Near the Dongcheng, near the entrance of a large vegetable market on Dongmen Street, just after the time, the soldiers were busy building a simple high platform, the prefect Wu Shijiao sat in the middle, the independent judge Huang Shu accompanied by the right side, and all the executioners in Kaifeng City were concentrated in front of the high platform.

The government has already posted a notice that at noon today, Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, and other members of the clan will be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market, and the people can wait and see, but they cannot affect the actions of the government.

The members of the royal palace are extremely evil, occupying most of the cultivated land and shops in Kaifeng, causing the people to be poor and weak.

The people like to watch the excitement on weekdays, but there are not many people who come to the vegetable market today, they are sparse, and there are fewer soldiers on guard around them.

These people are not watching the excitement, but venting their anger, the palace is their bitter master, there has always been nowhere to redress grievances, today the Heavenly Mandate Army beheaded all the clans, they naturally gambled as fast, but it was a pity, they couldn't take revenge with their own hands......

Now Kaifeng City, the top priority is food, I heard that the distribution of relief food is doubled today, the people came to their respective disaster relief points early to wait in line, lest they miss the relief food.

Since Wu Shijiao was reappointed as the prefect of Kaifeng, the population in the city has been re-registered, and the people must go to the designated disaster relief point to be supervised by familiar officials to wait for the relief food, and leave this relief point, and the other relief points will not distribute relief food.

Li Zicheng wants to go out for a walk, whether the situation in the city has stabilized as reported by Wu Shijiao, he has to see with his own eyes to rest assured, Wu Shijiao is a court official who has surrendered after all, and he will be somewhat contaminated with the habits of the imperial court, reporting good news and not bad news.

Just after the micro-service came out of the governor's yamen, Gao Mingheng came up to him and bowed, "Governor!" ”

Li Zicheng returned the salute and said, "Is there something wrong with Lord Gao?" ”

"This ......" Gao Mingheng saw that Li Zicheng was wearing a blue-gray robe of an ordinary merchant, and he was probably going out to run errands, but he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Lord Gao, please come here!" Li Zicheng invited Gao Mingheng into a private hall of the Central Government and sat down, and asked He Xiaomi to serve tea, "What does Lord Gao have to say, can you say it now?" ”

"This ...... subordinates ......" Gao Mingheng was incoherent, and he didn't know what to say for a while, Li Zicheng was so solemn, that was to value his own opinion......

"If the oil lamp is not turned on, the reason is not clear!" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "There are only you and me here, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly, the governor of Pontus is not a person with a small belly, or he does not adopt the opinions of the tall man, and he will also measure the good intentions of the tall man!" ”

"In this way, the subordinates will be bold!" Gao Mingheng bowed his hand and said, "Governor, the affairs of the palace...... Can you show mercy...... Or take it a step later, once you kill them, things can't turn around......"

Li Zicheng laughed, "Lord Gao is worried that the Heavenly Mandate Army killed King Zhou and them, and he can't turn back?" ”

"Since the subordinates have joined the Mandate of Heaven Army, they have cut off their own back road," Gao Mingheng's face was angry, and he said: "The subordinates are considering the Metropolitan Governor, in Kaifeng City, there are no less than 2,000 members of the royal family, if all of them are beheaded, if they are used by people with intentions, wouldn't it be said that the Mandate of Heaven Army is addicted to killing?" Didn't the Metropolitan Governor raise his banner......"

