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Chapter 341 Moving to Luoyang City

Sun Zhixie wagged his tail and begged for mercy in front of Zhu Yousong, just like a dog. A dog can read the face of its owner the most. He was a little amiable, and in order to save his life, he held fantasies and resorted to all tricks in front of Zhu Yousong. All the ink he drank in the past few years and his experience in officialdom were all used up, begging for mercy in every possible way, and sometimes fawning on him.

In fact, Sun Zhixie was wrong. He didn't know the emperor of Ming Dynasty too well. Zhu Yousong was by no means the kind of person who could be fainted by a villain's slap on his beard, nor was he soft-hearted and a few pitiful words. Impressed, he first recommends his virtues and talents, and what he hates most are traitors and lackeys, national scum, and even more dismissive of those double-faced people who say what they see.

These excellent qualities of Zhu Yousong are of course not innate, they are refined from his unique experience of the three generations.

The reason why Zhu Yousong didn't lose his temper was because Sun Zhixie in front of him was too embarrassed. Three points looked like a human, and seven points seemed like a beast. Watching him perform in front of him was a kind of enjoyment, compared to killing him all at once. It's more interesting with him.In addition, this battle was fought so beautifully. Thinking about this brilliant record, Zhu Yousong laughed from the tip of his hair to his heels, which is why he has such a pleasant expression. It is definitely not that he has any affection for Sun Zhixie. It's self-indulgent.

But this can't be blamed on Sun Zhixie's ignorance of people. After drinking ink for so many years and serving as an official before Chongzhen for many years, he has long since become an old man in the officialdom. It was the first time I met Zhu Yousong, which meant that he didn't know Zhu Yousong too well, and he used the wrong target for his tricks.

Zhu Yousong's lack of anger doesn't mean he won't kill people. Oftentimes, killing people while laughing at them will be even more terrifying. This is what Sun Zhixie realized later.

"Well, whoever makes me happy today, I won't kill you, I will help you, and forgive you, but I have to say a few more words about what you did." Zhu Yousong was still amiable, unhurried.

With these few words, Sun Zhixie kept kowtowing to thank him as if he had received an amnesty. For Sun Zhixie, is there anything cheaper in the world than saving one's life?Don't let the emperor say a few words, it is an honor to be scolded as the ancestor of the eighth generation!And look at the meaning, this emperor may reuse himself, a benevolent king!
For a while, Sun Zhixie's heart was full of excitement, saying that the new emperor had a distinctive personality, and when he was furious, he laid down millions of corpses, but when he was merciful, he was also invincible. Today it seems true, he is really a wise and wise king!At this time, he was determined to be loyal to Zhu Yousong with all his heart in the future, and he would never be a second minister again.

However, Zhu Yousong's words were accepted by Sun Zhixie, and the generals were puzzled. They all knew that Zhu Yousong hated traitors the most. One kills one, catches one and slaughters one. Why is His Majesty really wanting to keep this dog slave today?
Therefore, including the two beautiful women He Xuanjiao and Ma Jinhua, they all looked at Zhu Yousong with some puzzlement.

Zhu Yousong just smiled slightly at the eyes of the generals, and his eyes fell on Sun Zhixie, "Sun Zhixie, you are too out of line. Jishi, the review by the Hanlin Academy, the talents who risked entering the cabinet, can be regarded as high-ranking and powerful, but you don’t want to serve the king at the top, and don’t think about benefiting the people at the bottom. No morals, let me say something good?"

"Also, what makes me even more intolerable is that you surrendered to the Manchus and you surrendered. Whether you want to survive, or you are forced to follow the trend because of helplessness, after all, there are many people who surrendered to the Manchus. However, you In order to please the Manchu master, he even took the lead in shaving his hair. He was unconventional among the vassals and suggested that Dorgon let all Han people shave their hair. Do you know that our Han people’s skin and hair are all given by our parents and ancestors? Keeping your hair but not your hair, and the bloody storms are all caused by you, what should be the crime?"

"The sinner deserves to die, the sinner deserves to die..." Sun Zhixie kowtowed like garlic, Zhu Yousong's words may have touched the depths of his heart, and tears came down. Maybe he really regretted it, or maybe he wanted to save his life to please Zhu You Song, told him everything he knew about the military situation of the Tartars.

Zhu Yousong and the generals got a lot of information from him that even the scouts and Jin Yiwei could hardly collect, including information about the Qing court, and about the battlefield in eastern Henan, that is, Yu Buru of Duoduo, Gongshun Wang Kong Youde and The situation of Man Dahai, Tong Yangjia and other ministries, these information are too precious, Zhu Yousong remembered them all in his heart, thinking about the next battle plan.

"Your Majesty, no matter what, you can't spare this traitor!" Zheng Damu, Liu Zhaoji, He Xuanjiao, Ma Jinhua, Ma Bao, Li Zhushi and other generals heard Sun Zhixie's words, and they were afraid that His Majesty would spare this big traitor. They were so angry that they broke their teeth. With cracked eyes, I wish I could eat its flesh and drink its blood.

"Sun Zhixie, you have seen it all. You deserve to die for what you have done. Even if I can spare you, I am afraid that the ministers will not tolerate you, but I can't go back on my word. How about this? After you enter Luoyang, you will walk around the streets for three days, and I will take care of you." Let you go, demote you to a commoner, and never continue to use it."

"Your Majesty is holy, the guilty minister is grateful to the emperor..." Sun Zhixie even regretted and was afraid, but after three days in the street, he was demoted to a commoner and never used again. This is a hundred times better than his head, as long as he can save his life. , so Sun Zhixie still thanked him with tears of gratitude.

"Come on, take him down."

With a promise from outside, two armored guards came in and dragged Sun Zhixie out of the camp.

"Your Majesty, why didn't you kill him?"

"Walking around the streets for three days and demoting him to common people, isn't that too cheap for this traitor?" The generals were puzzled, or dissatisfied with Zhu Yousong's handling.

Zhu Yousong smiled slyly, "Don't worry, gentlemen, I will make his life worse than death. It would be cheap to kill such a heinous traitor like this!"

Only then did the generals rejoice, it turned out that His Majesty had planned a long time ago, yes, let alone killing such a heinous traitor, even Ling Chi, it would be difficult to atone for his sins, I don't know how His Majesty will deal with him, but he dare not say too much ask.

At this time, Li Quan, Liu Chunhong and others also came back with a large number of heads. Like He Xuanjiao, Ma Jinhua, Zheng Damu and others, they were ordered to guard the exits of various tunnels with men and horses to capture and kill the fish that slipped through the net of the Qing army. Now that the mission has been completed, all the Qing troops who managed to get out of the tunnel were spared. They beheaded over a thousand in total, and the heads they brought back were all the leaders of the Qing army.

Zhu Yousong praised them in public and asked the Military Affairs Department to give credit.

At this time, the good news came again, and Zheng Hongkui led 1 people to easily take down Luoyang City.Luoyang City is basically an empty city. Azig almost brought all the troops here, but they never returned. After Zheng Hongkui's troops captured Luoyang, they went out to comfort the people, reported victory to Zhu Yousong, and were ready to welcome him.

Zhu Yousong was overjoyed, and immediately sent an order to drive into the city.An hour later, Zhu Yousong led more than 2 horses, set up a camp to hold the spoils, left the temporary camp in the dense forest of Xishan, and marched into Luoyang City in a mighty manner.

(End of this chapter)