Chapter 125: The Broken World
Yun Zhao frowned tightly as he looked at the document.
"Tokugawa Iemitsu?
What is he looking for me for?"
Qian Shaoshao said on the side: "Five thousand taels of gold is not too much. , not too small, Tokugawa Iemitsu is not a powerful person, and cannot be taken lightly. Among the people of the Ming Dynasty, the only person who has close ties with the Japanese pirates is Zheng Zhilong.
Could it be said that after Zheng Zhilong died, He just wants to find another ally?
If that’s the case, his reaction speed is too fast, and at the same time, his eyes are not evil when he comes directly to us.”
"We have been trying hard to hide our capabilities and bide our time, but we have been discovered by someone who is interested. Tell me, why is this Tokugawa Iemitsu so wise?"
Yang Xiong stood aside and tried to interject.
Yun Zhao glanced at Yang Xiong and said: "This shows that our policy of hiding one's strength and biding time has failed."
Speaking of this, Yun Zhao said to Qian Shao Shao: "Since we are far away Even Tokugawa Iemitsu of Japan knows about us, so doesn’t everyone in Ming Dynasty know that we will rebel sooner or later?” Qian Shaoshao said: “We are going to rebel.”
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Yang Xiong said quickly: "I heard from people in the palace that the emperor was very satisfied, but after receiving the tribute, he sat alone in the hall all night."
Yun Zhao sighed. The voice said: "The state affairs are corrupted, Luoyang and Wuchang have fallen, Shuzhong has been beaten into chaos, Shanxi and Henan are also in dire straits, Shandong and Hebei are now sparsely populated after being ravaged by the slaves, and the important towns on the nine sides are now in name only..."
"Yes, I guess the emperor may not have heard one or two decent good news for a long time.
Sending our tribute may be able to comfort the emperor. A sad heart."
Qian Shaoshao also looked sympathetic.
"Yes, yes, there are still people in this world who remember the emperor's goodness. I think the emperor must be very pleased."
Yang Xiong has become very noisy recently, and I don't know why. Why.
Among the three, perhaps only Yun Zhao was truly grieving for Emperor Chongzhen. As for Qian Shao Shao and Yang Xiong, they were more gloating about his misfortune.
On the eleventh day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the decline of the Ming Dynasty became more and more obvious.
Li Hongji, who left Kaifeng, immediately attacked Ruzhou. Qian Zuo, the prefect of Ruzhou, led the army to resist for eleven days. He had no ammunition and arrows, so he had to climb the city to fight. He was hit by several arrows, but he continued to fight until The blood flowed cleanly, and soon the city of Ruzhou was destroyed.
On the 15th day of the first lunar month of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the army pursued Zhang Xianzhong to Kaixian County.
Zuo Liangyu personally led the army to Yunyang, and the rest of the generals went to Huangling City in Kaixian County.
The general force is fierceRuhu and general Liu Shijie fought.
Liu Shijie led his army deep into the battle formation and was invincible.
Zhang Xianzhong climbed up and saw no Qin flags, but Zuo Liangyu's army had no fighting spirit.
He chose strong men to sneak into the ravines and ride down high and roar.
Zuo Liangyu's soldiers were defeated first, and the outstanding soldiers and guerrillas Guo Kai and Ruhuzi were all killed in battle. Ruhuzi broke through and fled away.
On October 17, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.
The imperial court appointed Ding Qirui, the governor's third minister, as the minister and supervisor of the Ministry of War, to control the armies of Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Huguang, and Jiangbei.
Ding Qirui didn’t know how to fight, but he didn’t know what to do when he received a heavy responsibility.
After being ordered to enter Tongguan, he was scolded by Yun Yang, the guard of Tongguan, and was not allowed to enter.
From Chengtian to Jingzhou, the Huguang patrol followed Wang Chengzhao and hid the ship. When Qi Rui arrived, they were not allowed to cross for five days.
He turned towards Dengzhou, where the people yelled and cursed behind closed doors.
Those who pass through the inner countryside are also not allowed to enter.
The army had no choice but to march through barren mountains and eat horse meat.
