Ning Wanwo said: "What the regent said is absolutely true. Zuo Maotai still has to go to Nanjing. Firstly, he will take the opportunity to find out who the Ming general is in the Battle of Xuzhou. Secondly, he still has to put pressure on Nanming as planned.
, try your best to reach a confrontation with Nanming across the river, and then concentrate all your efforts to deal with the bandits first."
Dorgon said: "Sir, these words are sincere and can be used to plan for the country."
"I don't dare to take it seriously." Ning Wanwo said, "It's just a superficial knowledge."
Dorgon said: "Sir, you just mentioned the chief general of the Ming army. Who do you think it will be?"
Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan once again turned their attention to Hong Chengchou. When it comes to understanding the military generals of the Ming Dynasty, it is Hong Chengchou. After all, he served as the governor of the three sides and the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty for many years.
Hong Chengchou said: "There are only a few generals who can fight in the Ming Dynasty. Zuo Liangyu is one of them. Huang Degong, Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo can barely do it. The rest, like Liu Zeqing, are just making up the numbers. Only Chongzhen
Only such a foolish king would regard Liu Zeqing and his ilk as pillars of the Ming Dynasty."
Dorgon said: "Who will be guarding Xuzhou?"
Hong Chengchou said: "If nothing else, it should be Gao Jie."
"Gao Jie? I remember this name." Dorgon nodded.
"The Xuzhou incident has come to an end for the time being. Although we suffered a big loss, this is not a good time to raise troops for revenge. The first priority now is to move the capital! We have to move the capital from Shengjing to Beijing."
"The regent is wise," Hong Chengchou and the other three said in unison.
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Not to mention the people in Nanjing rushing to tell each other, not to mention Dorgon's anger, and not to mention the filial piety of every family in Shengjing with yellow flags. Let's talk about the Ming army and Chongzhen here in Xia Town.
Because more than a thousand slave prisoners were captured, screening was carried out as usual.
The so-called screening is to find out the real slaves who may be hiding among them, or the high-ranking generals of the Han army who are trying to get through. As a result, three big fish were really caught in the screening.
The first big fish caught was Zu Zerun.
Zu Zerun was taken to Chongzhen's residence.
"The guilty minister Zu Zerun, please kowtow to the Holy Lord Jin'an."
Chongzhen looked down at Zu Zerun, whose forehead paused, and was speechless.
Chongzhen was not familiar with Zu Zerun, but he still had fresh memories of Zu Zerun’s grand birthday, which was once a pillar of the Ming Dynasty.
It is no exaggeration to say that Zu Dashou is Optimus Prime.
Three Thousand Yiding was built by Zu Dashou.
In a sense, Chongzhen is still enjoying the blessing of his ancestor's longevity.
After staring at Zu Zerun for a long time, Chongzhen asked quietly: "Is your father okay?"
Zu Zerun did not dare to raise his head and said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I'm thinking of you. My father's body is quite strong."
After finishing the question, Chongzhen felt that he had nothing to say. What else could he say? Say that Zu Dashou was unworthy of the Ming Dynasty? Or call Zu Dashou a traitor? It's meaningless.
"Take him down." Chongzhen motioned to Yi Ding to take Zu Zerun down.
Zu Zerun seemed to want to say a few more words, but he muttered twice and finally did not say anything. But even if he didn't say it, Chongzhen could probably guess what he wanted to say.
I just want to say that Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty out of helplessness.
But what’s the point of saying all this? It can’t be cleaned!
Just like a piece of white paper stained with ink, it cannot be cleaned no matter how hard you wash it.
As soon as Zu Zerun was taken away, Gao Qiqian walked in and wanted to whisper into Chongzhen's ear.
Chongzhen immediately stood up, keeping himself as far away from the high-rise dive as possible, and said with a look of disgust: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't make it useless."
The expression on Gao Qiqian's face became a little embarrassed.
Generals such as Huang Degong and Zheng Hongkui wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh.
Gao Qiqian quickly adjusted his mood and said in a flattering voice: "Gao Di wants to meet Lord Long Live alone and says that he has an important military intelligence report related to the details of the slave construction."
Gaudi was the second big fish caught.
"Meeting alone? You really take yourself personally."
Chongzhen said suddenly: "Gao Banban, bring him here."
Gao Di was quickly taken to the funeral hall and found that he was not alone. He was inevitably a little disappointed, but after meeting Chongzhen, he still knelt down and paid homage.
"The guilty minister, Gao Di, bows before the Holy One."
"Gao Di, Gao Banban said, do you have important military information to report to me regarding the establishment of slaves?"
"Your Majesty, what I want to report is that Wu Sangui, the uncle of Pingxi, has defected to Jiannu and was named King of Pingxi by Dorgon, the regent of Jiannu. However, he has not gained the trust of Jiannu."
"That's it? Is this what you call important military information?"
"No, there is also important military information. The slave-building nobles are not monolithic. They also have differences within them. For example, the slave-building nobles headed by Azig advocated taking their people, livestock and property back outside the customs, but Dorgon disagreed. Dorgon did not agree.
Ergon wanted to bring Shunzhi, the young emperor who founded the slaves, to Beijing, and also wanted to move the capital to Beijing."
This is actually very important information that can directly affect the decision-making of the Ming court.
The expressions of Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui, Gong Yonggu and other distinguished generals changed instantly.
It's a pity that this information is worthless to Chongzhen. This has been known for a long time.
