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The Governor's Palace Prison is a semi-underground prison of about 50 square meters, the walls are all made of a blue brick, the ground is paved with a layer of green bricks, there is a dung bucket in the corner of the wall, and the smell of stench and mildew is all in the nose.

In the middle of the prison, smelling the smell of the air, the visitor's brow furrowed, the smell of the cage was so unpleasant, looking at the dung bucket in the corner, he immediately thought of the months he had been with him......

Looking at the prisoners in this prison, once upon a time, there were more than 20 people in this small cage, but now, most of these people have become their own staff - they were once the staff of Zhang Liangji, the governor of Huguang, who was captured by the rebels when Wuchang fell and could not escape, and then those who were willing to surrender were retained, while the others were imprisoned in prison, and in the long imprisonment, people's will was always constantly tested, and to this day, there are only four people left in this prison.

The people in the prison looked at the visitors with contempt in their eyes, but the people who came smiled unexpectedly and bowed slightly to the people in the prison.

"The student has seen Zhang Gong!"

The person who turned his back to him slowly turned his head, if there was someone who was familiar with officialdom here, he would definitely be able to see at a glance that this was Zhang Liangji, the former governor of Huguang.

Zhang Liangji, who has been rumored to be "victimized by thieves" for several months, is actually alive and well, which is indeed beyond the expectations of others.

"I don't know if Jing Cheng is coming again today, what happened?"

Hold on to the courage in his heart, Zhang Liangji said coldly.

Although he seemed strong, his slightly trembling shoulders revealed the true thoughts of his heart.

Looking at his reaction, Li Weiyi couldn't help but secretly admire the Metropolitan Governor, when he was captured, everyone thought that he would die, but who would have thought that the Metropolitan Governor did not kill indiscriminately, but only put everyone in prison, although the smell in the prison was extremely bad, but it also made everyone see the hope of life.

The more time passes, especially with the continuous improvement of food, the will to survive becomes more and more firm in the hearts of everyone, and every few days, there will always be people who come to lobby, so under the influence of the idea of survival, the people who originally intended to be loyal to the court have changed their doors.

Now there are only four people left.

"The Metropolitan Governor asked the students to ask Zhang Gong, but what is the need?"

This question only made Zhang Liangji's heart tremble suddenly, and the fear in his heart was suddenly revealed, could it be ...... It's time to send yourself on your way!

When he was first captured, Zhang Liangji also had the intention of dying, but he never thought that the leader of the thief rebelled just briefly asked him a few words, and then put him in prison.

"I, I...... Well ......"

"Lord Zhang, why bother talking to such a villain, as a feudal official of the imperial court, how can you sell yourself like such a boneless person! Aren't you afraid of the laws of the imperial court! ”

Following the sound, Li Weiyi saw a pair of eyes staring at him fiercely in the corner of the west house. The ruthlessness of that gaze made Li Weiyi's body tremble, so he barely held up some confidence and said with a smile.

"Brother Zuo is surprised by this, today I am the capital of the army for the people of the world, in order to restore China, Brother Zuo is a Han Chinese, but he is willing to be a slave of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how can he be worthy of his ancestors!"

People always change, at least for Li Weiyi, after choosing to join the righteous army, he continued to use this "righteousness" to lobby himself.

"You are a rebel, indiscriminately killing the people, and plundering excessively, how dare you talk about being a ...... for the people of the world?"

Zuo Zongtang took a step forward and stared at Li Weiyi and said sharply, he did not entangle with him on the "righteousness", as smart as him, how could he not know that the other party only needed the word national righteousness to fight back against his defense, and the only one who supported him was the "people".

"Hmph, since the beginning of our righteous army, how can I kill a person indiscriminately? This Wuchang was burned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty first, and then the Cantonese bandits burned again, after our righteous army entered the city, set up porridge sheds, and the living people were more than tens of thousands. Brother Zuo must call the people, when Zhang Gong wanted to forcibly recruit the people, why didn't he say a word! ”

In terms of talent and learning, Li Weiyi is naturally not as good as Zuo Zongtang who was in the first act in the first scene, but Li Weiyi is better than having a series of "facts" as support, in contrast, Zuo Zongtang does not seem to have so much evidence on his side, but Zuo Zongtang is not a person who is willing to admit defeat, he immediately argued.

"Hmph, my four thousand Chu Yong is innocent, all of them were beheaded by the rebellion, hanging at the head of the city, so that the city smells for months, this is not indiscriminate killing, what is indiscriminate!"

Referring to the scene when all the 4,000 Chu Yong were killed by the righteous army, Zuo Zongtang, who was also from Hunan, only felt a burst of excitement in his heart, and even when he looked at the cell head in the distance, he looked like he was eager to eat his bones.

"On the other day, our righteous army seized the city with hundreds of people, and it was the result of the war, and it can only be like this, when Brother Zuo was in Changsha, he also suggested killing the so-called rebel people!"

