Do you want to be a human being, or do you want to be a pawn?

A very simple question that any normal person would answer with a very normal answer.

It is also an extremely cruel and ugly question, the principle of all political games.

Do you want to be a chess player and become a master of the game to control the world's chess pieces for your own use, or do you want to become a chess piece that can be abandoned at any time?

Shen's words have a full allure for officials who wield power.

"The emperor wants to make his country stable, and his children and grandchildren will always be the masters of the world, but our ministers also have family members, who doesn't want their descendants to continue the incense? What happened to the families of those prisoners after they died, Shi Butang, don't you know?

If we wait to be captured, and watch Xiao Ruxun cooperate with the emperor to get back the military power, as long as they take back the military power of the Beijing camp, with Xiao Ruxun's prestige in the Ming army, it will really come to that day, you, me, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, how many people can survive?

As far as taxation is concerned, don't you know about the affairs of the Ming treasury? Every year, how much silver that should have been collected could not be collected, and how much silver that should have been used on the ground was taken away by officials.

Including you, your wife, your children, your parents, your people, your old people, how many people can survive? The hometown was raided, the ancestral ancestral hall was destroyed, the ancestral tomb was smashed, the incense was cut off, and the stench was left for 10,000 years, do you really want to see it?

If Your Majesty returns to power, he will inevitably blame us and others, you don't have to be lucky, there is a lack of everything in this world, lack of money, lack of food and land, but there is no shortage of people who want to be officials, the emperor can kill us as much as possible, and a large number of people can make up for it at any time to be pawns, but I wait, and if I die, I will die.

The princes outside, each of them knows about this, and each of them has made a choice, so the choice is very simple, that is, they want to live, and they don't want to watch themselves go to a dead end, and now, only by fighting hard can they have a way to live.

Is this a rebellion? Is this a rebellious act? It doesn't matter, but even what? As long as I wait for victory and set things right, I can put all the blame on Xiao Ruxun's head, anyway, if he dies, the people who know about this matter will almost die, at most a hundred years, and everyone who knows about this matter will die.

How did posterity learn about this? History! Who wrote the history books? You, I, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty! There is only one family of Qi Taishi, there is only one Dong Hu, when people die, they die, the book is still there, you and I will only be the heroes who set things right, not rebellious, rebellious is Xiao Ruxun, not you and me.

Shi Butang, the old man might as well tell you that in the past few days, the officials above the third grade of the Manchu Dynasty, in addition to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you and Song Yingchang, have decided to follow the old man's instructions, kill the rebels, hoe the traitor for the country, clean the monarch's side, and return the next bright tomorrow! ”

Shi Xing was startled, and turned his head to look at Shen Yiyi, his face like a demon.

"Lang Lang Qiankun? Shen consistently, are you a tandem official? You...... What else do you want to do?! ”

Shen Yi shook his head and spoke slowly.

"Shi Butang, the matter has come to this, don't talk about this, right now, in the face of this matter, if there are two choices in front of you, one is that everyone sits and waits together and gives away all their lives; One, is only a few people who die, which one do you choose? ”

Shi Xing was stunned.

"You...... You're going to ......"

"Yes, I want to kill Xiao Ruxun, kill him, the emperor will have no foreign aid, the biggest help will be gone, the three eunuchs of the Imperial Horse Prison have been poisoned by me, the Imperial Horse Eunuch cannot be used for the time being, and if Zhang Cheng is killed again, Your Majesty will have no choice at all."

Shen Cheng put the wine glass heavily on the table.

"Do you want to completely empty Your Majesty? This is rebellion! This is a rebellion! You're not just trying to kill Xiao Jixin, right? What else do you want to do? Are you going to kill the king?! Shen has always !! ”

Shi Xing roared at Shen Yiyi.

"I, Shen, have always been a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, how could I do something to kill the king? This is Qingjun's side! ”

Shen Yi's face was cold: "This is the best method, and it is also the most convenient way, the only ones that need to be killed are Tengxiang Siwei, Yuma Supervisor, Dongchang, Si Li Supervisor, and more than 2,000 Zhennan troops in the military camp outside the city, as well as 3,000 soldiers and horses in Xishan!" ”

Shi Xing stared at Shen Yi, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "That's also the lives of tens of thousands of people!" Tens of thousands of lives! Shen Yiyi, you are so vicious? ”

"Otherwise, Shi Butang, are you willing to trade your family's life with them in exchange?"

Shen always looked at Shi Xing coldly.

Shi Xing looked at Shen with his usual cold eyes in astonishment.

