Please ask me to be the emperor

"Commander Shi, the world is in chaos, the world is in chaos!" An old man in his fifties complained bitterly to "Commander Shi".

"De Fu, why did you say that?" That "Commander Shi" was also in his forties or fifties, but compared to "De Fu", he was taller and more powerful.

"Although your Cangyu Garden is called a famous garden, how many people are taking care of it now? Nowadays, the king is not the king, the ministers are not the ministers, the world is upside down, and there is chaos below. How do you think the world will not be in chaos?" "De Fu" couldn't help but sneered. road.

"The situation is like this, what can be done about it?" "Commander Shi" couldn't help but let out a long sigh after hearing this and spread his hands.

It turns out that this "De Fu" is none other than the person appointed by the Peng family, a wealthy family in Liyang.

Pan Mao, the "nose-cutting class", was originally his slave, and he used to do some "dirty work" for him that was inconvenient for him to show up.

Who would have thought that Pan Mao would be in great trouble later and would backfire on his master.

Zhang Shun took the opportunity to issue the "Abolition of Slavery Order", which directly caused the Peng family's thousands of slaves to disperse.

It doesn't matter if these slaves leave. Not only is the huge Xia Lin Garden unattended, but the Peng family's teahouse, embroidery shop and many other properties are all out of business. That's why Peng Defu hurriedly came to visit this "Commander Shi".

Of course, this "Shi Zhijue" was not an ordinary person, but he came from the largest historian in Liyang, and was called Shi Zhijue.

This Shi Zhijue was originally a "hereditary" member of the Jinyiwei family. Now he is serving as the commander of the Jinyiwei. His influence in Liyang is unmatched by anyone.

"We welcomed him. We were supposed to be hello to you, me, and everyone. But he kicked his nose in the face and actually planned to kill us in turn!" Peng Defu couldn't help but sneer.

"Today he touches our slaves, tomorrow he will touch our soldiers, and the day after tomorrow he may be thinking about our property."

"When the time comes, I'm afraid I will have no choice but to regret it and compete with my head for the earth's ears!"

"Then... what do you mean..." Shi Zhijue couldn't help but ask after hearing this.

"What I mean is that it can be used both civil and military. On the one hand, you can go to the county government with a declaration of betrayal, and on the other hand, you can mobilize young people to make weapons just in case!" Peng Defu couldn't help but said with murderous intent.

"He did it for the first grade of junior high school, so don't blame us for doing it for the fifteenth grade! Once this chaos comes out, who in the world can accept it?"

"When the time comes when heaven and earth change, the Ming Dynasty may not be able to fall, and the 'Thieves' may not be able to prosper. The opportunity for us to further our family business is right in front of us!"

"Then...can Magistrate Wang come to us?" Shi Zhijue hesitated.

"I heard that many of his slaves have also escaped. If they don't turn to us, who can they turn to?" Peng Defu said with a smile.

"Okay, let's do it!" Shi Zhijue finally made up his mind after hearing this.

This Ming Dynasty belongs to the Zhu family and the scholars. The country has supported scholars for three hundred years, just today!

"Liyang and Jintan rebelled? Huizhou, Ningguo, and Chizhou also declared 'anyway'?" When the news reached Nanjing, almost half of the land in the south of the Yangtze River that had originally surrendered was not owned by the rebels.

"Yes, in addition, Jiangyin in Changzhou, Taicang in Suzhou, Huating in Songjiang and other places are also in turmoil." Wang Duo said worriedly.

"Please, Your Highness, take back your life in time to avoid causing a catastrophe. It will be too late to regret it by then!"

"Oh, are these the only ones you've seen so far?" Zhang Shun smiled instead of getting angry.

It turned out that Zhang Shun had fought every day since he raised his army, and it took only four or five years to capture most of the country.

Although on the surface it seemed like everything was going smoothly, in fact, Zhang Shun was trying to win over all the forces he could to deal with Hou Jin, so that his subordinates were mixed and uneven.

While Zhang Shun took shortcuts and used their power to destroy the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, these various forces also used Zhang Shun to re-establish one side and form new "mountains", hindering the communication and coordination of the new regime. profit distribution.

For example, in addition to the direct lineage that followed Zhang Shun, there were also the Shantou faction of the rebel army headed by Li Zicheng, the Yulin generals headed by Wang, the Liaodong generals headed by Zu Dashou, the former Ming bureaucrats headed by Zhang Zhifa, as well as Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Wu Aheng, Wang Qiaonian went to the front to supervise and wait.

They may be loyal or treacherous, they may be civilized or martial, they may look respectful but are dissatisfied, or they may look at wolves with ulterior motives, and so on.

