Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 169 Aren’t you afraid that this king will massacre the city?
After a night of tossing, after Zhu Zhen had people take away the people who were stabbed to death by the Ming army on the edge of the cliff and bury them to prevent the plague from happening, the sky was already bright.

"I don't know what the situation is like over there with that kid Mu Sheng," Zhu Ming shouted, leading Wang Fumuqiu and 1 people to the foot of the mountain.

When they came down, they saw a group of people standing shivering on the shore, surrounded by Ming soldiers holding long guns to control them.

Obviously, these people are the lucky ones. Not only did they survive the fall of the cliff, they did not drown in the deep pool.

But when they climbed onto the shore, they were caught by the Ming army.

There were also many people lying in a pool of blood nearby. They were all dissatisfied with the Ming army. They refused to surrender and wanted to resist.

Mu Sheng didn't get used to it and killed him directly according to Zhu Chu's order.

They had already rebelled with their respective village leaders. It was rare for Zhu Zhen to show mercy outside the law. He wanted to spare their lives, but he still dared to resist?

People with such strong resistance cannot be allowed to stay.

Zhu Chu has no intention of playing the game of seven captures and seven vertical movements, slowly refining, or boiling the eagle?
I saw many corpses scattered on the deep pool of Longtangou slowly drifting downstream with the current.

This is still a small number, most of them drifted away last night.

Because they were drowned, many of the corpses were filled with water and were even bloated and floating.

At first glance, it looks like a hell on earth.

Zhu Ming also sighed and said hello: "Let people fish out the corpse as much as possible. If it gets soaked and becomes a source of infection in the water, people downstream who use the water will get sick, and it may even cause a plague."

"But Your Highness, there are many unruly natives downstream anyway. How about a plague and annihilating them all?" Mu Sheng was a bit young and energetic, wishing that all these rebellious natives would be exterminated.

The Mu family is here to guard Yunnan, and they have no good relations with all the natives. After all, they are here to suppress these natives.

In fact, Zhu Zhen had the same idea before. Anyway, you can earn force points by killing people, so why not do it?

But at this time, Zhu Ming laughed and scolded: "Bullshit, millions of Central Plains people have migrated from the Central Plains in recent years, but Yunnan is too big to take care of it. If the natives are killed to the point of annihilation, you can farm the land for me." Go? Or let the land be abandoned?"

"The common people are stupid, and the imperial court has given the chieftain officers special privileges, so they follow blindly. In fact, we are all good people. As long as we don't rebel, we are all good people."

"It's the same thing again. As long as they read Han letters, speak Han dialect, use Han characters, and have the same lifestyle and customs as the Han people, they will also be our citizens of the Ming Dynasty."

"Is it possible that our mighty Ming Dynasty cannot accommodate other ethnic groups?"

Otherwise, when we attack Southeast Asian countries in the future, we can also engage in genocide and kill them all?

It is a pity that the war in the Central Plains has just been settled, and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty killed too many people in the Central Plains, so there are really too few Han people.

If there are 14 billion people available to Zhu Ming now, what will your attitude be?

That's a completely different idea.

Unfortunately, there is not, not only not 14 billion, not even [-] million.

It is said that in the 28th year of Wanli, the country's Han population may have reached [-] million.

As for now, there is a gap of more than 100 years, and there is already a gap of three or four generations. I am afraid that there are only 8000 million people at most, or even less than that.

Because according to actual records of the Ming Dynasty, during the 14th year of Hongwu, the total population was 5000 million and close to 6000 million.

It is now the 26th year of Hongwu, and that’s about it.

Because the population is too small, talent is the foundation of the country.

The same is true in Yunnan. Zhu Chu has killed tens of thousands of people before and after him. Basically all the 10 people died last night, and only a few survived.

He had a great time killing and earned a full 11 force points, which meant that less than 1 people survived.

Only less than one-tenth of the young men survived. How much pressure will they have to wait until next year's spring plowing?
However, Zhu Zhen did not have the benevolence of a woman. Things like rebellion must be suppressed by force and ended with war.

Otherwise, there will only be endless troubles.

Of course, the more important thing is to completely reform Weimo Prefecture. While all the leaders of the Eleven Villages were killed in battle, it happened to be the time to reform this place as well.

