Half a month later, spring returns to the earth and the Bohai Sea thaws.

Immediately afterwards, the 20,000 Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops led by Liu Zhaoji and Huang Binqing embarked on a journey to return home.

Of course, they also brought their Shangfang sword.

Yang Feng transferred the 20,000 Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops south to serve as a supervisor. In theory, they did not belong to the Nanjing Ministry of War. Their identity was still the Imperial Army. The general of the third town of the left wing of the Imperial Army and the general of the second town of the Navy. They were divided into six generals on each left and right wing, the Grand Governor Wu Sangui, the left throne Tang Yu, and the right throne Gao Di, but the right wing troops were under the jurisdiction of Wu Sangui to guard Jidong, and the left wing troops and the navy were actually directly under the emperor. In other words, their emperor's direct team, the imperial guards in the Imperial Army, both the Nanjing Ministry of War and the Five Army Governor's Office, have no right to act according to their own wishes. Liu and Huang, who held the Shangfang sword, can directly kill and then execute any civil and military officials who escaped at the last battle when they think it is necessary. Even the Tang King, the governor of the country, has no right to interfere with them...

That's all.

This will force the gentry of Jiangnan to fight to the death with Li Zicheng.

Of course, this is just on the surface.

Yang Feng also has another purpose, a very sinister purpose.

Just the next day after the fleet heading south set off, a fleet from Nanjing also arrived at Shanhaiguan.

"My minister Gao Hongtu bows to Your Majesty."

Gao Hongtu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, knelt down to the emperor with a solemn expression.

"Gao Qing is safe, this year is a hard work for you all the ministers in Nanjing. I already know the affairs of Yangzhou. Those traitors who are traitors can't blame you. I was deceived by them back then and did not see the true faces of these traitors. Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo deserve to be killed. I have issued an order to kill the nine clans. Once the people of the nine clans are captured in the future, they will be killed. Then Huang Degong is a loyal and righteous man. I will give him an earl. Go back and take the order back. Although Gao Jie was born into a thief, he has sacrificed his life for the country. I will also give him an earl!"

Yang Feng said.

"Respect the order!"

Gao Hongtu said quickly.

"What's going on in Nanjing at this time?"

Yang Feng asked.

"When you go back to your Majesty, Nanjing is still safe for the time being. Although Chuang Ni has trapped all over the north of the Yangtze River, there is no navy under his command. The navy is enough to control the river surface. The Ni army is limited to the Yangtze River chasm and is temporarily unable to move south. However, most of the canal ship workers on the canal are used by him. Therefore, Chuang Ni is using these people to build large-scale warships in the Huaihe River area. Once his ships are fully equipped, the troops will invade Nanjing."

Gao Hongtu said.

"Hmph, they are all traitors!"

Yang Feng said hatefully.

"Your Majesty, I am here for another matter. I have a letter here, written by the former Yansheng Gong who has already defected to the tars."

Gao Hongtu said and handed a letter to a young eunuch and handed it to the emperor.

"Kong Yinzhi?"

Yang Feng sneered and said, "Have he not learned to keep a rat tail from the Tartars? Such shameless things simply insulted his ancestors. He still has the face to write to you. What did he say in the letter? Did Dorgon give him 100,000 acres of sacrifice land that he had given him satisfy him? He was also thinking of selling his ancestor's tablets for a better price?"

"Well, Your Majesty, Kong Yinzhi said in the letter that they were also forced by the situation. As long as Your Majesty pardoned the crimes of Shandong officials and gentry, they are willing to regain allegiance to Your Majesty anyway."

Gao Hongtu said.

He was from Jiaozhou, Shandong. It was normal for Kong Yinzhi to find him in this case. He also had a good relationship with Chongzhen. He was the censor of the Tianqi period. He offended Wei Zhongxian and was deposed at home for ten years. Chongzhen re-opened because of his good reputation and was promoted to the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing. In history, after Nanjing City was broken, he fled to Hangzhou. When Hangzhou City fell, he entrusted his grandson to his friend, and then died of a hunger strike in a temple. Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, he was considered to be a good deed.

After all, it is definitely not possible to die of a hunger strike without perseverance. Compared with the cold water, it is completely different in moral integrity.

"No, I feel disgusted when I think of these shameless people. Since they have already surrendered to the Tartars, then continue to be a dog with their master. I only have a true loyal minister. I want to get it from Shandong. They wash their necks and wait for my sword. I still want to be my ministers again? Are they worthy? If I forgive them again, where will the soldiers who follow me to sprinkle blood on the battlefield? Tell him, let him not have such a dream. No matter who surrenders to the thief, I will not forgive him. Don't think that his surname Kong is qualified to bargain. He must die. All the industries of the Kong family must be taken back. Yan Sheng Gong will not renew the seal. The Confucius Saint will be responsible for the court after the sacrifice. The Kong family no longer has this qualification. I will not put this tablet in their place again and again. There are too many Tartars who surrendered to them. The name of Confucius can't stand them and defiled them."

