Many things have been forgotten by the world over time.

In the past two years since the Ming army recovered Jiangnan, some people are still living a life that is worse than death.

In a mine in Quang Duc Province, a group of ragged men were carrying ore from rough logs, and the mine was full of muddy water, and these people walked with difficulty, and it turned out that they were all in leg cuffs and handcuffs.

The watchful soldier waved his whip and shouted, "Hurry up, you bastards." ”

These men were not short, but they were scrawny.

Leaning on the side of the road, two people carried a large frame full of ore and moved step by step.

"Oops," the man in front of him snorted, slipped and fell to the ground, and the stones full of bamboo baskets fell to the ground.

A soldier strode forward, brandished a leather whip and hit him on the head and face, scolding: "Let you be lazy, let you be lazy"

The man who fell down blocked his face with both hands, and the whip fell like rain, and the blood marks were revealed one by one.

The man arose and prayed; "Don't fight" The torn clothes were torn apart, revealing the shocking scars on the back.

A few soldiers in the guard shed came out with a few fierce dogs.

No one dared to stop the busy laborers around, and they still remembered that a month ago, two people tried to escape, and after being captured, they were torn alive by several fierce dogs in front of everyone.

A man wearing the uniform of the commander of the thousand generals looked at it for a moment, and when he saw the rise of the guard's fight, he had no intention of stopping, and frowned and shouted: "Stop fighting"

Hearing that Shangguan stopped him, the guard put away his whip.

The laborer who had been beaten cowered and picked up the stones and put them in the bamboo basket. Even people who were familiar with him before might not be able to recognize him, it turns out that he is even the Duoduo who once threatened the south of the Yangtze River.

Two years ago.

The Ming Dynasty recovered Jiangnan, and a large number of Jurchen captives such as Duoduo and Zhang Cunren did not know where to go. After the recovery of Nanjing, first the king of Tang and the king of Lu fought for power, and then Zhai Zhe and Zheng Zhilong were crowned kings, giving birth to a series of events such as the Ming army's westward expedition to Huguang.

Zhai Zhe seemed to be busy forgetting about these people, the emperor and courtiers of Nanjing City cared about power, and they were fighting happily, and no one cared about the whereabouts of these captives.

More than 3,000 people were locked up in the mine, but now 20 percent have died. If it weren't for the General's Mansion, Duoduo would have been killed.

Restraining the soldiers, Li Yunlai, the general manager of Qian, scanned the audience with a sinister gaze from a high place for a moment, and then returned to the stone house. ,

Monitoring these captives is not an easy job, and there is no great merit, he has survived in this deep mountain for more than a year, sleeping every night with his eyes half-open, only hoping that such days will end soon, so that he can go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions.

"Mr. Li Qian" A soldier walked in from the mountain pass outside the mine, saw Li Yunlai and said, "The general's mansion is here."

This mine is heavily guarded, and Li Yunlai ordered the guards to check the tokens and documents of the people who came, and confirmed that they were correct, before letting them enter.

The person who came was also the official uniform of President Qian, but Li Yunlai didn't recognize it. The person who came didn't say much, nor did he get close, and said with a straight face: "You make some preparations, someone will come over tomorrow to see these captives." ”

He is the general manager of the Great General's Mansion, a person who often walks around the nobles, and has proud capital. Li Yunlai didn't think it was wrong, he saw the official document of the General's Mansion, and knew that the person who came was also surnamed Li, so he asked with a smile: "Brother Li, can you tell me who is here?" ”

"Just get ready" Mr. Li Qian, who delivered the letter, spoke in a strict tone, and left in a hurry after explaining.

As soon as the messenger left, Li Yunlai immediately summoned soldiers to drive the laborers to rebuild the muddy road outside the mine, and cleaned up all the things that were unsightly.

Since he was transferred here, every time the General's Mansion came to count the number of people, this time he actually sent a thousand presidents to come over to say hello, thinking that he must be a big man

Gu Zhong was busy until it was dark, and Li Yunlai didn't sleep well all night.

In the afternoon of the next day, the soldiers who were watching outside ran back and greeted Li Yunlai's door: "My lord, the general is here."

Li Yunlai rushed to the door and asked, "Really?" ”

"I saw the banner of the general, and there were a lot of cavalry"

Li Yunlai ordered the soldiers to take the labor servants to one place, and he hurriedly went outside to greet him.

The garrison of Guangde Mansion led the way, and Zhai Zhe and the others came slowly with the cavalry. Li Yunzai knelt on the side of the road to greet him, not daring to look up at King Jin, until he heard Zhai Zhe's command, he got up and led a group of people into the valley.

Zhai Zhe didn't go to the mine, and went straight to the garrison's camp.

After sitting down, he then asked, "Are those Manchurians still honest?" ”

Only then did Li Yunlai speak in front of the King of Jin, and said: "Those people are not honest, the whip of the last general can make them honest."

At the beginning, Zong Mao was the head of the General's Mansion and selected him to come over to guard the prisoners. The person Zong Mao fancies, of course, has some means. He may not be good at fighting, but he is a cool official.

Zhai Zhe thought for a while and said, "Bring Zhang Cunren to me."

For two years, he never forgot these captives.

When recovering Nanjing, Emperor Longwu once put Duoduo Lingchi to death, and all the Manchu prisoners were beheaded to show the public, but he refused to build this one.

Everyone has selfish intentions. Because, at that time, the Zhai family was still in Shanxi.

He regarded the Qing captives as enemies, but his family was willing to take refuge in the Qing captives as thieves.

However, a family is a family, and blood is thicker than water.

Last year, he was in Huguang, and Jin Xiaoding brought the Zhai family and the Fan family back to Jiangnan. Later, he promoted Jin Xiaoding to the governor of Nanjing, in addition to Jin Xiaoding's merits and ability, it was also because Jin Xiaoding relieved him of one of his biggest heart problems.

