As the events in the south of the Yangtze River came one after another, like a thunderclap, the officials and people of the northern provinces were shocked.

In the majestic mansion of the general army in Taiyuan City, Shanxi, Wang Wannian looked at the official document and kept smacking his lips, and shouted: "Tut! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's temper is really burning! actually killed more than a dozen nobles in one go in front of Emperor Taizu's filial piety, and also cut down so many civil and military officials, scholars and merchants, I just hate that my Lao Wang couldn't come to the scene to observe! ”

After speaking, he picked up a plate of roast chicken sent by the maid and tore it with a big mouthful......

Shaanxi Xi'an Trilateral Governor's Mansion Yamen, Sun Chuanting's first reaction when he heard the changes in Jiangnan was startled, and after a short gaffe, his eyes became sharper and sharper.

After the Battle of Liaodong, Sun Chuanting made up his mind to train the new army in Shaanxi, but he had no money or food in his heart, and he still needed to slowly manage the disaster situation in Shaanxi, which could be described as difficult.

In that year, he was vigorously rectifying the tuntian in Shaanxi, and killed a group of officials and gentry generals who occupied the military tun, but since the year when he led the army to aid the Beijing division and went north to Liaodong, those tuntian were actually occupied by them again.

At the beginning of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, those guards and gentry landlords heard that Sun Chuanting had offended Yang Sichang, the first assistant, and was arrested and imprisoned.

Even if Sun Chuanting came back later, everyone didn't care, there was an old Yang Ge in the court, what could he do with his surname Sun? The gentry continued to evade their taxes, accumulating arrears year after year.

Since Sun Chuanting served as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, he really wanted to copy the gentry again, but he had to stop his actions due to the pressure of the imperial court and the stern warning of the cabinet.

Now Zhu Cihong has made such a big move in Jiangnan, killing countless gentlemen, which once again ignited Sun Chuanting's determination.

He was determined to check the arrears of taxes, learn from the Jiangnan line, and pay the grain to the gentry, after all, the small people are screaming, and this year the natural disasters are becoming more and more prosperous, and the local government is corrupt.

The money and grain allocated by the imperial court were allocated from the governor's palace to the prefectures, and then from the prefectures and counties to the people, and there was no one in ten, and I heard that the civil unrest in Henan was almost uncontrollable, and some people had rebelled one after another, and the situation in Shaanxi was not good.

Sun Chuanting's eyes shot a cold light, and he said to himself: "After a whole year, I want you to return it with interest!" ”

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Liaodong, Shenyang.

The original Shengjing Palace has been transformed into the Jiliao Governor's Palace, Hong Chengchou put down the official document and sighed and said: "What a terrible monarch, what will the future Ming look like?" ”

After speaking, his expression was solemn, and he was silent for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

In Hetuala, three hundred miles away from Shenyang, the thirty-year-old Qing Emperor Dolgon, holding a piece of information in his hand, said coldly: "The more the dog prince does, the better!" ”

Dolgon looked at the Qing princes and ministers who were circling around and said: "The struggle of the Ming court is still continuing, and the madman Hong does not dare to take the initiative to attack us, what we have to do next is to concentrate all our forces to capture Korea and kill Li Liang's slave!" ”

Since Dolgon became the emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty by seizing the throne, he has always been worried about the establishment of the capital, the city of Hetuara is too small and broken, there is no force at all, and Jilin does not have a decent palace.

Shengjing is naturally the best choice, but the current Qing Dynasty is still recovering one after another, and there is no certainty of recapturing Shengjing, maybe it will be self-defeating and let the Ming army seize the fighter plane to launch a large-scale attack, then the gains outweigh the losses.

Dolgon thought for a long time, and finally set his sights on Korea, which not only had a luxurious palace ten times larger than the Shengjing Imperial Palace, but also a large population that could replenish the Eight Banners Army, and if it was not enough, it could also send troops across the sea to grab some Japanese to replenish the Eight Banners......

Among the reactions of all parties to the Jiangnan incident, it is natural that Jingshi's reaction was the most violent.

In recent days, under the rendering of a storyteller, the streets and alleys of Beijing have immediately boiled.

The major teahouses and liquor shops commented on the affairs of Jiangnan, and some northern scholars felt that the prince's methods were too rough and simply appalling.

