Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1047 Exile 1
The cabin was stuffy and humid, and the unique smell of sweat, beriberi and vomit mixed into a horrible stench, turning this small space into a purgatory—at least for Wang Qingyun. That's right.Right now, this buddy is collapsing on the bed almost collapsed, his breath is like a thread, and his face is pale. It really makes people worry that he will die in the next second.

Wang Qingyun came from a famous family, born in a scholarly family, handsome and suave, and his father was an official of the imperial court, so there were countless people who gave money and land. Everyone knows the pissing behavior of officials. Now that you have become an official, there is absolutely no reason to take a little casually. Accepting bribes has become an officialdom culture. Just take a little?joke!Because of such a good father, Wang Gongzi lives in a very prosperous life, spends money recklessly, and treats money like dung.He got acquainted with a large group of villains, who did not do business properly, traveled all day long, lingered in fireworks and willow alleys, restaurants and teahouses, and did such shabby things as oppressing others and robbing women from good families. He has a good father Well, even the biggest troubles can be settled, so what are you afraid of?For him, everything was so perfect. The national policy of Da Ming's favor for the gentry was prepared for the sons of a scholarly family like him. If you spend money to donate a person, you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. With his unparalleled influence, he can easily solve all the troubles for him when he commits a crime. He was born to enjoy happiness. Is there a more perfect life than this?
The only thing that is not perfect is that his father is Ming Cifu Wang Yingxiong.

It's not that he looks down on Da Ming Cifu. Although Cifu is not as good as Shoufu, he still holds the core power of the empire. There is a father who is Cifu, and the ancestral grave is not smoking, but spitting fire.The reason why it is said that there is a father who is the assistant is not perfect is because the father of the assistant has a sworn enemy named Yang Menglong.

Yes, a long time ago, Wang Yingxiong and Yang Menglong became sworn enemies. In order to bring down this guy, Wang Yingxiong would do anything!Not only him, but the vast majority of people in the cabinet want to bring down Yang Menglong. If someone else has offended so many big figures at once, he has been killed for a long time, but Yang Menglong is the only one in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years No matter how hard those big men toss him, he won't fall, not only won't fall, but will jump higher and higher, and finally become a feudal official, which is simply unreasonable.In the end, the Manchu Qing and the imperial cabinet cooperated internally and externally, setting off a terrible torrent that could almost overturn the Ming Dynasty, and Yang Menglong sent his troops northward without hesitation to stop this torrent. After several months of bloody fighting, the battle of Fengtai finally settled the world , the Qing army was annihilated, Emperor Longwu replaced Chongzhen, and Ming entered a new era.And entering the new era means that many old things can die. The first thing after the iron-blooded tyrant came to power was to liquidate the crimes of the scholar-bureaucrat group. None of the guys in the cabinet who colluded with foreign enemies escaped. Wen Tiren, Wang Yingxiong , Hou Xun, Yang Sichang, Chen Xinjia... These important cabinet ministers, as well as the governors of the nine provinces of Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, all killed nine clans. The following men were exiled overseas, and the women emigrated to the Northeast. The ruthless killings and severe punishments really made the officials all over the world relive the bloody and horror of the Hongwu period.Not only that, Emperor Longwu also strictly investigated corruption, and all those who embezzled more than 500 taels of money were exiled overseas to work!It should be said that Emperor Longwu did not intend to kill them all. The dividing line of 500 taels had already given the officials of the world a chance to survive. However, the officials of Ming Dynasty were too capable of killing. After a round of strict investigations, officials at all levels regardless of their size were arrested and cleaned up. Luggage and working in the Australian farmhouse, for a while, Daming was simply out of business!In the bloody and terrifying atmosphere, Wang Qingyun discovered for the first time that it was not a good thing to have a father who was a high official...

The lucky thing about this kid is that he was born two months late, less than that, and he was lucky enough to save his life.But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped. He lost everything overnight, relatives, friends, status, money, women, all of which ceased to exist.After several months in prison, he and many rich men like him were put on a big ship, and then it was a nightmare voyage. The wind and waves at sea and the humid and hot environment on the ship made everyone want to jump into The sea let the sharks tear themselves apart, so that they could die more quickly. Many people died on the way because they were not acclimatized to the environment.He himself also fell ill, and he was so uncomfortable that he was dying. Fortunately, there was a doctor on board, and the medicine reserve was quite sufficient. He was given some medicine every day, but he survived like this half-dead.He doesn't have the idea of ​​a gentleman taking revenge, ten years is not too late, he just wants to live.There is only hope in life, and nothing in death.

No matter what the environment is, people will always try their best to survive. This is human instinct.

Finally, the boat stopped, and an officer in black uniform walked into the cabin with a thick and long stick, with a fierce look on his face, and shouted: "Here we are! We are here! Get off the boat right away!" Hearing this, Wang Qingyun's nose ached. , almost cried, thank God, finally arrived, this nightmarish voyage finally reached the end, and they will no longer have to stay in this cabin like a gas tank, long live!He supported himself to get up, and walked out staggeringly. The officer was watching, and when he saw someone who was slow, he would kick him over. If any guy who didn't have long eyes dared to stare back, he would reward him again stick.Wang Qingyun was still sick, and his movements were inevitably slow, so he took a stick as a matter of course, and he stared back dissatisfied. The officer immediately raised the stick at him, but seeing his pale face, listless, unconscious Seeing that he was sick, the stick did not fall after all, but just pushed him: "Hurry up! What are you dawdling about? Do you still want to stay in this ghost place?"

