Chapter 202 Take Ling Chi, Ping Liao Debt
"Soldiers are the Great Wall of the country; soldiers are the important weapon of the country; soldiers are the backbone of the country... They are tied to record the stones, enjoy incense, and admire them for generations..."
Two suddenly became four, and there was a sound, and there was another eight, and it was sixteen. It gradually shook and it was thirty-two. At the bottom, there were 360 generals of the Han Dynasty, and the sound was like thunder!
Through the continuous repeated amplification of the Han generals, the emperor's words were clearly heard by everyone present.
This is the emperor's golden words, giving the highest evaluation and definition to soldiers. This is the highest praise word that has never been seen in previous dynasties, and there will be a lot of ink in history books.
Feng Datie and two officers climbed the city tower, knelt on one knee, took over the military flag presented by the emperor, and were so excited that they were trembling slightly. Even when facing the surging Jiannu, there was never any.
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said loudly: "I hope you can make new contributions as solid as a rock."
"Long live, long live, long live!" The three of them bowed their heads and thanked them, stood up and retreated from the city tower.
The bright red flag is as red as blood, with three bright yellow mountains in the middle, and the words "Stone" embroidered with gold thread on it.
The bright yellow color is only available to the royal family, or even the emperor's clothing. Now it is given a brigade teacher, which shows the gift.
The flags waving in front of the army, and welcoming another "long live" sound of tsunami.
Next, a group of soldiers took off the flags and heads from the cart and piled up under the emperor's gaze on the Meridian Gate Tower.
"One, two, three..." The Imperial Force officer in charge of supervision shouted loudly, and then passed by the imperial guards behind and repeated in unison. Finally, even the people watching from afar could clearly hear it.
In southern Liaoning, the two red flags fought bloody battles, Zhenjiang defeated the Zhengbai flag, Nong'an exterminated Amin's troops, and several small battles, the heads combined were 8,653 levels.
The people could hear it clearly and made a thrill. After all the victories were reported, this time was the highest. They didn't know that killing and killing Jiannu would be more than the ones they had won.
Hehe, Eight Banners, now there are only the original Six Banners troops at most, Zhu Youxiao sneered.
After counting the head level, the captured flags were again, and finally the prisoners were taken over.
Posting messages in advance, and preparing in advance is quite effective.
The people in the capital were very enthusiastic, and there were enough things prepared for Amin and other prisoners. Rotten leaves, rotten eggs, garbage, etc. were all hit on them while parading in the streets.
The emperor, who was far away on the Meridian Gate Tower, seemed to smell the stench when he saw that the wooden cage of the prison car was already shaped like a garbage truck.
The Grand Secretary Kou Xiao Yuefeng led the left and right ministers to report the matter, listing the crimes of Jiannu, and requesting the emperor to kill the prisoner, "He went to the city to execute the sentence and request an order."
The Grand Secretary Kou is good, with hundreds of words, and every word is loud and gentle.
Zhu Youxiao was in a state of emotion and felt that his throat was fine. He preached loudly: "Take it!"
As soon as the golden mouth opened, first there were honors and relatives, and then the ministers passed on one after another. The number of people changed from a small number to a large number. Finally, there was a 360-strong Han general who repeated the orders in unison.
I can't roar a lion, but I have a loud trumpet in unison! Listening to the thunderous male voice, Zhu Youxiao pursed the corner of his mouth and showed a smile.
All the prisoners of Jiannu were taken to Lingchi at Caishikou to be executed. This should be the most popular program for ordinary people. After the chat, I have the topic of talking about it. I rarely see this big scene in my life, right?
The bloody and cruel scene has a different kind of stimulation. Especially when you see the enemy's miserable situation, you hear them screaming...
I'm not sure, I'm always too soft-hearted! The emperor waved his robe sleeves and turned around and walked down the city tower.
At this point, the carefully prepared prisoner ceremony was completed. However, all the things that happened around this carefully prepared prisoner ceremony will last for a long time.
If you only cut a few butchers, you will obviously not be satisfied with the emperor. You should use it even if you die, and you will be angry with the old slave. You are all in seventy and eighty years old and are still full of injuries. Maybe you won’t get up in one breath and you will be burping!
Moreover, while Amin and other prisoners were still escorting, the emperor began to arrange the situation. It is estimated that the news will soon reach Jiannu's ears.
As for the captives of the Korqin tribe, they were not taken to the capital, nor did they participate in the prisoner offering ceremony, and they were all locked up somewhere outside the city!
