First Minister of Ming Dynasty - Chapter 532

The rooster croaked and the dog barked, Zhang Ximeng opened his eyes and seemed to hear some noises, then he pulled the quilt and covered his head… When he woke up again, it was already three poles in the sun.

I slept soundly this night, almost the sweetest night I have slept since I entered Suzhou.

Full of energy, you can go out to work.

It’s better to eat breakfast first to fill your stomach before you have the strength to work.

After you are full, you have to take care of your image.

In this way, when Zhang Ximeng finished tossing and dawdling out, his residence, from the inside out, was already crowded with people.

Those who report victory, those who congratulate, those who celebrate, those who receive rewards… and those who are caught, those who beg for mercy, and those who immediately destroy their homes. Some cry, some laugh, and some cry and laugh.

All the guys are coming for him.

Zhang Ximeng was calm, smiled and said: “Isn’t it just a little friction! There’s no need to be so anxious, I know it in my heart.”

Almost all of the civil servants and generals who accompanied Zhang Ximeng vomited blood. You know it, we don’t! In case there is a commotion and Mr. Zhang is injured, the superiors can peel off our skins and make human skin pillows one by one.

But before we die, don’t think about Suzhou City. Starting from Zhang Shicheng, his family and brothers, eagles and dogs, all have to be chopped into dumplings, no one should think about it!

Zhang Ximeng looked at the serious people, and suddenly couldn’t help laughing, “You said what happened last night? Wasn’t it because the army held a party, and King Huai came to invite me over, but I overslept and missed it. The kindness of King Huai! Well, today I will be the host, and I will go and invite King Huai, and we will have a meal.

Mao Gui, Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng, Li Xincai, Xu Ben, and the others all rounded their eyes together and looked at Zhang Ximeng stupidly.

“Master, what’s the matter?” Mao Gui shouted, but Zhang Ximeng waved his hand and stopped him, “You just go and invite King Huai.”

Mao Gui was very surprised. He really couldn’t understand Zhang Ximeng’s thoughts. He clearly knew how to rebel, why did he pretend to be confused?

Zhang Shicheng had already led hundreds of people to kill him. If he could turn a blind eye, would there still be Wang Fa? Are there any laws?

Zhang Ximeng sighed softly: “What? Do you want me to invite it myself?”

Mao Gui was helpless and could only reluctantly agree.

He went for a while, and finally brought Zhang Shicheng.

Mao Gui was not used to Zhang Shicheng, so he directly sent him a five-flower tie up. Rebellion is rebellion. Right and wrong cannot be reversed, not by anyone!

Zhang Ximeng could only helplessly, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Shicheng.

“How is it, how does King Huai feel at the moment?”

Zhang Shicheng rolled his eyelids and snorted coldly, “Zhang Ximeng, if you win, just do it!”

“So you admit defeat? Have you ever thought about why you lost?” Zhang Ximeng continued to ask with a smile.

“Why?” Zhang Shicheng gritted his teeth and said angrily, “Tian Rizhao doesn’t follow me, what else is there to say!”

“Hahaha!”

Zhang Ximeng burst out laughing, “Zhang Shicheng, until now, you can only look up at the sky, but don’t want to look down at your feet?”

“Foot? What foot?”

“Look at the people under your feet, look at the poor people like Zhang Jiu Si, the former salt worker, and see how they live?”

Zhang Ximeng suddenly shouted, Zhang Shicheng was stunned, and after a moment, his face was purple and he gritted his teeth, “I was defeated and arrested, and I am at the end of the road, why do you have to be aggressive?”

Although Zhang Shicheng asked loudly, there was already a hint of pleading in his tone. For him, maybe he died neatly, but it was a relief.

It’s just that it’s hard to follow his mind.

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, “Zhang Shicheng, I don’t plan to charge you with the crime of rebellion… Do you know why?”

“You, you don’t want me to surrender!”

“No!” Zhang Ximeng simply waved his hand and said with a smile, “You know Chen Youliang, right?”

Chen Youliang, who could not know!

Zhang Shicheng frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly roared: “Kill me, kill me! Quickly kill me! Don’t dare to do it, your surname is Zhang, you are not a hero! You, you will be struck by lightning!” The more Zhang Shicheng cursed, the more helpless he became. The more he cursed, the weaker he became. In the end, he collapsed on the ground and pleaded, “Zhang Xiang, kill me. I’m begging you.

Zhang Ximeng laughed, but he was not interested in talking about afterlife.

“Come here, **** Zhang Shicheng down and put him in jail… Then pass my order, and continue to interrogate the case from the afternoon… By the way, prepare a few thousand more bamboo poles, so don’t delay the business.”

After this order came down, everyone suddenly realized.

After Mao Gui thought for a while, his face turned red, and he finally understood Zhang Ximeng’s intention.

Killing Zhang Shicheng now would be a bargain for him.

In the past dynasties, there have been too many successful kings and losers. Regardless of right and wrong, they are all heroes and heroes in troubled times, and they are worth writing about.

But the question is, do some people really deserve to be called heroes?

For example, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, who has always been praised, said that he broke the cauldron, the banquet of Hongmen, the Farewell My Concubine, and the suicide of the Wujiang River… These are all good, and he is indeed a tragic hero… But can you mention how many times he massacred the city by the way?

Xiangcheng was conquered by Xiang Yu, and the soldiers and civilians were slaughtered; Chengyang slaughtered, killing all the people who assisted the Qin army in defending the city; Xin’an and Xianyang slaughtered, not only the living were killed, but even the graves of the dead could not escape the poison.

