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Because Zheng Zhilong's fleet did not leave Chongming Island, the situation on the Yangtze River waterway was still relatively tense, and the originally busy Yangtze River waterway, except for military ships, there were relatively few merchant ships.

On the boat, Qin Mu received a note from the cabinet about the donation of funds from the people of Jiangxi and Huguang to build the palace.

Qin Mu originally planned not to take the donations of the people in the lower households, but the cabinet's plan of taking one of the three is not bad, and the people of the lower households do not donate much, mainly representing their hearts, and taking one of the three is equivalent to accepting their hearts, which will make the people who sincerely donate more happy.

Qin Mu approved the cabinet's handling plan.

From Jiangyin to Yangzhou by boat, you can reach it in one day. Yangzhou is located in the north-south transportation hub location, has always been the benefit of water transportation, salt transportation, to be called a rich area, a prosperous place.

But after the brutal massacre, Yangzhou Road, which used to be ten miles of spring breeze, is now only left with remnants of mountains and water; The twenty-four bridges are bright and moonlit nights, but I see the cold blowing in the clear corners, the remnants of autumn grass, and the city is bleak.

In addition to the 8,000 defenders in the city, there were only a few people left, but they took in a lot of people who fled from the enemy-occupied areas in Huaibei, with a number of 30,000 or 40,000, which finally added some popularity to Yangzhou.

There is no doubt that Yangzhou City is higher than Jiangyin, the walls are thicker than Jiangyin, there are more soldiers and civilians than Jiangyin, and Shi Kefa's equipment is better than Yan Yingyuan's.

Yan Yingyuan defended Jiangyin for more than two months with a group of people, causing nearly 100,000 casualties to the Qing army.

And Shi Kefa defended Yangzhou, if the Qing army was surrounded but not fought for a few days, counting from the actual attack of the Qing army, Yangzhou City only lasted one day and fell.

As for what was said about running out of ammunition and food, the city was broken and was all put gold on Shi Kefa's face, and the Qing army only arrived in Yangzhou on April 18 and began to besiege the city. After waiting for the cannon on the 25th, the siege battle was officially launched by Baiyintu, Tulai, Ashan, etc., and it was broken in one day.

From the siege to the breach, there were only seven days; And the actual siege of the city took only one day, what can be said to be "running out of ammunition and food" in such a short time?

This bloody fact proves that Shi Kefa is really just a scholar and is very incompetent in military affairs, and using him to defend Yangzhou is a tragedy in Yangzhou.

But Shi Kefa couldn't keep Yangzhou. It's a matter of his ability, not of his character.

His noble character of preferring death to death is worthy of everyone's respect.

Therefore, Qin Mu still had to erect a statue of Shi Kefa in front of the "Yangzhou Ten Days Victims Memorial Hall" on the Meihua Ridge outside the city.

At the same time, he ordered people to carve kneeling statues of Hong Chengchou, Xu Dingguo, Li Chengdong, Liu Liangzuo and others.

And in front of the statue erected a tablet engraved with the famous couplet:

The history of the pen passed on Fang, and failed to calm the loyalty and law;

Hong En is vast, and he does not want to repay the country but becomes an enemy.

Hong Chengchou is not dead now, imprisoned in Jinling, Qin Mu originally wanted to use his head to sacrifice the people killed in Yangzhou, but considering that he had no direct connection with the massacre in Yangzhou. And there is some surplus value, so I will keep him for the time being.

On the side of Meihua Ridge, more than 200,000 people who died were buried here, forming a huge hill.

The memorial hall is located on Meihua Ridge. As soon as the foundation was laid, thousands of craftsmen and laborers were stepping up the time to build, and Wei Guojiang, a member of the Ministry of Works, was responsible for directing the preparation.

Qin Mu took tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to the Meihua Ridge to make a big sacrifice. Invite the monks and Taoists to chant sutras to surpass the dead, and the offerings are slightly different.

At the time of the Jiangyin Festival, the main thing was to promote the indomitable spirit of the people of Jiangyin. and the courage to not be afraid of sacrifice.

In Yangzhou, Qin Mu wanted to show the world through this sacrifice the suffering of the people and the ferocity of the enemy, so as to awaken the hearts of the people of the world who share the same hatred for the enemy. At the same time, it shows Qin Jun's determination and ability.

Therefore, Qin Mu brought a thousand captives as sacrifices, and among these thousand captives were Jurchens and Han Chinese, no matter what kind of people they were, all of them participated in the Yangzhou Massacre.

The blood debt was repaid by blood, and 1,000 captives were taken by the soldiers of the Qin army to a hill-like mound, and below it, more than 200,000 innocent people who were slaughtered by them were buried.

