"Minister Li Jian said: On the night of the 23rd day of the first month of the fifth year of Jianye, Semuwei wanted to rebel, and fortunately there were loyal and patriotic Semu soldiers who first sued and told ....... He ordered his troops to quell the rebellion, killing 31,677 rebels and capturing 129. The interrogation of the defeated prisoners is said to be because of the secret words of Samarkand and the resentment of the court. The minister has beheaded the defeated prisoners on charges of treason. ”

Li Jian wrote in the public recital.

"Late at night on the 23rd, the ministers pretended to be soldiers who were giving rewards with thousands of strong men, and came to the camp of the eight guards and called for the gate to be opened. At this time, most of the people in the village were asleep, and the strong men quietly killed the gatekeepers, took out the clay pots filled with oil and sprinkled them, lit them with torches, and burned the people in the village to death, and occasionally those who escaped from the camp were also killed. ”

"Among the camps, only the slaughter of Ma Xingsuo's department had a slight twist and turn. When the strong man came to the camp of Ma Xing's department, Ma Xing was patrolling the village, and for some reason he noticed something wrong, and shouted loudly to wake up a few people. Fortunately, most of the people in the village drank alcohol, and there were not many people who woke up, but they were still successfully killed. ”

"There are not many things that the people of the color eyes have robbed, and they have all been exchanged for light and easy-to-carry treasure money, gold and silver, and gold and silver can be recovered from the ashes, so the price to pay is not large."

"Also, before he died, Ma Xing asked his ministers: 'Why don't you give them a way to live.'"

The above is not what Li Jian wrote in the secret letter.

The above is not what Li Jian wrote in the secret letter.

Li Jian is not stupid, if he writes such content in the letter, if the letter is discovered, it will be a big uproar, and it is not important that he is completely criticized by the civil officials and left a bad name in the history books, but Yun Xi's reputation is damaged, but it is a big deal. Ordering the massacre of prisoners would be criticized in the history books by civil officials, and such a blatant massacre of their own soldiers would be considered an act of national destruction, and would also affect the implementation of many subsequent decrees. Even the letter from Yunxi to Zhang Wen a few days ago did not write anything specific to him do, and those had already been explained to Zhang Wen before he left Beijing.

Therefore, Li Jian only wrote four words in the secret letter: "The minister has done it." The above content was said by Li Jian to him face to face after Yunxi went to Annan.

In order to make things seem more real, he also left a small number of people with colored eyes, that is, the people who first complained before, they were all among the spies who had been planted in the guard by Jinyi Wei before, who did not believe deeply in the Cross Religion or the Heavenly Sect, and sent their children to learn Confucianism; Even the spies of the Jinyi Guard, if their faith is too deep, they are burned clean.

Yun Hee's hand trembled. Although this matter had been decided long before he left Beijing, his heart still couldn't be completely calm when he really saw the report. Intentional massacres are not the same as killings that are carried out completely spontaneously and spontaneously in the course of robbery.

If there are gods in the sky, the gods of China will definitely bless me. Yun Xi meditated in his heart.

Then he suddenly remembered a sentence he had seen many years ago: 'All the great wicked people, the great wicked people who kill people, are only made with a lofty ideal.' 'Could it be that I have become such a great villain now?'

After feeling for a while, Yun Xi threw this emotion away. Regardless of whether he did it correctly or not, since he had already done it, he should not think about whether he should do it or not.

He lowered his head and replied, "I already know. What Aiqing did was very appropriate, and I have no other opinions. ”

He also wrote: "Turn to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies." "All the soldiers who followed the rebellion were guilty of treason, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies agreed on what to do with their families."

After commenting on this note, Yunxi stood up, opened the window to breathe in the fresh air, returned to the table and burned the envelope and stationery to ashes before sitting down and continuing to answer the report.

After a long time, Wang Xi reminded: "Your Majesty, it's already noon. ”

"It's noon?" Yun Xi said this, put down the folds in front of him, and said to Wang Xi: "The folds that I approved just now, especially the more important ones, must be issued immediately, so that the local authorities can handle them as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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In the next three days, Yun Xi answered the folds every day, especially the ones from Annan, and took the time to meet with the princes in Guangzhou to enhance their feelings.

At the beginning of February, Erlong raised his head, and Yun Xi set off for Annan with several princes, princesses, his two concubines, and Chen Liping, the quasi-princess of King Jingjiang.

This is the third time Yun Xi has seen Chen Liping. I saw that she was wearing an Annan-style dress, walked up to Yun Xi and bowed and said, "Concubine Chen has seen Your Majesty." ”

"Hurry up. You have already made six prostrations with my nephew, and even if you are not married, you are still your own family, so you can call me uncle. Although most people don't see their relatives before they get married, we are not ordinary people, so we don't have to pay too much attention to it. Yun Xi said immediately, and asked Xi Yi to help her.

