Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Dynasty has become the backbone of the entire empire since then.

From the moment Zhu Youzhen appeared, everyone's restless hearts calmed down at this moment, and Gao Hongtu, the first assistant to the cabinet, couldn't help but rub his eyes.

Even Zhu Cijiong, the king of Hui, and Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, were relieved at this time, although they still had a little regret in their hearts, but they knew that the world had finally returned to its original appearance, and they were still the princes of the Ming Dynasty.

For them, the rebels besieged the city for several days, and they were the prisoners trapped here, business and entertainment activities were banned, it was the Spring Festival, but they could not go out of the city to worship their ancestors, domestic garbage could not be transported out of the city, prices began to rise, and they even had to face the doom of being looted by the rebels for three days.

But now that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen has returned, as soon as Zhu Youzhen comes back, it means that Nanjing City will be rainy, the entire Jiangnan will also be rainy, Bingge will stop in Jinling, and the long-lost hustle and bustle of the market will reappear in the ancient capital, and people's lives will return to the previous tranquility.

From this moment on, no one expected that the return of the emperor would have such a great significance to them, and everyone was sincerely shouting long live.

Zhu Youzhen rode a war horse into the city of Nanjing, the blue brick Zhumen, the spring snow was like a fairy that gave birth to vitality on the top of his head, and the military and civilian officials who were crawling inside and outside the city wall, and the sound of horses' hooves seemed to be the most beautiful triumphant song to reveal the ambition and pride that he wanted to say most in his heart at this time.

The rebels who were still outside the city tower were at a loss at the moment, they did not know what was waiting for them, and the civil officials and gentry who had been thieves had become clumsy at this moment.

Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, was helped up by Zhang Bingzhen, and now he is only muttering: "He shouldn't kill this king, he shouldn't kill this king, no matter what this king says, it's his imperial uncle, he won't, he won't." ”

"Your Highness, calm down now, we are defeated, we are defeated!"

Zhang Bingzhen shouted and cried, looking at the appearance of Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, who was out of shape, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"You go away! It's you who are defeated, it's you who are defeated, it has nothing to do with Lone, it has nothing to do with Lone, it's you, it's you who instigated Lonely, it's Lone who instigates, if it's not you, how can Lone be, how can Lone create his own Zhu family's rebellion, Lone hates you! ”

Luwang Zhu Changshu pushed Zhang Bingzhen away, he now instinctively just wants to shirk his responsibility, instinctively thinking that as long as he shirks the responsibility to Zhang Bingzhen and other civil officials.

Zhang Bingzhen wanted to cry without tears, and suddenly couldn't help but yell again: "Enough, Your Highness!" The matter has come to this point, do you say that these are useful, he Zhu Youzhen increased the commercial tax, has no mercy for the gentry, and violates the legacy of the ancestors, these are all said by yourself, since we have embarked on this road, we must be prepared to die and be disgraced, and the minister will go first! ”

Zhang Bingzhen said and stabbed a dagger hidden in his sleeve into his throat.

Syllable!

A wisp of white smoke came out of the gun in Zhang Tongchang's hand, the commander of the Guards: "Your Majesty has a decree, the rebels and thieves immediately lay down their weapons, and the General Military Justice Department of the Generalissimo's Office and the official will be taken into custody in a unified manner, and if anyone dares to resist, they will be killed!" Officials who are rebellious, no matter how big or small, are not allowed to hang themselves, and they will be taken into the edict prison and interrogated by Dongchang! ”

"Kill! Kill His Royal Highness King Lu", Guo Yong didn't know why his brain suddenly twitched, maybe it was at this time that he realized that he should turn back, and he was about to kill his family with him, but he was broken by Zhang Tongchang's shot, and he knelt on the ground and couldn't stand up: "Didn't you hear Your Majesty's will!" ”

"No, this king will not go to the edict, this king doesn't want to die yet, Your Majesty spares his life!"

Luwang Zhu Changshu suddenly pushed away the crowd like crazy and was about to run in the direction of Zhengyangmen, and at this time, the guards and officers of Zhengyangmen all raised their flintlock pistols, and the knife pointed directly at Luwang Zhu Changshu, and Luwang Zhu Changshu knelt down: "Spare your life, spare your life!" ”

Most of the rebels began to line up one after another, and put their weapons in the designated place according to Zhang Tongchang's orders, and then one by one they followed the gendarmes of the Military Justice Department of the Generalissimo's Office into the prison of the Generalissimo's Office to dispose of officers.

At this moment, the officials of the thief were also escorted away one after another by the people of Dongchang, Guo Yong was smirking all the way, while Zhang Bingzhen was silent, and a squire who was a thief directly pretended to be crazy and stupid, and he wanted to untie his belt and urinate in public.

Needless to say, after the stability of Nanjing, the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army immediately rushed to Taizhou with the assistance of the navy, and King Fu also surrendered without a fight, and Tang Shiji, the left capital of the thief, was also captured alive and escorted to Nanjing together.

In short, the farce set off by King Lu and King Fu ended quickly, and the lost territories occupied by the rebels in various parts of Jiangnan were also recovered one after another, and some of the gentry who took advantage of this to make a big fuss about the county government and the tax bureau naturally could not escape their doom, after all, the grassroots officials in Jiangnan are all demobilized personnel of the Guards, and when the Guards regained these cities, they naturally spared no effort to avenge the sacrifices of their predecessors who died to protect the interests of the imperial court.

All the gentry who participated in the persecution and murder of basic officials and county officials were raided, the direct participants were executed, and the non-direct participants were escorted to Nanjing to await trial.

The new policies abolished by King Lu Zhu Changshu were all restored, the Ningbo Bo Tiju Division was reopened, and the local squires who participated in the burning of the Ningbo Bo Tiju Division were also executed.

Jiangnan continues to return to the way it used to be, but because of this farce or caused the entire economic market in Jiangnan to suffer certain losses, in a short period of time, the market did not return to its former vitality, the central bank of the Ming Dynasty increased the bank withdrawal business, the loan business declined, these show that the economic vitality has been affected.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen can also take this opportunity to purge a group of reactionaries, and can start to reform the vassal system, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Now Zhu Youzhen is in a trance and has returned to the beginning, everything is in ruins, everything needs to start anew, the country in front of him is maintained by him, the empire in front of him is transformed by him, and at this moment, after a crisis from inside and outside, the empire he created still exists.

Zhu Youzhen was in a much happier mood, he knew that all this was no longer just one person's efforts, there was the support of the Guards, the support of most of the subjects in Jiangnan, and the insistence of the Empress Zhou.

"Queen, thank you for your hard work."

Zhu Youzhen had already learned about the performance of the Empress Zhou in Nanjing City from the news transmitted by the East Factory, so at this time, he had more respect and gratitude for the mature woman in front of him, and he couldn't help but hold the Queen Zhou's soft hand.

(End of chapter)