It is precisely because he was also a friend of Zhang Liangji that Li Weiyi understood Zuo Zongtang's past, after the Taiping Army left Hunan, in the face of local chaos, Zuo Zongtang also suggested that "in troubled times, use heavy canons, kill all the rebels, and think it is a canon", and was blocked by his former words, Zuo Zongtang was speechless.

"That's it, that's it......"

At this moment, Zhang Liangji suddenly waved his hand and said.

"Hey, as an official of the imperial court, how can I survive in the world, today Zhu Dadu wants to kill me, I ......"

Without waiting for Zhang Liangji to finish speaking, Li Weiyi pretended to be surprised and asked rhetorically.

"Why does Zhang Gong think so? When did the Metropolitan want to kill you? ”

"Ah......h

Zhang Liangji, who thought that his feet had stepped into the ghost gate, looked at Li Weiyi in astonishment, he, what did he say? Didn't Governor Zhu want to kill himself?

"Why did you kill him?"

In the lobby of the governor's mansion, looking at Li Weiyi who was bowing to his side, the corners of Zhu Yifeng's lips raised slightly, and he asked softly.

"Killing him Zhang Liangji is simple, it's nothing more than a bullet or a knife to cut it, but what if you kill him?"

The Grand Duke's rhetorical question made Li Weiyi stunned, but Zhu Yifeng continued.

"Since I started the army, I have never killed a person indiscriminately, although he Zhang Liangji is the governor of Huguang, but he is not the person Zhu wants to kill, although his talent is limited, but if he is willing to surrender to my righteous army, how can Zhu not use it?"

"The Metropolitan Governor wants to buy bones with a thousand dollars?"

In an instant, Li Weiran thought that he had guessed the intention of the Grand Duke, but his guess made Lin Zhiping on the side smile, while Zhu Yifeng shook his head with a smile and said.

"If you buy bones with a thousand gold, how can you need him Zhang Liangji, and the officials retained in the prefectures and counties are not only one person......

In fact, the appointment of old officials and Li Weiran and other Zhang Liangji's old staff members is not to say that Zhu Yifeng's "suspects are not used", in fact, he is simply "no one available", although there are many scholars in Hubei, but most of those people are still waiting and watching, and some depressed people have long been enveloped by the Taiping Army, and now Zhu Yifeng is still gathering people's hearts little by little. Local governance, on the other hand, needs manpower, and those old officials are the best choice.

"The benevolence and righteousness of the Metropolitan Governor are comparable to others!"

Li Weiyi hurriedly slapped a sycophant. The most critical reason why this righteous army can lightly take down several cities is that it never kills indiscriminately, if the officials open the door, as long as they are not corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they will often be retained, and now they do not intend to kill Zhang Liangji, do they also want to set an example for the world.

"He Zhang Liangji is talentless, but after all, he is the feudal official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if he can be used by me and surrender to my righteous army, then the people of Hubei will be stable!"

At that time, what kind of shock will Zhang Liangji's surrender bring to the world, especially to the hearts of the people in Hubei? This is what Zhu Yifeng needs, and at that time, how can he need to "recruit talents" like now.

Of course, there is a more important reason - Zuo Zongtang!

This is also the reason why Zhu Yifeng did not kill Zhang Liangji, who would have thought that Zuo Tangtang was actually Zhang Liangji's staff, and when Wuchang City fell, he was captured by himself together, and when he saw his name, Zhu Yifeng immediately had the idea of greeting him, but then he dispelled this idea.

Maybe I don't know about other people Zhu Yifeng, but I have heard of the character of this "Zhongxing Famous Minister", Zuo Zongtang is the kind of arrogant, fierce and conceited person, and this kind of person is often paranoid, how can he be willing to use it for himself?

But the reality that there was no one under his command made Zhu Yifeng anxious to surrender Zuo Zongtang for his use.

How to take this person down?

Boil the eagle!

In the end, Zhu Yifeng had to make such a choice, he did not "raise" the people with good food and drink like he did with Lin Zhiping, but directly threw the group of people into prison, and then began to "boil" there.

But after "boiling" for so many months, many of the staff members who shouted that they would never surrender to thieves were willing to surrender, but they were really the ones they were willing to ambush, and they are still "supporting" there, and he is not only there to support, but also ruining his "good deeds". How can this not annoy Zhu Yifeng.

"Grand Governor, in the opinion of the lower officials, the Lord might as well imprison the two of them separately, so as not to harm the Lord to surrender Zhang Liangji again!"

"I'm afraid it's too late to separate now, in the opinion of the following officials, you might as well order Zuo Zongtang to be killed to warn him!"

"Zuo Ji Gao, Zuo Ji Gao ......"

With this name in his heart, Zhu Yifeng's heart became more and more embarrassed, and he even felt a little pity, could it be that he really wanted to kill him?

If it is replaced by someone else, it will be killed, after all, in comparison, Zhang Liangji's surrender is more important, but it can be replaced by Zuo Zongtang, what Zhu Yifeng feels is not reluctance, but unbearable, after all, in another time and space, it is thanks to this nation! There are tens of millions of people living in the northwest, and such people will be killed...... It's a pity!

But what now? (To be continued.) )