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Liu Sheng was not surprised when Zhang Dingguo said he didn't know.

Maybe Zhang Xianzhong himself didn't even know about this.

Liu Sheng remembered that he had to deal with the affairs of Prince Xiang's palace before, so he asked: "If the eight kings get Xiangyang, what will they do with Prince Xiang's family?"

This time Zhang Dingguo gave the answer without thinking, "I should kill them all."

According to Zhang Dingguo's understanding, Zhang Xianzhong hated those people who were originally superior, especially King Zhu Ming, and believed that the death of these people was not a pity.

In addition, Zhang Xianzhong said before when he planned to attack Xiangyang that if he could defeat Xiangyang and kill King Xiang, the world would be shocked.

The reputation of the rebels who do this will soar, and heroes from all over the world who are willing to rebel against Ming will come to join them.

Zhu Mingze's prestige will be damaged.

Yang Sichang and others who were responsible for encircling and suppressing them before will most likely be questioned by Emperor Chongzhen.

This is Zhang Xianzhong's experience - he surrendered in Gucheng and then rebelled. Xiong Wencan, who had the idea to recruit him, was imprisoned and beheaded by Emperor Chongzhen. Even Zuo Liangyu, who pursued him and suffered heavy losses, was demoted several levels by the imperial court. Reserved.

Liu Sheng laughed after hearing this, "I also think the Eight Kings would do this. Come on, follow me to persuade the King of Xiang Zhu Yiming to surrender."

Zhang Dingguo was a little confused.

But Liu Sheng and hundreds of personal guards followed him to the gate of Prince Xiang's Mansion.

Most of the palaces of Prince Zhu Ming were palaces, and the most prominent ones were even built after the Forbidden City in Nanjing.

Although Prince Xiang's Mansion is not that exaggerated, it is taller than Prince Chong's Mansion and is a small palace.

Although he had a palace to rely on and more than a thousand guards, he was still "surrounded" by three hundred soldiers from the victory camp.

After Liu Sheng arrived, he asked someone to shout.

"Our commander-in-chief is here! Please ask Prince Xiang to come out and answer!"

After nearly a quarter of an hour, a rich old man with gray hair and beard appeared on the palace gate. It was not known whether he was Zhu Yiming himself.

Liu Sheng didn't care so much. He gave instructions one by one and asked his personal guards to act as sounding tubes and loudspeakers.

"King Xiang, the Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong is less than thirty miles away from Xiangyang. He hates King Zhuming the most in his life. If you are still unwilling to surrender voluntarily, I will leave you to the Eighth King."

Zhu Yiming inherited the throne at the age of twenty-seven and has been the vassal king for forty years. He is an old man who has lived since the beginning of ten thousand years, and he is still somewhat courageous.

Therefore, the person on the city gate tower at this time is himself, not a substitute.

Historically, Zhu Yiming supervised the battle on Xiangyang City. After the city was broken and he was captured, he stood up and cursed endlessly. He was hacked to death by Zhang Xianzhong with three swords.

But it is absolutely false to say that Zhu Yiming is not afraid of death.

He was unwilling to surrender before because he could not accept the fact that Xiangyang was captured and he did not believe that the rebels would spare his life.

But when he heard Liu Sheng mention Zhang Xianzhong, he knew he had no choice.

Although he was a vassal king, he had also heard of the reputation of the Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong - Zhang Xianzhong's later reputation as a murderous devil was partly a result of official rumors from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it was also related to his violent temperament and endless bloodlust.

The most important thing is that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng captured Fengyang and plundered Zhu Ming's ancestral tomb.

In Zhu Yiming's view, if it was impossible for the Kuei rebels who suddenly appeared to spare him, then it was even less possible for Zhang Xianzhong to spare him.

At this time, his legitimate son Zhu Changcheng and others were also worried that the rebels would attack directly and lose the chance of surrender, so they all tried to persuade him——

"Father, if we fall into Zhang Xianzhong's hands, it will really be over. We'd better surrender quickly."

"Yes, yes, surrender."

"The Yibu rebels entered the city and didn't plunder the people. They should have kept their word."

