In the drizzle, if you don't look at the desolate desert in the distance, it may give people the illusion of being in the south of the Yangtze River.

With a vast and barren desert on one side and hundreds of miles of fields on the other, this scene is due to the irrigation of the Jingnan River (Zeravshan River).

The water that flowed down from the snow-capped mountains hit the banks and bubbled up, and a few black birds flew to and fro on the river, occasionally stopping on the surface of the water for a moment, and then burrowing into the low-hanging, gray, misty sky.

In the drizzle, in a small house at the head of the bridge by the river, several soldiers sat there, hiding from the rain, and most of the time, they were chatting here, after all, the enemy had long been in Jingnan. Still, they occasionally look out the door to see if anyone is passing by.

This bridge is not a must-pass place, but just a simple wooden bridge, occasionally some cavalry will pass through here, other than that, few people come, for the Ming army guarding the bridge, they want to see the brothers pass by here, and then bring some new news.

"Looks like someone is coming!"

Suddenly, Li Zuoyi raised his head and looked into the rain,

"It seems that there are quite a few people! It's not fast, though. ”

The brothers also stood up one after another, they picked up the firearms, Li Zuoyi walked to the door, stood there, looked into the distance, suddenly, he froze, he clearly saw a group of cavalry in the rain rushed over, they were not wearing the red uniforms of the Ming army, but ...... Qing Army!

With his eyes wide open, Li Zuoyi was about to shout loudly when he saw several cavalrymen in red uniforms in front of the Qing army.

What's going on?

Surprised, he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the bridge, and hurriedly walked over to take a look, only to see a group of cavalry walking on the bridge, it was the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, and one of the cavalry walked towards him.

Even through the raincoat, Li Zuoyi saw that the cavalryman was a consolation rank, so he hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Put on a raincoat and let the brethren take shelter!"

Immediately after receiving the order, he beckoned the brothers to put on their raincoats and take shelter in the distance. As he walked into the distance, he looked back at the bridge from time to time, and wondered in his heart.

"What's going on?"

When he was still a hundred steps away from the bridge, Wang Huaxing restrained his horse, he glanced at the guards behind him, and then said.

"I'll just go over it myself."

"Handsome ......"

"Don't worry, if King Jin doesn't have this mind, he won't be King Jin!"

In this way, after getting off the horse, Wang Huaxing walked on the road. The wind blew rain on his face. The summer rain was warm, but the road under his feet was very bad, and when he walked, he always felt that the mud was dragging the boots on his feet. These boots are Ming-style copper-studded cowhide boots, which are very heavy and heavy.

I heard that in Daming, there are now soft-soled military boots made of rubber.

I don't know if those boots are more comfortable to wear......

Walking silently like this, Wang Hua walked to the vicinity of the bridge and stopped, facing ahead, he looked intently. But now he could neither see nor hear the sound, and now he could see nothing, hear nothing.

Only a patch of red was slowly walking towards him.

"When he triumphs on the other day, I will celebrate your success!"

The words rang in his ears again.

For many years, he had been looking forward to this day, he had never looked forward to living, but he was looking forward to the day of victory, the day when he took off his mask.

Now, the day has finally arrived.

Red, that is the red that has not been seen for a long time, that red, how many times has it appeared in his dreams.

How many years.

Perhaps, it is possible to put on the red military uniform again, maybe......

In fact, Wang Huaxing felt that he was very tired, really tired.

Even if I wear that red now, I can't hide the exhaustion in my heart. He thought of his sons and daughters, and perhaps, it was time to think about himself.

At this moment, the red color stopped in front of him, a general in his sixties, who stood in front of Wang Huaxing.

"Wang Huaxing ......"

Li Dingguo looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, he seemed to be very energetic.

Wang Huaxing also looked at him, he hesitated how to salute, whether to kneel according to the rules of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or to bow according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, or to hold his fists, or to salute the military...... After hesitating for a moment, Wang Huaxing gave him a military salute,

This is a long-lost military salute.

"I've seen King Jin!"

Looking at Wang Huaxing, Li Dingguo didn't speak, just looked at him silently, it is hard to imagine that a person can be in the enemy camp for more than 20 years, lurking for so long, and not changing his original intention for decades, it is really rare.

"It's time to go home."

Even if there are thousands of words, when the words come to his mouth, Li Dingguo only says such a sentence.

"yes. Probably home. ”

Wang Huaxing smiled, his whole person seemed extremely calm, surprisingly calm.

After waiting for so many years, I finally waited for this day and finally could go home.

Although this is a long-awaited thing, almost every day in his dreams, Wang Huaxing dreams of this day, but now, he has no emotional expression.

"Back then, why did you leave Shaanxi?"

