Chapter 690 Zhu Yuluo: I want to return to Beijing

Author: Taofu

Chapter 690 Zhu Yuluo: I want to return to Beijing

Li Chaosheng knew that there were changes in the north. He had received reports of the Songjin Battle a few days ago. He knew that Hong Chengchou was defeated and captured, so he didn't know what Guzi meant when he said there were changes in the north. Li Chaosheng saw that

Holding Gu Zi's hand, Gu Zi pondered for a moment and said, "The emperor wants to move the capital."

"What!"

Li Chaosheng's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this. Is Chongzhen going to run away?

This was something Li Chaosheng didn't expect. After all, Chongzhen never ran away in history. Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi and said, "Have the civil and military officials in the DPRK agreed?"

Gu Zi shook his head and said: "Officials from the southern faction don't agree, but the emperor is quite insistent."

Li Chaosheng narrowed his eyes. He could no longer control his ambition, so in the final moment, there must be no more troubles or complications. Therefore, Chongzhen must not run away. He ran away and ran to the south.

It would cost more energy to regain the south, which Li Chaosheng was unwilling to do.

Although even if Chongzhen fled to the south, he could defeat the small southern court and would not allow Nanming to survive as long as the Manchus did. However, if Chongzhen escaped, it would be difficult to expect Li Zicheng to kill him. Maybe Lantian would take action himself.

This is inconsistent with the image of a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty that Li Chaosheng has always established.

Li Chaosheng didn't like this feeling very much!

This feeling of ruining his perfect plan, Li Chaosheng thought for a while and said: "Guzi, inform the secret agents lurking in Hebei and BJ. If Chongzhen really flees south and doesn't want to be dignified, then let them help Chongzhen look decent.

You must not leave the capital!"

After so many years of holding power, Li Chaosheng is no longer the ordinary young man in the 21st century, but a qualified ruler. And rulers cannot give up personal interests and do some violations for the sake of interests because of personal feelings.

Matters of public conscience are also acceptable.

Most of the time, Li Chaosheng is absolutely kind, fair, and sincere. It is not an exaggeration to say that all the good qualities should be attached to him, because he is such a person, but if it touches his core interests, then he can do

Some very cruel things.

Of course, there are not many things that can touch Li Chaosheng's core interests, and ordinary people cannot touch this level at all. Therefore, Li Chaosheng is kind and great enough in front of the people. This is not just pretending!

A person is not a diode. He is either infinitely great and has no disadvantages at all, or he is infinitely bad and has no advantages at all. This is both wrong.

A hero who acts bravely for righteousness may also be a foul-mouthed person who spits everywhere in ordinary life.

And the heinous murderer may have helped the old lady cross the road.

A person's good and evil are determined by changes in mentality during a special period of time. It is true that Li Chaosheng is a kind person, but in terms of fighting for the world, if someone threatens Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng will not

Mind killing them.

As for the people, that is Li Chaosheng's foundation. When dealing with the foundation, Li Chaosheng has always been great, kind, and tolerant.

After listening to Li Chaosheng's words, Gu Zi said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is no need to send people to assassinate Chongzhen for the time being, because this matter failed and Chongzhen cannot run away in a short time."

When Li Chaosheng heard this, he looked at Gu Zi and said, "What's going on?"

"Chongzhen wanted to flee south, but he didn't want to bear the infamy, so he wanted the minister to be the first to propose moving south, and then he took the opportunity to agree. By then, he would be able to accomplish his purpose of moving south without having to bear the responsibility of ruining his ancestor's foundation.

Infamy can be said to be achieved with one stone, but Chongzhen entrusted him to no one but Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War."

"Perhaps Chongzhen also felt that Chen Xinjia was not from Jiangnan, and his connection with his colleagues in Jiangnan was not as deep as imagined, so he wanted Chen Xinjia to propose moving south, and he also promised huge profits, saying that if Chen Xinjia was willing to propose moving south, then the cabinet would

The position of chief assistant is reserved for Chen Xinjia."

"But I had thought that Chen Xinjia was not satisfied with Chongzhen's promise. He might not have dared to bear the infamy of being the first to propose moving the capital, or he didn't want to offend Jiangnan officials, so he played a trick. He actually took such an important decision.

The secret letter was placed on the table and he left the study. Later, the servants went to clean the study and accidentally saw the secret letter. Then the news spread wildly, and the whole city is now aware of it!"

