"You have all seen just now that the Erdong Kingdom has surrendered to our Qing Dynasty for several years. The status of the vassal monarchs and ministers has been determined, but there are still some important officials in the royal family who are unwilling to be single-minded! Isn't it worthy of your reflection?"

"The guilty minister was negligent, and the guilty minister is aware of his guilt. Please forgive me, His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty!"

Jin Yu was a well-known scholar in the Li Dynasty and the current Li Cao judge of the Li Dynasty, but Huang Taiji didn't care and killed him as soon as he was told.

This move not only frightened the other ministers who were kneeling in the snow to be scolded, but also frightened the leader of the country, Li Zhu, to the point where he almost peed his pants.

When Huang Taiji asked again, Li Zhu quickly kowtowed, confessed his crime, and asked for forgiveness. He didn't dare to say anything else.

As for Huang Taiji's intention to send troops to supervise the country and station troops in Hanyang or Nanhan Mountain City, he directly acquiesced.

However, Huang Taiji was still dissatisfied with Li Zhu's attitude. In his opinion, what was the use of just pleading guilty and having a good attitude?

"There is a saying in Ming Dynasty that it is difficult to paint the bones of a tiger by painting its skin. You know the face of a person but not the heart. I think it makes sense. The kings and ministers of your country are one thing when they are in front of me, but maybe they will be another thing after I lead my army and leave."

"The guilty minister has absolutely no second thoughts about the Qing Dynasty!"

"Humph, there is absolutely no duplicity? If there is absolutely no duplicity, why does your country have ministers like Jin Sangxian, Jin Yu, Lin Qingye, and Liu Lin who work secretly and treacherously to the Ming Dynasty?"

Faced with Li Zhu's constant expressions of loyalty, Huang Taiji naturally became more and more angry as he listened, and then he asked a question, leaving Li Zhu speechless again.

Of course, Huang Taiji had already made up his mind, and scolding Li Zhu at this time was just to elicit the next decision.

Therefore, when he saw that he had shut up, he no longer looked at him. Instead, he rode on his horse and pointed his whip at the court ministers who were kneeling on the ground to greet him in Ming uniforms and said coldly:

"It has been several years since your country submitted to our Qing Dynasty. However, from the royal family of the country to the civil and military officials, all the clothes, rituals and music systems are still the same as those of the Ming Dynasty. How can we tell that you are our Qing Dynasty?"

vassal country?!

"In the past, when I was in the Qing Dynasty, I ordered the officials of your country to shave their heads. Instead of just ordering your country to do what they wanted, I wanted to wait until the world was settled before implementing this system.

"Our Qing Dynasty and your country have been one family for a long time, but there are still people who are alienated from each other, which is a great disappointment to me. Moreover, I am like a father, and you are like sons. Father and son are one, how can we violate this?"

"Today, I tell you clearly that your royal family and civil and military eunuchs must abide by the dress and etiquette of this dynasty. This is what I mean by entering the flag. You must shave your hair, change your clothes, and paint with me.

1. If you don’t draw one, you will end up with two minds!”

"ah?!"

"this--"

As soon as Huang Taiji's order to force Li Zhu and his civil and military ministers to shave their heads and change their clothes was announced, there was an uproar immediately.

The civil and military ministers of the Li Dynasty, who were originally kneeling on the ground and afraid to speak out, could no longer remain calm and composed.

However, at this moment, Jierhalang, the king of Duoluozheng County who had been watching impatiently, suddenly rode forward and rushed into the ranks of the ministers of cultural relics kneeling to welcome Huang Taiji. Holding a riding whip, he greeted

He straightened up, raised his head, and slapped the official on the head and face with a loud roar.

Jierhalang, the king of Duoluozheng County, led the Baya soldiers, charged with their horses and whipped them, and shouted angrily at the civil and military ministers of the Li Dynasty who were kneeling in obeisance:

"How dare you disobey the decree of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty? Today you must shave your hair. If you dare to hesitate, you will be killed without mercy even if you are in this dynasty but your heart is in another country!"

Ever since the Battle of Pyongyang Fucheng ended and they entered the Yellow Sea Road, the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty had all come out of the city early to greet them and provide them with water and fodder. They were extremely docile.

