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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 502: National Righteousness

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    After Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui were executed, no one came to collect the bodies. Although Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin had political disagreements with Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui, they were still colleagues. Moreover, they felt that death was like a lamp going out. Ye and Bai  All debts must be paid once one dies, so the two plan to collect their corpses.

    When Jiang Guolin told Wang Kai about the restraint, Wang Kai chuckled and said, "It's not a big problem to restrain. I can just report it to my boss. But do you two have the money to collect the body?"

    Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin looked at each other awkwardly. Now they are really penniless prisoners. Where can they find money?  Wang Kai took out a few silver dollars, handed them over and said, "I can give the money to you two, but I can't give it in vain."

    Jiang Guolin was slightly taken aback, and without being pretentious, he accepted the thank you and said, "Thank you, Brother Wang. But if there is anything that the two of us can do, just say it."

    Wang Kai smiled and said: "These days I have seen that the calligraphy of the two gentlemen is quite good, and I would like to ask for some of their calligraphy."

    Jiang Guolin immediately nodded in agreement upon hearing this: "This is just a small effort. I didn't expect that Brother Wang is also an elegant person."

    Wang Kai smiled and said nothing, and immediately helped the two of them restrain the bodies of Ye and Bai.  At this time, the funeral customs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had changed. Except for those who believed in Confucianism and Christianity, many people still resumed burial. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not stop them. After all, they had different beliefs and many customs. Naturally, they respected their respective customs.  Therefore, Ye and Bai each got a thin coffin and were buried in a Yizhuang cemetery outside Tianjing City.

    After Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin prepared some incense and paper money to pay homage, Jiang Guolin looked at the wooden tombstone and sighed: "Master Zhutai, as the saying goes, people are doing it and God is watching. If you kill too much, there will be retribution"

    After returning to the place of custody after the burial, Wang Kai excitedly took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone.  The two of them were asked to copy several paragraphs of text each. These texts were unrelated, and it was not known where Wang Kai found these texts. Jiang Guolin read them several times and was confused, but Wang Kai insisted that the two of them copy them.  Jiang Guolin and Jiang Guolin couldn't save face, so they had to comply.  After the two of them copied one copy each, Wang Kai happily took it and thanked him before leaving. Jiang Guolin and Jiang Guolin also passed the time reading books and newspapers as usual.

    A few days later, after breakfast, the Taiping soldiers on guard delivered yesterday's "Declaration".  Jiang Guolin took a sip of tea and opened it. He couldn't help but spit out even a mouthful of tea. Zhou Qibin saw that he was so rude and asked curiously: "Brother Yunong, what's wrong?"

    Jiang Guolin's face turned red and veins popped out. He slapped the newspaper on the table and said angrily: "We were fooled. Look!"

    Zhou Qibin picked up the newspaper and looked at it strangely. He saw on the front page that there was a copy of the two anti-Manchu slogans. It also said that the two people's handwriting had been widely plastered in front of the Confucius Temple in Tianjing City, praising Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin.  The two of them understood the righteousness well and abandoned the dark side for the bright side.

    Zhou Qibin asked curiously: "When did we write an appeal?" Jiang Guolin frowned and said angrily: "Have you forgotten the somewhat incomprehensible article you wrote for Brother Wang a few days ago? I guess Brother Wang must have used it for cutting.  Just write down the required words, and then let the poster re-mount it before putting it up!"

    Zhou Qibin was also dumbfounded. When Jiang Guolin walked to the door, he was stopped by the guarding soldiers.  He shouted angrily: "Where's Wang Kai? Ask Wang Kai to come see me!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Kai walked over with a smile and said: "Two great gentlemen, please don't get angry. His Highness the King of the West has invited you both."

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    Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin followed Wang Kai to the West Prince's Mansion with extremely complicated emotions. If they had been exposed to the biggest thief in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom when they were first captured, they would have been prepared to curse and die generously.  But now more than twenty days have passed, and the two of them have seen various situations under the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and have been confused by numerous "anti-statements".  In addition, after many days, the will to die has weakened a lot. When they entered the West Prince's Mansion, neither of them knew how to face the thief leader later.

    Before that, King Xi met the two of them by a beautiful pond in the backyard of Xiwang Mansion.  Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin saw Taiping Heavenly Kingdom officials leading Huang Kaiguang, Ren Anbang and other Guangzhou surrender generals who had surrendered to the Taiping Army. Several of them were already wearing Taiping Heavenly Kingdom official uniforms, and they were all in high spirits and beaming with joy.

    Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin were in a bad mood, but when they were about to curse, Huang Kaiguang actually spoke first: "It turns out it's Master Jiang and Master Zhou. Their two anti-Manchu slogans are really wonderful, and their personal opinions are better than those of us warriors."  There are many, and the future is limitless. In the future, I will still be a minister of the same palace, so please give me a lot of help."

    Huang Kaiguang's words choked the two of them so much that they didn't even know how to retort and explain. Ren Anbang also cupped his fists and saluted with a smile: "The King of the West is still waiting to see you two, so I won't delay, Brother Huang."  , let¡¯s go back to Shanghai right nowWell, King Xi has arranged for us to go to the military school to learn new tactics and then lead the new army. I can't wait.  "Huang and Ren also said goodbye with a smile and clasped their fists, while Jiang and Zhou Zhou were still in their thoughts, and finally followed Wang Kai into the backyard.

    The backyard is a quite large garden scene, with small bridges, flowing water, pavilions and waterside pavilions. I turned around a winding path and came to a pavilion. I saw several Taiping soldiers guarding it outside.  A tall man in a yellow turban and yellow robe sat in the pavilion. This man had a rude appearance, a sinewy face, and a bearded beard. It was obvious that he had not had a good rest for several nights. He frowned and looked at a few official documents, his brows knitted together.  The word Sichuan.

