On the afternoon of the next day, in the city of Nanjing, a Dashun army was escorting prisoner carts, slowly walking on the street, heading straight for the direction of the Forbidden City, one of which was Zhu Yujian's humerus minister Huang Daozhou.

At this moment, despite the state of martial law, the streets are still crowded with ordinary people, some wealthy businessmen, and scholars wearing green scarves, and there are all kinds of discussions.

"Hey~ Have you heard that? The imperial army's army had reached Taizhou Mansion, and Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, fled to the sea, and his family was all captured alive by the imperial army. ”

"Such a big thing, the city has long been in a uproar, how can you not hear about it? You see, the people in the back cars are Zhu Yihai's queen, princess and prince. It is said that they originally wanted to escape at night and escape from Taizhou Mansion to the sea, but Mao Youlun changed the emperor's order without authorization and evacuated from Ningbo Mansion. ”

"What is this? See? That, the prisoner car at the front, is the important minister of the Longwu court captured when the imperial army attacked Jiangxi, I heard what is called Huang Daozhou, which is very famous in Fujian! ”

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Listening to the people's discussions, observing their expressions and behaviors, it is so relaxed and indifferent, without the sadness of the people who have lost the country, happy eyebrows, and between the words, it is full of recognition of the Dashun Dynasty, as if they are proud of the people of the Dashun Dynasty.

In the Forbidden City, above the Wuying Palace, hundreds of officials gathered, and Li Zicheng was sitting on it, listening to a military general's report.

"Your Majesty, news came from eastern Zhejiang, just this morning, Marshal Li and Marshal He have occupied Shaoxing Mansion and Ningbo Mansion respectively, and are now capturing Taizhou Mansion and Jinhua Mansion, and in a month at most, the army will control the entire Zhejiang."

"There is also news from Jiangxi, I don't know what the reason is, Emperor Zhu Yujian of Longwu has just marched to Yanping, Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong not only ignored his imperial driver, regardless of his life or death, Zheng Ying and others abandoned Jiangxi's new city and fled, under the wide open door, Marshal Yuan and they occupied the new city almost without a single soldier, and took the vast majority of the state capital counties in northern Jiangxi,"

"At this time, Jiangxi is Nanchang Mansion, Ruizhou Mansion, Yuanzhou Mansion and Linjiang Mansion are still in the hands of the Ming army, the last general believes that with the current state of the Ming army in Jiangxi, the military spirit is very unstable, and with the support of the people, at most half a month, there will be no Ming army in Jiangxi."

The hundred officials were shocked, and their mouths were almost closed, the battle situation in eastern Zhejiang, they could still understand, within the acceptable range, the situation in Jiangxi was beyond their imagination, no matter what, they never thought that things would develop so fast, so smooth, but just over half a month, a large territory of the entire Jiangxi fell into the hands of the imperial court.

What surprised them the most was that the Zheng family, known as the overlord of the southeast, actually fled without fighting a single battle, so they ceded Jiangxi to the army of the imperial court.

It's unbelievable, it's nothing more than that!

By the time the military generals finished their reports, even those civil servants who no longer knew about military affairs knew that it would not take more than two months at most, and there would be no more major wars in the entire south of the Yangtze River, and the world would soon enter the fast lane of great development, focusing on restoring people's livelihood.

Faintly, those Wenchen became excited, and they had the intention of showing their strengths, and it was their turn to perform.

Chinese literati, who doesn't want to be famous in history? Who doesn't want to leave a mark on history?

Throughout ancient and modern history, the prosperous rule of the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty made the world peaceful, the people had enough food and clothing, and the economy was prosperous.

Under the Ming monarch, it is those ministers who have both talent and virtue to govern the world, and the two complement each other, are widely spread, and are passed down as good stories among the people.

Fame is the lifelong pursuit of almost every literati!

When the hundred officials were sharpening their knives in their hearts, their brains were constantly running at a high speed, thinking about various strategies for governing the world, how to restore people's livelihood as soon as possible, and alleviate the problems caused by natural disasters, but Li Zicheng's voice sounded abruptly, and his cold words were full of killing meaning, which seemed to be plain as water, but full of iron-fisted feelings.

"Mr. Xu, you go to see that zodiac week, and then lobby for the last time, if he is still not interested, then push it out and cut it."

As soon as the words fell, in an instant, the hall became silent, everyone was in a state of holding their breath, and they were shocked again, in their memories, except for treating the Tartars, Li Zicheng had never killed prisoners in the past.

Especially celebrities such as Huang Daozhou, the great Confucians in the world, even if they cannot be used by the imperial court, they will not use such drastic means to kill such famous people, and they have always been cautious.

However, the emperor broke the convention and actually wanted to kill Huang Daozhou!

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Xu Xiake took a step forward, his face was full of anxiety, and he did not immediately accept the order, and after bowing and speaking, he added: "Your Majesty, Huang Daozhou is a famous family in Fujian, with a family history, and is the head of the Seven Sages of Lingtong, quite prestigious, if he can be summoned to the imperial court, it will be a great blessing!" ”

"Moreover, Huang Daozhou is also the chief assistant of the cabinet of Emperor Zhu Yujian of Longwu, if he can be appeased, or treated leniently, even if he cannot be used by the imperial court, spare his life and let him return to his hometown, it can also show the mind of the imperial court, and then the imperial court will be able to better recruit other civil and military generals of the Ming court in the southeast."

Obviously, Huang Daozhou really has a lot of influence, as soon as Xu Xiake finished speaking, many officials also wanted to intercede for him, but they were all choked back by Li Zicheng's cold words.

"Okay, Mr. Xu, don't say more, I have already decided, Huang Daozhou will either surrender or die, there is no room for maneuver."

Li Zicheng's expression was as cold as water, his eyes flashed with a cold killing intent, seeing Xu Xiake's appearance of wanting to say something, he wanted to say something, he stopped it with a wave of his hand, and then said in a deep voice: "Mr. Xu, if you can, in normal times, I will never easily kill such famous people, the reason why I do this is very simple, Huang Daozhou is different from others, he is a person who is loyal to the Ming court, and he does not hesitate to sell his property, raise his own food and salary, and form an army to fight against the Dashun army." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zicheng's words paused slightly, and at the same time, his tone became a little heavier.

"If those civil ministers and military generals in the Ming court all learn from Huang Daozhou, everyone does this, and fiercely blocks the Dashun army, even if our army is strong in combat and has an overwhelming advantage, it will not be able to withstand such consumption."

Therefore, in order to prevent future troubles and prevent such incidents as much as possible, there can only be one word, that is, kill, kill one by one, and Zodiac Zhou must be killed. To let those people know that the fierce confrontation with the Great Shun Army will have to pay a heavy price. ”

"Otherwise, such things will never end, and when will the South be pacified?"

After saying this, not only Xu Xiake, who refuted, was speechless, but the officials who originally wanted to ask for mercy also completely stopped this thought.

Yes, if the civil and military generals of the Ming court all learn from the Zodiac Zhou, even if they are captured in the end, they will not worry about their lives afterwards, when will the southern expedition come to an end?

Although Huang Daozhou is a famous Confucian, he is quite prestigious in Fujian and his loyalty is commendable, but this is also the reason for his killing.