Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 556 You Are Not My Ming Official
Chen Mingxia snorted softly, and turned his head away, it's not that he didn't know that it was a stain on him that he surrendered and surrendered.

But Chen Mingxia is unwilling to admit these now, or he is unwilling to mention them, and he even subconsciously avoids this topic.

Therefore, from the beginning, he took the initiative to jump out of his thinking from the topic of being a traitor, and only regarded himself as a Qingliu civil servant who competed with Li Banghua, Li Mingrui and other foreign court officials.

Chen Mingxia can now be regarded as a "veteran of the three dynasties". After all, he also experienced the Ming, Shun, and Qing dynasties, but he still only limited his vision to the internal political struggle between the Qingliu civil servants and powerful officials.

Because, in Chen Mingxia's view, whether it is the Emperor Dashun, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty or the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the first thing he cares about is the longevity of his own dynasty's rule.

And the biggest reliance of these Qingliu civil servants is that they can use the emperor's demand for this to compete with the dignitaries who influence the imperial power.

What's more, Daming, who had only lost half of the northern part of the country for less than six years, had given him such political experience in the past 200 years of rule, and the Zhu Zixue that he had studied all his life did not teach him any national consciousness.

Therefore, when Li Mingrui said that he was a traitor, he still ignored Li Mingrui, chose to avoid the topic directly, and responded to Li Mingrui with an arrogant attitude, so as to show how lonely and fearless he was.

Li Mingrui is also a civil servant, so he can naturally see what the purpose of Chen Mingxia's behavior is. Now he just finds it funny and doesn't say much. !"

So, two soldiers of the guards under Li Mingrui came over, lifted Chen Mingxia up from the ground without saying a word, handcuffed Chen Mingxia to him, and dragged him outside the confinement room.

Chen Mingxia was furious on the spot!

"Li Mingrui! Don't think that you can claim your status and humiliate Qingliu civil servants because you have made great achievements. You must have gone forward to frame me under His Majesty, otherwise His Majesty would not decree to arrest me. I want to see Your Majesty! I want to see Your Majesty! "

Chen Mingxia yelled, yelling hysterically.

Naturally, Chen Mingxia also vaguely began to feel that it was possible that His Majesty was really not as wise as he imagined to know that now should not be the time to punish some traitors and take measures to check and balance the future imperial power, but to really punish himself.

But he didn't want to think like this, he was still holding on to the last glimmer of hope, he even instinctively felt that even if it was His Majesty's will to detain him, it was Li Mingrui and others who framed him.

Therefore, Chen Mingxia clamored to see His Majesty, he wanted to fight for a final comeback, he wanted to convince His Majesty.

Li Mingrui didn't care so much, he only handed Chen Mingxia to Zhang Mengxi, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, and at the same time handed over the documents of the captured Qing officials to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian also learned from Li Mingrui that Chen Mingxia was going to see him, and also learned from Jin Yiwei how Chen Mingxia and other civil servants who had descended to the Qing Dynasty behaved in the capital in the past day or two, and he was very surprised.

As a person of later generations, Zhu Youjian really couldn't understand where a civil servant who had been a Han thief for six years had the courage to fight against the victor who had just recovered the northern capital.

"When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, when Shunzhi entered Beijing, why didn't he have such fearless courage? I heard that many ministers who did not follow us to the south hanged themselves with their families, or died unyielding. At that time, he Where is your courage?"

Zhu Youjian questioned Li Mingrui.

"I don't even know, Your Majesty may meet him and ask him personally," Li Mingrui replied.

"Okay, let him come to see me." Zhu Youjian is indeed more curious about Chen Mingxia now, because Chen Mingxia's performance has completely subverted his imagination.

He could understand that these civilian officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty could be so shameless that they surrendered to Ming Dynasty again, but he couldn't understand that these civil officials who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty still had a sense of superiority that they were more worthy of respect than the officers and soldiers of the Guards.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian chose to meet Chen Mingxia.

Chen Mingxia became excited when he knew that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was going to summon him. He felt that he had made the right bet. His Majesty still paid attention to him, and even became interested in him. He was right to figure out the emperor's thoughts again.

As a result, Chen Mingxia's awareness of being a big traitor became even weaker, and he even became more arrogant in front of Li Mingrui and the officers and soldiers of the guards. He seemed to have replaced himself as a celebrity around His Majesty, and even vowed to find opportunities to take revenge Li Mingrui.

After Chen Mingxia entered Qianqing Palace, as soon as he saw Zhu Youjian, he respectfully bowed to Zhu Youjian, appearing very magnanimous and confident: "My minister Chen Mingxia has met His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!"

"Who told you to call yourself a humble official! Who gave you the power! Are you an official of my Ming Dynasty now, Li Banghua, you are now in charge of the Beijing Ministry of Officials. Is there an official named Chen Mingxia in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Youjian suddenly sneered, not giving Chen Mingxia a chance to continue talking, and even questioned Li Banghua.

Chen Mingxia was quite embarrassed, a little surprised in his heart, he didn't understand why His Majesty suddenly got mad because of this, he saw that the Holy Majesty didn't call himself a humble minister, could he call himself a slave? That was the rule of the Qing Dynasty, isn't it the Ming Dynasty now?

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is no official named Chen Mingxia in the military and political systems of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty."

"Since you don't, where did you, Chen Mingxia, have the guts to call yourself a lowly official? Just based on this, I can chop off your head!"

Zhu Youjian roared angrily.

Chen Mingxia was even more confused. He didn't expect that His Majesty Emperor Chongzhen would first ask him how he could call himself a "low minister", and then threatened to cut off his head, which made him feel a little uneasy at this moment, but immediately felt that this was his Majesty. testing myself.

Therefore, Chen Mingxia immediately expressed his loyalty to Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty! I was personally appointed by Your Majesty as the Speaker of the Six Divisions when I was in Chongzhen for 17 years. Naturally, I can call myself a minister."

After Chen Mingxia finished speaking, he waited for Zhu Youjian to ask himself about how to check and balance the arrogant soldiers. He was going to have a long talk with the emperor for a day, so as to gain the trust and attention of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian.

However, Zhu Youjian walked up to Chen Mingxia in person at this time: "Chen Mingxia, I ask you a question, are you a traitor or not?"

"Your Majesty. I only want to follow Your Majesty all my life!"

Chen Mingxia changed the topic again.

But Zhu Youjian still only looked at her, and asked him: "Chen Mingxia, I'll ask you again, are you a traitor or not?"

"Your Majesty, this is no longer my top priority in the Ming Dynasty. Now that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are in power and traitors are rampant," Chen Mingxia still just wanted to avoid the topic of being a traitor, but Zhu Youjian interrupted him and slapped him. : "Answer my question directly, are you a traitor? Answer me!"

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