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

Chapter 1008 Reckoning After Autumn 1
Zhu Yujian is really popular. Although many things in Chongzhen were messed up, especially in the Northern Expedition, 30 teachers were lost, and the people's hearts were lost. The Ming Dynasty was almost overthrown. He himself is very dissatisfied with this, but Chongzhen is old The emperor from the Zhu family, the emperor's concubine actually ran away with a little barbarian from the deep mountains and old forests, and put a boss's green hat on the old Zhu's head, it was impossible for him not to get angry !But it's useless to be angry, people have already run away, and... and according to the new constitution, it seems that he has nothing to do with Shi Tianbao, after all, Chongzhen is "dead", and his concubine has the right to remarry, as long as there is a relationship Xiangyue, even the emperor has no power to control it, so the old Zhu family must wear this green hat!
Hmph, Little Miao Wang, don't let me catch you, or you will be more attractive!

He was secretly ruthless in his heart.

The sea area of ​​Guangdong thousands of miles away———

"Ah!"

An inexplicable coolness hit Shi Tianbao, his whole body trembled, he sneezed loudly, rubbed his nose and muttered to himself: "Damn it, the weather is so hot, why do I suddenly feel cold all over?"

The beauty who accompanied him on the side of the boat to enjoy the scenery on the sea asked with concern: "Could it be that you have caught a cold? Do you want to see the doctor?"

Shi Tianbao said: "It's nothing, it's just a sneeze due to an inexplicable itchy nose. Madam, this is Guangzhou..."

The beauty next to him is 25 or [-] years old. She is tall and handsome, with a beautiful face and a noble and elegant temperament. She wears a navy blue dress of her own design, which is quiet and elegant, and she is extremely glamorous.She looked resentful: "You still call me your mother?"

Shi Tianbao quickly changed his words: "I was wrong, it's my lady, my lady!"

Concubine Yuan pursed her lips and smiled, raised her palm and slashed his forehead lightly, cursing softly, "What an idiot." Then she looked excitedly at the prosperous port city in the distance, her face full of worries. Out of curiosity, he called: "That's Guangzhou, a famous city in the south? It looks very big, and..." Pointing to the shadowy tall buildings under the blue sky, "The buildings are so tall. Although they are not as elegant as the Forbidden City, they look very solid. .”

Shi Tianbao said: "That's right, that's Guangzhou. I stayed in Guangzhou for a while when I was fighting with the army. Guangzhou is very interesting. There are endless delicacies and various interesting customs. Every day There are a large number of ships sailing out to sea, and a large number of ships enter the port every day, which is very prosperous."

Concubine Yuan sighed softly: "I grew up in Beijing since I was a child, and I claimed to be well-informed. I didn't know how big the world is until I went out to sea... To put it bluntly, I am just a frog at the bottom of a well. There is only a piece of heaven and earth as big as the mouth of the well."

Shi Tianbao said: "If you like it, I will accompany you to sail to sea, travel around the world, and see all the famous mountains, great rivers and fairylands one by one."

Concubine Yuan smiled: "If this is true, I will be satisfied even if I die. How about we stay in Guangzhou for a while?"

Facing the beautiful woman's hopeful eyes, Shi Tianbao nodded without thinking: "Okay, I'll let the ship enter the port right now."

Concubine Yuan smiled: "You don't want to know why I stay in Guangzhou?"

Shi Tianbao said: "Is there any need to ask, I just want to play --- Captain, change the course and enter the port, we are going to Guangzhou to play!"

He really guessed right, Concubine Yuan just wanted to play in Guangzhou.

