Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 156

Chen Laosan was originally an honest farmer in Liaoyang City.

Because he had never fought a war before, the only thing he was worried about when the Ming army came to fight this time was that he might have to hand over his few grain reserves.

The mother-in-law at home is afraid that she will go hungry, but I feel sorry for myself after finally marrying a mother-in-law. She was only pregnant a few months ago, and it is time to eat more.

Chen Laosan was originally worried about food, but he didn't expect the food to be confiscated by the Yuan army.

The officials who collected taxes saw that he was in his thirties, and he was in his prime, so they dragged him to guard the city without saying a word.

To be honest, Chen Laosan was standing on the city wall, his calves were shaking.

There are one or two of the Ming army, they are all blue-faced and fangs, extremely ferocious, if I am an honest farmer against them, wouldn't I be dead?

But Chen Laosan couldn't run away even if he wanted to, so he really wanted to cry without tears.

But things soon turned around. General Toumi led the main force out to attack the Ming army. Everyone's morale was high, which was completely different from their usual dejected appearance.

Chen Laosan heard from the corps leader that it was General Naha who came with reinforcements and attacked the Ming army camp at night.

General Toumi, this is an active attack. If you want to cooperate with Naha from the inside and outside, and attack from both sides, the Ming army will undoubtedly lose!

Chen Laosan was in a daze when he heard it, and he didn't know the meaning and details of these military tactics. Anyway, it sounded awesome, so he shouted Long Live the Great Yuan and it was over.

Then they received the news of General Toumi's death, and everyone put down their weapons one after another, surrendered and knelt at the gate of the city to welcome the Ming army.

At the moment when he knelt down to greet him, Chen Laosan even heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, at least he didn't have to defend the city and fought with the Ming army.

Surrender but don't kill, isn't that what the Ming army shouted.

Afterwards, the Ming army did not embarrass the recruits like Chen Laosan.

They were not even imprisoned, they were tortured, and after a brief interrogation, these recruits were all let go.

As for some veterans, I heard that they stayed for two or three days longer and asked about some things. They were either recruited into the Ming army or sent back.

As for what he was asking, Chen Laosan didn't know.

When he got home, he hugged his mother-in-law and cried for a while.

Firstly, it was because Chen Laosan was happy to come back alive.

Secondly, I feel that the Ming army has entered the city, and life will definitely be more difficult in the future.

There was no food left at home, and before he died of starvation, he might have been killed by these Ming soldiers.

Chen Laosan even dreamed about his own death in his sleep.

"Open the door, open the door! We belong to the Ming army! What? Your family has no food? Hey, isn't there a handsome woman here!"

"What are you doing? Don't! Don't!"

Before Chen Laosan even resisted, he was shot through the stomach and died.

Although he didn't feel pain in the dream, Chen Laosan was so scared that he woke up in the middle of the night, and he couldn't sleep anymore. He thought about going up the mountain tomorrow to dig wild vegetables.

In the end, I went shopping around the mountain and didn't find any wild vegetables. Good guy, he must not be the only one who thinks so.

Worried that he would be hungry today, when he came back, he happened to see his neighbor running towards the Guancang in a hurry, Chen Laosan hurriedly stopped the neighbor and asked what was going on.

The neighbor said:

"Did you forget the song you sang for the propaganda with gongs and drums all day long?"

forget?How can I forget, that song is too magical!

"Slaughter cattle and sheep, prepare wine, and open the city gate to welcome the king of Liao, but the king of Liao will not pay the food when he comes.

Eat his mother, eat her mother, if you can't eat enough, there is a king of Liao! "

I don't know who made the song, but it's catchy, if it can be realized, it will be too beautiful.

However, it doesn't make any difference to Chen Laosan whether he pays or not. His family has no food!
Chen Laosan nodded and said:

"I've heard that song before, what's the matter?"

The neighbor said again:

"What's wrong? Does your family have enough food?"

"That's definitely not enough!"

"It's right if you don't have enough! There is King Liao if you don't eat enough!"

Hearing what the neighbor said, Chen Laosan had a clever mind, what's the matter?
Is it really not enough to have King Liao?

"Let's go quickly! The official storehouse is releasing food today!"

Chen Laosan was clever in his heart. He had lived so long, and he had always been the only one who handed in the grain there. This was the first time he saw that the official warehouse put the grain!
Chen Laosan didn't dare to be ambiguous, this neighbor would not lie to him, plus the common people were rushing there along the way, this matter must not be fake.

Sure enough, I really saw that there were people from the government yamen releasing food over there!
Someone else rolled up the trumpet and shouted:
"Everyone is lined up, and the head of each village leads the neighbors, and each village can only receive it once!

