Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 969 Persist
As far as the current general situation is concerned, after the hammer bandits took over Sichuan, the social order in various places has been relatively stable.

Of course, there are also people who want to conspire to overthrow the rule of the hammer bandits.

But when the landlords and gentry were attacked by the hammer bandits on a large scale, they had no power to fight back, and they went underground one after another.

During the period when the Qing army entered the fortress, He Jinchao not only presided over the division of land, but also conducted local security warfare.

He Jinzhao's implementation in the Shanshan area did not have much hindrance.

Because those two places were devastated by the rogue officers and soldiers, it happened to break through the reorganization.

But Sichuan is different.

Because He Jinchao came early, he hadn't been destroyed by bandits on a large scale.

The basic policy of the hammer bandits directly harmed the interests of local officials, gentry and landlords.

They don't fight desperately, and they will not accept their vote if they are appointed.

In addition to running into the deep mountains, most of them were also killed in sevens and eights.

The remaining small landlords also have the heart to climb the dragon and the phoenix, and want to take advantage of the situation and join the Hammer Bandits in order to strengthen themselves in the future.

It's all a game.

But they still had some doubts and fears in their hearts, fearing that He Jinzhao would attack them again next time.

It's just based on the military power of the hammer bandits, the class conflicts are not sharp at present, and have been greatly alleviated.

On the contrary, the people in central Sichuan were willing to support the Hammer bandits' rule, and even Yao Tiandong and others were driven to Kham and other places by He Jinchao.

Go west if you can, stay there if you don't.

As for Songpan, there are large and small toasts, enough to handle them.

After Zhang Fuzhen arrived in Songpan, he inspected it and recommended to He Jinchao to use the Tweet Order.

Divide the big chieftain's territory into several small chieftains, so that you can gain the support of most people.

As for the small number of victims of interests, without us doing anything, those little chieftains who have benefited will unite and just destroy the big chieftain.

It doesn't matter if they fight each other, as long as they can't be twisted together within three to five years, that's fine.

He Jinzhao agreed, in short, to disperse local power.

It made it impossible for them to easily provoke many people to rebel like Daming Toast.

"Marshal, we have caught a few people who were liaising with the imperial court." Niu Youcai ran over to report.

"Cut it off, put up flags and parade in the streets. We must tell the people why they were killed. These dead people want everyone to go back to the past when they paid heavy taxes to Daming, took back their fields, and were oppressed by officials."

"Yes."

Niu Youcai hurried down to give another order.

Public opinion campaigns are extremely important, especially in areas where illiteracy is common.

Why are those people bewitched by the gentry?

It's not that the right to speak is in the hands of others.

When He Jinzhao entered Sichuan, he also recruited a group of "capable" Sichuanese to join the propaganda team, in order to increase the voice of the hammer bandits.

The literacy rate in the entire Ming Dynasty is still not high, that is to say, He Jinzhao opened literacy classes under his rule to teach young children.

The peasant association will also organize basic courses such as literacy classes and arithmetic classes.

During the slack season, there are naturally people rushing to attend classes.

After all, I will have the opportunity to serve as the secretary of the peasant association in the future!
Walk up and wait until the village head is promoted, won't that be a vacant position?

The tradition of wanting to be an official is engraved in his bones.

Especially now that the hammer bandits do not hold imperial examinations, it is a period of crazy expansion of meritocracy.

It can be said that it has caught up with the historical dividend. If you don't catch it, you may not be able to have such a good thing in the future.

Chen Shiqi didn't wait to come to the imperial court for reinforcements, and he didn't dare to go out of Chongqing to fight the hammer bandits head-on, so he suffered from acquired schizophrenia.

Therefore, we can only secretly contact some Sichuan people to instigate rebellion, and organize the local landlord class to fight against the hammer bandits.

In addition to their interests, they also believed that Ming Dynasty was orthodox.

The behavior of not setting up imperial examinations and "not accepting talents" like the Hammer Bandits will not achieve great things after all.

From time to time, plots to overthrow the regime of the hammer bandits have repeatedly appeared.

But peasant associations have also spread out in Sichuan. If these people want to make things happen, they have to gather people. How can no one make things happen?

The news naturally leaked out.

Do you think those landless people, or descendants, will believe that Ming Dynasty is orthodox?

Look at those high-ranking clans of the Ming Dynasty, they also have to work for Marshal He to build roads, who would think they are high-ranking?

After all, in their cognition, the clan of the Ming Dynasty are all nobles.

Does your lord need work?

Even taking a shit requires several people to wait on it.

In the past, when Ma Youjin and others saw the King of Shu, their waists would be bent down unconsciously, and their legs would have to kneel on the ground.

Just like that, the servants of the King of Shu kicked them a few times, cursing the lowly people to get away, so as not to slander the nobles.

