Dashun Yongchang

For example, Yang Tinglin has great influence in Jiangxi. When he had to stand on the prince's side, there were almost no gentry forces in Jiangxi to support Nanjing. After all, the gentry who chose to support Dashun were a minority.

Yang Tinglin thought about it, but he couldn't see the hope of welcoming the prince across the river, so he could only sigh and said, "So, is Emperor Yongchang planning to go back on his word?"

After being silent for a moment, Jin Sheng asked back: "Why did Emperor Yongchang turn his back on what he said? As long as King Fu and Ma Shiying are still in Nanjing, how can the crown prince cross the river? Even if he crosses the river, if there is an encounter with King Ming Ming on the Yangtze River, then Emperor Yongchang will fight him." He went to Jiangnan under the banner of avenging the prince. At that time, who can say clearly what happened?"

Yang Tinglin looked at Jin Sheng for a long time, and then said quietly: "This is the case, the prince is really not allowed to go to Nanjing under the control of Ma Shiying. It seems that Yangzhou is still safe."

Jin Sheng said with a wry smile: "The crown prince is in Yangzhou, and the south has lost a name that can unify all parties against Dashun. The crown prince is naturally safe in Yangzhou. If the crown prince has an accident in Yangzhou, the loss outweighs the gain. Now we must Let's see what the battle in the north is like, if Emperor Yongchang really wins and returns, then it will be impossible for Ming Dynasty to regain power, and it will be the best ending if it can be achieved like Song Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty."

Yang Tinglin looked at the geometric original on the table in front of him, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Song Taizu's success depends on the trust of Emperor Zhou. You know, Emperor Yongchang may not have the idea of ​​replacing Zhou. I think the world will be in chaos for a while..."

Li Zicheng, who was riding on the horse, sneezed loudly, he casually pulled the silk scarf tied around his neck and wiped his nose, then asked the guards beside him: "How far is it to Guide Mansion? "

Chapter 465 Guide One

Li Yuanyin who was following Li Zicheng hurried forward and replied: "Your Majesty, the place where we camped last night was about [-] miles away from Guide Mansion, and we have walked more than [-] miles now, so we should be less than [-] miles away from Guide Mansion. , let me see if you can dismount and rest for a while, and then continue on after having lunch?"

Li Zicheng looked ahead and said, "Then go to the woods to rest, just in time to light the fire and cook."

Li Yuanyin agreed, then ran behind to make arrangements.Li Zicheng is still satisfied with this adopted son of Li Chengdong. Although it is not as smooth as Li Laiheng's handling, he does things carefully.Returning to Guide from Zhengzhou, he did not choose to go back the same way, but chose to walk along the Yellow River.This road is not suitable for large groups of people, because there are almost no people along the Yellow River at this time, especially the section from Kaifeng to Kaocheng. This is also the reason why the Qing army attacked Kaocheng along the way.

It is very convenient and quick for Li Zicheng to take two or three thousand cavalry guards along this road, because the grass and trees beside the Yellow River are starting to turn green, so there is no need to worry about forage for the horses.As for the large group of people, they returned from the more densely populated places, and they could also get local assistance. They didn't need to choose another campsite just for the day, which was naturally much more convenient.

The defeat of Azig this time was a surprise for the cavalry of the Shun army. Because of lack of fodder and continuous pursuit by the Shun army, Azig had to throw some immobile or injured horses to the Shun army behind him. Therefore, the Shun Army received thousands of horses from Azig. Except for a small number of horses that could not be cured and recovered, most of the horses actually just lost weight, and they could recover after a while.

The guard cavalry therefore quickly replenished its establishment and established a reserve company.After Henan Haoqiang turned his back in a large number and a large number of former Ming soldiers were captured, the Shun Army did not lack cavalry, but only lacked horses.For the taming of these powerful children, servants, and Ming army captives, Shun Jun also began to summarize a set of standard procedures, which was nothing more than breaking up the gang and installing supplements so that they could integrate into a new group individually.

The army is not only a place that emphasizes discipline, but also a place that emphasizes teamwork. A warrior in a group full of escapism will also become a fugitive, and an escapist in a group full of heroism will also become a Be a warrior, because they can't survive in the group without it, and an outlier who is ostracized by the group won't survive a fight.

