Chapter 973: Emperor Heaven

Li Zhi walked to the front of the altar, turned around, and glanced at the officials who had fornicated with the Jiangbei Army.

One thousand one hundred and sixty-one officials, all but two who were sick, all 1,159 were present.

Those two who are sick will be solved by Han Jinxin's assassination team afterwards, and they will definitely not be able to escape.

Li Zhi nodded, and Jiang Chong took out a piece of paper and prepared to recite the song. But before Jiang Chong's words could be spoken, he was interrupted by Dong Jiuqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Dong Jiuqi coughed loudly, walked in front of everyone, and bowed to Li Zhi.

"The old man represents the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and the gentry of the world, and he has a sentence to say to the King of Qi."

Originally, the officials had to kneel when they saw the prince. But today, these civil officials felt that they were negotiating with Li Zhilai, and they all stood on the shelf, and none of them knelt down. Dong Jiuqi and Li Zhi were talking, but they were just arching their hands.

Li Zhi looked at Dong Jiuqi and said lightly: "Say!" ”

Dong Jiuqi raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, turned his head to look at all the civil officials behind him, and said loudly: "King Qi wants to be the Duke of Zhou!" We're back! ”

Dong Jiuqi turned around and came back and said, "We are all willing to contribute, help King Qi to the sky, and help King Qi!" ”

Li Zhi was expressionless, just looked at Dong Jiuqi coldly.

"But!"

As soon as the words changed, Dong Jiuqi said: "However, King Qi wants us to wait for Wenchen to contribute, but we have one condition. ”

Dong Jiuqi looked at Li Zhi and waited for Li Zhi to ask him about his specific conditions.

However, after waiting for a long time, Li Zhi just had Tie Qing's face, but he didn't say a word.

Dong Jiuqi licked his lips, flicked his sleeves and said, "Okay!" I'll just say it bluntly, what we civil officials in the Manchu Dynasty want is not money and power, but a promise from the King of Qi. The king of Qi wants to promise us that he will maintain the status quo of Jiangnan taxes in the future and allow the gentry in Jiangnan to be exempted from taxes! Don't impose the evil law of the Son of Heaven and Tianjin's new policy on Jiangnan! ”

"As long as we agree to this condition, we are willing to help King Qi on his journey!"

After Dong Jiuqi said this, everyone looked at Li Zhi and waited for Li Zhi's answer.

Chen Wenyue is different from others. He looked at the soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition beside Li Zhi, and became a little nervous, his hands clenched unconsciously, and his palms were full of fine sweat.

Under the gaze of more than a thousand people, Li Zhi finally reacted.

Li Zhi sneered.

Shaking his head, Li Zhi felt that these civil officials were really ridiculous, and sneered again.

Li Zhi only expected that the civil officials would come to participate in the "sacrifice to heaven", but he did not expect that this civil official would dare to put forward conditions at this "sacrifice to heaven" ceremony.

Seeing Li Zhi sneering, Zhong Feng burst out laughing. He laughed so exaggeratedly that he laughed loudly with his head towards the sky, as if he had heard the funniest joke.

"Condition!"

Zhong Feng smiled and smiled, infecting everyone around Li Zhi. In the end, Zheng Kaicheng and Jiang Chong also laughed, their faces full of sarcasm and mockery.

But the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army beside Li Zhi did not laugh. One by one, these soldiers pressed their steel knives, their faces blue, as if they were going to go up and kill at any moment.

On the periphery of the civilian officials, the 2,000 Tiger Ben Army was getting closer and closer. Armed with rifles with good bullets, they surrounded 1,100 officials of the capital from all sides.

Looking at Li Zhi's appearance, the civil officials were stunned for a moment.

Looking at the soldiers who came from all directions, some civilian officials began to panic.

In the still cold spring day, Wang Heze only felt that cold sweat suddenly flowed on his back. His eyes narrowed, and he shouted at Li Zhi: "Li Zhi! You said that today is a sacrifice to the heavens, why do you only set up an altar but not put sacrifices? ”

Li Zhi glanced at Wang Heze, his face was as cold as ice.

