Man is inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather.

Such a grand burial ceremony, so that every Chu soldier is very excited, they paid their lives and sacrifices, of course, hope to be recognized and respected, the former comrades-in-arms who get along day and night, now have been buried in the tomb, the living can only inherit their will to continue to fight, any retreat and hesitation will make them ashamed for life.

After the tomb door was permanently closed, Wang Kefan, Zhu Yulu, and Tang Laihe came to the front of the monument, and one person held a rope head, tore off the silk cloth blocking the monument, revealing a row of gilded characters - "Ningzhen Battle Memorial Monument".

The ritual music played again, Zhu Yulu was in the center on behalf of Emperor Longwu, the military general was headed by Wang Kefan, and the civil officials were headed by Tang Laihe, saluting to the monument, offering incense, greetings, and the people and gentry who watched the ceremony also saluted, the elders bowed deeply, the young people knelt down and bowed, and the little doll lay down and kowtowed, and then kowtowed on behalf of the elders in the family.

Zhu Yulu, as a representative of Emperor Longwu, took out a holy decree to read, commended and compensated the deceased soldiers, and encouraged Wang Kefan to lead the Chu army to capture Nanjing as soon as possible and recover the capital for the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Kefan fought such a big victory, and he must be rewarded personally, although he has just been crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, Emperor Longwu doesn't care about this kind of empty lord, just wait for the recovery of Nanjing, and he will be crowned a two-character county king...... Emperor Longwu's decree had been prepared a long time ago. It was brought by Yang Tinglin and handed over to Zhu Yulu, according to the plan of Emperor Longwu and the civil officials. After all, a slap has to give a date, and sealing the king is also a means of appeasement. It can somewhat calm the dissatisfaction of Wang Kefan and the soldiers of the Chu army.

When Zhu Yulu read out the holy decree, Tang Laihe had been secretly observing Wang Kefan's expression. Since the publication of those two articles, the conflict between Emperor Longwu and Wang Kefan has become public, and this unexpected change has made the situation uncontrollable, although Tang Laihe knows that it is unlikely, but he still hopes that Wang Kefan can accept Emperor Longwu's sincerity and take the initiative to take a step back.

Wang Kefan then spoke very sincerely. The victory of the Battle of Ningzhen is the credit of all the soldiers of the Chu army and all the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition, his personal role is minimal, and the recovery of Nanjing is also the duty of the courtiers, and it is the task that the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition must complete.

It's so sincere. is sincere and irrefutable, Wang Kefan is not pretending to refuse, but very resolutely stated that he does not want this empty prince.

Tang Laihe and Wan Yuan Ji glanced at each other. They all lowered their eyes and were silent, the chips that Emperor Longwu had given them had run out. Since Wang Kefan refuses to accept it, the conflict between the two sides cannot be avoided.

The flop is big. In a few days, the result of that pen and ink lawsuit will be known.

After the unveiling of the monument. The next link turned out to be the birth sacrifice, which was the same as worshipping the filial piety tomb, the same was to kill prisoners of war, but the scale of the momentum was much larger, and the Qing army was taken to the lake There were 2,000 prisoners, including more than 500 real Eight Banner soldiers, and the others were Green Battalion generals.

Tang Laihe frowned and asked, "So many people, do you have to kill them all?" ”

Wang Kefan shook his head and said: "The Eight Banner soldiers must be killed, and only one hundred and ten of the Green Battalion soldiers will be killed, and the rest will be beheaded." ”

"That's too much!" Wan Yuanji's face showed an unbearable look, and said in a deliberative tone: "Yuntai killed three captive chieftains in Xiaoling, although it is inconsistent with the law of the imperial court, but it is harmless, today I want to kill more than 600 people at a time, but there is a suspicion of brutality and murder, it is inevitable to be criticized, Yuntai should also think twice!" ”

Wan Yuan Ji has long wanted to find fault, he has endured it for a long time just now, but he has not found a suitable opportunity, seeing that the ceremony is about to end, he finally couldn't help jumping out, but he is a person who is very deep in the city, and he knows that he will definitely suffer a loss if he is hard, so he hides the resentment in his heart and pretends to be a kind person who is worried about Wang Kefan.

"Killing Tartars is a big thing, and if there are a few flies buzzing, let them go." Wang Kefan smiled and ordered to prepare for the execution.

A place of execution was cleared on the hillside, the Qing prisoners knelt on the ground into more than a dozen rows, and the people kept throwing stones at them, because there were Chu soldiers who maintained order, but there was no chaos, and the Chu soldiers in charge of the execution were also ready at this time, hundreds of people carried snowy steel knives, standing behind the Qing prisoners, and they were eager to try...... The Chu army is still implementing the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, but it is limited to the green battalion soldiers, for those true Tartars have always been cut down and rooted, leaving no one, and the Eight Banners soldiers are all sparrows, and they can't live in the wild, the battle of Ningzhen is such a big scene, and the Eight Banners soldiers who were really captured and surrendered did not exceed 1,000 people, half of whom have been executed, and it is the last group to be killed today.

