Updated: 2012-08-23

"...I'm going to behead the mandate outside the Meridian Gate of Forbidden City to show the public." Zhu Weiru Hao put his wrist on the table, raised his orchid fingers, and tapped his middle fingers on several sides slowly.

"Cough cough..." Ximen official swallowed the last glutinous rice cake into his stomach, almost choking, and calmed down for a while and said, "Is it too urgent to behead the two of them so quickly? What if what Li Jingbai said was fake?"

Although Xia Kexiong sat upright on the chair, he was "forced" to eat two slices of Yuncao, and now he looked much calmer. After listening to Ximending's words, he looked at Zhu Weiru, and seemed to have a tacit consent, and interrupted: "Master Ximen, you are too worried. We have verified that the other assassin is Li Shuangxi, the adopted son of the thief, and Li Yan under the thief's tent is indeed Li Jingbai's third son. It is also Li Yan's plan to enter the palace for assassination. He attempts to cause chaos in the court and interfere with the morale of the army by assassinating the emperor, thus reversing the stalemate battle situation in Luoyang."

"Uh... Didn't you just say that Li Jingbai has never recognized Li Yan and his son, so how can he participate?"

"Haha, Lord Ximen is really as wise as a torch..." Xia Kexiong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "You don't know that although Li Jingbai did not recognize Li Yan and his son, he always paid attention to his son, so he was naturally quite careful about the every move of the thief. This time, the assassination plan for the palace was originally organized to organize several dead soldiers, mainly Li Shuangxi, but after Li Jingbai learned about it, he thought that now was the critical moment for the fight between the Ming Dynasty and the thief, so he wanted to help his son with his help. He took the initiative to come to the door as the "Heavy Sword Blind Beggar" and volunteered to participate... You must know that the "Heavy Sword Blind Beggar" is in the northwest area, especially among the people, but the heroes are well-known and widely circulated. If he can participate, the thief naturally accepts it happily. Therefore..."

"The reason why I decided so quickly to behead the two of them outside the Meridian Gate and abandon the market was to let the thieves know the determination of the court to destroy the thieves, and to kill them; the other was to serve as a warning and let the people of the world know that there is only a way out of death for the enemy of our Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Weiru finished speaking in a sharp tone, looking at Ximending and solemnly asked: "Mr. Ximen, is it wrong for me to make such a decision?"

If Princess Kunyi had encountered such a thing before, once she decided, she would definitely be decisive and would never ask each other.

But since she fell in love with Young Master Ximen, she has truly put down her princess posture and strictly followed the "wife as husband's principles". She believes that everything should be discussed with her husband and listen to what her husband says.

This was the first time that Ximen Daguanren participated in state discussions. Although it was private, Zhu Weiru said so seriously that Ximen Daguanren could not help but take it seriously.

He thought for a while, but shook his head and said, "I think... it is inappropriate to kill the two of them."

"Isn't it right to kill the two? Shouldn't they be killed?" Zhu Weiru didn't expect her husband to deny her decision, and was stunned.

"Not bad, you shouldn't be killed! You shouldn't be abandoned!!" Ximen Daguan Ren nodded decisively without thinking about it this time.

"Well... I hope to hear the details."

"Why is the princess who is so arrogant now?" After the Ximen official asked, he asked and answered: "The people's hearts are what they want. As far as I know, Shaanxi and Henan have been famine for years, the government has increased the suppression and training, which has caused the people to live in misery and fled their homes to make a living. However, our Ming Dynasty household registration management adopts the "road guide" system, and the people who fled to other places are hunted by the government and become so-called "displaced". In this case, these "displaced people" meet the uprising army that rose up, and naturally joined, which has allowed the rebels to grow and grow. To this day, it is said that there have reached more than 100,000 people..."

Speaking of this, Ximen Daguanren took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then sorted out the memories of Li Zicheng's past life in his mind, and continued to talk: "The thief has been a child and has never liked to study. He is a complete reckless man and does not understand marching and fighting at all. Why are the "migrants" willing to join his uprising army? And can they also advance all the way from Shaanxi and reach Luoyang?"

Although the great official Ximen did not say the reason why "why shouldn't you kill two people", these remarks moved Zhu Weiru. He really didn't expect that the young master Ximen was a man from the world and a playboy. He had just gotten involved in politics and was so concerned about state affairs, and he also understood so deeply and thoroughly... He couldn't help but look at this husband with even more admiration.

Regarding the question raised by Ximen Daguanren, she did not waste brain cells to answer this question, but instead acted as if she was listening attentively and waited for her husband to give her wonderful answers.

"There is only one reason-Li Yan!"

"Li Yan? Li Jingbai's youngest son Li Yan?"

Zhu Weiru was quite surprised when she heard this answer, but she was calm and believed that there must be a reason for her husband to say this, but Xia Kexiong was so surprised that he couldn't help asking.

The Grand Official of Ximen seemed to be confident and pointed out: "Since Gao Yingxiang's death, the treacherous robbers became the leader of this rebel army. The strategy of "first pacification and then suppression" adopted by our dynasty on the rebel army has achieved great success. Most of the peasant army have been recruited, and his rebel army was surrounded and suppressed to less than a hundred people. It is not enough to worry about it. Moreover, the treacherous robbers are at best just a mountain king. They are brave but not a resourceful, and they will never be able to become great... However, since Li Yan surrendered to him, the situation of the rebels has taken a sharp turn and has become uncontrollable by the court."

"Oh? This traitor has...has such a skill?" After hearing Ximending's words, Zhu Weiru finally stopped calm.

"There is a saying that the people win the hearts of the people will win the world." Ximen official again "as far as the ministers know" and slowly said: "Li Yan did three things to help the thieves win the hearts of the people, and each of them hit the nail on the head. First, he advised the thieves to kill less to show the thieves' kindness. Then he advised the thieves to plunder the property to help the hungry people, and successfully portray the thieves to become the role of the savior in the hearts of the people. The third thing was to attract the exiled people, and he compiled a song "Welcome the King of the Break,"

The lyrics of "not paying food" made children sing everywhere. After these three things, it was difficult for the thieves to grow or not. Now we know that Li Yan is the son of Li Jingbai, and Li Jingbai, as the former Minister of War, knew without thinking that he would definitely be influenced by his father. Not to mention being familiar with military books, at least he was more skilled in marching and fighting than thieves. Facts have proved that this kid is indeed very good at fighting. It is precisely because of his planning and command that this peasant uprising army can defeat our regular army of the Ming Dynasty."

Xia Kexiong looked at Ximending blankly, not understanding where this guy knew about the news. It was obvious that Ximen Daren did not seem to be lying nonsense, while Zhu Weiru fell into deep thought.

The Grand Official of Ximen picked up the tea and took a few sips slowly, coughed twice and said, "Now let's talk about why we can't kill the two of them, let alone abandon the market."

****

ps: This chapter is yesterday's update, and there is another update tonight...


Chapter completed!