But in the face of the Shun Army who had just defeated the Azige Department of the Qing Army, these powerful children, servants, or prisoners were still very honest at this time. Those who were eliminated, either died of thieves or the army, and those who survived were those who could see the wind and turn the steering wheel like Li Jiyu.

Therefore, in the face of the Shun Army's dismantling and use of them, no one jumped out to object, and all of them obeyed the Shun Army's military order honestly.Looking at these sergeants who are obedient like sheep in front of him, Li Zicheng understands why some people use "ruthless as sheep" to describe people. If the soul in his body did not come from later generations, it would be hard for him to believe these honest and dull soldiers. The sergeants in the South would set off massacre after massacre without mercy.

Therefore, although the power of the Shun army after this battle has been greatly increased, Li Zicheng is still full of vigilance, because he knows that these powers are actually false. As long as he fails once like Azig, then these Power will once again become the power of the enemy, there is no doubt about it, and it is also the reality of this era.

On the afternoon of the twelfth day of February, it took Li Zicheng five days to finally see the earth fortress outside Guide Mansion. It’s just that Guide was not as brain-dead as Kaifeng. Seeing the strength of the peasant army, he surrendered instead of fighting to the death with the peasant army. Therefore, unlike the completely dilapidated Kaifeng City, Guide Mansion still maintained its former size. part of the population.

In fact, because of the stationing of Yuan Zongdi's troops and the preparations for the war in Guide Mansion, the influx of a large number of soldiers and supplies brought an abnormal wartime prosperity to Guide Mansion.Different from the separate battles of the previous Ming Dynasty, the Ming court regarded the defense of the soil as the local responsibility, so even if the troops were dispatched from other places, the food and salaries for the troops had to be paid locally, which made some places that were not rich at all I would rather surrender to the Peasant Army or the Manchus than to resist, because for the locals, no matter which side occupies the local area, it is just scraping the oil and water from the locals, and there is no essential difference.

This kind of defense mode where the local defense is responsible can easily lead to a situation of beggar-thy-neighbor. For the surrounding counties, as long as the war does not spread to the county, then it means that the county has no losses. Naturally, they are not active in assisting in the defense of other counties. up.That is to say, the Henan gentry and the peasant army formed a deadly enemy relationship in repeated tug-of-war, which made some Henan gentry motivated to actively encircle and suppress the peasant army.

Of course, the biggest problem is the damage to the relationship between the north and the south. When the north was ravaged by war, the southerners were still opposed to the court's tax increase, because they really felt that they were not responsible for the war in the north, and they should be responsible for it. Those northerners who directly faced the war, after all, those rebels are also mostly northerners, so what does it have to do with them southerners?

The indifference of the southerners also made the northerners no longer feel guilty about following the Manchus to slaughter the southerners after they fell to the Manchus.It's like when the imperial court proposed that the Liao people guard the land of Liao, the Liaodong Han people immediately turned to the Manchus, and they were no longer willing to fight against the Manchus.Because for the Han people in Liaodong, the so-called Liao people guarding the Liao soil by the imperial court is essentially letting them shed the last drop of blood, just to defend the peaceful life of the people in the pass.

However, after Li Zicheng set up the Marshal's Mansion and the General Staff System, he removed the local responsibility for the war. At Li Zicheng's request, the Marshal's Mansion provided state compensation for all the areas where the war spread, although this kind of compensation may not be enough. It has been implemented, but it has greatly eased the tension between the local government and the Marshal's Mansion.

This time, the reason why the Henan tyrants turned to the Marshal's Mansion so quickly was because the Marshal's Mansion did not take any punishment measures against those areas that fell to the Qing army. The local tyrants who surrendered under the slogan of preventing the Manchus from massacring the place, the Marshal's Mansion adopted the method of amnesty.

The starting point of this series of policies adopted by the Marshal's Office is to recognize that war is the responsibility of the state rather than the responsibility of ordinary people. Li Zicheng believes that ordinary people are only the victims of the war, so the choice they made to compromise with the enemy is not What a crime, the one who is guilty is the court who is incapable of defending the people.

