Forbidden City

Chongzhen stared at the people below and asked: "There is a severe drought in Shaanxi and the people are in dire straits. Strong enemies on the border invade the border and plunder my people. You are all my subjects. I ask you what you can do to govern the country and quell the disaster."

What is it?"

"Thieves are rampant, wars are rising all over the country, and rebel thieves are trying to shake the foundation of the country. Is this the strategy for governing the country that you have come up with through your collective efforts?"

Chongzhen angrily questioned the officials and was met with silence for a while. Chongzhen felt a little desperate and waved his hands to let the officials disperse.

At this time, a man stood up and bowed and said: "The hope of the ministers and warriors has a starting point!"

"Ai Qing Gongtian is the governor of Shaanxi. Is there any way to help the victims?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wu Zhiwang with a smile on his face.

But before the smile on Chongzhen's face disappeared, he heard Wu Zhiwang's voice: "I have received an express report that the rebels in Ansai, a small county under Yan'an Prefecture, are openly rebelling. I request your Majesty to send troops to quell the rebellion!"

When everyone heard someone openly shouting at the court, they were furious and said: "This is too arrogant. Your Majesty openly resisted the court when he first took over the throne. If you don't kill this thief, the people of the world will be scattered."

Emperor Chongzhen immediately said after hearing this: "Order the Yan'an Prefecture and the surrounding guards to suppress the rebels. Only the culprits will be executed. The rest will not be punished if they return to the imperial court!"

"Yes, I will retire. Long live my emperor!"

Chongzhen returned to the harem and was restless. Wang Chengen said to him: "Your Majesty, the Wei Party has a strong foundation and is now complaining about Your Majesty. Therefore, the ministers in the DPRK are unwilling to serve the country. I think it is better to re-activate Zhongliang, who was framed by the Wei Party.

At that time, Your Majesty will definitely restore the glory of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up when he heard this and he said: "That's very good. I see that many of the crazy and rebellious people in the court are forming cliques for personal gain. Let the Jin Yiwei investigate them one by one!"

"yes!"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that although Qingjian County was full of sallow and thin people, there were no dead bodies on the street. He nodded and said to Yan Ning beside him: "This natural disaster has finally been overcome."

"But man-made disaster is coming soon," Yan Ning replied.

"What's going on?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked doubtfully.

"After receiving a tip-off, the Ming army has been mobilized frequently recently, including Yulin Guards Station." Yan Ning told all the news he knew.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice: "Are you coming for us?"

Yan Ning shook her head and said, "I don't know."

"Go and check it out for us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yan Ning leaving and said: "Maybe there is someone who can help us. Contact He Wenfeng immediately."

Yan Ning turned around and left.

At this time, the New Year was not far away, and Zhu Yuanzhang said silently: "Let the people have a solid New Year."

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Gao Yingxiang looked at the people in the county government and said: "Gao thanked you all for respecting me as big brother. I don't think it's better to give me a nickname to let the court know my brother's reputation. I will call myself King Chuang to let the people in the world know that King Chuang is coming."

If you don’t accept the food, what do you think?”

"We are gathering here just for the sake of Gao Yingxiong, and we agree."

"Thank you brothers for your support. I have drafted a professional title for you, Do you have any opinions?"

"I obey my orders!"

Zhou Qiu said: "King Chuang, there are now tens of thousands of brothers gathered here. Now this small Ansai is a bit bloated. My subordinates suggest expanding some territory to the surrounding areas."

Gao Yingxiang thought for a moment and said: "It would be wrong to easily mobilize troops if the weather is bad now."

"King Chuang, our brothers don't have much food now. If they don't get replenished, they will starve to death. In my opinion, instead of sitting and dying of hunger, why not die by stealing? Anyway, we will die. We might as well die with integrity."

!”

"right!"

Gao Yingxiang pondered for a moment and said, "How about brothers, do you have any suggestions?"

Zhou Qiu said: "If my subordinates see it, I might as well send troops to the Yulin Guards on the side. After verification by my subordinates, it is Zhao Sheng, the magistrate of Qingjian County of Yulin Guards, who intercepts Hu and others' food this time."

"Brothers have all seen how the officials of the Ming Dynasty were corrupt and perverted the law. I think this person is also a treacherous official who was punished by everyone. If you think carefully about where the money for buying grain comes from, it must be

"The people's fat and the people's anointing are looted." Zhou Chou transferred everyone's evil towards the Ming Dynasty's treacherous officials to Zhu Yuanzhang in just a few words.

When everyone heard this, they immediately shouted angrily: "Destroy him!"

"The Ming Dynasty became like this because of these treacherous officials. They must be wiped out!"

Gao Yingxiang looked at the excited expressions of his subordinates and said loudly: "What you brothers are saying makes sense, then in my opinion we will send troops to clear the stream!" Gao Yingxiang set his sights on the clear stream, which was 260 miles away from Ansai.

"yes!"

Everyone immediately went down to make preparations.

Zhou Qiu said coldly: "Humph, if it weren't for Zhao Sheng, my father wouldn't have moved and he wouldn't have died. How can you stop Zhao Sheng this time?"

But what Gao Yingxiang didn't know was that the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture was overjoyed immediately after receiving the letter from Wu Zhiwang, the governor of Shaanxi Province. At this moment, he was facing an increasingly rampant rebel bandit and was very worried.

Seeing that the letter stated that the Holy Spirit had ordered him to integrate the power of the imperial court to quell the rebellion, the prefect immediately posted a list and told the people to raise money for military expenditures to quell the rebellion.

When the people saw the notice that they had to pay taxes again, they stared at the notice. Soon the notice was distributed to various county offices. When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the notice saying that each household must donate three liang of snowflake silver and one bucket of millet, he immediately stared at the posted notice.

The clerk said: "Is this what Mr. Futai meant?"

The clerk's nostrils were raised to the sky and he said arrogantly: "This is the will of the Holy One. The county magistrate should not vent his anger on us little people."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the little official leaving and shouted: "Stop!"

"Why, does the magistrate want to disobey orders?"

"Someone came and tied this guy up for me!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang ordered two sergeants on the side to knock down the two minor officials, the minor officials shouted angrily: "How dare you, are you going to rebel?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Do you know what we hate most?"

"What we hate the most are you corrupt officials. Someone would strip them naked and tie them to the yamen gate to let them taste the taste of being naked and deprived of food," Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly.

"yes!"

There was heavy snow in the sky, and the clerk was tied to the pillar and shivering. Just when the two of them were still hoping that someone would save their lives, when Zhu Yuanzhang advertised the notice, everyone who came and went spat at them.

Ansai Gao Yingxiang said to one person: "Brother Wang, I'm counting on you here."

Wang Ziyong nodded and said: "Don't worry, brother, I will keep your house in good condition for you, but you must pay attention to safety!"

"Um!"

Then Gao Yingxiang headed north with 7,000 men and four days of rations.

Yan Ning hurried to the Qingjian County Government Office, but glanced at the two people who were frozen into popsicles at the door. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the hurried Yan Ning and asked: "What happened?"
Chapter completed!