Chapter Forty-Three: Moli's Ambition
Mo Li didn't give them a chance not to do it, joking, if you are allowed to leave the Black Cloud Village, what if you bring officers and soldiers to exterminate the cottage again. And Mo Li is also confident that there is a way to turn this rabble into elite soldiers who obey orders and obey commands, as long as he is given time.
Of course, in addition to being strict in law and discipline, if you want others to work for you, the benefits are naturally indispensable, coercion and temptation, in fact, the benefits can be more moving, Mo Li said loudly: "You don't have to worry, as long as you don't do anything hurtful, Lord Ben will not be guilty of the past." In addition, as long as you are loyal to your wife and son in the future, and obey the orders of your lordship, I promise you that you will all have a full meal in the future, and you will never go hungry, and you will have meat to eat every day! ”
The thieves suddenly exploded and began to discuss. In these years, they can eat enough food every day, and they have meat to eat every day, which is a luxury that ordinary people dare not imagine! You must know that although these thieves have gone up the mountain, they can only have meat to eat a few times a year, Huang Zhenlong and they have a lot of fish and meat every day, but don't think about these little minions below.
Mo Li looked at the expressions and reactions of the bandits, and knew that they were moved, and decided to take the opportunity to add another fire, so he said loudly: "Everyone be quiet!" Be quiet! ”
After the bandits had all calmed down, Mo Li continued: "That's right, Lord Ben promises that as long as you absolutely obey orders, I will not only feed you, but also feed you meat!" The only condition is that you must be faithful! Be obedient! As long as I say that you can do it, this lord will ask each of you for a wife in the future! Let you live in harmony with Meimei! ”
The thieves' eyes widened, and there was no one in the audience. Marrying a daughter-in-law is a hot kang head, how many people's dream is this? But most of them have never tasted what it is like to be a woman, this temptation is not small, Huang Zhenlong has never said such a thing before, he himself hugs left and right every day, singing every night. In such a comparison, this Mo Li is much closer and cuter than the previous boss!
I don't know who was the first to shout: "Fuck! Just give us a daughter-in-law here, and Lao Tzu will sell this life to you! ”
"Yes, yes, yes! Not to mention, you can still eat enough food, and there is meat to eat! I'm with Master Mo too! ”
"We're all with Lord Mo!"
"That's right! Done! ”
The thieves expressed their willingness to follow Mo Li, who told Mo Li to draw a better tomorrow for them.
As for Huang Zhenlong, Tao Dahu, Ma Kun and others, Mo Li discussed with Ruan Shi and others and decided to lock them up first before making plans.
In a short time, the sky was already slightly bright. Guan Feng, Du Geng and others led the brothers to control the four parts of the cottage and inspected some important things such as grain reserves.
After some counting, it was found that a total of 127 thieves were captured, plus Huang Zhenlong and them, it was exactly 130 people, and there were also 13 women who were captured by Huang Zhenlong and others, including Liu Crimson, who was the latest to go up the mountain.
These people have come up the mountain for a while, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they are all people whose families are broken and displaced, if they are allowed to go down the mountain, their families will either die of famine, or die of rogue sword soldiers, basically they are poor people with no relatives, and they are afraid that they will not survive in such a world. So after discussing with Ruan Shi and the others, Mo Li decided to let them stay and do some things like boiling water and cooking.
Mo Li and Guan Feng brought eighty-seven people, and after several battles, there were only forty-eight people left, plus thirty-one people under Cheng Qingzhu, a total of seventy-nine people. In order to prevent accidents, Mo Li decided to collect the weapons of the bandits first, brainwash them first, and then see their performance before deciding whether to officially incorporate them into the army.
In addition, more than 500 taels of gold, more than 300,000 taels of silver, and a lot of other jewelry and other items were also found. There is also a batch of grain, which is about enough for two hundred people to feed for three months.
After a busy night's work, Mo Li asked people to cook breakfast, and discussed future plans with Ruan and them while eating.
Mo Li didn't have any clear plans before, and he was completely unprepared for this unexpected journey. He was wounded as soon as he crossed through, was captured by the Tartars, and was captured as a deserter after finally escaping.
finally repelled the siege of the Qing army by virtue of his advantage from the later generations, and then was entrusted by Zu Dashou and He Kegang to protect Yuan Chonghuan's family, who knew that as soon as he saw Ruan and Yuan Chengzhi, he encountered killers one after another to murder the Yuan family, and was seriously injured.
Now that I have finally found a place to stay and eat with peace of mind, I began to think about my future plans.
