Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 153 Chu Shizhao returns to his original name and establishes the country of Dajing!

Power and status corrupt.

Wang Ningjun has a deep understanding of this.

For example, Wang Ningjun's father, Wang Shouyi, whose original name was Wang Xu, was born into a maritime merchant family in southern Fujian. He was chivalrous, had a basic understanding of writing, and had a talent for poetry. After he became an adult, he always wanted to become an official, but he had no connections and could not be recommended.

So he inherited the family business in the south and traveled by sea. As a result, he was demanded bribes by officials. After paying protection fees many times, these officials became even more aggressive in targeting his father.

Her father was a hot-tempered person with a different personality than the average person. He was also chivalrous and could not bear to be bullied, so he killed the local officials and ended up living in exile in the south.

Wang Shouyi is the name after his father changed his name.

In his early years, Wang Ningjun's father paid great attention to his family. Even when he was on the run in the south, he never forgot his family and would often secretly ask someone to send some money and property home.

Things started to change when her father's uprising was successful.

Although he treated her and A'niang the same as before, the chivalrous spirit of her father was gone.

Faced with the violence and bullying of the people by the rebels under his command, her father did nothing to stop them except persuading them not to act recklessly.

As the power in his hands grew, her father became less and less willing to listen to others, and he started to become more utilitarian.

In order to survive, he could join the rebels who believed in Taoism and deceive them into believing in the religion. In order to deepen his relationship with the rebels, he could hide his real name and not tell them his origins, using an honest name in order to win over those who could be won over.

Wang Ningjun certainly did not doubt her father's original intention of the uprising. He might really want to overthrow a corrupt and greedy country like the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But in the end, when she looked back, Wang Ningjun found that her father's faces were becoming more and more similar to those of the officials.

Those officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty once committed violence against the people, but did the successful insurgent army also commit violence against the people?

So far, there is only one person who has always put people first, and that person's name is Chu Shizhao.

You are not his opponent, and you have never fought with him for the world, so you don’t know how unbelievable everything Chu Shizhao does is.

Just this one thing, no rebel army can do it.

But Chu Shizhao is able to do it.

So when the leader of the beggar army raised the simple slogan of ensuring that the people had enough food and clothing and that everyone had land to farm, Wang Ningjun sensed something subtle.

The name can be changed, the identity can be changed, but the style cannot be changed.

Especially when he saw that the rebel army led by the other side truly abided by the strict military discipline of not demolishing houses even if they froze to death, and not looting even if they starved to death, Wang Ningjun felt that they were not on the same level as the previous rebel army.

The previous rebels were nothing more than rebels and real bandits under the banner of uprising.

Now this uprising army has truly become an uprising army, a group of people who have begun to fight for their ideals.

In fact, in this simulation, Chu Shizhao had too many people on his shoulders.

This was the only simulation that Chu Shizhao didn't want to lose, nor did he want it to end so hastily.

Dou Li died. He died to cover him.

Yang Fang also died, for the sake of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and for him, Chu Shizhao also died in battle.

I have to say no, but many times, while your brothers are alive, you have little sense of whether they will die, and you never think about what will happen to a brother like this after he dies.

But when they really die for you, at that moment you really feel a sense of regret in your heart.

Especially since the dead cannot be resurrected, once the minister card is cancelled, it is gone forever.

[In December of the seventh year of Jiade, Ma Su'an's Great Yan regime collapsed, and the Five Barbarians and Seven Kingdoms began to fight each other for territory.]

[The war between the Five Barbarians and the Seven Kingdoms led to a stalemate between the north and the south, which left the southern regions with time to take care of their internal affairs. In order to ensure that the rear was worry-free, the southern governors began to eliminate "internal troubles" such as the Qihuo Army.]

[They believed that they had to first stabilize the country before they could resist foreign aggression. If they wanted to defeat the barbarians who had invaded from the north, they had to destroy the rebels who were fighting on their own in the rear.]

[If they attack the north with all their strength, the rebels in the rear may launch a surprise attack on their territory. Only by defeating the rebels in the rear can they have a chance to return to the "Zhou Land". These rebels are traitors who betrayed the Great Zhou Dynasty. Suppressing them is also what the "old ministers of the Great Zhou" should do.]

[Of course, these southern military governors were afraid of fighting and did not dare to attack the barbarians in the north, which was also the reason why they avoided fighting.]

[In January of the eighth year of Jiade, Chu Shizhao attacked Yixing from Jiangyin and then Poyang. The rebel army in Hongzhou was called Pinglu Army. When they met Chu Shizhao's Qihuo Army, Wang Shouyi volunteered to be the vanguard.]

[On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Wang Shouyi led his army across the river from Shengmi Ferry in order to establish his achievements, and defeated Zhu Jing, the leader of the Pinglu Army, in the area of ​​Yulongguan.]

[Zhu Jing led the remnants of his army to flee, and Wang Shouyi pursued them alone for 25 miles. Zhu Jing led his troops to counterattack. Chu Shizhao, who arrived later, also shot his vanguard general dead with one arrow, and led his army forward. Zhu Jing's army was defeated and fled westward into Yunzhou.]