"···"

After hearing the advice from his sons and grandsons, Zhu Yiming couldn't help but sigh, waved his hand and said: "Then surrender - let the stewards sort out the money, food and other account books and hand them over to these thieves, don't let them find excuses to kill people .”

After saying that, Zhu Yiming walked down the city gate tower.

Outside the palace, Zhang Dingguo couldn't help but look strange when he saw Liu Sheng threatening Zhang Xianzhong to persuade King Xiang to surrender.

It may be said that Liu Sheng ruined Zhang Xianzhong's reputation so much, but what he said is true. And he said it openly and in front of Zhang Dingguo.

It's really annoying.

At the same time, Zhang Dingguo was somewhat impressed when he saw that Liu Shengbing made Prince Xiang's Mansion surrender without bloodshed, and also actively cooperated with the rebels to seize it.

I feel that Liu Sheng's style of doing things is somewhat in line with his taste.

But he still asked curiously: "The commander-in-chief is really not going to kill these Zhu Ming clan members? Not to mention whether there are any of them who are willing to serve the common people, even if we want to overthrow the Ming Dynasty in the future, this generation will also become an obstacle for the rebel army to rebuild the world."

Liu Sheng laughed when he heard this, "Becoming an obstacle to the rebel army's re-establishment of the world? Brother Dingguo really thinks highly of them."

People at the time didn't know it clearly, but Liu Sheng, who came from later generations, knew how the Zhu Ming vassal kings behaved after Chongzhen's death.

It can be said that without the existence of these Zhu Ming vassal kings, Dai Qing may not be able to win the world.

Seeing that Zhang Dingguo was thoughtful, Liu Sheng added: "Last winter, the rebel army captured Ruyang and captured King Chong's family. Brother Dingguo, do you know how I dealt with it?"

"Appreciate further details."

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "I used King Chong as a meat ticket to extort 100,000 shi of grain and 300,000 taels of silver from Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan.

Originally, according to the agreement, they could redeem Prince Chong and his family by delivering another hundred thousand shi of grain this spring.

But when I left Henan, I heard that Li Zicheng had surrounded Luoyang and I was afraid that it would be captured soon.

I'm afraid Li Xianfeng will have no chance to complete the deal with our Yibu rebels. "

Zhang Dingguo looked quite regretful when he saw Liu Sheng speaking to the end, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

However, he really admired Liu Sheng's operation.

Using the vassal king as a meat ticket, you can really extort so much money and food. I guess in a hundred years all the kidnappers will worship this man as their ancestor, right?

After coming back to his senses, Zhang Dingguo couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that the commander-in-chief wants to repeat this old trick of King Xiang and ask for some money and food from the Ming Dynasty government?"

"I really want to do this, but I guess it won't work - this Ming Dynasty will start in a few years."

After saying that, seeing that the guards had taken control of Prince Xiang's Mansion, Liu Sheng took Zhang Dingguo and walked in...

Because Prince Xiang’s Mansion was ordered to surrender voluntarily by Zhu Yiming, and all the stewards were asked to actively cooperate and hand over the organized accounts and warehouse keys to the rebels, so the transfer of money, grain and materials from Xiangyang Mansion was carried out relatively quickly this time.

Started at around ten in the morning and finished at around three in the afternoon.

King Zhu Mingxiang was inherited from Zhu Zhanyi, the fifth son of Renzong of the Ming Dynasty. He became a vassal in the fourth year of Xuande (1429) and moved to Xiangyang Prefecture in the first year of Zhengtong (1436).

It has been passed down to Zhu Yiming for eight generations and eleven times, and has been passed down for 211 years.

Although Prince Xiang is inconspicuous among the Zhu Ming vassal kings, it has been passed down for such a long time, and since the vassal was in the relatively wealthy Xiangyang Mansion, it accumulated much more gold and silver than Prince Chong Mansion.

After accounting statistics.

Prince Xiang’s Mansion confiscated a total of 278,500 taels of gold!

Two million seven hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver!

Nearly two hundred boxes of various types of jewelry, calligraphy and painting curios!

In addition, Prince Xiang's Mansion also hoarded 180,000 dan of various types of food!