Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 85 Disaster in Mongolia
Emperor Chongzhen had returned to his seat and sat down. Looking at this scene, he actually felt a little emotional.The importance of public opinion, as people from later generations, naturally understands that it is very important.

Many times, ordinary people actually have no opinions. They believe whatever others say.

A simple example is Li Zicheng's slogan "Equalize the land and free grain."Anyone with a brain will know after just a moment's thought that this is absolutely impossible, something that has never happened before in all dynasties.But they were willing to believe it, so they all opened the door to welcome King Chuang.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that they are in a difficult situation and want to change their situation and have a better future.If Emperor Chongzhen had not traveled back in time, the corruption in the late Ming Dynasty would definitely not be comparable to Li Zicheng's promise.But Emperor Chongzhen, who has traveled through time, naturally knows how to make changes to make the people of the world live a better life.

This requires a public opinion war with Li Zicheng to win the hearts and minds of the people. Just like the scene before him, it is to reverse the people's sympathy for Shanxi merchants.Otherwise, the rear will be unstable and it will be difficult to fight in the front.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen saw that the people were very angry, so he asked the Jinyi guards to retreat and let the Shanxi merchants be dealt with by the people.

"Kill these traitors who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country!"

"Pay for my son's life!"

"I make so much money without conscience and still do good deeds hypocritically, bah!"

"Whoever dares to make this kind of money is not afraid of giving birth to a son without an asshole, and is he not afraid of being infamy for thousands of years?"

"..."

Amidst the angry shouts, five of the eight Shanxi merchants, namely Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang and Huang Yongfa, were punched, kicked and beaten to death by the people of Xuanfu City!

It can be predicted that in the Xuanfu territory, the other Shanxi merchants wanted by the court must also be street rats, and everyone is shouting to beat them.

After this public trial, and the news of the abolition of three rates and the exemption of taxes on grain fields below [-] acres spread, things became smoother for the government, both locally and in the army.For example, the transfer of the families of the soldiers who were selected to join the Beijing camp, the recruitment of new soldiers, etc., all became smoother.

It was naturally impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to inquire about these subsequent matters one by one. He was concerned about the verification of Shanxi merchants' property, especially the statistics of goods in warehouses and the payment of military pay.

But even with these things, he couldn't keep paying attention to them. He had already sent an order to gather the cavalry camp and hand over the defense of Xuan Mansion to Dong Yongwen. In addition, he ordered Ning Long and Liu Jiuqing to escort the Xuan Mansion after they had formed the newly selected soldiers of the Beijing camp. The grain and grass supplies here were rushed to Datong and then transferred to Ningwuguan for reinforcements.

Emperor Chongzhen himself is scheduled to lead the cavalry to Yanghe and Datong early tomorrow morning.Before the locals could react, they handled local affairs with lightning speed, stabilized the rear, and rushed to Ningwuguan for a decisive battle with Li Zicheng's army.

It has to be said that in such a hurry, there are actually many things that are problematic in Xuanfu.For example, the search and pursuit of Shanxi merchant families, the verification and management of property, etc.But Emperor Chongzhen really didn’t have time, so he could only focus on the big ones and let go of the small ones.

In the evening, when Emperor Chongzhen was verifying the goods account book, he saw Wei Shizhen hurriedly entered and reported to him: "Your Majesty, all the remaining troops of the last general have withdrawn from Zhangjiakou, and they also brought back a message that the Mongols over there in Zhangjiakou , after seeing us distributing arrears, he also wanted to join the army!"

"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard this. He immediately looked up at him and asked, "Which tribe are they from? How many people are there?"

This kind of thing is actually not uncommon.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have always been Mongols in the Ming army.The most famous one is that among the three battalions of the Forbidden Army set up by the founding of the People's Republic of China, one is called the Three Thousand Battalion. It is a cavalry battalion with three thousand Mongolian cavalry as its backbone.They followed Emperor Chengzu to conquer the grasslands and regarded themselves as Ming people.

