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Chapter 1,385: Looting more than 900,000 gold and hundreds of yin of jewels

In order to maintain long-term rule, literary inquisitions became a phenomenal punishment that occurred frequently during the Qing Dynasty.

As long as it is interpreted as being dissatisfied with the government, the author will suffer.

It can be seen from this that although in power, there is always a shadow in the heart of the Qing government, which is that it is not confident about the legitimacy of its own dominance.

As visitors from outside the pass, these Eight Banners are in the Central Plains and it is difficult to find a sense of identity, even though they have ruled the Han people for many years.

However, what should come will come sooner or later. Although the Qing government strictly supervised the Han people, the people still established large and small resistance organizations, hoping to drive them, such as the outsiders, back outside the pass.

These non-governmental organizations often use the banner of Prince Zhu San, and their leaders appear as descendants of the Ming Dynasty to awaken people's nostalgia for the Ming Dynasty and enhance cohesion.

Therefore, for a long time, Prince Zhu San was like a ghost, making the Qing government uneasy.

The second is the Tiandihui. Unlike many organizations, although the Tiandihui also aims to expel the Qing rulers, it does not rely on the people's nostalgia for the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the Heaven and Earth Association did not use the descendants of the Ming Dynasty royal family as a way to gather the congregation, but instead used ethnic conflicts as the entry point.

Judging from the later developments, this approach of Tiandihui is more effective.

The reason is that the Ming Dynasty has been destroyed for a long time, and it is meaningless to restore a destructive dynasty.

However, ethnic conflicts are visible to the naked eye.

The Han people should be the master of the world.

Because of this, the world has developed for a long time and steadily among the people.

During that period, they were very powerful and became a major concern of the Qing government.

Among many film and television works, the Heaven and Earth are very important existences and appear in the image of justice.

According to relevant information, the founder of the Tiandihui Society is Chen Yonghua, who is Zheng Chenggong's military advisor.

After Zheng Chenggong's death, Wanwan was unable to compete with the Qing government anymore.

So Chen Yonghua sneaked into the inland and secretly founded the Tiandihui.

But he gave himself a famous pseudonym: Chen Jinnan.

Therefore, President Chen has since appeared on the stage of history and played an important role in many film and television works.

The Heaven and Earth Association was not only extremely influential at that time. As the saying goes, "red flowers, green leaves, white lotus roots", Hongmen, Qing Gang and White Lotus Sect are all gangs derived from the Heaven and Earth Association.

With the wealth accumulated by Zheng Chenggong, Chen Jinnan has absolute economic strength.

So how much wealth did he have during Zheng Chenggong’s period?

Other Chen Wenzhe didn't know that he knew something that happened in the fifth year of Yongli. This incident can be seen from the side how rich Zheng Chenggong was.

It was in 1651 AD. Zhang Xuesheng, the governor of Fujian in the Qing Dynasty, and others took advantage of Zheng Chenggong's main force to go south to Guangdong Province and sent troops to capture Xiamen City.

However, when they returned from victory, they not only did not receive commendation from the Qing court, but were dismissed from office and escorted to the capital for trial.

What's going on? It starts with the huge wealth of Zheng Chenggong they plundered.

After his father surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong led his confidants to Nan'ao Island to recruit soldiers and fight against the Qing Dynasty.



He then vigorously carried out foreign trade and accumulated huge wealth in a few years.

Zheng Chenggong, who had a small territory, stole Xiamen from the hands of Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian as a base in the fourth year of Yongli.

Most of the wealth was then transferred to Xiamen City to attract anti-Qing forces from all over the coast.

After the rapid growth of strength, the supply of food and grass was short.

To solve this problem, Zheng Chenggong sent his uncle Zheng Hongkui to the Chaoshi area to collect food and grass.

Due to the large number of solicitations, local people have been dissatisfied and rebelled.

What's even more terrible is that the Qing army that occupied Guangdong Province also took the opportunity to attack.

