Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Land is the lifeblood of the gentry!

Let Peng Ershu, who has the weakest foundation, take the lead first. It would be best if he could force the emperor to stop.

If the emperor doesn't stop, then the gentry will come forward together to force the emperor to cancel the tyranny of the land inventory!

Of course, if the emperor is determined, he will even go to war...

The worst case scenario is to abandon Peng Ershu, return home and overhaul the deep house and compound, and just protect yourself from now on!

How could the emperor really kill them?

If the emperor wants to touch them, he must first think carefully...

As long as the land is in hand, mediocre households will not be short of servants. They can just lie dormant for a few years and let the next generation come out to become officials...

The gentry were very good at their calculations, but who knew that the emperor would not act according to common sense——

Over at Pengjia Town, the show hadn't even begun yet, but the imperial army had already marched towards Nanyang.

Four or five waves of troops surrounded them, leaving only one gap for them to escape south through Zaoyang.

Zhu Youjian mobilized his troops to threaten the military plans of the Nanyang gentry.

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Of course, the gentry did not know about the mobilization of the army at this time, and they had already been driven to the surroundings of Pengjia Town by Li Laiheng.

Carrying the setting sun on his back, Zhu Youjian rode his horse to the Yangang hills outside Pengjia Town.

"Shut up!"

Zhu Youjian tightened the reins of his horse.

The warhorse man stood up, and his two front hooves as big as bowls fell heavily, kicking up a circle of dust.

"Hiss law!"

The horse snorted a few times restlessly, shook its head, and calmed down under the emperor's touch.

Zhu Youjian sat on his horse and stared at the Peng family compound not far away.

The golden sunset coated him with a layer of golden light.

"Is that His Majesty the Emperor?"

"That's right. Look at the flag on the side. It's the symbol of the Chinese Army."

"The emperor is here in person. What do you think this means?"

……

Hundreds of gentry who had been driven to Yan Gang by Li Laiheng stood halfway up the slope, eyes wide open, looking at the emperor on horseback at the top of the slope in disbelief.

……

The Dog Emperor is so cruel!

When they arrived, they saw a large flag with the word "Hao" already erected at the front door of the Peng family mansion.

Lines of black-armored sergeants surrounded the brand new courtyard.

The spears are like a forest, and the sword energy is like a rainbow.

As long as anyone showed his head on the wall, he would be stabbed into a sieve spraying with blood...

On the halfway slope of Yan Gang, the terrain was very high, and the gentry could clearly see the cruel scenes by the Paizi River.

This brutal scene broke the gentry's desire to resist.

When the emperor bathed in the sunset and appeared on the top of the slope——

At this moment, all the gentry were thinking about a few big words: The Peng family is finished...

They're afraid they're doomed too...

……

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Seeing the emperor's arrival, Li Shusheng, the most powerful and highest-status head of the Li family, ran up and shouted:

"Your Majesty, my little nephew is Mr. Li Ge from the Yingzong Dynasty. I am Li Xian's great-grandson and Li Yongmao's biological uncle. Your Majesty personally gave my little nephew a plaque..."

Li Shusheng rolled and crawled towards Zhu You's horse...

"stop!"

Several soldiers moved their spears and knocked Li Shusheng to the ground.

Li Shusheng was lying on the ground, not daring to resist. He didn't even raise his head, and kept talking:

"His Majesty gave his nephew Li Yongmao a plaque saying 'Jiji is unparalleled', and also praised Yongmao as 'unparalleled scholar in southern Henan and number one in Xunliang in Hebei'. Have you ever remembered it, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Youjian frowned.

Li Yongmao?

This person was from the military department, and in February, he went to Nanjing with his orders to mobilize troops for King Qin...

The military department is one of the six departments. It is a department official. It is a seventh-grade official and is not under the six departments.

In the Ming Dynasty, official positions were based on the system of large and small, and Xiao Xiao was one of the most important officials in the seventh rank. Even many cabinet ministers were frightened by this small official.

Because, this is Yan Guan!

The Six Sections and the Thirteen Censors were responsible for accompanying the emperor, recommending talents, correcting and impeaching officials, supervising the six ministries, sealing and refuting edicts and memorials, commenting on political affairs, and giving advice at any time.

This is an important and humble position.

Li Yongmao is on the same level as Wu Gan...

Chongzhen asked Li Yongmao to go to Nanjing. The purpose was to bring the army from Jiangnan back to rescue him.

Li Yongmao's actual status means that even Shi Kefa, the leader of Jiangnan officialdom, must be taken seriously.

Because Kedao officials were ordered to patrol in Beijing, they would patrol local areas, supervise prefectures and counties, test officials, correct illegal behaviors, and clean up morale and discipline.

After he went there, he was directly equivalent to the imperial envoy!

however……

This time, there is no news...

"Oh, you are Li Yongmao's uncle!"

Li Yongmao is still a man worthy of admiration. This man has gone through hardships and dangers, but he has always been a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Even in the chaotic situation of Nanming, he has always stood firmly on the side of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, he became Yongmao. Cabinet ministers of all dynasties.

In the second year of Yongli's reign, after Li Yongmao was defeated, he fled into the mountains and died in depression...

Zhu Youjian's mind was racing, and he hated those worms in Jiangnan, but he waved his hand to the soldiers to let go of Li Shusheng.

"It's the busy farming season and you're not at home tilling the fields. Why did you come to Pengjia Town?"

Zhu Youjian had no expression on his face and asked Li Shusheng who was lying on the ground to say hello.

Li Shusheng was shocked and had to look shy:

"The common people heard that His Majesty was traveling around the world, so they came here to pay homage to His Majesty."

snort!

Li Yongmao has a commendable integrity, but you...

Zhu Youjian sneered in his heart, but his face remained calm.

He pointed his riding whip at the Peng Family Courtyard at the foot of the hillside:

"That thief, who has no king and no father, actually kidnapped my ancestor. He deserves death!

Now that you are here, take a look at the fate of these rebellious officials and traitors! "

Li Shusheng originally wanted to pretend to be an emperor, hoping that he could benefit from his reputation as a family member of an official who had received official orders.

It would be even better if the emperor could be persuaded to give up checking the fields!

Unexpectedly, the emperor assigned Peng Ershu's sex right away.

He suddenly didn't dare to speak.

So what if the king of Tang is far away from the vassal?

In this era of great emphasis on filial piety, the emperor spoke eloquently and even called Prince Tang Grandfather. How could they still say that Prince Tang was just a vassal king and had nothing to do with His Majesty?

Once these words are spoken, those gentry will tear him apart, not mentioning the emperor!

Once the emperor fails to abide by the filial piety of the elders in the clan, will the title of teacher that the civil servants finally got by taking the opportunity to teach the emperor become a piece of paper?

It's like a piece of transparent window paper coated with a deadly poison. Everyone knows what's behind the window paper.

However, whoever dares to expose it will die!

……

As soon as Zhu Youjian saw Li Shusheng's face, he knew that this guy was giving up.

He sneered: "Since Mr. Li is here, come and see me together, and also help me see what my new army is like!"

What?

Li Shusheng wished he could give himself a slap in the face!