"Chongzhen couldn't lose face anymore. He was furious and arrested Chen Xinjia, imprisoned him in prison, and wanted to put him to death for defaming the Holy Emperor. However, the civil and military forces of the DPRK actively rescued him, and the chief minister of the cabinet

Zhou Yanru was the first to report it to the emperor. It turned out that the rumors were spread among the servants in Chen Xinjia's house, which had brought disgrace to His Majesty's holy name. The servants in Chen Xinjia's house who spread the rumors should be dealt with strictly. However, Chen Xinjia did not know about this at all.

There is no secret message, Chen Xinjia is guilty of lax service and should not be executed!"

"Chongzhen was particularly upset after hearing this, but in the end it was the eunuch Wang Chengen who said to him: Your Majesty, Mr. Chen Xinjia has never received this fictitious secret message. It was just made up by the talkative servant, which has caused panic in the capital now.

, If Your Majesty kills Chen Xinjia for this matter, it will actually be done. Your Majesty wrote a secret letter to Chen Xinjia to falsely accuse him. Therefore, Mr. Chen is guilty of laxity in the imperial service. Although the consequences are very bad, the crime is not serious.

die!"

"Emperor Chongzhen was stunned when he heard this. He felt that Wang Chengen was right. If he killed Chen Xinjia, he would be suspected of covering up his ears and stealing the bell. Thinking of this, Chongzhen's murderous intention gradually disappeared, but Chen Xinjia was beaten to death by Chongzhen for being lax in his duties.

, demoted to common people."

"Furthermore, Chongzhen also ordered that he, Chongzhen, is willing to co-exist and die with the Ming Dynasty. Although the court is facing difficulties now, it is difficult to hide his determination to protect the foundation of his ancestors. Therefore, in the future, anyone who dares to talk about moving the capital to Jiangnan will be severely punished!"

"As soon as this slogan was shouted out, the Jiangnan officials headed by Zhou Yanru all knelt down and shouted, Your Majesty is wise!"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng sneered and said: "Oh, can you not be wise? Now the land and interests in Jiangnan are basically divided up by these Jiangnan officials. If an emperor descends from the sky, it will do too much damage to their interests.

, How can they be willing to suffer such a big loss in their own interests? Now that the emperor is gone and their interests are stable, how can they say that the emperor is not a saint? They are really a bunch of people who are just eating nothing, shameful!"

Gu Zi heard this and laughed and said, "What the county magistrate said is very true."

Li Chaosheng thought for a moment and said, "How about Li Zicheng?"

Gu Zicheng said: "Li Zicheng has plundered almost all the rich households in Shandong, but the common people have not moved. Brother Chaolong's first army has already deployed troops on the border of Henan. As long as Li Zicheng leaves Shandong, we can enter Shandong and occupy the entire territory of Shandong. If Shandong

If we occupy it, we can directly connect to Jeju Island, and then we won’t have to work so hard to transport things to Jeju Island.”

Li Chaosheng rubbed his brows at this time and said: "Comrade Guo Bao, hurry up and dispatch governors to the provinces we are about to develop, and then conduct population censuses, distribute land, use work as relief, build water conservancy projects, and build basic livelihood projects.

None of this can be delayed, especially the population count, which is the top priority. Although these five provinces have suffered disasters, the base of the people is still there. The number of people must be counted immediately. Former hermits and domestic slaves must not be allowed.

Registration does not count the population situation."

Li Chaosheng is very busy now, and Lantian is even busier. Lantian now has a population of 12 million, which refers to about 8 million in Shaanxi proper. The rest is in several regions in Gansu and several regions in Hubei. The total population is about 4 million, but there are still

There are many populations that have not been clearly counted. In addition, the combined population of Qinghai, Hunan, Guangxi, Henan and other areas that have been actually occupied by Lantian, Li Chaosheng estimates, cannot be less than 35 million people.

By then, including Shandong, there will be at least 40 million people waiting for relief and restoration of people's livelihood.

But now Lantian doesn't even have a detailed household register, which is too much. As for the captured household register of the Ming Dynasty, it is just a piece of waste paper. Not to mention the wealthy families of the Ming Dynasty before the war, the officials like to hide it.

If you have a household registration and pay less tax, a large number of hidden households will appear.

Not to mention the famines and wars that followed, the population loss was very serious, so the household registration of the Ming Dynasty now has no reference value left. Those who believe in the household registration are not as reliable as filling in a random number.

Therefore, Lantian is very busy now, but the most important thing is to find out how many people there are in the provinces that Li Chaosheng took over. This is very important. After all, when Liu Bang was able to dominate the world, the most important move was Xiao He entering Xianyang

Later, he sealed off the Prime Minister's Office of Da Qin, obtained the household registration of Da Qin, and knew the output value of Da Qin that year. This was the most important foundation for Liu Bang to establish his rule in the world.