Correspondingly, whenever he passed through such a city, Huang Taiji would also issue a decree, telling soldiers and horses of all banners not to enter the city to burn, kill, and loot.

Ji'erharang was naturally quite dissatisfied with this. His main purpose in coming to fight against the Koreans this time was to make up for the huge losses caused to the Xianglan Banner by the loss of Zhenjiang Fort.

Although they marched eastward and looted all the way, the harvest was still considerable. However, the North of Chaoren had been poor and desolate for a long time. How could it compare to the capital city of Chaoren's Gyeonggi Province?

Therefore, for Jierhalang, he was hoping that these court officials and ministers would have some backbone and resist Huang Taiji's will face to face!

Therefore, when he rode his horse into the ranks of civil and military ministers, whipping and scolding them, he secretly hoped that some of the Li ministers who were really not afraid of death would stand up and resist.

However, as he began to curse and beat him, the civil and military ministers who were kneeling on the ground quickly shut their mouths.

There were many people whose faces were covered in blood after being whipped, but they just lay trembling on the ground and kowtowed in apology.

In this way, the "Bi Ti Pavilion Agreement" made by Huang Taiji himself was extremely smoothly accepted by the so-called monarchs and ministers of the Li Dynasty.

In the afternoon of that day, under the nose of Huang Taiji, starting from Li Shu and all the civil and military officials who came out of the city that day, with tears in their eyes, they were crowned and shaved on the spot.

Money rat tail look.

In particular, Li Zhu was given a set of clothes worn by the princes of the Qing Dynasty on the spot by Huang Taiji, including court crowns and warm hats, collars and patchwork coats, court robes and boots, as well as flower feathers on the crowns, court beads, etc.

wait.

Obviously, Huang Taiji was completely prepared when he ordered Li Zhu and his civil and military officials to shave their hair and change their clothes.

Of course, this preparation work only started after he easily captured the imperial capital of Yizhou.

When Huang Taiji sent people back to Shengjing and summoned several useful Han officials and Manguan from the Third Inner Court to serve in front of the army, he asked them to make preparations in this regard.

After they arrived at Huang Taiji's army, they naturally brought these prepared things with them.

Matching with the shaving of hair and the change of clothes, that afternoon, just outside the Bichi Pavilion, Huang Taiji asked Gang Lin, a bachelor of the National Academy of History, to read out in public a speech about the Li family and the civil and military officials of the imperial family who were incorporated into the flag.

membership decision.

Valley cinnamon

Li Zhu and his immediate family members of the royal family were incorporated into the Zhenghuang Banner of Mite Island.

The large number of other collateral clans of the Li Dynasty were incorporated into the Xianghuang Banner of Qizhou.

Other civil servants and ministers from the Li Chaodong class were incorporated into the Zhenglan Banner of Mite Island.

The so-called military officials of the Li Dynasty's Western Banner were all incorporated into the Xianglan Banner of Mite Island.

This set of divide and rule methods was mastered by Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, Huang Taiji originally thought about whether to simply allocate the so-called Eight Paths of the Li Dynasty to the Eight Banners one by one.

But when he thought about Yang Zhen's troops and horses that were still threatening him from the rear, and when he thought about Zhenjiang Fort at the mouth of the Yajiang River falling into Yang Zhen's hands, he gave up this idea.

Because he knew that his army could not stay in Hanyang City for a long time. If he acted in a hurry and aroused millions of people to resist everywhere, and could not escape easily, then big trouble would happen in his rear.

Huang Taiji was not sure whether Yang Zhen came to the rescue or sent troops to follow him. Huang Taiji was not sure, but he did not want to take risks.

Therefore, in the end, Huang Taiji still accepted the previous suggestions of King Kong and Geng. When it came to shaving his hair, he temporarily implemented the strategy of shaving for officials but not for the people. When it came to entering the flag, he also adopted the strategy of shaving for officials but not for the people.

The purpose of this is very simple, which is to treat them differently and divide and conquer.

On the evening of that day, Huang Taiji led the Li Dynasty leader Li Zhu, who was detained in the army, and a large number of important officials from the civil and military squads, and stayed overnight in the Qing camp centered on Biti Pavilion.

