Chapter 181: I Ordered You to Kill Now (Fourth Watch)
The five of Chongzhen's monarchs and ministers strode in from outside, Han Yin and Yang Wanli stood guard at the door, and Chongzhen appeared in front of them with Wang Chengen and Gu Shunyi.
The emperor, the eunuch, the brocade guard, this is the royal standard.
Suddenly, Tang Tong and the other six people were stupid as if they had been caught in the acupoint.
Lin Wenshan is just a seven-grade county, he has a small official position, and he has never seen Chongzhen.
But Chongzhen's dress, accompanied by eunuchs, plus the flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife brocade guard, as an insider in the system, this is common sense, who is not the emperor in person?
Especially Tang Tong, who was the chief soldier of many towns, was crowned Dingxibo by Chongzhen, and was once Chongzhen's relied on ministers, of course he knew Chongzhen and Wang Chengen.
When he saw Chongzhen and Wang Chengen, he seemed to be a ghost in front of him, his eyes were stunned, his mouth was open, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
"Looks like I'm bothering you!" Chongzhen sneered, pointed at Tang Tong and the three of them, and then pointed at Zhixian and the two Wudu heads, "Betraying the Lord to seek glory, taking refuge in the thieves, and destroying Gujiazhai to give a big gift to the thieves, you have a good plan!"
Lin Wenshan is a seven-grade petty official, polite and polite, how have you ever seen this formation?
When did the emperor come to his Zunhua County? How do you achieve without a single message? It's going to be deadly......
Lin Wenshan's face suddenly changed greatly, and his legs began to shake disobediently, including the two heads, and the sweat on the faces of the three people began to rise.
Tang Tong and the three are military generals, and they have been on the battlefield for a long time, so they are naturally more courageous than a county official. Although he broke with the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to Li Zicheng, he was caught off guard and was not psychologically prepared at all.
In front of the old master, he still felt that he was at a loss, and his face was ugly for a while. Suddenly, among the six people, five of them secretly looked at Tang Tong.
Tang Tong knelt down with a thud, and immediately after, the other five also knelt.
Since ancient times, the monarch has been a minister, Chongzhen is full of majesty, and Tang Tong has hypochondria when he sees the old master, which may be a conditioned reflex for many years.
"Your Majesty...... Ministers are deprived of divine grace...... Juyongguan's ministers had no choice but to ...... It's Du's father-in-law, he is the emperor's supervisor, he first took refuge in Li Zicheng, cut off the minister's back road, and the minister had to surrender." Tang Tong's words were heartfelt, and they also expressed his grievances at that time.
"I know this matter, it was my negligence in employing people first, I can not blame the past, I now order you to kill Li Zicheng, are you willing?"
"This? ......" Tang Tong hesitated slightly, and said heavily, "The minister is willing!"
Chongzhen sneered: "Just rush this sentence, I can't tolerate you!"
What Chongzhen said is true, now Chongzhen ordered Tang Tong to kill Li Zicheng, if Tang Tong would rather die, Chongzhen will spare him, which shows that the historical record is wrong, and Tang Tong still has a bit of the true character of being a courtier.
At the beginning, Tang Tong was indeed forced to surrender in the first battle of Juyongguan, and it was completely blamed on Zhu Youzhen who sent Du Xun to the eunuch and supervising the army. But after Tang Tong took refuge in Li Zicheng, he was not the role of a loyal minister, and followed Li Zicheng for a while, and saw that Li Zicheng's army was defeated like a mountain, and he surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
And his surrender is completely different from Hong Chengchou and others, half of the reasons for these people's defection and surrender can be attributed to the coercion and temptation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the organs are counted.
Tang Tong surrendered***, he took the initiative to surrender, kowtowed and begged to surrender, and there was no courtier's discipline at all, and there was no loyalty in him at the critical moment.
No wonder he got mixed up in later generations, Kangxi's evaluation of him was: He was the chief military officer of the former Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't contribute, but he surrendered to the thieves. Although he surrendered to the dynasty, he did not make any achievements.
This is completely a sweaty girl who comes and goes, and is full of sweat!
How could Chongzhen use such a person?
Therefore, although Tang Tong was willing to listen to Chongzhen at this time, Chongzhen did not plan to keep him, so as not to cause trouble in the future.
Chongzhen sneered, "You were forced to betray me at the beginning, and now you are forced to betray Li Zicheng, right. Maybe in the future, you surrender***, and you have to do it, right?"
This is basically the trajectory of Tang Tong's mixed life, and Chongzhen told him in advance.
Hearing Chongzhen say this, Tang Tong's two eyes shot out two fierce lights, and when he saw that Chongzhen had such a few people coming, his courage also became fattened, "Your Majesty, the minister is still willing to contribute to the emperor, but the emperor no longer believes in the minister. In that case, there is no way for the minister to do it!"
Tang Tong said that he moved, and pulled out the sword he was carrying.
The generals Du Qianyun and Li Huacheng have long been a little impatient, since they have taken refuge in King Li Chuang against the Ming Dynasty, why bother with their mother-in-law in front of the faint king, it's over!
Hearing Tang Tong say this, the two of them each pulled their swords, flew up and kicked the table away, and the plates and bowls of wine and meat on the table were scattered all over the ground, and there was an uproar.
The huge solid wood square table roared towards the three of Chongzhen's monarchs and ministers.
In front of Chongzhen, Wang Chengen and Gu Shunyi kicked out at the same time, clicked, like chopping firewood, and kicked the flying table to smithereens.
Four people played in pairs in the hall.
Tang Tong gritted his teeth and raised his sword and pounced on Chongzhen, "Don't blame the emperor, the minister is also forced to do so!"
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen