I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 181 Drop the chain at a critical moment

Chapter 180

In this world, there is no emperor who is willing to take Shengdou's people into his heart and protect them forever. He is Zhu Chongba who is called a tyrant and butcher emperor.

This is the most legendary man in Chinese history. He was born in a farming family. In that dark age of frequent wars, he was like a lightning bolt, illuminating the night sky in China.

He used to be a little-known little novice monk in Huangjue Temple. After decades of overcoming obstacles, he finally reached the pinnacle of power in the world.The most commendable thing is that even though he is sitting on the throne, holding Tianxian in his mouth, and caressing Wanfang, he is still the cowherd boy who rode on the back of a bull and looked up at the sky.

Zhu Yuanzhang has never betrayed his own class, even if his comrades who fought side by side for many years left him one by one, even if he was portrayed by the scholar-bureaucrats as a murderous demon king and a generation of independent husbands.

Since ancient times, scholar-officials have shared the world with the emperor, not with the common people. This is the unspoken rule that the rulers of all dynasties abide by. Until his death, Zhu Chongba, a commoner in Huaiyou, did not believe in this evil.

As a result, he created three major cases, that is, the Lanyu case, which can actually be combined with the Hu Weiyong case, the Kongyin case, and the Guo Huan case.The occurrence of the three major cases has a very strong purpose. The Hu Weiyong case and the Lanyu case mainly targeted the founding heroes.

Tens of thousands of people were killed in these three major cases. Some people say that Zhu Yuanzhang did it to strengthen the imperial power, while others said it did it to strengthen the centralization of power and pave the way for future generations.Some people said that Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious by nature, cruel and easy to kill.

However, in fact, this is not the case. Some people really don’t understand, and some people pretend to be confused. Zhu Chongba’s real starting point is to let the suffering people all over the world survive.

In order to keep the people alive, he instituted the most severe torture for officials in Chinese history. Qin, Yibin.

The Eight Discussions refer specifically to relatives and relatives of the emperor. Discussions refer to the emperor's past; Discussions refer to people with high morals; Discussions refer to people with outstanding talents; Yi, that is, officials of the third rank or above and people with a rank of nobility; Yiqin, that is, people who are diligent and hardworking;

This set of eight-discussion system originated from the "Eight Discussions" in "Zhou Li Qiu Guan Xiao Si Kou", which is a concrete embodiment of the etiquette principle of "Punishment cannot be punished by a doctor" in the application of punishment.Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the political and economic power of the powerful landlord class has continued to expand, and the monopoly position of the bureaucratic and aristocratic groups has increased day by day.When Emperor Wei Ming formulated the "New Law", in order to win over the bureaucratic aristocratic group and safeguard the interests of the ruling class, the "Eight Discussions" system was formally incorporated into the national code for the first time, gradually legalizing and institutionalizing the judicial privileges of the feudal aristocratic bureaucrats. inequality.

People who commit eight crimes can enjoy the privileges of "negotiating, requesting, reducing, assuming, and exempting" in an open and lawful manner.

But in fact, only Zhu Chongba refused to admit this. He killed the prime minister Hu Weiyong. This is the first prime minister in history who was killed not because of rebellion or incompetence, but because of corruption.In the words of later generations, it serves as an umbrella for the evil forces.

Therefore, Hu Weiyong was killed, and officials who embezzled 60 taels of silver would be stripped of their skins and used as grass, and even the three clans. In history, it was very cool to be an official of any court. Participating in the battle for the heir apparent will basically prevent your home from being ransacked.

But not tomorrow.

Some people say that Zhu Zhongba killed the hero, but in fact?Zhu Chong's eight kills were all damned heroes. If you want to talk about the leader of heroes, it is naturally Xu Da. Xu Daming is reasonable, knows how to advance and retreat, understands military strategies, and is good at conquest...

The most important thing is that he and Zhu Chongba will always be of one mind.

Xu Da is Zhu Di's father-in-law, the father-in-law of Emperor Yongle, and the father of Empress Renxiao.

People all over the world admired him. After his death, there were rumors that he had a carbuncle on his back and could not eat hair. The superior (Zhu Yuanzhang) gave him a steamed goose, and Xu Da ate it with tears, so he died.

However, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the soldiers of the three armies all knew that the only weakness of the marshal was that it was so delicious!It is an indisputable fact that the commander-in-chief of the three armies is a foodie, and it is also one of the top military secrets of the Ming Dynasty.

The best steamed goose!This is a disease that fell when he was poor. Wei Guogong could hardly walk when he almost smelled the steamed goose, and his saliva could pour down the entire Xuanwu Lake. Even if Wang Baobao came in at this time, don’t disturb him, otherwise you will die worse than Wang Baobao awful.

Obviously knowing that his illness needs to be taboo, but Xu Da insisted on eating steamed goose, and ended up eating himself to death.

"It's delicious to be born, but it's also delicious to die!"

This is an elegiac couplet written by Zhu Yuanzhang, son of the Ming Dynasty, to the Marshal of the Ming Dynasty after learning that this old friend was going west by crane. The eight characters are full of grief and indignation!
In fact, in terms of military merit, if it is said that the merits are high, Lan Yu is a fart. He is not even worthy of carrying Xu Da's shoes. In front of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Fu Youde, Li Wenzhong, Tang He, Lan Yu is a fart?
As long as Lan Yu keeps himself safe, he has nothing. As the founding emperor, Zhu Chongba's style and demeanor, not to mention the number one emperor in all dynasties, can at least rank in the top three.

It's just a pity that Zhu Chongba's painstaking efforts were all in vain.

When Cheng Shijie expressed emotion, even Fu Zonglong, who had good morals and integrity in the history of Ming Dynasty, showed hesitation, obviously he did not agree with Cheng Shijie's words.

He even believed that it was the blessing of the heavens, and it could be said that it was the contribution of Cheng Shijie, the pillar of the country. How could it be possible for the ignorant and ignorant ordinary people to protect Daming?
Of course, Fu Zonglong did not argue with Cheng Shijie on this issue. He was attracted by the sound of artillery on the battlefield. In order to relieve the pressure on the Dongjiang Army, Cheng Shijie ordered the artillery of the Ning Navy to face the Dongjiang Army within a range of [-] steps. Cover fire.

36 three-inch guns, these are breech-loading smoothbore guns, and they are bombarded according to Jiannu. Now there is no need to deliberately aim at them. The [-] army is scattered. What a group, you can hit it with your eyes closed. The battlefield is smoky and smoky. If you want to take a look but don't believe it, it's better to close your eyes and be blind.

The slave-building army has formed an indissoluble bond with Ning Haijun's cannons since Baliwan. They are terrified of these ghost cannons. Call the shaman God to bless, don't let the shells fall on them!

It's a pity that there were too many of them, the shaman god couldn't cover so many people, the shells fell, orange smoke billowed up, and many slave warriors were thrown into the night sky like ants, dripping down a rain of blood.

Jiannu's morale, which was originally high, immediately plummeted after being hit by a round of gunfire.The most terrible thing is that the artillerymen of the Ning Navy are as if they have been beaten with chicken blood. They don't care what they can hit, and just put their heads down and fight fiercely.

Almost every shell that exploded brought casualties to Jiannu, and the tragic scene of blood and flesh made them terrified.If it is a solid shot put, it can kill or injure a few people at most in one shelling, but the flowering shells are different. It is not impossible to bombard a dozen or dozens of people in the most densely populated place.

And no matter how strong your martial arts are, how many layers of armor you wear, you will be crippled if you are immortal, and you are still playing a ghost?Hundreds of shells fell, and the Jiannu army became chaotic. Many people threw away the things in their hands, covered their ears and yelled, and ran wildly. As for the horses, they screamed desperately and rushed around. Forced the owner to use a knife to quiet it down.

"Dong dong dong..."

This dull voice suddenly sounded. Upon hearing this voice, the Jiannu warrior's complexion changed drastically, and he turned his head to look at the artillery positions of the Ming army that had been shrouded in fireworks. Whether it was a soldier or a general, there was a hint of despair on his face!
There is no doubt about the power of the Flying Thunder Cannon. Regardless of the short range of this thing, one explosive cannon is more powerful than three or five three-inch shells. Once it hits, one explosive package can blow up half a cow.

