Jiajing Chengming

Fang Chun is very scared now.

As a rebellious military officer, he did not expect that he would fall into the hands of the government troops so quickly.

He could only try to bribe his way into a chance to survive.

Wei Changgui neither agreed nor refused, but only asked him to write down everything he knew about the rebels.

After Fang Chundu finished writing, Wei Changgui ordered: "Roast him too."

Fang Chun was shocked when he heard this. He thought Wei Changgui would let him go because of the 30,000 silver dollars, so he asked him to write the relevant information.

As a result, Wei Changgui also wanted to roast him.

"No, don't you want silver dollars?"

"Thirty thousand dollars!"

"It's enough to feed the officers for a long time, and buy several young ladies."

Fang Chun said excitedly.

Wei Changgui said: "But these thirty thousand dollars can't buy peace!"

"If we don't roast you, how can we deter those minions of the powerful families from showing more respect to our inspectors in the future?"

"Damn it, don't you know that many of us will be transferred to local areas to serve as inspectors when we get injured or reach old age?"

Wei Changgui asked about Fang Chunlai.

Fang Chun frowned and smiled bitterly after hearing this: "I didn't expect this!"

then.

Fang Chun knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "I was wrong! I shouldn't have retaliated against those people at the inspection station. I only beg you to let me go!"

"hang up!"

"Learn from them, peel off the skin, write something on it, and then have the night watchmen in the army collect it and secretly post it on the walls of Jianchang City, telling those rebels to behave themselves and have some bottom line. Don't think that no one will dare to deal with them just because they kill innocent people for credit and harm officers, soldiers and civilians!"

"Remember, don't sign your name, just find a village man to write it!"

Wei Changgui gave the order and left.

"what!"

Not long after.

Fang Chun and several of his servants were hung up and roasted over the fire.

Some soldiers who were more kind-hearted even sprinkled pepper powder on them.

It's really hot.

So Fang Chun screamed in pain.

this day.

It was just dawn.

Many traitors and rebels in Jiancheng were about to leave the city to do their own things, and then they saw the skins and heads of Fang Chun and others at the city gate.

These traitors and rebels were all shocked, especially after reading the above text, they felt angry and chilled.

As a result, the sons and minions of powerful families who were as extremely reactionary as Fang Chun had to start worrying about their own fate if the rebellion failed.

Fang Liang's face became terribly gloomy after seeing his brother Fang Chun being tortured and killed in this way.

at the same time.

Fang Liang was also shocked that the government troops appeared near Jianchang so quickly.

Therefore, he immediately found Fang Huai and told him about this.

Fang Huai was also shocked after hearing this: "The government troops appeared near Dongxiang?"

"It should be, otherwise my brother would not have been killed."

Fang Liang replied.

Fang Huai muttered to himself with a pale face after hearing this: "A lot of the government troops have been wiped out, right? Taking over Nanchang is just around the corner!"

"Now it seems that the people below may have exaggerated a bit." Fang Liang replied.

Fang Huai then ordered Fang Liang, "Go and skin those people outside the city immediately! Hide their heads as well! Tell the public that this was a conspiracy by the government army and that Captain Fang is alive and well and has already conquered Dongxiang, so that everyone won't panic and the rebels will collapse without a fight!"

Fang Liang bowed and left.

After Fang Liang left, Fang Huai still couldn't help but frown.

What he didn't understand was why, up to now, there had been no news of garrison officers from other places joining forces with local powerful families to rebel in response to his side.

This forced Fang Huai to begin to doubt his own judgment, which was that the military household reform would provoke dissatisfaction among many garrison officers and powerful families, leading to rebellion.

Because he originally thought that there should be many people like him and Fang Liang who felt that they could no longer stand the way the court was reviving the status of military households.

Therefore, he chose to cooperate with Fang Liang to rise up in rebellion and support King Yi.

But he didn't expect that the fact was that not only were they the first to speak out, but they were also the only ones to speak out.

In fact, many military landlords in other places were indeed very dissatisfied with the military household reform, and their resentment was no less than that of other parties and houses.

But they were the ones who started the war first.

Therefore, many military landlords chose to wait and see.

They had no choice but to wait and see.

Who made the imperial court so financially powerful now?
The recent event of selecting a consort for Princess Yongchun made them realize that a wealthy emperor is not easy to deal with. Even the future consort has been raised in advance by adopting orphans.

Simultaneously.

The emperor continued to vigorously adopt orphans, also letting them know that this would make the government troops more courageous in fighting.

After all, if one dies in battle, his children will be directly adopted by the emperor, which means there will be no worries about dying on the battlefield.

That's right!

The main reason why those who were dissatisfied with the military household reform had to endure it was because the financial resources controlled by Emperor Jiajing were too strong.

And now, Jiajing's financial resources are still growing.

It is said that after seven days of traveling across the sea, Xu Jie finally arrived at Hinode Town in Japan.

When he arrived here, he let out a long sigh and couldn't help smiling.

He was thankful that he had made it here safely.

Then, when he saw that the land here was fertile, the forests were dense, and the climate here was quite suitable, he couldn't help but admire the current Emperor Jiajing even more.

He didn't expect that the emperor really knew so much about Japan! He also really knew that there was a place called Hiji Town in Japan that was so suitable for developing agriculture and commerce!

But at the same time, Xu Jie also knew that this meant that the Ming Dynasty court would once again increase its annual income by developing Hinode Town!

In this way, the emperor's ruling power will become stronger!

It will be even more difficult for the gentry in Jiangnan and even in the world to defy the will of Emperor Jiajing.

But Xu Jie knew that even if he understood all this, he could not change it. He could only go with the flow and take the initiative to do his best to help the emperor’s ruling power become even stronger.

Who made him an official of the Ming Dynasty and a minister of the current emperor?
As a minister, if he wants to make progress, he has to act according to the emperor's will.

Therefore, even though Xu Jie knew that his development of Hiji Town would benefit the country and the people but would be detrimental to the gentry of the world, especially those in Jiangnan, he still chose to develop Hiji Town seriously to increase overseas income for the court.

Therefore, after arriving at Hiji Town, Xu Jie began to ask the officials and staff who came with him to recruit Japanese to reclaim wasteland and build ports. He also asked the old farmers he brought from Jiangnan to teach the people here how to grow cotton and mulberry trees.

Xu Jie planned to use the Japanese's cheaper labor to cultivate mulberry trees for the Ming court, and then teach them to use Ming's cotton ginning and silk making techniques to produce cotton and raw silk. These textile raw materials would then be sold back to the country for processing at a lower price.

As a result, the interests of domestic landlords who grow mulberry and cotton will undoubtedly suffer.

The landlords who planted the most mulberry and cotton in the country were the landlords in the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, this will cause the biggest losses to the large landlords in Jiangnan!
But Xu Jie couldn't care less about so many things. Now, he could only maximize the interests of the court, or to be more precise, maximize the interests of Emperor Jiajing.

Wang Shizhong and Tong Rui, two former high-ranking civil officials in the court, were also exiled here because of the "Li Fuda case."

Xu Jie did not actually let them serve as soldiers, but kept them by his side.

Therefore, when Wang Shizhong followed Xu Jie to Hinode Town, he asked Xu Jie: "Do you really intend to make this place a Han territory and increase the annual income for the court?" (End of this chapter)