He gave the people pig food, the people were grateful and rebelled with him他给百姓吃猪食，百姓感恩戴德，死心塌地跟他造反

 He gave the people pig food, the people were grateful and rebelled with him

Chongzhen fourteen years, 1641, spring.

A news came from Luoyang, and quickly spread throughout the Heluo area, spreading to the entire Central Plains.

Millions of people took action. They supported each other, the old and the weak, dragged their families and their families, and meandered towards Luoyang like flowing water, day and night.

They all heard the same sentence: King Chuang opened a warehouse in Luoyang to release grain.

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This was an unprecedented victory. Taking Luoyang and killing King Fu, Li Zicheng couldn't help being a little excited about such an achievement, but when he opened the grain warehouse, his excitement turned into anger.

The grain piled up like a mountain, but because it was stored for too long, it had already rotted, and the stench was so strong that it was already inedible.

Inedible just in normal years.

But now that there are many famines and heavy taxes, the common people have already run out of food, and cannibalism has become the norm.

Zheng Lian, who was in Henan at that time, recorded in "The Chronicle of Yu Bian": People eat people, fathers eat sons, and wives eat husbands. I dare not walk alone on the road, and most of the people who are alone will be eaten. If there is no communication between villages, the communication will be eaten up. Some people who died of starvation died on the side of the road or in a ravine, and someone would come immediately, and in an instant, only a pair of bones remained.

The stinky food that Li Zicheng brought out was not even as good as pig food.

But it was these pig foods that inspired the entire land of Henan, and the hungry people from all directions saved their lives by relying on these pig foods. Their only idea is to follow King Chuang and rebel with all their hearts.

According to the records of those who witnessed this scene at that time: One call to a million people, but the momentum is unstoppable.

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At that time, there was a folk song: welcome the king of Chuang, and he will not pay the food when the king of Chuang comes.

Not paying food is of course wishful thinking. If you don’t pay food, what will so many troops eat? Just beating local tyrants will not solve the problem of military rations.

Li Zicheng also implemented military settlements.

For every three adult men, one will be selected to fight, and the remaining two will be responsible for planting 30 mu of land and providing twelve taels of silver.

As soon as this policy came out, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were very frightened.

This intruder is too vicious.

In the Ming Dynasty, the tax was increased every year, and the tax was increased by 5.2 million in the last year of Wanli; in the third year of Chongzhen, the tax was increased by 1.6 million taels, which is called the Liao pay. Later, the salary was increased and the salary was suppressed, and a total of 16.7 million was added successively.

And this trespasser reduced the tax to such a low level all of a sudden, it will inevitably lead to a situation: "All the people are attached to the bandits but not to the soldiers, and the bandits have food but the soldiers have nothing to eat."

Not only that, but the thief also distributed cattle to the people, persuaded farmers to mulberry, and provided disaster relief to poor families.

This intruder is really vicious.

03

The burglar is of course vicious.

He broke into the city of Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, and Ming died.

The Ming Dynasty is gone, but the ministers are still there.

The former chief assistant Wei Zaode went to see Li Zicheng immediately after he entered Beijing, expressing his willingness to devote himself to the new dynasty and die.

Wei Zaode was the No. 1 scholar in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, and he was quite conceited: If Li Zicheng wants to secure the world, he naturally needs talents, and he will definitely ask for the talents I have.

Li Zicheng asked Wei Zaode: Why do you have today?

Wei Zaode replied: I am a new chief assistant, and Chongzhen did not listen to my advice, so I have today.

Li Zicheng naturally didn't believe such nonsense, and said with a sneer: You are the chief assistant, enjoying all the favors, you should die to serve the country.

Wei Zaode quickly waved his hands: No, no, no, I still want to work for you, how dare I die!

Li Zicheng was too lazy to listen to this, so Liu Zongmin put him in custody.

Wei Zaode was not reconciled, and shouted out from the window: I can be any official.

Liu Zongmin is not interested in being an official for him, but the salary can be fulfilled.

Wei Zaode had ten fingers cut off by the pincer, and handed over tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The torture continued, and Wei Zaode died in prison.

04

Wei Zao Deqiang did not go to Li Zicheng alone, but Chen Yan, the former chief assistant of the cabinet, went with him.

When Chen Yan was the chief assistant of the cabinet, he was best at keeping silent.

When Li Zicheng was about to arrive in Beijing, Chongzhen wanted to conscript Wu Sangui into Jingqin Wang and asked Chen Yan for his opinion, but he remained silent; when Chongzhen was inquiring about the southward relocation, he asked Chen Yan for his opinion, but he was also silent. The reason why Chen Yan is like this is that he is afraid of taking responsibility.

But when Li Zicheng imprisoned Chen Yan in Liu Zongmin's place as well, the chief assistant of the former dynasty began to take the initiative at this time, and immediately reported that he had 40,000 taels of silver to contribute to his salary.

This action made Li Zicheng very happy. Others only got money through torture. This Chen Yan was not bad, so he offered to pay the money, and he was released.

