Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 267 Natural and Man-made Disasters
In fact, through eavesdropping on the seeds, Emperor Chongzhen already knew that the Huguang inspector named Huang Shu was indeed doing the plucking of geese.

Liu Yue arrived in Yicheng secretly, and after a little investigation, such things could not be hidden from him.Revealing the identity of Jin Yiwei, there is the emperor's will, let alone just a patrol, even the governor, can be caught according to the order.

Therefore, when Liu Yue came back this time, he escorted Huang Shu and his accomplices, a total of five officials, back together with the grain transport fleet and vehicles, and these grain transporters were also witnesses.

This news is not considered good news. If possible, Emperor Chongzhen certainly hoped that the officials under him would be clean and honest.In general, however, hope is nothing more than hope.

But another piece of news is really good news.

Lu Xiangsheng's Class A eavesdropping seed feedback, just yesterday, Zheng Zhilong personally led [-] warships of various sizes to Dengzhou Prefecture, and met with Lu Xiangsheng.

What surprised Emperor Chongzhen even more was that this Zheng Zhilong actually brought twenty grain ships to the north, and took this as a meeting gift, calling it to Lu Xiangsheng free of charge.

During the conversation between Lu Xiangsheng and Zheng Zhilong, Emperor Chongzhen also understood Zheng Zhilong's intentions in doing so.

Because he had already pointed out in his secret edict the matter of collecting protection fees at sea.In order to show his sincerity, he knew that there was a shortage of food in the north, so he collected twenty grain ships and headed north.Although it is said to be given to Lu Xiangsheng, in fact, it may not be given to myself.

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, and suddenly his heart moved.

Zheng Zhilong's fleet controlled the entire southeast coast of Daming, and his power even reached as far as Nanyang, but there was a lot of food in Nanyang.In this case, Zheng Zhilong can transport grain from Nanyang to the north.Of course, Zheng Zhilong must not be allowed to do nothing, so that he can continue to transfuse blood for Daming.

In response to this matter, after Emperor Chongzhen considered it, he drew up an imperial edict and sent it to Dengzhou.

Two days later, the thieves had been wiped out in sevens and eighties. They fled into the deep mountains and dense forests, but they couldn't all be hunted down. A memorial about the thieves was presented to the imperial court.

Before the war, there were nearly 20 thieves;

Today, the remaining total is less than 15.

Among them, there are about 5000 thieves who are more than one year old; there are nearly 5 thieves who are less than one year old and more than one month old; and the rest are all less than a month old. More than 9 people.

Now these thieves are all being detained outside Nanyang City.

Now the official army in Nanyang includes the three major battalions brought out of Beijing by Emperor Chongzhen, and more than 1000 cavalry troops from Guanning; the Qin army led by Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, has more than 3 people; the white pole army led by Ma Xianglin has 7000 There are more than 3 troops from other places mobilized by Governor Chen Qiyu of the five provinces.

All in all, the official army gathered in Nanyang probably has nearly 10 horses.The most striking thing is the more than 2 cavalry.

The gathering of armies naturally required communication, and after a great victory, the generals from all walks of life were not particularly strictly restrained. Therefore, stories about Emperor Chongzhen's deeds spread quickly.

"What, you mean that the emperor detoured to the grassland first, and then wiped out Tumote's troops?"

"Is this true? Those Mongolian Tartars all have horses! And even the entire tribe has been carried, don't they know how to run away?"

"Is it really so powerful that the emperor commands the war? Those famous generals in the past probably couldn't do this, right?"

"That's right, does Zhuge Liang know? Shaking his goose feather fan, you can figure out what your opponent is doing? Our emperor is similar, and he took us to the old Anbian camp to block those Mongolian Tartars." Right on!"

"Come on, let me tell you..."

"..."

Regarding the encirclement and suppression of the thieves, these Ming soldiers may still feel that it is not very good. After all, the officers and soldiers basically win more and lose less against the upper-class thieves; however, grassland warfare is rare. The speed spread among the armies.

