On the eighth day of August, the weather was fine, and a grand ceremony was held in front of the noon gate of Beijing.

Emperor Chongzhen wore a crown of heaven and a purple gauze robe, and took the nobles of Beijing and hundreds of civil and military officials to the Wumen Tower.

Zhu Cihong accompanied Chongzhen, also wearing a crown of heaven and a purple gauze robe, which can only be worn by the emperor and the crown prince at major events.

The inner envoy set up a throne on the tower of the Wumen City, and Emperor Chongzhen did not sit, but looked at the Wumen Square downstairs.

At this time, the formation had already been set up in front of the noon gate, and there were a large number of brocade guards standing with knives in a neat and orderly manner in the noon gate square, and the scene was solemn.

In front of the main gate of the noon gate, there were five parts of booty, including weapons, armor, flags, heads, and prisoners, which were mainly captured from the Qing army, and most of the prisoners were also prisoners of the Qing army.

The prisoners of the Liukou only left a few high-ranking generals, among which Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, was particularly conspicuous, his body was erected high by a large wooden frame, facing north, and he stood in the position of offering prisoners in the center of the square.

To the north of the prisoner seat is the prisoner general position, where there are Sun Chuanting, Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan and other meritorious officials.

To the west of the prisoner sacrifice seat stood Feng Ying, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the role of the Prisoner Sacrifice Department was very large, and the prisoners needed them to solve it.

"Prisoner sacrifice begins!"

Amid the shouts of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the ceremony of presenting prisoners officially began, and immediately drums and salutes roared, and all the officials stood solemnly to celebrate the victory.

Under the command of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Chuanting, Huang Degong, and Sun Yingyuan took a few steps forward, bowed four times to Emperor Chongzhen on the upper floor of the Wumen City, and the generals behind him followed the salute, and then retreated and walked to the position of the servant.

Then praise the music playing, Taichang Temple in charge of the rhythm of the eight pins of the rhythm, holding the flag of the conductor of the music performance, guide the musicians to the music position, the musician kneeling and asking to play the music.

Xielurou raised the conductor's flag, began to play, and arranged the music, which was no different from the concerts of later generations, where the music conductor was holding something and throwing it.

After the music stops, the salutant reads the Lubu, and after the reading is completed, it is then handed over to the province of Zhongshu to promulgate the world.

At this time, a general guided all the Manchu captives to kneel on the sacrifice seat beside Gao Yingxiang, and Gao Yingxiang, who looked haggard, glanced at Jiannu who was kneeling beside him, and his originally listless eyes suddenly had a trace of curiosity.

He had never seen what Jiannu looked like, and when he looked at it at this time, he was very surprised, and secretly said in his heart: What kind of thing is this, the braid is like a rat's tail.

A brocade-clothed guard who was guarding Gao Yingxiang smiled when he saw it: "Brother Chuangwang, do you feel new to these tartars?" ”

Gao Yingxiang snorted lightly and said, "It looks like a dog, I think it's so fresh!" ”

Gao Yingxiang was escorted to the capital a few days ago, and has been locked up in the edict of Jinyiwei, some Jinyiwei admire him as a man, and he has been eating and drinking well before he was executed by Ling Chi, Gao Yingxiang saw that they were not bad to him on weekdays, so he took care of him.

Next to him, a man who knew Chinese, the Eight Banners Jia Lazhangjing, suddenly turned around and looked at Gao Yingxiang hatefully, very annoyed.

Gao Yingxiang glared at him and said, "What, you're not convinced?" If it were according to Lao Tzu's temper back then, you dare to look at me like this, Lao Tzu would have chopped you this dog day earlier! ”

This Eight Banners Armor Lazhangjing is also a well-known figure in Manchuria, and when Gao Yingxiang said this, he was immediately furious, stood up and wanted to pounce on Gao Yingxiang and beat him.

It's just that as soon as he stood up, he was kicked over by several brocade guards around him and pressed to the ground.

