Qin Dacheng didn't expect that Lord Admiral would ask him for what he meant, he hadn't turned a corner in his mind for a while, and he didn't understand why Lord Admiral suddenly changed his mind and cleaned up these people with fines instead of the pot as he said in advance, so he didn't react there.
When the Admiral saw this, he was unhappy.
Governor Zhou suddenly opened his mind, knowing that Lord Admiral thought that his bid was too low, so he decisively gritted his teeth and said a number that made Lord Admiral's face instantly become kind.
"Ten thousand taels" Zhou Zhifu is really bleeding from his heart, and this price is also his limit, no matter how much, he really can't take it.
"Nanxiong Mansion has worked hard all these years without merit" The Admiral sighed, and he stepped forward to tell the officials and gentry that he was not good for these things outside his body, and that according to his nature, he would definitely be governed by law and discipline and would not be spared.
However, at present, the Taiping thief army is pressing, and internal stability is needed, and the two governments still have to rely on you to maintain them, and if you arrest everyone, how can he lead the army and people of the two provinces to fight the thieves together.
Therefore, for the sake of the safety of the gentry of Shaozhou and Nanxiong, and for the sake of the Jiangshan Society of the Qing Dynasty, the Admiral made an exception and agreed to the officials of the two prefectures to atone for their crimes with fines, which would be used as military salaries and rewards for meritorious soldiers who killed the enemy.
The Admiral reiterated many times that he would not take a penny of the fines paid by the officials and gentry.
At the same time, he also generously said that as long as the officials paid the fines, the past will not be blamed, as long as the people will not be harmed from now on, the officials will still be in their original positions, and those who have made meritorious contributions to the enemy will also ask the court for merit for him.
This move made the officials, big and small, even claim that the admiral is sympathetic to the official situation, and does not make the officials bored.
As for the gentry and the big families, they were also warned.
Under the guidance of the Admiral, Qin Dacheng, the prefect of Shaozhou, finally understood the meaning of the Admiral, so he shook his spirit and launched a "verbal sword" negotiation with Zhou Wenming, the representative of the officials and gentry, and the famous Song Dahu in Shaozhou City.
Half an hour later, the Admiral was given the final figure, and the officials and gentry were willing to atone for their sins with 400,000 taels of silver.
On the pretext of preventing the officials and gentry from repenting, Jiang Dacheng asked the Admiral to immediately arrange for someone to take the fine silver, and he would not let go if he did not see the silver.
The Admiral refused on the grounds that he was taking the opportunity to blackmail officials and that his reputation would be harmful, and that he would only make arrangements tomorrow.
Jiang Dacheng rewarded the soldiers with a fine of silver, and repeatedly persuaded him on the grounds of encouraging the morale of the army, and finally made the admiral relentless and agreed to the matter.
The officials and gentry who lived in Shaozhou City did not have to worry, and the Admiral specially arranged for his own soldiers to return to their homes with them to collect the fines, but those officials who came from other places did not have so much money in their hands.
But it didn't matter, the Admiral thought of their difficulties, so under the "care" of the Admiral, the 49 gentry and business house owners in Shaozhou City advanced money for these foreign officials.
All of a sudden, there was an endless stream of large and small carriages in the city, loaded with gold and silver, but there was only one direction, and that was the Admiral's Mansion.
After all, Shaozhou is not a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River, nor is it the provincial capital Guangzhou, and the time is urgent, and there is not so much cash in the city.
The Admiral took this into account, and relented again at the end of the day, and asked the officials who really could not make up the money to pay as much as they could, and the rest of the IOUs were to be redeemed when they had enough money.
Pity those officials who happily came to the city to celebrate the birthday of the Admiral, and all of them were in debt of more than 1,000 taels overnight, and there was no place to cry if they wanted to.
Fortunately, the Admiral collected the fine and fulfilled his promise to release them from prison and place them in the city inn, but they were not allowed to leave the city until dawn before they could return.
The Admiral did not break his promise, and the official ministries were not deprived, which made the officials feel at ease, as long as they could still be officials, they would always find a way to make up for today's losses, so as not to end their lives.
After daybreak, the hapless officials prepared to take the carriage back, only to find that the gates were not open.
The officials thought that the Admiral had changed his mind, and they all panicked, and pushed the Nanxiong Zhou Governor to inquire about the Admiral, so as not to be frightened.
Governor Zhou was halfway to the Admiral's Mansion, but he was suddenly startled by a cannon shot, and he fell from his horse in fright.
Before the person got up, the sound of cannons and guns in his ears was like thunder, which frightened Zhou Zhifu with only one thought in his mind: Could it be that Taiping Kou was killed The sudden sound of cannons and guns shocked the whole city, and the adults and children were so frightened that they hid at home and did not dare to come out.
The sound of cannons and guns only rang out for half an hour, intermittently, and there were shouts of killing from time to time at the head of the city and outside the city, thinking that the battle was very fierce.
It wasn't until noon that the sound of artillery and shouting finally stopped, and the gentry in the city secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Taiping Kou had been repelled by the Admiral, otherwise there would have been no movement.
After a while, there was the sound of neat footsteps on the street outside, which sounded like a large group of officers and soldiers passing by.
