Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 32
two months later.

The end of the Ming dynasty
A horrific event happened in De'an Mansion in Huguang.

The Wang family of the rich family in De'an Prefecture was attacked by bandits who came out of nowhere. All 360 and eight male members of the family were killed, and the female relatives were looted. There are [-] soldiers, whose leader calls himself King Yi, and is attacking De'an Fucheng at the moment.

This incident was reported back to Nanjing City, up to the Chongzhen Emperor, down to the civil and military officials all outraged.

Since the Chongzhen Dynasty, although robbers have been rampant and they have been attacking cities and territories, it is rare to directly destroy a large family like this, especially in the south where civil unrest is not particularly serious.

Because these big clans have their own armed forces, just like the De'an royal family, they have more than [-] militia troops, and there are tens of thousands of slaves who can be converted into armed forces at any time.

As long as the Wang family thought about it, there would be absolutely no problem in blasting [-] to [-] troops in a few days.

In addition, the officials at the top and bottom of De'an Mansion are basically controlled by the Wang family or fed with money. It can be said that in De'an Mansion now, the Wang family is the emperor of the earth.

A local noble family armed to the teeth like this, ordinary rebels would not touch them at all. Even if they did touch them, they could only touch their heads and blood. The rebels usually looted those small squires, civilians, and most of them. That is, to "borrow" a little food from these big families.

But it is such a family that the city built by the thief was suddenly breached by thieves, which is unbelievable.

"Your Majesty, Wang Chunan is the Wang family, and now he is the political envoy of Guangzhou, and the thieves slaughtered his family. This is too appalling. We must send a large army to encircle and suppress it, and give justice to the Wang family and Lord Wang, otherwise I am afraid that the world will be punished. Shizi's heart is cold!" Qian Qianyi, the newly appointed Minister of Rites, said solemnly.

"What Qian Aiqing said is very true, can anyone recommend him?" Emperor Chongzhen nodded with approval.

He has been suffering from rogues since he ascended the throne. He thought that after moving the capital to Nanjing, he would be able to calm down a little, but he did not expect to live in peace for only a year, and this started again.

He is very optimistic about Qian Qianyi now, thinking that he is a great talent who can help the world and save the people, just like when he trusted Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, and Yuan Chonghuan.

As for Li Banghua, who had gone south with him, as a returnee from the north, he had completely lost his power in the political struggle and was forced to return to his hometown to retire.

"I recommend Liu Zeqing, the governor of Huguang, so that he can act nearby to encircle and suppress the rebels!" Qian Qianyi said.

"No!"

"Liu Zeqing wants to control the whole territory of Huguang, don't move it lightly, you can let Huang De power [-] new troops, and then transfer Gao Ze, Yu Chuan and others to Huguang to cooperate with Huang Degong to suppress the bandits!" Ma Shiying, the chief assistant of the cabinet, said.

"I don't agree. Liu Zeqing is the most suitable candidate. Even if a new army is to be sent, Liu Liangzuo, an uncle of Guangchang, should lead the army." Qian Qianyi confronted him tit for tat.

"Your Majesty, this minister agrees with Mr. Ma Ge's opinion.

"I object to this!"

"be opposed to!"

Listening to the noisy quarrel below, Qian Qianyi and Ma Shiying closed their eyes at a touch, and both tasted the smell of gunpowder in each other's eyes.

Unlike in the original history, Ma Shiying relied on the support of the Fuwang Zhu Yousong, and the generals of the four towns in Jiangbei directly pushed down the Donglin Party. In this life, because of Chongzhen's southward crossing, and at the same time holding [-] soldiers who dared to fight, the four towns in Jiangbei The warlord separatist regime has not been formed. Although Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and others are still generals, they do not have as much power as they originally had in history.

And the corresponding Donglin Party did not cross, and now in Nanjing it is very happy to fight with Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa and others.

On the high platform, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty who were arguing louder and louder, and pinched his eyebrows with a headache.

He couldn't help but miss the scene when the emperor came to the court more than a year ago. At that time, there was the emperor standing in front of him. This man of civil and military officials dared to bark his teeth like this!

"Okay!" Emperor Chongzhen was so annoyed that he could only stop the chaotic court with a loud shout.

"This matter will be discussed another day. Next, let's discuss Zuo Liangyu's request for help. This matter is also very important. Who are we going to send north to support Zuo Liangyu?" Chongzhen asked.

"This matter is none other than Zhou Yuji!" It was still Qian Qianyi who said.

"This minister agrees!" Ma Shiying glanced at Qian Qianyi and stepped forward to agree loudly.

"The minister waits for a second opinion!" A group of ministers agreed this time, and there was no problem.

"Ah……!"

Standing outside Fengtian Hall at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was disguised as an official of a hundred households, saw this scene and couldn't help sneering.

"Do you understand?" he asked Mu Ying beside him.

"Is it to compete for military power?" Mu Ying hesitated slightly.

"Yes, these people are not stupid. In today's troubled times, only if you have military power in your hands can you have the right to speak. Otherwise, a civil servant would listen to them."

"Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing have already joined the Donglin Party. That Huang Degong is from Ma Shiying. As for Zhou Yuji..."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the northern man he saw more than a year ago, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help showing a strange look: "He is a dead brain, and no one wants to rely on him, so naturally he will be taken to the north by these people to die."

"Then what should we do?" Mu Ying asked eagerly.

"Let them fight for power here!"

"Let's just kill people!"

"The Wang family of De'an dares to go north to sell food, so let's slaughter them first. The next one is the Shi family in Yanzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, the Xu family in Songjiang Prefecture in southern Zhili, and the Hua family in Suzhou Prefecture. After killing them, it's time to kill these people in the court."

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he couldn't help but think of what Xu Da had just sent last night, about the harvest of inspecting the De'an Wang family.

Nearly 200 million taels of silver, 3000 taels of gold, and more than [-] shi of various grains.

It is definitely not an exaggeration to describe this with a phrase that is rich enough to rival a country.

Gold and silver are not counted for the time being, just talking about these grains, there should be no problem in supplying rations for a hundred thousand troops for three months.

This does not include the Wang family's shops, mansions, and farmland. If these are also included, the Wang family's assets will double again immediately.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these data and thought of the founding policy of hiding wealth for the people he had formulated, which made him feel extremely ridiculous.

It is true that hiding wealth from the people has done it, but it is a pity that all the money is hidden in a few big families.

This also strengthened Zhu Yuanzhang's determination to kill.

If it was at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang might have to consider the issue of employing people, but thanks to the prosperous imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, the number of scholars in the Ming Dynasty was more than ten times that of the Yuan Dynasty. For their own use, these noble families are not irreplaceable.

After an unknown time, the wrangling in the court finally ended, and Zhu Yuanzhang took Mu Ying out of the inner city of the palace.

On the way, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said: "Mu Ying, we want you to bring Zheng Zhilong with you, do you dare to go?"

Mu Ying knew that Zheng Zhilong was a big pirate entrenched along the coast of Fujian. It was said that there were hundreds of warships and over [-] sailors.

"Your Majesty wants to recruit them?" Mu Ying asked.

"With this consideration, I also want you to learn the experience of naval warfare. When you go back, maybe we will set up a navy and let you be the general of the army."

"Yes!"

"Definitely live up to His Majesty's entrustment!" Mu Ying was excited.

He is only 25 years old now, and he has never led an army alone before. Now that he has Zhu Yuanzhang's promise, how can he not be excited.

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(End of this chapter)