I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 109

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Chongzhen, large-scale peasant uprisings broke out in Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, and Shanxi.

There were seven or eight rebel armies who rose up suddenly, fought the local tyrants all the way to divide the fields, and quickly gathered in the direction of the Qinling Mountains.

There are two requirements, that is, 'clean the emperor's side, remove the eunuch party, and support the emperor', and 'the tiller has his land, and there is no tax for farming'!
For a time, Xi'an Mansion was surrounded by enemies.
Hong Chengchou, who had just been promoted to the governor of the Shaanxi-Gansu Trilateral Trilateral, reported to the imperial court and at the same time mobilized heavy troops to chase and intercept the rebels from all walks of life...

And the instigator is Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor.

If he wants to prosper, he has to find a way to stabilize the basic foundation of the Ming Dynasty; and the current fundamental contradiction of the Ming Dynasty is not about building slaves, Goryeo, or party disputes.

Instead, the common people have nothing to eat.

As long as there is a mouthful of food and a way to survive, which ordinary people are willing to follow those ambitious people to take risks, hang their big good heads on their belts and rebel?

'The tiller has his land, and there is no tax for farming. '

'Exempt the world from ten years of land tax! '

The lethality of these two sentences is too great. For those Ming people who are struggling on the death line, it is no different from a spell full of magic power, which suddenly becomes the battle program of this rebel army.

As for the saying of "Qing the emperor's side, eliminate the eunuch party, and support the emperor", it was just a slogan, and no one took it seriously.

Even Wei Zhongxian could only smile wryly when he heard this.

At the same time, under Zhu Youjian's secret manipulation, the uprising team rapidly fermented and expanded, and in just a dozen days, it was out of control.

Someone climbed up and shouted, and the responders were like clouds.

In less than a few days, the rebel army grew to 8 people.

Among the 8 people, nearly 3 were the main force. Under the leadership of a mysterious masked man, they broke through the city and stepped on the village like a bamboo, and quickly occupied the front lines of Liupan Mountain, Luliang Mountain, and Taihang Mountain.

Across Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other places, and left a part of the rebels, where they established their own bases.

Pick up a gun, be a soldier.

Pick up a hoe, that is the people.

It makes the government feel itchy, but it is too raw and can't scratch the place, so it can only feel uncomfortable.

Its main force moved west quickly, advancing to the front line of the Qinling Mountains.

This peasant uprising army is completely different from Gao Yingxiang, Wang Heshang and others' Chuangwang Yijun. Not only will they not kill innocent people indiscriminately and harm the local area, but they will take charge of local security, which is more effective than the government.

Beat local tyrants and divide the fields!
By the way, bandits were suppressed, thieves were caught, bridges were repaired, roads were repaired, coal mines were mined...etc.

Zhu Youjian figured it out, instead of letting others rebel, and finally forcing him, the idiot emperor, to go to Meishan, hanging helplessly on the crooked neck tree, he might as well rebel himself!

Moreover, if you want to rebel, you have to be more thorough.

What is Li Zicheng, Li Yan and others' proposal that "Chuang Wang will not pay the food"?
It doesn't matter to the vast majority of ordinary people if they don't have arable land that is completely their own. It's a dead end anyway.

Beat local tyrants and divide the fields!
The tiller has his land, and he has a mouthful of food when he is alive!
It's a simple appeal, but it's deadly.

What they want is the lives of those wealthy and aristocratic families, and the lives of officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty.

What they want is the life of the Ming Dynasty!

Because, in the eyes of the vast majority of Ming officials, the ownership of land is a very serious issue, and the lives of those small people are not good, and they belong to the lives of exhausted cattle and horses.

Then they should be allowed to live exhausted forever.

Therefore, the anti-thieves along the way, blatantly playing the slogan of "the tiller has his land, and farming is not taxed", isn't it just to ruin the 200-year-old country of the Ming Dynasty?
It is tolerable, what is unbearable!
Therefore, in just a dozen days, the government offices in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and other places, as well as the local wealthy families, organized their own armed forces and began to spontaneously suppress the rebels along the way.

With swords and soldiers together, half of Daming's country soon fell into a chaotic battle.

For many wealthy aristocratic families, suppressing the rebels is just an excuse. The fundamental purpose is to seize the territory and take the opportunity to expand their sphere of influence.

As a result, the contradictions among the wealthy families, generals, and officials gradually became prominent, and rapidly deteriorated, making it impossible to reconcile.

It's messed up, it's all messed up...

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On the last day of the first year of Chongzhen, New Year's Eve, Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, was hiding in the Forbidden City to play and earn money.

Suddenly, Wei Zhongxian ran in with small steps, sweating profusely, and said: "Long live Lord is not good, the ministers have rebelled!"

"The ministers rebelled?" Zhu Youjian's lazy voice came from the warm pavilion of Qianqing Palace, "This is a Chinese New Year celebration, what are you doing rebelling?"

Wei Zhongxian: "..."

Pretend, you just try to pretend!
Since Mao Yuanyi made it clear that he wanted to follow the idiot emperor to 'farm', within a few days, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other places suddenly rebelled.

Then, Mao Yuanyi, the principal of the Daming Martial Arts Hall, quietly disappeared...

If it wasn't for the emperor's mischief and killing Yuan Chonghuan, Wei Zhongxian wouldn't believe it.

"Long Live Lord, those civil servants Qingliu gathered a large group of civil and military officials, and they are kneeling outside the palace right now."