After Mu Sheng asked people, especially those from Weimo Prefecture, to fish out all the corpses floating in the water, and then bury them nearby.

Zhu Ming took advantage of the fact that it was still early and asked the army to set off and once again came to the city of Qiubei County.

There were more than 100 defenders on the city, looking at the Ming army approaching the city in horror and disbelief.

Yesterday, their eleven village leaders led an army of 12 to hunt down this Ming army, and this Ming army only numbered 3 people.

But why are they back, and where are the eleven village owners? What about the 12 troops?
According to Nasirenfa, the Ming army was very small, and it only needed [-] village leaders to lead the army to cover up and charge into the formation, and they could easily win.

But what about you people?

"Why don't you open the city gates and wait for surrender? Do you want me to break through the city gates and massacre the city?" Zhu Zhen shouted. Although he didn't use a loudspeaker, it was still like a thunder, making the defenders on the city beat up. cold war.

One of the defenders could not even stand firmly and fell off the city wall.

Everyone subconsciously glanced at the unlucky guy, and then looked at Zhu Zhen together. Both the enemy and ourselves were silent.

Zhu Zhen was silent for a moment. He didn't expect, really didn't expect that such a situation would happen.

At this time, a man who looked like a small leader on the city wall stood up and asked, "May I ask the Ming Dynasty King, how is our village leader doing?"

"Hmph," Zhu Ming snorted coldly. Calling himself this way showed that he didn't understand his identity clearly. They had never regarded themselves as citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

But it didn't matter. Zhu Zhen had the nearly 1 prisoners brought over and asked them to explain the situation of last night's battle to the defenders on the city and the people in the city in their Tujia dialect.

When it was learned that the 12-strong army, the eleven village leaders, and Silunfa had all been annihilated overnight, an uproar broke out in the city, and the defenders on the city wall turned pale with fright.

All the village leaders died? Only less than 12 of the [-]-strong army are left?
how could this be?

While the natives on and inside the city were still in shock and confusion, Zhu Min narrowed his eyes slightly and sneered: "It's so shameless. I originally wanted to be merciful, but since you guys want to fight stubbornly, here comes someone. , breached the city gates and massacred the entire city."

It is said that the war can only be stopped by fighting. Since these people want to resist to the end, then let them do it, which can be turned into Zhu Chu's force value.

As for how to resettle the chickens and dogs in Qiubei County after they are no longer left, it is also very easy. At worst, the people from the Central Plains will migrate here and live here, directly using land, money, food, and even ready-made cities as the basis. I believe that within ten years, Qiubei County will once again Full of vitality.

"Wait a minute, Prince Ming, we surrender."

How could the defenders dare to hesitate at all?

There are only more than 100 people in the city, and the city is full of old, weak, women and children, because all the strong men have been conscripted away.

Once the city is broken and the Ming army marches straight in, they will have only one end, that is, they will be unable to fight back and can only be massacred one-sidedly.

Finally, as the city gates of Qiubei County were slowly opened, a critical situation opened up in Zhu Zhen's counterinsurgency battle.

Although Qiubei County does not belong to any village owner of the Eleventh Village, Qiubei County is the facade of the Eleventh Village. It is not only the center of the Eleventh Village, but also the largest barrier of the Eleventh Village.

Once Qiubei County is captured, Zhu Zhen will be able to directly control the Eleventh Village, and he can send troops to the Eleventh Village as he wishes.

But in fact, there was no need for Zhu Ming to send another large army, because all the strong men in the Eleventh Village were basically dead.

After this battle in Vimo Prefecture, although not all ten houses were empty, basically every household had to wear sackcloth and wear filial piety.

So when the Ming army entered the city, the faces of the people they faced were filled with hatred.

Their men or sons were still alive yesterday, but now they are all dead. It was these Ming soldiers who killed them. They were butchers and executioners.

But this Ming army is an iron-blooded army, and the hostility of the ordinary people is not worth mentioning.

Zhu Zhen was the first one on horseback. He was not afraid of an ambush in the city or being attacked by impulsive people.

