The first purpose is naturally to save these more than 5,000 refugees in the capital, so that they can survive this winter and wait until the Manchu Tatars come out of the customs to return home and start over.
The second purpose is that these refugees in the capital should not have a good impression of corrupt officials. In this way, absorbing some people with small families into Dongchang will not only provide fresh blood to attack the rotten original structure, but also give them more motivation to do what a Dongchang fan should do, to strictly investigate those Corrupt officials.
The third purpose is to arrange for refugees to enter the homes of princes, nobles and officials at all levels in the capital. It is like a nail being driven into their hearts. At least in a short period of time, they will not be able to become true members of each government. When the Tatars retreat and start borrowing money from civil and military officials, princes and nobles as suggested by Xue Guoguan, there may be new channels for obtaining information. After finishing this work, these refugees can return to their hometowns, and they should be able to catch up with the spring plowing!
Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about this, but he still asked seriously: "Is there anything else you need to report to me?"
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the officials who had gone to the morning meeting were already freezing. It's not a particularly important matter, and no one wants to get it right in the morning. In addition, the two things just now were not satisfactory. The emperor seemed to be very assertive. If another matter happened again, the emperor took the lead and made a decree on the spot, and he would not be able to change it. Therefore, based on this idea, for a while, no one spoke up anymore.
Many of them were actually thinking about the emperor's performance in today's morning court. I heard that the emperor was different after Taizu's dream. Now that I saw him, it was indeed the case. You have to think carefully about how to deal with the emperor in the future so that the situation will not deviate from your own plans.
Seeing that all the civil and military officials were silent, Emperor Chongzhen spoke: "More than 5,000 refugees are all my people. Although they can be resettled now, I have not seen them being resettled. I have not seen that they can truly be resettled." Even after having a bite of food and a place to take shelter from the cold, I still feel uneasy. So I decided..."
When these ministers heard his words, they couldn't help but wonder, does the emperor really care about those untouchables? Isn't it because of his duty as the emperor?
They can still see sincerity.
Generally speaking, emperors are actually the most ruthless. But as the father of billions of people, he always has to show some respect to the people who are suffering from disasters. After all, the emperor cares about face the most. Now that arrangements have been made to resettle the victims, for the emperor, it has actually been done well enough.
This matter should be revealed! But the emperor seems not finished yet. What is he going to do?
When they were wondering, they heard Emperor Chongzhen solemnly make a decision: "I will bring officials of fifth rank and above to visit the refugees, and also pass a message to the princes and nobles of the capital. They must rush there immediately. I am waiting for them. I want to Seeing that all the refugees have been completely resettled, otherwise it wouldn’t be a problem for me to be thinking about them!”
Hearing this, the eunuch on duty immediately took two steps forward and shouted loudly: "Officials of the fifth rank and above will accompany you, while the rest will retreat!"
When some officials who were freezing cold heard this, they immediately shouted "Long live Long live Long live Long live" according to etiquette, and hurriedly sent the Emperor off to the court, so that they could go back to the Yamen to warm up.
Many other officials heard this and originally wanted to stop him. The emperor was the most powerful person, so how could he leave the palace so easily? But before they had time to say anything, the emperor had already stood up as soon as the decree to withdraw from the court came down. With this posture, they were not given a chance at all. In addition, their colleagues nearby were shouting "Long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live!" This made them helpless and unable to stop them!
At this time, although winter has risen, it is still very cold under the raging cold wind! In the square in the southeast of the city, there are various tents one after another. Every tent was almost packed with people. But there were more people who had no tents at all. They were all hiding in the corners, huddled together to protect themselves from the cold.
On the periphery of this square, there are heavily armed troops from the Five Cities Army, with their gleaming weapons facing inside. Refugees who dare to attack them and try to escape from here will be driven back without hesitation. , obsessively, there were several hanging corpses not far away from them, which were considered to be killing chickens and monkeys, swinging in the wind.
When the sun was already high in the sky, I saw some soldiers carrying some large vats and shouting "drink porridge".
Suddenly, the refugees who were originally crowded together began to move in a swarm, holding various bowls and the like, and crowded towards the large vats. There is no order, only strength. All etiquette, justice and shame are of no use in front of this life-saving porridge!
This so-called porridge, not to mention that it can't be poured with chopsticks, is basically just a tank of water, or in other words, it's just a bit of white water. When you put it in a bowl, you can only see single-digit rice grains at most. But even this is like going crazy. The weaker ones were pushed aside.
But when he got to the vat, no matter how forcefully he pushed others before, he would suddenly turn into a smile on his face, nodding and bowing to the soldiers beside the vat in exchange for a bowl of "porridge". Otherwise, if you are a little disrespectful, you will be scolded and scolded, whipped, or even kicked out of the porridge team. The so-called dignity is worthless here. If you care about dignity, you will only starve to death!
While serving porridge, suddenly a group of young men came over in bright clothes and angry horses. When the soldiers on the outside saw them, they all bowed and got out of the way. It was obvious that these people came with status.
When the refugees saw it, they all avoided it, but no one came to greet him.
After entering the refugee camp, these young men all had a look of disgust on their faces, covered their mouths and noses with their hands, sat on their horses, and began to scan around. One of them suddenly pointed with his riding crop.
Immediately, the two servants behind him rushed over, dragged the pointed woman away.
When a young man next to the woman saw it, he immediately rushed forward to stop him, but he was no match for the two servants. He was kicked to the ground by one of the servants. At the same time, he also cursed and said: "My young master, look at this." It's her blessing to have sex with her, do you want to die?"
The woman also struggled violently, obviously unwilling to go, crying and shouting: "Brother, save me, brother, save me..."
The young man struggled to get up again, but he must be hungry and had no strength at all, so he was kicked to the ground again.
This scene made the soldiers and other servants watching on the side burst into laughter, as if they were watching a big show.
The other young men are almost all doing the same thing, looking for attractive women among the refugees. After pointing with a riding crop, a servant will rush over and drag them away, regardless of whether others are willing or not.
Those who didn't have family members were dragged away directly; those who had family members tried their best to stop him like the young man just now, but all he could get was a severe beating and laughter as if he were watching a show.
The young man watched his sister being dragged away with despair in his eyes. At this moment, a majestic voice suddenly came: "Stop!"