As the 68 deployed Flying Thunder Cannons began to fire explosives, a large package of explosives flew out, swirling all the way, drawing all kinds of strange ballistics and falling into the Jiannu formation.

"Boom boom boom..."

Groups of frightening gunpowder smoke wrapped in flames rushed up to a height of 30 meters, and thunderous and violent bangs shook the pores of everyone present, and the shock wave of the explosion swept everything.

The shock wave of the explosion blasted in all directions. I don’t know how many Jiannu warriors felt as if they were standing on the crater of an erupting volcano. The dazzling flames flashed and the ground trembled violently. Their bodies, spears, armor...everything was smashed to pieces. Come.

Many people's bodies were torn apart by the explosion shock wave, and then they were thrown around. Many people were so shocked that their feet flew several meters high and then fell heavily on the ground. His internal organs were shattered.

God knows that in this round of shelling, God knows how many Jiannu soldiers were reduced to ashes in this overwhelming shelling, and God knows how many people were covered in fire, and many pieces of shrapnel were shot into their bodies, falling in the sea of ​​fire and suffering wailed.

The Mongolian cavalrymen who surrendered to the Ming army looked terrified, shouting and neighing in disorder. They were thankful that they had surrendered early, otherwise, if this round of shells fell on their heads, they would all be finished.

Guan Ningjun's complexion turned pale, and he looked at each other in shock.

Wu Sangui finally understood how Cheng Shijie chopped up Jiannu like melons and vegetables. If he had such a cannon, he could also rub Jianu on the ground.

The morale of the soldiers of the Ming army was greatly boosted, holding their weapons high and cheering wildly, especially the Dongjiang army. After seeing a large number of slave soldiers being swallowed up by the overwhelming flames, their low morale stopped falling instantly. Pick up, and jump straight up like a rocket!
Seeing the artillery pouring into the middle of the slave army, they knew that they would win this battle.

Seeing this scene, Huang Taiji clenched his fists and his eyes were so red that he was about to squirt blood: "Damn it, it's this ghost cannon again! This ghost cannon is too powerful! Every time it fires a volley, it will blow up to death." Or burn hundreds of them to death, how can we fight this battle?"

Jiannu's generals were all out of their wits, looking at each other, they all saw the same pale faces.

The firearms of the Ming army are so powerful, if they are applied to the battlefield on a large scale, does Hou Jin still have any hope of winning?
Cheng Shijie was very satisfied. He spent a lot of money on this round of bombardment. One shell cost 15 taels of silver, and even the shells of Feilei Cannon cost nearly four taels of silver. Machine guns need to save some money.

This round of shells dropped 800 taels of silver, which is equivalent to more than 100 cows flying directly.

Cheng Shijie didn't show any pain, he said with a faint smile, "This is just the beginning!"

Cheng Shijie still has cannons, howitzers, rocket launchers, mortars, and breech-loading rifles that have not yet been produced, so you can play slowly when you are ready!

With Fu Zonglong's performance, a goose egg could be stuffed into his mouth, and the officials behind him were also shocked. A few timid ones ran away with their pants covered. Obviously, they were scared to pee.

These officials are no longer scared to pee by the Ming army's own artillery.

As Ning Haijun's artillery quickly stuffed the shells into the barrel, and then pulled the gun rope.

"Boom boom boom..."

A new round of shelling started again, which meant that another 800 taels of silver were gone. Not long after Jiannu was in the formation, orange-red fireballs rose up, and there was another round of screams.

Fu Zonglong, the governor of Jizhou, Baoding, Tianjin, is different from Gaodi. He was promoted from the grassroots. During his tenure as a patrol officer in Guizhou, he quelled the An Bangyan Rebellion. He is no stranger to various firearms and artillery in the army. .

But the problem is that the artillery and firearms of the Ming army that he knows are actually very lethal. It depends on luck how many can be killed. If it is in a bad mood, it doesn’t explode or only explodes two pieces, then no one can do anything .

But looking at these cannons, they are completely different. When a cannonball hits the past, if not a dozen people are killed, twenty or thirty will be killed!Such a terrifying firearm, even if you have copper skin and iron bones, you can't resist it!

