Beiyang new warlord

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"How many civil servants and dirty officials in the capital are there?"

Chapter 573. The sky is watching

In fact, these days, Dashun's reputation among scholars is still on the rise. Although Li Zicheng is in Zhengyangmen, he has embarrassed the civil and military faces of the court, but these days he punished the eunuchs and ransacked their homes!

How big is the enmity between civil servants and eunuchs?Not to mention power eunuchs like Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, even an upright eunuch like Cao Huachun, who had always been friends with Dong Lin, even went to battle in person to rescue Qian Qianyi, and removed Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the dynasty, could not avoid these tongues Civil servant strikes like sharp swords.

Cao Huachun told his old man to beg for his bones in 12 years of Chongzhen. He had been idle in the countryside for 17 years when the capital of Chongzhen was broken in [-] years. Few works record that Cao Huachun opened the city to surrender to welcome the thieves, and Yang Bo of Shuntian Mansion and Wanping Yang Shimao wrote to the Qing court to impeach Cao Huachun's disloyal slaves and open the city to welcome the thieves.

Under such circumstances, the great eunuchs of the Chongzhen Dynasty ransacked their homes, and their brains were split, which naturally aroused applause from the civil servants.

Of course, this is also because Li Zicheng is in power today! A group of ministers don’t care whether the surname is Zhu or Li. What they care about is whether they can get another official position and continue to be prestigious.

In order to please the new dynasty, these guys are shameless!

The bones of the Chongzhen emperor were not yet cold, but the ministers' papers were handed over to the palace like a snowflake film, and they kept persuading Li Zicheng to advance, even though the country was established and proclaimed emperor in Xi'an!But the first year has not been decided, the title of emperor has not been established, and now in the capital, it is time to re-establish the title of the country, and by the way, take them, the civil and military of the old dynasty, under their command, and continue to do their best.

The most turbulent one is Donglin's upstart, Shu Jishi Zhou Zhong. He took out all the beautiful words in his stomach and wrote "Theory of Shi Jian Danger and Fatalism" under the instruction of Niu Jinxing. The article In the book, Li Zicheng was touted as the successful conquest of Yaoshun and Tang Wu, and the old master Chongzhen was compared to the only husband who bestowed the head, and the world returned to his heart.

What's even more shameless is that Zhou Zhong pretended to be a disciple of Prime Minister Niu by relying on the persuasion book and this "Fatal Theory on the Peril of Scholars", showing off everywhere, even arousing the jealousy of Shilin. One of the six gentlemen of Donglin back then, Wei Xuelian, the son of Wei Dazhong, said to everyone: I made this statement! Zhou Sheng couldn't think of this!

He can barely be regarded as a junior, and he pulls away this face, but even Gong Dingzi, one of the older generation of Donglin, one of the three great masters of Jiangzuo, said to everyone: This word comes from my hand, Zhou Shengwei Sheng Can't think of these!

Competing for the name of flattery, kneeling and licking is so naked, so low that it is indescribable. Compared with the eunuch Qi Chuzhe Party, the ugly face of the Donglin Party is equally disgusting.

In the past few days, Li Zicheng handcuffed the eunuchs and lords to plunder their salaries. On the contrary, it was like a lion pounced on a zebra and left a scrap of meat for the vulture. In order to raise all the silver for Liu Zongmin, he saved himself from being whipped and shackles , the noble family of Hou Xun had to sell their ancestral treasures and manor fields at a low price, which happened to be cheaper for these civil servants and ministers. "Jiu Jiu Gentleman" came in at night with silver in his pocket, and proudly brought all kinds of gold, silver, silk, brocade and jade pendants that were several times more expensive, and even the maids and children of Xungui's family.

The country is dead, and they are still trying to find ways to get rich!

But there is an old saying that is good, people are doing what they are doing, and the sky is watching! His eyes were bloodshot stimulated by the wealth of the eunuchs and nobles, and finally, Li Zicheng's eyes were fixed on them, the biggest rulers of the power of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past few days, on the bulletin boards of several city gates in the capital, there are suddenly imperial lists posted, and they want to recruit former officials into the palace and accept the election, but there is a premise that all officials need to take off their former official uniforms. You can only enter the palace by changing into the Tsing Yi hat and the clothes of a wealthy servant!

