Gao Ligong, director of the Tianjin Department of Industry, saw Li Zhi's angry expression and arched his hand and said, "Lord Wang, this is not the time to be angry. ”

Li Zhi frowned and looked at Gao Ligong and did not speak.

Gao Ligong waved his sleeves and said, "Lord Wang, although this time I defeated the Jiangbei Army and defeated the armed resistance of the gentry in the world. But the prince must know that the talents in this world are all in the gate of the gentry. ”

"Wang Ye is determined to be all over the world, and what he wants to do is what Emperor Qin and Han Wu can't do, and this is the time to employ people. Now that the prince has completely overwhelmed the gentry, he only needs to give a little kindness to make the civil officials and gentry grateful to Dade. It is better to use these letters to let the civil officials feel the benevolence of the prince. ”

The generals in the tent all looked at Gao Ligong and didn't know what he wanted to say.

Gao Ligong arched his hand and said: "At this time, the civil officials in the court knew that the Jiangbei Army was defeated, and they were panicked all day long. These letters are undoubtedly the means of the prince's questioning of the civil officials. Of course, the prince can take the letters and ask the civil officials one by one to investigate them to the end. ”

"Although the prince can punish a group of people by doing that, on the other hand, you must know which gentry in the world have not cursed or even contributed money and strength to oppose the prince? When these people see that the civil officials in the capital are being punished, they will also put themselves in danger and regard the prince as a beast of prey. ”

Gao Ligong glanced at Li Zhi, waved his sleeves and said: "On the contrary, if the prince ignores the past behavior of the civil officials this time, he will get along with the civil officials in peace." Then the gentry all over the world know the strength of the prince and the benevolence of the prince, and the gentry will no longer fight against the prince. ”

"The so-called benevolent are invincible, nothing more than that."

After listening to Gao Ligong's words, all the generals were silent.

At this time, the gentry had been defeated, and for the victor Li Zhi, if the gentry were given room to live at this time, the gentry would not be so desperate when they opposed Li Zhi.

Hitting a stick and then giving a candy to eat is the common sense of winning people's hearts.

Everyone looked at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi asked: "Are you asking me to learn from Cao Cao and burn all these letters of collaborators?" ”

Gao Ligong said loudly: "That's right. If the prince can take a step back at this time, the sea and the sky will be wide. The world's talents are also in the bag. ”

Li Zhi sneered, picked out another letter, and looked at it.

The more he looked at the letter, the colder the expression on Li Zhi's face became, and in the end it was already murderous.

Li Zhi said coldly: "If it is for personal glory and wealth, the widow may indeed coexist peacefully with these shameless civil officials. The so-called sedan chair is carried by everyone, if the gentry of the world can recognize the widow, I am afraid that the widow will be powerful and powerful in the court. ”

Gao Ligong didn't seem to agree with his own opinion when he heard Li Zhi's words, and said: "The words of his subordinates are from the bottom of his heart, and the prince knows it." ”

Throwing the letter into the box, Li Zhi said loudly: "But the widow does not do things for himself. The great things that the widows do are for this country and this nation. Lonely doesn't care if the gentry still hate Lonely, and Lone doesn't care how many gentry-born people are willing to serve Lone. ”

"A widow has lived his life for the sake of this country. The widow must know the criminal law, right and wrong. It is necessary to punish the traitors who harm this people, and cut off the parasites that live on this people. ”

"If these traitors who betrayed the court, the Son of Heaven, and the country were not killed, it would be the widows who would benefit, but the people of the whole world would suffer. If we don't have to re-enact the right and wrong view of this society, how can the widow lead the country to cheer up? ”

When Gao Ligong heard Li Zhi's murderous words, his face turned a little pale, and he stepped back and said, "The words of his subordinates are not worth mentioning. The prince's vision and bearing are difficult for his subordinates to reach. ”

Li Zhi turned to look at Zheng Kaicheng: "Zheng Kaicheng, how many civilian officials are collaborating with the enemy here?" ”

Zheng Kaicheng arched his hand and said: "Ge Lao Shangshu, the Three Princes and Nine Qings, and the waiter Lang Lang, there are all kinds of characters. Nine out of ten civil officials in the court have collaborated with the enemy! ”

Li Zhi narrowed his eyes and said, "Okay! ”

"Han Jinxin, you carefully sort out these letters, determine the severity of the plot according to the Ming law's treason and collaboration with the enemy, and see how many people you want to kill!"

Han Jinxin was also frightened by Li Zhi's words. These are five big boxes of letters, how many officials will be killed?

But since the prince wants to kill, then Han Jinxin will definitely rush to the front.

Licking his lips, he said, "Don't worry, your subordinates will do a good job in this matter." ”

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Zhu Youzhen, the great son of tomorrow, walked back and forth anxiously in the Qianqing Palace.

It was already yesterday that the Tiger Ben Army defeated the Jiangbei Army. However, the Beijing camp was surrounded and beaten by the Jiangbei army a few days ago, and it was so surrounded that the soldiers of the Beijing camp closed the city gate one by one and did not dare to go out. Therefore, although the Tiger Ben army won a decisive victory forty miles east of the capital, Zhu Youzhen never received definite news.

It was not until this morning that the Jiangbei Army's rout passed through the foot of the capital city wall and led the rebels surrounding the capital to flee, and Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, sent scouts out to collect intelligence.

Whether the Tiger Ben Army won or lost the battle is information related to Zhu Youzhen's life. With Zhu Youzhen's tough attitude towards civilian officials and gentry over the years, if the Jiangbei Army wins, it is very likely that Zhu Youzhen will be abolished.

The new emperor has ascended the throne, how can he, the deposed monarch, survive?

Zhu Youzhen paced back and forth in the Qianqing Palace, walking faster and faster, constantly looking in the direction outside the palace gate.

Finally, Zhu Youzhen waited for Wang Chengen, who ran over from the road.

Wang Chengen went to Chaoyangmen to wait for news. After getting the news, the eunuch rode all the way into the palace. By this time, he had already traveled more than ten miles, his clothes were a little disheveled, and the turban on his head was crooked to the side.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen's figure and stood in front of the Qianqing Palace and waited. After standing for a while, he couldn't even stand still, and walked out of the Qianqing Palace in one stride, walking towards Wang Chengen, who was rushing over.

Approaching, Zhu Youzhen found that Wang Chengen's eyes were wide open, and there was an extremely excited smile on his face.

Won?

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen's face, and a burst of excitement welled up in his heart. Accompanied by this excitement was an inexplicable nervousness, and Zhu Youzhen was really worried that his guess was empty and happy.

Wang Chengen ran over panting and stopped in front of the Son of Heaven.

He ran so fast that he was too tired to speak. He first bent down and gasped a few times before he raised his body and said loudly: "Emperor! Won! Emperor! ”

"The Tiger Ben Army defeated the 200,000 rebels and defeated the Jiangbei Army!"

When Zhu Youzhen heard Wang Chengen's words, his eyes widened. There was a little surprise on his face, and then it quickly turned to excitement. The excitement grew more and more obvious, and finally it became a frenzy.

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

After saying three good words in a row, Zhu Youzhen said: "Good Li Zhi, good Li Zhi." ”

"It is worthy of the prince I want to be crowned."