Qi Rui heard that he had formed an army to besiege Kaifeng. There were 700,000 troops and he did not dare to go.
I also heard that Zhang Xianzhong was in Guangshan and Gushi with few soldiers, so he conspired with the generals and ordered Zuo Liangyu to defeat Zhang Xianzhong's army in Macheng.
Kaifeng was in a hurry, so he said: "We have something to do, so it's not enough to show loyalty."
On the 26th of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Jianzhou General Jierharang was besieged In Jinzhou, Jinzhou guard Zu Dashou asked Hong Chengchou for help. Hong Chengchou pressed Zu Dashou's request for help and ordered Zu Dashou to break out. Zu Dashou refused and fought fiercely with Jierharang in Jinzhou.
Hong Chengchou's generals Ma Ke and Wu Sangui begged Hong Chengchou to send troops to Songshan to rescue Zu Dashou, but Hong Chengchou repelled them.
Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, was ordered to raise troops and go to Songshan. On the way, he was dismissed by Hong Chengchou!
The emperor issued an order to reprimand Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou said: In June last year, Zu Dashou was ordered to abandon Jinzhou and return to Ningyuan to accept his orders. Zu Dashou said that if there are enemy prisoners, he should bear them with all his strength and not want to return. Now, I am just following his words.
If Your Majesty uses his minister as governor, Jinzhou will never be saved!
The emperor shed tears in his palace and said to the Queen of Zhou: No one listens to my orders.
On the 29th of the first lunar month of the 14th year of Chongzhen, when Zuo Mao and other supervisors were urging the canal transport from Shandong, Dao Zhongchi said: "I arrived in Linqing from Jinghai and saw three people died of hunger and three people died of epidemic. , four thieves."
The emperor ordered Huangmen to transport 90,000 silver coins from Guanzhong to Shandong for disaster relief. When Huangmen was walking halfway, he encountered thieves and lost all his money.
This news was shocking and disheartening even to Yun Zhao. Emperor Chongzhen didn't know what his mood would be like after reading it.
In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Yun Niang received various bonuses totaling 590,000 silver coins, which exceeded the annual income of the emperor's inner palace.
In the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, due to an epidemic in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and Shuntian Prefecture, Yun Zhao officially ordered the east of Mianchi to be sealed off, and no one from the east was allowed to enter.
The court’s official newspaper cannotWatch more. Watching too much is bad for your heart.
Fortunately, the Dibao in Guanzhong still looks a bit pleasing to the eye.
There was a son named Wang Hua in Hancheng. Many of the young men in the village died in battles in their early years, and there were many orphans and widows. This man and his wife Liu took care of twelve orphans, and the rest of the people in the village had enough food and clothing. , only Wang Hua's family still sheltered from the rain in a thatched house and wore beggar's clothes to cover themselves.
Although his wife and son both have pretty faces, he still manages to ensure that the orphan and widower have three meals a day, making him a rare kind person in the countryside.
After hearing this, Yun Niang was deeply moved. She personally worked with her daughter-in-law Qian and Feng to sew brocade clothes for Wang Hua's family, sent people to build a brick house for Wang Hua's family as a reward for their good deeds, and went out to With five thousand silver dollars, he set up a orphanage in Hancheng.
Purchase a hundred acres of land, four cattle, two mules and horses, and three donkeys.
With Wang Hua as the first dean, Wang Hua’s son was admitted to Yushan Academy.
For a time, good deeds flourished in the countryside of Hancheng.
Liang Zhiming, a native of Qingshui County, took his fetus and offered it to a demon monk to make elixirs because his wife believed in demonic religions. Liang Zhiming was so grief-stricken and angry when he witnessed his wife’s tragic death that he opened the belly of the demon monk with a hatchet and chewed it. The demon-eating monk was so heartbroken that he fought with the believers who were rescuing the demon monk for half a day, killing twenty-one of the believers, and died of exhaustion... The scene was filled with blood, and the onlookers were all terrified.
"Have you passed this? You can't publicize it like this."
Yun Zhao took out the Qingshui County commendation document from the document, pointed his finger and asked Yang Xiong.
