Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Chapter 107 Zhu Yuanzhang violently beat Emperor Chongzhen!
It didn't take long for Xiao Ran to see that Emperor Chongzhen's body was covered with dust from the soles of Zhu Yuanzhang's shoes.

I wiped a handful of tears of sympathy for him in my heart.

Although this kid's things are a bit unreliable, there is really no way around this mess.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was tired from beating him, he stopped and said to Xiao Ran: "If there is anything else, please continue. We will deal with all these people later."

Chongzhen also endured the pain in his body and stood at the table with a pen, ready to continue writing.

As for why I don’t sit down, it’s because my butt hurts!
"Then Ding Kuichu was appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs. This official position was in charge of money and was a lucrative position. When the Qing army attacked, he fled in panic with the looted property, and later surrendered to the Qing army and was killed."

"The Qing army entered the pass? Is this Huang Taiji you are talking about?"

Even though I had long heard Xiao Ran talk about the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. After the Ming Dynasty came the Qing Dynasty, but now that he heard the details of the Ming Dynasty's fall, Zhu Di still felt a little angry and a little sad.

Xiao Ran could only nod and said: "Actually, you are not wrong in saying that. After all, he was the most powerful person at that time. However, Ding Kuichu, the Minister of Household Affairs, was really not a good person. When the Qing army counted his belongings, they discovered that it was just There are eight hundred thousand gold."

Xiao Ran said, feeling heartbroken.

With so much gold, even if I completed all the tasks in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, I wouldn't be able to get so much, right?
Thinking that most of the tasks in the Ming Dynasty were only one hundred taels of gold, Xiao Ran began to feel that he was earning a little less. A minister had so many, so how many did the minister have on hand at that time?

However, Xiao Ran only thought about this matter for a moment.

The joy of doing tasks is not only about getting money, but also about watching Zhu Yuanzhang angrily beat his own children and grandchildren, saving a dynasty from tragedy.

But the number of eight hundred thousand taels of gold was really too big, and even Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were slightly silent.

"This gold is enough for us to directly defeat all the so-called ancestors of the Qing army in the early years."

Zhu Di even added: "Let alone taking over their territory, even exterminating these people is enough."

"Although I can understand your excitement, gradually in my era, the nation represented by the Qing Dynasty became a part of our country. It's just a pity that the separated Outer Mongolia has now become a separate country. Mongolia.”

"Let me continue talking about Ding Kuichu's eight hundred thousand taels of gold. What is this concept? When Huang Taiji negotiated peace with Chongzhen, they proposed a compensation list. The gold requirement was 10,000 taels per year, which means that Ding Kuichu The amount of gold can satisfy Huang Taiji’s needs for eighty years.”

"There is another person named Zhou Kui. He is Chongzhen's father-in-law."

Hearing this name, Chongzhen's pen paused, a little puzzled: "What did he do?"

Zhu Youjian thought for a while, but he really couldn't think of it.

But Xiao Ran knew what he didn't know!
"After Li Zicheng came to Beijing, he tortured Zhou Kui and found 530,000 taels of silver from his home. Let me explain the concept of this number. Abatai was once ordered to lead 100,000 Qing troops to enter the customs and plunder. It took eight months to conquer 88 cities and robbed a total of about 2.25 million taels of silver. In other words, the Zhou Kui family's silver was equivalent to the amount of 100,000 Qing troops robbed in two months."

At this time, Xiao Ran's vivid metaphor suddenly made Chongzhen's face turn blue and white.

If you just talk about a number, it will make Chongzhen, who lives in an era when officials easily embezzle tens of thousands of taels, feel nothing.

Compared to 520,000 taels of silver and 800,000 taels of gold, it sounds even less.

But Xiao Ran directly converted this concept into one hundred thousand Qing troops entering the customs and looting for two months. Zhu Youjian began to deeply realize the horror of this number, and he immediately wrote Zhou Kui's name on the paper.

Even if it is his father-in-law, so what, he will definitely kill him later!
"Fourth, please help us." Zhu Yuanzhang covered his chest with one hand and extended his other hand towards Zhu Di. He really couldn't accept it.

Xiao Ran silently took out a small bottle from his arms: "Would you like a quick-acting Jiuxin Pill?"

Thinking of how annoying things were in the Chongzhen era, Xiao Ran was already prepared before coming.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are no longer young.

"Have one."

"I also want."

After Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di knocked one, they simply sat down.

"Then there is corruption in the military. Xu Guangqi once wrote a book, which can be seen in it. How he wrote it in the original text, I can't recite it now, but I can tell the meaning."

Xiao Ran continued: "Xu Guangqi said that there were 10,600 militiamen in Changping Plain, Tongzhou. After excluding those who fled to aid the Liao Dynasty, there were actually only 6,837 people, and 839 new people were recruited. We need There are a total of 7,676 soldiers in the three battalions who receive military rations and pay."

"He assessed them based on their age, appearance, and bravery. Among the more than 715 people, there was not a single upper-class soldier. He could only select 1193 people from the middle and lower classes, 2122 people from the middle and upper classes, and people from the middle class. These people can still be trained. The middle and lower classes Waiting for , I can barely do some miscellaneous work for the soldiers now. The rest of them are just unusable."

Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand.

"How come there are soldiers that cannot be used?"

"Even if you are a low-level soldier, you can still do farm work and other tasks."

Xiao Ran added silently: "Uncle, old man, have you ever thought that the low-level soldiers in your era were already equivalent to the middle-class soldiers in the Chongzhen era? The soldiers who were used as cannon fodder at that time are now Come on, it’s not too bad.”

At this time, the three people in Lao Zhu's family were silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang was poor when he was young, but he was never so weak.

During the Chongzhen period, there were many wealthy people, but the rich were all corrupt officials.

What are the inferior soldiers that cannot be used?

"Xu Guangqi's report to Shu Li concluded that of the 7,500 soldiers in the three battalions, only 2,000 can handle weapons, which is barely enough to make up the number. Only 1 or 200 can be called elites after training."

"Of the armors received from the factory, only helmets can be used. Dark armor can only be used for training and cannot be used in battle formations. Among the weapons, steel sharp knives can be used, and the rest are garbage. As for spears, palladium, gold, sickles, sticks, long and short instruments, etc. , Curry didn’t have any at all. So I had to buy some miscellaneous wooden sticks for temporary use.”

"Most of the firearms, such as ball cannons, Folang machines, and three-shot guns, exploded and were not used. Only one kind of blunderbuss was acceptable. This is the situation with firearms." "From a military perspective, the systemic collapse of corruption is shocking. . Grassroots officials and military officers took advantage of their quotas, took advantage of the old and the weak, shoddily manufactured armaments, and embezzled and embezzled industrial and commercial funds. However, this kind of thing was very common in the late Ming Dynasty, and this was just one of them. The Ming army was like this everywhere,

The Kuomintang army has never been so miserable. Under such circumstances, how could the Qing army be undefeated when it came? "

Prosecutor Zhu You sighed: "But the money has never been spent less. They really went too far."

Xiao Ran also felt a little helpless: "The culture of corruption is too strong, which has resulted in such a situation. The wealth of the generals on the Liaodong front line cannot be compared with that of the king of Korea. Even the official history book of the Qing Dynasty, "Records of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty" mentions In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji defeated the Songshan Ming army and Jinzhou surrendered without a fight."

"Is this what will happen next year?" Zhu Youjian asked, "It is already the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, which means that it won't be long before Huang Taiji attacks Jinzhou!?"

Zhu Youjian's voice sounded a little panicked: "Given the current situation, what should we do?"

"It is simply impossible to make the army strong in such a short period of time!"

Zhu Youjian was in a panic now. He was a grown man, and his voice sounded a bit broken.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di had already made preparations beforehand. They waved their hands and said: "We will solve this matter ourselves, but we want to take a closer look at how rich this Liaodong frontline general is!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were full of murderous intent, and even Xiao Ran felt a little cold around him inexplicably.

However, when Xiao Ran saw this record in the history books, he really wanted to see how luxurious each official's home could be.

"General Zu Dashou and his brothers, in order to express their gratitude for their pardon and sincerity in surrender, presented a large number of treasures to Huang Taiji."

"Such as: coral tree, amber, pearl, agarwood, jade belt, red gold jewelry, jade, rhinoceros, glass, agate, gold and silver, etc., mink, lynx, fox, leopard, Pegasus fur and other furs, Japanese satin, python clothing, Satin gauze robes, carved saddles, bows with carved feathers, tiger and leopard skins, glazed lamps, horn lamps, gilded armor, Miao knives and other items."

