Chapter 94: What to do with the captives?

Ning Wan said: "What the regent said is extremely true, Zuo Maotai still has to go to Nanjing, and he will take the opportunity to find out who the main general of the Ming army in the Battle of Xuzhou is?" Second, it is still necessary to exert pressure on Nanming as originally planned, reach a confrontation situation with Nanming as much as possible, and then concentrate all efforts to deal with the thieves first. ”

Dolgon said: "Sir's words, honest old man into the words of the country. ”

"Don't dare to be." Ning Wan said, "It's just a little superficial." ”

Dolgon said: "Sir just mentioned the chief general of the Ming army, who do you say it will be?" ”

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan's eyes turned to Hong Chengchou again, when it comes to understanding the military generals of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou has to be, after all, he has been the trilateral governor of the Ming Dynasty for many years and the Jiliao Governor.

Hong Chengchou said: "There are only a few generals who can fight in the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu is counted as one, Huang Degong, Gao Jie, and Liu Liangzuo are barely able to do it, and the rest such as Liu Zeqing and the like are purely indiscriminate, and only a faint monarch like Chongzhen will regard Liu Zeqing and his ilk as the pillars of the Great Ming Dynasty." ”

Dolgon said: "Which one will guard Xuzhou?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "If nothing else, it should be Gao Jie." ”

"Gao Jie? The king remembered the name. Dorgon nodded.

"The matter of Xuzhou has come to an end for the time being, although it has suffered a big loss, but this is not a good time to retaliate, and the first priority at the moment is to move the capital! The capital had to be moved from Shengjing to Beijing. ”

"The Lord Regent is wise." Hong Chengchou and the three of them called in unison.

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Don't mention the people of Nanjing, don't mention Dorgon's impatience, don't mention the filial piety of the Shengjing Yellow Flag family, and go back to talk about the Ming army and Chongzhen in Xiazhen.

Because more than 1,000 Jiannu prisoners were captured, screening was done according to the usual practice.

The so-called screening is to find out the real slaves who may be hidden in them, or the senior generals of the Han Army Banner who tried to fool the customs, and as soon as the screening is really done, three big fish are found.

The first big fish to be pulled out was Zu Zerun.

Zu Zerun was taken to Chongzhen's line.

"The sinner Zu Zerun, please ask the Holy Jin'an."

Chongzhen looked down at Zu Zerun, who was stunned on his forehead, and was silent.

Chongzhen is not familiar with Zu Zerun, but for Zu Zerun's Laozi Zu Dashou, Chongzhen still remembers it vividly, this is the former Damingzhu Stone.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Zu Dashou is Optimus Prime.

The three thousand Yiding were built by Zu Dashou.

In a sense, Chongzhen is still enjoying the blessings of Zu Dashou.

After staring at Zu Zerun for a long time, Chongzhen asked quietly, "Is your father okay?" ”

Zu Zerun didn't dare to raise his head, and said respectfully: "There is Lao Sheng's concern, and my father's body and bones are quite tough. ”

After asking one sentence, Chongzhen felt that he had nothing to say, what else could he say? Say that Zu Dashou is ashamed of Daming? Or scold Zu Dashou for being a traitor? It doesn't make sense.

"Hold on." Chongzhen motioned to Yiding to take Zu Zerun down.

Zu Zerun seemed to want to say a few words, but he didn't say it in the end, but even if he didn't say it, Chongzhen could probably guess what he wanted to say.

It's nothing more than to say that Zu Dashou was forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

But what's the point of saying that? Wash can't be clean!

It's like a piece of white paper stained with ink, and you can't wash it clean.

As soon as Zu Zerun was taken away, Gao Qiqian walked in and wanted to whisper to Chongzhen's ear.

Chongzhen immediately stood up, kept himself away from Gao Qiqian as much as possible, and said with a disgusted face: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't make these useful and useless things." ”

The expression on Gao Qiqian's face became a little embarrassed.

Huang Degong and Zheng Hongkui, these generals wanted to laugh when they saw it, but they didn't dare to laugh.

Gao Qiqian quickly adjusted his mood and said: "Gao Di wants to meet Long Live Lord alone, saying that there is an important military intelligence report, which is related to the details of Jiannu. ”

Gao Di is the second big fish that has been pulled out.

"Alone? I really treat myself as a person. ”

Chongzhen said abruptly: "Gao Companion, bring him up." ”

Gao Di was soon taken to the court, and found that he was not alone, and he was inevitably a little disappointed, but after seeing Chongzhen, he still knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Sinner Gaodi, knock to the Holy One."

"Gao Di, Gao Companion said, you have an important military report about Jiannu to me?"

"Holy Lord, what the minister wants to report is that Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui has taken refuge in Jiannu, and was made the king of Pingxi by Dolgon, the regent of Jiannu, but he has not been trusted by Jiannu."

"That's it? This is what you call important military intelligence? ”

"No, there is also an important military situation, Jiannu is not monolithic, they also have internal differences, for example, the Jiannu nobles led by Azig advocated returning to the customs with people, livestock and property, but Dolgon disagreed, Dolgon wanted to bring the little emperor Shunzhi of Jiannu to Beijing, and also moved the capital to Beijing."

This is actually very important information, which can directly affect the decision-making of the Ming court.

