Chapter 14 (14) Large-scale group events

When Duoduo marched to Yangzhou, Zuo Liangyu had already occupied Jiujiang. The admiral of Jiujiang is called Yuan Jixian, and he is an upright brother.He was boarding a ship, rushing to Yuanzhou to intercept the remnants of Li Zicheng who were being chased by the Qing soldiers.Hearing that Zuo Liangyu was coming, he hurried back and greeted Zuo Liangyu's warship on the river bank: "Old Zuo, Lao Zuo... I'm Lao Yuan... Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed, and hurriedly invited Yuan Jixian to board the ship. The two talked about the matter that King Fu Zhu Yousong had put the prince in prison, and they wailed loudly: Your Highness, you have suffered.The prison is cold and windy, and the guards are cruel. They must be forcing you to play hide-and-seek every day...

While wailing, Zuo Liangyu took out a piece of paper with words written on it from his sleeve, and showed it to Yuan Jixian: "Old Yuan, look, this is a secret order from the crown prince. You and I can go and ask for the salary owed." Yuan Jixian was furious, and wiped away his tears: "Old Zuo, don't mess around, just draw it on paper yourself, dare to say it's the prince's secret order, you treat others as heartless as you?" Zuo Liangyu was very embarrassed, so he said: Look at you old Yuan, what I mean is...you see, our matter...how about the two of us writing a memorial together, no matter what, he has to pay us from the court ,Am I right?

Old Zuo, you have to understand that when you ask for wages owed, you should take reasonable legal channels and come up with a secret order from the prince. This is a major political mistake of yours.Yuan Jixian warned. Reasonable legal means?Zuo Liangyu expressed doubts: Do we have this thing here? Even if not, then you shouldn't make a large-scale mass event.After saying this, Yuan Jixian bid farewell and disembarked, returned to Jiujiang, and held a meeting of cadres above the bureau.At the meeting, he made a speech and pointed out: The old leftist has worked for the country all his life, but now he is old and confused. Because of the incident of wage arrears, he openly took the lead in organizing mass incidents and collective petitions.We must not learn from him. Not only can we not learn from him, but everyone must express their position immediately, resolutely support the court, and oppose the old left's malicious demands for salary...

Just as he was speaking, he saw flames erupting in the city and the sound of killing, followed by the screams of the common people crying for their fathers and mothers. Yuan Jixian was taken aback, and jumped up: This... What's going on here? It turned out that the generals under Zuo Liangyu followed Yuan Jixian into the city, and they were happily killing people and setting fire in Jiujiang City at this time. Seeing this tragic situation, Yuan Jixian sighed: Forget it, I will not get involved in this mess.So what, if I get a white silk, it’s okay if I hang myself... He got on a footstool and tied a white silk on the roof beam. Yuan Jixian had just stretched his neck in when a subordinate came in. Seeing this scene, he smiled and said: "Old leader, you hang yourself from the beam. It's not an obvious defect." Mind?He, Zuo Liangyu, just wanted to ask for the wages he owed, not to rebel. If you do this, what retreat does his old Zuo have?Even if you don't want to rebel, you will be forced to rebel.

Makes sense.When Yuan Jixian heard this, he immediately jumped off the footstool: That's right, I can't die, once I die, Lao Zuo, it is tantamount to committing a heinous crime, and there is really no way to turn back.Come on, build a high platform for me, I want to stand up and scold the old leftist, let him know his way back, repent, give up the wrong position of maliciously asking for salary, and return to the post of selfless dedication... So Yuan Jixian, the admiral of Jiujiang, set up a high platform, climbed to it, stomped his feet and cursed at Zuo Liangyu: "Old Zuo, it's in vain that you have been educated by the court for so many years, why don't you have any awareness at all?"Don't ask how much the court owes you, but what you have done for the court...

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was vomiting blood on the boat. He is old, and his life as a soldier and horse is at stake. Hearing Yuan Jixian's swearing, he smiled and said: "Old Yuan said, it makes sense!"I'm really sorry for Lao Yuan's way of doing things like this. After saying this, Zuo Liangyu died. Zuo Liangyu's son is called Zuo Menggeng. Seeing his father die, he said loudly, "Father, you old man should sleep for a while."This important military matter, leave it to the boy, the boy will not let you down. Without mourning, Zuo Menggeng led the army and successively captured Hukou, Pengze, Dongliu, Jiande and other counties, approaching Nanjing.

People can die, but the salary owed by your court cannot be denied. After Anqing was captured, Zuo Menggeng arrested Zhang Liang, the governor of Anqing, and forced him to go with everyone to discuss wage arrears.Zhang Liang resisted death, took advantage of Zuo Menggeng's inattention, suddenly plunged into the water and committed suicide. The next day, Prince Yu Duoduo occupied Siqiao. Shi Kefa hurried to Sizhou like sparks, when he received an urgent telegram from Nanjing: I want your troops to return to Nanjing immediately to face the Zuo Liangyu gang.This!thank you. Shi Kefa replied: Zuo Liangyu's incident belongs to the internal contradictions of the imperial court, and he will not make things difficult for the imperial court; but once the northern army arrives, Nanjing will be over!

So I have to stick to Yangzhou. Shi Kefa said.