In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 187 The End of the Traitor

After Huang Ben and Takuyan left, Lin Rui ordered someone to bring Huang Taiji's children and a group of wives, concubines, and concubines over for personal interrogation.

Not long after, more than 20 women of various sizes wearing cheongsam were brought into the hall, some of them holding small children in their hands.

"Come on!"

Everyone was driven to the back of the main hall with nervous and apprehensive faces. They looked at Lin Rui on the dragon chair with different expressions. Some were worried and scared, some were surprised and stunned, and most of them lowered their heads and made secret calculations.

Although they suddenly suffered a misfortune and suddenly became the prisoners of the Lin family army from the high-ranking concubines of the Qing Dynasty, the faces of these women did not show much despair.

"Let me introduce myself first, let's start with the Queen!"

Lin Rui sat on the dragon chair with a golden sword and glanced at the group of women and children dressed in noble clothes, and said unhurriedly.

"Well, why, is this handsome man too kind?"

After seeing him for a while, there was no movement. Lin Rui's face fell instantly and his tone became cold.

"There is no queen..."

A cold voice whispered from the crowd. Lin Rui didn't even know who said it. His brows suddenly furrowed and he looked at the palace ladies and eunuchs beside him.

"Back, back to your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty has indeed not canonized a queen, but he has canonized a monarch, Dafu Jin, so she should be considered a queen..."

"Yes king."

The maids and eunuchs said cautiously, and after speaking, they all looked at Dafu Jin Zhezhe.

"Oh, really!"

He really doesn't know whether Huang Taiji canonized Queen Lin Rui. He also has no impression of Huang Taiji's women, except for Da Yu'er, Hai Lanzhu and Na Mu Zhong.

So he got up, came to Zhezhe, and said rather disappointedly: "So you are the wife and concubine? What is your name? Where are you from, and do you have any children?"

"Borgizite Zhezhe, a native of Horqin, Mongolia, has no children or daughters!"

Zhezhe nodded, his tone was neither humble nor arrogant, but he seemed very calm and calm.

"Oh? Are you from Horqin too? Then Da Yu'er, who is Da Yu'er?"

Lin Rui looked at the girls behind her in surprise and asked.

Bumbutai was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that this person didn't even recognize her aunt, but knew her nickname. After hesitating, she still stood up with a two or three-year-old child, but compared to Zhe Zhe was much more nervous and apprehensive.

"I wonder what this great king will do with us?"

"Are you Da Yu'er?"

Lin Rui looked her up and down for a while, and was immediately disappointed when he saw that although her appearance and appearance could be considered a beauty, she was slightly inferior to Na Mu Zhong.

"Ah."

Da Yu'er also felt Lin Rui's disappointed eyes, and she became even more nervous and worried. She was not worried about herself, but worried about her child.

"Who is Hai Lanzhu?"

"I am, this great king, I wonder how our Horqin tribe is doing now?"

Hai Lanzhu was not too nervous and stood up without hesitation, even looking at Lin Rui with a hint of curiosity.

In fact, Lin Rui had noticed Hai Lanzhu for a long time, because among this group of people, Hai Lanzhu had the best appearance and temperament, surpassing Na Mu Zhong, and she was also taller. She was a rare beauty. She originally thought she was a legend. Who would have thought that Dayu'er in the movie was actually Hai Lanzhu.

So he nodded and said: "You are not bad, and you still know how to care about your mother clan. Don't worry. Although your Horqin tribe suffered heavy losses this time, it is estimated that Khan City can still be saved. You should still care about your situation now. .”

Hai Lanzhu, Zhezhe and Dayu'er all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Horqin's tribe had not been wiped out.

After all, the Horqin tribe is their biggest support. If the Horqin tribe is destroyed, no matter whether they are taken away by the Han family or replaced by Huang Taiji, they may not have a high status in the future.

Lin Rui then interrogated the other concubines one by one, and with the evidence from the eunuchs and maids, he finally figured out the value of his trophies.

