Chapter 59: Zhang Xianzhong's Emperor's Dream
"In this way, my uncle is still sober in the world."
"His Royal Highness King Fu's prejudice against the Donglin Party is indeed very deep."
When the news of the civil unrest in Henan was sent to Beijing, Zhu Youzhen himself was amused by Zhu Changxun's operation.
Gwangju had fallen ten days ago, and the civil unrest began to spread and spread, in this case, Zhu Changxun still insisted on not sending a soldier or food for the Fusi Yamen in Henan, which made Zhu Youzhen unexpected.
Zhu Changxun has made up his mind to die with Henan officialdom.
But.
"It's kind of a favor for me."
Zhu Youzhen was in a good mood, and joked with Wang Chengen: "Since he wants to die with the officials in Henan, how can I not be as good as he wants, I can consider asking Zhang Xianzhong to speed up a little faster and burn the fire to Luoyang as soon as possible." ”
The latter was not as happy as Zhu Youzhen, but hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong was born recklessly, arrogant and arrogant, and even dared to do such a thing as falsely transmitting the holy decree. ”
Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment.
Then he pinched his chin and squinted his eyes, and muttered: "Your worries are not unreasonable, this person is too murderous, and his actions are extreme and cruel, if I want to ignore him, it's really hard to say how many moths will be made in the future." ”
Wang Chengen then said: "Why don't you let Cao Huachun take all his family into the capital?" ”
"It's useless." Zhu Youzhen waved his hand: "This kind of person won't care, the daughter-in-law can remarry, the child can be reborn, I want to do this, but it makes him laugh at my temperament even more."
Let him toss first, and then I will make a few opponents for him. ”
Wang Chengen immediately understood: "Your Majesty is planning to play a few more chess pieces in Henan?" ”
"Not only Henan, but also several provinces in the surrounding area are moving." Zhu Youzhen smiled: "At least Zhang Xianzhong is doing a good job now, isn't it, let the people make trouble, the bigger the trouble, the better, from the bottom up, the local Fu Division, the Domain Division, and the Yamen of the Zhan Division will be turned upside down, so that I can set things right, and let the group of self-righteous gentry and wealthy families who form a party and seek independence worship as a savior." ”
Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was so confident, Wang Chengen didn't persuade him anymore, but he felt that Zhu Youzhen was always a little unreliable in doing this.
The emperor secretly instructed and even supported the expansion of the civil unrest, not to mention whether it was really appropriate to do so, once the civil unrest became bigger and bigger, could Zhu Youzhen really have the confidence to control it.
People are ambitious.
Of course, Zhu Youzhen knows that his confidence does not come from his status as an emperor, let alone naively thinking that he has any domineering spirit, a shock to the tiger's body can make a person like Zhang Xianzhong bow down, and all Zhu Youzhen's confidence only comes from one point.
Force.
That is, the barrel of the gun!
Sun Yuanhua's firearms bureau in the western suburbs has begun to operate, and the first model of the Hongyi cannon imitated from the Netherlands, although the results of the test cannon are not ideal, but it has finally taken the first step, and Sun Yuanhua sent people to Macao to recruit 500 Western soldiers from Europe, and there is no shortage of military talents who can make cannons and muskets in this group of mercenaries, which is the source of Zhu Youzhen's confidence.
He never thought about rectifying the country now, and then fighting to the death with Huang Taiji.
Zhu Youzhen's plan is to turn the Ming Dynasty upside down, and then transform it from head to toe, as for when to play Huang Taiji?
Isn't the artillery scrubbing tactic more appropriate than piling up human lives?
Yuan Chonghuan guarded Ningjin, Yuan Keli sat in Denglai, and within three or five years, Huang Taiji was not able to enter the customs.
Drag on time, under the influence of the continuous natural disasters in Liaodong, it can't delay Zhu Youzhen's Daming.
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Gwangju, the former county government, is now the 'Generalissimo's Palace'.
