Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 48 The Tragedy of the Barracks
Don't look at Yu Huatian's martial arts is extremely high, killing people without blinking an eye.But after working on a mask for a long time, I was sweating profusely, but I still couldn't wear it well.

Zhu Youjian tried his best not to let himself laugh, and stepped forward to help him put it on. Yu Huatian touched the mask on his mouth, and suddenly realized.

However, he has never been good at talking, let alone how to flatter a horse, so he just bowed to the emperor with a blushing face:
"Trouble your majesty, Yu Huatian is guilty."

"Go quickly, remember not to take it off casually."

Yu Huatian nodded in agreement, and was the first to leave the camp.

"Whoever stands still, this is a military forbidden area, and idlers are not allowed to enter."

As soon as the two entered the barracks, a faint voice came, which didn't sound like a soldier's voice at all. Zhu Youjian followed the voice.

Only then did he find a Ming soldier sitting next to a tent. He curled up and looked very cold, looking at Zhu Youjian and the two warily.

Zhu Youjian was wearing plain clothes, but Yuhuatian was still dressed as the governor of the West Factory. He just stepped forward and wanted to grab the soldiers, but Zhu Youjian stopped him urgently.

"Yuhuatian don't touch him, step back quickly."

"obey"

Yu Huatian didn't know what the emperor meant, so he quickly withdrew his hands and stepped back several meters, glanced coldly at the soldiers and asked:
"Our family is Yuhuatian, the governor of the West Factory. What about the rest of the three battalions? How many people are there now?"

"Everyone who can run has run away, and the rest are in the barracks behind. Go in and see for yourself and you will know what's going on."

This soldier doesn't care who Yu Huatian is now, he is almost at the end of his own life, and he is still worried about the ball. "

Before the soldiers could finish their words, Zhu Youjian had already turned around and left, Yu Huatian hurried to catch up, and the barracks, which was about [-] paces away, would arrive immediately after shifting.

Yu Huatian reached out to open the door, and Zhu Youjian stepped in. The situation was similar to what he had imagined.

Few of them could stand, but none of them died, and their condition was the same as what he saw in the private house.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhu Youjian suddenly understood that it was not that the Ming army did not resist, but that it had lost its combat effectiveness.

The damn Ministry of War and the cabinet did not act and did not report. Emperor Chongzhen was completely kept in the dark.

As for why they didn't report it, the purpose should be that they are living on empty pay all year round and dare not report the truth.

"Who's in charge here?"

"I ran away early, there is no person in charge here."

When a soldier heard someone asking, he struggled to sit up, looked up, saw a young man and the governor of the West Factory, and answered weakly.

Seeing the tragic situation in front of him, Zhu Youjian suddenly felt that Zhang Jinchen's death was too cheap, and he should be executed Lingchi.

"So there are many people here? Couldn't it be just a few hundred of you?"

"Some time ago there were about 1000 people, and more than [-] died of illness. Later, the disease became more and more serious and all those who could run disappeared."

"More than 5000?"

Zhu Youjian remembered that when Zhang Jinchen's mansion was searched, Cao Zhengchun gave him an account book, which clearly stated that there were still about [-] in the three major battalions.

It now appears that those corrupt officials ate half of the military pay of the soldiers, that is, empty pay.

With an extremely heavy heart, Zhu Youjian turned around and walked towards the armory, and kicked open the door to enter the warehouse.

The firearms were still there, and he stepped forward to pick up a Vulcan gun, which was rusty and obviously hadn't been used for a long time.

As soon as the shot was fired, the chamber immediately exploded, which startled Zhu Youjian and Yu Huatian, and then picked up more than a dozen firearms in a row, almost all of which were useless.

"Nimma, how long has it been since it's been used? It's not an exaggeration for these bastards to die ten thousand times."

Now Zhu Youjian suddenly felt that Chongzhen was so pitiful that he was completely controlled by the Donglin Party. These civil servants knew about infighting and corruption all day long.

Either fighting generals, eunuchs, or fighting the emperor, Daming will be destroyed in their hands.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, just in time for the Little Ice Age, there were almost no crops.

The good land was occupied by officials, wealthy businessmen and nobles, coupled with heavy taxes, ordinary people couldn't have enough to eat.

In order to survive, people began to flee and migrate on a large scale. They even ate up all the rats along the way, but many people still starved to death.

It is impossible to dispose of dead bodies, and as a result, flies and mosquitoes are infested in many places, and sometimes the sunlight in the sky can be covered by patches of flies and mosquitoes.

These flies, mosquitoes and fleas transmitted the plague virus to those hungry people. People did not have the awareness of prevention, and they were infected all the way.

From Gansu to Shanxi to Hebei, to Henan and Anhui, the plague existed in almost the entire area north of the Yangtze River.

As a result, the plague spread in Ming Dynasty. Because the rogues fought on the move, it was not conducive to the spread of the plague, so their infection was not very serious.

But cities are different. The environment of military camps and common people's homes is relatively closed, which is more conducive to the spread of plague.

The imperial city does not come into contact with the outside world. Officials' mansions are closed, and they don't have much contact with hungry people. They pay more attention to prevention and control. Their infection rate is much lower.

Ordinary people have become the most difficult group of people, and the army is to patrol and maintain law and order. They will often come into contact with those hungry people, and the chance of infection will greatly increase.

The plague spread quickly, not only through contact, but also through the air. Once it spread in the army, the entire army would lose its combat effectiveness.

Zhu Youjian now finally knows why the rogue army, which is in full swing, was defeated by a single blow when it encountered the Eastern captive cavalry.

When they set off from the capital, they only took away more than 6 people, and the capital left less than 40 with combat effectiveness. In [-] days or so, the rogue army lost less than half of its combat effectiveness.

The health is not good, and with the spread of the plague, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the rogues were unable to resist the cavalry captured by the East.

After Donghuo entered the customs, the garrison lived separately from the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Their purpose was to guard against the sudden rebellion of the soldiers, but by coincidence they avoided the spread of the plague.

Thinking about how difficult it was for Ming Dynasty at this time, there were bandits all over the place, and the Dong captives occupied the entire Northeast. Not only did they encounter the Little Ice Age, but also a severe plague broke out.

According to incomplete statistics, the plague caused Daming to lose millions of people.

If it hadn't been for the outbreak of the plague that severely reduced the combat power of the Ming army, it would be impossible for the bandits to enter the capital so easily. At this time, Chongzhen was really helpless.

What Chongzhen couldn't do, could Zhu Youjian do it?He is a traveler who not only understands history, but also has a golden finger.

After leaving the barracks, Zhu Youjian quickly returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. All the ministers were still waiting in the hall. Seeing the emperor rushing over, they felt that something important had happened.

Sitting down on the dragon chair, Zhu Youjian looked at Li Banghua:
"Li Aiqing, how much do you know about the plague outbreak in the capital?"

Li Banghua hastily bowed and saluted:

"Your Majesty, the old officials don't understand the plague, but many people in the capital died of illness. Didn't the former Chief Assistant Wei Zaode report to the Emperor?"

"Snapped"

Zhu Youjian punched the Longshu case fiercely, and the Longshu case that had just been changed fell apart by his bombardment, which made all the ministers tremble in fright.

(End of this chapter)