I saw Li Guo suddenly fall to the ground and said: "Your Majesty is a good emperor, the grass people have harmed countless people, and the crimes are heavy, and you are willing to ambush him!" ”

Although they decided to escort Zuo Mengeng here, they already had the consciousness of death. However, like Li Guo, saying that he was guilty of a lot of crimes and voluntarily ambushed him, it was still beyond the expectations of many people.

"Father-in-law......" Li Laiheng heard it and shouted, but he didn't know what to say.

After all, no one forced what he said just now, it was Li Guo himself.

In Liu Tichun's surprised voice, Li Dingguo also followed and said: "Although the grass people are young, they have almost ten years of experience as thieves, although the grass people did not mean it, but they did cause a lot of orphans like the grass people. When the grass people heard that His Majesty loved the people, they also felt that His Majesty was a good emperor, and the grass people were also willing to die for the past! ”

Liu Tichun saw that even Li Dingguo said this, so he sighed and said: "That's it, the emperor is indeed a good emperor, if you want to kill or chop, in a word, never frown, willing to be punished!" ”

Seeing this, Li Laiheng looked at this, looked at that, and didn't know what to do.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't speak immediately, but looked at a few of them.

At this time, he finally understood, why did Li Guo ask him about the follow-up treatment first? If he didn't answer at that time, or replied that he would drive back to Beijing immediately, it means that his understanding of the thieves is not profound, so that this emperor is probably not qualified in their eyes, and they will not be admired, and they will not be willing to ambush them.

It is exactly what I just said that it is the means to completely solve the thief. Let Li Guo and others know that there will be no more thieves in the future. At least Li Guo and Li Dingguo were convinced, and they felt that if they continued to make trouble, the insistence in their hearts would be gone.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said slowly: "Since you know that you are guilty of great sins, how can you be dead?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Laiheng, who didn't speak just now, couldn't help but retort: "We are all willing to die to atone for our crimes, what else do you want?" Like Zuo Menggeng's cowardice, do you want to cut us with a thousand knives? ”

"Shut up!" At this time, Li Guo sternly stopped Li Laiheng first, and then looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, the grass people and others have killed many people, and it is not an exaggeration to cut them with a thousand knives." But the grass people have a request, can I wait until I see the father and son of the left thief killed before being punished? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, you will die as a thief first, and you are unwilling!" Li Dingguo immediately followed and said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to fulfill it!" ”

"Yes, let's watch the father and son of the left thief die!"

“……”

Chen Qiyu had already received instructions from Emperor Chongzhen in advance and knew how to arrange the thieves. Therefore, at this time, he probably understood what the emperor meant, these people should not be executed!

Sure enough, I heard Emperor Chongzhen smile and said: "There are many ways to atone for your sins, and it doesn't have to be to die to atone for your sins......"

Hearing this, these thieves, including Li Guo, couldn't help but show surprise. They couldn't believe it, could it be that the emperor was going to pardon them?

“…… I thought that there was something I could do for the people, to help them, and that such atonement would be the best for them. When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he looked at them and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"But...... But we don't know anything! Liu Tichun was confused when he heard it, "It's just one body of strength!" ”

Working as a coolie is the most indispensable thing these days. He was a little confused, was this okay?

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he shook his head and said, "You have all fought for many years, and this is also your ability." The people of Liaodong are still in dire straits, being bullied by Jianyu, and living a life that is inferior to pigs and dogs. How about I send you to serve in the army of Governor Lu Xiangsheng to fight the Jianju and atone for your sins? ”

At this point, he added: "Of course, if you go, I will forgive you for your previous sins and treat you as ordinary soldiers." If you are rewarded for meritorious service and punished for your faults, you will not be deliberately sent to death because you were a thief before. I asked you, are you willing to fight Jianyu? ”

If the old thieves are forced to go to Dongjiang Town, they are reluctant, although there is Lu Xiang to boost the pressure, but there is no guarantee that they will be fine. Therefore, if it is possible, it would be best if they could voluntarily go to Dongjiang.

"The grass people are willing!" Li Guo did not hesitate, and immediately bowed his head and said, "Caomin thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" ”

Li Dingguo and the other two also expressed their attitudes, and they all agreed. For them, they originally thought they were going to die, but now they are going to fight with Jianyu, and at most they will die! If you are lucky, you can still make meritorious service and then return home, then you can earn it!

