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

Chapter 177 Zhu Chu’s kindness and power

It was late at night, and Guangnan City had fallen into silence.

Every household has turned out the lights and gone to rest.

After all, there are almost no entertainment facilities in this era, and even a little lamp oil is precious and cannot be wasted casually.

Zhu Zhen had mentioned the development of candles to Shen Rong before, hoping that before the advent of the industrial age and power development technology, more people could see light at night.

But that will have to wait until next spring.

In the chieftain's office, Zhu Zhen did not go to the backyard to rest, but sat in the front yard.

It is now late December, and in a few days it will be close to the end of the year.

What is used now is not the Gregorian calendar, but the lunar calendar. The days are calculated using the lunar calendar algorithm, so the end of December is also the end of the year.

"It's getting cold too," Zhu Zhen raised his head.

Although he said this, as his attributes improved, his physical fitness was strengthened in all aspects. In addition, he had already entered the path of spiritual practice, and his whole body was as hot as a furnace. There was no chill at all.

After all, he is a man. According to the theory of yin and yang and the five elements, he belongs to yang. He is masculine, so how can he be afraid of a little chill.

Suddenly, under the illumination of several lanterns around him, Zhu Chu discovered that snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

Finally it snowed.

In fact, it had snowed in Dali for a long time, but Zhu Chen had already gone on an expedition at that time, so he did not catch the first snow in Dali this year.

Later, it also snowed in Kunming, Maitreya, and even Qiubei County.

It was as if even the snow was chasing him.

Although the snowflakes are not big, they are just falling sporadically.

But Mu Qiu still walked in from the backyard, holding a robe in his hand. There was some kind of animal down on it. It looked like a winter coat.

Mu Qiu Lian moved lightly behind Zhu Chu, gently covered Zhu Chu with her long coat, and whispered softly: "Your Highness, be careful of catching cold."

Zhu Chu continued to raise his head and look at Mu Qiu in this posture.

As the saying goes, the more you look at a beautiful woman under the lamp, the more energetic you become.

Under the dim lantern light, Mu Qiu's appearance seemed dreamlike, like a goddess.

She is so beautiful. By the end of this year, she will be 17 years old, which is the age of youth and invincibility.

Mu Qiu's pretty face turned red with embarrassment when Zhu Chu saw it, and he rolled his beautiful eyes: "What's so interesting? It's not like His Highness has never seen it before."

Not only have I seen it, but what can I say that I haven’t seen it?

Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "I can't get enough of it in a lifetime."

Mu Qiu's whole body was shocked, and he looked at Zhu Ming infatuatedly. He raised his hands to hold his head and caressed him gently, feeling extremely emotional.

Although it is an ordinary vernacular sentence, it has no sentiment like poetry or song.

But often the more ordinary words are the most touching.

"Then I'll let you watch it for the rest of your life," Mu Qiu pursed his lips and chuckled.

They are not confessing to each other.

Zhu Chu wanted to see her for a lifetime, and what he wanted was for Mu Qiu to accompany him for the rest of his life.

Mu Qiu promised to watch him for the rest of his life. Wasn't he responding that he would accompany him for the rest of his life?

At this moment, a slight movement came from behind the courtyard wall, interrupting the deep affection between the two.

Zhu Chu turned around and looked unhappy and annoyed.

Mu Qiu also turned around to look, his eyes filled with anger and anger.

The next moment, a head popped out from the top of the courtyard wall.

It was none other than Nong Zhengyou.

It turns out that Nong Zhengyou's home is near the government office. Nong Zhenyou used the government office as his home before. As Nong Zhengyou's close relatives in the clan, Nong Zhengyou and his son naturally have some privileges.

This also allowed Nong Zhengyou to easily bypass the patrol of guards, and then climbed up the wall with a ladder.

When he saw Zhu Chu and Mu Qiu in the courtyard, Nong Zhengyou was startled, and then shouted overjoyed: "Hurry, that damn young prince is in the courtyard. As long as he is killed, great things will happen."

With that said, Nong Zhengyou jumped off the wall without caring about anything else.

Behind Nong Zhengyou, strong men jumped out from behind the wall one after another. They were the defenders on the city wall during the day.

Zhu Zhen smiled: "You really dare to come."

Zhu Ming was still guessing that although with the help of the system, he could really see the change in Nong Zhengyou's loyalty, would he really attack him tonight?
Unexpectedly, he was so impatient that he couldn't wait even one night.