"Your Majesty, it's the Haqit tribe and the Sunit tribe. There are about fifty people. They said that as long as the military pay is paid on time, many tribesmen can join the army!"

The Ming Dynasty established the country by expelling the Tartars, and based on the Mongol Empire's sweep across the world, the preventive blockade of the Mongolian grassland tribes lasted throughout the Ming Dynasty.

There were several wars with the Mongols, all of which were caused by the Mongols' strong demands for the Ming Dynasty to switch.The most recent one was the time when I answered Khan during the Jiajing period, which ended with the tribute being paid and the opening of the market.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, some of the Mongols who had gone through the blockade even had to use bone for their arrowheads.In the Ming Dynasty, 2000 taels of silver could be used to drive Lin Dan Khan to attack the Jianlu in Liaodong. However, Lin Dan Khan felt that the money was too little, so he eventually raised it to 4000 taels, and promised to give 4 taels in the coming year before he went to attack the Jianlu. But suffered a great defeat.

It can also be seen from this that the Mongolians are really poor!

Nowadays, the Mongolians who come to Zhangjiakou to do business have witnessed the great changes with their own eyes. How can they not be moved when they find that the Ming Dynasty not only pays military pay, but also pays back pay?
If I have money, I can work hard for you!
Emperor Chongzhen probably understood this situation.Although the grassland today has surrendered to the Liaodong Jianlu.However, that is just the surrender of the tribal leader. For ordinary herdsmen, it is not too normal to work for whichever family provides food.

When the Mongols serve as cavalry, they can also prepare their own war horses. This is definitely an excellent source of cavalry soldiers.So, he issued an edict: "Tell the leader to come to see you!"

After a while, two Mongolians were brought into the lobby of the governor's office.

One of them has a gray beard and is about fifty years old, and the other is in his prime, tall and thick, a typical Mongolian man.

When the two men arrived in the lobby, they saw the person sitting on the main seat wearing leather armor, which was not in line with their imagination that the Ming Emperor should wear a dragon robe.For a moment, they were a little suspicious and froze there.

When the captain of the imperial guard who led them in saw them, he immediately shouted: "Your Majesty is in front of you, why don't you kneel down and salute?"

After hearing this, the two Mongolians looked at each other, then at Fang Zhenghua, Zhu Zhifeng and others, and finally knelt down to salute.But it can be seen from the expressions on their faces that they still have doubts in their hearts.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he first let them stand down, and then asked: "The Ming army will pay military salaries on time from now on, and will never be in arrears. It will start with the Beijing camp and gradually reach the national army. If you want to join the Ming army, Naturally, everyone is treated equally in terms of military pay."

Hearing this, the strong man scratched his head and seemed a little hesitant, but still asked: "Are you really the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty? Could you be lying to us?"

"Bold!"

"Don't be rude!"

"..."

When Fang Zhenghua, Zhu Zhifeng and others heard this, they couldn't help but yelled.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he waved his hand to stop them, then looked at the two Mongolians and said, "But if you want to join the Ming army and become Ming people, you have to show me your sincerity!"

Older people can already confirm that the person in front of them must be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, these officials would not be able to support a fake emperor to deceive them. That would be the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Therefore, after hearing what Emperor Chongzhen said, he quickly accompanied Xin and asked: "As long as the military pay can be paid on time and make our lives easier, we must be sincere. Your Majesty should know that we Mongolians are the best. Cavalry, born to be unparalleled in riding and shooting!”

"Yes, we Mongolians are all heroes who can shoot vultures!" After hearing this, the strong man echoed with a little pride.

When the Mongol Empire was powerful, it had an army of Condor Shooters, the best of their best.In other words, they believe that those who can shoot vultures are the most powerful.

After hearing their words, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

In the current situation, Mongolia is the weakest party, so what if the best cavalry is still pressed to the ground and rubbed!But there was no need to say this. Emperor Chongzhen looked at the strong man and said, "Really?"

After finishing speaking, he turned to Fang Zhenghua and said: "Give him a try with my bow and see how good the Mongolian eagle shooter is?"