Being an imperial concubine sounds very honorable and enviable, but you can only know what it is like when you stay in the deep palace.Concubine Yuan entered the palace at the age of twelve or thirteen, and became the imperial concubine at the age of 16. She stayed in the deep palace for nearly ten years, and the whole world seemed to be left with only one world in the palace, with endless emptiness, loneliness and intrigue. up.She wasn't particularly favored, at least not as favored as Concubine Tian, ​​and she didn't deliberately fight for anything. When she had conflicts with the concubines, she voluntarily backed down, and she didn't offend any of them.The queen treats her very well, treats her like a sister, and often argues with Chongzhen to tell Chongzhen not to favor one another and neglect Concubine Yuan, and every time she has a conflict with Concubine Tian, ​​the queen will try to vent her anger for her, and the queen has become her in the deep palace. The only one to rely on, so when the officials were pressing the queen like a wolf, she stepped forward to meet the ideals of the officials and protect the queen, and she lost her life.Originally, she thought that she would serve the emperor well in her life, give birth to a child, and finally die in the deep palace, nothing else, but she couldn't help being involved in this conspiracy that almost overthrew the Ming Dynasty, It was this conspiracy that made her meet Shi Tianbao.When the building was about to collapse, Shi Tianbao led dozens of hundreds of men to dig tunnels into the palace, rescued the royal family and set fire to the Forbidden City. She was moved by such courage and wisdom. shake.On the way to cover the escape of the royal family members to the south, countless bloody battles broke out between them and the pursuers. They were frightened overnight and fought all night. During those thrilling days when life and death were on the line, she was always firmly attracted by this young man, as if The moth saw a flash of light.She felt that her 20 years of life had been in vain. It turned out that besides the eunuch and the emperor who was indifferent to her, there were such wonderful men in the world. He was calm, wise, cold, and loyal, like a terrible war machine. The machine, with the unique wildness and enthusiasm of the mountain barbarians, all of these attracted her like a black hole, making her unable to extricate herself.

Shi Tianbao also felt that his life had been in vain all these years. This was the first time he discovered that there were such beautiful, gentle and elegant women in the world!Ancestral God Chiyou, is this the companion you gave me?Thank you, thank you!I'll definitely kill two wild boars and burn them for you later!So the two of them hooked up. I don’t know who caused the trouble for whom first. Anyway, they hooked up. After arriving at Shimen, he went to Yang Menglong to explain the situation, and Yang Menglong was also cuckolding the old Zhu family. He was very interested and agreed with both hands, so this guy took Concubine Yuan to Shandong without saying a word, and then took a boat to go south... He had cuckolded the emperor, and he was waiting to be drooled before he ran away. It's better to die!
The boat sailed slowly into the port, and Shi Tianbao took Concubine Yuan to the pier, boarded a carriage and headed straight for Guangzhou City.They swaggered through the streets during the day, lingered in the night market at night, tasted delicious food, enjoyed the scenery, and participated in festivals one after another with great interest.As for being recognized... who cares?Shi Tianbao didn't care, with Yang Menglong covering him, who could move him?Concubine Yuan didn't care even more. For her, if she could enjoy such a happy and free life, even if it was only for one day, she would die without regret.

Well, you guys just continue to show your affection and spread dog food around, let's go back to Beijing first and see the situation in Beijing.

The situation in Beijing is very good.The change of hands in Beijing City did not seem to cause any waves, even if there were any waves, it would drown out the continuous flow of food that was delivered to the streets.The common people are actually very easy to serve, as long as they can eat better and have more money, they will be very satisfied.And Zhu Yujian ran around doing business for many years, and he had a good understanding of the thoughts of the common people. The person who shaved his hair was innocent, and he opened a warehouse to release grain. With these two wills, Beijing city was easily settled.As for what to do when the grain distribution in the official warehouses in Beijing is over...it's easy to handle, just transfer from Shandong or the south.

The common people in Beijing also found that the New Army soldiers were easy to get along with. Not to mention breaking into private houses and robbing women, even if they wanted to borrow some firewood from them, they would politely wait outside the door and pay the price for what they bought. Giving money is so polite that they are not used to it.During the day, these soldiers were busy transporting food and distributing it door to door. At night, they returned to the dilapidated camp. After dinner, those who should patrol went out to patrol, and those who did not need to patrol lay on the wall of the courtyard, admiring the scenery of Beijing. night view.After a great chaos, the prosperity of Beijing city has been reduced to nine out of ten, but these simple soldiers are still fascinated by it. Looking here at night, the heads on the wall are quite scary.At the beginning, the common people were quite afraid of these soldiers who could even lay down slaves, but soon they realized that they had nothing to fear. Later, they saw them living in dilapidated barracks, distributing food during the day and They still have to patrol, and the only food they eat is canned biscuits or salted beans to fill their stomachs. They all feel that these soldiers are working too hard.Some relatively well-to-do families brought ingredients to make fragrant hot soup and delivered it to them in person, but they dared not accept it, saying that there was an order from above to take the common people's things indiscriminately and require military law, which is really speechless.