Gao Yingxiang spat at him and said, "Phew! Dog Tartar! ”

The actions here made many officials look sideways, but they didn't see it, both of them were dying people, and they were arguing!

However, there are still many officials who admire Gao Yingxiang, in the past ceremonies of the prisoners, the thief was either frightened to pee before the noon gate, or he was brave enough to shout there.

This Gao Yingxiang is very calm and cooperative, which is enough to show that he is bold and indeed a person who does great things.

Zhu Cihong was a little amused in his heart, it was impossible for the two parties to meet, because of his existence, they appeared together at the prisoner sacrifice ceremony, and they were also on the bar......

The ceremony of sacrificing prisoners continued, and at this time, Feng Yingdao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said: "Your Majesty, Shaanxi Governor Sun Chuanting presented the thief head Gao Yingxiang, and Huang Degong, the deputy general of the Yongwei Battalion, presented 200 slaves and thieves to capture, and handed them over to the criminal officer or released from the crime or the bondage, please make a decision!" ”

Feng Ying returned to his original position after playing, this sentence is actually a process, most of these captives will be killed, unless the emperor wants to put on a show, put a few low-status ones, and distribute them to the frontier or something.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Gao Yingxiang and the Qing army prisoners downstairs, a look of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he shouted: "All of them are escorted to the West Market, Gao Yingxiang Ling Chi is executed, and the rest of the slaves and thieves are all beheaded!" ”

Gao Yingxiang raised his head and looked at Chongzhen on the city tower, there was no fear in his eyes, he suddenly shouted: "Chongzhen! Lao Tzu is defeated in this life, and in the next life, if Lao Tzu still can't eat enough, he will have to rebel against you! Hahahaha! ”

Gao Yingxiang raised his head and laughed, which made the civil and military officials look sideways for a while.

Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, said disdainfully: "It's ridiculous to be a hero before you die!" ”

Other officials also chuckled when they heard this, only Zhu Cihong felt a little, is it Gao Yingxiang's fault? As Gao Yingxiang said, he rebelled only when he couldn't eat enough, who had nothing to do when he was full, and went to rebel with his head?

Is it Chongzhen's fault? In the second year of his reign as emperor, there was a severe drought in Shaanxi, and for several years, the whole Shaanxi had no harvest, and he also allocated a lot of money to go to the disaster relief and sent cabinet ministers to appease the people, but it still failed to prevent the people from rebelling.

If you really want to blame it, the first blame is the natural disaster, and the second blame is the officials and landlords in various places, who continue to oppress the peasants in such an environment, so that the peasants cannot survive and rebel one after another.

The emperor ordered the execution of the prisoners, and the ceremony of sacrificing the prisoners was also halfway through.

In the lively bell and drum music, everyone bowed five times and kowtowed, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Gao Yingxiang who was far away in the prisoner car in a daze, and his heart was full of emotion, when he first received the news that Gao Yingxiang was captured, he didn't believe it at first.

He really couldn't believe that this man who had tormented him for seven years would be caught one day, and the moment he ordered Gao Yingxiang's execution, he began to believe that he could turn the tide.

After the ceremony of sacrificing the prisoners, the people of Beijing ran to the West Market one after another, happily celebrating the punishment of these prisoners.

The Jiannu captives were all cut off with a knife, and they were placed together with the huge Jingguan formed by stacking the 10,000 Jiannu heads beheaded by the Yongwei Battalion before.

And Gao Yingxiang's punishment is the most eye-catching, he was executed by Ling Chi, and he was cut 1560 knives before he died, and Gao Yingxiang, the king who once galloped northwest and swept the Central Plains, ended his life in this way.

On that day, he ventured to attack Xi'an from the Meridian Valley, and if he succeeded, the future would be wide, but Sun Chuanting expected it and set up an ambush, and the two sides fought fiercely for four days at Heishuiyu in the Meridian Valley, and finally ended in failure, and bad luck is also a kind of fate.