A bitter postman and a courageous ranger.
The eyes of the emperor and prince in the main hall were immediately attracted by the two people who appeared, with doubts in their eyes.
These two people looked ordinary in appearance, they were both from the lower class with dark skin and rough flesh.
Moreover, he was dressed in ragged clothes and smelled of sweat. He looked like he had never seen the world.
The doubts in the hearts of all the emperors and princes were as to who these two slovenly guys were and what qualifications they had, so that the immortal master could take the initiative to introduce them to the great ancestor.
Especially this postman among them.
Some of the emperors and princes present felt that the appearance of this young postman was inexplicably familiar, as if they had seen him somewhere before, but they couldn't remember it.
"ah!"
"I remembered, who is he!"
Wu Zong slapped his forehead and cried out in surprise.
However, as soon as he stood up, he pointed his finger at the postman's face frequently and opened his mouth for a long time, but he still couldn't call out the name. He only remembered half of it.
At this time.
Another voice spoke.
"Li Zicheng."
Abiao on the podium stared at the postman.
A Biao completed every class with a serious attitude, especially the key figures mentioned in the class, which are the key objects of A Biao's memory.
Although the postman in front of him is very different from the Li Zicheng he saw in the fairyland before. He is younger, more dazed, and lacks the majestic appearance that dominates the world.
But from the features on his face, it was vaguely clear that this guy was the Chuang Wang Li Zicheng whom he saw in the fairyland, riding a tall horse and entering the Ming Emperor's capital.
The words fell.
The other people's brows instantly wrinkled, of course they all remembered this name.
Especially Lao Zhu.
The moment the word 'Li Zicheng' hit his ears, his eyes froze sharply, and he subconsciously stood up and stared at the young postman standing on the edge of the podium with a bird's eye view.
He never expected that such a small postman would eventually completely bury the Ming Dynasty that he founded.
But when I think about it, I was just a monk who had no food to eat.
Heroes don’t ask where they come from.
"Does the noble person know your forehead?"
Li Zicheng scratched the back of his head, smiled timidly, spoke in authentic Shaanxi dialect, and had an honest look on his face.
Li Zicheng, who lived in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, was just twenty-one years old.
Northern Shaanxi has suffered from continuous famines for many years, but the government's food gap has not decreased at all. Poor peasants like Li Zicheng, who are lower and middle class, must not be able to afford education. He was sent to a temple to be a young monk since he was a child, so he has the nickname Huanglai Monk, etc. When I grew up, I worked for the landlord's family herding sheep and cattle.
But even so, without him in the family, Li Zicheng's parents still starved to death.
And this will.
King Li Chuang was wandering around the world alone because his parents and brothers were dead.
In order to earn a meal, he was helpless, but he was lucky enough to be recruited as a postman at Yinshu Station, and unexpectedly got an iron job.
If the next historical script develops, Li Zicheng should be fired by Chongzhen next.
A lesson can be learned from this: it is best not to abolish the iron rice bowl easily.
Li Zicheng, an honest man who was laid off and returned to his home, had to eat and try to find a way to make a living. After a series of tricks, he inexplicably owed usury to the landlord's family. In the end, he was tied up and paraded in the streets in humiliation. The more he thought about it afterwards, the more he felt uncomfortable. He would kill him with a kitchen knife. The wealthy gentry and civilized people.
Then he went home, ready to vent his pain and grievances to his wife, but he found out that his wife had committed adultery, and the green head could raise sheep, so he killed his wife and the adulterer in anger.
With so many lives on his back, he definitely couldn't stay at home.
In desperation, Li Zicheng chose to flee to Gansu and became a border soldier. Anyway, the border soldiers in those days were as messy as a mess. Nine out of ten of them had unknown origins. After all, who would want to hang out here if their origins were clear? So no one cares where you come from.
At any rate, he suffered a few lives. Relying on his ruthless and quiet style, Li Zicheng managed to become a general for several years. Finally, during the great uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, he launched a mutiny among the border soldiers and made his fortune.
Judging from Li Zicheng's life history, we can actually find that there are still some similarities between Li Zicheng and Lao Zhu.
Their whole families starved to death, they all worked as monks and begged for food, and then participated in the uprising.
It's just that after Lao Zhu's team became bigger and stronger, the first thing he thought of was how to implement sustainable development, while Li Zicheng was reckless all the way to the end.
Ji Boying glanced at Li Zicheng, who was slightly flustered and cramped.
After all, Li Zicheng is only twenty-one years old at this time. He has not experienced the wonderful things that will really change his life. He has not yet started the path of growth. It is understandable that he is a little nervous.
In horizontal comparison.
