This move directly captured Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Tong Yangliang, Zu Kefa and other former Ming generals whose weakness was fear of death.
Looking at the bloody human head on the tray, dozens of generals in the lobby were trembling with fear.
Sony deliberately did not speak, but glanced back and forth at the dozens of surrendered generals with ferocious eyes. At the same time, dozens of Baya soldiers from Zhenghuang Banner also poured in with swords in hand.
Looking at this posture, he could stab someone with a knife at any time.
A full quarter of an hour passed, until the backs of all the generals were soaked with cold sweat. Sony finally let out a muffled groan, and one of the generals was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.
"General, spare your life, spare your life."
The general fell to his knees, kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Sony and other surrendered generals took a closer look, but it turned out to be Cai Shiying, a Jia Laer Zhen from the Han Army of Zhengbai Banner.
This Duke came to the Qing Dynasty with Zu Dashou when he was in Jinzhou, and was immediately awarded the military rank of Niu Lu'ezhen in the Han Army of Zhengbai Banner. After going around for several years, he became Jia La'ezhen.
Sony asked in a deep voice: "Are you also collaborating with the enemy?"
"Uh, ah? The last general is not collaborating with the enemy, absolutely not."
Cai Shiying denied it, saying that it was careless and Sony didn't know.
Sony scolded: "What are you afraid of if you don't cooperate with the enemy?"
Cai Shiying quickly got up and stood up.
Sony looked around at the crowd and said sternly: "Tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle between our Qing army and the Ming army. I, the general, will make a three-part agreement with you first. If anyone who collaborates with the enemy is found, he will be killed without mercy. There will also be those who escape from the battlefield tomorrow."
Those who are afraid of the enemy and do not follow the lead and those who do not listen to orders will also be killed immediately. You must remember this!"
"Hey!" All the surrendered generals responded in unison, with solemn expressions.
Sony added: "After winning this battle, I will inform the emperor that everyone who participated in this battle will be promoted to the next level, and there will also be rewards. In short, the Qing Dynasty will not treat its meritorious ministers unfairly."
"The last general will bow down and thank the general for his support." All the surrendered generals knelt down to express their thanks.
After being manipulated by Sony Enwei, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and other generals no longer dared to think of any wrongdoing. Originally, there were actually a few generals who wanted to wait until tomorrow's battle to stay in front of the formation and deliberately disrupt the Qing army's formation.
If you do, you may be able to atone for your sins and gain fame in the Ming Dynasty.
Now I no longer have such thoughts.
…
Kong Youde and other surrendered generals had given up any thought of doing anything.
However, Sun Zhixian, Wang Aoyong, Xu Yifan and other officials were still trying to fish in troubled waters. They even found the ancestral home in Xicheng Bridge Hutong.
What did these two ministers do when they found the ancestral home?
The intention is very simple, to invite Zu Dashou to come out and lead the army.
"Junmen, when the world is in chaos, you must not sit back and watch."
"That's right. At present, all the old officials of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing are leaderless and don't know how to fight. Only in the military department, you are highly respected and experienced in many battles. As long as you are willing to lead the troops, great things can be expected."
"I also ask the Zujun Sect to put the Ming Dynasty as its top priority."
Each of these ministers spoke righteously and strictly, just like loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
When Zu Dashou heard this, he just thought it was ridiculous. Are you acting like an opera?
Now that you think about putting the Ming Dynasty as your top priority, why did you do it earlier?
When the puppet army invaded Beijing, you should not be in a hurry to surrender.
And when Dorgon's army enters Beijing, don't be so hasty to kneel down.
Now that the Holy One is leading the army back to Beijing, and seeing that the capital is about to be restored, do you finally remember that you were once a minister of the Ming Dynasty? It's too late!
Don't think I don't know what you are doing.
Have you all sent people to look for Gao Qiqi Dive?
But has Gao Qiqian understood you? I’m afraid not?
Gao Qiqian ignored you, which is enough to illustrate the Holy Spirit's attitude.
The Holy Emperor doesn't want to give you, the other ministers, a chance to atone for your crimes, so you just wait to be liquidated. Your colleagues from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Shuntian Prefecture will come to find you, so don't worry.
Seeing the ancestor's birthday and never saying a word, these other ministers would inevitably get the wrong idea.
Wang Aoyong immediately asked: "The army is worried that there will be no armor soldiers available?"
"Don't worry about this." Sun Zhixian said with enthusiasm, "We have quite a few servants in our house, the total number is no less than a thousand, and some of them can be incited to rebel and practice bravery. There are always three to five thousand people."
Xu Yifan continued: "Bayintu, Hong Chengchou has already led the elite troops with two white flags out of the city. The Forbidden City has become extremely empty. If the military gate is willing to raise a voice and lead us into the Forbidden City to capture Jiannu and the puppet emperor Fulin,
Then the matter will be settled, and the officials, gentry and people in several northern provinces will all be grateful for the military's supreme kindness."
Sun Zhixian continued: "The Holy One will definitely show mercy even outside the law."
Zu Dashou's eyelids drooped slightly and he ignored these ministers from beginning to end.
A direct surprise attack on the Forbidden City to capture Fulin? It's a good idea.
But with the three to five thousand people you have gathered, don't even think about it.
Not to mention the two-yellow-banner Ba-Ya La soldiers who are left behind to guard the Forbidden City, even the servants in the noble houses of the Eight Banners can easily tear you into pieces.
