Li Guo suddenly fell to the ground and said, "Your Majesty is a good emperor. He has harmed countless people and has a serious crime. He is willing to be executed!"

Although they decided to escort Zuo Menggeng, they were already awakened to death. However, the words like Li Guo who said that he was seriously guilty and voluntarily punished was beyond the expectations of many people.

"Entertainment Father..." Li Laiheng heard this and called out, but didn't know what to say.

After all, no one forced me to say this just now, but Li Guo himself said it.

Amid Liu Tichun's surprise, Li Dingguo also said: "Although Cao Min is young, he has almost ten years of experience as a thief. Although Cao Min is not intentional, it has indeed caused many orphans like Cao Min. Cao Min heard of Your Majesty's love for the people, he also felt that Your Majesty is a good emperor, and Cao Min is willing to pay for his past affairs!"

Seeing that even Li Dingguo said this, Liu Tichun sighed and said, "Forget it, the emperor is indeed a good emperor. He wants to kill and cut him. In a word, he will never frown and be willing to be punished!"

Seeing this, Li Laiheng looked at this and then at that, and he was a little confused about what to do.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen did not speak immediately, but looked at them.

At this time, he understood why Li Guo asked him about the subsequent treatment first? If he didn't answer at that time, or if he answered, he would return to Beijing immediately, it would mean that he did not have a deep understanding of the thief. In this way, this emperor was probably not qualified in their eyes and would not be admired by them, so he could not say that he was willing to be punished.

It was exactly what I said just now, which was a way to completely solve the thieves. Let Li Guo and others know that there will be no more thieves in the future. At least, Li Guo and Li Dingguo were convinced, and they felt that if they continued to make trouble, they would no longer have persistence.

After thinking about this for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said slowly: "Since you know that your sins are serious, how can you die?"

When he heard this, Li Laiheng, who had not spoken just now, couldn't help but talk back: "We are all willing to pay for our crimes by death. What else do you want to do? Like that coward, Zuo Menggeng, will we cut into pieces?"

"Shut up!" At this time, Li Guo sternly stopped Li Laiheng first, and then looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, Caomin and others have killed many people, and it is not an exaggeration to cut them into pieces. But Caomin has a request, can we wait until we see the death of the left thief father and son before we are punished?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, you will die first, and you are unwilling to accept it!" Li Dingguo immediately followed, "Your Majesty also asks you to fulfill your wish!"

"Yes, let's watch the left thief and his son die!"

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Chen Qiyu had received instructions from Emperor Chongzhen in advance and knew how to arrange the thief. Therefore, at this time, he probably understood the emperor's meaning, and these people should not be executed!

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "There are many ways to atone for sins, and it is not necessarily to die to atone for sins..."

Hearing this, the thieves, including Li Guo, couldn't help but look surprised. They couldn't believe it. Could it be that the emperor wanted to pardon them?

"...I think that I can do something for the people and help them. Such atonement is the best for them." Emperor Chongzhen said this, looking at them and asked, "What do you think?"

"But... but we can't do anything!" Liu Tichun was confused when he heard this, "It's just a whole lot of strength!"

Working a coolie is the most inseparable now. He is a little confused. Is this okay?

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he shook his head and said, "You have all fought for many years, and this is your ability. The people of Liaodong are still in dire straits and are bullied by Jianlu, and live a life worse than pigs and dogs. I sent you to Governor Lu Xiangsheng's army to fight Jianlu to atone for this sins, how about it?"

Speaking of this, he added: "Of course, if you go, I will pardon your previous sins and treat them as ordinary soldiers. Reward them for merit and punish them for any mistakes. I will not deliberately let you die just because you were thieves before. I will ask you if you are willing to fight Jianlu?"

If the elderly thieves force to go to Dongjiang Town, they will be unwilling to do so. Although Lu Xiang is pressuring, there is no guarantee that they will be fine. Therefore, if it is possible, it would be best if they can go to Dongjiang on their own.

"The people of Cao are willing!" Li Guo did not hesitate and immediately bowed his head and said, "The people of Cao are grateful to His Majesty for your kindness!"