For a moment, Zheng Hongkui was in a dilemma of attack on both sides and had to send someone to ask Zheng Chenggong for help.

After receiving the message of asking for help, Zheng Chenggong left his uncle Zheng Zhiguan to guard Xiamen City, and personally led the main force to the Guangdong Province to support Zheng Hongkui.

In March of the fifth year of Yongli, Zheng Chenggong conquered Daxing Institute and other places and seized the accumulated food and grass.

The news of Zheng Chenggong's main force leaving reached Hu Jian, the Qing Dynasty governor Zhang Xuesheng, the patrol of the road Huang Shu, and the Hu Jian's right general Ma Degong were overjoyed and decided to take advantage of this god-given opportunity to attack Xiamen City.

The three of them were so active in attacking Xiamen City, not because they were so loyal to the Qing court, but because they had their own little plan.

They had long heard that Zheng Chenggong had made huge wealth in trade, and this batch of money had been transported to Xiamen City.

They attacked Xiamen City, and they could not only show their loyalty to the Qing court in order to increase their ranks, but also take Zheng Chenggong's wealth as their own, which can be said to have killed two birds withered.

After the three of them finished their discussion, Ma Degong led the Qing army to cross the sea to attack Xiamen City on February 27.

Zheng Zhiguan, who guards Xiamen City, is a fool. He drinks and has fun all day and does not take any precautions, which leads to the Xiamen City defense and navy being easily defeated by the Qing army.

What's even more hateful is that after Zheng Zhiguan knew that the Qing army was attacking, he immediately got on the boat and fled, and did not even bring Zheng Chenggong's wife Dong and the prince Zheng Jing in Xiamen City.

When the Qing army entering the city was busy robbing, Dong fled from Xiamen City in a small boat with Zheng Jing in his arms and boarded Zheng Zhiguan's warship.

After the fall of Xiamen City, Zheng Chenggong's wealth transferred to the city was almost all over the hands of Ma Degong, and a small number of them were taken away by Qing soldiers.

After Ma Degong succeeded, he sent a letter to Zhang Xuesheng and Huang Shu, asking them to come to Xiamen to discuss the aftermath. In fact, the three of them shared the spoils.

How much did the three people share? According to the letter Zheng Chenggong gave to his father afterwards, "I plundered more than 900,000 gold, hundreds of taels of jewelry, hundreds of thousands of hu of rice and millet, and the wealth of the rest of the soldiers and the money and grain of the people."

While the three of them divided Zheng Chenggong's property, the Qing soldiers were not idle either. They plundered from house to house and robbed the people of Xiamen City.

After the matter was done, Zhang Xuesheng and Huang Shu returned to Hu Jian with their property, leaving Ma Degong to defend Xiamen City.

The news of Xiamen City's fall reached Guangdong Province, and Zheng Chenggong was greatly shocked.

The soldiers under his command were worried that their relatives would encounter unexpected problems, so they advised Zheng Chenggong to return to his army immediately.

Zheng Chenggong ordered Zheng Hongkui to lead some troops back to Xiamen City first, and he led the main force to follow up.

Zheng Hongkui surrounded Xiamen City and trapped Ma Degong in the city.

Ma Degong was both dead and he hurriedly sent someone to ask the governor for help.

Zhang Xuesheng immediately sent Feng Junrui, the general of Zhang City, to lead 600 troops to support him, but was blocked by Zheng Hongkui's subordinates and could not enter Xiamen City.

Ma Degong was desperate and had a sudden idea.

He sent someone to plead with the grandmother Huang of Zheng Chenggong who lives in Anhai, asking her to come forward and ask Zheng Hongkui to remove the surround and let him return to Hu Jian.

The Huang family lived in a controlled area of ​​the Qing court and did not dare to go against the wishes of the Qing army. They wrote a letter to Zheng Hongkui for mercy.

Zheng Hongkui did not dare to reject his mother's face, so he ordered the siege to be withdrawn and sent more than 30 ships to send Ma Degong and his subordinates back to Hu Jian.

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