Chapter 977: City Tower
Entering the city from Chaoyang Gate, Li Zhi rode a horse on the road of the capital.
Behind Li Zhi were five hundred heavily armed Tiger Army soldiers, followed by a mighty corpse transport team. The corpses of 1,159 Beijing officials were loaded onto two-wheeled flatbed trucks and dragged into the city by the baggage team of the Tiger Ben Army.
The new army of the Beijing camp on the city wall saw that King Qi was leading the team, but they did not stop this team, and directly let Li Zhi's soldiers and horses enter the city.
Both sides of the road were crowded with people from the capital. The people looked at the carload of officials' corpses with all the shock they had had before.
At the beginning, the people thought that dozens of corpses were transported, and that the king of Qi had killed dozens of corrupt officials and traitors. Later, the people thought it was a few hundred people, and they were already full of surprise - the king of Qi had just been crowned the prince and went on a killing spree? Punish the traitor?
And as more and more two-wheeled flatbed trucks entered the city, and they saw the mighty flatbed truck team behind them clearly, the people realized that Li Zhi had killed more than 1,000 court officials, almost killing the imperial court.
The people on both sides of the road were silent and speechless.
It's also horrible.
Those high-ranking officials and lords, the court officials who disdain the people on weekdays, were killed by King Qi more than a thousand at once?
Then the court is not empty.
What did these people do to let King Qi be slaughtered like this.
However, the people's doubts were quickly solved by the loud voice of the Tiger Army. Li Zhi placed soldiers with loud voices in each section of the procession, shouting loudly to explain the reason for the massacre to the people.
"The traitors of the court secretly communicated with the Jiangbei Army and provided information through the needle, which is really an unforgivable crime of treason. As the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Qi is the one who will not give in, and he will kill the traitor as right and wrong! ”
"The traitorous ministers should contact the Jiangbei rebels with the outside world, and everyone has been stolen, and the king of Qi will slaughter the traitors with the law of the king!"
When the people heard the words of the loud voices, they understood why Li Zhi wanted to kill so many big officials.
Soon, Tiger Benjun's loud voice said more details.
"Tan Yunsong, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, contacted the Shanxi border army and persuaded the border army generals to join the Jiangbei army, and there is no doubt that he will rebel and be a capital crime!"
"Dali Temple Shaoqing Wang Heze and Shi Kefa agreed to open Dongzhi Gate, because the new army of the Beijing camp failed to defend it, there is no doubt that they will rebel and be a capital crime!"
"The Imperial History of the Right Governor of the Imperial Palace..."
Hearing the roars of the Tiger Army, the people of the capital were extremely surprised. It turned out that the civil officials and military generals in the court were all traitors one by one. The Son of Heaven changed the law to give benefits to the people, and within a few years, the civil officials all became thieves one by one because they lost their original interests.
These anti-thieves are not only against the Son of Heaven, but also against the people!
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all traitors, and I am afraid that even the Son of Heaven would have nowhere to start. Only a figure like King Qi dares to purge the officials in the court with iron and blood, and does not bargain in the face of national law. Killed so many traitors at once,
What the King of Qi upholds is the new law of the Son of Heaven, and it is the interests of the people.
Li Zhi gave the people a prosperous life in one town and nine provinces, which directly led to the new law of the Son of Heaven. Li Zhi's words, the people of the capital believed. Li Zhi didn't need to prove anything at all, and he won the unconditional trust of the people of the capital.
The people believed every charge that the soldiers of the Tiger Army said!
However, the people of the capital believe it, the civil officials and military generals of the world may not believe it, and the gentry and people in the south of the Yangtze River may not believe it. King Qi killed so many officials, how much pressure did he have to bear? What kind of verbal and written criticism do you have to face the gentry and civil officials in the world?
King Qi is the one who does not give in, and he uses one person's shoulders to carry the right and wrong of the world.
The people listened as they listened, their faces becoming more and more serious. They passed it on by word of mouth, and passed the reason why King Qi killed the official all the way to the front. By the time Li Zhi walked to Chang'an Avenue, the people on both sides of the road were already kneeling on the ground.