For the strategic support points of Guide Mansion, Marshal Dou's Mansion has invested a lot, because Marshal Dou's Mansion never thought of relying entirely on local materials to fight this battle from the beginning, so the large amount of materials shipped from the south were transshipped. here.Although a large number of local manpower was requisitioned in order to build the defense facilities around Guide Mansion, the Shun Army did not conscript labor without compensation, but gave some materials as compensation.

For the Marshal's Mansion, which has already sorted out the waterways of the Yangtze River and the canal, the cost of transporting these southern supplies to Guide Mansion is not too high, but for the people of Guide Mansion, this is indeed a rare event.Because after the start of the war in Henan, even at the water and land terminal of Guide, the price of goods has been rising day by day, and some small businessmen have simply gone bankrupt.

Although there are no large groups of thieves between Guide and Huai'an, the court is too short of money, and the places where money comes are limited, among which the customs on the canal is the most important.Therefore, in addition to the privileged merchants who are still unimpeded on the canal, those ordinary merchants who have been exploited have no choice but to give up doing business, which makes the originally prosperous water and land terminal Guide gradually decline.

Compared with the materials transported by the Shun Army to Guide, what satisfied the Guide people most was that the Marshal's Mansion reopened the waterway from the south to Guide, which made Guide prosper again and also made the surrounding unemployed farmers Flocked to Guide City, looking for a job.When the population of a place begins to gather, it means the growth of demand, and this is the basis of the prosperity of the market.

Therefore, when Li Zicheng came to Guide Mansion, he was surprised to see a vibrant city in the north. Compared with Xuzhou, which is now like a large military camp, Guide seems to have a lot more street spirit.

Yuan Zongdi, Governor of Henan Ding Kuichu, Guide prefect Sang Kaidi and other civil and military officials were waiting outside the north gate of Guide. Li Zicheng got off his horse and walked over when he saw these people. Hugged, and then greeted Ding Kuichu and others.

Li Zicheng stayed in front of Jia Shijun, the magistrate of Shangqiu County, for a while longer, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I remember you, when I ordered Guide to appoint you as the magistrate of Shangqiu County, and later when I was going back to Shaanxi, I had to let you go. It’s not easy for you to persevere after giving it to the officers and soldiers.”

Faced with Li Zicheng's praise, Jia Shijun was naturally excited. His title of county magistrate was actually not uncommon in the past. After all, although Li Zicheng had the power to overwhelm the Henan army before, it was really hard for everyone to judge for the whole world. Whether Li Zicheng can succeed, after all, the provinces south of the Yangtze River have hardly suffered any losses, and they are still loyal to Daming.

It's just that after Li Zicheng established the country in Xi'an and launched the Western Expedition, the official positions awarded by the Shun Army in Henan and other places became more and more valuable, so Jia Shijun went from hiding everywhere to being able to show up in public.Although the gentry in Guide wavered again when the Shun Army withdrew from Beijing, but as the Shun Army chose to go south instead of returning to Shaanxi, the wavered gentry stabilized and sent people to pay homage to the late emperor and pay homage to the emperor. Appointing the prince is equivalent to tacitly acquiescing the leadership of the Marshal's Mansion over Guide.

But at that time, Jia Shijun's situation was still not very good, because the prefect Sang Kaidi above and the gentry below did not want him, the magistrate of Shangqiu County appointed by the Shun Army, to have any power, although they now obeyed the orders of the Marshal's Mansion. The leader, but not really attached to the Marshal's Mansion. It was not until Yuan Zongdi's army entered Guide that the situation really turned around. With the support of the military force of the Shun Army, he, the county magistrate, can be regarded as a true magistrate.

Chapter 466 Guide II

Jia Shijun still knew who he belonged to, but Li Zicheng's affection for him made him a little flattered, because he couldn't remember what he had done to make Li Zicheng look so different.

Seeing such an intimate conversation between Li Zicheng and Jia Shijun, the governor Ding Kuichu and the prefect Sang Kaidi felt a little unnatural. Before, they felt that Jia Shijun was not their own, and they suppressed him a lot, so they were unwilling to be with Li Zicheng. Jia Shijun talked for too long, if the other party complained to Li Zicheng, it would be difficult for them to step down.

Ding Kuichu saw the opportunity and interrupted the conversation between the two abruptly: "Your Majesty, here are some prominent families in this city, Shen, Song, Hou, Ye..."

