Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 147

Although Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian took Zhu Cihong out of the palace to observe the people's sentiments, he walked around at will and put on a show at will.

But in fact, as early as a few days ago, Li Ruolian, the commander of Jinyiwei, and the East Factory jointly deduced all the dangers that Zhu Youjian might encounter during his trip.

Although Nanjing City is now under Zhu Youjian's control, from Ying Tianfu to the officers and soldiers guarding the city and the Jinyiwei East Factory around him are all Zhu Youjian's own people.

But the safety precautions that should be done cannot be ignored.

Even the refugee group, the Jiangnan common people group and the gentry group that Zhu Youjian wanted to see have undergone strict screening to ensure that no attacks will occur.

In fact, Zhu Youjian's original purpose of taking the prince out of the palace was not to really understand the living conditions of the people.

What he has to do now is to let the people at the bottom know the existence of the emperor and what the emperor is doing through the behavior of the emperor's tour, so that the people can understand themselves and choose to believe in themselves.

This is something that can’t be done by private visits in micro-services. Zhu Youjian is just putting on a show, so as to completely defeat the bad description of the emperor’s image by the literati among the common people, and then seek the support of the common people, instead of being controlled by the gentry all the time.

Zhu Youjian let everyone know that he is not only the emperor of literati, but also the emperor of the common people, and his interests and purposes are the same as those of the common people.

Zhu Youjian took the prince Zhu Cihong and a group of civil and military officials into the temporary refugee resettlement area built by Yingtianfu, and personally distributed the silver dollars to be distributed to the refugees: "Hi old man, where are you?" People, I have been in Nanjing for a long time, but I am still used to it, it is still cold today, so pay more attention to the cold.”

"If you go back to the emperor, Caomin is from Shanxi, and it has been almost three months since he came to Nanjing. His son works in the ordnance factory. He will be able to buy a house and land in Nanjing next year. He is doing well, and it is good to be able to settle down here."

Zhu Youjian nodded and continued walking forward. As soon as he appeared at this time, he naturally became the focus of the whole Nanjing city, and the common people and gentry flocked here.

Of course, on the outside of Zhu Youjian is still the captain in Jinyi who is always ready to block the backstabbing, then the gentry and common people in the selection office, and then the people who simply come to join in the fun to see the emperor.

at the same time.

Guangming Daily also began to publish articles, reporting that Zhu Youjian comforted the people, experienced the life of the people, and listened to the daily life of the people's suffering.

Even Gao Hongtu and Shi Kefa's disciples and old officials began to write articles criticizing Zhang Shen's words about Zuo Liangyu's wolf ambition.

Gao Hongtu also directly published the content of colluding with Zuo Liangyu that Zhang Shenyan had shown him in Guanghua Daily.

Huang Zongxi has followed Gao Hongtu's order, and began to worry about Huguang students denouncing the atrocities of Zuo Liangyu's army in various streets in Nanjing.

At the same time, northern scholars also began to take to the streets under the mobilization of Dongchang, criticizing Chen Yan, Chen Mingxia, Hong Chengchou and others who took refuge in Li Zicheng and Jiannu.

The gentry and common people in the south of the Yangtze River are now more and more aware of how terrible it will be once Zuo Liangyu invades the south of the Yangtze River.

More and more people said that a bandit army like Zuo Liangyu should not be allowed to invade the south of the Yangtze River.

When Zhang Shenyan's people intend to create public opinion to make the court believe that Zuo Liangyu is going to move eastward in order to eliminate traitors, the goal has not been achieved.

And because of Gao Hongtu's exposure, the people in the city discovered that Zhang Shenyan and others had colluded with Zuo Liangyu to mess up Jiangnan.

As a result, Zhang Shenyan and others naturally aroused public outrage.

By the time Zhang Shenyan was still thinking about how to deal with Guangming Daily, there was a lot of talk about turning the tables and criticizing Donglin Party and Fushe for harming the country with empty talk.

In particular, it has received the support of northern scholars and Huguang scholars who moved south, as well as students from poor families and the people at the bottom.

Zhang Shenyan and others stayed in Qinhuai overnight, still behaved indiscriminately and openly colluded with Zuo Liangyu were exposed one after another.

Coupled with the help of Gao Hongtu and Shi Kefa, the wealthy businessmen, officials and gentry began to have to choose to follow, which made Zhang Shenyan suddenly besieged by all sides.

When Zhang Shenyan woke up that morning, there was already a parade on the street, and the banners directly read "Down with Zhang Shenyan, the traitor!"

At the same time, some people began to give speeches in various academies and school palaces in various prefectures and counties:

"Some people slandered my Majesty the Ming Emperor, saying that when he came to the south of the Yangtze River, he had a lot of beauties, was sensual, tortured the people, and slaughtered loyal people!

But in fact, what did our Majesty do, exempt from corvee and taxes, personally issue a notice to the people, and go out of the palace to comfort the displaced people just after the new year, you can go to Yonghe Street to see it now!
And what are these officials and gentry doing? Some of them have become officials of the Qing Dynasty, and some of them are now singing and singing on the banks of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing City, but they are still talking about worrying about the country and the people.

Just ask, who is worrying about the country and the people, and who is dreaming of life and death! "

"You are not allowed to insult Zhang Gong like this!
You mob!What is there to praise for a tyrant who only knows how to flee south, who only forces the descendants of Confucius to kill the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River!Everything is inferior, but reading is high. Since ancient times, there has been no Ming emperor who did not rule the world with literature!Look at what the current tyrant has done!For the sake of a few warriors, he killed a member of his life, and because of his own anger, blood flowed into rivers in the south of the Yangtze River! "

Seeing this, Zhang Shenyan's disciples, Zanhua Wangyan and Sun Zhengqiang, immediately started arguing with scholars who supported Zhu Youjian.

Unexpectedly, a teaching directly lifted a rock and smashed Wang Yan's head:
"How dare you insult Jun father like this? Have you guys read your books to the stomach? What is there to respect about Zhang Shenyan? Apart from reciting poems and composing Fu, colluding with Zuo Liangyu, and wanting to be the first assistant in the world, what else can he do, Wu Fu Still able to go to battle to kill the enemy, what can the students do, other than take up lawsuits, make people ruin their families, and make big troubles at every turn to provoke the relationship between the government and the people! Officials of the Tartars, if His Majesty wants to open Enke today, why is he running to Nanjing!"

"Those who are not at ease with their careers, those who do not care about the country in their studies, and those who just want to abuse the people as an identity, these so-called scholars should be killed! I have not learned the principles of the sage books, and they all hold the principles of the sage books Going to harm the people, ignoring farming and business, but everyone is full of fat, why is it like this, because they are eating human blood! The world is so exhausted, the army cannot fight, the people cannot live, the emperor cannot rule the world, It's all because this group of people have exhausted my Da Ming's vitality!"

"Yes, kill them, kill them!"

Zhang Shenyan's disciples and other members of the Donglin Party Fushe who still wanted to maintain their leadership in the field of public opinion became street rats in this way, and some had to respond to Gao Hongtu and Shi Kefa's call to change their sects and change their views in order to survive , while others were abandoned by the whole world in an instant.

(End of this chapter)