"Heavenly heart is merciful, His Royal Highness the East King, the master does not want to see the lives in misery and the people suffer, so he is willing to give up the throne. As long as you choose an auspicious day, Your Highness can enter Beijing and ascend the throne, and the Ming Dynasty will fall into your hands. Our family congratulates the East King in advance, filial sons and grandsons, and thousands of generations! ”

Wang Chengen's every word was squeezed out from between his teeth, if it weren't for the fact that he was powerless, he really wanted to pounce and play with Zhang Ke. Before he ascended the throne and became the emperor, he was a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and he sat on a chair and listened to himself read the holy decree.

Zhang Ke didn't take Wang Chengen's anger in his eyes, but took the holy decree, looked at it carefully, and shook his head.

"Why, His Royal Highness the King of the East, killing people is not too much, you are also deeply favored by the Ming Emperor, do you still want to put Your Majesty to death? If so, you are not afraid of the world's long mouths! ”

"Princess, the lone king respects your loyalty and courage, and among the eunuchs, there are very few eunuchs like you." Zhang Ke put the holy decree in his hand and said lightly: "Zhu Youzhen only said that he would abdicate and hand over the throne of the Jade Seal to King Gu, he can recognize the situation, which is a good thing." But there are still a few things that have not been clarified. ”

Wang Chengen held back his anger and asked, "Which ones?" ”

"The first is what to do with the emperor after his abdication, where to live, how to provide for it, whether to become an ordinary person, or to be imprisoned until he dies? The second is that in addition to the emperor, the Zhu family also has vassal kings all over the place, as well as a large number of nobles, how should they be disposed of, and whether the family property should be confiscated. And thirdly. How to take care of the mausoleum of the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and whether the sacrifice should be carried out in the future. ”

Zhang Ke was also taken aback when he heard that Chongzhen wanted a Zen position, and he was in the impression. There is nothing else in the Ming Dynasty, the bones are extremely hard, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies.

Now, even if Chongzhen knows that he is invincible, he will be dying and struggling, how can he honestly hand over the throne!

Although there is some hesitation in my heart. But Zhang Ke thinks it's a good thing to be able to hand over peacefully. However, it is not easy to really deal with it properly, and the change of dynasty in China has always been the most bloody and violent.

Except for Zhao Kuangyin's Chenqiao Mutiny. They were all killed all over the field, and the blood flowed thousands of miles. After counting, the most peaceful one is the one that Yuan Datou forced the Manchu Qing to abdicate.

Of course, Zhang Ke will not be so cheap as to give preferential treatment to the Ming royal family, but there are many overseas interests at the moment. It's not like in the past, you have to kill them all. If they agree, they might as well be exiled to Australia. Anyway, the first colonizers of the West were criminals, and China could follow suit.

"Princess, you bring back the words of this king, as long as Zhu Youzhen is sincere, this king can let him live."

"No!"

As soon as Zhang Ke's words fell, Qian Qianyi jumped out and said in a fierce voice: "Lord Wang." Zhu Youzhen assassinated the first emperor, and the crime cannot be punished. How can you condone him, how can you explain to the first emperor? ”

"That's right, since ancient times, Zhu Youzhen has made people angry, if he still has a little shame, he should commit suicide and martyrdom." Ruan Dacheng said aggressively, and went straight to death.

Wang Chengen glanced at the two, and suddenly his pupils shrank into essence, and he beat his chest and scolded loudly: "Shameless! What kind of hatred does the Ming Emperor have with you, what hatred? It's a shame that you're still a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and you're so mad that you take out your hearts and see if it's black? Throw it to the dog and don't eat it, I think you are disgusting! ”

Wang Chengen scolded non-stop, Qian Qianyi did not have the slightest anger, but sneered lightly. Scold, scold, dead eunuch, we are all scolded for the king of the east, the more severe the scolding, the more benefits will be in the future.

It seems that Zhang Ke also saw their plan, waved his hand lightly, and said: "You take the prince down to rest for a while, write the king's opinion into a letter, and send it to Zhu Youzhen." ”

"Yes."

His subordinates took Wang Chengen away, wrote a letter, and asked him to bring it back to the capital with him.

The dynasty ruled the country with courtesy, and since Zhang Ke's letter was sent to the capital, it immediately set off a monstrous wave. The tide came in waves, almost drowning everyone.

Especially Zhou Tingru, who was still sitting in the position of the first assistant, was simply sitting on the crater, and the boiling temperature under his buttocks burned him up and turned him into a piece of barbecue.

