Blow out the silver lamp, take off your clothes and take a pillow. The night smoke spreads across the bamboos in the courtyard, the moon slants across the corridor, the night is short and the love is long, it is wonderful.
After a dark sleep, the sky was twilight. When I woke up, I saw a little blood stain left by the beauty in the dim light. Thinking of all the experiences last night, I felt like it was a lifetime ago. Emperor Wu Ding still had unfinished thoughts.
Du Juan stood behind the screen and said in a manly voice:
"Your Majesty, General Pu Shen and others have been waiting outside for a long time,"
"I know, help me freshen up and change clothes."
"Ah, yes," Du Juan murmured, then pushed open the screen and came in, looking at Emperor Wu Ding with a somewhat confused look. Liu Zhaosun asked where Chen Yuanyuan had gone. Du Juan said that Miss Chen went to the east wing alone, and Amber went in to serve and freshen up. , was kicked out.
Then let her be alone, there are some things that need to be digested carefully.
He arranged for Du Juan to keep an eye on this woman and not let her commit suicide.
But after last night, I wouldn't seek short-term responsibility. If I really wanted to commit suicide, I would have died a month ago.
"Everyone is trying to stay alive."
Liu Zhaosun murmured to himself, Du Juan's face flushed, and it took a long time to dress the emperor neatly.
Before leaving, the emperor told Du Juan:
"Take good care of Miss Chen, I'm coming to stay tonight."
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Chaoguan Yamen living room.
The spacious and bright living room was full of people. Pu Gang, Xing Zhongyi, Zhang Dong, Li Sanguang, Francisco, Lu Xiangsheng, and Dong Dazhong sat at the head of the emperor.
At the beginning of the hour, the emperor entered the living room surrounded by two guards. Everyone knelt down and saluted. Liu Zhaosun said "no courtesy" and asked everyone to sit down and talk.
The emperor sat down at the top position, and Zhang Dong stood guard with a Yanling sword in his hand.
Liu Zhaosun glanced at everyone with sharp eyes. Only the magistrate of Guantao County lowered his head and did not dare to look directly.
This was Dong Dazhong's first meeting with Emperor Wu Ding. The emperor's aura would frighten many people.
Dongzhi County did not belong to the Kaiyuan system, nor was he a disciple of Emperor Wuding.
Before the first year of Tianqi, he served as the county magistrate in Guantao, where he worked for eight years. I don't know whether it was because he was incompetent or too honest, but he was never promoted. After the Qi army took control of Linqing, he inexplicably became Emperor Wuding's new team.
Liu Zhaosun looked away from Dong Dazhong and said to Pu Gang and Xing Zhongyi:
"Tell me what you have gained in the past few days."
Pu Gang quickly fetched a thick stack of account books.
"Your Majesty, the Zhenfu soldiers recovered a total of 12.87 million taels of tax arrears from 127 Cao merchants, Shanxi merchants, Hui merchants, etc., and seized 353,800 dan of grain and 2 pieces of cloth. One hundred and thirty-eight hundred horses, 14,000 jins of illegal salt, 8,000 jins each of tea and pepper were seized..."
Emperor Wu Ding's gloomy expression relaxed slightly.
With this batch of military supplies, we can raise a regiment of thirty to fifty thousand men in half a year and kill all the demons and monsters who betrayed Da Qi.
Then he drank from the Yangtze River and continued his massacre.
The emperor patiently listened to the report and said in a deep voice: "The banks must also be investigated, as well as the fields and mines. No one can be left behind."
Pu Shenjiang raised his head and looked at Zhang Dong. Zhang Mazi whispered something to the emperor. Liu Zhaosun looked a little unhappy:
"Louder, I can't hear you clearly!"
Zhang Dong said it again.
"Louder! I can't hear you clearly!"
Zhang Dong knew that the emperor was moody, so he had no choice but to clear his throat and shout to everyone around him:
"The officers and soldiers we sent to Guanxian, Qinghe, Gaotang, Xiajin, Liaocheng, Dong'a, and Pingyuan counties were killed before they even arrived at the Yamen! I don't know who did it!"
Among the people present, except for Pu Gang and Zhang Dong, no one else knew about this matter. The living room immediately exploded with discussion.
Many people clamored for revenge against these states and counties.
It should be noted that these prefectures and counties had just recently sent people to express their goodwill and express their willingness to submit to Emperor Wuding. Unexpectedly, he would turn against the enemy in an instant and even kill the officials sent by the emperor!
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Emperor Wu Ding patted Zhang Dong on the shoulder, then looked up at the crowd, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
"Hahaha, I killed too much in Linqing. When the news spread, the local tyrants and evil gentry families in Shandong were all afraid. They were afraid that I would kill them after killing Linqing, so they were eager to rebel and jump over the wall, hahaha!"
The emperor clapped his hands and laughed, his laughter infiltrating people's minds, and it had an indescribable and soul-stirring penetrating power.
"It's good to be afraid, just be afraid! I just want them to be afraid! If they are afraid, they will make mistakes! If they make mistakes, they will die in my hands!"
Emperor Wu Ding laughed twice, suddenly took the Tang newspaper stained with the blood of Da Qi officials from Pu Gang's hand, opened it and read it carefully.
Li Sanguang looked up to the sky and sighed. This one-armed civil affairs official who had no fight against the world now realized that the emperor was going to kill again.
The missionary Francisco was still busy crossing himself on his chest and murmuring something.
