257 Rewards and punishments
Chen Qiyu, who was behind the emperor, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, what is the situation? What did Zuo Liangyu say just now?
He said as if he was the one who could exterminate the thieves this time! Or is it the kind that doesn't remember reputation and endures humiliation?
Chen Qiyu had to admit that this guy was really treacherous, and when he was dying, he could still say such a thing in an attempt to renew his life.
His kind of sophistry, if he met an ordinary emperor, he might really be confused by his words! It's just that now, what he is in front of is the wise and martial emperor, how can he be easily coaxed?
Although he thought so in his heart, Chen Qiyu was actually a little worried, so he turned his head to look at Emperor Chongzhen and see what he said.
In fact, it was not only him, but also Liu Yue and Liu Guoneng, who were all shocked by Zuo Liangyu's shameless behavior, but he didn't expect him to really say so in front of the emperor! In all probability, they didn't believe Zuo Liangyu, and since Zuo Liangyu began to disobey the military orders of the governor, there was no sign that he had become a thief in the court.
At this moment, Liu Guoneng even forgot his apprehension in his heart, and looked at this young emperor to see how he dealt with this Zuo Liangyu?
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen already knew it as early as when Zuo Liangyu first said this to Liu Yue. At this time, when he heard that Zuo Liangyu dared to come to him to fool around, he couldn't help but sneer immediately, and then waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, just here, let's hit twenty military sticks first!" β
When the captain of the Jinyi guard on the side heard this, he immediately received the order, pounced like a wolf, and just in front of the emperor, pressed Zuo Liangyu, who was a little stunned, to the ground, pulled off his pants, and "crackled" and fought.
The sharp pain in his buttocks brought Zuo Liangyu back to his senses, but he didn't dare to shout the pain, but he was very worried in his heart: What does the emperor mean by this? Did you first beat up and get angry, and then believe your own statement? Otherwise, just cut it directly, and use it so troublesomely?
After thinking about it for a while, Zuo Liangyu felt that this possibility was very high. Of course, at this time, he himself is more willing to think in this direction.
When he got this conclusion, every time he was spanked, he screamed loudly, just to let the emperor hear it, let the emperor see that he was in pain! In this way, maybe the emperor will be even more relieved.
In fact, after about ten beatings, his buttocks were beaten, and every time he did, Zuo Liangyu felt like he was beaten, so he wanted to pretend to cry out for pain, but he really cried out for pain.
The others were silent, just watching all this quietly, and they didn't know what the emperor would do with this Zuo Liangyu in the end?
Twenty military sticks, the beating will be done quickly, and the ass will not be able to be seen. At this time, there was no humanitarian rescue, it was rotten, and no one stopped the bleeding for him.
Emperor Chongzhen looked down at him and shouted coldly: "You have done a lot of evil, I will punish you, but you are convinced?" β
Zuo Liangyu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, the pain in his butt was unbearable, and he knew that he had to deal with his buttocks. However, the emperor had not passed this hurdle, so he hurriedly nodded and said: "Convinced, the last will be convinced!" β
"Then you just admit that you have done a lot of evil, and I haven't wronged you, right?" Emperor Chongzhen heard this, and said coldly again.
Zuo Liangyu was stunned again when he heard this, and thought to himself, Your Majesty, are you finished? The ass is beaten like this, and the anger should be gone, right?
However, on the surface, he didn't dare to speak to the emperor like this, so he had to follow the emperor's meaning, and quickly nodded and said: "The emperor is wise, he has not wronged the last general, it is the last general who deserves to die, and please see it for Your Majesty......"
He originally wanted to say that for the sake of cutting off the heads of so many bandit leaders, he would spare him this time. However, before he could say this, Emperor Chongzhen shouted: "Since you yourself have admitted that you are guilty, how can you count it with twenty military sticks." Come on, twenty more sticks! β
"Ah......" Zuo Liangyu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, the emperor hasn't been angry yet?
I thought carefully about my own things in my heart, killed the prison army, slaughtered two cities in a row, and then led the troops to besiege Nanyang, as if these are indeed not twenty army sticks! Does the emperor mean that you have to beat forty military sticks?
Thinking like this, he comforted himself in his heart, he should be discouraged after beating forty military sticks, right?
So, he gritted his teeth, and every time he hit, he screamed, no matter what, he would talk about it after holding up the forty military sticks.