The ranger standing next to Li Zicheng, although he is also in his early twenties, looks much calmer in appearance. The main reason is that this guy has studied for several years, joined the army, and was almost engaged in military law. Experienced life and death.
Eventually he became a vagabond, wandering around.
But there was also fear in his eyes, as he quietly looked at the surrounding scene.
You know, if you haven't eaten pork, you haven't seen a pig running?
Even if you have never seen dragon robes, you have heard them from storytellers. You can still tell them apart after looking at them a few times. What's more, there are so many people wearing dragon robes, and the timid ones will immediately lose their shit.
Moreover, this strange method of time travel also made them tremble with fear. One second they were fighting with dogs for food in the garbage dump, and the next second they appeared in such a place, how could they not be frightened?
This knight-errant, named Zhang Xianzhong, was also one of the core figures in the great uprising in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. He was as famous as Li Zicheng and was successful in the east and in the west.
Looking at Zhang Xianzhong's life experience, we can be surprised to find that the experiences of the two people are extremely similar.
Both of them were from Shaanxi, that is, fellow villagers. They both came from poor backgrounds. They both responded to the Great Uprising. After becoming rich, they both joined the army of Gao Yingxiang, the first generation king of Chuang. Both of them were almost killed by the imperial government's counter-rebellion forces. They all resurrected their families. One entered Mingjing and established the Dashun regime, and the other gained the Tianfu of Shu and established the Daxi regime.
certainly.
In terms of fame in later generations, the name Zhang Xianzhong is much less well-known than Li Zicheng.
After all, Li Zicheng was a serious King of Chuang.
The title King Chuang is synonymous with the leader of the peasant army and the co-leader of the world's rebels. It has the same concept as King Xiao Ming at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and Li Zicheng finally invaded Shuntian Mansion, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, symbolically destroying the Ming Dynasty. dynasty.
Since the first generation of Chuang King Gao Yingxiang died and the backbones elected Li Zi to become the new Chuang King, Zhang Xianzhong chose to go out and work alone, and has always been at odds with Li Zicheng.
However, due to his own strength, Zhang Xianzhong also knew how much he weighed and understood that he could no longer compete with Li Zicheng in the Central Plains.
so.
After Zhang Xianzhong fought guerrillas in the Yangtze River Basin of Huguang for several years, especially after being beaten several times by Zuo Liangyu, he resolutely led 600,000 rebel troops into Shu, separatized the territory and became the emperor.
Speaking of Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Xianzhong was even more angry. Every time Zuo Liangyu was beaten by Li Zicheng, he would beat Zhang Xianzhong to vent his anger.
When it comes to the name Zhang Xianzhong, the most famous one is the Seven Kills Monument: All things are born with humans, and humans have nothing with heaven. Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!
The reason is as follows.
After Li Zicheng's Dashun army was defeated, the Qing army began to enter Shu and set out to wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was suddenly stunned, and inexplicably began to play bloody terror in Shu.
Judging from various records, it is still an unsolved mystery as to how many people Zhang Xianzhong killed in Shu.
Some said that 600 million people were killed (pure nonsense), some said that 90% of the people in Shu were slaughtered, some said that several million were killed, some said that hundreds of thousands were killed, and some said that Zhang Xianzhong did not carry out the plan at all. After the massacre, everything was deliberately discredited by the Qing Dynasty.
Regarding the true theory of Zhang Xianzhong's massacre of Shu, there has been debate in modern times for hundreds of years since the end of the Braid Dynasty, and there is still no conclusion.
Judging from various historical materials.
The literati of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty divided Zhang Xianzhong and the tribe under Zhang Xianzhong into two: This group of literati of the Southern Ming Dynasty said that it was Zhang Xianzhong and the Yaohuang Army who slaughtered and cannibalized people in Shu, and united with the Southern Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Those who were righteous were Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, while those who aggravated the annihilation of the Shu people were the Qing soldiers who did it during peacetime.
In other words, Shu was massacred by Qing soldiers.
Let’s look at the story of the Qing Dynasty: Zhang Xianzhong and his men, as well as the Nanming army, slaughtered Shu and cannibalized together because they had no food. They were still on the periphery of the slaughterhouse in the Qing Dynasty, and it was impossible to participate in the massacre. Later, they He is the one who pacifies and rebuilds.
To sum up, the braids of the Qing Dynasty were messengers of peace who brought light and hope to the people of Shu. (This is also the view of Ming history, after all, only the victors have the right to speak).