Wang Chengen didn't understand Zhang Ke's three suggestions, but some people understood, this is to completely clean the Ming Dynasty. Not only the royal family, but even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty must be completely replaced and have a super reshuffle.

Only in this way can we make way for Zhang Ke's subordinates, so many people are waiting to be the heroes of the dragon!

As for Chongzhen's proposal, he took the initiative to abdicate and hand over the throne to Zhang Ke, who wanted to retain the system of the Ming Dynasty and even give preferential treatment to his subjects. On the contrary, it is himself, whether he is dead or alive, it does not matter.

Now, the two sides are like two trains, about to collide. And Zhou Tingru and other ministers stood pathetically in the middle of the train, not knowing when, they were about to be run over by the train and turned into a meatloaf, and the taste of waiting for death was too uncomfortable and made people crazy.

From this moment on, the two sides kept sending envoys to exchange views, and at first they took care of their faces and did not directly identify them, but in the end, they directly laid out the carriages and horses.

After discussing with his subordinates, Zhang Ke finally finalized the opinion, and all the members of the Ming royal family, including the vassal kings from all over the country, moved overseas. Provide 100,000 taels of silver every year for a total of five years, after five years, the royal family members support themselves, and after three generations, they are allowed to return to the Ming Dynasty and become ordinary people.

All the nobles were dismissed, their property confiscated, and each person was given only thirty acres of land, which he planted and ate for himself.

As for all civil officials, regardless of age, they must pass an examination, and only those who pass can continue to be officials, and they must start from the bottom.

Zhang Ke, who has always been a murderer, has changed his usual approach, he does not have a single word to kill, but his ruthlessness is revealed everywhere. Once on the clouds of the nine heavens, the nobles of the kings and grandsons, who did not know the sufferings of the world, fell into the dust all of a sudden, had to run to distant overseas, had to go to farming, had to work hard for a bite of food, and a bead of sweat fell into eight petals, and that kind of drop was no different from falling into the eighteenth layer of hell.

A group of people who were once high above were beaten back to their original form at once, and I am afraid that it is even more uncomfortable than killing them.

In the face of the powerful Zhang Ke, Shang Shulin Yuji, the Ministry of Rites who represented the imperial court, could only tear up the terms they had drawn up. These included rewarding Chongzhen as the king of Anle, continuing to use the Chinese martial arts on the merits, and gradually reducing the number of nobles and making a peaceful transition.

Lin Yuji's opinion is that this is already quite a good condition, you can fight the world immediately, you can't rule the world immediately, you can't give no face! At the very least, you have to be a Song Taizong, you can release the military power with a glass of wine, and you must give a large amount of silver to let everyone live comfortably.

Unfortunately, Zhang Ke just didn't want to give them face.

He didn't want to pretend to be a Ming Emperor who was not surnamed Zhu, and as for whether it would cause a backlash, Zhang Ke was not worried at all. Strong strength gives him full self-confidence.

"If Chongzhen is smart, he should follow my proposal, so that he can save his life and the Zhu family, so that he will not be killed like the kings of the past dynasties. At the same time, everyone must also strengthen their vigilance to prevent him from jumping over the wall in a hurry and making a dying blow. ”

Zhang Ke said cautiously: "Increase the intensity of sending spies to the city, and we must figure out Chongzhen's every move, and there must be no omission. ”

Time passed day by day, the court was reluctant to reply, Zhang Ke waited impatiently, first cut off the supply of water and coal, then vegetables, cloth, for a time in the capital prices soared, the people complained, boiling the sky. The officials of Shuntianfu went to disperse the troublesome people, but they were beaten back by the people.

His reason is quite powerful: "Your master is going to get out, do you still want to pretend to be an uncle?" ”

The people have long had enough, and then those middle and lower-level officials are also tempted, didn't they let them die? can continue to take the exam and become an official, although they are reluctant to start from the bottom, but their self-confidence is much stronger than that of ordinary Bai Ding. Managing such a large country is still inseparable from them.

The Ming Dynasty is like a castle in the desert, the foundation is collapsing rapidly, leaving only a layer of ornate buildings, which may collapse and disintegrate at any time.

"Aiqing, is the Ming dynasty about to end in my hands?"

Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, had tears in his eyes, kowtowed to the ground, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, Zhang Ke is a thief and ruthless, he said to let His Majesty go overseas, who doesn't know that it is a place of smoke and miasma, and there is no life or death." Lao Chen is desperate for his life, but he also wants to fight Zhang Ke to the end and fight to the death! ”

Chongzhen was aroused a little, straightened his waist, and asked with concern: "Aiqing, is there a way to return to heaven?" (To be continued......)