Chapter 1114 - Guilty (Updated in advance on November 1st)

Zhu Youjian stood in a very dilapidated small temple in the south of a capital, his hands tied.

Today is actually an important day, and today Li Zhi is about to announce the final disposition of Zhu Youzhen and the Ming Dynasty. Of course, at the same time, Li Zhi would also announce the establishment of a new regime to rule the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youzhen didn't know what kind of dynasty Li Zhi would eventually establish, and Li Zhi always did something that made people feel incredible.

Li Zhi is a star in the earth, and Zhu Youzhen used to think that this was a rumor that confuses people's hearts. But after the decisive battle in Tianjin, Zhu Youzhen was also convinced of this matter.

If Li Zhi hadn't descended from the stars, how could he have so overwhelmingly destroyed the Ming Dynasty and made Zhu Youzhen a fallen king?

Zhu Youzhen had already accepted the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and at this critical point in time, he had no mood fluctuations. He felt that his whole world had turned gray, like the ruins of a bustling palace, and no power could restore it to its original state.

Zhu Youzhen's caretaker work was in charge of Zhong Feng, and Zhong Feng attached great importance to this matter and increased manpower. The specific guards of Zhu Youzhen are three companies of soldiers of the Tiger Army, and there are quite a few of them - after all, Zhu Youzhen is the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and he is related to the hearts of the people in the world, and there can be no mistakes.

And Zhu Youzhen is not only locked up with Zhu Youzhen, but also 27 members of the royal family, including Zhu Youzhen's wife and children.

The small temple was originally a land temple, and it was not very spacious, probably only a houseless house. At this time, there were more than 20 people crowded, and it seemed very crowded. Zhu Youzhen's family members were all very depressed, and they sat listlessly in the room one by one.

Some timid girls and concubines were crying secretly in the corner, as if they were afraid that they would be beheaded.

They are clearly not optimistic about what the future holds.

The relationship between the Ming royal family and Li Zhi is very bad now. Zhu Youzhen beat Li Zhi as a traitor, and Li Zhi led the Tiger Ben army into the capital. If Zhu Youzhen is willing to give up to Li Zhi, then things may have a turnaround. However, the actual situation is that Zhu Youzhen is unwilling to make any concessions to Li Zhi from beginning to end, no matter how you look at it, Li Zhi will not let go of the Ming royal family.

Zhu Youzhen's children all felt that this time it was more auspicious, and they fell listlessly in the temple, unable to raise their spirits.

Zhu Youzhen is also not optimistic about the situation, although his suicide in the coal mountain was stopped by Han Jinxin, but in Zhu Youzhen's opinion, it was Li Zhi who wanted to behead himself in a dignified manner. If you let yourself commit suicide, then Zhu Youzhen will be martyred, and his reputation is very good. If you have a good reputation, you will weaken Li Zhi's reputation.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen felt that the reason why Li Zhi prevented him from committing suicide was just to prepare for a public trial to behead himself. He beat Li Zhi as a traitor, and once he succeeded, he would destroy Li Zhi. Zhu Youzhen didn't believe that Li Zhi would not fight back, and now that Li Zhi has won, he may not let any of his wives and children go.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the direction of the distant Forbidden City through the dilapidated temple wall and the three tiger soldiers standing on the temple wall, and sighed.

In fact, these days, there are still some loyal "righteous people" in the Ming room who try to rescue Zhu Youzhen. The Ming Dynasty ruled China for more than 200 years, and it is impossible not to have any loyal people. Even if Li Zhi can give ordinary people a good life, those who still live well in the Ming Dynasty are destined to fall in the new dynasty.

In the past few days, many people have gathered outside the temple wall to try to support Zhu Youzhen in the temple. At the beginning, their purpose was to create pressure on the Tiger Ben Army guarding the royal family, or to create pressure on Li Zhi, so that Li Zhi knew that there were still many people in the world who were loyal to the Ming family, hoping that Li Zhi would not behead Zhu Youzhen.

