Chapter 118: Escape from Death
Seeing that he was about to be beheaded, he did not intimidate Fan Wencheng.
He turned back to Zhang Xianzhong and shouted:
"It is said that Zhang Xianzhong is a murderer and butcher, and the Great Western Army is a bandit, if so, the regime has been established, and he still has the temperament of a rogue.
The two countries do not kill the envoy when they fight each other, and if you do this, have you ever thought that my Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers will deal with you. ”
Seeing that Fan Wencheng still wanted to threaten him, Zhang Xianzhong smiled coldly:
"You Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers? It's just a joke, how about the yellow flag, it's not all destroyed, how is Prince Yu Duoduo, it's not the same as Chongzhen put it into the altar. ”
Fan Wencheng was suddenly speechless when Zhang Xianzhong's face turned red, and he was pushed out to be beheaded.
"Your Majesty, slow down."
Sun Kewang hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Zhang Xianzhong's eyes widened:
"Do you kid dare to intercede for the dog traitor, and you are not allowed to intercede."
Zhang Xianzhong said a word and blocked Sun Kewang's way to intercede.
Sun Kewang hurriedly explained:
"Your Majesty, Fan Wencheng is a captive envoy from the East, and the last general also wants to kill him and avenge the compatriots who died in battle.
But after all, the two countries do not kill each other, and we cannot kill them in the open, because it will make outsiders look down on them.
It is better to hand them over to the last general, who will quietly execute them, and then throw them into the mountains to feed the wolves, hoping that the emperor will grant permission. ”
Listening to what Sun Kewang said, Zhang Xianzhong nodded:
"Go ahead, it's better to break the corpse into pieces."
"Obedience"
After Sun Kewang left, Zhang Xianzhong punched the table hard.
He felt that he was going to invade the Ming Dynasty at any time, but it was obviously a mistake to ask him to cooperate.
Although Zhang Xianzhong has been called the king, in fact, in Zhang Xianzhong's heart, the Ming Dynasty is the orthodoxy of the country.
He was just against the Ming, and he didn't intend to overthrow the Ming rule, and the rebellion mainly wanted to make his life better.
History has always been very controversial about Zhang Xianzhong, and it is said that he slaughtered Sichuan, which was later discovered by research.
In fact, Zhang Xianzhong was the most powerful figure in the late Ming Dynasty who was blackened by the Eastern captivity.
After Zhang Xianzhong occupied Changsha, he announced that he would be exempted from taxes and grain for three years.
Then, they captured Hengzhou and its subordinate prefectures and counties, and everywhere they went, the rebels were highly disciplined.
Later, the army was defeated, and in desperation, the army decided to enter Sichuan, and gradually stabilized in Sichuan.
Liu Xianting, a Qing man, recorded: "Yu heard that Zhang Xianzhong came to Hengzhou and did not kill a single person, so as to ask Lou Shenggong, it was indeed true."
In 1646, the third year after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Qing Dynasty announced that Zhang Xianzhong had died in battle and declared that Sichuan had been pacified.
However, this is not the case. The Qing Dynasty really pacified Sichuan thirteen years later, in 1659, when it captured Yucheng (Chongqing).
Thirteen years after Zhang Xianzhong's death, the Qing army attacked and pacified Sichuan.
In other words, who was the Qing army fighting against during these thirteen years?
It is conceivable that the people of Sichuan and the Qing army fought to the death.
The time that caused the sharp decline of a large number of people should be the period when the Qing army entered Sichuan.
If Zhang Xianzhong is really as advertised by the Qing Dynasty, he is a crazy murderer.
The densely populated places that can be reached by Sichuan traffic are almost killed by him.
So, how can Sichuan, which is almost uninhabited, resist for more than ten years?
Since it has reached the point where "thousands of miles are overlooked, and there is no one to live", why did the Qing soldiers spend more than ten years to pacify.
After the pacification of Sichuan, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty put the responsibility of killing all the Sichuan people on Zhang Xianzhong.
It is said that Zhang Xianzhong not only killed people like hemp, but also set up a monument in the place where he killed, which is the famous Seven Killings Monument.
