Zhang Ergou lowered his head and had to prepare to sneak away.

"Catch him!" Han Lin shouted. The two guards quickly stepped forward and set up Zhang Ergou like a chicken.

"Let go of me, can't I go?" Zhang Ergou kept struggling, but he couldn't break free at all.

"Let's go? I've already given you a chance, and now I want to go like this, dreaming! Han Lin stood up and said loudly, "I, Han Lin, sent these things to you for everyone's sake, but I am not wronged, whether you have suffered losses or not, not only do you know it in your own hearts, but I also know it well." There are no rules, and for people like Zhang Ergou, you have to teach him a hard lesson in order to make him know how to be in awe. Beat him twenty sticks! ”

Soon, two guards pressed Zhang Ergou on a bench, and a guard with a military stick came out from behind and hit Zhang Ergou's ass hard.

"Smack!"

"Ahh

Zhang Ergou's screams and the sound of hitting came out almost at the same time, and the crowd of onlookers was not only not afraid, but clapped their hands and said: "Good fight!" ”

"That's how it should be, I'm constantly harassed by these hooligans."

These guards who followed Han Lin could figure out what Han Lin meant, so they beat Zhang Ergou to the point of pain and screamed very miserably, but they would not cripple him. After the twenty beatings, Zhang Ergou had palpitations and limped away under the disdainful gaze of everyone.

When the episode ended, Han Lin sat down and continued to do things.

At this time, in the courtyard of Zhao Ning of the Han Mansion, Zhao Yu has been staying with his niece since last night.

"Auntie, what happened last night?" Zhao Ning's heart was full of doubts.

"Actually, I don't know, I just know that there is a big event, what their father and son are doing, and they won't report it to me, a woman," Zhao Yu thought for a while and continued, "By the way, your uncle seems to have said something, God, it's going to change." ”

"God, it's going to change..."Zhao Ning muttered to herself, her brain blank.

"Didn't Han Lin's stinky boy reveal anything to you?" Seeing that Zhao Ning didn't react, Zhao Yu couldn't help but raise his voice, "Ning'er? ”

"Huh? Ao..."Zhao Ning shook his head, "How often does he come back, aunt, you don't know, and the one who came back is the one next door." ”

Living next door is Liu Ru is master and servant, Zhao Yu naturally knows, and said with some hatred when he heard the words: "You, why don't you take the initiative, you know that my aunt still wants you to be my daughter-in-law..."

"Okay Auntie, let's not talk about this." Zhao Ning was very confused, although she had rarely gotten along with Han Lin in the past three years, whether it was the people of the Han Mansion or the information transmitted by the Zhao family, she had become extremely interested in Han Lin. However, Han Lin has always been "respectful and away" from her, Zhao Ning is a big lady anyway, and the education she has received since childhood makes it impossible for her to pull down her face, so she can only bury everything in her heart.

It was night, Liu Ru is room, and Han Lin was working hard in front of a desk, writing hard.

"Han Lang, don't be tired." Liu Ru said with concern and handed over a bowl of tonic soup.

"Alas," Han Lin drank it all, "the world is unpredictable, Li Zicheng is already approaching Beijing, the capital must not be able to hold it, I have to be prepared." ”

Liu Ru picked up the page that had just been written, Liu Ru frowned slightly, and looked at it for a while before he spoke: "Han Lang, what did you write this, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Public Security, etc., and the six ministries of the imperial court..."

"Look at what, look!" Liu Ru said angrily, reached out and grabbed Han Lin's waist and twisted it.

"Pain, pain, pain..."Han Lin deliberately made a sound like killing a pig, which made Liu Ru laugh and let go of his hand.

"Don't make a fuss," Han Lin Zhengse said, "You guessed right, these are the things I conceived to replace the six ministries and other imperial court departments." Now that the influential members of the imperial court in Guangdong are locked up in the cages of the vegetable market, and all departments are under my control, the resistance to the implementation of the change is almost negligible. ”

"Do you want to ~ set up another imperial court?" Liu Ru spoke with a trill.