The modern concept is that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong overthrew the evil feudal Ming Dynasty and were the leaders of the era who promoted the historical process. As for those who massacred people and cannibalized people in Shu, it was only the uncontrolled Yellow Army under Zhang Xianzhong, and small warlords such as Li Tiaoxie and Cao Xun of the Nanming Army. The annihilation of the Shu population was an inevitable law of the sins of the feudal dynasty. All evil In the old society, everyone except the farmers was responsible.
To sum up the concept, this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Xianzhong.
There are different opinions and each has its own truth.
The Shu people are no longer sure who killed it, and the truth behind it is also unknown.
But one thing is 100% certain, whether it was massacres or epidemics, that is, Shu experienced a sharp population decline in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, with a sharp decline of 90%. Ten Shu people Only one survived.
In the early Qing Dynasty, because there were no people in Shu, they were all forcibly moved there from Huguang.
It's just that Zhang Xianzhong's massacre of Shu, if you think about it carefully, there are some things that are really fishy.
For example, the rebels under Zhang Xianzhong traveled almost all over the south. If they didn't massacre in Huguang or the Yangtze River Basin, why did they have to go to Shu to massacre?
Could it be that the people from Shu killed and exploded the equipment?
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On the podium, Ji Boying glanced at Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who had not yet made a fortune in this Tianqi year.
The main reason why he brought these two people here was to ensure that he could solve the problem from the root just in case.
"Brother, what should we do with them?"
Lao Zhu looked at Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong under the podium and frowned.
According to Lao Zhu's idea, since it is certain that these two people will cause irreversible trauma to the Ming Dynasty in the future, it is better to just chop them down on the spot, and it will save trouble.
As for communication.
Originally, Lao Zhu was indeed very interested in exchanging ideas with Li Zicheng.
But now it seems that what Lao Zhu wants to communicate is not the Li Zicheng in front of him, but the Li Zicheng who has already made a fortune and has experienced life, that is, the Li Zicheng of Chongzhen time and space or Nanming period.
"Since the times have chosen them, it means there must be something outstanding about them."
Ji Boying didn't quite believe that statement. If this person hadn't been there, there would have been that person.
This can be verified by comparing Liu Bang and Li Zicheng.
Liu Bang's subordinates included Xiao He, Zhang Liang and Han Xin, but Li Zicheng's subordinates did not have comparable political talents.
And this is also the core reason why Li Zicheng was forced to retreat to Guanzhong after only staying in Shuntian for 42 days. His assistant ministers were not able to do their best and could not stabilize the country.
The peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty would still have been turbulent even without Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but without Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, it is difficult to say whether it would have been such a devastating blow to the Ming Dynasty.
and.
Now that there are two ready-made talents here, there is no reason to use them.
"Maoyi, let me ask you."
Ji Boying did not answer Lao Zhu's question directly, but glanced past Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, looking at the shirtless Emperor Tianqi.
Emperor Tianqi, who had just sat down, quickly stood up again when he heard the sound, with a respectful look on his face, waiting for the question from the immortal master.
"Zhu Youxiao, do you think that during your Apocalypse years, large-scale uprisings can be avoided in the future?"
One word comes out.
The first people to be shocked were Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. One of them was a low-level postman waiting to die, and the other was a homeless homeless man who had been expelled from the military. When he heard the words "Zhu Youxiao", My heart is trembling.
No matter how uneducated they are, they still know the emperor's name.
Damn it, he's actually the emperor!
If it weren't for the fact that both of his knees were naturally hard, he would probably have fallen to his knees.
At this moment, Zhu Youxiao frowned after hearing this.
this problem.
He really thought about it.
He even made the best assumption that even if one day suddenly all the Jin troops outside the customs disappeared, domestic riots might still be unavoidable.
Because it’s hard to get back.
The uprisings and riots in the Ming Dynasty are like a suppurating sore that has accumulated in the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. It is impossible to consume the sore internally. It must be broken early or late.
It depends on how it is broken and how it is treated after it is broken. Whether it develops into a fatal infection or is completely cured.
"cannot."
Emperor Tianqi answered the question honestly.
He is very aware of the current situation in his country.
Especially in Shaanxi, there have been continuous natural disasters in recent years. The refugees everywhere are like lumps of restless hay. As long as there is a little spark, it will start a prairie fire in an instant.
"Since it can't be done, we need to find a way to solve it."
"How to quell the upcoming unrest in the mainland at the lowest cost."
then.
Ji Boying's eyes turned to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.
"The two of them are the candidates who will minimize the cost of quelling civil unrest for you in the future."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.
Under the gaze of the emperors and princes of the Ming Dynasty, these two future heroes and current bears felt uneasy and numb.
All the people present are smart people.
As soon as the immortal master said these words, everyone basically understood what he meant.
"I see."
