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Chapter 818: First entry? Forerunner?

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In Nanjing, Zhou Shixiang has made it clear that once the superintendent arrives, he will embrace him as a great treasure. Therefore, the city of Nanjing began to prepare for the enthronement ceremony as early as when it was reported that the superintendent had arrived in Jiangxi. Zhou Shixiang entrusted Zhang Changgeng to organize the Tang King's enthronement ceremony, and Gui Yongzhi co-organized it.

After Zhang Changgeng and Gui Yongzhi were appointed, they immediately began to clean up the imperial city (formerly Mancheng), requisitioned thousands of people from Nanjing to clean the imperial city, and redecorated the imperial city. The major gates and main streets were decorated with lanterns. Very happy. Those former Ming officials and gentry were also happy, just like the New Year, countless people gathered at the city gate every day, just to see the new emperor Longyan.

As soon as ascending the throne, the etiquette should be customized, and Nanjing is one of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty. Although it was occupied by the Qing Dynasty for 16 years, the imperial city became full, but the officials in the city who were familiar with the former Ming code system were caught in a large number. No worries about no one available. In addition, with Qian Qianyi there, any mistakes can be corrected in time.

Zhou Shixiang basically did not ask about the preparations for the enthronement ceremony in the past few days. He was busy deploying to attack the Jiangbei Camp, and only made a decision on several major events reported by Gui Yongzhi before meals every day.

After returning to Nanjing, Zhou Shixiang was also very troubled. Every day, Jiangnan gentry and former Ming officials came to visit with various famous stickers. At the beginning, he was still interested in receiving a few people, but when he found out that the real purpose of these people was just to seek officials, there were even some rhetoric people pointing the country in front of him, so he used the excuse of being busy with military affairs to never see anyone again.

Those gentry and officials could not see the Governor of Zhou, the Duke of Yue, and they heard that Qian Qianyi was going to serve as the Grand Master of the Three Gus of the Tang Dynasty, so they all went to visit Qian Qianyi. For a time, there was a lot of traffic outside the Qianfu Gate, and there was an endless stream of scholars wearing romantic towel and people wearing Ming Dynasty official uniforms.

Although Qian Qianyi did not ignore these people like Zhou Shixiang did, he was also selective. Among the former Ming officials and gentry, he saw others who were above the fourth rank, and he also saw local literary leaders, and also his disciples and those who had donated a lot of money to Fuming over the years. The rest, the old Zongbo also has a threshold, not anyone who wants to see him.

The Ministry of Military Intelligence reported that there are two permanent residents in Qian Qianyi's mansion, one is Huang Zongxi from Yuyao, Zhejiang, and the other is Wang Fuzhi who came from Hunan. According to reports, Qian appreciated the two of them, saying that he would seek officials for them in the new dynasty. Zhou Shixiang approved the three words "understood" in the report.

On this day, Zhou Shixiang suddenly came to the Jiangning Mansion Prison, where Yue Le, Lang Tingzuo, Eise Hei, Liang Huafeng, Zhu Guozhi, and Sun Kewang were imprisoned. For some unknown reason, Zhou Shixiang ordered the six people to be escorted to the lobby.

When the six were brought up, Zhou Shixiang saw Lang Tingzuo first. The former Governor of Liangjiang is now wearing tattered clothes, covered with blood, his beard is also bloodshot and mud, his eyes are empty, there are bite marks on his face, and the five fingers of both hands are also bloody, and it is obvious that the fingernails have been peeled off. It was unspeakably miserable to reveal the flesh that had formed blood scars.

Yue Le's chin was still opening and closing, and Prince An's mouth has not been closed since it was forcefully dropped. Every day it was the jailer who brought the meal to his mouth and then closed his chin for him so he could swallow it.

It was strange that Yue Le came, he didn't need the jailer to urge him to drink, he came over honestly. After seeing Zhou Shixiang, he did not show an angry gnashing of teeth, but just stood there blankly. It looked like a fool.

Zhu Guozhi was also severely tortured, his chest and back were blackened with a soldering iron, and he could not find a complete piece of flesh all over his body. Zhu Guozhi knew very well that it was impossible for Zie Xiu to let him go, so he also had the idea of ​​dying, and every day he woke up, he would drink more cold water in order to die quickly. It's a pity that Zhou Shixiang had already explained that after he had used the punishment for them, he would have the Langzhong apply medicine to treat them. Every day, the Langzhong would come every hour, and if there was anything wrong, he would rescue him, so that Zhu Guozhi couldn't even die.

Forehead Hei was not tortured in Suzhou, but his legs were broken when he arrived in Nanjing. Two guards supported him on the left and right, dragging him abruptly from the cell.

Seeing Zhou Shixiang in the hall, he was stunned by the black forehead on the ground, and subconsciously wanted to kowtow, but Lang Tingzuo snorted angrily: "People who are mortal, what else is there to kowtow?"

Hearing the words with a black forehead, he woke up, lying there and staring at Zhou Shixiang angrily.

The only ones who have not been punished are Liang Huafeng and Sun Kewang. The former has serious injuries, and if it is tortured, it will definitely not be able to withstand it; the latter is because Zhou Shixiang considered that Sun Kewang had resisted the Qing after all, so although the crime deserved death, he did not need to suffer before death.

The six met for the first time since they were captured. Although they were in the same prison before, they were all held in isolation, and no one knew who was there. This meeting suddenly met, except for Yue Le who continued to stay there in a daze, several people were all saddened from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhou Shixiang's eyes swept over the six people, and finally settled on Sun Kewang. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but suddenly he was a little bit sullen, and waved to the jailer to take the man down.

It came so suddenly and went quickly. The guards didn't know why Dashuai Zhou suddenly came to see the prisoners, and why he would take the prisoners down without saying a word after seeing them.

Lang Tingzuo and the others were the same as when they were brought here. When Sun Kewang walked to the entrance of the lobby, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Is Marshal Zhou going to send us on our way?"

Hearing this, Lang Tingzuo and the others froze for a while. Although they are not afraid of death, they are not afraid of death, and they know that they will surely die, and it is better to live than to die, but when the time of death is really coming, they will inevitably have some reactions. This is human instinct, and no matter how you suppress it, it cannot be suppressed.

"Tomorrow, His Royal Highness, the Superintendent of the Ming Dynasty, will come to Nanjing."

Zhou Shixiang did not answer whether Sun Kewang and the others were dying ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ but told the other party that King Tang would arrive tomorrow. After he finished speaking, he walked away.

Sun Kewang let out a long sigh, shook his head, and silently followed the jailer back to his darkened cell.

The next day, Tang Jianguo drove to Dashengguan in the west of Nanjing, and Zhou Shixiang and Zhang Huangyan led civil and military officials to welcome them.

After King Tang arrived, Zhou Shixiang and Zhang Huangyan led the officials to kneel and salute. The King of Tang stepped forward to personally help Zhou Shixiang and Zhang Huangyan, and the harmony made Baiguan stand up. Later, Zhou Shixiang invited King Tang into the city, and there was a welcome ceremony at Zhengyangmen, where Qian Qianyi led a group of gentry and common people to wait there.

The Tang King's chariot drove to Nanjing City under the protection of thousands of Taiping soldiers. Walking across the Zhonghe Bridge, you will see countless people at Zhengyangmen welcoming you from a distance.

Looking at the people and the majestic southern capital in front of him, Tang Wang felt emotional and could not help but cry.

When he arrived at Zhengyang Gate, Qian Qianyi suddenly ran out of the queue and ran to the front of the car to ask, "His Royal Highness will enter the city first? First visit the Xiaoling Mausoleum?" (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read for a better reading experience.

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