Xiao Tianjian sat in the main hall of the Wuying Palace, and glanced down at the large crowd of people kneeling below in the robes of the Ming officials, today he was the first time to meet these courtiers left in the Ming Jingshi in the Wuying Palace.

After the seizure lasted for nearly ten days, the dust has now settled, and in these ten days, these former ministers of the Ming Dynasty in the capital can be said to be in danger, and no one knows what kind of fate they will face.

Maybe the next moment, someone from the Great Medium Army will knock on the door, rush in, tie up their whole family, and pull them outside the city gate, and cut off their heads with a chatter, this is not the first time that such a tragedy has been staged.

From the fifth day after the Dazhong army took control of the capital, this large-scale purge operation was launched, and the high-ranking officials of the former dynasty were escorted to the outside of the city to cut off their heads in batches under the intrusion of the wolf-like Dazhong army generals, and in ten days, thousands of people were killed, so no one knew whether they would be the next target, so these ministers of the former dynasty could only tremble one by one with their families, waiting for the verdict of fate.

Some people simply couldn't bear such pressure, and the whole family hanged themselves together, and those who took poison on their backs made tragedies one after another.

There are even a few courtiers who are unwilling to be humiliated, so they simply commit suicide at home, Xuanwu Bowei Shichun, Xinle Hou Liu Wenbing, and Gong Yonggu, the concubine, did not wait for the big Chinese army to raid the house, so they dragged the whole family at home and hanged themselves.

It wasn't until yesterday that this purge came to an end, when a group of Dazhong troops withdrew from the city and the city began to restore calm, these ministers were relieved, knowing that for the time being they would not also be beheaded, but immediately they received a notice from the Dazhong army, ordering them to go to the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City on the morning of the sixth day of the eighth month to visit the emperor of the current Dazhong Dynasty, and whether they want to or not, they must go, if they don't go, just one word - "behead" and add two words, that is, "full door"!

When it really depends on whether the head of the whole family can stay on their shoulders, this matter is easy to decide, so these former ministers came to the Forbidden City in the morning with anxiety one after another.

But when I came here again, everyone's mood was basically the same, just more than half a month has passed, this place has changed the owner, the Ming Dynasty has become a thing of the past, and now this is the world of the Great Middle Dynasty.

When these former ministers met one by one at the Xihua Gate of the Forbidden City, each of them had a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, and if you look closely, many of them have disappeared, and only about half of the rest are left, and the rest don't need to ask, they either committed suicide or were purged by the Great Chinese Army.

Everyone looked at each other's robes, and they all felt a little ridiculous, now the Ming Dynasty is gone, but they are still wearing the official robes of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the emperor of the Great Middle Dynasty who enters the palace to consult them, this situation feels so weird no matter how you look at it, and they have the heart to talk a few words, but they all feel that there is nothing to say, so they can only hug each other, and then slowly walk into the palace with a wry smile, and gather outside the gate of the Wuying Palace.

Along the way, what they saw was a column of soldiers and generals of the Dazhong Army, these Dazhong soldiers and generals were shy and chesty, exuding a kind of pressing momentum from top to bottom, compared with the forbidden army and the three battalions of the Ming army they had seen before, these Dazhong soldiers can only be described in two words, that is, iron and blood!

Right! It is iron-blooded, this is a group of iron-blooded elites, it can be seen from their temperament, they are all battle-hardened generals, and only such an army can destroy the Ming Dynasty that lasted for nearly three hundred years, and sweep the Ming Dynasty into the dust of history.

From their eyes, these former ministers can feel a kind of contempt and even ridicule for them, which makes these former generals feel deeply humiliated, but they have nothing to say, because they are the victors, and now they have the final say, and they are just a group of losers, waiting for fate to make their final judgment on them.

On weekdays, these high-spirited scholars, at this moment, when they saw these big and medium generals, they no longer had the sense of superiority they had in the past, and they could only gather in front of the Wuying Hall one by one from among the feather guards of these big and medium armies.

As the hour came, a warrior walked to the front of the Wuying Hall and shouted, "There is a decree in the Holy Spirit!" Let you wait until you enter the temple and see you! ”

So these former ministers each trembled, and then nervously walked towards the hall, several ministers because they were too nervous, actually stepped on the corners of their robes, and immediately rolled to the ground, so that the big and middle feather forest guards standing on both sides suddenly showed a look of disdain, and these ministers quickly got up in embarrassment, and walked into the hall in a panic with the support of their colleagues.

Although they really wanted to look up at the person who was sitting on it and buried the Ming Dynasty, but the vast majority of people did not have the courage, as soon as they entered the hall, they quickly knelt down with a hula, and some people even couldn't wait to shout: "Long live my emperor!" ”

But this kind of shouting was very untidy, and it seemed very messy and abrupt, and as a result, it was despised by some ministers with a little backbone.

Xiao Tianjian sat on the dragon chair behind the dragon case, slightly bowed his head and glanced at these former ministers, looking at their different performances and expressions, and sneered slightly in his heart.

He knew that these people didn't really obey him, more because these people wanted to live and had to surrender to his feet, but what could this be?