His screams made the people nearby hear the sound and look at it, and they couldn't help whispering, I don't know who was being beaten in front of the emperor?
And Chen Qiyu, Liu Yue and others are a little confused, what is the emperor doing? Do you really want to let him go after the fight?
After the beating of the twenty military sticks again, Zuo Liangyu was about to faint. It's not hard enough to finish the fight, and my heart is full of hope, now, the emperor should be angry, right?
After waiting for the executed Jinyi Guard Lieutenant to pay the decree to Emperor Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu endured the huge pain in his buttocks, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the last general is guilty, and please ask Your Majesty to let someone treat the last general's injury, otherwise, the last general will ...... The last general will no longer be able to serve His Majesty! β
"Huh!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he sneered, "Since you have already been convicted, then you should know, as far as the crimes you have committed, how can the forty military sticks be able to offset them?" β
As soon as he heard this, Zuo Liangyu's face suddenly turned as white as a ghost, even if he was a soldier, he was afraid, and immediately said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, if you fight the last general, you will ...... It's almost over, Your Majesty, you can't fight anymore, the last general......"
Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became angry, pointed in the direction of Yang City with his hand, and shouted: "You know that you are afraid of death, but do you know how many people are coerced by you and others there, and they don't want to die, so they are forced to die under Nanyang City by you?" Now, you can feel their despair before they die......"
"......" Zuo Liangyu was stunned, what did the emperor mean by this? Could it be that after doing so much, in fact, it is to experience the feeling of those people who are being coerced in times of despair? Is that what it means?
He was a little reluctant to believe it in his heart, but Chen Qiyu saw that the emperor didn't mean to let Zuo Liangyu go at all. It's just that if he yelled at Zuo Liangyu from the beginning, he probably wouldn't think much about how those who were killed by him felt when he was desperate? Thinking that he will be a good man again in eighteen years, he will die when he dies, even if it is a thousand cuts against him, it is estimated that there will not be much mental pain.
However, the emperor just hung a glimmer of hope for him, let him suffer in pain, and when he was finished, let him despair, and torture him in this way, just to let him know the price of his evil!
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Emperor Chongzhen order again: "Come on, hang him outside Nanyang City!" After catching his son Zuo Menggeng, he was slashed in front of him with a thousand knives, letting him know what kind of despair it was to have a broken family! β
That Zuo Mengeng even wanted to use the rotting corpse to throw it into the city, just by virtue of this, it would not be too much to cut him with a thousand knives!
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he was really desperate! I knew that if I had known this, I should have pulled out my sword to kill myself in the first place, why did I think that I might be able to deceive the emperor?
After Zuo Liangyu was dragged down, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the heads placed there, and at this time, he couldn't tell which head was Zhang Xianzhong's or Li Zicheng's. None of that matters anymore!
I heard Emperor Chongzhen order again: "These thieves, no matter what reason they rebelled, but the pain they brought to the people of the Ming Dynasty is not something that they can stop as soon as they die." Just drop their heads outside Nanyang City and warn future generations! β
After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Liu Guoneng, who was a little uneasy on the side, and asked him, "Are you Liu Guoneng?" β
After Liu Guoneng was recruited, he was only a mere garrison, which was considered a very low position among military attachΓ©s. On the contrary, his name for breaking through the sky is quite loud. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen asked casually.
However, as soon as he asked this, Liu Guoneng was frightened, could it be, the emperor is also going to settle old accounts with him?
"It's the last general!" Liu Guoneng ignored his armor, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "The last general has already changed his mind and face, and he will be loyal to the country, and there will be no repetition!" β
Liu Yue on the side was also a little uneasy, thinking that the emperor was going to take the opportunity to do it once and for all, so he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Shoubei is in the left thief army, and he can't help himself, he took the initiative to contact the governor, it can be seen that he is indeed loyal to the country, and he has never repeatedly!" β
Emperor Chongzhen saw that they were nervous like this, and suddenly came to his senses, knowing what they were worried about, so he said with a smile: "Let's all be even, Liu Guoneng has meritorious service in leveling thieves this time, wisdom and bravery, I am very relieved, and I will suppress the thieves and generals!" β
After saying this, Liu Guoneng couldn't help but be stunned, suppressing the thief and the general? Did you skip the post of guerrilla general and directly become a general? I'm just a thief, but I'm a general?
