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If it is too general to describe what happened in Weiyang Mansion City as a disaster, this sudden disaster almost changed the situation of the entire Jiangnan, and made the situation in the entire Jiangnan change drastically at a speed beyond everyone's imagination. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Historians of later generations have wanted to find out what caused this disaster, which almost broke the vitality of the industrial and commercial magnates of Viyang Province, and whether there was any secret instigation of Situ Tai, who was still nominally in control of the whole of Jiangnan at that time, but they could not do anything about it.

Because in order to clear up all this, Situ Tai took quite decisive measures and launched this "Weiyang tragedy" at that time The initiator of the Weiyang Mansion City Shou Rong Shengming and the commander of the Jiangnan Reading Second Division Shen Qiuchen who was stationed in Weiyang Mansion at that time suffered a catastrophe that they did not imagine in a very short period of time, and the Weiyang Mansion City Shou Rong Shengming, who fled to Jinling first, was soon shown to the public, and Shen Qiuchen immediately launched a rebellion in Yuhang after learning the fate of his accomplices, but his rebellion seemed so powerless, several subordinates immediately betrayed him, and the entire Jiangnan Reading Second Division immediately fell into a melee at the Yuhangfu wharf, in which the whereabouts of the culprit Shen Qiuchen are unknown, and some people say that he fell into the canal and died in the warSome people say that Shen Qiuchen and his henchmen fled into the Great East Ocean with a batch of the most valuable jewels in a boat, and some people say that Shen Qiuchen deliberately created chaos under the instruction of Situ Tai in order to achieve the purpose of hiding people's ears.

According to the information obtained by later historians, the batch of goods that were actually delivered to Situ Tai was at least 10% less, especially the mysterious disappearance of a batch of valuable antiques, which made this headless case even more confusing.

Rong Shengming and Shen Qiuchen detained more than 120 giant merchants and tycoons in the entire Weiyang Mansion and their families to prison in a single day, and then set off an unprecedented frenzy of raiding homes, all the mansions of the giant merchants and tycoons were cleaned, and as many as more than ten money houses were looted, and the soldiers only needed gold and silver antiques according to the orders of the officers, but all the things such as bills of exchange and other things were burned, and the Weiyang Mansion immediately became a hell on earth, and the merchants who were detained in prison were ordered to hand over 500,000 imperial gold coins of ransom silver within three hours, and how many people could take it out when their property was looted in such a short period of timeIn the end, only more than 70 people collected the ransom money from relatives and friends through various means of pawning and borrowing, and most of the remaining 40 people who did not collect it barely gained their lives, and more than 10 people lost their lives in the demonstration of killing chickens and monkeys.

According to the materials of the later investigation, Rong Shengming and Shen Qiuchen plundered and squeezed a total of as many as 50 million imperial gold coins in this bloody massacre and robbery, not including a large number of antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, and utensils, and the destruction of more than a dozen money houses directly led to the financial paralysis of the entire Weiyang region, especially a large number of documents were destroyed directly to the entire Weiyang region, and in the following year, it could only be operated by extremely primitive means, which made Weiyang fall from the status of the seven mansions in the south of the Yangtze River to the end, and gradually recovered after three years。

In this scene, which can be called the darkest, worst and bloodiest scene in the history of the empire, what role Situ Tai played in it is constantly disputed by later generations, but one thing is certain that he must bear the main responsibility, the two leaders are officials appointed by him, and Shen Qiuchen is the old man he has been following him, who has just been promoted from the Second Army to the commander of the notorious Jiangnan Reading Second Division for less than half a year.

Within a week, the entire Jiangnan was like a boiling oil pot poured a scoop of cold water and exploded, and the industrial and commercial class and the landlords and gentry in Jiangnan, who had always maintained a restrained attitude under Situ Tai's iron and blood, could no longer bear it, and they finally began to stand up and express their position. Two days after the Weiyang Massacre, on September 13, 699 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, the Songjiang gentry and merchants announced that they would jointly expel all the officials of Situ Tai, the king of Yan, for self-government, and then announced that they were willing to abide by the decree of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate of the Qin King Li Wufeng, and requested that the Western Xinjiang send officials to form the Songjiang local government as soon as possible to implement the management, and the Western Xinjiang forces officially arrived in the Great Eastern Ocean for the first time. On September 14, Quanzhou Prefecture, which had been in a state of half-reading, declared autonomy and became a protectorate of the Kingdom of Milan, but this was unanimously condemned by the Jiangnan gentry outside Quanzhou, and the Kingdom of Milan immediately expressed its intention to make Quanzhou a protectorate of the Kingdom of Milan. On September 15, members of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce jointly issued a statement announcing that Quanzhou was willing to accept the management of Li Wufeng, the king of Qin, and urged officials from Western Xinjiang to form a local political axe.