[On the 13th, Zhu Jing went out in full force to resist the annexation of the Qihuo Army, and formed a battle array 15 miles long. Chu Shizhao once again led a small number of 200 cavalrymen, holding high the "Qihuo Army" flag to lure the enemy.]

[As soon as Zhu Jinggang engaged in battle, the ambushes arranged by Wang Shouyi sprang up everywhere, and he was defeated, with 8,000 of his men surrendering.]

[In February of the eighth year of Jiade, Han Gu joined the Qihuo Army.]

[On the seventh day of the same month, Lan Shu, due to his military merits during the war, was appointed as the governor of the southern Fujian area and became a minister of Zhou.]

[In March of the eighth year of Jiade, Chu Shizhao sent troops to southern Fujian and sent a secret letter to persuade Lan Shu to surrender. Lan Shu was slightly surprised when he saw the secret letter, but he did not dare to believe it and still stationed troops to defend the southern Fujian area.]

[In April of the eighth year of Jiade, Chu Shizhao attacked the Central Plains again. After suppressing the rebellions of Zhu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Cao Shu and others in Nanchang, Jingxiang and other places, his military strength increased unprecedentedly.]

[In May of the eighth year of Jiade, Chu Shizhao's beggar army had reached more than 100,000 people, but Chu Shizhao still required his soldiers to strictly follow the military discipline he established and execute military orders. Anyone who disobeyed would be punished by military law on the spot.]

[The Pinglu Army righteous soldiers who had just joined the Qihuo Army did not agree, so the Luyi Hall instructor founded by Chu Shizhao executed all the righteous soldiers on the spot. ] [As a result, the newly returned righteous army rebelled again and mutinied in the army. ]

[In June of the eighth year of Jiade, Chu Shizhao completely wiped out the uprising army, thereby stabilizing the local country and protecting the safety of the people in the local area.]

[In July, Chu Shizhao recovered the six counties of Xianghan that had previously fallen to Ma Suan's pseudo-Yan regime.]

【Recovering the Central Plains is the basis.】

[In September of the eighth year of Jiade, Chu Shizhao appointed Wang Shouyi as the general of conquering the enemy and Han Gu as the commander of the Qihuo Army, and led an army of 100,000 to march north into the Central Plains.]

[During the Northern Expedition, Chu Shizhao personally issued the "Edict to the Central Plains", in which he proposed the principle of "expelling the barbarians, restoring China, establishing rules and regulations, and saving the people".]

[In October of the eighth year of Jiade, Chu Shizhao returned to his original name and proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, with the country named Jing and the reign title Shengwu.]

[After Chu Shizhao was restored to his original name, the southern government and the public were shaken. The fundamental purpose of the uprising was to overthrow the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the people who led them to overthrow the Great Zhou Dynasty and the old system happened to be the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which led to unprecedented turmoil.]

[Many people had long lost trust in the Zhou Dynasty, and Chu Shizhao's restoration of his original name and surname caused social unrest.]

[In November of the eighth year of Jiade, Chu Shizhao directly drew a line with the Great Zhou Dynasty. He believed that birth was not a shame and that only those who could bring peace to the world could be heroes. He ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and named the country Lijing, which meant that he wanted to completely sever ties with the Great Zhou Dynasty.]

[Chu Shizhao knew very well that ability was the key to gaining the trust of the people and officials. This was why he dared to return to his original name. His achievements, his ideas, and his ability were enough to control these soldiers.]

[In December of the eighth year of Jiade, after Chu Shizhao returned to his original name, Lan Shu, the governor of southern Fujian, finally surrendered to Chu Shizhao. When he tried to recapture those governors who were still resisting and claiming to be former ministers of the Great Zhou, the resistance was greatly reduced. Those local gentry were willing to surrender to Chu Shizhao. The northern scholars who had fled south also saw an opportunity to exploit the people again, and they all supported Chu Shizhao's re-establishment in Nanjing.]

【However, Chu Shizhao did not give these northern scholars the preferential treatment he had imagined.】

[In January of the first year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao introduced the imperial examination system, which allowed anyone with talent to enter the court and become an official, thus opening up a channel for the lower class to rule from the upper class.]

[In February of the first year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao ensured the daily supply of the Qihuo Army, increased the army's food, baggage and military pay needs, and stabilized the army's morale. ]

[In March of the first year of Shengwu, some generals of the Qihuo Army were dissatisfied with Chu Shizhao's background and tried to join forces with Wang Shouyi to launch a military coup.]

[They believed that Chu Shizhao's background alone betrayed the original intention of their uprising.]

[Wang Shouyi was promoted to a high position by Chu Shizhao, who recognized his talent. He hated the officials of the Zhou Dynasty from the bottom of his heart, but he did not have much resentment towards Chu Shizhao's actions.]

