However, now that Huang Taiji has murderous intentions, it is useless no matter how servile and servile these North Korean monarchs and ministers are to express repentance and make a new start.
After enjoying the feeling of being superior and allowing the onlookers in Shengjing City to taste the power of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji shouted sternly: "If I let you go again, don't you think I am easy to bully?"
Having said this, he glanced around, especially on the faces of the tribal chiefs, and then shouted loudly: "The kings and ministers of North Korea deceived the king, secretly colluded with the Ming Dynasty, and wasted my kindness. They decided to kill him." !”
He issued a murderous decree, and the guards in yellow mantles immediately responded with a loud roar, drew their swords, and stepped over.
When Li Jian and other North Korean monarchs and ministers saw this, they were so frightened that they fell to the ground. They didn't expect that they would kill them after saying so many good things? Is today really the day of despair?
Thinking about it this way, those who cry for father and mother, whether they are kings or not, are no different from ordinary people.
Many of the Jianlu who were watching were already unhappy with North Korea. Earlier, there had been two large-scale expeditions against North Korea, conquering them in one fell swoop, and promised to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty. In the blink of an eye, he colluded with Ming Guo again.
Later, the Qing emperor and his lords tried their best to attack North Korea, but were defeated by the Ming emperor who surrounded Wei and rescued Zhao. At that time, more than 10,000 Qing soldiers died before and after them. These losses were naturally counted in North Korea. On the head.
Also, the weak are guilty of original sin. In their eyes, North Korea is a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. How dare you make them unhappy? This is outrageous!
Therefore, after they heard Huang Taiji's order, they immediately cheered loudly, and they didn't know who shouted "kill" first.
Finally, all the Jianlu who were watching shouted in unison, one after another: "Kill...kill...kill..."
In such an atmosphere, one by one in yellow mantles raised their swords and dropped their swords, blood spurted out, and the heads of the Korean monarchs and ministers rolled to the ground one by one.
"oh……"
With a long "Oh" sound, some of the Jianlu onlookers knelt down first, and then others followed suit. In the end, everyone knelt down, facing the only standing Huang Taiji, and stood together. He shouted loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"
The sound was very loud, but Huang Taiji felt very comfortable listening to it. With a smile on his face, he said loudly: "Pingsheng!"
He could feel that at this moment, his self-confidence had returned, as had the self-confidence of the Qing army and people; his prestige, everything he was worried about losing, had all returned.
After all the prisoners stood up again, he loudly said in front of everyone: "If you are guilty, you will be punished; if you are meritorious, you will be rewarded; my promise will never change."
After finishing speaking, he announced that Hauge, who led the Korean expeditionary force this time, would be named Prince Heshuosu; the other commander, Yue Tuo, would be named Prince Heshuocheng. Other meritorious soldiers are also rewarded. In front of everyone, the captured people, materials, etc. were rewarded one by one, especially in the current difficult years, which made many people jealous.
It has to be said that after he did this, Jianlu cheered up again, and those who had opinions about Huang Taiji or had thoughts in their hearts no longer expressed these things.
The corpses and heads of the Korean monarchs and ministers were buried outside the city. When entering and exiting Shengjing City, you can see that this is the fate of the Dark and Tongming Kingdom who disobeyed the Qing Dynasty. Of course, in other words, it was also the fate of Huang Taiji.
After that, Huang Taiji began to inspect places, inspect agriculture, and inspect military equipment. He no longer just sat in the palace.
On this day, he inspected Phoenix Castle, which was more than 400 miles away from Shengjing.
This Phoenix Castle was built in the 17th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty. It was named after the nearby Phoenix Mountain.
Upon hearing Huang Taiji's arrival, the Phoenix Castle guard naturally led everyone in the castle to run out to greet him.
"Huh? Why is the farming here so miserable?" Huang Taiji looked at the leader kneeling at the front and shouted sternly on his horse, "I have seen other places that are much better than here. Fortunately, you are still a Han. !”
"Your Majesty, calm down, this slave deserves to die!" This Han-born guard was none other than Huaishun King Geng Zhongming, who was transferred from Jinzhou by Huang Taiji. At this time, when he heard Huang Taiji scolding him as soon as he opened his mouth, he did not dare to talk back, so he could only obey. He replied thoughtfully.