Bowing to the blue sky, Li Zhi said: "In the past eighteen years, the widow has fought in the south and the north, fought in the east and west, and slept in the open air. ”

"The widow fought Yanguli in Fanjiazhuang and Dolgon in Qingshankou. The widows fought hard in Jinzhou and Huang Taiji, and were broken through the front by the Tartar cavalry, and I don't know how many young soldiers died. ”

"Every time the widow goes on an expedition, he faces his wife and children, and he doesn't know if he can go home. Every time the widow takes out the soldiers, there are always some that cannot be brought back. Every time in the face of the old fathers and mothers who sacrificed their martyrs, in the face of those old tears, the widow is always speechless. ”

"The crumbling Ming Dynasty, it is no exaggeration to say that it is the soldiers of the widow and the tiger army, and the warriors and soldiers who have died in the world who have supported it with their own blood!"

"However, every time the widow fights on the battlefield, you civil officials, you gentry, have to stab you in the back!"

"The widows are fighting in Jinzhou, and you cut off the grain and grass. The widow is in Tianjin, and you transfer the Guan Ning army to attack the widow. The widows went out to conquer the slave chieftain Dorgon, and you instructed the Jiangbei army to attack from behind. The widow is dealing with Li Zicheng, who is preparing to go north to Zhili, and you join forces with Hongyi to besiege the widow! ”

"In your eyes, has there ever been a trace of family and country?"

Hearing Li Zhi's angry scolding, Dong Jiuqi and the others were dumbfounded.

Looking at Li Zhi's momentum, where did he come to control the imperial court with the civil officials? This is simply a crusade against the civil officials and a face-to-face question.

Dong Jiuqi looked at the surrounding Tiger Ben Army soldiers and found that the soldiers had raised their rifles to their chests.

Li Zhi called everyone to worship the sky, what was his plan? Could it be that Li Zhi really wants to kill people by this canal?

Dong Jiuqi's eyes widened, and his legs couldn't help but tremble.

By Dong Jiuqi's side, Jia Sanwei, the squire of the military department, had already peed his pants. He didn't have a trace of assertiveness, and knelt on the vegetable field with a plop, crying: "His Royal Highness King Qi, I was wrong, I know I was wrong!" King Qi spared the petty official's life and spared me..."

Li Zhi sneered.

"The Jiangbei Army led the local military towns to openly rebel and attack the capital. You rebellious ministers and thieves did not unite around the Son of Heaven to resist the Jiangbei Army, but instead fornicated with the Jiangbei Army one by one, handed over the details of the recruits in the Beijing camp and the deployment of the capital to the Jiangbei Army, and rushed to join the Jiangbei Army to attack the city. ”

"The five boxes of private correspondence are shocking to see. There are thousands of people inside and outside this court, and there are only a few dozen loyal ministers left. ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, the civil officials below were completely panicked.

Li Zhi got a letter from the officials to communicate with the Jiangbei Army.

What is Li Zhi going to do with the officials?

They looked at the soldiers on all sides and saw that the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army had raised their rifles and pointed their rifles with bayonets at the 1,159 officials of the capital.

Li Zhi is going to kill someone?

Li Zhi is going to kill someone!

Li Zhi lifted a bowl of turbid wine, drew a half-circle in front of him, and sprinkled the wine in the soil.

"Emperor Tianhou Tu, if you don't kill you, how can the widow be worthy of the people who died in the chaotic army, and how can he be worthy of the soldiers who died in battle?"

Falling to the ground and smashing the porcelain bowl to pieces, Li Zhi shouted loudly: "Today, the widow will use the heads of you traitors to sacrifice to the sky!" ”

Beside Li Zhi, the drummer horn sounded and gave the order to shoot.

The civil officials trembled one by one, holding their heads and running away.

Wang Heze raised his right hand and shouted loudly: "You can't sit still!" Everyone rushed up and grabbed Li Zhi! ”