Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1006 Towards the Future
When Yang Menglong lazily got up to eat lunch, Zhu Yujian was already admonishing others.He held a huge pancake in his left hand and a large bowl of milk soup in his right. He sat on the watchtower with his legs crossed and watched Zhu Yujian roar like thunder at the officers and generals of the Guan Ning Army who were kneeling all over the ground, kicking and beating him. .He could hear Emperor Longwu's roar from such a distance:

"If you want money, the emperor will give it from the internal funds. If the internal funds are not enough, I will sell the royal artifacts to make up for you!"

"You want food, and the emperor is going all out to kill countless state and county officials and farmers to raise it for you!"

"You want power, the emperor knows that you are playing the enemy's support, but he also gritted his teeth and admitted that you falsely reported military exploits, and appointed all your cronies as officials and reused them!"

"You lost the battle, no matter how embarrassing the defeat, the emperor gritted his teeth and endured it, and did not punish any of you!"

"How can the emperor be sorry to you? How can Daming be sorry to you?"

"How did you repay Daming?"

"With Daming's salary..."

"Eating the food of Ming Dynasty..."

"Take the weapons of Ming Dynasty..."

"But he turned his back and became the vanguard of the Tartars, leading them into Beijing!"

"The most important thing is that I frugally saved 100 million taels of money to the emperor as military funds for the Northern Expedition. It's all in vain! It's all in vain!!!"

Fang Yizhi and other civic officials collectively covered their faces with their hands, feeling ashamed: "Actually, the last sentence can be omitted..."

Zhaji Chongweng shuddered and said, "The Emperor is so resentful!"

Yang Menglong glanced at him: "If someone harms your hard-earned money like this, your resentment will only be greater than him."

Zhu Yujian punched and kicked the two generals of the Guan Ning Army, like a raging lion: "The money is earned by me for so many years, do you know!? I get up earlier than chickens these years, and sleep late Later than a dog, eating less than a cat, working more than a cow, and dragging a large family to start a business hard, do you know that you have earned this money!? Seeing that the deposit in the bank has increased to 100 million taels, Lao Tzu Mei couldn’t sleep all night, do you know that!? You’re so good, you cleared up all my hard-earned money and misfortunes at once! In the past few months, I’ve been as poor as a beggar. Not to mention the military salary, even the servant’s You can’t even pay your wages, but you are here with the military salary subsidized by Lao Tzu, rich and beautiful, rich and beautiful!!!”

Emperor Longwu's roar resounded in the sky of Beijing, and Guan Ningjun trembled in his roar. For the first time, they realized that the decisive death of Chongzhen was actually the wisest decision they had ever made in their lives!The old Zhu's family are all picky, they just made this one a million taels of trouble and made him mad like a lunatic. How much money have they troubled Chongzhen all these years?If Chongzhen was still alive now, I'm afraid they would have cut them into pieces and thrown them into the frying pan Gulu!Emperor Longwu scolded happily, but the historian behind him looked at each other, at a loss.Although it is the bounden duty of a historian to keep a straight book, but out of the longing for health and longevity, some necessary spring and autumn brushwork is still necessary. If they record this passage truthfully, it is estimated that they may receive a picture of the eighteenth floor of hell for the whole family. Sightseeing tour, but also the kind of unlimited number of people.But if they don't write it down, it seems dereliction of duty. What should they do?Historian A asked in a low voice: "Everyone, do you remember this paragraph?"

Historian B: "Don't forget it, right? It's a taboo for the emperor to keep the secrets. He won't touch the elite soldiers and generals present, but it's very easy to crush us to death!"

Historian C: "You are simply a great shame to the historian! What kind of bullshit is a taboo for the king, straight writing has always been the basic quality of our generation of historians, if Dong Hu, Zuo Qiuming and other seniors know that there are juniors like you, they will probably be angry Gotta jump out of the coffin!"

Historian A and B: "What brother said is true, we are deeply educated, but I don't know how to write this passage?"

Historian Bing wrote: "On a certain day in a certain year, a certain month and a certain day, the key rebels feared the majesty of my master and went out of the city to beg for surrender. Li, feel ashamed..."

First historian: "Pfft—"

Historian B: "Pfft—"

Don't think they are laughing, they are spitting blood, didn't you see that the two blood arrows were sprayed into the air?

This is the best historian, you two youngsters, you better learn a little bit!

