After Zhao Ming's persuasion, Zhu Youlang crawled out from under the bed, but was too frightened and went straight to the bedroom to rest after coming out.

The Ming army had just recovered Nanjing, and Zhao Ming had a lot of affairs. He comforted Zhu Youlang for a few words, and personally sent him back to his bedroom, and then went to deal with many matters.

At this time, Zhao Ming returned to Fengtian Palace, and Wang Dana sent someone to report that the fire in Fengxian Palace had been put out.

Zhao Ming then led everyone to the scene and found that the hall had been burned, with broken walls and black ashes, and black smoke. Dozens of burnt charred bodies lined up in the square in front of the hall.

"Your Highness!" Wang Dana, Li Chengdong and others stepped forward to salute.

Zhao Ming walked over, touched his nose, and frowned at dozens of corpses that were completely indistinguishable.

Li Chengdong hurriedly pointed to one of the bodies and said, "Your Highness, this is Zhu Yihai."

Zhao Ming frowned. It was not that he didn't believe it, but that he really couldn't see it. It was burning like coke. Do you think it was right?

"How did you make sure?" Zhao Ming looked at it for a while and asked in a deep voice.

Li Chengdong was busy asking someone to present a slightly deformed gold seal, "There is a gold seal as evidence."

Zhao Ming did not look at the golden seal, a square of gold seal, which did not prove anything. He just nodded slightly and said, "Please keep your burial!"

When Zhao Ming and Zhu Yihai fought against the Qing Dynasty together, they got along very well for a while and were considered a model for ministers. However, after the war in Jiangbei, their relationship gradually broke down.

However, when Zhao Ming recalled that he saw the charred corpse again, he couldn't help feeling sad.

"You could have been your Supreme Emperor with peace of mind, why did you rebel?" Zhao Ming sighed.

Seeing Zhao Ming's expression, Li Chengdong couldn't help feeling a little nervous. The Regent seemed to not believe it!

Could it be that I suspect that I would hide Zhu Yihai and find a body to count.

Looking at Zhao Ming's expression, the more Li Chengdong thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and a chill rose in his heart.

Zhao Ming looked at Li Chengdong, as if he was aware of his fear, patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't think too much. Gu and General Li have known each other for many years. Can you still trust you? This time you first entered Nanjing, Gu kept his word. After a while, he will find you a vassal territory overseas and make you king."

When Li Chengdong heard that he was crowned the king, he threw his concerns behind him and was very happy to salute, "I am willing to be the regent, and I will be confused."

Zhao Ming nodded slightly and waved his hand, "I'll leave it to you here."

After speaking, he led his generals out of the palace and returned to his mansion in Nanjing.

Along the way, Zhao Ming did have some doubts in his heart. Li Chengdong was the first to enter the city, and Zhu Yihai immediately burned Fengxian Hall.

Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong have known each other for many years, but Li Chengdong has been a minister for Zhu Yihai for more than ten years.

This made Zhao Ming feel a little worried, but there is no evidence at the moment.

The battle of Nanjing did not have much damage to Nanjing City. After the Ming army entered the city, they immediately sent troops to patrol to restore order in the city and captured the rebels in the city.

Zhao Ming's mansion in Nanjing was occupied by Zhu Yuyou. At this time, he had been cleaned up by his soldiers, but all the servants in the mansion were taken away.

That night, the generals came to report in the lobby of the palace.

Zhao Ming took a shower, changed into a screech dragon robe, wore a winged crown, and sat upright on the throne.

"Your Highness, the rebels in the city have been completely eliminated, except for those who surrender and were captured, the rest of the people were all given their heads." Ruan Mei clasped her fists and said.

Zhao Ming nodded slightly and asked, "How many people have been captured?"

"Report to your highness, the rebel soldiers, royal families, and relatives, I am afraid there are more than 200,000 people. The specific number cannot be counted for the time being!" Zhang Jiayu said.

More than 200,000, this is not a small amount. Zhao Ming frowned and pondered for a moment, and then instructed: "Let the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, the Censorate, and the Clan Mansion to try the rebels, and come up with a solution plan as soon as possible depending on the severity of the crime."

"Here!" Zhang Jiayu saluted.

