The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 77 The Situation in the South

Zhu Cihong guessed right.

Jiannu's food and grass were indeed very sufficient, not to mention one year, even two or three years.

After more than ten years of hard work by Huang Taiji, he plundered no less than a million Han people to Liaodong several times, and he has long been self-sufficient.

Coupled with North Korea's annual offerings, and the smuggling of a large number of traitors, and the capture of the Songjin battle last time, the Tartars have hoarded millions of grain and grass.

Obviously, he has been accumulating strength and preparing for moving to the Central Plains.

In history, after the Tartars entered the customs, the reason why they were able to quickly surrender, drive a large number of Han soldiers, and pacify the north was because they hoarded a large amount of food and grass.

After all, it was difficult to obtain food and grass in the north at that time, especially near the capital, which shows Huang Taiji's foresight.

It is also because of these millions of stone grains and grass that Hong Chengchou is full of confidence. He suggested that Dorgon fight to consume, use defense instead of attack, use static braking, and consume the Ming army alive.

The food and grass carried with the army this time alone amounted to 100 million shi, which was enough to sustain the army for half a year. This was because there were too many slaves and horses.

And after the capture of Shanhaiguan, the grain convoy from Shengjing to Shanhaiguan has never stopped, and has also stockpiled no less than a million shi of grain and grass in Shanhaiguan.

So for two whole months, Dorgun and Hong Chengchou played chess leisurely in the camp.

And after two defeats, the arrogant soldiers of the Eight Banners also completely stopped.

The time has also come to the middle of June.

It has been three months since Jiannu broke Shanhaiguan.

However, in the past two months, with the daily reduction of food and the scorching hot weather, Zhu Cihong became more and more anxious and anxious every day.

During this period, some food was collected from the Hejian Mansion with great difficulty, but very few of them could be transported back, and Wu Sangui lost nearly a thousand horses.

As for the Jinyiwei sent to Shandong, they couldn't receive any food at all. Obviously, Jinyiwei's prestige in Shandong has been greatly reduced, and the gentry and landlords don't pay much attention to it.

"My lord, good news, Lu Fangna has just returned."

"Oh? Come on, bring it to me immediately."

Zhu Cilang stood up abruptly.

As soon as he defeated the Chuang army, he sent imperial eunuchs to Jiangnan, and now there is finally news.

Immediately, an extremely embarrassed eunuch was brought in.

As soon as he came in, the eunuch named Lu Fang fell to his knees and burst into tears.

"My lord, this servant can be counted as alive to see my lord... woo woo..."

"Okay, I know you've suffered a lot, so let's talk about the situation in Nanjing, have the money, food, taxes and taxes arrived?"

Zhu Cihong saw that he was as thin as a bamboo pole, like a refugee, so he had no choice but to come to the hall to help him up and comfort him.

"My lord, the servants are damned, they failed to complete the task assigned by the lord..." Lu Fang burst into tears as he spoke.

"what happened?"

"What about the others? Are you the only one coming back?"

When he went, he sent more than 300 Jinyiwei and Dongchang fanzi.

"Back to the emperor, after the slaves and maids arrived in Nanjing, everything went smoothly. The officials from the six ministries of Nanjing and Wei Guogong and others heard that the emperor had defeated the Chuang army. They cooperated with the slaves and actively prepared food and grass. In just one month 200 million stones were prepared.

But just when the servants were about to load the ship, there was a sudden news that the emperor, the emperor..."

"What are you talking about? Say it!"

"It is said that the emperor forced the palace to usurp the throne and even killed the Supreme Emperor." Lu Fang whispered tremblingly.

"What? Then what?"

Zhu Cihong's face turned black
I am really afraid of what will happen.

"Then the rumor spread more and more widely, and it spread all over the area around Nanjing in just a few days. Those scholars and literati accused the emperor one after another, saying that the emperor is rebellious, inferior to animals, and an eternal tyrant..."

"and then?"

Zhu Cihong's face turned from black to green.

