Chapter 175 Shandong Tax Bank Robbery (1)
The incident of the eighth-Yunsi's imprisonment caused a huge shock in the capital, and the officials did not even discuss Huo Chong's affairs in private.
It was completely reversed in Shandong, and no one cared about the fact that the eighth-Yunsi was imprisoned. Even the places where officials in Jinan City were densely populated, not talking about Huo Chong, what was discussed was the new Shandong Governor Guarjia Selen'er, and the previous Shandong Governor Chen Shiguan who was dismissed from office and was arrested and imprisoned in the capital.
As for the fate that the eighth-girl Yunsi in the capital was encountered, it was really too far away. Perhaps the only one who really cared about the eighth-girl Yunsi was the new governor Guarja Selene.
The wealthy family has its own information, not to mention that the latest news is not particularly secret news. Yongzheng's oldest son is obviously the most likely to compete for a new crown prince. On the tenth day of October, Yongzheng issued an order to "adopt to Yunsi".
The statement in the letter was that Hongshi firmly opposed Yongzheng's ruthless move and tried his best to plead with Yongzheng for his uncles. As a result, he had already seen it.
This style was indeed something that Yongzheng could do. Since Hongshi disobeyed his father Yongzheng for others, let Hongshi be the son of the person he cared about.
Thinking that such a person is his master and even his own son treats him like this, Guarja Elensai felt a wave of invisible chill. He was facing a vicious thief like Huo Chong. He was a thief who even Nian Gengyao praised him for his "elegant military use and solid combat". Can he withstand it? What would happen if he failed?
Under the trend of fear, Elensai ordered officials to report the latest news from Huo Chong. As a Manchu Jinshi in the 48th year of Kangxi, Elensai was frightened.
After defeating the 20,000 Qing troops outside Jinan City, there were no large-scale official troops east of Jinan. Huo Chong's momentum was greatly boosted, and with Zibo and Linzi as the center, he sent people to the surrounding areas.
The magistrates of several counties were killed by Huo Chong because they refused to surrender, either committed suicide by prisoners or refused to surrender. Although the magistrates were so arrogant that they refused to escape at the last minute, and even more so they refused to surrender to the thief... But Elensai knew that it was a death sentence for civil officials to escape. With Yongzheng's personality, it would be better to fall into Huo Chong's hands or simply commit suicide if they fell into Yongzheng's hands.
The county magistrate and other officials were only the first unlucky ones. All the gentry who had family members in the court were dealt with by Huo Chong's "temporarily expropriated land". Vanke's gentry resisted with force and was even more unceremoniously suppressed.
Elensai imagined the pain that the gentry suffered, and was very frightened. Then he saw that Huo Chong actually allowed the gentry to take his family and leave the territory he occupied and go to other places. Many gentry chose to take refuge in Jinan City.
"Let me find some gentry who fled to Jinan, and I want to ask questions." Elensai was very interested in these people.
From the moment I saw Elensai, the relatives of the gentleman who were killed for attacking Huo Chong knelt down and begged Lord Elensai to make decisions for them.
When the meeting ended, the people knelt down and begged Elensai to make decisions for them. They asked the court's representative in Shandong, Elensai, to send troops to destroy Huo Chong.
He heard this and frowned and asked, "You must start the money by suppressing bandits. You might as well take out the money by taking out the money by first."
The gentry's family was stunned. It was obvious that the current Shandong governor made such a request. Just when the gentry's family was puzzled, he heard Lord Elensai continue to say: "I promise you to wait for the city to hide, which is already a blessing. Since you are from the bandit land, why is Huo Bid willing to let you leave? You can't explain clearly. Don't make trouble again. Did you hear it?"
Not long after, this conversation was told to Feng Yukuan by the officers and officials in the governor's yamen. Feng Yukuan laughed and said, "Hehe, these people are also pitiful. He is no longer ignorant in the countryside, but he still ignorant when he enters the city."
The officer and the officer took the cigarette handed over by Feng Yukuan, lit it, and took a few deep sips. The officer nodded and replied, "Master Feng, the governor is the new one. When the governor works for a few more days, he will have to slap them in public."
The official was not so radical. He replied: "These people were also from the gentry's family, and they didn't say anything about rebellion. They probably wouldn't beat them. I saw that the governor heard that he was going to fight with Mr. Huo this time, so he became anxious."
Feng Yukuan didn't say anything. Many people knew that he had a close relationship with Huo Chong, and in the first place even forced Feng Yukuan to escape from Jinan City. According to the news, Feng Yukuan's home was almost confiscated. However, after Huo Chong defeated the official army, no one suddenly wanted to touch Feng Yukuan's home. After Huo Chong defeated the Qing army outside Jinan City, Feng Yukuan even naturally returned to Jinan City.
