However, they all expected it wrong. As soon as this decree became known to the world, the King of Qin in Shaanxi responded immediately and expressed his support for the emperor's innovative policy.
In fact, he was not the only one. In the following period, those vassal kings who had many children had to respond and support this innovative strategy. These people were not people whom Emperor Chongzhen had discussed with beforehand, but were forced to do so. They were not forced by Emperor Chongzhen, but by their own family members.
During the Chongzhen period, the lives of those low-level sects and vassals were not too miserable. Many people either starved to death or were begging for food everywhere. But the law stipulates that they are vassals and do not even have the rights to engage in business or take imperial examinations, which means they have no possibility of making a living on their own.
Now, as soon as the new policy of the imperial court came out, they, the sects and vassals with the largest number of low-level titles, were naturally overjoyed. Therefore, if the vassal kings of their own lineage do not agree, all these people will make trouble.
For local officials, the innovation of the vassal system was also beneficial to them.
First, being able to feed them less will reduce the burden on the local area;
Secondly, the low-level sects are at least related to the royal blood. They are forced to beg for their stuttering, disrupting local security, which is also a headache. Today, this problem can be solved.
Therefore, local officials basically adopt an indifferent attitude when these sects and vassals go to trouble with their own vassals, princes, and princes. Not only can they use the excuse that it is difficult for upright officials to deal with household affairs, they can even say that the emperor has a purpose, and they Just following orders is even more dignified.
All these factors forced many vassal kings to support the vassal's innovative policy. As for the remaining vassal vassals, their opinions were not important.
This change in the system was very popular with ordinary people, even those literati, and immediately won their favor.
"Did you see that the emperor really cares about the people? Otherwise, if the number of sects continues, the whole world will be named Zhu, and we will not be able to survive!"
"Yes, you see the emperor also encouraged them to be like King Zhou and contribute to the Ming Dynasty. For them and the Ming Dynasty, it is better than hanging around in the palace and waiting to die!"
"The emperor is the reincarnation of a saint. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for him to have such courage to carry out this sect reform."
"..."
This wave of favorable impressions of Emperor Chongzhen invisibly increased his prestige. Incidentally, it also affected the two previously promulgated national policies, which were to verify the quota of privileges and exemptions for officials and gentry and to collect outstanding taxes.
Think about it, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor even took action against his own surnamed Zhu. What do they, the officials and gentry, mean? If there is a confrontation, the emperor will definitely not let it go lightly.
That's it, some people who originally had a choice of left and right thoughts wanted to behave themselves. Of course, there will definitely be many stubborn officials and gentry. As for what will happen in the end, it depends on their methods and the determination of the court, and when will they be determined. As a result, Zhang Pu and Wu Changshi went south to patrol the south of the Yangtze River, which attracted even more attention.
For all that happened in the Ming Dynasty, Wu Zhong, a member of the Jinyiwei family, had no idea at all.
After arriving in Liaodong, he was originally in Dorgon's house. However, when Dorgon returned after losing the battle, Huang Taiji tried his best to downplay the defeat due to the political impact, so he did not pursue it much. Because of this, Dorgon basically handed over almost all of his share of the loot. It was also under this background that Wu Zhong became a wrapper under Huang Taiji's name and worked in the manor outside the city.
This is a bit different from what Wu Zhong thought. Although he tried his best to please the Jianlu, in the end he was just arranged to stay in the manor, so there was no way to find out the news. If this continued, all the hard work of coming to Liaodong to lurk would be in vain. .
Therefore, Wu Zhong thought of a way and wanted to be transferred to the army or the city. However, no one paid attention to his slave, which made him very depressed.
What made him even more depressed was that Huang Taiji suddenly rewarded his third daughter in this imperial estate, the eldest princess Feng Lun Duanjing. It was said that she was likely to get married.
There were already two daughters of Huang Taiji, both of whom were given directly to the Mongols. Their main purpose was marriage.
The first daughter's biological mother is the step-concubine Uranala, who was granted the title of Princess Aohan of Lun, married to the Aohan Bandi, and married into the Aohan tribe.
