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

Chapter 886 Happy too early
The cold wind is like a knife, and the twilight is like iron.

Thin flakes of snow fell from the gaps in the clouds, adding a bit of whiteness to this vast white world.Silver snakes dancing in the mountains, wax statues flying in the past, broken Qiongyu splashing jade at the waterfall, if it is a peaceful year, it would be a great pleasure to invite friends, bring a pot of spirits and ride horses in the wilderness to enjoy the snow scenery.However, in this time of war and chaos, this picturesque scenery is an out-and-out hell in the eyes of the fleeing people. The thick snow makes them unable to eat grass roots, and the biting cold wind makes birds and beasts flee far away. There is nowhere to find the prey, and even cut the human body, cutting a series of bloody wounds, making them howl in pain.

When the cold wind blew, Zhang Fengyi flinched and wrapped her body tightly in a mink coat.He once again cursed in his heart that damned Yang Menglong and Lu Xiangsheng, as well as those mud-legged people, craftsmen, businessmen, and warriors who wanted to change their lives against the sky, if they hadn't acted recklessly and tried to subvert the 2000-year-old tradition of the land of China. The structure of the literati sharing the world with the king puts the whole country in danger of the collapse of rites and music and the upside-down of ethics. Why do these leisurely literati rush around in this blunt knife-like cold wind, and do their best to turn the tide at the expense of infamy?
Like Wen Tiren, Hou Xun and others, Zhang Fengyi is also a very traditional civil servant at heart. He does not have the advantages of traditional civil servants, but he has many disadvantages: selfishness, narrowness, almost pathological desire for power, and a lack of respect for anyone who may threaten scholar-bureaucrats. The forces of class interests are crazy hostile.Yang Menglong's rise in the Heluo region has changed the appearance of Heluo and Huguang regions in just a few years. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is naturally of great merit, but Zhang Fengyi does not see it that way.In Zhang Fengyi's eyes, Yang Menglong is acting against the law, a big treason!He reused workers and businessmen who dealt with cheap jobs, let the common people participate in political affairs, deposed the poor soldiers, and insulted the gentry.Of course, this is just an official article. The reason why Yang Menglong attracted the hostility of the entire scholar-bureaucrat class is because he is too capable of attracting hatred:

He vigorously developed chemical fertilizers and promoted sweet potatoes and potatoes, which led to a sharp increase in food production. In previous years, the supply of food that was priced but not available in the market became greater than the demand, and the price plummeted all the way, making the unscrupulous businessmen who made their fortunes by selling food lose their money;
He made every child in Heluo and Huguang areas able to read and write. The status of scholars plummeted, and there was no longer any reason to be superior to others;

He ran a newspaper to spread public opinion, breaking the pattern of the scholar-bureaucrat class controlling public opinion, the state affairs were decided by the scholar-bureaucrat class, and the pattern of right and wrong being decided by them is gone forever;

He issued silver coins with definite currency values, which completely broke the root of "fire consumption", and made many officials lose a large amount of legal income;
He relied on industrialization to manufacture and sell high-quality and cheap refined salt in large quantities, sweeping the salt market across the country, and causing many unscrupulous salt merchants to lose their money;
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What is especially unforgivable is that this guy even found a Mo family giant as a teacher for the prince!This made the scholar-bureaucrats intolerable.Huguang and Beizhili are now engaged in industrialization, and talents are the root of industrialization. Mohist disciples who are proficient in machinery, physics, and chemistry are undoubtedly the most sought-after talents. It is not difficult to imagine that with the promotion of industrialization, the number of Mohist disciples will become Multiplied by multiples, eventually forming a terrifying force, coupled with the influence of the prince, the crisis of being kicked out of the altar made the scholar-bureaucrats completely panic, they united at an alarming speed and dug a big hole for Chongzhen!
Your old Zhu family doesn’t want to reuse us, so you don’t want to be the emperor, and change to a master who is willing to reuse us!