As the right servant of the Ministry of War and the censor of the capital, the governor of Jimen, Liaodong, and Baoding military affairs, Fu Zonglong looked at the cannons in Cheng Shijie's army with the same eyes as a thousand-year-old bachelor seeing a top-notch beauty.

With the extension of Ning Haijun's artillery, Jiannu's offensive troops were dispersed. In the area where the Jiannu army was located, explosion points exploded all over the mountains and plains. There was almost no gap in the explosion sound. Flying all over the sky.

Gao Qiqian was so dumbfounded by such a shocking scene that he couldn't even speak.

The faces of those warm and benevolent confidantes were even terribly pale, and they even trembled uncontrollably, muttering: "The demon method, the demon method, must be the demon method!"

Gao Qiqian murmured: "With this strong army, Daming will never have to worry about anything!"

Several Wen Tiren's confidantes looked at each other, each worried.

Cheng Shijie's strength is so strong!It's okay that he is a loyal minister, if he is determined to rebel, who can stop him?
What's even more frightening is that he still has a large number of extremely powerful cannons in his hands!

We can no longer let him grow stronger, we must find a way to weaken his strength!A military general with too much strength, whether loyal or traitorous, is not good for the Wenchen Group.

What the Wenchen Group wants is to firmly control all power in their own hands. No matter whether the person sitting on the dragon chair is surnamed Zhu or Aixinjueluo, as long as they can delegate power to them, they will bow to him!

In a blink of an eye, Ning Haijun had already met with Jiannu Xiangjun.

Under the fierce offensive of the Ning Navy, Jiannu retreated steadily, and there was a tendency to be defeated immediately.

At this time, Fan Jingwen, the servant of the Ministry of War, had nothing to do with Fan Wencheng. Fan Wencheng was from Shenyang, and Fan Jingwen had almost the same resume as Lu Xiangsheng.His rise was the same as that of Lu Xiangsheng. During the change in the second year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng, as the magistrate of a famous name, recruited more than ten thousand people to become the king of Shangqin.And Fan Jingwen, the governor of Henan at that time, also led 8000 of his subordinates to serve the king, and the army was paid by itself.

However, Lu Xiangsheng led the Daming Mansion Rebel Army to fight against Jiannu in Daxing County, repelling two Niulu and more than [-] Jiannu to attack Daxing, but Fan Jingwen's troops did not participate in the battle, but marched around in arms.

Fan Jingwen was also the last cabinet scholar of the Ming Dynasty. When Li Zicheng's Dashun Army entered Beijing, instead of surrendering to the enemy, he jumped into the ancient well next to the Shuangta Temple and died.When Fan Jingwen died, he still thought that the emperor had fled to the south, but he didn't know that the emperor had hanged himself to death.After his death, he was given to Tai Tuo with the posthumous title of Wenzhen.

Among the officials who followed Fu Zonglong, Fu Zonglong had the highest official position, and he was the next one. He served as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and saw that the Ming army was about to win a decisive victory.

Several officials gathered around Fan Jingwen and said in a hurry: "Master Fan, that martial artist is so powerful, and let him make such great achievements, who else can cure him?"

"Warrior's arrogance is getting more and more arrogant, but the country's situation is getting weaker and weaker. I'm afraid it's not the blessing of Ming Dynasty!"

"How about persuading Mr. Fu to send an order to the whole army to stop the attack?"

"It's useless! The person surnamed Fu is so excited now that he wants to go to the battlefield to fight in person. Who can persuade him?"

Although Fan Jingwen is considered a loyal minister, he is first and foremost a civil servant. It is politically correct to suppress military officials.Fan Jingwen naturally thought of someone who could solve the current crisis.

The matter of exterminating Jiannu can be put aside for a while, and the pattern of Wen Yuwu can't be broken. Although Wu Sangui is also a military minister, he was born in Liaoxi generals, but now he and Zu Dashou have broken up, and life must be very sad now. If Cheng Shijie wins this battle again, the Wu family will have nothing to do with him in the future.