Emperor Tianqi's eyes lit up, he took a deep breath and said repeatedly.
"Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong."
As soon as the words came out, the two future heroes and the current grassroots quickly looked at Emperor Tianqi, and with a plop, they knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao.
"Kowtow to my emperor, long live my emperor!"
The two of them had been holding back this bow for a long time.
Now that the prayers are over, I feel much more comfortable.
Emperor Tianqi looked at these two Caogei, whom he had never seen before, nodded slightly, and then spoke after saying something habitual.
"From today on, you two are the ministers I have placed among the people to quell the rebellion. What you have to do in the future is very simple, that is, when the rebels are rioting, climb to the position of the leader of the rebels and take back the rebels. Rebels from all walks of life, and then brought the rebels back to the court."
"On the day of your surrender, both of you will be able to occupy a first-class official position and be granted the title of Hereditary Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness."
To put it bluntly, let these two guys be spies, lurk, and undercover.
Of course, there is no need to worry too much about these two guys turning against each other when they become more powerful.
After all, after experiencing this time travel, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in this apocalyptic time and space both understood one thing in their hearts.
The Ming Dynasty has destiny and gods to protect it, and it is far from the time of national subjugation.
Anyone who opposes the Ming Dynasty is going against heaven and bringing about his own destruction.
"My lord, I obey the order!"
Tianqi Li Zicheng and Tianqi Zhang Xianzhong both kowtowed and led the orders. They were so happy that their faces almost burst into laughter.
One of them is a temporary worker at a remote station, and the other is a homeless man who has been denied military status after eating too much.
This will allow him to get a promising job from the emperor of the current dynasty, and he will wake up laughing from his dreams at night, as pure ancestral graves are filled with smoke.
Make up your mind to put incense on the graves of your ancestors when you return.
Ji Boying glanced at the two people, and Lianxiang next to him stepped forward with a smile, folded the two rice papers that had been prepared in advance, and handed them to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong respectively.
What was written on the rice paper was that Ji Boying roughly planned a Shaanxi riot route based on the original trajectories of these two people, so that the two of them could follow this route in the future, such as how to take the first step and how to join the first generation of King Chuang. such as.
Of course, the language is relatively obscure so that they can understand it roughly.
With this uprising guide, the two of them will be able to retake the rebel army faster and more efficiently in the future.
Afterwards, Ji Boying had a thought in his mind and sent the two people back directly.
This can be regarded as planting two nails in the peasant uprising in the Apocalypse time and space. With these two nails, there is a high probability that the future Apocalypse Uprising will collapse from within.
In this way, the national power of the Tianqi court can be fully used to deal with the Jin army outside the pass.
At this time.
Lao Zhu, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, stood up and looked at Emperor Tianqi who had not yet had time to sit down.
"Boy, tell me about the current situation of the slaves outside the customs during the Apocalypse."
What Lao Zhu is most concerned about is the situation outside the customs.
"Let's start with the Battle of Salhu."
Ji Boying reminded him incidentally and added.
It just so happens that I let Emperor Tianqi do the talking, so I don't have to waste too much time talking about it.
"yes."
Emperor Tianqi saluted and took a deep breath. Although his expression looked heavy, his heart was actually much more relaxed.
in the past.
He could only bear these things in his heart. When he couldn't sleep at night, he could only get up and do carpentry work. Only when he was with the wood could his heart be calmer.
But now that there are so many ancestors giving him advice, and immortals in the sky helping him, he suddenly feels like cheating.
"Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Great Khan of the Jin Kingdom, Nurhachi, successively conquered Tieling, Kaiyuan, Liaoyang, and Shenyang. Last year, he moved the capital of the Jin Kingdom to Shenyang and changed Shenyang to Shengjing. Most of the places in Liaodong were also Already under the control of the Jin Army, Nurhaci’s Eight Banners Army currently has nearly 200,000 troops, with strong soldiers and horses, and abundant food and grass.”
"In order to stabilize the situation in Liaodong, in the second year of Tianqi, I appointed Sun Chengzong, a great scholar, as the manager of Liaodong. It took me four years to build the Guanningjin defense line in Liaodong to resist the Jin army. This line of defense stretched for two hundred miles. The last line of defense outside Shanhaiguan.”
"On the occasion of the first month of this year, Nurhachi led the main force to attack this line of defense, and was finally defeated by our army at Ningyuan. Our country won a great victory in Ningyuan, temporarily stabilizing the situation in Liaodong, and united the vassal Korea and the Mongolian tribes to unite from the left and right Blockade the Kingdom of Jin.”
At this point, Emperor Tianqi stopped speaking.