Among these twenty-odd women, there are only four that are truly valuable. In addition to Queen Zhezhe, Yuanfei Hailanzhu, Zhuangfei Da Yuer, and Shufei Batema Hong.

As for the other concubines, they had no status at all, including Han women, Mongolian women, and Korean women.

And the concubine Batma, like Namu Zhong, was once a blessing of Lin Dan Khan, ranking fourth.

Among the eight children, the most valuable are Huang Taiji's two young sons and two daughters who are about to grow up.

After figuring out the status and value of these women and children, Lin Rui ordered people to take them back to the harem again and continue to imprison them pending disposal.

After two days of interrogation, Huang Ben also examined all the prisoners in the city, and the supplies were still being counted.

This is the benefit of all young soldiers taking cultural classes.

"Commander, among the 2 or 1 prisoners, [-] of them are Han Chinese. There are only more than [-] real Jurchens, and the remaining [-] or so are Mongolians and Koreans."

Huang Ben said and handed over a list.

Lin Rui took it and looked at it carefully.

After reading it, I probably have an idea in my mind.

There were 500 Han people, almost evenly divided between men and women. Except for traitor soldiers and slaves, the men were all craftsmen, especially the more than [-] craftsmen who forged artillery, which surprised Lin Rui the most.

Most of the women were concubines and maids.Of the 14 real Jurchens, half are under the age of [-], and the rest are all women. There are no adult Jurchen men. These people are almost all family members of the slave princes and nobles, and most of them are still Descendants of Nurhaci.

Lin Rui was also secretly shocked by this. In less than 30 years, the Nurhaci line had produced so many people. What if these little wild boars had grown up?

"All the men in the families of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were executed, and the women were kept in separate cells. Fan Wenchen, Ning Wan, and a group of literati traitors and the men in their families were all cut into pieces and brought up Shang Kexi."

Lin Rui closed the book and said coldly.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were lucky enough to go to the Ming Dynasty this time, so they could only cut off their descendants first. But Fan Wenchen, Ning Wan, I and other civil servants and monks were very happy, but none of them ran away. The reason why they were not killed on the spot was because Because they can speak Chinese.

Except for Shang Kexi, Lin Rui planned to give him a chance. The other literati and traitors would all have their bodies cut into pieces and their descendants cut off as a warning to future generations.

After all, military generals such as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, etc., most of the reasons why they surrendered and became slaves were because they were squeezed out by civil servants and felt dissatisfied, so they chose to break the pot.

Especially Shang Kexi, who was forced to lose his backer due to the struggle between civil servants and factions, and had no choice but to go to Pi Dao. Only after Huang Taiji's repeated attempts to win over him did he finally seek refuge in Hou Jin.

Not long after, a burly man with his whole body tied up was brought into the hall.

"Your Majesty!"

"Stay back first!" Seeing that Shang Kexi was still quite stubborn and still refused to kneel after being hit a few times, Lin Rui waved his hand and then sneered: "What? Your knees are so weak when facing Jiannu. You were soft and soft, but now you are tough when facing me, the king of the Han people?"

"Hmph, that Emperor Taiji was a man of great talent and strategy, he was courteous to the virtuous and corporal, and he was clear about rewards and punishments. He was a rare wise master. On the other hand, in the Ming Dynasty, the king was ignorant and the ministers were mediocre. There were all treacherous and corrupt officials in the court. Their merits were not rewarded, and their faults were not punished. "A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a good minister chooses his master to serve. I am happy for the good man and do not want to accept the spirit of the bird. I abandon the Ming Dynasty and join the Qing Dynasty. Why not?"

Shang Kexi scratched his neck and snorted coldly, obviously he had great resentment towards the Ming Dynasty, especially towards Chongzhen.

"Haha, you are a traitor, but you still act righteously?
No matter how many reasons you have, there are many shortcomings in the Ming Dynasty, and how mediocre and incompetent Chongzhen is, you can rebel, but you should not lead your brothers to shave their hair and change their clothes, forget their ancestors, and become the traitor despised by the world. "

Lin Rui's righteous words

Shang Kexi opened his mouth. He was finally a little ashamed of what he said. He didn't know how to refute. Finally, he simply said: "Kill or behead, I'll do whatever you want. Why do you have to humiliate me?"

