Chapter 319

"Of course, I want to humiliate them severely in front of the entire capital! Especially Dorgon's head—I want the whole world to see it!"

When mentioning Dorgon's name, Zhu Youjian even ground his teeth.

It was clear how much hatred he held for the Jianzhou Jurchens in his heart.

Du Du Yinxi also nodded and said, "The subsequent Jianzhou Jurchens should all be organized as slaves; killing them all would harm the harmony of heaven and earth."

"Senior Du, if we don't kill them but only organize them as slaves, do you think the Tatars won't cause trouble later?"

Su Qiao looked at Du Du Yinxi with a faint, ambiguous smile.

"We can't possibly kill them all, can we?"

"Of course we must kill them! The principle that 'if you don't eradicate the roots, the spring breeze will make them grow again' is well understood by the barbarians of the grasslands, yet Senior Du still wishes to be merciful?"

Hearing Su Qiao's words.

Zhu Youjian suddenly remembered the warning his great-grandfather had given him in the group chat.

In the group chat, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were also not asleep.

They were also awake out of curiosity about what Su Qiao intended, wanting to use the chat group to watch.

Who would have thought they would see Zhu Youjian agreeing so well in the group earlier, only to turn around and forget.

By sheer bad luck, Zhu Youjian was reminded and now remembered.

He opened the chat group and immediately turned green in the face.

Emperor Taizu: "Useless waste! You forget the moment you take a step like a rat! How did I remind you before? I said eradicate the roots, eradicate the roots! And 'harm the harmony of heaven and earth'—harmony of heaven and earth my foot! Over two hundred thousand of our Zhu family descendants died; did they all die in vain?"

Emperor Yingzong: "How about you, Great-Grandfather, send me over? I'll go teach him a lesson!"

Emperor Taizu: "Nonsense! Just stay put. You are a waste yourself; who are you going to teach? Are you Zhu Youjian? Slap yourself! Slap yourself! I'll say when to stop, and then we stop!"

Emperor Sizong Lie: "Great-Grandfather, how about I slap myself later? There are people around to advise the world; your great-grandson still wants to save some face."

Emperor Taizu: "What face? You've done enough shameful things. I tell you, slap yourself immediately. If you don't, I'll call Old Four over to slap you!"

"Fine, I'll slap myself!"

Thus, in the great hall, under Su Qiao's eerie expression and Du Du Yinxi's incredulous gaze, Zhu Youjian raised his hand and slapped his own face hard.

Crack!

What a loud sound!

In the vast, empty hall, the sound was too crisp.

Emperor Taizu: "Just follow that standard!"

A bright red handprint appeared on Zhu Youjian's pale face.

Wang Chengen, terrified, knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what is wrong with you? Your Majesty... this can't be happening!"

Saying this, he rushed forward to stop Zhu Youjian.

But did Zhu Youjian dare to pretend to be stopped?

Definitely not!

The ancestors in the group chat were all watching; if he dared to stop, Great-Grandfather might just send Zhu Di, that ancestor, over directly.

With Zhu Di's fierce, tiger-like severity, he wouldn't stop until he had flayed a layer of skin off him.

Better to do it himself.

"Get out! I am not mad!"

He lifted his foot and kicked Wang Chengen away, then continued raising his hand to slap his own face.

Su Qiao began to feel it was eerie.

Then he thought of the situation in the chat group and guessed it must be Zhu Yuanzhang's request.

Hmm, it fits Old Zhu's character.

Du Du Yinxi was different.

Du Du Yinxi was truly stunned.

Could it be that because Huang Taiji committed suicide and the Jianzhou Jurchen problem in Liaodong was solved, Your Majesty was so overjoyed that he fell into a delirium?

But he had never heard of anyone falling into a delirium and slapping themselves.

However, he had no time to think too much; he hurried forward to help stop Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian took advantage of the momentum and stopped.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang in the group had also called for a stop.

After slapping himself more than ten times with great force, Zhu Youjian had not held back even a fraction of his strength.

His pale cheeks were now red and swollen.

Both his hand and face were numb!

Emperor Taizu: "Do you know your mistake now?"

Emperor Sizong Lie: "I know. When Dorgon and the others come to the capital, I will kill them all!"

Emperor Chengzu Wen: "Eradicate the roots!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Having just slapped himself more than ten times in a row with great force, and now standing dazed, was something really wrong?

"The imperial physician! Summon the imperial physician quickly!"

Wang Chengen's tears fell from worry.

When had his own Emperor ever suffered such a fate?

Coming back to his senses, Zhu Youjian subconsciously touched his cheek with his finger...

His hand trembled.

"Hiss..."

Seeing the light return to Zhu Youjian's eyes, as if he had regained his reason.

Du Du Yinxi cautiously leaned forward and asked, "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

"I am fine, just my hand hurts, and my face hurts too. By the way, where were we?"

Glancing at Su Qiao sitting opposite.

Zhu Youjian finally remembered the matter at hand.

Wang Chengen and Du Du Yinxi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Your Majesty is normal again!

"Your Majesty, just now we were saying that turning the Jianzhou Jurchens into slaves and killing them all would harm the harmony of heaven and earth."

"Nonsense about harming the harmony of heaven and earth! Kill them all! If you don't uproot the weeds, the spring breeze will make them grow again, don't you know? If we enslave them, what if they cause trouble again later?"

Zhu Youjian, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, shouted directly.

Du Du Yinxi's gaze went blank, his mouth half-open, not knowing how to respond.

Before, weren't we, ruler and subject, quite harmonious?

Before Su Qiao arrived, we discussed things with laughter and joy.

I proposed not killing them all, and you agreed too; why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"Your Majesty, this subject..."

"Enough, no need to say more. I have decided; kill them all!"

Fearing he might anger the ancestors again, Zhu Youjian quickly cut off Du Du Yinxi's words.

Su Qiao stood up, clasped his hands, and said, "Your Majesty is wise, but the Jianzhou Jurchens cannot all be fools; they will absolutely leave a way out."

"Does Su Qing mean they will flee? But where could they run to?"

0.3 Zhu Youjian paused for a moment, then asked further.

Su Qiao smiled faintly. "Dorgon will absolutely split the Jianzhou Jurchens into two parts: one part will surrender on the spot, while the other will hide in the deep mountains and dense forests; some will even flee directly further north."

"If they do flee, we cannot possibly kill them all to extinction, can we?"

"This subject has a method. It only requires Your Majesty to pay a little money to solve this poison tumor."

In the chat group, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and others, hearing Su Qiao's words, leaned in with great interest to listen.

They also wanted to know what method Su Qiao had.

Because in their view,

if the Jurchen Tatars really fought desperately to flee north, or hid in the deep mountains and dense forests,

finding them would truly be very difficult.