Now, the blood debt owed by Duoduo in Jiangnan must be repaid after all.

On the 10th of Yangzhou, the river was half red.

He kept Duoduo's life precisely to wait for the day when the troops entered Yangzhou for the Northern Expedition.

"Obey" Li Yunlai turned around and left. He saw that the general was thinking heavily, for fear of touching the mold.

After a while, Li Yunlai walked in front, and two soldiers walked in with one person. The man's face was covered with a foul smell.

"Kneel" The two soldiers kicked lightly with a secret movement in the back, and the person "pounced" and fell to the ground.

Zhai Zhe lowered his head and looked at it for a moment, and said, "Zhang Cunren, raise your head"

Zhang Cunren looked up, saw the costume, and knew who was sitting in front of him. His voice was hoarse, and he shouted at the top of his voice: "Zhai Zhe, if you want to kill, you will kill"

"Do you really want to die? Why not hit your head on a rock? Zhai Zhe was in no mood to play such a hypocritical game with him.

Zhang Cunren sneered and said, "If you come to persuade me to surrender or be exempted, you humiliate me with untouchable labor, and you don't want to destroy my will."

Zhai Zhe was stunned for a moment, clapped his hands and sneered: "What a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty"

Zhang Cunren straightened his neck and did not speak.

Zhai Zhe sighed with emotion and said: "The minions who can make the general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty willing to go to the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji really has some ability" He was funny and sad in his heart

"That's it, since you really think so, I'll fulfill you"

He waved his hand and ordered Li Yunlai to pull Zhang Cunren down.

Zhang Cunren's face was dirty and covered by dirt, and he couldn't see any change, he suddenly lay on the ground and begged: "The villain knows that he is wrong, and the villain is willing to surrender."

There are so many people in the world whose hearts are as strong as iron. After two years in the valley, pigs and dogs were not as good as dogs, those who wanted to die died early, and those who didn't want to die also figured it out.

The two soldiers were standing behind him and watching, Zhai Zhe hesitated slightly, waved his hand and said, "Take it down"

The two soldiers dragged Zhang Cunren, who was still begging, out.

Zhai Zhe asked Li Yunlai sideways: "I saw the General's Mansion yesterday and saw that there were still more than 2,400 prisoners in the valley?" “

"Exactly"

"Tomorrow, someone will come over with the approval of the General's Mansion to hand it over, you hand over all these people to him, and your two-year errand will be over"

Li Yunlai was overjoyed and said, "Obey orders"

He can watch thousands of captives for two years without making trouble, Zhai Zhe saw Zhang Cunren's appearance just now, and he also knew that Li Yunlai had a good understanding of the meaning of Zong Mao's arrangement.

"After the delivery, you will lead the people of your headquarters to serve in the Governor's Mansion of Nanzhili."

"Obey" Li Yunlai was really ecstatic this time.

Before coming, he wanted to see Duoduo, but after meeting Zhang Cunren, Zhai Zhe dispelled this idea.

The generals came and went in a hurry.

The next day, 3,000 soldiers from Ying Tianfu came to the valley and escorted Duoduo and Zhang Cunren to the canal, where they were transported to Jiangbei by a naval warship.

These people did not know what their fate was, but Duoduo had always been stoic and undying, and hoped that the Qing Dynasty would attack the Yangtze River again and rescue him from the sea of suffering.

Zhai Zhe returned to Nanjing City and summoned several cabinet scholars to the Jin Palace.

This matter is not in line with the imperial court etiquette, but now no one can take care of this.

Ma Shiying, Chen Zilong, Du Yinxi, Qian Sule and Zhang Guowei came to the meeting hall of the Jin Palace, and the five Taishi chairs were neatly placed.

The five people sat down first, and Zhai Zhe came late and landed in the main seat.

Zhai Tianjian and another staff member followed Zhai Zhe into the hall and stood on the side to hold a pen as a secretary.

When Chen Zilong saw his son-in-law, he had mixed feelings in his heart. In Daming, I can't find a second son-in-law with a better future than Zhai Tianjian, but this son-in-law's future is too big, so big that it may make him shameless to the world.

"This year, I led the army to the Northern Expedition, and the incident happened suddenly" Zhai Zhe's face was easy-going, with a slight smile, and said: "All the cabinets are focused on the Ming Dynasty, and this king is very grateful."

"The Qing Dynasty went south to poison the people of Jiangnan, and the worst thing was Yangzhou. Now everyone in Jiangnan is accumulating, and the people of Yangzhou are still under the suppression of the Qing captives, and life is better than death" Zhai Zhe's smile slowly converged, and said: "I have been in Jiangbei for two months, and countless people in Yangzhou have come to the military camp with rat tails to cry, and there are countless people who are willing to join the army to kill thieves." ”

The five scholars were silent. The Donglin Party prides itself on being loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and Gu Yanwu shouted the slogan "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband". Zhai Zhe said so, who would dare to say that he opposed the Northern Expedition?

Ma Shiying was the assistant and took the lead in expressing his position, saying: "The general can rest assured that the cabinet will do its best to support the Northern Expedition of the Great Army, not only to recover Yangzhou, but also to recover Beijing."

"Good" Zhai Zhe approved.

"I have a lot of feelings when I walk in Yangzhou this time. The Qing thief king Duoduo committed a blood debt in Yangzhou Mansion, and when the Ming Dynasty recovered the riverbank, there was still a group of captives who worked as laborers in the mines around the country, and there were nearly 4,000 Manchus plus Han people who were willing to be slaves for the Manchus. I will escort them all to Yangzhou City to be beheaded, so as to boost the morale of the army and pay off the blood debt."

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