Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 10 is back, the fear of being dominated by Taizu is back
the next day.

The city of Nanjing temporarily returned to peace.

The citizens, who had experienced twenty-four hours of terror, knelt on the roadside, trembling with fear as the elephant carriage drove out of the right gate of Chang'an, and Emperor Taizu Gao, who was said to have crawled out of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, sat on it.

It is said that even the Xiaoling Mausoleum, which is like a small hill, cannot hold it down!
And he was not alone. There was someone sitting next to him, dressed in black but wearing a crown with seven tassels.

Han Xin was not a minister of the Ming Dynasty.

He was a friend of the Ming Emperor Taizu Gao in the heavens, invited to come down to the mortal world to help. Of course, his status was still the ancient King of Qi. As for the Marquis of Huaiyin, that was definitely not enough. This status was probably like Bi Ma Wen for a monkey. He was a legitimate prince, the King of Qi. Even after Liu Bang seized his military power, he was first changed to the King of Chu, a legitimate ruler of a country...

The monkey always calls himself the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and he will get angry if you call him Bi Ma Wen.

Therefore, as a guest, one still has to address him as the King of Qi.

The seven-tasseled crown is already low.

His King of Qi was equivalent to the King of Qi during the Warring States Period.

It is a crown with nine tassels.

But the Ming Dynasty's nine-feathered crown belongs to the prince.

Looking around at this time, there were dead bodies everywhere that had not been cleaned up yet, including those of Qing soldiers, citizens in the city, and war horses. The air was filled with blood, and those buildings that had not yet been extinguished were still emitting thick smoke.

"You, come out!"

Yang Feng pointed at a gentleman in a green robe in the crowd who was obviously very clean and said.

The latter quickly crawled forward on his knees.

"Chop off this Jianlu's head and hang it in front of your door. Take the body back and feed it to your dog."

Yang Feng pointed at the dead body of a Qing soldier on the side of the road and said.

That’s still a Zhenghuang Banner!

The gentleman looked at the dead body with tears in his eyes.

"Emperor Taizu, I have always observed a fast and have never even killed a chicken. I simply dare not do so, and I don't even have a dog."

He said tremblingly.

"Shot dead!"

Yang Feng said.

The eunuch guarding nearby pulled the trigger decisively.

The bullet hit the gentleman's head. He fell down without any struggle, then twitched on the ground and stopped moving.

"Remember to raid his house."

Yang Feng said.

Xie Xuelong, who was following him, sighed, but still wrote down the man's name. It was obvious that he knew him. He was the Minister of Punishment in the Hongguang Dynasty. He did not follow Shui Tailiang and others to surrender. Originally, in history, he and his son committed suicide by jumping into the river, but this time, before he jumped, he saw Emperor Taizu Gao flying across the sky, and then the father and son came back. So he is still the Minister of Punishment, and one of the only 28 officials left in the court.

Among these twenty-eight officials, there were several who actually did not have time to get there, after all, Nanjing City is quite large.

They were lucky to escape.

As for the rest, those who were named were those who did not go to welcome the surrender at that time.

They form the present imperial court.

As for this brutal Emperor Taizu Gao...

Isn't that what he is?

Isn’t this the style of painting of Emperor Taizu Gao in history?
Although killing all the civil and military officials in the court was indeed a bit violent, everyone actually understood that legally speaking, killing them all was completely legal, and it would be a betrayal of the Ming Dynasty. But no matter what he did, as a loyal minister, he had to accept it!

Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all blessings from God!

Yang Feng then set his eyes on another man who was also wearing a clean green robe.

"You, step forward!"

He said.

The man who wanted to cry but had no tears came forward.

"Same here. Chop off this slave's head, take it home and hang it in front of your own door. Drag the body back and feed it to your dogs. If you don't have a dog, feed it to the pigs. If you don't have any, even if you have a family dinner, you must get rid of it. Then, crush the bones and bury them in your pit. I will send people to inspect it. If you don't do it, your whole family will be fed to the dogs."

Yang Feng threatened cruelly.

Then there was a group of vicious dogs barking beside the elephant pulley.

The man in green robe took the knife handed to him by the eunuch tremblingly.

Of course he understood what this meant.

If he did this, his entire family would be fed to dogs whenever the Qing army entered Nanjing.

But I won’t do it…

Now his whole family has to feed the dog!

"Why, he's also a vegetarian? He's never killed a chicken before? Teach him how to do it."

