Chapter 125 The Broken World

Yun Zhao looked at the paperwork and frowned.

"Tokugawa Iemitsu?

What is he looking for me to do? ”

Qian Shaoshao said on the side: "Five thousand taels of gold, not too much, not too little, Tokugawa Iemitsu is not a powerful person, and he can't wait for a character to be taken lightly, among the Ming people, the only person who has a close connection with the Japanese is Zheng Zhilong."

Could it be that after Zheng Zhilong died, he wanted to find another alliance?

If that's the case, his reaction speed is inevitably too fast, and at the same time, when he comes directly to us, his vision is not poisonous. ”

"We are already working hard to cultivate obscurity, but we have been discovered by someone with a heart, you say, how can this Tokugawa Iemitsu be so wise?"

Yang Xiong stood aside and tried to interject.

Yun Zhao glanced at Yang Xiong and said, "This shows that our Taoguang Yanghui policy is a failure. ”

Speaking of this, Yun Zhao said to Qian Shaoshao again: "Since Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is far away in the Wa Kingdom, can know about us, then, don't everyone in the land of the Ming Dynasty know that we will rebel sooner or later?" ”

Qian Shaoshao said: "We were originally going to rebel. ”

Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "We don't rebel, we are righteous and bright to receive this land."

This year's tribute to the emperor has been delivered, is the emperor satisfied? ”

Yang Xiong hurriedly said: "I heard from the people in the palace that the emperor was very satisfied, that is, after receiving the tribute, he sat alone on the main hall all night. ”

Yun Zhao sighed and said: "The state affairs are erosive, Luoyang, Wuchang have fallen, Shuzhong has been beaten in a mess, Shanxi, Henan, and the people are not happy, Shandong, Hebei have been sparsely populated since they were ravaged by Jiannu, and the important towns of the nine borders have now existed in name only......"

"Yes, I guess the emperor hasn't heard a decent good news or two for a long time.

Our tribute may be able to comfort the emperor's desolate heart. ”

Qian Shaoshao also had a sympathetic face.

"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 lately, and I don't know why.

Among the three people, perhaps only Yun Zhao is really grieving for Emperor Chongzhen, as for Qian Shaoshao and Yang Xiong, the meaning of schadenfreude is even stronger.

On the 11th day of the first month of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the decline of the Ming Dynasty became more and more obvious.

Li Hongji, who left Kaifeng, immediately attacked Ruzhou, and Qian Zuo, the prefect of Ruzhou, resisted for 11 days, but there were no bullets and arrows, so he had to go to the city to fight.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the official army pursued Zhang Xianzhong to Kaixian.

Zuo Liangyu personally led the army to Yunyang, and the rest of the generals went to Huangling City in Kaixian County.

The general army is as fierce as a tiger, and the general Liu Shijie faces the battle.

Liu Shijie led the army deep into the battle formation and was invincible.

Zhang Xianzhong climbed high and saw the banner of the Qin people, while Zuo Liangyu's army had no fighting spirit.

It is a strong man who sneaks in the valley and gallops down with a tall shout.

Zuo Liangyu's soldiers were defeated first, Shijie and the guerrilla Guo Kai, and Ruhuzi Xianjie were all killed in battle, and Ruhu broke through and left.

October 17, 13th year of Chongzhen.

The imperial court took Ding Qirui, the governor of the three sides, as the secretary and supervisor of the military department, and controlled the armies of Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Huguang, and Jiangbei.

Ding Qirui didn't know how to soldier, and he didn't know what to do when he was given a heavy responsibility.

was ordered to enter Tongguan, but was reprimanded by Yunyang, the guard of Tongguan, and was not allowed to enter.

From Chengtian to Jingzhou, Huguang Patrol hid the boat according to Wang Chengzhao, Qirui arrived, and was not allowed to cross for five days.

turned to Dengzhou, and the people of the state scolded behind closed doors.

Those who pass through the inner countryside are also not allowed to enter.

The army had no choice but to go to the barren mountains and eat horse meat.

Qi Rui heard that he had formed an army to surround Kaifeng, and there were 700,000 troops, so he didn't dare to go.

I also heard that Zhang Xianzhong was in Guangshan and Gushi, and there were few soldiers, so he conspired with the generals, edicted Zuo Liangyu, and wanted to break Zhang Xianzhong's army in Macheng.

Kaifeng was in a hurry, and said: "We have something to do with loyalty, and it's too late." ”

On the 26th day of the first month of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Jianzhou general Jierharang besieged Jinzhou, and the Jinzhou guard Zu Dashou asked Hong Chengchou for help, Hong Chengchou pressed Zu Dashou for help, and ordered Zu Dashou to break through, 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 were repelled by Hong Chengchou.

Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, was ordered to raise troops to Songshan, and halfway, he repelled Hong Chengchou!

The emperor issued an edict to reprimand Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou said: In June last year, Zu Dashou was ordered to abandon Jinzhou and return to Ningyuan to be ordered.

If Your Majesty uses a minister as the governor, Jinzhou will never be saved!

The emperor sobbed in the dormitory, saying that Zhou Hou said: No one listens to my order.

On the 29th day of the first month of the 14th year of Chongzhen, he urged Shandong Caoyun to Zuo Mao and other governors in the matter, and he said: "The minister arrived in Linqing from Jinghai, and saw that the people died of hunger, three died of epidemic, and four were thieves. ”

The emperor ordered the Yellow Gate to transport 90,000 silver coins from Guanzhong to Shandong for disaster relief.

These news, even Yun Zhao seemed shocked, disheartened, Emperor Chongzhen saw it, I don't know what kind of mood it will be.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Yun Niang received a total of 590,000 silver dollars in various dividends, which exceeded the annual income of the emperor's inner palace for one year.