"I wonder if these people will have mercy on you when your family is killed? When your wife and children cry for help and you can't do anything about it, will you regret it? Do you regret your choice today? ”

"Tens of thousands of people were killed, or hundreds of thousands of people were killed, which do you think is better?"

"Shi Butang, are you really willing to give up your family's life? Are you willing to give up your people and your protégés? ”

"Those who are standing outside are all reluctant, and they are all willing to support the old man, and at this moment, outside the city, the action has already begun, Xiao Ruxun himself is already on the way to Dong'anmen, everything is going on in an orderly manner, Shi Butang, what do you want to do? What can you do? ”

"What?!"

Looking at Shen's usual gloomy face, Shi Xing was taken aback.

He knew that Shen had never lied.

Shen has always been true that he is not lying.

At that time, a convoy set off from the city of Beijing and arrived outside the city, and sent more than 300 jars of wine and some pork and mutton to the military camp of the Zhennan army.

Wang Hui did not receive an order that there would be a convoy to give them supplies, but it was not surprising that the emperor's rewards had been in waves in the past few days, without warning, so he led a team to meet these people outside the barracks.

"Who are you?"

A middle-aged officer with a warm smile on his face arched his hand to Wang Hui: "I am under the order of Xiao Shilang, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, to send you some wine and meat, tomorrow Qin Guogong will leave to take office, and the Ministry of War has decided to celebrate him, this is a gift." ”

Then the officer handed over the text of the military department, which also listed a list, and it was very normal to follow the instructions, Wang Hui put his mind at ease, and said with a smile: "Then the general will thank Shi Butang and Xiao Shilang for the wine and meat on behalf of the whole army!" ”

The middle-aged officer smiled, and left after delivering the convoy, Wang Hui took the convoy back to the camp, and at a glance, there were indeed hundreds of jars of wine and a lot of meat.

After a day of training, it was also a pleasure for the soldiers of the Zhennan Army to be able to eat meat, so Wang Hui asked the whole army to gather, each person gave a bowl of wine, and then gave a lecture to the whole army.

"Originally, you shouldn't drink alcohol in the army, but today is a little special, tomorrow, Shiro will leave to serve as the governor of Jingying Rongzheng and the governor of the Chinese army, we will also be incorporated into the Beijing camp, and then there will be more tests waiting for our brothers, and the glory of the Zhennan Army will not stop here! Everyone, drink this bowl to the full! ”

"Full drink!"

The soldiers of the Zhennan Army drank the bowl of wine happily, and Wang Hui was just about to drink the bowl of wine, when he heard the shout of the old firehead: "The meat is here!! ”

The sergeants hurriedly put down the bowls in their hands and waited to eat meat, Wang Hui looked at the lively appearance of the sergeants, but he did not insist on letting the sergeants line up and wait for the meat, but looking at this cheerful appearance, he suddenly remembered the previous conversation with Xiao Ruxun, and couldn't help but worry.

I don't know if there can be such a lively scene in the army on the day when the big thing is completed? How many of these comrades-in-arms who get along day and night will survive to that day?

Wang Hui sighed.

"Vice Admiral Wang! This bowl of meat is for you! ”

Suddenly, Wang Hui heard someone shouting to himself, and as soon as he turned his head, Wang Hui saw Lao Zhou running towards him with a bowl of meat: "If you don't come to eat, you'll be eaten up by that group of bastards, come on, come on, keep this bowl of meat for you!" ”

Wang Hui took the bowl of meat and was immediately happy.

"Old Zhou, you ...... So be it! I'll keep this bowl of meat, and I'll give you this bowl of wine!" ”

Lao Zhou took the wine with a smile, laughed and drank the wine, Wang Hui simply ate the meat, and no longer thought about the things that worried him, anyway, Xiao Ruxun would definitely have a way.

That's what he thought.

But not everyone has the same sorrow as him, they are very happy, very relaxed, enjoy wine and meat to the fullest, and eating meat and drinking in large bowls are already the joy of life for most of the soldiers of this era.

Wang Hui silently ate meat, looked at every soldier, watched them noisy and laughing, and his mood calmed down inexplicably.

Also, what do you think about the future now? No one can say for sure what will happen in the future......

A bowl of meat was in his stomach, Wang Hui was still unsatisfied, and ate another bowl, and when he was about to ask for a third bowl, the change was steep.

"Tian Sheng! Tian Sheng, what's wrong with you? Tian Sheng?! ”

Suddenly, there was a not-so-harmonious element in the harmonious scene.