But even so, it still caused great excitement among the scholars in the capital.

"After all, the prime minister needs scholars!"

"Dashun governs the world by relying on us scholars!"

Amidst exclamations of surprise, especially Zhou Zhong of the Fushe was the most contrived, he unexpectedly thumped and knelt down hard on the ground, knocked his head on the ground with a bang, raised his head and sighed.

"The Holy Son of Heaven is here! The era of peace and prosperity is coming!"

Excitement and joy are everywhere, and those old officials and gentry who have been hiding since the fall of the Ming Dynasty are like rats after the ice and snow melt, all gearing up and can't wait to make their debut again.

It is already the eighteenth day of April, and it is stipulated that the gate must be cleared in the early morning. A total of fifteen or six hundred Ming officials waited at the gate of the palace in Tsing Yi and small hats as they did in the past. As soon as the sun rose, the sergeant who guarded the gate creaked open the palace gate, and these people filed in again.

Facing the rising sun, the towering Qianqing Palace is shining brightly. A group of Dashun literati have already been waiting there with their books and documents. Open the account book, and record the official positions, names, and places of origin of these Ming Dynasty officials before they were demoted.

It is more cooperative than buying train tickets in later generations. A large group of officials obediently guarded the order. It took only more than an hour for the record to be completed. Under the expectant eyes of Gong Dingzi, Zhou Zhong, and Wei Xuelian, these Dashun civil servants carried the account book Entered the Qianqing Palace again.

Then there is no more text!

Throughout the morning, Li Zicheng did not summon anyone, nor issued any imperial decree.

Waking up early in the morning, many ministers are used to not eating. Waiting until noon, and then basking in the sun that is gradually rising in spring, many people are starting to be hungry. At first, almost these ministers wanted to express their "loyalty". Kneeling outside greeted them, and gradually they could no longer kneel here, and many people lay there paralyzed here and there.

For the sake of his image as a loyal minister, Zhou Zhong insisted on kneeling straight and holding the wat with both hands. He stood up with great difficulty while holding on to his numb legs. Along the side of the guard, asked in a low voice and hastily.

"When will His Majesty summon me to wait?"

"What are you talking about? Wait!"

Without even looking at him, the Dashun Army actually whipped him directly, causing Zhou Dacai, who felt good about himself, to stagger.

Grinning his teeth in pain, and rubbing the blood on his body, the Fushe upstart had no choice but to retreat angrily, but he didn't dare to sit down, and knelt again and stood upright.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and there was still no summons throughout the afternoon. The hungry ministers of the former Ming Dynasty couldn't even sit still. Gradually, some petty officials were even eager to try the palace gate that was wide open at the other end, wanting to go home!

But at this moment, they finally waited for the response from Dashun Dynasty. Unfortunately, the official seals and uniforms that everyone dreamed of were not. There was a burst of hurried hooves, and suddenly a group of cavalry broke in. Amidst the horrified shouts of the evil old official, he swung his whip and beat them like cattle, and drove them towards the gate of Qianqing.

"What are you doing? I'm Prime Minister Niu's student!"

Dissatisfied screamed loudly, but what Zhou Zhong ushered in was a few whips, and the dissatisfied Wei Xuelian simply received a dozen kicks.

The ledgers recorded in the morning came in handy. It was really people who were watching. Li Zicheng parked the remains of the Chongzhen couple at the Donghua Gate. Twenty or thirty officials who came to pay homage were pardoned. The word of mouth is good, and the officials who were indeed upright officials were also released and went home. The rest of the officials, like prisoners, were chained around their necks with heavy shackles, hands and feet, and were whipped out by the Dashun cavalry. up the palace.

