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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 152: Ten Days Chronicle

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    The sky finally dimmed under the blood-red light of the sunset, and the city of Nanjing fell into darkness again. The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, which had been slaughtered for several days, ushered in a rare tranquility. There was no sound of gunfire, no shouts of killing, no  Despite the screams, everything seemed so quiet and peaceful.

    In the Liangjiang Governor¡¯s Office, Xiao Yungui, Zuo Zongtang, Li Shourong, Wang Kaiyun and others were still burning the midnight oil to handle official duties.  On weekdays, Xiao Yungui had a headache with these documents. He always asked Zuo Zongtang and his staff to handle these trivial matters, because he had to manage an army of more than 100,000 people, and all kinds of trivial matters such as eating, drinking, sleeping, etc. were to be avoided.  No, he couldn't think of so many things by himself, so he selected many literate old brothers to join Zuo Zongtang's staff and serve as the center for handling government affairs in the West Palace.

    But today he stayed uncharacteristically to deal with military and political affairs with Zuo Zongtang and others. The reason was very simple. He was afraid that he would have random thoughts when he had nothing to do.  Although he had seen this kind of collective massacre in Changsha, it was different today. He personally ordered these bannermen to lose their lives, including the old, weak, women and children who had no ability to resist.  He didn't even dare to recall the bloody scenes, for fear that he would show any trace of fear or regret in front of his subordinates.

    Zuo Zongtang seemed to have noticed his intention, but he did not point it out. He was also immersed in handling military and political affairs like him. Apart from the voices discussing official business, there was no sign of victory or laughter in the lobby of the Yamen. The whole atmosphere was very tense.  Depressed and sad.

    After the three giant candles on the Yamen were replaced, it was already late at night. Everyone felt tired and hungry, but no one stopped what they were doing. They were still busy writing or discussing how to deal with a political matter.  .

    At this moment, a burst of fragrance floated into the hall, and Hong Yun'er's clear and sweet voice floated in: "Everyone, take a rest and have some tea to fill your stomach."

    When everyone looked up, they saw Hong Yun'er and Li Xuanji walking into the hall together, each carrying two food boxes, and the aroma was constantly coming from the food boxes.

    Xiao Yungui frowned and looked at Hong Yun'er. The four-eyed girl looked relaxed, as if nothing had happened. The two women put the food box on the table and opened it. Li Xuanji smiled and said: "Everyone come and try it. This is  Queen Xi has brought tea snacks made by our female camp sisters, including sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, glutinous rice dumplings, and scallion pancakes. Let¡¯s eat some before making them.¡±

    Zuo Zongtang and others put down their brushes and looked at Xiao Yungui. Xiao Yungui laughed twice, not wanting to go against the good intentions of the two beauties, and said: "Everyone can eat, no need to be restrained, just don't let the oil and water stain it."  Document." Everyone chuckled a few times and stepped forward to get food. The depressing atmosphere weakened a lot.

    While everyone was gathering around Li Xuanji to get food, Xiao Yungui secretly pulled Hong Yun'er aside and frowned: "Did you take the wrong medicine? Are you actually in the mood to make tea at this time? Didn't you secretly cry during the day?  ?¡±

    Hong Yun'er pursed her red lips and whispered: "People actually have a habit, that is, whenever they do something they don't want to do, they will find a lot of reasons for themselves. In the evening, I found a reason  , so it¡¯s a little easier.¡±

    Xiao Yungui said suspiciously: "What's the reason?"

    Hong Yun'er sighed softly and said: "The fate of the bannermen in the city seems tragic, but people who have read "Ten Days of Yangzhou" will not think so. This "Ten Days of Yangzhou" is the story of Shi Kefa's staff and the leader of the Yangzhou Massacre.  The book written by the survivor Wang Xiuchu has only more than 8,000 words in total, but it faithfully records the tragic situation in Yangzhou at that time.  "Shui Jing", "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", "Zizhi Tongjian", "Biography of Baiyi", etc. are collectively known as the top ten strange books in history and geography. This book and "Jiading Massacre Chronicles" and other books were compiled during the Manchu Qing Dynasty.  When the Manchus were in the library, they were classified as ** and destroyed. Fortunately, before that, these books were brought to Japan by the fleeing Han people and were preserved. Because the Manchus blocked the news, no one knew about the massacre of Yangzhou even during the Manchus.  , it was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty that this book was brought back to China from Japan by interested people, and the truth was revealed to the world. When I read this book back then, I just read it as a general historical material, but tonight I wrote it down silently,  Only at this time can I understand the tragic situation of the massacre in Yangzhou."

    Xiao Yungui said oh, and Hong Yun'er continued: "You and I are both liberal arts students. In fact, everyone should understand the bad things in our human history. Since the birth of human beings, killing each other has never stopped.  The integration between various ethnic groups is actually based on killing each other. Although it is very frustrating to say, it is true. The Spanish versus the Incas, the American colonists versus the Indians, the ancient Romans versus the European continent,  How cruel were the killings caused by Genghis Khan on the Eurasian continent? But this is the inevitable path for us humans to move from barbarism to civilization. Even after the two world wars, everyone basically learned to be civilized. But  It is a pity that even in modern times where the degree of civilization is extremely high, the influence of powerful races on weak racesThe pressure never stopped.  Finally, I want to understand one thing. Since we are Han people and since we are a group, we must naturally put the interests of this group first. When it is necessary to deprive other groups of interests, or even their lives, in order to satisfy the interests of our own group  , we can only follow the will of our own group interests, otherwise we will be in trouble.  This cruel reality cannot be avoided. Since we agree with Mr. Zuo's words, there is no need to feel guilty. We should open our minds and work towards our goals, and realize the great cause of the rejuvenation of our Han people as soon as possible, so that we can end this killing one day earlier, and  Isn¡¯t it that I always have this unsolvable knot in my heart?  "

    After Xiao Yungui pondered for a moment, he sighed softly: "Your self-healing function is indeed powerful, I am ashamed of myself."

