Zhu Youzhen suddenly thought of something, so he continued to ask Lu Qi: "How are the Jurchens sent by Mao Shuai from Phi Dao now?" ”

Lu Qi hesitated and said: "Regarding those Jurchens, the minister handed over the responsibility of Chen Zhiyu, a subordinate of the Metropolitan Governor, and it is said that it is going very smoothly, does Your Majesty need to summon them to report?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said casually: "It's okay, let him come over and talk about it, and by the way, ask someone to come over for the next bowl of noodles." ”

Chen Zhiyu suppressed the excitement in his heart and calmly followed Lu Qi into the upper study. As an originally low-level sprinkler eunuch, being able to enter the capital governor with his ability and get an opportunity to do things for the emperor already shows that he is a person who is very good at seizing opportunities.

Being able to meet the emperor in person and report on what he is doing now is also a good opportunity for the emperor to remember him, because he really wants to show himself in front of the emperor today.

After seeing the two of them come in, Chongzhen put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and then signaled Chen Zhiyu to start reporting.

Chen Zhiyu was greatly surprised when he saw Chongzhen's actions. Although he had heard of the simplicity of the newly enthroned emperor, he had always assumed that this simplicity was relative to the emperor.

When he saw Chongzhen in person, he realized that the emperor's simplicity was not a compliment from some people, but a real simplicity. At this moment, he quickly adjusted, decided to report in a simple and direct way, and decided to report in a simple and direct way.

“… Ma Mingyuan, Liu Lianshan, Sele, and Enahai have already pledged their allegiance to our Daming.

However, we didn't let the four of them know each other, and they have all taken refuge in my Daming. Now the four of them are still being held separately, and Xiao Chen thinks that these four people can become my Ming Dynasty's secret agents for Houjin. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head at Chen Zhiyu, who was quite proud, and said casually: "Don't have too much hope for them, at least until Jiannu has not decayed, they will not really work for us." How is that Qu Hu now, and how are you going to use him? ”

Chen Zhiyu's originally excited mood was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water, and he became more cautious and said: "According to Your Majesty's request, we have not interrogated Qu Hu in the past few days.

On the contrary, we have been treating him preferentially, telling him that Da Ming and Hou Jin are now in peace talks, and as long as the peace talks are successful, we can send him back.

Qu Hu believed what we told him and did not try to escape. I've healed all my injuries these days, and I look a little fatter.

Xiaochen also found Zhao Chengdong to get close to him, Qu Hu talked to him very happily, and Zhao Chengdong seemed to have gained his trust. ”

"Zhao Chengdong?" Zhu Youzhen subconsciously asked.

Lu Qi hurriedly explained: "It's Mao Shuai's righteous son, Mao Chenglu, Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Go on." ”

Chen Zhiyu continued: "The ministers plan to let those four people go back and report to Houjin Khan that Qu Hu betrayed Houjin.

As the saying goes, everyone is sparkling with gold, and the bones are destroyed. Even if that Houjin Khan values him again, I'm afraid he will be suspicious.

I heard that Qu Hu is the most trusted general of Houjin Khan, and this Houjin Khan must have a headache about how to deal with this person. And if his mishandling of Qu Hu is improper, it will probably make the generals loyal to him chill. ”

Zhu Youzhen was obviously not satisfied with their thoughts, he shook his head and said, "Will this Qu Hu really be Huang Taiji's favorite general?" If so, how could he let his love go on an adventure to Phi Island?

It's not the first time that Mao Wenlong deceived and killed Jiannu's envoy, and he didn't know if Mao Shuai was sincere in negotiating peace, so he sent his beloved general to Phi Island? How do I think he wants to kill someone with a knife?

The saying that everyone is sparkling gold and accumulating and destroying bones is indeed good, but what if Huang Taiji chooses to believe in his love? Or don't believe any of them at all, and deal with them all? ”

Chen Zhiyu suddenly felt that his back was a little sweaty, and he hurriedly said: "The minister is dull, his thinking is a little shallow, and he also asks His Majesty for the Holy Teachings." ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a while, and then said: "There is no hadith, bring the confessions of Ma Mingyuan, Liu Lianshan, Sele, and Enahai to me." ”

Lu Qi hurriedly put it aside, handed over the thick four confessions, and explained in a low voice: "According to Your Majesty's intentions, all the contents of the investigation are scattered, and there are no special questions.

The experiences of the four people from childhood to adulthood are basically all asked, of course, from the days of Nurhachi's death, we asked in more detail.

The memories of some major events are basically the same for the four of them, but even those two real Jurchens have extremely limited knowledge of the military affairs in the Later Jin Dynasty, and they are just some short trivial matters in the family. ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed a few times, then opened his confession and looked at it, just as Lu Qi said. Most of these confessions are nothing more than accounts of going out with someone today to run errands, going to a certain Baylor's house tomorrow to obey orders, and so on.

