Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 47: The Awakening of the Qing Dynasty
The landlords' struggle ended with hundreds of people being trampled to death in the chaos.

As for the reason for this self-destruction...

Of course, it was caused by an accident that occurred during the debate when the onlookers, who supported the imperial edict of Emperor Taizu Gao, engaged in a heated debate with the landlords who opposed the edict.

The landlords did petition peacefully, and Emperor Taizu Gao only reasoned with them. The onlookers also reasoned with them. They absolutely did not use violence, let alone beat them. However, it is normal for there to be some accidental trampling when there are so many people.

This is a tragedy.

That's it.

Then Emperor Taizu Gao and his family gave two taels of silver as funeral expenses.

Of course, this is just the beginning. Everyone understands that anyone who petitions still holds a glimmer of hope for him.

Those who have lost hope are ready to resist at this time.

But resistance was doomed to be meaningless. After all, in Nanjing alone, there were 400,000 imperial soldiers waiting in line for execution, waiting for the landlords' land. Emperor Taizu Gao gave them the land they asked for. The land in Jiangnan was in the hands of the gentry. Emperor Taizu Gao really had no good farmland to reward them, so he forced the landlords to offer part of the land in this way and then distribute it to the soldiers.

disagree?
Do you think 400,000 fully armed soldiers can't kill your entire family?
Besides, was Emperor Taizu Gao's request excessive? He only asked you to give part of it. For every 100 mu you gave, you could receive a military merit, and then you could keep an additional 100 mu. So in reality, he only asked for half, and in the end, he still gave you half.

Ten thousand acres of fertile land became only five thousand acres.

If you are still unwilling, and since this is difficult, then don't do it.

I'll kill your entire family and all the land belongs to Emperor Taizu Gao. If you don't want to be given 5,000 acres, then I'll give you 10,000 acres.

This wasn't something Yang Feng had come up with on a whim; it was actually a plan he and Han Xin had orchestrated. Actually, carrying it out wasn't that simple, involving complex operations. Just sorting out the land held by the gentry was a massive undertaking. It was easy to do, but the execution was the hardest. The biggest advantage of Yang Feng's move was that it made this a matter for the current military group. He didn't have to do anything; he only had to issue the imperial decree, and the 400,000-man imperial guard would unhesitatingly take care of the rest.

"Resist! The more you resist, the happier I am!"

On the Chengtian Gate Tower, Emperor Taizu Gao looked proudly at Chaoyang Gate, where soldiers lined up in neat rows were coming out continuously.

This is to quell the rebellion.

After the imperial edict requiring landlords to donate land in exchange for military merit arrived in Ningbo, the Ningbo gentry were furious. They then unanimously elected Xie Sanbin, the former Minister of the Imperial Household, as the leader of the alliance. They raised the banner of resistance in Ningbo and issued proclamations to all parts of the country, saying that the Ming Dynasty was facing a disaster from heaven and that an evil man falsely claimed to be the Emperor Taizu Gao, who wanted to use a trick to steal the Ming Dynasty's territory. Therefore, they invited all loyal and righteous people in the world to raise the banner of rebellion to support the country.

Of course, there is no response yet.

However, they had already captured Shaoxing, or rather, when the Shaoxing gentry did not resist, a so-called demon-suppressing army set out from Ningbo and entered Shaoxing.

It is said that they entered with the sound of drums, trumpets and firecrackers.

Then the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Qi, ordered the troops to go out without hesitation, and the soldiers of the four guards of the imperial camp also set out on the journey without hesitation.

Teams of soldiers from the imperial camp, wearing hats, red military uniforms with folded breastplates on the outside, and with bayonets imitating brown bass on their shoulders, walked through Chaoyang Gate in an orderly manner.

The roads outside the city were lined with people cheering for them.

These soldiers are here for them. Most of them are their relatives, waiting for the 100 acres of land that will be awarded for their military merits...

Although there was no land distribution during the internal rebellion.

We cannot encourage civil war, otherwise they will eventually find that killing their own people is easier than killing the Qing monsters. In fact, there is no need to find out, as there have been many people who have killed good people and claimed credit for it before.

However, this could not stop the enthusiasm of the soldiers and the people. After all, the result of their going to quell the rebellion was that countless military merit winners could share the rich paddy fields in eastern Zhejiang. The soldiers were waiting for these lands to redeem their military merits for killing the Qing monsters, the craftsmen were also waiting for these lands to redeem their military merits for manufacturing military supplies, and even the merchants who contracted the task of transporting military supplies were waiting to redeem their military merits for transporting military supplies.

This is a group that longs for war. From top to bottom, both men and women, they all long for war.