The object of prayer of the Portuguese priests has changed from the archbishop to the true warrior god, that is, Emperor Wuding himself. Now, Emperor Liu Zhaosun is the Zhenwu God. The relevant deeds of Liu Zhaosun becoming a god are summarized in "Examination of the Appearances of Emperor Zhenwu" (Note 1).
The Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Rites of Daqi have decided to rebuild the 72 temples of Taihe Mountain (Wudang Mountain). The scale of the project is expected to be far greater than that of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty who overhauled Mount Wudang.
Of course, the repair project cannot be started until the Qi army captures Junzhou Prefecture, but believers have already begun to raise funds. It is said that more than 10,000 taels have been raised recently...
Liu Zhaosun still doesn't know much about how he became the Zhenwu Emperor.
He walked quickly to the map, compared the locations mentioned in the newspaper, and marked them one by one on the map with a pencil.
"With the incident site as the center and a surrounding area of eighty miles, all the wealthy squire families were slaughtered, and the murderer was among them."
The so-called place where the incident occurred was the place where Emperor Wuding's officials were attacked on the way.
Everyone looked ashen, even the faces of several generals showed embarrassment.
With the current strength of the Linqing Qi army, it is impossible to march into six surrounding prefectures and counties at the same time to retaliate and kill so many people.
Pu Gang glanced at Xing Zhongyi who was standing next to him, and the instructor stepped forward to persuade him:
"Your Majesty, the Linqing War has just ended. The state and city are in ruins. We have just killed the powerful people, and the people are unsettled. If all the troops are transferred out, I'm afraid..."
Emperor Wu Ding looked at the chief instructor coldly, his sharp eyes seeming to scare Xing Zhongyi away.
Emperor Wu Ding was too lazy to mention the trivial matter between the instructor and Dongfang Zhu. After all, Dongfang Zhu was now his father-in-law.
It is said that the emperor's heart is unpredictable. After the explosion of Wang Gong Factory, Emperor Wu Ding's temperament changed drastically. Not to mention the Linqing officials, even Kang Yingqian, Qiao Yiqi and the core team members may not be able to figure out what the Holy One is thinking now.
Just when everyone thought the emperor was going to be angry again, they heard Liu Zhaosun laugh and say:
"What you said makes sense. The civil strife has not yet been settled, so we won't use troops to fight against the powerful people around us for the time being. However, just killing these merchants and unruly people in Linqing is far from enough. Next, I should deal with the third class of government officials and the sixth-floor clerk (Note 2) , these moths are just like tooth dealers, no one can be left alive! Two magistrates."
Liu Zhaosun raised his head and looked at Lu Xiangsheng and Dong Dazhong standing in the distance.
Lu Xiangsheng slowly raised his head, his eyes calm and calm. Beads of sweat broke out on Dong Dazhong's forehead. Under the tremendous pressure, his hands and feet began to tremble uncontrollably.
"This Linqing merchant rebellion, many subordinate officials from your two counties also participated in it. Kill them all according to my wishes. It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to miss one. At noon the day after tomorrow, you can find an excuse to kill these people." The subordinate officials are all brought to Chaoguan Yamen, and I will personally send them on their way. If no one comes or few come by then, I will kill you two."
Emperor Wu Ding said this and walked away.
The living room suddenly exploded, and discussions began again.
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After walking out of Chaoguan Yamen and staring at the depressed and deserted Linqing city, Emperor Wu Ding turned back to Zhang Mazi and said:
"I will miss the time when I was in Hunhe. At that time, a hundred people responded to the call, and the responders gathered together. Kaiyuan's soldiers and horses were invincible, and there were officials like Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Baigu who could kill the enemy with pain and cut off the enemy!"
"Your Majesty, if you kill all the subordinate officials in the state and county, who will work for your Majesty in the future..."
Liu Zhaosun's eyes became kind, he looked at the servant who had followed him all the way, and patiently explained:
"Zhang Mazi, that's a good question,"
"From now on, all government and civil affairs will be directly taken over by Daqi, and all land in the country will be owned by Daqi. Land cannot be bought, sold, rented, or mortgaged. There will be no more landlords, powerful people, or big households in the world..."
Liu Zhaosun looked at Linqing City, which was surrendering at his feet, and the expression on his face kept changing.
Note:
1. "An Examination of the Manifestations of Emperor Zhenwu" was written in the early Qi Dynasty. The authors are Sun Biyun, Taoist Priest of Nanyan Palace in Wudang, Zhang Yixing, Taoist Priest of Daqing Palace in Shenyang, and Zhang Guoxiang, Taoist Priest of Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi Province. The main content is: Qi Taizu (Liu Zhaosun) practiced in Wudang Mountain and achieved great success. He guarded the north, was sent to barefoot, and built the Zaohuxuan Banner. Later, he pacified the world, completed his merits, and returned to the immortal class. When Emperor Wu (Liu Kan) succeeded to the throne, in the twelfth year of Xiping (1700), he made a westward expedition to England and fought in the Mediterranean. With the help of Zhenwu God, he defeated the British army and the Qi army triumphantly arrived at the Blue Mountains in Nandu (in today's Cape of Good Hope, Australia). Build Zhenwu Temple.
2. In the Ming Dynasty, the scribes of prefecture and county yamen were divided into six rooms: official, household, ritual, military, punishment, and work. Officially, they were called Si Li, Dian Li, and Zandian. Locally, they were generally called "Lifang Shuli" (Lishu), "Hufang Shuli" (Household Shu Liangshu), "Lifang Shuli" (Li Shuli). (Book), "Bingfang Shuli" (Bingshu), "Xingfang Shuli" (Xingshu), "Gongfang Shuli" (Gongshu), etc.
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