Li Dingguo asked with some puzzlement. At the same time, he took out a cigarette, took out one and handed it to Wang Huaxing, and then took the initiative to light a match for him and helped him light the cigarette, Wang Huaxing took a deep breath and said.

"People, there are always decisions to be made...... Actually, I've always wanted to be an official, in that case, I can glorify the lintel, maybe, because I know that the Qing Dynasty is the tail of a rabbit, or it may be because, anyway, I left. ”

Smoking a cigarette, Wang Huaxing was silent for a moment before he said in a slow voice:

"I don't want to say that because I'm a Han Chinese, I'm not at odds with the Manchus, in fact, not many people have the same consciousness as the King of Jin, at least at the beginning, there really wasn't, Green Camp...... That is, in order to eat in a mixed mouth, traitor...... In fact, it was also for personal wealth, at that time, who cared about that? In fact, it's just a change of master, just like those Qing troops, they are willing to surrender now, just because, they feel that they have changed their master, it's not a big deal, and changing the master saved their lives, it's a good deal, isn't it? ”

Regarding Wang Huaxing's answer, Li Dingguo did not refute, just nodded silently, indeed, how many people can distinguish that, at least at that time, people can't tell the difference. Those who have read books for decades can't tell the difference, or are unwilling to distinguish it, let alone ordinary people.

After a moment of silence, Wang Huaxing asked again.

"I wonder how King Jin is going to treat them?"

The people in his mouth naturally refer to those banner men who surrendered with him, as their commanders, Wang Huaxing could not only care about those officials and generals. He cares equally about ordinary soldiers. And their families.

For Wang Huaxing, who helped the feelings sweep away this place, he knew very well how simple it was to solve some people. It only took him a few years to make the people who once lived here completely disappear from this world.

Because of this, he didn't want those who surrendered with him to become the ones who disappeared.

"First of all, they will be screened. If you find out that you have participated in the massacre of the city when you enter the Koukou, there is no forgiveness for killing! ”

Li Dingguo's voice was neither fast nor slow, just quietly telling a fact. Blood debt and blood repayment. This is the minimum policy of life. As for what is the so-called revenge with virtue, it is just a joke, and this joke can be said and heard, but it must not be taken seriously, let alone really done.

"Indeed, those people really deserve to be killed, and they can be corrected almost half of them according to their age, this matter is easy to do, and it must be done."

Some things are unavoidable, and Wang Huaxing knows very well that this is not revenge, but revenge, and everyone who kills will kill them!

"I have a list there, although I don't dare to say that ten out of ten are in it, but there is also a ** percent, you can compare it."

"You've got a heart."

Li Dingguo nodded, and then said.

"There is also corresponding information in the Jiannu infantry yamen, and those materials ......"

originally wanted to say that those materials could correspond to him, but suddenly thought that now that Jingnan is besieged, sooner or later those materials will be burned as firewood by the people in the city. It's going to be a bit difficult to get that information.

But there shouldn't be any big problem, after all, those guys in the military department are best at doing this kind of work, as long as that person can speak, they can easily dig out everything they know, and no one can hide it from them.

Now it's just a bit of work at best.

"What about the others?"

Wang Huaxing continued to ask.

"You give the list, the people on the list can be arranged to go to Zhuxia or the colony, if it is indeed a meritorious person, such as the downline of your previous development, such a person can stay in Daming, I hope you can understand, after all, the current Daming is different from the past."

Li Dingguo also did not hide this question, he knew that Wang Huaxing would definitely ask this question, and at the same time said it deliberately.

"As for Mingzhu, he can go to Zhuxia or the colonies, if he must want to stay in the mainland, then go to Beihai Province, Beihai Island and Sakhalin Island are sparsely populated, and it should be more suitable for him."

Hearing the placement of Mingzhu, Wang Huaxing smiled, then nodded and said.

"Come to think of it, he is bound to prefer to go to Zhuxia, to the Cape of Good Hope, where the weather is more suitable for him, as for Beihai Province, it is too bitterly cold, and it is further north than Ningguta, he will definitely not go. However, I hope that his house and land in Jingnan can be folded into money for him, after all, I promised him to save his life and family business, which is the premise of lobbying him to help us do things. ”

Wang Huaxing took the initiative to make a decision for Mingzhu, and when he toured Mingzhu, he gave him some guarantees, so he made these requests.

He was already very happy with the result. After all. Mingzhu is not an ordinary person, if it weren't for his merits, he would definitely die. It's nice to be able to save his life now.

"I really can't do it, I want to compensate him with a sum of money."

"Then there is a reason for a hero like you to pay out of your pocket, this silver, the court will definitely pay for it, don't worry, since we have promised him, then we will do it."

King Jin's reply made Wang Huaxing breathe a sigh of relief, and this result was undoubtedly the best result. He was silent for a few more moments before asking.