After all, women can also gain military merits. Even those who followed Emperor Taizu Gao to guard Chengtian Gate were awarded titles for their military merits.

The women who participated in the production of military supplies in the factory also had their military merits calculated like the men.

Military merit is everything.

wealth.

land.

glory.

Even all of this continues from generation to generation.

Just half a year ago, they were just a group of weak people who surrendered to foreign invaders without a fight, and even waited to be slaughtered like lambs.

"In just half a year, they have restored the martial virtues of their ancestors who swept through the northern desert and dominated the world two hundred and seventy years ago."

Yang Feng was also shocked by this.

So change really doesn’t take too long.

As long as they can turn the emperor's ambition into what they desire, a group of civilians who are regarded as weak will become a brave army in just half a year, and a city that can be frightened by even dozens of Japanese pirates will become a war machine. At this moment, they are as full of passion and firm in their steps as their ancestors who walked out of this city 270 years ago, and their relatives are cheering for them just like they did when they saw them off for the expedition to Mobei 270 years ago.

"But even so, there are still many families in Jiangnan with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land. As far as I know, Suzhou Prefecture has the most land, with an annual rent of 900,000 dan, and there are families with hundreds of thousands of dan. The taxes collected by the court in various prefectures, except for a few prefectures like Suzhou, are not as much as this family. Even if they are forced to pay half, the rent collected by one family will still exceed the taxes of an entire prefecture. What's more, they will not pay half. They will simply divide the land as much as possible among their descendants to split the family. They would rather benefit the clan than the court.

At this time, there were already landlords around Nanjing who were doing this. Before the court could liquidate the land, they divided their land as much as possible among their descendants and split up the household registration.

I think he still has to be killed.

If you kill him, all the property will belong to the court."

Han Xin said.

Therefore, the evaluation of King Qi and Taizu by the dignitaries was actually wrong. Taizu was just a little crazy, but King Qi was cruel.

Emperor Taizu is a modern man, and his worldview is different from that of the King of Qi.

Grandpa Taizu only thinks you are guilty and that's why you should be killed, but King Qi thinks that killing your whole family will benefit him, so he will kill your whole family without hesitation. Compared with King Qi's values, Grandpa Taizu is actually a model student. King Qi's good talk is based on the fact that he thinks it is not necessary to kill your whole family. Once he feels it is necessary, he will not think it is wrong to throw the elderly, the weak, women and children into the big pot and cook them.

The Great Ancestor was kindhearted. "Please give Old Zhu some respect for this tablet and wait until I'm gone before killing him."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Han Xin smiled and nodded.

These big landlords are lambs to be slaughtered. They can be taken out and bled at any time. There is really no need to rush.

As for the reason...

Do I need a reason to kill your whole family?
Is it disrespectful enough to the Emperor Taizu if you take your left foot first when you go out?
For people like Han Xin, reasons are the least important. He just needs to get Yang Feng's permission. After all, he knows very well that even after Yang Feng leaves, he can still be the Prime Minister and King of Qi in the Ming Dynasty and hold power, but he still cannot escape the sight of the god behind Yang Feng. The latter can send them and provide them with help at any time, and of course he can also monitor the world at any time. Once Yang Feng finds that what he did offends him, it will be easy for him to come and beat him back to his original form.

And the mighty red army continued to flow out of Chaoyang Gate.

"Grandpa, Prince Qi, the Qing demon has sent an envoy to Fengyang, hoping to see you."

Han Zanzhou spoke respectfully behind them.

"Meet in person?"

Yang Feng said with some surprise.

In fact, our Qing Dynasty has now completely retreated to the north of the Yellow River.

Including Oboi, who was previously in Wuchang, also quickly retreated after learning that Ajige's army was wiped out, and was ambushed by Wang Guangtai's troops who rebelled in Xiangyang. However, the latter was obviously a bit inferior to Oboi, and fled back to Xiangyang after suffering heavy losses. However, most of the supplies that Oboi transported from Wuchang were looted by the surrendered Ming army who followed them in their retreat to the north. The latter disappeared after looting.

Or they dispersed in a hurry.

As for Wuchang, it had been recaptured by Ma Jinzhong's troops, and even the Huguang Governor He Tengjiao had returned to Wuchang, but they had not yet come to Nanjing to meet Taizu.

Their reasons were similar to Ma Shiying's. They couldn't confirm the Emperor's arrival, and since the war in Huguang hadn't subsided yet, they decided to wait until the conflict there was resolved before returning to Nanjing. Once it was confirmed, they would formally pay homage to the Emperor. Furthermore, the six provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan had similarly refused to officially pay homage to the Emperor. Ultimately, Yang Feng had gotten a bit too excited, leaving them somewhat bewildered. Until they figured out how to deal with him, they could only delay the matter day by day.

