Chapter Ninety-Three: Long Live King Yue
At the door of the government office, a notice was posted to inform all the people of the final result.
Someone stood next to the notice and read it out loud.
The dozen or so tenants standing in front listened most attentively. When they heard about the punishment, they were stunned at first, and then they were excited, and tears even slipped down the corners of their eyes.
When the officials of the prefect and the supervision center were in cahoots with the landlords, they once thought that the military government had fallen rapidly, after all, the prefect, before that, was also the lord of the blue sky who enforced the law impartially, who would have thought that one day it would help the abuse.
They even thought that these arrested officials and landlords who oppressed them were just putting on a show, and in the end they would only be warned and punished a little, and then they would come back and continue to oppress them.
Unexpectedly, the military government adjudicated justice for them and gave them land as compensation.
Some felt guilty for being suspicious of the junta, and some choked up and fell to their knees on the spot and kowtowed in the direction of the junta's headquarters.
The people watching around were also very concerned about this matter. Although this does not actually involve them, if the junta does not take action this time, they will follow in their footsteps sooner or later.
The current behavior of the junta is undoubtedly very heartening to them. Seeing the tears of excitement from the tenants, they couldn't help but feel excited.
"Long live the junta! Long live King Yue! ”
I don't know where such a cry came out.
Immediately, the shouts grew louder and louder, and finally converged into an ocean.
From time to time, a literati passed by here, saw that his heart trembled, and after returning to his hometown, he wrote an essay to record this incident.
At the end of the article, he wrote:
"The people's hearts are like this, and the king of Yue has won the world, and it is already known!"
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Officials and landlords reacted differently than the common people.
This was undoubtedly a kind of deterrent, and officials at all levels were all terrified, and they no longer dared to violate the law, and even drew a clear line with the landlords and gentry under their control. They are even more active in carrying out a series of initiatives to show the government that they are not corrupted.
At the same time, the punishment of the landlords also alerted the other landlords and gentry, and they consciously kept their distance from the officials. After all, making a little less money is still a trivial matter, if you lose as much money as those landlords and gentry, then you can't lose any more.
Of course, those landlords and doctors who were already dissatisfied with the military governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were even more angry and ready to act when they saw this situation. There are even some people who join in because of this, after all, when this was changed in the previous dynasty, it was just a basic exercise.
Because of such a trivial matter, it is inevitable that they will feel uncomfortable in such a situation.
"What does His Majesty the Emperor of Dashun mean exactly? Now the scholars and doctors in the jurisdiction of the entire military government are all interested in him, as long as His Majesty can go south and ascend to the heights, we will definitely follow the situation, why don't you take such a great river and mountain? ”
"I have sent someone to contact Your Majesty, and he said that the Shun army cannot be withdrawn now, but he has promised us that sooner or later he will come to our rescue...... However, I think this is all a pretext, most of them are due to the losses in the previous battle with the Ming army, and they need to recuperate, and it seems that there is really no hope in the short term. ”
"These people in the military government do not observe etiquette and music, do not respect Confucius and Mencius, they are like barbarians. The old man can no longer bear to be under his rule......"
"Bear with ......"
"It's really not good, Emperor Zhang of Daxi, it's not impossible!"
The gentry were secretly whining and venting their discontent. But Wang Chongzu didn't respond, and they had no choice, so they could only endure it in the end, waiting for the day when their "savior" came.
It's just that what they don't know is that when they are discussing secretly, sometimes there will be an extra figure listening to the door of the secret room. And among the gentry who discussed, there were always a few people with sneaky eyes.
Although the skill of the dragon is good, the skill of countering the rebellion is also coveted. And this risk is much smaller in comparison......
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Just when a series of things were in full swing in the military governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the whole world was no longer calm.
At this time, it was already May of the second year of Hongguang, and after more than half a year of repair, although it was not enough to make the forces of all parties stronger, at least it was also a lot of vitality.
The peasants were also gradually idle, and they could be requisitioned for the purposes of the war.
One mountain is still not tolerant of two tigers, not to mention that at this time period, there are three emperors in the world, and there is a Yue king in Jiangnan who has not yet been called the emperor.
All parties unanimously stockpiled food, built ordnance, trained troops, and consolidated city defenses, waiting for the moment when a great war broke out.
Zhang Xianzhong was the first to do it. He sent his righteous sons Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi to march to Guizhou with 200,000 troops.
His sons are all brave, and their troops are also in an advantageous position, and by the halfway point of June, they have all taken possession of Guizhou.
This victory made Zhang Xianzhong even more complacent, and he had the idea of further expansion in the south.
However, he still didn't think about touching Sichuan, where Qin Bangping, Qin Liangyu, and Qin Minping brothers and sisters were really powerful, among them, Qin Liangyu was the most proficient at fighting, and the white pole soldiers under his command were even braver. It's not that he hasn't attacked Sichuan, but he was soon "broken" and driven out directly, although now Qin Bangping led 3,000 elite soldiers to the north and the king of Qin did not return, but he really didn't want to touch it before he was completely sure.
So he set his sights on Yunnan, where he coveted the salt and minerals.
Soon after, he ordered Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi to continue to lead their troops and march towards Yunnan.
I didn't want Prime Minister Sun Ke to see this, but he dissuaded:
"Your Majesty, the second brother has fought in the south and the north, and he has worked hard, so it's time to come back and rest......"
He lowered his voice and added:
"The third brother has been in the capital for a long time, and it is time for him to be active."
But he saw that Li Dingguo's military exploits were accumulating more and more, and he had reached the position of the right prime minister at this time, if he attacked the city and plundered the land again and made meritorious achievements, then he was afraid that he would not climb on his head, and even his position as the left prime minister might not be guaranteed, so he was unwilling to let him continue to fight.
And Zhang Xianzhong listened to his words, and after thinking about it, he felt that it made sense. Now that he is the emperor after all, he needs to consider it all, Li Dingguo has fought a hundred battles in the south before, and has served as the commander and vanguard many times, and he has made too many meritorious achievements, and it is time for his remaining sons to gain more achievements.
So he transferred Li Dingguo back and sent the third Liu Wenxiu out.
(End of chapter)