Looking at the past from Li Zhi's perspective, he saw countless black heads on both sides of the road. No matter the old man and the weak crown, the women and children are all silent.
At this moment, only the most reverent kneeling can express the people's gratitude to the people who are alone in the building.
Li Zhi did not return the salute to the people.
Li Zhi single-handedly killed more than 1,000 traitors for the people, and he could afford this gift from the people.
Li Zhi puffed up his chest on his horse and slowly rode towards the Forbidden City.
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One thousand one hundred and fifty-nine bodies were placed under the noon gate, filling the small square in front of the noon gate with the smell of blood.
Li Zhi led five hundred soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army to stand beside these corpses, waiting for the arrival of the Son of Heaven.
Zhu Youzhen, the Son of Heaven, did not let Li Zhi wait for a long time, and after only a quarter of an hour, he boarded the noon gate with a guard of honor.
Standing on top of the noon gate, Zhu Youzhen looked at the bloody corpse below, shook his head and sighed.
He said to Wang Chengen: "Go and ask the king of Qi to go up to the city tower and talk to me." ”
Wang Chengen agreed to come down and trotted all the way down the noon gate. He walked up to Li Zhi's side, arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, the Holy Lord, please go up to the city tower to speak." ”
Hearing this, Zheng Kaicheng looked at the Dongchang fans on the city tower in a panic, his face was dark, and he said: "Lord Wang, the situation is complicated at this time, and the attitude of the Son of Heaven is unknown. There is no way to go up to this city. ”
Zheng Kaicheng's meaning is very clear, Li Zhi killed so many court ministers in one go, who knows what kind of mood Zhu Youzhen is in now? Li Zhi killed all the ministers of the Son of Heaven, which is indeed refreshing. But the Son of Heaven lost face, and the Son of Heaven's reaction to this matter was difficult to guess.
What if Tianzi resents Li Zhi for making the emperor's power lose face, and what if Tianzi has feelings for the civil officials he has promoted, and feels that Li Zhi has killed too many people who should not be killed, and wants to take down Li Zhi?
Zhong Feng grabbed Li Zhi's arm from behind and said in Li Zhi's ear: "Lord Wang, this city tower must not be climbed!" If you have anything to say, just tell it downstairs, right? ”
Li Zhi frowned and looked at Zhong Feng.
Zhong Feng shook his head at Li Zhi, refusing to let go of his hand.
Li Zhi hesitated for a moment, and for a while he was a little out of place.
Wang Chengen looked at the situation on Li Zhi's side, glanced at Zhong Feng, and said to Li Zhi: "If it is inconvenient for Your Highness to go upstairs, our family will go up and talk to the Holy Lord... It doesn't hurt either. ”
Li Zhi thought for a while, pushed Zhong Feng away, and said, "There is an order from the saint, of course the widow must go upstairs to listen to the holy word!" ”
Zhong Feng was stunned and stayed there, his face cloudy.
Zheng Kaicheng reacted faster, and knelt in front of Li Zhi with a plop.
"Lord Wang! You have to think about the people of one town and nine provinces, this city can't be on the top of the tower! ”
When Wang Chengen saw this scene, he was very embarrassed, and he subconsciously turned his head away.
Li Zhi looked at Zheng Kaicheng, took a breath, and said, "Pingdong Bo is too worried!" ”
As soon as he raised his foot and bypassed Zheng Kaicheng, Li Zhi strode towards the noon gate.
"The nobleman, lead the widow upstairs!"
Wang Chengen was stunned, looked at Zhong Feng and Zheng Kaicheng with anxious expressions, and hurriedly chased after Li Zhi.
Zhong Feng and Zheng Kaicheng glanced at each other, didn't dare to slack off, and chased after Li Zhi, wanting to go upstairs with Li Zhi. If the Son of Heaven really wants to take down the King of Qi at the noon gate, the two of them will fight hard and escort the King of Qi downstairs.