There was a bold lying on the crack of the door and secretly looking out, and suddenly the whole person was dumbfounded, which Qing soldiers were marching on the street outside, but a group of Taiping Kou in red military uniforms Taiping Kou entered the city Almost instantly, the gentry in Shaozhou City knew the news that made them unbelievable, and the Taiping Kou who killed that day actually entered the city Where's the Admiral?
Anyone who has some insight can't help but think of Zhang Fei, who is extremely brave, beats the Taiping Kou ghost crying wolf, and does not dare to make a step in the north, how can the Admiral of the Qing Emperor's incomparably trusted Admiral not be able to stop the Taiping Kou this time.
The people are still gone, the gentry and officials are like losing their fathers, and the Taiping Kou has broken the city, which means that they, the officials of the Qing Dynasty, are all going to be unlucky.
However, another astonishing thing was discovered by the officials and gentry, that is, the Taiping Kou who entered the city seemed to be extremely familiar with Shaozhou, and they were able to accurately open from the city gate to all the important places in the city, occupy the yamen of the prefecture and county, and even know where the military camp is.
What surprised them even more was that the military camp in the city was empty.
It is understandable that the Qing soldiers were scared away, but what is incomprehensible is that the barracks are cleaned and clean, the granaries are also full of grain, the mats are also laid on the Chase where the soldiers sleep, the bedding is neatly folded, and the large water tank outside the camp tent is also filled with water, and everything seems to have been prepared for a long time.
What's even more gritting is that the one who leads the way for Taiping Kou is not the elite soldiers under the Admiral Understood, understood The Taiping was not sent into the city, but was put into the city The astonishing truth is soon discovered.
Tang Sanshui was a bastard and voted for Taiping Kou That bastard knocked us down last night The officials were angry, and the gentry also stomped their feet and scolded, they were very angry, bizarre angry: You Tang Sanshui don't care about Taipingkou, but you can't help but take us with you Tang Sanshui, who was leading the 3,000 elite soldiers raised by heavy money, was proud on the road to Ganzhou officials, he couldn't help but be unhappy, he just wanted to get rid of the Qing officials in Shaozhou and Nanxiong, and hand over the two mansions to Xiucai in a complete way, making a small amount of money.
I didn't want to, but there was a windfall, and he was asked to get more than 300,000 taels of silver overnight.
This silver was given to me voluntarily by the officials and gentry, not by me, so Xiucai can't say that I am treacherous about this.
I, Tang Sanshui, am not a person who really regards gold and silver as dung, after so many years of hard work, others don't understand, you Xiucai still understands that I die for money, and birds die for food, if I don't want the silver sent to the door, if I want to be thundered by the sky From time to time, there were fast horses galloping from behind, and Tang Sanshui was informed of the Taiping army's entry into the city to receive relevant matters, and after hearing that the Taiping army had not committed any offense against the Governor's Mansion after entering the city, Tang Sanshui smiled and said to Song Qian and Jia Da: "I said that His Royal Highness the King of Qi is the most faithful person in the world, and to do business with him is to put 10,000 hearts, you are still worried, how about it, His Royal Highness the King of Qi has taken a fancy to your small money and told you, not only will he not ask for your small money, but he will have to settle the bill and send money to the Governor's Mansion later." ” "It's all thanks to the blessings of the adults, so that the lowly people can have today."
Jia Da and Song Qian hehehe, silly music, four years ago, the two of them were just big soldiers, and now they are a deputy general and a general, and they have earned tens of thousands of taels of silver, and there are more beautiful women who have played.
"It's not my blessing, it's the blessing of His Royal Highness King Tozi, you have to figure this out, and you can't mix it up."
Tang Sanshui corrected the mistakes of his subordinates, drank water and did not forget to dig wells, he can have today, but it is all the blessing of Tuo Xiucai, and he wants to repay his kindness.
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"Don't worry, my lord, I understand, I understand, we are the blessing of His Royal Highness King Tozi, hehe" Jia Da and Song Qian nodded without overlapping, Qin Dacheng also smiled, those that were fished in the past are not counted, 10,000 taels of silver of the more than 300,000 taels last night were his, and now that the money has been obtained, the city has also been handed over, and the silver is placed in the Taiping Army as if it was placed in his own home, there is nothing to worry about.
Now it depends on whether they can make persistent efforts and dedicate Ganzhou to His Royal Highness the King of Qi as a great gift to congratulate his old man on his Northern Expedition.
"Damn, let them pretend to be like a point, we are defeated soldiers, we look like victorious" Seeing the morale of his subordinates high and their heads held high, Tang Sanshui scolded with a smile.
So at the sound of an order, the originally neat team immediately became scattered, and the flag also fell, and it immediately looked like a team fleeing for its life.
"That's right, a defeated soldier should have the appearance of a defeated soldier, otherwise he would be so swaggering over, Su Hongzu's guy can believe us" Su Hongzu in Tang Sanshui's mouth refers to the governor of Southern Jiangxi, this person is a person from the Red Banner of the Han Army, and he is very loyal to the Tartars.
If you want to take Ganzhou, this person must be removed.
"Ganzhou is worth more than Nanxiong and Shaozhou, and the price of King Qi is very high, whether you can make this list depends on you."
Tang Sanshui was in high spirits, and pointed in the direction of Ganzhou with a whip, his eyes full of longing. oshow7 t1706231537: