I have a cornucopia

Chapter 77 Fair, fair, fair to Tamar!

"What, you didn't even catch me? Are you letting others kill you?

waste!

A bunch of trash!

Ten times the number of people!

Or an ambush! "

Yang Feng was shocked by this result.

Of course, the main reason was to trick him.

His original plan was to let Xue Lian and the others have a fight with Wu Sanfu, and then kill Wu Sanfu, and Wu Xiang would definitely not escape death. Although he certainly didn't know it in prison, for Xue Lian and the others, it was to let them He died suddenly in prison and could not be released alive again.

The two sides have become mortal enemies.

What the furious Wu Sangui will do next is worth looking forward to.

It's definitely useless to complain.

And Xue Lian will definitely try to kill him.

So his most likely choice is to simply vote for Huang Taiji. Anyway, his uncle and his eldest brother are all there. Huang Taiji is indeed wooing him, but it is not a good choice for him at this time. First of all, except for his close servants, other people Won't follow. It must be understood that Wu Sangui is only the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, or to be precise, the commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan regiment. With his father's three thousand servants as the core, he gathered the military households in the area from Ningyuan to Qiantun, plus the Battle of Songjin Refugees from Liaodong who could not escape...

Liaodong is full of military households.

Even if they are refugees, they have no right to enter Shanhaiguan without the permission of the court.

Shanhaiguan is a boundary.

Your military status is in Liaodong Dusi, so without official permission, you will not be allowed to enter Shanhaiguan even if you starve to death outside.

You can go to Shandong.

Because the civil status of the Liaodong Dusi was under the jurisdiction of Shandong, Wang Huazhen's official official title was Shandong Chief Envoy Councilor when he first served as a branch guard in Guangning.

There are accurate figures for this part of the population.

Three hundred thousand.

Because next year when Li Zicheng went north, Chongzhen ordered the withdrawal of defenses outside the pass with Ningyuan as the core. Li Yutian, the civilian governor of Liaodong, and Wu Sangui, the military commander-in-chief, entered the pass together. Li Yutian led the military households to withdraw into the pass first, and Wu Sangui led the army rearguard. In fact, his army consisted of the young and strong among this part of the population, plus the servants.

The servants themselves were also officers and soldiers, and the Ming Dynasty allowed servants to be part of the official establishment of the officers and soldiers.

There are even many types. The Wu family is a conglomerate, relying on the Wu family's free wages and control of various industries to support themselves. This type of servant is called a servant, and they will follow wherever the leader takes them. There are those who are not casual, that is, when a general leaves the army, they stay in the army and wait for the new general to arrive and continue to follow the latter. There are even temporary workers. Where the general goes, he is worried that he will not have enough force on hand, so he temporarily recruits some servants. Of course, the treatment will be different depending on the nature, and the combat effectiveness will be different depending on the treatment. Not only the military generals, but also the civil servants will also bring their servants. This depends on the degree of danger of the place where they are assigned and the number will be different.

It is not unusual for a county magistrate to take a few servants to the local area to suppress unruly people.

The servant will indeed follow Wu Sangui.

But will the officers and soldiers recruited by his subordinates, mainly military households, including the defeated soldiers of the Songjin Battle, follow him and surrender to Huang Taiji?

Not too possible.

After all, if you want to surrender, you should have surrendered long ago.

This is the Wu family's own business, and it is not Chongzhen's hanging or the rogues who captured the capital. As officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, we follow the Qing army to the capital to avenge our emperor and father. There is no psychological burden at all, but just because of what happened to the Wu family. Surrendering to Huang Taiji would be clear treason.

Besides, there are currently eight general military headquarters from Shanhaiguan to Miyun!

Treason has no good consequences!

What's more, Huang Taiji should have been seriously ill by this time.

The power struggle within the Qing army was fierce, and it was hard to say whether they could support him or not.

And it had just suffered a disastrous defeat.

In fact, the most ideal situation in Yang Feng's plan was for Wu Sangui to rebel and then lead the Qing army south to meet him. Chongzhen was furious and ordered the Eighth General Army to go out and recapture Ningyuan. At the same time, Wu Sangui's men were in civil strife because they opposed the surrender of Huang Taiji. He can even take action when necessary. Anyway, if this is the case, Yang Daxun's troops will definitely send troops. Even if all the Shandong General Soldiers' headquarters will not be dispatched, it is inevitable that a general will be sent to assist the General Soldiers and bring some soldiers there.

Such as Yang Wei.

Yang Feng just continues to follow.

Wu Sangui's potential danger still needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

Even if there was no Jiashen Incident, he would still have a high possibility of surrendering to the Jianlu. He followed Chongzhen not because of loyalty, but because Chongzhen gave him too much. Chongzhen raised him with money, so he would definitely not have a large sum of money to surrender to the Jianlu. Silver. But the problem is that by next year Chongzhen will be completely out of money. When Li Zicheng came to Beijing, he still had a total of 80,000. Later, he borrowed hundreds of thousands more. It can be said that the finances were completely exhausted.

No money?

Who will hang out with you if you don’t have money?

For people like Wu Sangui, betrayal is almost inevitable once Chongzhen cannot provide military pay.

His stay in Ningyuan like this is tantamount to a time bomb.

You never know when it will explode.

But now Xue Lian and his gang have been screwed.

But it was also Yang Feng's own fault. He was the one who told the military households in Dongzhimen not to interfere, just watch them fight and don't let Wu Sanfu escape from the capital. However, the reality is that a waste like Xue Lian can't even fight with others. It can't be done!

In this case……

"Let's go to Dong'anmen!"

Yang Feng said.

"Yang Sheng, do you want it?"

The military household next to him asked.

Yang Feng smiled coldly.

"Things have come to such an extent, why don't you think about what will happen next?"

He said.

The British man next to him sighed.

He knew it would be like this, there's no end to this bastard!

"Mr. Yang, you guys are not stupid. Now that the situation has reached such a level, it is indeed difficult to be kind. Even if the court can tolerate it for a while, after this period of time, it will eventually be settled by the queen. This kind of thing has happened many times before. Tomorrow the school grounds will be paid. , No need to bring soldiers, young people often hear about this kind of thing."

The military household said with a smile.

"Then you are still following me?"

Yang Feng said.

"Yang Sheng, if you follow you, you will at most risk settling accounts in the fall. But if I don't follow you, my brothers, old and young, may not have the fall. They all have no overnight food. If you don't risk your life to find a way out, you won't have to wait for the fall to settle the accounts. , this year's spring famine is estimated to be difficult for 30% of the city. Please tell me clearly why you made trouble for all the brothers to follow you. If you don't blame anything else, you are responsible for the lives of the whole family. I'm not afraid it will be disrespectful to say more. The emperor has had enough of serving me now. Since he came to the throne, the capital has had few good days. There have been famines, plagues, and captives have come to kill people and set fires over and over again. Even the gunpowder depot in the city has been blown up for more than ten years. It happened many times, and at most thousands of people were killed at one time. It really fulfilled that sentence and looked like the country was in ruins."

The military household sighed and said.

Yang Feng looked at the British father with satisfaction, and then took a piece of paper full of words from his hand.

It was also signed with Zhang Zhiji's name.

"The Dingguo Duke's mansion has 200,000 shi of food, which are divided into six villages..."

He began to read.

This is Zhang Zhiji’s confession from the housekeeper.

Of course, it was the butler who confessed, and Zhang Zhiji signed his signature.

The content is the current estimated amount of grain stored by each noble family in the capital, and the location of the grain storage. But it is not only this, there is also evidence collected from the investigation and collection of military households in the capital.

Both are almost the same.

They are all about 1.8 million stone.

This number should be more realistic.

The capital currently has a population of about one million, and most of them need to buy food. Even if a person buys five dou per month on average, this is only three or four months of food storage. Of course, five dou is definitely not enough, but considering that they are not really For a monopoly, half a million dan a month is more reasonable. This lasted until the new grain from Jiangnan arrived in June and July. They had been doing business for more than two hundred years and knew all about it. During this period, they controlled grain sales and kept grain prices at the highest level, and money continued to fall. into their pockets.

Regardless of the military pay given by the court to the soldiers, the money given to the craftsmen for work and food, or even the money given to feed the hungry, in the end it all became theirs through the control of food. I know how to play this trick.

In fact, everyone from nobles to civil servants to the eunuchs are playing similar games.

It’s just that their fields are different.

The nobles are responsible for the business of the capital, the civil servants are responsible for the pay of the nine-border army, and the eunuchs are responsible for the construction.

Everyone has a share in the salt industry.

They all tried their best to get the court's tax money into their own pockets.

So Li Zicheng took out tens of millions of taels.

This is a scary number.

The Ming Dynasty's annual income was actually only 20,000 dan under normal circumstances.

Of course, this cannot be discounted.

After all, famine caused food prices to skyrocket in various places, but in places where silver was collected, a stone of rice could only be converted into a few dollars.

In fact, the taxes in most places in Ming Dynasty are still not equivalent to silver.

"One million and eight hundred thousand stones, brothers, this is the truth about why your wives and children starve to death. These nobles hoard and use the food in their hands to squeeze out the last bit of your silver. Your ancestors have accumulated it for generations, and you sweat and sweat every day. Even the lives of your wives and children were eventually turned into mountains of gold and silver in their homes using the price of food, their mansions, their lovely wives and concubines, and their fine clothing and food. The great ancestor of Emperor Gao Da Gao is here. Today I will take you to ask Your Majesty, why does he not care? Why does he sit back and watch these nobles drain your blood and sweat? Why does he sit and watch you starve to death? Emperor Taizu Gao is above, is this what he did? Emperor's?

