Chapter Seventy-Two: The Beginning of the Emperor's Demise

Yun Zhao stood at the gate of the Forbidden City, glanced inside, but did not go in, and went straight to the palace that Xu Wuxiang had arranged for him a long time ago.

His Majesty the Emperor did not enter the Forbidden City, which made many people deeply disappointed.

Although the people in this city have restored this glorious palace as much as possible, and have searched for a large number of things that originally belonged to the Forbidden City and were scattered during the war.

Although this imperial city had been built and cleaned up by them, it was far more splendid than the Chongzhen period, Yun Zhao was still reluctant to enter...... In his mind, although the architecture of this imperial city is an indispensable highlight in the treasure house of Ming art, it has once lived the most absurd, shameless, hazy, inferior, and unacceptable group of people in the Ming Dynasty.

Compared to these people, he is still clean, and since he is a clean person, it is best not to drill into the dung pit.

There are a lot of luxurious mansions belonging to princes and ministers in this city, and for these places, of course, Yun Zhao will not enter.

Although the palace that Xu Wu wanted to build on the edge of the Jinshui River was not large, it was also exquisite and warm.

Yanjing in winter is lackluster.

However, since the emperor and central officials stationed in Yanjing City, the city has become prosperous even in winter.

It was not only the 60,000 people led by Yun Zhao who came to Yanjing, but also many businessmen who came to Yanjing.

With these people, Yanjing City, which has just regained its vitality, has finally entered the fast lane of development in the cold winter.

The most enjoyable part is to visit the Forbidden City.

From the moment Yun Zhao lived in the palace, the Forbidden City became a museum, and in terms of status, the whole Ming Dynasty was second only to museums outside the Yushan Museum.

The difference with the Yushan Museum is that the collection of the Yushan Museum is extremely rich, but it does not charge a single penny, and when you enter the Forbidden City Museum, you have to pay 100 copper coins.

Even with such a high price, there is an endless stream of people entering the Forbidden City Museum.

After all, for a hundred copper coins, you can sit on the emperor's dragon chair, peek into the place where the emperor's concubines live, and really try the tea and wine served by real eunuchs and palace maids, and taste the dishes in the imperial dining room...... It's just that the price is expensive.

These things are things that Yun Zhao told Xu Wu to prepare a long time ago, and Xu Wu wanted to prepare for a long time, just waiting for the emperor to arrive.

A huge Forbidden City? There are also more than 2,100 homeless eunuchs and palace maids, these people can't be ignored by the dynasty, if everything is ignored? Their fate will be very miserable.

It is a good way out for these people to continue to work in the service industry they are familiar with.

It's just different from the past? They'll be able to continue to receive money, right? It's Yu Lu, this is a term that Yun Zhao deliberately gave in order to improve their status? Although just a statement? But let the eunuchs and palace maids in the Forbidden City be grateful to Dade.

In the past, when serving the nobles, there was always a worry about life, and the nobles had a bad temper, and they would vent their anger with them, and they would be beaten to death if they collided with the nobles? Or do you want to burn it down? As for the money...... For many eunuchs and court maids, it was just a legend.

It's different now? Waiting for a tourist to ascend to the emperor's throne? The reward is enough to be happy for a while? Waiting for a woman who has illusions about the identity of a concubine to enter the harem, as long as you make them happy, you will get more money.

Their days go by quickly...... Only Yun Zhao was criticized by the gentry of the whole Ming Dynasty!

As for the opposition to Yun Zhao's opening of the Forbidden City, it was taken and burned when it arrived at Zhang Guozhu.

Yun Zhao believes that he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the people of the Ming Dynasty who recognize his identity as the emperor, not this imperial city, if the people approve of it, even if he sits in the pigsty and works, he is still the supreme emperor.

If the people don't approve of it, even if they live in the imperial city, they will drink poisonous wine in sips like Chongzhen, laughing, crying, and waiting for death.

The same important thing as not living in the imperial city is that Yun Zhao is not going to build the mountain mausoleum!

He also warned the officials that if they dared to talk about living in the imperial city and repairing the mountain mausoleum, he would burn the imperial city to ashes, and when he died, the corpse would also be burned to ashes, and finally sprinkled on the land of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Yun Zhao's two sentences came out, the whole world was quiet.

Since the emperor is not willing to be buried in a grand manner, on the other hand, the princes and generals can only be buried like ordinary people, and there can be no cumbersome interests.

Abolish the old system!

This is something that everyone who reads can feel.

The emperor just wants to take advantage of the tour of Yanjing and prepare to completely and cleanly remove the old system!

The emperor's dragon chair on the Jinluan Palace, as long as it costs one silver dollar, you can sit for it, if you are willing to spend ten silver dollars, there are hundreds of officials pretending to be eunuchs standing at the bottom to listen to you announce major state affairs.

If you give more than 100 silver dollars, these former eunuchs and palace ladies can even bow down to you and shout "Long live." ”

After this serious incident in the Forbidden City, which trampled the former royal family into the dirt.

Yun Zhao issued an autumn decision in the name of the emperor!

On the same day, 6,427 death row prisoners were escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market for execution, and after the executive recited the emperor's will, the 6,427 death row prisoners fell to the ground at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

On the one hand, it humiliated Emperor Zhu Ming, but on the other hand, it magnified the personal power of Emperor Yun Zhao of the Lantian Dynasty to the extreme.

