When Deng Ming followed the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Ming army, Xiong Sen, the prefect appointed by the Qing Dynasty, was placed under house arrest in the city by the Gentleman House with delicious food and drink.

The gentry House in Laizhou was complex and mixed with fish and dragons. Especially after Deng Ming announced that he would not send troops to Shandong immediately, many people in the House were even thinking about leaving a way out. Originally, they had built their own group training, which was no different from killing officials and rebelling. However, Deng Ming kept giving everyone a reassurance. First of all, the law did not blame the public. No matter how arrogant the Qing court was, he did not dare to kill all the gentry and hero alliances in half of the province. Secondly, Deng Ming also taught them many reasons. It was not enough to just eliminate villains. The slogan "clear the king's side" has been used up by rebels from ancient times to the present.

"You can be said to be forced to compromise in order to preserve the fire of loyalty to the court," Deng Ming estimated that with the continuous growth of the Qing army to destroy the Ming Dynasty, sooner or later the gentry councils would realize that they did not have to be afraid of the governor of Shandong at all, but now they still need to continue to be brave enough for those fencemen. After all, the fencemen in the gentry House is still the majority: "As long as all the gentry gentry in Jiaodong participate in the gentry, the Qing court will have a general amnesty, otherwise the Jiaodong place will not be ruled; but if you are kind-hearted and let a large number of gentry stay out of it, the Qing court will find an assistant to help it maintain its rule, and your chances of being pardoned will be much smaller."

Deng Ming's advocacy made more gentry unite and wanted to bring every neighbor into the House of Commons. This not only strengthened the strength of the House of Commons, but also made their party more complicated. Not only did it not be able to kick out the officers specially trained by Deng Ming from Jiaodong to support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Ming army, but it had to try its best to win them over. Once the relationship was familiar, Gao Yunxuan and others should also find their own alliance in the House of Commons.

Because everyone was thinking about accepting the Qing court's amnesty after Deng Ming withdrew his troops, no one dared to do anything at all, let alone say that he would kill Xiong Senxiong Prefect. At first, some people were worried that this would lead to Deng Ming's dissatisfaction, but Deng Ming generously stated that he would not question the decision of the Laizhou House, which was the internal affairs of their Shandong people.

The officers on the three walls also had questions about Deng Ming's decision. Although Deng Ming promised to respect the gentry in Laizhou, Xiong Sen and others were formal officials of the Qing court, and killing him could also serve as a letter of conspiracy.

"Yes, this is indeed a good letter of fame, but the gentry is also very clear about this. They will definitely try their best to clear themselves. If I force them to participate, it will probably arouse resistance and dissatisfaction; and there are no worries but unevenness. If a few people are covered with blood and cannot be cleaned, they and those who are not covered with blood will not be a family. Others will also think about giving them to the Qing court's steps to step down. No, I hope they share good fortune and misfortune, and no one wants to run away, so that they can cooperate better." Deng Ming thinks that Xiong Sen's undead also has other benefits, such as asking him to see more inside information about the cooperation between the gentry House and himself. In the future, the gentry House will feel that this person is hot.

Sweet potatoes are not allowed to be released, nor can they be killed: "There is another last point. If I want to kill Xiong Sen, someone might buy them from him immediately, and maybe they will help him escape and win the appreciation of the Qing court. Now if I don't kill Xiong Sen, these fencemen will not have the chance to buy the Qing court well. Well, right? I will post a list later and announce that I intend to pardon Xiong Sen, and want to persuade him to serve me. Xiong Sen will definitely use this to gild his face in the future, saying that he has kept the Qing court's rituals under my coercion and temptation - so the Qing court may not hold him accountable for his loss of land. Isn't there a chance to buy the Qing court and Xiong Sen? I will leave the road first, leaving the gentry with no way out."

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Because Deng Ming and the Gentleman House had their own plans, Xiong Sen and other magistrates received good treatment, and no one was executed after being captured.

After entering Dengzhou Prefecture, the Fuqing Ming army surrounded the county town, and the first thing he did was to threaten and win over local gentry to join the House of Assembly. Although he was very polite to foreign officials led by Xiong, he was not polite to the local gentry who tried to be alone. The Shandong gentry had a close relationship, and usually found his family friendship, and even his teachers went to persuade him. Most of the gentry could not withstand the threat of favor and threat, so he joined the House of Assembly and provided food and wages and soldiers to the Daye of Fuqing.

But sometimes they would encounter one or two stubborn elements who would not share hardships with everyone. At this time, the Fumiliation Ming army would arrest this guy in Laizhou and publicly trial his Tong Deng crime. If the person repents at this time, he could still enter the House of Commons. There were two or three thorns in this case, crying and announcing his support for the Qing Dynasty. When the Fumiliation Army escorted them with golden flowers and rode high-headed horses home, they often cried bitterly - but the Fumiliation Ming army turned a blind eye to this. Most of the people in the House of Commons were experienced, and they called it "crying with joy"; after becoming a member of the Congress, they would also hang a large plaque "Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Ming Dynasty" in their homes. Whoever dares to secretly pick it off at night is that it is the current Deng criminal - in terms of taking the gentry into the gang, the gentry House of Commons is becoming more and more proficient in the gentry.

