Chapter 121: Chongzhen's Orphan

"What? Is this serious? Xiao Tianjian was discussing the next action plan with Yan Chongxi, Liu Yaoben, and Wang Chengping, who had just returned from injury, when suddenly Feng Weihan walked into the Wuying Hall and told Xiao Tianjian and the generals an astonishing news.

"Holy Lord, this matter can already be determined, Liu Zeqing has sent someone to hand over the surrender table to the envoy sent by the Holy Lord, and will be a subordinate to the Holy Lord in the future, and will dedicate the Laizhou Mansion and Dengzhou that he currently controls, and at the same time express his willingness to lead his troops to the Laizhou Mansion to accept the reorganization! And now he has sent someone to send the former crown prince and the other two princes to Cangzhou, and now they are under our control, and they can be sent here within five days at the earliest! It's true! There will be no fakes! Feng Weihan bowed down and said to Xiao Tianjian with a happy face.

After hearing this, everyone in the hall suddenly showed a look of surprise and hurriedly congratulated Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian was also quite surprised, these days, the former crown prince Zhu Cihong and the other two princes have not heard from him, it has become his heart disease, although he secretly sent people to hunt him down, but there is no news for a long time, and now these three people have been re-controlled, for him, it is undoubtedly a great thing.

So after Xiao Tianjian thought about it for a while, he immediately said: "It is a good thing that Liu Zeqing can surrender, so that Shandong can avoid a war, although this person is useless, but he still does a good job in this matter, and spread my will, so that after he accepts the reorganization in Laizhou Mansion, he will come here immediately to face the saint, and I will reward him heavily!"

In addition, the Cangzhou garrison was ordered to immediately lead his troops to Laizhou Mansion to take over the defense there, and to reorganize Liu Zeqing's troops on the spot, there must be no mistakes, the focus is to take over the Dengzhou Naval Division as quickly as possible, and count the Dengzhou warships! Eliminate bandits in the vicinity as soon as possible.

Lu Aiqing immediately selected a competent candidate to take over the affairs of civil affairs in Laizhou Prefecture, gave relief to the refugees, re-measured the acres of land, and resumed agricultural production in Denglai and other places as soon as possible.

As for the crown prince and the two princes of the previous dynasty, they were also quickly sent to Beijing! ”

Feng Weihan, Li Xin, Lu Xiangsheng and others immediately bowed down to accept the order, and immediately gave the order.

Five days later, a troop of cavalry escorted a cart into the city of Beijing, and soon the military police took over the cart and escorted it to the Wuying Hall in the Forbidden City.

"Holy! I don't know what the Holy Lord plans to do with the three princes of the previous dynasty? Lu Xiangsheng stood in front of Xiao Tianjian's case, clenched his fists and asked Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian slowly walked to the hall, and after pacing back and forth for a while, he turned his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng and asked, "Based on what you see, what should I do with them?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's mood is quite contradictory, when the successive dynasties change dynasties, the new dynasty will not tolerate the clans of the previous dynasty, especially the direct relatives, in this regard, he can't ask Xiao Tianjian anything, and he also knows very well what kind of impact these three princes will have on the newly established Dazhong Dynasty if they are a little careless, after all, these three people are not ordinary heirs of the Zhu family, but are regarded as orthodox princes by the world, and the influence behind them is very great, so Xiao Tianjian no matter how he disposes of Zhu Cihong and the three of them, He had nothing to say.

But on the other hand, he sympathized with these three princes, after all, even the eldest prince Zhu Cihong was only thirteen years old, and he had not yet reached the age of tying his hair, but he had already suffered this great change, their Ming Dynasty was overthrown by Xiao Tianjian in one fell swoop, for which his parents had both died (Zhu Cihong was born to Queen Zhou), not to mention that the youngest Yongwang Zhu Cizhao is only six years old now, they are all children, is it difficult to be stabbed in the neck?

