The crowd of ministers, nobles, and envoys of vassal states began to make loud noises, and they looked at the huge procession that came in the distance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the number of prisoners of war, they are not very sure, the Ming Dynasty against the diplomatic war, even if it is to fight the Hami people like soft persimmons, they have not captured so many people back, if the ordinary herdsmen of Hami captured in that battle are counted, the number is roughly the same.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to stand up, pointed to the huge team coming from afar, and said happily: "Father, people are coming, look!" ”

Zhu Youzhu was still not surprised at this time, and sat still...... In fact, he didn't stand up, mainly because of his physical exhaustion! Zhu Houzhao scratched his ears and cheeks beside him, excited.

However, seeing that a group of captives were escorted to both sides of the noon gate and forced to kneel, the number of people was too large, and the procession was unusually noisy and chaotic.

Liu Jian hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the number of prisoners offered here is too much, in order to avoid accidents, Your Majesty should immediately suspend the ceremony and drive back to the palace!" ”

The crown prince Zhu Houzhao asked dissatisfiedly: "Young Master Liu, what are you afraid of?" These are the Tartars captured by my Ming army, they came from Tumubao and Juyongguan to sleep in the open, tired and hungry, and now they are unarmed, and there are thousands of soldiers guarding inside and outside the noon gate, can they do anything to endanger their father? ”

"Now this grand occasion, all the people of the capital should really come to see it, so that it can also enhance the loyalty and patriotism of the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

Although Zhu Youzhu doesn't like other people's compliments and flattery, what his son said is still very popular in his ears, and if he doesn't say anything else, he just says that the things his son mentioned are what he was thinking about before.

Zhu Youzhu said secretly: "Only the emperor is really connected with me!" ”

Liu Jian retreated in disappointment, and Liu Ji, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward to play: "Your Majesty, the thieves who have been captured outside the city have all been displayed in front of the palace gate, please deal with them!" ”

The captives were escorted to the capital, and according to the previous measures taken by the Ming Dynasty for Tatar captives, they were either sent into slavery or directly beheaded...... The main reason is that the Tatars are very stubborn, and they do not have the meekness of the Ming people who lost their sense of resistance when they were captured, these people are difficult to control, and keeping them can only be a waste of food.

Zhu Youzhi was originally going to directly order all prisoners of war to be executed on the spot, but then he thought that in order to lay the foundation for a prosperous era for his son, he naturally could not solve the problem by force.

Now that the Tatars have been newly defeated, Emperor Hongzhi hopes that he and his son can use the "imperial grace" to let the four seas come to the court, and at this time it is obviously not the best choice to solve the problem of prisoners by killing.

Zhu Youzhu suddenly looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked in the tone of an examination school: "Prince, what do you think should be done with these captives?" ”

Zhu Houzhao blinked his small eyes, and he was almost about to say the word "kill", but after thinking about it, wouldn't killing these defenseless people seem to me to be incompetent?

It's better to release them all, fight with them again, and completely subdue them! Just as he was about to speak, Zhu Houzhao felt that something was wrong...... Since my Ming army has already captured people back, why do you want to put them back and let them continue to do evil? Isn't that stupid?

"Erchen...... Erchen thought ......"

Zhu Houzhao was struggling, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he blurted out, "These captives should be handed over to the border guards to deal with!" ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded happily and said, "What the prince said is exactly what I wanted. Come on, pass the decree, the Tatar prisoners presented at noon today will be detained first, and then disposed of after Liu Shangshu, the governor of the three sides, returns to Beijing! ”

The original rule was that whoever captured the prisoner would be handed over to whom, but now that the power of the northwest soldiers and horses is in the hands of Liu Daxia, Zhu Youzhi is ready to make every effort to collect Liu Daxia as his confidant in order to balance the power of the DPRK and China.

After escorting the captives down, the ceremony of sacrificing the prisoners came to an end for the time being, and the follow-up was the transport of artillery into the city, and the emperor did not bother to look at these broken copper and iron.

