Although Zhang Mingwei has not slept all night and has been busy with the affairs of Luo Rucai's camp, it has not been finished until dawn.

At this time, he had confirmed that Luo Rucai was indeed killed by Li Zicheng. This can be seen from the confession of the man in front of him.

"Cao Cao betrayed the rebels, colluded with the official army, and was killed by me, don't ask about other things, I won't say it anyway! If you want to kill or chop, whatever you want, if I, Li Laiheng, shout that it hurts, I am not a human! ”

When Zhang Mingwei heard such tough words, he didn't get angry, but played with the golden helmet in his hand, and then stared at the young man in front of him, daring to be interested.

He didn't expect that the leader of the guards around Li Zicheng turned out to be the famous Li Laiheng in later generations. If according to the original historical development, Li Laiheng will always resist the Qing Dynasty, after accepting the Southern Ming Zhao'an, he was named the Duke of Linguo by the Yongli Emperor, and insisted until the third year of Kangxi, that is, in 1664, twenty years after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, before the Qing soldiers broke through the cottage, and the family died!

It can be said that Li Laiheng experienced the most desperate period of resistance to the Qing Dynasty, but he never surrendered, and finally died a clear will. In the history of Nanming, it is a rare figure worthy of affirmation.

Now, this Li Laiheng is alive in front of him, and he was finally captured in order to attract pursuers and cover Li Zicheng.

Zhang Mingwei thought of these in his heart, and suddenly asked: "You said that you are a righteous army, where does righteousness come from?" ”

Li Laiheng was ready to die, and was being generous, when he heard this Xingguo Gong ask such words, he was slightly stunned, he didn't plan to speak again, and immediately replied with his head held high: "Of course it's righteousness, it's righteous, what else can it be?" ”

"What is righteousness and what is righteousness?" When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he immediately asked, "Could it be that killing brothers who share life and death is righteousness?" Luo Rucai and you Li Zicheng were the first to rebel, how many times have they died together over the years, and as far as I know, Luo Rucai also saved Li Zicheng. Such a brother, is it also said that he will kill it? ”

Seeing that Li Laiheng seemed to want to refute, Zhang Mingwei preemptively said clearly: "Don't say that Luo Rucai colluded with the officials and soldiers to surrender, I can tell you clearly that Luo Rucai has never had this idea, nor has he had any dealings with me." At this point, I think you are deceiving yourself! ”

When Li Laiheng heard this, he was speechless.

He is not really stupid, of course he knows what the reason for Luo Rucai's real killing is. It's just that he doesn't want to think about it, so he is willing to believe the superficial reason given by Li Zicheng, that is, Tongguanjun.

But at this time, this fig leaf was lifted by Zhang Mingwei, and Li Laiheng felt a little ashamed.

Zhang Mingwei looked at him and didn't intend to let him go, so he continued to drink and asked, "Also, what righteousness do you have?" Coercing the people, every time they pass through a place, they are devastated, and the people are not able to make a living. Do you know how many of the bones on the roadside were created by you? You are still righteous, where do you get your confidence? ”

"The emperor is absurd and immoral, and the traitorous ministers are in charge" Li Laiheng was not convinced, so he subconsciously slipped away.

However, before he finished speaking, he heard Zhang Mingwei interrupt him without hesitation and said: "Today's emperor is working hard, getting up before dawn every day to deal with government affairs, and he doesn't stop until late at night. You tell me what's wrong with the law? Also, now the emperor has disposed of the former celebrant eunuch Wang Dehua, the former imperial horse eunuch Wang Xinxin, the former Jinyi Guard commander Luo Yangxing, and the former Jiading Bo Zhou Kui"

He reported a series of official names, which made Li Laiheng dumbfounded, and later, he couldn't tell what officials were, but he had one impression, that is, the emperor had cleaned up a lot of officials.

"These people either accept bribes, or pervert the law for bribes, or oppress the people, no matter how high they themselves are and how close they are to the emperor!" Zhang Mingwei looked at Li Laiheng, who obviously didn't have the momentum of seeing death as his home just now, and asked, "The emperor didn't have any mercy, enforced the law impartially, and gave the world an explanation." What about the emperor today? ”

Princess Kunxing on the side was very excited when she heard this, and she was a little embarrassed to praise her father. Because she knew that most of the words that the gentleman had just said were things that had only happened after the gentleman came, at the suggestion of the gentleman.

"But before" Li Laiheng was a little confused, and he didn't want to admit defeat, so he forcibly distinguished, wanting to show what he had experienced before to prove that his words were also right.