Yang Xiong shook his head and said: "When I reviewed the documents in advance, I also had questions. I asked the chief of Qingshui County later. The chief said: "The facts are sometimes stranger than the made-up stories. I also guarantee that. Say, this is the truth.
The document sent by the Secret Service also contains records of this matter, which is generally consistent. ”
“Why hasn’t the demon sect in Qingshui County been banned yet? It's been several years. ”
Yang Xiong said: “Changing people’s hearts is a terrazzo skill. At present, there have been resisters like Liang Zhiming. In the future, more people will stand up and resist, and finally eliminate the devil from the root.” Teach this cancer. ”
Yun Zhao nodded with satisfaction, picked up all the documents on the table and put them in Yang Xiong’s hands: “We should vigorously publicize and let everyone in Guanzhong understand what kind of behavior we like the people to have.” , what kind of behavior is abhorred. ”
Yang Xiong took away the documents that Yun Zhao had read, then brought a pile of documents and placed them on Yun Zhao’s desk. Pointing to the top document, he said, “This is the document from Dali Chief of Mianchi County.” Documents sent.
The document said that in Mianchi, there are 18,000 refugees waiting to enter Mianchi. They have discovered the existence of epidemics among the refugees. For safety reasons, they are prepared to give up relief for the refugees, including Cancel things like giving out rice and porridge. ”
“Didn’t they think of other non-contact methods? "
"It was used. At first, the head of Mianchi County thought that he only needed to select some people from the refugees, give them food regularly, and let them donate porridge on behalf of Mianchi County.Rice, the result is not good. "
"What's wrong? "
Yang Xiong sighed and said: "What the chief of Mianchi County never expected was that his idea would actually give birth to a group of wealthy people with wives and concubines among the refugees.
After knowing that these people were doing evil with the little power in their hands, the furious Dali Chief summoned these people and said that he would give them more food... and then killed them all. Crossbow arrows were used.
He continued to select a group of seemingly kind-hearted people, and then... these people were also killed by him. Then, they became disheartened, thinking that these refugees outside Mianchi were all Bastard, don't want to accept it.
Yun Zhao frowned and said: "If the work is difficult, why don't you just do it?"
Who gave him the right not to do it?
Yang Xiong, write a document to reprimand He Yun, the chief of Mianchi County. Also, don’t think that if you deliberately conceal He Yun’s name, I will forget to punish He Yun?
What’s going on with you recently?
It looks more and more like the way an old scholar does things.
Yang Xiong sighed and said: "My ancestor has come to Yushan, and he is teaching me how to do things." "
"Out of filial piety? "
Yang Xiong sighed again: "Yes. "
Yun Zhao said: "In that case, you will set off to Hanzhong tomorrow to be Xu Wuxiang's deputy. Xu Wu wants to know how to arrange your work. "
Yang Xiong seemed to feel relaxed all over. He smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Everyone in a humble job is good, but I always have trouble passing the filial piety test. Now I'm fine. I can go to the poor mountains and rivers of Hanzhong in a humble job." As an official, I temporarily avoided my grandfather.
And my grandfather would also think that what he taught me was not useful here, so I was reprimanded. This is excellent.
It is possible to achieve both loyalty and filial piety in a humble position.
Yun Zhao sat up straight, looked up at the smiling Yang Xiong and said, "Is this the reason why you have flattered me so bluntly recently?" "
Yang Xiong chuckled and said: "After all, I am a talented person from Yushan Academy. I can still play this little trick. I have long wanted to go to other places to serve as an official and experience the big scene.
My Lord, I will take my leave from my humble position. Today I will leave Yushan and rush to the Fenghuang Mountain Camp. I will leave Lantian County tomorrow and let my grandfather feel sad about my being relegated. "
Yun Zhao was stunned for a moment. He found that he seemed to be being plotted again. This feeling was very uncomfortable.
He called the secretary supervisor Liu Cheng and said: "Give it to Xu Wu wanted to write a letter asking Yang Xiong to go to Daba Mountain in the southernmost part of Hanzhong. "
Liucheng opened his eyes in surprise and said: "There are savages there! ”