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The list of culprits is full of Manchus and Han Chinese who took refuge earlier. These people do not take the Ming court seriously, nor do they believe that the Ming court can "clearly punish them".Those who were included in the list of traitors couldn't help but care, because they still had a lot of connections in the south.People often have the thought of "out of sight, out of sight", even if they disdain you for betraying and following you, but it is not enough to cut off the relationship in awe-inspiring manner.Once this kind of filth and filth is exposed to the public, they will cut off contact with each other based on the mentality of seeking benefits and avoiding disadvantages, and treat them as strangers.This undoubtedly cut off their siblings.

Zhu Cihong's list of the chief villains was based on the high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty, especially the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Infantry Commander, who must have been the direct executors of the tragedy on the [-]th day of the first lunar month. From a legal point of view, these people must be the main culprits.As for the list of traitors, Zhu Cihong picked a few at random. Among them, Feng Quan has the highest official position and Sun Zhixie has the worst reputation, which may not necessarily be directly related to the tragedy.

Because of the effect of the use of diction, people mistakenly think that these traitors also played some roles in this tragedy, so even the Han officials in Beijing expressed contempt for them.

Surrendering to a foreign race can be said to be involuntary, but slaughtering the people of the Han family is a bit too much.

In order to avoid being implicated, and even more afraid that the political enemies and enemies in the south would play tricks on villains and classify themselves as "traitors", the Han officials in Beijing fled with their valuables.Some people brought their wives and children with them, and some were cruel and fled south alone without even telling their family members.

Soon they discovered that there was actually no need to be too nervous, and the way to escape was still very easy.As long as they are willing to give 500 taels of silver, a green skin called Boss Jin will help them get out of the capital and send them to Tianjin.Going to sea from Tianjin can reach Jiangnan in just over ten days.

The officials all started to run away.The people at the bottom are naturally even more unwilling to stay in such a smelly place.After losing all their relatives and family property, fleeing became a natural choice.However, these civilians certainly cannot afford such a huge sum of 500 taels of silver, so they can only rush south after leaving the city. If they are lucky enough to escape the Qing army's scouts and ambush soldiers, they can be put under the protection of the Ming army.

And the number of these lucky ones is not many.More people will be caught by the Qing army on the road, and they will be sent to Zhuangzi in various places as refugees, and they will become laborers like serfs, living a life that is worse than death.It's just that if these people can escape the first time, they will escape the second time.Even the serfs in the farmland were infected, setting off a new wave of fleeing.

For Manchurians.Coated aha is private property, and the escape of a large amount of property is like being burglarized at home.On the 18th of the first month of the [-]th year of Chongzhen, Dorgon, who returned to the central government, promulgated the infamous "Law on Catching Fugitives".

According to this law: slaves who fled once and twice were whipped and sent back to their original owners, and those who fled three times were punished by hanging;The reason for this inversion is not that Dorgon is mentally retarded, but because the purpose of this law is to "protect property."Wouldn't it be a huge loss to the slave owner if he was killed if he escaped?

However, for the fugitives, this is equivalent to having a "talisman" given by the emperor.If they were caught while escaping, they might have died under the swords of rebels, but now as long as they shout "I am a fugitive", they can only be whipped, and then go back to recuperate and plan for the next escape.

As soon as this method comes out.The number of fugitives did not decrease but increased, and the Ming army also began to consciously respond to the fugitives. Even fishermen who did not go to sea in winter began to go to sea. As long as a fugitive could be sent back to Shandong, the government would give one or two food coupons.

Far from thinking that this was a matter of legislation, the Manchu dignitaries believed that local officials deliberately indulged and harbored fugitives.Because it is impossible for a Manchurian to serve as a first-level official at the prefecture or county level, this statement is just a "suspicious theory of Han officials" in disguise.The Han officials in the court are too busy to take care of themselves, how can they stand up for the local officials below?Local officials were already very annoyed at the arrest of fugitives, and even went to the public to request the abolition of this law.

Manchurians naturally ignored these Han officials, in order to emphasize their determination to recover their "property".Instead, it was ordered to deal with it severely:

"Anyone who hides and flees, beheaded! His neighbors, ten parents, and hundreds of parents must not raise their heads, and those who cannot be noticed by the local officials will all sit together."

The Ten Parents and Hundred Parents are similar to the elders in Lijia Village, and they are all Han Chinese.As soon as this method comes out.The county officials of Manchu Prefecture feared fleeing like a tiger, and the number of people who fled further expanded, and even entire villages fled in North China.

At the same time, Zhu Cihong, who had returned to Jinan, met with Wu Wei, Li Yuzhi, Li Banghua, Sun Chuanting and others overnight, and agreed all night, and finally decided to promote the issuance of the "Amnesty Order" in the court.

The "Amnesty Order" targets thieves and clean officials.Among them, the range of amnesty for treason is from Li Zicheng and below, and all are pardoned; the range of amnesty for thieves is all except Zhang Xianzhong.In the Qing Dynasty, it was more complicated. Except for the crimes of the chief culprit and traitors, other officials, big and small, regardless of Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Korean, etc., could be pardoned.

