669 The spirit of the king
The appearance of Emperor Chongzhen crushed the rebel camp as if the last straw had been dropped.
I saw that some of the rebel soldiers directly laid down their weapons and surrendered on their knees; Some rebel soldiers surrounded their big and small toast masters and used knives and guns, and even unlucky big and small toast masters were arrested on the spot and were being sent to the imperial court cavalry.
The emergence of this situation made the officials and soldiers at the head of Kunming City stunned: how much prestige did the emperor have, and as soon as the people arrived, the rebels abandoned the darkness and turned to the light?
Seeing that there were still many Tusi leading the army that was also a little rioted and wanted to escape, Qin Liangyu was the first to react, and immediately issued a military order: "Quick, go out of the city to meet the emperor and intercept the rebels who want to escape!" ”
At this time, she did not ask Wu Zhaoyuan, the governor of Yunnan, and Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, for instructions, and directly issued this military order. When her son Ma Xianglin heard this, he replied without hesitation: "Obey!" ”
Then, he immediately beckoned the white pole army and quickly went out of the city to meet the emperor.
Long Zaitian didn't say a word when he saw it, and left in a hurry, and hurried out of the city with his men.
It was Wang Yangzu who left in a hurry after a little hesitation. At this time, compared with Kunming City, the emperor is of course the most important. What's more, it seems that Kunming City is basically fine.
Seeing this, Wu Zhaoyuan was a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. I'm afraid that the emperor will be dissatisfied with him if he finds out.
And Mu Tianbo's face was a wry smile, looking at Qin Liangyu, and then looking at the backs of Long Zaitian and Wang Yangzu, who had been at the head of the city immediately, he couldn't help but laugh at himself a little in his heart: I always thought: The Qianguo Mansion has been guarding Yunnan for generations, and Qin Liangyu is just that, Long Zaitian and Wang Yangzu are Yunnan Tusi, in their minds, the Qianguo Mansion should be like the existence of the Earth Emperor, right?
I really didn't expect that once the True Emperor arrived, this Earth Emperor would not be worth a little weight at all! I don't know if my dead father would have been so arrogant that he would have been so unscrupulous that he even went to the army to patrol the palace. Thanks to Grandma's decisiveness, otherwise, the Qianguo Mansion would have been gone long ago.
He was thinking about it, but the officials and soldiers in Kunming City had already flocked out of the city. Although the number is smaller than that of the rebels outside the city, the morale has risen to the highest point since the war. Instead, they took the initiative to rush to the rebels outside the city, surround them, and block their way.
Seeing the officials and soldiers in Kunming City coming to block the road, those rebels who wanted to escape were even more panicked. Some hurriedly chose other directions and ran again; Some want to rush through; However, at this time, the rebels had no morale, and they were not in a state of war at all, and even many soldiers who were originally hesitating saw that the way was blocked, and either laid down their arms and surrendered, or turned against the battle, abandoning the darkness and turning to the light.
At this time, outside the city of Kunming, there was no decent war, there were rebel soldiers who surrendered or abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the light, and there were imperial officials and soldiers everywhere to watch. The whole situation is completely one-sided.
Until this time, at the head of Kunming City, I saw Qin Liangyu laughing loudly, and then clenched his fists and said to Wu Zhaoyuan and Mu Tianbo: "Lord Zhongcheng, Guogong, it's time for us to welcome the emperor!" ”
It's a bit chaotic, but the situation is manageable. Wu Zhaoyuan, a civil official, hadn't answered yet, but Mu Tianbo preemptively said: "Yes, yes, it's time to go to meet the emperor, go, go!" ”
After saying that, he was the first to turn around, and almost ran down the city.
This scene made Wu Zhaoyuan very surprised. When he was the governor of Yunnan, he had a lot of dealings with the Qianguo Mansion, and he could obviously feel that Mu Tianbo was actually very uninterested in him who represented the imperial court. Now this attitude has suddenly changed, could it be that he was frightened by the emperor's dragon power?
Thinking so, he immediately followed quickly, and he had to ensure that he could not lag behind others to meet the emperor, and he still had this awareness.
Wu Zhaoyuan was really right, after Mu Tianbo saw the true emperor's domineering aura with his own eyes, because of the careful thinking and contempt for the imperial court in the past, it made him pay more attention to the emperor's side, eager to curry favor with him, in order to leave a good influence.
It didn't take long for Wu Zhaoyuan and Mu Tianbo to be at the forefront through the chaotic "battlefield", while Qin Liangyu, although he was one body behind them, stood in front of Long Zaitian, Wang Yangzu, and Ma Xianglin, and saluted Emperor Chongzhen in unison.
"All the ministers are exempt!" Emperor Chongzhen, surrounded by Jinyiwei, said to them with a smile, "Stick to Kunming, you have all worked hard!" ”
Listening to the emperor seemed to be very good at speaking, as soon as he opened his mouth, he encouraged first, and everyone's hearts warmed, and they immediately raised their heads to look at the emperor with humility.
