Chapter 963

Jingyun Gong was full of surprises about the good public security in the street. If it was normal, he could not help appreciating and sighing. But at this time, he just wanted to do the funeral of emperor Chongzhen. He was not interested and paid attention to these things.

After entering the city, Duke Jingyun immediately entered the imperial city and went straight to the coal mountain.

Although the Imperial Palace at this time had been taken over by the Chinese army, there were soldiers and guards on duty everywhere. It was very strict and looked heavily guarded.

However, the palace is very cold. Without the palace maids and eunuchs who usually walk around, it seems very cold.

Of course, there are many palace maids and eunuchs in the palace. They have no place to run or go. They can only wait for fate in the air.

All these were taken care of by the Chinese army one by one and arranged at the designated position to be arranged.

Duke Jingyun didn't know these things. He directly came to the coal mountain. I heard that the emperor hanged himself here.

It was also under martial law by the Chinese army, but the bodies of the emperor and Wang Chengchou had been put down in a thin wooden coffin with a straw shed on it to avoid the wind and sun.

After paying homage with a big gift, Duke Jingyun went to the coffin to watch. At this look, he knew that this was the emperor Chongzhen. He couldn't help crying, knelt on the ground, knelt down three times and nine times, cried bitterly, and said loudly, "emperor, my minister is disloyal and unfilial!"

There were many soldiers nearby. They all looked at all this indifferently. After Jingyun Gongxing knelt and kowtowed, he began to order people to find a good coffin and prepare to collect it again for the emperor.

Since it's a funeral for the emperor, it's natural to need help. Duke Jingyun is proficient in etiquette, but he really doesn't know the details. He had to invite Lian Gong and Wu Zuo immediately to tidy up the emperor's body and put on good clothes.

By this time, Duke Jingyun was in some trouble. What clothes should the emperor wear? Logically speaking, it must be wearing a Dragon Robe or bright yellow clothes, or the best material and satin, but if you do so, it will violate the contemporary etiquette.

Duke Jingyun didn't want to be bothered. He simply got a python robe from the palace for the emperor to wear. Anyway, everyone is dead, and peace in the land is the key.

When he took over this matter, he found that there were so many things to deal with. If you don't do it, there will be many things to do. So he remembered that there are all civil and military officials in Beijing, and many officials here. Just a few cabinet elders were there, so he simply invited them to come and see what to do together?

Duke Jingyun is thinking that they are all officials of Daming. Is there always a feeling of incense?

Moreover, in the past, these officials didn't make sense. No one dared to be a leading bird for fear that they would be settled by the Chinese army after autumn. Now Duke Jingyun is a leading bird, and others just echo and shout. Should they agree?

But when Duke Jingyun wrote several letters and ordered him to invite these big guys, no one came. Most of them said they were not free, which made Duke Jingyun very cold.

Most people flocked to the Zhengyang gate instead of coming to the palace to organize the funeral for the emperor.

Liu Bu is at Zhengyang gate. It was a secret a few days ago, but it's not a secret these days. Almost everyone knows that commander Liu Bu is temporarily ill, so he has a rest in the city tower of Zhengyang gate. He is responsible for the affairs in the city.

At this time, those who rush to Zhengyang gate naturally flatter the new dynasty. As for the future affairs of the imperial family, who cares?

In fact, these officials can't be blamed. There is a reason why they dare not come.

As far as Zhang Zhifa is concerned, Zhang Zhifa actually wanted to come. When he heard that the emperor was killed, he wanted to come. After all, people have a feeling of incense.

However, after the city was broken, there were soldiers of the Chinese Army standing guard outside the residence of many ministers to prevent random soldiers from attacking these ministers, but they didn't understand that it was also a kind of surveillance and a kind of control.

And soon, Zhou Hui, director of the National Security Bureau, came to visit Zhang Zhifa.

Zhang Zhifa has been in the cabinet for two years and experienced the rise of the Chinese army. It is impossible for him not to know what kind of department the National Security Bureau of the Chinese army is, and who Zhou Hui is?

Zhou Hui is equivalent to Xu Jianqiang of the Chinese Empire. His nickname is the same as Xu Jianqiang. One is called Xu yanwang and the other is called Zhou yanwang. They are all murderous demons.

If it is normal, Zhang Zhifa doesn't want to see such a person, because he believes that such a person, by all means, is not a human at all, but an animal. But now, unlike in the past, Daming is over, and he is not the chief assistant of Daming's cabinet, and he has no right to see or disappear from anyone.

And Zhou Hui is not the one he can refuse.