Taking advantage of the quiet in front of the noon gate, Liu Jian stepped forward again and asked: "Your Majesty's dragon body is not harmonious, you should go back to the palace to rest early!" ”

Originally, Zhu Youzhu really had the intention of going back to the Qianqing Palace to rest, but after hearing Liu Jian's words, he felt a little tired, and instead wanted to force his body to stay outside for a while, so he waved his hand and said:

"Shen Qing's family took the soldiers and horses out of Juyongguan, but they only walked one or two hundred miles, and the march dragged on, and the court and the central government criticized him a lot, but when he returned with his troops, he won a lot. There were two thousand six hundred captives alone, and now I want to see how many heads he has gained! ”

Li Dongyang said: "Your Majesty, the number of heads can be counted by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and then played!" ”

Zhu Youzhu raised his hand and said: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, I want to see it for myself, lest someone kill the good and deceive the court, I also want to see what kind of person Shen Qing's family is!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi has said this, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang naturally can't say anything, so they can only retreat and wait, but there is an ominous premonition in their hearts.

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Sure enough, it didn't take long for the first batch and the second batch of heads to arrive in the Daming Gate, and when Zhu Youzhu heard that the total number of the two batches of heads had reached six thousand seven hundred, he couldn't sit still any longer.

Zhu Youzhu laughed heartily: "Shen Qing's family has fought fiercely in the civil fort continuously, and the number of prisoners and Yidi has far exceeded the number of its officers and soldiers, such a credit is rare since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Xie Qian muttered beside him: "There are few things, there is no at all!" Shen Xixiao'er only brought a total of 6,000 soldiers and horses to attack, and as a result, there were 9,300 prisoners and Tatars killed. ”

When the two batches of heads were transported to the front of the noon gate, the ministers present and the envoys of the vassal states couldn't help but be disgusted when they saw it, after all, the heads were hideous, and they looked disgusting, and after a long time, although it was winter and did not rot, it still emitted a foul smell, which was unbearable.

But Emperor Hongzhi still asked people to go up to check, but he didn't count it, because it can be judged from the approximate number that there should be no false report of war exploits below, and the difference is only a small number.

After the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War checked and confirmed that they were all Tatar heads, Zhu Youji asked with a smile, "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhu Lie, the general of the Beijing camp, who was in charge of escorting the first level over, was emotional at this time, and knelt down on one knee to play: "Back to Your Majesty, there are still a few batches, which are being transported!" ”

"Good, good!"

Zhu Youzhu didn't have much to look forward to the last few batches, thinking to himself, having these heads was almost enough, and his mentality was roughly the same as that of Xiao Jing who was guarding Zhengyangmen.

At this moment, the herald had already rushed to him, shouting: "The third batch of Tartar heads, a thousand thousand and twenty-six in all, will be transported into the city!" ”

Zhu Youzhu said with a smile: "In this third batch, there are still a thousand, and the number of heads and prisoners before is already tens of thousands!" Shen Qing's family doesn't know how to do it, it's not easy, it's not easy! ”

Liu Jian's face was not good, and he suddenly asked: "Since they are all first-level, why do you want to enter the city in batches?" If it's not these heads, why not pay attention to it? ”

Zhu Lie didn't know what to do, raised his head and wanted to answer, but when he saw Zhu Youzhu looking at him, he didn't dare to speak again.

Zhu Youzhu waved his hand and said, "This general, if Young Master Liu asks you, you just have to answer!" ”

Zhu Lie replied honestly: "If you go back to the emperor, the head outside the city will ...... There were so many that the brothers discussed that it would be better to transport them into the city in batches, so that it would be easy to count how many heads each batch had. ”

"The first three batches are all small numbers and easy to calculate, and there are a large number of heads behind, but ...... There are too few vehicles to transport them, so they have to be delivered little by little! ”