Li Zicheng only glanced at the crowd, and then asked one of them with interest: "I've heard for a long time that Jiangnan has the name of the Fourth Prince of Fushe. I don't know what is the relationship between this old gentleman and that Hou Chaozong?"

Hou Xun in the crowd could only go forward to salute Li Zicheng and said: "Old Hou Dazhen, Chao Zong is a dog. Children like to flatter each other the most, and some false names are not enough to pollute your majesty's ears."

Li Zicheng just smiled and said: "If it can be passed on to my ears, it can't be said to be a false name. The old man is in his prime, and his beard and hair are still young. I'm afraid this is not a bad word, but he can still do something for the people in his hometown. Is it?"

Hou Xun didn't know for a while, was Li Zicheng praising his son?Or are you humiliating yourself?Anyway, he was also the Minister of the Household Department, but he ran away when the city of Beijing was broken that day.Does Li Zicheng really not know himself?Do you really think he is just Hou Chaozong's father?

But while Hou Xun was still thinking, Li Zicheng suddenly clasped his fists to the others and said, "The military situation is urgent, so I won't chat with you sages this time. I still have to listen to the reports from the front line. After this battle is over, I will have a good get-together with everyone."

Jia Shijun was still very winking, and immediately cleared the way for Li Zicheng, so surrounded by Yuan Zongdi and other generals, Li Zicheng left the Guide gentry at the beginning of the city gate and went straight into the city.

This scene greatly disappointed the Guide gentry who came to welcome Li Zicheng. To be honest, they were able to stand here to welcome Li Zicheng today, but they were actually ready to take refuge in each other.After Li Zicheng defeated the Azig army, the gentry in Guide felt that the general situation of the world began to become clear again. It is almost a certain fact that the Qing army's southward march was in vain, so continuing to wait and see is to let Li Zicheng Picked up.

Therefore, even Hou Xun, who refused to serve the Shun army before, had to run out of his manor outside the city this time, and welcomed Li Zicheng, who had just returned from victory, outside Guide City.Logically speaking, Li Zicheng should also give an attitude towards their surrender, so that everyone can feel at ease. What kind of reasoning is this now with sleeves thrown up and directly entering the city?

However, some people still felt what these gentry didn't understand. For example, Jia Kaizong, who was standing at the back of the crowd, shook his head to his friends and said, "The gentry in this city may be in trouble."

The friend asked him suspiciously: "Why did Brother Jia say this? The gentry in this city have not always respected Emperor Yongchang, why did His Majesty deal with them?"

Jia Kaizong said cryptically: "Because what Emperor Yongchang wants to comfort is the people of Henan, not the hearts of gentry."

The friend was still puzzled and said: "What's the difference? If the gentry are uneasy, how can the common people settle down?"

Jia Kaizong just smiled at his friend and didn't say anything further.However, he does not agree in his heart that the people will be stable if the gentry are at ease. As a Henan native, especially from Guide Mansion, he is very clear about the virtues of Henan gentry. It has almost become a custom to rely on the force in your hands and the power in the officialdom to plunder the land of ordinary people.

The reason why he joined the "Xueyuan Club" established by Hou Chaozong was also to use the power of the Hou family to resist the Guide family's coveting of their family business.Although the family property of the Jia family cannot be compared with those of these prominent families, it is still a piece of fat in this troubled world. Without the protection of a powerful person, this family property cannot be protected.

Therefore, although Jia Kaizong is very close to the children of these prominent families, he is actually not interested in the behavior of these prominent families. The Marshal's Mansion asked these gentry to withdraw from the land they encroached on the common people. This is very correct in his opinion. How can Xiaomin live and work in peace and contentment if he has no land?If they cannot live and work in peace and contentment, how can the people who fled abroad return to their hometowns to live?

Therefore, Jia Kaizong felt that Li Zicheng's character would not tolerate the behavior of the Guide gentry who kept delaying the return of the land and refused the Marshal's Mansion to clear the land. This time, the Shun army repelled the Azig army. Finally, when Li Zicheng wanted to attack these Guide gentry, an excellent opportunity appeared, because now no one would challenge the Shun army who had just won a big victory. Isn't this courting death?

