Chapter 93

Huang Taiji would have slaughtered this village without hesitation.

But obviously, the balance between offense and defense has shifted.

It is impossible for all of Liaodong to have not a single Han person; if I were to slaughter this village now.

Once the news spreads, the Han villages in Liaoxi, and even throughout all of Liaodong, will likely rise up in rebellion.

Even if Great Qing can eventually slaughter all these Han people to the last.

What then, after the killing is done?

Are we to expect the Eight Banner Masters to personally go into the fields to farm?!

Huang Taiji has clearly realized that Great Qing's foundation of rule over all of Liaodong has already begun to loosen.

At this critical juncture.

We cannot do anything that exacerbates the contradictions.

With even the slightest carelessness.

Great Qing will face eternal damnation!

Huang Taiji, showing every sign of decline, raised his head and looked at Fan Wencheng with dejection, smiling bitterly as he said.

"Mr. Fan, do you think I should now abdicate the imperial title and submit as a vassal to Great Ming?"

"Or simply return Shengjing to them outright."

Huang Taiji knew.

Although this battle killed over two hundred thousand members of the Huangshi Sect.

It would not take a year's merit.

The Ming armies in Liaodong would suddenly surge to several hundred thousand strong.

Fan Wencheng's expression was serious.

After pondering for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said.

"No, Your Majesty!"

"This subject believes that right now, there is someone, who is probably even more anxious than Great Qing!"

Hearing this, Huang Taiji was stunned.

He raised his head in confusion, looking at Fan Wencheng and asking.

"Who?"

Fan Wencheng sneered.

"Li Zicheng!"

"Forgive this subject for speaking bluntly, but the bandit Li has probably never been in such a state of shared spirit and connection with Your Majesty!"

"This subject has already received the report."

"Right now, that Zhu Emperor has already arrived at Xingshan, sacrificing to the Huangshi Sect on one side, and purging the entire court of civil and military officials on the other."

"Great Ming is currently at its weakest."

"If Great Qing were to attack now, it would likely backfire, instead stirring the Ming court and its people to unite."

"But Li Zicheng is completely different; they are both Han people."

"If Ming officials surrender to the bandits, they will not be condemned by the world with words and writings."

"Moreover, given that the Zhu Emperor currently abuses the Factory and Guard, the court officials have probably long been suffering unbearably."

Huang Taiji, with his brows tightly furrowed, looked at Fan Wencheng and asked.

"Li Zicheng? Mr., have you not forgotten that Li Zicheng is also Han? Will he truly listen to my words so readily?"

Fan Wencheng gritted his teeth and said.

"Your Majesty, rest assured; this subject guarantees he will!"

"It is still the same saying."

"Any of the bandit army can surrender!"

"Only he, Li Zicheng, and Gao Yingxiang, cannot surrender!"

"Because they are the bandit leaders!"

"Therefore, the more their subordinates sympathize with the Ming court and sympathize with the Zhu Emperor, the more anxious Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng will become!"

All beggars in the world do not want to be beggars.

But only the leader of the Beggar Sect hopes that the more beggars in the world, the better.

As Great Ming finishes purging the court and has enough silver to relieve the disaster.

After the Battle of Xingshan, the Zhu family will have gained righteousness.

Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang probably cannot be described merely as anxious.

It is fear from the bottom of their hearts!

Back when Gao Yingxiang broke Fengyang, it was good.

That was when Li Zicheng was keeping watch for Gao Yingxiang, while Gao Yingxiang personally led the team to dig up the Old Zhu family's ancestral graves.

Hearing this, Huang Taiji's brows finally relaxed somewhat.

Immediately after, he looked at Fan Wencheng and said in a low voice.

"Please, Mr., quickly send someone to the Northwest to tell Li Zicheng that whatever they lack right now, they can speak directly to Great Qing."

"Li Zicheng probably does not have many warhorses, does he? Mr., you can go directly to the grasslands to requisition thirty thousand warhorses; just say it is my personal gift to Li Zicheng!"

Hearing Huang Taiji say this.

Fan Wencheng immediately clasped his hands and said.

"This subject will certainly not fail in his mission!"

84, Old Zhu: You had better truly not know!

Xingshan.

This great case, which had just opened its curtains, had already implicated two Dukes, seven Marquises, four Earls, two Grand Secretaries, and seven ministers of the Six Ministries.

Just as the court officials did not know how to bring it to a close.

From the distant woods and mountains, a sharp cry suddenly rang out.

"Father Emperor!"

Zhu Youjian, who had originally been seated on the Dragon Throne, shuddered.

He rose abruptly from the Dragon Throne.

One could see, surrounded by several Ming soldiers from Jinzhou.

Zhu Cilang, dressed in tattered rags, stumbled forward to Zhu Youjian's presence.

The moment he saw Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Youjian's tears could no longer be held back and fell.

"Lang-er, are you unharmed?"

Zhu Cilang knelt before Zhu Youjian and sobbed,

"Father Emperor, your son encountered Tatars while breaking out, but was fortunately saved by the various generals of Jinzhou."

The moment the words ended.

Zhu Youjian began to nod incessantly.

"Good, good, it is good that you have returned!"

Once Zhu Cilang returned alive.

It would mean that during the next transfer of power in the Great Ming.

It would be exceptionally stable.

And the various generals of Jinzhou who saved Zhu Cilang this time.

Would in the future become Zhu Cilang's most ironclad core team!

The civil and military officials behind Zhu Youjian, who had escaped disaster, immediately swarmed forward as if clutching a life-saving straw and submitted memorials saying,

"The Crown Prince has turned from peril to safety; this is an omen that Heaven protects our Great Ming!"

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has long resided in the bitter cold lands of Liaoxi; I petition that he return to court immediately to rest and recuperate!"

"The Crown Prince is young; I second the motion!"

"..."

Listening to these ministers' remonstrances.