Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

The old and weak soldiers were laid off, and each was only given five taels of silver as resettlement allowance.

The total amount of silver extorted from the families of those military heroes was as high as 20 million taels!

Li Shouqi, the Earl of Xiangcheng, who was killed by Zhu Youxiao himself, alone assigned 800 soldiers from the Shenji Camp to his family to cultivate the land.

Eight hundred soldiers would cost four hundred thousand taels!

Take the money, collect the body, and no longer pursue the matter.

Otherwise, your title will be stripped, your property will be confiscated and your family will be exterminated!

Under such circumstances, Li Shouqi's eldest son opened the underground cellar where his family hid their silver without hesitation.

The one who is more famous is Xu Yunjue, Duke Dingguo, the descendant of Xu Da.

There were actually three thousand soldiers from the Shenji Camp in his house!

Some of these people worked in the fields, some became farmhands and servants, and some became security guards.

Under the same threat, Xu Yunjue's wife cried while having someone carry out 1.5 million taels of silver!

Even so, some soldiers deserted and failed to gain military honors.

Otherwise, the number will only be higher!

Looking at the silver boxes piled in the treasury, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but shook his head.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty are so damn rich!

This is just the military attaché!

The silver and money seized from the homes of the civil servants who were "exiled" to Shanxi and Shaanxi have not been counted yet. It is estimated that the number will only be more, not less!

However, this money cannot just lie there in the warehouse. It needs to be spent to become your confidence!

Lu Xiangsheng has begun to recruit soldiers again. Each soldier will be given two taels of silver as a settlement allowance, and then seven cents of silver as salary every month. If the soldier performs well and is promoted to captain or team leader, his salary will be increased accordingly.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and called Wang Tiquan.

This guy, who was scolded by Chongzhen at the enthronement ceremony, is now the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department. Apart from Wei Zhongxian, he spends the most time with Zhu Youxiao.

"First, take two million taels of silver and send them to Lu Xiangsheng!"

"Tell him to recruit soldiers for me and train them well!"

"In half a month, I will go to the Sharpshooter Camp to see his results!"

Chapter 21: Your Majesty, please spare my life. I just thought about it but didn't dare to do it.

Looking at Wang Tiquan's departing back, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but laugh.

It was obvious that so much money could have been raised by taking tougher measures, but Chongzhen, as recorded in history books, did not do so for the sake of his face and posthumous reputation!

Until the Jurchen army was at the gates of the city, in order to raise money to motivate the soldiers to defend the city, they even organized a donation campaign!

Absolutely ridiculous!

Jinyi and Dongchang, what useful organizations!

But in order to please those civil officials, he actually abandoned it!

It's both ridiculous and pitiful!

It doesn't matter if his country is destroyed, and it doesn't matter if he is hanged, but he has implicated tens of millions of Chinese people. Just for this reason, he cannot atone for his sins even if he dies ten thousand times!

The king who goes to Tamar is not a king who will destroy his country, and the ministers are not ministers who will destroy their country!

I did everything myself!

It is already mid-September. Yesterday, Wei Zhongxian came to report that the people who went to Shaanxi have returned, and Li Hongji and others are waiting in the East Factory.

Zhu Youxiao asked someone to bring him a set of casual clothes and then left the Qianqing Palace with a few guards.

The East Factory is located on the north side of Dong'anmen, not far from the inner palace.

The vermilion lacquered door was open, and some guards were coming in and out in a hurry. Ever since Wei Zhongxian was punished by Zhu Youxiao, the efficiency of these guys had increased by more than one level.

When the gatekeeper saw Zhu Youxiao coming, he hurriedly knelt down to salute. After all, as a qualified East Depot staff member, recognizing who his master is is the top priority.

Zhu Youxiao just waved to the man casually and walked straight into the gate of the East Factory.

Maybe it was because there were so many dead bodies, but as soon as he entered the East Factory, he felt a gust of cold wind blowing in his face, and even got goose bumps.

After walking a few steps, Wei Zhongxian, who had received the news, came out.

"This old servant respectfully welcomes His Majesty!"

The guards and waiters following behind him all knelt down at once.

"Where are they?"

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up and asked Wei Zhongxian.

"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will send someone to bring them here!"

After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he stood up, pulled over a guard, and whispered something in his ear.

The man turned and left, and soon came back with a group of men.

However, when he saw these people, Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment.

Fuck!

Why is there a seven or eight-year-old kid?

"Commoner Li Hongji/Li Jin/Liu Zongmin/Li Dingguo............"