"Ah Qiu," suddenly Zhu Chu called Mu Qiu over, took out a loudspeaker and handed it over, saying, "Translate for me."

As mentioned before, although there are various ethnic groups in Yunnan, each ethnic group also has its own cultural heritage and customs.But because we live in the same place all year round, we can roughly understand what each other says.

So Mu Qiu became Zhu Chu's translator, translating and conveying the Chinese for him.

"You have lost your family members, but you deserve it. Who made you blindly follow your village leader and want to rebel? I, the Ming Dynasty, conquered the world, but I did not oppress you like the Meng Yuan did. I, the Ming Dynasty, did not treat you as inferior people. On the contrary, I I will give you some land so that you can continue to live a leisurely life.”

"But what about you? You are living a good life, but you want to rebel? Since you don't want to live a good life, then don't live it. Let alone killing 11 people. If you are not convinced, I will give you a chance to continue to rebel. You can go home and take up the responsibility. Come out with hoes and sickles and see if I dare to massacre the city."

"It's really shameless. I don't even think about it. Even if the rebellion succeeds, it will be your village leader who continues to dominate Yunnan. What does it have to do with you?"

"Furthermore, I heard that the chieftain has a high position and often bullies the people. While you are being exploited and oppressed, you are also working hard for them. What do you want? Do you want them to treat you like humans and animals?"

"When I come this time, I will not only quell the rebellion, but also eliminate the families in the eleven villages. From now on, I will re-measure the land and redistribute it to you on a household basis. I will also cut taxes so that you can have a living." Store more food so that you can live a truly human life."

"I ask again, do you want to be my king's men, or do you want to continue to be dogs for the village master? Do you want to surrender, or do you want to continue to resist? Give me an answer."

Zhu Zhen asked the Ming army to line up and block the city gate, and looked at the people in the city eagerly.

He even crossed his arms and looked at the people with an indifferent expression, waiting for their answers.

The common people were indeed filled with hatred at first, but after what Zhu Chu said, they became confused again.

So who should they hate?Who is their enemy?

Zhu Zhen?Ming army?The Ming Dynasty?
But Zhu Ming said clearly and clearly that when the Ming Dynasty conquered the world, it did not treat the ethnic minorities harshly and made things difficult for them. Instead, it continued to let them live in their original way.

On the contrary, it was the chieftains who relied on their status to oppress the people. This time, the eleven village leaders were instigated by Sirenfa and rebelled together.

It was they who rebelled first, and then the Ming army came to suppress them, and then their families died.

And weren't their family members forcibly recruited by the village owners?

Even Zhu Zhen was not exaggerating. Many chieftains oppressed the people like livestock serfs.

Many people farmed a lot of fields, but after a year of exhaustion, they didn't have much food left. All of it was taken away by the chieftain's family.

So what are they planning?Why do they have to sacrifice their lives for those who exploit them?

To put it bluntly, Zhu Zhen knew that the people in ancient times were basically illiterate, and it was a policy of obscuring the people.

As a result, the people are like old scalpers, working hard in the fields without complaining, but getting nothing all year round.

And Zhu Zhen must break through the contradictory factors and let them clearly understand who is oppressing them and who is their enemy.

Although their family members were indeed killed by the Ming army.

But if you don’t rebel, how can you die?
The cause and effect relationship must be clarified. If you rebel, it is of course a capital crime. Even the local people know that rebellion is a capital crime.

So the people, who were excited at the beginning, gradually became silent.

"My poor baby."

Suddenly, a cry sounded in the city.

Immediately afterwards, the whole city began to cry, and the sound of mourning seemed to resound throughout the world.

And this is only Qiubei County, there are eleven other villages that will look like this.

After all, 11 people died, and they were still young men, the backbone of many families.

You must know that in ancient times, it would be difficult to survive if there was no strong man in the family.

Zhu Chu looked at Mu Qiu.

Mu Qiu understood this and immediately used a loudspeaker to announce throughout the city: "His Royal Highness the King of Dian Renyi knows that you all blindly followed the orders of the eleven village owners, so he will not continue to pursue the case. And he will actually distribute the land to everyone." You, and will not set up new village masters to continue to oppress you. Later, after His Highness counts the properties of those village masters who oppress you, he will open warehouses to release grain and distribute the food that should belong to you to you."

