Under the city gate, Xia Nan looked up at a group of officials on the city tower. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It has been the third year since he traveled to the Ming Dynasty, and he has also seen officials at all levels from the governor to the county, and he is already quite familiar with the clothing of the officials.

Wang Zunde is the dignified governor of Liangguang, naturally he will not go out of the city to negotiate with the thieves in person, and the rest of the people cannot make decisions on his behalf, and Xia Nan, as the "head of the thieves", will not be in danger and enter the city to talk to them, so the two sides can only shout at the city gate.

In view of the Governor's advanced age, the manual work of shouting was left to Yu Baocheng. He shouted to the city: "The people under the city have listened well, the people of Taiwan have sympathy for the people of Guangzhou, and they are unwilling to raise any more soldiers, and they are willing to agree to the three conditions of the two of you, and after you receive the silver taels, you must leave as soon as possible." ”

Nanguan smiled in the summer, officials are always officials, they are all stripped naked, and they have to find a fig leaf to block it. It's obvious that there is no way out after being beaten, but he still has to find a sanctimonious excuse. However, this kind of verbal cheapness allows them to take advantage of it, and they only need to benefit it.

He shouted with full anger: "If you promised me yesterday, three conditions are enough. Today I would like to add one more condition, that the king will announce his resignation as governor in public. ”

The officials were in an uproar and shouted:

"Thief Ann Dare!"

"A soldier can be killed, but not humiliated!"

"Insatiable, just take the money and leave, thieves are shameless and ugly after all."

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Although everyone knew that Wang Zunde's position had entered the countdown, the significance of being dismissed by the imperial court was very different from that of resigning under the pressure of thieves, the latter was simply a naked insult, and there was no such precedent in this dynasty. Everyone became angry about this matter, and the thieves insulted not only Wang Zunde alone, but also the civil official class.

Xia Nan ignored the shouts of the officials and leisurely threw out a sentence: "Lord Wang cherishes his reputation, and it's okay if he doesn't agree." There are still thousands of officers and soldiers trapped in Qiongshan County, and I will not let them return to Guangzhou alive. As soon as this team is destroyed, there will be no more soldiers in Guangdong, and no one will be able to stop me from entering and leaving Guangdong. ”

As soon as these words came out, the city tower was silent, although these words were arrogant, but no one could deny them. If He Rubin's army is lost, there is indeed no one in Guangdong who can stop it from entering and exiting, and the provincial capital is like a woman who has been stripped naked. When the time comes, they will come every few months to bomb and blow up, and they will not let people live.

Wang Zun came from it, he was the governor of Liangguang, in charge of the military and political power of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, with tens of thousands of battalions in his hands, and the best Hongyi cannon in the country, but he was forced to this point by a small pirate on Qiongzhou Island. He now regrets that he didn't bring the Tusi soldiers from Guangxi to Guangzhou, if those brave and warlike Tusi soldiers were there, the thieves would never be so arrogant.

Xia Nan waited for a while, and when he saw that there was no movement, he said, "Since this is the case, then I will continue to fire." Bomb the South Gate today, change the West Gate tomorrow, and ...... the day after tomorrow."

"You don't have to say it!"

Wang Zunde interrupted him, reached out and took off the official hat on his head, and put it flat on his chest.

The crowd was in an uproar, is this the rhythm of completely surrendering to the thief?

After taking off his official hat, Wang Zunde seemed to have unloaded a thousand catties of burden, and his heart was much more relaxed. He said to Xia Nan under the city: "How innocent are the people in the city, if I can exchange a black hat for the peace of hundreds of thousands of people in the city, what if I don't be the governor!" ”

Officials have spoken out one after another to dissuade: "Why do you need to be so ...... to control Taiwan?"

"Please take back the order, this matter can be slowly ......"

Whether it is true or false, they can't watch the governor being forced to resign by thieves, and they still have to do it.

Xia Nan smiled and arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang cares about the people and is willing to sacrifice himself to become benevolent, Xia admires it so much." That being the case, I am not a man of my word. Send 100,000 taels of silver, promise me all the conditions, I will withdraw from Guangzhou immediately, General He's troops, I will also let him go back to Guangdong. ”

How could he not know that Wang Zunde's official position was in jeopardy, and even if he was not forced to express his position today, the governor of Liangguang would change hands sooner or later. The official position is gone, the reputation has been brushed up, and there is a theoretical chance of recovery in the future. However, his goal has been achieved, so there is no need to push people too much, debunk this little scheming, leave a glimmer of leeway, and wait for the new governor to appease him in the future.

"That's very good." After saying this, Wang Zunde turned around and went downstairs, what should have been said had been said, what should have been done has been done, and the humiliation has also been suffered, why are you still staying here, waiting to spit on yourself?

"Make a platform and stay ......" Everyone spoke out to stay, but no one really followed.

Everyone looked at each other and was quite embarrassed. I thought that others would follow, and I just shouted a few words to meet the situation, but I didn't expect everyone to have the same mind, and the gentleman didn't move his mouth.

Mu Tianyan coughed and came to the wall, ready to talk to the thief leader to get rid of the embarrassment. As soon as Wang Zunde left, he was one of the highest-ranking officials present, and he was qualified to come out of the ranks.

"This official is Mu Tianyan, the left envoy of Guangdong Province, and promises to send 100,000 taels of silver out of the city on time, and I hope that Your Excellency will keep your promise."

"This is natural. After I leave Guangzhou, I will send someone to Guangzhou to reopen the shop, and I will ask the people of Mutain and all the adults to take care of it. ”

The thieves ran to the city of Guangzhou, forced the governor away, and watched the other party reopen their shops in Guangzhou, which is a complete slap in the face! The officials seemed to hear the "snapping" sound on their faces, ashamed and angry, but helpless. Mu Tianyan was embarrassed when he heard this, and laughed dryly: "Hehe, that's natural." ”

He turned back to all the officials and said, "Have you heard it, within an hour, everyone will send the silver to the prefect's yamen according to their official ranks, three thousand taels for five grades, five thousand taels for four grades, and seven thousand taels for three grades, and the prefect Yu will be responsible for delivering it to the thieves." ”

Yu Baocheng was flattered: "The lower officials must do their best to handle this matter......"

Before he finished speaking, Mu Tianyan added: "If it is not enough for 100,000 taels, the remaining part will be raised by the Yu Governor's Mansion." ”

Yu Baocheng's face turned from sunny to cloudy, and he said with a bitter face: "...... Xiaguan ...... The subordinate obeyed. ”

In his heart, he calculated that these officials present, according to the proportion said by Mu Daren, could make up a maximum of 50,000 or 60,000 taels, and the rest still had to persuade the merchants to donate. After thinking about it, did the Mu people make such an arrangement, did they want to distribute the money borne by the adults to the merchants? Whether it's or not, anyway, I'll just share it all the time, and then I will send the money to the mansions of the adults, and it will not be wrong. (To be continued.) )