Not to mention that when Jia Kaizong saw the scene at the gate of the city, Li Zicheng was also taken to a mansion in Ximenli of Guide. After the people took over the Yellow River, the Song family wanted to take it back, but the humble official ordered it to be nationalized according to the order of the Marshal's Mansion. Before your Majesty, the humble official had all inspected and renovated. If something is uncomfortable, a humble job can continue to make people improve."

Li Zicheng looked at the compound of the Song Mansion, shook his head for a while and said: "It is said that Song Quan's father died of illness within a few years of being an official, so Song Quan's family business gradually prospered after returning home and studying hard. I feel that the layout of this mansion can no longer simply be said to be prosperous. Is there any more lucrative business than being an official?

Tianqi was a Jinshi for five years, and Song Quan had been an official for less than 20 years. However, even if others have been in business for three generations, they would not be able to earn money from this mansion.It is said that he is still famous for his honesty, loyalty and filial piety. Tell me, where is this person's integrity?Where is Lian?As for Zhongxiao, it's even more of a joke. "

Ding Kuichu suddenly felt a shiver in the back of his neck, and he realized why Li Zicheng had shown a cold attitude towards him as soon as he arrived in Guide.He really did a lot of work to preserve Song Quan's family business. After all, the famous families in Guide are married to each other. Although the Ding family does not belong to the famous family in the city of Guidefu, they are not unconnected with the famous families in Guide.

Therefore, although Song Quan betrayed Dashun, Ding Kuichu asked the prefect Sang Kaidi to take care of Song Quan's property under the request of the Song family and others. In fact, he brought Song Quan's property into the Song family. To avoid the fate of being confiscated by the Marshal's Mansion, even this mansion could not have been confiscated if Jia Kaizong hadn't argued for it.

When Ding Kuichu did these things, he didn't think there was anything wrong with doing such things. After all, in his mind, Song Quan's betrayal of Dashun was not a crime. He can also understand Song Quan's considerations in making such a decision. After all, is it human nature to surrender to the new dynasty in order to preserve the family?

The only thing that is criticized is that Song Quan's betrayal of Shunjun was too thorough. He directly killed Li Zicheng's favorite general and his subordinates, and did not let anyone go.From this point of view, if Li Zicheng liquidates Song Quan, it cannot be said that there is no reason.However, considering that when Song Quan made his decision, it was the time when the Shun Army abandoned Beijing. For a bandit force that had lost hope of unifying the world, Song Quan used their blood to wash away the past of his surrender to Dashun, expressing a breakup His attitude is still understandable.

But no one expected that Li Zicheng would be able to stand up again. The Manchus, who seemed to be invincible in the Zongheng Pass, were still defeated in the face of Li Zicheng, which made the half-hearted Guide gentry panic.

Now hearing Li Zicheng's criticism of Song Quan, Ding Kuichu suddenly realized that he seemed to have defended the Song family too much before, and now even his own shoes are a little wet.

When Ding Kuichu was thinking about how to get out of this matter, Li Zicheng suddenly asked Jia Shijun: "Apart from this mansion, what other property does Song Quan have?"

Jia Shijun glanced at the prefect and the governor at the side, and then said bluntly: "Besides this mansion, there are 400 mu of land near Guide, but 200 mu of it has been donated to the local academy, and 100 mu of land has been donated to the local academy. Mu of land is the Song family's sacrificial land, and in the end the property under his name is only 100 mu of land."

Li Zicheng withdrew his gaze, glanced at the local officials nearby, and asked casually: "The county magistrate said that there is only 100 mu of land under the name of Song Quan. You have been officials here for so long. Do you believe that there is only one under the name of Song Quan?" A hundred acres?"

Ding Kuichu cast Sang Kai's first glance, and the prefect of Guide had no choice but to stand up and explain to Li Zicheng: "One hundred acres is indeed short, but Song, Song Quan took away all the land deeds in the family. We really don't have any land. Those fields that I found belonged to Song Quan. But I will definitely investigate after I return from the humble job..."

Li Zicheng interrupted him and said, "Can the title deed be taken away, and the land also be taken away? The family property that disappeared under Song Quan's name will inevitably be in the hands of other people. If I don't come, you don't check it out. When I come, you will want it." Check carefully, do you want to tell people outside that I am a mean person?"