"Then the attitudes of those civil servants also changed. Not only did they put their slaves under house arrest, but they also detained their food at the pier. Later, the rumors spread more and more widely, and became more and more intense. The entire Jiangnan began to blame the emperor, and many scholars and officials It is proposed that the emperor is not worthy of inheriting the great rule, and that the emperor should be abolished and a new emperor should be established.

Some people even said that after the establishment of a new emperor, he will organize an army to attack the emperor, and will arrest the emperor in front of the mausoleum of the Taizu in Nanjing..."

Speaking of this, Lu Fang didn't dare to continue anymore, and jumped up and said: "The servant also knew that something was wrong, so he bought the guards and escaped. The servant wanted to go to Wei Guogong...

It is a shame that Wei Guogong not only disappeared, but also spread the news. The servants who killed them became street rats. They were chased and killed by those scholars with their servants, and finally escaped to the north bank.

The slave girl went to look for Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, but the dog had already colluded with King Fu. As soon as they met, they arrested the slave girl and others again, and asked about the situation in the capital. .

In the end, when they relaxed their vigilance, the slaves escaped again, and then they pretended to go all the way north and fled back to the capital, hoping that the emperor would forgive their sins. "

After everyone listened, they all understood why Lu Fang did what he did. He must have escaped death along the way, and it was a miracle that he returned to the capital alive.

I was also touched by his loyalty.

Even Zhu Cihong was slightly moved.

"How was the situation in Jiangnan when you left?"

"Going back to the emperor, when the servants left, Ma Shiying and others were going to support Fufan to go to Nanjing to ascend the throne, but the civil servants in Nanjing disagreed, saying that Fufan's virtue was not good, and Lufan was wise, and wanted to support Lufan. Fan, it's like a pot of porridge."

"Isn't it true that no one has suggested that the rumors are not credible, and you want to come to the capital to confirm it?"

Zhu Cihong's cold voice made the surrounding female soldiers shiver.

He never imagined that it was just a rumor that caused the south to follow the historical track.

"At the beginning, someone suggested it, but then it disappeared." Lu Fang replied honestly.

"bump!"

"These gangsters!"

"Corrupt officials and Confucian scholars, evil gentry and profiteers, clearly have bad intentions, wolf ambitions, and don't want to provide taxes, food and grass to the North!"

"Li Ruolian, go. Immediately put all the civil servants in the city into imperial prison and torture them to extract confessions. I want to know who made the rumor and who came up with this idea first!"

"Minister, I will take the decree!"

Li Ruolian was also frightened by Zhu Cihong's distorted face, but he still went to get the order immediately.

Now even if His Majesty asked him to kill all the civil servants, he would not bat an eyelid.

"Go, immediately send someone to Tongzhou to preach the decree, and the imperial concubine Xuan will come to the palace immediately to face the saint!"

Zhu Cihong gritted his teeth and roared again.

This was the first time he lost his composure completely after time travelling.

If it is true that he can't win Jiannu, he will admit it, but now he is dignified and rich all over the world, but he is dealt with by a barbaric nation with a population of only a few hundred thousand, using the methods that the Han people are best at, and in the end it is really To be consumed alive by others.

It is a great shame and a great fallacy in the world.

Throughout the past and present, there has never been a Han Dynasty in the Central Plains that has been so humiliated.

At this moment, Zhu Cilang's hatred for those officials and scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, profiteers and evil gentry has far surpassed that of Jiannu.

He would rather not have this half of the country for the time being, but also go to Jiangnan to kill those guys first, and put all his wives and daughters in the Jiaofang Division to vent his hatred.

Tongzhou is only seventy or eighty miles away from the capital, and it takes more than an hour for a fast horse to come and go.

When Hong Niangzi hurried to the capital, Jin Yiwei's arrest operation also came to an end.

As long as they are civil servants, regardless of rank, if none of them escapes, the supervisors of the Guozijian and the literati with fame will also be thrown into the prison.

For a moment, the whole imperial prison was full of wailing and screaming, ghosts crying and wolves howling, and the nobles were also frightened by this sudden scene.

I don't even know why His Majesty suddenly went crazy.

(End of this chapter)