"Your Majesty, humiliating that act in the Forbidden City, why do I think I'm also humiliating you?"

Yun Zhao glanced at Han Lingshan and said, "You mean to say that the stool I sat on can't be sat on by others, right?" ”

Han Lingshan frowned and said, "It should be like this!" ”

Yun Zhao looked at Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu said in a negative manner: "Your Majesty, Minister Han has sat on the chair in your big study six times, and the most excessive one is when you were drinking in the big study, he stepped on the chair with both feet, and he was extremely rebellious. ”

Yun Zhao waved his hand and said, "Drag it out and cut it." ”

Han Lingshan was stunned for a moment and said, "This is cut?" ”

Yun Zhao said angrily: "Isn't this according to the law you said? ”

Then, his eyes fell on Zhang Guozhu's face.

Zhang Xiu said in a gloomy manner: "On April 16 of the first year of China, His Majesty discussed state affairs with the Minister of State until dawn, and while His Majesty was consulting the map, the Minister of State fell asleep on His Majesty's chair for half an hour.

On September 18, the third year of China, after hearing that General Han Xiufeng had won a complete victory in Malacca, His Majesty, the Minister of State, Minister Han, and Minister Qian drank and sang, and the three of them took turns stepping on His Majesty's chair and singing, and Minister Han also trampled on His Majesty's chair. ”

Yun Zhao looked at the sluggish Zhang Guozhu again and said, "If there is anything to say, pull it all out and cut it down." ”

Zhang Guozhu, Han Lingshan turned around and left, not wanting to stay in this room for another moment.

When he went out, he saw that Qian Shaoshao was about to enter the door, Han Lingshan grabbed Qian Shaoshao and said, "Don't go, there is a danger of being cut." ”

Qian Shaoshao said: "Then I have to wait until I finish speaking." ”

Zhang Guozhu shook his head and said: "There is nothing to say, Your Majesty is determined to change customs and customs, and is ready to completely pull the emperor off the horse." ”

Qian Shaoshao said: "Yes, it is better for Your Majesty to get down from the dragon chair by himself than to be pulled down by the people and beheaded." As he spoke, he shook the clerk in his hand and said, "The King of England has been hanged." ”

Yun Zhao, who was standing inside the gate, said with a smile: "This is an era of pride in killing the emperor, you see, in the future, there will be more emperors who will either be hanged, or beheaded, or flee, or exiled...... In this era, the most worthless thing is the emperor's head. ”

Zhang Guozhu was taken aback and said, "We won't." ”

Yun Zhao smiled: "Sometimes everyone can't help themselves, so listen to me, change this society, while I still have the courage to change, don't delay, in case my courage disappears, I won't mention it in the future." ”

Zhang Guozhu said angrily: "A few of us are actually donkeys under your whip, we have run so fast, you still have to whip it!" ”

After that, he took Han Lingshan and Qian Shaoshao away.

The document brought by Qian Shaoshao is very comprehensive, and it completely tells the political struggle between King Charles I of England and Cromwell, and now, the struggle is over, Cromwell, who represents the new aristocracy, wins, and Charles I is beheaded.

There has never been any mercy in political struggle.

Fifty-nine of the 135 members of the Special Court signed the order issued by Cromwell to put the king to death.

The crime is betrayal of his country, betrayal of his people.

There are not more than half of the people, so it has nothing to do with fairness, it has to do with power.

The British king's death actually had no effect on the Ming Dynasty at all, and it was Han Xiufen who barely had an impact, and he took advantage of the gap between the resignation of the Earl of Nelson as fleet commander because of dissatisfaction with the Cromwell regime, and quietly rowed the Ming Dynasty's interests in India to the west for an additional 100 kilometers.

Yun Zhao arrived in Yanjing, Li Dingguo rushed back from Liaodong with his guards day and night to meet the emperor, as for the army was all handed over to Zhang Guofeng, it was not only Li Dingguo who came to meet him, but also Jin Hu.

Li Dingguo was very satisfied with his bald appearance, and Jin Hu was also very satisfied with his wild appearance, both of them had big beards, and when Yun Zhao saw them, he couldn't find any similarities between them and before.

Li Hongji went to the Far North, and Dolgon also went to the Far North, it seems that they have given up the idea of returning to the Ming Dynasty, so Li Dingguo's main task in Liaodong is to eliminate the people who are entrenched in Liaodong and do not follow Li Hongji, and Dolgon has left.

These people are iron-hearted and unwilling to accept anyone's rule, not even the Ming Dynasty, hiding in the white mountains and black waters and preparing to fend for themselves.

Li Dingguo and Zhang Guofeng's attitude towards these people is also very simple - clear!

The work is not heavy, but it is very annoying, since Li Hongji and Dolgon left with most of the people, these people want to obtain the materials of the Central Plains, and there is no other way than to plunder the army.

And the plundering of the army, especially the robbery of the soldiers under Li Dingguo's command, the result is completely conceivable.

"Your Majesty, they have become blood-drinking savages."

"Then increase the blockade and try not to let anything related to civilization fall into their hands, and in another ten years, they will die out naturally, or degenerate into wild beasts."

"The last will obey."