Wu Zhaoyuan was a Jinshi in the Wanli period, and Chongzhen arrived in Yunnan in the eighth year. In his impression, Emperor Chongzhen always had a sad face, and he never saw when his eyebrows were stretched, let alone when Emperor Chongzhen smiled.
But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be a completely different person. Sunshine, majesty, although with a smile but people dare not disrespect, this is the best state that only a real superior can have, right?
The changes in Emperor Chongzhen were so great that Wu Zhaoyuan was really in a trance. The impression of Emperor Chongzhen in the past slowly became blurred.
And Mu Tianbo saw the current Emperor Chongzhen, but he sighed in his heart: If his father had seen the current emperor, there would never be those things that were arrogant and disrespectful to the court. No matter who it is, seeing the emperor so wise and martial, it would be strange who would be stupid again!
Among them, Qin Liangyu is also a person who has seen Emperor Chongzhen, and he is also very emotional when he sees the great changes in Emperor Chongzhen. The former young emperor, in the midst of many disasters and disasters in the Ming Dynasty, has finally grown into a real emperor!
Long Zaitian and Wang Yangzu had never seen Emperor Chongzhen before, just like Mu Tianbo, and when they saw it now, they were secretly glad that they were on the side of the imperial court.
Their impression of Emperor Chongzhen was actually fleeting, and soon Qin Liangyu played first: "The main force of the rebels left Kunming two days ago, didn't Your Majesty meet it?" ”
When the others heard this, they all nodded slightly, looking at Emperor Chongzhen, and their hearts were just as Qin Liangyu said. After all, there are more than 200,000 rebels, not comparable to the 50,000 rebels left outside Kunming. Although they were still a little puzzled, they didn't know why these 50,000 rebels collapsed so quickly!
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled and said, "The main force of the rebels has been decided in a battle. Look over there......"
When Qin Liangyu and the others heard this, they looked in the direction pointed by the emperor, but saw a row of Ming soldiers with heads hanging from their spears. At the same time, they heard Emperor Chongzhen introduce them: "Those are the heads of some of the rebellious Tusi. And the people who were tied up and guarded over there......"
Qin Liangyu and the others listened, and looked in the direction pointed by Emperor Chongzhen again, and sure enough, they saw that several people were tied up and guarded by the soldiers of the Ming army.
They didn't have to look closely, they could see that several of them were from Xiyi. For these Xiyi, they are actually no strangers at all, and when they were bombarded by these Xiyi before, they hated it so much. Unexpectedly, now he was caught by the emperor.
“…… Those are the Franco-Robot people who are helping the rebels! Emperor Chongzhen introduced them again, "There is also that one, it is Tai Taitun, the general of the Dongwu Army." ”
Even the generals of the Dongwu Command Army were captured alive, so there is no need to say, the main force of the rebels is indeed decided in a battle.
However, how many reinforcements the imperial court came over this time, Kunming City probably knew in advance, because it was necessary to prepare grain and grass here. In this way, Qin Liangyu and others, who were accustomed to leading troops to fight, were even more puzzled.
I heard Qin Liangyu immediately play to Emperor Chongzhen: "The main force of the rebel army has more than 200,000, what strategy does Your Majesty use to fight a battle?" ”
She didn't say this to suspect Emperor Chongzhen, but to sincerely ask Emperor Chongzhen for advice. This could be seen from her curious and sincere face.
Hearing what he said, several other people who led the troops were also very curious. The layman didn't know, but they fought as the leader of the army, and they fought with these rebels for so long, because they knew how difficult it was to want to fight.
Also, outside the city of Kunming, they saw with their own eyes that not long after the thousands of imperial cavalry approached the 50,000 rebels, the rebels collapsed. They can't imagine it, can it really only be attributed to the domineering spirit of the current emperor, the power of the true son of heaven?
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "There is actually no difficulty in this, let me fight head-on, my army is invincible in the world." In addition, I am focused on attacking the heart. Most of the ordinary soldiers in those rebels are serfs who rebelled against Tusi, and I divided the fields of the rebellious Tusi to those serfs, so that they will no longer be oppressed by Tusi from now on, and they will be exempt from taxes for two years, let them know that they should not rebel with Tusi again, and there will be a good life waiting for them in the future, and they will naturally make the right choice! ”
Hearing this, they directly ignored the first half of Emperor Chongzhen's sentence, saying that the imperial army was invincible in the world, but their attention was attracted by the second half of Emperor Chongzhen's sentence.
The anger of the rebel Tusi is used to stir the hearts of the rebels, and the emperor's hand, it doesn't take anything for the court to do anything, and it directly cuts off the root of the rebel Tusi!
Feeling the power of this trick, Long Zaitian and Wang Yangzu's foreheads began to sweat. Because they found that if this trick was used against them, they could not guarantee that the serfs under them would not do the same as the rebels.
That is to say, the imperial court really had to use this trick, such a major benefit, as a toast, there is basically no room for resistance!
They were thinking about it, but they heard Wu Zhaoyuan be the first to speak: "Your Majesty is wise, Weichen has really lived for seventy-five years in vain, I didn't expect that there would be such a way to deal with Tusi!" ”