Instead of asking people to drive the people away, Zhu Changwu was happy to see people gathering around him, because what he did next needed the people's testimony and their dissemination.
"Come here, bring the prisoner here."
Zhu Changwu's voice was loud. After he finished speaking, the four men who were tied up were dragged to the square by tall Ming soldiers with murderous faces.
"What do you want to do? I want to see the emperor, see the emperor."
"I was wronged, I was forced, I want to see the emperor."
"I have difficulties, and I ask your Majesty for your understanding..."
"Our family is a close servant of the emperor. Our family wants to see the Lord Long Live. We have grievances that we want to redress."
Zhending prefect Qiu Maohua, guerrilla general Xie Sufu, academician Li Jiantai, and eunuch Du Zhizhi were shouting loudly at this time, as if by doing so, they might survive.
In the Battle of Baoding, the Ming army originally had some advantages at that time, but because these four people were greedy for life and feared death, they took the initiative to open the city gate at night and let the intruders into the camp, which resulted in the loss of all 30,000 Ming troops. Die in battle.
Four pieces of mouse droppings ruined a pot of soup. After these four people surrendered to Li Zicheng, they continued to make suggestions, but they came up with a lot of bad ideas. Even through their hands, some local officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty who were originally unstable were persuaded to surrender.
They thought that if they worked hard, they would be reused by Li Zicheng. But in fact, when the real danger comes, they are the ones who can be abandoned at any time. Just like this battle, Li Zicheng was defeated and did not take them with him when he escaped.
The four of them were found by the Ming army who came after them to clean the battlefield and look for loot.
Originally, Li Zicheng gave up on them and did not take them with him. The four of them were still complaining. But when they saw the Ming army rushing towards them, they actually had the nerve to arrogantly say that they had broken into the intruders for the Ming Dynasty.
They belong to the kind of loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty whose hearts are with Cao Ying and Han.
How big of a face does this have to say such a thing? This really made Zhu Changwu laugh angrily. After waking up and learning that Ji Jinkai had reported the situation of these four people, he unceremoniously said the word "kill" in his mouth.
The difference was that he did not choose to kill them directly outside the city. Instead, he wanted to bring these four people into the capital and kill them in front of everyone.
He wanted to use this move to tell those officials of the Ming Dynasty who had surrendered to the intruders, or were about to surrender or were about to surrender to the intruders. As long as you dare to do things that are disgraceful to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Changwu will be rude to you.
If you think your neck is hard enough, you can give it a try to see whether your knife is sharper or your mouth is harder.
"Stick their mouths, and then have people get scrapers, and tell the people that anyone can come up and give them a knife as long as they are unhappy. But remember, don't kill them too early, let them suffer endless pain. And die in fear. Because for such people, it is too cheap to kill them with one knife."
In front of all the people, Zhu Changwu said this, and then took the knife used by Ling Chi and struck all four of them.
"General, can we also have a shave?" After the people watching understood what Zhu Changwu meant, a bolder person asked.
He was originally from Baoding, but it was because of the betrayal of these four people that he had to abandon his ancestral land and come to the capital to join his relatives.
They originally thought that they would never be able to avenge the loss of their hometown in this life, but they did not expect that Zhu Changwu gave them a chance to take revenge. No wonder he was so excited.
"Of course, what I say will always count." Zhu Changwu slapped his chest loudly.
"Thank you, General." The person who spoke immediately knelt down in front of Zhu Changwu. This was to thank someone for avenging him and venting his anger. After that, he slowly got up, reached out and took the scraper, and stabbed the four rebels without any ceremony. He even put the sliced meat into his mouth and chewed it raw, as if he didn't want to do this. , He couldn't let go of the bad breath in his heart.
With the example, other people are eager to try.
They were born and raised in Ming Dynasty since childhood. It would be nonsense to say that they have no feelings for Ming Dynasty. It's just that the court's actions have broken their hearts again and again.
The emperor came out and said before that he didn't know what kind of life the people lived. He always thought that the people lived a good life. It was those ministers who deceived the emperor. And among these ministers, there must be these four people. Even so, if you can't deal with others, then take it out on these four people first.
Let you lie to the emperor, let you exploit us, today is the time to take revenge.
More and more people spontaneously flocked to the four people. It is conceivable that in a short time, the four people would be killed by Ling Chi with hundreds of knives. But who can blame it?
You choose your own path. If you want to be a traitor, you must be mentally prepared to be liquidated sooner or later.
Zhu Changwu did not go here to watch the excitement. At this time, everyone else left here and came to the recruiting place not far away. He put his arms around Zhang Yi's shoulders and said, "Old Zhang, you did a good job this time. I am very satisfied."
