Hearing Zhang Xianzhong's words, the full hall of civil and military ministers, including Tang Youqing, who was kneeling on the ground, were not stunned.

What are these words?

Could it be that killing this Hongguang envoy Tang Youqing would be more able to promote the two countries to negotiate and finally reach an alliance agreement?

This idea is not necessarily too peculiar, it is simply beyond the imagination of normal people.

For a while, the entire court was as silent as death.

Zhang Xianzhong looked around at everyone, and then sneered and said: "Everyone, if I go to the west of the country, I will agree to the Hongguang regime unconditionally and agree to their request for an alliance, which will only make the Hongguang regime look down on my Daxi." Besides, I Lao Zhang also said that there is no reason to ask someone to do something, but he refuses to give any benefit. I want to come to my Daxi to send troops and help the dying Hongguang regime defeat the anti-thief Li Xiao, but they are reluctant to take out even a small southern Sichuan as a greeting gift, which is really unreasonable! ”

When Zhang Xianzhong said this, his eyes became more and more cold: "As for why this king is determined to kill this person, it is actually very simple, because this king wants to let the Hongguang Prison Kingdom understand that my Great Western Kingdom is not something that people can play casually!" If you want to form an alliance with my Onishi, and if you want my Onishi to send troops to help, you must show sincerity, and you must not be fooled! And in order to make them understand this, of course, I can only borrow the good head of this soup man first. In this way, I want to make them understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and there is no good thing for others to help without paying any price! ”

"Your Majesty, it's just that although you think so, you don't have to worry, after my Onishi is killed, what if Hongguang Junchen feels humiliated and no longer forms an alliance with my Onishi?" The right prime minister, Yan Ximing, looked worried.

Zhang Xianzhong laughed, turned his head, and his eyes were poked in Yan Ximing's face like two sharp knives: "Ximing, do you think that the Hongguang Prison of the Ming Dynasty, when they are still breathing, what ability do they have to negotiate terms with us?!" If you still want to go back and forth with my Daxi for this land in southern Sichuan, then I might as well give them a good time, and completely dispel their careful thinking of vain bargaining. I do this, but I also hope to cut through the mess quickly, and use this soup man's brain, so that they can completely understand their own situation, sober up as soon as possible from meaningless myths, and understand that my Daxi Kingdom speaks and does things, and there is no room for negotiation! ”

When Zhang Xianzhong said this, his eyes became more and more fierce, and he shouted loudly: "Come on, take down the Tang envoy, behead him, and sacrifice it to the bottom of the stairs!" ”

"Order!"

Four soldiers like wolves and tigers ran up from outside the hall quickly, grabbed Tang Youqing, who was kneeling on the ground, and dragged him outside the hall without saying a word.

"Your Majesty, no! Your Majesty, Weichen is not guilty, spare your life! Tang Youqing struggled desperately and let out a howl like killing a pig. He tried his best to move forward, trying to hug the thigh of Zhang Xianzhong, but the four soldiers were extremely strong, but they dragged him away step by step.

Zhang Xianzhong half-tilted his head, looking callous and ruthless without discussion.

And above the entire hall, the ministers shook their heads and necks, silently. Only the mournful wail of Tang Youqing, who was being dragged out of the hall, vibrated back and forth throughout the hall.

Soon, a terrible scream came from far outside the hall, and there was no more sound.

The sound of footsteps came, and the two soldiers dragged a box, ran into the hall quickly, and knelt on one knee with the box held high and knelt on one knee a few steps away from Zhang Xianzhong, who was still standing in place.

"Report! Your Majesty, this person's head is here, but please check it! ”

When everyone looked around, they could clearly see that in the box in the hand of the leading soldier, a bloody head was placed in the center of the box. Those who are close can see more clearly that Tang Youqing's head is round and open, and he is not blind.

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at it coldly, looked around everyone indifferently, and then sneered and ordered: "The right prime minister Yan Xi ordered to obey the order!" ”

Yan Ximing looked defeated, but he had to come out helplessly: "Weichen is here." ”

"I order you to immediately send an envoy, take Tang Youqing's head, and go back to Fuzhou with his escorts. My envoy to Daxi went this time to tell the Hongguang prison that when this Tang Youqing was negotiating with my country, he deliberately deceived me Lao Zhang, oh no, deliberately deceived me the Emperor of Daxi, so I had to behead him to show the public, in order to correct the law of the country. When Zhang Xianzhong said this, he couldn't help laughing, and replied: "So, you sent an envoy this time to tell the Hongguang Prison Country, let him rest his illusions, and cede southern Sichuan as soon as possible, so that he can form an alliance with my Daxi, and from then on the two countries will be friendly and fight against Li Xiao together, understand?" ”、

Yan Ximing let out a long sigh and replied in a low voice: "Well, Weichen understands. ”

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, then stretched out for a long time, and said to the ministers: "Okay, in this case, today's court meeting is here, and the rest of the things will be arranged by Xi." By the way, I haven't killed anyone in two days, and my hands are itching. Now in that big prison, can there be a death row prisoner waiting to be beheaded, just let my old Zhang practice knives. “

Yan Ximing hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, there are more than ten death row prisoners in Chengdu Prison. If the emperor is interested, he just goes and tries it himself. ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed, said no more, waved his sleeves, announced the dispersal, and walked quickly towards the outside of the hall.