"But this gives me an excuse. Originally, in order to appease the people and get the people of Guangnan Mansion to accept their concerns as soon as possible, I even hesitated whether to take action against Nong Zhenyou's relatives. Originally, I only planned to kill his family. .”

"It's okay now, I can destroy all nine of your tribes."

Zhu Xi smiled happily.

In order to open the gates of Guangnan City and let the people put down their hatred and surrender to him as soon as possible, Zhu Zhen had to consider whether to liquidate the chieftain clan after entering the city as before.

He was worried that the chieftain clan was deeply rooted in the local area and could easily arouse resistance and even new hatred among the people.

This is good, Nong Zhengyou gave Zhu Zhen a valid reason and excuse.

Nong Zhengyou was stunned for a moment, and then shouted with anger: "You are really uneasy and kind-hearted. It seems that even if I don't intend to assassinate you, you will kill our Nong family?"

Zhu Ming sighed: "If I don't kill you all, where will the land be distributed to the people? You have been canonized by the imperial court. In theory, you can eat royal food and even have independent taxation rights. As a result, you have to compete with the people for profits, and even fish and feed the people. Are those people? Those are your animals. You really deserve to die."

"I think you are the one who deserves to die, kill me," Nong Zhengyou shouted, and he and the more than 100 remaining strong men in the city behind him rushed towards Zhu Chu and tore him and Mu Qiu into pieces.

But suddenly, the front door of the front yard was suddenly opened, and Wang Fu rushed in from the outside, shouting: "Assass the king and kill him, kill everyone in the house, and implicate the nine tribes. Protect the king and kill the traitors."

Groups of well-equipped, brave and capable Ming troops followed Wang Fu and quickly rushed in with heavy footsteps.

They first quickly surrounded Zhu Chu to protect him, and at the same time blocked Nong Zhengyou and others in the corner.

Nong Zhengyou was shocked, but he didn't expect Zhu Zhen to be prepared.

The originally spacious courtyard was now crowded with thousands of Ming troops.

Nong Zhengyou shouted angrily: "Despicable Han people, do you need so many people? Damn it, do you dare to challenge me?"

Zhu Zhen almost lost his temper and laughed. It was justifiable to assassinate me with more than 100 of you, but it was despicable for me to use thousands of people to deal with you?
"Hahahaha," Zhu Zhen laughed and stood up, looking at Nong Zhengyou who was blocked in front and back, and said: "My king used 2 men to wipe out Nong Zhenyou's [-] army, which has been proved Given the bravery of this king and the Ming army, why should I prove anything to you? Wang Fu, I leave it to you."

With that said, Zhu Chu stretched out his hand to open his robe, then hugged Mu Qiu's shoulders, and wrapped the petite beauty under the robe, as if he was hiding a treasure in his arms and unwilling to share it with outsiders.

Mu Qiu lowered his head and buried it in his clothes, not daring to look at anyone.

She was a heroine who killed people without mercy before on the battlefield in Qiubei County, but now she is curled up in Zhu Chu's arms. How will she see anyone in the future?
"Your Highness," Mu Qiu said angrily, stamping his feet, "How can I lead troops to fight in the future?"

"You are my wife, who knows? Who dares to dissent?" Zhu Ming held his head high and walked towards the backyard holding Mu Qiu's shoulders.

As for the fate of Nong Zhengyou and others, it has naturally become a foregone conclusion.

After Wang Fu watched Zhu Chu and the others safely enter the inner courtyard, he raised his hand with an indifferent expression and waved: "Kill, no one will be spared."

As countless Ming troops stretched out their sharp spears, Nong Zhengyou and others had no resistance at all and were wiped out in an instant.

It turns out that those strong men also have some strength.

However, the disparity in the strength of the troops was too great, and one side was calculating mentally but not intentionally. They could only struggle in vain and then all be killed.

This was not over yet. Wang Fu did not let anyone collect the corpses, but sent troops out to notify Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng was now in charge of city patrols and city defense. When he got the news and rushed over quickly, he was furious when he saw the dead bodies in that place.

"These damn traitors actually dare to assassinate His Highness? They are worthy of death," Mu Sheng cursed angrily, "No, I'm going to ransack their homes and kill them all."

