"Damn it, anyone dares to meddle in other people's business?" One of the servants heard this and cursed fiercely. At the same time, he turned his head to look, as if he wanted to teach someone a lesson.
In fact, not only him, but almost everyone else was originally focused on the dragging and beating incident in the refugee camp, and did not pay attention to the situation outside. After hearing the sound, everyone looked up.
It's nothing if you don't look at it. When you look at it, everyone is stunned.
I don't know when, but there were already people standing outside, and it was a large group of people I had never seen before. However, it can be seen from the canopy, dragon robes, and a large group of red scarlet robes, as well as the surrounding soldiers and horses from the five cities kneeling on the ground, that it is the emperor and the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty who have arrived.
Suddenly, everyone who saw it was so frightened that they immediately fell to their knees. The gentlemen who were riding on the horse with their mouths and noses covered realized something was wrong, and turned around to look. They were so frightened that they peed their pants, fell off the horse, and knelt there shivering.
They are arrogant, but that is when facing refugees. In this world, no one dares to be arrogant in front of the emperor.
At the same time, they actually know what they are doing. And this kind of thing, if they were hit by the emperor, they might face the consequences. No need to guess, they should not be able to bear it!
The original young man took advantage of this opportunity, struggled towards his sister, protected her behind him, and then knelt down.
Emperor Chongzhen did not expect that he would encounter such a thing when he led all the civil and military officials there.
At this time, after all, he came from the later generations, and he could tell at a glance that those young masters were not doing good things. Feeling extremely angry, he turned around and said to Cao Huachun, the admiral of Dongchang who was accompanying him: "Take these people to Dongchang and ask them what they are doing here. I don't want to see them for a moment now!"
"My slave obeys the order!" Cao Huachun responded immediately. With a wave of his hand, Dongchang Fanzi who followed him immediately swarmed in.
When one of the young masters heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly defended himself: "Your Majesty, spare your life, we... we don't want to see them starve to death, we want to save them!"
After hearing this, it is estimated that the original Emperor Chongzhen might hesitate. If that's the case, that's a good thing. But today's Emperor Chongzhen has experienced life experience and has poisonous eyes. How can he be so easily deceived.
But before he could express anything, the young man who had made a move at the last moment, the one who was protecting his sister, mustered up the courage to interject loudly and shouted: "No, they robbed the women by force and ruined the queen." Throw it away. Someone has encountered those who died in vain before."
In the beginning, these young men came to pick women. Many refugees feel that they can't survive, so they might as well follow these young men as slaves and maids, which is a way to survive. However, I didn't expect that these young men would just come here to pick women to play with, and then abandon them on the street. Because of this, after the news spread among the refugees who were driven back to the refugee camp, no one was willing to follow these young men anymore.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Cao Huachun, who was waiting for his will again. Obviously, he didn't want to figure out what was going on on the spot! Because there is a high probability that the young man will not make false accusations.
When Cao Huachun saw it, he turned to look at those Dongchang fans who were also waiting.
As a result, the young master who had just arrived with a fresh coat and an angry horse was immediately dragged away by Dongchang Fanzi who looked like a wolf and a tiger.
Without the eyesore, Emperor Chongzhen changed his expression and was no longer so angry. He looked at these refugees who were struggling on the edge of death with a bit of sadness. Five thousand people, these were all living lives!
"Xue Qing, the cabinet, reported this morning that I learned about your affairs." Emperor Chongzhen said emotionally to these refugees, "Although the court has no money, I have made arrangements for you. No one will starve or freeze to death in the future. .”
Having said this, he paused and said seriously: "I came late, and I made you... suffer!"
As soon as the emperor said these words, many of the refugees burst into tears. It's like a child who has been bullied and finally waited until his parents came to save him.
In the past, many people were desperate for the Ming Dynasty, the court, and the emperor!
But now, no one thinks like this anymore. At this time, they all felt that the emperor was good, and it was the traitors in the court who deceived the emperor, who made them suffer. Also, I don’t know who the assistant minister Xue Qing is, but this is a loyal minister and an upright official!
Looking at this scene, Emperor Chongzhen didn't say much. The sooner he resettled these refugees, the sooner he would stop them from starving and freezing. After he turned to signal to Admiral Dongchang, Cao Huachun said to the refugees with a kind smile: "Everyone with a family, please come and gather first!"
Everyone in the refugee camp took action after hearing the news, and some children began to gather. There were only about 2,000 people, and most of them no longer had children.
With the emperor here, the most notorious Admiral of Dongchang in the Ming Dynasty turned into a kind old man, asking about the general situation of each family, and then selected one or two people. Emperor Chongzhen noticed that the young man who had just protected his sister, named Jiang Dong, had also been selected by Cao Huachun. But he seemed a little hesitant, holding his sister's hand tightly and refusing to let go.
Cao Huachun was obviously very patient with this young man. He transformed into a kind old father and talked a lot before letting him leave.
Of course, Cao Huachun did not choose these people casually. First, it’s best to be knowledgeable, second, it’s okay to have experience, and third, you have a good physical foundation. He selected these people, and when they had enough, he announced in public that according to the emperor's will, they could enter the East Factory for trial use. If the performance is good enough, Dongchang will keep them; if the performance is average, they can return to their hometown when the Tatars retreat.
This was an opportunity that made him jump from a refugee that everyone despised to a Dongchang fan that everyone feared. When many families heard the news, and after confirming that the news was true, they cried with joy and cried in their arms. The other refugees looked at them with great envy.
Emperor Chongzhen also looked at them and estimated in his heart that these people should have enough motivation to perform their duties as Dongchang's servants! Next, Dongchang should be able to perform well.
After that, the officials of the fifth rank and above of the capital began to line up to receive people, but who wanted to receive whom had to be registered in the East Factory. With the emperor here, those princes and nobles who had not arrived earlier did not dare to neglect and rushed over one after another. Even if they were reluctant, they had to come and collect people until all the refugees were taken.
It was not until noon that all the refugees were collected. Emperor Chongzhen waited until this time and then loudly warned: "When the Tatars retreat, Dongchang will verify the people led by each family, and I will watch it."
Hearing that the emperor cared about them so much, the refugees felt a big stone fall in their hearts. They were so grateful to the emperor that they all knelt down and kowtowed: "Long live, long live, long live!"
Before Emperor Chongzhen left, he asked Dongchang Fanzi to take away all the soldiers with official rank at the scene.
At the same time, Dorgon of Julu received a piece of news that shocked him.
