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

What's more, I had to run to the lobby of the East Factory and find the book from behind the statue of Yue Fei...

Fuck!

Is this a test?

This is clearly a suicide mission, right?

Looking at the reactions of these four people, Zhu Youxiao raised the corner of his mouth slightly and mocked them deliberately.

"What, are you scared?"

"If you are afraid, just withdraw. I will never blame you."

The four of them looked at each other when they heard this, and Sun Kangwang stepped forward first.

"Your Majesty, I am the one who selected the East Factory!"

After saying this, he clasped his fists towards Wei Zhongxian.

"I hope the factory manager will show mercy and not let me die in such an ugly way."

Among the four locations, the most difficult one was the East Factory, but he chose it right away, which made Zhu Youxiao look at him with even higher regard.

Wei Zhongxian's face trembled. This kid...

So brave!

But in front of Zhu Youxiao, he could only smile.

"Captain Sun, what are you talking about? I promise that if you fail, at most one leg will be broken."

"Maybe, it's the one in the middle..."

His smile seemed a little ferocious to Sun Kangwang. He couldn't help but shrink his neck, but he quickly mustered up his courage again.

"I am not afraid of you!"

"Hahahaha, good! You're a real man!"

Zhu Youxiao patted him on the shoulder twice with satisfaction, then turned to look at the other three.

"What about you? Have you made your choice?"

Zhen Beiwang stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "I choose the Shenji Camp!"

General Li: "I will write a letter to the palace!"

Ma Junqian opened his mouth to choose another one, but it had already been taken away. He could only bite the bullet and said, "Then I can only go to the Duke of Ying's Mansion........."

"Go ahead, everyone, go back and prepare. The test will start at midnight tonight and end at midnight three days later!"

"I hope to see you four here again in three days!"

After the four of them saluted, they left the Qianqing Palace with the other thousand households.

Looking at their backs, Zhu Youxiao asked Wang Tiqian.

"Have you found the place you were asked to look for yesterday?"

"Your Majesty, last year the Wanggongchang explosion occurred and the people in that area were relocated. It has been vacant until now, but the houses have been repaired. With a little modification, it can be used as a school building."

Wanggongchang?

Apocalypse Big Bang?

Zhu Youxiao shuddered. This explosion was so earth-shattering that there were various versions in history books. Some said more than 100,000 people died, while others said thousands of people died. It was impossible to tell which one was true and which one was false.

When he thought about the gunpowder factory in the city, he felt inexplicably guilty.

"Then move the gunpowder factory out of the city, assign capable personnel to guard it day and night, and set up the school building in Wanggongchang."

"Also, select 1000 people from the eunuchs and palace maids respectively, and have them wait in Wanggongchang first. I will go to meet them when I have some free time in two days."

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Wang Tiquan hurriedly bowed and left.

The matter of the Embroidered Uniform Guard had been settled, but there were still many things that gave Zhu Youxiao a headache.

The most important thing is the vacancies of officials.

Some of the officials in the court had been driven away to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces by him, and Wei Zhongxian cut another batch of them the day before yesterday. Now almost half of the six ministries are empty, and they all need to be filled as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if the government's orders are not implemented, no matter how many plans he has, they will be in vain.

Someone was sent to call Wen Tiren and Prince Xin to the palace, and the three of them discussed the issue of candidate selection.

It was mainly recommended by the two of them, and the final decision was made by Zhu Youxiao.

As the saying goes, three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.

Wen Tiren is a very experienced man with strong ability to handle affairs, but what is even stronger is his memory. He can remember everything he sees when dealing with complicated account data, not to mention those living people.

Although the officials that Zhu Youxiao sent to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces created a lot of vacancies in the court, he also brought many people back from Shanxi and Shaanxi.

For example, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Fuzhen and others.

When Zhu Youxiao heard Wen Ti mention Hong Chengchou, he laughed.

This guy's ability cannot be denied, but it is also a fact that he later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that he is from Quanzhou, and his family connections are complicated in the local area. If he can be used well, he can do something practical for the Ming Dynasty.

However, it was Zhang Fuzhen who caught Zhu Youxiao's attention. His resume was not impressive. Before being squeezed back to the capital, he was just a councilor in Gongchang.

But in real history, after Chongzhen ascended the throne, this guy served successively as Yulin councilor, Yansui governor, Ji-Liao governor, Xuanda governor and Shanhaiguan governor, and was promoted to the Minister of War based on his military exploits.

I have to say that he is a capable person, and more importantly, he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty!

He was also one of the ministers who were buried alive for Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty.

He died at home after the fall of Beijing.

In history books, there are only these seven words about the cause of his death.

But given the Qing Dynasty's consistent style of tampering with history, Zhu Youxiao believed that the truth should be more than this.

But that is no longer important. What is important is that this person appeared in front of him in advance!

(Confession of guilt: There is too much information, and I found that I made another mistake. According to the official history, Yuan Chonghuan is still in his hometown reflecting on his thoughts. The governor of Liaodong at this time is Wang Zhichen. I have corrected the previous text and apologize!)

Chapter 67 Who is Li Zicheng! Come out and speak!

Mizhi, Shaanxi.

After entering the county town, Li Zicheng's rebel army began to expand like a snowball. In just half a month, the number had reached as many as 20,000!