The purpose of Zhou Hui's coming here is very simple, and he didn't hide his idea. This is to hope that Zhang Zhifa, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, will lead all civil and military officials and all ministers to go to Zhengyang gate to welcome Liu Bu into the city.

Zhang Zhifa guessed the other party's purpose. He said, "I'm old and frail. As early as the Chongzhen era, when I was appointed as the head of the cabinet, I refused first. I just couldn't put it off until I couldn't postpone it. Now I can't do it. I'm afraid I can't live up to the expectations of Lord Zhou..."

Zhou Hui knew that the other party was an old slick and wouldn't easily agree to him. Moreover, the time was urgent and he didn't have the time to talk nonsense with these old pimps. He said: "Although our Chinese army is kind, it's OK. You may not have heard that the government of state Zhang, the government of state Cheng and the government of state Xu have been destroyed. These are all done by disorderly soldiers. If our Chinese Army soldiers are not stationed at the door, it's estimated that the government of state Zhang will die. You don't think for yourself, but also for your children and family Think about it? "

This is the threat of chiguoguo. To put it bluntly, if you don't do it, you'll flatten it right away. Is the nickname of King Yan of Zhou Bai? When they didn't take charge of the capital, he was a famous figure in the capital, and many people didn't dare to offend him, not to mention that the Chinese army has been in the world, and hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed in the whole city, which is really true Those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish.

Zhang Zhifa was pale. He said, "it's not that I want to fight against the Chinese army. Besides, his royal highness Liu Gong and I are both fellow villagers of Qilu and close neighbors. I'm just a strip of water. I'm old and weak and can't bear the heavy responsibility."

Zhang Zhifa understood that in the Ming Dynasty, he was already the head of the cabinet and had reached the peak of being an official. Even if he joined the Chinese army, he could do this. In that case, why should he stink his reputation? Besides, listening to each other's tone, he just regarded it as a night pot for urgent use, and he had to use the toilet for big use, so he refused , and then prepare to resign and go home to enjoy your old age, which is a very good choice.

Zhou Hui said with a sneer, "don't be shameless, old coffin ladle. What I told you to do is right. This can give you a decent ending. If you dare to be stubborn and fight against our Chinese army, this is a dead end. If you dare to fight against our Chinese army, a pig and a dog can survive in Zhang's house, even if I have no seed."

Although Zhang Zhifa was the first assistant of Daming Tang Empire, they were all trembled by the other party's words, because he knew that the other party had the ability to do so, and his own life and death, that is, as a minister of subjugation, was the meat on the chopping board. There was no room for bargaining. If the other party was in a bad mood and cut him down, there was no responsibility He's reliable.

Why did Zhou Hui dare to threaten the other party unscrupulously, because he can see that the other party is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. If the other party has integrity, he should bathe and change clothes, hang himself and die for the country at this time. This is the way of officials.

Now, with the strengthening of China's arms control, some brave officials have been found. They are indeed bathing and dressing, wearing plain clothes, committing suicide and dying for their country.

For these people, the Chinese army did not embarrass them and did not investigate their responsibility. They just confiscated their family property and drove their families out of the capital.

If it was Zhu Di's means at that time, if you were hostile to the imperial court, even if you committed suicide, your family would die, and Fang Xiaoru, who openly cooperated with Zhu Di, was killed by ten families.

Zhang Zhifa said to him, "stop your anger, sir. Wait for me to consider..."

Zhou Hui said coldly: "I don't have time to think about it. If you don't do it, naturally someone will do it. And I might as well tell you clearly here that I now regard you as a night pot. When I want to use it, take it out and throw it away when I don't use it. If I don't open my mouth and wait for it when I want to use it, I will be smashed."

When Zhou Hui said this, the other party didn't dare to refute. He had to bow to Zhou Hui and said, "I have to try my best."

Zhou Zhifa has been an official for decades, and he has enough money. Now the best thing is to return home and enjoy his old age at home. I believe there is no conflict of rights. He is also a fellow townsman in Shandong. Liu Yuanqiao will not be difficult for him. Qingzhou Zhangjia can still be passed down.

But now Zhou Hui is forcing with a knife, which means that Liu Bu doesn't want to read the old relationship, and it's ok if the other party doesn't force. If he doesn't cooperate under the pressure, it's a rising bird. He has no choice but to bring disaster to his family.

Although Zhang Zhifa is nearly 70 years old, he still doesn't want to die. He has been an official for decades. He has earned so much money. He hasn't enjoyed it and died before spending it. He was copied by the Chinese army. He is not willing. Even if he doesn't care about these, his family cares and his children care, so he has to succumb.

That's why when Duke Jingyun came to the city, he invited many ministers to discuss major issues. Most ministers dared not come.