Although the people outside are angry.

The situation seems to be on the verge of collapse.

But Zhu Youzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

Suddenly, it was just like facing the Qing army's iron cavalry in the past.

I have purple qi from the southeast.

Why not be afraid of his northwest wind sweeping the sand and dust.

Zhu Youzhen is as calm as the giant tower of Zhenhai.

The moment when the yellow umbrella appeared at the palace gate.

The moment when Zhu Youzhen's hand waved up.

Hundreds of thousands of civilians stopped shouting in an instant.

It was as if a strong magnetic field had completely suppressed their voices.

This may be the aura of the emperor.

Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, held his breath, and looked ahead with cloudy old eyes.

But when he saw Zhu Youzhen standing resolutely in front of him, he couldn't help but straighten his chest.

Zhang Tongchang and dozens of other guards with loaded guns and ammunition stepped neatly and stood in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"You are all the Li Shu of my Ming Dynasty, the people of me, and the foundation of the Han family's prosperity for thousands of years, tell me, what kind of wish did you come to the Huangji Gate to petition today, and why did you come from! But there are representatives, come forward and answer! ”

Zhu Youzhen shouted loudly, and the guards followed to pass the word, and at that time, the sound outside the entire Huangji Gate was like thunder, and the ground suddenly rose.

"Returning to Your Majesty, our Li Shu is not for adultery, not for complaining about grievances, and not for tax reduction, but only for the Northern Expedition to petition, because of the Northern Expedition! Half of Huaxia Shenzhou has been lost to the enemy, and the northern capital is still occupied by the Tartars, and we dare not forget its hatred! ”

It was Liu Jingting who came out.

Liu Jingting raised his arms and shouted: "Northern Expedition!" ”

"Northern Expedition!"

"Northern Expedition!"

"Northern Expedition!"

……

Gao Hongtu was secretly horrified, he could see that all this was premeditated, everything was planned.

But at this time, he couldn't say anything, the crowd was full of money, the crowd was surging, and the means used by their civil officials to deal with His Majesty in the past were now used by His Majesty to use the common people against his own group of civil officials.

This time, they lost again!

……

At this time.

The people stopped shouting again.

And Zhu Youzhen also shouted again:

"I have understood the meaning of waiting, I have such a heart for my family and country, I am very relieved! With people like you, why worry that Huaxia Shenzhou can't be unified, and why worry that my Ming Dynasty can't be revitalized! The humble still does not forget to worry about the country, I am on the throne of the emperor, and I have never wanted to kill the Yellow River with a spear! ”

"Today, I will make it clear to you that I have never had the intention of negotiating peace, nor have I dared to have the intention of negotiating peace, and those who dare to have the intention of negotiating peace will be so jade!"

Zhu Youzhen didn't know when the bright and shiny jade pendant in his sleeve fell to the ground, and it shattered.

"Report!"

At this time, Ma Jixiang appeared in front of Zhu Youzhen on time: "The Manchu envoys Tabai and Fu Yijian have been killed by the people!" ”

"Well killed!"

Zhu Youzhen roared loudly, his shouting was equivalent to defining this matter, and the people were relieved.

"Don't get along, don't pay compensation, don't cut the land, don't pay tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies Sheji is my ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, I have to temporarily lose the northern capital to patrol the southern capital, and now the great cause is gradually accomplished, how can there be no righteousness of not leading a million troops to restore the northern capital! If not, how can you be ashamed, and how can you revive Junde! ”

Zhu Youzhen behaved extremely frankly at this time, and did not shy away from admitting his move to the south, in order to prove his strong desire for the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, at this time, the common people in front of Zhu Youzhen were all impressed when they saw the Son of Heaven saying this, and they both cried for the king and laughed for the king.

"Cabinet First Assistant Gao Hongtu!"

Zhu Youzhen shouted at this time, and Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, could only stand up.

"Intended purpose, Jianyu was originally a minister of the Ming Dynasty, but he did not want to repay the country's kindness, and rebelled against the white mountains and black waters, plagued the world for decades, and almost wanted to kill my Ming, and now he is stealing from the north at the expense of the people, blindly plundering my Han people and killing my Han people, such a thief who has no king, no father, no benevolence and no righteousness, how can I allow him to live in the north, and how can he deserve to call each other the country with my Ming Dynasty!

I have made up my mind to raise troops for the Northern Expedition in October of the 22nd year of Chongzhen next year, declare war on Jianyu, and list 30 charges against him. ”

"Yes!"

Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, retired, he knew that this will mean that the Northern Expedition was a foregone conclusion, and the matter of peace had come to naught.

Not only that, but His Majesty's move has allowed the imperial power and authority to directly jump over the civilian group and go directly to the common people

Since the Ming Dynasty a hundred years ago, the practice of civil officials holding public opinion hostage and resisting imperial power will no longer exist!

"Our emperor has become one of the emperors of the ages, and we can only be a subordinate from now on!"

Gao Hongtu said and walked lonely to the Wenhua Palace.

……

And at this time.

Zhu Youzhen continued to promise to thousands of people: "In this Northern Expedition, there will be no levies, no abuse of the people, no occupation of land, no burdening of the people, and no free use of people's power; From this moment on, before recovering the Northern Capital, I did not build palaces, built imperial tombs, or accepted concubines, and devoted all my inner treasury to help the Northern Expedition, even if the cloth was ragged! ”

After speaking, Zhu Youzhen had already shouted with thousands of ordinary people: "Northern Expedition!" Northern expedition! Northern expedition! ”

When the common people heard that the Northern Expedition would not levy more, would not abuse the people, and would not occupy any land, and would even rather go bankrupt than increase the burden on the people, they were naturally even more moved, and they all responded loudly.

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, the people are naturally easier to fool than the bureaucrats, because they are more simple.

However, doing so now is equivalent to letting the common people enter the political stage of the Ming Dynasty for the first time, and allowing these workers and peasant students to enter the political circle of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Wanchun, the head of the household, couldn't stand being insulted by Wanmin and committed suicide in the main hall.

And Wang Siren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, resigned from his resignation and wanted to go back to Shaoxing to taste tea and drink for the rest of his life.

Zhu Youzhen agreed to Wang Siren's resignation, but did not let him return to his hometown, but used the Northern Expedition as an excuse to recruit Wang Siren to Baoqing to serve as a place to pacify Tongzhi.

It would be much more beneficial to the empire to disparage civil officials and go to remote areas to promote local indoctrination than to dismiss civil officials and return to their hometowns to bring disaster to their hometowns.

Zhu Youzhen naturally would not let Wang Siren go back to Shaoxing.

For Liu Wanchun, who committed suicide, Zhu Youzhen also posthumously gave him a nickname, and also made him an official knight and gave him a thick burial.

In the final analysis, Liu Wanchun is not a big traitor, and since he took charge of the household department, he can be regarded as making money.

The reason why he ended up committing suicide now is related to his character.

But it is precisely because of this that the civil servants have to worry about the power of the common people from now on, and they have to realize that public opinion is a terrible force, which can force a person to resign from office, and even make a person commit suicide.

Gao Hongtu, the first assistant of the cabinet, also resigned, but Zhu Youzhen did not agree, and only dismissed him from all his additional officials on the grounds that he was ineffective in dealing with popular demonstrations, temporarily led the cabinet, and ordered him to atone for his crimes and complete the reform of the salt tax before the Northern Expedition, otherwise he would be self-defeated.

Gao Hongtu knew that he could not disobey Zhu Youzhen's holy will now, so he only focused on the salt tax reform in the future.

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