Although Lu Xiangsheng admires Xiao Tianjian, he knows very well what Xiao Tianjian is up for, so he will attach himself to Xiao Tianjian and do things for Xiao Tianjian, he also wants the new dynasty to prosper steadily in the future, and return the Han people in the world to a bright and prosperous world, these three children are always three bombs that will detonate at any time for the Dazhong Dynasty, so rationally speaking, these three children can't stay, but after all, he is still an old official of the Ming Dynasty, although he has voted for Xiao Tianjian, but he has to suggest that Xiao Tianjian kill the son of the emperor, It's a bit chilling.

Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't dare to look at Xiao Tianjian, he also felt Xiao Tianjian's gaze on him, and after a while, Lu Xiangsheng sweated profusely, and he suddenly became indecisive at this time.

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, who was in a dilemma, even very uncomfortable, Xiao Tianjian looked at him for a while, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Do you know? Mr. Lu, Xiao Mou's life is the most respectful person like you, the reason why Xiao Mou respects you is precisely because you are an upright person, never flattering, let alone falling into the ground! The reason why I asked you today is to see how you choose in this matter!

But you didn't disappoint me, I know what you're struggling with! So you don't have to say it! Since I, Xiao Tianjian, dared to defy the condemnation of the world and raise troops to rebel, it can be said that my hands have been stained with human blood for so many years!

I know that you sympathize with these three princes of the former dynasty, because both you and I know that they are just three ignorant children, no matter what their Zhu family has done, but they are not guilty! Because they're just kids!

But I can't promise you anything, even though they are just children, they should never be, they should not be reborn in this imperial family! In the year of peace and prosperity, they will be the luckiest people in the world, but they are unfortunate to be reborn in this troubled autumn!

You and I both know very well what the impact of their identity will be, it's not that I don't pity them, who let them be born in this imperial family?

Mr. Don't bother to ask about this anymore! So as not to embarrass Mr. for this, I will deal with it! Mr. should go and do what Mr. should do! ”

After Lu Xiangsheng listened, his heart trembled slightly, he knew that Xiao Tianjian had made up his mind, no matter what he said, it would not work, so he had to bow down and salute, and slowly withdrew from the Wuying Palace, when out of the main hall, Lu Xiangsheng found that he had a feeling of weakness, as if he was fished out of the water, sweating profusely, looking up at the sky, he let out a long sigh, shook his head slightly, and then took a deep breath and strode out of the Forbidden City, Xiao Tianjian said well, these three princes are not guilty, but the crime lies in the fact that they were born in the wrong place, Xiao Tianjian can tolerate people in the world, but he can't tolerate the three of them!

This is not Xiao Tianjian's fault, because Xiao Tianjian does this, but he can save more people's lives in the future, the emperor's family! Hum! Sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to be born in the emperor's family!

Xiao Tianjian saw the three princes in a very secret courtyard, and when the three little guys saw Xiao Tianjian, they all showed frightened looks.

But the older prince Zhu Cihong was still forced to calm down at this time, Xiao Tianjian stared at him for a while, sat down in front of them, and asked Zhu Cihong, "Do you know who I am?" ”

In the end, he is a well-educated person, although Zhu Cihong is not more than thirteen years old, but he still behaves quite calmly, although his eyes betray his nervousness, but Zhu Cihong still nodded and replied in a calm tone as calmly as possible: "I know!" They said that you are Xiao Tianjian, the traitor who took away my Ming Dynasty! ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded, and was not angry because Zhu Cihong said that he was a traitor, and continued to ask: "Not bad! I am Xiao Tianjian, who overthrew your Zhu dynasty! Do you know anything about your father? ”

Zhu Cihong's eyes were immediately soaked with tears, and he bit his lip and nodded: "I know!" My father has died! Forced by you! ”

Xiao Tianjian continued to nod: "Not bad!" Indeed it is! But do you know why your Zhu family lost the country? ”

Don't look at Zhu Cihong's age, but he is often taught by Confucian scholars in the palace, so he forcibly wiped a handful of tears and replied: "I know!" It was because my father misused too many mediocre ministers that he recruited the world to change so much, so that you took the opportunity to seize the world! ”