Li Dingguo and the other two also expressed their opinions, both agreeing. For them, they originally thought they were going to die, but now they are going to fight against Jianlu, and at most they will die! If they are lucky, they may still make contributions and return home in glory, they will be able to make a fortune!

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled with relief. After putting a Class C eavesdropping seed on Li Guo and Li Dingguo, he asked someone to take them down.

Of course, they are still prisoners of crimes and still have to be detained. However, they will satisfy their wishes and let them go with the people of Nanyang City to see Zuo Menggeng be punished, and finally killed Zuo Liangyu, and passed the heads to the nine sides to tell other generals that this was the outcome of betraying the court.

Then, the screening of prisoners also accelerated. Anyone who has been a thief for more than one year will be imprisoned; a thief for less than one month will be a group of custodians. In the end, the thief for less than one month will be also imprisoned.

Later, when there were thieves who were searched every day, they would first verify their experiences and then detain them in three groups. Not only did Liu Guo participate in this work, but later, even Li Guo, Li Dingguo and others also participated in the verification of their identities. Of course, there were some, even if this was the case, they could not be verified, and they were divided according to military experience.

In general, there are the fewest thieves in more than one year, only about one-twentieth of the total number. And these are basically the backbone of the thieves. If it weren’t for the Battle of Nanyang, then the most thieves in less than a month would be. However, many deaths in the Battle of Nanyang, so the number of people in the other two groups is not much different.

In the past few days, Emperor Chongzhen inspected Li Guo and Li Dingguo through Class C eavesdropping seeds, and found that they did have consciences and regretted their previous sins. In the process of letting them identify the identity of thieves, they had the same words and deeds, and there was nothing wrong with them.

Of course, behind their backs, they would inevitably guess what the imperial court intended to divide the thieves like this? In addition, they also felt comforted by Yuan Zongdi and Sun Kewang.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care much about this, because he knew that when the three-sided governor Zheng Chongjian and others, including the Yongwei Camp who came from Luoyang and the Baigan Army who came from Sichuan, could be surrounded by how many thieves would run away.

He does not pay attention to these things for the time being, so the issue of food is the most urgent matter. Even if the thief's food is seized, there is actually not much.

However, before he could wait for a long time, Chen Qiyu quickly rushed over and reported to Emperor Chongzhen about food.

"Your Majesty, the grain from Huguang and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been transported to Yicheng one after another. However, it was stopped by Huang Shu, the inspector of Huguang, and did not continue to go north to Xiangyang!"

Yicheng was not far from Xiangyang. Emperor Chongzhen was happy when he heard this and asked quickly: "What's going on?"

Inspectors are usually sent by the Censorate of the Capital, and they have the responsibility of inspecting the emperor. They have the smallest officials and are very powerful. They usually return to Beijing to perform their duties in one to two years. The restructuring of the Censorate was only decided at the beginning of the year, and local Censors are still being established one after another, so the inspectors in various places have not been completely removed.

According to the original impression of Emperor Chongzhen, Huang Shu was a Jinshi a few years ago and served as the magistrate of Kaifeng, Henan. He made great contributions to defending himself and was appointed as the inspector of Huguang before Emperor Chongzhen traveled.

After the emperor asked, Chen Qiyu hesitated for a moment before he replied: "The Huang Xunzhang said that the transportation of grain to the disaster area is related to the decency of the court. It must be strictly investigated. It cannot be short-term or short-term, and it cannot be used as a result of old rotten rice. Only after he checks it correctly can it be released."

"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard this. Huang Shu was so serious about doing things, and he was a bit rigid?

Didn’t he know that the victims in the military disaster area just want to survive, so there are no such things to pay attention to, as long as they can eat!

As for short pounds and shortages, how to check this? Is it too harsh? Of course, it is impossible for a place to transport grain to only a few dozen pounds. How many ships are used as units? How to check for short pounds and shortages? The situation is different in different places, and the consumption on the road is different. There will always be more and less food. If it is almost the same, it is understandable. When the grain is escorted, even if you are not here, you will have an explanation for the governor of the five provinces.

