Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 81
Whether it is the proud Jiannu, or Li Zicheng who is trying to go south to make a comeback, or Zhang Xianzhong who is separatist in Sichuan.

These so-called heroes of the late Ming Dynasty did not regard Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian as their current enemy.

in their eyes.

It is naturally incompetent for Emperor Chongzhen, who has been in power for 17 years, to make the country fall apart like this.

But this is also the reason why they failed one after another in the future.

They all underestimated Zhu Youjian.

Because they don't know that the current Emperor Chongzhen is no longer the headstrong, suspicious and timid emperor he used to be.

This is undoubtedly beneficial to Daming who has just undergone tax reform and currency reform.

It is better to be underestimated than to be wary of others.

The same goes for political power.

Since the outside world did not place the main opponent on Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian can just use this to accumulate strength, recruit troops, and build a strong army in the new era.

Yes.

After more than 200 years of development.

Daming has indeed become a corrupt regime, and it is hard to return.

From scholar-bureaucrats to commoners, most of them enjoy honor, and few plan strategies.

But Ming Dynasty is still a complete national political system.

This is the foundation of Ming Dynasty's 200-year rule.

Even now.

The Ming Dynasty was still able to use the state apparatus to call 10 or even a million people to join the army in an instant.

It is even still the state power recognized by most gentry and common people.

In this era of the family world, there is no concept of nation, but there is the concept of family country.

The concept of the Ming Dynasty as a symbol of the country has been deeply rooted after 200 years of rule.

His legitimacy is beyond doubt.

Therefore, no matter how corrupt and hopeless it is, there will always be people who regard it as righteousness.

There are always people who try their best to save it, and even give their lives for him.

This may be the greatest benefit given to it by the ruled after the Zhu family ruled China for 200 years.

Many people have regarded its existence and strength as a kind of belief.

Without Daming, it is equivalent to not having one's own homeland.

Even the Qing Dynasty did not dare to deny Ming Dynasty.

From the central to the local, Daming still has a complete administrative system.

He is not a nascent regime and does not need to worry about recruiting talents.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian can let his will go to the county in a short time.

Even Zhu Youjian planned to transfer the imperial power to the towns and villages controlled by the clan.

In that way, the ruling foundation of Ming Dynasty will undoubtedly be more solid.

Because of Daming's legitimacy, his influence is still astonishing.

After Huaiyang governor Li Mingrui arrived in Yangzhou, almost all the gentry and common people in the city were mobilized.

And the question most asked by these people is where is His Majesty?

When Li Mingrui said that His Majesty has arrived in Nanjing, although the northern capital has fallen, the Ming Dynasty still exists.

The entire city of Yangzhou erupted with cheers, not only rejoicing that His Majesty was safe, but also rejoicing that Daming did not perish after all, and that he did not have his country ruined and his family destroyed.

Zhu Youjian's survival seemed to be a booster, which revived the morale that had been disheartened by Li Zicheng's intrusion into Gyeonggi.

The scholars and people all over the world have a great sense of survival after the catastrophe.

It was as if Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian had survived, and so had they.

After all, if the emperor dies.

For a while, I don't know how many scholars had to choose to follow the martyrdom.

I don't know how many people will lose their fighting spirit because of this, thinking that their family and country are destroyed, they will either choose to end their lives, or escape into Buddhism.

In addition, Zhu Youjian's southward move was like a beacon of hope, making the confused and desperate Daming scholars see the light of hope again.

Zhu Youjian asked Jin Yiwei to spread the news to the world, saying that His Majesty has moved to the south, and the general situation of the world is uncertain.

When this country is in danger, the people of the world should follow His Majesty to the south, so as to make a comeback in the future.

For a time, there were not a few people who moved with their families spontaneously in the entire northern region.

Zhu Youjian's southward move seems to be telling them where is the safest area.

And once they moved southward to Daming, they would take away the entire clan and even the entire village.

Therefore, although Zhu Youjian hanged himself in Meishan, although he completed the heroism of the emperor guarding the country and the monarch dying in the country, it was not a wise political decision.

People can be flexible, but a political system cannot be inflexible.

If Daming continues to abide by the precepts of his ancestors and persists, he will naturally face the fate of extinction.

As a time traveler, Zhu Youjian does not have the ideological burden of abiding by the precepts of his ancestors. He only cares about what is the best choice.

As for the so-called emperor's integrity and fame, he didn't care, and a group of imperial literati in the Imperial Academy naturally had the ability to clean up for him.

Otherwise, wouldn't this group of idlers be raised in vain.

Today, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy have begun to give the correct explanation for Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian's southward migration. What follows Chengzu's legacy and patrols the capital south to wait for a future resurgence. Although the northern capital fell, the Ming Dynasty did not perish, and the society has not yet collapsed. some type of.

As long as there is logic, as long as there is a reason, the people all over the world will continue to believe in it, and will consciously win food and follow it.

The emperor toured the south and traveled south with his clothes, and the hearts of the people survived because of it, and the morale still survived because of it.

In addition, Zhu Youjian called on people with lofty ideals from all over the world to defend their families and the country, and to join the army.

Therefore, for a while.

I don't know how many masters who shaved their hair and prepared to become monks and escape into Buddhism chose to spend the rest of their lives in the world of mortals.

I don't know how many people who have put the rope on the beam of the house and are going to realize their ambitions under Jiuquan choose to continue studying and practicing martial arts.

I don't know how many people who are beginning to realize the crisis have dispersed their wealth and joined the army together.

In addition, Zhu Youjian eliminated the warlord Liu Zeqing, and Li Banghua eliminated the warlord Liu Liangzuo who harmed the people in Henan and Fengyang, and re-enforced strict military discipline.

The hearts of the people in Shandong, Henan, Huaiyang and other places gradually became more peaceful, and they felt that Daming still had a chance to be saved.

and so.

When Li Mingrui, governor of Huaiyang, posted a notice to recruit the emperor's pro-army according to Zhu Youjian's edict, there was an endless stream of applicants.

Some even came from places as far away as Beizhili, Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian.

After all, in their eyes, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and even Zheng Zhilong, Zuo Liangyu, Jiannu, etc. are just thieves, and it is Daming who is really worthy of their service.

By the time Zhu Youjian issued an order to inspect Huaiyang, the number of applicants who had arrived in Huaiyang had reached 50, and many of them were civil and military talents. There are also people in Lang and temples.

Only at this moment, because of the need to save Daming and defend the country, did the saying "Land has no distinction between north and south, and people have no distinction between old and young" be truly confirmed.

People of all walks of life thus found a common goal.

After all, the world is in turmoil, and everyone wants to reproduce the peaceful and prosperous Daming in the past.

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