Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 42 Crossing the hurdle of history
  On the night of March 19th, during the pursuit, Lu Mou deliberately found a tavern where he wanted to drink alone to celebrate.

It's not a celebration of a series of victories, but a celebration of this special day, March 19th.

The pub is not big, but it's neat and clean, and the owner is a nice guy. When we met, he was dressed in casual clothes and did not bring anyone with him. At that time, he kindly reminded: "Young master, the bandits here come and go, and the officers and soldiers come and leave. The war is chaotic. How dare you, a young boy, to walk alone?" Be safe."

Lu Mou smiled: "My safety is not a problem, I just want to have a drink alone."

The boss said nothing more, took out his specialty dishes, and brought him a bottle of wine as requested by Lu Mou.

The jug is the smallest one with good intentions; the wine is rice wine, which is specially mixed with water.

After pouring a glass and holding it up, he gestured to the almanac in the tavern and whispered, "Everything is safe." Then he drank it in one gulp.

Today has passed. Li Zicheng did not capture Beijing, and Chongzhen did not kill his wife and daughter and hang him in Meishan. Daming finally came to life in his own hands. History was finally cut in half here.

Tomorrow will be a brand new history, a history that will be written by oneself.

Thinking about the earth-shattering changes in the past ten days, thinking about how all the hardships he had endured in the past ten days had finally paid off, Lu Mou couldn't help but have mixed feelings, and lay on the wine table, sobbing.

Such a move alarmed the boss, who quickly ran over and patted his back gently, just like a kind father comforting his son: "If you are sad, it's okay to cry. Cry, cry. After crying, you will feel relaxed." ”

Lu Mou cried even louder, almost wailing.

The cry alerted the secretly protecting Jin Yiwei. They rushed in and put the knife on the boss's neck. The boss was so frightened that he lost his soul and fell to his knees, trembling.

Lu Mou stopped crying and quickly stopped the Jin Yiwei. He helped the kind boss up with both hands: "I'm sorry, my subordinate didn't know the situation and scared you. Please get up."

The boss stood up tremblingly: "You are——"

A Jin Yiwei replied: "This is our Dingwang."

When the boss heard this, his eyes lit up and he knelt down again: "I feel that you led the army to drive away the bandits. Your Majesty is so powerful."

Lu Mou smiled: "Am I mighty? Am I mighty?"

The boss was embarrassed. He was just a little kid, and he had already gone to herd the cows when he was left at the farmhouse. A bull official, so powerful.

He took the boss's hand and asked him to sit down: "The bandits shouted slogans, hoping that the King of Chuang will welcome the King of Chuang, and the King of Chuang will not pay for the food. Don't you welcome the Chuang army?" Seeing the boss tremble, he quickly smiled again. : "I want to hear the truth. But don't worry, even if you scold me now, I won't blame you, but will reward you. I want to hear the true wishes of the people, and then I can implement policies accordingly."

When the boss heard this, his eyes lit up: "Really?"

"real."

"Your Majesty, can you really implement policies according to the wishes of our people? You, you, can you do it?"

Lu Mou nodded firmly: "I can do it, I must do it, and I will definitely do it."

The boss gritted his teeth: "This is an opportunity given to me by God to convey the people's wishes to Heaven. I will tell the prince until my death."

"It's a long night, and it's a good time to talk in detail. Please bring some more food and wine, and we can talk while drinking."

The boss felt relieved when he saw that Lu Mou was so kind.

After adding wine and food, we sat down and started talking with Lu Mou: "Actually, before the bandits came, we ordinary people were really confused by the intruder's slogan of not paying for food. As a result, their army was stationed in Baoding, and we Only the common people know why King Chuang doesn’t pay us the food when he comes. They don’t want us to pay the food, they are robbing us openly. They are simply a group of bandits. Ah, by the way, they are bandits in the first place. If my girl hadn’t been captured by them All the big bosses snatched them away, and I was labeled as my father-in-law. My belongings had been snatched away long ago; my people were taken to the battlefield by them long ago. Your Majesty, please fight off the rogues quickly, even if we are ordinary people. If we are robbed by the government again, we can always discuss it, right?"

