Chapter 195： Hong Chengchou's life as a prisoner

Who should I use?

Wu Changqing thought of a very good candidate, Hong Chengchou.

With Hong Chengchou's IQ, even if he doesn't know how to develop the economy, he can quickly get started, and then gradually integrate. After all, he has experience in the ruling party, which is much more suitable than other officials.

Unfortunately, this guy refused to surrender before, so Wu Changqing put it on hold.

I have to say that this is a great waste.

Today, Hong Chengchou has been locked up in a house in Nanjing, but he does not need to live in a cell. At any rate, he was once the governor of Zhili, and he still has this preferential treatment.

Of course, more importantly, Hong Chengchou's family paid a sum of ‘food expenses’.

Wu Changqing did not send anyone to sell Hong Chengchou to the Manchus, but he sent someone to Hong Chengchou's home to ask for money. They used the money to take care of Hong Chengchou's needs.

If the Hong family didn't pay, then they could only drag Hong Chengchou to work in the mine.

Hong Chengchou has two families, one is in Beijing, after he surrendered, the Qing court rewarded his wife and family property. The other home is in Quanzhou, Fujian, where he has his mother and his wife.

However, his mother is also a ruthless person. Since he was sent to the police, his mother has denied him this son and is very loyal.

Therefore, the food cost was collected by his wife Liu in Beijing, totaling ten thousand taels.

It has become Wu Jun’s tradition to use those captives to make money.

Because of Hong Chengchou's talent, Wu Changqing did not sell to the Qing court.

For other people who were not capable and refused to surrender, Wu Changqing generously made a list to the Qing court and asked them to pay for the ransom.

At the top of this list is Dorgon’s older brother Azig. In addition, there are also several Manchu Baylor, Beizi, and generals.

These are diehards of the Manchu Qing, and would rather die than surrender.

It was too wasteful to cut directly, so Wu Changqing sent an envoy to Beijing.

However, nothing was gained.

Dorgon is also a ruthless person, knowing that paying for someone to redeem is to get an enemy, he just doesn't even want his brother, and he refuses to pay for it.

In desperation, the envoys sent by Wu Changqing could only go to those people's homes for living expenses, ranging from a few hundred taels to a few thousand taels.

They didn't dare not give it, because the messenger let out a cruel remark, and those who did not give it beheaded.

Dorgon's unwillingness to pay, also made some generals chill.

After all, Wu Changqing gave those generals the chance to survive, but Dorgon cherished it. It is also very sad to give such a boss his life.

In a house in the west of the city, Hong Chengchou was quietly reading the newspaper.

Since being captured, his daily life has been reading books and newspapers.

Because his wife paid a lot of money, he received a lot of preferential treatment, and he even bought teaching materials for the university.

The above knowledge makes him feel very interesting, sometimes he will question and think about the above knowledge, and sometimes there are some gains.

In addition to these books, his favorite is the newspapers in Zhili area.

From these newspapers, Hong Chengchou can see a lot of useful information.

For example, some administrative measures taken by Wu Changqing, some war news, and some attempts by Wu Changqing.

On this day, after reading the latest issue of the newspaper, Hong Chengchou sighed inwardly.

The newspaper said that Wu Jun had regained Anqing and was heading towards Jiujiang, and the victory of Jiangxi was just around the corner.

This shows that the Wu army in the south has completely occupied the advantage and is on the offensive side. The Qing court could only take a defensive temporarily before regaining its vitality.

In Hong Chengchou's view, this approach of the Qing court was actually not appropriate, because he saw Wu Changqing's terrifying growth rate.

Forces such as this kind of rising momentum must use the power of the whole country to fight against each other, and must not give their opponents time to develop, to stifle them in the bud.

The longer the opponent develops, the smaller the strength gap between the two sides will be.

As long as Wu Changqing is defeated, there will be no opponents in the world. Hong Chengchou really didn't pay attention to those lingering Nanming courts.

It is a pity that the current Qing court still doesn't know enough about Wu Changqing. It is also thinking about getting new weapons out first, and then coming to a decisive battle after expanding the army. This idea is obviously wrong.

This world might fall into Wu Changqing's hands.

With such an idea in Hong Chengchou's mind, judging from the current situation, Wu Changqing has a good chance.

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou had a headache.

He was not willing to spend his time in this house all day, wasting his life.

Perhaps, in the eyes of the poor, people like Hong Chengchou do not need to work, and have days to eat and drink every day, like a fairy life. However, for a person who used to be in a high position, it would be very uncomfortable without power in his hands, and it would be very empty and lonely without pursuit.

However, he really couldn't let go and beg Wu Changqing to ask an official to do it. It is hypocritical to say that it is unpleasant, and it is that he has his pride to say that it is good.

"Old Liu, can you help me go to the newspaper to contribute."

The tangled Hong Chengchou finally adopted a compromise method, choosing to write an article to express his frustration and some changes in his thoughts.

In fact, it is implying that Wu Changqing, I have already communicated, and reward me for an official to do it.

"Okay, but I can only help you deliver it to the newspaper. It's hard to tell if they adopt it or not. You don't know, now the Minbao is selling well in Nanjing. Many literati and scholars want to publish some in the newspaper. Articles in order to increase your reputation. The page of the Minbao has long been robbed."

Liu Baihu, who was in charge of guarding Hong Chengchou, said that he did not neglect Hong Chengchou because he was a prisoner. After all, Hong Chengchou was once the governor of Zhili, and he was a remarkable figure.

This kind of person, no one knows whether he will make a comeback one day. Just like Qian Qianyi, Dong Tianbao and others, they were not the running dogs of the Qing army before, but as long as they surrendered, they could quickly occupy high positions.

What's more, when Hong Chengchou asked him to help buy things, he often gave him some silver rewards, so the relationship between Liu Baihu and Hong Chengchou was pretty good.

What Liu Baihu said is the truth. Today's newspapers are no longer the same as they were at the beginning. They need to ask others to write articles for publication.

Nowadays, there are people who want to publish articles in newspapers. Some people simply want to be famous and show off their literary talent. Others wanted to be officials, so they published some of their political opinions and opinions in the newspapers, hoping to be appreciated by big shots.

If there are more people who want to post articles, the position will naturally become popular, and there will be a situation of selling places.

"Try your best. If it doesn't work, just make some money."

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