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    Deng Ming, who was still in Xuzhou, received the proposal from the Academy. There were no specific requirements in it. It just expressed the attitude of the Academy and asked the imperial government and the army to make more efforts for the freedom of Han intellectuals to record history.  .

    "We are in the middle of a war." Deng Ming did not immediately call his men to read out the document. Instead, he looked at the proposal and said to himself: "If it were not for this crazy era, even a middle school student would be able to understand the rights and wrongs of literary inquisition.  Everyone should know right from wrong and would choose to side with the Han intellectuals without hesitation, even if the middle school student¡¯s household registration book says he is Manchu. The war has distorted people¡¯s sense of right and wrong, making people feel that the family property of these people seems to be more important.  In fact, it also distorted me. If I had just come to this world, I would not be so ambiguous and hesitant on this issue. Instead, I would take a clear-cut stand and use all my strength to fight against the Han civilization.  The enemy fights.¡±

    Deng Ming summoned the military officers around Syria and announced to them the proposals of the Senate and the Imperial Assembly: "The Senate orders that we should do more than we do now."

    "More than now?" Many people asked in confusion: "What does this mean? What do you want us to do?"

    "The council has not yet issued an order." Deng Ming felt that he did not dare to issue an order to himself, so he gave such an almost non-binding proposal: "As far as I understand, because we are opposed to the Qing government for talking about criminals,  Therefore, ongoing activities, such as providing arms and other military assistance to persecuted scholars, must be retained; and we also need to provide more help to fulfill the orders of the Academy, such as assisting persecuted scholars to escape  In areas controlled by the Qing court, after future wars with the Qing court, they will take the initiative to ask for compensation from the Qing court on their behalf, etc."

    According to previous orders issued by Deng Ming, the Ming army did not interfere with the judicial power of local officials of the Qing court. For example, after conquering Jiujiang, Deng Ming did not release the prisoners in prison - and according to the general principle of fighting for hegemony, these prisoners would be  Incorporated into the Ming army.  When passing through the areas controlled by the Qing army, the Ming army would not stop the Qing army officers from arresting the thieves who committed murder and robbery. If the Shan Dawang had bad records of kidnapping and kidnapping, the Ming army would not recognize them as friendly forces fighting alongside them.  , but allowed the Qing army to encircle and suppress them.

    This policy was a tacit agreement between Deng Ming and the governors of Huguang and Liangjiang. It had been this way for many years, because Deng Ming believed that the order that ensured the safety of local people could not be destroyed because of dynastic competition for hegemony.  In Shandong and Zhejiang, the troops who supported the Qing Dynasty and destroyed the Ming Dynasty and the Jingnan Army still followed the traditional path of striving for hegemony. Although a large number of Jin gentry participated, they were much more tolerant of bandits and criminals than the Sichuan Army. Deng Ming even issued an order. If there were any  The bandits took advantage of the Ming army's transit to try to attack the towns in Huguang and Liangjiang, so the Ming army should support the town defenders.  Many times in the past, when local bandits saw Ming troops passing by, the Qing troops retreated to the prefectures and counties to defend, and then came out to kidnap and extort people. At that time, Deng Ming would order the Ming troops to arrest them, and then hand them over to the prefectures and counties of the Qing court for interrogation.  -For example, Zhu Guozhi lost all the green camps around Anqing when Deng took control of Jiangnan. For a long time afterwards, the Ming army shouldered the responsibility of maintaining local security, arresting a large number of bandit leaders and handing them over to officials sent by Jiang Guozhu.

    In the past, Deng Ming only interfered with the Qing court's suppression of scholars who sympathized with the Ming army. For example, every time Deng Ming's scholars from Jiangnan came to demand an uprising, Deng Ming made it clear that the governor's office in Liangjiang must ensure their safety.  If a person on the Ming Army's protection list commits a murder and is investigated, the Ming Army will also ask the Liangjiang Governor's Office to provide conclusive evidence.

    But today Deng Ming modified this policy: "If Qing officials in Jiangnan or other provinces try to accuse a criminal, even if the criminal does not support us, we cannot sit idly by and should help him and his family enter the control of our army."  District." Deng Ming considered for a moment: "However, the council did not explicitly ask us to go to war with Jiang Guozhu for this, so we should not threaten force. Chaos in Jiangnan may not be beneficial to the empire, and we cannot control Jiangnan for the time being, so our army remains  Don¡¯t get involved.¡±

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    In mid-July, Nanjing, Liangjiang Governor¡¯s Yamen.

    Jiangnan's securities exchange opened with great fanfare in Yangzhou not long ago. The city of Nanjing is the focus of everyone's attention. Jiang Guozhu did not open the stock exchange here but moved it to the entrance of the canal. It is not Lin Qilong or Zhou Peigong's place there.  The location of the Yamen.

    The people in the north may still be in the dark, but the gentry and subordinate officials in the southeast soon learned that the imperial court had acquiesced to the water transportation reform, and banks in Sichuan also began to work hard to promote the issuance of their water transportation bonds to share risks and raise funds.  If operations go smoothly in the future, Sichuan banks also plan to sell more bonds and stocks on major exchanges in Wuchang, Jiujiang, Yangzhou and Hangzhou.

    "The imperial court has ordered Zhejiang to ask Zhao Guozuo to immediately close the Ming history case." An aide reported to Jiang Guozhu that this time the imperial court completely overturned the previous conclusion. The emperor andThe Empress Dowager issued imperial edicts and imperial edicts, announcing that the Qing Dynasty respected China and Confucian tradition, and deeply resented the behavior of previous dynasties for speaking out about sinners; the outbreak of the Ming History Case was also caused by the court being deceived by villains (such as Wu Zhirong),  I mistakenly thought this was a conspiracy.

