Zhu Youdong looked at the scenery outside the window and said, "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, but you must force me to kill people, and I don't mind." The cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty has just improved, you will stir up trouble everywhere, I will never let you go, I am not Chongzhen, let you fool me. I will never let you ruin the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty. ”

The next day, when they heard that Zhu Youdong had summoned them, everyone came to Zhu Youdong on time. But Zhu Youdong didn't let them in through the gate, they all walked through the back door, and then were led to both sides of the front yard lobby. Peng Changbao, who led them in, also deliberately explained that no one could make a sound.

At this time, Zhu Youdong was talking to He Qi in the lobby, and Zhu Youdong said: "Director He, you just said that the feudal town was in trouble, I don't know where to start?" ”

It turned out that early in the morning, He Qi was called to Zhu Youdong. This Hodge has been doing nothing since the surrender of Chengdu. Although he was appointed as the prefect of Chengdu, he has never been a director, and he has been delayed again and again. Seeing the generals of the Restoration Army, all of them were born with mud legs, even if they were all from Kuidong, they were all exiles. I suddenly felt that this Restoration Army was simply a group of bandits and chaotic people.

He Qi surrendered in Chengdu in desperation, because He Qi was guarded by Chengdu. Coerced surrender. So in my heart, I have always looked down on the Restoration Army. He Qi has always considered himself high and is unwilling to be in the company of the Restoration Army. But I don't know why, the Restoration Army became more and more powerful, and actually wiped out the Qing army in Yunnan. At this time, He Qicai took a serious look at the Restoration Army, but now that he has restored his sight, there is no place for a literati like him to speak.

So He Qi started to think, and saw that the people brought to Chengdu by Cheng Deyi had no experience in political struggle at all. took advantage of the opportunity to incite several generals of the Restoration Army to huddle. Cheng Deyi didn't pay attention to it, which made He Qi more and more bold, taking advantage of this opportunity to come to Chongqing together, He Qi finally said that Cheng Deyi also began to form a group.

Now that Yongli is dead, Zhu Youdong wants to supervise the country in Chongqing, and for a while, the generals in Chongqing gathered, so that He Qi was even more like a fish in water, and many generals began to group together under He Qi's provocation.

Now that Zhu Youdong came to find him, He Qi thought that Zhu Youdong was stunned by his subordinates. I didn't know what to do, so I started to talk to myself about what to do. As for why he didn't go to Zhang Huangyan, Hong Yuao and others, He Qi also made excuses for Zhu Youdong.

Because Zhang Huangyan and others have people who they have good friends with, if Zhu Youdong goes to them, the news will inevitably be leaked. In that case, the division of the Restoration Army will be in sight, of course Zhu Youdong will not, and then go to them to solve it. Therefore, He Qi decided that Zhu Youdong now had no other way to go except to find himself.

Hearing that Zhu Youdong was looking for him, He Qi immediately cheered up and responded. also analyzed to Zhu Youdong the root cause of the world's troubles since ancient times. Now that Zhu Youdong has begun to ask himself for advice, he is even more excited: "The rebellion in this feudal town can be said to be endless. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the feudal towns dominated the Central Plains, causing constant wars and chaos in the Central Plains. Later, the feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty had the Anshi Rebellion, and then Zhu Wen directly destroyed the Tang Dynasty. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "These are not necessarily true, first of all, the annexation of land in the world, and then the exploitation of the people by officials everywhere. He Qi said: "Hou Ye didn't see the essence of the matter, you see that I have a great future, there has been no disaster of the feudal town for more than two hundred years, this is all implemented by the Ming Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven and the scholars rule the world together." Let the world have no chance of a feudal town sitting on a big one. ”

Zhu Youdong saw that He Qi was very cooperative and talked about the matter of Daming, and immediately said: "Then Chief He said, what should I do in Daming, so that the disaster of the feudal town will not happen in my Daming?" ”

