The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 838 Wanted Li Zicheng

The military aristocrats who surrendered were spared the massacre, but their way of life had to change whether they wanted to or not.

Because the "Nanming" law stipulates that there are no slaves, in theory, the original slaves of the slave-building nobles are the targets of liberation.

The slaves of the Han people were happy to see their success, and they liberated themselves when the Manchus declared their surrender. Some slaves were authentic Jian slaves, and they still stayed in the master's house.

In response to this phenomenon, the soldiers of the "God of War" took compulsory measures. Each household of Jiannu could have at most two males, and all the rest were forced to serve as laborers with the army as Yu Ding and sent to Japan.

The whole set of measures has shown results. There are not many slaves in Liaodong, only defected activists such as Abate, Gangate, and Gernen are left. There are basically no coated slaves in their families, and their fields belong to the Looted goods, of course, were confiscated.

The "Nanming" government left room for them, and no house raids meant that their belongings were preserved.These people don't know how to farm, and they do business in Lushunkou one after another. They know the good and bad of fur, and they are quite handy in fur business.

In order not to be discriminated against for doing business, Abatai grew his hair early and put on Hanfu. He communicated with merchants in blunt Chinese. When he was asked where he was from, he always said that he was a Han merchant from Zhungeer. .

Seeing that Abatai followed suit, many Manchu subjects followed suit, and soon the so-called Manchu language and Manchu script disappeared in Liaodong. Ashamed, he categorically denied that he had slave blood.

When Huang Sheng came to Lvshunkou for field investigation again, the money rat tails could not be seen all over the street. It wasn’t that Jian slaves were all killed. Most of them went to colonize, and some of them cut their pigtails and put their hair on them. After learning Hanfu, they are learning how to do business.

While playing politics, the military has never been delayed, and all the armies in the Central Plains are advancing triumphantly.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Dragon Boat Festival was sunny and sunny. Dozens of hot air balloons floated over the besieged capital city on the southeast wind, like a goddess scattering flowers. There were leaflets with pictures and texts flying in the wind everywhere in the capital.

The "Nanming" general praise and painting department issued an ultimatum, warning the ordinary soldiers of the trespassing department to stop all killings from now on, and to surrender to the "God of War" when the city is broken will have a chance to be pardoned, otherwise they will undoubtedly die.

In order to reflect the attitude of the "God of War" soldiers who only punished the culprits, the leaflet stated that the bombardment of the capital city would begin three days later, clearly telling the bandits that this was not preparing to attack the city, but to destroy the artillery that defended the city.

The printing quality of the leaflets is good, which fully proves that the printing process of "Nanming" has been improving over the years.The pictures and words on the leaflets reminded the bandits to stay away from the artillery positions, otherwise they might be blown to pieces.

It is not a level of war. The "God of War" soldiers who have completed the construction of the encirclement told the intruders in an arrogant tone that our army is going to fire at a certain day and time, and where the shells are about to fall, you'd better stay away.

Li Duyan was reading a flyer in the Royal Study Room of the Forbidden City at this time. This leaflet with rich pictures and text was also a wanted warrant. The content on it was to announce 54 old bandits who had committed unpardonable crimes. The reward was to capture a thief alive and change his pants , Beheaded to get a pair of straw sandals.

The most important criminal was Li Hongji, a former postman of the Ming Dynasty, who later changed his name to Li Zicheng. The bandit called "Li Chuang" harmed the Ming Dynasty for 15 years.

There is also a portrait of Li Zicheng on the No. [-] wanted warrant. The one-eyed man in felt hats and misty clothes is portrayed so vividly that anyone can recognize him in the crowd.

The wanted notices distributed were in the form of leaflets, printed in black and white with ink, and the ones in the hands of the "God of War" soldiers were even more delicate, with color-printed playing cards.

Playing cards are not Huang Shengkai's gold finger at all. This thing has been around for hundreds of years. It is said that it originated from the Leaf Opera in China in the Southern Song Dynasty in the [-]th and [-]th centuries.

Leaf opera has been played by the Han people as early as the Tang Dynasty. It is divided into four categories according to the four seasons, and there are similar sayings about the four suits of playing cards.

It's just that Huang Sheng saw that the playing cards seized from Xiyi warships and merchant ships were not uniform, and the playing methods were also very strange, so he simply printed a unified playing card product and explained several common playing methods. Now the playing cards produced by "Nanming" Brands have been exported to European countries.

There are too many rules of the poker game. Many people like this kind of game. Of course, it is inevitable to use it for gambling. However, the "Nanming" military discipline clearly stipulates that any gambling behavior should be prohibited in the army.

The poker arrest warrant is really good, and the "soldiers" also remembered 54 heinous thieves during their leisure and entertainment. Everyone knows that arresting them to change their pants is just to break the morale of the intruders. They really captured the thieves alive It is not a dream to be promoted.

Li Zicheng had long since lost the vigor he had when he took the capital. He felt like sitting on pins and needles, and he wanted to run away, but he failed to organize several attempts to break through.

But this time Li Zicheng never thought of surrendering at all. He knew what he did in the capital, knowing that even if the "Southern King" spared his life, he would be torn to pieces by the revenge-seeking officials of the Ming Dynasty.

He still had fantasies, the walls of the capital city were high and thick, plus the incorporated Ming army, the "Dashun" army had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and if the ordinary people of the capital were recruited by force, the number of troops capable of defending the city might reach 50 to [-].

The grain storage in the capital can last for another year. Maybe the troops from Shaanxi will come to attack, and maybe the Qing army from Liaodong will enter the customs again to create opportunities for themselves.

When the Zanhua Department formulated the propaganda content to disintegrate the enemy's army, it forgot to write that the puppet Qing Dynasty had already perished. Li Duyan didn't know that there were no Tungus savages interacting with him anymore. He thought that the slaves outside the pass Invaders will give him a chance to breathe again.

Li Zicheng couldn't listen to the ditties anymore, and drinking the wine didn't taste good in his mouth. His canonized concubine, Dou Meiyi, the former court lady of Daming, suddenly found out that the "Da Shun" emperor, who was originally not fierce, didn't want to raise his hand.

There is also an undercurrent in the capital. The lurking "Nanming" agents are waiting for the opportunity. They are not at the same level as the trespassers. Their goal is not to kill and set fire to create chaos, but to arrange a beheading operation. Capturing Li Zicheng alive is the first choice.

It was quite easy for the "Nanming" agents to obtain a large number of wanted warrants flying around the capital. The lifelike portraits of the 54 main arrestees and their job descriptions made it much more convenient for the agents.

Fake surrender and trespassing for dozens of days, some agents are doing well, it is also because the thieves have money and food, and there are too many opportunities to expand their strength. There are also many people.

(End of this chapter)