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Immediately afterwards, the 20,000 Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops led by Liu Zhaoji and Huang Binqing embarked on the journey home.

And of course, with their Shang Fang Sword.

Yang Feng transferred these 20,000 Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops to the south is actually to act as a supervising team, theoretically they do not belong to the Nanjing Army, their identity is still the forbidden army, the third town of the left wing of the forbidden army and the second town of the water division, the line in each army is divided into six general soldiers on the left and right wings, the metropolitan governor Wu Sangui, the left governor Tang Yu, and the right capital governor Gaodi, but the right wing of the army is under the jurisdiction of Wu Sangui to guard the east of Hebei, and the left wing of the army and the water division are actually directly under the emperor. That is to say, their emperor's direct team, the forbidden army in the forbidden army, whether it is the Nanjing Military Department or the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, has no right to govern, so they have the right to act according to their own wishes, and Liu and Huang, who are holding the sword of Shang Fang, can directly kill any civil and military officials who escape when they think it is necessary, even the Tang King who is in charge of the country has no right to interfere with them......

That's it.

This can force those Jiangnan gentry to fight hard with Li Zicheng.

Of course, this is only on the surface.

Yang Feng also has another purpose, a very insidious purpose.

The day after the southbound fleet set sail, a fleet from Nanjing also arrived at Shanhaiguan.

"Minister Gao Hongtu knocks on Your Majesty."

Gao Hongtu, the head of Nanjing's household department, bowed to the emperor with a solemn face.

"Gao Qingping, this year is also hard for your Nanjing ministers, I already know the affairs of Yangzhou, those chaotic ministers and thieves can't complain about you, I was also deceived by them back then, I didn't see the true face of these traitors, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo deserve to die, I have issued an order to punish his nine clans, once the people of his nine clans are captured in the future, they will all be killed, then Huang Degong is a loyal man, I give him an earl, go back and bring your will back, although Gao Jie was born a thief, he can also be regarded as sacrificing his life for the country, Let's posthumously give him an earl, too! ”

Yang Feng said.

"Your Honor!"

Gao Hongtu hurriedly said.

"What is the situation in Nanjing at this time?"

Yang Feng asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Nanjing is safe for the time being, although Chuang Rebellion has been trapped in all parts of the Jiangbei, but its subordinates have no water division, and the imperial court water division is enough to control the river, the rebel army is limited to the Yangtze River moat and is temporarily unable to go south, but most of the Cao transport boatmen on the canal are used by them, so Chuang Rebellion is using these people to build large-scale warships in the Huai River area, once his ships are ready, they will inevitably invade Nanjing."

Gao Hongtu said.

"Hmph, they're all rebels and thieves!"

Yang Feng said hatefully.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here for another matter, and here is a letter, which is the letter of the Anglican of the Tartar."

Gao Hongtu said as he handed a letter to a little eunuch and handed it to the emperor.

"Kong Yinzhi?"

Yang Feng sneered and said, "Hasn't he learned to keep a rat's tail from a tartar?" This kind of shameless thing simply insulted his ancestors, and he still has the face to write to you, what does he say in the letter? Could it be that the 100,000 acres of sacrificial fields that Dorgon gave him did not satisfy him? He still wants to sell his ancestor's tablet for a better price? ”

"Well, Your Majesty, Kong Yinzhi said in the letter that they are also forced by the situation, as long as Your Majesty pardons the sins of Shandong officials and gentry, they are willing to renew their allegiance to Your Majesty anyway."

Gao Hongtu said.

He is a native of Jiaozhou, Shandong, in this case it is normal for Kong Yinzhi to find him, and he has a good relationship with Chongzhen, he is the superintendent of the imperial history during the Apocalypse, offended Wei Zhongxian and was deposed at home for ten years, Chongzhen was reactivated because of his good reputation, and has been promoted to Nanjing Hubu Shangshu, originally in history he fled to Hangzhou after the city of Nanjing was broken, and he entrusted his grandson to a friend, and then he died of hunger strike in a temple, which was considered a good discipline among the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, it is definitely not possible to die on a hunger strike without perseverance, compared to the water being too cold, it is like a cloud of mud in terms of discipline.

"No, I feel disgusted when I think of the faces of these shameless people, since they have already voted for the Tartars, then continue to follow their masters to be dogs, as long as I am a true loyal minister, I will take it from Shandong if I want to, they should wash their necks and wait for my treasure knife, and they want to be my courtiers again? Do they deserve it? If I forgive them again, where will I leave those soldiers who have spilled my blood on the battlefield? You tell him, let him stop having this kind of dream, no matter who surrenders to the thief, I will not forgive, don't think that his surname Kong is qualified to bargain, he must die, all the property of the Kong family must be recovered, and Yan Shenggong will not renew the seal. After the sacrifice of Kong Sheng, the imperial court is responsible, his Kong family no longer has this qualification, I will not put this tablet with them again and again, they have surrendered too many tartars, and Kong Sheng's name cannot withstand their tarmished again. ”

Yang Feng said.

