Although Zhang Mingwei did not sleep all night and was busy with Luo Rucai's camp, it was not finished until dawn.

At this time, he had confirmed that Luo Rucai was indeed killed by Li Zicheng. This can be seen from the confession of the person in front of him.

"Cao Cao betrayed the rebel army and colluded with the official army. He was killed by me. Don't ask about other things. Anyway, I will not say anything! If you want to kill or cut, you can do whatever you want. If I, Li Laiheng, shouted "Painful", I will not be a human!"

When Zhang Mingwei heard such tough words, he was not angry. Instead, he played with the golden helmet in his hand and stared at the young man in front of him, very interested.

He did not expect that the leader of the guards around Li Zicheng was the famous Li Laiheng, who was later. If it were based on the original historical development, Li Laiheng would have resisted the Qing Dynasty. After accepting the Southern Ming Dynasty, he was named Duke of Lin by Emperor Yongli. He persisted until the third year of Kangxi, that is, in 1664, twenty years after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, he was captured by the Qing soldiers and burned himself to death!

It can be said that Li Laiheng experienced the most desperate period of the Qing Dynasty, but he never surrendered and finally showed his ambitions by his death. In the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he is a rare figure worthy of recognition.

Now, Li Laiheng is alive in front of him, and he was eventually captured in order to attract pursuers and cover up Li Zicheng.

Zhang Mingwei thought about this in his heart and suddenly asked, "You said you are the rebels, where did the righteousness come from?"

Li Laiheng was ready to die and was just generous when he heard the Duke Xingguo asked such a thing. He was a little stunned. He originally didn't plan to speak again. He immediately raised his head and replied: "Of course it's loyalty, what else can it be?"

"What is loyalty and what is righteousness?" Zhang Mingwei immediately asked, "Is it true that killing brothers who share life and death is loyalty? Luo Rucai and you Li Zicheng were the first to rebel. How many times have you lived and died together over the years? And as far as I know, Luo Rucai has saved Li Zicheng. Such brothers are also killed just by killing?"

Seeing that Li Laiheng seemed to want to refute, Zhang Mingwei took the lead and said clearly: "Don't say that Luo Rucai colluded with the government army to surrender, I can tell you clearly that Luo Rucai never had this idea and had no contact with me. I think you are deceiving yourself!"

When Li Laiheng heard this, he was speechless.

He was not a real fool, of course he knew what was the reason why Luo Rucai was killed. But he was unwilling to think about it, so he was willing to believe the superficial reason given by Li Zicheng, that is, the official army was connected.

But at this time, Zhang Mingwei suddenly uncovered this fig leaf, and Li Laiheng felt a little ashamed.

Zhang Mingwei looked at him and was not planning to let him go, so he continued to shout, "Also, what kind of righteousness do you have? Whenever you pass by the people, life will be miserable and the people will live in poverty. Do you know how many bones on the roadside are you committed? You are still righteous, so where do you get the confidence?"

"The emperor is debauchery and has no virtue, and the treacherous ministers are in power..." Li Laiheng was dissatisfied with hearing this, so he subconsciously made a rumor.

However, before he finished speaking, he interrupted Zhang Mingwei without hesitation and said, "The emperor is working hard to govern the government, and he gets up to handle government affairs every day before dawn, until late at night. Let me tell me how debauchery is so lewd and unvirtuous? Also, now the emperor has dealt with the eunuch Wang Dehua, the eunuch Wang Shixin, the commander of the imperial horse officer Luo Yangxing, and the commander of the Jinyiwei, Zhou Kui, the boss of Jiading..."

He reported a series of official names, which made Li Laiheng dumbfounded. Later, he couldn't tell what official positions he had, but he had only one impression, that is, the emperor had dealt with many high-ranking officials.

"... These people either accept bribes, be corrupt, abuse the law, or oppress the people. No matter how high they originally held or how close they were to the emperor!" Zhang Mingwei looked at Li Laiheng, who was obviously not as arrogant as he had just heard, and asked, "The emperor has no mercy, and has impartially enforced the law, giving the world an explanation. What do you think of the emperor today?"

Princess Kunxing next to her was very excited when she heard her little face. She praised her father and made her feel a little embarrassed. Because she knew that most of the words that the husband said just now were things that only happened after the husband came.

"But... but before..." Li Laiheng was a little confused. He was unwilling to admit defeat, so he forced his decision and wanted to show what he had experienced before to prove that his words were correct.

