Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 39
As Li Mingrui said.

Shi Kefa was afraid that if he died, he would fall into a dangerous situation and make the emperor hate all the officials even more, so he kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Seeing this, Li Mingrui also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Li Mingrui didn't have much affection for Shi Kefa.

But Li Mingrui, who is a close minister of the emperor, also knows the importance of Shi Kefa in the hearts of Jiangnan officials and people.

If the Ming court wanted to gain a firm foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, it could not make the relationship with the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River too rigid.

If you can't make it too stiff, you can't kill Shi Kefa.

This is what Li Mingrui thinks now.

Moreover, Li Mingrui could also guess that Zhu Youjian did not necessarily want to kill Shi Kefa.

Just a spur of the moment.

To resolve this impulse, Shi Kefa needs to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Only in this way can it be regarded as a sign that Shi Kefa, the representative of the Jiangnan gentry, bowed his head to His Majesty.

As long as Shi Kefa bows his head to His Majesty.

Li Mingrui believes that the emperor Zhu Youjian will not really want to kill Shi Kefa.

Fortunately, Shi Kefa finally understood what Li Mingrui meant.

However, Li Mingrui also knew that besides asking Shi Kefa to beg for mercy, he had to plead for Shi Kefa.

Because, only in this way can it be regarded as a step down for Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian.

"I don't know if Li Zuo can wait for the next official for a while, how about beheading Shi Kefa after the next official asks to see His Majesty?"

At this time, Li Mingrui hurriedly bowed to Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyiwei, hoping that he could kill Shi Kefa later, so as to give him a chance to intercede for Shi Kefa in front of Zhu Youjian.

What Li Ruolian delivered was a verbal order, and even though the verbal commandment meant to be decisive, it would be fine to delay for a quarter of an hour.

In addition, Li Mingrui is a celebrity around His Majesty, and Li Ruolian also felt a little sorry for Shi Kefa's death, so he sold Li Mingrui's favor:
"Your Majesty is furious, Li Zhongcheng must speak carefully, I don't want to kill two people in a row later!"

"Thank you!"

Li Mingrui knew that Li Ruolian was reminding himself, and immediately ran towards Zhu Youjian after bowing to Li Ruolian.

"My minister Li Mingrui has seen His Majesty!"

Seeing that it was Li Mingrui who appeared, Zhu Youjian just snorted: "You are here to plead for that guy."

Zhu Youjian had already heard the sound of Shi Kefa kowtowing and begging for mercy, and because of this, his anger was also reduced by three points.

Zhu Youjian naturally guessed that a stubborn person like Shi Kefa could suddenly kowtow to himself and beg for mercy must be what Li Mingrui said to him just now.

"After all, I can't escape His Majesty's eyes. I have the courage to ask Your Majesty to spare Shi Kefa's death penalty. This man is the hope of all officials in the south of the Yangtze River. If you kill him rashly, you may lose the hearts of the officials and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River."

Li Mingrui hurriedly replied.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing: "I will be afraid of their Jiangnan gentry? This world is not his Jiangnan gentry's world, but the world of billions of people!"

"Your Majesty's words are very true. Your Majesty is not afraid of them, but you also need them. At least you need them to work for Your Majesty. There is no king in this world who thinks there are not enough lackeys."

Li Mingrui compared the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to being a running dog, which suits Zhu Youjian's heart, and Zhu Youjian couldn't help but feel happy.

"In your opinion, how should Shi Kefa deal with it?"

Zhu Youjian simply dumped Shi Kefa's matter to Li Mingrui. If Li Mingrui could not only persuade him to his satisfaction, but also deal with it to his satisfaction, Zhu Youjian would not mind training him as the chief assistant in the future.

Li Mingrui also knew that His Majesty Zhu Youjian was testing himself, so he gritted his teeth and replied, "Let him become the kind of person he hates the most."

"Uh, who does he hate the most?"

Zhu Youjian asked.

"The Donglin Party has always been the most anti-eunuch party." Li Mingrui knew that if he did not treat Shi Kefa harshly, he would not be able to appease His Majesty, nor would he be able to deter ministers who dared to challenge the monarchy, but he would not be able to kill Shi Kefa to chill the hearts of Jiangnan gentry, so Li Mingrui simply suggested Zhu Youjian made Shi Kefa the most hated person in Donglin Party.

"That's it!"

Zhu Youjian replied without hesitation.

He really felt a little sorry to let him really kill Shi Kefa, but if he let the talented and loyal Shi Kefa become his minister.

Zhu Youjian is very satisfied with this.

The Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party have been fighting for decades, exhausting the foundation of the country. It is time for Shi Kefa to unite and save the country together!
"Your Majesty ordered Shi Kefa to be exempted from the death penalty, to be circumcised, and to be sent to be the chief eunuch!"

Li Mingrui read Zhu Youjian's oral order in front of Shi Kefa and Li Ruolian.

Li Ruolian couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and after a long time, he took back the Xiuchun knife, and said with a smile: "It's so good, I have more loyal and good people in the inner court, and less useless people in the outer court!"

Shi Kefa also stopped kowtowing, and after a moment of numbness, he finally came to his senses.

He never thought that His Majesty would deal with him like this, but he could guess that this must be Li Mingrui's idea.

Therefore, although Shi Kefa knew that Li Mingrui saved his life, he was not grateful to Li Mingrui, but sighed:
"Tai Shigong, Shi Kefa will imitate you today, but I don't know if Kong Yan Shenggong is Li Ling's generation!"

Li Mingrui knew that from now on, he would have to bear the infamy of making Shi Kefa an eunuch.

However, he didn't take it seriously, and he also knew that maybe only in this way, His Majesty would use him with confidence.

……

It is almost June now, and Li Zicheng has retreated from Shanhaiguan to the capital after his defeat.

Jiannu and Wu Sangui have also arrived near Beijing.

In a few days, Fulin, the young master of Jiannu, will establish Yuan Shunzhi in the capital, and Li Zicheng will also withdraw to Shanxi.

At this time, Tian Jianxiu, the intruder, was still fighting with Zhu Zhaoming's tribe in Baoding City.

However, according to Jin Yiwei's report, Tian Jianxiu's department has received Li Zicheng's edict, and there are signs of retreating westward.

This also means that, in the future, the southern part of Northern Zhili will officially enter a relatively short period of peace.

Ming's external military threat was temporarily alleviated.

Zhu Youjian's southward withdrawal team also speeded up, began to march day and night without interruption, and successfully arrived in Yanzhou ten days later, pretending to be a thief.

Because Zhu Youjian strictly ordered Jinyiwei to block the news of the march to the south, and implemented roll call control on the troops withdrawing from the south, and strictly enforced the travel system.

Therefore, Zou Huayong, the magistrate of Yanzhou, didn't know the reality of the intruders who arrived in Yanzhou. He believed that it was the intruders who attacked, and he surrendered directly.

As a result, Zhu Youjian directly ordered He Xin to kill Zou Huayong, the prefect of Yanzhou, and the officials and gentry of Yanzhou who surrendered with him in the name of trespassers, and confiscated his family property, obtaining a total of more than 100 million taels of cash.

After hearing that the magistrate of Yanzhou was killed, all the officials and gentry in Yanzhou prefecture were not spared, which made the officials and gentry in the border of Yanzhou really start to believe that the intruders were coming, and they all forgot about the news of His Majesty's withdrawal to the south a few days ago.

Naturally, someone quickly informed Kong Yanshenggong's mansion of the trespassers coming to Yanzhou.

　Thank you book friend Perak Six Disasters Canglong for rewarding 100 book coins. He and Jiang Yueguang and other Donglin Party came to Lixian, which made Nanming fall into internal struggle from the beginning; second: he was pushed out by Ma Shiying to guard Yangzhou. Gao Jie was the only powerful army in Nanming at that time, but he looked down on him Gao Jie’s background did not allow Gao Jie to be used for himself. He obviously refused to use Gao Jie when his Yangzhou city was rich in money and food. When the Qing army attacked Yangzhou, they did not know how to defend it. He only cares about death and reputation and disregards national interests.But this person is the Donglin Party who is unwilling to surrender, and he is quite courageous. In the novel, he is also the leading figure of the Donglin Party. Shi Kefa also relied on being the leader of the Donglin Party and hoped to control Zhu Youjian to control the imperial power. Zhu Youjian was definitely unwilling to be controlled by Shi Kefa and other Donglin Party.If you were Zhu Youjian, how would you deal with Shi Kefa? You can't kill him and you are disobedient, so you can only adopt other methods.If you can't accept this way of dealing with Shi Kefa, you can take this book off the shelves. Anyway, what Zhu Youjian did here is the best way to deal with Shi Kefa.Compared with dealing with other civil officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty later, he is considered light.

　　
　
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