Yang Feng shouted.

The eunuch immediately pointed the gun at the man in green robe.

The latter suddenly let out a mournful howl, then rushed towards the dead Qing soldier and chopped him off with a knife in both hands.

Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction.

"I have decreed that all families of high rank and distinction in this city, regardless of whether they are scholars, juren, or jinshi, must hang the head of a Jian slave outside their door, feed the corpse of a Jian slave to the dogs, and bury the bones in the toilet. Anyone who disobeys will be executed along with their entire family, and their property will be confiscated!

Is there anyone here who is a hereditary commander?"

Then he shouted again.

A man in a red official uniform stepped forward quickly.

"I, Xu Cheng, the hereditary commander of the Imperial Guards, pay my respects to the Emperor Taizu Gao."

He said while lying on the ground.

"stand up!"

Yang Feng said.

Xu Cheng stood up tremblingly.

"Pull away."

Yang Feng picked up the bow next to him and threw it at his feet and said.

Xu Cheng picked up the bow, used his delicate hands to draw the bow, and then used all his strength...

Didn't pull away.

His face flushed red but he didn't pull away.

"How can you be called a deputy commander if you can't even draw a five-bull bow?"

Yang Feng said angrily.

During the Ming Dynasty, bows were measured in dou (literally "pi dou"), with 92 jin (1 dan) being one dan. Ordinary people began practicing with four dou and gradually increased their force. A bow over one dan was considered a serious military archer, and was not within the standard for ordinary people. Regardless, a five-dou bow was within the normal range for a normal person to draw. This guy couldn't even draw five dou, which meant he had no military skills and had probably never drawn a bow in his life. Even if he had tried a few times, he wouldn't have been unable to draw a bow.

Xu Cheng was so scared that he knelt down again.

"Lord Taizu, I was originally a scholar, but I inherited the position when it became my turn. I only know how to write poetry and not how to play the bow."

He howled.

"One of his men came out."

Yang Feng said.

Then a man stepped forward and saluted. "I, Li Zhong, a regular soldier of the Imperial Guard, pay my respects to the Great Ancestor."

He said.

"One for each of you. Face him with a gun. If he dies, you will take over as the deputy commander of the Yulin Vanguard. If you die, it will be considered as your death in battle."

Yang Feng threw two spears directly over and said.

Li Zhong's eyes lit up instantly, and he raised his spear without hesitation and pointed it at Xu Cheng. The latter picked up the spear somewhat dazedly, and it was obvious from his posture that he didn't know how to use it at all, but he became angry instantly when he looked at Li Zhong.

"You want to rebel, you bastard?"

he shouted.

then……

"start!"

Yang Feng said.

"You bastard, don't you want to farm that piece of land anymore?"

Xu Cheng was the first to attack Li Zhong with a rage, picking up his spear.

The latter instinctively stepped back at first, but then came to his senses and dodged the spear while suddenly thrusting forward with the spear in his hand. Xu Cheng was still moving forward trying to chase and hit him, never thinking that this soldier who used to be like a slave in front of him would dare to stab him. As a result, he bumped straight into the spear and was pierced through. He fell down with a scream.

Li Zhong drew out his spear and looked at the commander who had been holding him down for his entire life with a dreamlike expression.

"From now on, you will be the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards. Lead your troops to the city walls and deploy defenses immediately. Anyone who dares to disobey you will be killed without mercy.

Who else is the conductor?"

Yang Feng said.

Li Zhong immediately turned around, walked quickly into the crowd, and grabbed someone who was about to lower his head.

"Grandpa, he is also the commander of the Yulin vanguard."

He grabbed the guy and shouted.

"Don't hurt me!"

The man said crying.

"Come out! Since you are my commander, why don't you dare to see me? If you are one of his subordinates, come out and fight him. The winner will be the commander, and the loser will be killed in battle."

Yang Feng shouted.

"Grandpa, it's the younger one!"

"The little ones too!"

……

Several people stood up in the crowd instantly.

"Decide among yourselves who will go first. If you can't agree, why not compete first?"

Yang Feng said.

The others looked at each other, and soon some knelt again, until only three remained. The other two, looking at the remaining one, hesitated, and knelt again. The remaining one immediately stepped forward, knelt, and kowtowed to Yang Feng, then took Li Zhong's spear and watched the commander being dragged out by Li Zhong. The latter trembled as he held the spear, his legs already weak. These days, the hereditary military commanders of the Nanjing guards didn't practice martial arts; they'd all become literati. They could recite poetry and write eight-part essays, but handling a spear...