Sang Kaidi realized that what he said was wrong, so he knelt down alone, and then said to Li Zicheng: "I am guilty, and I ask your majesty to punish me."

But Li Zicheng ignored him, and turned to Ding Kuichu who was at the side and asked: "Prefect Sang said that he was guilty, but I don't understand. Governor Ding, tell me, what crime did he commit?"

Ding Kuichu, who was in a dilemma, could only kneel down and said to Li Zicheng: "I am also guilty. I didn't pay much attention to this matter before..."

Chapter 467 Guide III

Li Zicheng looked at the civil servants kneeling on the floor. After the magistrate and the governor knelt down to plead guilty, all the local officials present could only kneel down, even Jia Shijun, who was at odds with them, had to kneel down too.As for the generals on the side, the few famous generals who had surrendered from the Guide Mansion looked at Yuan Zongdi who was standing silently at the side, after all, they recognized their camp and quietly moved towards Yuan Zongdi. , just stayed aside and watched the show.

Li Zicheng was silent for nearly three or four minutes, and when these officials felt the cold and pain in their knees, he said to Ding Kuichu: "I have heard that Governor Ding has been in poor health for a long time, so I have not been able to handle some political affairs personally. You can't be blamed for this guilt, what are you all doing blankly? Why don't you help Mr. Ding up."

Sang Kaidi didn't dare to move, Jia Shijun didn't want to move, only a few officials from the governor's yamen supported Ding Kuichu up under Li Zicheng's order, but when they helped them, they found that the governor seemed a little unstable, and felt that this Adults may not be in good health.It's just that everyone deliberately ignored the rumor that the adult had a daughter every day.

Li Zicheng then said: "Although Guide is good, the most important place in Henan at present is to connect the tunnels connecting Shaanxi and Henan and supervise the construction of the Yellow River defense line. The Henan governor's office should be moved to Luoyang as soon as possible to restore the local economy and people's livelihood. This is an urgent task. It's a heavy task, but I don't think Mr. Ding's body may be able to take on such a heavy workload. It's better to raise him at home first, and then come out to do things when he is healthy.

Zhang Jinyan is pacifying the area in Heluo, and I don’t think he’s going to bother the two masters anymore. I’ll ask him to act as the governor of Henan Province first. You officials of the governor’s yamen, go to Zhengzhou as soon as possible to contact Mr. Zhang, and then get ready to move the yamen work.Mr. Ding, do you think my arrangement is okay? "

Ding Kuichu mouthed bitterness, he knew that Li Zicheng had given him a step down, but he never thought that the other party would not even give him a chance to change his ways.He didn't dare to hate Li Zicheng, but instead hated Zhang Jinyan, because without him, he didn't think Li Zicheng could take away his position as governor of Henan.

Although the Ming Dynasty died, the officialdom still existed. Li Zicheng's rogues and Jinshi, who were not able to pass the exam, were at most only magistrates, and they were far from being able to shoulder the responsibility of being a big official in the frontier.Why do you say that, because the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty relied on the ranking of scholars, candidates, and Jinshi, and then supplemented by the relationship between teachers and students, classmates, and the same year to create a horizontal connection.

This is the same as weaving cotton cloth. The warp and weft must intersect to form a piece of cotton. The warp alone cannot be called cotton cloth.Especially in this chaotic world, besides using the authority given to him by the court, the officials of the feudal border also needed to persuade and communicate with influential scholars in various places in their own personal capacity to make them support the court.

This kind of communication between scholars is far stronger than the use of force to deter the local area, and it can also reduce the cost of the court governing the local area.To put it bluntly, you can't have the court send someone down every time you collect taxes and recruit troops, right?The local government can take the initiative to pay taxes to the court and assign military service and military service, so that the court will not be in a hurry.

As a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli, Ding Kuichu is naturally qualified to serve as a governor of Henan. If there is no other Jinshi to replace him, the scholars in Henan will not lose their sincerity to the Marshal's Mansion. This is also his previous confidence in protecting the German gentry. .

But Zhang Jinyan is a Jinshi like him, and he is also from Henan. Therefore, Li Zicheng ordered Zhang Jinyan to take over the post of governor of Henan, and the scholars in Henan would not protest.Because in the eyes of scholars in Henan, Zhang Jinyan is still one of his own, not a different kind.

