There is no such thing as the Kangxi and Qianlong eras

Chapter 11: Public Outrage (Rally Tomorrow)

The cellar of the Nie family's old house has now become a temporary prison.

Wang Wu and the other two, who were ordered to come to Yangjinfan on "business" half an hour ago, are now temporarily detained here.

Wang Wu said nothing, his expression dull. He had been cursing non-stop since he was tied up and escorted, but now he couldn't even utter a single word.

It should be said that among the three people, Wang Wu said nothing, and the other two looked terrified.

Because Nie Yu did not blindfold them, they saw the mountains of grain and gunpowder barrels in the cellar, as well as Nie Yu's newly purchased Tang swords, shields, and halberds.

If the Niejia Town mentioned above privately trained local militia and equipped them with swords, guns, sticks and clubs, it would be considered as suspected rebellion.

Now there is so much gunpowder, weapons and food, this is a real rebellion!
What a disaster! They just followed the squad leader to Yangjinfan to do some work and make some money by the way, but they didn't get any money at all, but instead ran into real traitors!
"Team...Team Leader...what...what should we do now? Traitors...traitors..."

Wang Gouzi, who was the most aggressive and the first to speak at the entrance of Niejia Town, was almost speechless with fear.

"..."

When Wang Wu heard this, he couldn't help but glare at Wang Gouzi.

You ask him, who is he going to ask?

I thought it was an easy job, but it turned out to be a deadly one.

"Da da da!"

As the three of them were talking, they heard footsteps and someone was coming.

Wang Wu quickly looked up and saw a young man wearing a tight martial arts uniform with a sword slung around his waist.

The sword was of a style he had never seen before. It must have been privately made, and it was indeed a long-planned act.

"Well, are you all awake?" Nie Yu said lightly.

Although Nie Yu acted relatively "kind", Wang Wu and the other two had already seen the weapons and food in the cellar.

Therefore, the young man in front of him must be a traitor, and a high-ranking leader among the traitors, a big traitor.

How could a big traitor be "kind" to others!
"Great... Your Majesty, please spare my life! As long as Your Majesty spares my life, I will join your group. I can be your insider and help you seize Yidu County!"

Wang Wu was stunned for only two seconds, then suddenly shouted loudly.

Even though he was tied up with ropes, he still squeezed his body and was about to kneel down to Nie Yu.

Nie Yu, who was originally planning to use threats and bribes to see if he could get some useful information out of him, was a little confused for a moment.

What’s going on? I just said one sentence and you kneel down and vote?
It's that simple?
Nie Yu thought about it and asked seriously, "You said you would help me seize Yidu County as an insider? Why should I believe you?"

Wang Wu slammed his head against the ground, causing a large bump on his forehead. Hearing the words of the "big rebel" across from him, he ignored the pain and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, I am a close confidant of Jia Dianshi of Yidu County, and I am also the head of the express shift at the Yidu Yamen. This time, I came to Yangjinfan on the orders of the Dianshi Master... er, that dog Dianshi and the dog County Magistrate.

As long as the king lets me go back, I can tell that dog Dianshi and dog County Magistrate that there are no rebels in Yangjinfan. Once the county relaxes its vigilance, the king can lead the rebel army under his command to launch a general attack on the county. I will then act as an internal supporter and help the king open the city gate.

"Then the small Yidu County will naturally belong to the king." Wang Wu paused, moistening his throat slightly before continuing, "As for why the king trusts me, the person next to me is my nephew, Wang Gouzi. The king can use him as a hostage. If I betray the king, the king can expose me at any time, and I will definitely not be able to survive alone."

"Well, that makes some sense."

Nie Yu nodded at first, and just as Wang Wu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly asked, "But what you just said is that the county government doesn't have many troops now?"

Wang Wu didn't think too much about it when he heard it, and said truthfully, "Yes, there were originally some soldiers stationed at the county government office. After all, our Jingzhou Prefecture is located on the border of Huguang. However, these garrisoned troops were previously transferred to Hunan by the governor to suppress the Miao people. So now, in the entire Yidu, there are only a dozen or so direct soldiers under General Wang Qian and our three shifts of yamen runners..."

That’s right!
When Nie Yu heard this, he nodded secretly. This was not much different from the history books he had read.

In the 60th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, the Qing army in Hubei was extremely short of troops. It can be said that one of the important reasons why the White Lotus Rebellion in Hubei was so severe was that the Qing army in Hubei was transferred to suppress the Miao people in Hunan.

This resulted in there being very few Qing troops in Hubei, and facing the tens of thousands of White Lotus Sect and refugee troops, it was considered a good thing that they could defend the city.

And you're still suppressing the rebellion? What the hell!
In history, Zhang Zhengmo and his father Nie Jieren launched an uprising. Later, Hubei Governor Hui Ling happened to be in charge of military supplies in Jingzhou Prefecture. After receiving the report, he could only lead 300 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army to join forces with 50 people under Zeng Pangui, the general of Yichang Town, 100 Miao soldiers from Hefeng Camp, and hundreds of local militia to go and suppress the rebellion.

Yes, that’s right. In such a vast Hubei province, there were only less than 500 Qing soldiers that could be mobilized, and the rest were all local militia cannon fodder.

Zhang Zhengmo led the White Lotus rebels and fought against the Governor of Hubei, a high-ranking official, and the two sides fought back and forth.

Nie Yu found that he was still thinking too complicatedly. It should be said that he was intimidated by the reputation of "Kangxi and Qianlong Prosperous Era" and completely forgot that "Kangxi and Qianlong Prosperous Era" could cause people to starve to death.

"The Kangxi and Qianlong Era of Prosperity"!
Ha ha.

Not long after...

Wang Wu was taken out of the cellar as he wished, but he was not happy at all because his mouth was blocked and his hands and feet were almost tied.

“Woo~woo~woo~!”

Wang Wu was dragged by two people, twisting and struggling all over, his face full of fear.

I was brought to a platform, which was obviously built temporarily.

Wang Wu, his nephew, and another unlucky guy whose name was unknown were all tied up, gagged, and forced to kneel on the platform.

The stage was full of people, all of them carrying swords and shields, or holding long spears with red tassels, or holding hammers and wolf spears.

Nie Yu came up to the stage, one hand on the hilt of his knife, the other pointing at the terrified Wang Wu and the other two, and shouted, "Everyone, listen to me. These three are officials who came from the government office this morning. I know most of you are probably confused as to why I tied up officials from the government office and made such a big fuss!"

"Now I'll tell you, because the government knows about the militia we trained at our own expense, our brothers, and now that they've suffered a heavy loss at the hands of the Miao people in Hunan, they're short of troops, so they're going to continue to recruit able-bodied men from Hubei."

"I'm incompetent, so the county magistrate wants you to go to the battlefield in Hunan, to fight the Miao people, and to die for this damn government and this damn court!"

As soon as these words were spoken, especially the last two sentences, the damn government and court instantly made the originally confused crowd become angry.

They almost thought that their Boss Nie (the name for the refugees) was going to lead them in rebellion.

But now, it’s even worse than rebelling!
This damn government wants them to go to Hunan to fight the Miao people and die!
They had finally managed to have enough food to eat and survive, but now the government is forcing them into a dead end!

(End of this chapter)