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You don't have to suffer at all, you will know that you are in great pain. The captured civil and military officials looked at each other, and their eyes showed fear. Even Shi Kefa had a sneer on the corner of his mouth on the surface, and he looked like he was looking at torture like dirt, but his eyelids still jumped.

Li Xin asked someone to transfer the cloth from Eunuch Zhang's mouth.

"Ao!"

Suddenly, a scream that was even more shrill than slaughtering a pig.

Li Xin winked at left and right, and a personal guard took away a brick.

Eunuch Zhang was a little better, but he was still sizzling and gasping, and he was sobbing from time to time.

Li Xin smiled and said, "Eunuch Zhang, do you want to die or live? If you want to die, I will teach you to die sourly. If you want to live, there is still something to talk about."

Eunuch Zhang didn't want to die. He just said a few words in front of Shi Kefa and a group of civil servants and generals. He just waited for Li Xin to persuade him softly, shed a few tears, kowtowed to Beijing a few more times, and then let him deal with it. However, he did not expect that the thief leader was so devoid of his eyes and tortured himself when he came up. If he had known that he would suffer this, it would be better not to be stubborn.

"Even if the commander spares our family, the emperor will not spare our family. Please give us a happy life!"

Eunuch Zhang was not stupid either. He knew that Li Xin did not kill him, but used to torture, which showed that he was useful, so he shouted and complained.

Li Xin smiled and said, "How could Chongzhen blame you? According to my commander, it's almost the same to reward you."

"Well?"

Eunuch Zhang looked at Li Xin in confusion.

Li Xin said: "Are you worried about losing? Isn't it possible to explain it? This is nothing. You can tell Chongzhen that he would fight with Shi Caofu and Han Taishou to suppress me. He fought fiercely for two days and two nights. He suffered countless casualties on both sides. The bodies blocked the canal. After the ammunition was exhausted, he also owed food and pay. The soldiers were unwilling to work harder, so he had no choice but to retreat. But Li Xin, I, deeply felt that the court was powerful and willing to be recruited. Look, bad things turned into good things, right?"

“Hahahaha~~”

Before Eunuch Zhang could speak, Shi Kefa laughed wildly and said, "Li Xin, I heard that you are a scholar in Qi County and are considered a scholar. He ignored the teachings of the saints and turned black and white, and misled right and wrong. How could the head office allow you to deceive the emperor?

What's more, if you kill the official and rebel, you have a lot of bad deeds, how can you really regret it? Haha, whether to kill or cut, say less!"

"Shi Caofu, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and Luo Ru can only be recruited by the court, so why can't Commander Li be recruited?"

Eunuch Zhang agreed with Li Xin's suggestion and looked over with dissatisfaction!

"snort!"

Shi Kefa snorted coldly.

Li Xin said seriously: "Mr. Daolin regards the people as their worries and the country as their responsibilities. Why is Li Xin, the Li Xin, the government has been abandoned? He has no choice but to the ministerial officials, corruption has become a trend, fishing people, and even the people have been living in misery. Even Mr. Daolin is helpless. Even Mr. Daolin is helpless. What can I do if I am so itchy? Therefore, I followed Song Gongming and started a military campaign to act on behalf of heaven. Anti-corruption officials are not against the emperor. Although you and I have differences, they have different ways of going to the same end. They are all for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. I also ask Eunuch Zhang not to confuse me, Li Xin, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other bandits!"

"this……"

Everyone looked at each other!

No one expected that Li Xin would actually play this!

On the contrary, the Revolutionary Army did not react much. After all, Li Xin had already stated that he would take the separatist line of feudal states.

This is not because Li Xin is hot-headed and deliberately highlights the difference between himself and Li Zicheng. It is because social reality makes him unable to make other choices.

Since the Song Dynasty, due to the development of handicrafts and commercial development, the urban class gradually grew. By the middle and late Ming Dynasty, this class had basically taken shape. The outside world suffered from disasters. The peasants were suffering. At least the minority could do odd jobs or steal the life, and there was no urgent need to change the status quo, and even they were resistant to any drastic changes.

The Han and Tang Dynasties were destroyed by peasant uprisings. Since the Song Dynasty, China has been destroyed by foreign tribes. This has a great relationship with the emphasis on culture and over military affairs, but the essence of the petty citizens being content with the status quo is also an important factor that cannot be ignored.

Taking the Investigation Army as an example, although Jianyin burned and killed repeatedly, it was better than the official army. At least he would not kill good people and made contributions. However, since Li Zicheng started his army, he has never been able to gain a foothold in one place. Why? Don’t he know the importance of the base?

He was also forced, and the root cause was that he could not gain the support of the citizens. After all, the war was devastating to the destruction of commerce and handicrafts. A large number of hired workers lost their jobs. Unlike farmers, they could fool them by sending two steamed buns to fill their stomachs. In addition to survival, urban residents also need entertainment.

In short, just having the support of farmers can't make a big deal. Li Xin also faced a similar dilemma in Gaoyou. For the time being, his basic base is the more than 10,000 refugees brought from Henan. The people of Gaoyou do not welcome him, and they are worried that his troops will invade the interests of the locals. This is a kind of heartfelt resistance. Unless he kills all the people in Gaoyou, he will not be able to gain the recognition of the people of Gaoyou without long-term efforts.

Therefore, if Li Xin wants to gain a foothold in the prosperous Huaiyang, the most convenient way is to be an official in the Ming Dynasty. Only with his official status and status can he be easily accepted by the citizen class.

Xu Shao hurriedly said, "Caofu, Commander Li is loyal and reasonable!"

Shi Kefa did not believe Li Xin's nonsense. When he was about to sarcastically, he didn't know who was behind him. He coughed twice. When he looked back, many civil officials and generals showed their expressions of agreement.

In an instant, he understood!

These people didn't care whether Li Xin was truly surrendering, but whether he could leave safely. They further transformed the responsibility of defeat into recruiting Li Xin, and even lured Li Xin to kill him. It is no exaggeration to say that the prisoners in the field were willing to recruit Li Xin except himself. If he tried his best to oppose it, he might have a plot on his way back to Huai'an, and then he was seriously injured and died on his way back.

Shi Kefa became an official in the first year of Chongzhen and was in the officialdom for thirteen years. He had too many ugly opinions. He could be openly attacked by the Hongwan case and the attack case. What is it that he was killed by someone below?

No one wants to be murdered by someone in a daze. Thinking of this, Shi Kefa changed his words and said, "Are you really surrendering?"

Li Xin said sincerely: "Students are all scattered in court after all, and have read the books of sages. Therefore, they asked the Cao Guard and Eunuch Zhang to jointly sign the letter to support the students as the prefect of Yangzhou. Students must rectify the place for the emperor and sort out the salt and grain. They call it the Southeast taxes endlessly."

"Ha, what a big appetite. If you want to be a local lord, you are afraid that this Ming Dynasty will never have peace!"

Shi Kefa disdained.

Li Xin said solemnly: "What the emperor thinks, no matter what the students think, whether others imitate it or not has nothing to do with the students. Students are only responsible for themselves and their brothers. Mr. Daolin and Eunuch Zhang just care about making suggestions to the emperor!"

"Okay, okay, let us go soon, our family will report to you!"

Eunuch Zhang couldn't bear it anymore when he sat on the tiger bench and cheered repeatedly, and he just wanted to be put down.

"oh?"
Chapter completed!