However, their efforts were ruthlessly dispersed by the Tiger Army, and the strength of the original only one company was increased to three companies, and the experienced deputy battalion commander Zhang Yu was transferred to manage the three companies. Three companies of soldiers fired directly into the air, scaring off the old and young who tried to make noise near the Land Temple.

Since yesterday, the vicinity of the Land Temple has been quiet.

Zhu Youzhen moved his hands tied in the rope, and found that his hands had been tied numb. He looked at Zhang Yu, the deputy battalion commander standing in the middle of the ruined temple, and found that Zhang Yu was also looking at him. However, this grassroots officer of the Tiger Ben Army did not have the slightest affection for the great tomorrow, knowing that Zhu Youzhen's hands would be injured if he was tied up like this, and he was not ready to come up to loosen Zhu Youzhen's tie at all.

Zhu Youzhen sighed, looking at the temple wall a little numbly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhang Yu snorted coldly.

Suddenly, there was a shout from outside the temple.

Zhang Yu was stunned and looked west.

The shouts weren't like ordinary sounds, like a group of people moving together. The cry was urgent, and it was clear that there was a clear purpose. Listening to that voice, there were at least hundreds, if not thousands. If Zhang Yu heard correctly, this group of people rushed straight from the street outside the Land Temple and went straight to the Land Temple where Zhu Youzhen was.

Who is this? Dare to march together on the road of the capital like this, shouting and screaming after the Tiger Ben Army takes control of the capital?

Zhang Yu frowned, glanced at Zhu Youzhen coldly, and snorted coldly.

"I woke up this morning and felt the blood on my hands flow fast, I guess I'm going to kill someone today."

Hearing Zhang Yu's words, Zhu Youzhen's face froze. A few days ago, he was the master of this empire, and he was in control of the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people at any time. However, today, the little deputy battalion commander of the Tiger Ben Army can be powerful in front of him, and he does not take himself as the emperor in the slightest.

However, Zhu Youzhen actually didn't have any expectations for those shouts, Zhu Youzhen was already in a state of extreme despair at this time, and he didn't believe that anyone could defeat Li Zhi by force and save himself.

Zhang Yu stood in the courtyard for a while, and then saw a soldier who was watching from the roof sentry run off his post and ran into the courtyard of the ruined temple. The soldier saluted Zhang Yu with a standard Tiger Army salute, and said loudly: "Report to the deputy battalion commander, there is a large group of people rushing towards this side with sticks and swords in front." ”

Zhang Yu sneered and asked, "How many people?" What equipment? ”

The soldier replied loudly, "About eight or nine hundred, unarmoured, with sticks and ordinary swords in their hands, and no offensive power." But they ran resolutely and seemed determined. ”

Zhang Yu smiled and said, "Okay, there is a prison robbery." “

Zhang Yu looked at Zhu Youzhen and said with a smile: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is an emperor after all, and there are some supporters after all. ”

However, Zhang Yu's smile flashed, he waved his hand, and said coldly: "Set up a machine gun!" ”

Several company commanders shouted orders, and went down to give orders. In a few moments, the four Gatling guns hidden in the gatehouse were lifted out and placed behind the gate of the ruined temple, aiming at the street in front.

The crowd of people rushing in the distance got closer and closer, and their shouts grew louder and louder, startling pedestrians and ordinary people near the ruined temple. Such a noisy shout like the sound of flowing water was obviously a large group of people, and the comers were not good. The people around knew that the Ming Emperor was locked up in the Land Temple, and they subconsciously fled from this street.

Especially after they saw the Tiger Ben army at the gate of the ruined temple setting up a Gatling machine gun, they were even more frightened and did not dare to stay for a long time, and left this place of right and wrong one after another.

Even some of the Lingding scholars outside the temple wall who wanted to support Zhu Youzhen gave up the idea of wandering around the broken temple at this time, and walked quickly to the south and north one by one.