However, the ceremony of offering prisoners was held to Hai Lanzhu and Bumubutai's ears.
These two girls were locked up in the Clothes Washing Bureau, which is the only one among the Eighth Royal Bureaus outside the Imperial City. In addition to the managers being eunuchs, there are generally two types of people here: one is an elderly palace maid who is placed here to die; the other is the punished concubines and palace maids.
If we understand it literally, the washing machine is about washing clothes. This explanation is not comprehensive. Washing clothes is only one side, but on the other hand, it is equivalent to the lifelong imprisonment place for palace maids.
Because according to the rules of the palace, even if the palace maids are old, they cannot gain freedom.
When they are not very useful, they will be sent here, and the eunuchs in charge here provide rations and do some hard work that they can do. They will stay in the washing machine until they die.
At the same time, the Clothes Washing Bureau also has the effect of punishing convicted concubines and palace servants.
For example, after Chongzhen took office, he sent him to the Washing Clothes Bureau. The eunuchs from the Washing Clothes Bureau understood it and beat him to death, burned him to pieces, and then he was finished.
But since the second year of the Apocalypse, the role of the Clothes Washing Bureau has been less, that is, washing clothes and doing rough work. The royal rules have also changed. The palace servants have paid their salaries, and they will be released from the palace when they get old.
At the same time, Zhang Guoyuan, who was more upright, served as the chief seal of the clothes washing office, and was not allowed to abuse the palace servants. He was a little tired of doing rough work, but there was no more example of being tortured to death.
The two girls were not locked in the small dark room, but just worked, had dinner and rested with others. But it was impossible to escape.
The news of offering prisoner ceremony has spread a long time ago, and even the people from the washing clothes bureau know that. The two girls were worried and didn't know how their relatives would be dealt with?
"We were all taken to Caishikou and cut into pieces!" A palace man told others excitedly, proud of the first-hand news he had.
"How many days are you cut?" Someone asked with concern, and guessed, "Liu Jin was cut for three days, and there were more than three thousand knives!"
Lingchi started in the Five Dynasties, and at first it was eight to one hundred and twenty to one hundred and twenty; in the Ming Dynasty, this number was upgraded to one thousand to three thousand.
Obviously, the process of death has been delayed so long, and there is only one purpose, which is to warn the world through the extreme pain of the tortured: if you dare to commit crimes, this will be the end.
The most famous person to be punished by Lingchi in history, the eunuch Liu Jin can definitely be ranked first. Historical records: Liu Jin was sentenced to Lingchi with 3,357 swords, which was completed in three days.
I don’t know why the people watched it like a tide and talked about it afterwards. It is said that every time Lingchi was executed, many people bought cut human flesh to be used as raw materials for treating sores.
The news spread very quickly, and it seems that they are interested in offering prisoners and cutting them into pieces.
"Bang!" The basin slid from Hai Lanzhu's hand, and water spilled all over the floor. She squatted on the ground and cried loudly.
"Sister - both father and mother were killed!" Bumubutai also heard the news, threw away the clothes he was washing, ran over crying, and the two sisters hugged their heads and cried.
The eunuch in charge of the business will not do it. Although the above explanations, don’t be too difficult for these two girls, but they won’t be so presumptuous!
"Where are you going to rebel?" The eunuch in charge stepped forward and shouted loudly, "Go to work quickly, howl a waste of money?"
"They are Jiannu!" A palace man had a sharp ear. He heard Bumubutai shouting that his father and mother were killed, and hurriedly reported to the eunuch in charge, "The Jiannu who was cut into pieces has their parents."
Well?! The eunu in charge widened his eyes in confusion. Lingchi's one was indeed Jiannu, but they were all men, and there were no women!
"You, you are Jiannu." Bumubutai sobbed and raised his face full of tears, retorted angrily and sadly: "Your parents are Jiannu."
The eunuch in charge was even more confused and angry, and cursed: "It's not Jiannu, you're crying, what's your business? Get up and go to work."
Bumubutai blinked his eyes, but he hadn't completely thought about the smell.
"All the ones who were killed at the prisoner ceremony?" Hai Lanzhu still responded faster, looking at the eunuch in charge with a hazy tearful eyes and a look of hope.
"Nonsense, who will not kill Jiannu?" The eunu in charge rolled his eyes, "Today I am offering a prisoner ceremony, long live to issue an order to punish me. How can other cats and dogs be qualified?"
The two sisters heard it clearly now, and their eyes met, not knowing whether it was joy or sorrow, not knowing whether it was to laugh, or crying with joy.