In the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, because of the epidemic in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and Shuntianfu, Yunzhao officially ordered the blockade of the east of Mianchi, and anyone who came from the east was not allowed to enter.

You can't read too much of the imperial court's newspaper, and it's not good for your heart to read too much.

Fortunately, the newspaper in Guanzhong still looks somewhat pleasing to the eye.

Hancheng has a son named Wang Hua, the young and strong people in the township died in the early years, there are many widows and orphans, this person and his wife Liu take care of 12 widows and orphans, the rest of the people in the township are rich in food and clothing, only Wang Hua's family is still a grass house to shelter from the rain, beggars cover their bodies.

Although his wife and son have dishes on their faces, they strive to ensure that the widow and orphan eat three meals a day, and he is a rare good person in the countryside.

After Yun Niang heard this, she was very emotional, and personally sewed brocade clothes with her daughter-in-law Qian and Feng for Wang Hua's family, sent someone to build a brick house for Wang Hua's family to reward him for his good deeds, and gave 5,000 silver dollars to set up a widow's house in Hancheng.

Purchased 100 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 in the cities and villages of Han were blazing.

Liang Zhiming, a native of Qingshui County, because his wife believed in the Demon Religion, took the fetus in the womb and offered it to the demon monk for alchemy, Liang Zhiming witnessed the tragic death of his wife, and was extremely sad and angry, and split the belly of the demon monk with a firewood knife in his hand, chewed the heart and liver of the demon monk, and waved the knife to fight with the believers who rescued the demon monk for half a day, killing 21 believers, and died of exhaustion...... The scene was full of blood, and the onlookers were all worried.

"Is this too much, you can't advertise it like that."

Yun Zhao took out Qingshui County's 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, and I asked the mayor of Qingshui County below, and the chief said: "The facts are sometimes more bizarre than the fabricated stories, and I promise that this is the truth."

There is also a record of this matter in the document sent by the secret spy department, which is generally consistent. ”

"Why hasn't the Demon Sect in Qingshui County been banned yet? It's been a few years. ”

Yang Xiong said: "Turning people's hearts is a terrazzo kung fu, and there have been rebels like Liang Zhiming, and more people will stand up and resist in the future, and finally pinch out the cancer of the Demon Sect from the root." ”

Yun Zhao nodded with satisfaction, picked up all the documents on the table and put them in Yang Xiong's hand and said: "Vigorously publicize, so that every Guanzhong person understands what kind of behavior we like and what kind of behavior we hate among the people." ”

Yang Xiong took the documents that Yun Zhao had read, and then brought a stack of documents and put them on Yun Zhao's desktop, pointed to the top book and said, "This is the document sent by the mayor of Michi County."

The document says that 18,000 displaced people are waiting to enter the territory of Mianchi, and that they have discovered the existence of the epidemic among the displaced people, and that they are ready to give up relief to the displaced people for the sake of safety, including canceling such things as giving alms of porridge and rice. ”

"Didn't they think of any other way to avoid contact?"

"At first, the mayor of Michi thought that as long as some people were selected from among the displaced people, they would be given food on a regular basis, and let them give porridge and rice instead of Michi County, the result would not be good."

"What's the wrong way?"

Yang Xiong sighed and said: "What the mayor of Michi County never expected was that his idea would actually give birth to a group of rich people with wives and concubines among the homeless people.

The furious chief, knowing that these people were doing evil by virtue of the little power in their hands, summoned these people and said that he wanted to give them more food...... Then they were all killed, with crossbow arrows.

Continued to choose a group of seemingly good people, and then ...... He also killed these people, and then they became disheartened, thinking that these homeless people outside the pond were bastards and did not want to accept them. ”

Yun Zhao frowned and said, "If the work is difficult, don't you do it?"

Who gave him the power not to do it?

Yang Xiong, give He Yun, the mayor of Michi County, a written reprimand, besides, don't think that if you deliberately hide He Yun's name, I will forget to punish He Yun?

What's going on with you lately?

It's becoming more and more like the way an old literati do things. ”

Yang Xiong sighed and said, "My ancestor has come to Yushan, and his old man is teaching me how to do things." ”

"Out of filial piety?"

Yang Xiong sighed again and said, "Yes." ”

Yun Zhao said: "In this case, you will leave for Hanzhong tomorrow to be Xu Wuxiang's deputy, Xu Wu wants to know how to arrange your work." ”

Yang Xiong seemed to be relieved all over, and said with a smile: "It's good to be humble and everything else, but this filial piety is always unpassable, and now it's okay, you can go to the poor mountains and bad waters in Hanzhong as an official, and temporarily avoid your grandfather."

And my grandfather would also think that what he taught me was useless here in the county, so he was belittled, which is excellent.

The humble duty can be both loyal and filial piety. ”

Yun Zhao sat up straight, looked up at Yang Xiong who was smiling, and said, "This is why you have been so blunt in slapping my ass recently?" “

Yang Xiong said with a smile: "In the end, the humble position is a talent from Yushan Academy, this little trick can still be played, I have long wanted to go to other places to see the big scene for officials."

The county honor, I will leave my humble position, leave Yushan today and rush to the Phoenix Mountain camp, and leave Lantian County tomorrow, and let my grandfather be sad for the fact that I was degraded. ”

Yun Zhao was stunned for a moment, and he found that he seemed to be being calculated again, which was very uncomfortable.

Liu Cheng, who called the secretary and supervisor, said: "Send a letter to Xu Wuxiang and ask Yang Xiong to go to Daba Mountain in the southernmost part of Hanzhong." ”

Liu Cheng's eyes widened in surprise and said, "There are wild people there!" ”