Ma Shiying didn't speak.

Chen Zilong lowered his head.

Plugging Yinxi wanted to speak and stopped.

Zhai Tianjian's brush, which was being recorded, left an ink bump on the snow-white rice paper.

The killing of prisoners, and the mass killing of thousands of people, was too incompatible for the literati who believed in Confucianism.

Zhai Zhe can do this directly without suing them. However, if you say it, there will be people who will oppose it.

Sure enough, it's true.

"The prince" plug Yinxi said bluntly: "The killing of prisoners is unknown"

He has opinions on many of the strategies that Zhai Zhe has advocated in his administration, but this does not prevent him from sitting in the position of the head of the household department and managing the income accounts of the imperial court. He is direct and sometimes uncomfortable because he is fearless.

"Duoduo didn't think about it that way when he slaughtered the city in Yangzhou"

Plug Yinxi said: "Duoduo is innocent of death, but the killing is too heavy, which is against the peace of heaven"

Chen Zilong took over the conversation and said, "The prince can choose to be the culprit, and hundreds of people will be killed under Yangzhou City."

Zhai Zhe ignored the two, looked at Ma Shiying sideways, and asked, "What do you think of the Ma Ge Department?" ”

"Kill" Ma Shiying's reply was very crisp, "Since the Manchus entered the customs, they have regarded the Han people as cattle, horses, and livestock, and it is common for them to ban Han people as slaves in Hebei and Shandong, and countless Han people have been killed in Shanxi, and I heard that a large number of people were slaughtered in Sichuan last year, and the only way to return a tooth is to return a tooth to a tooth and blood to blood." Half of what he said was from his heart, and the other half was of course praising the king of Jin.

"What Ma Gebu sees is the same as mine" Zhai Zhe looked at Chen Zilong, his expression was stern, and said: "I am not a person who loves to kill, and the Ming Dynasty is not a country that loves to kill, but some things are so easy to forget, I can't get over that hurdle in my heart."

Du Yinxi said: "The prince did this, I am afraid that the defenders in Yangzhou City will resist to the death, and arousing the hatred of the Qing captives is not conducive to the Northern Expedition." ”

Ma Shiying sneered and said: "Duoduo slaughtered the city in Yangzhou, and it did not arouse the hatred of the people in Jiangnan" The great rout of that year was a shadow that he could not get rid of for several years. In the first year of Hongguang, after the city of Yangzhou was broken, the Qing soldiers crossed the river, and no government and county could stand up to resist.

Now, he is just a sword in Zhai Zhe's hand that will never come out of its sheath. It is impossible for the King of Jin to go against the Donglin Party again. Although he knows how to advance and retreat, he also has feelings.

"You ......" Plug Yinxi choked.

"When a friend comes, there is wine, and when a jackal comes, there is a knife and arrow," Zhai Zhe ended the argument with a sentence.

He didn't come to consult the Cabinet, he just came to inform him of his decision.

"Hundreds of thousands of people died in Yangzhou that year. I am going to kill these captives on the side of the canal, and ask the Ministry of Rites to preside over the sacrifice to calm the lonely soul."

Seeing that Chen Zilong and Zhang Guowei didn't speak, Du Yinxi showed an angry look on his face. He pleaded for the Qing captives here today, and once the word spreads, he will be scolded to death by the people who were bullied by the Qing captives.

The secretary of the Ministry of Rites is Ma Shiying, and he immediately expressed his position and said: "The Ministry of Rites will definitely do a good job in this matter, and invite the monks to go and live the souls of the dead."

"So Very Good"

Zhang Guowei and Qian Sule saw that King Jin had made up his mind, so they no longer came forward. The lives of thousands of captives are actually nothing.

Chen Zilong never said more, because there were many people in Songjiang who died under the knife of the Qing Dynasty because of the shaving order.

It's just that he is very puzzled, Dolgon led a large army south to aid Yangzhou, it was when the war was tense, why did Zhai Zhe return to Nanjing to make such a thing.

King Jin is not a person who is easily carried away by impulsiveness and hatred, besides, it has been several years since Yangzhou slaughtered the city.

"Does it have something to do with the war situation?" Chen Zilong knows Zhai Zhe the most among these people. From the forbearance before the anti-shaving order to the raising of his arms afterwards, almost everything he does is targeted.

The fate of the thousands of captives was thus decided.

Ling Chi Duoduo and Zhang Cunren are not trivial, and the cabinet will draft a copy to the emperor.

On the side, Zhai Tianjian wrote down what his father had just said: "When friends come, there is wine, and when jackals come, there are knives and arrows." He stayed by his father's side for a longer time, slowly got to know his father, and gradually changed his thoughts in his heart.

After the discussion, Zhai Zhe sent several scholars from the cabinet out of the Jin Palace. Zhai Tianjian saw that he was okay for the time being, and took leave to visit his mother. Since he returned to the palace, Fan Yi had sent people to look for him several times.

All that's left is to wait and wait for the news to spread.

Maybe seven or eight days, maybe ten days, and Dorgon will definitely get the news.

If Dolgon couldn't bear the pressure and couldn't hold back his anger, Zhai Zhe was willing to wait for him under the city of Yangzhou, and then the flow of the canal should be greater than it is now. If Dolgon can endure it, he will blow up the city wall of Yangzhou after killing the prisoners, capture Yangzhou City, suppress the morale of the Qing captives to the extreme, and then take the opportunity to go north to fight Huai'an.

The soldier is treacherous. To put it more thoroughly, it is to confuse the real with the false, and to attack the false with the real.

Thousands of lives are just a tool for him to take advantage of the situation.

In the past, when Zhai Zhe fought for the general army, he often left the name of Kuanren. Since last year's two-tax reform, he has been in the court, but he has gradually been regarded as cruel and easy to kill. With more than 4,000 people beheaded, he couldn't get rid of this notoriety at all.

Now, however, he doesn't care so much about fame.

Thinking about it all the way, returning to the study, thinking of breaking through Yangzhou City, Zhai Zhe was still a little worried about blasting the city wall in the tunnels under the city.

He greeted the guards outside the door: "Someone is coming, the order is ordered to Nanjing Admiral Jin Xiaoding to come here." ”

The guards hurried away.

Half an hour later, Jin Xiaoding was ordered to come to the Jin Palace, saw Zhai Zhe, bowed and saluted, and asked, "What does the prince command?"

"I want you to do a test and finish it in seven days" Zhai Zhe took out a piece of paper from the desktop and drew some lines on it.

He beckoned Jin Xiaoding to come to his side, pointed to the mark on the map, and said: "You mark according to this map, build a high wall, the foundation must be firm, and then dig a tunnel under the wall, fill it with gunpowder, and see how effective it is, whether you can blow up the city wall." ”

Jin Xiaoding understood what was going on at a glance and asked, "Is this the way to break Yangzhou City?" ”

Zhai Zhe said: "If this law is successful, it will not be as easy as it is now to defend the city."

In Zhai Zhe's view, this siege method of blasting the city wall is a tactical improvement that can be compared with the flint. If it really works, the defenders of the city are only afraid that they will not be at peace day and night, and they must send people to listen to the movements under the surrounding city walls all the time. As long as the secret is neglected, disaster will come to the door immediately.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away"

Zhai Zhe also advised: "Find a secluded place in Yingtianfu to test, and don't leak the news." In addition, the city wall should be built strongly, preferably as strong as the city wall of Nanjing."

"Obedience"

Jin Xiaoding came in a hurry and walked nervously.

What was handed over to him, Zhai Zhe was very relieved.

It will take some time to build a strong city wall, and the war in Yangzhou Mansion is fierce, so he is not worried about staying in Jiangbei for a long time, and arranges to return to Yangzhou City after all the incident

At this time, Yan Yingyuan had been holding on to Gaoyou City for six days.

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