Ghosts are willing to stay in this ghost place!
Wang Qingyun tried to speed up his pace, staggered out of the cabin and came to the deck.The long-lost sea breeze is blowing towards the face, with the unique salty smell of the sea, it is not very comfortable to blow on the face, but for those unlucky people who have been stuffy in the cabin for too long and are almost moldy, this is simply a gift from the gods up.They cheered loudly to the blue sea and enjoyed the fresh air.Wang Qingyun managed to squeeze to the edge of the deck, greedily breathing the fresh air, feeling like he was alive.He began to look around, to see what the end of the journey that had nearly killed him looked like——

What he saw was a vast and desolate continent. This continent was boundless and flat, but the vegetation was relatively sparse, exposing a large area of ​​dry and cracked land. There were some wooden houses not far from the seashore, and The fortifications built with stones and barbed wire are also pulled, but there is no trace of civilization anymore.About ten miles away from the settlement formed by those wooden houses is a cliff that is emitting yellow gas. This cliff may be the product of a volcanic activity. The soil is hot and soft, and the heat is unbearable. The eruption gas is extremely irritating, and the waves are constant Washing it, every impact changes its appearance, maybe a huge wave rushes over, and it should disappear without a trace.Scorching, desolate, like the prehistoric era, this is Wang Qingyun's first opinion of this ghostly place.His heart is cold, dare the court to spend so much effort just to throw them into this ghostly place where rabbits don't shit and birds don't lay eggs!With a glimmer of hope, he ran over and asked the officer who was still able to get along with him: "What is this place, why is it so desolate?"

The officer glanced at him and said, "Here? I don't know what the hell this is. It says it's Australia, so it must be Australia."

Wang Qingyun's heart became even colder: "Why have we never heard of this place?"

The officer said: "This is the newly developed territory of Ming Dynasty, understand? Our navy has opened up a territory as vast as the mainland of Ming Dynasty overseas!"

Wang Qingyun roared: "This ghost place is so desolate, it needs a ghost!"

The officer gave a rare smile. No matter how you looked at it, the smile was a bit gloating: "Desolate? Of course it is desolate. If it is not desolate, what do you want?" He patted Wang Qingyun on the shoulder and pointed to a raised mountain range in the distance, "See Is that mountain range? According to the information given above, there is a good iron ore vein there, and the iron ore produced there is of high grade. A piece of ore is almost a piece of natural pig iron. I don’t know the iron ore in Daming. How many times stronger!" Pointing to the cliff that continued to smoke, "There is a lot of sulfur there, according to preliminary investigations, as long as there are enough people, at least two to three hundred tons of sulfur can be collected there a month, which is a good thing!"

The ominous premonition in Wang Qingyun's heart became stronger and stronger.

The officer probably thought this guy was pleasing to the eye, and pointed to the coastal plain with great interest: "Look at this land, it's the dry season now, and it looks barren, but that's not the case. As soon as the rainy season arrives, this area will immediately become lush and green. , is full of vitality, we will reclaim the land here to plant wheat, cotton, sugar cane and other crops, wait until we are self-sufficient, then continue to expand inland, and finally turn this entire continent into a paradise for Ming! Well, there is another one over there! Although the island is not very eye-catching, there are actually thick sea guano stored underneath, as long as these island dung are dug out to make phosphate fertilizer, within a few years this place will become a large farm with abundant products!"

The buddy talked more and more happily, and he didn't seem to realize that those who were in charge of supervising the work of the exiles were actually similar to the exiles.There is no way, I am just happy, the superior said that if you are willing to serve overseas, you can get double the salary, and you can also get a priority promotion opportunity. For those ambitious officers who failed to catch up with the war, this It's very attractive. After a few years, you can get a priority promotion opportunity. Who wouldn't be tempted?As for the difficult conditions... I am a soldier, and I am not going on vacation. How comfortable do you think it will be?Don't be a soldier if you want to live comfortably!He pointed to this vast continent and talked endlessly about the development plan. His optimistic and enthusiastic appearance was completely different from the grim and violent one before the shore. Could it be that he regards himself as the master of this continent? Come on!
Wang Qingyun grunted, and asked cautiously: "We were exiled here... just to do these jobs?"

The officer looked at this guy with a sincere look of caring for the mentally retarded: "Of course! Do you think we sent you here all the way to invite you to travel and vacation?"

Wang Qingyun yelled: "I won't do it! I'm full now, so I'll go back to China to get the knife now! Even being Ling Chi is better than being thrown in this ghost place!"

The officer pointed at the vast sea: "Swim back if you have the ability, and we promise not to stop you."

Looking at the boundless sea, Wang Qingyun was in despair.It seems that the supervisors in Australia are the most worry-free. They don't have to worry about the prisoner escaping at all, because no prisoner has the ability to swim back to China.Even if they escape, they have nowhere to go. At least they can stay with their compatriots to take care of them. They don’t know how they died when they fled to the wasteland. It will be put on the grill and grilled until it is sizzling...

So, be honest! .
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