Chapter 114: Such a dream is too much
Mu Tiantao, who once again stayed in the toilet for half an hour, swore to break up with Xia Wanchun after he came out of the toilet.
No matter what he said or what he did that moved him, Mu Tiantao decided not to have any more interactions with Xia Wanchun.
While he was suffering from vomiting and diarrhea for three days, Li Dingguo's army entered the capital.
The first thing they did when they entered the capital was not to commit rape and robbery, but to start a general cleanup...
In three days, they cleared out more than 6,000 people from the capital. Then, a mountain of more than 6,000 corpses was burned to ashes by pouring oil on it and setting fire to it.
Even many years later, that piece of land was still leaking oil... becoming one of the few dead places around the capital.
After cleaning up the corpses, the soldiers wearing masks began to splash lime all over the city.
After the capital city had turned into a vast expanse of white, they ordered the people in the capital city to start cleaning up their homes, especially the wells with corpses.
As long as a body is found in the well, the well will be filled up and cannot be used.
The market only opened on the fourth day. When the market opened, the first thing supplied was a large amount of coarse grains. This batch of coarse grains was distributed free of charge according to the "fish scale book" in the capital. Those strange Lantian officials took over this business. After building a city, the first thing to do was to call on every household that had received free food to clean up their own homes, and the most important thing was to get rid of rats and fleas.
Many wealthy families who were driven out of their homes by Chuang Wang’s army were surprised to find that these Lantian officials actually returned their houses that had been confiscated by Chuang Wang to their families.
Those merchants who lost their shops also found that their lost shops were returned to their hands according to the records in the fish scale book.
At this time, the common people and the wealthy households in the past did not dare to be grateful to Lantian's army.
Last time, they welcomed King Chuang’s army. As a result, ten days later, the capital became a hell on earth.
This time, they are ready to see more.
However, they still obeyed the orders of Lantian officials.
Start cleaning up your house.
As for the officials, they still did not dare to go home. Even though Lantian officials stated that their homes had been returned, they still did not dare to go back. Liu Zongmin's brutal torture had frightened their courage.
Spring has arrived, and the rivers in the capital have begun to swell. Under the command of Lantian officials, hundreds of thousands of people have been busy for half a month on the North Canal, which has not been dredged for many years. Initial dredging was carried out.
Whether it is the Jinshui River that starts from Yuquan Mountain in the west of Beijing, enters the city from Xizhimen in the northwest corner, passes through the Back Three Seas and the Front Three Seas, and leads to the moat of the Imperial City.
The North Canal water system, which still flows southeastward and leads to the moat of the inner city, has been dredged.
The commanding officers who did these things were precisely those technical officials in the capital who were picked up by the Lantian spy.
The rivers in the city were now navigable, and boatloads of garbage were carried out of the capital.
Lantian officials also hired all the remaining eunuchs to completely clean up the Forbidden City.
This is a big project. Li Chuang’s army not only caused damage to the Forbidden City, but also left a lot of things behind - feces!
The Forbidden City was turned into a huge pigsty by these people.
At the same time, the work of repairing the Forbidden City was also started. The craftsmen who had no food were all hired by Lantian officials to start rebuilding the vicissitudes of the imperial city.
In the first two months, Lantian officials did not do any goodwill. They only spent money to hire people to do things and gave orders from above.
Those who do well will be rewarded, and those who do poorly will be punished.
The reward is money and food, and the punishment is very simple - a board!
Integrity breeds integrity, and integrity breeds prestige. Through this reward and punishment mechanism, the majesty of the Lantian government was quickly established.
As a result, the Lantian Legal Department entered the capital.
Then, countless soldiers began to arrest people according to the list provided by the Lantian spy. Therefore, under the horrified eyes of the people in the capital, countless bandits hiding in the capital were captured one by one.
Those legal officials in black robes read out the charges against these people expressionlessly in front of everyone, and then saw rows of bandits being hanged alive in the open space. .
On the second day of the execution, a woman rushed forward like crazy to scratch a thief who was about to be punished by Ming Zhengdian. With one crazy woman, there were soon more crazy ones. people.
They wanted to eat these bandits alive, but the legal officials in black robes did not allow them to kill these bandits to vent their anger, but continued to hang these bandits on the noose step by step. .
When I see the fair people, I immediately want more justice.
As a result, countless people flocked to the legal officials, eager to report the rogues and scoundrels who had harmed them during the rebellion.
After repeated reviews by legal officials, people were pleasantly surprised to find that their lawsuits had come to fruition, and some scoundrels who had obviously committed heinous crimes were sent to the gallows.
After dealing with those hidden thieves and then dealing with those rogues with blood on their hands, Beijing has officially entered a place where people can express their grievances.
As civil cases continued to increase, people in the capital discovered that this time, the bad guys were not sent to the gallows. Instead, they were sentenced to treason, imprisonment, or hard labor according to the severity of their crimes. Punishment such as being slapped on the board.