Zhang Xianzhong, who took off the Jinyi Wei Feiyu and put on a bright light armor, was in high spirits at the moment, he was nicknamed 'Generalissimo of Hanging the People's Crime', relying on two hundred Jinyi guards as the backbone, changed his name and surname to Henan to launch this popular uprising.
Now it has gathered 200,000 people, trapped three prefectures and 17 counties in a row, and almost knocked down half of Henan.
Looking at the map, Zhang Xianzhong's mood can be described as extremely excited.
"Generalissimo."
Behind him stood a young gentleman and bowed to salute.
Zhang Xianzhong looked back and smiled: "Yuntao, sit down." ”
"Generalissimo Xie."
After Zhang Xianzhong captured Xi County, Pan Yuntao surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong in order to save his life, and attacking Guangzhou was Pan Yuntao's proposal, so Zhang Xianzhong did not kill him, but stayed under his account as a staff.
Zhang Xianzhong has begun to intentionally cultivate the backbone of the non-brocade clothing system.
The two hundred Jinyi guards originally brought from Beijing, except for those who died in battle, the rest are in the army, and now they are only generals and generals, and they have begun to gradually move away from the power core of Zhang Xianzhong's 'thief army'.
After Pan Yuntao sat down, he hurriedly spoke.
"Generalissimo, since our army conquered Gwangju, the officers and soldiers in Henan have all been invincible, the prestige of our army has risen greatly, and the people have come to vote in an endless stream.
Zhang Xianzhong squinted his eyes slightly: "Raise the flag in the right position?" What do you mean? ”
"Since it is a crime of hanging the people, it should be frank and generous, the court has no way, resulting in endless natural disasters and unspeakable suffering of the people, why not go further and raise the banner of righteousness against the court!" Pan Yuntao's face showed excitement and excitement: "Once the marshal's righteous flag is raised, all provinces will definitely look sideways.
The marshal is in line with the people's hearts and rejuvenates the righteous army, and everywhere he goes, the people eat pot pulp to welcome the king's division, and it will not take ten years to redefine the situation and clear the emperor! ”
Redefine the universe and clear the emperor?
Zhang Xianzhong suddenly gasped.
He heard what Pan Yunwei meant, the latter was dreaming of being a hero of the founding of the country.
If Pan Yunwei was the founder of the country, what about him Zhang Xianzhong?
The founding emperor of the new dynasty!
It is impossible for any man to refuse this temptation.
From the earliest Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to Gao Yingxiang who is now wandering in Shanxi, none of these so-called peasant uprising leaders is an ambitious rebel.
They shouted for the people's lives, but in their sphere of influence, they clearly divided class, dignity and inferiority.
What the people followed, and what they eventually got was nothing more than killing an evil dragon and raising another evil dragon.
"I'm afraid it's not easy to do."
Although Zhang Xianzhong is very tempted, but at this moment there is also suffering, his power seems to be huge, with more than 200,000 troops, but in the end is this a group of homeless people, do you really want to pull out real swords and guns to fight with the court officials and soldiers?
Gao Yingxiang is a lesson from the past.
Two or three hundred thousand Liukou in northern Shaanxi were beaten by Hong Chengchou's 40,000 officers and troops, and they fell apart if they couldn't hold on for two months.
What's more, he Zhang Xianzhong.
Don't forget, the organizational backbone of your own army is all Jinyiwei.
If he really rebelled against the imperial court and changed the slogan of Zhu Youzhen's instruction to 'defeat the Donglin Party' to 'overthrow the Zhu Ming Dynasty', then how many of these people would defect instantly.
When the time comes, defeat and death will only be in the blink of an eye.
Pan Yunwei obviously didn't know what was going on, where could he have thought that in the 'righteous army' where he was, all the high-level leaders who led the uprising were all imperial court Jinyiwei.
Therefore, they are still persuading each other and bewitching each other.
"Alright, you don't have to worry about this for now." Zhang Xianzhong was distraught and waved his hand to interrupt and drive Pan Yunwei away.
He looked at the map hanging high in the hall in a daze.
Finally, a pair of eyes stopped on the map.
Beijing!