It is not difficult to guess what the result will be after killing all the way and competing with the people from Chapter 3 of the contract.

The sun shines on me, not on me!

This is Zhang Shicheng’s sophistry, and it is also the last layer of his self-deception.

Obviously, Zhang Ximeng wanted to tear off this layer of skin and really show the reason for Zhang Shicheng’s failure.

The same thing was done once when Chen Han was attacked and Chen Youliang was captured. But it was hosted by Yao Guangxiao, and Zhang Ximeng felt that it was not deep enough.

To this day, it happens that Zhang Ximeng personally supports, from top to bottom, thoroughly, liquidate Zhang Shicheng and this group of people.

It doesn’t matter if you kill or not, the key is to kill your heart.

Moreover, the crimes of Zhang Shicheng and this group of people must be carved into stone tablets and written into pamphlets, and preached to all the people of Suzhou. Generation after generation, it must be clearly explained.

To prevent repetition from the root, we must not allow it. By summoning Zhang Shicheng’s soul, he opposes Daming’s behavior openly and secretly.

The reason why Zhang Ximeng came to Suzhou in person to deal with this matter was because he knew very well that if this matter was not handled well, it would leave endless troubles… More than two hundred years later, literati gathered in Wuxi to rebuild Donglin Academy. During the Apocalypse years, Suzhou resisted taxes, injured Jin Yiwei, and was lawless…

A small problem, after more than 200 years of development and continuation, has turned into a major disaster. Although Zhang Ximeng does not expect the great Ming Dynasty to last for ten thousand years, he also knows that many strategies will be turned upside down in a few decades.

However, regarding the financial and taxation of Suzhou, Donglin, and Daming, these obvious things, Zhang Ximeng still hopes to completely straighten out, at least eliminate one hidden danger.

Zhang Shicheng was taken down, and his two brothers, as well as his remnants and subordinates, from last night to this morning, there were more than thousands of people taken down.

And the whole arrest operation is still going on. Those big households who follow Zhang Shicheng are also arrested one by one. No one wants to escape. Above the Yangtze River, the navy moves. Fang Guozhen’s fleet landed from Songjiang, the net of heaven and earth was opened, and the French net was restored.

Everyone thought that Zhang Ximeng came to Suzhou because he was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang was too murderous and lost the people’s hearts.

But today, people realized that maybe they were wrong. Zhang Ximeng came here because he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would not kill him cleanly… There was no way, Lao Zhu was too rough.

Far less detailed than Zhang Ximeng.

“Nianzi, you were not allowed to rebel back then, but you didn’t listen. Now it’s a disaster, what else do you have to say, you really want to be mad as a mother!”

Zhang Shicheng’s mother, Mrs. Cao, sighed and kept complaining.

Zhang Shicheng gritted his teeth, “You are always confused. I am now in the hands of Zhu, not the Dayuan court. This is different!”

The old lady was stunned for a moment, and then said: “What’s the difference, isn’t it all ruined? It hurts our whole family to suffer?”

Zhang Shicheng was so angry that he was speechless, and after a while, he said: “You old man have eaten, clothed and spent all these years, and enjoyed things that others have never enjoyed in their lifetimes. Now that things have failed, you should accept your fate. What is the reason for you to blame the child like this? ?”

Cao didn’t expect that Zhang Shicheng would dare to contradict him, so he burst into tears, “I should accept my fate, I’ve put on a disobedient child like you! If you die in the underworld, you will be stabbed in the spine, and you will not be able to live. You are disobedient and unfilial, people curse you, you are sorry for the people, you are sorry for your conscience!”

The old lady kept cursing, and Zhang Shide, who was beside him, coughed and said, “Mother, my brother has been in charge of Wudi for these years, and he has been lightly slaving and paying less, encouraging sericulture, building water conservancy facilities, and dredging the Baimao River, all of which are good for the country and the people. We have nothing to be ashamed of, and now that things have failed, Zhang Ximeng wants to slander his brother’s virtue, and the people of Suzhou have an account in their hearts. Don’t be afraid!”

Hearing his brother’s words, Zhang Shicheng was slightly relieved~www.mtlnovel.com~ That’s right, I, Zhang Shicheng, still have merit, and people in the world naturally know what’s going on. If the surnamed Zhang wants to slander me, he can’t do it!

Almost at the same time, Zhou Huiniang also came to see Zhang Ximeng.

“I was instructed to understand the people’s feelings… I found the words of an old woman very representative. She said that Zhang Shicheng knew that there was no destiny in his body, so he first returned to the Yuan court, and then accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty. , he has made great contributions to the people of Suzhou, and even today, he still has no swordsmanship, and the people of Suzhou are all grateful for Zhang Shicheng’s kindness.”

Zhang Ximeng smiled helplessly, and said to Zhou Huiniang: “You know now, where is the key to the battle of Suzhou!”

Zhou Huiniang’s face was also dark, “Zhang Xiang, I also never expected that what Zhang Shicheng did was angry and resentful, why would anyone want to speak for Zhang Shicheng?”

“This is the trouble with things. No matter how bad Zhang Shicheng is, some people will benefit from him. If you don’t completely remove the root and clear the source, it will be like a thorn in the flesh, constantly rotten and purulent.” Zhang Ximeng said: “Let’s go, find that old woman, and find more people in Suzhou by the way. I will preside over this interrogation myself!”