My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 1 My father is Chongzhen, and he rebelled from the beginning!

March of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.

This was the third to last year before the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

If nothing unexpected happens, three years later, Li Zicheng will lead his army to attack the capital.

By then, Chongzhen would hang himself on Coal Hill, and the entire Ming Dynasty would be destroyed.

The Qing army then entered the pass.

Then the Three Massacres of Jiading and the Ten-Day Massacre of Yangzhou, and the shaving of hair and changing of clothes will be staged on the land of China.

China will usher in three hundred years of dark rule.

Hey!
Zhu Cilang, who came from another time, sighed and was full of worries about the future of the Ming Dynasty.

But in his opinion, it's not too late.

And it all starts from tonight.

The next moment, Zhu Cilang slowly turned around.

What appeared before him next was a massive army.

There are as many as three thousand people!

These soldiers were all wearing heavy armor and had solemn expressions.

These are the prince's personal soldiers who belong to him alone.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the prince could only enter the Eastern Palace after he reached the age of fifteen and then have his own Eastern Palace team.

Zhu Cilang is only 13 years old this year. Logically, he can only live in the imperial palace and not in the Eastern Palace.

But since traveling through time a month ago, Zhu Cilang has taken the initiative to request to move to the East Palace.

Chongzhen was overwhelmed by the internal and external troubles of the country at that time and was reluctant to agree. However, after Zhu Cilang's repeated insistence, he finally agreed.

But the question of the selection of personnel for the Eastern Palace's Chancellery will have to wait until later.

Because Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were attacking Henan at the moment and had captured several cities in succession, the Ming Dynasty was already in danger, and Chongzhen really had no mood to take care of these things.

However, Zhu Cilang can choose the guards of the Eastern Palace and some other candidates himself.

And this is exactly what Zhu Cilang wants!

Because by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's army had long lost its original combat effectiveness, and he did not want a bunch of trash to serve as his personal guards.

What he wanted was a group of soldiers who were capable of fighting and loyal only to himself.

So, according to his previous memory, Zhu Cilang specifically asked Chongzhen for three people, wanting these people to serve as nominal guards and military generals of the Eastern Palace.

These people are:

Zhang Shize, the eldest son of the Duke of Ying of the Ming Dynasty, was also the last Duke of Ying of the Ming Dynasty. His ancestor was Zhang Fu, the first Duke of Ying of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Xiantong, the Earl of Xinjian in the Ming Dynasty, was the ancestor of Wang Shouren, the first Earl of Xinjian in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Guozhen, the Earl of Xiangcheng in the Ming Dynasty, was the ancestor of Li Jun, the Earl of Xiangcheng in the first Ming Dynasty.

As for why it has to be these three people, the reason is very simple.

First, these three were among the few nobles who died for their country when the Ming Dynasty fell.

Secondly, the lineage of the Duke of Yingguo could almost be said to be the most powerful noble family in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Shize was the eldest son of the Duke of Yingguo. Doing so would allow him to bring the Duke of Yingguo on board.

Third, Li Guozhen was the governor of the military affairs of the Beijing camp, and bringing him on board would allow him to take control of the entire Beijing camp.

Fourthly, Xinjian Earl Wang Xiantong was appointed as the governor of the Front Army Governor's Office, responsible for the garrison of the capital and in charge of the three guards of Tongzhou. By getting him involved, the entire Front Army Governor's Office could be controlled.

(PS: These are the garrisons near the Beijing Tongzhou District. Their nature is similar to that of the Beijing Camp, both guarding the capital.)
When the list was handed over, Chongzhen agreed without thinking. After all, the prince would inherit the throne in the future, so it would be good for him to get to know the nobles earlier.

What's more, these are just nominal positions, so there's nothing to worry about.

In this way, Zhu Cilang successfully brought these three Ming Dynasty nobles on board.

However, they had important matters to attend to, so after receiving the imperial edict, they only came to pay their respects to Zhu Cilang, and then went about their own business. In the following month, Zhu Cilang personally recruited 3,000 soldiers for the crown prince.

Moreover, most of the personal soldiers he recruited for the prince came from the lower levels of the army and society, and had nothing to do with the nobles, civil officials, and military generals of the court.

As for the method of recruiting them, it is actually very simple, and can be summed up in two words:

Give me money!