    Hong Yun'er rolled her eyes at him and said, "Sister, my family background was not good in the past, and I had to comfort myself for everything. Unlike you, if something goes wrong, someone will take care of it for you."

    Xiao Yungui smiled bitterly and said: "Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. When I was a child, my parents divorced and I suffered a lot. Do you think I'm having an easy time?" Seeing Hong Yun'er's strange eyes, Xiao Yungui hurriedly interrupted.  He started the topic by saying: "The "Ten Days of Yangzhou" that you wrote silently was handed over to the imperial edict for printing. There are also other books such as "The Chronicle of the Jiading Massacre". In short, they were all destroyed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. You can only remember as much as you want.  Write as many copies as you like and hand them over to the imperial edict office for printing. Let the edict office office print tens of thousands of copies and spread them everywhere. In short, we must start to strengthen publicity and publicity. We cannot let the people think that we are just a group of people who are easy to kill. Moreover, these books that reveal the truth are published.  , so that the common people can see clearly the true face of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even if Zeng Guofan writes another "Cantonese Prosecution" later, we can still be the first to win."

    This imperial edict office was established during the establishment of Yong'an. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attached great importance to the preservation of archives. The imperial edict office was not only in charge of edict documents, but also all household registers, rosters, military registers, and family registers. Later, it also added publishing and printing services.  Various official documents and classics.  The Celestial Dynasty stipulated that "Every two commanders of the army should make one copy of the military register and submit it to the commander of the army. Each soldier commander should combine the military registers of two commanders to make one copy and submit it to the brigade commander. Each brigade commander should combine the military registers of five soldiers and commanders to make one copy.  To manage division commanders, each division commander combines the military rolls of the five brigade commanders to make one copy and submit it to the chief military commander. Each army commander combines the five division commanders' military rolls to make four copies of the same, which are distributed to the chief supervisor, the army supervisor, the chief commander, the general and the imperial edict office.  ".  It is also required that "if there are additions or deaths, they should be modified at any time and presented step by step."  It was also stipulated that the family register should be "made like a military register" and should be compiled into four copies, one of which should be sent to the imperial edict.  But later, Hong Xiuquan ordered the imperial edict to collect the books of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism and destroy them, in order to achieve the purpose of worshiping God and becoming a unique religion.  What is the difference between this approach and the tyrant Qin Shihuang¡¯s book-burning and enslavement of Confucians, and the Manchu Qing¡¯s mosquito prison?  For this matter, Yang Xiuqing even asked Heavenly Father to come down to earth to give advice.

    The Taiping Army in the West Palace has its own imperial edict office, which manages all the classics and archives in the West Palace. It has also published some documents, but most of them are geographical pictures and texts on both sides of the Yangtze River, which are used to facilitate marches and wars. It is not the first time to publish tens of thousands of books in large quantities.  once.

    Hong Yun'er nodded and said: "This is a good idea. I'll start doing it when I get back." Then a charming smile appeared on her face and she said: "It's easy for you to arrange such a labor-intensive thing for me. If it's done,  What do you reward me for?"

    When Xiao Yungui saw that she suddenly started to act coquettishly towards him, his heart trembled, and he said with a smile, "Should I give you my whole body?"

    Hong Yun'er spat and said, "Are you so curious?" After saying that, she turned and walked away with a blushing face.

    Looking at Hong Yun'er's swaying back, Xiao Yungui licked his lips and thought to himself, when he has free time, he will definitely deal with this girl. It has been too hard to hold back these few months.  Xiao Yungui suddenly thought that as the two met each other day after day, it seemed that the so-called hatred in the past slowly disappeared, and it seemed that the two of them regarded each other as the closest people in the world. If they had not traveled through this world,  What's going on, Xiao Yungui may not be able to find out. In fact, this four-eyed girl has many benefits.

    When Xiao Yungui was thinking wildly, Li Xuanji brought over a plate of osmanthus cake and whispered: "King Xi, please eat some."

    Xiao Yungui came back to his senses, took the plate with a smile, stared at Li Xuanji with a pair of evil eyes, making Li Xuanji feel very embarrassed, and ran away with a blushing face.  Xiao Yungui felt very happy, secretly thinking about whether he could have a couple or something in the future.  His mind was full of despicable and dirty things, and he forgot those unpleasant things.

    Unfortunately, Xiao Yungui's good mood did not last long. A messenger from Bai Zetang rushed to the hall and handed a secret letter to Zuo Zongtang.  Only Xiao Yungui, Hong Yun'er and Zuo Zongtang could read Bai Zetang's secret letter. Zuo Zongtang wanted to show it to Xiao Yungui first, but when he turned around, he saw that this boy was staring at the two women in the hall with his thief eyes.  , knowing that King Xi couldn¡¯t see it at this time, Zuo Zongtang smiled bitterly and opened it himself.

    After reading the secret letter, Zuo Zongtang¡¯s expression changed drastically. Regardless of what Xiao Yungui was thinking, he quickly stepped forward and said, ¡°King Xi, something big happened!¡±

      Xiao Yungui came back to his senses, took the secret letter and glanced at it hurriedly, the smile on his face disappeared, and then the veins on his forehead popped out, he couldn't help but shouted angrily: "This  Who the hell is spreading rumors?! I¡¯m going to skin him!¡±
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