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

Chapter 1011 New Dynasty Meteorology 1
May I ask how many layers of hell are there?
The vast majority of people will give the answer without even thinking about it: eighteen floors!

But if you interview Wen Tiren and the others at this time, they will tell you that there are nineteen floors in hell:
No.19 Hell is the sky prison!

That's right, for them, the sky prison at this time is indeed no different from hell.Those damn jailers were full of tricks, using countless unbelievable tortures that would leave no scars on their bodies, but would make them want to die immediately. It took a lot of courage to hold on for one more second.This is not the worst thing, the most terrible thing is that people are tortured to death during the day, and they are not allowed to sleep at night.At night, they tied the prisoner's hands with ropes and hung him up. The prisoner's feet would not be lifted off the ground, but his body would be strangled straight. In this case, it would be difficult to even relax. , let alone sleep.The most amazing thing is that every quarter of an hour they will go over and yell in the prisoner's ear, driving away all the sleepiness of the prisoner who can finally fall asleep while standing.

By the way, the gang of Donglin gentlemen headed by Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu have now been thrown into the pool.There was already a water prison in the sky prison. The engineers of the Heluo New Army expanded the water prison into a large pool and filled it with water. These Donglin gentlemen spent the night in the pool, and the water flooded their chests. They had to stand, and if they fell asleep, they would plunge into the water and wake up from choking.Besides, although it is summer now, it is still quite cold at night, especially when soaked in water, it is even more uncomfortable.The double physical and mental torture caused these sanctimonious gentlemen to collapse completely. More and more people cried bitterly and asked the jailers to formally interrogate them. They promised to tell everything they knew and told them everything - they didn't want any face. I just want to be able to sleep soundly and soundly, even if I wake up and go to the guillotine, I don't care.

I wonder if Donglin seniors like Gu Xiancheng and Zuo Guangdou would be so angry that they would jump out of the coffin and beat them hard if they knew that their disciples were so cowardly!
These unsatisfactory juniors are also aggrieved. There is nothing we can do about it. You have been tortured. Although it is very miserable to be tortured into a human shape, it still seems quite strong, right?But what about us?We didn't even have a formal interrogation, only all kinds of weird tortures, and the ridicule of the jailers. Even if we wanted to show our character, who would we show it to?Show it to these nasty jailers! ?

Under the hard work of these jailers, after only four days, these unlucky prisoners were a little bit crazy.What's even more frustrating is that Yang Menglong, whom they hate so much, hasn't shown up yet. Even if they want to imitate Yan Zhenqing, they can't find a partner!

Are you crazy?Do you want to cry?
It's right to go crazy and want to cry, that's what Yang Menglong wants.

Uh, it's not that Yang Menglong deliberately punished them, he's not so wicked yet, he hasn't shown up until now, it's because he has already forgotten about these guys...