"I personally asked my daughter-in-law to cook this and deliver it to me personally. What did you take? Take it randomly? My ancestors followed General Lan Yu and killed the Tatars in the Fishing Sea. Why don't you try taking it randomly? Don’t look at what you usually eat. It’s either salted beans or pancakes or canned food. Is that what people eat? After eating, you still pour well water. Aren’t you afraid of diarrhea? Give it to me! If you don’t drink, I will interrupt you with a cane. Legs!" To deal with these soldiers who value "obeying discipline" more than their lives, the people in Beijing can only act like people in the imperial city, and it takes the elderly to put on airs to calm them down.

Well, in fact, Yang Menglong is not so unkind. It is still okay to drink two bowls of soup and water from the common people.It’s just that the performance of these soldiers really left the common people in Beijing speechless. They used a variety of precious medicinal materials to cook the soup and taste it carefully. These guys seem to have no idea at all. Oh, I really don't know how to enjoy it!

Those who don't know how to enjoy are enjoying the warm hospitality and contempt of the common people, while those who know how to enjoy... are enjoying the warm hospitality of cockroaches, mice and mosquitoes in prison.Wen Tiren, Wang Yingxiong, Hou Xun, Wu Zongda, Chen Xinjia, Zhang Pu, Zhang Dai, Qian Qianyi...these are all big figures who would cause a big earthquake if they stomped their feet in the officialdom and in the literary world. Food, a hundred responses, what kind of scenery is that?Now he is locked up in prison with insects and ants, unkempt, panic-stricken, as embarrassing as he wants.As for those vassal princes who gathered together to seek refuge with nobles, they were filled with cells one after another, to what extent?Even farting is a bit difficult.The entire prison was gloomy and crying constantly. Usually, if the scholar-bureaucrats let the emperor be thrown into the prison, regardless of whether they did it right or not, a large number of scholars would jump up to plead for him and scold the emperor. In the end, the emperor would obediently send When he was released, not only did he not suffer any loss, but he also became famous for nothing, which was better than receiving a court rod, but now no one thinks that going to jail is a good thing, seeing that almost all the officials of the center ran to the prison to get together , everyone felt a chill go straight down their spines!Some people even fantasized that the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River would stand up and intercede for themselves, but those who know the inside story know that there is no hope, because the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River who always like to challenge the limit of death have already set up a new king to fight against Emperor Longwu. Dadu couldn't tolerate such a provocation. With the might of the new army, the grass in front of those guys' graves should be as high as three or four feet next year. Do you expect them to help?Go dreaming!

Now they just want to know, Emperor Longwu—or how Yang Menglong plans to deal with them!

The jailers were polite to them and did not mistreat them, and they were given enough food every day—provided that these prisoners could eat brown rice and pickles.Of course, the jailers ignored all kinds of bad checks they wrote. The prisoners tried their best to sell them, but it was useless. These jailers were all transferred from Nanyang.Well, as long as these guys don't torture themselves, anyway, even if you buy these jailers, you can't escape, so just stay at ease.But the weird looks in their eyes when the jailers looked at them made them tremble. Sometimes they could clearly see the jailers pointing at them and discussing in low voices:

"What do you think will happen to that stick? He is so fat, he should be able to survive for a while."

"Pinch sticks are not acceptable, they will cripple people, Master Hou won't allow them to be used. I think it's good to use the tiger bench."

"That short wax gourd hangs well. Just hang two thumbs and let his toes touch the ground to see how long he can last."

"Well, that's a good idea. By the way, what should we use to greet Mr. Shoufu?"

"From my professional perspective as a senior prison guard who has worked in Nanyang for seven years, water torture is better."

"Smear some honey on the soles of his feet and let the sheep lick them. Laugh until his lungs bleed."

"I think it's better to wake him up every second and not let him sleep for three days and three nights!"

……

How is it, do you feel chills when you hear it?
These whispers made the prisoners shudder and terrified. They used to be very afraid of death, but now they wished they were dead, so that they would not have to suffer like this.

Unfortunately, life and death are not their final say.Encouraged by Yang Menglong, the jailers in Nanyang worked hard to study prison management techniques and various punishments. After several years of exploration, they have mastered a lot of skills to make people survive without hurting or maiming them. It's a pity that the law and order in Nanyang is so good that it's hard to use these things. Now I finally caught a bunch of them, even if I killed them, I won't be punished, and there will be countless people applauding. Let them die easily?dream!
In the panic of the prisoners and the expectation of the jailers, the day of reckoning after autumn is getting closer...

(End of this chapter)