"Don't be anxious, brother Mu Sheng. According to His Highness, the most important thing now is to really win over the people of Guangnan Mansion, so we must show our strength. You surround these people's homes first, and then gather the people in the city tomorrow. , pronounce the verdict in public," Wang Fu said what Zhu Chu meant.

If we go to kill overnight, I'm afraid it will make people panic, and it will be deliberately publicized as something else.

After considering this, Zhu Zhen made plans in advance to pronounce the verdict in public, so that everyone would know what crimes these people had committed and what kind of punishment they should receive.Mu Sheng immediately took the order and left, and surrounded more than 100 households including Nong Zhenyou overnight.

Under the strict defense of the Ming army, not even a fly could fly out of these houses.

After the old man got the news, he almost died of anger on the spot.

"Nong Zhengyou, Nong Zhengyou, how dare you do this? I kowtow to others in public, just to leave even one ethnic bloodline so that we can make a comeback. Now, what awaits our Nong family tomorrow? I'm afraid it's the end of genocide, right?" The old man closed his eyes with a bitter look on his face, as if he was waiting for death.

He was frightened during the day and was too tired, so he went to bed early.

I never expected that Nong Zhengyou would be so bold.

What else can they do now except wait for death?

Not to mention that after Zhu Chu and Mu Qiu returned to the bedroom in the backyard, they were still busy and practiced hard.

(I know you don’t really want to see the double cultivation plot, so I skipped it.)
Blink of an eye to the next morning.

Mu Qiu couldn't hide his exhaustion as he dressed Zhu Chu, even though dual cultivation was of great benefit to the two of them, especially Mu Qiu.

But she was really exhausted and couldn't cope with Zhu Chu's excessive demands.

"Your Highness, Aqiu won't accompany you anymore," Mu Qiu yawned and hid in the warm quilt after dressing Zhu Chu neatly.

Zhu Ming's body temperature still remained inside the quilt, which made her smile and prepare to catch up on some sleep.

Zhu Qi patted Mu Qiu's small buttocks through the quilt in a funny way, turned around and walked outside.

Different from yesterday, Zhu Xi was wearing a bright red python robe today. Although he did not wear a crown, he was still handsome and majestic.

When they came outside, Wang Fu was already waiting there with an army.

Zhu Chu came over and asked, "Are you ready?"

Wang Fu nodded and replied: "Your Highness, the people in the city have been notified to gather near the center of the city."

Zhu Ming agreed: "Let's go, it's time to liquidate the Nong clan."

So Zhu Chu walked in front, stepping on the square steps, followed by Wang Fu and other Ming soldiers.

When Zhu Chu came to the central area of ​​the city, he saw that a large number of people in the city had already gathered here.

The people still didn't know what happened, and they were all in panic, thinking that Zhu Zhen and the Ming army had gone back on their word and wanted to gather them together to surround and kill them.

Around the square, there were countless Ming troops waiting in full formation, watching the people with eager eyes, adding to the murderous atmosphere.

The snow from last night has not yet melted, and there is still a layer of floating snow on the ground. Although the snow stopped in the morning, it still makes the people tremble and feel frightened.

At this time, Zhu Chu came in front of the people. He looked at the people who finally knew how to be afraid. Seeing that they were not as fearless as yesterday, and always acted like they dared to kill me if they wanted to, he secretly felt funny in his heart.

In fact, this is normal. As long as there is hope, who would want to die?

Even if the nation continues to fight, if you let him die knowing that he will die, see if he dares.

Those who are truly indifferent to the situation of life and death are not without them, they are all warriors.

But these are just ordinary people in front of them. After having hope of life, they naturally don't want to die.

"Everyone," Zhu Ming spoke, and he took out a loudspeaker at some point in his hand. Although his usual translator Mu Qiu did not come, there were many people who knew Chinese in the crowd.

Zhu Ming spoke slowly and recounted his experience of being assassinated by more than 100 people including Nong Zhengyou last night.

The people suddenly became restless. What happened last night?No wonder the Ming army broke into every house as early as possible, causing the people to gather here without even eating breakfast.

"Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with us," someone shouted from the crowd.

Other people responded one after another, shouting that they were wronged.

Zhu Zhen waited for them to shout for a while before raising his hand to signal for silence.

When the crowd stopped talking, Zhu Min continued: "I know that this matter has nothing to do with you. It was Nong Zhengyou's ambition and the delusion of the one hundred strong men that made this happen. So I will not offend you. But those sinners The blame cannot be evaded. And as I said yesterday, this is a serious crime against the Nine Clans."

