Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 263

After quickly pacifying the eight guards of Fengyang and worshiping the imperial mausoleum, Zhu Youjian moved to the imperial city of Zhongdu, and then issued an order to cancel the eight guards of Fengyang, appointed Gao Jie as the general soldier of Fengyang, and led his troops to station in Fengyang.

Zhu Youjian rewarded all the soldiers again, and Li Dakai led the army to leave Fengyang and return to Zhejiang. After reporting to each other, more than 4000 people including gentry were beheaded in Fengyang.

Among them, three county magistrates and nine state officials were stripped of their skins to make an example. The commanders of the six guards were executed in a hurry.

Li Yang, the prefect of Bozhou, Xu Xin, the magistrate of Dingyuan County, and Wang Mao, the prefect of Suzhou, were injured because they refused to join hands with corrupt officials during the land investigation, and were rewarded by Zhu Youjian.

According to the current situation in Fengyang, Zhu Youjian decided to redefine the responsibilities of officials in Fengyang's prefectures and counties. After the land reform in Fengyang is completed, the cabinet will issue appointments.

Xu Xin in Dingyuan County was promoted to the chief county magistrate of the five counties and was promoted to the fourth grade. He still stayed in Dingyuan to govern and supervise the five counties.

Wang Maoguan, the prefect of Suzhou, was promoted to the third grade, supervising and governing the six states, and the officials under his jurisdiction were also selected and appointed by him.

Li Yang, the magistrate of Bozhou, was promoted to the second rank, supervising and managing seven prefectures.

Zhu Dadian still served as the governor of Fengyang and the governor of water transport, and led the county officials to carry out land clearing and reform immediately.

After the eight guards were put down, Zhu Youjian was ready to return to the capital, and there were still many things waiting for him, and now Daming was far from the time when he could rest.

Before leaving, Zhu Youjian summoned Wang Mao, Li Yang, Xu Xin, and Zhu Dadian.

Wang Mao, Li Yang, and Xu Xin made a big discovery during Zhu Youjian's trip to Fengyang. Whoever said that Ming officials were rotten to the root.

Although the three of them were not a breeze in their sleeves, none of them had a family property of more than 10 taels, which was already considered unusual in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Dadian is completely guilty and meritorious, and he is already very satisfied that he can maintain his current position. Zhu Dadian has witnessed those corrupt officials being tortured and stripped of their skins.

Seeing Zhu Youjian, the four of them hurriedly saluted:

"The humble minister Zhu Dadian, Wang Mao, Xu Xin, and Li Yang are meeting Your Majesty."

"Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:
"Freedom of grace"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

After thanking the four people, they stood aside with their hands down, waiting for the emperor to speak.

Zhu Youjian picked up a list and handed it to Zhu Dadian:
"Zhu Aiqing, the people in Fengyang can't eat enough, and they all live like refugees. Do you know how much gold and silver was confiscated from the houses of corrupt officials this time? Take a good look!"

Zhu Dadian hurriedly took the list, read it over and over carefully, his face became more and more ugly, and then his knees softened and he knelt down on the ground.

"It's all criminals and incompetent ministers. If you can't control them well, please punish them, Your Majesty."

"Zhu Dadian, the past has become history. I want to see your future performance. I hope you don't act like you're obsequious, and let them see it too. Let's get back together!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Zhu Dadian got up, he passed the list to Li Yang, who read it and then passed it to the other two. After seeing the list, everyone was full of disbelief.

There were actually 2000 million taels of silver and 300 million taels of gold on the list.

It has to be said that the small Fengyang officials and gentry are absolutely rich, and when Daming's taxes went to the treasury last year, it was only more than 400 million taels of silver.

Seeing the trembling faces of the four people, Zhu Youjian said again:
"This does not include the rewards I gave to the soldiers. If you count the 10 taels, it will be more. Now I am telling you clearly that when employing people, you must pay attention to their character. In the future, no matter who they are, as long as they embezzle more than a hundred taels of silver." , I will never stop!"

When Zhu Youjian spoke, his face was cold and his eyes were full of murderous intent. The air in the entire hall began to freeze, and the temperature dropped suddenly.

The four of them trembled all over, and hastily bowed again to salute:

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will never take bribes and bend the law, and will resolutely do things for the people of Fengyang wholeheartedly and share the worries of Your Majesty and Daming."

"Your Majesty, this is the stolen money handed over by my minister, please have a look at it, Your Majesty."

After the four got up, they each took a bank note from their sleeves and handed it to Zhu Youjian.

Ah Qing stepped forward to take the silver note and handed it to Zhu Youjian, Zhu Dadian handed over 300 million taels of silver, and Wang Mao, Li Yang, and Xu Xin each received a silver note of 3 taels.

Zhu Youjian looked at the bank note and asked:

"Zhu Dadian handed in so much, is there any leftover at home?"

Zhu Dadian hastily replied:

"Yes, there are more than [-] taels in the family. If your majesty thinks it is too little, I will bring them all."

Zhu Youjian nodded:
"No, if you know your mistakes, correct them. I am very pleased. The 300 million taels are all used for disaster relief in Fengyang, and another 200 million taels will be allocated to you for water conservancy improvement. I don't want to see refugees in Fengyang. "

"My minister represents the people of Fengyang, thank you Your Majesty for your grace."

The four knelt down to thank each other at the same time, Zhu Youjian smiled slightly and said:

"Aiqing is free of courtesy, and the other three silver tickets will be returned to you, as a reward for your performance this time, take them back!"

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he handed the other three 3 taels of silver bills to the three of them. How could Li Yang and the others dare to accept them?
"Do you want to resist the decree? You must take what I give you, and you cannot take a penny from the people. I hope you will all remember what I said."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, this humble minister will never disappoint the grace of God..."

The three state and county officials knelt down again to thank En, and when they looked up, they were all in tears.

These three tough men didn't even frown in the face of the swords and guns of the rebels, but they could no longer control their emotions and excitement in the face of such a holy king...

Mongolian Yuan
The depths of the desert are too far away from the pass, and it would be unrealistic to garrison troops to guard it now, in order to prevent the remnants of the Tartars from making a comeback.

Yue Fei sent an order to take away all useful items, cattle, sheep and horses, as well as Tartar women and children, and then ordered a group of people to set fires everywhere, turning the prairie into a sea of ​​flames, and all living things would be buried in the sea of ​​flames.

After receiving Yue Fei's annihilation of the Mongolian and Yuan ministries, Sun Chuanting quickly dispatched troops to Yuanjianzhou and Haixi.

Successively conquered Nikan City, Tulun City, Deck City, and Zhaojia City, and swept all the cities and pastures of the Dongyao. The method was similar to Yue Fei's treatment of Meng Yuan, and completely wiped out all the bases behind the Dongyao.

Then they launched attacks on Foala, Barda City, Dongcheng, and the original Wanyan tribe's garrison. The whole journey was like a broken bamboo, and only sporadic resistance was encountered. Wherever the army passed, there was only a chicken feather.

In order to join forces in Shengjing as soon as possible, Sun Chuanting's army bloodbathed all the tribes in Changbai Mountain, marched into Hetuala, and did not hesitate to clean up the original capital of Dongyao. Finally, they crossed the Wusuli River and marched towards Shengjing.

September 1644, [-]

The National Guard Army led by Sun Chuanting and the Long Teng Army led by Yue Fei finally joined forces with the Qi Family Army under the city of Shengjing.

And the city of Shengjing was already in chaos. Whether it was the captives or the slaves, they all felt that death was coming.

(End of this chapter)