"Hmph!" Huang Taiji snorted from his nostrils, looking very dissatisfied. He didn't let Ping Shen go and drove his horse away first, heading to the Phoenix Castle.
After all the escorting troops had entered, Geng Zhongming raised his head and sighed slightly.
Kneeling behind him was his son Geng Jimao. Seeing this, he reminded: "Father, if the emperor is not satisfied, then we can drive those slaves back to cultivate more fields."
After hearing this, Geng Zhongming looked back at his son, his eyes a little cold, but in the end he said nothing, stood up and walked towards the city.
In fact, he knew very well that Huang Taiji was here to cause trouble. Otherwise, I would never tell lies with my eyes open.
As Huang Taiji said, people of Han origin are naturally better at farming than people of other ethnic groups. He thought that he was busy with farm work conscientiously and was no worse than his surroundings. However, Huang Taiji still said so, what else could he do if he wasn't looking for trouble?
After following him into the Phoenix Castle, Huang Taiji continued to inspect the situation in the castle and made comments from time to time. He was very dissatisfied and called Geng Zhongming over at every turn to scold him. As long as anyone with a clear understanding of the situation can see it, they will know that Geng Zhongming was a bit unfair in his training. In many places, he was actually trying to find faults in his eggs!
This situation made Geng Jimao, who had always admired Huang Taiji very much and realized that he was truly a member of the Qing Dynasty, look a little ugly. He wondered why the emperor wanted to cause trouble for his father?
At the end of the inspection, he naturally went to Geng Zhongming's palace to rest.
It can be said that with the dove occupying the magpie's nest, this palace has become Huang Taiji's territory. Those yellow mandarins who accompanied him were on guard every three steps and one sentry every five steps. They were extremely wary of Geng Zhongming and his Han men.
"The Emperor has an edict to summon King Huaishun to see him!" A eunuch announced the edict in a strange voice and called Geng Zhongming who was waiting outside alone.
Geng Jimao looked very worried. If his father goes in this time, he will definitely be scolded by the emperor again, right? Could it be that he was looking for some excuse to take away his father's throne? If this is the case, what should I do?
Think about some recent rumors in Daqing, saying that the emperor has killed many clan leaders, and it is not his own family’s turn, right?
Thinking like this, Geng Jimao became very worried, and those waiting outside, especially those Han subordinates of Geng Zhongming, were also very worried.
To be honest, Geng Zhongming was actually very uneasy.
With such an obvious attitude, it's impossible for Huang Taiji to know about the conversations he had with Kong Youde, right?
Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be! I was very careful when talking to Kong Youde. Furthermore, if Huang Taiji really knew about those conversations, the current trends in Liaodong might not be so polite!
Unable to figure out the situation, Geng Zhongming was led by the eunuch and walked around his house for a while before arriving at the lobby.
As soon as he entered, he saw Huang Taiji sitting in the main seat where he usually sat with a cold face.
"Slave Geng Zhongming, please bow to my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Geng Zhongming did not dare to look further, and immediately shook off his horse-hooved sleeves and saluted Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji looked down at him for a while, then stretched out his hand to signal, and the eunuch backed out and closed the door.
Although Geng Zhongming lowered his head, he could feel this situation and became more and more strange in his heart: Huang Taiji had closed the door. What was he going to do?
As he was thinking about it, suddenly, he heard Huang Taiji's soft voice: "Will Geng Qing be fine?"
This attitude was completely different from before, which surprised Geng Zhongming. Then, he did all the etiquette before standing up and standing with his hands down and his head bowed.
Huang Taiji looked at his respectful look and suddenly sighed and said, "Does Geng Qing know why I want to perform such a play?"
acting? Is it a lie to find fault with yourself? Geng Zhongming was stunned for a moment, and after coming back to his senses, he immediately replied honestly: "I don't know!"
After hearing this, Huang Taiji sighed and said: "I believe Geng Qing should also know that there are spies from the Ming Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, or they are spies from the Ming Dynasty, or they want to defect to the Ming Dynasty, and they inform the Ming Dynasty. So much so that the Qing army suffered several defeats..."
Hearing this, Geng Zhongming didn't expect that he would open up about such a sensitive topic. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer the conversation, so he could only listen silently.
"...After all, the Qing Dynasty's national power is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty." Huang Taiji looked at Geng Zhongming and sighed again, "The Ming Dynasty can be defeated countless times without damaging its roots. However, if the Qing Dynasty continues If we fail like this, it will damage our roots. Therefore, I must make changes..."
