The sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the day of the great dynasty.

Hurry up, Su Tiancheng and his entourage, arrived in the capital on the fifteenth day of the first month, and after living in the official post, before they had time to catch their breath, they immediately got a notice to participate in the court on the sixteenth day of the first month.

The Great Dynasty is held in the Taihe Palace, which is so many times a year, the officials of the capital more than seven grades, all have to participate, the number of people is more, the Taihe Palace, of course, it is impossible to stand, the civil and military officials, according to their respective levels, under the guidance of the officials of the Honglu Temple, stand outside the main hall.

This kind of taste is not pleasant, the sixteenth day of the first month, it is the severe winter season, the temperature in Beijing is already low, standing outside the main hall, there is no good body, and it is really a little unbearable.

It can be seen that this official, although he is said to be majestic, but he also has to suffer some torture, and it is no wonder that the officials have an extraordinary ability to bear it.

Zhu Youzhen was on a whim, and actually asked Tang Shiji and others to take Zijinliang and others to the Taihe Hall to offer prisoners.

Since Chongzhen's victory in Western Australia in the fourth year, the imperial court has repeatedly encircled and suppressed the unfavorable in the face of the rogues, and the momentum of the rogues has become bigger and bigger, and the Houjin is also ready to move, after capturing the newly built Daling City, it has become more and more arrogant, and Zhu Youzhen is tired of attacking.

Watching the silver flow out like water, all places were complaining, including the southern provinces, what suffered a famine, what pleaded for the exemption of how many fields, not to see that there was a lot of silver in the treasury, and then I thought about my own small treasury.

Conquest and disaster relief cost a lot of silver, but the effect is still not very good, Zhu Youzhen also knows that some officials, when they see the silver, they don't care about anything, and they are not afraid of losing their heads. colluding up and down, greedy for ink and silver. But these problems have not been exposed, and he has no choice.

During the Spring Festival, there was a great victory in Yingshan, and Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning County Inspection Division, Nanjing Xiaocai Battalion and Anqingwei's sergeants. With less than 5,000 sergeants, he actually annihilated more than 11,000 rogues led by Zijin Liang and captured Zijin Liang alive, which was a huge victory and could boost the morale of the army to the greatest extent.

You must know that Zijin Liang is the organizer of the 36th Battalion of Liukou, the biggest leader of the Liukou.

After receiving the twist, Zhu Youzhen was so excited that he almost didn't sleep all night, such a big victory. Of course, it should be publicized with great fanfare.

Su Tiancheng and others got up in the middle of the night, followed by Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining, and came to the outside of the Forbidden City.

They and their entourage are special treatment, starting from the official post, there are soldiers from the Beijing camp, closely guarded, a thousand people to guard Zijinliang, and more than 50 brothers of Zijinliang. Along the road, there is also a post of five steps, and a post of three steps. I guess the flies won't be able to fly in.

When they came to the outside of the Forbidden City, many ministers were waiting, but they could follow the cabinet ministers, enter the Forbidden City, and wait outside the Jianji Palace.

Finally, when it was three o'clock, Su Tiancheng felt it. He was going to be frozen, and the early hours of the morning were the coldest time, but he had to stand and wait honestly.

Xiong Zijian and the others were in a different mood and were able to come to the Forbidden City. When they saw the emperor, they had long forgotten the cold.

Su Tiancheng is not so interested, whether he sees the emperor or not, it is all the same, what to do in the future, or how to do it.

The officials of Honglu Temple came over, led everyone, and walked in the direction of the Taihe Temple.

The guards who took care of Zijin Liang and the others had long since been replaced by brocade guards.

Even if it is a meritorious service, according to the rank, Su Tiancheng is still standing outside the Taihe Palace, far away, as for Qu Qingze and others, they are standing behind the most Lu.

With the eunuch shouting that the emperor is coming, everyone knelt down, followed the officials in front, bowed three times and bowed nine times, in fact, they didn't even see Zhu Youzhen's human hair.

Half an hour later, Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, walked to the door of the main hall.

"The emperor has a decree, Yingshan has a great victory, so that Nanjing Hubu Shangshu, Zhizhejiang Governor, Counselor Military Affairs Tang Shiji, Nanjing Garrison Minister Zhang Taining, Jiangning County Magistrate Su Tiancheng, Jiangning County Lord Boqu Qingze, Jiangning County Inspection Department Inspector Sun Yuankun, Deputy Inspector Liu Shiliang, Luo Chang, meritorious soldiers Xiong Zijian, Liu Tiehan, Deng Hui prisoners."

Immediately, the officials of Honglu Temple led everyone and walked towards the Taihe Palace.

Jin Yiwei escorted Zijin Liang and the others and followed behind.

Of course, the captives are also qualified, Zijin Liang is qualified to enter the Taihe Palace, and the rest are held outside the main hall, waiting to be disposed of.

Su Tiancheng saw Zhu Youzhen again.

What he couldn't believe was that Zhu Youzhen actually set the first battle of Yingshan County as a great victory. In his opinion, this is nothing at all, Zijin Liang just suffered a lot of setbacks, desperate, thinking about looting Yingshan County, and was calculated by himself, so he suffered a big defeat, and those two armies fought against each other, not a grade.

The recital was read out by Tang Shiji, and it had nothing to do with Su Tiancheng.

