If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

When the Ming army entered the city, there was no possibility of a comeback in the battle.

After all, the defenders of the city could still withstand one or two with the city defense, but when the Ming army entered the city, the Japanese were on average one head shorter than the Ming people and had poor and pitiful weapons and armor. They wanted to withstand the Ming army's advance. It's nothing more than a fool's dream.

Not to mention, Kyoto was already in chaos at this time, and there was no organized resistance in the city at all.

Even if someone can organize a resistance, do you expect peasant soldiers who don't have enough to eat, have only a piece of protective gear to protect their chest, abdomen and back, and don't even have a helmet on their head to fight against Zhu Zhanquan's Jade Guard?

What the Mongolian cavalry can't do is really too difficult for these ordinary soldiers.

In fact, during the entire process of the Ming army entering the city, except for a few die-hard loyalists who should be the shogunate's family members who launched a wave of desperate attacks, extinguished the fires in the city, restored order and suppressed the riots, the Ming army did not No obstacles were encountered.

So when Zhu Zhanquan took Meng Qinglin into the palace of the Japanese king, the entire family of Japanese kings and shoguns in the Northern Dynasties had been tied up, and their family members and retainers were held in front of him.

In addition, there were more than a dozen freshly chopped heads on a plate, waiting for inspection in front of him.

Zhu Zhanjun glanced at the head in front of him, and didn't bother to care what kind of head it was. He just waved his hand and asked someone to take it.

Now that he has become an immortal, he is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see this.

"Those who want to commit suicide by committing seppuku, or those who feel that they should be loyal to the Lord, I will give you a favor. Go and prepare aside. Someone will teach you about your mistakes." Zhu Zhanyu looked at these prisoners, thought about it and decided Let them die on their own and save some of the hassle of dealing with it.

After all, he also noticed that among the detained people, there were indeed some who looked unhappy or were still struggling.

For this kind of people, the best way to deal with this kind of people is to let them give themselves a knife and help them look decent. Keeping them will only increase their troubles.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanquan also felt that given the character and tradition of the Japanese, there were probably many people who wanted to commit seppuku. A gentleman has the beauty of adulthood, but it is better to fulfill his family's reputation and ideals. Who made him become an immortal now and have a kind heart!
Sure enough, after Zhu Zhanquan said this, someone immediately expressed his intention to commit seppuku.

Seeing that some people wanted to commit seppuku, Zhu Zhanqi magnanimously asked them to be taken away, and a white curtain was set up in accordance with the customs of the Japanese country. A person who cuts his belly and then cuts his head to relieve the pain.

Those who wanted to commit seppuku changed into white clothes and knelt on the mats behind the white curtain with short knives. Most of them read a few crooked poems to themselves and then happily cut their stomachs. One knife.

And the expert swordsmen of the Qingyu Guard who were specially recruited did not neglect them. After these people gave him a knife, he directly raised the knife and chopped off their heads.

Of course, in order to prevent the head from rolling around, there is still some flesh left attached to the head.

This is a great test of the beheading person's skills, but fortunately Qingyuwei's swordsmanship is real. Although it may not be as good as a professional executioner, there is still no problem in decapitating the head with one knife.

While watching people committing seppuku, Zhu Zhanquan asked the people in front of him who had no intention of joining the process of committing seppuku: "You are unwilling to commit suicide to maintain your loyalty, and you are unwilling to submit to the king's master, but why?"

As soon as Zhu Zhanjun said these words, the Japanese nobles who were kneeling on the ground immediately began to beg for mercy.After all, this scene was indeed a bit too exciting. Someone was actually committing seppuku next to him, and then someone misjudged him.

They were currently in a square in the Japanese King's Palace, which was also the place where Japanese kings held court meetings in the past. The ground was paved with fine white fine sand and stone, and it looked quite clean and tidy.

But now there are not only Japanese nobles kneeling on the ground, but also a group of family members waiting to be dealt with. The blood from those who committed seppuku has also soaked into the fine sand on the ground, and the smell of blood is quite strong.

Coupled with the fact that the smoke outside the palace has not yet dispersed and the fire has not been completely extinguished in Kyoto City, this is enough to be called a scene of national subjugation and genocide.

In this scene, even if Zhu Zhanquan said that he would pull down all these people and kill them, no one would think there was anything wrong. Even the history books would only record that King Zheng destroyed the Japanese king's city, and the Japanese king He committed seppuku and committed suicide, and all the nobles died to maintain their loyalty.

It will not be recorded that he massacred the Japanese royal family and the shogunate.

But for Zhu Zhanchun, this kind of simple killing is really meaningless, so after letting those who are willing to commit suicide commit suicide, he does not intend to kill the remaining people.

"You are neither willing to commit suicide nor surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Now you are still here begging for mercy. This is very difficult for me!" Zhu Zhanquan did not mean to make things difficult. After all, these people neither surrendered nor died. It is impossible to just lock these people up and waste rice: "However, the Japanese kings of the Northern Dynasty need to sacrifice prisoners to the Taimiao Temple. If they are willing to surrender to our Ming Dynasty, I can keep you alive."

After being threatened by Zhu Zhanquan, the Japanese kings of the Northern Dynasties dared not say anything, and quickly expressed their willingness to surrender and submit to the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Japanese kings had a large population, and it was obviously impossible to send them all to Nanjing, and not everyone was eligible to be sacrificed to the Ancestral Temple.

It would be enough to pack up the Japanese king of the Northern Dynasty and his family, and at most spare a shogun to make a couple.

As for the remaining people, if Zhu Zhanquan was more cruel, they would basically be pulled down and chopped or the palace would be corrupted. Even if he was more merciful, he would be exiled or transferred to the Jiaofangsi, etc., and there would not be any good ending. .

As for letting them go, that is also an option, but usually it is not done.

After all, these people still have influence, and it is not pleasant to raise a rebellion again after letting them go.

So after some coercion and intimidation, Zhu Zhanquan ordered that all these people be given to his third uncle and thrown to Sado Island to work as miners.

This can be regarded as a relatively compromise solution. Although it is a bit harder to mine, you can survive at least. As long as you work with peace of mind and don't think about rebellion or escaping back, it is not a problem to thrive on Sado Island.

And this can also be regarded as a way of dealing with prisoners of war by the Japanese country itself. After all, the Japanese country has many gold and silver mountains. In addition to prisoners, most of the people who mine are defeated prisoners.

Of course, if you want to kill these people, it is easy. You just need to throw them into the mines and treat them a little harshly. For these pampered nobles, the harsh environment will soon torture them to death. (End of chapter)