The biological mother of the second daughter is Queen Horqin Borjijit of Xiaoduanwen, Princess Fenglun Wenzhuang, and her concubine is Ezhe. This Ezhe is the son of Lin Dan Khan, who was granted a marriage after surrendering. It's a bit funny that while Huang Taiji married his daughter to Ezhe, he also married Ezhe's mother as his concubine.
On the Manchu side, the so-called princesses actually had a very low status and did not have any independent power. Many of them did not even have their names left. Since the beginning of wild boar skin, it has always been used only for political marriage. At the beginning, Ye Zhupi gave his granddaughter, the daughter of his seventh son Abatai, to the traitor Li Yongfang who surrendered.
The reason why Wu Zhong was very depressed was because after the owner of the palace was changed to Princess Gu Lun Duan Jing, he saw a princess who was completely different from Princess Daming.
Not to mention the five big and three rough ones, they still regard human life as nothing, and do not regard them Han people as human beings. Even Wu Zhong's coat of loyalty is not fake. If he encounters something that doesn't go his way, he will be whipped. Of course, most of the time, it is impossible for the princess to take action herself, it is her slaves who vent her anger on her behalf.
At this time, it was already November, and it was already very cold in Liaodong. There were more Han slaves under Wu Zhong's supervision at the beginning, about fifty. But half a year has passed, and many people have died of illness, starvation, or whipping, and now there are only about twenty of them left.
After they no longer have to work in the fields, they have very little food to eat, and they basically just breathe a sigh of relief. Wu Zhong couldn't bear to torment them. When he went to get work, he tried his best to get easier jobs for the people under his control. For this reason, he accidentally gained a reputation as a lazy person in Huangzhuang. He didn't care about this either.
On this day, although Wu Zhong saw that it was dawn, it was a bit cold outside, so he could not get up from lying down. But who knows, he didn't talk for long before the door was kicked open.
A "bang" sound frightened Wu Zhong.
"Damn slave, you're still lying on the bed, why don't you get up quickly!"
When Wu Zhong heard the sound, he looked over and recognized that it was the steward next to Princess Gu Lun Duan Jing. He was so frightened that he got up and immediately showed a flattering smile on his face. He quickly responded: "Get up soon, get up soon. Then I need you to come in person." Just send a message and I will definitely come over as soon as possible. I don’t know what you always have to say..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw the steward kicking up Wu Zhong, who was approaching him, and kicked him to the ground. At the same time, he shouted sternly: "You lazy dog slave, take your group of pigs with you immediately. Go and wait outside the manor, the princess will be here soon!"
Falling in the darkness of the house, Wu Zhong's eyes flashed with anger: Damn it, those who eat chaffy vegetables every day are so delicious and lazy!
When he heard that it was related to that bullshit princess, Wu Zhong knew that nothing good would happen, but on the surface, he still agreed quickly. In fact, he didn't dare to neglect them. The princess was not a merciful person to them. If you offend her, the consequences will be serious.
His men were frightened when they heard that it was the princess's order. Even if they had no strength, they all followed Wu Zhong and ran outside the village to gather.
The cold wind was howling outside, and these Han people were shivering from the cold. Fortunately, it was winter when we were plundered by Jianlu last year, so the clothes we wore were still thick. Although they were torn, they could at least keep out the wind and cold.
They originally thought that the Shit Princess would arrive soon, but what they didn't expect was that after waiting for a long time, there was no sign of the Shit Princess.
Seeing that his men could no longer stand, Wu Zhong forced out a flattering smile and said to the steward in a mink robe: "You see, the princess hasn't come yet. If they can't stand it like this, they will die. Zhuangzi It’s not good if there’s less labor here. Think about it, let them take shelter from the wind and drink some hot water..."
When he was speaking, the subordinates couldn't help but show a look of expectation.
However, before he could finish speaking, the steward impatiently interrupted and shouted: "Shut up, you bastard! Believe it or not, I'll whip you, so I'll stand still!"
The shitty princess didn’t come! Wu Zhong was thinking in his mind, and wanted to tell the difference, but he saw a black shadow in front of him. Based on experience, he immediately knew it was a whip. His body instinctively rolled like a lazy donkey, and he narrowly avoided it, but he was a little embarrassed. .
Seeing him like this, the steward laughed and seemed to be in a much better mood, but soon turned cold and shouted: "You dog slave, you just want to be beaten!"