Soon, the street at the entrance of the ruined temple became empty, and there was nothing left except the closed courtyard doors and the doors of the shops.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the four Gatling guns, and his face turned snow-white.

Although the battle situation in Wuqing, Baodi and other places has not had time to reach Zhu Youzhen's ears. Because as soon as the battle ended, Wang Chengen rushed to the Forbidden City, and the capital fell into chaos, Zhu Youzhen had no idea that the Gatling machine gun played a huge role in the decisive battle of Tianjin, and he had never understood this weapon that was ahead of the times. But after all, Zhu Youzhen has military common sense, these dense barrels are integrated into a bundle, and as soon as the incomparably complex and exquisite firearms are put out, Zhu Youzhen understands that this is definitely a big killer.

Looking at Zhang Yu, the deputy battalion commander of the Tiger Army, who was full of confidence, Zhu Youzhen was even more terrified of the power of this weapon.

The large group of people in front of him obviously came for themselves, if Zhang Yu used this kind of big killing weapon to deal with the hundreds of people who rushed over, what would be the result?

Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes helplessly.

The shouts got closer and closer, and gradually, the group of people rushed to the street at the gate of the ruined temple. Zhang Yu finally saw the person clearly.

It was a group of old and young people composed of Confucian scholars.

There are old and young people, there are many white-haired old Confucians, and there are also many young and vigorous Confucian students. These people all wore round necks, and most of them wore square scarves and scarves on their heads. Most of them are obviously from wealthy families or even powerful families, and they are dressed in splendor, and that set of round-necked materials costs more than a dozen taels of silver. There are also some people who appear to be scholars from poor families, and their crewnecks are cotton and even patched.

However, they have all read Confucian classics for more than ten years or even decades, and they have already bet their whole lives on the national policy of governing the country with Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty. After Li Zhi entered the capital, they all lost all their futures and everything.

They had long knives and swords in their hands, and some of them were holding sticks, and they all stared at each other with righteous indignation, and they had the momentum to go out and die.

For the Ming Dynasty, the group of Confucian scholars, scholars, and civil officials was actually a group of people that Zhu Youzhen hated very much. These people are insatiable, relying on their privilege to run rampant and disrupt the order of the empire. It is precisely because these people do not pay the land endowment, and help others not to pay the field endowment, that Zhu Youzhen's Ming Empire will be so vulnerable in front of the Tartars and thieves, and finally have to rely on Li Zhi.

Finally led to the rise of Li Zhi.

However, for the Ming Empire, especially for the Ming Empire, which perished because of Li Zhi, these people were also the most loyal group of people. Because once Li Zhi takes power, all the words of the Confucian classics and sages that these people have studied all their lives will be useless, and these people will lose all their financial resources and the ability of their families to make ends meet.

So at this moment, it is not the new army that Zhu Youzhen relies on to save Zhu Youzhen, nor the small people that Zhu Youzhen tried to take care of several times, but these Confucian gentry who are about to lose everything.

There were many powerful people in the capital, and the Confucian gentry had 100,000 if not 200,000. Most of these 100,000 people chose to remain silent in the face of Li Zhi's powerful force, preferring to be taken away by Li Zhi rather than resist. But no matter which group there are people who are not afraid of death, it is just more or less a problem. In the end, nearly a thousand people stood up and rushed to the vicinity of this land temple to fight Li Zhi's tiger army.

These eight or nine hundred people rushed to two hundred meters in front of the Land Temple, only to find that the Land Temple was already on high alert. The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army had already set up their rifles and pointed them at this side, and there were at least a hundred rifles on the walls of the small land temple.

In the doorway of the even more terrifying Land Temple were four weapons they had never seen before, and they seemed to be very powerful.

The Confucian gentry looked at each other for a moment and stopped.