However, Zhang Mingwei didn't give him a chance, and continued to interrupt him: "I know you want to say how miserable you were before, it's all the fault of the imperial court, yes, this is not denied. That's why I'm open to you and give you a chance to recruit you. Now the emperor is working hard to revive the Ming Dynasty and has introduced various national policies, the purpose of which is to let the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment again, and let the Ming Dynasty return to a peaceful and prosperous era. I can pat my chest and prove that the emperor is working hard! ”

Li Laiheng's mouth opened wide when he heard this, and he wanted to say something, but for a while, he couldn't find what he wanted to say.

"Years of war, the people are in hardship, let me ask you, has the emperor reduced or reduced taxes?"

"The Ming soldiers have no salary, they are deducted, and they sell their sons and daughters, let me ask you, has the imperial court issued the Ming Dynasty soldiers' pension and exemption regulations?"

“”

Faced with Zhang Mingwei's series of rhetorical questions, Li Laiheng came back to his senses for a long time, and immediately turned his head and said, "I don't know!" ”

Although he replied like this, his momentum was obviously insufficient, and it was obvious that this was against his will.

Zhang Mingwei didn't care about his death, but continued to ask: "And what about you, what are you doing?" Have you been harming the people, is there such righteousness as you? Think about it yourself, what's the point of your continuing rebellion? In the history books, in the impression of future generations, will you be the object of scolding, or something else? What are you living for? ”

After saying so much, Zhang Mingwei didn't expect that a hardcore in Li Zicheng's army like Li Laiheng would immediately go right, so he let people take him down.

When Zhu Yujiao on the side heard this, she had already decided in her heart that she would send Mr. today's interrogation of the thief to her father and the emperor, by the way, and then see if it was going to be sent to Ming Pao, and ask the people of the world, who is right and which is wrong? Ask the people of the world, what is the purpose of living?

After Li Laiheng was escorted down, Zhang Mingwei asked about the situation of Li Zicheng's camp, and saw no movement, so he decided to go to Luo Rucai's camp in person.

The detailed statistics here are still continuing, and the general situation that he can know so far is that under Luo Rucai, there are still more than 10,000 cavalry troops, and the elite infantry army is about 20,000. The rest, mostly ordinary soldiers.

Even in Luo Rucai's army, there are many women, the number is as high as more than 20,000. This has something to do with Luo Rucai's lust.

Zhang Mingwei deliberately wore a python suit and came to Luo Rucai's camp, with a smile on his face, trying to be as kind as possible to inspect the situation in the camp.

If you want to say anything, you can't say it. But the fact that he was able to come here had actually given a strong signal to these original thieves who were waiting for the arrangement: Guogong had not regretted it afterwards and came to see them.

In the end, Zhang Mingwei came to the back camp of Luo Rucai's camp.

Most of the people here are old and weak, the kind that acts as cannon fodder. Because of the military food tribes, many people were already dying of hunger before. However, I had a rare bite of food last night, and today I am a little more energetic.

However, anyone can still see their weakness at a glance.

Relatively speaking, these people are the most worried about their future.

Because of those strong companions, they will most likely continue to serve as soldiers and eat food under the command of Xingguo Gong. And they are obviously not suitable for soldiers, that is, useless people, so how will the Xingguo Guild deal with them?

Seriously, they're really worried.

No, that's also the reason, when they saw Xingguo Gong coming, they all knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhang Mingwei inspected the circle, and even dismounted to comfort the next few veterans who were injured in yesterday's chaos.

Hearing Guogong talking to the injured old man like a neighbor, the people around him showed gratitude. So, Zhang Mingwei took the opportunity to say to them: "Let me tell you the news, King Zhou has left Kaifeng to go to Beijing. In the future, he will be vassalage. And the fields in Kaifeng will be owned by the imperial court. I will make it clear to the emperor that if you have no other place to go, I will place you here in Kaifeng, and divide some fields for you to plant, so as to ensure that you will have no worries in the future. ”

This is also the benefit of the feudal king's outer seal, otherwise, the placement of hundreds of thousands of thieves will really be a real headache. However, the fields of the king of Zhou were set aside, and they could be used for military tuning, that is, in the form of training into an army to farm.

This was said by Xingguo Gong himself in front of everyone, which immediately made everyone overjoyed. With a clear place to stay, while excited, they all thanked Dade to Xingguo Gong one by one, and spread the good news as soon as possible.

Zhang Mingwei then went to the women's camp, more than 20,000 women, led by Luo Rucai's women, needless to say, all of them were like flowers and jade, many of them were family members of the official gentry, kneeling together to welcome the arrival of the Duke of Xingguo.

At this time, their hearts were also very frightened. I don't know how the Xingguo Guild will settle them? Pick some for the prince to sleep, or give them to his generals? What about the average look?

In ancient times, women were originally of low status, and in war, the experience was even more miserable. Raided by thieves, they have already experienced a lot of pain, and in fact, they are already a little numb.

Although they have fallen into the court officials and soldiers now, how much will their situation improve?

In this regard, they are actually very worried, but they are helpless!

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