"You can't say that," Han Lin said with a smile, "If the current saint dies, whoever has the big fist will be orthodox!" ”

"Are you talking about, King Guiduan? But the saint..."Liu Ru was puzzled.

"Nine times out of ten." Having said that, there was a hint of melancholy in Han Lin's eyes: if Emperor Chongzhen did not commit suicide in history, but escaped, there would be too many variables.

Two days later, Han Lin, who had already slept in the barracks, received an urgent secret letter and immediately summoned all the regimental and above and directly subordinate battalion generals of the Ziqiang Army who could arrive.

Han Lin, commander of the army and commander of the 1st Division, Qian Jiang, commander of the 1st Brigade under his jurisdiction, Han Duan, deputy commander of the 2nd Division, Kuang Lu, commander of the 4th Brigade under his jurisdiction, Yilong, commander of the Guards Regiment, Wang Fuzhi, commander of the Propaganda Battalion, Feng Li, commander of the 1st Intelligence Battalion, and commander of the artillery battalion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to bring you here late at night," Han Lin paused and said bluntly, "The Holy Master has died!" ”

"What!" Han Duan, Wang Fuzhi, Kuang Lu and other people who were deeply "poisoned" by feudal education in their early years couldn't help but burst into tears and grief, although the shackles imposed by the imperial power on them had been basically opened, but as courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, they silently knelt down to the north.

Han Lin had no choice but to kneel down, whoever let his father kneel in front of him, he couldn't let him kneel himself. Han Lin knelt down, and the generals present did the same.

Half an hour later, Han Duan got up first, and Han Lin and the others got up later.

Han Lin continued: "The specific situation is that Li Zicheng sent Du Xun, a eunuch who surrendered in Changping, into the city to negotiate secretly with the first emperor. Li Zicheng relied on the strength of the army and the horse, and proposed to cut the northwest area to him as the king's fief, and the court rewarded the Dashun army with millions of silver, so he retreated to Henan, and after receiving the title, he was willing to curb the group of Kou in the court, especially to help suppress the Liao domain with strong soldiers. Eventually, however, negotiations between the two sides broke down.

Soon, the military department of Shangshu Zhang Xuanyan took the initiative to open the Zhengyang Gate, to welcome the army led by Liu Zongmin, at noon, Li Zicheng was guided by the eunuch Wang Dehua, into the inner hall. The first emperor took the eunuch Wang Chengen to the coal mountain to lookout, and then returned to the Qianqing Palace, the ministers had all fled, and finally went to Jingshan to hang themselves. ”

"Tell me what you're going to do." Han Duan spoke.

"The Guards Regiment and the 1st Brigade were all stationed in Guangzhou City, and the 4th Brigade blocked all the vicinity of Guangzhou City to strictly check the passing personnel, and the 1st Intelligence Battalion mobilized half of the manpower to not let go of any trouble. The country cannot be left without a monarch for a day, and a regiment of the propaganda battalion and a brigade is responsible for arranging and preparing for the funeral and the new emperor's accession to the throne!

As for the supplies, they have been prepared for a long time, you all know it. At the end of the day, the funeral ceremony of King Guiduan will begin, and the enthronement ceremony will be held at three o'clock in the afternoon, and all the officials in Guangzhou City will have to be present. By the way, when the time came, Yuan Yang and others were executed first. Han Lin looked around at everyone, "Do you understand?" ”

"Understood!" The generals are full of complicated feelings, and the most important thing is that they will create a new history.

More than 10,000 people moved in an orderly manner, each first tying a white cloth to his head and left arm, and a mourning hall covering an extremely large area was erected about a mile outside the city, and inside were placed coffins and other items made of the finest golden silk nanmu.

According to the designed route, all the trees and houses along the way were hung with white cloths, and martial law was to be imposed at that time.

Han Lin personally led people to the Guiduan Palace, bringing the mourning clothes and dragon robes prepared for Zhu Changying.

