Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 330 When King Yu Comes, There Will Be a Blue Sky
At dawn, Zhu Yixi and the others regained their composure and arranged a lot of affairs.

And the arrangement of the army is the key.

"Your Highness, many of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who surrendered in the city are from the Beijing camp, and those nobles have a great influence."

Sun Changzhou had no choice but to remonstrate.

"I know!"

Yawning, King Yu nodded and said: "So we need to guard them and collect their weapons to prevent chaos."

"However, forgive them and dare not be presumptuous!"

Although both the navy and the cavalry battalion have gone to Zhenjiang, he still has tens of thousands of people under his command, and it is not worth mentioning to deal with the high-handed Beijing camp.

However, when mentioning the Beijing camp, Zhu Yixi immediately thought of the situation in Nanjing in the future: how should the army guarding Nanjing be formed?

The Qinbing Battalion and the Firearms Battalion together have only 20,000 people. For Nanjing, it is nothing more than sprinkling water.

The power directly belonging to the monarch must have an advantage, so as to prevent the place from being enlarged.

During the reign of Chongzhen, in order to suppress the rebellion, Emperor Chongzhen continued to draw soldiers and horses from the capital camp to form a large army, which made the capital empty and basically relied on the local kings.

Of course, this is also because the Beijing camp is too corrupt, so that the imperial court has no intention of rectifying it.

"Go to sleep!"

Zhu Yixi waved his hand and said, "Let's rest for a few hours and recharge your batteries."

Having said that, Zhu Yixi didn't rest for a moment, just washed his face and began to inspect the defense of Nanjing City.

Just like what he said, the nobles are not only greedy for life and afraid of death, but also have no courage. A bunch of waste, they dare not exert influence at all and allow themselves to be slaughtered.

Apparently, 200 years of being pampered, they have become crap.

When the summer sun radiated into Nanjing again, shops in the streets and alleys had opened one after another, and Huizhou merchants knew the general situation and opened their doors.

The stability of the market has eased the anxiety of the people,
Even if the Manchus entered the city, they were very polite and did not destroy it at that time, and King Yu is no exception now.

Political influence is too great.

Li Laosan peeped through the window, and saw more and more people on the street, it didn't look like a military disaster.

"How about the master?"

The mother-in-law asked cautiously.

"I can't see clearly!"

Li Laosan muttered: "There are not fewer people, but there are too many."

"That's really weird." The woman said in amazement, "It stands to reason that no one goes out at this time!"

The husband and wife set up a breakfast stall, selling buns, steamed buns, and tea, but they lost a lot of money if they didn't move for a day, and the cost was too high.

Suddenly, a shout came from outside the door:

"Mr. Li's family, the food price has dropped today, and it's only [-] cents per bucket—"

"what?"

The mother-in-law instantly raised her voice and shouted: "Sister-in-law Wu, don't you want to lie to me, why is it so cheap?"

Mrs. Wu shouted outside the door: "Why are you lying to me? The market is very busy, and the price of food and vegetables has dropped. Buy it quickly!"

"is it?"

The mother-in-law forgot her fear in an instant, picked up the vegetable basket from the stove, and was about to run outside.

"You silly woman, there are big soldiers outside, and I will snatch you away later!"

Li Laosan quickly grabbed her and cursed.

"This..." The woman's chest rose and fell, her face full of fear.

"Li Laosan, don't scare others when you are young. There are people everywhere outside, and Zhang Laizi has come out. Are you afraid that you won't be able to run away from him?"

Aunt Wu put her hips on her hips and cursed outside the door.

Li Laosan trembled with anger when he heard this, scolding such a thing, how could he be a woman's opponent.

"Master, there's not enough food in the rice jar..."

Hearing this persuasion, Li Laosan stepped off the stage: "Go, go, the family cannot be starved to death."

After a while, the mother-in-law went out with a vegetable basket.

Li Laosan walked out of the gate carefully, only to see the bustling streets, not far from the past.

