Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 655
I have to say that Sony is still a bit capable.

This attack directly grabbed the weakness of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Tong Yangliang, Zu Kefa and other former Ming generals who were afraid of death.

Looking at the bloody head on the tray, the dozens of generals in the hall trembled with fright.

Sony deliberately did not speak, but glanced back and forth at dozens of surrendered generals with fierce eyes. At the same time, dozens of Ba Yala soldiers from Zhenghuang Banner also rushed in with knives.

Judging from this posture, it is possible to chop someone with a knife at any time.

After a full quarter of an hour, until the backs of all the generals were drenched in cold sweat, Soni finally let out a muffled snort, and one of the generals knelt down in fright.

"General, please forgive me, please forgive me."

The general fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy.

Sony and the other generals looked closely, but it turned out to be Cai Shiying, a Jiala Ezhen of the Zhengbai Banner Han Army.

This gentleman surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Zu Dashou when he was in Jinzhou, and was immediately awarded the military post of Niulu Ezhen in the Zhengbai Banner Han Army. After going around for a few years, he became Jiala Ezhen.

Sony asked in a deep voice, "Are you also collaborating with the enemy?"

"Uh, huh? The last general did not cooperate with the enemy, absolutely not."

Cai Shiying denied it categorically, and said in her heart that she was hasty, and it turned out that Sony didn't know.

Sony scolded: "Why don't you collude with the enemy?"

Cai Shiying quickly got up and stood up.

Sony looked around at the crowd and said sharply: "Tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle between the Qing army and the Ming army. This general will make a three-pronged agreement with you first. If any collaborators are found, they will be killed immediately, and they will flee in battle tomorrow." Those who are afraid of the enemy, those who do not obey orders, and those who do not listen to orders, will also be executed immediately, and you must keep it in mind!"

"Hey!" All the generals responded in unison, with solemn expressions.

Soni said again: "After this battle is won, this great general will play the Emperor Ming. Everyone who participated in this battle will be promoted to the first rank. In addition, there will be rewards. In short, the Qing Dynasty will not treat meritorious ministers badly."

"The last general will wait to thank the general for his support." All the generals knelt down to thank them.

Under the control of Sonny Enwei and Shi Yitong, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and other surrendered generals no longer dared to have the slightest thought of wrongdoing. Originally, several surrendered generals thought about waiting for tomorrow's battle and deliberately disrupted the formation of the Qing army. If so, maybe you can atone for your sins and win a fame in the Ming Dynasty.

But now there is no such thought.

……

Kong Youde and the others had given up any thought of surrendering.

But Sun Zhixie, Wang Aoyong, Xu Yifan and other ministers are still colluding around, trying to fish in troubled waters, and they even found their ancestral home in Xicheng Daqiao Hutong.

What did these second ministers find their ancestral home for?
The intention is very simple, to invite Zu Dashou to come out to lead the army.

"Junmen, when the world is in turmoil, you must not sit idly by."

"That's right. Right now, there are no leaders among the old ministers of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, and they don't know soldiers. Only you, a military sect, are highly respected and experienced in many battles. As long as you are willing to lead the army, great things can be expected."

"I also ask the Zujunmen to put the Great Ming Dynasty first."

These second ministers are all righteous and strict, just like the loyal ministers of Ming Dynasty.

After hearing this, Zu Dashou thought it was ridiculous. Are you singing an opera?
Now that I think about it, Daming should be the most important thing?Why did you go early?
When the puppet Shun army broke through Beijing, you should not rush to surrender.

And when Dorgon's army entered Beijing, you should not be so eager to kneel down.

Now that the Holy One is leading the army back to Beijing, seeing that the capital is about to be recovered, did you finally remember that you were also ministers of the Ming Dynasty?late!

Don't think I don't know what you're up to.

All of you have already sent someone to find Gaoqiqian, right?

But has Gao Qiqian paid any attention to you?I'm afraid there isn't one?
Gao Qiqian ignored you, which is enough to explain the attitude of the Holy One.

The Holy Majesty doesn't want to give you two ministers a chance to redeem your crimes, so you just wait to be liquidated honestly. The colleagues from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment and the Shuntian Mansion will come to you, don't worry.

Seeing that Zu Dashou remained silent all this time, these second ministers inevitably misunderstood.

Wang Aoyong immediately asked: "Are you worried that there will be no armor soldiers available?"

"Don't worry about this." Sun Zhixie said with emotion, "We have quite a few servants in our house, the number of them can't be less than a thousand, and they can instigate some of them to practice bravery. There are always three to five thousand."

Xu Yifan went on to say: "Bai Yintu and Hong Chengchou have already led the elite of the two white flags out of the city, and the Forbidden City has become extremely empty. If the military gate is willing to climb high and lead us into the Forbidden City to capture the slave and false emperor Fulin, Then the big thing is settled, and the officials, gentry and common people in several northern provinces will all feel grateful for the supreme kindness of the military sect."

Sun Zhixie went on to say: "The Holy Majesty will also show mercy outside the law."

Zu Dashou's eyelids drooped slightly, and he ignored these dissident ministers from the beginning to the end.

Directly raid the Forbidden City and capture Fulin?Not a bad idea.

But with the three or five thousand mob you gathered, don't even think about it.

Not to mention the Baya La soldiers of the Two Yellow Banners who stayed behind in the Forbidden City, even the coated servants of those Eight Banners aristocratic mansions can easily tear you to pieces.