The key point is that the taste of Emperor Taizu Gao was so authentic that everyone recalled the fear of being dominated by Taizu.

The Tunqi army originally had troops in Jiangbei, but before Ajige's army was completely annihilated, he fled after Ajige fled from Wuhu. After Li Benshen's troops retreated to Guide, Tunqi left them to defend Guide. Of course, in reality, they were abandoned, as they were unreliable. Li Benshen then massacred Guide in revenge for Gao Jie. He drove Xu Dingguo's entire family, including hundreds of men, women, and children, into a large pit and burned them to death. Guide's wealthy families, such as the Song Quan family, were also killed, with the exception of Yuan Shu, the son of Yuan Keli, who had already fled south and served as an official during the Hongguang Dynasty. It can be said that no one was spared.

Including Hou Xun and his son who had just returned, they all died in Li Benshen's massacre. Then Li Benshen's troops became bandits again and fled westward, and in fact disappeared between Henan and Shaanxi.

The Southern Expedition Group was almost completely wiped out, which also destroyed the Qing Dynasty's dream of unifying the country.

Dorgon completely abandoned the area south of the Yellow River.

As for more responses, Yang Feng did not know about it at that time due to time constraints. He only knew that the Qing army was afraid that the opening of Kaifeng was too small and the flooding of the Yellow River would not be enough to stop the Ming army, so they dug up many Yellow River embankments in Xuzhou and other places, and even dug up the canal embankment. So now the area below Kaifeng and north of Huai'an is all flooded with Yellow River water.

The canal has also stopped flowing.

"The Qing demons wanted to return all the royal family members, including Princess Kunxing, to Emperor Chongzhen in exchange for Emperor Taizu Gao's permission to become their vassal.

They were also willing to withdraw from the capital, but Taizu allowed them to establish a country outside Shanhaiguan."

Han Zanzhou said.

"What if I don't allow it?"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Dorgon was realistic. With their current strength, they had no way of controlling the interior of the country. Unless they offered more benefits to the surrendered generals and eventually formed an alliance, they would be effectively protecting their interests. The people who feared Emperor Taizu Gao the most weren't him, but the surrendered Ming officials and gentry. If Yang Feng could allow them to establish a state in Liaodong and submit to him, why didn't they sell them out in exchange for returning to Liaodong?
Just treat entering the customs as a dream.

The Qing Dynasty was able to take control of the capital by sheer luck, and now we have woken up from the dream.

"The Qing Yao's intention is that if the Great Ancestor does not allow it, they will establish another clan in the capital."

Han Zanzhou said cautiously.

"Well, he's quite creative."

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, now he can only say that GunGun is very creative.

Establish another Ming emperor in the capital, and then the Qing Dynasty will pay tribute to this Ming emperor, becoming a vassal invited by the Ming emperor, and fight against this monster within the Great Wall. This will also make it clear to the gentry of the world that the Qing Dynasty no longer has the ambition to annex the Ming Dynasty and now only wants to protect itself. On the contrary, this monster is our common enemy. After all, the Qing Dynasty can no longer go south to massacre the city, but this monster is really harming the gentry. The Qing Dynasty no longer covets the gentry's wealth, but this monster wants their land, silver, and even their lives. Now this monster is our common enemy.

Of course, if Yang Feng could agree to let them retreat to Liaodong and establish a country outside the Great Wall and become a vassal, they would not do so.

After all, they suffered too much loss.

They can no longer bear greater losses unless they are forced into a desperate situation and fight to the death.

This threat is really threatening.

Yang Feng could almost guess what would happen next once Dorgon did this. The provinces that were still watching would continue to wait and see and would no longer submit to him, especially since he had already started to attack the land of the gentry. The provinces would be even less likely to take the initiative to submit, and it was even possible that more local forces would join the ranks of encircling and suppressing him.

The officials and gentry in various provinces who have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty will transform themselves into subjects of the Ming Dynasty again, shouting that the Ming Dynasty is the legitimate government and resisting this monster who is causing chaos in the world.

Even people like Wu Sangui would once again become vassal states of the Ming Dynasty and loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, resisting him under the banner of loyalty and righteousness.

The water was completely muddied.

but……

"Screw the envoys to death right here in Fengyang. Also, convey my decree: I intend to tour Liaodong and dream of establishing a kingdom outside the Great Wall. I will make sure they never return."

Yang Feng said.

(End of this chapter)