What's weirder is that today's streets are much more peaceful, and many messy things haven't happened at all.

Moreover, to his surprise, an army with yellow silk cuffs and waist knives lined up and walked slowly.

It looks around, its eyes are bright, and it seems to be looking for something.

Seeing that other people were used to it, he was relieved and set up a small stall.

Even after breakfast, he still has to sell some tea, and he can't delay doing business for half a day.

Boil tea, scald teacups, set tables, everything is available.

After working for half an hour, the fragrance of tea is so elegant that it can be smelled for half a street, and new and old customers are slowly gathering.

"What's the difference between King Yu and Qing people?"

"It's no different, just stricter."

"Nonsense, when the Qing people came, our Nanjing became Jiangning, and when Yu Wang came, our Nanjing was still the capital of Ming Dynasty."

A scholar in a half-worn gown shook his head and said.

"At the feet of the Son of Heaven, can it be the same?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

This is the dignity of the capital, a matter of face,

"Why, how about some tea?"

Suddenly, a big man with a face full of flesh, with his clothes open, showing his chest hair, came swaggeringly.

Behind him, followed by two big men, looking majestic.

"Mr. Li, you haven't handed in the month yet?"

With one foot on the bench, the hairy-chested man yelled, with a fierce look on his face.

"Here, Boss Hu, didn't you hand it in at the beginning of the month?"

Li Laosan came tremblingly, holding a teapot in his hand, and his whole body was a few inches shorter in an instant.

"Look what you said."

Boss Hu shook his head and said loudly: "It was still Qing Dynasty in early May, now that Daming is back, how can it count?"

"Could it be that you, Li Laosan, are no different from the Qing people's center?"

After saying this nonsense, everyone glared angrily, but remained silent.

Which gang can survive in Nanjing City without a backer?

"Boss Hu, business is not good recently, and I really have no money!"

Youngest Li shrank his neck and begged bitterly.

"No money? Then what business do you do?"

Hu Lao laughed loudly, and waved his hands: "Brothers, smash this guy's stall for me, and teach him a lesson."

Immediately, there was a burst of crackling, and a large number of tables and chairs fell down, crossed, and the scene was in a mess.

Li Laosan looked at it, wanting to cry but no tears.

"what happened?"

Suddenly, a group of troops with yellow silk on their arms came over, which shocked everyone.

"Master Jun, this kid won't pay back his debts, I'm asking for money!"

Boss Hu hurriedly bent down, and a villain came to complain first.

"Really?" The soldier stared at Li Laosan curled up with burning eyes.

Under the threat of Boss Hu's gaze, Youngest Li flinched and could only nod.

"Do you think I'm blind, kid? I saw clearly before, and you still want to fool me?"

The military man looked at Boss Hu who was smiling apologetically, and said with a sneer:

"Arrest these people for me."

As he said that, Boss Hu and his younger brothers were caught instantly, their faces full of astonishment.

"Master Jun, I'm from the Marquis of Lingbi's Mansion (Tang Guozuo, Tang and descendants of Dongou King)..."

"I don't care about your Marquis Mansion, Nanjing City is now under the control of King Yu."

As he said that, the big man looked at Youngest Li and said, "These scoundrels, don't be afraid of them, follow me to the yamen today!"

"Yamen?" Everyone's face suddenly changed. Isn't this a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

"I'm so afraid, now that the yamen is occupied by the Military Judicial Department, if you have any old grievances, you can come."

The big man shouted: "When King Yu comes, Qingtian will come, and the new Ming Dynasty will come—"

As soon as this was said, everyone became curious and followed to the Yamen.

Sure enough, there was a large circle of people around here at some point.

To the astonishment of Li Laosan and the others, almost all the gangsters, big and small, on the streets of Nanjing were detained, and they were all dejected.

"King Yu, it really is the blue sky!"

Li Laosan murmured, looking at the blue and white sky, feeling inexplicably excited.

(End of this chapter)