In the Guiduan Palace, Zhu Changying, who was called up in the middle of the night, had nowhere to vent his anger, but when he saw Han Lin and his party, he couldn't help but be a little confused: "Commander Han, what ......are you doing?" ”

Han Lin knelt down on one knee and presented two sets of costumes with both hands: "Lord, Your Majesty has died!" However, the country cannot be without a king for a day, please ascend the throne and become the emperor for the sake of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Changying's eyes lost his mind when he heard this, and he retreated "oh, oh, oh", and was supported by the eunuch Yang Shouchun next to him so that he would not be full of ugliness.

Seeing this, Han Lin looked at Yang Shouchun: "Father-in-law Yang, be sure to let the prince prepare before the time." ”

"Good!" Yang Shouchun looked worried about Zhu Changying on the surface, but in fact, he smiled in his heart: Our family will also be the person next to the emperor. He stepped forward to take the mourning clothes and dragon robe, and then helped Zhu Changying to enter and prepare to go.

Soon, the entire palace moved, Zhu Youyan, the king of Anren County, Zhu Youlang, the king of Yongming County, Zhu Changying's close relatives such as Anhua and Guangde County Lords all changed into mourning clothes, and everything else was simple.

At the end of the day, Zhu Changying left the palace on time, hundreds of people followed the front and back, and a group of monks and Taoists were also pulled by Han Lin to make up the numbers and play funeral music.

The people along the way were already alarmed, but they didn't know what was going on, and gradually the entire city of Guangzhou woke up in advance.

When Zhu Changying symbolically went out of the city to mourn "Emperor Chongzhen", Chongzhen died, King Guiduan will ascend the throne and claim the emperor, during which the news of the execution of Yuan Yang and others spread to all corners, and all the people who were considered officials in the city were gathered at the execution ground by Han Lin, and Yuan Yang and others were also transported over.

Zhu Changying, accompanied by Han Lin and others, mourned outside the city to show that the first emperor handed over the country to Zhu Changying, and then came to the execution ground.

Yuan Yang and Zhou Hong were already on the execution platform, and behind them stood a fierce executioner, and the machete in his arms was "experienced by a hundred heads", which made people tremble.

The execution ground was surrounded by people who came to see the execution, and many of them came early without eating, just to see these dog officials go to hell.

When Han Lin and the others walked to the main seat next to the execution platform, the people shouted Han Lin "Lord Han" and other titles from afar. Zhu Changying, who was at the forefront, was expressionless throughout the whole process, and sat in the middle under the guidance of Han Lin.

After sitting down, Han Lin walked to the front and delivered a "speech" that had been brewing for a long time: "I know that the villagers have had a hard time over the years, but Han Lin is not talented, and he has also done a lot of things for everyone. You have never seen what kind of tragedy is outside Guangdong, disasters one after another, endless, drought, floods, locust plagues, earthquakes have not stopped, one place has just ended, another place has begun again, the imperial court has been exhausted, at the beginning it was able to actively provide disaster relief, in the end, simply throw it away, hundreds of people are living in dire straits, dying and struggling.

When a severe drought occurred in Yan'an Prefecture in northwestern Shaanxi, not a drop of rain fell for almost a year, and the grass and trees were scorched by the scorching sun, and the people did not harvest. In August and September of that year, the hungry people of Yan'an ran into the mountains in groups, picking fluffy grass to eat, which was not easy to digest and had a feeling of fullness, and the hungry people could survive for several days.

Beginning in October, the dry grass was eaten by the roots of the hungry people, who began to peel the bark of the elm tree and eat it, and the elm bark was extremely bitter. At the end of the year, any leaves, bark, grass roots, and even dry straw were eaten by the hungry people, if they didn't want to be starved to death, they could only eat "soil", a kind of fine soil called Guanyin soil, which was more delicate than ordinary soil, and the hungry people ate the soil in order to survive, and the hungry people ate Guanyin soil, which could not be excreted at all, and was suffocated to death. At that time, adults could not survive, and babies in swaddling clothes were either eaten by others or thrown into dung pits outside the city. What a tragic word! ”