Chongzhen Chat Group

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care whether he spoke or not, and continued to speak to himself: "The reason why I brought you in and told you my identity is because Dingguo knew that you were under heavy siege. He told me that there are many of you. People only become thieves when they have no choice but to cause trouble. Please ask me to forgive you and save you from the siege..."

Li Guo couldn't help being shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect Zhang Dingguo to care about them so much, and he didn't expect that the current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would actually listen to the plea of ​​this little kid Zhang Dingguo. This... this is simply unimaginable!

"Actually, I don't need to talk about Dingguo. I also know that most of you are forced to survive. For this, the local officials must be responsible, and I, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also have a responsibility. Therefore, I am willing to Give the good people among you a chance to mend your ways..."

When Li Guo saw this, he opened his mouth in surprise again. He almost couldn't believe his eyes. The emperor... the emperor actually said that he was responsible... that he was responsible!

At this moment, he felt someone push him, and he suddenly retreated from the chat group. He saw a person in front of him looking at him with strange eyes and said, "What are you doing? With your mouth wide open, are you dreaming about big fat meat?"

"Uncle, what are you talking about! I have something to do!" After Li Guo finished speaking, he closed his eyes and continued to enter the chat group to read the news.

Emperors in the past dynasties rarely issued edicts against themselves. Generally speaking, if anything is wrong, it is the fault of the ministers, and the emperor cannot be wrong. In the original history, it was not until the autumn of the eighth year of Chongzhen that the first sinner edict was issued because Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits went south to capture Fengyang, the central capital, and burned the imperial mausoleum.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen admitted his mistake at this time, it would naturally shock Li Guo greatly.

Of course he didn't know that admitting his mistake like this was a very common thing for Emperor Chongzhen who came through time in later generations. Right is right, wrong is wrong, wrong is wrong, that’s okay!

Therefore, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he did not realize that his words had caused great shock to the spectators, and continued: "Zhang Xianzhong acted in time and gave the people of Jin a peaceful environment, no longer troubled by thieves, so I made him a guerrilla general, and now he serves under the command of Xue Guoguan, the veteran of Xue Ge. The same goes for Liu Guoneng, who was rewarded for his merits and was transferred to Fujian by me to serve as a staff general under the governor of Fujian."

Li Guo couldn't help but feel a little envious. To be honest, he really didn't know what the situation was like between Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng. It wasn't until Emperor Chongzhen told him that he finally understood.

After all, during the battle at Balipu in Chudai County, most of the bandits fled for their lives in a daze, and escaped out of the customs in one breath. They had no idea of ​​the specific process of the matter, or how they were defeated.

If Li Guo hadn't seen something strange in Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng's camp at that time, and saw that the chaos started in their two camps, he would have deduced that Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng were traitors. When I met Zhang Dingguo just now, he said that as soon as he opened his mouth. In fact, there was a bit of deceit in it.

Zhang Xianzhong became a guerrilla and Liu Guoneng became a general. If he could go back to his hometown again, it would be a glorious return to his hometown and honor his ancestors! Li Guo thought to himself and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't know what he was thinking, but he continued: "Dingguo also told me just now that you are a good person and very brave in fighting. Let me tell the truth. For people like you, I am willing to give If you have a chance, as long as you make contributions, I will give you the same treatment as Zhang and Liu!"

After saying this, he finally stopped. After guessing that Li Guo had finished reading what he said, he asked, "How is it?"

The emperor's golden words and personal promises were very, very big for Li Guo, who was an ordinary citizen of the Ming Dynasty a year ago. Without even thinking, he blurted out: "Okay!"

But as soon as the word "good" was uttered, he immediately came back to his senses and quickly asked: "What about my uncle and the others?"

After asking, I felt like I was still bargaining with the emperor, and I couldn't help but feel nervous. To be honest, the status of emperor puts too much pressure on him. He even felt much greater than Zhang Dingguo when facing the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen did not have this consciousness yet. After all, his main soul came from later generations and was not an ordinary citizen of the Ming Dynasty. Without the feeling of imperial power engraved in his bones, he would naturally not be able to experience it.

After hearing Li Guo's question, he immediately said without thinking: "As long as they are determined to change their ways and are willing to make contributions to the Ming Dynasty, I can consider pardoning them and granting them official positions based on their merits!"

After Li Guo heard this, he couldn't help but feel extremely excited. Seeing a bright road right in front of him, he was very worried that he would lose it, so he quickly asked: "I don't know if you... Long live... How can your majesty be regarded as a common man who has made great contributions to reform?"

After saying this, he remembered something and had to remind him: "Your Majesty, the common people are still besieged in Guihua City. Even if they want to make meritorious deeds, they have to break through the siege!"

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile. He knew that his goal would be achieved, so he said easily: "It doesn't matter. I can tell you that in order for the victims of the Qin Dynasty to survive, I have ordered the border troops to recapture the Hetao. region. In this way, after the Qin Disaster victims are resettled in the Hetao, they will have fields to farm and land to plant, and their lives will be much easier in the future. As long as you contribute in this process, you will be credited, no matter how big or small!"

When Li Guo heard this, he immediately thought of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi. The little cultivated land was basically in the hands of the local squires. It is precisely because of this that most people's lives will be miserable if they suffer even a slight disaster. The disasters have been severe in recent years, and the villagers do not know how many people have died.

As a native of northern Shaanxi, he had naturally heard of the Hetao area outside the pass. I even heard people from the older generation say that during the early years of Jiajing and Wanli, the imperial court once captured the Hetao area. At that time, not only did northern Shaanxi not have the hardship of Mongolian Tatars hunting grass and valleys, but life was much easier.

Now that the emperor has such determination, this is a good thing that benefits northern Shaanxi and even the entire Qin Dynasty. As a native of northern Shaanxi, how could I not contribute!

Thinking like this, Li Guo had made up his mind. He even forgot about other things he had considered before, and asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I wonder what the common people should do? As long as we can occupy the Hetao, we can make the emperor The folks in Qin have a good place to go, even if it takes my life, I won’t frown!"