Li Zicheng said coldly: "Yes, I am playing the banner of 'killing one person like killing my father, and lewd one person like adulterous my mother', however, Lord Gao should understand that our banner is aimed at ordinary people, and those who should be killed, the Mandate of Heaven Army will never be soft," paused, and said: "For example, besieging Kaifeng City, is it possible that the defenders at the head of the city, we don't kill him, but let them kill me?" The Mandate of Heaven Army is an army, not a Buddha! ”

“……”

"What Lord Gao is worried about is the reputation of the Heavenly Mandate Army?" Li Zicheng turned his face and said with a light smile: "However, tens of thousands of Heavenly Mandate troops entered the city and harassed the people in the city?" When the members of the royal palace were beheaded, did anyone oppose it? Even the soldiers know who should be killed and who should not be touched! ”

"Grand Governor, subordinate ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and stopped Gao Mingheng's explanation, "Lord Gao's thoughts, from the standpoint of Confucianism, are actually not very wrong, but they just have compassion for the palace, but does Lord Gao know how much grain is stored in each palace?" During the siege of Kaifeng, the city was full of hunger, and the people fed on medicinal herbs, which was the Mandate of Heaven army that was hostile to Kaifeng at that time, and also took in fifty or sixty thousand old and weak women and children, but the royal palace, in the face of the people who fed them, what did they do? ”

"The Governor of the Metropolis ......" Gao Mingheng wanted to intercede for the palace, but the words of intercession could no longer be said.

Li Zicheng knew that Gao Mingheng was a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, even if he didn't agree with it in his heart, he wouldn't accuse it in his mouth, so he sighed faintly:

"In Kaifeng City, more than seventy percent of the shops belong to the palace, outside Kaifeng City, ninety percent of the cultivated land belongs to the palace, money and grain are concentrated in the palace, how can the people live? Gao Daren knew in his heart that the drought in Henan, in fact, the drought was not serious, but the people did not have much surplus grain and money in their hands, and the government not only did not provide disaster relief and reduce taxes, but kept urging them to practice and cut salaries, causing the people to rise up, but the government pushed the matter to the drought, and it seemed that all the blame was due to the drought. ”

"Governor, there is something wrong with his subordinates......"

"This is the matter of the entire Henan Province, although Lord Gao was patrolling at that time, it was difficult to shake the overall situation," Li Zicheng shook his head lightly, and said: "Forget it, don't talk about this drought, let's talk about the affairs of the palace, do you know how much grain I have seized in the palace?" ”

"Grain?" Gao Mingheng knew that if there was still a place in Kaifeng City where there was food, it would be the palace, so many palaces in Kaifeng City, there must be a lot of food, only the people were starving to death, how could anyone in the palace be hungry?

The various palaces have donated money and grain to the soldiers at the head of the city many times, but the money and grain they took out are definitely not all, however, Kaifeng City has been besieged for several months, and almost all the wheat that has just ripen outside the city has been harvested by the Heavenly Mandate Army, so the palace will not have too much grain in stock, right?

"I'm afraid Lord Gao can't believe it, two million and two hundred thousand stones," Li Zicheng said angrily: "Based on the calculation that every person in the palace has five wives and concubines, children and ten slaves and guards, these grains are enough for them to eat for fifteen years, if they save a little, it will be no problem to eat for twenty years, right?" ”

"Two million two thousand stones?" Gao Mingheng gasped and sighed: "Since my subordinates came to Kaifeng City to serve as the governor, the grain in the Kaifeng Mansion Treasury has never exceeded 300,000 stones, and the taxes still have to be paid......"

"Lord Gao now understands that the palace is the biggest tumor in the Ming Dynasty," Li Zicheng said: "In terms of Kaifeng City, a Zhou Palace, but in two hundred years, more than 2,000 Dingkou have been reproduced...... I am not hateful to the rich, nor am I against the existence of merchants, but I admire them if they make money on their own. ”

“……”

"These palaces shouldn't exist in the first place, don't blame me for being ruthless," Li Zicheng said awe-inspiringly: "When the dynasty changes, there are always people to sacrifice, if you want to protect all the vested interests, will the dynasty be replaced?" ”

Gao Mingheng heard the word "dynasty change" from Li Zicheng's mouth for the first time, although he knew that Li Zicheng's ambition was not small, but when he heard such words, he was still surprised in his heart.

He raised his head, glanced at Li Zicheng, and said lightly: "Governor Dadu, his subordinates are ...... brave."