On September 14, a large-scale citizen uprising was launched in the city of Gusu Mansion, the uprising people captured the city guard mansion and expelled the local officials, and the 3rd Division of Jiangnan Reading Power stationed in Gusu Mansion took a neutral position, and announced that night that it was anyway, asking to accept the management of Western Xinjiang.

On September 17, when the two divisions of the First Army Corps of Western Xinjiang advanced north from Weiyang into the territory of Yuhang, the First Reading Division of Jiangnan stationed in the city of Yuhang Mansion evacuated Yuhang and returned to Jinling by boat along the Grand Canal.

The impact of the Weiyang Bloody Case was far-reaching, and even after the establishment of the new dynasty, the industrial and commercial circles led by the industrial and commercial class in Jiangnan unanimously demanded harsh measures against the Situ family, and resolutely opposed the female surname with the blood of the Situ family to become a member of the Wufeng harem who had ascended the throne as the emperor.

Situ Tai's abandonment of Jiangnan and the situation in Jiangnan suddenly became so favorable to Western Xinjiang because of the Weiyang Bloody Case, which made Liang Chongxin and Cheng Dayou both feel the need to change the original battle plan, in fact, Jiangnan no longer needs to use any military means to conquer, the original plan of the Eastern Expedition to the Northern Expedition has lost its meaning overnight, the people's return, the eager expectations of the gentry and merchants, all of this suddenly broke out after the vacuum of Situ Tai's military power, including Quanzhou, the seven provinces of Jiangnan except Jinhua are still maintaining a crumbling rule under Situ Biao's military control, the other six prefectures are all in a relatively peaceful posture into the arms of Western Xinjiang.

In the attitude towards Situ Tai's abandonment of Jiangnan, Liang Chongxin and Cheng Dayou also discussed several times, and finally thought that this was a more sensible strategy of Situ Tai, if too many troops were invested in Jiangnan, not only would his northern army be trapped in this already difficult to adapt to the water town, but also the local hostility would only make him invest more troops and lose more losses, his economic policy in Jiangnan has made him unable to win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan under any circumstances, rather than consuming in Jiangnan, a land that has become a dead land, it is better to tighten the force to ensure the security north of the Fan River, at least in this way, he can launch an offensive in the northern theater with peace of mind, as long as he can completely defeat the western frontier in the north, he still has the strength to compete with His Royal Highness King Qin.

And the Situ Biao issue, which was originally hoped to be resolved at the end, seemed to be put on the agenda all of a sudden.

"Dayou, have you read the letters and newspapers sent by Songjiang and Quanzhou? Hehe, these businessmen were so embarrassed by Situ Tai, but they didn't want to show their attitude, they had to show Shen Qiuchen to them in Weiyang The sharpness of the blade was willing to come out, alas, people are really the most tolerant animals, if you don't put the knife under his neck, in many cases he is willing to swallow his anger and live it, sometimes even cut down with a knife, he still bears it insensitively, this may be a kind of lazy surname of people. Liang Chongxin weighed the stack of papers in his hand and sighed with feeling, "This Shen Qiuchen really did us two a great favor, if it weren't for his trick, I'm afraid that all strata of the Jiangnan Prefecture would still be there to be afraid of their heads and swords, no wonder they couldn't help it, a dozen or so good heads, it can be regarded as the awakening of the Jiangnan businessmen." ”

"Not necessarily, Brother Chongxin. I don't think these businessmen will break out just because Shen Qiuchen cut off a few heads, if it weren't for our army entering Weiyang, you say they would be so high-profile and bragging? Hehe, people are realistic, as long as they don't cut their heads, they can endure it, this is a common disease of people, and businessmen are even more so. Now that he is making such a fuss, it is not because it is a foregone conclusion that Jiangnan will be included in the scope of our western Xinjiang, and Situ Tai no longer has the possibility of controlling Jiangnan, so he wants to shout a few words at this time, show his face, and lay a foundation for himself to seek more interests in the future? These businessmen are more skilled in planning than anything else. Cheng Dayou shrugged his shoulders and walked in parallel with the other party, originally the two of them made up their minds to take each way, Liang Chongxin went south to take Gusu Quanzhou, and he himself took Yuhang Songjiang, but he didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, and the army was no longer useful.

"Hehe, there is some truth, but people can be regarded as a pre-battle uprising, a temporary anti-water, we will have to rely on these guys in the future, on the surface, we have to be presumptuous, courtesy, people have pumped us so high, we have to express a few words of comfort and care, right?" Liang Chongxin's tone at this time was full of ridicule.

(To be continued)