Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 242 Grievance

On the prison car, Hong Chengchou had been in a trance, as if in a dream, not daring to face reality, and arrived in the capital unknowingly.

He came from a poor family in his early years, but he was appreciated by a school teacher and had the opportunity to study, so he studied diligently. Finally, in the 44th year of Wanli period, he won the title of Jinshi.

Later, he worked as an official in the Ministry of Justice, Zhejiang, Shaanxi and other places. Finally, he started to be promoted quickly because of the suppression of the civil uprising in Shaanxi. He became the governor of Yansui. The next year, he was promoted to the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi. Because of his achievements in suppressing bandits, he was promoted to minister of the Ministry of War. He was the governor-general of military affairs in Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang and other places. He defeated Li Zicheng and other thieves many times and was trusted by Emperor Chongzhen.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou was transferred to the governor of Jiliao to guard the front line of Shanhaiguan.

At this time, he was regarded as a top official in the Ming Dynasty. Although he was not the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, he was trusted by the emperor and admired by all the officials.

It has to be said that he is very inspiring and can become a role model for future generations to be able to reach such heights from a very poor start.

However, the turning point of fate began in the second year after he became the governor of Jiliao, which was the Battle of Songjin.

This defeat cannot actually be considered his responsibility. If he died for his country, he would probably still be admired by future generations.

However, he finally chose to surrender and made suggestions for the Qing Dynasty's plans for China's Jiuzhou. After entering the customs, he personally went into battle to suppress all forces that opposed the Manchu Qing Dynasty and laid a lot of foundations for the humiliation of China's decline for hundreds of years. of credit.

It is a bit ironic that Hong Chengchou worked so hard for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the final result was that he was included in the biography of traitorous officials. And when he was alive, the rewards he received were not high.

Of course, Hong Chengchou didn't know about this originally historical matter at this time.

In the prison car, he was in a daze, but he couldn't understand that the imperial court was in its final days. Amid internal and external troubles, it was time to change the dynasty. As a result, the current emperor actually led the troops himself and quelled these internal and external troubles in just a few years. Even the invincible Qing Dynasty was destroyed by him!

He thought he knew the current emperor very well, but the performance of the current emperor in the past few years was beyond his expectation. How could this be possible?

When the imperial troops forced an emergency landing in the Qing Dynasty and approached North Korea, he did not think about resisting. Instead, he prepared to tell the emperor his difficulties in surrendering to the Qing Dynasty when he met the emperor, hoping that he could continue to serve the imperial court with his talents.

Unexpectedly, he was not able to see the current emperor at all, and was put into a prison car and escorted to the pass together with Prince Baylor of the Qing Dynasty.

As you can imagine, the current emperor was obviously extremely disappointed with him for surrendering to the enemy, so he didn't even want to see him.

Hong Chengchou was frightened and regretted all the way. He thought about many what-ifs, but now he is still a prisoner. He wonders how the court will deal with him?

When he arrived at the capital, he was very familiar with everything he saw. However, looking at it now, it seems very strange!

Since entering the customs, I have never seen the desolate and dilapidated impression I had. Instead, there is a prosperous scene where people live and work in peace and contentment!

Only a few years have passed, how did the imperial court accomplish all this?

Really, even if Hong Chengchou prides himself on being smart, he still can’t figure out why this is the case?

The current emperor is so capable. Why did he personally lead the army before and just watch the world become chaotic?

Why do you want to do this?

Hong Chengchou really couldn't understand!

While he was thinking about it, he saw all the people in the capital city rushing out to greet them.

I saw that all of these people were excited, pointing at them, and talking about them, and some fragments of words reached Hong Chengchou's ears from time to time.

"Is this the emperor of Jianlu? He is still a child!"

"You don't know, the one who is in power now is Jianlu. Did you see that he is some kind of regent? I heard he is having an affair with this queen mother!"

"This woman doesn't look very good. How can this regent like her?"

"This woman is from the Mongolian tribe. How can she be so beautiful? It is said that she married a slave chief together with her sister and her aunt."

"They are indeed barbarians, and the relationship is really messy. It is really unimaginable that they were so vicious in the past, but it was thanks to the emperor's wisdom and prowess that he put them away!"

"I heard that the regent wanted to challenge the emperor to a duel. He was really asking for his own death. I don't even think about it, but the emperor threw a horse and killed him. Who else could it be?"