Xiao Tianjian heard that Zhu Cihong still had such a vision, so he was a little interested in him, shook his head and smiled: "It makes sense, but it's not really!" Although it is true that your father misused mediocrity, as the lord of a country, he cannot use this article alone to shirk his responsibility! But I have avenged your father, and I have beheaded all the mediocre ministers used by your father, which can be regarded as revenge for your father! ”

After hearing this, Zhu Cihong's body shook suddenly, took two steps back, looked at Xiao Tianjian with frightened eyes, and asked Xiao Tianjian: "Then now that you have caught our three brothers, what will you do with us?" ”

Xiao Tianjian's eyes flashed a trace of unbearability, but immediately his eyes became firm again, he was very ashamed of his coming to see their three princes today, the reason why he wanted to meet Chongzhen's three sons, in fact, was still a bad taste, he always felt that there were some things he couldn't miss, there were very few records of Chongzhen's three sons in history, so he would come to meet them, but when he saw them, Xiao Tianjian found that he was wrong, although he had experienced so many years of southern and northern wars, He has long been accustomed to seeing all kinds of deaths, but he found that he has not really become a hard-hearted person, after all, he is still a time-traveler in the afterlife, and many remnants of consciousness still control his way of thinking from time to time.

Let him poison such three children, he suddenly felt that he couldn't do it, so he took a deep breath and asked this Zhu Cihong: "If it were you, what would you do?" ”

Zhu Cihong staggered back again, his little face suddenly turned pale, he looked at Xiao Tianjian with frightened eyes, his lips trembled for a while, and suddenly he laughed miserably: "Haha...... The world is so big, is there no place for our three brothers? If he had known this, Yu would rather choose to be reborn in a commoner family! Before he finished speaking, Zhu Cihong burst into tears, but he did not kneel down and beg Xiao Tianjian to spare their lives.

However, his two young brothers didn't seem to understand the conversation between Zhu Cihong and Xiao Tianjian, and when they saw their brother suddenly laughing and crying, they were all trembling with fright, and quickly rubbed behind Zhu Cihong, hiding behind Zhu Cihong and sticking out his little head to look at the tall Xiao Tianjian in front of him in horror, not knowing what was going on.

And Zhu Cihong, the prince, rarely showed his tenderness for his two younger brothers, probably during this period of time following Fang Zhenghua to hide in Tibet, after seeing too much of the hot and cold world, he has understood many things, at this time, Zhu Cihong is like an ordinary boy, in front of his younger brother who is weaker than him, he wants to be stronger, and he reached out and took the two younger brothers into his arms, while shedding tears, while glaring at Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian looked at the scene in front of him, and suddenly felt a strong sense of guilt grabbing his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten a little, he remembered that very early, when he was still in the first grade of primary school, on the way home, he was blocked by several boys older than him, forcing him to take out his pocket money to buy ice cream for them to eat, but at this time, the little cousin who passed by stretched out his hand in front of him......

Xiao Tianjian stood up suddenly, strode in front of the three Zhu Cihong brothers, frightened Zhu Cihong hugged the two younger brothers and took a few steps back, looked at him vigilantly and very frightened, until he retreated to the wall, and pulled the two younger brothers behind his back like a chicken, and spread his arms to block them.

Xiao Tianjian lowered his head and asked Zhu Cihong: "You just said that if you have a choice, you would rather be born in a civilian family, is this sentence true?" ”

Zhu Cihong didn't know what Xiao Tianjian meant by asking this sentence, so he nodded with tears in his eyes and said, "It's true!" What's the point of being a prince? What does it mean to be born in the family of an emperor? I know you won't let us go, but I just want to ask you for one thing, they're all young and don't understand a lot of things, so it's better if you kill me! Just spare the lives of the two of them! ”

Xiao Tianjian never thought that in this prince Zhu Cihong, there would be such a brilliance of humanity, and he was only a thirteen-year-old boy, and he had lived in a wealthy imperial family since he was a child, but at this time, he said such a thing, which made him almost cry on the spot.