The war situation in Liaodong is roughly like this, but there are a few points that Emperor Tianqi obviously deliberately avoided when talking about them.
for example.
Sun Chengzong was criticized by the eunuchs because of the impact of the Battle of Liuhe.
In order to calm the situation in the court, Emperor Tianqi temporarily withdrew Sun Chengzong from the front line and transferred him back to the court.
Sun Chengzong left Liaodong, which was the main reason why Nurhachi dared to launch an offensive against the Guanningjin defense line.
For another example, the core of the Battle of Ningyuan lies in the fact that Yuan Chonghuan and Man Gui, a group of generals who were single-handedly promoted by Sun Chengzong, vowed to defend their territory to the death, and only then would there be a final victory.
Otherwise, the Guan Ning Jin defense line that Sun Chengzong spent so much effort to build would have completely collapsed, and the Apocalypse Ming Dynasty would only have one Shanhaiguan left to defend.
When talking about the Guanningjin Defense Line, we have to mention Sun Chengzong.
Sun Chengzong, a minister of the Ministry of War and a bachelor of Dongge University, was a master of both civil and military affairs and a magnificent appearance. He was the teacher of Emperor Tianqi.
In the second year of Tianqi, Sun Chengzong took the initiative to ask for orders to go to the Liaodong front line.
After taking office, Sun Chengzong eliminated fleeing generals and suppressed military discipline. He recovered nine large cities and forty-five forts, trained 110,000 troops, expanded 400 miles of land, and opened 5,000 hectares of farmland. He personally built the Guanningjin Defense Line and cultivated it with his own hands. Generals such as Yuan Chonghuan and Man Gui were promoted to create Guan Ning cavalry that could face the Jin army in field battles.
With this operation, the situation in Liaodong, which was already on the verge of collapse, was stabilized. With Sun Chengzong in Liaodong, Nurhachi did not dare to attack again for several years, which laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to counterattack and destroy the gold.
"From what I hear, your situation outside the customs this time is not too bad."
The person who said this was Lao Zhu Di.
Old Zhu Di pinched his beard, with a look of confidence in his eyes.
After all, the current situation outside Tianqi's customs is nothing compared to the situation when he had only 800 people in Jingnan.
"If Nurhaci continues to be in power, within ten years, as long as the emperor's insistence on the Liaodong strategy remains unchanged, the Hou Jin Dynasty will likely be cannibalized and extinguished, and there is a high probability that the slaves will not take over the Central Plains."
"only."
"The next leader of the slave establishment is not Nurhaci, but Huang Taiji."
Ji Boying spoke calmly.
Although it seems that Jiannu just changed his boss, in fact, the replacement of emperor Taiji and Nurhachi changed the Jurchen Jin Army, which started as the Eight Banners.
When Old Zhu Abiao, the three Zhu Di, and the other emperors and princes heard this, they all frowned and subconsciously wanted to hear the immortal master explain the reason.
What on earth did Huang Taiji do that allowed Jian Nu to break through the upper limit and get such evaluation from the Immortal Master?
At this time.
Clang.
The door of the private room on the second floor was suddenly banged.
At the sudden sound, everyone subconsciously looked up and saw a figure, vaguely visible through the window paper, being forcibly pressed down on the wooden door.
from.
"Li Er, you killed your brother and forced your father to do it, and the whole world is outraged!"
Wu Zetian's angry voice was filled with extremely suppressed humiliation.
"Swearing and slapping at the same time!"
"It's so intense!"
"So perverted, I like it so much!"
There was longing in Long Qing's little bee's eyes, and he couldn't help but think of the scene when he was defeated by the fire, and he sighed to himself.
Fortunately, the Jiajing Immortal and others were attracted by the movement on the second floor, otherwise they would have caught the little bee and given him a beating.
Even Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu Di and others could not help but be attracted by the movement in the private room on the second floor.
This old couple and old concubine, or rather old father-in-law and old daughter-in-law, are really capable of making trouble.
Ji Boying frowned slightly and glanced at the second floor.
There was a long sigh in my heart.
This family dispute is the most difficult to deal with, especially the role of peacemaker, which can only be resolved and reconciled by the family members. The constant commotion here affects the class too much.
'If it is not broken, it cannot be established. '
'The contradiction can only be introduced externally. '
The best way to resolve conflicts is to create new ones.
Ji Boying was thinking.
moment.
The light curtain in front of him lit up. In the function of selecting the emperor, Ji Boying locked in another list.
"Li Zhi" "Idle"
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PS: After the Easter egg, Guan Ningjin’s defense line.
PS: Brothers, what do you think of Tianqi’s Huang Taiji?
(End of chapter)