"Junmen, can you tell me something sweet?"

Sun Zhixie talked for a long time, and finally became a little impatient.

Only then did Zu Dashou said: "The old man is old, his energy is weak, and his eyesight is no longer good. Especially at night, he can't see anything. I'm afraid I can't help you."

After a pause, Zu Dashou said again: "Everyone, please go back."

The living room immediately fell into silence, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

"Coward!" A moment later, Sun Zhixie was the first to walk away.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yifan, Wang Aoyong and other ministers also left one after another.

After all the ministers left, 17-year-old Zu Zeqing came in quietly, and said to Zu Dashou: "Father, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Daqing to survive tomorrow's catastrophe, why don't you run away now?"

"Escape? Where can we escape?" Zu Dashou said with a long sigh, "The world is so big that there is no place for our ancestors to stay, so don't bother, just wait honestly in Beijing."

After a pause, Zu Dashou said again: "However, Guan Sheng has acted since Jiashen, you brothers should still have a chance, after all, you were sent to the Qing Dynasty because of your father's order."

"Father!" Zu Zeqing was saddened when he heard the words.

……

In Nanjing, the Forbidden City is still brightly lit.

Officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs such as Ma Minglu, Ruan Dacheng, Wang Wei, and Chen Zilong, and cabinet ministers such as Lu Zhenfei, Zhang Shenyan, Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng, and Liu Lishun all gathered in the Huangji Hall.

In addition, there are Li Jiaozheng, Fan Zhongjie and other hall officials.

Liu Lishun was pushed into the cabinet by the court a month ago.

The official "reason" is because of his outstanding performance in the post of Minister of the Household Department.

But in fact, this is not the case at all, because Li Jiaozheng, who succeeded Liu Lishun as the Minister of the Ministry of Households, was the water control censor and Huguang governor appointed by Chongzhen before.

Li Jiaozheng was indeed promoted, from a second-rank governor to a second-rank official.

But if Li Jiaozheng is allowed to choose by himself, he would rather be the censor of water control and governor of Huguang, because he can do practical things if he stays in the local office, but he can't help himself when he is in the court.

To tell the truth, Li Jiaozheng really hates the ways of the world.

By the way, another imperial censor whom Chongzhen used to be brief at the beginning, that is, Wu Jinxi, the iron smelting imperial censor, was also transferred back to Nanjing to serve as the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Liu Shizhen, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was changed to Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

Replacing Wu Jinxi and Li Jiaozheng are the two supervisory censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This is Daming's sophistication, Lu Zhenfei is actually unwilling to do this, because he knows that doing so will definitely intensify the conflict with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Because the flood control censor holds Huguang food in his hands.

The iron smelting censor even holds the iron smelting workshop in Hanyang.

What does the food in Huguang and the iron workshop in Hanyang mean?It means a lot of money!

To put it bluntly, Daming's civil official group has already set its sights on Huguang Granary and Hanyang Iron Smelting Workshop. As the chief assistant, Lu Zhenfei can't help himself. It is impossible for him alone to compete with the entire civil official group.

To put it more bluntly, the civil official group has no money in hand, and even the salaries of officials are almost unable to be paid out.

In the past, the only income of the civil official group was money, food and taxes, but since the fall of the north and the successive wars in Sichuan and Yunnan, the money, food and taxes from the localities have dropped sharply.

Fortunately, I followed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to set up the Bank of the Ministry of Accounts and the Exchange of the Ministry of Accounts, and finally survived.

Relying on the proceeds from the issuance of bonds by the Hubu City Exchange and the interest rate difference from the Hubu Bank, the civil servant group has lived a good life for a few years, and its various treatments are not much worse than those of Qin Wang Shizi of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

However, after the five-year bond expired at the beginning of this year, the bank account of the household department could not afford enough money. In the end, not to mention the [-] returns agreed before, even the principal was discounted by [-]%.

The reason is also very simple. There are more and more bonds in the household department, but the tax source has not increased much.

And the bonds issued by the Ministry of Households are mortgaged by taxes. In this case, it is strange that there is no thunderstorm.

After the explosion of the five-year bond issued by the Tobe City Exchange, the price of the ten-year bond was avalanche, and the newly issued bonds could not be sold.

So the current Ming Dynasty is also a world of ice and fire.

The weather on the side of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is really a fire cooking oil and flowers blooming.

But the Sixth Ministry of the Cabinet can't even pay officials' salaries.

It is also for this reason that the Civil Service Group will focus on the two fat pieces of Huguang Granary and Hanyang Iron Works.

But these are all things to say later, at this time Lu Zhenfei and other cabinet officials and Ma Mingpao and other officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs gathered in Huangji Hall, but it was because of an urgent letter from Beijing.

The Ming army and Jiannu are finally going to have a final battle!
Even a fool can see how important this battle is.

However, in addition to caring about the outcome of this battle, Lu Zhenfei and other cabinet members are more concerned about another important matter, that is, whether to return the capital after the victory of the Northern Expedition?And how to deal with the northern gentry who surrendered to the enemy?

These are all related to their vital interests.

[Some readers are worried about excessive YY, don't worry about this, the time span of this book will be very long, long enough to build the Asia-Europe Railway and the Trans-Asia Railway, and after the eradication of Jiannu, the railway will start to be built]

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