Now that he has come to this point, he is already above 10,000 people, and he needs to use his strong hand to intimidate these people so that they can serve his great China and Korea in the future.

He actually looked down on these ministers in his heart, when these people were ordered to enter this hall, they had already lost the integrity that scholars should have, they were different from Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng was attached to his wing for the sake of this country and this nation, but these people entered this hall for their lives and for the possible glory and wealth in the future.

However, what makes Xiao Tianjian a little sad is that he still has to use these people, because his Dazhong Dynasty has not long been established, and what he lacks most is this kind of official who has administrative experience, although he can also admit officials through the examination, but after all, the officials who have just been recruited are not experienced enough, and it takes a considerable amount of time to be familiar with administrative affairs, so no matter how much he doesn't like these people, but for the sake of the stability of the world in the next step, he also has to use these people patiently.

When he saw them all kneeling, Xiao Tianjian retracted his thoughts and slowly stood up, originally Xiao Tianjian's figure was already very tall in this era, and now standing behind the dragon case in the main hall, it made people feel a sense of oppression, and once again glanced at the former ministers kneeling below, Xiao Tianjian said loudly: "I know that you have been very nervous in recent days, but recently, you don't have to worry about your lives anymore!"

Because you all know very well who those I have killed! Although I dare not say that I have not killed the wrong person, I can guarantee that the vast majority of those I have killed are deserving people! It doesn't matter if you secretly say that I am murderous or tyrannical, but I kill them with a clear conscience! Their guilt has been announced to the world, and it is up to them whether they should kill the common people! I don't need to say much here!

The Ming Dynasty lasted for nearly three hundred years, but the Ming Dynasty could no longer bring any benefits to the people, and it could not be captured abroad, and the whole country was exhausted, but it lost thousands of miles, making the Tartars rampant in Liaodong, slaughtering millions of people of our Han Dynasty, and repeatedly breaking through the customs and wreaking havoc in the pass!

The country can't enrich the people and strengthen the country, but they only know that they are expropriating and expropriating, ignoring the death of thousands of our big men and people's livelihoods, disasters and famines, and the government does not think about relief, but on the contrary, it has intensified its efforts to knock out the bones and suck the marrow of the people, what is the use of such a court?

You are all former ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and what have you done for the people of the world? Don't you feel ashamed when you ask yourself?

The reason why I rebelled back then was that I didn't want to see my Han people continue to wander in the ravines, whining and wailing, but no one helped me!

Today, I am here, and the Ming Dynasty that has long been decayed will come to an end, and I am not for anything else, just to return my Han people a bright future! Reinvigorate my China!

I've already killed the one who deserves to be killed! I hope you can abandon your prejudices and accompany me in the future to build a new river and mountain together, so that our Chinese nation can be rejuvenated on top of the world from now on!

I didn't mean to humiliate you and others when I brought you here, but I just wanted to meet you and ask if you would like to do things for me in the future! Of course, I don't force you, those who are willing to stay are welcome with both hands, and those who are not willing to stay and continue to be officials can leave on their own, and I will not pursue it.

No matter what you have done before, I will not blame the past from now on, but as long as you stay, from now on, you will devote yourself to the country, even if you are not for me, you must think for the common people in the world and do things in a down-to-earth manner!

The most intolerable thing in my big middle dynasty is the corpse vegetarian meal, the party for personal gain, the intrigue, the greedy people, once I find that you are still like the past, do not want to forge ahead, I don't care about more blood on this hand!

Do you hear me? ”

Xiao Tianjian suddenly snorted, and his loud voice suddenly echoed in the hall, as if he had the feeling of being around the beam for three days.

The hundreds of former ministers kneeling below, hearing this, all felt as if a thunder sounded in their ears, and they couldn't help but tremble all over their bodies, and many people even lay on the ground, and repeatedly kowtowed and shouted clearly, and some people were even more unbearable and didn't even dare to speak, and some even shouted out the words of thank you!

Although Xiao Tianjian's words are straightforward, but they make these former ministers all tremble, the people who can ascend to this position are definitely not soft-hearted people, which lets them know that from now on, their kind of days like before have gone and will never return, Xiao Tianjian said clearly, stay and do things, you must be down-to-earth, otherwise those who have been dragged out and cut off their heads these days will be their fate.

But at the same time, Xiao Tianjian's words were also equivalent to giving these people a reassurance, at least telling them that the current purge of the Great Middle Dynasty in Beijing has come to an end, and he also clearly told them that as long as they are willing to do it, then they can still be officials, at least there will be no problems with this life and their family for the time being.

This reassured the worried former courtiers one by one, and while they were nervous, they all breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Of course, what I want to know now is, is there any of you who don't want to stay as officials? If so, you might as well stand up now and tell me clearly that I will not leave any trouble! But if you don't say it today, then tomorrow onwards, if anyone doesn't obey the assignment, then it will be disobedient and disrespectful, and then don't blame me for being unkind to you! Who's leaving? Stand up! Xiao Tianjian saw that the group had nodded one after another, so he spoke again.