"Killing people can only be done with a nod of the head. I will not let go of anyone who deserves to be killed. However, I thought that you had a reason for joining the slaves. If you turn back and submit to me today, I will give you a chance.

In the future, when I take charge of the magical weapon, wipe out the world, and rebuild the world, you can also wash away your name as a traitor and still be a hero, how about it? "

Lin Rui didn't bother to be verbose and said directly.

Shang Kexi did not answer immediately, but raised his head and looked at Lin Rui a few times. He wanted to ridicule him for his bold words, but now the facts were here.

After hesitating for a long time, he asked: "Ajig took [-] cavalry to rescue Horqin's tribe. How are they doing now?"

"They have all become the dead souls of my Lin family army!" Lin Rui said calmly.

"How did you do it?" Although he had already guessed it, Shang Kexi still couldn't believe it.

Because he knew very well that it was almost impossible to annihilate all [-] Jiannu cavalry in a field battle, even if the opponent ambushed them with a hundred thousand troops.

"You don't need to know this now. Let's talk about it. Should we surrender or not? Just give me a sweet word. My patience is limited."

Lin Rui waved his hand. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have any generals available, and it was the time to hire people, he wouldn't have said so much to Shang Kexi.

"The commander-in-chief has great talents and strategies, not inferior to Huang Taiji. Now he has received great love. I am willing to serve the commander-in-chief. I do not seek glory and wealth, but only hope that the name of this traitor can be washed away in the future."

Shang Ke was pleased to see Lin Rui being so direct, and no longer hesitated, he knelt down with a plop and gritted his teeth.

Although Huang Taiji paid him a lot of respect, after this blow, the Qing Dynasty will definitely be greatly weakened. In addition, this person's ambition and talent are not inferior to Huang Taiji's, and he is upright and in his prime. It may be true in the future. Being able to wash away the name of traitor from his head, after all the considerations, Shang Kexi naturally would not choose to be buried with the Jurchens.

"Okay! It seems that General Shang is also a smart man and knows the current affairs."

Lin Rui also quickly got up, came to help him up, and untied the rope from his body with his own hands.

"Thank you, handsome!"

After freeing his hands, Shang Kexi knelt down on one knee again and bowed his hands.

Lin Rui also helped him up again, and then ordered people to bring Huang Taiji's wives, concubines, and children over.

"General Shang, these two are the youngest sons of Huang Taiji, you choose one!"

Lin Rui glanced at the child in the arms of Da Yu'er and another concubine, and said lightly.

"Your Majesty, no, please..."

"Your Majesty..."

Da Yuer and the other concubine were immediately frightened and turned pale. They knelt on the ground and begged loudly.

Shang Kexi also knew that this was to ask him to surrender. Now that he has renounced the Ming Dynasty, and now that he has killed Huang Taiji's youngest son, he has renounced the Qing Dynasty again. From now on, he can only follow Lin Rui wholeheartedly.

Thinking that Huang Taiji had come out of the city thirty miles to greet him, and that he had been using it more and more since then, he was still entangled in his heart, but in the end he gritted his teeth and stepped forward, snatched it from a concubine, and threw it heavily to the ground.

The concubine suddenly screamed and fainted, while Dayu'er collapsed on the ground for the rest of her life, with cold sweat breaking out all over her body. Hailanzhu and Zhezhe hurried forward to hold their mother and son in their arms. , kept comforting her, her face was also pale.

"Okay! General Shang, pick one of these women you like and take it away. This is my reward for you!"

Lin Rui waved his hand and ordered people to clean the hall, then nodded with satisfaction and said to Shang Kexi again.

"Thank you, handsome."

Shang Kexi was more straightforward this time. He didn't dare to choose Huang Taiji's daughter, nor did he dare to choose a high-status concubine from the Fourth Palace. He just randomly picked an ordinary Korean concubine.

(End of this chapter)