Jiangling, under the rule of Jingzhou Prefecture, borders the Yangtze River in the south, Hanshui in the north, Bashu in the west, and Hunan and Guangdong in the south, and is known as the "thoroughfare of seven provinces".

In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong fell into Jiangling and demolished the Jiangling city wall. In the third year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the old foundation was used to rebuild, and there was Jiangling City that Cheng Xiaolian had seen.

"I heard that Zhang Juzheng was called Zhang Jiangling at the beginning, and this Jiangling City is this."

"The young master is well-informed and knowledgeable, and this is Jiangling City." Cheng Xiaolian smiled bitterly when he heard this: "You can't forget to pat yourself on the back when you do anything." ”

Since Jiangling City is known as the thoroughfare of the seven provinces, of course, it is the place where Geng Jingzhong's monk Zhixin focuses on the care, there are five thousand soldiers and horses in the city, Geng Jingzhong also specially sent his son Geng Xianzuo, the history records that Geng Jingzhong's wife is the daughter of Prince Su Haoge, and after getting married, Geng Jingzhong was named Heshuo Forehead. Later, after the pacification of the three feudatories, Geng Jingzhong's son and generals were killed by Kangxi, Ling Chi, who committed a great crime, and was beheaded for a minor crime.

Of course, the current Geng Xianzuo is still proud of the spring equinox, he and Geng Jingzhong's generals have been guarding Jiangling, there are soldiers and generals under him, Jiangling is not a place where the two armies meet, there is no danger, and no other force can fight him, it is not an exaggeration to call it a local hegemon.

Geng Jingzhong, a person who has had the idea of not being subordinate since the day he took up the Fujian domain, once sent someone to spread the rumor that "the Son of Heaven is a fire ear", and after Wu Sangui raised his army, he took advantage of the situation and wanted to get a piece of the pie.

But although he inherited the prince of King Jingnan given to him by his grandfather Geng Zhongming, his talent was barely passing, but at the beginning, it was their family who led people to kill from the north to the south, and the slogan was that the anti-Qing people were killed, and they didn't know how many people were slaughtered along the way, and now they shook their heads and began to oppose the Qing Dynasty again, even those who were anti-Qing had a blood feud with their family, and it would be good not to seek revenge from him, where would they take refuge in him, so Geng Jingzhong's soldiers were far worse than Wu Sangui.

If it weren't for Wu Sangui helping them, I was afraid that they would have been wiped out a long time ago, and later used Fujian's fiefdom for such a shelter, the Geng family could be regarded as living a good life of dominating one side, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had no energy to take care of them, Wu Sangui was too lazy to take care of them, they became the soil emperor of Huguang and Guangxi, fortunately, there was a Shang Zhixin who reminded them all the time, otherwise Geng Jingzhong would not want to attack Sichuan and Shu at all.

Shang Zhixin, as a branch of the Shang family, is only carrying the mission of inheriting the glory of the family, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty dies, the Shang family that stayed in Guangdong will be finished. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not over, Shang Zhixin will either be incognito, or give a good head, which can be regarded as the name of the whole family.

Therefore, Shang Zhixin is more anxious than Geng Jingzhong, if he can't take Sichuan Shu, his Shang family will be difficult to guarantee the glory, when Geng Jingzhong sent his generals to Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Mansion those Huguang henchmen, Shang Zhixin's generals all gathered near Kuimen.

It is true that Shang Zhixin's talent is far worse than Geng Jingzhong, but in terms of the degree of effort, this person can definitely withstand three Geng Jingzhong. The family style of the two families is different, which also creates different endings. Qing historical manuscripts record that Geng Jingzhong's cronies and sons were in the city. Shang Zhixin only died with his body, and he gave death, and his family members were forgiven.

This is convincing, Geng Jingzhong was Ling Chi Yu City, that is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not treat him as a person at all, and Shang Zhixin was still his own person of the Manchu Dynasty, so he had to take care of face, but he was only given death in the mansion, and the family was never implicated.

Therefore, Geng Jingzhong was happy in Huguang, but Shang Zhixin was in full swing, and the river beach outside Kuimen was full of cannons, waiting for the day when he could attack Sichuan and Shu.

Cheng Xiaolian and the others had not yet entered the city when they ran into the people of the nearby village: "Are you going to this Jiangling City to do business?" ”

"That's right."

"I can't go, I can't go, this Gangneung City is not the Gangneung City of the past, now it is a place like a bandit's den, after you go, you will lose all your money at best, and you will be killed at worst."

Cheng Xiaolian showed a look of disbelief on his face: "This old man, I just came to Jiangling City a year ago, but there is no such thing as what you said." ”

As soon as the old man saw that Cheng Xiaolian doubted what he said, he immediately stopped, so that he could reason with Cheng Xiaolian, who didn't say that he Li Yufa was a jack of all trades, and now he was suspected, it was simply unbearable, the uncle could bear it, and the aunt couldn't bear it!

"I said that you are a descendant, you go to these ten miles and eight towns to inquire, when did I, Li Yufa, tell a lie, I kindly persuade you, this Jiangling City is not the Jiangling City of the Ming Dynasty now, nor is it the Jiangling City of the Qing Dynasty, even if it is that 。。。。。。" When he said this, he deliberately glanced around: "Even under the rule of Wu Sangui, everyone has a way to live, and now they can't wait to go up the mountain and fall into the grass!" ”

Cheng Xiaolian showed a surprised expression: "What's wrong with this Jiangling City?" Could it be a plague? ”

"It's not a natural disaster, it's a man-made disaster! The Geng family, who had made a big sin, since they entered Jiangling City, the people did not have a day of peace, first they wanted to levy big boats and small boats, and took away all the fishermen's boats, and one person gave a bucket of rice, saying that it was to reward them for contributing to the boat, I bah! A boat is worth thirty or fifty taels of silver, and those who beg for a living on the river are counting on this boat in this life, and they have to pass it on to future generations to eat, and they are good, and they pull the boat away without saying a word. So he was given a bucket of rice. ”

Cheng Xiaolian hurriedly asked: "Didn't those fishermen reason with the government?" ”

"Hey, what else do you say, the government is all opened by others, it's okay, what do you want to collect from us to recover the silver of Sichuan Shu, you come to evaluate the theory, they want to recover Sichuan Shu, what does it have to do with us, even if they defeat Sichuan Shu, they won't give us a penny, besides, if I want to see that Daming is much stronger than them, they may not be able to beat it."

Cheng Xiaolian smiled: "Uncle, how did you come to this conclusion?" ”

"Hey, just talk about it everywhere these days, people say that Sichuan is now a country of abundance, and you can divide the land if you go, and you can not pay taxes for a year, but it's a pity that I'm old, old man, otherwise I would have run away with my whole family. It's better now to take care of the scourge of these bandits. ”

"How much money are they going to charge?"

"Hey, I'm not afraid to scare you to death when I say it, ordinary people start with ten taels per family, and the landlord's family starts at ten thousand taels, as for how much silver you get, it depends on how much land your family has."

Cheng Xiaolian's eyes widened: "What did you say?" Ten taels a family? Who can make up ten taels of silver from ordinary people? ”

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