Utilizing the tide of public opinion to force Chongzhen Yujia to personally conquer Liaodong, and completely evacuating the entire Northern Zhili army is only the first step. While burying most of the Ming Dynasty's elite soldiers and strong generals, it will link up with the frontier army, let go of the border defenses, and let the Mongolian and Qing troops rush in. , Annihilating the Tianxiong Army with lightning speed and going straight to the Daming Road is the second step, and it is also the main task of Zhang Fengyi, Liang Tingdong and others.Because of their secret tricks, the nine-border defense line that the Tianxiong Army painstakingly managed was easily cut in half by the Mongolian army. The Mongolian army swept across Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the Junggar army rushed along the Hexi Corridor and went straight to Ningxia. Isolated and divided in a long line of defense, unable to move, it is only a matter of time before they are annihilated!Zhang Fengyi even set fire to Taiyuan, throwing the city of Hedong and the mighty city of the world to the Mongols, which directly led to the fall of most of Shanxi.He had done enough, good enough, but he himself felt that it was not enough, and the fire of power was burning in his eyes.

Thanks to the efforts of these "people of insight", the trend of changing dynasties has become irreversible. Who doesn't want to be the founding hero? He will lead tens of thousands of Shanxi troops to defeat, and 10,000+ refugees will cross the Taihang Mountains and pour into Handan, bringing the great names to Handan. The road is occupied!Some of the factories that Lu Xiangsheng worked so hard to build can still be preserved, such as military factories, steel mills, etc. These are priceless treasures. It is absolutely indispensable to dedicate them to Huang Taiji. If he is lucky, he will be able to become an auxiliary minister based on this extraordinary achievement. He will be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. What an honor it is!He thinks this is a sure thing. He is the governor of a province, and there are 10,000+ refugees to open the way. Fan Jingwen, a famous politician who participates in politics, is only the governor of three provinces. He dare not stop him even if he is brave enough!As long as you enter the famous path, you don't have the final say!Thinking of occupying the famous road, seizing the Tianxiong Army's farm and treasury as his own, and dedicating the general factory, steel mill and other industries to Huang Taiji in exchange for a generous reward, Zhang Fengyi couldn't help but laugh proudly. The fire blazed in his chest, dispelling the chill.

As for how many people would be displaced and killed by weapons by inviting wolves into the house, he simply did not consider it.Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. Compared with their own future and status, the lives of hundreds of millions of creatures are not even considered as details!

Zhang Fengyi was awakened from his sweet dream by the sudden commotion around him. The commotion was extremely noisy, and it was mixed with curses, which made people a little annoyed. When he opened the sedan chair curtain, the fleeing people stopped for some reason and flashed to the main road On both sides, pointing to the carriages of the officials headed by Zhang Fengyi, they laughed, even spat, and cursed: "Officer dog! Go ahead and lead them to death!" The intention is even more frightening, Zhang Fengyi's hairs stood on end for no reason, his scalp was numb, and he called: "He Zongbing, He Zongbing!"

He Sui, who had several cuts on his lips and was bleeding profusely, rode his horse and knelt down to salute: "My lord, what are your orders?"

Zhang Fengyi pointed to the dark crowd on the side of the road, frowned and asked, "Why do the people stop moving?"

He Sui said: "Responding to my lord, the intersection of Foziling ahead was blocked by a group of troops, who claimed to be the Heluo New Army, and specially intercepted and killed fleeing officials and generals..."

Zhang Fengyi scolded angrily: "Run away? Nonsense! This is to leave a useful body for a long-term plan! If it weren't for the arrogance and arrogance of you warriors, the poor soldiers dethroned the military, started the war rashly, and attracted the Mongols and Jiannu to fight back wildly. Why is it so corrupted! Now that the building is about to collapse and the Ming Dynasty is in danger, if we don’t avoid the enemy’s edge first and protect the people from entering the Central Plains, we can still throw them to the Tartars to slaughter!”

He Sui didn't dare to speak out, but he was 120 unconvinced in his heart, and said in his heart: "Aren't there too few people you abandoned along the way? It's better to say than to sing!"

Zhang Fengyi scolded angrily. Seeing He Sui's silence, he also found it boring, so he said: "It must be some rout bandits who assumed the name of the Heluo New Army and took advantage of the fire to rob. Don't worry about killing people and stealing goods here. A team of people went over and wiped them out!"