    After hearing Wang Kai's report, the big man raised his head with a smile on his face. Although this man looked rude, the way he smiled gave people a very sincere feeling, "Please come, gentlemen."  Talk in the booth.¡±

    Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin followed the words. Seeing this posture, they knew that this man was one of the only two remaining kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The person who actually controlled the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom now made all the Qing armies fear the God of War of the Heavenly Kingdom.  Wang Xiaoyungui!

    When they entered the pavilion, the two of them did not salute. The King of the West did not seem to blame him. He pointed to the stone chair next to him and motioned for the two of them to sit down.  Jiang Guolin and Zhou Qibin didn't thank each other and sat down.

    King Xi's eyes returned to the official document in his hand, but he said to the two of them calmly: "I asked Second Lieutenant Wang to do the memorandum. Haha, I didn't expect that the craftsmen of the imperial edict office were quite skilled. The original manuscript of the memorandum was  It really looks like there is no trace of Piece at all.¡±

    Jiang Guolin didn¡¯t understand what Piece traces were.  But when he mentioned the message, he became furious. He stood up and said: "This is the prince of Taiping. I think you are also a dignified prince. A hero who holds several provinces in his hands. I didn't expect that you would do such a third-rate thing."  Framing and frame-up. It is not the work of a hero!"

    The King of the West did not feel dissatisfied at all, he smiled faintly, put down the official document in his hand and said: "This is Mr. Jiang, please don't get angry. We Han people have used hundreds of counterintuitive tactics for thousands of years? Why do you act like this when you come to this king?"  Isn¡¯t this what a hero did? If you two don¡¯t want to surrender, why don¡¯t you allow me to make some small plans?¡±

    Jiang Guolin didn¡¯t know that Xi Wang¡¯s debating skills came from the little woman Xi Wang Niang.  He was speechless for a moment because of his rebuttal. Zhou Qibin smiled slightly and said, "The King of the West does not stick to trivial matters. He is a true hero."

    Jiang Guolin was stunned for a moment. King Xi's eyes lit up when he saw what Zhou Qibin said. He turned to Zhou Qibin and smiled and said, "This must be Mr. Zhou. I also said that when you two meet, you will scold me for being a fake king."  , Western thief, etc. Since Mr. Zhou calls himself King of the West, I wonder if he would be willing to devote himself to peace and contribute to the revival of the Han people?"

    Zhou Qibin stood up calmly, bowed his head and said, "As you wish, I would like to help the King of the West achieve the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Han people."

    The great cause of rejuvenation of the Han people is a propaganda slogan published almost every day in many newspapers. Jiang and Zhou are familiar with it.  Jiang Guolin indeed admired the great ambition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. As a Han Chinese, he naturally hoped that the Han people would be able to revive one day. However, Jiang Guolin did not expect that Zhou Qibin would surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as soon as he came up. He did not even hesitate at all, which caught him even more off guard.

    Zhou Qibin was not as strong-willed as Jiang Guolin. In the past twenty days, he had been able to save his life, so he began to weigh repeatedly. Like Jiang Guolin, he was confused by those books, but he was more aware of current affairs.  After seeing Ye Mingchen and Bai Gui being publicly shot that day.  Zhou Qibin had already made up his mind to return to Taiping. He didn't want to be like Ye and Bai, whose reputation would be ruined after their death.

    The King of the West was naturally overjoyed and said with a smile: "My Kingdom of Heaven will definitely be more powerful if it can be helped by Mr. Zhou." Then he sighed softly and said: "Back then, I followed the King of Heaven and waited for the army. At first, it was just because I couldn't survive, but as I followed  We have more and more soldiers and horses, and our knowledge is getting wider and wider. Only then did I understand that the Han people in this world have been oppressed for a long time, so I made a great wish to lead everyone to overthrow the Manchus and expel the Husbands.  Slave, return the land and mountains of our Han family to realize the resurgence of the Han people. But many Han people in the world are still deceived by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They think that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the emperor's rightful authority, and they still protect the Qing court and fight with our Han family's army.  , It¡¯s really sad! I hope that the two Qing officials who care about the people but have never harmed the people can join the peace. As the saying goes, if the right way is too much, the wrong way will be less help. One day, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be overthrown by us.  .¡±

    Zhou Qibin still stood, bowed slightly and said: "The Western King is wise, the Manchus have occupied the Han Dynasty for two hundred years, and they should return it to the Han Dynasty. Just like when Zhu Ming overthrew the Mongols, the land of China should still be returned to us.  We Han people are the ones who call the shots." Zhou Qibin had already recognized the King of the West as his master, and he could not change his servility to a man of upright officials for a while. He bowed his head and spoke carefully.

    King Xi slapped his thigh and said with a smile, "Mr. ZhouWell done, come and sit down and talk. There are no masters or slaves here in the Kingdom of Heaven. There are only superiors and subordinates. In front of the laws of the Kingdom of Heaven, everyone is generally equal. As a citizen of my Kingdom of Heaven, there is no distinction between high and low birth, only high ability.  If you don't notice the difference, you will get used to it.  "Following King Xi, he looked at Jiang Guolin and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Jiang is planning?  "

    Jiang Guolin hesitated, and Zhou Qibin suddenly said: "Brother Yunong, the Kingdom of Heaven has summoned us to surrender for the sake of national justice. We must not be confused about such a big issue. Whether you want to be loyal to the Manchu emperor or serve our Han nation, you have to carefully consider  It¡¯s all about careful consideration, don¡¯t make a mistake.¡±

    Jiang Guolin's face turned green and white for a while. After a long while, he slowly stood up. He also bowed his head and said, "I would like to follow the King of the West and restore the Han family to its former glory!"
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