"Answer him!"

Zhu Youzhen saw that noon had not yet arrived, so he said coldly, and said: "I deplore the death of Mao Dudu, although Yuan Chonghuan is crazy, he has also subdued the law, although I am a noble father, but the edict of sin has been issued. You and other generations have received the grace of the country, although there are grievances, but they do not betray the family and the country because of this, respect the Hu people as the master, how can you live up to your Mao Shuai's ambition to kill the captives, what kind of face do you have to die under the nine springs to see your brother who died at the hands of the Tartars! Today, I Ling Chi'er and others are not only treasonous because of you, but also because of your betrayal. If Mao Dudu knows today, he should also approve of my actions today, you have been a national thief since the day you surrendered, and the national thief should be punished by the state, so he will be killed! Although he has been punished today, he has no intention of repenting, and he is specially ordered to increase the punishment of Ling Chi to 3,600 knives! ”

Wang Chengen conveyed Zhu Youzhen's original words to Kong Youde, Kong Youde just smiled sadly after hearing it, and immediately burst into tears, without saying anything more, and when he was tortured, he didn't say a word again, but he was stronger than Duoduo.

Zhu Youzhen was also a little depressed at the moment, and Kong Youde's ending at this time was not unrelated to what he had done before.

The Ming Dynasty was on the verge of extinction before, and it is difficult to attribute the fault to one person or a group of people.

Whether it is Mao Wenlong or Yuan Chonghuan, even Kong Youde, who is now being punished, and Jiang Yueguang, a member of the Donglin Party behind him, and himself who is still sitting at the top of the empire at the moment, all have merit and helplessness.

But Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to hold any historical summary meeting now.

Whoever has done anything must bear the corresponding consequences of what he has done.

Although Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, he was regretted by the whole world and even future generations, rather than the end of domineering dictatorship.

Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, and was also sentenced to death by the impulsive and irritable self back then.

Although he killed Yuan Chonghuan, he was still accused by many people in later generations of his ignorance.

Although Jiang Yueguang and other civil officials are pedantic, if the Ming Dynasty perishes, they will also have to bear the end of the martyrdom of the whole family.

His previous mistakes also made him bear the consequences of the fall of the Northern Capital.

Success or failure is nothing more than turning your head empty, and since you are still alive, you have to make the most correct choice for the current situation.

Kong Youde told the truth at the time of the execution, which deeply shocked Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen also admired his courage, but he had to increase the punishment of Kong Youde for this.

There is no other reason, at this moment, he is still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the fault of the emperor does not allow others to accuse him!

This is the foundation of one's own rule of the Ming Dynasty, if this cannot be maintained, how can I govern the world!

Jiang Yueguang is right, no one can slander the monarch's father!

This is the consensus that the governed must reach.

Although Zhu Youzhen's words were for Kong Youde, they were also for the people of the world, and he wanted to tell the whole world in this way: That's right, he, the emperor, has done unwise things, and he should bear a lot of responsibility for the current outcome, but I am still the master of this world, you can still only act according to my will, you can also disobey, but you have to accept the punishment of disobedience.

After Kong Youde was executed, only Geng Zhongming was left in the entire city of Nanjing.

Geng Zhongming didn't dare to challenge Zhu Youzhen's majesty anymore, Zhu Youzhen's toughness when Kong Youde was tortured, let him know that accusing Zhu Youzhen at this time no longer had any effect of survival, but would increase the punishment, and begging for mercy seemed useless.

When Duoduo was dying, he had already begged for mercy, but he was still executed by the order of the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

Therefore, Geng Zhongming still only giggled when he was tortured.

At this point, the three kings of the Qing army captured in the Huaiyang Battle have all been executed.

June is also the hottest month of summer.

At this time, the city of Beijing also began to feel the heat of summer, but the interruption of trade between the north and the south lacked the supply of melons and fruits to relieve the heat in the south, and the Qing court bureaucrats in Beijing were obviously much more anxious than in previous years.

The defeat and capture of Prince Yu Duoduo has been officially recognized by the Qing court, and discussions have begun on whether to save Prince Yu and whether to continue the Ming Dynasty.

Fan Wencheng, who already regarded himself as a loyal minister of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, was dissatisfied with the fact that the regent Dolgon monopolized the government, coerced the emperor to exercise power, and had an ambiguous affair with the empress dowager and caused trouble in the harem.

But today, in the court, Fan Wencheng actively expressed his support for Dolgon's decision on whether to continue to cut the Ming, and because of this, Zilharang no longer insisted on the proposal of dividing the north and south with the Ming Dynasty, and agreed not to give up the preparation for the destruction of the Ming.

Fan Wencheng was very pleased that he had once again contributed to the great cause of the unification of the Qing Dynasty, and even after returning to his own house, he couldn't help but let people bring his favorite Fenjiu, pour a glass and start drinking himself.

And at this moment, he found that there was an extra red lacquer box on his desk.

Fan Wencheng was suspicious in his heart, he didn't remember that he had put a box here in the morning, and wanted to ask the housekeeper, but he still opened the box himself first.

As soon as he opened the box, Fan Wencheng saw Kong Youde's head, and he was so frightened that he took a few steps back on the spot, breaking out in a cold sweat all over his body, and finally figured out the key to it, and then guessed why someone let him see the head of Kong Youde, the king of Gongshun.

Fan Wencheng couldn't help but be furious: "It's too much to deceive people, it's too much to deceive people!" ”

After speaking, Fan Wencheng spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground, out of breath.

Hong Chengchou, as the secretary of the Qing court's military department, is also an official who advocates continuing to fight the Ming Dynasty in the court today, and even changed his former submissive character, but as soon as he returned to his own house, Hong Chengchou saw his wife coming: "Some people say that the mother-in-law asked someone to bring you a box from the south, saying that you will be useful in a hundred years, and the concubine does not dare to open it, I don't know what the master knows what it is." ”

After Hong Chengchou surrendered, his mother was still in his hometown in Fujian, and because Hong Chengchou surrendered, he had already broken off his favor.

Now he Hong Chengchou doesn't know why his mother sent him another box, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but open it himself, and when he saw that it was Geng Zhongming's head, he shouted on the spot: "What's going on, why did the head of Geng Zhongming, the king of Zhishun, appear here with me, hasn't he been captured by the Ming court, who sent it!" ”

Hong Chengchou shouted excitedly.

Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou were shocked, but they were also a little bold in the end, and after regaining consciousness, they immediately made a decision to send the heads of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to Dolgon's mansion, and informed Dolgon of the cause of the incident, and also informed Zilharang in the same way.

At the same time, the Manchu and Han bureaucrats of the entire Qing court learned about this, and the entire government and the opposition began to panic.

"Okay, you Zhu Youzhen! Angry King! Angry King! ”

Dolgon was also directly angry, and even when he heard that Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng were sick because of this, he personally came to visit and comfort.

(End of chapter)