The officials quietly turned their heads to look at the colleagues around them, but there were really people who stood up, only to see Li Jiantai, the former Guozi priest, Ni Yuanlu, the former head of the household, Fan Jingwen, the university scholar and others slowly stood up, after the scholar Fan Jingwen got up, he bowed down and said to Xiao Tianjian: "The old minister is old, his health is not good, and he is unable to serve the saint anymore. ”

Xiao Tianjian knew that this Fan Jingwen was a Qing official, with the name Mengzhang, the name Siren, the alias Qiangong, and a native of Wuqiao, Hejian Mansion (now Hebei). Wanli forty-one years of Jinshi. Former officials of Dongchang Mansion, Wen Xuan Langzhong of the Ministry of Officials, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and Scholar of Dongge University, is now nearly sixty years old, in this era, he is already considered an old person, after seeing him resign, Xiao Tianjian nodded slightly and said: "Master Fan, I know you, although I want to keep you, but since I have already said it, then I will never leave it difficult for you, and you are allowed to ask for it!" In addition, I also know that although you are a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, you are an honest official and do not have much property, and I respect people like you the most in my life! If you want to return to your hometown, I will give you another 5,000 taels of silver, which can be regarded as a sign of my heart! Go down to your palace. I'll send someone to escort your family home! ”

Fan Jingwen came to hold the heart of death, but it is not normal to say that there is no luck, but he never expected that Xiao Tianjian would agree to his resignation request so easily, and even gave him five thousand taels of silver, which surprised him even more, so he immediately excused himself and said: "Don't dare!" Thank you for the love of the saints, although Weichen is poor, but there are still some family properties, and the people of the grass given by the saints dare not be! ”

"You don't want to excuse yourself, I don't give you all these five thousand taels of silver, I know that you are a well-educated person, even if you return to your hometown to live for a long time, I don't want you to waste your talent in vain, if you want, you can build a academy with these silver, teach some students, and benefit the people in the future!" Don't shirk Bachelor Fan! Xiao Tianjian said very politely to Fan Jingwen.

Fan Jingwen was really a little dumbfounded, originally he thought that Xiao Tianjian was a reckless man, but he didn't expect that he would be so magnanimous to treat himself as an old minister of the former dynasty who was unwilling to serve him, and take out the money to let him establish a academy to teach and educate people, can a person with such sentiments be a tyrant?

So Fan Jingwen had to kneel down and thank him, and then got up and walked out of the hall slowly, but before he left, Xiao Tianjian stopped him again and said to him: "Fan Bachelor wants to leave, and he is not in a hurry, no matter what Emperor Chongzhen is, he is your old master after all, and now he has been martyred for his Ming Dynasty, so don't you wait for these old ministers, don't you go and give him a ride?" I have been specially approved to bury him with the emperor's gift, so it is not too late for Master Fan to pay tribute to him and then leave! ”

Fan Jingwen was even more stunned when he heard this, turned around and fell to the ground and immediately cried, kowtowing again and again to thank him, although Xiao Tianjian took Chongzhen's world, but no matter what, he still reserved the last dignity for Chongzhen, which made him, an old minister, how grateful! So Fan Jingwen's hatred for Xiao Tianjian was alleviated a lot.

As for Li Jiantai, the former Guozi priest, Ni Yuanlu, and Xiao Tianjian, the former head of the household department, have also heard of them, and listening to what Lu Xiangsheng said, these two are also relatively honest officials, and they are also people with a very high reputation, so Wen Yan retained them, but the two of them were determined to resign, so Xiao Tianjian did not continue to retain, and immediately approved their resignation and let them leave the capital.

As for the remaining people who did not resign, Xiao Tianjian also explained to them that since they stayed to do things, it was impossible for the official to be reinstated, and ordered them to temporarily go to various ministries to listen to them and appoint them in the future, but for now, he will first assist Lu Xiangsheng to take care of the affairs of Beizhili, so as to avoid chaos during the period of power transfer.

After dealing with these things, Xiao Tianjian also specially allowed these former ministers to attend the funeral of Emperor Chongzhen, and early the next morning, Xiao Tianjian even personally took the identity of the emperor of the Great Middle Dynasty to the altar of Chongzhen to pay tribute, which made these old ministers of the Ming Dynasty grateful, hulala knelt a large piece, and even thanked him.

Under the special permission of Xiao Tianjian, although Chongzhen's funeral could not catch up with the solemnity of the funeral of his ancestors, but compared with his funeral in history, it was still quite grand, under the auspices of Lu Xiangsheng, in the Ming Emperor's mausoleum outside the city, he found a good location, hired hundreds of people, built a mausoleum for him, and buried him and Queen Zhou, Tian Guifei who was killed by him, and several concubines who died at his hands, and Xiao Tianjian also gave Chongzhen the temple name Sizong, which can be regarded as an explanation of Chongzhen's life.

The matter of Jingshi has basically calmed down so far, and a new chapter has been opened since then.

(Today, I would like to thank my friends for their tips!) Today, Sunday, I present a big chapter of 5,000 words! ）