Regardless of how nonsense the historians are, anyway, Zhu Yujian vented all his resentment towards Guan Ningjun over the years by cursing and beating him.Seeing the faces of those unlucky people, they were full of joy... Don't think that they are all petty sufferers, in fact, they are really happy, because the emperor's beating and humiliating them in front of so many people means It won't kill them, haven't you heard that a biting dog doesn't bark?It is better to punch and kick them than to help them up with a smile on the face to express understanding of their difficulties, and then turn around and kill their whole family.When Zhu Yujian was too tired to move, the group of unlucky people urged in unison: "The emperor temporarily rests the anger of the thunder, and the ministers all know that they are wrong. Please punish the emperor. If you want to kill or cut, the ministers have no complaints!"

Zhu Yujian snorted coldly: "If I want to kill you, I have to wait until now? Let me go to a prisoner-of-war camp and wait for trial! With all the shitty things you have done, you will not be able to escape the plague for more than ten or twenty years. I hope you If you can do it in a down-to-earth manner, don't have any perverted thoughts, otherwise your relatives will be killed, and you will not be able to enter the ancestral grave after death, and there will be no descendants to worship blood food!"

Such a threat is ruthless enough.People in no other country place so much emphasis on blood inheritance as in China. In the West, an illegitimate child is disgraceful. It is natural for my father not to recognize an illegitimate child, but in China, even an illegitimate child is a part of the family. No matter how it came from, as long as it is really my blood, you must let him recognize his ancestors and give him a piece of property. If you let him wander abroad and suffer, it is unfilial.One should not only be responsible to one's ancestors, but also to one's descendants. The ancestors are role models. Even if one cannot surpass the achievements of the ancestors to bring the whole family to a higher level, one can't do anything embarrassing. Let the ancestors be ashamed, otherwise the elders of the family will serve them according to the family law.As for being responsible to the younger generation... the same understanding can be made. Even if the younger generation cannot be proud of themselves, they must strictly demand themselves and not let the younger generation be ashamed of themselves. Comrade Zhao Kuo is the most typical representative, but unfortunately it is the opposite: In the Battle of Changping, he buried most of the young and strong men of the Zhao State, which made the Zhao State's vitality seriously injured and depressed. Although King Zhao did not blame his relatives, but his relatives were ashamed of having such a guy, no longer The surname is Zhao, but Ma Fujun's name is used as the surname, and the surname is changed to Ma.Even after this family came out in large numbers and created the glory of the distant predecessors, they did not change their surname back to Zhao.The extermination of relatives, the severance of blood lineage, and the lack of blood to worship after death were the most terrifying threats to the ancient Chinese, far surpassing the nonsense of five thunders and being unable to be reborn forever. A wicked person is not afraid of retribution, but he is afraid of retribution to his own children and grandchildren This is the truth in the body.Therefore, when Zhu Yujian said this, all Guan Ning's troops changed face and kowtowed like garlic. They didn't even dare to shout. They were really scared, because it was too easy for him to punish their nine clans!

Zhu Yujian ordered the army to come up and surrender the weapons of the Guanning Army, and escort them into the prison camp. Those who wait for these prisoners will be hard labor.Ordinary soldiers serve five years of hard labor, generals below the rank of generals have five to 15 years, and generals and lieutenants fifteen to 20 years. If there is no serious misdeed, they can be exempted according to circumstances, but I am afraid that not many people can get the relief. Treason itself is the greatest evil.

The punishment for Guan Ningjun was not as heavy as everyone expected. Everyone thought that at least a few thousand heads would be cut off, but they didn't expect it to be just hard labor.However, throwing all the more than 1 soldiers who surrendered to the city to serve hard labor sent an extremely strong signal: since the middle and late Wanli period of Ming Dynasty until now, the policy of tolerance towards warlords has come to an end. For reckless rebellion like before, what awaits them will be extremely severe punishment!

Guan Ningjun is quite satisfied with this kind of treatment. Hard labor sounds terrible. In fact, if you look at the rogues doing hard labor, you will know that it is not as scary as they imagined. I can eat until the belly is round, the food is full of oil and water, and I can add vegetables twice a week. This day is going well!Many rogues were skinny when they first entered the hard labor camp, but after staying in it for a year, they became muscular and strong. Otherwise, how could Wu Sheng return to Denglai after the new army in Denglai suffered heavy losses, and he was ordered to go to Denglai? Gather [-] elite soldiers and pump the Qing army occupying Shandong to the ground?Forget it, just do hard labor, you can eat enough in the hard labor camp, you don’t have to worry about being sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder, and you still have the opportunity to follow Yang Menglong as an auxiliary soldier like Yuan Zongdi and the others to fight in foreign lands, Wouldn't it be beautiful to make a military exploit!
So the Guan Ning army almost happily put down their weapons and walked into the hard labor camp...