"Lord Gao doesn't need to have any worries, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Even if I defend the palace, I will only think that Lord Gao is nostalgic for the old love, and I can't bear it in my heart." ”

"My subordinates originally came to intercede for the people of the palace, but now I feel that I am ...... It's not necessary," Gao Mingheng shook his head, with a wry smile on his face, "My subordinates just want to ask, once the Metropolitan Governor wins the world, will he pardon the title at that time?" ”

"Yes!" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "If the Mandate of Heaven Army can win the world, the heroes of the war years, whether they are alive or not, I will not treat them and their children and grandchildren badly. ”

Gao Mingheng hesitated and said, "That...... Did the Grand Governor ever think that hundreds of years later, the descendants of these lords would ......"

"Lord Gao is worried that the descendants of these lords will be like today's palace in hundreds of years?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "There is a title, but it is not hereditary, it is reduced by one grade per generation, and viscounts and barons are not hereditary!" ”

"It turns out that the governor of the capital has already calculated, and his subordinates admire it!" Gao Mingheng arched his hand, but he still had a trace of worry, "Metropolitan Governor, these lords are all founding heroes, but the titles of their descendants can guarantee up to three generations, and they will not ......"

"Master Gao also has some truth in what he said, who doesn't calculate for the long time for their children and grandchildren? Who doesn't want their children and grandchildren to be rich and prosperous for all generations? Li Zicheng said with a smile: "But throughout the ages, have there been dynasties that have been passed down through the ages?" Is there a family that will last forever? Every time the country is founded, the emperor and important ministers hope to seek eternal wealth for their children and grandchildren, but does the eternal wealth exist? The children and grandchildren lie in the shadow of their fathers and ancestors, lose their enterprising spirit, and only know how to eat, drink and be merry, just like today's clan, once it becomes a cancer in society, sooner or later it will be eradicated! ”

Gao Mingheng arched his hand and said: "My subordinates have been taught!" ”

"No one can keep the descendants of all generations, everything can only rely on the descendants themselves," Li Zicheng said: "If you want to seek wealth for future generations, you have to keep the dynasty...... This is the law of nature, and no one can avoid it! ”

Gao Mingheng was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Metropolitan Governor, this is the secret of the Heavenly Mandate Army......"

"Actually, it's not a secret, in today's situation, even if the Heavenly Mandate Army accepts the appeasement of the imperial court, will Zhu Youzhen let me go?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "If the Heavenly Mandate Army can overthrow the imperial court, it will implement these systems in the future. ”

Gao Mingheng didn't speak, he just kept nodding, and after today's conversation with Li Zicheng, he really realized that the Mandate of Heaven Army is no longer a rogue, if someone can overthrow the imperial court, this force must be the Mandate of Heaven Army!

Li Zicheng sighed leisurely: "If it is not the Mandate of Heaven Army that overthrows the Ming Dynasty and conquers the world, today's judgment can be regarded as a contribution to China, and it is not in vain that we have come to this troubled era." ”

Gao Mingheng pondered for a long time, his eyes suddenly fell on Li Zicheng's face, and suddenly, he only felt that the person sitting opposite was not the leader of the Liukou, but an emperor who exalted the world......

He left his seat and knelt down in front of Li Zicheng, "I have a long talk with the governor of the capital, my subordinates have benefited a lot, and my subordinates are not talented, and I am willing to take over the post of governor of Henan Province......"

"Hurry up, please!" Li Zicheng was overjoyed in his heart, Gao Mingheng was originally interceding for the various palaces in Kaifeng, but he didn't expect that between three words, he was convinced by himself, and finally assumed the post of governor of Henan Province.

Gao Mingheng knocked his head three times before he got up, but he hesitated and said: "Governor Dadu, my subordinates heard that there is a governor of Henan in Luoyang City......"

"Zhang Dingyan's matter, you don't have to worry, I have another appointment," Li Zicheng laughed and said: "Today's Henan, there is already a hundred wastes waiting to be revived, and the people are anxious to be comforted, tonight we will talk about wine and talk about how to govern Henan......"

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