Feng Yukuan was not very clear about what other people thought, but for these people from the Governor's yamen, Huo Chong had enough strength to enter Jinan City. The reason why he did not enter was as Huo Chong said in the notice, "Order is better than unorder. If Huo Chong conquered Jinan City but was forced to give up because he could not hold on. It would be equivalent to indulging Jinan City to be looted, or twice. There is no reason to do such things that harm others and not benefit oneself. When Huo Chong has the strength to occupy Jinan, he will definitely seize Jinan. Please look forward to it with peace of mind. Huo Chong's army may be late, but will never be absent...'
Since both the officers and the officials knew that they wanted to protect themselves, Feng Yukuan immediately became very safe. After hearing some recent news, Feng Yukuan looked at him and asked casually: "I heard that all the yamen are recruiting people recently?"
The officers and officials showed a little embarrassed expression. Huo Chong killed the officials and rebelled. After breaking through the county, he would carry out a major purge to completely solve the government's power. The officials died because since they became officials, they must die.
The servants had a low status and among the people who were not allowed to take the exam for fame and honor in the Qing Dynasty. The descendants of the servants of the government office were yamen runners, constables, coroners and other descendants of those who worked in the yamen but had no fame but had no right to take the exam for fame and honor. Therefore, the career of being a servant was even considered a low-ranking rank.
Even so, there are still many people who want to eat this bowl of rice. Many people dare not do it again this time, so the reason for the large number of vacancy is that Huo Chong has shown strong power now. Huo Chong was not sluggish when he killed officials.
Since Jinan City will sooner or later be defeated by Huo Chong, some timid servants simply chose to save their lives.
However, the two people in front of them had a deeper view. They sighed: "Master Feng, we are timid. We didn't go to be guards at that time. Those who left were all profitable. I heard that each of them earned hundreds of taels. If they didn't leave, haha, wait and see."
Feng Yukuan smiled slightly. This time, the Qing Dynasty's suffrage defeat suffered a tragic defeat, but it does not mean that all the Qing Dynasty suffered a great loss. For example, the Jinan defenders generally made a fortune.
Since tobacco was introduced to China, smoking has become more and more popular. In this era, every family respects customers with cigarettes. The cigarette rolls in their fingers in front of them use paper, which is not a cheap product.
However, recently, the defenders in Jinan City have become major customers of cigarette rolls, and everyone can take out a cigarette roll to smoke every day. By the way, the bamboo, wood, copper, and copper-plated cigarette boxes produced by Huo Chong are all very good.
Everyone talked for a while, and Feng Yukuan asked how they needed to recommend the person to go into the Governor's Office and other government agencies. The officers exchanged glances with the officials, as if they didn't think about anything, and told Feng Yukuan the tricks inside.
After hearing this, Feng Yukuan gave two people two boxes of cigarettes and another bag of copper coins, and promised that as long as the matter was done, there would be a thank-you gift.
After seeing these people off, Feng Yukuan felt that it was quite meaningful. Huo Chong didn't look vicious, but he was really unreasonable when doing things. Is this the purpose of doing it to more conveniently occupy Jinan City?
It is obvious that the various governments in Jinan have reduced a lot of things. Therefore, the demand for work for yamen runners and officials has been greatly reduced, which has reduced many servants and officials, and has not had any impact on the existence of various government officials in Jinan City.
Not long after, Feng Yukuan got the news that it was impossible to discuss the arrangement of people before.
As winter approaches day by day, Shandong Governor Elensai is finally driven crazy by Shandong's sharp deterioration in financial situation. The territory occupied by Huo Chong is like a long knife, cutting Shandong into two parts north and south. Although the north part has Jinan Prefecture, it is not large in area.
Officials who had to be supported by the entire Shandong were now supported by money and grain provided by such a small area. Although the south did not fall into the hands of Huo Chong, they did not pay tax silver for various reasons. As a result, Jinan could not pay silver.
There was no way, Elensai immediately submitted a memorial to Yongzheng, requesting Emperor Yongzheng to take some tough measures.
After reading the memorial, Yongzheng immediately ordered: "There are many soldiers in Jinan City. What's the use of keeping these soldiers? Shouldn't it be sent to let those officials know that you are the governor of Shandong?"
When Elensai saw Zhu Pi, he was completely confused. If there were no soldiers left in Jinan City, what should Huo Chong do if he rushed in?
However, if the situation continues like this, with the empty warehouses in Jinan City, without waiting for Huo Chong to come in, there will probably be no officials, officials and soldiers left in Jinan City, which have already begun to owe wages. At that time, such a bare governor, such as Elensai, would either be captured by Huo Chong or beheaded by Yongzheng.
Even though he knew that he had to rely on the army to send the tax and silver back to the government, Elena was still worried that he had made mistakes in Yongzheng's thoughts, so he held a meeting to let the officials who could speak express their opinions. Even in the end, Elena still had to take the blame, no, because Elena always took the blame in the end, Elena had to bring as many people as possible into it.
It was the beginning of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, and the officials had not paid any salary for a month. Moreover, the officials knew that according to the current situation, everyone would not have to rely on the salary for money. So when Elensai talked about sending troops to collect tax money, no one opposed it.
Chapter completed!