Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 95 How to deal with prisoners?

Chapter 94 What to do with the captives?

Ning Wan said to me: "What the regent said is very true. Zuo Maotai still has to go to Nanjing. First, he will take the opportunity to find out who the Ming army leader in the Xuzhou battle is. Second, he still wants to put pressure on Nanming as originally planned. , reach a confrontation with Nanming as far as possible, and then concentrate on solving the bandits first."

Dorgon said: "Sir, what you say is sincere and old enough to seek the country."

"Don't dare to take it." Ning Wan said to me, "It's just a little opinion."

Dorgon said: "Sir, you mentioned the chief general of the Ming army just now, who do you think it would be?"

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan turned their gazes to Hong Chengchou again. When it comes to understanding the generals of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou is the only one. After all, he has been the governor of the three sides and the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty for many years.

Hong Chengchou said: "There are only a few generals who can fight in the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu is one, Huang Degong, Gao Jie, and Liu Liangzuo are also barely able to do it, and the rest, such as Liu Zeqing, are purely shams, and only Chongzhen Such a fool will regard Liu Zeqing and his ilk as pillars of the Ming Dynasty."

Dorgon said: "Who will guard Xuzhou?"

Hong Chengchou said: "No accident, it should be Gao Jie."

"Gao Jie? I remember this name." Dorgon nodded.

"The matter in Xuzhou has come to an end for the time being. Although I have suffered a big loss, it is not a good time to retaliate. The first priority at the moment is to move the capital! The capital must be moved from Shengjing to Beijing."

"The Regent is wise." The three of Hong Chengchou said in unison.

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Don't mention the people in Nanjing rushing to tell each other, don't mention Dorgon's panic, and don't mention the filial piety of every family in Shengjing with the Yellow Banner. Let's talk about the Ming army and Chongzhen in Xiazhen.

Because more than a thousand Jiannu prisoners were captured, they had to be screened according to the usual practice.

The so-called screening is to find out the real slaves who may be hidden among them, or the senior generals of the Han Army Banner who are trying to get away with it. As a result, after the screening, three big fish are really caught.

The first big fish caught was Zu Zerun.

Zu Zerun was taken to Xingyuan of Chongzhen.

"Criminal Minister Zu Zerun, please ask the Holy Spirit to be safe."

Chongzhen looked down at Zu Zerun whose forehead was on the ground, silent.

Chongzhen is not familiar with Zu Zerun, but Chongzhen still remembers Zu Zerun's father, Zu Dashou, which was once the pillar of Ming Dynasty.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zu Dashou is Optimus Prime.

The three thousand barbarians were created by Zu Dashou.

In a sense, Chongzhen is still enjoying the blessing of Zu Dashou.

After staring at Zu Zerun for a long time, Chongzhen quietly asked, "Is your father okay?"

Zu Zerun didn't dare to raise his head, and said in a respectful voice: "My Majesty is concerned, my father's body is quite strong."

After one sentence was asked, Chongzhen felt that he had nothing to say, what else could he say?Said that Zu Dashou was ashamed of Daming?Or call Zu Dashou a traitor?no point.

"Press it down." Chongzhen signaled Yi Ding to take Zu Zerun down.

Zu Zerun seemed to want to say a few more words, but after mumbling his mouth twice, he still didn't say anything, but even if he didn't say it, Chongzhen probably could guess what he wanted to say.

It is nothing more than to say that Zu Dashou surrendered to Qing Dynasty out of helplessness.

But what's the point of saying that?I can't wash it clean!

It's like a piece of white paper is stained with ink, and it can't be cleaned no matter how you wash it.

As soon as Zu Zerun was taken away, Gao Qiqian walked in and wanted to whisper in Chongzhen's ear.

Chongzhen immediately looked up, kept himself away from Gao Qiqian as much as possible, and said with a look of disgust: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't make these useless."

The expression on Gao Qiqian's face became a little embarrassed.

Generals like Huang Degong and Zheng Hongkui wanted to laugh when they saw it, but they didn't dare to.

Gao Qiqian quickly adjusted his mood, and said in a flattering voice: "Gaodi wants to meet with Long Live God alone, and said that there is an important military report, which is related to the details of the establishment of slaves."

Gaudi was the second big fish caught.

"A private audience? I really take myself as a person."

Chongzhen said in disdain: "Gao Banban, bring him here."

Gao Di was quickly taken to the palace, and he was disappointed when he found out that he was not alone. However, after seeing Chongzhen, he still knelt down and paid respects.

"The sinful minister, Gaodi, kowtows to the Holy One."

"Gaodi, Gao Banban said, do you have important military information about Jiannu to report to me?"

"My lord, what I want to report is that Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui has taken refuge in Jiannu, and was conferred the title of King Pingxi by Jiannu Regent Dorgon, but he has not been trusted by Jiannu."

"That's it? Is this the important military situation you mentioned?"

"No, there is still an important military situation. The establishment of slaves is not monolithic, and there are also differences among them. For example, the nobles of the establishment of slaves headed by Azig advocated returning to the customs with their people, livestock and property, but Dorgon disagreed. Dorgon wants to bring the young Jiannu Emperor Shunzhi to Beijing, and also move the capital to Beijing."

This is actually very important information that can directly affect the decision-making of the Ming court.

The complexions of Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui, Gong Yonggu and other noble generals changed instantly.