Hong Ruifeng, who also had his hair shaved, was appointed by Huang Taiji as the leading minister because of his status as the prime minister of the parliamentary government, and he was asked to lead the Duo Luo Zheng Commandery Prince Jier Harang and his troops with blue flags, as well as the official.

The troops of Gushan Ezhen Guar Jatu Lai of the Yellow Banner entered Hanyang City.

Hong Ruifeng, the leader of the Li Dynasty's parliamentary government, was originally a peacemaker who opposed the Qing Dynasty, or a faction who supported the Qing Dynasty.

The rise of Jin Haizhen and the invasion of Yang Zhen made him waver a little, and he had the idea of ​​​​sitting on the fence and watching.

However, the Qing army quickly put down the rebellion of the Second Road in the north, and marched southward to Hanyang City again with overwhelming force, which made him fall back to the side of the Qing Dynasty again.

This time, in order to clear up the relationship, Li Zhu killed Jin Sangxian in advance in Hanyang City, and massacred pro-Ming ministers and officials. This was because he followed his advice.

However, as wily as he was, he did not expect that when the Qing emperor came to Hanyang City this time, he would treat the emperors and ministers of the Li Dynasty like this.

But now that the matter has come to this, what else can be done?

They fought but couldn't win, they couldn't escape, and in the end they had no choice but to resign themselves to their fate, accept reality, and let nature take its course.

Besides, Hong Ruifeng is old, and all he wants is to keep his wealth, spend his old age in peace, and not be liquidated by his political enemies.

Therefore, after being appointed by Huang Taiji as the minister of introduction, he not only did not have any resistance, but also worked extremely hard.

After returning to Hanyang City, he first asked people to go home to report that they were safe, and then helped Jierhalang to make announcements to calm the people and stabilize the situation in the city.

Jierhalang and his troops with blue flags immediately took over the defense of Hanyang City after entering the city, and detached a group of troops, crossed the Han River overnight, and successfully took over Nanhan Mountain City.

Gushan'e Zhenguar Jatu Lai of Zhenghuang Banner led the Baya La Camp and Aliha Chaoha Camp of Zhenghuang Banner to take over several major palaces and treasuries in the city overnight.

As for the leader of the Li Dynasty, Li Zhu, he could only look at himself in the mirror again and again at the place where he was detained in the Bi Ti Pavilion. Looking at his strange and ugly appearance in the bronze mirror, he helplessly wept secretly.

Of course he didn't want to shave his head. If he had been in Hanyang City at that time, instead of following the advice of Jin Zidian, Hong Ruifeng and others, he would have gone to the outskirts of Bitiguan to welcome Huang Taiji in person, then he might still have been able to bargain.

There is even a chance to lead the civil and military ministers to evacuate Hanyang City like Bingzi did when he was indiscriminately, and ran to Nanhanshan City for a final resistance.

Namhansanseong Fortress is surrounded by mountains, the city defenses are strong, and the situation is quite dangerous. Even if the soldiers and horses brought by Huang Taiji are equipped with heavy artillery, they can still hold on for a period of time.

Perhaps by then, officials who are pro-Ming Dynasty can be sent to contact Yang Zhen and request Jinhai Town to send troops for rescue.

If Jinhaizhen is willing to come to the rescue, then he, Li Zhu, will make up his mind to fight against the Qing Dynasty this time and return to the dynasty...

But now, all this is impossible.

Li Zhu, who was imprisoned in Bi Ti Pavilion, had become the meat on the Qing Emperor's chopping board. Although he was nominally a guest of the Qing Emperor, he was actually a prisoner of the Qing Emperor.

Huang Taiji couldn't help but ordered people to kill Cao Li and Jin Yu in public. That was to kill one person to make an example to others, to kill chickens and scare monkeys. Let him see.

If he dared to say no, I'm afraid he would be like Jin Yu immediately, with blood splattered on the spot and his head missing.

Compared with clothes and hairstyle, of course the head is more important.

As for integrity and kingly dignity, these things have never been the primary considerations for people like Li Zhu.

Because if he had integrity, if he would rather die than surrender, then a few years ago during the Sandadu Alliance, he would not have knelt three times and kowtowed to Huang Taiji, and chose to betray the Ming Dynasty and surrender to the Qing captives.
Chapter completed!