After Zhang Xianzhong left the palace, Sun Kewang, the king of Pingdong, and Yan Ximing, the right prime minister, subconsciously glanced at each other, and unconsciously showed a helpless wry smile.

About two weeks later, the envoy sent by Zhang Xianzhong finally arrived in the city of Fuzhou, and was subsequently summoned by Hongguang in the temporary palace.

Zhu Yousong, the superintendent of Hongguang, saw Tang Youqing's head in the box, which was already dry and wrinkled, and his face was covered with dark red blood scales, but his eyes were still open, and he was shocked and almost screamed.

Fortunately, he held back his breath and listened to the cold count of the Great West Envoy, and the anger in his heart was irreparable.

It's tolerable, it's unbearable!

Zhu Yousong gritted his teeth, his fat face trembled, his fat fist clenched instantly, and he was about to smash it down on the armrest of the dragon chair, but when he caught a glimpse of Ma Shiying shaking his head at himself on the side, his fist stopped in mid-air.

Zhu Yousong endured and endured this evil breath in his stomach, swallowed and swallowed, and finally waved his hand weakly after listening to the envoy of Daxi, signaling the envoy to retreat first.

The envoy of Onishi retreated, and Zhu Yousong's anger finally broke out completely.

He picked up a celadon teacup in front of the imperial case and slammed it on the ground, with a bang, shards splashed, and the tea juice flew out, making a mess.

"Ma Yaocao! Why the hell don't you let this prison country behead these bastard envoys?! Zhu Yousong's forehead was bruised, his face was flushed, and he yelled at Ma Shiying, his voice was like gunpowder burning violently: "You say! My Heavenly Empire has good intentions, and I am not afraid of condescending to the nobles, and I went to negotiate an alliance with the thief Zhang Xianzhong, but this guy is shameless, and he actually killed my envoy Tang Yuan, and also sent a messenger to ask for the land of southern Sichuan, which is really shameless! If this prison country doesn't kill his envoys, how can he dissipate the evil anger in his heart! You are preventing me from killing these villains, do you have a ghost in your heart, and do you have any benefits from them?! You say, you're talking about it?! ”

Seeing Zhu Yousong asking so fiercely, Ma Shiying sighed repeatedly, but his face was ashen, he patiently listened to Zhu Yousong's anger, and then replied with a wry smile: "Prison country, forgive the minister, do you think that we are so depressed now, what capital can we have to negotiate conditions with that Zhang Xianzhong?" ”

Ma Shiying's words made Zhu Yousong choke unconsciously, he stiffened his thick neck, and asked sharply: "What nonsense is this!" I still have half of the country in hand, why is it not as good as Zhang Xianzhong, who is only based in Xichuan? Could it be that Zhang Xianzhong's guy will kill my envoy if he kills it, and this prison country will still offer the land of southern Sichuan with both hands, so that its alliance will not be successful? ! How ridiculous are your words! ”

Ma Shiying smiled bitterly again, he shook his head slowly, and then replied in a low voice: "Jian Guo, your words, to be honest, are just angry words." What's the use of getting angry like this? ”

"Ma Yaocao! What the hell do you mean by that?! ”

Ma Shiying pounced and knelt down in front of Zhu Yousong, with a glitter in his eyes: "Jianguo, what kind of life are we living now, under the hands of Zheng Zhilong, the Marquis of Nanhou in that town, do we still need the old minister to say more?" As a courtier, what is his attitude towards the prison country, and why should he let the old minister poke this scar? Now the prison country is nominally the lord of the upper half of the country, but in fact, it is difficult for the government decree to leave the court, and all the power is basically controlled by Zheng Zhilong. ”

When Ma Shiying said this, she paused deliberately, Zhu Yousong's face was very ugly, and her expression was very embarrassed and complicated.

Only he knows how aggrieved and helpless he has been since the so-called relocation of the capital to Fuzhou.

Zheng Zhilong, the marquis of the southern part of the town, relied on his own rescue merit, and only maintained a minimum of superficial respect for himself, the so-called Ming Prison State. In addition, he was constrained everywhere, and he took care of Hongguang Jianguo like a puppet. It can be said that after Zhu Yousong, the superintendent of Hongguang, moved his capital to Fuzhou, he was basically no different from house arrest, and his personal role was similar to that of a rubber stamp.