"Then Nong Zhengyou maintains his identity as a chieftain family, and still wants to struggle and resist, continue to maintain their privileges, and continue to oppress you. But I wonder why those hundred strong men are so obsessed with it? The restoration of the privileges of the Nong family chieftain family will not affect you. What's good?"

Thinking about it, it must be that Nong Zhengyou made a wish and granted countless benefits to those [-] people, so they were willing to take risks.

Zhu Ming sighed secretly. He had promised to give fairness to the people in the city, but there were still people who were jealous of the privileged class, who just wanted to be the best and trample others under their feet.

"I still say that there is no justice in war. And since they have made a choice, they have to pay the price."

"Rebellion is really a profitable business. If you win, you will gain the world. But if you fail, it will be a grave crime of killing all the nine clans involved."

"Come here, take the Nong family and the whole family of the hundred strong men."

Following Zhu Ming's order, Mu Sheng, who was well prepared, led his troops and brought all the Nong clan chieftains in the city, including the old man yesterday, as well as the families of the one hundred strong men.

All of a sudden, hundreds or even thousands of people were escorted there.

Among these people, there are many ignorant children, many old people, and even more women.

There were also some strong men among them, shouting that they were wronged.

They are also from the Nong clan, but they are distant relatives to Nong Zhenyou and Nong Zhengyou, but they are also within the nine clans, so they were also escorted over.

Originally, these young men were not taken away by Nong Zhenyou because they were related to Nong Zhenyou. This time, Nong Zhengyou did not look for them when he assassinated Zhu Chu.

They were indeed wronged.

But Zhu Zhen had no choice. He wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate the permanent problem and wipe out all the Nong chieftain clan. Then there would be no resistance to stop him from returning to his native land.

Therefore, without any hesitation or pity, Zhu Zhen waved his hand and shouted: "Kill."

As the Ming soldiers raised their swords and dropped their swords, hundreds of heads, large and small, rolled down one after another, and the snow on the road was suddenly stained red with human blood.

Not to mention the rivers of blood, but it also frightened the people.

The people's customs are strong and the people's customs are strong. After all, they are still ordinary people. Now that they saw Zhu Zhen killing so many people with their own eyes, they were trembling with fear and dared not speak out.

Looking at the corpses of some children among them, Zhu Zhen couldn't help but sigh secretly.

There was nothing he could do about it. The chieftain system had been around for many years since the Yuan Dynasty, and it was already deeply ingrained.

If it cannot be eradicated as quickly as possible with thunderous means, he still knows the principle of "cutting the weeds without eradicating the roots, but spring breezes will grow again".

Once the army leaves Guangnan Mansion, God knows whether those people will still support Young Chieftain Nong.

So Zhu Zhen no longer felt pity, looked up at the people in front of him, and said: "You can go back to your homes in a moment. Those who should eat should eat, and those who should be idle should be idle. In the morning, the government office will go to the granary to count, etc. If you get notified in the afternoon, you can come and collect the food.”

In order to appease the people, Zhu Ming decided to use both kindness and power. He would first scare them, and then open the warehouse and release grain to provide practical benefits.

Sure enough, the people who heard this showed expressions of surprise.

In fact, many families have to live on a tight diet and barely have enough food to eat. There are even many families who only eat two or even one meal a day.

The two meals are one in the morning and one in the evening.

As for a meal, that means not eating until late in the morning, waiting until two or three in the afternoon to have a meal, and taking out dinner.

Anyway, the busy farming season is over now, and there is not much energy left to do. Otherwise, what else can we do?

Zhu Chu couldn't help but think as he looked at the many people in front of him who had nothing to do in winter, especially since there were no strong men, and most of the people here were women.

When cotton is successfully planted next year, a textile factory will definitely be opened.

Nowadays, the weaving industry is basically done at home, after all, it is the era of small farmers.

Even if there are government-run weaving workshops, they are all for court officials and are distributed as part of their salary, and will not flow into the private sector.

Therefore, ancient cloth was very rare, and even silk could be used as currency.

If you don't take any coins with you when you go out, but instead take a few pieces of cloth to buy things, the picture is not very beautiful.

But from Zhu's perspective, he knew that a factory must be built in the future.

“What a great workforce.”

(End of this chapter)