Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 354 Long Live My Emperor
Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing. He thought that since Chen Shiding dared to do such a power-seeking thing when he was basically in the south of the Yangtze River, he would be so hard-headed, but he didn't expect that he just said a word at this moment. It softens the bones first.

However, since Chen Shiding wants to expose, he can't ignore it. In this way, Chen Shiding's exposure can also be used to punish those members of the rebellious party who seem to have not participated in this matter.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian asked Wang Chengen of Dongchang to put Chen Shiding into prison first, but Chen Shiding's family property would still be confiscated, and he would still be dispatched to Dongfan, but he was left alone.

Gao Hongtu, who was kneeling outside, realized that he had nothing to fight against his Majesty. If he chooses to commit suicide now, he can only watch the salt tax reform be taken over by someone else, and it is very likely that he hates it the most. Eunuch Ruan Dayue!

And his Gao family will also change from a vested interest in the salt tax reform to a large salt merchant who has been deprived of benefits.

In addition, now that these guards have surrounded his mansion inside and outside, and they are all armed with live ammunition, and Chen Shiding's kneeling and licking appearance made Gao Hongtu understand that he is afraid that he will never Let me express it, it will not be as simple as committing suicide by myself, I am afraid that Chen Shiding will be bitten and threaten the safety of my family.

Gao Hongtu despised Chen Shiding's performance at this time.

He could guess that this incident was caused by Chen Shiding and others, but at the moment he is the only one pleading for these members of the Duan Literature Club, and he is actually the real victim. These members of the Duan Literature Club are here to threaten His, and the original purpose of these Guards officers and soldiers was actually to relieve the siege of the chief minister.

But now he wants to kill himself for the death of these members of the Duan Literature Club, but Chen Shiding has not done anything from the beginning to the end, not even a word of intercession.

Gao Hongtu felt very uncomfortable. He didn't understand why these Confucian friends who received the same Confucian education as himself and who usually seemed quite decent were so indifferent and fickle at the moment.

But he couldn't take care of that much at the moment. In order to protect the lives and property of his family and express his loyalty to His Majesty, he stood up resolutely. Running over here, raised his arms and shouted: "Long live my emperor!"

"Long live my emperor!"

Gao Hongtu's hair was in a messy bun, and his wet official uniform was covered with dirt and blood. His voice was loud, even a little hoarse, but he burst into tears involuntarily. He fainted on the ground after crying a few words in front of Zhu Youjian , splashing muddy water all over.

"It's okay, it's okay, I shouted without sincerity at all, help the first assistant down, so I can live and rest!"

Although Zhu Youjian was impatient, he also knew that Gao Hongtu meant to compromise with himself. In the end, he, the chief assistant, did not dare to choose to resist himself to the end in the way of death.

Because Zhu Youjian was drenched in the rain again, and his mood has been fluctuating a lot recently, he also felt a little dizzy at this time, so he simply changed clothes and rested in Gaofu.

And the people in the Gao Mansion didn't dare to neglect His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and the hot ginger soup was brought up immediately, including snacks and tea.

As for the arrest of other members of the rebellious party, Zhu Youjian handed it over to Wang Chengen.

The armed forces in Pingding City were handed over to Ruan Dayue, who ordered Ruan Dayue, Minister of War, to temporarily restrain the three infantry battalions of Xia Yunyi, Chen Zilong, and Gu Yanwu, the guards, for three days.

"It's better to kill three thousand people by mistake than let one person go. I won't ask how many people are killed within these three days. After three days, I want Nanjing City to be completely quiet and clean!"

When Zhu Youjian said this, Wang Chengen and Ruan Dayue understood what Zhu Youjian meant, and began to search and arrest the entire Nanjing city.

……

"Cruel, really ruthless, I didn't expect you Zhu Youjian to be so ruthless, today's affairs must be reported to the regent!"

Tu Guobao said that he was going to flee here immediately, because now a large number of officers and soldiers had appeared and began to strictly order the people in all neighborhoods to return to their houses, so he had no choice but to cross the streets and alleys to return to his residence.

However, when Tu Guobao walked to Jixianfang, he was stopped by the Dongchang guards of the two roads, and Zhao Yufei, who was punishing a hundred households, jumped off the beam directly:
"Treasure of Earth, originally Taihu Water Pirates, and later surrendered to Hong Chengchou, who became the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. Chongzhen surrendered to become a slave in 17 years. Chongzhen went south with Duoduo in 18 years. He lived in the south of the Yangtze River and secretly developed forces, intending to help build slaves."

Zhao Yufei laughed, pulled out the simple knife, carried it on his shoulder, and walked towards Tu Guobao step by step, telling the information about Tu Guobao in detail.

Tu Guobao panicked, but still retreated calmly:

"The young one doesn't understand what the official said. The young one's name is Wei Congsheng, not Tu Guobao. He's a native of Nanjing. If you don't believe me, you can ask the people in Taipingfang!"

"You are still sophistrying at this time, Tu Zongbing, you are really calm, and you don't know how much benefit Dorgon and Hong Chengchou have given you to make you work so hard. Do you really think we are from Dongchang? It's all a display of mental retardation, and I have contacted court officials on the ground of my Nanjing City several times with great fanfare, even though you have changed [-] different identities, I can still recognize you!"

After Zhao Yufei said that, he gritted his teeth and said: "The traitor is not willing to betray the country for personal gain. If you are not captured alive today, it will not be enough to deter the traitors inside and outside!"

At this time, Tu Guobao also began to realize that his sophistry was useless, he should have been targeted a long time ago, so he whistled anxiously, and then five people with excellent agility jumped from the eaves from nowhere down.

Most of the houses in the south of the Yangtze River are low and not high, and the streets and alleys are narrow and very crowded, so it is easy to hide people, and it is not uncommon for people to appear suddenly.

"Master be careful!"

Five people with excellent agility stood in front of Tu Guobao, and Tu Guobao quickly ran to the other side.

But at this time, another pair of Dongchang people came towards him.

The five excellent Tu Guobao guards were all killed by Zhao Yufei of Dongchang within 3 minutes, and Tu Guobao was also captured alive.

……

At this time, Guan Shaoning, Huo Da, and Ouyang Da also knew the news that the members of the Duan Literature Club had been slaughtered.

Guan Shaoning slapped the table angrily: "What is your Majesty doing? Is it to completely break up with the Confucian scholars of Ming Dynasty!"

"Old Guan Ge, now is not the time to talk about this, hurry up and find a way to go to the territory of the Qing Dynasty, even though we will be known by His Majesty now that we participated in this matter together, once we are questioned, we The crime will be even greater, and I have to escape to the Qing Dynasty before the matter is revealed, anyway, the Qing Dynasty is about to rule the world, and it will not be too late to come back by then!"

Huo Da, the right servant of the Ministry of War, stamped his feet anxiously.

Guan Shaoning nodded, and hurriedly started to pack up the gold and silver and prepare to escape to the territory of Manchu.

However, fortunately, Zhu Youjian had ordered He Xin to lead the main force of the second army to seal Nanjing City at this time, and it was directly sealed for half a month!
(End of this chapter)