The ice and snow in the Gyeonggi area have not yet completely melted, and the green wheat seedlings are clearly visible below. If there is no major disaster, this year will be a good harvest.

Potato planting will begin again in a while, and a double harvest of potatoes and wheat will successfully allow the people in Jiangbei to live a life without starvation.

On the way to Zhu Cixi's inspection, people were everywhere who heard the news. They stood on the roadside and clapped their hands desperately. Many people's palms were swollen.

But the common people didn't care. Compared with Emperor Shenwu allocating land to them, letting them eat, and making the land officials and gentry dare not bully them at will, what does it mean to suffer a little punishment on the palm of their hand?

When Zhu Cixiang's carriage passed by them, the people all knelt down and shouted long live. The shouts of long live came one after another along the way...

Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting next to Zhu Cixiang, looked calm on the surface, but felt unhappy in his heart. It was obvious that Emperor Shenwu was what the people wanted now.

When Emperor Shenwu was still the crown prince, when they proposed land reform, they were opposed by all officials and gentry, including Chongzhen.

But Zhu Cixiang remained unwavering and raised his butcher knife high against the landlords, officials and gentry who dared to confront him, killing only the gentry and landlords with their heads rolling.

In order to remove the crown prince from power, the landlords, officials, and gentry even began to force the palace. Both the Imperial College and the Hanlin Academy began demonstrations. Chongzhen almost failed to withstand the pressure at that time.

But the young crown prince once again raised the butcher knife of reform and killed the officials and Imperial College officials who forced the palace without mercy. Chongzhen almost banned him from being qualified to oversee the country.

Looking at the happy people in front of him, Chongzhen couldn't help but think of the situation when he and Zhu Cixi went to Henan for inspection. At that time, the Gyeonggi area was desolate and could not be compared with now.

All of this is the result of Zhu Cixi's land reform. As citizens of the Ming Dynasty, the people living in the Chongzhen Dynasty and the Shenwu Dynasty were completely different worlds.

It can be said that Chongzhen was a diligent, honest and stubborn emperor, but he was not a qualified emperor.

But he made a great and correct choice in dealing with the prince's supervision of the country. Otherwise, Ming Dynasty would still be struggling on the road to subjugation, and there would be no talk of ZTE!

Zhu Cihong knew that the Supreme Emperor had something in mind, but he didn't care. After dealing with the Jiannu and Tatars, he still had a lot to do. He would then focus on the country and continue land reform.

The most important things at present are to reward the meritorious soldiers, to deal with the slave-building dignitaries, and to enter the memorial hall of the dead soldiers into the Loyal Soul Shrine.

The memorial tablets of the soldiers who died in the previous battle to exterminate Jiannu were brought back by Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, and entered the Zhonghun Temple years ago.

There were not many casualties in this battle against Mongolia, but more than two hundred soldiers died on the prairie. They were all buried with monuments on the spot and their remains were brought back to the capital.

After returning to the capital, Zhu Cixiang personally presided over the ceremony of enthroning the souls of the fallen soldiers into the Zhonghun Temple, and then sent an order to suppress Jiannu and a group of dignitaries.

The thief chief Taiji died of illness, Jierhalang died in battle, Azig and Yuetuo were killed, brothers Duduo and Dorgon were captured alive, and Daishan and Hauge were also captured.

They were also Princes of Jiannu. Compared with Jierhalang, Yuetuo and Azig who died in the battle, the Dorgon brothers and Daishan Haug who were captured alive must have suffered more.

After being taken to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, they kept wondering how the young emperor Shenwu would deal with them. Until they were taken to the square in front of the Zhonghun Temple, they thought their lives were finally coming to an end.

Hearing that Emperor Shenwu was going to deal with the slave-building dignitaries at the Zhonghun Temple, many people immediately rushed to the Zhonghun Temple carrying rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves to watch the excitement and look for opportunities to teach the slaves a lesson.

Zhu Cixi decided to build the Zhonghun Temple outside the imperial city in order to make it convenient for the people to worship. The square area was also built to be large enough to accommodate more than 10,000 people.

Therefore, there were too many people watching the excitement, and soon the square was filled with people. For safety reasons, Shuntian Governor Yang Tinglin could only increase the number of soldiers from the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, and strictly restricted people from entering again.