Having dealt with Guan Ningjun, Zhu Yujian let out a sigh of relief, looked at the open gate of Beijing, and remained silent for a long time.

Yang Menglong had already stuffed his stomach, walked over and said, "Why are you in a daze? It should be yours and you can't escape. Do you still want to run away at this point?"

Zhu Yujian sighed: "This Beijing...is a prison. It is easy for me to get in, but it may be extremely difficult to get out."

Yang Menglong curled his lips: "Come on, don't make it look like we abused you collectively, and no one tied you up with a rope. You can still come out a few times a year. Whether it's going to a foreign country to see the scenery or go to the people to observe the people's sentiments, it doesn't matter. as you like."

Zhu Yujian felt that there must be a certain number for this matter: "You should make it clear first, apart from diplomatic exchanges, how many times can I leave Beijing to go to the people in a year?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's good to have two chances a year. How many times do you want to? Also, since it's not a diplomatic event, you pay for travel expenses, board and lodging yourself."

Zhu Yujian's eyes widened: "Hey, did you make a mistake! I remember that according to the constitution, you will nationalize all assets belonging to the royal family, such as Huangzhuang, Yanyin, and mining taxes, right? There is no source of income at all, and you still have to pay the travel expenses yourself? Is there any reason for this!"

Yang Menglong said: "Don't you still have a bunch of factories? The profits of these factories are still very considerable, and no one dares to touch them. By the way, you also have a small fleet of ships, which can make a fortune by sailing to the West every year. Is it still called wool? Besides, it’s not that the country doesn’t give money to the royal family, there are hundreds of thousands of silver dollars allocated every year, which is enough for you to live a very nourishing life!”

Zhu Yujian scolded his mother: "What do hundreds of thousands of silver dollars do? It's not enough to pay the servants in the palace! I don't care, the royal travel expenses must be paid by the state!"

Fang Yizhi interrupted quickly: "The state can also pay, but the upper limit is [-] silver dollars, and there is nothing more!"

Zhu Yujian almost jumped up and beat him up: "Your uncle..." Considering that ten thousand silver dollars is not too little, he sighed and accepted this cruel reality, but put forward a condition: "Then I will come out in one year Four times!"

Yang Menglong shouted: "Boss, Emperor Wu Zong was scolded as a foolish emperor after only running across the border once and once in the south of the Yangtze River. You have to run out four times a year, aren't you afraid of being scolded as Chengxiang?"

Zhu Yujian was very chic: "They scolded them, it's none of my business?"

Well, if the emperor is shameless, everyone really has nothing to do with him. He is not afraid of being called a fool, what else can you do with him?
Fang Yizhi came to spoil the fun again: "No, four times is too much, at most two times!"

Zhu Yujian never gave in: "Four times! One less time will not work! I will put down the burden and go back to Nanyang to continue doing business!"

Fang Yizhi had no choice but to give in: "Up to three times, no more!"

Zhu Yujian threatened: "I will lay down the burden! I will return to Nanyang!"

All the civil servants looked at each other with helpless expressions.It seems that this man really has the potential to be a foolish emperor. He is about to enter Beijing. What he cares most about is that he can come out to play a few times a year. Damn, this is something a normal-minded emperor should think about ?But they have nothing to do with him. If the Heluo Group wants to become the master of the country, it must launch its own spokesperson, and among so many vassal kings, this one has fully accepted the ideas and models of the Heluo Group, and is willing to share all these Promote it to the whole country. If he really leaves his burden and returns to Nanyang, everyone will be in big trouble!
The red lady's face collapsed: "Can you be more reliable? If there is something, can't we talk about it after we enter Beijing?"

Zhu Yujian suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, yes, you have to enter the city!" With a big hand wave: "Enter the city!"

With an order, the three armies roared with joy. The Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army took the lead, forming an extremely neat formation, surrounded by their own king and commander, and marched into Beijing City from various gates. The capital is trembling in the footsteps that crush everything!
History has completely changed its direction at this moment. What awaits this new force and this ancient country will be an even more magnificent future.

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