Fang Zhenghua felt funny after hearing this.He knew that the current Long Live Lord had divine power, and that a black iron bow with a string strength of five hundred kilograms was not something that ordinary people could draw.

Thinking in his mind, he took the black iron bow used by the emperor, walked over and handed it to the strong man.

When a strong man sees this bow, he knows it is a hard bow.While taking it, he looked up at the emperor on the throne, his face obviously a little suspicious, as if he was saying, does this bow really belong to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?

Then, without further ado, he immediately started to draw the bow.

No matter what, if he comes to negotiate with the Ming people as one of the representatives of the Mongols, he must be powerful.

Although this bow looked like a stiff bow, he was still somewhat confident in his own strength.

As a result, what he never expected was that after just pulling it, he found something was wrong.So, he immediately became serious, took a stance, and began to pull the bowstring vigorously.

No matter what, we can’t lose face to the prairie warriors, right?
However, even if he put up a posture and tried his best to pull the black iron bow, his face turned red. However, he only pulled it to the full moon and could no longer pull it, so he could only slowly release it.Otherwise, if you run out of strength and let go, you will easily hurt yourself.

After putting down the bowstring, the red color on the strong man's face did not fade away. He looked up at Emperor Chongzhen a little unnaturally and said: "Is this hard bow really your... His Majesty's bow? No, I mean that Your Majesty can use this bow." A bow?"

What he said was really a bit rude.But from the perspective of the Ming officials, they were just barbarians, people who did not understand etiquette themselves. The emperor had no intention of being angry, so they could only look at him angrily.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard what he said, he didn't care about the way he spoke. He just said lightly: "Of course it's the bow I use!"

"This is impossible!" After hearing this, the strong man said immediately: "I can't even draw it, let alone shoot an arrow with this bow!"

Judging from the appearance, Emperor Chongzhen was indeed not as strong as him, so his first reaction was not to believe it.

The old Mongolian man also looked at the strong man, then at the stiff bow, and then at Emperor Chongzhen, with some suspicion in his eyes. He was probably thinking that the emperor was suppressing them before discussing the business, right?
When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he immediately said calmly: "If you can't pull me away, it just means you are weak."

After finishing speaking, he nodded slightly to Fang Zhenghua.

After the meeting was over, Fang Zheng walked over, took back the black iron bow, and pulled it twice on the spot in front of the strong man, with ease like a full moon.

The strong man obviously didn't expect that Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch wearing a scarlet robe, would have such great strength, and he was stunned for a moment.You know, even if he tried his best, he couldn't pull Man Yue down!
Then, Fang Zhenghua walked back to the emperor and presented the black iron bow to the emperor with both hands.

When the strong man saw it, he wanted to speak and said, didn't you just say that this bow is for your emperor, and letting others draw it does not count.

Unexpectedly, before he could speak, Emperor Chongzhen took it and pulled it several times seemingly casually, making it look like a full moon every time.Suddenly, the strong man opened his mouth in shock and froze there again.

He knew only how hard this bow was.As a result, I didn’t expect that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would be so powerful!
The same goes for the old Mongolian man. He never expected that the Ming Emperor could pull away so easily, and he was immediately dumbfounded.

Emperor Chongzhen handed the black iron bow to Fang Zhenghua and put it away, then looked at the two Mongolians and asked: "The Shanxi merchants here sell prohibited goods to the Liaodong captives and collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. They should be punished. But there are two A Shanxi merchant just escorted the goods out of the customs. If you can escort them back, I will know your sincerity. I will give you a reward according to the situation, and you can choose to move into my Beijing camp. The tribesmen who move into the customs will be treated as Ming people. .”

Hearing this, both the old Mongolian man and the strong man came back to their senses.The strong man looked at Emperor Chongzhen with admiration. Just when he was about to speak, the old man said before him: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Can we go back and discuss it with the clansmen?"

Emperor Chongzhen could understand that once they moved the Shanxi merchants' fleet, it would be tantamount to offending the Liaodong Jianlu.As it stands now, there will be no place for them on the grassland.This kind of choice is a matter of life and death for them.

