Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 420 Queen, Thank You

The Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty has become the backbone of the entire empire since he does not know when.

From the moment Zhu Youjian appeared, everyone's restless hearts calmed down at this moment, and Gao Hongtu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, even rubbed his eyes involuntarily.

Even Hui Wang Zhu Cihong and Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Although they still had a little regret in their hearts, they knew that the world had finally returned to its original appearance, and they were still the princes of the Ming Dynasty.

The most happy thing is the common people of Nanjing City. For them, the rebel army besieged the city for several days, Nanjing City has become an isolated island, and they are the prisoners trapped here. Commercial and entertainment activities are prohibited. This is the Spring Festival. , but could not go out of the city to worship ancestors, domestic garbage could not be transported out of the city, prices began to rise, and even faced the bad luck of being looted by the rebels for three days.

But now the Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian is back. Once Zhu Youjian comes back, it means that the city of Nanjing will be rainy and the sky will be sunny after the rain, and the whole of Jiangnan will also be rainy and sunny. Reappearing in the ancient capital, people's lives will once again restore the peace of the past.

From now on, no one thought that the emperor's return would mean so much to them, and everyone was sincerely cheering for long live.

Zhu Youjian rode a war horse into the blue-brick and rich Nanjing City. Chunxue swayed over his head like an elf gestating vitality, and swayed on the military and civilian officials prostrate inside and outside the city wall. The beautiful triumphant song revealed all the ambition and pride that he wanted to say most in his heart at this time.

The rebels who were still outside the city tower were in a daze at the moment. They didn't know what was waiting for them.

Lu Wang Zhu Changhao was helped up by Zhang Bingzhen, and now he just muttered: "He probably won't kill this king, he probably won't kill this king, this king is his uncle no matter what, he won't , he won't."

"Your Highness, calm down now, we are defeated, we are defeated!"

Zhang Bingzhen yelled and began to cry. Seeing Lu Wang Zhu Changhao losing his composure, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Go away! It was you who lost, it was you who lost, it has nothing to do with Gu, it has nothing to do with you, it was you, the Gu who instigated you, the Gu who instigated, if it weren't for you, how could Gu, how could he create his own Zhu family I hate you all!"

Lu Wang Zhu Changhao pushed Zhang Bingzhen away. Now he instinctively just wants to shirk his responsibility, and instinctively thinks that he only needs to shirk the responsibility to Zhang Bingzhen and other civil officials.

Zhang Bingzhen wanted to cry, but suddenly couldn't help but yelled again: "Enough, Your Highness! This is the end of the matter, do you think it's useful? Zhu Youjian has increased business taxes, and he has no compassion for the gentry. Going against the legacy of our ancestors, you said all of these yourself, since we have embarked on this road, we must be prepared to die, and I will take the first step!"

As Zhang Bingzhen spoke, he stabbed his throat with the dagger hidden in his sleeve,

Snapped!
The commander of the guards made a puff of white smoke from the gun in Zhang Tongchang's hand: "Your Majesty has an order that the soldiers attached to the rebels should immediately put down their weapons and be put in prison by the General Military Law Department of the Grand Marshal's Mansion together with this officer. Anyone who dares to resist will be shot to death! Officials who are rebellious, no matter how big or small, are not allowed to hang themselves, and they will be taken into imperial prison and interrogated in Dongchang!"

"Kill! Kill His Royal Highness King Lu", Guo Yong didn't know why his brain suddenly went into a twitch, maybe it was at this time that he realized that he should turn back, and brought his servants to kill him, but was shot by Zhang Tongchang Broken foot, kneeling on the ground and unable to stand up: "Didn't you hear His Majesty's will!"

"No, I don't want to go to prison, I don't want to die, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Lu Wang Zhu Changhao suddenly went crazy and pushed away the crowd to run towards Zhengyangmen. At this time, the guards at Zhengyangmen all raised their flintlock guns and pointed their knives at Lu Wang Zhu Changhao. Wang Zhu Changhao knelt down and said, "Please forgive me, please forgive me!"

Most of the rebels began to line up one after another and put their weapons in the designated place according to Zhang Tongchang's instructions, and then followed the military police from the Military Law Department of the Grand Marshal's Mansion with their heads in their arms one by one into the prison where the officers were disposed of in the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

At this moment, the officials who belonged to the thief were also being taken away one after another by the people of Dongchang. Guo Yong was smirking all the way, while Zhang Bingzhen was silent. A squire from the thief pretended to be crazy and pretended to be stupid, and wanted to untie his pants in public. Belt pee.

Needless to say, Fu Wang’s side, after Nanjing stabilized, the First Corps of the Second Guards Army immediately rushed to Taizhou with the assistance of the navy, and Fu Wang also surrendered without a fight. They were captured alive and taken to Nanjing together.

In short, the farce set off by King Lu and King Fu ended quickly like this, and the lost lands occupied by the rebels in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River were also gradually recovered. Now the low-level officials in the south of the Yangtze River are all transferred personnel from the Guards. When the Guards regained these cities, they naturally spared no effort to avenge the predecessors who sacrificed to protect the interests of the court.

All squires who participated in the persecution and killing of basic officials and county gentry had their homes ransacked, and those directly involved were executed, and those who were not directly involved were escorted to Nanjing for trial.

However, the new policies abolished by King Lu and Zhu Changhao were all restored, the Ningbo Ship Lifting Judicial Office was reopened, and the local gentry who participated in the burning of the Ningbo City Ship Lifting Judgment Division were also executed.

Jiangnan continued to return to its previous appearance, but because of this farce, the entire Jiangnan economic market suffered a certain loss. In a short period of time, the market did not return to its former vitality. The central bank of the Ming Dynasty increased its bank withdrawal business and its loan business declined. , all of which show that economic vitality has been affected.

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian can also take this opportunity to eliminate a group of reactionaries, and start to use this opportunity to reform the vassal system, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Now Zhu Youjian has returned to the original time in a trance, everything is waiting to be done, and everything needs to be started again. The country in front of him is maintained by him, and the empire in front of him is transformed by him. After the crisis of the crisis, the empire he created still existed.

Zhu Youjian was in a much happier mood. He knew that all of this was no longer just the efforts of one person. There was support from the guards, most of the subjects in Jiangnan, and the persistence of Queen Zhou.

"Queen, thank you for your hard work."

Zhu Youjian had already learned about Queen Zhou's performance in Nanjing City from the news delivered by Dongchang, so at this time, he had more respect and gratitude for the mature woman in front of him, and couldn't help but hold Queen Zhou's hand. Shi's pair of catkins.

(End of this chapter)