    Now that it has been found that this is just Zhuang Yuncheng writing history, and not a conspiracy, the imperial court will naturally take back the order. As for the controversial words and titles in the book, as well as the issue of not following the Zhengshuo of the dynasty, the Emperor  The Queen Mother said that she just laughed it off - the Qing court was so grand that it didn't take such a trivial matter to heart.

    Although Zhuang Yuncheng and others went too far when they encountered injustice and resisted with force instead of explaining to the wise emperor and the court, considering that the court was at fault, the Empress Dowager also expressed on behalf of the young emperor: "The world is guilty, and the fault lies with the emperor."  "I bow", all Zhuang Yuncheng's crimes will be pardoned.

    Although the court did not say it clearly for the sake of face, Jiang Guozhu heard that there was still a recruitment issue - although Beijing pardoned Zhuang Yuncheng, there was still a question of whether the other side would accept the pardon and whether they would honestly hand him over to the county.  With the mediation of the Sichuan people, Zhao Guozuo agreed to suspend the imperial examinations in Huzhou and Jiaxing, allowing Zhuang Yuncheng and his allies to control the official positions in these two prefectures. When will Zhuang Yuncheng and others feel relieved and agree to hand over the prefectures and counties stolen from them?  After the yamen were closed, the imperial examinations in Huzhou and Jiaxing could be resumed, and the scholars in these two provinces could go out to serve as officials. In addition, Zhuang Yuncheng and the others also had to ensure that they paid the proper court taxes and canceled the title of Jingnan Army and renamed it as Green Camp.  , Hangzhou gave the Jingnan Army ten battalions and four thousand soldiers and horses. Zhuang Yuncheng Group could withhold the corresponding military pay from the taxes payable. In the future, after the imperial examination is restored, these troops can also be retained as officers and soldiers of the two governments.

    "This is an official letter from the Sichuan consul." The staff took out another document, which was sent by the Sichuan office in Nanjing. It clearly stated that Sichuan would not participate in the literary prison planned by the Qing court, and would work hard to  Help the framed person escape.

    "Are you just escaping from Jiangnan?" Jiang Guozhu asked, the expression on his face unchanged. The literary prison incident had its ups and downs. At first, Jiang Guozhu seemed very worried and paused the progress.  But now the governor of Liangjiang has become unfazed by the reappearance of favor and humiliation, and has begun to accuse him again, obviously preparing for a big fight.

    "Yes."

    "Hmm." Jiang Guozhu nodded, without even reading the Sichuan consul's official document carefully several times.

    "The court's intention is very clear, that is, the Ming History case was made because of confession, but it is hard to say whether the other cases were made because of the confession. The reason why the Ming History case became a crime was because Zhuang Yuncheng was in dire straits. Now the court must concentrate  We must use our strength to deal with Deng Ming and be wary of the southeast. Although the imperial court does not want to lose face, it will never invest huge amounts of manpower and material resources in the southeast." Jiang Guozhu pondered the situation at hand in his mind. Anyway, as long as Zhejiang can transport water to Beijing,  Beijing has a temporary opportunity to continue to turn a blind eye to Zhejiang - with water transportation, the situation will not continue to deteriorate. Dealing with Deng Ming requires money everywhere, and Beijing will definitely save whatever it can. As long as Deng Ming is eliminated or completed  To negotiate a peace, it would not be too late to concentrate on cleaning up the troubles in Zhejiang (either just Zhuang Yuncheng, or Hangzhou as well) and restore the prestige of the court.

    As for the Crying Temple Case and the Memorial Case in the south of the Yangtze River, Beijing has not determined whether the perpetrators were guilty because of their words. Jiang Guozhu has completely figured it out. As long as the people involved in these two cases are not capable of causing as much trouble as Yu Qi and Zhuang Yuncheng, then  This is not because the sinner deserves it, but because he deserves it.  But it can't cause as much trouble as Zhuang Yuncheng and Yu Qi. Obviously the key to the problem is still

    "It's not Deng Ming." Jiang Guozhu denied the staff's speculation without thinking: "Zhao Guozuo made a mistake here. He thought that the most important person was Admiral Deng, so it was enough that he always wanted to bribe Deng Ming; and at the beginning, I  The mistakes we made were exactly the same, but fortunately Zhao Guozuo learned from the past and prevented me from making any mistakes."

    "The real trouble lies with these Jin gentry themselves. If they are willing to unite to fight against me, Admiral Deng will sell them arms anyway. It can make money, contain me, and weaken the prestige of the court. Why wouldn't he do it?  ? What's the use of just giving him money? He has money just like selling cannons and rifles." Jiang Guozhu glanced at his staff and told them what he had thought hard: "But if these gentry do not unite to resist, then Deng  The admiral will not send troops to stand up for them." Jiang Guozhu discovered that the attitudes of Chengdu and Beijing on this issue were actually exactly the same: if the Jin gentry made trouble, Beijing would recruit them, and Chengdu would support them; if the Jin gentry surrendered, Beijing would force Jiangnan to capture them.  He was convicted, part of the confiscated property was turned over to the court, and Chengdu came back to sell bonds.

    "So the list of persons to be dismissed should be determined using a new method." Jiang Guozhu's previous principles for formulating the list were: being rich, disrespectful to the court, and having engaged in tax evasion (for the Ming Dynasty); and the new principles Jiang Guozhu came up with were:  I didn¡¯t buy Deng Ming¡¯s gun and had no desire to resist.?.

    "Any Jin gentry who has connections with Sichuan will not be included in the list. I can give them a personal guarantee, but they also need to repay my kindness and not join forces or resell Sichuan's rifles to more people-"  Jiang Guozhu dictated the strategy to his staff: "And those who have no connection with Sichuan, the misers, and the timid are all criminals in this case."
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