Someone whispered: "Even if the scholars and merchants are wrong, the crown prince should also convince people with virtue, such a thing is like a rough martial artist, how will he rule the world in the future?" ”

Some people also said: "The crown prince is decisive in killing, has the momentum of the hero, and now the Ming Dynasty has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, the dynasty is sluggish, and the ugliness is rampant, and the most lacking is such a heroic lord with great courage!" ”

Among the nobles in Beijing, there are joys and sorrows, although Zhang Shize and others in the British public line are very jealous of Zhu Cihong's methods, they still secretly admire them in their hearts.

After learning the news, Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, was not good, although the first line of Dingguo Gong and the first line of Wei Guogong rarely interacted with each other over time, but after all, they were both descendants of the ancestor Xu Da, and now they have broken a line, and the Xu family has fallen sharply in the court.

In the Qianqing Palace of the Forbidden City in Beijing, since the intelligence function of Jinyiwei was cut, Emperor Chongzhen's understanding of all parties was often a few beats slower than that of the people in the court, and he could even be said to be the last person in the Manchu Dynasty to know the situation in Jiangnan.

Chongzhen looked at the reports of the Jiangnan Imperial History, and was almost scared to pee, and secretly said that no matter where this rebel goes, he will always make an earth-shattering momentum, and it is more powerful every time!

As early as when he was forced to agree to Zhu Cihong to go to Nanjing to supervise the country, Chongzhen vaguely guessed that Zhu Cihong should be able to control Jiangnan, but it will take at least five years, and in these few years, he can use 50 million taels of silver to build a firearms army under his own control and regain the dominance!

However, Chongzhen really didn't expect that Zhu Cihong would use such drastic means to forcibly hold down the gentry class in Jiangnan, and the rebel son was unscrupulous and bold towards the gentry and merchants, and even made him feel furious in his heart.

Can those inhumane criminal laws be used, or can they be used on scholars, so that he is not afraid of the infamy of future generations?

As an emperor, what he cares most about is his reputation, and if he wants to sit firmly, he can't kill ministers at will, such as Emperor Sejong Jiajing, Hai Jui offended Sejong, but Emperor Sejong never dared to kill Hai Jui, it was easy to kill a Hai Jui, but he lost the hearts of the world, and he had to be recorded in the history books.

After carefully looking at a few notes, Chongzhen's eyes gradually narrowed, the major gentry and noble families in Jiangnan violated the yang and yin of the imperial court, and let themselves be equally exhausted.

Fortunately, when the rebel encounters the appointment and dismissal of officials above the third grade, he will write a "request for instructions", although this kind of "request" is just a greeting, and it can be regarded as giving enough face to his emperor.

In the same way, such a big move by the rebel son must have offended the entire gentry and merchant class in Jiangnan, and how could he gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan?

In Emperor Chongzhen's heart, scholars and merchants are the pillars of the country, who can succeed if they offend these people?

"When the time comes, I will personally drive the southern tour and win the hearts of the people in Jiangnan!"

Chongzhen swore that he had not yet realized how hard Zhu Cihong had hit, how many gentry were killed, and how many classes had benefited.

Almost all the opponents were slaughtered, and the rest had already received the benefits of Zhu Cihong, and they made a fortune in a muffled voice, how could there be any people's hearts for him to rein.

Chongzhen happily approved the list of officials appointed and dismissed by Zhu Cihong, sent them to the Wenyuan Pavilion signing room, and summoned Yang Sichang, the first assistant of the cabinet, Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, and Li Zhiqing, the secretary of the household department.

It is impossible for Chongzhen to find Zhu Cihong's unhappiness because of this matter, so that the rebel son has the idea of ascending the throne on the premise, and what he is most concerned about at this time is the training situation.

As early as the end of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he learned that Zhu Cihong was going north with 80,000 Tianwu troops, and he had already discussed with Yang Sichang about training elite soldiers.

After the war, Yang Sichang put forward his own idea: 50,000 new troops equipped with firearms should be trained in the Beijing Division, and 10,000 new troops would be trained in each of the five provinces of Jiubian, Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan.

If it is trained, plus the Yulinwei, Shenji Battalion, and Shenshu Battalion, which have already been trained almost equally, the new army in Gyeonggi alone will be as high as 80,000 people.

Chongzhen's heart moved, and he was naturally very willing, if he had more than 100,000 strong troops in his hands, why should he be afraid of rebellion? Why are you afraid of slaves and rogues?

After getting Zhu Cihong's 50 million taels of silver, Chongzhen couldn't wait to devote himself to the formation and training of the new army.