If they can persuade Wu Sangui to open up a gap to let Jiannu break out, Wen Tiren can definitely use this as an excuse to deal a severe blow to Cheng Shijie's prestige. They have made such great achievements, and the first assistant has to express what they say, let them work harder Are you an official?
As for the consequences of allowing these tens of thousands of Jin Jingrui to escape back to Daming, it is not their concern... Cheng Shijie is still there!
Fan Jingwen and other officials were in Cheng Shijie's camp. Although they were very careful when they spoke, Cheng Shijie's military supervision system was not vegetarian.

The soldiers in charge of protecting these civil servants were all from the military supervision system. They naturally received the news, and Chen Guodong reported the news to Cheng Shijie.

Cheng Shijie's reaction was very flat, and there was no more to say once he knew it.

Although Cheng Shijie said lightly in front of Fu Zonglong, when it was time to bleed Jiannu, he must not be relentless. He knew that Jiannu belonged to Xiaoqiang, and as long as they had a certain chance, they would definitely rise again.

Not killing Huang Taiji is Cheng Shijie's bottom line, but as much as Jiannu can be weakened, it can be weakened.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Wu Sangui found Zu Dabi, Zu Dale, Zu Kefa and others, Wu Sangui said: "Second uncle, third uncle, what should we do now?"

"What should I do?" Zu Dabi was a simple person. He originally liked Wu Sangui very much, but Wu Xiang cheated Zu Dashou, and Zu Dabi had a prejudice against Wu Sangui and his son, and his tone of speech was very bad.

Wu Sangui smiled bitterly and said: "We don't have any beheadings. If we don't do anything, Jiannu will be killed by Cheng Shuai's people. This is wrong!"

Zu Dale was also eager to do meritorious service, so he was used by Wu Sangui, and he also felt that something was wrong: "That's right, if you don't do anything again, Ning Haijun will kill them all!

Zu Kefa was even more anxious. Zu Dale and Zu Dabi had enough military merits, so it was a waste of his trip. Seeing Jiannu being beaten to death by Ning Haijun, when would it be better not to grab military merits now?
Zu Dabi thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer, we'll go when Cheng Shuai's order arrives!"

Wu Sangui frowned and said, "Cheng Shuai relies on infantry for everything, so why do we need cavalry! If you want me to say, Cheng Shuai just made a mistake in the order of attack, we should let our cavalry go up and charge the Jiannu army formation. If there is a mess, let the infantry press up and crush them in one fell swoop!"

Seeing Zu Dabi's hesitation, Wu Sangui pointed to the army of Jiannu and said, "The Jiannu now are ripe fruit!"

At this moment, a green firework was suddenly found in the sky, and the firework exploded in the air. Zu Dabi laughed and said: "The time has come, Cheng Shuai has come down, soldiers follow me!"

Under the leadership of Zu Dabi, the cavalry of the Zujia Army and Wu Jiajun of the Guanning Army surpassed Wanqi to attack Jiannu.

Tens of thousands of people, boundless.

Tens of thousands of cavalry charged, and there was a lot of movement.

Huang Taiji could clearly feel the ground shaking, and more than [-] cavalrymen of the Guanning Army galloped up. The momentum was too frightening. Even if the battlefield was already pitch black, he, a veteran on the battlefield, couldn't hide it.

Based on experience, Huang Taiji judged that the cavalry of the Ming army was moving towards the Dongjiang army, but the speed was not fast, so he couldn't help being a little confused. What the hell is the Ming army doing?Is it because the infantry is in a melee and the cavalry cannot participate in the battle, so use this powerful cavalry to put pressure on them and boost the morale of the infantry by the way?
According to the normal situation, his judgment is still reasonable, but if you fight with Cheng Shijie, you don't even think about encountering a normal situation!

He soon discovered that he was too simple.

As the cavalry of the Guanning Army joined the battle, Jiannu was killed to the ground by the Guanning Army who had been beaten to death.

At the most critical moment, Wu Sangui fell off the horse, and Wu's Guan Ning army was shocked: "Protect the major general!"

Wu's army was in chaos, and a huge gap in the encirclement suddenly formed.

When Huang Taiji saw this scene, he wanted to cry, happiness came so suddenly.

(End of this chapter)