If Zhang Shun is only satisfied with leading them to conquer the country and become a country, not only will it go against his own heart, but it will also lead to the death of his country like Qin and Sui.

In the words of the previous life, it was the failure to completely liquidate the old forces, improve social relations, and fully release social contradictions.

At the current stage of the war, it is not a question of victory or defeat, but a question of how to release the original social contradictions as much as possible and build a new society by letting go of the old and incorporating the new.

Although slavery is a social issue that Zhang Shun hates very much, for Zhang Shun, who has become a mature monarch, it is not necessary to take action at this time.

The reason why he did this was for three purposes: distinguishing ourselves from the enemy, refining his team, and transforming society.

Therefore, when Zhang Shun heard that only the Jiangnan mansions had surrendered and revolted, and there was no big movement in other places, he couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's a bit ridiculous to say that the most prosperous slave-holding areas in the world are one in the Jiangnan area, the richest and most prosperous area in the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the Houjin area, which is the most bitter and cold.

One is a place with prosperous culture and education and bustling fireworks, while the other is a bloody, cruel, remote and bitterly cold place.

This reversal of history between the south and the north was based on the pursuit of slavery.

On the contrary, in the north, which had been severely damaged in the early Ming Dynasty and had just recovered its vitality after two to three hundred years, slavery was relatively rare.

Even ordinary people like Zhang Shun, who have lived in Chenzhou for ten or twenty years, have seen and heard of two or three slaves and three or five villagers.

Therefore, Zhang Shun concluded that except for the areas south of the Yangtze River, few people in the entire north would respond to the uprising.

Now it seems that this is indeed the case. Zhang Shun has temporarily stabilized his basic market.

"Your Highness, there is a man outside called Pan Ba, who claims to be an old friend of His Highness, and has come to ask for a meeting!" At this moment, Wukong's voice suddenly rang outside.

"Okay, let him come in!"

"Your Highness, the Bodhisattva who saves the suffering and the living Buddha who saves the world and saves people, I beg you, please save my brother and brothers!" As soon as Pan Ba ​​just walked in, he threw his head on the ground and begged without looking at anyone. .

"What's wrong? Speak slowly!" Zhang Shun suddenly had some guesses in his heart and couldn't help but said quickly.

"You can't be slow, you can't be slow, otherwise you will lose your life!" Pan Ba ​​said anxiously, "My brothers Pan Mao, Pan Zhen, Pan Wu, Shi Laozhu, Shi Desheng, Cao Hua and others were captured by the officers and soldiers. Beaten to death."

"Now that the following person has been convicted of the serious crime of treason, he will be executed in the next few days!"

"What conspiracy? I think they are tired of living!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but sneered, "I walk in front, but they dare to do this kind of thing in hindsight. It seems they don't take me seriously."

"Where is Wang Ding? Send a group of troops to Liyang and Jintan to rescue the wronged brothers!"

"Those like the Shi family and the Peng family who have done the most heinous crimes and despised the king's laws should first kill the culprits and then destroy their families."

"Neither men, women, nor children in the family should be touched, nor should the house or garden be touched. Only the fields, oxen, sickles, plows and other tools should be given to the original slaves for cultivation."

"One-third of the gold, silver, silk, satin and other valuable items in the house will be given to the original slaves, one-third will be given to our brothers, and the remaining one-third will be handed over."

"The last general takes orders!" Wang Ding suddenly became excited when he heard this.

As a person from a general family, his vision is naturally a hundred times better than ordinary people.

Zhang Shun's explanation seems to be a way of venting anger and revenge. In fact, if you look closely at the context, you will know that this is an extremely clever strategy of differentiation and disintegration.

Once the family property is copied and the farmland is divided, it is a life-and-death situation for both parties.

If these gentry heroes want to take back their family property and cultivated land, they must take revenge on the slaves who betrayed them.

If these slaves who have just escaped from slavery want to protect their achievements, they must rely on the power of the rebel army to fight to the death with these gentry heroes.

From this point on, Zhang Shun must follow the wisdom of the Ming Taizu in the past and establish an institution similar to the Weisuo in Jiangnan to ensure control of the entire Jiangnan.

And the establishment of such an organization naturally requires the support of cronies like their Yulin generals, and then the opportunity for them to get promoted and make a fortune will come.

In fact, as Wang Ding expected, Zhang Shun had planned to use Wang Ding's battalion as a basis to recruit liberated slaves who were in urgent need of military support.

Each division is expanded into one battalion, and Wang Ding's elite battalion can be expanded into five battalions.

Even if there is any disharmony, he can expand it to ten battalions, fifty battalions, or one hundred battalions. At worst, he can unify the north with the south and repeat the steps he took to unify the world in the past few years.

Anyway, I have made up my mind on this "Abolition of Slavery Order"!