He Sui kowtowed and said, "I obey!" He jumped on the horse and galloped away. Some of the slush splashed by the horse's hooves splashed on Zhang Fengyi's gorgeous carriage, which made Zhang Fengyi annoyed again, and cursed: " A martial artist is a martial artist, his behavior is vulgar, and he has no sense of etiquette at all! If it is normal, the old man must come to scare the monkeys..." Angrily put down the car curtain, let the driver drive the car and continue on.Not too far away, He Sui galloped back on horseback again, his complexion was a little pale, and he called, "My lord, something is wrong!"

Zhang Fengyi was so angry that he wanted to kill someone: "What's wrong!?"

He Sui looked forward, hesitated to speak.At this time, a faint scream came from the front: "I am the prefect of Jiexiu, a Jinshi, you can't kill me! You can't kill———" The sharp scream was a little erratic by the mountain wind, like a ghost crying, like a wolf Howling makes people feel creepy.Zhang Fengyi heard it clearly, this voice is very familiar, and he has a good relationship with him!He couldn't help changing his face, and He Sui didn't dare to say anything. He swallowed and said, "My lord, you'd better see for yourself, it's not far ahead!"

Zhang Fengyi didn't care about being reserved anymore, and shouted: "Lead the way ahead!" Jumping off the carriage, he led a group of officials who also felt that something was wrong, followed He Sui, and strode towards Foziling.The further they walked, the more people there were on both sides of the avenue. They were all fleeing civilians. For some reason, they all stopped, sneered angrily, and looked at Zhang Fengyi and the others.No one spoke, but these sneers and hatred-filled eyes already made people feel as if the city was suffocated by dark clouds.And at the intersection of Foziling, it was even darker and denser. I am afraid that tens of thousands of people have gathered, most of them are young and strong, holding knives, axes and sticks, and they do not speak, just staring at the officers and soldiers rushing along the road. official.Hundreds of black-clothed soldiers stood majestically with rifles in their hands, like a silent mountain. Behind them was a long row of wooden sticks that had just been erected. A bloody human head hung from each stick, dangling in the wind. , some are still dripping blood, which is extraordinarily terrifying.Dozens of headless corpses were tied up with their backs leaning against a big tree, some wearing armor and some wearing red and purple official robes, proving the identities of these heads dangling in the wind:
It is those Ming officials and generals who fled without fighting, even treasoned the country and collaborated with the enemy, disrupted the situation in Shanxi by any means, and caused the collapse of the entire situation in Shanxi!

Two soldiers in black were dragging an official in prefectural uniform from the carriage to a large flag.The prefect, with disheveled hair and a frightened expression, struggled desperately and screamed: "I am the prefect of Jiexiu. I am a Jinshi and came second in the imperial examination. I once met the emperor. You despicable warriors cannot kill me! If you dare to touch me, all the people in the world will be punished." I won't let you go..." The soldier in black ignored his shouting and cursing, stepped on the crook of his knee and forced him to kneel down, grabbed a lock of his hair and pulled it, forcing him to straighten it. neck.The prefect screamed desperately, but he was tightly restrained and couldn't get out no matter how hard he struggled.A young man with a thin figure and a somewhat sick face pulled out his horizontal knife and took a step forward. The knife slashed down, and the light of the knife swirled like a rainbow. The screams and curses stopped abruptly, and a cavity of dirty blood was sprayed on the snow. , extraordinarily eye-catching.A soldier carried the head to the side and hung it up with a wooden stick. The man who slashed the man shook off the blood on the blade, turned around, and looked past the thousands of stunned people and defeated people. The soldiers landed on Zhang Fengyi all at once.A gust of mountain wind blew, and the black battle flag behind him fluttered with a whoosh. On the battle flag, a fierce tiger was roaring up to the sky, and a big "Yang" character danced along with it, with a terrifying momentum!
Yang Menglong!
This damn bastard has made countless scholar-bureaucrats and corrupt officials restless and sleepless at night, wanting to eat his meat and drink his blood, bastard, isn't he still in Taiwan? How could he suddenly appear here! ?
Yang Menglong's eyes were like thunder and lightning, falling on Zhang Fengyi. He was surprisingly ferocious, with boundless murderous intent, and a bit of mockery. He was clearly saying: "Do you think that I can do whatever you want after I die? I'm sorry. , you are too happy!"

(End of this chapter)