Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 19 Ling Chi Traitor
When the traitor Li Jiantai was ordered by Zhu Youjian to be slapped on the face by a soldier.

The officials were not as excited as Zhu Youjian imagined.

And each and every one of them seemed to have a look of embarrassment.

Zhu Youjian thought to himself that maybe Li Jiantai's words just now stimulated these officials who followed him to the south.

Let them once again feel that their incompetence has dragged down their majesty the emperor.

Naturally, Zhu Youjian would not let Li Jiantai's words easily affect the morale of his southward withdrawal team.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian also came to Li Jiantai at this time, and said solemnly:

"The ministers who follow me are really incompetent, but they are loyal and courageous! And you, Li Jiantai, are not only incompetent, but also have no loyalty and courage!"

Zhu Youjian's words made the officials present suddenly realize.

The officials couldn't help but think to themselves that it was indeed as His Majesty said, no matter what he did, he could be considered a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and he was stronger than the traitorous minister Li Jiantai in front of him.

Because of this, the officials and officials cheered up again.

Li Jiantai was speechless for a while after being told by Zhu Youjian. ,

Of course, he can't speak now, let alone yelling and cursing indiscriminately.

Eunuch Du Zhi was still crying and kowtowed to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian didn't bother to talk to them anymore. As an emperor, he knew that if he wanted to win in the future competition of heroes, he had to be ruthless to those who betrayed him and never be soft-hearted!

What's more, whether it was Li Jiantai or Du Zhi, they not only surrendered to Li Zicheng in the original history, they even surrendered to become slaves later, and became traitors!
Therefore, it is a just act to Ling Chi these two people.

Moreover, Li Jiantai, as a cabinet minister, actually dared to surrender to the intruders on the premise of knowing that His Majesty Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, was coming to Baoding. The impact it caused was not bad.

From this point of view, Li Jiantai must also be severely punished, otherwise it will not be enough to deter other officials!
Early this morning.

The officials and people in Baoding City were called to the high platform in front of the government office.

Li Jiantai and Du Zhi knelt on the high platform to accept the trial of Zhu Youjian, the emperor.

In fact, there is nothing to judge.

But in order to allow the people to vent their grievances accumulated due to the atrocities of the Ming army in Baoding, and to continue to trust the Ming Dynasty's rule.

Zhu Youjian still chose to let Li Jiantai and others accept the scolding of Baoding people through a public trial.

Because of His Majesty Zhu Youjian's trial.

The people are very active in complaining about the evil deeds of the two men.

In the end, when Zhu Youjian directly ordered the two people to be executed Ling Chi, the voices of "Long live the emperor" sounded one after another.

Li Jiantai was also shouting "Your Majesty!"

Seeing everyone scolding him, throwing dirt in his face and even throwing stones.

Li Jiantai felt broken again.

He really wanted to ask His Majesty Zhu Youjian to forgive him, and he regretted betraying Zhu Youjian very much at this time.

However, before he yelled a few times, the executioner had already taken out a sharp knife and cut a gash on his forehead, and began to cut the first piece of meat.

Li Jiantai suddenly cried out in pain, and the miserable sound continued.

The same is true for Du Zhi, who roared and became incontinent unconsciously.

But in fact, Zhu Youjian only sentenced them to Ling Chi [-] knives each.

Considering that I can't stay in Baoding for too long, it is impossible to Ling Chi and Yuan Chonghuan for [-] dollars like Ling Chi and Yuan Chonghuan back then.

The common people were very relieved and scrambled to buy the meat of the two.

Zhu Youjian didn't know how much trauma the two men had brought to the people of Baoding after they led troops into Baoding City, so they were hated so much.

But the officials were terrified at seeing it, and secretly told themselves that they should not betray His Majesty again unless it was absolutely necessary, or they would have to end in a hurry.

Li Jiantai and Du Zhi were killed, which can only be regarded as the next episode of Zhu Youjian's southward retreat.