The reason why the Manchurian and Mongolian Koreas are also included is that the amnesty decree also stipulates the circumstances of uprising, surrender, surrender, and arrest.The uprising is a counterattack, which is beneficial to the Ming army.According to the "Amnesty Order", the insurgents are not only pardoned for their crimes, but can also claim meritorious service.Surrender is when the two armies are facing each other, leading the subordinates to fight against each other without turning back.This situation can also be credited, of course, the credit will not be great.

Those who are forced to be helpless are surrendered, and those who resist in the corner are captured.Surrender can pardon the death penalty, but if you are captured, you can only pardon and reduce it.

The manuscript of the amnesty decree was handed over to the civil servants who were born in the Imperial Academy to polish it. They understood it with reason and moved it with emotion.This time Chongzhen did not object any more, he also saw that most of the officials in the court had voted for the Crown Prince, and he had no reason to object, whether it was from emotional considerations or the realistic test of the harmony of the royal family.

It's just that the infringement of imperial power is not a happy thing after all, so Chongzhen refused to accept Zhu Cihong's morning and evening peace for five consecutive days.However, his little awkwardness didn't hinder Zhu Cihong. Anyway, Zhu Cihong had already labeled the imperial father as "immature".

The "Amnesty Order" sparked little official controversy.Now officials are used to quarreling in newspapers, not only various local tabloids, but even the "Emperor Ming Bulletin" has a special page for them to argue about the gains and losses of governance, so there are not many "junk posts" sent to Chongzhen.Moreover, seeing both positive and negative debates at the same time made Chongzhen more cautious in his judgment.

Zhu Cihuang does not regard newspapers as a "democratic" killer. For him, the meaning of the newspaper industry is to be able to control public opinion and increase work efficiency.The most is to let the public have a channel to vent, anyway, if you don't like it, you don't have to watch it.

To the north, this "Amnesty" set off a huge storm.Almost all officials with incomplete integrity collected a newspaper from the south and kept the amnesty decree in their own homes.

In order to make money, some bookstores independently published the "Amnesty Order" and sold it to those officials. It was called "Baoxin Pill" in slang.

The reason for using slang words is that Dorgon quickly issued a second stupid decree against the "Amnesty Order": Those who dare to hide and spread newspapers privately will be beheaded!The credulous are slaves!

Who ever got caught would admit to credulous newspapers?

Therefore, those who were caught were all stolen goods and were beheaded for the crime of private possession and dissemination.

As a result, there was another wave of Han officials abandoning their officials and absconding, and the highest number reached more than ten people in one day.

Among them was Chen Mingxia, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who abandoned his official position and went south with two family members, boarded a ship in Tianjin, went ashore in Laizhou, and went to Jinan.

Zhu Cihong arranged a banquet in Jinan. Although the crown prince himself did not attend, he went to an old court official. Many officials who had no relationship with Chen Mingxia were also ordered to join in. Everyone wrote a lot of poems, compiled them into a book, and published them for free. .

The reason why Zhu Cihong took special care of Chen Mingxia was not only because of the high position of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but also because Chen Mingxia was a typical example of dishonest officials in the Ming Dynasty.

It can even be said that there is no one in the entire Ming Dynasty who is more unethical than Chen Mingxia.

Chen Mingxia, Zi Baishi, Jiangnan native, was Tanhualang in the 16th year of Chongzhen.This starting point is a high-standard cleanliness route. As long as you don't make mistakes, the fortune of the Ming Dynasty is undefeated, and it is no problem to join the cabinet in your forties to assist the government.

At the time of the national change, Chen Mingxia lost his integrity and surrendered, but in fact he was just like the more than [-] officials in Beijing.

After Li Zicheng fled Beijing, Chen Mingxia didn't leave anything clear, but he ran halfway and heard that Jiangnan was "successful" in Daxing and wanted to severely punish the officials who violated the rules, so he fled back to Beijing.

In the Qing Dynasty, Chen Mingxia was restored to his original post, and soon he was promoted to Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials and a Bachelor of Hanlin Shidu.Therefore, he has more experience of surrender and rebellion than those unscrupulous officials who rushed to surrender.

After getting such a horse bone, Zhu Cihong naturally wanted to spend it well.

In this era without photos, videos, and blogs, it is not easy to convince people thousands of miles away of something.

No one is sure whether Chen Mingxia has really been treated well, and it is impossible for Zhu Cihong to really give Chen Mingxia a high-ranking official and generous salary, otherwise it will violate the principle of human resource management: internal and external fairness.Moreover, there is a lot of controversy, if there is a population with no cover to pierce the window paper of "a thousand gold buys a bone", the effect will be greatly reduced.

So poetry collection is a good prop.

The Ming Dynasty was an era of great prosperity of poetry. Although there were very few fine works, the number was far greater than that of Tang and Song Dynasties.Officials are sent to welcome, and writing a few poems is a basic routine.If there are many scholars who come to the party, the number of poems will naturally increase.

The master compiled these poems into a collection of poems and published them in the world. It is not so much to show off the poetic and literary talents of the people, but to show off the party standards.So holding a thick collection of poems with a clear theme and many authors is enough to prove that Chen Mingxia has received extremely high courtesy.And these officials who participated in the poetry writing also endorsed the court - no one in the officialdom would cheer for a guy who is destined to be unlucky.

This collection of poems called "Return to the South Collection" spread to Beijing as quickly as possible, causing another storm.

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