The next court discussion is about how to deal with Zijin Liang and others.

This was one of the procedures for sacrificing prisoners, showing the majesty of the imperial court.

The execution of Zijin Liang, everyone has no objection, after all, he is the biggest leader of the Liukou, and it is impossible to pardon it, but there is a problem in dealing with Zijin Liang's subordinates.

Tang Shiji was the first to speak.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that most of the rogues are post soldiers, hungry Li, refugees, and they are good citizens, but because of hunger and cold, they can't eat enough, so they rebelled, in order to reflect my Ming heart, the minister suggested, only the bandit leader Zijin Liang should be executed, and the rest can be pardoned, so as to divide and disintegrate many rogues, so that they can understand the emperor's painstaking efforts."

Zhu Youzhen nodded approvingly, and then, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren both expressed their opinions and agreed.

Su Tiancheng felt that something was wrong, according to this way of disposal, there was a major problem, if the more than fifty backbones under Zijin Liang were pardoned, it would be tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, leaving a huge trouble, these people would never be good citizens, after they went out, they would also rebel, their ideas had completely changed, and they were unwilling to live a peaceful life.

Moreover, these people are all appealing, if the five thousand prisoners detained in Nanjing are also pardoned, it can be expected that after that, another Zijin Liang will appear immediately.

Su Tiancheng regretted it a little, he knew that such a situation as Lu Dao would appear, and he should have killed these backbones in the first place.

Seeing that everyone was in favor, Zhu Youzhen spoke, Su Tiancheng didn't care much and spoke.

"The minister does not agree with such a disposition, the minister thinks that it cannot be pardoned, Zijin Liang and the backbone of Zijin Liang should all be beheaded, not tolerated, otherwise it will be a tiger for trouble, for the sake of harming my Daming."

In the Taihe Palace, Su Tiancheng was not qualified to speak, and when he said this, everyone was stunned.

There is a preparation for impeachment in the matter.

Fu Youliang was the first to come out.

"The minister thinks that what Lord Su said makes sense, although he should not speak casually above the main hall, but Lord Su is for the court, and the minister agrees with Lord Su's opinion."

Everyone was surprised again, not long ago, Fu Youliang had impeached Su Tiancheng, and now he supports Su Tiancheng, what kind of reason is this.

Su Tiancheng looked at Fu Youliang, then at Zhou Yanru, and lowered his head thoughtfully.

Seeing that the debate was about to begin, Zhu Youzhen finally spoke.

"Su Aiqing, why did you say this?"

"There are two reasons for the minister, first, the bowl of rice to support the benefactor, the rice to raise the enemy, the rogue is indeed a pawn, hungry, refugee, this is a good citizen, at the beginning of the rebellion, because of hunger and cold, can not live, this is understandable, but once they formed a force, accustomed to the life of plundering everywhere, their hearts, has undergone a fundamental change, they are no longer satisfied with a peaceful life, always eager to gain power, and even want to establish themselves as kings, threatening my Ming dynasty, if there is a chance, they will rebel again, The court's pardon will not be able to satisfy their demands, and they will surely become my Ming's confidants again. In such a situation, talking to them about the favor of the imperial court is tantamount to playing the harp to a cow. ”

"Second, the treatment of hostile forces, relying on iron and blood, by no means a policy of softness, now I am Ming, there is the harassment of Houjin outside, and there are rogues making chaos inside, the court should use unusual tactics to subdue civil strife, the minister's suggestion is that for those rebel leaders, as well as their backbone members, kill them, not with a gentle policy. In recent years, disasters and famines, the emperor is merciful, thinking that the Liukou are the people of my Ming Dynasty, hungry and cold, and rebelled in desperation, the ministers deeply understand the emperor's benevolent heart, but the Liukou has become a climate, when they break through the city, can they think of the emperor's painstaking efforts, can they be willing to release my Ming officials, no, they are all killed, even the family members do not let go, such thieves, by no means good, can not be spared. ”

"To sum up, the minister thinks that Zijin Liang and its backbone members will all be killed, and the 5,000 rogues detained in Nanjing will be treated differently depending on the situation, and those who do not change their hearts will still be killed."

Inside the main hall, there was a buzzing discussion.

Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought, indeed, the imperial court adopted the policy of Huai Rou, not for a day or two, but the effect was very bad, Yang He was because of the implementation of such a line of thought, as a result, the Liukou surrendered and rebelled, and was dismissed as the governor of the three sides.

"The minister thinks that the reason of Lord Su is valid, the court adopts a policy of gentleness, which is the emperor's benevolence, but the thief's heart is not dead, and he does not understand the emperor's painstaking efforts, he took the silver of the court, turned around, and still rebelled, my officials of the Ming Dynasty were killed by them, and the people of my Ming Dynasty were bewitched by them, and now the famine still exists, if the tiger returns to the mountain, these people continue to rebel, and it will bring greater trouble to the court."

Zhou Yanru actually stood up and agreed with Su Tiancheng's opinion.

Seeing such a scene, Wen Tiren was not to be outdone, and also spoke.

"The minister thinks that Lord Su's suggestion is indeed feasible, and he can't be soft-hearted when dealing with the rogue, and he can't leave trouble."

When such a situation occurred, Su Tiancheng was a little confused, I don't know what was going on, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, who were rivals, agreed with their opinions. (To be continued.) )