The remnants of these empires do not seem to be tightly organized. They stopped outside the Land Temple for a long time before they could barely choose one to speak. A man wearing a scarf raised a sword in his hand, took a step forward under the gaze of everyone, and shouted to Zhang Yu, who was standing at the gate of the temple:

"Traitor! Let go of the Son of Heaven! ”

The shouting and scolding of this person immediately aroused a resonance, and hundreds of people roared in unison: "Tianjin traitor!" Are you going to kill the king? ”

"Traitor, dare to invite the people to buy the hearts of the people and commit rebellion?"

"Let the Son of Heaven go! Go back to Tianjin! ”

Zhang Yu sneered and looked at Zhu Youzhen behind him.

Zhu Youzhen saw the murderous aura in Zhang Yu's eyes, but there was only discouragement and disappointment on his face.

For Zhu Youzhen, if he loses Zhu Mingxia, there is nothing. Although these hundreds of Confucian gentry were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, they were really insignificant to the entire Jiangshan Society. As Zhu Youzhen, who is used to being an emperor, the life and death of these people are not very heavy.

Now hundreds of guns are pointed at these Confucian gentry, and in the end, Zhu Youzhen can't control it, so he can't control it.

Zhu Youzhen did not say a word.

Zhang Yu waved his hand, and the ten soldiers on the left crackled and opened fire. Ten bullets rushed straight to the front one, and in an instant, the Ming remnant was beaten into a sieve.

He was hit by at least six or seven bullets, and suddenly lost his ability to react, and fell backwards with a plop, and died.

When the Confucian scholars and gentry in the back saw this scene, their eyes were all blood-red.

There are some people who are a little cringe, scared, and want to go back. But more people are still not afraid of death, because these hundreds of people are actually the most bloody of the 100,000 gentry and magnates, and they really don't want to die, and most people are full of blood pouring blood on their heads when they see people dying.

They howled, and suddenly moved, charging at the Gatling guns at the gate of the ruined temple.

Zhu Youzhen still looked at these old and young people numbly.

Zhang Yu waved his hand, and the Gatling machine gun fired.

The four Gatling guns are all specially designed killing machines, not comparable to ordinary firearms. Four machine guns can fire 520 rounds in a minute, and the killing efficiency is definitely the most powerful in this era.

I only heard the sound of da-da-da, and pieces of bullets swept towards the Confucian gentry on the opposite side like raindrops.

In an instant, countless blood holes bloomed on those silk and cotton round necks, and blood flew everywhere on the streets.

The screams rang out like the noise of a pig slaughterhouse.

Gatling was the most powerful weapon of the era, and even the well-trained soldiers of the New Army could not carry it, and it was impossible for these scholars and Confucian scholars to withstand it. However, the situation of these Confucian scholars was different from that of ordinary soldiers, who could continue to return home to farm and make a living. But for these scholars, Li Zhi's rule means that they have lost all their future, and even become a group of people with a "black history" from now on, and will be treated differently by the whole society.

They have no way to escape.

The most bloody hundreds of these Confucian scholars were less afraid of death than the pounce soldiers.

Under Zhang Yu's cold gaze, more than 800 Confucian students launched a desperate charge against the Land Temple with whistling machine guns. They howled and hurried forward.

However, the Gatling in front was so terrible that more than ten bullets were fired every second on the not wide street, and the Confucian scholars kept rushing forward, unable to find any meaning other than the corpses left behind.

One after another screamed as they were shot by large-caliber Gatling bullets, convulsed in the blooming blood flowers, and collapsed on the old bluestone streets.

The royal family members in the ruined temple looked at those Confucian scholars in shock one by one, and couldn't believe that these Confucian scholars, who were supposed to be weak, would roll up their sleeves and fight hard.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the dead Confucian students one by one expressionlessly, without any expression on his face. The heart of the Great Tomorrow seems to be dead, and it won't even stir up a little wave because of the desperate efforts of these Ming relics.

Maybe the desperate efforts of these Confucian scholars can make Li Zhi feel the strength of Confucian power, but this no longer means anything to Zhu Youzhen's Ming Dynasty. And with Zhu Youzhen's understanding of Li Zhi, the iron-blooded Li Zhi will not give up the pursuit of Confucianism because of this little episode. In Zhu Youzhen's view, these Confucian scholars are doing meaningless things.