After Li Jiantai and Du Zhi were eliminated, the hearts of the people in Baoding were restored, and Zhu Youjian did not punish all the officers and soldiers led by Li Jiantai and Du Zhi.

After all, the law does not blame the public, and it is impossible for him to really hate evil, that will only make all the officers and soldiers who have committed crimes afraid to return to him, and it will make it more difficult for him to revive the achievements of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian directly reorganized the more than 1 officers and soldiers led by Li Jiantai and Du Zhi into Zhou Yuji's First Guard Army and He Xin's Second Guard Army.

Next, Zhu Youjian had to continue to face the north-south pursuit of Li Zicheng Tian Jianxiubu and Liu Fangliangbu.

In addition, he had to consider how he would deal with Liu Zeqing's troops after entering Shandong.

"Whether it's Tian Jianxiu's southward movement of the thieves, or Liu Fangliang's northward movement, if we want to chase us down, we must first conquer Baoding. Therefore, in order to ensure a smooth southward retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, Baoding must not be lost. At least not in the short term!"

Li Banghua, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, stepped aside after speaking.

Zhu Youjian nodded and nodded without saying anything. He very much agreed with Li Banghua's point of view.

Now this Baoding city will be another point after Tongzhou city to stop the intruders from pursuing.

And this time it is even more important than defending Tongzhou!
After all, in Baoding City, he had to face the attack of two armies of thieves.

Moreover, once the two intruders join forces, their southward withdrawal team will have to face the pursuit of more than [-] troops. Basically, they can no longer face head-to-head with the intruder army, and can only flee southward in a hurry.

"Baoding City must be defended, and it must be defended for a month or two. Only by defending Baoding City can we retreat south calmly and deal with the four Jiangbei towns calmly!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Zhou Yuji stood up:

"Your Majesty, I request you to stay in Baoding. I swear to the death to keep Baoding City for three months. If one day is missing, I will kill you willingly!"

Zhu Youjian was very pleased with Zhou Yuji's volunteering.

But Zhu Youjian rejected Zhou Yuji: "Go south to rectify military affairs, and you need Aiqing's assistance to deal with the four towns in Jiangbei, and you can't use the old general to guard the city."

"Mrs. Liu!"

At this time, Zhu Youjian suddenly yelled into the screen, and Mrs. Liu in armor stood up: "My minister is here!"

"Madam Liu will guard Baoding City for me for one month! Would you like to?"

When Zhu Youjian said this, Zhou Yuji, Mrs. Liu and the officials present were all shocked.

No one expected that Zhu Youjian would let Zhou Yuji's wife Liu be in charge of guarding Baoding City.

The reason why Zhu Youjian chose Mrs. Liu to guard Baoding City for him naturally has his own reasons.

One is that Mrs. Liu is a veteran who has experienced actual combat with her husband Zhou Yuji, and her son was killed by the bandit, and she has a blood feud with the bandit. If Mrs. Liu guards the city, she will not worry that she will surrender the city.

The second is that Mrs. Liu and Uncle Ning Wu, Zhou Yuji, are husband and wife. He left his wife in Baoding to defend the city, and took his husband south. In this case, even if Mrs. Liu really wanted to surrender the city, she had to consider her husband's life. Still holding it in my hands.

In other words, Madam Liu can be forced to defend the city with all her strength, otherwise, even if she cannot be punished, Zhou Yuji can be punished.

Although Zhou Yuji has his own soldiers, but the money and food are in the hands of the emperor, and these days to gather the morale of the army, apart from Zhou Yuji's personal guards, Zhu Youjian doesn't think he can control a small general officer.

Of course, these are all conspiracy moves.

In fact, Zhou Yuji and Mrs. Liu are not people with different intentions, Zhu Youjian just wants to think of the worst ending.

Mrs. Liu accepted Zhu Youjian's order without hesitation.

And Zhou Yuji indulged in his reluctance, and could only accept the fact that his wife kept her promise and escorted her to the south.

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