Southern Ming Rebel Army

"Master, Master, are you awake? Go and tell the old lady that the Master is awake," a maid said happily to another maid.

Meng Jun slowly opened his eyelids and vaguely saw an antique gauze curtain. He heard the sound of a woman's bell in his ears. Meng Jun tried hard to open his eyes, but unfortunately he fell into a weak sleep.

"Doctor, is my son okay? He just woke up, but why is he still unconscious now?"

An old man with a goatee said slowly, "Madam, don't worry too much. As long as the young master wakes up, he should be fine. His pulse is gradually stabilizing, and he will wake up in two or three hours." After saying that, the old doctor began to pack up his medical box.

"Thank you, doctor. Here is the consultation fee. Huan'er, see the doctor off." The old woman patted her chest and put her hands together. "Thank God, may the Bodhisattva bless my son and keep him safe and sound."

At night, Meng Jun slowly opened his eyes and looked around. It was an antique house with an oil lamp on the table. A woman was lying on the table, and she seemed to have fallen asleep.

Meng Jun recalled that during the day, he went to work as usual, but when he was walking on the overpass, his foot slipped and he fell down. Logically, he should be in the hospital, surrounded by doctors and nurses in white coats, so how did he end up in such a strange place? Meng Jun touched his head...???

"Why am I bald? Where is my hair?" Meng Jun said in surprise.

"Young master, you're awake. You're fine. I'll go find the old lady now." The woman was very happy to see Meng Jun wake up, and she hurried out the door.

Meng Jun looked at the woman and touched his head again. "Who shaved my hair? That's not right. Why is there a small braid at the back? My hair is not that long. It might be possible if I shaved it, but why is there such a long braid at the back?" Meng Jun muttered to himself.

"Jun'er, you finally woke up, that's great! How do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Are you hungry? Do you want to drink some hot soup first? Huan'er, go to the kitchen and bring the stewed soup over." Meng Jun looked at the old lady in ancient costume in front of him. She wore a pearl hairpin on her head and a string of Buddhist beads on her wrists. She was graceful and elegant. However, Meng Jun could swear that there was absolutely no such person in his memory.

"Uh, um... where am I?"

"Jun'er, what's wrong with you? This is your home, why don't you recognize it?" The old woman stroked Meng Jun's head with a worried look on her face and said softly.

"Come, drink the soup obediently. After drinking the soup, take a good rest for a few days. Zhizhi will help you take care of the affairs in the military camp, so you don't have to worry. Besides, you should find a way to use your connections to transfer to a civilian position. It's better not to take the position of Qianzong. The situation is chaotic now, so peace is a blessing." The old woman blew on the soup and fed Meng Jun carefully, muttering to herself.

Meng Jun could only drink the soup silently and listen to her words without any intention of refuting, but occasionally responded with "um", "ok", "right". After all, when you first arrive in this strange place, it is wise to listen more and talk less.

After drinking the soup, a strong feeling of fatigue surged into Meng Jun's heart like a tide, and his tiredness became more and more obvious. The old woman saw his tiredness and said softly: "Jun'er, you should take a good rest. If you want to eat anything, just ask Huan'er to prepare it. Mother will recite scriptures and pray for you." After that, the old woman gently touched Meng Jun's forehead and slowly left the room.

Meng Jun looked at the maidservant standing beside him, dressed in maid clothes, and thought to himself, "Did I really travel through time? And the braids, did I travel through time to the Qing Dynasty?"

.........Three days later, Meng Jun finally found out the identity of this body after observing the environment and asking Huan'er indirectly.

Meng Jun, courtesy name Yuanzhi, was from Changshu County, Jiangsu Province. It was the middle of June in the second year of Shunzhi, and his father had passed away for more than a year. His mother, Ms. Zhou, had a wealthy family. In the past, his father used his connections to get the position of Changshu Qianzong. However, there were less than 600 people in the military camp, all of whom were poor, so the position was just a nominal one. But Meng Jun often went to the military camp, but the specific affairs were all handled by Meng Bizhi, a son born in the government, and there was not much real work for him.

Meng Jun was unconscious because he fell off his horse and hit his head on the way back from the baggage camp. It was the first year of the Hongguang reign of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the Hongguang Emperor was dead now. It was the first year of the Longwu reign of the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty occupied Nanjing half a month ago, all parts of Jiangnan were quickly pacified. His predecessor naturally transformed into a thousand-man commander of the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty. There were no more people, no less money, and nothing changed.

However, since the news came half a month ago that the Regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon, ordered all places in Jiangnan to shave their heads, those who disobeyed would be regarded as "the rebels who defy fate" and would be punished with "keep your head but not your hair, keep your hair but not your head". Therefore, as a thousand-man commander of the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty, he naturally did not dare to resist and of course shaved his head to show his loyalty.

However, Dorgon's order caused a great storm in the Jiangnan region. Gentry and people from all over Jiangnan raised the banner of rebellion, expelled the county magistrate, and re-raised the banner of the Ming Dynasty. For a time, the situation in Jiangnan changed dramatically. In Jiangyin, Jiaxing, and other places, the banners of rebellion were raised.

By June, the order to shave one's head had spread throughout Jiangnan.

Starting from May, wherever the shaving order was implemented, civil unrest broke out.

The first to cause trouble were in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In May of the second year of Shunzhi, Wuxian student Lu Shiyao and others raised troops in Taihu Lake, while former Ming Zhifang official Wu Yi and Juren Sun Zhaokui raised troops in Changbaidang, Wujiang. Volunteers from nearby areas joined the uprising, and the momentum was huge. The above two armies contacted Wu Zhikui, the governor of Wusong in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and tried to occupy Suzhou, but unfortunately they failed.

In June, the Southern Ming governor Tian Yang and others raised troops in Chongming, with the former Ming Yiyang King as the leader, and stationed their fleet in Chongmingsha. Jin Youjian of Changxing County raised troops, and with the support of Ming Tongcheng King, they conquered Huzhou in one battle and attacked Changxing. The people of Jiaxing area raised troops, gathering more than 30,000 people, with great momentum, and Jiangning was shaken. At this time, people in Changshu County were also panicked, and undercurrents were surging.

Because the body he possessed had the same name and surname, although Meng Jun was usually very cautious, every day when he woke up, he saw the rat tail behind his bald head in the bronze mirror, and he had a great urge to cut it off. However, Meng Jun warned himself not to be impulsive, as cutting it off was easy, but the consequences would be serious.

"Bi'an, has there been any movement outside in the past two days?"

"Master, the barbers out there are doing a good business. The Green Camp soldiers are arresting people everywhere, and those who haven't shaved their heads are forced to keep their braids."

Meng Bi'an, who was also a child of the mansion, had been serving Meng Jun and had grown up with him. At this moment, he was beside Meng Jun, fanning him with a palm-leaf fan, while Meng Jun was lying on a rocking chair, rocking back and forth.

"Young Master, you've been staying in the mansion these days. Are you feeling a little bored? Do you want to go out for a walk and relax?" Meng Bian said to Meng Jun with a smile on his face.

After hearing what Meng Bian said, Meng Jun stopped rocking his chair, thought about it and decided to go out for a walk. He had been in this world for several days, but he hadn't gone out to see the scenery of this era. He was also curious.

"Okay, let's go shopping." After saying that, he stood up, stretched his body, and took Meng Bian out to see the customs and customs of Daming...