Ma Youjin and the others would still keep smiling faces, and really roll away, for fear of provoking more severe beatings from the evil slaves.

But now, they can wantonly laugh at the king of Shu for being a waste at work, and even make fun of him.

This kind of thing, I didn't dare to think about it before.

The Hammer bandit's policy has already dragged the people of Central Sichuan to the ground who were once aloof and could control their life and death.

They were not deliberately abused, but they were forced to reform through labor in exchange for what they needed to survive.

This method is more cruel than killing them directly.

Because the people who build the road can really see it, and it will spread more widely.

As long as people live, they will continue to make mistakes.

For example, if He Jinchao ordered the king of Shu to be slaughtered with one knife, everyone would not see him working so uselessly.

How can this kind of waste be so superior?

It can be seen that the Ming emperor is also a waste.

Then why pay taxes to Daming, go to labor, and fight for them?

If he wants to fight, he has to fight for Marshal He. As long as he becomes the emperor, the fertile land that originally belonged to the king of Shu will belong to Ma Laosan.

"My lord, Xiao Xiao wants to seek refuge with Daming, and his heart will never die."

Zhang Fuzhen ate the food with a smile in his eyes: "It seems that the existence of Chongqing Mansion can continue to catch more fish."

"I hope Chen Shiqi can play a bigger role." He Jinzhao also smiled:

"I believe that after the imperial reinforcements arrive, more fish hidden under the water will jump out of the water."

"Hey hey hey."

Both of them were full of smiles, waiting for the person who dared to oppose the hammer bandits to show up.

Zhang Fuzhen believes that this kind of people will never take the initiative to reduce, but will only kill more and more people.

The Qing army killed one wave, the rogue bandit killed another wave, the hammer bandit killed another wave, and the Ming emperor Zhu Youjian killed another wave.

Killing and killing, the loyal ministers of Ming Dynasty were all killed into rarities.

Who will continue Daming's life in the future?
Just relying on Daming's "orthodox" reputation?
But since ancient times, orthodoxy has always changed, otherwise there would be no such thing as the previous dynasty.

Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan who was stationed in Chongqing, couldn't stand it anymore.

Because Chongqing and several key points around it were defended, but the hammer bandits were unable to attack after such a long siege.

Not only does it slacken the morale of the defenders, but the key is that there is not enough food.

If the imperial court does not come to help, Chongqing may be destroyed by itself.

Chen Shiqi has already asked Xiong Wencan, Premier of the five provinces, for reinforcements several times.

But Xiong Wencan replied that the Qing army was raging in Gyeonggi, and His Majesty had to ask him to go north to support Qin Wang if he was not sure.

Therefore, he would not easily move troops to the southwest, so Chen Shiqi was asked to persevere.

As long as you persevere to the end, you will surely be able to wait for the reinforcements from the imperial court.

In the end, even if you are dead, you must defend Chongqing.

Otherwise, Fu Zonglong will be your fate, Chen Shiqi.

When Chen Shiqi got Xiong Wencan's reply, he was so angry that he overturned the table.

What the hell is it called?

As the prime minister of the five provinces, Xiong Wencan not only has no actual support, but even no verbal support.

He doesn't even know how to draw big cakes, but he starts to threaten with his backhand.

Chen Shiqi wanted to vote for He Jinzhao for a moment.

But as a loyal minister of Ming Dynasty, he still has to stick to his bottom line and fight against the rebels of Ming Dynasty to the end.

But now both inside and outside Chongqing have encountered difficulties.

The clan, gentry, and big businessmen of the Ming Dynasty who had gathered together all wanted to escape.

At least He Jinzhao hasn't blocked the waterway yet.

Chen Shiqi sighed, not knowing how to deal with the difficulties in front of him.

He has no loyalty to serve Daming, but even his immediate boss, Xiong Wencan, doesn't support him.

It is also a big problem for the nearly [-] soldiers under his command to eat.

If they can't feed this group of people enough, they might start to mutiny.

Chen Shiqi didn't want to see Chongqing handing over to the hammer bandits.

He couldn't solve the problem of food, reinforcements, or even weapons.

Just as Chen Shiqi was sighing, the officers under his command said that a shocking messenger had arrived and wanted to meet the governor.

"Ok?"

Chen Shiqi pinched his beard: "What is he here for?"

"Could it be that he came here to be a lobbyist for He Jinzhao?"

Hearing the officer's answer, Chen Shiqi shook his head. If He Jinzhao wanted to persuade him to surrender, he would not find a small force of local thieves, and he would look down on him.

"Call and meet."

When the messenger who shook the sky explained his intention, Chen Shiqi suddenly felt strange.

Because they want to take refuge in the government and jointly oppose the hammer bandits.

After all, even Zhang Xianzhong and others were recruited all over the Central Plains, and they had nothing to resist, and they were willing to die for the court.

"Good good."