The faces of several noble generals such as Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui, and Gong Yonggu changed instantly.

It's a pity that this information is worthless to Chongzhen, which has been known for a long time.

Due to the appearance of him as a traveler, some small historical details may change, but major events will definitely follow the original trajectory, so Dolgon will definitely move the capital to Beijing.

"Gao Di, if that's what you want to report, I'm afraid it won't save you, this bit of bullshit military intelligence is probably far from enough to atone for your crimes." Chongzhen said abruptly.

Gao Di was a little panicked when he heard this, these are still not enough?

Holy Lord, this is a great military event.

Thinking of this, Gao Di's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, state affairs are not good, family affairs?

At that moment, Gao Di hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, the minister also knows the recent situation of Princess Kunxing. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong, who were standing behind Chongzhen, looked over.

Chongzhen's face showed a touch of unnaturalness, although it was not him who forced the Empress Dowager Yi'an, Empress Zhou and other concubines to death, but it was impossible for others to know this, and the matter of hacking Princess Zhaoren to death and cutting off an arm of Princess Kunxing would definitely be recorded on his head.

But in fact, Chongzhen was completely overthinking.

According to the feudal etiquette of this era, he did not do it at all.

Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui and other generals sighed inexplicably after hearing this.

The heart said that on the day of the national disaster, the concubines of the heavenly family died for the country, which was really heroic.

As for Chongzhen's killing of his wife and abandoning his children, this section was automatically ignored by the ministers, and the male lord should have the style of the male lord.

Zhu Cihong asked Gao Di again: "After the thieves fell into Beijing, they were more courteous to the imperial sister and Yuan Guifei, how about Jiannu?" ”

Gao Di hurriedly said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, since Jiannu entered the Beijing Division, he has also treated Princess Kunxing with courtesy, and Concubine Yuan Guifei has died not long ago. ”

After speaking, he added another sentence, Yuan Guifei was not humiliated.

Zhu Cihong sighed and didn't say anything more.

Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui and other generals have a sense of ease.

Chongzhen waved his hand, and the two Yiding stepped forward to escort Gao Di down.

Gao Qiqian asked again: "Holy Lord, do you want to continue to interrogate Wang Aoyong?" ”

"Wang Aoyong doesn't have to be tried." Chongzhen had no interest in Wang Aoyong.

Zu Zerun and Gao Di are still somewhat valuable, but Wang Aoyong is worthless.

Whether it is out of the suppression of the civilian clique, or out of the cleanup of the northern gentry who first descended the thieves and then the slaves, Wang Aoyong is in a catastrophe.

Because Wang Aoyong is not only a civil official, but also a gentleman in Shandong Province.

After a pause, Chongzhen said to Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui, Gong Yonggu and other generals and nobles: "The Zhujie ceremony is about to start, you Aiqing go back and prepare." ”

"The ministers are leaving." Huang Degong and others withdrew one after another.

sent Huang Degong and others away, and Chongzhen gave his son a lesson while changing clothes.

"Hong'er, and Jiong'er, what do you say should be done with the captives of Zu Zerun and Gao Di?"

Zhu Cijiong said without thinking: "It seems that Zu Zerun and Gao Di, who are incorruptible and shameless and rebellious ministers who recognize thieves as their fathers, what are they kept? Naturally, he killed to set an example. ”

Chongzhen turned his gaze to Zhu Cihong: "What do you say, Hong'er?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Although it is pleasant to kill Zu Zerun and other rebels, there are also disadvantages. ”

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Zhu Cijiong was a little unhappy and said, "What's the harm in killing these rebels?" ”

"Yes." Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Of course, these rebels should be killed, but after killing these people, traitors like Wu Sangui will be dead set on Jiannu from now on, and there will be no second thoughts, and those who are still committed to the Ming Dynasty can still win them over, but after killing Zu Zerun and others, these demotes may be completely dead." ”

"But if you keep them, how can my Zhu family be worthy of those officials and nobles who are the Ming Death Festival?" Zhu Cijiong retorted with a dark face, "This move will make it difficult for the officials and nobles loyal to the Ming Dynasty all over the world." ”

"That's what the third brother said." Zhu Cihong said, "If you keep Zu Zerun and others and don't kill them, it's really not good, this move will seriously hurt the gentry and people who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and even form a very bad hint to the officials and gentry people all over the world, that is, even if you betray the Ming Dynasty, you don't have to worry about paying the price, anyway, I, the Ming Dynasty, will not kill them." ”

Chongzhen smiled: "Then the father is going to test you now, is there a way to get the best of both worlds?" You don't have to kill Zu Zerun and other rebel ministers, but you won't hurt those officials and gentry who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Impossible." Zhu Cijiong said categorically, "These two are incompatible, and it is difficult to achieve both." ”

Chongzhen smiled: "Boy, don't say it so absolutely, otherwise it will hurt to slap your face." ”

"Got it!" Zhu Cijiong's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he shouted excitedly, "Your Majesty the prisoner!" ”

The sacrifice of prisoners has a long history in China, and there is a final link in the sacrifice of prisoners, that is, the emperor decides the life and death of prisoners of war, and the pardon of prisoners of war in such a ceremony to promote national prestige will not be criticized by the world, for example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once pardoned the Xiongnu prince Jin Rixuan at the ceremony of offering prisoners.