The Lantian household registration is now about to be completed. The district chiefs in various places should take the lead in finding out how many people there are in the local area, record them in registers, distribute the land, and then use this as a basis to develop farm tools, cattle and other production materials.

distribution, so that a series of things such as resuming production and restoring people's livelihood can be carried out as quickly as possible.

Li Chaosheng thought about it and said to Gu Zi: "Immediately inform the Political Department of my thoughts. When Guo Bao first came here, I didn't even think about it. I didn't even figure out the population, so he came over to ask for money and reprimanded him!"

Guo Bao was also miserable. Not long after he was happy, he returned to his office and sat down when Li Chaosheng's reprimand came. After hearing Li Chaosheng's reprimand, Guo Bao knew that he had been negligent. These days, he was busy studying with his colleagues on what to do.

You have money, but you forget this most important census. This is absolutely wrong!

Thinking of Guo Bao, he issued a document from the Political Department, requiring the bureau chiefs at all levels to count the population of their jurisdictions. There should be no concealment. All hidden households must be reported as soon as possible. If they fail to report, they will not be allocated fields. This matter

The matter must be investigated strictly and there must be no tolerance!

After the policy was issued, Lantian's big machine turned like crazy.

Li Chaosheng continued to chat with Gu Zi about the capital. Now Chongzhen can be considered to be in dire straits, and the whole capital is also in turmoil. Nowadays, rich people want to flee to the south of the Yangtze River every day, but most of them encounter bandits on the way, and some people die.

Few people dared to escape anymore.

And because Li Zicheng is still isolated outside Hebei, many wealthy households are not so desperate. They think that the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for more than 260 years, cannot be so unlucky and will be destroyed when it comes to me. The mentality of luck makes many of them stay.

Beijing.

Moreover, Chongzhen now began to summon all the general troops to station troops in Hebei, and decided to fight a protracted war with Li Zicheng. As long as he could block Li Zicheng's attack, Ming Dynasty might still be able to rescue him.

However, in a state of worry and anger, Chongzhen fell ill. The news spread like wildfire and gradually reached the outside world. However, Chongzhen still worked despite his illness, which was very fortunate.

The news from the capital quickly spread to the Lantian government, and at the same time, the news was also directly synchronized to Lantian Academy. As the cradle of cultivating future talents in Lantian, the academy attaches great importance to broadening students' knowledge, so they often transfer some knowledge from inside and outside Lantian.

Current affairs news is brought out for students to discuss, and some policies issued by the government are explained in very detail to students in related subjects, expounding the pros and cons. This is very important for broadening students' horizons.

This is very important for cultivating students, and was called by Li Chaosheng to open their eyes to the world.

The news about the capital this time also quickly spread to the college. At this time, the students in the college were discussing the situation in the capital.

"Hey, have you heard? Chongzhen was scared and was blocked in Hebei by Li Zicheng. He actually wanted to abandon his ancestral foundation and move south. What's even more ridiculous is that he didn't dare to bear the public opinion from the outside and wanted to throw the blame away.

I gave it to Chen Xinjia, but ended up selling it to Chen Xinjia, which caused panic among the people in the capital and caused a lot of discussion. It’s really funny!”

"Isn't that right? I've heard about it too. It's so funny. Do you know how Chongzhen's secret letter to Chen Xinjia spread? It was actually seen on Chen Xinjia's desk when the servants were cleaning. What do you think?

Isn’t this ridiculous?”

"Hey, I know this too. It's so funny. If you were Chen Xinjia and the emperor wrote you a secret letter, could you just put it on the desk and leave the study? Anyway, if it were me, I definitely couldn't leave.

, if the county magistrate can write me a secret letter, I will burn it after reading it, and I will melt the ashes with water, so it must not be leaked!"

"Isn't it? Almost everyone knows that Chen Xinjia deliberately betrayed Chongzhen, but Chongzhen couldn't kill him. Killing him would mean that Chongzhen admitted to writing the secret letter. I have to say that this old guy Chen Xinjia is a bit wise.

It is extraordinary for ordinary people to be able to easily resolve such a disaster when it happens to them!"

"Yes, if you ask me, there is no fuel-efficient lamp in the civil and military affairs of this dynasty. The emperor is tired of fighting with them every day. By the way, do you know that Chongzhen is ill?"

"Can you not know? Who wouldn't be sick if such a big thing happened to me? Hey, senior sister!"

"Senior!"

A group of students were discussing, and then they saw Zhao Ziying walking over with Zhu Yurao. Zhu Yurao's face was livid at this time. She already knew what happened in the capital, and she felt that she should not stay in Lantian, but should return to the capital!
Chapter completed!