Chen Shiqi was all smiles, and then he patted the messenger on the shoulder kindly, telling him to go down and rest first.

Wang Xingjian, the prefect of Chongqing, showed suspicion: "Governor, this is not normal."

"It's really abnormal. We don't know about the news about Shaking Heaven, so it must be concealed."

The smile on Chen Shiqi's face disappeared:

"Let's not talk about whether this is He Jinzhao's plan, and another one. After shaking the sky for so many years, why did he figure it out and join me, Daming? Could it be that the whole of Sichuan, he can't see the strength of the hammer bandits?"

"The governor suspects that there is fraud in this?"

"There must be fraud." Chen Shiqi pinched his beard and said, "They surrendered to me, Daming, let's see what they want first, and wait and see."

"clear."

After Yao Tiandong was "gifted" to Kang District by He Jinzhao's threat, he was naturally unwilling, so he sent an envoy to contact the Daming government to deal with the hammer bandits together.

Who wants to stay in a remote mountain in a remote area all the time?

We rebelled for the sake of wealth and honor, but He Jinzhao didn't accept us, and even wanted to break up my confidantes.

If I couldn't beat him, I would have rioted on the spot!
These rebels are all holding back their anger!

Qin Liangyu, who had been sticking to the stone pillar, found out that the hammer bandits really forgot about her land after another investigation.

He didn't even act like soldiers and horses sent people to besiege.

It can be seen that after He Jinchao defeated the white soldiers and wiped out Qin Liangyu's entire army, he didn't take her seriously.

Especially during the Chinese New Year, some relatives came back to visit and talked about the changes outside. What they cultivated was the fertile land of the King of Shu.

Marshal He rented the land for them according to the number of people. As long as the land is rented for ten years, they have the priority to buy the leased land.

Coupled with the fact that the young children in the family can read books, there is hope for life.

These days, more and more Shizhu people migrated out.

Qin Liangyu would not stop her, even if she was the Xuan Fu envoy, she would never be able to distribute the large tracts of land belonging to the Ma family like He Jinzhao did.

Even if she wanted to, the Ma family would not agree, nor would the other two hereditary ones.

"grandmother."

Ma Wannian came running panting with the wooden sword in his hand.

"Slow down."

Qin Liangyu's face, which had been tense all the time, finally smiled.

Ma Wannian raised his wooden sword: "My grandson will lead the army to fight like grandmother in the future."

Qin Liangyu surprisingly didn't respond this time, just stroking his head.

According to He Jinzhao's policy of governing central Sichuan, nine out of ten people's hearts will be taken away by him, and if he is close to a little power, he will not be able to achieve great things, and he will even die with his family.

Even if Qin Liangyu was trying to destroy the family to relieve difficulties, it was impossible for him to distribute the family's land.

In addition, the hammer bandit's soldiers were unstoppable at all, the strength of the hammer bandit was getting stronger and stronger, and the strength of the Ming army was getting weaker and weaker.

Chen Shiqi, the governor guarding Chongqing, shows every day that he is a man who knows the soldiers. This is the predicament caused by the situation of the people who know the soldiers today!

He didn't even have a solution.

Qin Liangyu could even imagine that after He Jinchao captured Chongqing, Chen Shiqi's choice was to commit suicide by diving, or to be captured alive and die rather than submit, in order to achieve his reputation as a loyal minister.

Besides, is there any other way to save the immediate predicament?

Therefore, when faced with Chen Shiqi's order to lead troops to support Chongqing, Qin Liangyu threw it away like a fart.

Just like how he suggested how to defend Chongqing, he ignored it.

Qin Liangyu's heart is not as good as before, her hair has changed from gray to white all of a sudden.

I no longer see the heroic spirit on the battlefield like before.

She could not see the hope of Daming ZTE.

It's not just that she has been loyal to Daming all her life.

The Qin family, Ma family, clansmen who died for the Ming Dynasty, the ancestral hall is full of people.

But now, Qin Liangyu felt that their deaths were futile.

Daming is on the verge of collapse, just like the last years of the previous dynasty, just waiting for someone to give him a fatal blow.

"Grandmother?" Ma Wannian looked up at her, "Why are you crying?"

Qin Liangyu woke up suddenly, wiped the tears from her face, and patted her grandson on the shoulder:

"The wind was so strong that it blew the sand into grandma's eyes."

"I'll blow it to grandma."

"it is good."

Qin Liangyu squatted down obediently.

Qin Yiming stood aside, silent.

He watched his aunt's hair turn white almost overnight.

Coupled with the summary of the inquiring information, He Jinzhao gained a firm foothold in Sichuan at an incredible speed.

Qin Yiming knew that even if Hong Chengchou was sent here by the Ming Dynasty, there was no hope.

That's why my aunt turned white overnight.

How can one not feel hopeless when there is no hope?

(End of this chapter)