"See my emperor, long live my emperor!"

After some hesitation, these people had already started to kneel down and salute.

Zhu Youxiao then realized that he had made a mistake. The seven or eight-year-old kid was actually Li Dingguo!

After sending away the irrelevant people around, he asked Wei Zhongxian to lead the way and went into the lobby to talk with Li Hongji and others.

The lobby of the East Factory is different from other court institutions in that it does not enshrine an ordinary deity, but a statue of Yue Fei.

Zhu Youxiao just took a look and then sat down casually next to the statue of Yue Fei.

And waved to Li Dingguo.

"Boy, come here and let me take a look."

At this time, Li Dingguo's hair had not yet fully grown. Although he always heard people scolding the old emperor at home, he still appeared very reserved when he really met the emperor.

He walked timidly towards Zhu Youxiao and asked with his face raised.

"Your Majesty, you summoned us from Shaanxi to kill us and eat our meat?"

Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment: "Why do you say that?"

Li Dingguo said: "People in Shaanxi have no food to eat, and many families have started eating their children."

"You are the emperor, so you definitely won't have enough to eat."

"You brought us all the way here, what else can you do except kill us and eat our meat?"

Zhu Youxiao was shocked. He didn't expect that Shaanxi had reached such a point at this time!

People eating each other, what a horrific scene!

There is an iron pot on the pile of firewood, and there is a person being cooked inside!

When he thought of this scene, Zhu Youxiao's stomach began to churn violently.

Seeing his ugly face, Li Hongji on the side quickly scolded: "Dingguo, stop talking nonsense!"

After saying this, he knelt down again to apologize to Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Dingguo is still young and doesn't know anything. Please don't argue with him!"

Upon seeing this, Wei Zhongxian quickly asked someone to bring tea.

Zhu Youxiao drank a sip of tea and felt better in his stomach. He looked at Li Hongji.

"It's okay, I won't bother with him."

"Before you came here, were you still a postman?"

Li Hongji cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I am the postman of Yinchuan Post."

His face remained calm, but he was already worried in his heart.

The current emperor actually knows a lowly postman like me?

Moreover, why did they send someone to find me all the way here?

Zhu Youxiao nodded. It seemed that this guy didn't know that his wife was cheating on him.

After a long sigh, he slowly revealed the real purpose of summoning these people to Beijing.

"Some of you should be preparing to rebel, right?"

When these words came out, everyone was shocked!

Wei Zhongxian jumped in front of Zhu Youxiao and looked at them with vigilance.

The guards who followed also drew their swords at the first moment.

Li Hongji looked confused, and so was his nephew Li Jin.

Li Dingguo blinked his big eyes, not knowing who Zhu Youxiao was talking about.

However, Liu Zongmin, Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang were all filled with turbulent waves in their hearts.

I was just thinking about it and I haven't done anything yet. How does the emperor know about it?

Zhu Youxiao had been watching their reactions the whole time. Seeing the three of them looking nervous, he knew that his guess was almost right.

After all, rebellion is not something that can be done just by saying it. These guys must have been preparing for a long time before the rebellion.

He smiled slightly and reached out to push Wei Zhongxian away from him.

Pointing at Gao Yingxiang, he said: "You want to rebel!"

"Besides, you have also given yourself a nickname, the King of Rebellion, Gao Yingxiang!"

"Is what I said right or wrong?"

"Pfft!"

Gao Yingxiang immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in succession.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I just thought about it and didn't dare to do it!"

"It's just that Shaanxi suffered a severe drought this year and the summer grain harvest was completely wiped out. The common people just couldn't survive, so I came up with this idea."

"But I swear to heaven, I just occasionally had the thought of rebellion, but I never dared to do it!"

This emperor is so terrible!

I heard that the Jinyiwei's lackeys were omnipresent. Yes, they must have heard what I said in my sleep and reported it to the emperor!

Before the rebellion, he was just an ordinary citizen, except that he was a little stronger.

He still had some courage when facing Zhu Youxiao, but when he saw Wei Zhongxian's gloomy eyes, all his courage disappeared completely!

I don't even dare to think about lying!

Chapter 22: If you dare to rebel, you must die!

Looking at Zhang Xianzhong in front of him, Wei Zhongxian really wanted to go up and chop him to death with a knife!

If you dare to rebel, you must die!

But Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything, so he could only stand aside and wait.

The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Liu Zongmin and Zhang Xianzhong gradually became unable to stand.

After a moment, the two of them knelt down together, speaking in their own defense.

This is the East Factory!

The infamous East Factory!