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled with satisfaction, and after placing a C-level eavesdropping seed on Li Guo and Li Dingguo's bodies, he asked them to take them down.

Of course, he is still a prisoner and still has to be detained. However, it will fulfill their wishes, let them go to see Zuo Mengeng be tortured with the people of Nanyang City, and finally kill Zuo Liangyu, and pass on the first nine sides, telling other generals that this is the end of betraying the imperial court.

Subsequently, the screening of prisoners was also accelerated. Whoever has been a thief for more than one year shall be imprisoned separately; Thieves who are less than a year and more than a month are another group of detainees. Finally, the thieves who have not been in a month are also detained.

Later, every day there are thieves who are arrested, they will first verify their experience as thieves, and then they will be imprisoned in three groups. Not only did Liu Guoneng participate in this work, but later, even Li Guo, Li Dingguo and others also participated in verifying their identities. Of course, there are others, even so, they cannot be verified, so they are divided according to the experience in the army.

Overall, thieves over a year old are the least, only about one-twentieth of the total. And these are basically the backbone of the thieves. If it weren't for the Battle of Nanyang, then there would be the most thieves in less than a month. But in the battle of Nanyang, a lot of people died, so the number of people in the other two groups is not much different.

In the past few days, Emperor Chongzhen inspected Li Guo and Li Dingguo through the C-level eavesdropping seeds, and found that they did still have a conscience and regretted their previous sins. In the process of letting them identify the identity of the thief, the words and deeds are consistent, and there is nothing to do.

Of course, behind their backs, they will inevitably guess what the intention of the imperial court is to divide the thieves in this way? In addition, there are also comforters that Yuan Zongdi and Sun Kewang ran away.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care much, because he knew that when Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, including the Yongwei battalion from Luoyang, and the Baipole army from Sichuan, surrounded them, it was difficult to say how many thieves would escape.

He doesn't pay attention to these things for the time being, so the problem of food is the most urgent thing, even if the food of the thieves is seized, there is not much.

However, he didn't let him wait long, and Chen Qiyu quickly hurried over to tell Emperor Chongzhen about the grain.

"Your Majesty, the grain from Huguang and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River has been transported to Yicheng successively. However, he was stopped by Huguang Patrol according to Yushi Huang Shu, so he did not continue to go north to Xiangyang! ”

Yicheng is not far from Xiangyang, and Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he heard it, so he hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

Patrol press is generally sent by the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect the place, with the duty of inspection on behalf of the sky, the official is small and powerful, and generally returns to Beijing to perform his duties in one to two years. The restructuring of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was only decided at the beginning of the year, and the local Metropolitan Procuratorate was still being established one after another, so the patrol presses in various localities have not been completely abolished.

According to the original impression of Emperor Chongzhen, this Huang Shu was a Jinshi a few years ago, and he was appointed as the official of Kaifeng, Henan, and he was meritorious in sticking to it, so he was promoted to Huguang Patrol before Emperor Chongzhen crossed.

After the emperor asked, Chen Qiyu hesitated for a moment before he played again: "That Huang Xun said that the grain transported to the disaster area is related to the dignity of the imperial court, and it must be strictly investigated. ”

"Oh?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little surprised, this Huang Shu is so serious about doing things, and he is a little rigid?

Doesn't he know that the victims of the disaster just want to be able to survive, how can they be so particular, as long as they can eat!

As for the lack of two catties, how to check this? Too harsh, right? Of course, it is impossible to transport grain in one place, only a few dozen catties. How many ships are there in units, how to check the shortages of catty? The situation is different in different places, the consumption on the road is different, and there will always be more or less food, which is almost the same, which can also be understood. When the grain escort arrives, even if he is not there, he must give an explanation to the governors of the five provinces.