At noon on March 20, the second year of Shenwu.

Nearly a thousand people including the four princes Dorgon, Duduo, Daishan, and Hauge, as well as Huang Taiji's harem Bumubutai, Zhezhe, Hailanzhu, Xiao Fulin, and some dignitaries such as Jiannubeile were taken to Zhonghun.

The square in front of the temple.

As soon as they were forced to kneel on the ground, the common people began to smash rotten vegetables, rotten eggs and other things in their hands at the slave-building dignitaries.

Dorgon Duduo and the others had rotten eggs on their bald heads and faces. They were all so disgusted that they were vomiting. Especially the Jiannu Queen Zhezhe and Zhuang Fei almost vomited out their gall. Some of the smaller Jiannu almost vomited out their gall.

Buried by rotten vegetable leaves...

In the past, eating at home was a big problem for people. Who would be willing to throw away rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves? But things have improved a lot now. There are not many rotten eggs, but there are definitely a lot of rotten vegetable leaves.

Because the people were so enthusiastic, the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division could hardly control the situation. Yang Tinglin saw that it was not good and immediately asked Emperor Shenwu for help.

Zhu Cixiang gave an order, and Zhou Yuji immediately sent out three thousand Shenwu troops and two thousand Jinyi guards. They did not forcibly arrest the people, but shouted with a loudspeaker:

"Attention, people present, please control yourself and never throw anything again. You have made the square too dirty. Emperor Shenwu is coming soon..."

When they heard that Emperor Shenwu was coming, the people immediately stopped. No one wanted to let their gods stand in a dirty square.

Seeing that the people stopped, the soldiers of the Five Cities and the Shenwu Army began to clean the rotten vegetable leaves in the square. They must let Emperor Shenwu stay in a clean environment.

Seeing the soldiers cleaning up the rotten vegetable leaves, the common people also stepped forward to help. They picked up the rotten vegetable leaves they threw into the square...

"Da da da……"

About an hour later, suddenly there was the sound of horse hoofbeats, and Emperor Shenwu came to the Zhonghun Temple Square surrounded by two thousand imperial guards.

They dismounted in front of the square and quickly formed two neat teams to protect Emperor Shenwu as he entered the square and climbed onto the high platform that had been built long ago.

Zhu Cixiang sat down on the chair on the high platform, Hu Baoyueyang stood on the left and right, and Li Banghua, Feng Ying, Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan, Cao Bianjiao, etc. stood on both sides.

Lu Xiangsheng returned home to observe his filial piety, and Sun Chuanting temporarily acted as the Minister of the Ministry of War. Feng Ying, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, was honored to become the executioner of the execution ground today.

Zhu Cixiang glanced at the square under the stage, and then nodded to Feng Ying, the Minister of Punishment. Feng Ying accepted the order and bowed to Emperor Shenwu. He stepped to the front of the stage and said loudly:

"Jianzhou was originally the territory of our Ming Dynasty. The Jianzhou Jurchens, Haixi Jurchens and other ethnic minorities living there are all our Ming people. Nurhachi was appointed as the commander of the Jianzhou Guards by the Ming Dynasty.

However, barbarians are still barbarians. Instead of being ungrateful, they raised their flags to rebel, kill our Ming people and soldiers, and invade our Ming territory.

From Fushun to Liaoyang, and then to Shenyang, Dalinghe and other places, Liaodong was gradually occupied by Jiannu slaves, which seriously threatened the Songjin area and repeatedly entered the country to burn, kill and loot.

Jiannu's rebellion caused irreparable harm to the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty. If Emperor Ziwei Xing Shenwu had not been born, Jiannu might have brought subversive harm to the Ming Dynasty.

In April of the first year of Shenwu, Emperor Shenwu led a personal expedition. In less than a year, he defeated the Jiannu and pacified Mongolia, killed some barbarians, and captured some Jiannu dignitaries.

Today, I have been ordered to deal with the slave-building dignitaries who have committed the most heinous crimes. Someone comes and has Sonito Lai and other slave-building dignitaries cut in half!"

"Got the order!"

When Feng Ying gave the order, the slave-building dignitaries were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground and begged desperately for mercy. However, the Jin Yiwei ignored them and immediately stepped forward and pinned down nearly a thousand slave-building dignitaries.

