Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 797

Counting classics and forgetting one's ancestors is an absolutely cruel job.

Making it public to the world is even more cruel than actually doing it.

An emperor who forgets his ancestors is not a good emperor. From ancient times to the present, no matter what the emperor did before he came to the throne, after he came to the throne, he must declare to the world that he is a pure and filial son. At most, he will add a few "forces" to his notice.

Filial piety, clan, inheritance, bloodline.

The moral high ground is almost absolute these days.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Youjian's exclusive interview was released, and the attitude of the Qing army in contacting various Ming clan clans during their southern expedition was revealed.

First, Nanjing's Zong Ren Ling and his subordinate Zong Zheng jointly sent a memorandum, which asked Zhu Youjian without any embellishment whether he recognized the ancestors of the old Zhu family!
This added some twists and turns to the originally smooth journey to the south.

At the same time, memorials and letters continued to pour in from all over the north and south.

Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong during the Southern Expedition also sent exhortations. After all, this matter was completely unnecessary in their opinion.

After the war, when the south was reorganized, the policy of apportionment of peasants into acres of land was bound to be implemented in the south. The landowners of the southern aristocratic families were bound to confront the Qing Dynasty. This battle was still to be fought.

Be soft-spoken first, and then how to deal with these princes is just a matter of words.

Even if many new groups want to swallow up the old groups, it doesn't hurt to leave some for these relatives, right?

Of course not.

Nothing can be left behind.

"My lord, you have been looking at this contract for a long time. If you want to be younger, just sign it. You won't be paid until you get on the ship. You will be paid only after you get on the ship. You won't lose anything!"

During the Chongzhen period, although several princes of the Ming Dynasty died due to the uprising, the inheritance was not cut off and the titles were continued. Therefore, there are still 32 princes in the Ming Dynasty, and each vassal has nearly 600 princes. There are many, and the number of clan titles is tens of thousands.

The princes here range from rich to poor. It’s hard to say how much flesh and blood they have eaten from the Ming Dynasty, but it is certainly true that the richer they are, the more they cherish their lives.

Ming Nanyang Company is now a capital behemoth, so it will naturally not let these fat sheep go.

"It's hard to say whether Master Chongzhen from the north will change his mind. The grace of God is unpredictable! What if he takes it seriously? Ahem!"

"Bold!"

The prince looked displeased upon hearing this, the guards prepared to fight, and the company's lobbyist hurriedly knelt down.

But the prince stopped the guard.

"Oh, the contract is good, but it requires [-]%. You are so brave."

In this special period, everyone has to find a way out for themselves within their own capabilities and have a safety guarantee.

Ten years ago, the princes might still have some luck, thinking that thieves and slaves would never get in front of them, and that they could enjoy another few decades of happiness.

But the cases of Fulu Yan and the Ming Dynasty clan whose flesh was chopped into pieces during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are right in front of us.

Originally, after the true identity of Emperor Chongzhen in the north was revealed, the Ming Dynasty clan was happy for a while.

Until Emperor Chongzhen made it clear that he did not recognize them.

The lobbyist was not beaten, and continued to apologize and said with a smile: "I want the prince to know that the company's security business is not just for the prince alone, but is done together with many of the royal relatives of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how much, we only take [-]%. The main thing is When the time comes, the royal family’s property companies will help clean up, the [-]% is definitely worth it!”

"Well, you are bold and have a bigger appetite, Emperor Chongzhen."

The company was started by Wang Chengen.

This contract is just the beginning.Just like some seemingly inconspicuous changes within the northern and southern courts in the three years before this war began.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty Zongren Mansion no longer allowed members of the Ming Dynasty clan to serve as clan officials as early as the Yongle Dynasty. Before the war began, Emperor Longwu replaced all the senior officials of the Zongren Mansion with princes at once.

Then, the Ming Dynasty's pig-raising policy was completely shelved, the clan was allowed to be involved in the core military affairs, and the clan was allowed to expand its subordinate guards.

Now, the Ming clan can choose to fight for the Ming Dynasty.

You can also get together and plan a way out together.

After the emperor in the north made it clear that he would not accept them, Emperor Longwu had previously sealed Prince Fu, who was suspected of murdering the emperor's heirs, in Taiwan. After that, he occasionally transferred some of the fiefdoms of the Ming Dynasty princes to Luzon. Naturally, the Ming clan could also take advantage of the current trend. I figured out something.

Regardless of whether they realize anything or not, they have no choice.

Even if domestic pigs are raised in a pig pen, they have to be taken overseas and forced to become wild.

Zhu Youjian knew that it would be quite difficult to get [-]% of the moving expenses from the Ming Dynasty clan at one time, and he had to convince them to hand over the rest.

King Da Mingde had a contract in front of him to hire company mercenaries.

King Heng Yizhi entrusted the management rights of the fiefdom in Luzon to the company.

King Rong wants to build a house, yard and garden in Luzon and buy some slaves and servants to prepare.

King Zhao planned to open up wasteland in the fiefdom of Luzon to build a plantation and buy some small industries.

King Jingjiang wants to buy several shops and houses in Manila, Luzon, from the company.

The blood that Lao Zhu's family sucked from Ming Dynasty was used for Ming Dynasty's colonization of the overseas world.

Of course, the princes of Ming Dynasty are now more willing to spend money in Ming Dynasty than to build some industries overseas as a retreat.

Whether he was responding to the call to serve the imperial court, or taking the opportunity to recruit troops and want to dominate the country, without exception, he was reluctant to cut off the roots he had left on this land.

Therefore, the Black and Red Flags, the most radical of the three armies of the Qing Dynasty marching south, not only failed to take the opportunity to march directly along the Yangtze River to Nanjing, but were instead surrounded by several Ming armies in Wuchang.

Driving the Ming Dynasty clan directly to the Black Flag Qing Dynasty without leaving a way out will indeed allow Ming Dynasty to show a little more strength in this war.

It is also limited to this.

Black Hongqi is in a dilemma.

Because Heihongqi had a chance to take Nanjing directly, Zhengheiqi, who was anxious, finally broke through the Ming Dynasty's defense line in Shandong. In just two days, Zhengheiqi's cavalry arrived at the gates of Xuzhou City and took advantage of the situation to go straight to Nanjing.

For no other reason than to race horses around Nanjing, so that reporters can spread the news back to the capital, telling the world that Zhengheiqi was the first to hit the gates of Nanjing.

The black and yellow flags far away in Bashu made rapid progress after Emperor Chongzhen revealed his true identity.

Facing the former crown prince Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, who had the strongest will to resist among the Ming army, both quickly succumbed and surrendered. The rest of the Ming army either waited and watched or actively surrendered, leaving little fighting will to continue to resist. Not enough.

We are about to defeat Chongqing.

Standing in front of the black and yellow flag at this time was Mu Tianbo, Duke of Guizhou of the Ming Dynasty, who had warned Zhu Cixi not to go to the dark side all the way.

With his back to the Ming army camp and the servant camps of many Yungui chieftains, Mu Tianbo waved a gorgeous gold-plated bolas with one hand, and looked at the black and yellow continuous tents and banners in the distance with a telescope in the other hand.

"Things have changed and people have changed, but who could have imagined that it would turn out like this."

(End of this chapter)