However, there were two stubborn and unsightly hard-working elements who were still shouting in the court, "I will never follow the thief" and the colleagues of the gentry who were slandered as thieves were of course furious and dragged both renouncers out to behead them. One of them was still shouting, "I am worthy of the Qing Dynasty today and the emperor." After this renouncer who had an affair with Deng Ming was executed, the gentry house used his property as military supplies, and everyone, even his friends and relatives, spat a mouthful of phlegm at the headless body. This conscientious guy actually wanted to keep himself alone and betray everyone's lives to invite him to the Qing court. It's really a pity.

Since the middle of last year, Yuqi's troops on Yashan have been living like a year. Yuqida Manor located in Jieguanting was burned by Jieshu, which was the largest private villa in Shandong and even China at that time. Prince Kang was shocked when he saw the scale of Yujia Manor in Jieguanting, because this manor was even more magnificent than his prince's mansion.

Going to the east of the Guanting, there is the Yashan Mountain area, which is 7 to 800 miles in a radius. Yu Qi and his alliance are hiding in it. There are more than 100,000 rebels driven into the mountain by Prince Kang's army. Of course, many of them are Yu Qi's friends, but more are the people around them, as well as some small landlords without fame and reputation and their tenants.

Seeing that the Yashan Mountain area was complex and Yu Qi had been operating for many years and had a strong defense, Jieshu and Ebilong gave up the idea of ​​a strong attack. They ordered the army to surround Yashan and set up camp posts on all passages, and then drove the surrounding knights, bandits, farmers, and people into the Yashan Mountain area. Every time a large number of people were rushed by the Qing army, the post would release a road and let them enter the mountain, and then close the passage and prevent them from leaving.

Although Yu Qi was very rich and had reserved a lot of food in advance, more than 100,000 people and their relatives could eat up Yu Qi's reserves within one year. Although Prince Kang left after warning in Jiangnan, the remaining Qing army still carried out Prince Kang's deployment without fail, strictly guarding the passages around Yashan, and not allowing anyone to leave alive.

After seeing a large number of refugees pouring in, some of Yu Qi's allies realized the threat. Some advocated resolutely driving them away and never allowed them to get close to the mountain village. Some bandits even advocated killing the people and eating meat, just treating that the Qing army drove two-legged sheep. When the Qing army realized that their plan could not succeed, they would not continue to drive people. In that case, the Qing army would still need to attack Yashan or propose conditions for peace talks.

Yu Qi was indecisive after the uprising and did not show enough cruelty on this issue. Not only did he not eat the common people, he also accepted them into the parcel and provided them with necessary rations. At that time, Zu Zepu also participated in the surrounds of the mountains. After discovering Yu Qi's action, the long-time general who had guarded Jinzhou with his father laughed. Congratulations to Prince Kang for his rebels, and continued to drive more people into the Yashan area.

Today, Zhang Dingnan and Zhang Daxia led his disciples to patrol the defense zone.

After Jieshu left Shandong, the Qing army, which lacked troops, did not drive more people into the mountains, making Yu Qi's collapse a little late. Despite this, Yashan's reserves still bottomed out. Now there are so many people that they can no longer accommodate them by the village. Many people built simple tents in the village, hid in it with their families, and lived on the little food distributed by Yu Qi every day.

It was already winter, and the rations for the rations sent to these refugees in the village had been reduced to 2 taels per person per day. Every day, people died of cold and hunger. When Zhang Dingnan walked past the refugee camp, some people stared at him with bright eyes. It is said that the faster the person starved to death, the brighter his eyes would appear.

Not far away, a man kowtowed to Zhang Dingnan and his group: "Give me some steamed buns and take my little girl away."

The two girls kneeling next to this man, one looked twelve or three years old, and the other might be eight or nine years old, with grass marks on their heads. Their mother was already dead in pain, and the father still fantasized about having someone who could give his daughter a full meal to take his children away.

Yesterday, there was another fierce quarrel in the central army's tent. It was impossible for military rations to support it until after the first month of the year. Many bandits strongly demanded that Yu Daxia stop supplying food to refugees.

They shouted to Yu Qi: "If all the heroes starve to death, then these people still cannot survive."

Under the coercion and urging of everyone, Yu Dazhuan actually cried. He said that these people were his fellow villagers and were implicated because of his rebellion. How could he watch them starve to death?

Thinking of this, Zhang Dingnan sighed. From the outsider's standpoint, he could easily see Yu Qi's problem clearly: Yu Qi did not have the courage to take a gamble, and always had fantasies about the Qing court; nor did he have the cruelty of surviving with the dead. Seeing that the mountains and rivers were at a loss, he still did not have the courage to fight to the death with the Qing army. Yu Qi's talent was only worthy of being a hero, and in addition to his character, he also lacked military ability. The reason why Yu Qi did not have the courage to break through was because he knew very well that he would be defeated if he left Yashan.

However, if Zhang Dingnan was transferred to Yu Qi's position, he would not dare to say that he could do better than Yu Qi, be able to make up his mind to eat people, or train a suicide squad to break through the Qing army's blockade - but Zhang Dingnan felt that he would at least dare to try it.

After yesterday's meeting, Yu Qi announced that the food rations of the heroes would also be reduced, in order to persist for a longer time and wait for the situation to change - for a few more months, the heroes would probably not even have the strength to try it.

Are you starving to death here like this?

"Master, Master!" Just when Zhang Dingnan was at a loss, he suddenly saw a disciple who was born in charge running over with joy and shouted at him from afar: "Save the siege! The officers and soldiers have rescued the siege."

"What?" Zhang Dingnan was shocked and couldn't help but feel hope in his heart: "Does the court really want a general amnesty and is going to recruit us?"
Chapter completed!