At this time, Li Sha'er whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, looking at her face, she is strong and assertive, and she is still compatible with King Jingjiang." It's just that there is always a knot between the eyebrows, but there is a faint joy, and the concubine doesn't understand it. "Yun Xi is not good at looking at women as a man, especially his future nephew and daughter-in-law, so he asked Li Sha'er to help inspect it.

'Yu Jie, most likely because the throne that his family has inherited for two hundred years is going to fall into the hands of others; rejoicing, because this throne is going to fall into the hands of his future husband. ’

It seems that she has more use value, so that she can take the initiative to cooperate with Zanyi's actions, so that Annan can become Zanyi's place more smoothly. Yoon-hee thought to herself.

Chen Liping pushed for a while before Xiyi helped herself up. Yun Xi said a few more words to her, and was about to ask her to retreat to her cabin, when she suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has something to ask Your Majesty." ”

"That's what I said." Yun Xi hurriedly asked Xi Yi to help. Why did you suddenly kneel down and ask for something?

"Your Majesty, the concubine begs Your Majesty not to let go of Hu Jichen, Hu Hancang's father and son, and kill them on charges of plotting to usurp the throne." Chen Liping said.

"This," Yun Xi paused, and said, "Chen, you are very resentful of their father and son, I can understand it, but such a military matter, I have my own thoughts, and it is better for you to be less involved." ”

Yun Xi had actually decided to behead all their father and son, but he would never agree to Chen Liping's request now. What if she interferes in political affairs in Annan in the future? This must be cut off from the outset.

"Your Majesty," Chen Liping thought that Yun Xi had the intention of letting their father and son go, kowtowed heavily, and said: "The concubine knows that Da Ming has always respected the old man and advocated filial piety, but if a person like Hu Jichen is despicable and shameless, and rebellious and rebellious, if he can't be punished properly, if even such a person must be forgiven, is it a way to support justice and maintain the norm?" ”

Although Hu Hancang is not the king of his own decision, but after succeeding to the throne, he also showed that he was the same as Hu Jichen, and he personally led the troops to fight with the army and annihilated tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers, how can he have repentance? Your Majesty must not indulge him. ”

"Moreover, the Hu father and son have been in power for several years, and the people of Annan have been boiling with resentment, both the gentry and the common people are extremely resentful of their father and son, if they do not kill their father and son, the government and the opposition in Annan will definitely have a lot of discussions about it, I am afraid that it will not be conducive to the rule of the Ming Dynasty."

Yun Xi's pupils shrank. The first few sentences are enough, and although the last few sentences sound like good words, they actually imply a threat. Although Chen Liping herself can't get better, Daming's loss is even greater.

Yun Hee was not very happy, it had been a long time since anyone dared to threaten him; He would not tell her when he was threatened that he had decided to execute Hu Jichen's father and son.

"How can we women understand such a matter of state? His Majesty's decision before must have his own reasons. Besides, there are still so many people watching on the dock, how can the people see the joke? You'd better get up first and wait until you get to Annan. Li Sha'er immediately came over and said, and forcibly helped her up. Although Chen Liping's strength is not small, it is still incomparable to Li Sha'er, who has been practicing martial arts all year round.

Chen Liping also noticed that there were still so many outsiders watching at this time, knowing that the royal family of the Central Plains Dynasty attached great importance to face, and it would be great if she lost the royal face, so she was busy standing up, but she still had to speak.

But Yunxi didn't want to listen to her anymore, and forcibly asked the palace maid to help her into the cabin. Chen Liping didn't dare to make trouble, so she could only obediently follow in.

And he immediately turned his head to Wang Xi and said: "You immediately order someone to send a message to Jinyiwei, and let Jinyiwei in Guangdong and the capital go to check who she has been in contact with these days." Such a remark is not something that an uninformed person can say. Someone must have been teaching behind her back. ”

Although Chen Liping's words made him very unhappy, he could understand that after all, her relatives were all killed by Hu Jichen, and it was normal for her to want to avenge her relatives, and she would not blame her too much; But if there are other former ministers of Annan who provoke behind her back, she will definitely not accept it.

Most of them are the old ministers of the Chen Dynasty. These people are loyal to the Chen Dynasty, and seeing that the Ming Dynasty is plotting against Annan, the Chen Dynasty cannot be revived, and they will definitely make small moves. ’

If the Ming Dynasty revives the Chen Dynasty, these people can be trusted, but now that I want to crown Zanyi as the local monarch, they will not bow down to their ears, and those who have not surrendered to the Ming Dynasty for fame or fear of death are worthy of trust, and they must all be eliminated. ’

Yun Xi had already thought about it, and Li Sha'er heard the words in her ears to persuade her not to be angry, and said with a smile: "My husband is the emperor, and she has a big belly, so I won't blame her because she has extenuating circumstances." ”

But the people around her could not stay. But he added in his heart.