After dealing with Dong Chuan, Wang Jiayan also breathed a sigh of relief. He thought this person would be extremely stubborn, but later found out that Dong Chuan was just a seller seeking glory. He had no power to fight back in front of Jin Yiwei, and this time he was extremely stubborn.
It went smoothly, and the charges he confessed to were obtained easily.
He led the Jin Yiwei to the main camp in the south of the city. At this moment, His Majesty, Meng Zhangming and others also successfully executed a group of extremely stubborn Dong Chuan's cronies. Of course, Liu Zeqing was among them. These people had been lurking among the soldiers, taking the
But it's the general's money, just to control the army.
In order to prevent this army from mutiny, Zhu Ling entertained them with delicious food and drinks last night, brought out countless wines, and emptied almost all the restaurants in Yanzhou Prefecture. This made almost all of them fall asleep that night.
In the past, there were not many who were awake. This also made it much easier to successfully arrest these cronies today.
Today, almost all the Guan Ning troops were sent out in armor to watch them, and their weapons were taken away yesterday. Now they are just a team of 20,000 farmers.
There were only five thousand Guan Ning cavalry, and there were a thousand archers from Yanzhou Prefecture surrounding the camp, so even if they were treated like this, no one dared to make a noise.
However, Zhu Ling's purpose is not to treat them like this. What he wants to do is to turn this army into an army that is loyal to himself and the imperial court. And this is to first completely eliminate those who are hiding in this army.
People inside, so others don't have to worry.
"Has Wang Qing arrived?" Zhu Ling asked as he stood on the high platform and watched the soldiers below.
Wang Guoxing on the side immediately raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Wang is on his way here. Everything goes well. But Dong Chuan is also a weakling. Threats plus the temptation of fame and fortune. Even though he said everything that should be said, he drew it himself.
Deposit."
Hearing this, Zhu Ling couldn't help but smile and said, "How did Dong Chuan deal with this?"
"According to reports from my subordinates, they touched Dong Chuan's neck and planned to carry him to a place and burn it to save a waste of land."
"You've done a great job. This kind of person shouldn't live in this world. Let him have a good life in his next life."
As the two of them talked, Wang Jiayan rode his horse and came over. After quickly dismounting, he went straight to Zhu Ling. When he got close, he took out the crime in his arms and handed it to Wang Chengen who was standing aside.
After Wang Chengen took it over, he handed the charges to Zhu Ling for a look.
After reading the above content of the crime, Zhu Ling's face suddenly became unhappy. Perhaps he was shocked by the above content and remained silent. He asked Wang Chengen to hand it to Wang Jiayan again. He knew what to do.
Then, Wang Jiayan walked up to the army alone, sent out an orderly soldier hundreds of meters away, and then said loudly.
"Everyone, the reason why you are summoned here today is not because the imperial court wants to harm you. It is because the imperial court is helping you eradicate the pests lurking around you! Why do I say this?" With that, Wang Jiayan raised the charges in his hands and spoke again.
He said loudly: "I just went to your general Dong Chuan, and this is all written by him! What he did with Liu Zeqing is very clear on this, and I can't even write it on a piece of paper!"
"Today the court will only kill those guilty! As long as you sincerely change your ways, nothing you did before will be held accountable!"
After Wang Jiayan finished speaking, the noisy soldiers below gradually became quiet, but seeing their eyes, Wang Jiayan knew that their hearts were still shaken. He couldn't help but look back at His Majesty behind him, and Zhu Ling slowly calmed down.
He stood up and stood in front accompanied by Wang Chengen and Wang Guoxing.
Looking at the eyes of the soldiers below, Zhu Ling knew that most of them were just bewitched by Liu Zeqing, and then said: "Brothers, I know what you are thinking. It is just that you are afraid of being settled by the queen, so what you said now
I am just trying to appease you. But I can tell you today that except for those people, you are all innocent. As long as you are willing to continue to be loyal to me, the Ming Dynasty, the past affairs will be wiped out! I will never deceive you!"