Soon, in just over a minute, three or four hundred people fell on the street, and only half of the more than eight hundred people rushed over in a blink of an eye.

The fastest rush in front was killed in an instant. The Confucian scholars in the back were not so brave, and finally became scared and stopped rushing forward. One by one, they bent over and even fell to the ground, trying to dodge the bullets.

Zhang Yu sneered and waved his hand to stop the machine-gun fire.

Blood was already pouring on the ground, and the red liquid stained all the bluestone bricks red. The still alive Confucian looked at the machine gun on the other side in amazement, wondering why the killing machine over there had suddenly stopped.

Zhang Yu looked coldly at the still alive Confucian and was silent for ten seconds.

At this moment, Zhang Yu became the arbiter of all Confucian lives on this "battlefield". As long as Zhang Yu is willing, he can kill all these Confucian students who don't know the height of the sky at any time.

This feeling of being held by someone else in the hands of others destroyed all the bravery of the Confucian scholars at once. They looked at Zhang Yu in horror, for fear that Zhang Yu would order machine gun fire again.

Zhang Yu snorted coldly, and suddenly waved his hand again.

"Dada!"

The machine guns began to fire again.

The crowd in front of the Confucian scholar plopped down to the ground like a scarecrow. The silence of the ten seconds just now suddenly crushed the anger of the Confucian scholars, and when the gunfire rang out again, they suddenly lost the courage to charge. Suddenly, all the more than 400 people who were still alive gave up the charge and fled to the back of the alley one by one.

After all, they still have to die.

Some people fled to the back of the street, but they couldn't run as fast as bullets and were quickly knocked down one by one. There were also Confucian scholars who desperately searched for corners of the street where they could hide their bodies, hoping to hide from bullets with the help of the stone on the buildings. Others desperately broke open the courtyard doors of nearby houses and rushed into the courtyard to avoid bullets.

The massacres in the streets soon came to an end.

Probably more than a hundred more Confucian gentry were killed, and when the streets were littered with corpses, the Gatling guns stopped firing.

Zhang Yu waved his hand, and two companies of Tiger Ben soldiers went up to arrest the Confucian gentry who broke into the houses.

However, the people at the bottom of the society hated the Confucian magnates who challenged Li Zhi more than the Tiger Army, and before the soldiers rushed into the houses to search, the people in each courtyard grabbed the embarrassed Confucian students with kitchen knives and handed them over to the soldiers of the Tiger Army.

Zhang Yu looked at the scene on the street, sneered, and said, "The mantis arm is a car." ”

Zhu Youzhen was flushed by the smell of blood on the street, and inhaled helplessly.

Soon, calm returned to the streets. One by one, ordinary people on both sides of the street reopened their doors and began to observe the bloody battlefield. Many of the people despised these reactionary gentry who tried to attack the new order of the Qi king, and shouted and cursed at the still living Confucian scholars. Some civilians even rushed out and spat on the corpses of the gentry and Confucian scholars lying in pools of blood.

The soldiers of the Tiger Army began to carry the corpses and clean up the battlefield.

After another quarter of an hour, some of the people of the nearby street began to walk towards the bloody street to see the excitement. However, none of the ordinary people sympathized with the widows of these powerful and gentry families, and a look of disdain appeared on everyone's faces.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the expressions of those people and closed his eyes helplessly.

Obviously, the most unpopular thing in the Ming Dynasty was these gentry and the civil officials among them. These people represent the darkest side of the Ming Dynasty in the Chongzhen Dynasty, if Zhu Youzhen, who is determined to change the law, can still make the people a little nostalgic, the only thing these Confucian scholars and gentry can arouse is the disgust of ordinary people for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Yu sneered, no longer observed the situation on the street, and went to the side room to drink tea.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong looked at the corpses on the street, walked up to Zhu Youzhen and said: "Father, these gentry are disgusted by the people and are the most unpopular. The father might as well avoid it at this time, so as not to make the people feel that the father sympathizes with these gentry, and then loses the support of the people. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened to Zhu Cihong's words, but he didn't move.

