The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 504 Punishing the Heart
"A lot of nonsense."

Just as Zhu Linmei frowned in disgust, Shi Lin reacted extremely quickly, and immediately stepped forward, raising his hand and slapping him hard.

"Snapped!"

"Uh..." Hong Chengchou's left cheek was immediately swollen and turned purple, but it was symmetrical with the side that was hit by the gun butt just now.

Shi Lin still felt that something was wrong, and kicked him on the crook of the leg again, causing him to fall to his knees, and then "satisfied" retreated.

Zhu Linmei looked at Hong Chengchou and said in a cold voice: "During the Chongzhen Dynasty, you were the governor of Jiliao, with several military powers in the world, but because of greed for life and fear of death, you became a captive..."

The latter swallowed hard, struggled and said, "Old man, I'm not afraid of death!"

"Really?" Zhu Lin smiled disdainfully, "When Fan Wencheng recruited you, some beam dust fell on your shoulders, and you hurriedly brushed it off. Do you know how Fan Wencheng repaid Huang Taiji? He said,' Chengchou will never die, cherish his clothes, let alone his body?'

"Why do you think Huang Taiji killed Qiu Minyang, Cao Bianjiao, and Wang Tingchen who were captured together with you, but only persuaded you to surrender?"

"Even the enemies at the time can see that you are afraid of death, and you are still arguing here!"

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard the words, this is what happened in Shengjing back then, why did he know so clearly? !
Zhu Linmei continued: "If you surrender just because you are afraid of death, it's fine, it's like your descendant Zu Dashou, staying at home to spend time and wine, but not coming out to harm the common people.

"However, you, a traitor, are really loyal to the enemy. For Jiannu, you will first invade the south of the Yangtze River, then break through and sacrifice the bandits, then attack Chu, Guangdong, Yunnan, and Guizhou, and finally take the southwest's'big plan'. Thanks to you An extraordinary strategy, Jianlu acted according to this, and led his army to devour the Central Plains, risking the loss of our Great Ming society!"

These words were told by himself and Huang Taiji face to face, and he actually knew? !Hong Chengchou was startled and frightened at the moment, he felt himself standing in front of this young man as if he had been stripped naked.

"Afterwards, you "conscientiously" recruited and surrendered thirteen state capitals in Nanzhi, Jiangxi, and North Zhejiang for Jianlu, and designed to destroy the plan of the former Minister of War Zhang Jinyan and others to resist the captives! You also persuaded Chinese scholars to participate in Jianlu campaign Try it, a talented thief."

"I, I said that those state capitals were surrendered, so that the people in the cities would not be slaughtered!" Hong Chengchou finally squeezed out a sentence after a long time, "I am here to save the lives of the common people..."

"Fart!" Zhu Linmei scolded angrily, "You said that you sent down the rats who guarded the city, but the people in the city had to kill themselves and change their clothes. How many people committed suicide because of this?! And how many people died because they didn't want to shave their hair and change clothes? Killed by your order?!

"And even if they manage to survive, they are still slaves to the Tartars. Hmph, ask me, are there any people willing to do this?!"

"I……"

"Save people?" Zhu Linming became more and more angry as she said, "You still have the face to say save people? It's because you were the pawn of the captives, which caused the fall of a large area of ​​land in the south of the Yangtze River, and how many people died in Yangzhou, Jiading, Jiangyin, and Sichuan. Thieves? 200 million or 300 million?!
"If you want to talk about saving people, you have saved one, and that is yourself!"

Seeing that Hong Chengchou had stayed on the spot and couldn't say a word, he finally said coldly: "I'm here today because an old friend wrote a couplet for you. Listen carefully.

"Historical pens are flowing, although they are not successful, they will eventually be law-abiding; Hong En is mighty, and they cannot serve the country but become enemies."

In history, after Huang Daozhou was captured, when he saw Hong Chengchou came to persuade him to surrender, he was angry and made this couplet to beg for death.

In this life, Huang Daozhou was still serving as the chief assistant in the Taizheng Dynasty, but Hong Chengchou became a prisoner, but these two eternal curses on Zhu Lin must be reserved for the national thieves.

No matter how thick-skinned Hong Chengchou was, he couldn't help but blushed with embarrassment at this moment, covering his face with his sleeves.

After saying this, Zhu Linmi immediately turned around and left, not wanting to take another look at Hong Shi.

Li Ying followed quickly, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, what should we do with this thief Hong?"

Seeing that Zhu Lin was silent, he said in a low voice: "According to my subordinates' opinion, it is better to send them back to Fujing, to be tortured in public, to comfort the world."

Zhu Linmi thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It's not right. Although this is very satisfying, but after all, he was captured before the battle of the two armies, so he should be beheaded according to the law.

"If we set this precedent, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were captured by the Jian captives will also be retaliated against, because the small loses the big."

Huang Qishou at the side said unwillingly: "But it's so cheap for this bastard!"

"Cheap him?" Zhu Linmei immediately smiled and ordered, "The Hong family is also a national thief. Before beheading him, he will walk through the streets of Nanjing city. At that time, news will spread that this thief is imprisoned in the side hall of the chief envoy's yamen."

After he finished speaking, he patted Li Ying's shoulder again, and said in a low voice, "The soldiers fought hard, so there is no need to arrange too many guards for the prisoners."

Li Ying was stunned, and it took a while to react, and immediately saluted excitedly: "Yes!"

When it was almost noon, the battle in the Forbidden City was also declared over, and the entire city of Nanjing was completely under the control of the Ming army.

Due to the existence of Mancheng, the work of searching for Jianlu has become very simple-there are all in the Forbidden City, and almost none outside.

Zhu Linmi drove her horse through Dongyi Gate, turned her head and told Yu Xin, "The search for the remaining thieves in the city must be done quickly, and the ban will be lifted the day after tomorrow at the latest, so that the people can resume their normal lives.

"In addition, Hong Chengchou looted almost all the grain and rice in the city in order to defend Nanjing. After counting the seized grain and rice, he opened warehouses and distributed grain to the people at a low price. Other daily necessities also had to be transported into the city."

"Yes!"

A group of people walked while talking, Zhu Linmi raised her eyes and kept looking around, but she felt very desolate in her heart - this majestic palace in the old capital of Ming Dynasty has been ruined by Jianlu, just like a messy vegetable market .

The scattered bamboo poles outside the temple are covered with clothes to dry, and the furnishings in the hall have long since disappeared, replaced by earth kangs, stoves and the like.The pillars of the majestic main hall are carved in a mess, the door god is pasted on the door, and most of the hall plaques have been made of firewood.The imperial garden was overgrown with weeds and had a strong stench. It was obviously used as an open-air toilet.

"It seems that restoring the Forbidden City to its original state will not happen overnight." He asked Zhang Jiayu again, "Yuanzi, according to your estimate, how much silver taels will it take to completely restore it, and it will take a long time?"

Zhang Jiayu thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I'm afraid it will be more than 90 or [-] taels. If the people are strong enough, it may be repaired in a year at the earliest."

so much? !Zhu Linmei couldn't help frowning...

"Brother Zhao, this is the chief envoy's yamen." A young man with a black cloth mask obviously lacked confidence, "And right now the city is still under martial law..."

"What are you afraid of? It's cloudy tonight, so it's best to do it!" Brother Zhao said in a deep voice, "San Zhuzi, don't forget how your father died!"

Sanzhuzi was silent for a moment, and his voice became more determined, "It's Hong Chengchou, an old thief! Because my father refused to shave his hair, he was hacked to death at the door of the house by his men!"

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