What he said made Lu Mou blush.

The two men really talked like this until dawn.

In fact, the ordinary people's demands are not high. They just want to lower taxes, reduce corvee, and stop the unreasonable exploitation of cruel officials. Finally, Lu Mou stood up, rewarded the boss, and solemnly told him: "Don't worry, the sky will light up, and your darkness will soon end."

It was daybreak, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue and the air was refreshing. Lu Mou, who was refreshed, led the army and continued the pursuit.

After pursuing all the way, they actually regained Beizhili in one battle. Except for Daming Mansion, they lost all the land.

Lu Mou came to the outside of Baoding City. The city gate was opened, and all the officials in Baoding City walked out and knelt down.

The prefect of Baoding, King Yizhe, kowtowed to plead guilty: "When the guilty minister saw that the bandits were powerful, he was afraid that the rogue bandits would break into the city and retaliate and kill people. For the sake of the lives of the people in the city, I was forced to surrender without telling the truth. The guilty minister is guilty of death. Please sentence him to death."

Lu Mou smiled and got off his horse to help: "Master Wang, please get up. I can understand the situation at that time. I have forgiven you for surrendering this time, and you will still hold your original position. But I can tell you, if it happens again next time , I will definitely kill him without mercy."

Wang Yizhe was overjoyed to be pardoned and returned to his official post. He respectfully invited the prince to enter the city.

King Ding once again emphasized in front of the three armies: "When the army enters the city, it will never disturb the people. If there is any violation, the Jin Yiwei will kill them in the street."

The three armies agreed with a bang.

Hearing this kind of military discipline, the gentry who came out of the city to welcome them all stopped being trembling and fearing another disaster, and all cheered and welcomed them.

Arriving at the magistrate's lobby, Lu Mou was asked to sit in the upper seat. Wang Yizhe and others wanted to accompany him.

When everyone recognized that the person standing behind Lu Mou was Li Yan, they were all surprised.

Lu Mou introduced: "This Mr. Li Yan has sincerely returned to the Ming Dynasty. I have appointed him as my military advisor and general. Don't be suspicious."

Li Yan silently cupped his hands at everyone.

After hearing such a result, everyone not only did not reject Li Yan, but also showed affection towards him.

The reason is that when his army arrived previously, military discipline was quite strict and it did not cause much harm to the people.

After listening to Wang Yizhe's brief introduction to the current situation in Baoding Prefecture, one of the gentry representatives said: "Originally, our merchants planned to raise some grain, grass, cattle, sheep, wine and meat to reward the army. Unfortunately, during this period, the rogue bandits were in the city to press for payment, but It has caused us misery, so we cannot provide generous money and food, so please don’t blame me, Your Majesty."

Lu Mou smiled and turned to look at Li Yan, who blushed.

This is what Li Yan sang about the trouble that King Yingchuang refused to pay for his food.

A rogue bandit does not need the common people to enjoy the cold weather. It can solve the problem of military supply by robbing powerful and wealthy households.

But as soon as you form a government and occupy territory, this slogan will kill you.

If the people don't pay for the food, then where will the officials' salaries come from? Once the soldiers are stationed in the local area, they can no longer rob, so where will the money and food for the soldiers come from?

There are also various administrative expenses, which are also a huge amount and cannot be saved. Where do these expenses come from?

Seductive slogans can win over people's hearts, but they cannot be used as free money.

The result is that either you break your promise, break trust with the people, and start collecting taxes from the people; or you adopt the method in front of you and torture the gentry, wealthy merchants, and large households.

As a result, these guys were forced by this group of bandits and had no choice, so they rebelled again and drove the bandits back to the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Lu Mou even suspected that Li Yan took refuge with Li Chuang just to trick him.

(End of this chapter)