At this time, in Zhu Youzhen's heart, the Ming Dynasty is over, then everything is over. Under Li Zhi's means, the aspirations of the people of Daqi are unstoppable. He didn't believe that the Ming Dynasty could resurrect itself, and he didn't care what the people wanted at this time.

The land temple was quiet for a while, except for the shouting and spitting of the people outside the street, and no sound could be heard.

Zhu Youzhen stood motionless for half an hour, waiting for what was about to happen next.

Finally, when the sun rose to its highest, an officer wearing the dress of an officer of one town and nine provinces walked up to the Land Temple.

The officer dress in one town and nine provinces was designed by Li Zhi, which basically imitated the officer dress of the thermal weapon era in later generations, and looked gorgeous and heroic. According to Li Zhi's color preference, the clothes are mainly black and gold, and there are no long sleeves and hems, which has a beauty that transcends the times.

Zhang Yu saluted the officer, and the handover was quickly completed. The officer in a ceremonial uniform walked up to Zhu Youzhen and the crown prince Zhu Cihong, and asked his soldiers to help the two Zhu family members untie the ropes.

"Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Dynasty, come with me."

Zhu Youzhen understood that the ceremony of announcing the demise of the Ming Dynasty was about to begin.

His body shook suddenly, and he almost fell to the ground. But the two Tiger Army soldiers beside him didn't give him a chance to be weak, and grabbed Zhu Youzhen's arms forcefully and helped him walk in the direction of the Forbidden City.

Walking out of the Land Temple, the road was already crowded with excited people.

The people knew that today was a big day for the change of dynasty, and their faces were very excited.

When they looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was about to be deposed, they all showed complicated expressions. On the one hand, Zhu Youzhen, as the emperor, did not do anything heinous, although he did not achieve anything, but it was not a fault. So for such a Ming emperor, the people are still a little nostalgic.

But on the other hand, the abolition of the Ming Dynasty meant that Li Zhi would rule the entire world, and there was no doubt that good days were coming. Therefore, the people can't wait to see Zhu Youzhen's throne abolished, and Daqi can open the country earlier.

The people crowded on both sides of the road, watching Zhu Youzhen, who was escorted by the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army, walking all the way towards the Forbidden City.

Zhu Youzhen walked and walked, unable to bear the gaze of the people, so he simply closed his eyes and let the two soldiers lead him forward.

The crown prince Zhu Cihong does not have the same great pathos as Zhu Youzhen, and he has not lost his mind at this time. He was still wearing the noble prince's regular clothes, and he didn't have any intense emotions in the face of the people with complicated expressions. He looked ahead and slowly walked forward with the officer leading the way.

After walking for a while, the officer in the dress found Zhu Cihong interesting, and said with a smile: "Give the last prince of the Ming Dynasty a horse." ”

The soldiers next to him immediately received the order, and soon led a war horse from behind and handed it over to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong was stunned and looked at the officer in surprise.

"How dare a guilty man ride a horse?"

The officer smiled and said, "The prince has never been in power, what is the crime?" Uncle Zheng specially told me that I should be polite to the prince, and the prince should not refuse. ”

Zhu Cihong led the horse and was silent for a while.

He looked at the officer in front of him with some humility, and said, "I am willing to give up my horse to my father." ”

The officer said undoubtedly: "Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Dynasty is guilty of a serious crime and cannot ride a horse. ”

After a pause, the officer said coldly: "Don't say more, prince, get on the horse." ”

Zhu Cihong was a prisoner of the Tiger Army at this time, how could he dare to bargain with the officers of the Tiger Army? Feeling some impatience in the officer's tone, Zhu Cihong's heart trembled. He subconsciously obeyed the officer's order, turned over and got on the war horse.