"As long as everyone is loyal to His Highness from now on, His Highness will definitely let everyone live a good life with enough food and clothing. And people cannot be resurrected after death, but living people must continue to live. You still have children to raise and parents to support. Think carefully about who is the wise master."

The crying was much quieter. Although people were still in tears, Mu Qiu was right. People cannot be resurrected after death, but living people must continue to live.

Zhu Zhen took another look at the people around him and continued to lead the army to the government office in the city.

This time, no one dared to stop him. They just watched with silent tears as the Ming army occupied the government office and quickly took control of the city defense and all affairs.

Zhu Zhen originally wanted to take stock of the inventory in the Qiubei County government office, such as how much grain was in the granary and so on.

As a result, Zhu Chu discovered that because Qiubei County did not belong to any of the eleven villages, but it also belonged to all the eleven villages in Weimo Prefecture, Qiubei County basically left some grain after this autumn harvest. All were transported to each of the eleven villages.

Good guy, are you trying to get the wool out of you?
Even if Zhu Ming wanted to open warehouses and release grain as soon as possible to appease the people and win people's hearts, he couldn't do it.

But it doesn't matter, Zhu Cheng gathered the more than 1 prisoners and began to lecture.

Because Mu Qiu is the translator, there is no problem of language barrier.

"I called you here today just to let you go home," Zhu Ming said, and the people below started to commotion.

Did you let them go so easily?

"But," Zhu Zhen said again: "After all, you have rebelled and caused chaos. Although I said that I will not pursue it anymore, it cannot be nothing. Next, I want you to tell everything you know when you go back. Let the people in your respective villages listen clearly."

"I have killed many people, but the one who really killed those people was your village master. I came here today for no other reason than to completely eliminate those domineering village masters and their families. , and let you live a good life without worrying about food and clothing."

"The king will also send troops to go back with you. When the time comes, the warehouses will be opened to release food, so that everyone can get the food they deserve."

"You should take care of yourself. I don't want to mention the butcher knife anymore, and I don't want to completely exterminate your clan."

In fact, Zhu Ming wanted to use the mouths of these people to spread his ideas. To put it simply, it was to divert the conflict and let them really think clearly that it was the chieftains and officials who were squeezing them. They should hate the families of those village owners, and Not myself.

Although I am the butcher, I still have to explain the cause and effect of the matter clearly.

This has also been Zhu Zhen's approach and policy. He has used this method more than once to divert the contradictions that should have hated him.

Just kidding, what he wants is what the people want. If the people don't support it, then it's all nonsense.

But his kindness was in vain. He was still a woman of kindness here. As a result, everyone in Yunnan hated him, just waiting for one day to rebel again and overthrow him.

That would be boring.

So Zhu Chu let these prisoners go, and at the same time sent more than 1 troops divided into eleven teams, each with 1000 people, to go with the prisoners to their strongholds.

Zhu Zhen also issued an order to these troops. If there was strong resistance in those villages, they would be killed directly.

It is said to be a village, but since it can recruit 1 strong men, it means that there are tens of thousands of people in each village.

Zhu Zhen didn't want to lose these precious elite soldiers of his, and would rather kill the wrong ones than let them go.

Of course, the more important thing is that the families of the village leaders must be eradicated. Otherwise, how can they buy people's hearts with the money and food they have accumulated by oppressing the people?

Zhu Chu has transferred the conflict, and as long as he appeases the people, he can smoothly transition to the regulation of reforming the land and returning it to the local people.

In this way, people's hearts can be gathered in a subtle way.

Wait until the spring of next year to build a school, include the native people and their children in the school, and teach them how to read and write. By then they will be able to distinguish right from wrong and know who is the wise master.

"Policy to fool the people? I don't need to fool the people. Besides, the fools are the easiest to be deceived. I will be on the throne in the future and do great things. I will not have time to win people's hearts every day. What if others take advantage of the fools?"

"So the policy of obscuring the people is absolutely undesirable. Otherwise, it is not the court that will really benefit, but the landlords and gentry."

Zhu Ming obviously has his own plans.

(End of this chapter)