Of course, the generals of the Qin army also talked about other things about the emperor, that is, the extermination of locusts in Jingyang. By the way, the army in Nanyang also told the Qin infantry and other later troops that the emperor rescued the people of Nanyang. things.

When these two things were told to each other, it confirmed their point of view, that is, the emperor loves the people like his own son!It's not the kind of emperor who used to talk about loving the people like a son, but the real love for the people like a son who puts the people's mind at ease!On this point, at least the people of Jingyang and Nanyang can testify.

Of course, while talking about these things, there are also some people who are talking about things that are not mainstream.

For example, the emperor exchanged a lot of money and food from the vassal prince's mansion with bank notes and food coupons from the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty; there were also things about King Rui, King Qin, and so on.

For most of the Ming soldiers, this was the first time they had had close contact with their own emperor, so as long as it was about all aspects of Emperor Chongzhen, they were secretly spreading it and talking about it with delight.

In this way, through them, these things about Emperor Chongzhen spread among nearly 15 thieves.

Being held in custody and feeling flustered, these things spread very quickly among the thieves.

Regarding these, in fact, Emperor Chongzhen knew about them a long time ago, and of course he was happy to let them spread the word.No matter what, this time the royal conquest can deepen the favor of the Ming army and the people towards him, and this is his greatest harvest.Let them spread the word, even if some pens with ulterior motives want to say something bad, it is estimated that not many people will believe it.

In other words, the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen will be even higher, and it will also be of great help to him in the subsequent reform of the government!
Emperor Chongzhen felt that the time was almost up, so he sent an order to deal with the thieves early tomorrow morning.

Otherwise, if it continues to drag on, it will be too much for so many people to concentrate in Nanyang.

Early the next morning, Chaoyang just jumped out of the eastern sky, and the entire army was dispatched to detain nearly 15 thieves. They were divided into three queues and lined up outside the south gate of Nanyang.

On the top of the city and everywhere below the city, there are soldiers of the Ming army waiting in battle. Outside the city, there are also cavalry soldiers watching, but they are not riding on horses, but are scattered around the periphery holding the reins.

On the top of the city, there are also officers and soldiers, looking at the bottom and staring at each other.Under the blowing of the morning wind, the military flags fluttered.

Seeing this scene, all the thieves knew that the time to decide their fate was coming.

They understand that the imperial court must treat the people in the three queues differently.Otherwise, there is no need to spend so much effort to distinguish them in advance.Those who have been thieves for less than a month feel good, because they feel that no matter what, their fate will not be worse than that of the other two queues.

Thinking of this, Wei Chao and Sun Hanqing, who were standing in this queue, looked at each other and encouraged each other with their eyes.

And among the ranks of thieves over a year old, they are the most worried.If the emperor wants to punish the thieves severely, they will definitely bear the brunt.They are well aware of this.

For this reason, Sun Kewang, who was unfortunately arrested and returned, stared at Li Dingguo standing in front with anger.

Before, he had already complained, blaming Li Dingguo for directly identifying him and putting him in this queue.This Li Dingguo, couldn't he just pretend that he just joined the ranks of thieves and put him in the ranks with the largest number of people.Anyway, with so many people, the officers and soldiers may not know about it!

I don't know what's going on, didn't Li Dingguo and the others come to die?But it seemed before that they were working hard for the army.It's just funny that they still stayed in this queue in the end, but they just stood at the front.What's the difference between this and yourself?
Sun Kewang thought so, and there are many people who think like him.While they were worried about their fate, they also secretly hated those who pointed them out.

Suddenly, a cry of "the emperor is coming" sounded from the top of the city, and the officers and soldiers on the top and below the city greeted the emperor together, and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Whether voluntary or not, for the sake of their own destiny, the thief also shouted at this moment: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The captain of Jinyiwei rushed to the top of the city to be vigilant. Emperor Chongzhen appeared on the top of the city wearing a dragon robe. Behind him were the governors of the three sides Zheng Chongjian and the governors of the five provinces Chen Qiyu; General of the army.