"I heard that one of the slave chiefs this time said he was the most capable of fighting among the captives, and he was thrown into the sky by the emperor and died, haha!"

"..."

As Hong Chengchou listened, he suddenly heard someone talking about him.

"Look, this guy with the money rat tail looks a bit familiar, doesn't he?"

"Don't you know? This is the Hong Chengchou who forgets his ancestors after countless classics!"

"It turns out it was him! When the emperor heard about it, he thought he had been martyred for his country, so he paid homage to him for seven days and treated his ministers with the highest standards. But unexpectedly, he turned out to be boneless and surrendered to Jianlu, which embarrassed the emperor. Empty!"

"It's not just the emperor who is embarrassed, isn't he embarrassed? The whole world knows that he is a weakling! He is also a scholar, and all etiquette, justice and shame have been forgotten!"

"..."

Listening to these words that came to his ears, Hong Chengchou suddenly understood that the emperor had great expectations for him, so he was very disappointed, so he didn't want to see him again at all!

But...but, I have been working hard all my life since I was a child, and I am really unwilling to die just like that!

The more Hong Chengchou thought about this, the more unwilling he became. Hearing people on both sides of the official road pointing at him and talking about him, he felt even more aggrieved, so he couldn't help but defend himself loudly.

If it were in the past, he would not be as familiar with these people. But at this moment, facing the unknown future, he was panicked and even more afraid, so he couldn't help it.

It was okay that he didn't speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth to defend himself, all the people who were not ashamed of his behavior squatted on the ground, grabbed clods of soil and threw them at him, while scolding him for being the eighteenth generation of his ancestors.

In the end, the escorting imperial officers and soldiers had to intervene, otherwise Hong Chengchou would probably be beaten to death.

Although Hong Chengchou was still unconvinced, he wanted to go back and tell the senior officials who were interrogating him.

But at this moment, he heard an old man pointing at him and shouting: "Since you have chosen to live an ignoble existence and work for the tiger, have you ever thought about the people who were harmed by you because of this, don't they want to live? You don't want to When you have been wronged yourself, you go to wrong others? People like you are reading the books of sages in vain!" Upon hearing this, Hong Chengchou was shocked. He understood that he was wronged, but what he did made more people wronged. . In this case, it is reasonable for those who have been wronged to come to him to settle accounts!

No matter what Hong Chengchou was thinking, as a commoner in the capital, if it was confirmed that all the slave chiefs of Jianlu were escorted to the capital, then the legendary victory would be true!

Under the leadership of the current emperor, the imperial officers and soldiers used thunderous force to pacify the rebellion that lasted for decades and three dynasties, and even brought North Korea into the territory.

At this moment, everyone had a deeper understanding of the power of the current emperor. This is also the case, and everyone in the capital also has great confidence in the imperial army's intention to destroy the Japanese country.

They are all looking forward to it, hoping to hear the good news that the current emperor has destroyed the Japanese country as soon as possible!

Among the capital, there is one person who is particularly happy, that is, the acting king who temporarily lives in the former Chengguo Duke's mansion.

When the current emperor wanted his family wealth to be used for military purposes, he promised that he would be crowned king of Japan.

However, when he arrived in the capital and learned that the current emperor had gone on a killing spree in the capital, and then there was a title reform, and even his own son was no longer hereditary, he had been worried. He probably thought that becoming the king of Japan was a pipe dream!

Unexpectedly, the current emperor quietly and suddenly went to attack the Japanese country!

How could the King not be overjoyed when he heard the news?

That is to say, the current emperor is not here, otherwise, he would definitely run to hug the emperor's legs to thank him.

There are happy people, but naturally there are also worried people, such as Queen Zhou.

The emperor was going to attack the Japanese country, and she was very worried.

I think back when Qian Yuan was strong, he attacked the Japanese kingdom twice and was completely wiped out. It is said that the Dragon King was angry. When the emperor was crossing the Yangtze River today, his ship sank once. If he was crossing the ocean, what would happen if the emperor's ship sank again?

You know, that is the sea, endless water. If you fall into the water again, you may not be fine!

Compared to her worries, the prince Zhu Cixiang was not worried at all. Instead, he was excited and yearning, wishing he could go and see his father.

He had traveled across the country before and heard the legend of his father being spread everywhere and that he was so brave that even storytellers in many places were telling it.