So he raised his head, took a deep breath and said, "Why? Don't you want to live? ”

Zhu Cihong don't look young, but the experience of this period of time made him seem to suddenly become mature, hearing Xiao Tianjian ask him this, Zhu Cihong replied calmly: "I know what you are worried about, you are worried that we are alive, and we will compete with you again in the future!" So I knew I had to die! When Fang Zhenghua took us out of the capital, he told us a lot of things! So I know, you won't let me go! In fact, when Liu Zeqing, the dog thief, arrested us, and watched him kill Fang Zhenghua, I didn't think about anything anymore! If I had a choice, I would rather be a commoner from now on, but would you give me a chance? Since both horizontal and vertical are going to die, then it is better for you to let go of my two younger brothers, they are too young and don't understand many things, what is it to kill them or not to you? If you want to kill me, kill me! ”

Not to mention Xiao Tianjian, even the iron head who has been accompanying Xiao Tianjian, when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but turn around, unwilling to watch this scene anymore.

Xiao Tianjian slowly squatted down, staring at Zhu Cihong with both eyes, and after staring at Zhu Cihong for a long time, he suddenly stood up and laughed loudly: "Okay!" Good! Well said! I think my big husband who stands up to the sky, can he even be as good as a child? In that case, what can I do if I leave your three brothers alive? ……”

After saying that, Xiao Tianjian turned his head and strode out of the room, at this time Liu Yaoben, who followed Xiao Tianjian, caught up with Xiao Tianjian, blocked Xiao Tianjian's way, knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Your Majesty!" They can't keep it! The last general knows that the emperor is generous and benevolent, but it is a disaster for these three people to stay, if the emperor can't bear to do it, then the last general is willing to do it for him! These three people must not be kept! ”

Xiao Tianjian glanced down at Liu Yaoben, he knew that Liu Yaoben did this for his own good, but he shook his head and smiled: "I think when I first started the army, even his Laozi Emperor Chongzhen was not afraid, is it possible that these three boys will not succeed?" What if they are left alive? As long as I govern the country and the people in this world, even if some clowns want to make waves, what big waves can they set off? I want to see what I can do with them! We don't have to mention this matter again, we still have a lot of things to do now! Let's go! After saying that, Xiao Tianjian walked out of the courtyard in great strides.

Liu Yaoben turned his head and glanced at the small courtyard again, sighed, stomped his feet, and then chased after Xiao Tianjian's back......

(Write like this, there will definitely be brothers who say that the pig's feet are too kind-hearted, and such a character can't be an emperor at all, but what I think is that the pig's feet always have to be a little more humane, not a complete cold-blooded animal after ascending to the world, not to mention that in history, even Li Zicheng was such a mud leg, after entering Beijing, he did not kill the three princes, when Jiannu entered the customs, Li Zicheng fled from Beijing in a panic, and finally did not kill the three princes, but abandoned them, if the pig's feet had to kill them, Then it's not the character of a pig's foot! Could it be that he is not as good as Li Zicheng?

What's more, as long as the three princes are controlled at hand, they have not fallen to the people, even if someone wants to make a fuss about them, they can't use them at all, so whether to kill or not is not the most important thing, anyway, the knife handle is held in the hands of the pig's feet, and when they grow up, the world of the pig's feet will already be stable, and even if they want to turn over the starting waves, it will be impossible! On the contrary, for those old ministers of the Ming Dynasty, this can undoubtedly play a role in stabilizing people's hearts, even after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it also adopted a gentle policy towards some clans in the Ming Dynasty, so it is not necessary to change the dynasty, it is necessary to kill all the clans of the previous dynasty! One is that it is impossible to do, and the other is that it can be tire-hearted! )

(Today, I would like to thank my heartbroken and gentle friends for their unstinting rewards, and once again present a 5,000-word chapter!) )