The vassal kings, officials, and common people in Nanyang City were all in the city, and they were not allowed to come out with them.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the densely packed and boundless people, and he could determine their fate with a single word, and felt a kind of pride rising from the bottom of his heart.After being flattened, he looked outside the city and spoke loudly: "The purpose of my personal conquest this time is to make my people no longer suffer from the chaos of war. Thieves, but also to let the people have something to eat. Therefore, when I left Beijing, I sent an order to Huguang and Jiangnan to deliver food to the disaster area..."

His words, of course, have people below, passing them on layer by layer.

With such a large audience, even the loudspeakers of later generations are not easy to use, so only this stupid method can be used to reach everyone's ears.

Most people didn't know that the emperor had issued a decree to send food to various places, so they were a little surprised to hear this.Especially those thieves were even more surprised.From this point, they can see the emperor's determination!

While they were thinking about it, suddenly, the emperor on the top of the city became a little harsher, and shouted loudly: "But even if I am here, there are still officials who want to make a fortune from it. As long as they handle the grain, they want to make money." Some benefits are at hand..."

Hearing this, most of the thieves, even those soldiers of the Ming army, thought in their hearts that those officials in the Ming Dynasty were like this!

For this, they all empathize, and don't see too many in daily life!

"...For so many years, the thieves have been suppressed, but they can't be wiped out? Is it a so-called natural disaster?" Emperor Chongzhen continued to shout sharply, "In my opinion, man-made disasters are far worse than natural disasters! Natural disasters, locust disasters? Earth dragon turning around? I’ve seen it before, it’s nothing, it’s just disaster relief! However, if there are man-made disasters before the natural disasters, it’s the reason why the bandits can’t be wiped out!”

"This time, even if I wiped out the thieves, if the follow-up food is not delivered in time and people starve to death again, then I believe that as soon as I leave, there will be new thieves." Emperor Chongzhen Speaking of this, he glanced at the faces in the line of sight below and said loudly, "Therefore, I will never tolerate corrupt officials who are in the face of a catastrophe, but still want to get rich and ignore the disaster!"

After saying this, he waved his hand, and saw a group of two brocade guards escorting five officials to the top of the city, and appeared in front of everyone in the city.

Jin Yiwei Commander Li Ruolian stepped forward and read out the crimes of the five officials, that is, Huang Shu and others.

While listening to Li Ruolian's message, the thieves below and the Ming soldiers stared at the five officials, their eyes were full of anger.

Daming had too many corrupt officials like this, which made their life difficult, or even impossible.

At this time, the bandits and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had a rare fight with the enemy.

After Li Ruolian read out the crime, he handed over the order to Emperor Chongzhen.

At this time, everyone looked at Emperor Chongzhen, wondering how the emperor would punish these five corrupt officials?
With a cold face, Emperor Chongzhen yelled sharply: "Cut it off, and the head will be passed on to the north and south of the river, and the government offices of all provinces, so that other officials can learn from it and make an example of you!"

As soon as this decree was made, the captain of Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward to carry it out.

Seeing the beheading of these five corrupt officials, the Ming soldiers restrained a little because of military discipline.But among the nearly 15 thieves, many people cheered loudly.

"Okay, good kill!"

"It's better to kill it clean!"

"..."

For a moment, they even forgot their identities as thieves, as if they were just watching the execution of the damned criminals at the execution ground.

However, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army who were in custody nearby immediately yelled at him in a low voice, making these applauding voices disappear quickly.

In front of the thieves and soldiers, after punishing the corrupt officials, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the three queues of thieves.Obviously, since there is no explanation, the next step is to punish them.

As the emperor's supreme ruler, his punishment is the final punishment.What will be the fate of so many stray thieves?Except for a few who knew in advance, others were either worried or a little curious.However, there were no exceptions. They were all silent, ready to listen to what the emperor would say next.

With so many people and horses, apart from the sound of the war horses, there was only the sound of the flag being blown by the wind.

Emperor Chongzhen's face softened a little. Looking at the queue with the largest number of people, he began to speak as they listened nervously.

(End of this chapter)