"Madam," Mo Li said while nibbling on steamed buns: "It's not that I'm ambitious, I think this court is getting darker and darker, the officials above only know how to exploit the people, and they don't care about the lives of the people at all. We are now being hunted down by traitors from the DPRK and China, and if we want to survive, we can only protect ourselves by raising the banner of rebellion and strengthening ourselves. ”
Although Moli has a very scummy knowledge of history, he also knows that it didn't take long for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to break through the pass and go south, and the iron cavalry ravaged the entire land of China, leaving the land full of blood. In this process, the uprisings of hungry people in various places such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Chuang, shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule, and undoubtedly helped the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Originally, Li Zicheng had already entered the Forbidden City, forcing Chongzhen to hang himself in the coal mountain, but unfortunately Li Zicheng was vulgar and unambitious, only knew how to blindly attack the city, burn and loot, but did not know how to govern a country at all, and the fatal thing was that he did not know how to know that people were good at making good use of it, and he had no restraint on his subordinates.
As a result, his subordinate Liu Zongmin insulted Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan, which caused Wu Sangui to turn to the Manchu Qing in anger, leading the Manchu iron cavalry to kill Li Zicheng and flee in embarrassment, and finally died on the way to escape.
Mo thought that the Chongzhen court was full of black smoke and miasma, and the Ming Dynasty was stormy and precarious, and he could not reverse the situation of this edifice with his own ability, but he could use some of his advantages in later generations to develop production, improve weapons, and strengthen his own strength.
If you can plan well, you may not be able to defeat the Manchu invasion.
In fact, Mo Li is not clear, it is only three years of Chongzhen, although the Ming Dynasty has many drawbacks and the country is full of holes, but it has not yet reached the point of incorrigibility.
Of course, with Chongzhen's stubbornness and suspicion reaching the late stage, not to mention that Moli is just a small general, he is a feudal official or an important minister of the imperial court, and he has no ability to turn the tide and help the building to fall. Yuan Chonghuan is a living example.
What's more, under the decadent political system at the end of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how good or talented anyone is, as long as the ruling class does not realize the truth that water can carry a boat and can overturn a boat, he will not be able to avoid the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
Ruan Shi groaned and said: "Brother Mo, although the former husband was killed by traitors in the court, but after all, we are the people of the Ming Dynasty, if we rise up to rebel, is it a bit too much?" In the future, I am afraid that the deceased husband will inevitably be said to be an unfaithful and unfilial person! There were a lot of people just now, and the concubine was not easy to speak, so it would be better for Brother Mo to think carefully! ”
Mo Li and the others were eating breakfast in a small cabin at the entrance of the cave, and there were cronies and brothers guarding nearby, so they were not afraid of being heard.
There were only eight people in the house: Mo Li, Ruan Shi, Yuan Chengzhi, Liang Peijun, Guan Feng, Du Geng, Lin Guo and Cheng Qingzhu, and Wei Hong and others went out to inspect the cottage.
Hearing Ruan's words, Du Geng also said: "Yes, Brother Mo, although we are now being hunted down by the imperial court, but after all, it was done by traitors, as long as time passes, the world will always know that the superintendent is wronged, but if we pull up the anti-flag, it will be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty!" ”
Mo Li said: "Madam, son, brothers, the superintendent has done his best to defend the Ming Dynasty all his life, but in the end he ended up like this, why is this?" It's because the court is not clear, and the emperor has no way! Even if we don't rebel, the poor people of the world will rise up and rebel! We might as well take advantage of the situation, raise the banner of rebellion, accumulate strength, and then we will go into the city of Beijing, clear out the traitors in the DPRK and China, and then drive the Tartars back to the deep mountains and old forests where the slaves are dry! ”
"However, the traitors in the DPRK and China are intertwined, and their power is not trivial, I am afraid that even the emperor will not be able to move them lightly! So what's the matter? Du Geng said, how can it be so easy to govern the Qing Dynasty?
"Then we have to let the emperor take the throne, and then we will nominate the prince to be the emperor!" Mo Li said very simply.
"What?!" Ruan Shi was taken aback and hurriedly said, "How can this be? Brother Mo, this is no joke! This is a great sin to destroy the nine clans! ”
"Madam, I'm not kidding, this country doesn't necessarily have the surname Zhu from the beginning! The world is the world of the people of the world, only the virtuous live there, if Chongzhen has no virtue and no way, then please ask him to come down! Mo Li said unashamedly and firmly.