"These things mainly come from the South China Sea and the North, and even famous mountains and rivers. It can be said that they are rare and unparalleled treasures and treasures in the country, but they are all gathered in a humble general's home." Xiao Ran silently added, "Anyway, these things are in In my time, except for glass, which was worthless, everything else was untouchable.”

"Our country has a complete set of criminal laws that tell us what will happen if we touch the fur of these protected animals. As for things like pearls and jade, they are also very expensive. But after Zu Dashou's home was besieged for a year, , the family fortune is intact, it can only be said that those things given away are only superficial, so it goes without saying how rich he is."

"It can only be said that regarding the buildings in Zu Dashou's home, Li, the eldest son of King Li's Joseon Dynasty, had already made comments when he entered the pass with the Qing army and passed through Jinzhou."

"The crown prince Li Zeng personally visited the former residences of brothers Zu Dashou and Zu Dalue. He wrote: The two old residences have magnificent structures and are in the city. They have multiple doors and multiple rooms. They are ostentatious, built with bricks and stones, and have strange carvings. The walls are decorated with whitewashed walls, and they are extremely gorgeous, and the residence of the birthday is particularly extravagant."

"The crown prince of a country even lamented that the palace where the King of Korea, the head of a country, lived was not as gorgeous as the residence of a Ming Dynasty officer in a corner."

After saying that, Xiao Ran also looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di expectantly.

"We have to lead troops there anyway, so why don't you take me there to visit too. Later, when the Qing army entered the customs, they burned, killed and looted. After so many years of exploitation, the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by the Eight-Power Allied Forces and other armies when it fell. "

"We modern people can't see any of these buildings in history books."

"Even when traveling, what you see are the things that were restored by our dynasty. To put it bluntly, they were restored with common things. Tourist attractions across the country are almost all the same, and there is no big difference."

The more he talked, the more Xiao Ran felt that his idea of ​​traveling in ancient times was more feasible.

Come anyway.

"Okay, Mr. Xiao, if you want to see it, after all the people on the list are killed, you can see their houses and so on. You can choose two to live in." Zhu Youjian agreed immediately. After standing down, he could see clearly now that Xiao Ran's status and voice were obviously higher than Taizu's.

Besides, Mr. Xiao's reading of history is equivalent to knowing what will happen in the future.

Even though Xiao Ran pointed out many of Zhu Youjian's mistakes, he now decided to hug Xiao Ran's thigh.

However, this time Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di looked at them and became slightly silent.

We haven't even settled down yet, but we've already figured out what to do?

The mentality is quite good.

However, Chongzhen's little look made Xiao Ran feel a little embarrassed. Can he speak now?

There is always a feeling of speaking ill of people in front of them.

However, this matter is related to the rise and fall of a dynasty and the lives and fortunes of thousands of people. Xiao Ran still has to take it seriously.

The current situation is too corrupt. Just like Li Zicheng, until his death, his Dashun regime relied mostly on collecting stolen goods and subsidies rather than taxing farmers.

In other words, it is possible to maintain the operation of an empire's court and its army solely by relying on the stolen money of the gentry...

This sounds strangely silent.

All the officials and gentry are fat sheep, and they can be used for a long time after being killed.

There is also the corruption of law enforcement at the grassroots level in the late Ming Dynasty. The book "Water Margin" sounds like a fantasy novel, but the content is very realistic.

Whether it's the government servants, police officers or jailers taking bribes and killing people, it seems quite outrageous, but this dark magical reality is real.

In the late Ming Dynasty, this phenomenon was seen everywhere. Yamen and police officers injured innocent people and extorted money, so that the victims did not dare to give evidence and speak out. This was a true portrayal of that time.

There were even jailers who helped criminals escape from prison, and unofficial "security guards" helped the official government officials, police officers, and jailers to help the emperor and the Tang Dynasty.

If Xiao Ran had to use an analogy, it would be like the various scoundrels in the Republic of China following the umbrellas of evil forces to do whatever they wanted.

The more he thought about it, the more Xiao Ran felt a headache.

The dynasty in the previous mission was somewhat saved, but this time, it was a complete mess. There were huge problems in politics, military, people's livelihood and other aspects, and they were rotten to the core.

(End of this chapter)