long time to kneel down." After saying that, the man first knelt down to "Wang Jing" and the others also knelt down on the ground.
"Wang Jing" is indeed a greedy person. He doesn't know what these great men are thinking in their hearts now, so he can only use this move. However, the effect is still good. It seems that they can at least feel their loyalty. However, now he only has more than 30 people in his hands, which seems to be a little small, but "Wang Jing" thought that there must be many people who were dispersed by the Qing army outside. At that time, his father and son led 4,000 people to rescue him.
Seeing that the effect was achieved, the soldiers also got up. Seeing that Wang Jing was up, they all got up and stopped arguing with Wang Jing. When Wang Jing thought about it, they remembered the name of the man who was taking care of him just now. This man was named Liu Dazhuang and a man saved by his father Xu Zhaoji. Seeing that this man was brave, Xu Zhaoji kept him as his personal guard, and was more loyal.
Now at this time, I should know the most about what is going on outside and see what these soldiers think.
"Wang Jing" thought that if he could gather the remaining troops fleeing everywhere outside, he should be able to gather an army of thousands of people. With this team, he might be able to escape from Yangzhou City and develop his own power.
Chapter completed!