Moreover, Zhang Jinyan, who was originally in the Dabie Mountains, has now gone to Zhengzhou. Doesn't this obviously mean that the other party is ready to sell to Li Zicheng?Compared to himself who was sitting in the eight winds of Guide, Li Zicheng was sure of his dissatisfaction.Ding Kuichu didn't want to reflect on his previous wait-and-see mentality between Shunqing, so he could only turn his grievances to Zhang Jinyan, his junior who followed the wind.

Even though Ding Kuichu was unwilling in his heart, he could only thank Li Zicheng now, and then, with the support of the officials of the governor's yamen, he retired and went home to recuperate.After sending Ding Kuichu away, Li Zicheng glanced at the three governor officials standing beside him. In fact, the officials of the governor's yamen can only be called the office staff of the governor's yamen. Talents are the real subordinates of the governor, who share the power of administration, justice and education in a province.

However, except for the inspector Xiao Shiheng who was appointed by the Marshal's Mansion, the other two were also former officials of the Ming Dynasty.Xiao Shiheng was not from the Rebel Army either, he was the hereditary commander of the Dezhou Guards. After Li Zicheng moved the big households in Dezhou to the south, he naturally regarded the Texans as talents that could be used. The Marshal's Mansion can survive, and their property in Dezhou has long been distributed to the local people by the Marshal's Mansion. Even if they want to escape back, it will be difficult for the village to accept them.

After seeing the three of them, Li Zicheng turned his attention to Sang Kaidi, the prefect of Guide, and said to him: "It is said that the county magistrate who destroyed the family, the prefect who destroyed the family. This prefect is actually a small feudal official. After all, the emperor It is too far away, and it is impossible for the governor to watch the prefect do things every day, so whether the imperial policy can be implemented or not depends on whether the prefect supports it or not.

Prefect Sang, let's put aside the relationship between monarch and minister today, I just want to ask you, are you dissatisfied with the decree issued by the Marshal's Mansion?Or are you dissatisfied with the Marshal's Mansion?Still dissatisfied with me?To be honest, I will not condemn you with my speech today, but I want to listen to the truth. "

Li Zicheng's words put a lot of pressure on Sang Kaidi, seeing Ding Kuichu being driven home easily, this was actually more shocking to him than Li Zicheng's direct order to kill Ding Kuichu, because the thunder is always the scariest before it falls , on the contrary, after the thunder fell, he felt at ease.As long as there is still hope of life, who would choose to die?

From Li Zicheng's actions, Sang Kaidi also realized a problem. Ding Kuichu was driven back to recuperate because the Ding family in Yongcheng still supported the Marshal's Mansion, and Li Zicheng did not want to touch the big family of the Ding family.But there is no such family behind him to back him up, which means that his end cannot be as simple as going home to recuperate.

As for Li Zicheng's so-called setting aside the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, what is the difference between setting aside the facts?How could he, a scholar, have not heard of the five-day Jingzhao incident? Offending an official who is about to step down would cost his head, let alone offending the emperor who was returning from a big victory.

What's more, in the eyes of scholars, the current Emperor Yongchang is no longer a villain who is crowned with a monkey, because the people in Xuzhou, Huaiyang and other places all agree with the Dashun regime and are willing to pay taxes and provide soldiers for this regime. The government also began to have a certain recognition of the Dashun regime, because Dashun can bring hope to restore peace to the local people.

Therefore, Li Zicheng could not regard himself as the emperor, but for officials like them, he had to obey the rules. Otherwise, even if he died because he offended Li Zicheng, he would not be regarded as a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty.Because he didn't die to defend Daming, but he died in violation of the status of superiority and inferiority.

Sang Kaidi is not a person with a strong personality. Facing Li Zicheng's questioning, he did not dare to stand up and refute. He could only defend himself and said: "I have no orders from your majesty, Marshal Du's mansion, or Marshal Du's mansion. Dissatisfied, the minister has always..."

Speaking of this, Sang Kaidi suddenly got stuck. He suddenly remembered that he hadn't fully implemented the decrees of the Marshal's Mansion, such as the decrees such as the decree of sharing the land into the mu and clearing the land. Under the suggestion of Ding Kuichu, he took the option of delaying and restraining Jia Shijun. It turns out that the problem lies here.