If anyone falsely receives more, the chief of the village will be punished, and you will also be punished. There will be no food next time! "

Good guy, who dares to pretend to claim this, not to mention that there will be no food in the future, and he will be punished!
Chen Laosan was in a daze when he saw Mrs. Zi Jia was also queuing up there, coming with some older sisters and aunts from the neighbors.

The mother-in-law hurried over and shouted:
"Hurry up and move the food, I can't carry it alone!"

Needless to say, it must be that when the head of the village went door-to-door to tell him to go to the official warehouse to collect food, he was still digging wild vegetables on the mountain.

Chen Laosan didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly followed to carry the grain, and saw a big bag of flour, good guy, this could support the grain he had paid for for three months!
My mother-in-law looked at Chen Laosan's big bag of flour going north, and became a little incoherent with joy, so she urged Chen Laosan to go back to cook quickly, because she and the children were hungry or something.

Chen Laosan was about to leave when he suddenly saw an officer approaching.

Both Chen Laosan and the wife panicked, and the mother-in-law hurriedly said:
"Could it be that someone recognized that you served in the army? You helped the Yuan people defeat the Ming army, so you won't give us food?"

Chen Laosan's scalp tingled, and he urged the mother-in-law to leave quickly.

But just as he turned around, the officer behind him shouted:

"Hey, wait a minute for that big belly."

Chen Laosan stopped and was about to kneel down to plead for mercy, but he heard the officer behind him say with a smile:

"His Royal Highness King Liao said that we Liaoyang people have been blood brothers of our own family since the time of Yanhuang.

It was only because of Shi Jingtang, a thief, that Liaodi left the big family in the Central Plains.

His Royal Highness King Liao specifically entrusted them, since they are all family members, to take care of the elderly, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant when food is released.

There is a pregnant woman in your family, according to His Highness, you should give me an extra portion of meat. "

Chen Lao San turned his head in disbelief, and he saw that the officer was holding a piece of meat in his hand and handed it to Mrs. Zijia.

Then the officer turned around and left, went back to the granary and continued to help distribute food.

Chen Laosan carried a big bag of flour, and his wife carried a big strip of meat.

Both of them were a bit confused, and it took a long time for the mother-in-law to falter and say:

"Ming and the Ming army are much better than others say..."

Chen Laosan didn't know what to say, as soon as he looked up, he saw a big "Ming" banner, and the king's flag of His Royal Highness King Liao was planted beside it.

The king's flag is waving in the wind.

Killed cattle and sheep, prepared wine, and opened the city gate to welcome the king of Liao, but the king of Liao came and did not pay.

Eat his mother, eat her mother, if you can't eat enough, there is King Liao...

The catchy singing voice echoed in Chen Laosan's ears.

Chen Laosan's eyes were moist right then.

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At the end of the fifth year of Hongwu, Liaoyang government office.

Liu Bowen walked into the government office with his hands behind his back from the outside, and a guard saw that it was Uncle Chengyi coming, and hurriedly led Uncle Chengyi inside.

The guard also said:

"Why is Uncle walking on the street with two or three people? This Liaoyang has just been captured, so be careful of criminals!"

Liu Bowen shook his hand with a smile and said:
"When His Majesty captured Jinling City and appeased the people, he had to see if the officials did their job properly.

I took my micro-service for a private visit, and I just brought two guards.

What can I do to bring more guards than Your Majesty?
In this way, no matter where I go, others will know that I have a noble status, so how can I know whether the policies that benefit the people have been implemented.

How did the people react? "

After hearing Liu Bowen's words, the guard also became respectful and said:

"Uncle is really admirable, but as far as I can see, the folks are all praising His Highness King Liao.

Yesterday, some children came to my residence to help sweep the floor. When I first came to Liaoyang, they were terrified. "

Liu Bowen stroked his beard with a smile and said:

"It's all thanks to His Royal Highness King Liao."

As soon as he heard the words His Royal Highness Liao Wang, the guard got excited and kept praising His Highness Liao Wang.

First of all, His Royal Highness King Liao is sympathetic to the people. The people of Liaoyang helped the Yuan army before, but they never punished them, and even distributed them food.

He also said that His Royal Highness King Liao treated his subordinates kindly, everyone had good food, and His Highness King Liao even wrote a letter to go back to Yingtian Mansion.

In the letter, there is no other reason, but it is said that during the battle, the Ming army was brave and good at fighting, and I would like to ask for commendations for all the soldiers.

Of course, I don't want to add a burden to the court, so I don't want my reward. After all, I didn't do anything. The main reason is that the soldiers worked hard, and I, the king of Liao, deserved it.

The guard was chattering, but it was actually what the generals at the grassroots had said during the symposium at night.

Because Xu Zengshou and others trained soldiers according to Zhu Qi's method.

Holding an exchange meeting every night has become a daily topic for these Ming troops.