Seeing that he had to be sent on the string, Wan Yuanji's tone gradually hardened, and he insisted on singing against Wang Kefan: "Tartars should be killed, but it is a matter of hundreds of people's lives, don't act hastily, instead of killing them here in vain, it is better to send them back to Guilin and be punished by the imperial court, otherwise there will inevitably be a turbulent discussion between the government and the opposition, and we will be attacked, and Yuntai must not go his own way!" ”

Wang Kefan turned around, looked at him with scrutinizing eyes, and said: "Today is a big day for the burial of the fallen soldiers, the soldiers and civilians are all devout and worshipful, full of respect for the martyrs, and the Tartars will be killed quickly, there are some small irregularities, please be tolerant of the first line, don't delve into it first." ”

"No, never!"

Wan Yuan Ji is not a soft-hearted good man and woman, seeing that Wang Kefan seemed to lack confidence and showed weakness and pleaded for mercy, he immediately pressed up closely, made a serious appearance and said: "How can the national law be regarded as child's play? Of course, the Tartars should be killed, but they have been captured at the moment, so they should be dealt with by the imperial court. Yuntai, you are still young and don't know the dangers in officialdom, and now you need to be more careful when you are proud, so as not to swarm with open guns and hidden arrows, even if you are an iron-beaten King Kong, you will eventually end up with bruises all over your body. ”

When he said this, he stepped forward to hold Wang Kefan's arm again, and said cordially: "The old man is very kind, if the Yuntai can't listen, don't turn your face!" Alas, loyalty is good for deeds, the old man said these offensive words, he was not afraid of being misunderstood by Yuntai, but he saw that you have a great future in the future, and you will be the pillar of my humerus, so I have high hopes and don't want you to be slandered! ”

The so-called rigidity is easy to break, Yang Tinglin, a reckless scholar, actually had a hard fight with Wang Kefan, who held the military power, and finally lost the battle in disgrace, but instead increased the arrogance of the other party, and Wan Yuan Ji was quite disdainful of it...... In his opinion, to deal with the unruly martial arts, it is necessary to overcome the rigid with softness, although Wang Kefan can fight, he is a hairy young man after all, he stabilizes the scene with good words, and then puts on the old qualifications to rely on the old and sell the old to press over, so that he can't say anything about his suffering, and he can't turn his face if he wants to, so he can only be forced to retreat.

"Taught."

Wang Kefan let him hold his arm, without showing any disgust and impatience, like a pair of close friends, and then turned to Tang Laihe and asked, "According to Mr. Nandou's opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

Tang Laihe didn't want to be troubled on this occasion, but since Wan Yuan Ji had already provoked the incident, he had no choice but to help him: "Gong Ji is steady, what he said makes a lot of sense, and please think twice." ”

"Okay, let's do it according to the two of you."

Wang Kefan nodded, walked forward, naturally shook off Wan Yuanji, and said loudly to the soldiers and civilians present: "Ladies and gentlemen, the prince originally planned to kill all these Qing captives and sacrifice the heroic souls of the fallen soldiers, but this move is suspected of being brutal and murderous, and it is not in line with the laws of the imperial court. ”

This tastes wrong! Wan Yuan Ji was secretly proud in his heart, and when he heard Wang Kefan's words, the expression on his face suddenly froze.

The soldiers and civilians in the field were stunned, what was wrong with killing the Tartars, why did it not conform to the laws of the imperial court? Why is it seen as brutal and murderous? The Manchus have killed hundreds of millions of Han people over the years, and today they have only killed a few hundred, isn't this not okay?

Forced by the prestige of the Ming government and Wang Kefan himself, although many soldiers and civilians had doubts in their hearts, they were still habitually ready to obey, but Wang Kebin, Jing Liang and Shi Wuxian and several other officers heard that the taste was wrong, looked at each other, knelt down on one knee together, and begged Wang Kefan to withdraw his order and immediately order the killing of these Tartar soldiers to avenge the sacrifice of their comrades.

Immediately after, the Chu soldiers on the hillside knelt down in rows and clenched their fists together to ask Wang Kefan for his life. In the battle of Ningzhen, the Chu army lost 10,000 people, each battalion had a lot of soldiers sacrificed, everyone wanted to avenge their comrades with their own hands, in order to obtain the qualification for today's execution, there were fierce disputes within the Chu army, the battalions first grabbed places, and the solutions within each battalion were also different, some tested martial arts, some talked about military merits, all regarded this as a rare glory, and now suddenly said that they would not kill, how could everyone give up lightly.

"Please give the order of the military gate and kill the Qing captives!" Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, and the momentum was astonishing. Thinking of the comrades-in-arms who got along day and night in the past, thinking of the scenes of fighting side by side, and thinking of their generosity and heroism when they sacrificed, the iron-clad man has always had tears and does not flick lightly, but at this moment he burst into tears. (To be continued......) R1292