Seeing this, Wu Zhong turned around and looked at his men, with a hint of apology in his eyes. He was helpless in the face of the ruthless Tatars.
At this moment, I heard the sound of horse hooves, and a group of people were coming here. One of them was riding a horse and running in front. Looking at the figure and hearing the voice, I knew it was a woman. That bullshit princess finally arrived.
When the steward saw him, he quickly stepped forward and greeted her with a charming smile.
As Princess Shit approached, she reined in her horse and stopped suddenly. It could be seen that her riding skills were quite good. But with an angry look on his face, it was obvious that he was in a bad mood.
When Wu Zhong saw it, he felt happy. This bullshit princess was usually a bad person. Seeing her so angry was one of the few happy things after coming to Liaodong.
"Are these Han dogs?" Princess Shit glanced at the people standing in front of the village and asked the steward angrily.
"Go back to your highness, Princess. These are the only ones who can't escape very fast and don't have much strength."
The steward's answer made Wu Zhong couldn't help but wonder, what was he doing?
Just as I was thinking about it, other people had already rushed over. They were all little Tartars who were similar to this bullshit princess. After a quick glance, they all asked this bullshit princess, what game did she want to play?
In front of her companions, she seemed to calm down a little, and said a little proudly: "Listen to the wind and distinguish the sound, how about competing in archery?"
Instinctively, Wu Zhong felt bad when he heard this.
Sure enough, the companion of the bullshit princess didn't know what she meant, so she asked again, only to hear the bullshit princess explain: "Let these Chinese dogs run around within a stone's throw. We blindfolded our eyes and saw who would be within three sticks of incense." Whoever shoots the most Han dogs wins, how about that?"
"Yeah!"
"I've never played this game before, it must be fun..."
"..."
Hearing these words, Wu Zhong couldn't help being shocked. He turned around and looked at his men, and found that they were all pale with fear. He quickly took the lead, knelt in front of the bullshit princess's horse, showed a flattering smile and said, "These are all princesses." If His Highness is shot to death, there will be fewer people to work for the princess. Please be kind to the princess..."
Hearing what he said, the bitch princess couldn't help but get furious. She whipped her and shouted at the same time: "Do you, a bitch slave like you, have to talk about my princess?"
Wu Zhong faced the whip and subconsciously avoided it.
Unexpectedly, his actions immediately angered this shitty princess. She flew into a rage and screamed: "You dare to hide, how outrageous are you? You are a human target!"
Wu Zhong did not expect this and quickly continued to persuade: "Your Highness, please have mercy. We are all slaves working for Your Highness..."
Before he could finish his words, the bullshit princess was whipped again. This time, he didn't dare to hide. Suddenly, a whip hit him. There was a whip mark on his shoulder, which broke his clothes, and there was still faint blood.
"You don't even know what your identity is. You dare to interfere with the princess's decision. You are looking for death!"
"The princess is in a really bad mood. If you offend her, you'll be lucky if you don't die!"
"..."
When the bullshit princess saw this situation, they all laughed, and no one interceded on their behalf.
Some people even wanted to please the bullshit princess and said to her: "Your Highness, please calm down and watch me shoot him later to vent her anger!"
Some Tatars couldn't wait any longer and started shouting, "Hurry up and cover your eyes, they are going to start playing."
Seeing this situation, Wu Zhong couldn't help but feel a little sad. He wanted to lurk in Liaodong and make great contributions to Liaodong, but now he seemed to be dying in the hands of these inhumane Tatars. . Damn it, instead of being shot to death like this, you should fight with them!
Although he thought so, he was unarmed and there were a lot of followers on the opposite side, so there was no point in fighting even if he wanted to. At this moment, he was a little desperate. Did he really want to die in Liaodong without any value?
Seeing the bullshit princess in front of him who was getting excited, Wu Zhong couldn't help but feel extremely hateful. It was a pity that he had no chance to take revenge in this life, otherwise, she would regret it for the rest of her life.
When Wu Zhong and others were being driven away and were about to be used as targets, a man in a yellow jacket suddenly rode up. When he saw Princess Shit, he immediately asked: "Your Highness, according to your Majesty's decree, please invite the Ming Dynasty Jin Yiwei General Banner Wu Zhong will meet you immediately!"