There are two pieces of Zhang Xianzhong's "Holy Oracle Tablet" in China, and there is no word "kill" on the tablet displayed in Shaocheng Park, and the photos at that time are still there.
Another "oracle tablet" was discovered in 1934 by a British missionary in Guanghan, Sichuan.
Later, this monument was transported to Guanghan Park for display.
And its inscription is Zhang Xianzhong's "six-word holy message" recorded in historical materials:
"All things and people are born in nature, people have nothing and the sky, ghosts and gods are clear, and they think about themselves."
It is said that the compassionate God has given all things to mankind, but man has nothing to repay God, so people need to reflect.
The royal literati of the Qing Dynasty left the first two sentences and added seven words of "kill" after them.
It is used to highlight Zhang Xianzhong's brutality and the "justice" of the Qing Dynasty, and its slanderous meaning is self-evident.
The Qing Dynasty official "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Zhang Xianzhong killed sixty thousand (600 million) people in Sichuan.
Some historians speculate that China's population reached 120 million to 200 million during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
However, at that time, the combined population of the country was far less than 600 million.
It can be seen that the official "History of the Ming Dynasty" slandered Zhang Xianzhong to the extreme.
Since the 50th year of Kangxi (1711), Dai Mingshi's "Nanshan Collection" case.
After more than 100 years, the scholars and the common people were afraid of the cruelty of the decree and did not dare to hide the true historical materials of Zhang Xianzhong privately.
Therefore, all the detailed materials that can confirm Zhang Xianzhong's life were confiscated by the rulers.
On Qiqu Mountain, Zitong County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, there is a Wenchang Temple, which enshrines the statue of Zhang Xianzhong.
The local area has excavated a ban tablet under Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, called "Daxi Xiao Cavalry Camp Governor's Mansion Liu Ban Covenant Tablet".
The inscription records that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were strictly disciplined, and they were not allowed to "harm good people", and they were not allowed to "marry local women as wives and concubines without permission".
Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong was loved by the locals.
Zhang Xianzhong was killed and died in Phoenix Mountain in Xichong.
The local people missed him very much, and soon after (during the Kangxi period), they quietly made a statue of Zhang Xianzhong in the sparsely populated wind cave building.
This move was opposed by the Qing court, and the statue of Zhang Xianzhong was repeatedly destroyed by the Qing court.
And a stele was erected on the back wall, which was called "The Monument of the Thief Statue".
If Zhang Xianzhong is really Tu Chuan, why did the locals still build a temple and a monument to him.
It can be said that Zhang Xianzhong must have killed people in Sichuan, and there are quite a few.
But it was definitely not like the massacres everywhere recorded in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Opponents, if they want to kill you, don't you kill them?
As a Han person, a Han man with all-round cultural relics, Zhang Xianzhong absolutely hated the Eastern Captivity.
The reason why he asked Sun Kewang to take Fan Wencheng away today was mainly because he believed in his righteous son too much, and he was still the boss.
However, Sun Kewang failed his father-in-law's loyalty to the Guangda Han people.
took Fan Wencheng and hurriedly returned to the net, immediately drank back the others, and untied Fan Wencheng with his own hands.
"Master Fan is frightened, I will take you into the mountain in a while, you leave as soon as possible, and you must not leave any traces."
Fan Wenchen didn't plan to escape, but instead had the idea of plotting against Sun Kewang.
"We can't go, and if we go, we'll trap General Sun in injustice.
I have long heard that the general is eloquent, so it is better to follow us to the Qing Dynasty, and the regent will soon raise troops to enter the customs.
In the future, once the Central Plains is pacified, we will hand this place over to General Sun and posthumously crown you the king of Pingxi.
What a beautiful general was at that time, not only in his ascendancy, but also in his glory.
It's better than staying under Zhang Xianzhong all the time and being a general. ”
Sun Kewang knew that the Eastern Invasion was fierce, and since the Battle of Salhu, the Ming army had almost no power to fight back.
It was only a matter of time before he was taken into exile in the Central Plains, but he still waved his hand again and again:
"This ...... This is not right for the father-in-law, not good, not good! ”