"Junmen, can you give me a kind word?"
Sun Zhixian talked for a long time and finally became a little impatient.
Zu Dashou then said: "I am old, my energy is low, and my eyesight is no longer good. Especially at night, I can't see anything. I'm afraid I won't be able to help you."
After a pause, Zu Dashou said again: "Everyone, please go back."
The living room immediately fell into silence, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.
"Coward!" After a moment, Sun Zhixian took the lead and walked away.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Yifan, Wang Aoyong and other ministers also left one after another.
After all the ministers left, seventeen-year-old Zu Zeqing came in quietly and said to Zu Dashou: "Father, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Qing Dynasty to survive the disaster tomorrow. How about running away now?"
"Escape? Where can we escape?" Zu Dashou sighed and said, "The world is so big that there is no place for our ancestors to stay, so there is no need to put in the effort, just wait honestly in Beijing."
After a pause, Zu Dashou said again: "However, considering the behavior of the Holy Master since Jiashen, you brothers should still have a chance of survival. After all, you surrendered to Qing because it was hard to disobey your father's orders."
"Father!" Zu Zeqing felt sad when he heard this.
…
In Nanjing, the Forbidden City is still brightly lit.
Ma Mingluan, Ruan Dacheng, Wang Wei, Chen Zilong and other officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as cabinet ministers such as Lu Zhenfei, Zhang Shenyan, Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng and Liu Lishun all gathered in Huangji Hall.
In addition, there are also Tang officials such as Li Jiaozheng and Fan Zhongjie.
Liu Lizhun was elected to the cabinet a month ago.
The official "reason" is because of his outstanding performance as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
But in fact, this is not the case at all, because the person who succeeded Liu Lizhun as the Minister of Household Affairs was Li Jiaozheng, the censor of flood control and governor of Huguang previously appointed by Chongzhen.
Li Jiaozheng was indeed promoted, from a second-rank governor to a second-rank official.
But if Li Jiaozheng was allowed to choose by himself, he would rather serve as the censor of flood control and governor of Huguang, because he can do practical things if he stays in a local position, but he can't help himself when he gets to the middle of the court.
To be honest, Li Jiaozheng really hates worldliness.
By the way, another censor who was promoted by Chongzhen under the imperial edict, Wu Jinxi, the iron censor, was also transferred back to Nanjing to serve as minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Liu Shizhen, the former Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Punishments.
Succeeding Wu Jinxi and Li Jiaozheng were two supervisory censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
This is the Ming Dynasty's sophistication. Lu Zhenfei is actually unwilling to do this because he knows that doing so will definitely intensify the conflict with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Because the flood control censor holds Huguang grain in his hands.
The iron smelting censor also controlled the iron smelting workshop in Hanyang.
What does Huguang’s grain and Hanyang’s iron-making workshops mean? It means endless wealth!
To put it bluntly, even the Ming Dynasty's civil service group has set its sights on the Huguang Granary and the Hanyang Iron Smelting Workshop. Lu Zhenfei, as the chief minister, has no choice but to do it himself. It is impossible for him to compete with the entire civil service group on his own.
To put it more bluntly, the civil service group has no money, and even official salaries are almost no longer available.
In the past, the only income of the civil servant group was money and grain taxes, but since the fall of the north and Sichuan and Yunnan falling into war one after another, the money and grain taxes from the local areas have decreased sharply.
Fortunately, I later worked with the Ministry of Internal Affairs to establish the Household Bank Account and the Household Exchange, and I finally got over it.
Relying on the income from bonds issued by the Household Exchange and the interest difference from the Household Bank account, the civil servant group has lived a good life for several years, and their various benefits are not much different from those of the diligent princes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
However, after the five-year bond expired at the beginning of this year, the account bank was unable to withdraw enough money. In the end, not to mention the 18-year return as previously agreed, even the principal was discounted by 20%.
The reason is also very simple. There are more and more bonds in the household department, but the tax source has not increased much.
And the bonds issued by the Ministry of Accounts are pledged with tax revenue. In this case, it would be strange that there would be no thunderstorms.
After the five-year bond issued by the Hubu Stock Exchange exploded, it directly caused the price of the ten-year bond to collapse, and then the newly issued bonds could not be sold. As a result, the revenue and expenditure of the Hubu collapsed instantly.
Therefore, the current Ming Dynasty is also a world of ice and fire.
The scene in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is like a raging fire cooking oil and flowers blooming.
But the Sixth Cabinet Department cannot even pay out the salaries of officials.
It is for this reason that the civil servant group is eyeing the Huguang Granary and the Hanyang Iron Smelting Workshop.
But these are all things for later. At this time, Lu Zhenfei and other cabinet ministers and Ma Mingluo and other officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs gathered in the Huangji Palace because of an urgent letter from Beijing.
The Ming army and Jiannu are finally going to have a final battle!
How important this battle is, even a fool can see it.
However, in addition to being concerned about the outcome of this battle, Lu Zhenfei and other cabinet ministers were more concerned about another important matter, which was whether to return the capital after the victory of the Northern Expedition? What to do with the Northern Jin gentry who surrendered to the enemy?
These are all related to their vital interests.
[Some readers are worried about excessive yy. Don’t worry about this. The time span of this book will be very long. It will last until the Asia-Europe Railway and the Pan-Asia Railway are built. After the construction of the slaves is eliminated, the construction of the railway will begin.]