Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 66

"My lords, do you think I'm trying to make things difficult for you?" Li Cunming asked.

The lice on the bald man's head, it's obvious!

The vassal kings dared not speak out, and each of them drooped the corners of their mouths, very frustrated.

Li Cunming sneered and said: "Don't you dare to say that, I said, I really intend to make things difficult for you! You can choose for yourself, either raise these pigs to be white and fat, or take out 1000 million taels of silver, otherwise I will But the six relatives don’t recognize me. Tell you clearly, I even killed my father-in-law, Zhou Kui, and I really don’t care about killing a few more cumbersome and stingy relatives!"

No wonder Li Cunming is merciless, it is true that the imperial clan of the Ming Dynasty has become a cancer of the country, and major surgery must be performed to remove it.

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty generally refer to the princes who were vassals in various places.The feudal clans of the Ming Dynasty, the nobles did not come to the people, the food and salary did not manage affairs, and the clan could not participate in politics, nor could it participate in the careers of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and the people, but they could get a lot of salary every year.

Such an arrangement is naturally to prevent the vassal kings from supporting themselves and threatening the imperial power.This system is effective at the political level, but it creates a serious financial burden on the country.

The number of vassal kings in the late Ming Dynasty was actually not many, only 27 vassal kings.Ming Taizu stipulated that the prince's annual salary was 27 shi, and the 27 princes only needed [-] shi for food. It stands to reason that the state's finances can still support it.

But the vassal princes can't help but have children, and the vassal prince's children also have titles.Sons beget grandchildren, and grandsons beget sons. There are endless descendants. Which country can withstand this?
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that Zhen Guo generals are everywhere, and Feng Guo lieutenants are as numerous as dogs!

Take the Wanli Dynasty as an example. According to the "Records of Ming Shenzong", in the 23rd year of Wanli, the population of the clan had grown to 15.In the early years of Wanli, the national financial expenditure was more than 7000 million taels of silver, of which the vassal salary expenditure was as high as more than 850 million taels, accounting for nearly 550%.

On the other hand, the population of these clans not only eats state salaries, but also enjoys economic privileges. They do not have to pay taxes, so they wantonly annexed land. Basically, the good land in Shanxi was annexed by the clan, and the land in Henan was "half entered into the vassal government." , the land of each feudal lord reached tens of thousands of acres.

What's even more hateful is that these vassal kings only know how to enjoy themselves, and only know how to guard their one-acre three-point land to live and dream. They have no court and country in their hearts, and they don't understand the principle of sharing weal and woe with the court.

Zhang Xianzhong attacked Huguang and sent troops to Wuchang.The officials persuaded Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, to take out silver to recruit defenders of the city. Zhu Huakui was reluctant, and finally the city was broken and captured. Zhu Huakui himself was thrown into the river and drowned, while all his silver fell into the hands of Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang, and the old Fu Wang Zhu Changxun also sat on the golden mountain and silver mountain without removing a hair, and the officers and soldiers cursed him.After the city was broken, Li Zicheng threw Zhu Changxun into a cauldron of venison and cooked it to death, making it a "Fu Lu Banquet" for the soldiers to share.

Whenever he thinks of the absurd things done by these clan members, Li Cunming feels disgusted. Even if you raise more than [-] pigs, you can still kill them for meat during festivals. What use do I want from you?
Looking at the five masters standing in the lobby, except for Tang Wang Zhu Yujian and Lu Wang Zhu Yihai who are not satisfactory, the other three are all idiots.

Fu Wang Zhu Yousong, the historical Hongguang Emperor, was licentious. After he ascended the throne, he was keen to send people to catch toads to develop aphrodisiacs. He was known as the "Emperor Toad".

King Zhu Changzi of Lu is known as the "Wise King", but his name is just that.When the Qing soldiers attacked Hangzhou, the officers, soldiers and people resisted desperately, but he gave the Qing soldiers wine and meat. He was a completely idiotic character.

King Zhu Youlang of Gui, the Yongli Emperor in history, only ran away throughout his life. He fled from Guangxi to Yunnan and Guizhou, and then from Yunnan and Guizhou to Myanmar. He was known as the "Escape Emperor".

