Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 421

All the generals of the Peasant Army, including Li Zicheng, were stunned for a while before they realized it.

Sly guy!Some bright-minded generals of the peasant army were greatly remorseful in their hearts.They only cared about grabbing money and food and grabbing the emperor's wife, but forgot about persuading them to come in.

Now that Zhang Yuan, who is very prestigious, is persuaded to enter, then Zhang Yuan has become the number one hero of the upcoming Dashun regime!
"Please King Chuang ascend the throne and become the Emperor of Dashun!" A group of remorseful peasant soldiers quickly knelt down and begged Li Zicheng to ascend the throne and become emperor.

"Now that the overall situation is not stable, there are still tens of thousands of Ningyuan defenders in the north who have not surrendered, and more than half of the country in the south has yet to be conquered. How can I proclaim myself emperor in a hurry?" Li Zicheng declined.

"No. It is precisely because the mountains and rivers are precarious, so our Dashun regime needs King Chuang to become the Ninth Five-Year King and lead us to dominate the world! After King Chuang becomes emperor, he will be able to sit on an equal footing with Chongzhen. From then on, we will not be bandits. It is no longer officers and soldiers who fight us, but a decisive battle between the Dashun Army and the Ming Army. We are on equal footing. Our soldiers and generals will definitely fight bravely, conquer cities and conquer lands, and make a great victory for King Chuang. A lot of hard work!" Zhang Yuan said.

What Zhang Yuan said not only tickled Li Zicheng's heart, but also made many generals of the peasant army feel excited!

Fighting all the way from northern Shaanxi to the capital, passing thousands of miles, they are all called bandits and rogues, but from now on, they are the Dashun army, not bandits anymore!Even if they encounter Da Ming's army, they don't have to feel fear like a mouse seeing a cat.

"Please King Chuang ascend the throne and become the Emperor of Dashun!" The generals of the Peasant Army followed Zhang Yuan to persuade him.

"No, no..." Li Zicheng declined again.

In this way, after you persuaded me to decline several times, Li Zicheng finally compromised a little.

"Forget it, since everyone is giving me face so much, then I will take a step back. When our Dashun army occupies Shanhaiguan and blocks the way for the Liao army to enter the pass, I will sacrifice to heaven and ascend the throne!" Li Zicheng said.

In this way, almost all the generals of the peasant army were beaming with joy.

Datong Mansion surrendered, half of Xuanfu Town surrendered, Juyongguan surrendered, and even the capital surrendered. Shanhaiguan, which was sandwiched between the Liao Army and the Dashun Army, would surrender obediently with just a letter?
"King Chuang, I am willing to take a letter to recruit the general guard of Shanhaiguan and the governor of Ningyuan, Yuan Chonghuan. I will definitely let them lead tens of thousands of Ming troops to surrender to us." Under the military merit.

"Okay, wait for this king to write a letter, and you take people to Shanhaiguan to knock on the pass. If they don't want to surrender, I will personally send 30 troops to attack Shanhaiguan, and let them be smashed with Shanhaiguan!" Li Zicheng was in a good mood , waved his hand and agreed.

"King Chuang, now we have just occupied the capital, and the world is not convinced, especially in this capital there are countless high-ranking officials and nobles who used to be lackeys of the Ming Dynasty. We need to use extraordinary methods in an extraordinary period to eradicate the forces loyal to the Zhu family in time! In this way Only then can the world be completely surrendered!" Zhang Yuan said.

"Zhang Yuan is right. It's time for these dog officials to receive their retribution! What they oppressed us in the past, we will return to them ten times and a hundred times now!" The generals of the Dashun Army raised their sabers and shouted.

The anger of these generals who had the absolute right to speak in the capital scared the concubines and maids to tremble.

"What reason should we use to punish those corrupt officials?" Li Zicheng asked, "If we kill a good and honest official by mistake, wouldn't we be cast aside by the world?"

"I have a plan to distinguish honest officials from corrupt officials," Zhang Yuan said.

"You have the most tricks, tell me, what else can you do?" Li Zicheng asked.

"It's very simple. We can order all the officials in the city to hand over their salaries, and according to the size of the officials, the amount of salaries is stipulated to be 10 taels for the Zhongtang, 7 taels, 5 taels, and 3 taels for the brocade clothes in the Jingtang of the Ministry. The bureaucracy ranges from 5 taels to 3 taels, the Imperial Academy ranges from 1 taels to [-] taels to [-] taels, and the rest of the small officials range from a thousand taels. In addition, we told them that as long as they cannot pay the full amount, they will be punished. The Nine Clans. In this way, the officials who are eager to survive will hand over all the money they have gained from corruption and perverting the law."

"Chuang Wang, think about it, how much is the annual salary of the officials of the Ming Dynasty? If they are not corrupt, can they easily give out thousands of taels or even tens of thousands of taels of silver? And those honest officials can't get it out even if they are killed. , In this way, it is not clear at a glance who is loyal and who is traitor?" Zhang Yuan said, "Not only that, but we can at least get millions of taels of silver to supplement military expenses."

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Many generals of the Dashun Army were immediately excited when they heard that they were going to start ransacking their homes.After conquering the capital, someone finally offered to ransack the house!
And it's so cool to steal the house so openly!Those civil and military officials who used to ride on their heads will soon become the targets of their massacre and vent their anger!

"This is a good idea, let's implement it like this!" Li Zicheng was very satisfied with this idea, and even supported it very much!

On the one hand, it can suppress some officials who are still loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, it is the silver that the Dashun Army needs most!After seizing the capital, the Dashun army will soon become a regular army with strongholds, and it can no longer be the same as before, grabbing a place as soon as it goes.

At this time, silver is very important to the new Dashun army!

"King Chuang, leave the ransacking of the house to me!" Liu Zongmin volunteered.

"Liu Zongmin, you are going too far. How can you monopolize such a fat job? We also want to search all officials together." Most of the Dashun generals expressed their dissatisfaction.

"Stop arguing. This search of civil and military officials involves the whole city. It cannot be completed by just one or two people. I will select a group of people to be in charge of the search, and Zhang Yuan will be in charge of supervising you. Those who search are not allowed to hide property, otherwise If I know it, it will be a dead end!" Li Zicheng said domineeringly at this time, "All the property confiscated will be confiscated, and rewards will be given for merit, so don't think that whoever does the confiscation will get more money! What we pay attention to is fairness. Whoever has the most credit will take the big head, you know?!"

"Understood!" A group of generals thought that this kind of treatment was okay.

It is a common problem for many people to suffer from inequality rather than scarcity, and what they value is fairness!

"Zhang Yuan, do you have any opinions?" Li Zicheng asked the hard-working Zhang Yuan.

"I have no objection. I am willing to obey King Chuang's arrangement." Zhang Yuan replied without hesitation.

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