These people were not as mixed as described in history books. He knew very well what Zhu Youxiao wanted, so he gave land to all the old, weak, women and children and sent them back home. Those who stayed behind were all strong men!

With the help of these 20,000 volunteers, he has turned the entire Mizhi upside down. All the wealthy businessmen and evil gentry who have committed evil deeds have been purged, their land has been distributed equally to all the people, and their houses have been divided up according to merit.

Truth cannot be hidden, and Li Zicheng had no intention of hiding it.

Therefore, what happened in Mizhi quickly spread to the neighboring counties.

At first, everyone in Jiazhou, Wubao, Suide, Qingjian and other places was worried that this rebel army would affect them.

But after a few days, the situation took a drastic turn.

Land is the only means of production that farmers in this era can rely on.

When the people of Mizhi County heard that every citizen had been allocated land and no longer had to worry about being retaliated against later, some villages bordering Mizhi began to get excited.

More and more people moved their families to Mizhi, and some even went to the Mizhi County Government, begging Li Zicheng to lead his army to their county and wipe out the wealthy businessmen and evil gentry there.

Perhaps it is the trend of history, or perhaps it is just a coincidence.

Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Li Laixiang and Tian Jianxiu, the generals who had followed Li Zicheng in official history, had returned to their positions at this time!

Among these four people, Li Laiheng and Gao Yigong were originally from Mizhi, and joined in during the looting. However, although Li Laiheng was only twelve or thirteen years old at this time, he had grown tall and strong, and his height was not much different from that of an adult.

Yuan Zongde and Tian Jianxiu were from Suide, Lin County.

The purpose of their coming was, firstly, to join Li Zicheng's army, and another request was to ask Li Zicheng to lead the army to Suide.

But such a request was rejected by Li Zicheng!

At this moment, he was standing at the gate of the county government office, cursing at the group of people who were tied up like dumplings in front of him.

"A bunch of killers! Didn't I tell you before? You are not allowed to kill innocent people or rape other people's wives and daughters!"

"You guys just treat my words as shit, don't you?"

"Liu Laoqi from Liujiazhuang is such an honest man, but he can't control his stick just because he sees someone's daughter is pretty?"

"Someone, castrate this son of a bitch and throw him into the Wuding River to feed the fish!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several rebels rushed up, held down one of the tied men, and cut off his heirloom without saying a word.

However, amid the man's screams, a volunteer soldier bowed to Li Zicheng and asked.

"Master, should we feed the fish the stick or the person as well?"

Li Zicheng glared at him and said, "Nonsense, I'm sure they'll feed the people as well!"

"Do you really think I want to keep a eunuch by my side? Isn't that slutty?!"

The man who was scolded shrank his neck, and then he and another person lifted the man who had been cut and walked out of the city.

Li Zicheng spat on the ground and looked at everyone else.

These people all had some evil deeds. Some of them took advantage of the fact that Mizhi had just been conquered and the situation had not yet been stabilized to rob the property of innocent people. Some of them raped other people's wives and daughters. Some of them even turned against each other for money. In short, they were all damned bastards.

Zhu Youxiao actually anticipated such a situation, but there was nothing he could do!

If you want to quickly stabilize the mess in the Ming Dynasty, you have to fight violence with violence!

The people in Shanxi and Shaanxi no longer see hope. Even if Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang and others are killed, there will definitely be Wang Zicheng, Liu Yingxiang and others who will jump out to rebel.

Those people will not care about the lives of ordinary people when they rebel!

According to official history, no less than tens of millions of people died in the peasant army and natural disasters in the late Ming Dynasty!

This is the overall situation and no one can stop it.

No matter how much money the court gives in disaster relief, it will never fill this bottomless pit. It will only make corrupt officials and evil gentry richer!

Only by clearing up the past can the Ming Dynasty, which is shrouded in dark clouds, see light again!

Li Zicheng didn't understand these things, but he knew what Zhu Youxiao wanted!

Therefore, what he is doing now is to rectify military discipline!

This is also the main reason why he did not continue to plunder other counties after taking Mizhi!

At this moment, several fast horses appeared from a distance, and the onlookers hurriedly dodged when they saw it.

The horses stopped at the county government office. The men on horseback glanced at everyone present and shouted loudly.

"Who is Li Zicheng? Come out and speak!"

Before Li Zicheng could speak, Gao Yigong came out from behind him and cursed at the man opposite him.

"How dare you! Who the hell are you?"

The man on horseback's face turned cold when he heard this, and he drew out the long sword from his waist with a swish.

Seeing the shape of the knife, Li Zicheng frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something. He stretched out his hand to stop Gao Yigong and walked towards the person who came.

"Are you guys from the north?"

"That's right!"

After this question and answer, Li Zicheng pointed to the county government office and said.

"Please come inside and talk!"

The man sheathed his sword, dismounted and followed Li Zicheng into the county government office. When he passed by Gao Yigong, he glared at him fiercely.

Gao Yigong was frightened by his look and shuddered. Ashamed to lose face in front of everyone, he pointed at the man's back and shouted.

"What do you want!"

The man stopped immediately upon hearing that, turned around, took a quick step back, then raised his leg and kicked Gao Yigong.

He was so fast that before Gao Yigong could react, he was kicked several meters away.