If you can be like your father in this life, you will have no regrets in this life!

Although Zhu Cixiang was regretful, he still remembered to follow his father's decree, summon all civil and military officials, sacrifice prisoners to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and use the blood of these slave chiefs and traitors to sacrifice the heroes of the Ming Dynasty in the Zhongmart Hall.

Report to Emperor Wanli and Emperor Tianqi that the Jianlu Rebellion was put down by the imperial court!

It also comforts the souls of Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Bianjiao and many other heroes who died in the battle against Jianlu. The Jianlu rebellion was put down by the imperial court!

Of course, I also want to announce to the world that the arrogant Jianlu has been eliminated from the world!

There were many people who never thought that the imperial court would ever regain Liaodong when there were rumors that Jianlu was invincible. Perhaps there are many people who have the same idea as Lu You, "The king sets the date for Liaodong in the north, and he never forgets to tell Naiwen during family sacrifices." But now, just a few years after the current emperor rose up, he easily regained Liaodong. By the way, North Korea.

The Ming Dynasty is not the former Song Dynasty, and its bones have always been hard!

As the news of the emperor's annihilation of Jianlu in Liaodong spread, countless people felt proud to be Ming people!

Unlike the people of the Ming Dynasty, at this moment, the Japanese people are confused!

From top to bottom, everything was in a state of confusion.

They never expected that the Ming Dynasty, which was across the sea, would invade their Japanese country.

Kyushu Island encountered attacks from the Ming army in many directions. What surprised them most was that the vanguard who attacked them turned out to be Qing soldiers who bought muskets from them and tried to form an alliance with them.

Not only that, these Qing soldiers attacked like crazy, catching the Japanese side completely off guard, and all the coastal areas of Kyushu Island fell immediately.

The reason why Japan was unable to react in time was that, in addition to not expecting the Ming army to attack them, there was another very important reason, which was Japan's own reasons.

The Japanese country at this time was the era of Tokugawa Iemitsu's rule. Tokugawa Iemitsu is most famous for his policy of seclusion.

The Tokugawa shogunate can almost be said to have usurped the throne. Therefore, starting from Tokugawa Ieyasu, they were on strict guard against other daimyo. Not only did they do everything possible to weaken the military strength of the daimyo in various places, but they also restricted the daimyo in all areas economically, politically, etc.

This policy of the Tokugawa shogunate is similar to the policy of reducing vassal vassals that has been seen in China.

In the era of Tokugawa Iemitsu's rule, this kind of restriction on daimyo from various places reached its climax. Just over ten years ago, the Shimabara Rebellion broke out in Japan, which exposed the strength of the Japanese army and took off their pants.

After finally suppressing the Shimabara Rebellion, Tokugawa Iemitsu did not care about the strength of the army. It can even be said that he was happy to see the daimyo everywhere being vulnerable.

In addition, he also stipulated that daimyo from all over the world should go to Edo to pay homage every year. For this reason, daimyo in various places were outside their own territories for at least half of the year.

In this context, the Ming army drove Jianlu as the vanguard and suddenly launched a large-scale attack. The Japanese country was completely vulnerable. In less than half a month, the entire Kyushu Island was captured by the Ming army.

After Emperor Chongzhen got the news, he set off from Busan, North Korea, and arrived at Kyushu Island via Tsushima Island.

At this time, it was already the end of the 23rd year of Chongzhen, and the New Year was about to begin.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to celebrate the New Year on Kyushu Island and wait until the New Year is over before attacking.

On New Year's Eve, Emperor Chongzhen was once again away from the capital to celebrate the New Year.

The officers and soldiers of the imperial court are celebrating the New Year happily. Emperor Chongzhen stood in the pavilion, looking at the snow outside, feeling very emotional.

In the original history, the Japanese country has never been occupied by people from other countries. As long as it can be occupied, it will be the father of the Japanese people.

When China was strong, it treated Japan well; but when China was weak, Japan wanted to occupy China. How many descendants of China hope to one day lead the army and stand on this land, but it is impossible!

Unexpectedly, after traveling through time, the day would finally come when I would lead my troops and occupy the land under my feet. Next year, I would definitely occupy other Japanese territories as well! From now on, there will be no more Japanese countries on this earth!

While he was sighing with emotion, he saw Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, hurrying into the courtyard gate and heading towards the pavilion on his side.

(End of this chapter)