Seven hundred and fortieth chapters guillotine meal
What is the queen? She is like a feather like Wang Zhaolin. What pushed Zhang Xianzhong to the historical trend was drought. The northwest land was drought and insect plagues continued, and the government was unable to provide disaster relief, which triggered a riot of refugees. Soon, the riot of refugees developed into the entire Shaanxi like a spark.
Zhang Xianzhong's life was full of negative comments, and this man was tyrannical and murderous. The only thing worth mentioning was probably when he was dying, he told his subordinates to surrender to Nanming.
When it comes to Zhang Xianzhong, more historians tend to be a murderer. In fact, official history has very little records of Zhang Xianzhong, but most of them have negative comments.
After all, they are all bandits, and Zhang Xianzhong is also bloodthirsty. He will not let go of his wives, concubines and children.
This queen was newly married by Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong was seriously ill, so Wang Zhaolin came to her.
The queen had the same idea as Wang Zhaolin. The prince could not be killed. If the prince was killed, once the officers and soldiers took revenge, they would have to be unlucky.
"What the Prime Minister means, what do you want me to do?" asked the queen.
When Wang Zhaolin heard this, he felt relieved. It seemed that the queen was preparing to help him: "Queen Queen, you still need to come to the king and persuade the king not to act recklessly. Also, I would like to ask the queen to issue an imperial edict to Li Dingguo, and the prince should not be killed."
The queen immediately became silent when she heard this. She also became more sensible and knew that Zhang Xianzhong was tyrannical. Once Zhang Xianzhong learned that it was she who interfered with it in the future, Li Dingguo let the prince go. Zhang Xianzhong would definitely not let him go. This was obviously Wang Zhaolin wanted to take the blame for himself.
It is okay to be with the flow, but the queen will definitely not do it. She is not a fool and knows Wang Zhaolin's intentions.
"Prime Minister, I am just a wife, what's the point of view there? Even if I want to do it at this time, the Prime Minister has to make an idea. Whatever the Prime Minister wants to do, I will follow you."
The queen quickly threw the problem back and asked me to issue an imperial decree. However, you, the Prime Minister, have to make the decision. The king is seriously ill, but I, a woman, cannot take charge of the matter. Even if I ask me to issue an imperial decree, I will only issue an imperial decree in the name of the queen. As for the content of the decree, it is your Wang Zhaolin's business.
In this way, everyone becomes a grasshopper on a rope. If something happens, no one will run away. Even if you can use this to beg for it in the future, it is the prime minister's idea.
Wang Zhaolin felt very resentful. The queen seemed to be not concerned about political affairs, but she was actually very wise and foolish. However, there was no other way at the moment, so she had to reply: "Don't worry, Empress, everything will be handled by the minister."
Zhang Xianzhong ordered Li Dingguo to execute Zhu Cilang, and Wang Zhaolin was in a vain and sent an imperial edict in the name of the queen. Li Dingguo was asked to suspend the handling of the prince, but the reason was not explained.
Li Dingguo could guess that, in fact, without the queen's will, he decided not to kill Zhu Cilang.
Li Dingguo also knew that Zhang Xianzhong was seriously ill, and it was only a matter of time before the officers and soldiers captured Sichuan. Not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong was seriously ill, even if Zhang Xianzhong was intact, he would not be the opponent of the officers and soldiers.
Firearms are really too terrifying. Faced with such terrifying weapons, no one in the world is his opponent.
This world has changed, and it is no longer an era of swords, guns and sticks. Although Sun Kewang is not very good, he will definitely not lose to Li Dingguo when fighting. In this way, Sun Kewang's 80,000 army was beaten and only less than 200 people fled in a panic. Li Dingguo clearly realized that these people were already at the end of their journey.
If Zhu Cilang is ordered to kill Zhu Cilang, the situation of the war will no longer change, and the bandits will sooner or later face a state of destruction. If they kill the prince, it will be difficult to expect the revival of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, if it is an emperor who is as stubborn as Chongzhen, the people will still be in dire straits.
Furthermore, killing the prince at this time means burying the entire bandits with him. The Ming army invaded Sichuan and would inevitably avenge the prince. At that time, there would be no mercy to kill Zhang Xianzhong and others.
Even if the prince can be killed, he will not have to be killed now. Originally, Li Dingguo wanted to conceal Zhang Xianzhong and violate his orders to temporarily kill the prince.
Now that he has received the queen's imperial edict, Li Dingguo couldn't help but sneer. Li Dingguo and others have no good impression of this queen.
The queen and Wang Zhaolin had no other ability except to harm her own people. Moreover, Wang Zhaolin was good at flattering Zhang Xianzhong. This person was sinister and vicious, and he always encouraged Zhang Xianzhong to kill him indiscriminately.
Wang Zhaolin once made a statement that only killing can make people surrender. Zhang Xianzhong agreed with this, and Li Dingguo and others also tried hard to persuade each other that those who have accomplished great things through ancient times will win the hearts of the people first. Never kill innocent people indiscriminately, but instead win people's hearts.
However, Zhang Xianzhong didn't listen at all, so he didn't like Li Dingguo. Instead, he was quite favored by Wang Zhaolin, and Wang Zhaolin colluded with the queen and scattered dissidents in the army.
Victory was expected, and it can be seen from the treatment of Zhu Cixuan. I used to give me simple food, but now I am treating big fish, meat, wine and delicious food.
Only Wangcai looked at the table of dishes and looked sad because he knew there was a kind of food called silenced rice.
"When a person is about to die, his food will be rich." This has been almost the case since ancient times. In ancient China, the last meal of the death row prisoner was called "dead-headed rice".
"I would rather be a ghost who can persevere than a soul who starves to death." Sometimes I would burn a pot of wine for the death row prisoner, making him dizzy and then go on the road.
The habit of giving the death row prisoners the last delicious meal began in the Spring and Autumn Period. After quelling a rebellion, King Zhuang of Chu, one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, issued an order to win people's hearts and show his broad mind, so he issued preferential treatment and pensions to the traitors who were taken to the execution ground, and gave them extra meals, so that they could eat well and then executed them before they were executed.
This policy was imitated by the princes. Although the dynasties changed later, it was continued and has been passed down to this day.
"Your Highness, this is not the last meal prepared for us by the thieves, right?" Wangcai asked cautiously.
Zhu Cilang said "Yes": "Eat, you'll be ready after you finish eating."
Wangcai immediately burst into tears with a loud cry. Wangcai is loyal and afraid of death. When he is passionate, he can be loyal to Zhu Cilang. Most of the time, he cherishes his life.
After crying, Wangcai suddenly realized something was wrong. Because the prince didn't seem to care about it, even Li Yan and Song Xiance didn't care about it.
Chapter completed!