Yes, I really forgot.Regarding this, the official historian defended: "The new dynasty is in turmoil, the current situation is mobilized, and Champion Hou, as an important minister of the empire, manages a lot of affairs every day, and has to take care of all kinds of affairs. It is normal not to take care of the prisoners in the prison..." Later generations The official historian is convinced of this. An important official like Yang Menglong is indeed very busy, and it is normal for something to go wrong.But people who really know Yang Menglong dismiss this, thinking it's pure fart, too busy?That guy is so busy growing grass, okay?As for why he forgot that there were so many heavyweight prisoners in the sky prison... Ahem, it's all because of his memory, it's so fucking unreliable!
However, what the historian said was not wrong, the new dynasty is full of turbulence, turmoil is inevitable, and the current Ming Dynasty is as chaotic as a pot of porridge.The Guan Ning army at Shanhaiguan refused to surrender, and threatened to enter the pass again and crush Beijing—they also knew that the crimes they committed were unforgivable, and even if they surrendered, they were just ordinary soldiers After being pardoned, Liaoxi generals will never escape, and there will be no wrongdoing if they are cut off and retrialed. Therefore, they put on a posture of stubborn resistance to the end, trying to frighten Daming, bargain with him, and try to escape punishment.In response to them, the two regiments of the Heluo New Army approached with a large number of heavy artillery. The Transformers fleet sent more than a dozen heavy warships equipped with new 130mm naval guns to kill them from the sea, and headed straight for Jinzhou, where they were reborn from the ashes. The Ming Dynasty told the rebels with a tougher stance: There is no possibility of negotiation between the empire and the rebels, either surrender or wait to be crushed to powder!With such a tough attitude, the remnants of Guan Ning's army were torn apart. Is this still Daming?In the past, they made a fuss and set up a bombing camp to shake the capital. The emperor hurriedly issued an order to appease him, asking for officials and money for money. Now they have assumed a posture of going to a bloody battle with the empire. How can we wait for them? But what about Thunderbolt's iron fist?This unscientific!
Jiangnan is even more turbulent. The scholars and gentry in Jiangnan probably feel that they are on the verge of death and are performing apocalyptic madness.They established emperors one after another, established countries one after another, granted numerous high-ranking officials, and squandered the wealth accumulated over the past 200 years in the south of the Yangtze River. They completely ignored the fact that the imperial army was eyeing Shandong and the fleet was in the Yangtze River. The mouth is sharpening.These pens were jumping up and down, slamming shit basins over the heads of the new dynasty, frantically attacking the new dynasty and its new policies, cursing everything related to the new dynasty, and doing their best to slander, as if all the hundreds of millions of people who chose the new dynasty had chosen the new dynasty. Wrong, only they are right, the truth is on their side!However, no matter how much they advocate the correctness of the small court in the south of the Yangtze River, or the great light of the gentlemen in Donglin, it will not help.Huguang and Shandong have cut off the supply of cotton and grain to Jiangnan. The economy of Jiangnan, which relied on the textile industry and maritime trade to flourish, suddenly collapsed.Before, Cheng Qi used this trick to play Jiangnan to death. I don’t know how many people had lingering fears about the food shortage in Jiangnan. Now they discovered to their horror that Cheng Qi was simply too kind. No matter how hard she played, she never really cut it off. The food supply to Jiangnan is really cut off now!The smarter people fled to Huguang in panic, dragging their families and families, while the slower ones could only enjoy the roller coaster-like feeling of daily changes in food prices.In just one month, the price of grain in Jiangnan reached 12 taels of silver and one stone of rice. Not to mention ordinary people, even well-off families with considerable savings could not sustain it. They used all their savings to rush into grain stores to buy Everything that can be eaten, trying to turn these metals into living materials before they become waste.The direct consequence of this is that a massive amount of silver poured into the market from the cellar, exceeding the market's upper limit of currency demand in a short period of time, and spiraling upward.Only now did the greedy gentry in Jiangnan understand that currency itself does not have much value. If there is no corresponding material support, the gold and silver in their hands are not as valuable as a piece of cotton cloth or a bowl of brown rice!
Regarding the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, the ministers of the Longwu Dynasty were quite troubled.On the one hand, the stubbornness and rebelliousness of the Jiangnan Jinshen Group really made people angry, and they wished to kill them; I don’t know how much effort it will take to develop it again. If we really want to destroy it, everyone is reluctant, and it’s a bit of a mouse-hunter.They also used their contacts to try to communicate with the Jiangnan Jinshen Group, trying to find a way to get the best of both worlds, but the result disappointed them——

Half a month after the Ming army recaptured Beijing, the small court in Nanjing, south of the Yangtze River, rushed to send a document congratulating Emperor Longwu on regaining the imperial capital and expelling the Tartars... After a lot of flowery words without much substantive meaning, they The conditions for solving the Jiangnan riots were proposed:
First, acquitted Zhang Pu, Qian Qianyi and other Donglin gentlemen, as well as Wen Tiren, Hou Xun and other important officials;

Second, abolish Mohism and miscellaneous studies, and continue to respect Confucianism;

Third, the new dynasty will continue all the preferential treatment policies of the previous dynasty, and reduce or exempt business taxes;
Fourth, continue the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, and restrict the power of the peasant, industrial, and business classes, and non-scholars are not allowed to participate in politics;
There is no need to look at the following conditions. Just these few conditions made the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty shake their heads and cursed to death.Although the vast majority of them are from traditional literati background, they naturally tend to those Jiangnan scholar groups who have been driven into a desperate situation. They are very happy to see the small court in Nanjing reach a settlement with Beijing. Before riding on the face, don't the lion open his mouth!Look at the broken conditions you listed, acquitted Zhang Pu, Qian Qianyi, Wen Tiren, Hou Xun?Do you really dare to think that this disaster was caused by them alone, and it is impossible for anyone to let them go, if they are let go with just a warning like "Don't be an example", and the scholar-bureaucrat group will follow suit in the future, the world will still be Is there a peaceful day?That's right, for the group of scholar-bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty who loved to die, "don't make an example" is almost like "do it again"!Abolish Moxue, miscellaneous studies... why don't you fucking die!How many sons and nephews of our clan have studied Mohism and miscellaneous studies painstakingly for many years, and have achieved some success in their studies, and they are about to stand out and show their talents. At this time, it is time to abolish Mohism and miscellaneous studies?Believe it or not, we abolished you first!Continuing the previous policy of preferential treatment of scholars, reducing or exempting commercial taxes?Damn you, since the Taizu, the Ming Dynasty has treated scholars preferentially for more than two hundred years, what kind of wonderful things have they raised?It's either a corrupt official who knows nothing but making money, or a big bastard who knows nothing but scolding the emperor!This kind of rubbish should be extubated as soon as possible, stop the drug and send it to the crematorium. How about preferential treatment?Treat your grandma well!There is also a reduction or exemption of commercial tax. Isn't Ming's commercial tax low enough?It's so low that European businessmen are dumbfounded, okay? You are unwilling to pay this business tax, and you still want to continue to reduce or exempt. What do you want!
As for Article [-], many civil servants actually secretly agree in their hearts.

Even Zou Weilian couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: Why do these grandsons like to die so much?

After everyone finished reading, Zhu Yujian asked leisurely: "What do you think about this, dear friends?"

Fang Yizhi came out, cupped his hands and said, "I think there is no need to continue talking with them."

Zhang Tong came out and said: "I believe that General Qi Hu should be sent south immediately, and the fleet should start from Wuhan and Shanghai at the same time, attack Nanjing, and cut the mess quickly, forcing them to give up their illusions and surrender as soon as possible, so as not to lose their lives!"

Fang Kongzhao couldn't bear it a little bit: "I think we should be cautious. After all, Jiangnan is a prosperous place full of people and culture. When it comes to war, I don't know how many historical sites will be destroyed, and I don't know how many people will suffer from military disasters. It can be resolved peacefully. , it’s better to resolve it peacefully!”

Yang Menglong yawned and said, "They didn't think about these issues when they colluded with foreign enemies to overthrow Daming. Why should we think about them? Who are they? I don't think this matter is as troublesome as you think, or Continue to blockade and force people to flee Jiangnan, or directly send troops to uproot the Jiangnan gentry group! As for the prosperity of Jiangnan..." He showed a chilling sneer, "You have to understand that the prosperity of Jiangnan is built on the north and Huguang. It is above the pain of people being displaced and starving! Yes, they have accumulated huge wealth in the 200 years of development, but have they ever given any of this wealth to return to the country? Not only did they not, but they also racked their brains Evading taxes and undermining the country! What is the use of this kind of prosperity built on the suffering of the entire country!"

As soon as this remark came out, the temperature in Jin Ji Temple plummeted. Everyone knew that the fate of the Jiangnan Jinshen Group was doomed!

(End of this chapter)