After a while, Zhu Youjian put on his clothes, walked out of the Nuan Pavilion slowly, and said calmly, "Come in."

Wei Zhongxian quickly pushed open the heavy door, and trotted step by step to the three or four steps of Zhu Youjian's face paint, and said with a wry smile: "Long live, those civil servants are too ignorant of good and bad, and this New Year's Eve even came here to kneel and remonstrate, really should Just freeze them to death."

Zhu Youjian didn't speak, but stretched out his hand in disgust.

Wei Zhongxian quickly took a bowl of mouthwashing tea, and handed it to the idiot emperor with both hands.

"Hey~~ Hulu Hulu..."

"TUI!"

Zhu Youjian finished rinsing his mouth, wiped his face with a pure-color silk scarf, sat on the dragon couch and drank a sip of hot tea, then turned his head and asked, "You said they were all kneeling outside the palace gate? Why are you admonishing me?" ?
Is it necessary to clean up the emperor's side and get rid of the eunuch party again? "

"Cough... Long live Lord, those people said that they want to clear the emperor's side, get rid of the eunuchs, and send troops to conquer the rebels." Wei Zhongxian said with a bitter face.

How many years have these guys been here, and they just said a few words in the past, are they annoying?

"Why do you want to clear the emperor's side and get rid of the eunuchs?" Zhu Youjian sighed, and put the tea bowl on the table, "You Wei Zhongxian almost killed all the eunuchs, so where is there any eunuchs?"

"If you want to kill now, you can only kill the royal party, right?"

"These ministers are really worrying!"

Wei Zhongxian repeatedly nodded in agreement, not daring to speak nonsense.

The eunuch is really about to be killed by himself.

But isn't it all because the dog emperor forced him to clean up the team?Well now, the remaining eunuch forces actually belong to the idiot emperor, and they are the real 'imperial party'.

Judging from the number of people, the power of the imperial party is obviously at a disadvantage, and it can't compete with the civil servants at all. It depends on how you fool the emperor!
"When will Mao Wenlong come to Beijing?" Zhu Youjian asked suddenly.

Wei Zhongxian was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly said: "According to the distance, a few days ago, oh yes, around the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, you should arrive..."

Zhu Youjian nodded, took out a roll of silk from his sleeve and handed it to Wei Zhongxian, saying: "Tell him not to come to the capital."

"Tell Mao Wenlong to let him fight the [-]th parallel, and I will make him Marquis of Seoul."

Wei Zhongxian looked blank: "Long Live Lord, this [-]th line... is it?"

Zhu Youjian's face froze, he laughed loudly, and said: "Anyway, let Mao Wenlong let go of his hands and feet to fight, whether it's fighting Jiannu, fighting Korea, or continuing to nest in Pidao and grow up wretchedly, I don't care.

I promised him that the food and salaries of Dongjiang Town in Pidao will be allocated directly by the imperial court, and will no longer go through Governor Jiliao and Governor Denglai. "

Give him one hundred thousand elite food and new firearms.

Let him figure out the rest. "

"But Lord Long Live, the imperial court simply can't afford that much food and payment now," Wei Zhongxian said with a bitter face, "The payment is easy to handle, and can be paid with gold coins and silver coins;
However, this food..."

Zhu Youjian laughed lightly and said, "I have passed down a secret decree to Cao Wenzhao, asking him to be responsible for the food and payment of [-] elite soldiers in Phi Island."

"You don't know, that Kuwu Island is simply a cornucopia."

"Coal mines, aquatic products, gold mines, oil, plus dedicated shipping lines for business, within three to five years, that guy Cao Wenzhao will become extremely rich and become the new generation of local tyrants in Ming Dynasty!"

Wei Zhongxian was ecstatic with joy on his face, and repeatedly shouted, "Long live God, you are wise, and you have no plans."

In fact, the eunuch couldn't help muttering in his heart: "What about the local tyrant's money?"Isn't it just a piggy bank for your prodigal son...'

"Long Live Lord, the civil and military officials kneeling outside the palace gate..." Wei Zhongxian took advantage of the emperor's joy, and lost no time in talking about the troublesome situation in front of him.

"Then let them enter the palace. It's New Year's Eve, and the weather is so cold, what's the point of kneeling outside?" Zhu Youjian rubbed his brows, and said with a sad face:

"Internal and external troubles, wind and rain are precarious, and I am also so worried that I can't sleep.

Simply, let Shangshan Supervisor cook a simple meal, and I will invite you to have a New Year's Eve dinner. "

"It's a difficult time now, so it's okay to do something simple, such as fried mutton, fried rotten goose, fried pork with yellow vegetables, vegetarian rice and clear sauce, steamed pig's trotters, double-cooked fried fresh fish, roasted meat, fresh shrimp with pepper vinegar , Roast Goose, Lamb Head and Hoof, Goose Meat Bazi, Salted Drum Mustard Lamb Tripe Plate, Garlic Vinegar and White Blood Soup, Five Flavors Steamed Chicken, Yuan Juicy Lamb Bones, Spicy Vinegar Paste Kidneys, Steamed Fresh Fish, Five Flavors Steamed Gluten, Lamb Crystal Jiaoer, goose vermicelli soup, three delicacies soup, bean noodles, mutton with minced pepper, fragrant rice, garlic cheese, bean soup, bubble tea...

What, about three to five hundred dishes are about the same.

Tell those ministers, just say, treat them to a buffet. "

Listening to Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, reciting 370 eight dishes in one breath, Wei Zhongxian almost choked out a mouthful of old blood...

"The slave will do it now."

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