"Your Majesty, please think twice, Kong Yinzhi is indeed a despicable character, and the officials and gentry of Shandong are indeed worthy of the grace of the saint, but at this very time, the minister thinks that he should still be given a chance to reform himself, if he can get it right, the Tartars in Beijing will not be worried, and the army of Xingzhi and the army of Shandong can recover Beijing in one fell swoop when they march westward, and then attack the north and south with the armies in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is not a matter of worrying about the rebellion."

Gao Hongtu said.

This is Kong Yinzhi's bargaining chip, he and the Shandong gentry anyway, the imperial court has the hope of quickly solving Dolgon, and then the north and south will destroy Li Zicheng, even if he can't completely eliminate him, at least he can be expelled back to Guannei, and this protracted war is expected to end. Of course, the condition is that the emperor pardons them, and pardoning them means that the emperor has changed his attitude towards the gentry in the occupied areas, and then the others will definitely be pardoned, and then everyone will continue to live happily as in the past.

It's actually a temptation.

The temptation carried out by the Confucian family on behalf of all the northern gentry, or it can also be said that the last effort to save their relationship with the emperor, in the end, they don't want to do this, so although Dolgon can give him what he wants, but Dolgon can't beat the emperor, do they want to go into battle against the emperor themselves? It's not that they don't even have the guts to do this, but the question is that wouldn't it be better if the emperor could return to the path of the Holy Lord Mingjun?

"The Shandong gentry were pardoned, is that also a pardon for the direct subordinates? Is it also forgiveness for the Shuntian Mansion? Are those in Beijing also pardoned? ”

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

"Well, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Your Majesty is kind and magnanimous, and they should be given a chance to mend their ways."

Gao Hongtu said.

In fact, this is also the unanimous wish of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, this is a tacit understanding between the gentry in the north and the south, in the final analysis, in their opinion, what these gentry in the north do is also human nature, whether it is when Li Zicheng entered Beijing, or when he welcomed Dorgon, it is nothing more than to protect himself, the emperor always holds this point is indeed a bit excessive, the water is clear, there is no fish, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing, even if it is calculated, there is no need to be so ruthless, just beat it a little, if you have to copy other people's homes and collect other people's land, this is obviously unreasonable.

Of course, more importantly, this made the Jiangnan gentry have no way out.

If there is no such ferocious revenge, when necessary, they can also learn from the northern gentry to surrender and surrender, anyway, it's a big deal, but now it's very embarrassing, when they encounter a critical juncture, if they want to surrender, they have to be careful that there is no way out, and when the emperor comes to raid the house and land, it will be troublesome, so Gao Shangshu is also shouldering a heavy trust, no matter what, he must pull the emperor back to the correct line of the Holy Lord Mingjun, but he can't let him continue to go on like this.

It's not good for everyone!

Especially now that Li Zi's soldiers are on the Yangtze River, those Jiangnan gentry are really bleeding, if the north is quickly solved in this way, then they don't have to grit their teeth and pay for it, it is true to guard the Yangtze River, but while guarding the Yangtze River, the Jiangnan gentry also have to throw a lot of silver into the surging river! Recruit troops, buy horses, reward the three armies, that's all money!

"Gao Qing, I'll tell you a joke."

Yang Feng said.

"When I first invaded Beijing, I didn't have a tael of silver in my treasury, and it cost money to recruit soldiers to defend the city, so I borrowed from the Manchu civil and military forces, and I didn't borrow much, just borrow a million taels, and one million taels would be enough for me to defend the city of Beijing. However, no one borrowed, even an ordinary person knew about it, and he could give it to me with the four hundred taels of silver he had saved for his own thrift. Wang Chengen and others were like beggars, crying from house to house, crying and begging, they didn't borrow, they all cried poor, even if my father-in-law, the queen's biological father, only took out 10,000 taels under Xu Gao's tears and begging.

And Shoufu Wei Zaode only took out five hundred taels.

Countless civil and military officials and relatives of the emperor and the country in the entire city of Beijing finally gave me less than 200,000 taels.

Then the city of Beijing broke.

The rebel entered Beijing and arrested them all, took them all with sticks, and made them bankrupt one by one.

Isn't it funny?

I really wanted to laugh when I heard the news.

Why am I so stupid, why am I so stupid, why can't I be like Li Zicheng, if I were like Li Zicheng, my sister-in-law wouldn't die, my queen wouldn't die, my daughter wouldn't die, and I wouldn't be kicked out of my palace like a lost dog.

So do you know how much silver they gave Li Zicheng?

The good ruler who took out 10,000 taels of silver under Xu Gao's crying and begging, alone took out 500,000 taels for Li Zicheng, and the other gave me 500 taels, and then lay in front of Li Zicheng shamelessly said that the prescription was effective, and Wei Zaode, who dared to die, was sandwiched out of 100,000 taels, and the civil and military officials and relatives of the entire Beijing city gave Li Zicheng a total of more than 70 million taels of silver.

Seventy million taels!

I begged hard to get 200,000 taels, but they gave Li Zicheng 70 million taels!

So, do you think I'll let them go? ”

Yang Feng said with a hideous face.

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