"Hehe." Zhang Xi showed his white teeth and smiled. He knew that what the general was talking about was that the army entered the city and the people lined the streets to welcome him. Naturally, it was Zhang Yi who spread the news and asked the previous grain merchants for help. That was why so many people gathered in front of Zhanghua Gate in a short period of time.
"Your work ability is good and I'm very satisfied. How do you feel about it? Do you want to be promoted?" Zhu Changwu looked at Zhang Xi with a smile, looking like a big bad wolf trying to seduce the little white rabbit.
As soon as he heard that he could be promoted, Zhang Xi's eyes suddenly lit up. "Ah? Can I still be promoted?"
For Zhang Huan, he was already quite satisfied with the fact that he had gone from being a white man to being the head of the Ministry of Punishment, and getting an official position of the sixth rank.
In order to repay Zhu Changwu's kindness and recommendation, Zhang Wei worked extremely hard during this period. He only slept two or three hours a day before continuing to work. All this, he thought, was what it should be, but it also fell into Zhu Changwu's eyes, making him very satisfied.
Since people are willing to work hard, promotion is a must.
And after making his previous promises to Liang Jun and Hu Yunfeng, he also decided to promote Zhang Yi to a senior official, one who could truly act on his own, hold real power, and be able to help him.
"Of course you can be promoted. How about helping Ming Dynasty manage money? How about Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs?" Zhu Changwu said, which also shocked Zhang Yi.
In Zhang Huan's opinion, even if he was promoted, it would be good if he could be promoted from the sixth rank to the fifth rank. And even if the young master is optimistic about him and promotes him to the fifth level, that is two levels in a row, which is already quite impressive.
He never thought about directly becoming a minister or a high official of the second rank.
This is simply impossible.
Historically, even officials could not be promoted so quickly. Do you think that someone like Zhu Changwu would directly become the crown prince and young master, ranking in the first rank?
Besides, you don’t even look at what Zhu Changwu did for the Ming Dynasty. Besides, after all, he is a member of the Zhu clan and a member of the royal family, but his surname is Zhang, and he had not even passed the imperial examination before.
Zhang Yi had already opened his mouth wide, which was more than enough to stuff an egg into.
"What's wrong? The official position has been given to you. Can you do it? Can you do it well? Just tell me. I will go to see His Majesty and ask him for the official position." Zhu Changwu saw that Zhang Xi didn't speak for a long time and just expressed shock. Looking at himself, he was a little confused.
Seeing that Zhu Changwu was not joking with him, but was telling the truth, Zhang Xi's expression suddenly began to change dramatically. He wanted to laugh, but he didn't dare to laugh, he wanted to cry with joy, but he didn't dare to cry, not to mention how wonderful it was.
"Okay, if you agree, just nod." Knowing that Zhang Xi was speechless because of excitement, Zhu Changwu simply asked in a different way.
Like a chicken pecking at rice, Zhang Huan nodded quickly without any hesitation.
"Okay, just wait for the imperial edict to come to your door, and let's go." After Zhu Changwu knew Zhang Huan's attitude, he laughed and turned around, which was called free and easy.
Zhang Yi was left alone and messy in the wind. He still couldn't believe what he was seeing. He still didn't know whether the young master was telling the truth or joking with him.
royal palace.
When Zhu Changwu came here on horseback, the guards and eunuchs who were in charge of guarding all quickly lowered their heads when they saw him coming from a distance.
These people know very well that Ming Dynasty can be temporarily safe, and all the credit must be attributed to the young people in front of them.
It was the emergence of Zhu Changwu that saved the Ming Dynasty. His achievements are far no worse than those of Yu Qianyu Shaobao after the Tumubao Incident. If we have to compare them, I am afraid they are even stronger.
Such an outstanding person is a hero in the eyes of all of them. When treating a hero, no amount of respect is too much.
Riding into the palace on horseback, Zhu Changwu ignored the rules of the palace in order to rush for time. However, regarding this point, no one stood up to accuse or say anything wrong. In their opinion, this seemed to be what Zhu Changwu deserved.
It wasn't until he crossed the Yuhe Bridge and arrived in front of the Qianqing Palace that Zhu Changwu got off his horse, handed the horse rope to a young eunuch who ran over, and strode straight into the palace.
At this time, Chongzhen was waiting for Zhu Changwu's arrival in the Qianqing Palace.
Although he knew that the Ming army won the battle this time, the process was not clear yet.
Also, he needs to discuss with Zhu Changwu what to do next.