It's a pity that this information is worthless to Chongzhen, it has been known for a long time.

Due to the appearance of him as a time traveler, some small historical details may change, but major events will definitely follow the original track, so Dorgon will definitely move the capital to Beijing.

"Gao Di, if this is what you want to report, then I'm afraid it won't save you. I'm afraid this shitty military situation is far from enough to atone for your crime." Chongzhen said with a smile.

Gaudí was a little panicked when he heard this, is this not enough?
Your Majesty, this is a huge military event.

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Gaudi's mind, state affairs are not good, family affairs?
At that moment, Gaodi said quickly: "My lord, I still know about Princess Kunxing's recent situation."

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong who stood behind Chongzhen immediately looked over.

There was an unnatural look on Chongzhen's face. Although it was not Chongzhen who forced the death of Empress Dowager Yi'an, Empress Zhou and other concubines, it was impossible for others to know this, and Princess Zhaoren and Princess Kunxing were hacked to death. The matter of an arm will definitely be remembered in his head.

But in fact Chongzhen was thinking too much.

According to the feudal ethics of this era, what he did was absolutely right.

Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui and other generals were inexplicably moved after hearing this.

My heart said that on the day of Jiashen's national disaster, the concubines of the Tian family died for the country one after another, it was really heroic.

As for the section of Chongzhen killing his wife and abandoning his son, the ministers automatically ignored it, and the hero should have the style of a hero.

Zhu Cihong asked Gaodi again: "After the bandits captured the capital, they treated the emperor's sister and concubine Yuan Gui very politely. How about being a slave?"

Gaodi hurriedly said: "Returning to His Royal Highness, since Jiannu entered the capital, he has also treated Princess Kunxing with great courtesy. As for Concubine Yuan Gui, she passed away not long ago."

After finishing speaking, he added that Concubine Yuan Gui was not humiliated.

Zhu Cihong let out an oh and didn't say anything more.

Generals such as Huang Degong and Zheng Hongkui felt relaxed.

As soon as Chongzhen waved his hand, the two barbarians stepped forward to detain Gao Di.

Gao Qiqian asked again: "Your Majesty, do you still want to interrogate Wang Aoyong?"

"Wang Aoyong doesn't need to be tried." Chongzhen had no interest in Wang Aoyong.

Zu Zerun and Gao Di are somewhat valuable, while Wang Aoyong is worthless.

Whether it was due to the suppression of the civil official group or the clean-up of the northern gentry who first surrendered to bandits and then became slaves, Wang Aoyong was doomed.

Because Wang Aoyong was not only a civil servant, but also a gentry in Shandong Province.

After a pause, Chongzhen said to Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui, Gong Yonggu and other generals and nobles: "The victory ceremony is about to begin, all my loves, go back and prepare."

"The ministers and others resign." Huang Degong and others resigned from Xingyuan one after another.

After dismissing Huang Degong and others, Chongzhen taught his son while changing clothes.

"Lang'er, and Jiong'er, about the prisoners Zu Zerun and Gaodi, what do you think we should do with them?"

Zhu Cijiong said without hesitation: "Like Zu Zerun and Gaodi, who are shameless and shameless, rebellious ministers who recognize their thieves as their fathers, what do they keep? Naturally, they should be killed to make an example."

Chongzhen turned his gaze to Zhu Cihong: "What do you think, Hong'er?"

Zhu Cihong said: "It's a pleasure to kill Zu Zerun and other rebellious ministers, but it also has disadvantages."

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Zhu Cijiong said a little unhappy, "What harm can there be from killing these rebellious ministers?"

"Yes." Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "These traitorous ministers should be killed, but after killing them, traitors like Wu Sangui will be devoted to Jiannu from now on, and they will have no second thoughts. There are still those who still have their hearts Daming's demoted officials could have won them over, but after killing Zu Zerun and others, these demoted officials may completely give up."

"But if we keep them, how can my Zhu family be worthy of those officials and nobles who are on Ming's death day?" Zhu Cijiong retorted with a dark face, "This move will make it difficult for officials loyal to Ming Dynasty all over the world to feel honorable. "

"What the third brother said is true." Zhu Cihong said, "If Zu Zerun and others are kept from killing, it is really not good. This move will seriously hurt the officials and people loyal to Ming Dynasty, and even cause serious damage to the officials and people all over the world. A very bad hint, even if you betray Da Ming, you don’t have to worry about paying the price, since I, Da Ming, won’t kill them anyway.”

Chongzhen laughed and said: "Then Father is going to test you now. Is there a way to get the best of both worlds? It doesn't need to kill Zu Zerun and other rebels, but it won't hurt those officials and people who are loyal to Ming Dynasty? "

"Impossible." Zhu Cijiong said decisively, "The two are incompatible, and it is absolutely impossible to have both."

Chongzhen laughed and said, "Boy, don't be so absolute, or the slap in the face will hurt."

"Understood!" Zhu Cijiong's mind suddenly flashed, and he exclaimed excitedly, "Show me the prisoner!"

Prisoner offering has a long history in China, and the prisoner offering has a final link, that is, the emperor decides the life and death of prisoners of war. If prisoners of war are pardoned in such a ceremony to promote national prestige, they will not be criticized by the world, for example Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once pardoned the Hun prince Jin Riyun at the ceremony of presenting the prisoner.

(End of this chapter)