Due to the appearance of him as a time traveler, some small historical details may have changed, but major events will definitely follow their original trajectory, so Dorgon will definitely move the capital to Beijing.
"Gao Di, if this is all you want to report, I'm afraid I won't be able to save you. This bit of bullshit military information is probably far from enough to atone for your sins." Chongzhen said with a smile.
Gao Di was a little panicked after hearing this. Isn't this enough?
Holy lord, this is a huge military and national event.
Thinking of this, an idea suddenly flashed in Gaudi's mind. If it's not about national affairs, what about family affairs?
At that moment, Gao Di said quickly: "Your Majesty, I still know the current situation of Princess Kunxing."
Hearing this, Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Cijiong, who were standing behind Chongzhen, looked over.
There was an unnatural look on Chongzhen's face. Although it was not him, Chongzhen, who forced Queen Mother Yi'an, Queen Zhou and other concubines to death, it was impossible for others to know this, as well as the beheading of Princess Zhaoren and Princess Kunxing.
The thing about an arm will definitely be remembered on his head.
But in fact, Chongzhen completely overthought it.
According to the feudal ethics of this era, what he did was absolutely right.
Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui and other generals were inexplicably moved after hearing this.
My heart says that on the day of national calamity in Jiashen, the concubines of the Tian family came to celebrate the death of the country one after another, which was really heroic.
As for the fact that Chongzhen killed his wife and abandoned his son, it was automatically ignored by the officials. A hero should act like a hero.
Zhu Cixiang asked Gao Di again: "After the bandits captured the capital, they treated the emperor's sister and Yuan Guifei with great courtesy. How about establishing slaves?"
Gao Di hurriedly said: "Returning to His Majesty the Crown Prince, Jian Nu has treated Princess Kunxing with great courtesy since he entered the capital. As for Concubine Yuan Gui, she passed away not long ago."
After that, he added that Concubine Yuan Guifei was not humiliated.
Zhu Cihong said oh and said nothing more.
Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui and other generals felt at ease.
Chongzhen waved his hand, and two Yiding men stepped forward and escorted Gao Di down.
Gao Qiqian asked again: "Your Majesty, are you still going to interrogate Wang Aoyong?"
"There is no need to interrogate Wang Aoyong." Chongzhen had no interest in Wang Aoyong.
Zu Zerun and Gao Di still have some value, but Wang Aoyong is worthless.
Whether it was due to the suppression of the civil servant group or the purge of the northern Jin gentry who first demoted thieves and then slaves, Wang Aoyong was in doom.
Because Wang Aoyong was not only a civil official, but also a gentry in Shandong Province.
After a pause, Chongzhen said to Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui, Gong Yonggu and other generals and nobles: "The victory celebration ceremony is about to begin. Dear ladies, please go back and prepare."
"I'll take my leave." Huang Degong and others all resigned and left the camp.
After sending away the prostitute Degong and others, Chongzhen changed his clothes and taught his son lessons.
"Xun'er, and Jiong'er, what do you think should be done with the prisoners like Zu Zerun and Gao Di?"
Zhu Cijiong said without thinking: "What can we do with those rebellious ministers like Zu Zerun and Gao Di who are shameless and consider thieves as their fathers? Naturally, they should be killed to serve as a warning to others."
Chongzhen turned his gaze to Zhu Cixiang: "What do you think, Xian'er?"
Zhu Cihong said: "It is pleasant to kill Zu Zerun and other rebellious ministers, but it also has disadvantages."
"Brother, what are you talking about?" Zhu Cijiong said a little unhappy, "What harm can come from killing these rebellious ministers?"
"Yes." Zhu Cixi nodded and said, "Of course these rebellious ministers should be killed, but after killing these people, rebellious traitors like Wu Sangui will be completely devoted to Jian Nu from now on, and will no longer have any second thoughts. There are still those who still have the same intention."
The Ming Dynasty's demotions could still win them over, but after killing Zu Zerun and others, these demotes may have given up completely."
"But if we keep them, how can our Zhu family be worthy of those officials and nobles who sacrificed themselves for the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Cijiong retorted with a dark face, "This move will make it difficult for officials and noble officials all over the world who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty to calm down.
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"What the third brother said is true." Zhu Cihong said, "It is indeed not good if Zu Zerun and others are left unkilled. This move will seriously harm the officials and gentry people who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and may even cause problems for the officials and gentry people all over the world.
A very bad hint, that is, even if you betray the Ming Dynasty, you don’t have to worry about paying the price, because I, the Ming Dynasty, will not kill them anyway."
Chongzhen said with a smile: "Then my father is going to test you now. Is there a way to get the best of both worlds? There is no need to kill Zu Zerun and other rebellious ministers, but it will not hurt those officials and gentry people who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty?"
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"It's impossible." Zhu Cijiong said flatly, "The two are incompatible with water and fire. It's difficult to have both."
Chongzhen smiled and said: "Boy, don't speak so absolutely, otherwise it will be very painful to be slapped in the face."
"I understand!" Suddenly an idea flashed in Zhu Cijiong's mind, and he shouted excitedly, "Present prisoners to the palace!"
The prisoner-offering palace has a long history in China, and there is a final link in the prisoner-offering palace, which is that the emperor decides the life and death of the prisoners of war. If the prisoners of war are pardoned in such a ceremony to promote the country's prestige, they will not be criticized by the world. For example,
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once pardoned the Hun Prince Jin Rixing in a ceremony to present prisoners at the prison.