However, Zhang Mingwei did not give him a chance and continued to interrupt him, "I know you want to say how miserable you have lived in the past, it is the fault of the court. Yes, I don't deny this. Therefore, I will open my mind to you and give you a chance to attract peace. Now the emperor is working hard to revive the Ming Dynasty and has introduced various national policies, with the purpose of letting the people of the world live and work in peace and prosperity again and letting the Ming Dynasty return to a peaceful and prosperous era. I can pat my chest to prove that the emperor is working hard!"

"..." Li Laiheng opened his mouth wide and wanted to say something, but for a moment, he couldn't find what he wanted to say.

"There have been war and the people are in trouble for years. I ask you, has the emperor reduced taxes?"

"The Ming army soldiers had no money, and were deducted, sold to their children. I ask you, has the imperial court issued a Regulations on the exemption of pensions and exemption of military soldiers in the Ming army?"

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Faced with Zhang Mingwei's series of rhetoric questions, Li Laiheng finally came to his senses for a long time and immediately turned his head and said, "I don't know!"

Although he answered this way, his momentum was obviously not enough, which was obviously against his will.

Zhang Mingwei did not care about his stubbornness, but continued to shout, "What about you, what are you doing? Is it so righteous to harm the people? Think about it carefully, what is the point of your continued rebellion? In history books and in the impression of future generations, will you be the target of being scolded or something else? What is your purpose for living?"

After saying so much, Zhang Mingwei didn't expect that Li Zicheng's iron-kick, like Li Laiheng, would immediately be taken away by someone.

When Zhu Moe, who was next to him, had already decided in his heart. He turned around and sent the matter of Mr. interrogating the thief to his father to see. By the way, if he wanted to send it to Ming Pao, he would ask the world, who is right and who is wrong? Ask the world, what is the purpose of living?

After Li Laiheng was taken down, Zhang Mingwei asked about the situation of Li Zicheng's army's camp. Without seeing any movement, he decided to go to Luo Rucai camp in person.

The detailed statistics here are still continuing. The general situation he can understand is that Luo Rucai's subordinates have more than 10,000 cavalry and about 20,000 infantry elites. Most of the remaining are ordinary soldiers.

Even in Luo Rucai's army, there are many women, with a number of more than 20,000. This has something to do with Luo Rucai's lust.

Zhang Mingwei specially wore a python suit and came to Luo Rucai's camp with a smile on his face. He tried to make himself kinder and patrol the situation in the camp.

What he wanted to say was actually unreasonable. But if he could come here, he had actually given these Yuanliu thieves waiting for arrangements a strong signal: the Duke did not regret it later and came to see them.

Finally, Zhang Mingwei came to the back camp of Luo Rucai's camp.

Most of the people here are old and weak, the kind who acts as cannon fodder. Because of the military ration tribe, many of them were already hungry before. However, they had a rare bite of food last night, and today they were a little energetic.

However, anyone can still see their weakness at first glance.

Relatively speaking, these people are most worried about their future.

Because of those strong companions, they will most likely continue to serve in the army and eat food under the command of Duke Xingguo. And they are obviously inappropriate soldiers, that is, useless people. How will the Xingguo Guild deal with them?

To be honest, they are really worried.

This is also the reason. When they saw Duke Xingguo coming, they all knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhang Mingwei inspected the tour and even dismounted to express condolences to several old soldiers who were injured in yesterday's chaos.

When he heard the Duke talk to the injured old soldier like a neighbor, the people around him showed gratitude. So Zhang Mingwei took the opportunity to say to them: "I will tell you a message that the King of Zhou has left Kaifeng and went to the capital. From now on, he will go overseas. The fields in Kaifeng will be taken over to the court. I will inform the emperor that if you have no other place to go, place you in Kaifeng and plant some fields for you to ensure that you have no worries in the future."

This is also the benefit of the vassal kings' external throne. Otherwise, the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of thieves would be a very troublesome one. However, if the King of Zhou left the fields, it would be just right to conduct military camps, that is, to train them into an army to farm.

This was what Duke Xingguo said in person in front of everyone, and everyone was overjoyed. With a clear place to settle down, they were all grateful to Duke Xingguo and spread the good news as soon as possible.

Zhang Mingwei then went to the women's camp. More than 20,000 civilian women, the women led by Luo Rucai were all like flowers and jade, and many of them were the families of officials and gentry kneeling together to welcome the arrival of Duke Xingguo.

At this time, they were also very frightened. I wonder how the Xingguo Guild would arrange them? I would choose some to serve the Duke's sleep or give them to his generals? What should I do if I am so pretty?

In ancient times, women had a low status and suffered even more in wars. When they were plundered by thieves, they had already experienced a lot of pain, but in fact they were a little numb.

Although they have fallen into the imperial army, how much will their situation improve?
Chapter completed!