Even though the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, the country's fiscal revenue was tight and even the emperor had no money.

But Zhu Cilang, the crown prince, was extremely wealthy. The reason was simply because he brought a system with him when he traveled through time.

The system has no name and will not communicate with him, there is only a simple system mall.

The system can exchange various items of historical value into system currency, and then use the system currency to purchase supplies in the system mall.

Such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, rare treasures and the like
So, during this month, Zhu Cilang exchanged almost all the antique calligraphy and paintings, rare treasures and other valuables he could get his hands on.

Various ancient paintings were exchanged for about 200,000 system currencies, and various antiques and rare treasures were exchanged for about 300,000 system currencies.

A total of 500,000 system currencies.

The ratio of system currency to silver is one to one, that is, one point of system currency can be exchanged for one kilogram of silver.
Um.
You heard it right, silver is calculated by kilogram.

Because the system simply classifies silver and gold as mineral resources, they are calculated by kilogram.
Of course, the most important thing at the moment is money!
According to the calculation of one liang and thirty-seven grams in the late Ming Dynasty, one catty of silver is thirteen liang.

In other words, 500,000 system currencies can be exchanged for 6.5 million taels of silver!
what?
You ask why not exchange for planes and cannons?

Of course, it's because the system doesn't allow exchanging products that are beyond the technology of this era.
Otherwise, if they had just exchanged for a few little boys, Li Zicheng and the Jiannu would have been dead long ago.

Although these large-scale lethal weapons cannot be exchanged, there are enough other supplies available in the Ming Dynasty!

Rice, wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes, various meats, cotton, ironware, armor, cannons, firearms, silver, gold, etc.
Well, except for gold and silver which are calculated by kilogram, rice, wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes, various meats, cotton and other things are all calculated by ton.
However, things like armor and cannons are counted individually.

In addition, the more expensive and rare the item, the more system currency it requires.

But at the same time, the more precious something is, the higher the system currency it can be exchanged for will be.

For example, a painting or calligraphy by a famous artist from the Song Dynasty could be exchanged for a full 2,000 points of system currency, which is equivalent to 22,600 pieces of silver.

Famous paintings and calligraphy from the Tang Dynasty can be exchanged for more than 5,000 points of system currency, which is equivalent to at least 50,000 taels of silver.

It was also because of this that Zhu Cilang had 500,000 system currencies!

He did not exchange all the 500,000 system currencies into silver, but first exchanged them for 5 million taels of silver.

The rest is kept for other uses.

By this time, the Ming Dynasty's finances were already in jeopardy.

Not only was Chongzhen unable to come up with the money to support the army, he had also been in arrears with the salaries of the Jinyiwei and civil and military officials for a long time.

There was no way. During this period, the Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue was only a few million taels. How could Chongzhen have the money to give to civil and military officials?
But it was different for Zhu Cilang. He never hesitated to spend money when recruiting his own soldiers.

As long as you become the prince's personal soldier, you will be given ten taels of silver as a settlement allowance, and then five taels of silver every month.

In addition, there is enough white steamed buns, rice and meat every day.

When the recruited soldiers ate these things on the first day, they were so moved that they cried.

After all, when have they, who are at the bottom of society, ever eaten such delicious food?
Even when I was in the army, I could hardly eat meat in a month!

On the third day, they began to feel uneasy.

The prince is so kind to them, could he be planning to let them fight the bandits to the death?
Is this the last meal before execution?
Got it!
If you take the prince's money and eat the prince's food, your life will belong to the prince!
Let’s fight!

On the tenth day, they became even more uneasy.

The prince is so good to them, could he be planning to let them fight to the death with the Jiannu?

I heard that the Jiannu were very cruel and killed people as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

But they took the prince's money and ate the prince's food. Their lives have long belonged to the prince. No matter how cruel the Jiannu are, they have to do it!
After taking it for a month, all the previous anxieties disappeared completely.

They no longer considered or worried about anything because they had completely become Zhu Cilang's death warriors!
Now, let alone fighting the rebels and the Jiannu, even if Zhu Cilang asked them to kill the emperor directly, they would dare to do it!
In this way, Zhu Cilang had three thousand death warriors in just one month!
(End of this chapter)