In that horrific massacre, countless women were raped, hundreds of people were hacked to death with knives, and even babies who were waiting to be fed were not spared. It is not too much to kill them a thousand times compared to their crimes.

The thousand captives were escorted to the mound, and after knowing that they were about to become sacrifices, they finally knew that they were afraid, and they were so frightened that their feet weakened and they cried for mercy.

However, the people of Yangzhou who survived the catastrophe all scolded angrily and cried out: "Kill them, kill these livestock." ”

"King Qin, it's too cheap to kill these livestock animals like this, and you can't get rid of your hatred by cutting them with a thousand knives."

"Kill these beasts! Avenge the people of Yangzhou! ”

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The massacre in Yangzhou has been less than half a year, and the smell of blood has not completely dissipated, and people's memories of that terrible massacre are still fresh, and unintentional hatred fills their hearts, shouting and killing and crying blood.

The drums rumbled, the banner hunted, Qin Mu gave an order, the Qin soldiers waved their knives together, and a thousand heads rolled down at the same time, and the thick smell of blood once again permeated the outside of Yangzhou City, and a thousand heads were taken by the Qin army to build a Beijing view in front of the mass grave.

The people who were watching cried, and many people threw themselves on the huge mound and cried: "Daughter, Daddy can't find you, if you are below, you should see it, King Qin has avenged us, revenge." ”

"Old woman, where are you and the children, King Qin has avenged us, have you smelled it, the blood of those livestock has flowed all over the ground, have you smelled it?"

"Dad, mother, rest in peace, King Qin has avenged us, God, woo woo"

Qin Mu saw this sad scene, and couldn't help but burst into tears, hundreds of thousands of people in Yangzhou, very few survived the massacre, who was not bloody.

Qin Mu yelled at the officials and soldiers present, "Have you all seen it? The country is weak, and whether you are officials, soldiers, or people, you will be slaughtered and plundered, and no one will be spared. The king built a memorial hall here, not only to comfort the people who died in Yangzhou, but also to let the whole world remember this bloody massacre;

We must let everyone understand that if you want such a tragedy not to happen again, you must fulfill your responsibilities as an official and a soldier, you must be honest and self-disciplined as an official and benefit the people, and those who are soldiers must bravely kill the enemy and defend your home and country. Only in this way can the people live and work in peace and contentment, will they not be slaughtered by others, and will such a tragedy in Yangzhou not be repeated."

Yang Shen, Gu Yinxi, Gu Junen and a large group of accompanying officials, as well as tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians listened silently, in front of the tall mass grave, in the scolding of the people who survived the Yangzhou catastrophe, Qin Mu's words without any embellishment made everyone feel close in their hearts and felt particularly deeply.

The tragedy of Yangzhou and the integrity of Jiangyin are well known to more people, and they also inspire the hearts of people all over the world to hate the enemy, and further win more people's hearts for Qin.

After the big sacrifice, Qin Mu was riddled with all kinds of things, and could not stay in Yangzhou longer, and then took a boat back to Jinling, the boat just came out of the mouth of the canal, and it happened to go to Chongming Island to say that Song Xiance had surrendered Zheng Zhilong and rushed back.

As soon as he boarded the ship, he immediately bowed and said, "The minister Song offered advice to meet the king of Qin." ”

"Excuse me, how did you talk to Zheng Zhilong?" Qin Mu motioned for him to sit down and asked the maid to bring the tea.

"King Qin, Zheng Zhilong's attitude is quite arrogant, at the beginning insisted that Longwu is orthodox, and the ministers know the benefits, although he has some restraint and is willing to call the King of Qin, but still insists that the King of Qin promise that you will not send troops into Fujian, and you must not embarrass Longwu"

Without waiting for Song Xiance to finish speaking, Qin Mu interrupted: "If it's just these, there is no need to say anything, he doesn't even think about Yongzhen Fujian." ”

Gu Junen muttered: "King Qin, in the battle of Jingjiang, in fact, the two sides have torn their faces, and it is naturally not possible to promise him Yongzhen Fujian, but if he does not agree, Zheng Zhilong will definitely have a lot of worries, and he will never surrender easily, and our army should enter Guangdong as soon as possible." ”

At the beginning, Qin Mu didn't have much hope for recruiting Zheng Zhilong, he thought about it and said: "Entering Guangdong is one thing, to really destroy Zheng Zhilong, you have to increase the combat power of the sailors, and when Jiangnan is calmed down, immediately restart the Longjiang Shipyard, whether it is to deal with Zheng Zhilong, or the Northern Expedition in the future, a strong sailor is needed." ”

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