"Emperor Gao, my ancestors followed you in conquering the world!"

He howled like he was breaking down.

"Why, didn't their ancestors follow me to conquer the world?
start! "

Yang Feng shouted.

The soldier stabbed the commander without hesitation.

The latter threw away his spear and ran away. The soldier grabbed the spear with his backhand and threw it without hesitation, hitting the commander in the back. The latter fell down with a scream.

"Okay, you are in command. Lead your men to the city wall."

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

……

The hereditary military commanders and gentry of Nanjing fell into the fear of being dominated by Taizu...

That’s what Lao Zhu always does!
One of his commanders led troops to build a city in another place, but withheld the soldiers' rations, causing them to starve to death. Zhu Yuanzhang then asked the rest of the soldiers to fight him in a duel. He challenged hundreds of them alone and was eventually stabbed to death by those angry soldiers. Yang Feng was already very merciful by allowing them to fight one-on-one.

And this is also the best way to complete the army in a short period of time.

Nanjing has a complete military command system.

but……

All the generals are of this kind.

They had been hereditary for nearly three hundred years. While this system did produce a figure like Qi Jiguang and a number of capable warriors, the vast majority were still completely gentry-like, completely useless, yet they needed to be supported by the court, and they also exploited the military households. The military household system itself wasn't problematic. Its various problems weren't a problem during Zhu Yuanzhang's time. After all, if you dared to exploit a military household, he would have them shot to death, as his strict management ensured this. As for the collapse of the military household system after his death...

This is true of any system.

No matter what system.

When those who implement these systems lose their restraint and deliberately break them, any reasonable system will have the same result.

Of course, Yang Feng was not interested in transforming a corrupt empire, but he needed a quickly formed army to complete his mission for him. Han Zanzhou could count less than a thousand royal family members in the city. There were indeed many of them before, but most of them had fled the city before Hongguang ran away.

But it's not difficult to get ten thousand.

Add the Huai Wang and Yi Wang families in Jiangxi, and the Ning Wang...

Only the Ning clan was deposed, but the branches above him that didn't participate in the rebellion were not deposed; they still existed. Therefore, if the men and women of these three families were combined, and those who had fled downstream to places like Suzhou and Hangzhou were recruited, they would basically have a force of 10,000. However, the prerequisite was to deal with the Qing army, which wasn't limited to Nanjing. Tunqi, Nikan, and Liu Liangzuo were still pursuing Hongguang upstream, and Zhenjiang downstream was also under Qing control.

Including Pukou opposite, which is also Liu Zeqing's unit.

Of course, in fact, there were Qing troops outside the city, they were just driven out of the city, but the entire area around Nanjing was full of Qing troops, including on Yuhuatai, but most of them were actually surrendered Ming troops.

Li Benshen is also here, and Zuo Menggeng's troops from upstream will definitely come next.

Yang Feng needs an army.

He can certainly kill people with his cheats, but he can't do that much on his own.

The elephant carriage continued to move forward.

"That's wrong!"

He suddenly stopped.

Han Zanzhou looked at him puzzledly.

"I killed so many people last night, why is there not even one person scolding me today?"

Yang Feng said.

"Grandpa Taizu punished these traitors with justice, and the people all respected him. How could they be dissatisfied?"

Han Zanzhou quickly said with a smile.

Of course, what he really meant was, you killed almost all the nobles and officials in the city in one night. Who would dare to criticize you for this? The descendants of those nobles? If they had such courage, they would not have surrendered Nanjing without firing a shot. After all, they were not afraid of Wanli, who played by their rules, but they were afraid of those who did not play by their rules. Not to mention the Taizu Gao Emperor who dared to kill all the nobles and officials in the city, they were afraid of Tianqi who dared to release Wei Zhongxian.

"So, the descendants of those heroes who roamed the world and swept through Mobei back then have become so cowardly that they don't even dare to curse when their own fathers are killed?
waste.

Copy the house!

"I decree that, with the exception of the Chang family, all other families shall be confiscated. I bestowed upon them wealth and honor so that they might assist future generations. Now that they are useless, what is the point of keeping them? What I have bestowed upon them shall be taken back by me."

Yang Feng said.

"The slaves obey the order."

Han Zanzhou quickly accepted the order.

(End of this chapter)