The officer nodded with satisfaction and asked a soldier to go up and lead the horse for Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Youzhen still closed his eyes, as if these things had nothing to do with him.

The group went all the way to the north, and finally walked into the imperial city and stopped in front of Chengtianmen.

Chengtianmen is already full of civil and military generals from one town and nine provinces. These officials under Li Zhi's command were all dressed in gorgeous new-style dresses, and according to the size of their official positions, they stood happily above and below the Chengtian Gate. There was not enough space in front of the Jinshui Bridge, and some people even stood on the square behind the Jinshui Bridge.

The officials of one town and nine provinces are different from the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and they do not have the twilight of officialdom like the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty. Under the supervision and guidance of Li Zhi, the officials in Tianjin are full of sharpness and have a completely different temperament from this era.

And not only are they different in temperament, but in fact, the officials in Tianjin are not very old, with an average age of less than 35 years old. At this time, they were wearing new dresses designed by Li Zhi, and they looked very handsome.

At a glance, I only feel that the heroes are gathered together.

On the periphery of Tianjin officials, there were also some officials of the Ming Dynasty. These officials will soon face trial in nine provincial courts in one town to determine whether they have committed unforgivable mistakes. Some of them will soon be put in prison or even shot outright.

However, at this time, when the old and new dynasties were handed over, these officials were still escorted to the front of Chengtianmen to witness the birth of a new dynasty and a new regime.

Of course, there are more people on the periphery of Chengtianmen.

In addition to Chang'an Avenue for people to enter and exit, the square between Chengtianmen and Daming Gate has been surrounded by onlookers. Including the thousand-step corridor, at least tens of thousands of people crowded into the space in front of the gate of this imperial city, witnessing the unprecedented moment coming.

All the people were elated, with a yearning for the future on their faces.

Walking to the front of Jinshui Bridge, Zhu Youzhen finally opened his eyes and looked at the excited people around him, and the look on his face became even more desperate.

He made his way through the crowd and slowly walked to the middle of the Chengtian Gate. Under the guidance of the officer, he stood in front of the Jinshui Bridge, facing Li Zhi on the Chengtian Gate.

Li Zhi wore a gorgeous gown, not the traditional dragon robe of the Son of Heaven, but a set of clothes formed by a combination of black and gold colors. The costume is very simple, but it looks extremely luxurious, and at a glance you know that it is not ordinary people's clothes.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen, who was about to be deposed, walked to his position, the entire people near Chengtianmen fell silent. No one dared to make a noise at this time, and everyone waited for the next ceremony.

Li Zhi looked at Zhu Youzhen coldly from a high place, and asked loudly: "Zhu Youzhen!" Do you know your sin? ”

Zhu Youzhen still closed his eyes and did not speak.

Zhu Cihong, who was behind Zhu Youjian, saw his father's appearance and suddenly became very panicked. He was afraid that his father would work against Li Zhi at this time. Li Zhi was originally angry that Zhu Youzhen tortured Cui Changwu, but now if Zhu Youzhen still doesn't cooperate, then Li Zhi can really do anything in a fit of anger.

Zhu Cihong knelt behind the Jinshui Bridge with a plop and shouted, "Father! Father! Da Ming is dead! Da Ming has died of his father! ”

Hearing his son's shout, Zhu Youzhen's body trembled, and he opened his eyes, which were suddenly full of bloodshots.

He looked around and found that the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army under the Chengtian Gate were looking at him with fierce eyes, as long as he didn't say a good word, maybe Li Zhi would kill him.

It's not just killing himself, once Li Zhi opens the killing ring, tens of thousands of descendants of the Ming royal family may be killed.

Zhu Youzhen turned his head to look at his son, looked at the people who were already completely on Li Zhi's side, and suddenly became a little in a trance. He looked up at Li Zhi and was silent for a moment.

Finally, two tears welled up in his eyes. Zhu Youzhen knelt in front of Chengtian Gate with a plop.

"I..."

"I..."

"I'm guilty..."

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