[But Wang Shouyi was worried that if he betrayed others and informed Chu Shizhao, no one would trust him in the future, and he would have no way out. For the sake of his reputation and his own selfish concerns, he did not secretly inform.]

[However, Chu Shizhao's people in the army reported that someone wanted to join forces with Wang Shouyi for a military coup, which put Wang Shouyi in a dilemma.]

[In April of the first year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao did not attack Wang Shouyi, but thought that this was intentional, and that the soldiers of the rebel army did not trust his governance, so they used a strategy of sowing discord to attack him.]

[Although he was born into an imperial family, as a son of a concubine, he was well aware of the sufferings of the common people.]

[In May of the first year of Shengwu, the old story that Chu Shizhao had hidden for several years was brought up again, and the text of the public security memorial was brought to light again, which greatly boosted the people's morale. Soon, Chu Shizhao reduced the taxes on the people and actively encouraged the people to produce, so that the people were able to live and work in peace. The beggars, who had been restless before, finally calmed down after years of appeasement by Chu Shizhao.]

[In June of the first year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao advocated cutting off the order with the Great Zhou Dynasty, and also revealed that the Great Jing Dynasty was the new dynasty that actually succeeded the Great Zhou Dynasty. The reason he did this was to make the Great Jing Dynasty, as the successor of the Central Plains Dynasty, have a more orthodox legal basis.]

[In July of the first year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao established a military altar in Nanjing and buried the names and origins of the dead soldiers here, strengthening the people's attachment to and sense of identity with the new dynasty.]

[In August of the first year of Shengwu, Lan Shu was appointed General of the Northern Expedition, thus forming a new three-way northern expedition army.]

[In September of the first year of Shengwu, the lives of the people of the Dajing Dynasty had changed greatly. Previously, it was difficult for the people to have a stable life with food and clothing. With the support of Chu Shizhao, the policy of focusing on agricultural recovery and reducing taxes, the cost of living for the people was reduced, and as each household had surplus food, the population began to resume production.]

【When people don’t have enough food to eat, the population will naturally slow down. 】

[When the people not only have enough food and clothing to live on, but also have surplus food to buy other household items, the population will naturally rebound and rise.]

[In October of the first year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao surveyed the land and began to settle accounts with the landlords and tyrants who had counterattacked the previous dynasty.]

[The reason Chu Shizhao attacked them was because they were disloyal to the court, failed to provide food and grass to help save the country when foreign enemies invaded, and failed to do good deeds when the people were struggling to survive.]

[Except for those rich peasants and landlords who were petitioned by the people, most of the rich peasants who were unkind and even deliberately annexed land during the war had their property confiscated, and those who were guilty of serious crimes were even exiled and imprisoned.]

[In November of the first year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao once again ordered farmers to return to farming and rewarded those who reclaimed wasteland. Whoever reclaimed the wasteland would own the land.]

[In addition, in order to ensure a balance between population and regions, Chu Shizhao promoted immigration and farming. This was to avoid some places having too many people and too little land, while others had too much land and too little land.]

【Not only that, Chu Shizhao also organized farmers from all over the country to build water conservancy projects; he vigorously promoted the planting of cash crops such as mulberry, hemp, and cotton to restore the natural growth of the national economy. 】

[After measuring the land, Chu Shizhao relocated the rich peasants who were jointly guaranteed by the people to other places in order to suppress the powerful.]

[In December of the first year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao ordered the liberation of slaves, exempted taxes for three years in areas hit hard by the war, severely punished corrupt officials, and sent people to various parts of the south to measure land and check household registration, etc.]

[Under Chu Shizhao's multi-pronged approach, all the unreasonable aspects of the old system were rectified, and the Dajing Dynasty showed a scene of revival and prosperity. ]

【People’s hearts are turning back to the scenery. 】

[In January of the second year of Shengwu, a nomadic tribe called the Mongols emerged from the chaos of the Five Barbarians and Seven Kingdoms. They annexed the territories of many nomadic tribes, occupied Jinyang, Fanyang and other places, confronted the Xiongnu, and established a country called the Yuan Dynasty.]

[In February of the second year of Shengwu, after years of confrontation, the Xiongnu people showed signs of defeat. After failing to defeat the Mongols, they decided to move south to attack the newly-born capital city of Dajing.]

[In March of the second year of Shengwu, the northern scholars, rich peasants and powerful people who were suppressed and oppressed by Chu Shizhao welcomed the Xiongnu's "king's army". Many places chose to give up resistance and let the Xiongnu invade so easily.]

[In April of the second year of Shengwu, after the Xiongnu entered the country, they killed the rich peasants and powerful people who had surrendered the city, robbed them of their wealth, brutally suppressed the people under their rule, and plundered the remaining resources and wealth.]

[These people in distress once again fled towards the heart of Dajing, crying and throwing away their belongings.]

[The brutality of the Xiongnu made the people of the Dajing Dynasty more united, and Chu Shizhao's previously unstable position became extremely stable at this moment.]

(End of this chapter)