There are more than 200,000 people, many of them are still royal families. Zhao Ming really doesn't want to see these people again, but he can't be executed all of them. So how to resettle them will be a big problem.

This is very brain-consuming. Zhao Ming hopes that the cabinet can understand his mood and come up with a good plan.

Zhao Ming looked at everyone, his eyes fell on Hu Weizong, and he couldn't help but ask, "Where is Mr. Yue?"

Hu Weizong left the line and whispered: "Just report to Your Highness."

Hu Weizong paused and said sadly: "Mr. Yue has been killed by Zhu Yihai."

Zhao Ming felt a sudden heart. In fact, when the camp was attacked, Zhao Ming had already thought that Yue Qijie should have been exposed.

However, Zhao Ming still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. Yue Qijie was an old minister after all. He thought that Zhu Yihai would hand it over to the judicial department for trial and then deal with it. He did not want to kill Yue Qijie directly without the trial.

Zhao Ming couldn't help feeling sad and said with tears in his eyes: "It was the Lone King who harmed the old man!"

"How can you blame Your Highness for this?" Hu Weizong and others quickly persuaded, "It's all traitors!"

Zhao Ming was sad for a while, and then ordered: "Let someone restrain the old man's body and then get a grand funeral. The cabinet should posthumously award the posthumous title as soon as possible and also give it a reward."

At that moment, Zhao Ming discussed with everyone about the reward for a while, and then asked the generals to go down and rest.

At this time, everyone bowed and left the hall, but Zhao Ming suddenly called out: "Let's stay in Dingguo!"

Li Dingguo then stopped and turned around to salute, "What is the Regent's order?"

Zhao Ming took off the throne and came to Li Dingguo and said, "Now the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty has been settled. We should think of unifying the world and reviving the Ming Dynasty."

Li Dingguo nodded slightly, "Your Highness has any orders to say bluntly. In order to revive the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely obey the order."

In this battle in Nanjing, Zhao Ming did not use Li Dingguo without using him. Zhao Ming was really afraid that he would fight back and kill him with a mistake.

Zhao Ming knew that Li Dingguo was like Li Laiheng and had the same thing as righteousness in his heart, so Zhao Ming was reluctant to see him, and Li Dingguo also walked to his opposite.

Therefore, Zhao Ming wanted to use Li Dingguo, but he didn't dare to use it, for fear that one day, Li Dingguo would turn against him.

However, Li Dingguo did not take advantage of the situation to cause chaos in this battle in Nanjing, which means that he recognized himself to a certain extent.

Then Zhao Ming became confident and decided to let Li Dingguo do something meaningful, gradually making him sincerely submit.

"This time, Wu Sangui took advantage of the opportunity to attack Xuzhou." Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Wu Sangui repeatedly made villains. Emperor Yizong had high hopes for him, but he sat down and watched Beijing fall, surrendered to Shun, and then surrendered to Qing, leading Qing troops into the pass to harm the world for more than ten years. When Gu resisted Qing, he repeatedly defeated the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was in a weak position, and this thief regained profits and rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. Now, this thief gathered under his command, Jiang Xiang, Hong Chengchou, Meng Qiaofang, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Bolehe, Mandahai, Luke Dehun, and Duoni and other remnants of the Qing Dynasty and scumbags to seize Guanzhong and attack the Ming Dynasty. Gu became the regent of the Ming Dynasty, and he would definitely destroy this thief."

Zhao Ming thought of the manifesto Hong Chengchou scolded him and scolded Wu Sangui, and couldn't help feeling happy.

"Your Highness wants me to lead my troops to rescue Xuzhou!" Li Dingguo said seriously.

Zhao Ming shook his head, "The Lone King wants you to lead your troops back to Yunnan and Guizhou and send troops to attack Sichuan."

Li Dingguo was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zhao Ming would let him go back to Yunnan and Guizhou, and even asked him to send troops to Sichuan, without fear of letting the tiger go back to the mountain.

Zhao Ming continued, "I will give you 200,000 silver dollars and 300,000 stones of grain, and let Tang Tong lead his troops to cooperate with you and break into Dongchuan."

Li Dingguo felt that Zhao Ming must have a clear conscience and was open-minded to trust him so much, so he solemnly held his fist, "I will definitely live up to my mission!"
Chapter completed!