You must know that above the general is the deputy general, and the deputy general is also commonly known as the deputy commander-in-chief.
Liu Yue was very happy to hear this, but he immediately noticed that Liu Guoneng seemed to be happy and stupid, so he quietly pulled the hem of Liu Guoneng's robe.
Liu Guoneng subconsciously turned his head to look at him, a little unclear.
Liu Yue was speechless, so he had to say clearly: "Don't you want to thank you?" β
At this time, Liu Guoneng came back to his senses and hurriedly thanked Emperor Chongzhen.
Chen Qiyu on the side looked at this, and couldn't help but be happy for Liu Guoneng in his heart.
He also admires Liu Guoneng. After all, it was Liu Guoneng who took the initiative to find him, and with Liu Guoneng's internal response, he relieved a lot of pressure.
At this time, he knows better than Liu Guineng, don't look at Liu Guoneng as a thief general, in fact, he, a general, is even more valuable than an ordinary deputy general. Because, he was personally given by the emperor, and he was Jane's general in the emperor's heart.
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and accepted Liu Guoneng's thanks, then turned his head to look at Liu Yue and said, "In the future, you will be a Jinyi Wei Qianhu, work hard, don't let me down!" β
The commander of the Jinyi guard was on the side, but the emperor himself sealed it, so naturally he had nothing to do.
Liu Yue knew that he had an impression in front of the emperor, and it was not comparable to other thousands of households. What's more, the emperor was also generous this time, and he also skipped the grade and skipped the post of deputy Qianhu.
Therefore, he also hurriedly thanked him.
At this time, the sun has set, and the sky is about to get dark.
But the thieves continued to be arrested on the battlefield, and the soldiers of the Ming army still did not have to rest. However, these things don't have to worry about Emperor Chongzhen. With Chen Qiyu, a feudal official who knows the soldiers, it is naturally up to him to arrange these things.
In the tent of the Chinese army that was temporarily tied, Emperor Chongzhen also lay down and rested, at least in the eyes of others.
Occasionally, you can faintly hear the low-pitched shouts of the soldiers outside the tent: "Quiet, Your Majesty is tired for a day, you are resting, don't make noise Your Majesty!" β
Indeed, Emperor Chongzhen moved with the cavalry, and he also lost his young body to lay the foundation, otherwise, ordinary people who are used to pampering themselves can really persevere. His performance also won the respect of the Ming soldiers!
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was actually checking the eavesdropping system again. Thanks to this system, it is in his head, although it is said to be seen, but in fact, it is as if it is engraved in his mind, no matter how much content there is, it is only understood in an instant.
Otherwise, there are too many seeds of eavesdropping, and if you really look at it line by line like reading a book, then you basically don't have to do anything, and you don't necessarily see useful things all day long.
Through eavesdropping on the seeds, he knew that the Tartar Turg was really fateful, and even after a lot of hardships, he finally bumped into the people of the Urat tribe on the steppe of the Urat tribe, and had been sent to his headquarters. By the way, he also let Emperor Chongzhen know the situation over there.
The rebel general Chai Shihua was also there, and after hearing about the incident on Turg's side, he and the leader of the Urad tribe were all shocked. They didn't expect that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom drove his own expedition and wiped out the entire Tumut army.
"Those who commit the Ming Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away!" Thinking about this sentence, the leader of the Urad Department was anxious, and he was sure that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom would continue to use troops against his Urad Department. The Tumut tribe has been wiped out, so what's the use of relying on the Urat ministry alone?
For this reason, Turg explained to the leader of the Urat tribe, telling him to insist and never be intimidated by the Ming army. He wanted to return to Liaodong immediately and report the matter to the Qing Emperor.
Chai Shihua was also afraid, he hurriedly came up with an idea on the side, saying that the strength of the Urad Department alone was not enough, so it was better to borrow troops from the tribes further west to resist the Ming army together.
In the end, just as in the original history, Chai Shihua came forward and went to the Qinghai-Tibet tribe further west to borrow troops. On the other hand, the Urad Ministry was like a frightened bird, ready to flee at any time, and sent a large number of scouts to explore the Great Wall.
As for Turg, together with the few remaining clansmen, he borrowed the horses of the Urad tribe and rushed back to Liaodong under the stars.