Chapter 1042: Da Ming can't allow the existence of thieves!
Along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, as Zheng Sen led the army into the sea, the last turmoil in the southeast was completely pacified.
Without the support of Zheng Jun, the gentry in Fujian and Guangdong did not have the courage to jump at all.
Jin Shenghuan led the Jiangxi soldiers into Liangguang, and Wang Yin also came to Guangzhou with the fleet.
Wang Yin ordered to begin to investigate those who fornicated and rebelled against Zheng Sen.
When Zheng Sen defeated Shi Lang and other troops to capture Jinxia Quanzhou, he seemed to see the hope of defeating the Qi Dynasty.
Under the thorough investigation of Jinyiwei and the local government, more than 50 gentry who colluded with Zheng Sen's rebel army were found in Fujian and Guangdong.
Wang Yin's court, regardless of whether these gentry had served as prefects and county magistrates, or as feudal officials, they all raided their homes and questioned their crimes, and all their property, shops, and fields were confiscated and returned to the public.
Under the severe torture of Jinyiwei, some gentry confessed that King Gui and his family were also in collusion with Zheng Sen's rebel army. When the news reached Nanjing, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and ordered President Chen Yue to deal with the matter strictly. Chen Yue then ordered that King Gui and the generals of King Gui and his family should be locked up and brought into Beijing.
After the Jinyi Wei of the Dali Temple of the Inspectorate of the Inspectorate, it was determined that the Guiwang family was established as a rebellion, and the Guiwang family was removed from the domain, and the county generals of the Guiwang family were all demoted to commoners and removed from the clan genealogy.
On the occasion of the rectification of King Gui, Chen Yue persuaded Chongzhen to issue an edict, saying that the fifth emperor of the gentleman Ze would be beheaded, and all the titles of the clan would be subject to the law of surrender in the future, and only the eldest son could inherit the title, and other heirs would not inherit any title.
In other words, among the prince's sons, only the eldest son inherited the prince and was demoted to the rank of county king, and the other sons no longer had any titles, no different from commoners. After the death of the king of the county, he was demoted to the general of Zhenguo, then the general of the auxiliary state, the lieutenant of Fengguo, and then the commoner.
In order to appease the many descendants of the Zhu family, Chen Yue, on behalf of the imperial court, abolished the rule that the children of the Zhu family were not allowed to be officials and not to do business.
Although after a series of wars, the number of clan members has plummeted, from hundreds of thousands to less than 100,000, but Chen Yue's move is tantamount to smashing the iron rice bowl of more than 100,000 people.
For a time, the world's clans were furious, and they all went to the table to impeach Chen Yue, the king of Qi.
However, today's Chen Yue is in power, with hundreds of thousands of strong troops in his hands, and no matter how ruthless the powerless clans are, they are helpless against him.
"It's long overdue, feeding these parasite vampires with most of the taxes of the imperial court, but I don't know that most of the people in the world are waiting to be fed."
"King Qi is merciful, obviously occupies an absolute advantage, but he can't bear to seize the Ming Dynasty, otherwise these clans are all on the ground, and now they are not grateful and are still jumping like this, it's really damned!"
For these clans that have absorbed the people's fat and anointing, almost no people in the world like them. This measure of the imperial court was very popular, and it caused Baixin to applaud for a while.
Of course, there are also some clan vassal kings who are unwilling to be deposed, and even try to confront the imperial court. Chen Yue, the vassal king of such a clan, was not merciful, and he was immediately removed from the title and imprisoned.
A vassal king of the clan came to the capital and tried to plead with Emperor Chongzhen.
However, the one who hates these vassal clans the most is none other than Chongzhen, and how Chongzhen is willing to pay attention to them, but he refuses to even see them.
"These people rely on their surname Zhu, they have the blood of Taizu, and they have been supported by the imperial court for more than 200 years. They are all relatives who can't be beaten by eight poles, and the folk still have the saying that after the five suits, they are not their own family, these people and I have to spend so much money and food to support them! Chongzhen said angrily to his daughter Princess Kunxing.
Princess Kunxing sighed, she was originally soft-hearted and wanted to intercede for the clans, but now that Chen Yue and Chongzhen want to use these clans, she can only let it go.
Qi Wangfu, looking at the military report sent by Wang Yin of Guangdong, Chen Yue frowned slightly.
"Zheng Sen actually led tens of thousands of troops across the sea to defeat Luzon, which is really unexpected." Chen Yue muttered.
In another time and space, Zheng Chenggong became famous through the ages precisely because he recovered Taiwan from the Dutch, so he became a national hero and was revered.
And in this time and space, due to the appearance of Chen Yue, the Manchus were driven back to the northeast, and Zheng Sen had no chance to lead the army to resist the Qing, because Dongfan Island was occupied by Chen Yue early, and the opportunity to occupy Taiwan and drive out the Dutch also disappeared.
However, Chen Yue did not expect that Zheng Sen would cross thousands of miles to Luzon and successfully defeat the Spaniards to occupy Luzon.
Sure enough, heroes are heroes, and history has its inertia!
"President, Zheng Sen conspired to rebel against the imperial court, and now he has occupied Luzon in an attempt to establish a country overseas, we must not allow him to become big." Zhang Huangyan suggested to Chen Yue.
Chen Yue smiled slightly: "Luzon was originally a foreign land, not my Ming territory, although Zheng Sen rebelled against the imperial court, it can be regarded as opening up territory for my Ming Dynasty." Let's let him get away for a while.
Let's first straighten out the interior of the Ming Dynasty, first build a big ship to train sailors, as long as we are strong and strong, it is not easy to capture Luzon and exterminate Zheng Sen? Let's let Zheng Sen be our pioneer and expand our territory for us.
Now that the troubles in the southeast have been removed, the Ming Dynasty has not been pacified in the southwest. ”
Zhang Huang said: "General Li Yi has led the army to capture Chongqing, and it is not far from taking the Chengdu Plain. However, the president, according to Li Yiyu's report, the Western thieves do not seem to have any plans to defend Sichuan. According to the spies' report, the thief chieftains Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang seem to have entered Guizhou south with the main force of the western thieves, and they have plans to transfer to Yungui. Now guarding Chengdu is Ai Nengqi, who has just fled back to Sichuan. ”
"What are you doing in Yungui? Could it be that Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang still have to follow the old path? Chen Yue said with a smile.
"What's the old way?" Zhang Huangyan asked in surprise.
Chen Yue smiled but did not speak. The so-called old road is another time and space, the rest of the Western Army advanced into Yungui under the leadership of Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, and supported Emperor Yongli based on Yungui and insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years.
However, in this time and space, the Manchu Qing Dynasty no longer exists, and Li Dingguo's grandson is expected to lose the soil for survival even if he advances into Yungui.
The Ming Dynasty is so powerful, how can the toasts of Yungui cooperate with the Western Thieves, so Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang will inevitably be enemies every step of the way!
"Give Li Yi an order to defeat Ainengqi as soon as possible and recover Sichuan." Chen Yue said, "Slow down for a while, and wait until Huguang's grain arrives, and then order Li Yi to immediately pursue south."
Then he gave an order to Jin Shenghuan in Guangdong, ordering him to lead the army from Guangxi to Yunnan, and cooperate with Li Yi to encircle and suppress the western thieves.
Li Dingguo, can't they run, unless they run out of the Ming Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty has been in civil strife for too long, and the existence of anti-thieves in the territory must not be tolerated! ”