The first restaurant in the capital called Fengming Tower opened. Some Lantian officials and soldiers went to the restaurant to eat.During the meal, under the spotlight, these people finished their meal, paid the bill, and left.
There was no extortion, no overlord meal, but all they paid were Lantian copper coins or silver dollars.
It is not that the merchants in the capital are short-sighted. They have seen the copper coins and silver coins in Lantian.
It’s just that this is the first time they have obtained these copper coins and silver dollars from commercial transactions.
Through the shopkeeper of Fengming Tower, people in the capital finally understood that in the future, the money in the capital would become like this.
As soon as the first store opens, there will be a second and third store. In less than a month, the businesses in Beijing that suffered devastating damage finally recovered after a spring rain. here we go.
The baby fat on Xia Wanchun’s face, which had been vomiting and having diarrhea for three days, completely disappeared, making her look a bit sharp.
After drinking a large bowl of white porridge, I felt like vomiting again.
His father Xia Yunyi was looking at his son seriously.
Although he looked very majestic, one hand hidden under the table was trembling slightly.
The young man in front of him is obviously his son, but he can hardly recognize this son.
It’s not that the child’s appearance has changed, but that his entire personality has undergone earth-shaking changes. Facing his son at this time, the invisible pressure from his son almost makes him unable to breathe. Angry.
"What did you do in Lantian?"
Xia Wanchun gave his father a big smile and said: "Go to school!"
"Nonsense, you Mother said she has only seen you three times in two years!"
"I am very busy with my studies, Dad."
"Have you really been studying at Yushan Academy?"
< p>"Yes, the child has not graduated yet.""Why did you come to Yingtian Mansion?"
Xia Wanchun smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you so much. ."
Xia Yunyi waved his hands sadly and said: "The eldest disciple of Lantian Yunzhao came to Yingtian Mansion in person. He can't just miss your useless father. Just leave after seeing it, a big fish like you. In Yingtian Mansion, this small pond cannot accommodate you."
Xia Wanchun poured a glass of wine for his father and said, "Dad, go back to Lantian, my mother and brother miss you very much."
p>Xia Yunyi drank all the wine in the wine glass with trembling hands, and said in a Qi voice: "Are you going to attack Nanjing?"
Xia Wanchun took the wine glass from his father's hand and frowned: "I don't Knowing what the people in Yingtian Mansion think, you can even think of crossing the river to rule.
Father, Zhu Ming is dead.
p>Xia Yunyi said: "Isn't it okay to leave even one branch alive?"
"Dad, I have left it. There are as many as five left. Not only Zhu Ming's crown prince, but also Zhu Ming's King Ding, King Yong, including ChangThe princess, the queen, the empress dowager, and the concubines are all alive and well.
Everyone has surrendered to Lantian with Emperor Zhu Ming’s edict. You are still in Jiangnan thinking about how to restore Zhu Ming’s rule. What do you want your children to say about you? "
"What? Are these people alive? "
"Of course he is alive. He is enjoying his peaceful years in Chang'an City. "
"What is the title given to the prince by Yun Zhao? The Marquis of Peace or the Marquis of Disobedience? "
" Without a title, he has been a commoner since a month ago and no longer enjoys any privileges. If he wants to have a full stomach, he needs to farm, work, or do business by himself. "
Xia Yunyi pointed at his son and said, "You are bullying others too much. "
Xia Wanchun sighed helplessly: "Dad, isn't it good to live well? Do you have to touch your head to the edge of the knife? ”
Xia Yunyi grabbed his son’s hand and said, “You don’t know how to kill?” "
Xia Wanchun looked at his father's face and said: "As long as Lan Tian rules the people, as long as he does not commit crimes and does not commit crimes, and does not think about restoring the Zhu Ming Dynasty every day, he can live until he dies of old age. "
Xia Yunyi sighed after hearing this: "It seems that this is the only way. ”
Xia Wanchun smiled and said: “It would be better for you to leave this mud pit and reunite with your mother as soon as possible. You can write and write articles every day in Fenghuang Mountain Manor. In your free time, you can help your mother with the crops. Livestock, pretty good.
If you can't sit still, use your knowledge to find a teaching position at Yushan Academy, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing in the world to teach the "Book of Changes" to the scholars? "
Xia Yunyi stared into his son's eyes and said: "You are my son, and I am not afraid of your jokes. Come and tell your father and me, if Jiangnan can stand on its own feet, can it succeed? ”
Xia Wanchun clicked his lips and said, “Dad, please stop scaring the child. Let’s go back to Guanzhong together.”
Xia Yunyi said without giving up: "We still have an army of 300,000 people. Li Yan, Huang Zhigong, Zuo Liangyu, these people are all famous generals... If we give it a try, there should be a few more." Chances of winning.
Xia Wanchun helped his father up and said with a smile: "Dad, let's go back to Guanzhong. When you get there, the heads of those people may arrive in Lantian before us." ”