For Emperor Chongzhen, these Mongols cannot be used casually.What if they come to the Ming Dynasty to lead the army to fight, but are actually spies of the Manchu Qing? What if they turn against the Manchu and Qing?
After all, today's grassland tribes all submit to the Manchus.No matter what, be careful and at least show sincerity.

Only when the Ming army becomes truly powerful can they feel free to use the Mongols, because there is no need to worry about the Mongols betraying them, otherwise they will inevitably suffer unbearable revenge!But now, it’s better to be cautious!
Send the two Mongolians away and see if they can catch Fan Yongdou and Jin Liangyu?It would be best if the Mongols could submit this certificate of surrender, but if not, there would be no loss.The days are long, and after the situation is stabilized, the two Shanxi merchants will be dealt with sooner or later.

Another thing is that Emperor Chongzhen has no time to stay with Xuanfu and has decided to lead the cavalry camp to Yanghe and Datong early tomorrow morning.There are some things that need to be handled personally by him at the beginning and end of the Xuanfu's affairs.

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Outside Xuanfu City, a dozen Mongolians rode towards Zhangjiakou. Among them, there were two people who went to have an audience.The old one is called Bater, and he is the leader of a small tribe under Hao Qit; the young man is called Mo Rigen, and he is also the leader of a small tribe, but he belongs to the Sunit tribe.

Whether it is the Haqit tribe or the Sunit tribe, they all belong to the Chahar tribe.

At this time, they saw a large group of Ming army cavalry escorting a car, so they all got off the official road and stayed aside.Because the Ming army was very wary of them, their swords and guns were unsheathed.

While waiting for the Ming army to pass, I heard Mo Rigen turning to look at Battelle and asking: "Why didn't you let me agree to the Ming Emperor's side just now? That's the Ming Emperor, and he shouldn't break his promise! "

After hearing this, Battle immediately asked him: "Is that Mr. Fan's motorcade? Once you move, there will be no place on the grassland. Are you sure that you will have a future after following the Ming Emperor?"

Before Mo Rigen could answer, he reminded again: "Li Zicheng founded the country in Shaanxi, and now he has invaded Jin. Don't think about it. Don't think about it, especially when he defected to the Ming Emperor and was destroyed by Li Zicheng's army. ?”

Battle felt that after he made it so clear, Morigen should be grateful to him.

Unexpectedly, Mo Rigen shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. How could the Ming Emperor be so powerful and lose to that Li Zicheng!"

Having said this, he turned around and told his companions about the Ming Emperor's magical power, with a look of shock on his face.

After talking for a while, he turned back and looked at Barter and said: "Anyway, I think the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is very powerful. Now he is leading troops to fight, so he will definitely win the war. If nothing else, look at what happened just now Ming Jun, does it look like what we have seen before?"

When Battle heard this, he couldn't help but be startled. He immediately turned to look at the Ming army passing by, and saw that they were indeed not as decadent as he had seen the Ming army before.He had to admit in his heart that although Mo Rigen seemed simple-minded, he actually had his own calculations.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty raided the Shanxi merchants here. He was afraid that he could get an unknown amount of property, and he had to pay off the arrears of the Ming army. Can these Ming soldiers serve well?People like me, didn’t they just think of working for the Ming army when they saw that there was money to be had!
For a moment, Battle couldn't help but fell silent.

After a while, he seemed to have made a decision. He raised his head and looked at Mo Rigen and said, "I admit that what you said makes sense, but if you want to use Master Fan's caravan, it is better to discuss it with the clan before deciding."

Having said this, he paused and then said: "In my personal opinion, I think it's worth taking a gamble. This emperor definitely doesn't feel like a coward to me!"

"Yes, I feel the same way." After hearing this, Mo Rigen immediately clapped his hands and said loudly: "I have discovered a long time ago that this emperor of the Ming Dynasty does not look aloof and is a reasonable emperor. Follow him. You can’t go wrong!”

(End of this chapter)