In Jinyiwei's school grounds, countless braziers are neatly arranged like an army formation. Fortunately, Jinyiwei has a large inventory of torture tools, otherwise it really can't serve so many adults. Amidst the screams of those civil servants who did not work hard and did not distinguish between grain and grain, large flails weighing two to three hundred catties were served on them one by one.

"Why did I wait! I waited for the one who sincerely defected to King Chuang!"

Wearing a big shackle, Fang Yuegong, the former Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, yelled in disbelief, and it was the whip that greeted him. With the crackling of the whip, he forced the former Minister to the ground.

In the flames, Liu Zongmin walked out aggressively, full of evil spirits, pointed at the kneeling former Ming officials below and yelled loudly.

"Your salary, people's fat and people's anointing? You fish and meat people, the days of domineering are over! Now His Majesty is kind enough to give you a chance to redeem your sins. First-rank officials pay 1 taels of atonement silver, second-rank 9000 taels, and third-rank 8000 taels." , and so on, if you pay enough money, you can go home, and if you don’t give up anything, Grandpa has plenty of ways to toss you!"

"That's a robber!"

Hearing the angry roars one after another, Liu Zongmin sneered and didn't answer. He just waved his hand suddenly, and then a large group of obedient soldiers grabbed the collars of the officials in the front row and dragged them into the dungeon of torture.

Officials are also rich and poor, and they have Qingshui Yamen, like Zhou Zhong, a concubine who, for the sake of a good future, is the first to be unlucky, looking at the humble noble eunuch who has been tortured inside Ladies and gentlemen, this talented Jiangnan man screamed with all his might.

"The lower official is Qingshui Yamen, the lower official really has no money! I beg you! Don't!"

But how can he tell the difference?Without paying the money, they just knelt down on the ground next to each other. Immediately afterwards, the two Dashun soldiers approached with hand twisters in the firelight, and stuffed the finger of the upstart of Fushe into the twister with a grinning grin. Immediately, the two sides were pulled violently.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

They did nothing when Li Zicheng attacked the city, and they watched the excitement when Li Zicheng punished the eunuchs, and finally it was the turn of these civil servants to pay back! A new round of angry screams rang out one after another in the Jinyiwei prison

Chapter 574. The tip of the knife

The capital has become more lively these days. The usually gloomy and majestic Jinyiwei officials have become a vegetable market, and there is an endless stream of weeping women and children, perhaps with sighing old men driving cars and bringing heavy belongings. , and then pulled out a scholar with trembling and swollen fingers like carrots, clutching his buttocks.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was the disaster of the white horse, and at the end of the Song Dynasty, there was the disaster of the Yashan Mountain. Even if the Ming and Yuan Dynasties, a large number of officials followed and established the Beiyuan, and they carried it for another 21 years. Throughout the dynasties, there is no group of survivors like the capital. It is so calm to subjugate the country, and the civil servants who were full of intrigues finally pinned their fate on the kindness of the new dynasty, and now they have finally tasted the pain of subjugation.

Donglin prides itself on Qingliu, and its main force is in the officials and officials. Most of them are from the south and the officials in the north, and their property is not in the capital. This time, Li Zicheng handcuffed them, and they became the main victims. Tortured to death, just like Zhou Zhong who was the most active a few days ago.Just because he is too high-profile, too many people are jealous of him, and no one pays any attention to him wherever he asks for money. Just yesterday, this proud Fushe talent known as the son of Prime Minister Niu died under Liu Zongmin's hoop. Following in the footsteps of chief assistant Wei Zaode, a brain burst.

As for Gong Dingzi, at least he came from a wealthy family in Jiangzuo. The old Gong family had been operating in the capital for decades, so it was considered a solid family background.

The hand that wrote the article was blood red from the hand twister, and his neck was also full of bloodstains. Gong Dingzi, who had praised Dashun a few days ago, staggered out while turning his head and roaring angrily.

"This isn't Xinchao, it's just bandits! A bunch of thieves! Thieves!"

Hearing his spittle, several old Gong family members were terrified. They looked at the Shun Jun who stood guard at the door, and covered his mouth carefully.