And the process of these meetings revolves around the four words "loyal to the emperor and patriotic".

Of course, this king, besides His Majesty the Emperor, is His Highness King Liao!
In fact, what Zhu Qi meant was to preach loyalty to the emperor and patriotism and that was the end of the matter, and it had nothing to do with him.

But he always asks for credit for his subordinates, so the generals who followed him, needless to say Xu Zengshou, the ten-year-old fan of His Royal Highness Liao Wang, the kind who came uninvited.

The rest of the generals, such as Ma Yun, etc., are the only ones who follow His Royal Highness King Liao!

They lead the soldiers, and they decide the content of the symposium.

His Royal Highness King Liao has treated them so well, why don't you talk about this matter?Don't you want to boost the morale of the army and the people of His Royal Highness Liao Wang?

Is that still a person?

The guard was bragging about His Royal Highness King Liao, so he was no different from his own father.

As he spoke, he had reached the depths of the government office, and in front of him was the temporary residence of His Royal Highness King Liao.

Only then did the guard notice that he had been talking all the time, but Chengyi Bo didn't say a few words. He touched his head in embarrassment and said:
"Uncle, don't be surprised, I can't help but mention His Royal Highness Liao Wang, hahaha."

Liu Bowen was no stranger to it. He had already known the charisma of His Royal Highness King Liao.

Few people follow His Highness Liao Wang's side and don't praise His Highness Liao Wang. They are broad-minded, calm, and resourceful. They can always adopt the most correct opinions and formulate the most correct plans at the most appropriate time.

It was as if everything was rehearsed in the heart of His Royal Highness King Liao.

For example, in this battle of Liaodong, His Royal Highness the King of Liao adopted Ma Yun's opinions on many layout matters from the landing to the siege of the city.

Facts have proved that His Royal Highness King Liao is incomparably correct.

Except this time, it has been like this several times before.

What does this mean?It shows that His Royal Highness King Liao knew long ago that this was the right thing to do!
Originally, the credit should belong to His Royal Highness Liao Wang, but His Royal Highness Liao Wang would not take the initiative to ask for credit.

Not only did he not want it, but he also gave all the credit to his subordinates, saying frantically to the outside world that he made soy sauce and did not contribute.

Just being modest and seeking fame is enough.

The key point is that His Royal Highness King Liao really wanted to distribute the benefits to his subordinates, even in front of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, he said the same.

Can such a coach not be respected and loved by his subordinates?

Even Liu Bowen couldn't help thinking:
As for the people's hearts, His Royal Highness the Liao King is so hard-pressed, I might as well!

Of course, Liu Bowen would not say this.

He came here mainly to report on the results of his visits.

This is also what Zhu Qi troubled him to do.

After all, the Ming Dynasty had just won Liaodong.

Liaoyang is the core and role model of the entire Liaodong.

If the people's hearts in Liaoyang are not well rectified, let alone other places.

People don't suffer from widowhood but from injustice. Official corruption is the greatest injustice!

It's okay to be greedy for money and do things for you. If you leave it to others, you may be able to pass the test, but Zhu Qi can't do it.

As an official, it doesn't matter whether you are capable or not, as long as you are corrupt, you can take it down!
Zhu Qi is highly consistent with Zhu Yuanzhang in his attitude towards corrupt officials.

What kind of corrupt officials can govern the country, there are no corrupt officials, the throne is unstable and other messes, it is bullshit on Zhu Qi's side.

It's the 21st century, and it's really unbelievable to defend corrupt officials like this.

Even in a feudal society, at least where Zhu Qi can touch, we should try our best to eliminate officials and rectify discipline.

It works from top to bottom, only if you set an example and set strict requirements, the people below will follow suit.

Zhu Qizheng was buried under official documents as high as a mountain to deal with government affairs, which were sent up by officials and people from all over the place.

To be honest, seeing these things made my head hurt. Fortunately, Zhu Di was there to help. Zhu Qi gave the task to Zhu Di openly and said:
"You will manage Yandi in the future, so hurry up and get familiar with it."

"What? Why do you think I'm unfamiliar? I eat more salt than you eat rice. Are you the third brother or am I the third brother? Hurry up!"

Having said that, Zhu Qi also needs to take a look at the documents that Zhu Di has processed. Isn't the effort of just looking at them exhausting?

Seeing Liu Bowen coming, Zhu Qiyi hurriedly got up, stepped forward, and asked with concern:

"How are the people of Liaoyang doing? Are they well fed and clothed? Have you changed your mind about me, Ming Dynasty?"

Liu Bowen's heart warmed, His Royal Highness King Liao really loves the people like a son.

He hurriedly cupped his hands and said:
"His Highness's blessing has been delayed, and now the people have praised it!"

(End of this chapter)