"The second matter is about the three thousand prisoners." Wei Guan continued.
"His Highness Lai planned this battle. In addition to killing nearly ten thousand thieves, he also captured more than 3,000 Japanese and the remnants of the Zhang family. The veteran imprisoned all 3,000 people in a military camp of Suzhou Guard. I asked General Cao Yuan to guard it on my behalf."
"Although these three thousand people are unarmed, leaving them there like this is still a troublesome thing..." Wei Guan sorted out his words. "Does His Highness the Fifth Prince have any judgment on how to deal with these people?"
Among the more than 3,000 prisoners, about half were bandit soldiers who surrendered on the battlefield knowing that there was no hope of escape. As well as more than a thousand remaining Japanese pirates who were left in the camp in the east of the city to create a false suspicion formation in order to confuse the defenders in the city. After wiping out the large army of rebels, Cai Ben led a partial division of the Taicang Guards and captured more than a thousand people who had no intention of fighting without a single blow.
Hearing Wei Guan's question, a cold light flashed in Zhu Su's eyes. He actually had a plan in mind for these people:
"Dig a thousand-man pit outside the city near the coast. Drive all these scum into the pit and bury them." Zhu Su waved his hand, as if he disliked these Japanese people.
"Trick...trap to kill?" Wei Guan was stunned. In his words, although he disliked these prisoners for wasting food, he did not want to feed these people with the food stored in Suzhou City. But in fact, it was just a hint that Zhu Su could bring these more than a thousand people to Huitian and ask for merit in front of the emperor... These more than 3,000 people were more than 3,000 people in Suzhou, but when they were brought to Beijing, they were 3,000 military merits. ah! It is enough to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.
"These Japanese pirates dare to invade our territory of the Ming Dynasty. Do we still have to control their food and drink?" Zhu Su said.
"But...but." Wei Guan was suffering from some scholar's disease, and he couldn't bear it. "Among these people, there are also some who are not Japanese pirates. Could we give these people away too?"
"The remnants of the Zhang family pretended to be Japanese pirates and caused trouble in the sea. Their hands were stained with the blood of many people of the same clan." Zhu Su's eyes became colder and more malicious. "This time, I collaborated with the Japanese again and brought the Japanese pirates to invade our Chinese territory."
"What is this? This is a traitor! Traitors are often more hateful than foreign thieves!"
Thinking of the civilians who were killed without mercy, Zhu Su even gritted his teeth. He turned to Gao Qi over there and said: "Mr. Gao, Mr. Luo, one of you is good at writing, and the other is good at drama. I also ask you two to write heroic prose and drama, and describe the inhumane cruelty of Japanese bandits." The numerous crimes of these traitors who helped the Japanese invaders and harmed the people are also written down in the article."
"Go back and place a stone tablet on the thousand-man pit. I will also send people to carve this inscription on the stone tablet. If any Japanese dare to come again, I will use this inscription to scare them."
"Relevant stories and dramas should be performed here to let future generations know that if any Han people dare to betray their ancestors and become thieves and harm their own people, I, the Ming Dynasty, will definitely take their lives! Even after death, he will be suppressed by a stone tablet , will never be reincarnated!"
"Hiss..." Everyone took a breath of cold air, His Highness the Fifth's hand was too cruel. This is to nail these remnants of Zhang Shicheng who helped the Japanese invaders to the pillar of shame forever and be reviled by all people.
As soon as this stone tablet comes out, the Japanese may not stop coming, but if there are real Han people who dare to pretend to be "fake Japanese", I'm afraid they have to weigh the price a little bit.
"Your Highness has a trust, so don't you dare not do your best!" Gao Qi bowed and saluted Zhu Su. He also had passion in his chest, otherwise he would not have resigned from the high-ranking official position given by Lao Zhu, and would rather be obsessed with restoring the grandeur of the Han and Tang literary circles. When he heard that Zhu Su asked him to write an heroic article criticizing the Japanese pirates and the fake Japanese who helped the emperor to commit crimes, how could he refuse? This is a great opportunity to pass down your name to future generations.
Legging stones to record merits and alert future generations is also a legacy of the Han and Tang literary circles!
Luo Guanzhong even bowed to his orders. This book is excellent writing material. Even if Zhu Su didn't say anything, he would have written this matter out in the opera. Seeing that both Gao and Luo had agreed, Wei Guan also bowed and accepted the order. The Japanese pirates and the remnants of Zhang Shicheng's remnants of fake Japanese were the ones to be killed. They were all the ones who deserved their crimes. If they were all killed, there wouldn't be any stigma.
Now that this matter has been concluded, Wei Guan spoke again: "There is a third matter."
"May I ask Your Highness, what should I do about Chen Hui in prison?"
Zhu Su was stunned. To be fair, since the so-called "army" came, he had completely forgotten about Chen Hui.
At that time, I wanted to interrogate the reasons for the so-called "big army" from her, so this woman was of some use.
But now that everything has basically been settled, Chen Hui, who is in prison, has become a useless person. Keeping them is of no use and is a waste of food.
"Or drag him to Caishikou and kill him. By the way, let the people see with their own eyes that all the thieves in the city have been arrested, and let them understand the consequences of committing crimes and having evil intentions." Zhu Su said.
"Kill...too?" Wei Guan twitched the corner of his mouth. He thought to himself that this young Highness was really decisive in killing. He would kill a woman whenever she wanted without fear of being criticized by others. Then he said: "After all, Chen Hui is the successor of Chen Youliang. His Majesty captured Chen Youliang's son Chen Li before the battle, but he did not harm his life. Instead, he rewarded him with the title of marquis and promised him wealth to show the magnanimity of our great Ming Dynasty. "
"It is a great achievement for His Highness to capture Chen Hui. How about... sending him to the capital for His Majesty to make a decision? If he kills a woman rashly, the world will only think that Your Highness is not broad-minded..." Wei Guan advised.
"What happened to the woman? Since she has become the leader of the thief, does it mean that she needs to be separated into men and women?" Zhu Su asked curiously.
Although Chen Hui is also pretty, Zhu Su is a time traveler from later generations. What kind of beauties have not been seen on the Internet? Chen Hui is just a person, but she is not enough to make him pity her. What's more, we should pay attention to equality between men and women. As long as they are the thieves who caused trouble in the Ming Dynasty, regardless of gender, they will not have any psychological burden when killing them.
Besides, making people in the world feel that I am not broad-minded... can only have advantages and no disadvantages.
Is it possible that he has to show a broader mind than Lao Zhu and his elder brother?
"Okay." Seeing that Zhu Su had made up his mind, Wei Guan also accepted the order. The scenery of escorting thieves into the capital and the reputation of being broad-minded are things that His Highness himself does not want. I just tried my best to persuade him.
Whether Chen Hui is killed or imprisoned will not affect the overall situation after all.
It's just that this His Highness is so murderous towards the enemy!
"Since the three matters have been decided, I will go down and make arrangements." Wei Guan cupped his hands and said. Zhu Su nodded. What Wei Guan said was just a trivial matter in his mind. He just wanted to solve it quickly like a knife to cut through the mess. And "killing" is the best way to completely resolve the matter and no longer have any worries.
What he was most worried about at the moment was not the prisoners or Chen Hui, but the brave giant who was missing. With such a person wandering around Su Song's land, Zhu Su felt uncomfortable sleeping and eating. Why is this person in the bandit army, and what is his identity?
There is no record in history that such a fierce general emerged from the land of Susong in the south of the Yangtze River. If this person has such an artistic career, why is he unknown in history?
"Who could it be..." After Wei Guan and others left, Zhu Su frowned and thought hard. Suddenly, like a blessing, an idea flashed through his mind, and he remembered a person who might be able to guess the identity of this giant man.
(End of chapter)