"Furthermore, regarding the issue of military pay, I tell you that we will never default on it. If you are in default, you can leave on your own and I will never stop you! Those who stay will be given one and two taels of silver per month, and if they have military exploits, they can also be rewarded!"
It wasn't until the last sentence was finished. After a full moment, the army heard a cry. And the cry was naturally in response to Zhu Ling's voice. The whole army sounded enthusiastic, and for a time Zhu Ling, who was in a high position, enjoyed a kind of
Unprecedented trust.
Those Liu Zeqing's cronies were naturally beheaded on the spot, and military pay began directly after that. Originally, the monthly salary was twenty taels of silver, but at Zhu Ling's insistence, it was changed to five taels in the first month, and this amount of silver was naturally
It was taken from the palace of King Lu Zhu Yihai. King Lu did not dare to say anything, even if overnight there was less than 20,000 taels of silver left in the palace.
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At this time, Li Zicheng also led the army to retreat to Baoding Prefecture. He was still unwilling to accept the humiliation of Liu Zongmin being captured and the capital not being captured. But at this time, he had no choice but to order the generals to take the lead in capturing other places, such as Gao Yili.
Hundreds of thousands of troops marched towards Shandong, also intending to pursue Chongzhen.
And he sent Gao Tong and his nephew Li Jin to lead an army of 30,000 people towards Shanhaiguan. Although the capital could not be captured for the time being, he did not believe that the capital would not be broken after being besieged for six months, ten months, or a year and a half. The people inside
No matter how determined he is, he can't stop others from wanting to submit. If the official named Meng Zhaoxiang hadn't acted swiftly and resolutely, killing many people who wanted to submit to Dashun, otherwise the capital would have been his by now!
The south is not in his plan for the time being. There is a small court of the Ming Dynasty there and hundreds of thousands of troops. Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong has been expanding his strength. He will wait until the Nanjing court and Zhang Xianzhong fight to the death before sending troops south.
It's not too late either.
But now, we still need to solve the issue of treasury taxation first. Most areas have begun to farm fields and resume production, but after all, it still cannot be solved at the moment, so we can only continue to implement the policies that we have always implemented before.
Forcing those officials and businessmen to spend money to buy their own lives.
First of all, all the officials of the government were gathered in one place. Those small officials who had no power or influence were naturally released. The main ones were the high officials. They oppressed the people, levied and expropriated them, and they had no idea how much people's hard-earned money they had in their hands.
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"For officials of seventh grade and above, the redemption fee is one thousand taels for each person, eight hundred taels for the family, and five hundred taels for the children. You can leave after paying the money. If you think it is too expensive, there is a second plan. That is ten thousand taels for the family. You can
listen clearly."
In the Yamen courtyard, a group of officials were forcibly gathered, surrounded by spear-wielding soldiers. In front of them was one of Li Zicheng's generals, sitting on a chair with great power, talking loudly. Looking at him,
With a proud face, the humiliated official below also felt quite helpless.
"Master Tang, my family doesn't have much savings. I used to spend one hundred thousand taels on everything, but now it's only ten thousand taels. If I give it all to them, how can I live? If you have some, can you lend me some?
"A red-robed official with a vicissitudes of life was anxiously complaining to an official next to him.
But Mr. Tang didn't seem to be willing, and waved his hand directly: "It's not that I didn't lend it to you, I just gave it to you. My money has been wasted. Can you ensure that you continue to serve? Moreover, this intruder
The corruption of officials is no less than that of Taizu. Once found out, what will happen to my money if you die?"
After saying that, he turned his body aside and refused to speak.
This phenomenon is extremely common among these officials. Although many people have embezzled money, most of them have squandered it. Some families are very rich because they have too many family members. If you calculate it like this, half of the family property has been lost.
Of course, they don’t want to. And some people directly say that they have no money.
"Okay! Half an hour has passed, now it's time to give the money!"