He was thinking about it, Chen Qiyu heard that the emperor was a little strange, he thought about it, it was about him to deal with the aftermath of so many thieves, so he played again: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks, this is a high-sounding pretext?" ”

In the officialdom, he is naturally more familiar with Emperor Chongzhen than he came over. Therefore, after hearing the people who sent out rush back to tell him, he knew that there was definitely something wrong inside.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his face suddenly sank and said, "Chen Qing said, what's going on?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Wei Chen guessed that Huang Xun was taking the opportunity to take advantage of it. Stopping those grain ships, even if the problem cannot be found, as long as the deadline set by His Majesty's strict order is delayed, these grain ships will not be able to bear it, and they will inevitably bribe Huang Xun to let him go. Chen Qiyu said this, still to be safe, and added, "Of course, this is just a guess by Wei Chen, what is the truth, it is better for His Majesty to send someone to check!" ”

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he basically understood that Chen Qiyu's guess should not be wrong. In this Ming officialdom, how can there be fewer things such as goose plucking and layer upon layer of deduction? On the Jingshi side, after being rectified by himself, it should be better, but in the locality, if you want to say that it is gone, the ghosts don't believe it!

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen was furious: "He is so bold that he dares to play these tricks in front of me, isn't he afraid that I will know about and condemn him?" ”

He didn't know that this Huang Shu was actually really bold.

In the original history, in the two years he served as the governor of Huguang, he colluded with Zuo Liangyu and acted in embarrassment. After the establishment of Nanming, he used Zuo Liangyu's military strength to hug Zuo Liangyu's thigh, the fox and the tiger were mighty, and he wanted to fight for the top position and a reputation, so he talked about the ten sins of the first assistant Ma Shiying in person.

After the Manchus went south, he surrendered to the Manchus again, and was dedicated to the Manchus as a tiger, leading the Manchu army to attack the Southern Ming, plotting Zheng Chenggong, and giving other anti-Qing generals behind his back, and even those who were related to him, regardless of the knife. In later generations, Huang Shu was nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Chen Qiyu saw that the emperor was angry and spoke, so he played again: "In the opinion of Weichen, it should be that he doesn't know that His Majesty has arrived in Nanyang and is so concerned about food. ”

"Good, good, good!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said hello three times with anger, and he immediately named him, "Liu Qianhu? ”

"The subordinates are here!" Jinyi Wei Qianhu Liu Yue immediately stepped forward to wait for the order.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him, restrained his anger a little, and said: "You take someone to Yicheng to investigate this matter, remember, I don't want to wronged a good person, but I won't let go of a corrupt official." If his bad deeds are not discovered, he is really dedicated to the public, and he will urge him to be released immediately, and there will be no further delay. If it is found that he is abusing his power for personal gain, no matter how many people he colludes with, he will be arrested and sent to Nanyang City! ”

Emperor Chongzhen was still a little sensible, and he didn't think that Huang Shu was likely to use his power for personal gain, so he directly ordered his arrest. This point made Chen Qiyu on the side see it, and he also secretly appreciated the emperor's open-mindedness in his heart.

"Subordinates obey!" When Liu Yue heard this, he immediately received the order, and then immediately set off and rushed to Yicheng. At the same time, he also thought in his heart: The emperor entrusted such an important matter to himself, which shows that the emperor trusts him, and he must properly handle this matter.

Of course he didn't know, because he had a grade A eavesdropping seed on his body, Emperor Chongzhen could know how he investigated the case, and Emperor Chongzhen would be more sure if he let him go than let someone else go.

After Emperor Chongzhen explained this, he also knew that the grain was not far from Xiangyang, so he was somewhat relieved. I talked to Chen Qiyu about the current arrangements for the disposal of these thieves.

At the same time, on the periphery of Nanyang City, the net of heaven and earth is getting tighter and tighter, and many thieves have worked so hard that they think they are going to escape. As a result, he ran headlong into the hands of the Qin Dibu Army led by Zheng Chongjian, as well as the Yongwei Battalion and the White Pole Army, and was either caught red-handed or driven back to the direction of Nanyang.

Of course, there were also some thieves who fled to the mountains and hid. But if there are no fugitives in the mountains, there will not be much to eat, and it is unknown how long they can hide.

And this time, even if you hide in the mountains, it won't be so easy to escape. Since Emperor Chongzhen is determined to solve the problem of thieves at once. Naturally, for those mountains that fled into the mountains where there were many thieves, they had to send troops to search the mountains.

All of a sudden, there were more and more thieves imprisoned in Nanyang, and there were more and more troops. When the thieves were almost arrested, Liu Yue also returned from Yicheng.

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