He was thinking, when Chen Qiyu heard the emperor a little strange. He thought about it. It was related to so many thieves who wanted to deal with the aftermath. So he replied again: "Your Majesty, I think this is probably a high-sounding excuse?"

Naturally, he was familiar with the officialdoms than Emperor Chongzhen who had traveled through time. Therefore, after hearing the sent people rush back to report, he knew that there was definitely something wrong with it.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his face suddenly sank, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Reply to Your Majesty, I guess that Huang Xunzhang is probably taking the opportunity to get benefits. I stopped those grain ships, even if the problem was not found, as long as the deadline limited by His Majesty's strict order was delayed, these grain ships could not afford it. They would inevitably bribe Huang Xunzhang so that he could let him go." Chen Qiyu said this, for the sake of safety, and added, "Of course, this is just what I guess. What is the fact, Your Majesty still needs to send someone to verify!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he basically understood that what Chen Qiyu guessed should not be wrong. In the Ming Dynasty, how could there be fewer things in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty? After being rectified by himself, it should be better, but in the local area, there would be no more and no ghosts believed it!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen became angry: "He is so brave. He dares to play these tricks in front of me. Are you not afraid that I will find out and blame him?"

He didn't know that Huang Shu was actually very brave.

In the original history, during the two years he served as the inspector of Huguang, he colluded with Zuo Liangyu and colluded with each other. After the founding of the Nanming Dynasty, he even used Zuo Liangyu's military strength to embraced Zuo Liangyu's thigh, pretending to be powerful, and want to gain a reputation. He would discuss the ten major crimes of the chief assistant Ma Shiying in person.

After the Qing Dynasty went south, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was determined to accomplice the Qing Dynasty. He led the Qing army to attack the Southern Ming Dynasty, plotted against Zheng Chenggong, and gave other anti-Qing generals behind him. He even ignored those who had relatives and stabbed him directly. In later generations, Huang Shu was nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Seeing the emperor angry, Chen Qiyu replied again: "In the opinion of a humble minister, he should not know that Your Majesty has arrived in Nanyang and is so concerned about food."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Emperor Chongzhen heard this and said three times in anger. He immediately called out, "Liu Qianhu?"

"I'm here!" Liu Yue, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, immediately stepped forward to wait for the order.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and restrained his anger and said, "Take someone to Yicheng to investigate this matter. Remember, I don't want to wrongly accuse a good person, but I will not let a corrupt official go. If he has not found out his bad deeds and is really dedicated to the public, he will urge him to let him go immediately and not delay any further. If he finds out that he uses his power for personal gain, no matter how many people he colludes with, he will arrest him and send him to Nanyang City!"

Emperor Chongzhen was still a little rational and did not think that Huang Shu was likely to use his power for personal gain, so he directly ordered the arrest. This made Chen Qiyu, who was next to him see, and he also secretly praised the emperor for his mind.

"I obey the order!" Liu Yue immediately accepted the order when he heard this, and then set off immediately and rushed to Yicheng. At the same time, he thought to himself: The emperor gave all such important things to himself, which shows that the emperor's trust in him must handle this matter properly.

Of course he didn't know, because he had Class A eavesdropping seeds on him, Emperor Chongzhen would be more confident when he asked him to go, and Emperor Chongzhen would be more confident than letting others go.

After Emperor Chongzhen explained this, he also knew that the food was not far from Xiangyang, so he felt a little relieved. He talked to Chen Qiyu about the current arrangements for the handling of these thieves.

At the same time, on the periphery of Nanyang City, the net of heaven and earth became tighter and tighter. Many thieves went through hardships and thought they were going to escape. As a result, they bumped into the hands of the Qin army led by Zheng Chongjian, as well as the Yongwei camp and Bai Gan army. They were either caught on the spot or driven back to the direction of Nanyang.

Of course, some thieves fled to the mountains and hid. But if there were no escapes in the mountains, there would be no food. It would be unknown how long they could hide.

And this time, even if he hides in the mountains, it is not so easy to escape. Since Emperor Chongzhen was determined to solve the problem of thieves at one time, he naturally sent troops to search the mountains for those mountains that had more thieves.
Chapter completed!