"And what about them? How do you settle those ordinary soldiers? ”

Faced with this question, Li Dingguo did not answer immediately, but was just silent there, and now there is no decision on how to deal with the surrendered Qing soldiers, and this decision is not up to him.

"For the time being, it will be concentrated in the guard camp, and as for the future, it will still have to wait for the imperial court to decide. This is a big deal, and it is not for this king to decide. ”

King Jin's truthful answer made Wang Huaxing nod slightly, which was also the reality he had learned so far. For the surrendered Qing army, the Ming army has not "disposed of" until now, and it is certain that they will definitely solve this problem in the future. After a moment of thought, he said.

"Actually, I have a suggestion......"

Looking at King Jin, Wang Huaxing said.

When entering the Western Regions, Jiannu decided to "vacate the cage for birds" in order to avoid the recurrence of the old things, and the local natives were either killed or expelled, which can be said to be one in a hundred, if they were all disposed of at once, I am afraid ...... When the time comes, whether it is the return of the natives or the independence of the mountain people, there will inevitably be many problems, so I think it is okay not to deal with them. ”

The "disposal" in Wang Huaxing's mouth is very simple, just like when he "disposed of the local people". Let them disappear from this world.

"Don't dispose of them?"

Li Dingguo looked at Wang Huaxing in some surprise. There was even a thought in his mind. This kid has been in the enemy camp for decades, so he can't be stupid. Could it be that he was really prepared to keep those people.

He doesn't know what he thinks of those people in the country right now.

"Yes, my lord, since they don't mind who is their master, they might as well let them be slaves in their own families, just like the Koreans in Liaodong joined the immigrant families as slaves, anyway, they are used to being slaves, let them continue to maintain this status. Wouldn't it be better? ”

"Continuing to maintain this status?"

Li Dingguo was stunned. For a moment he didn't react.

"We can't kill all these millions. I know, my lord. Now many people in the mainland hope to be able to pay their debts with blood. Of course. There is nothing wrong with paying the debt of blood. But we can't kill his son just because his father killed someone. We're not that savage. ”

Wang Huaxing looked at King Jin and continued.

"Maybe now we can kill them all. But what about the future? How are we going to document all of this in the future? The end will know. Knowing that the king can not care about personal honor and disgrace. However, we have to think about the future. We should not leave such a mark in the history of the Celestial Empire, what is the difference between the Celestial Empire and the barbarians? Of course, it is not to repay grievances with virtue. We can't do that, but we don't kill innocents either. ”

"How many of them are innocent?"

Li Dingguo said with some dissatisfaction.

"At least the women and children and many young people are innocent, and the women they robbed. The children and the young people did not have our blood on their hands, and even their fathers did not have our blood on their hands, and I confess that they killed many natives, but they did not have our people. ”

met Li Dingguo's gaze. Wang Huaxing looked into the distance.

"The King. We have to think about the future. Now here, most of the natives here have been killed, if we dispose of them all now. How many years will it take us to get our immigrants back in the future? If we can't, soon the people from the south will reappear. Once again, they will be all over the plains, the valleys, the mountains. Compared to those people, I think it is better to let these people live, let them become the house slaves of immigrants, I believe, they will be grateful to Dade for this, and obey the master, those people can help us to gain a foothold here, and the king Among those people, there are the vast majority of people, they themselves are Han people, and we are the same, maybe they are traitors, let them be domestic slaves for generations, this punishment should be more severe than killing them, after all, everything of domestic slaves belongs to the master. ”

In the face of Wang Huaxing's suggestion, Li Dingguo did not immediately answer him. And just stand there quietly.

It was quiet at this time, and the two of them just stood there, neither of them speaking.

After saying his suggestion again, Wang Huaxing was silent, he knew that he could not influence anything. Still, he made this suggestion according to his own ideas, and the starting point of this suggestion was not only because of his commitment to those people. It's also because of what he knows about it.

This strange land is very different from the mainland. We must not take many things in the interior here.

Looking at the sound of the river flowing, Wang Huaxing looked at the river silently, and he suddenly broke the silence.

"I've done a lot of things over the years. I can't even remember what I did. Many people may think that this place is too sparsely populated now, but when I came here, there were actually many thriving towns. You know what happened next, I did a lot of things, why did I do it? ”

Opening his mouth, President Wang Hua sighed. Then he continued.

"At the end of the day. There are very few six or seven adults in those people who have the same blood in their veins as us, and they may have gone astray. However, if possible, I still hope to be able to give them a way to live. After all, here ......"

Turning his head to look at King Jin, Wang Hua said earnestly.

"We always need to think about it. Think about the future here. ”

In the face of his request, Li Dingguo just stood there silently, he smoked quietly, looked at the flowing river, and stood there without saying a word......