become free!
become free!
become free!
…
The three simple words were like spring breeze and drizzle at first, but no one had any reaction.
Then, like a drought thunder in winter, it exploded in everyone’s ears;
In the end, it was like a violent storm after thunder on the sea in summer, bringing up huge waves and crashing into everyone's hearts.
The numb expression began to melt like ice and snow in winter when they first encounter the warm sun, and then an avalanche occurred.
"Free, we are free!"
"Did I hear correctly? Is this true?"
"It's finally over, free, woo woo..."
"I, I, in this life..."
…
At this moment, almost everyone was crying, choking, and jumping up and down. Although the words that came out of their mouths were single, they were enough to express the joy in their hearts.
"quiet!"
Li Ruolian roared angrily and pulled out the long knife: "How can you be so arrogant in front of Your Majesty!"
Listening to the sound of the Jinyi guards drawing their swords, everyone seemed to be frozen, staying in place and not daring to move.
Chongzhen waved his hand, indicating to Li Ruolian to put away the knife, and then looked at everyone: "Three or four days ago, I asked you how you felt, but you were silent.
Today I will ask you again, how do you feel? "
Everyone's expressions suddenly changed again, their eyes were full of eagerness, they opened their mouths, but they didn't know where to start.
In the past few days, I have been living with corpses all the time. It is good to have broken limbs and arms. Sometimes I have to pick up the broken corpses that have been trampled into flesh by war horses. All the experiences I have experienced are like walking in hell.
In my dreams at night, there are all the faces of soldiers and sergeants, whether they are smiling, crying, angry, ferocious, or happy, just like the various states of life.
They will never forget it for the rest of their lives.
"What? The feeling is not deep enough?"
Listening to the emperor's words, everyone in silence shivered.
"Your Majesty, I am deeply moved..."
"Your Majesty, the grassroots have gone through a lot these days..."
"Your Majesty, ordinary people will never dare to..."
…
One person shouted anxiously, fearing that the emperor would let them clean up the corpses for a few days later.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet!"
Chongzhen waved his hand: "You know what you feel in your heart, and only you know whether it comes from the bottom of your heart.
You know better why I brought you here and asked you to clean up the corpses of the soldiers.
Some words and some things won’t be interesting if you say them thoroughly! "
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at the seventh-rank and above officials in the middle: "Among you are military generals and civil servants, some are in charge of the world's money and food, some are in charge of the world's official promotions, and some are in charge of the world's soldiers and horses...
Every decision you make will affect tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, and will determine the life and death of millions of soldiers at the border.
If your son was one of the thousands of soldiers who died in the war, how would you feel now?
I believe that in the history of the ages, there are three things that cannot be spared: ministers who harm the country, generals who harm the army, and thieves who harm the people.
I hope you will not become one of these three types of people. I have zero tolerance for these three types of people and will kill them without mercy! "
Without waiting for the ministers to speak, Chongzhen looked at the supervisors of the Imperial College on the left: "You are all recommended by the counties, and you have studied hard for ten years.
Where is the Imperial College? That is the highest institution of learning in our Ming Dynasty. In the future, you will either be the prefect of a prefecture or the governor of a province.
It is more likely that he is a cabinet minister, or at least a county magistrate.
You took over the Ming Dynasty in place of me and the court. Your every move has a subtle influence on the people.
But look at you, you usually scold the officials at the top and the common people at the bottom when you are slightly dissatisfied. The court gives you the opportunity to study. What are you doing?
If you all can't correct your mentality, how can Daming be okay?
I think there are three things that cannot be avoided when reading the books of sages: asking for orders for the people, going to danger for the country, and accepting orders in times of danger.
If all the soldiers are killed in this battle and Jiannu really has to besiege Beijing, do you dare to stand up?
I don’t require you to achieve all three of these points, a little is enough. If you can’t do any of these, then I advise you to quit as soon as possible.
Otherwise, my long sword will cut you down one day! It will also affect your descendants! "
After saying this, Chongzhen walked to the square of wealthy businessmen on the right, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"In my eyes, there is no distinction between scholars, farmers, industry and merchants. They all go their own way. Only then can the Ming Dynasty operate normally.
I want to thank you. You braved the severe cold and heat to transport things from all over the world.
Allowing goods to circulate will bring convenience to the people, not to mention that their hard work for a year will not be in vain.
You deserve to make money. As long as you make a reasonable amount of money, I won't say anything even if you are as rich as the rest of the world.
But I believe that there are three things that cannot be earned in business and entrepreneurship: wealth from national disasters, profits from natural disasters, and food for the poor and weak.
Ask yourselves, have you ever benefited from national disasters during natural disasters or man-made disasters? Have you ever plotted against the poor and weak, leaving them struggling on the verge of death? "
"Come here, bring out Zhu Kecheng, Liu Chunsheng, Liu Bo... and others!"
The guards in Jinyi entered the crowd and pulled out more than ten people. When everyone changed their colors, Chongzhen continued: "If you don't know what to do, don't do anything except yourself.
Do you think you are colluding with pirates, leading pirates, and providing supplies? I don’t know?
Do you think I don’t know that you are secretly supporting the White Lotus Sect?
Do you think I don’t know about you selling and smuggling prohibited items from the Ming Dynasty to the Mongolian tribes?
Do you think you are secretly doing some small tricks for the slaves to disrupt the order of the Ming Dynasty? I don’t know? "
Do you think I'm easy to bully, or do you think Jin Yiwei is just a decoration? "
"Your Majesty, the common people have been wronged..."
"Whoever comes, drag him out and hack him to death. His family's wealth will be confiscated and his family members will be exiled for three thousand miles!"
Chongzhen ignored everyone's pleas for mercy and directly ordered these people to be pulled out and killed.
These were all found out by Jin Yiwei, and the evidence is conclusive.
Some time ago, the Sinner's Edict suddenly spread throughout Beijing, and strange phenomena occurred frequently in various places. It was these people who were financing it behind the scenes. They thought they were doing it perfectly, but in fact they were full of loopholes.
After the dozen people were hacked to death, Chongzhen looked at everyone coldly.
"Your Majesty, after your Majesty's advice, I am enlightened. I don't want to make money from national disasters, benefit from natural disasters, or feed the poor and weak.
If you think about it carefully, if you look up a few generations from me, your ancestors may have been ordinary people.
Things in the world are unpredictable. Today's ministers may be poor and weak tomorrow, and tomorrow's poor and weak may be rich and powerful tomorrow.
Only when there is a big country can there be a small family. Only when the country is strong can the people be rich. Only when the country is stable can the people be harmonious.
When I go back this time, I will definitely write these three things: don’t avoid, three don’t earn, and three don’t forgive into the Ruan family’s family mottos. If future generations violate it, they will be deleted from the family tree! "
Looking at Ruan Kangwen kneeling on the ground, Chongzhen stepped forward and helped him up: "It is the Ming Dynasty's great fortune that Ruan Aiqing has such an awakening!"