Realizing that Li Zicheng made a big move against Ding Kuichu as soon as he got off the horse, and drove him back to recover from his illness, Sang Kaidi finally came to his senses. Li Zicheng was dissatisfied with Guide's gentry.Also, the current Guide Mansion can almost be said to be the most benevolent place in Henan. The main yamen in Henan are all set up in Guide. Is there a tall man coming down?

Sang Kaidi's thinking was still very quick, and he immediately realized that he was standing on the cusp of the storm, and now he would either offend Li Zicheng, or offend the gentry of Guide, and there was almost no other way to go.This is the fundamental reason why Li Zicheng asked himself three questions.

If there is a choice, Sang Kaidi would rather resign than make such a choice, but Li Zicheng did not intend to make him choose this option after these three questions, and after Ding Kuichu was driven home, the present civil and military It is obviously impossible for the officials to come out to intercede for him as the magistrate, because he has not enough connections, he has always obeyed Ding Kuichu to do things.

Sang Kaidi's forehead was sweating non-stop. Although he didn't have the courage to raise his head to meet Li Zicheng's gaze, he seemed to feel that Li Zicheng's eyes were staring at him. Maybe the soldiers would pull him out the next moment.In the end, Sang Kaidi chose to protect himself first. He changed his words and pleaded guilty again to Li Zicheng: "I am indeed guilty of a crime of dereliction of duty. Some decrees issued by the Marshal's Mansion before were not implemented in time, but delayed. No, but I have absolutely no dissatisfaction with His Majesty or the Marshal's Mansion..."

After listening to Sang Kaidi's confession, Li Zicheng said slowly, "It's wartime now, and the order issued by the Marshal's Mansion is a military order. Delaying the military order is a crime of losing your head. Does the prefect of Sang know?"

Sang Kaidi maintained the posture of throwing his body to the ground, and replied in his mouth: "The guilty minister dare not defend himself, Fu Weisheng will judge."

Li Zicheng turned his eyes to the side and asked Jia Shijun, "Prefect Jia, how do you think the prefect of Sang should be punished?"

Of course his head was chopped off, and at worst his official uniform was taken away, Jia Shijun thought so, but he didn't dare to reveal his intention after all looking at the officials around him, so he could only say to Li Zicheng: " Although the prefect of Sang has committed dereliction of duty, but now is the time of war, His Majesty should still accuse him of making meritorious deeds, especially as an example."

Li Zicheng nodded slightly and said: "It's better for officials to discuss the matter as it stands. Don't learn from the bad habits of the previous Ming Dynasty, and often bring personal feelings into official affairs. You need to know that you are not your own officials. Don't make mistakes." Heaven only thinks of itself, so it should think more about the suffering of the people. Otherwise, wouldn’t there be no righteous people who rose up to rebel after Dashun?”

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Jia Shijun was also surprised, he realized that he still knew too little about Emperor Yongchang. While cracking down on the gentry in these places, Li Zicheng was obviously also on guard against the formation of factional struggles below.

While Jia Shijun was still thinking about Li Zicheng's intentions, he saw the other party pointing to Sang Kaidi and said: "This time I fought several consecutive battles with the Qing army that went south. The scourge of the Qing army against the people of Henan.

The Manchus entered the customs claiming to avenge the Ming Dynasty, but they pointed the butcher knife at the Chinese people. Is this helping our people?Or harm our people?Although Emperor Lie had many faults when he was alive, he never let go of his vigilance towards the Manchus.Even at the last moment, Emperor Lie did not send anyone to seek help from the Manchus, and invited foreigners to slaughter the people of his own country. This is the root of my willingness to recognize him as the emperor of China.

Wu Sangui, as a courtier, did not follow the order of his father to enter the customs to rescue Beijing, but as a Chinese, he turned on and off to invite foreigners to slaughter our Chinese. Isn’t this trying to repeat the story of Wu Huan Hua?For such traitors who lure thieves into the house, if we can't completely break with them, what is the difference from supporting them to betray the country?

Scholars talk about loyalty and filial piety every day, but do such unfaithful and unfilial things, is it really okay? "