He Qi said: "Hou Ye also heard it just now, the Ming Dynasty has experienced sixteen legends, and there has been no disaster of the feudal town in three hundred years. This is all due to the fact that the Ming Dynasty has always been supervised by civilian officials. In peacetime, there is no superintendent, and when the war is imminent, civilian officials are dispatched to supervise the formation, and civilian officials are responsible for patrolling military affairs in peacetime. In this way, there are still feudal towns in the world. ”

Zhu Youdong nodded and said: "Director He is right, I don't know that since Emperor Yingzong, after all the civil officials supervised the battle, I have won a war in the Ming Dynasty?" Or is it where the enemy is defeated? ”

Zhu Youdong's question really asked He Qi's itch. I saw He Qi said energetically: "Hou Ye wants to ask these things, but there are many more, such as Sun Chengzong Pavilion of the Tianqi Dynasty, Xiong Tingbi, Lu Xiangsheng of the Chongzhen Dynasty, Sun Chuanting, Yuan Chonghuan, Yang Ling." These are all my famous generals of the Ming Dynasty. Their victories are also countless, and each has its own coquettishness. ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Really? What happened to them in the end? Did you die on the battlefield or were you framed? Hordge choked on. Said: "Master Hou can't say that, what we're talking about now is how to prevent the rebellion of my Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Do I still need to prevent it now?" Do I have a feudal town in the Ming Dynasty? The country is already about to die, and you are still only concerned about how to fight for power and profit, and how to eliminate dissidents. How many famous generals did I have, in the end, they did not die on the battlefield, but they were harmed by a few of your mouths. ”

He Qi didn't think that Zhu Youdong suddenly became angry and said, "How can Master Hou be so insulting? It is precisely because there are no feudal towns in the Ming Dynasty that we have to prevent them, otherwise once the local feudal towns become bigger, it will be a catastrophe for the country. For example, the four towns of Jiangbei in the Hongguang Dynasty, and later Li Chengdong, Jin Shenghuan, and Wang Deren did not stop being dispatched by the imperial court, otherwise how could they be pressed and beaten by the Qing soldiers in the future? ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Oh, then speaking, if the Ming Dynasty had an army, it would not be in Youfan Town, and it would be happier if it didn't come." And I, Daming, have always been criticized by the people of the world because of the feudal affairs, so do we have to think about how to prevent the rebellion of the feudal kings now? Oh yes, as you just said, the rebellion of the feudal towns naturally includes the feudal kings. ”

He Qi saw that Zhu Youdong was a little angry, and He Qi was not afraid. The literati of the Ming Dynasty are so good, no matter how angry the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is, they always have the backbone to push back. Even if it was a court rod, he didn't flinch, and even a little excited.

He Qi also said loudly: "Of course, it should be like this, I will have today's situation, it is the fault of the vassal kings of the world." I think my income from taxes next year is only four million taels, but the number of people in the Ming clan is hundreds of thousands. The clans of the world only cared about asking for money, which caused the court to make ends meet, and there was no money or food to send troops to suppress bandits. The imperial court had to continue to pay three salaries, and the people of the world were miserable, resulting in the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. The vassal kings of the world should be fully responsible for this. ”

Zhu Youdong directly pointed at He Qi and scolded: "Okay, when I was in the Ming Dynasty, the world only had a tax of four million taels of silver. How is it that as soon as the Manchu Qing Dynasty comes, you will be able to have a tax of 20 million taels of silver? There is a difference of more than 10 million taels in the middle, where did you go? kept saying that it was for the people of the world, but in the end, he completely ignored the life and death of the people, scooped up silver with both hands, and scolded the court for harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes with a righteous face. cried on the face of the poor and sold miserably, drunk and drunk behind the scenes, and when facing the government, he only knew how to insult the monarch and use foul language. ”

