Not long after, Wu Zhong, the commander-in-chief of Jinyiwei, was brought.
At this time, he had already changed out of his Feiyu suit, and even had a money rat tail. But as soon as he entered the account, he fell to his knees with a bang, a charming smile on his face, and said repeatedly: "Slave I have met the master, the master is auspicious, the master..."
Seeing him like this, the angry Hauge was stunned. Is this the famous emperor's personal army in the Ming Dynasty, the extremely vicious Jin Yiwei? No matter how you look at it, they don’t look alike! What’s the difference between them and those Han people who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty?
Dorgon was also a little surprised, but he was not disturbed. He immediately interrupted Wu Zhong and asked coldly: "What's going on with that will in your body?"
When Wu Zhong heard this, he had already expected that this must be the reason why reinforcements had not arrived for so long. Therefore, he was well prepared and immediately started acting.
"Master, this servant doesn't know either!" Wu Zhong looked innocent and replied hurriedly, "This servant is just following orders. The command of the Commander-in-Chief is great. I dare not disobey and say that I will pass that order to Director Gao." , the slave can only do as you are told!"
"You don't want to be a slave. You want to be a slave, but you are not qualified!" Yue Tuo on the side suddenly shouted sharply, "Tell me the truth, did you deliberately lie to us that there were reinforcements?"
"Slave ... no no, no, the villain just has 10,000 courage and dare not make a joke with his own life!" Wu Zhong quickly called the grievance, "Actually, the villain is also wondering. There was a matter of reinforcements, but the commander gave such a decree. I didn't think about it at the time! I had already explained it to my masters at that time, and I didn't dare to hide it at all..."
After hearing what he said, Dorgon also remembered that when he first caught him for interrogation, he did say so, saying that he had not heard any relevant news. At that time, I thought the Ming court wanted to keep it secret.
"Masters, please have mercy, please don't kill this villain!" Wu Zhong seemed to know that something was wrong, and begged with tears and runny nose, "Masters, you can do anything you want me to do, and I have no objections. Please forgive me, masters. A villain has a bad life. A villain is not talented. He is good at interrogating and gathering information, and is willing to serve his masters. As long as the masters say a word, they can go up the mountain of knives and into the sea of fire..."
The more he listened, the more he had no bottom line, and the more he listened, the more disgusting he became. Hauge couldn't help but shouted in disgust: "Shut up, you are such a bear, and you dare to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire? Bah!"
But Dorgon heard something in his heart. The Jin Yiwei scheme was established by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in order to control hundreds of officials. These things seem to be useful to myself.
Thinking like this, he became moved, but on the surface he remained calm. He just shouted in a cold voice: "You did say that you had not heard about the reinforcements that day, and you were just following orders. I have clear rewards and punishments. If it is not your fault, then You will be fine. Since you have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, then behave well. The Qing Dynasty is not like the Ming Dynasty. As long as you make meritorious deeds, you will be rewarded."
"My master is wise, I understand." After hearing this, Wu Zhong nodded quickly and responded with tears of gratitude, "I don't know how many months I have been owed for my salary. My family is almost too poor to open up the pot, and I really can't survive. . The villain is willing to serve the Qing Dynasty, the villain..."
He said that things like arrears of salary and military pay were very common in the Ming Dynasty, and these Tatars naturally heard about it. They had seen Wu Zhong's face countless times, so they were not surprised at all.
Even Wu Zhong was so ungrateful in order to survive that Hauge, who had originally been clamoring to kill him, lost interest in killing him.
Dorgon briefly glanced at the expressions of Yue Tuo and others next to him, then immediately interrupted Wu Zhong and said: "That's enough, Gua Nao, come here, take him down!"
As soon as he heard this, Wu Zhong realized sharply that he had passed this level. Therefore, he did not resist and was taken away with great gratitude.
As soon as he left, Dorgon frowned and said to Yue Tuo and others: "Then just do what we agreed before!"
In other words, let Yue Tuo and Hao Ge stop Lu Xiangsheng's troops and monitor the Ming army so that it can't cause trouble, and he will try to attack Jinzhou again. It would be best if he can defeat it.
In the capital, there is no New Year atmosphere at all on New Year's Eve. In the palace, the New Year's Eve dinner was no different from the past. Emperor Chongzhen was sitting at the main seat, and beside him were Queen Zhou, the prince, and other concubines and princes. They gathered together to have dinner, which was quite interesting.
In the nearly one month since Taizu's dream, Emperor Chongzhen had hardly spent any time with these concubines. Looking at the room full of beautiful women, I still feel a little emotional in my heart. No matter what, being an emperor still has great power. If there are no foreign enemies, the emperor will still live a very comfortable life in peacetime.
Although he was thinking this in his mind, on the surface, his expression was still very serious, and he said to his concubines and princes: "The Manchu and Qing troops are still raging around the capital, many cities have been breached, and hundreds of thousands of people have been plundered. , were killed, and all the Qin Wang's troops were afraid to move forward. More than two months have passed, and some Qin Wang's troops have not arrived yet. They are dilly-dallying on the road. I really thought that I didn't know what they were thinking. This is the state of affairs, too Zu Tuomeng, it seems that nine out of ten of them are true! Alas..."
A long sigh made the women and children present feel very heavy!
They basically believed the Taizu's dream, after all, everyone had this kind of dream about their relatives.
The state affairs are more unbearable than before, and the situation is so serious that even if they are in the harem, they can still feel it. If someone said in the early years of Chongzhen that the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed, they would still be a little disapproving of it. Now it is the eleventh year of Chongzhen. No, it will be the twelfth year of Chongzhen soon. Bandits are everywhere, the Manchus are raging but invincible, and there are natural and man-made disasters. These piles of piles can make people feel that they are at the end of the dynasty.
Seeing the heavy atmosphere at the scene, Emperor Chongzhen forced a smile and said: "But don't worry, as long as I am here, I will definitely use all means to protect the country left by our ancestors!"
He glanced at the people in front of him, his face became serious again and said: "But the most urgent problem now is that the court has no money. With money, it can provide salaries, military pay, disaster relief, etc. Therefore, from now on, , everyone must work hard for it. If you have any good ideas to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, you can tell me."
Having said this, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Queen Zhou, and then glanced at the prince.
Jiadingbo was really untouchable when it came to the Queen and the Prince. But today, the ugly words come first, which can be regarded as a greeting. Nothing can be greater than the country and country left by our ancestors. Even if the queen or prince conflicts with this, it will be of no use. I hope they can remember what they said today and can persuade Zhou Kui to be wiser later.
However, Emperor Chongzhen knew very well that if a dog could not change his behavior, there was a high probability that Zhou Kui would not be able to change his behavior.