Yang Feng said.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. Kong Yinzhi is indeed a despicable person, and Shandong officials and gentry have indeed suffered the grace of the holy people. However, at this time, I think he should give him a chance to reform himself. If he can get it anyway, the Beijing Tartars will not be a concern. The army that is on the way and the Shandong army can revive Beijing in one fell swoop, and then attack the army of Jiangnan north and south, so the rebellion is not a concern."

Gao Hongtu said.

This is the bargaining chip for Kong Yinzhi to bargain. Anyway, he and the gentry of Shandong have hopes to quickly resolve Dorgon, and then attack Li Zicheng from north to south. Even if he cannot completely eliminate him, he can at least drive him back to the pass. This protracted war is expected to end. Of course, the condition is that the emperor pardons them, and pardons them means that the emperor has changed his attitude towards the gentry in the occupied areas. Then others will definitely be pardoned, and everyone will continue to live happily like in the past.

This is actually a test.

The Kong family conducted a temptation on behalf of all the northern gentry, or the last effort to save their relationship with the emperor, after all, they didn't want this. Although Dorgon could give him what he wanted, Dorgon could not defeat the emperor. Could it be that he wanted them to fight against the emperor? They wouldn't even have such courage, but the problem is, wouldn't it be better if the emperor could return to the path of a saint lord and wise ruler?

"If Shandong officials and gentry were pardoned, would they also be pardoned by Zhili? Should they also be pardoned by Shuntian Prefecture? Should they also be pardoned by those in Beijing?"

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

"Well, your Majesty, I think your Majesty is kind and generous, and should give them the opportunity to reform themselves."

Gao Hongtu said.

This is actually the unanimous wish of the gentry in Jiangnan. This is a tacit understanding between the gentry in the north and the south. After all, in their opinion, what these gentry in the north are also human nature. Whether it was when Li Zicheng entered Beijing or when he welcomed Dorgon, it was just for self-protection. It was indeed a bit too much for the emperor to always focus on this point. There was no need to be petty about such things. Even if he was calculating, there was no need to be so cruel. Just hit him a little, and it was obvious that he had to confiscate other people's homes and collect other people's land.

Of course, more importantly, this leaves the gentry in Jiangnan without a way out.

If there is no such brutal revenge, they could have learned from the northern gentry that they should surrender when necessary. Anyway, it would be very embarrassing now. When encountering a critical moment, if you want to surrender, you have to be careful of no way out. At that time, the emperor will come to search the house and collect the land, which will be troublesome. Therefore, Gao Shangshu also shoulders a heavy responsibility and will pull the emperor back to the correct route of the Holy Lord and the Ming Dynasty. He can no longer let him continue to do so.

This is not good for everyone!

Especially now that Li Zicd soldiers are approaching the Yangtze River, those gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will really be bleeding. If the north is solved quickly in this way, then they will not have to grit their teeth and pay out. It is true that guarding the Yangtze River, but while guarding the Yangtze River, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River also has to throw a lot of money into the surging river water! Recruiting soldiers and horses to reward the three armies is all money!

"Gao Qing, I'll tell you a joke."

Yang Feng said.

"When I was invading Beijing, my treasury had not had one tael of silver. I had to recruit soldiers to defend the city. So I borrowed from all the civil and military officials in the court. I didn't borrow much, and just borrowed one million taels. One million taels was enough for me to defend the city of Beijing. However, no one borrowed it, and even an ordinary citizen could give me the four hundred taels of pension money he had saved from his own frugality. My civil and military officials in the court, my good ministers, those who were eating and drinking, and those who did not lend me a penny. Wang Chengen and others were like beggars, crying and begging for me, and they didn't lend it. They were all crying poor. Even my father-in-law and the queen's biological father, had only taken out ten thousand taels while Xu Gao cried and begged.

The chief assistant Wei Zaode only took out five hundred taels.

Countless civil and military officials in Beijing, the royal relatives and relatives gave me less than 200,000 taels.

Then Beijing was broken.

The crown and Jinjinjing arrested them all with sticks and clamped them, and they all lost all their money.

Isn't it funny?

I really want to laugh when I heard this news.

I laugh at why I am so stupid, why I am so stupid, why I can't be like Li Zicheng? If I were like Li Zicheng, my sister-in-law would not die, my queen would not die, my daughter would not die, and I would not be driven out of my palace like a bereaved dog.

So do you know how much money they gave Li Zicheng?

The good father-in-law who took out 10,000 taels of silver under Xu Gao's crying begged, paid 500,000 taels for Li Zicheng alone, and the one who gave me 500 taels, and then lay in front of Li Zicheng with shameless words, Wei Zaode, who was so brave that he dared not die, was trapped out 100,000 taels. The royal relatives of the civil and military officials in the entire city of Beijing obediently presented Li Zicheng with more than 70 million taels of silver.

Seventy million taels!

I only got 200,000 taels after I asked for it, but they gave Li Zicheng seventy million taels!

So, do you think I will let them go?"

Yang Feng said with a ferocious face.
Chapter completed!