He Qi was also a little blindsided by Zhu Youdong's scolding, but he didn't expect Zhu Youdong to be like other emperors of the Ming Dynasty at all. As long as the minister scolds, he will either hide in the harem or immediately succumb. Zhu Youdong then scolded: "In the court, he is selfless with an iron face and has no hesitation. When facing the enemy, he knew that he would surrender on his knees, humbly seek survival, completely disregard the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, and seem to have no feelings for the nation and the country. Now that I have improved a little, you moths hiding in dark corners have begun to stir up trouble again, in a vain attempt to provoke the infighting of our Restoration Army. ”

He Qi saw that Zhu Youdong also buttoned up his big hat, and said hurriedly: "I ......." Zhu Youdong didn't give He Qi a chance at all, and asked: "Are you doing this because you want me to restore the Ming army to chaos, so that your Manchu master can fight again?" What is the difference between your actions and traitors such as Li Guoying, Wu Sangui, and Hong Chengchou? Bad for your own selfish interests, do you have the face to live in this world? ”

Facing Zhu Youdong's questioning, He Qi became more and more anxious. The charges that Zhu Youdong gave him were not just casual and could be mixed up, any one of them was enough for him to die several times.

Finally waiting for Zhu Youdong to stop, He Qi immediately said: "How can Master Hou wrongfully hold his position?" I am also for the good of the Ming Dynasty, if not, the lowly can live in seclusion in the fields, why bother to talk to the Hou Ye, the Hou Ye keeps admonishing, isn't it no different from the business. ”

Zhu Youdong sneered: "No one knows what the business is like, and it's not what you said. It's like you say every day that the Daming clan has harmed the Daming dynasty, who can say how the Daming clan has harmed? Did they engage in party strife in the court and harm the ministers, or did they divide the land of the Ming Dynasty? Since the clan's Yulu was changed to the household department, which time has it been given enough? The tax revenue of the imperial court is only four million taels, but as soon as the Manchu Qing Dynasty comes, it can have more than 20 million taels, and there are still three salaries, why don't you see any people saying that they can't survive and want to rebel? ”

Zhu Youdong walked up to He Qi and said, "Who ate the more than 10 million taxes?" By the way, it has not counted how many people the Manchu Qing Dynasty killed after entering the customs. ”

He Qi said: "How can this be counted? Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, of course it can't be counted, and the Manchus can't find dead people to collect money, but in the Ming Dynasty, they were alive." But I can't collect the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, is it the fault of the vassal king? ”

Zhu Youdong pointed at He Qi and said, "This is what you do, the civil servants who harbor evil intentions. Against the emperor, you can all be iron-clad. In the face of dissidents in the court, you are righteous and awe-inspiring. but you are high up against the people. But before the enemy you will bow your knees. ”

Zhu Youdong said in the aisle: "Now that my Ming Restoration Army takes the restoration of the Ming Dynasty as its own responsibility, and it has just improved a little, and you have begun to make waves and provoke infighting. On the surface, he is an upright and upright gentleman, but behind the scenes, he is a sinister and vicious despicable villain. Sowing discord, catching shadows in the wind, creating something out of nothing, and harming my colleagues, even if I cut you with a thousand knives, it is not enough to eliminate the hatred in my heart. ”

In the end, Zhu Youdong walked to the side of the lobby and ripped off a large cloth hanging on the door of the wing room. Suddenly, Cheng Deyi, Zhang Chang, Ma Yuanjie and more than a dozen people sitting in the back were revealed. He Qi was a little panicked when he saw it, he was the one who provoked the fight between these generals.

Cheng Deyi and the others also understood at this time that they had fallen for He Qi and others. Now that it has been exposed by Zhu Youdong, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows what to do. Zhu Youdong walked to the other side and ripped off the cloth like that, but the generals of Kuidong were sitting behind him, and all of them turned pale at this time.

Zhu Youdong pointed to Kuidong's generals and said: "You just listened to a few words from others, and you naively think that as long as you hug each other, you can be safe?" Listen carefully, for they have said that you are the source of the disaster of the feudal town. Still huddle, when you really huddle, it will be your time to die. ”