Zhu Yousong knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty clearly knows that my father died in the hands of the intruders, and all my family property was plundered by the intruders. I fled all the way to the south and suffered a lot..."

"Stop! I don't want to hear your complaints. If you want to talk about suffering, haven't I suffered enough? In a word, you can either get the money or stay in Xuzhou to raise pigs!" Li Cunming got up straight and left.

Lords, look at me and look at you, want to cry but have no tears.

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When Li Cunming started to clean up the Ming Dynasty clan, Dorgon welcomed Fulin's mother and son to Beijing.Fulin ascended the throne in the capital, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Shunzhi, and declared that the Manchu Qing Dynasty officially took over the Central Plains.

Dorgon changed from the regent of his uncle to the regent of the emperor's uncle, and later went a step further and directly became the regent of the emperor's father.

Now that he has become the emperor's father, Dorgon's ambitions are surging again.He remembered Fan Wencheng's strategy and decided to send troops south to attack Daming.

Before sending troops, Dorgon sent Hong Chengchou to recruit Zuo Maodi, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, in order to hit the morale of the Ming Dynasty.

Zuo Maodi was imprisoned a few days ago because he resisted the order to shave his hair.When Hong Chengchou came to the cell, he looked at the haggard Zuo Maodi, and felt sympathetic: "Ambassador Zuo, I am Hong Chengchou, the former governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty, and I came to visit you. The regent values ​​your character and integrity very much, and wants to recruit you." Entering the court as an official..."

Before Hong Chengchou could finish speaking, Zuo Maodi stood up and shouted: "I, the former governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, died in battle, and the emperor personally paid homage to him. Where is Hong Chengchou in the world? You are either a liar, or you are a ghost!" "

Hong Chengchou was so ashamed that he became angry from embarrassment: "Da Ming is at the end of his life, don't you know that the country will rise and fall?"

"The ups and downs are the ups and downs of a country's fate; honesty and shame are the great festivals of people and ministers. Do you know about ups and downs, but do you know about shame?"

Hong Chengchou jumped up in anger and cursed: "You have a sense of shame, so why have you eaten Daqing rice grains for several months?"

"The rice grain of the Qing Dynasty was also snatched from the hands of the Ming Dynasty. What's more, I already have the heart of death. I am a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty in life, and I am a heroic soul of the Ming Dynasty in death. It is better than a lonely ghost who has no king, no father, and abandoned the country and family. powerful!"

Hong Chengchou's face was livid, and he had nothing to say.

Dorgon saw that Zuo Maodi was soft and hard, and decided to kill him to sacrifice the flag.On the day of execution, Caishikou was crowded with people, and Zuo Maodi stood on the execution platform in awe-inspiring manner.

"Everyone, wouldn't it be a pleasure for me, Zuo Maodi, to kill myself and become a benevolent person today!" Zuo Maodi laughed loudly, then straightened his clothes and knelt down facing the south.

The common people sighed unceasingly, the executioner knelt in front of Zuo Maodi and said: "Mr. Zuo, I know that you are a loyal person, and I admire you very much. Killing you today, I have committed a serious crime, and I will seal the knife from now on!"

Zuo Maodi said: "I don't blame you, you just need to be quicker when you do it. Come on, let me sprinkle my blood on the land of the old capital, and this life is not in vain!"

The executioner wiped his tears, stood up and slashed the knife.Zuo Maodi's head fell to the ground, and people saw a stream of blood spraying out, which was colorful under the sunlight, like a rainbow.

After Zuo Maodi was killed, Dorgon issued an order that he would personally command [-] soldiers, together with Prince Yu Duoduo, Prince Ying Azig, Prince Su Hauge, King Pingxi Wu Sangui, King Huaishun Geng Zhongming, King Gongshun Kong Youde , Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi, mighty and mighty to the south.

Dorgon himself was Prince Rui, and these eight men set off at the same time, known as the Eight Kings' Southern Expedition.

(End of this chapter)