Geng Zhongming listened, but still couldn't answer the conversation. He could only continue to be the clay Bodhisattva in the temple, with a more expressive and sad expression at most.
Huang Taiji paused, looked at Geng Zhongming for a while, and suddenly said: "I have a very important thing for you to do. I wonder if Geng Qing is willing to do it?"
You just asked this question without saying anything, what other choice do you have!
Geng Zhongming thought so in his heart, but on the surface he immediately threw off his horse-hooved sleeves and knelt down, and responded very sincerely: "Your Majesty's decree, this slave will do his best even if he goes through fire and water."
"Okay!" When Huang Taiji heard this, he didn't know whether he really believed Geng Zhongming's words or was acting. He shouted with joy, then stood up, walked to Geng Zhongming in a few steps, helped him up with his own hands and said, "This matter , It’s hard to say it’s not difficult, it’s a bit difficult to say it’s not difficult, it just requires Geng Qing to put in the effort!”
Seeing Geng Zhongming's slightly confused look, Huang Taiji explained: "I want you to contact the Dongjiang Ming Army, pretend to surrender to them, and lure them to take Phoenix Castle. How about that?"
Upon hearing this, Geng Zhongming couldn't help but suddenly realized.
At this time, he finally understood why Huang Taiji was quite dissatisfied with him when he came, or when outsiders saw him, as if he was looking for something to do. It turned out that he was really acting for outsiders to see. , would think that it would be logical for him to betray the Qing Dynasty and collude with the Ming army.
While he was thinking about it, Huang Taiji spoke again: "I still can't figure out how many spies there are, so this matter will only come out of my mouth and into your ears. If you act like this, I can guarantee that the spies of the Ming Dynasty will be eliminated." , it is absolutely impossible to detect this situation. You can also act safely!"
Hearing this, Geng Zhongming couldn't help but admire Huang Taiji. By doing this, he could really prevent the news from leaking. It seems that the emperor must have thought about this for a long time. Maybe, everyone is suspecting that there are spies from the Ming Dynasty among the nobles of the Qing Dynasty, so they are so cautious.
"You are from the Dongjiang Army of the Ming Dynasty. You should know how harmful the Dongjiang Army is to the Qing Dynasty. Especially today's Dongjiang Army is still in charge of the Ming Dynasty's Baoding Governor. Lu Xiangsheng is also considered a talent, capable of both literary and military skills. . Therefore, before I do anything else, I must first get rid of Lu Xiangsheng and his Dongjiang Army!" When Huang Taiji said this, his tone was decisive.
Geng Zhongming said nothing, but he agreed in his heart. The newly formed Dongjiang Army of the Ming Dynasty was indeed more powerful than the previous Dongjiang Army. Especially when he heard about the battle in Pyongyang, he was even more shocked. If it were the previous Dongjiang Army, that would never be possible. Huang Taiji is absolutely right to be so scrupulous.
When Huang Taiji said this, he patted Geng Zhongming on the shoulder and said kindly: "You are from Gaizhou. After this is done, I will grant Gaizhou to you, and the throne of King Huaishun will be hereditary in the future." As long as the Qing Dynasty is here, King Huaishun will be there!"
Geng Zhongming was shocked when he heard that he was hereditary and regarded his hometown as his fiefdom! This reward is definitely very big.
There was almost no hesitation, or in other words, he didn't dare to hesitate anymore. After all, Huang Taiji had paid a sky-high price, and he didn't know what he was doing. Believe it or not, he could immediately turn against him and become furious. Therefore, he immediately threw off his horseshoe sleeves and knelt down to kowtow again: "The emperor's grace is so great, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
However, he was still somewhat doubtful. Why did Huang Taiji choose him to do this? Wasn't he worried that he was a spy of the Ming Dynasty? If this is the case, the Ming Dynasty will also know about this plan, and maybe they will try to use it as a trick. On Huang Taiji's side, it is possible not only to draw water from a bamboo basket, but also to lose his wife and lose his troops.
Although Geng Zhongming was thinking this, he didn't dare to be stupid enough to ask Huang Taiji face to face, why did he believe him so much? He could only figure it out and guess in secret.
Huang Taiji didn't know what he was thinking, so he helped him up again and discussed the details of the matter with him on the spot.
