Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 124
Zhu Yousong was very happy that Henan's chess piece finally came to fruition. He knew that the tens of thousands of people in Henan were of great strategic significance, and it was not just as simple as catching a Li Chengdong who had almost slipped through the net.

Being praised by his master, Lu Jiude smiled like a child, and followed Zhu Yousong like a kid, picking up what Zhu Yousong liked, saying that Zhu Yousong sometimes smiled, sometimes Jawshou, not to mention, Zhu Yousong really missed this great eunuch with power over the government and the public a little bit after being separated for more than a month.Now he also understands why the emperors of all dynasties are willing to worship these men who are not men.

After Zhu Yousong praised the palm print eunuch of Dongchang, he brought Lu Jiude, Huang Degong, Li Quan and others to Li Chengdong.

The current Li Chengdong has not changed in a few days. He has become a live monkey, with his head drooping, like a frost-beaten eggplant, and his whole body is also thin, especially his thin face is even more pitiful, with more prominent cheekbones. His eye sockets were deep sunken, and his restless yellow eyes lost their luster in front of Zhu Yousong. He was wearing torture tools such as handshakes and foot burners, and squatted in a prison car. Kowtowing and begging in the military field of Fengyang School, Li Chengdong, who was covered in armor and had extraordinary lights flashing in his eyes, was completely different.

"Li Chengdong, you are really capable of tossing around, I didn't expect to have today!"

Li Chengdong still lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhu Yousong moved closer to the prison car, and said in a low voice, "But I'm telling you the truth, even if you don't resort to false surrender tricks and really surrender to me, I won't let you. Do you know why?"

Of course Li Chengdong didn't know, and looked at Zhu Yousong suspiciously.

"Because your reputation is worse than Gao Jie's. You are capricious and murderous. No matter how short a major general I am in Ming Dynasty, I will never want a scum like you!"

Zhu Yousong recalled the Ten Days in Yangzhou, the Three Massacres in Jiading, and the Three Loyalties in Lingnan in history. Tens of thousands of innocent lives were lost. Many people with lofty ideals died at his hands, Zhu Yousong's blood boiled, and finally he said angrily: "I will pass on my will, and immediately take Gao Jie, his wife and Li Chengdong to Caishikou and behead them for public display, and spread the heads to the nine sides!"

Afterwards, an angel officer took these three heads to the capital to ostentatiously pass through the market, and then went out of the capital to walk around the borders of various army towns, which caused a huge commotion.

When Zu Hai and Jiang Cheng in Xuzhou heard the news, a stone fell from their hearts. No wonder they couldn't catch Li Chengdong for so many days. They ran away to Guide, but no matter where they ran, they couldn't escape the palm of the emperor. Your Majesty is really a god!
Zheng Hongkui, who was recuperating in Sizhou, was relieved to hear the news.

Killing people and passing their heads among the generals is like killing chickens and monkeys. When the heads of Gao Jie and his wife and Li Chengdong were transferred from Zuo Liangyu in Wuhan to Huama Liu in Shouzhou, Turning to Liu Zeqing in the land of Huaiyang, and finally to the capital, all the arrogant generals were honest.

They understood that His Majesty the current emperor is not a soft persimmon for them to knead, so the arrogance and extravagance of the past have been curbed a lot. Start to rectify the duties of the army training and guarding the border.

The news was fed back to Zhu Yousong's ears, Zhu Yousong smiled and nodded, and secretly said, these guys are just badass, and they won't be honest if they don't clean up!

But Zhu Yousong knows that these warlords are all Zhongshan wolves, and they are rampant when they succeed, so even if they behave honestly, they will not stop and spare them. If they are honest, they will not escape the fate of being cut. This is something.

So far, all the warlords in Gaojie's town have been settled by Zhu Yousong. In addition to the loss of Gaojie's 13 horses on the battlefield, nearly 8 horses have been reorganized by Zhu Yousong. Neither the army nor the people dared to disobey the imperial court.

Undoubtedly, the reduction of the feudal clan was relatively successful this time. In just two months, Zhu Yousong appeased Huang Degong and eradicated Gao Jie. The warlords of the four towns were half resolved, and the power of the imperial court was literally doubled. By September, even counting the army of the capital and the local army, there were more than 20 troops loyal to the imperial court. Of course, this did not include the troops of Zuo Liangyu in Wuhan, Huama Liu in Shouzhou, and Liu Zeqing in Huaian.

Among the 20 horses, there is no shortage of generals who are used to fighting, such as Huang Degong, Zheng Hongkui, Qiu Yue, Zhang Jie, Chen Xiance, Jiang Cheng and so on.

Zhu Yousong now has more confidence in his heart, even if the Qing Tartars came here, he has the capital to compete with them, so his back is straighter, his words and actions are more confident, and his true colors of the emperor are stronger.

After staying in Zhongdu for a few days, the Fengyang army was rectifying the people's peace, and the scene of Antai began to reappear. Zheng Hongkui also recovered from his injuries, and returned to Zhu Yousong from Sizhou. In addition, Zu Hai also rushed to Zhongdu from Xuzhou.Doing the math, I have been away from the capital for more than a month, and it is time to return to the capital. If I don’t go back, the two harem young meats who returned to the capital from Chuzhou more than half a month ago will not be able to stand it, and the civil and military officials will be commotion Uneasy, after all, it is an important place in Gyeonggi, and it is not normal for the emperor to be absent for a long time.

Picking an auspicious day, Zhu Yousong took Lu Jiude, Huang Degong, Li Quan and other governors and led the army to move back to Beijing in a mighty manner.

When the news spread to the capital, there were thousands of people in the streets, some went to the streets to burn incense and worship, and some wanted to see Longyan. , Wen Wu, headed by Gao Hongtu, knelt down in the street, and there were several neat rows.

At this time, all civil and military officials in the court knew the inside story of the emperor's departure from Beijing more than a month ago. The so-called private visit in a micro-service was just a feint. The results of the battle can be described as shocking, weeping ghosts and gods.Even the Donglin Party, who always loves to find fault with the emperor, can't sigh with awe.

At this time, Zhu Yousong, who was dressed in military uniform like a god sitting on a horse, came stepping forward, and two warriors in armor held Luohuang umbrellas.

Behind him are the great eunuch Lu Jiude, the top card of the Jinyiwei and the admiral of the Beijing camp Zheng Hongkui, the commander of the Jinyiwei Du Shi Zuhai, Huang Degong, the Duke of Jingguo, and Li Quan, who was in charge of the Qianhu in Dongchang, followed closely behind. The imperial guards in fresh clothes and angry horses, Jiayi, gunners, crossbowmen, long swordsmen, and long spears and knives can't be seen at a glance.

When he was more than ten steps away from the civil and military ministers who were kneeling to greet him, Zhu Yousong, who was in high spirits, reined in his horse. The sound of guns and cannons, the sound of gongs and drums, blowing and beating, all civil and military personnel cleared the way in front, and Zhu Yousong was surrounded in the middle, coming towards the city gate like stars holding the moon.

(End of this chapter)