Ma Shiying saw that Zhu Yousong's expression had become so ugly, and knew that he had been moved, so he further struck while the iron was hot: "Prison country, the reason why Zhang Xianzhong is so strong and rude, and so contemptuous of prison country, is not because he sees that the prison country is now weak and helpless, and can only rely on powerful feudal towns to survive, so he is so inch-inch, first kill my envoy, and then map me in southern Sichuan." This rogue leader is really hateful, but if the prison country is really forced to kill these envoys, I am afraid that my Hongguang Dynasty will no longer be able to reach any agreement with the Onishi regime, then the goal of recovering Jiangnan and driving out Li Xiao will never be realized. At that time, in addition to being the capital of Fuzhou, the prison country was at the mercy of Zheng Zhilong day after day, and became a ...... day after day."

"Enough! Say no more! ”

Zhu Yousong's face was hideous, the green tendons on his forehead bloomed, and he gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "Then you say, what are you going to do now to supervise the country?!" Do you really want this prison country to endure such a humiliation, and then cede the land of southern Sichuan, and go to surrender to that Zhang Xianzhong?! ”

Ma Shiying's face was complicated, and he replied in a trembling voice: "Prison country, the current situation is already stronger than people, how can you do whatever you want." In the opinion of the ministers, Zhang Xianzhong killed the envoys to coerce the prison country and forcibly seized southern Sichuan as a condition for signing the contract, and he could bear the humiliation and agree. After all, for us now, the most important and urgent thing is to defeat the dog thief Li Xiao! Only by defeating Li Xiao and retaking Jiangnan, and then I Hongguang Imperial Court, and then moving the capital back to Nanjing, taking charge of the government and revitalizing the dynasty, can we completely get rid of the current puppet state and no longer be coerced and controlled by Zheng Zhilong, the marquis of the south of the town. Forgive Weichen for saying ugly, we are really like drowning people now, and any straw must be firmly grasped. ”

"Then do you mean that you must be humiliated and humiliated by this prison country, and you must also agree to the conditions of Zhang Xianzhong, a bastard?" Zhu Yousong gritted his teeth and said this, and there were faint tears in his eyes.

Ma Shiying sighed and replied: "Prison country, compared to returning to Nanjing and then taking charge of the government, this humiliation at the moment is nothing." Thinking about coming to the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to win the trust of Wu Wangfucha, the king of Yue, Goujian, was even willing to taste his feces, and now the humiliation suffered by the prison country is compared with it, why mention it? From the following point of view, as long as you endure the humiliation at this time, get strong reinforcements, and finally defeat Li Xiao, regain control of the dynasty, then select and train soldiers, organize and train a new army, recapture southern Sichuan, and even unify China, it is a promising thing, so why should the prison country be too restrained in the current cramped situation? ”

Zhu Yousong listened to Ma Shiying's so-called high arguments, and was speechless for a long time.

He sat on the dragon chair like a puppet, his head hanging deeply, and his expression was extremely depressed.

"In this case, then Ma Aiqing has full authority to handle this matter, and I hope to reach an agreement with Daxiguo as soon as possible." Zhu Yousong's final words were full of deep helplessness and panic.

"Yes, Weichen respectfully obeys the orders of the prison country."

Ma Shiying then re-sent an envoy to Onishi, officially agreeing to Zhang Xianzhong's request on behalf of the Hongguang regime. That is, Zhang Xianzhong was not held accountable for killing the envoy, and the Ming general Zeng Yingbu withdrew from southern Sichuan, and transferred the entire southern Sichuan to the Yunnan-Guizhou border to Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong got the result he wanted, and he was very proud. Immediately agreed to the request of the Hongguang envoy, and the two countries formally signed an alliance agreement, agreeing to send troops to resist Li Xiao.

Moreover, during this period of time, due to the vigorous integration of the Hongguang regime, the Qing State, the Dashun State, the Daxi Kingdom, and the Hongguang Imperial Court finally formally formed an alliance. The allied regimes stopped fighting and unanimously fought against the enemy, and worked together to eliminate the common dangerous enemy, Li Xiao, the king of Tang.

It's just that neither the Hongguang regime nor Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Kingdom expected that the Hongguang regime sent to southern Sichuan and asked Zeng Ying to lead troops to abandon southern Sichuan and retreat to Yungui, but Zeng Ying refused on the spot. Zeng Ying, who was the chief general, tore the edict in the hands of the envoy to shreds on the spot.

"Zeng Ying! This is the edict written by Hongguang Jianguo, you, you dare to tear the edict by hand and disobey the orders of the court, are you going to rebel? ! The envoy's face was pale, and his voice was stern and he reprimanded.

Zeng Ying threw his hand and tore it into pieces and threw it out. The fragments were like flying pink butterflies, scattered everywhere.

"Humph! You go back and tell Hongguang that he, as a prisoner, has done such a shameless thing of sacrificing land for peace, and Zeng has the responsibility to defend the land, and he will forgive his fate. And from now on, Zeng Mou led all the loyal and righteous soldiers to join the Tang King's subordinates, and he will no longer serve this bullshit prison country! Zeng Ying sneered and replied clearly.