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I don’t know how much the meat from Lingchi can sell, but it is definitely not enough to alleviate financial tensions.
In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao had to worry about money again, but he thought of bloody cuts in a thousand pieces.
With a smile on his own, the emperor stroked his forehead gently, thinking about the possibility of issuing national debts.
In order to produce, manufacture and transport sufficient ammunition and medicine for a large counterattack, the Tianjin Wei Arms and Powder Bureau had started production two months ago.
Building a stall is a big expense. Although the output has reached a new level, the money is also worrying.
This war is a unilateral investment without any gains, and the same is true for the war against rebellion in the southwest. Although in the long run, the rewards after the victory of the war are also generous.
With vast and boundless land and abundant production, Liaodong is a good place with huge potential for development.
But no matter how good the prospects are, how can we overcome the difficulties in front of us?
The income from house searches gradually decreases, and tigers and flies are killed together, so this trend cannot be changed.
The recharge of funds in Qingtun is still underway, but it can only ensure the expenses of other northern border towns; the messy income of mirrors, banks, maritime departments, and cashiers is still gratifying, but it is not enough to consume the two wars in Liaodong and southwest.
The reason why Zhu Youxiao made the offer of prisoners grand and grand was that he was also preparing for issuing national debts. The hope of victory increased greatly, so the people were willing to invest their hard-earned money in a long-term investment.
However, Zhu Youxiao did not agree with the issuance of national bonds by all society.
The so-called capable people work harder, and it is not easy for a small civilian to save up a few taels of silver, but it is a waste of money on the powerful and wealthy people, and it has no effect on the simplicity of throwing it away.
The Maritime Business Association, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and the Yangtze River Business Gang who was rushing to wait for the court to reply in the capital. As long as the emperor said a word, he would definitely be active and it is very likely to donate free of charge.
But the emperor had another idea, that is, he needed to issue national debts, to be precise, "pacifying Liao debts" to unite the hearts of the Ming Dynasty.
Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. This sentence was not true at that time. The emperor plagiarized it without blushing at all.
Why did most of the people who were nobles and wealthy, or the common people with a majority of the population, acted as indifferent spectators when the Ming Dynasty fell? Especially the gentry in Jiangnan, only when they shave their heads and change their clothes, they burst out with a fierce aura.
What does the change of dynasties mean from ancient times to the present? Is it just a change of a loyal master or a government that pays taxes?
Such thinking not only existed in the feudal era, but also occupied a place in modern times?
Zhu Youxiao concluded from the manifestations of most people when the Ming Dynasty fell. Zhu Zhiyu, who was exiled to Japan after the Ming Dynasty, also wrote about the real reasons in his book.
"In the late Chongzhen period, the gentry was full of evil and the people were in pain. Everyone had the intention of 'it's not too long to die, and you died together'. Therefore, the thieves arrived and responded internally and externally, and the rebels entered and broke the bamboos."
To put it bluntly, people no longer have much nostalgia for the regime in the late Ming Dynasty. They are holding the mentality of "no matter who rules, what can they do if they are bad."
The biggest driving force behind the demise of the Ming Dynasty was its own. Natural disasters had already left the people between life and death, but the court did not provide any pensions and relief, and was still sending three additional Liaodong salaries.
Li Zicheng was not very strategic or wise, but the court kept pushing hungry people to his side.
With just one sentence "equal land and exemption from taxes", and with just one sentence "The King of Chuang will not pay food when he comes", he will have the capital to repeatedly fail and have more and more followers.
If we look at the problem from this perspective, Chongzhen is pitiful, but he is even more hateful. The only one who has lost all his heart and hangs his own southeast branch with him was Wang Chengen, the eunuch.
Don’t think that the people are the weakest. They have the desire to be bullied and have the desire to retaliate. They stand by and watch the court that ignores their lives and death, and even go forward to work harder, which is the outbreak of their resentment.
As the saying goes, "After the heart changes, the rivers break through, the mountains and rivers collapse." If you look at them, the final result will be that the mountains and rivers will change color and the Central Plains will fall into a fishy smell.
He was not only greedy for profit but also because of human nature. Zhu Youxiao did not think so. He did not rely on patriotism and passionate propaganda slogans.
It is actually not difficult to achieve a court that the people appreciate and an emperor that the people love and praise. Because the people of the Ming Dynasty did not have high requirements, if they could be a "peace dog", they would not rise up.
Ping Liao is not only a matter for the court, but also related to the people. This goal may be achieved through the issuance of "Ping Liao Debt".
Chapter completed!