Those honorable men are human beings.

You are human too.

Those noble ancestors followed Taizu Emperor Gao to conquer this country.

Your ancestors also followed Taizu Emperor Gao to conquer this country.

Why is there one in the sky and one on the earth?

This is not fair.

Today, Yang will take you to ask him and ask him clearly.

We want fairness.

Fair, fair, fair to Tamar! "

Yang Feng issued an imperial edict with one hand, and shouted with the British Duke's report on the other.

Yes, it's a report.

Anyway, the British prince donated his whole family, so it is difficult to agree with this. He reported to the emperor that other noble families had hoarded 1.8 million stones of grain, and asked the emperor to order it to be confiscated and then used to provide relief to the capital. The army and the people survived the famine.

"fair!"

"We want fairness!"

……

The military households roared.

"go!"

Yang Feng shouted.

Then he jumped on a carriage, then held a imperial edict in one hand, a report in the other, and a box of collected evidence at his feet, and drove towards the Dong'an Gate of the Imperial City.

Behind him was a mighty torrent.

However, the looting of Duke Cheng's Mansion is still going on, and of course there is no shortage of people. Now the entire capital has taken action, and the mighty torrent is following Yang Feng. Some people are looking for flags, and some are beating gongs and drums. They were playing suonas, and because it was night, many people were holding torches, like a torrent of fire...

Dong'anmen.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

"Your Majesty, it was Wu Sanfu who deliberately framed me and others in order to get away with it."

……

The three of Xue Lian knelt at Chongzhen's feet and howled.

They all arrived in the imperial city, and of course they quickly retracted their confessions. They didn't believe that Chongzhen could abandon the three hereditary marquises for the sake of the Wu family. The Wu family was nothing compared to them. Wu Xiang was in prison, Wu Sanfeng was a traitor, and Wu Sangui was a small general. They are just soldiers, compared with marquises like them who are separated from the country?

In the past, even Wu Xiang had to grovel in front of them.

Wu Sanfu and others watched indifferently.

If they dare to come, all possibilities are taken care of. Anyway, they are just trying to survive in death.

Chongzhen had a gloomy face.

"Your Majesty, we have made this clear. The person who assassinated Yang Feng was indeed my servant of the Wu family, sent by the students. The reason was that the three Marquises of Yangwu promised to the students that if they could kill Yang Feng, they would be safe. My father was released from prison and reinstated as an officer. The student was eager to save his father, and these servants were also loyal. What's more, Yang Feng was not a kind person when he rebelled in the capital. If we killed him, we would be considered a traitor to the country. But we didn't expect him to be brave. The invincible result failed, but the students did not expect that Xue Lian and three people actually killed people and tried to kill the students and others to cover up the matter.

If the student falls into the hands of Yang Feng, he will inevitably die, and if he hides in the capital, he will inevitably be killed by them. In this case, he simply surrenders to His Majesty.

Your Majesty is the supreme being in the world, and all students and other matters are subject to His Majesty’s decision.

Your Majesty wants the students to wait for death, and the students will kill themselves if they wait. If you don't use your majesty's axe, your Majesty wants to hand the students over to Yang Feng, but the students will wait.

If His Majesty is worried that the student's brother is not clear, the student can write a book alone to explain everything. The student's brother is asked not to have any doubts, to abide by his ministerial integrity, to defend the country from enemies, and not to be impulsive. "

Wu Sanfu saluted and said.

Chongzhen...

This Tamar must be a threat!

But Chongzhen was really threatened.

If he sells the Wu family, then Wu Sangui will really defect and join the rebels. Many of his relatives and even his brother are there, with soldiers and horses in their hands, and they are extremely brave in battle. If such a person goes over, his position will not be higher than that of the rebels. Kong has bad morals.

Then there was no longer a barrier outside Shanhaiguan, and Jianlu, who had been severely injured by Yang Feng, directly regained his health.

Then it was time for Wu Sangui to lead Jianlu to the mountains and seas.

Definitely.

But abandoning three hereditary marquises who have retired from the country...

There is no harm.

There is fart harm in discarding this kind of waste.

Ten times as many people were beaten, their legs were broken, and they were dragged in front of him like dead dogs.

but……

Losing face!

"Your Majesty, I think it would be better to hand it over to the three departments for review."

Xu Shiqi said.

He meant to put it off later.

"In this case, we will all be taken to the imperial prison and wait for the calm outside to be interrogated again."

Chongzhen said.

But at this moment, a sound like tsunami waves came from outside. He turned his head in shock and looked at the moving fire. Countless torches formed a river of fire flowing through the streets of the capital, and then converged towards Dong'anmen, and At the front of the Fire River, a carriage can be vaguely seen, with a figure standing proudly on the car...

"Quickly, ask Wang Chengen to bring Kunxing over."

he shouted without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)