The day he was released was April 8th.

After Chen Yan was released, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now you can feel at ease and serve the new dynasty.

On April 12th, Li Zicheng led his army out of the city to attack Wu Sangui.

On the same day, Li Zicheng ordered Chen Yan and others to be beheaded to prevent the old officials of the Ming Dynasty from rebelling.

他给百姓吃猪食，百姓感恩戴德，死心塌地跟他造反

崇祯十四年，1641年，春。

一个消息由洛阳传来，迅速传遍了整个河洛地区，散向整个中原大地。

数以百万计的百姓们都行动起来，他们老弱相扶，拖家带口，向流水一般蜿蜒流向洛阳，日夜不绝。

他们都听到了同样一句话：闯王在洛阳开仓放粮。

01

这是一个前所未有的胜利，拿下洛阳，杀了福王，李自成面对这样的成绩也不免有些兴奋，但当他打开粮食仓库之后，兴奋变成了愤怒。

粮食堆积如山，但因为存放过长的时间，早已经腐烂不堪，恶臭熏天，已是无法食用。

无法食用只是在正常年月。

可如今灾荒连连、税赋沉重，老百姓早已经断了粮，人吃人成为常态。

当时在河南的郑廉在《豫变纪略》中记载：人吃人，有父亲吃儿子的，有妻子吃丈夫的。在路上根本不敢单独行走，落单的人大多会被吃掉。村与村之间不敢有任何的往来，往来就会被吃掉。一些饿死的人，死在路边或者山沟里面，马上就会有人前来，转瞬间就只剩下一对白骨。

李自成拿出来的这些恶臭的粮食，连平日猪食都不如。

但就是这些猪食，让整个河南大地都为之振奋，四面而来的饥民们就靠着这些猪食，保住了性命。他们唯一的想法就是跟着闯王干，死心塌地的造反。

根据当时亲眼见证这一场景的人记载：一呼百万，而其势燎原不可扑。

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当时有民歌唱：迎闯王，闯王来了不纳粮。

不纳粮当然是一厢情愿，不纳粮，那么多军队吃什么？光靠打土豪可不行解决不了军粮问题。

李自成也实行了军屯。

每三个成年男子，抽出一名去作战，剩下两名负责种三十亩地，提供白银十二两。

这个政策一出，把大明朝的官员吓得不轻。

这个闯贼太恶毒了。

明朝这边税赋年年加，万历末年增赋五百二十万；崇祯三年,加赋一百六十万两,谓之辽饷。后来又加练饷、剿饷，先后共加赋一千六百七十万。

而这个闯贼一下子把赋税降到如此之低，必然会造成：“民皆附贼而不附兵，贼有食而兵无食。”的局面。

不仅如此，这个闯贼还给百姓发耕牛，劝农桑，对贫困家庭进行赈灾。

这个闯贼真是恶毒。

03

闯贼当然恶毒的。

他打进了北京城，崇祯皇帝上吊自杀，大明亡。

大明朝亡了，大臣们还在啊。

曾经的首辅魏藻德在李自成进京之后，立即前去拜见，表明自己愿为新朝鞠躬尽瘁、死而后已。

魏藻德是崇祯十三年状元，颇为自负：那李自成想要安天下，自然需要人才，我这有的人才他定会求之不得。

李自成问魏藻德：你为何有今日？

魏藻德答：我是新进首辅，那崇祯不听我的忠言，所以有今日。

李自成自然不相信这样的鬼话，冷笑道：你为首辅，享尽恩宠，当以死报国啊。

魏藻德连忙摆手：不、不、不，我还要为您效力呢，哪敢去死！

李自成懒得听这些，让刘宗敏将其看押起来。

魏藻德自是不甘心，从窗户向外喊话：我什么官都可以做。

刘宗敏没兴趣给他当官，拷饷倒是可以成全一下。

魏藻德在被夹棍夹断十指，交出白银数万两。

继续严刑拷打，魏藻德死于狱中。

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魏藻德强并不是一个人去投靠李自成，同他一起去的还有前内阁首辅陈演。

陈演任内阁首辅时，最拿手的就是沉默不语。

李自成快达到北京时，崇祯要征召吴三桂进京勤王，询问陈演意见，他一言不发；崇祯在询问南迁事宜，询问陈演意见，他同样沉默不语。陈演之所以如此，是其害怕担责任。

但李自成把陈演同样关在刘宗敏处时，这位前朝首辅此时开始主动起来，马上汇报自己有四万两白银可以进献助饷。

此一举，让李自成高兴不少，其他人都是严刑拷打才拿钱，这个陈演还不错，主动交钱，就把他释放了。

释放他的那一天是四月八日。

陈演被放出来之后，终于松了一口气。

这下可以安心下来为新王朝效命了。

四月十二日，李自成率军出城征伐吴三桂。

同日，李自成为防止明朝旧臣作乱，下令将陈演等人斩首。