It can be seen that these four people had a low status before they went out, but they were just helping people run errands and do chores.

Lu Qi and Chen Zhiyu were very puzzled that the emperor could see something from these accounts, after all, they had looked at them many times, and they didn't see anything valuable.

However, the emperor seemed to have really found out what interesting information had come out, and after comparing the confessions of two of them for a long time, he smiled and said, "There is." ”

Lu Qi was greatly surprised, and hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you see something wrong?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "I am not an immortal, you have seen it so many times, but you have not found any problems, and I am the same." But we can create a problem for Huang Taiji, as long as there is a little imagination. ”

Lu Qi and Chen Zhiyu were a little dumbfounded, not knowing what the emperor was talking about imagination, but the emperor quickly cleared up the doubts for the two.

According to Sele, at the end of July of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Qu Hu ordered him to send 30 catties of fresh shrimp, a basket of sea crabs, and 10 geese to the Egu Erbuxi Mansion.

Guerbuxi is the husband of the old slave's eighth daughter, Cong Gulun, and Cong Gulun's mother, Yehena Lashi, is the side concubine who accompanies the old slave to recuperate in Qinghe Hot Springs.

Yehnara was the daughter of Yang Ji Tong and the younger sister of Huang Taiji's mother, Meng Gu Zhezhe. And the old slave is said to have died of a poison attack, so here is a good article for him.

Here in the Enahai, it is explained that after August 5, Qu Hu's whereabouts are unknown, but on August 12, he returned to Shenyang with Huang Taiji. Well, that's interesting. ”

Chen Zhiyu reacted immediately, and he subconsciously greeted him: "Your Majesty means that Huang Taiji united with the side concubine Yehena La, offered hair to the old slave, murdered his father, and thus stole the throne of the Khan?" ”

Before Zhu Youzhen could speak, Lu Qi frowned and retorted: "Although the Yehena clan is an aunt and nephew with Huang Taiji, she herself only has one daughter, can she take such a big risk for Huang Taiji?" I'm afraid it's hard to be trusted. ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and said involuntarily: "What you said also makes sense, if you can't explain the motives of the Yehena clan, this is not very credible." ”

Chen Zhiyu suddenly rolled his eyes, thinking about the interrogation of these four people in the past few days, as well as the collection of some information about Houjin. He couldn't help blushing and said with some excitement.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Well, let's hear it." Zhu Youzhen said to him encouragingly.

"The minister heard that the Jianzhou Jurchens have always had a tradition of martyrdom, and after the death of their chieftain, they must choose a childless wife for burial.

After Nurhachi's death, there were still nearly ten surviving wives and concubines, but only 2 or 3 childless side wives, and this Yehnara clan was one of them.

The minister thought that it was better to publicize the story of Huang Taiji's threat to bury Yehenala and forced her to participate in the murder of the old slave, and forged the old slave's suicide note to bury the concubine. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded excitedly and said: "This is a good idea, let's just say that Huang Taiji heard from the Yehenala clan that the old slave was going to pass on the throne to Duoduo, and he was greedy for the throne and had the idea of killing his father and mother."

Then Qu Hu was also included, and he said that he was a witness who threatened the Yehenala clan on behalf of Huang Taiji, so Huang Taiji wanted to get rid of him by the hand of my Da Ming.

After you go down, find Feng Menglong and Ling Mengchu to polish this story, the plot must be made up and stand up to scrutiny, especially the details must be true. ”

Chen Zhiyu hurriedly agreed, Zhu Youzhen then thought for a while, and continued: "It's best to wait for Qu Hu to die before publicizing this story. It's better to let Qu Hu die at the hands of Huang Taiji, so that it will be even more confusing. ”

Chen Zhiyu was stunned, and hurriedly replied: "I'm afraid this is a little difficult." ”

"It's also said that Huang Taiji is so shrewd, he will definitely not do it easily, maybe it will be self-defeating." Zhu Youzhen rarely agreed with him once.

But soon, the emperor continued: "Well, start the torture of those four people again, give them only one meal a day, and when they are released in a few days, you must make people feel that the four of them are being tortured every day."

In addition, let the four of them write down their allegiance to my Daming and insult the whole family from the old slave to Huang Taiji as a guarantee. When they were allowed to go back, they were asked to do so, one was to expose Qu Hu's rebellion after they returned, and the other was to prove that Qu Hu had not defected.

In addition, Zhao Chengdong asked Qu Hu to bring a letter to a relative who was lost in Erbel Amin's mansion.

If he did send the letter, he would pick one of the four and ask him to report the matter to Huang Taiji's son Haoge. But we'll just wait and see what happens..."

Chen Zhiyu and Lu Qi glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "Shengming is no better than Your Majesty." ”