"No, please spare your life, Emperor Ming. The culprits, Huang Taiji and Dorgon Hauge, deserve death. We are all innocent..."

"Papa..."

Yue Yang stepped forward and slapped Jiannu Beile, who screamed the most fiercely, hard on the face.

Because Yue Yang exerted too much force, his palms felt a little numb, and Baylor's old face was immediately beaten into a pig's head, and his mouth was so swollen that he could no longer scream...

He shook his hands, waved to his subordinate Jin Yiwei and shouted:

"Whoever screams the loudest will be cut in half first..."

When the crying nobles of the slave establishment heard Yue Yang's words, they immediately shut up and did not dare to shout anymore, not wanting to be the first to be pulled out and chopped in half.

Cutting in half is listed as one of the "Top Ten Tortures".

The main reason is that human organs are basically located in the upper body. When being punished, it may usually take a long time for the person to die.

The whole picture will make people feel miserable.

In order to allow the prisoner to die earlier and suffer less torture, bribes are usually chosen in advance.

Seeing that the slave-building dignitaries stopped shouting, Yue Yang chuckled:

"Start cutting in half, line up and come one by one!"

"Got the order!"

Yue Yang gave an order, and the slave-building dignitaries were lined up in a row. Unfortunately, Sony was ranked first. A guard in golden clothes raised his ax and slashed down.

"Click..."

Sony was split in half with an axe, and the two body parts were squirming on the ground in pain...

At this time, the slave-building dignitaries discovered that the first one to be cut in half was almost lucky, because watching others cut in half before their eyes made them even more unable to bear the fear...

The reason why Yue Yang did this was to let the slave-building dignitaries watch their clansmen being chopped off one by one in front of their eyes, and to make the slave-building fear collapse...

The slave-building dignitaries were beheaded one after another. When the 500th slave-building noble was cut in half, more than fifty slave-building dignitaries who were waiting to be cut in half were frightened to death...

Yue Yang wiped that no matter whether they were frightened to death, he and Li Ruolian still commanded the Jin Yiwei to kill people, knowing that all the slave-building dignitaries would be cut in half...

After the slave-building dignitaries were beheaded, Feng Ying sentenced Dorgon, Duoduo, Yue Tuo, and Haoge. The four of them had their limbs cut off and put them in potion jars and placed them in the Loyal Soul Temple to comfort the loyal souls of the soldiers...

Empress Zhezhe, Concubine Zhuang and Hai Lanzhu were not executed. They were raised by Zhu Cixiang on a flower boat under the name of the Royal Group. Zhu Cixiang believed that business would be very good.

As for little Fulin, Zhu Cixiang placed him in a farm in Tongzhou and started working as a free volunteer when he was a few years older.

If he hadn't wanted to use him to coerce Jiannu's three empresses to accept guests, Zhu Cihong would never have let him live until now.

After dealing with the slave dignitaries, Zhu Cixiang began to arrange the construction of official roads. The official road connecting Monan and Mobei must be put on the agenda to find something to do for the surrendered Tatars and Haixi Jurchens.

Since ancient times, wherever roads are built, armies can reach, and military rule can reach wherever they are.

This set of policies not only facilitated the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions, but also made strong preparations for the Ming Dynasty to conquer these places in the future.

Next comes the joyful issue of canonization. Those meritorious soldiers have already been eager to see the canonization.

Regarding the titles, Zhu Cixi made some adjustments and restored viscount and baron.

The titles of the Ming Dynasty are divided into two types: clan and relatives. The clan is the royal family, the dragon and the grandson. The titles are prince, county king, general of the country, general of the country, general of Fengguo, lieutenant of Zhenguo, lieutenant of Fengguo, and Fengguo.

Lieutenant, wait a minute.

Relatives are divided into five levels: duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male. They are composed of meritorious officials and royal relatives. They were originally the fifth level. Later, the viscount and baron were removed, leaving only the third level of duke, marquis, and uncle, all of which were superior grades.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also formulated the system:

"No titles will be granted unless they have meritorious military service, and no title will be granted unless it is for special purposes."

The conferment of knights on my relatives was officially over with Zhu Cixiang. From now on, it would be impossible for my relatives to be knighted without military merit.
To be continued...