The horror of border relocation: Talk about the destruction of Haicang and Jiaomei

In the 18th year of Kangxi, when Liu Guoxuan was preparing to attack Jiaomeiliu Village (according to legend), Yang Jie and Laita of the Qing army took the opportunity to attack together, forcing him to retreat to Lion Rock, thus opening the way to Jiaomeiliu Mountain. The channel on the west side of the Mei Sizhou Ocean. On February 16 of the following year, Yang Jie, while the iron was hot, collaborated with Yao Qisheng to lead the cavalry and infantry from Fengshan to march westward. They first stationed behind the ridge outside the Longyu boundary to wait and see, with the goal of capturing the riverside and coastal ports on the east side of Sizhouyang. This opened up Longchi and Haicang, which were connected to Tongan by land and sea, and formed a trend of encircling Xiamen and Haicheng. On the 17th, the Qing army divided into three groups, from Jinzhai and Wenpu mountain roads to kill four to five thousand people in seven camps and more than ten towns entrenched in Wuyu, Chonglong, Jinshan and other places. It took one day to completely capture the Longchi area. Next, Haicang's disaster came.

On February 18, the Qing army that captured Wuyu discovered that Zheng’s army was still setting up strongholds in the area from Haicang to Songyu, with thousands of people, so the Qing army continued eastward. March. This battle has a relatively detailed record in "Ping Min Ji", "According to the scout's report, there were about 2,500 more rebels, and they were stationed in Haicang Village, thirty miles away from the camp. On the 18th, your general and the officers of the battalions went to attack the enemy. Seeing the strength of our troops, the bandits did not dare to go out to fight. Sheng, they bravely attacked and stormed the walled city. They killed more than 1,200 rebels with cannons, arrows and guns. , and many more fell into the water and drowned, and captured two fake officials and thirty-two bandits alive. They all went to the place to head off, and sank one large cannon and four double-tented boats outside, and obtained the powerful cannon. One person, two firing cannons, six high flags, eighteen large flags, twenty war quilts, armor, broadswords, spears, shields, rockets and many other items, ordered the soldiers to immediately demolish the altar."

The battles of Wuyu and Haicang were a crucial strategic turning point for the Qing army. This area and the hinterland of Haicheng County were both the right and left arms of the Xiamen base. Possessing it was equivalent to controlling the opponent. The Zheng Army in Xiamen had the initiative to attack, so when the Qing army captured the line on February 17th and 18th in the 18th year of Kangxi's reign, they prepared a retreat in case of failure: kill and burn them all on the spot. And we can get a glimpse of their actual practices in the edicts they left behind.

The day when this edict was announced was when Haicang was captured. Judging from the language in the text, it was intended to scare the monkeys: the tragic end of the people of Haicang served as a warning to the islands of Jin and Xiamen. Sincerity is the method of attacking the mind and shocking the mind. However, for the people of Haicang, it was truly a doomsday experience. "It was hard to tell the difference between thieves and thieves, they were all killed", "their homes were burned down", and in the end, they ended up with the result that "the evil was their own fault". It can be seen from this that the people in Haicang and even the Longchi area who have not moved within these two days or who have attached themselves to Zheng's army must have become ghosts under the sword, and the camps and houses they relied on were reduced to ashes. This is also No wonder people in Haicang have lost their memories of relocation and hardware preservation. This is where the theory of Haicang ruins originated.

In addition, when the Qing army captured Haicheng County on the 26th of the same month, the Qing Dynasty issued another notice. The article mentioned, "Haicheng is a city, located in the collision of the border sea. Since the tenth year of Kangxi "Three years of chaos, and two attacks by bandits so far." It not only described the disaster suffered by Haicheng County, but also warned the Qing army not to cause trouble without any reason. "Since we are afraid of harassment by soldiers, except for patrols by officers and soldiers, joint production is strictly prohibited." For this reason, I would like to express my gratitude to the officers, soldiers and servants of all the Biao camps. They know: Now that Guiyi has returned to the territory, the mourning victims are still my innocent sons. Everyone should respect the emperor's benevolence and pity each other, and should not condone the soldiers and harass them wantonly." It can be seen that in Before the capture of Chengyi, the Qing army's massacre in Haicang must have been so bad.

After the loss of Xiamen, Zheng Jing withdrew to Taiwan that year, and soon passed away the next year. His successor Zheng Keshuang surrendered in the 22nd year of Kangxi. . Since then, Haicang's boundary relocation order has been finally revoked, and those people who are not familiar with the world can move back one after another. In their limited memories, they seem to still have the impression of Zheng Chenggong around the 18th year of Shunzhi. As for Zheng Jing, Zheng Keshuang had no idea at all.

Looking at the relics in Haicang since the Qing Dynasty, there is only one place that can barely restore this period of history, and that is the inscription of Shuilu Beigong on the north side of Maqing Road in Zhongshan Society. After liberation, the monument was used by villagers as building materials for a pigsty. It was discovered by Cai Yongzhong around 2000, and it was restored and re-erected in front of the temple. From the mottled inscriptions, we can know that the destruction of Shuilu Beigong was caused by "the chaos on the seaside and the relocation". Its first reconstruction was as early as the "Jiayin Year of Kangxi (the 13th year of Kangxi)", and the "Movement" was built. When the deceased returned to his old age...the doves of our society rebuilt the back hall", while the front hall was completed as late as "the Wuyin year of Kangxi, when Jiabidanle lost 300 taels of silver and completed the front hall, leaving the Yuantian." In other words, during the relocation in the 17th and 18th years of Shunzhi, the Shuilu North Palace located in the middle of Haicang was destroyed, and the people were forced to move or wander around at that time. By the 13th year of Kangxi, Zheng Jingzhong When they returned to southern Fujian, the people of Zhongshan were actually able to "relocate and restore their old homes" and were able to repair the apse. It can be seen that at that time, many local people had returned to their hometowns to start a new life. Under the rule of the Zheng family, "their houses were still intact" "Everyone has long hair", it's like returning to the Ming Dynasty. However, in the Battle of Haicang in the 19th year of Kangxi's reign, these people and houses were brutally killed and destroyed. Fortunately among misfortunes, Shuilu Beigong was preserved, probably because it is located under Caijianwei Mountain. It is slightly different from the Zheng family camps in Haicang and Songyu along the coast. What is even more rare is that a considerable number of Zhongshan people escaped the killings, so they have these memories of the time when the monument was rebuilt (the 37th year of Kangxi).

In short, Haicang experienced at least two large-scale damages during the intermittent relocation process from the 17th year of Shunzhi to the 22nd year of Kangxi. "As soon as I know it", those people who moved to the mainland or ventured to Nanyang according to regulations, although they returned to their hometowns one after another after the restoration of the border, they could no longer find any memories of before, so the memory was lost and the cultural relics were not preserved. Haicang's injuries are irreparable. This sentence best reflects the situation in Haicang: Mo Daosan is not romantic, he just hates having nowhere to talk about being miserable.