374 Executions
Two days later, all the looted and devastated civilians in Beijing were driven by Hu soldiers to the open space in front of the main entrance of the palace.
There, the people saw their emperor and Emperor An, Zhao Yu'an, the two princes, and all the clansmen of the Zhao royal family, a total of more than 400 people, kneeling in the open space like ashes.
Like Emperor An Zhao Zhuoan and his eldest son, who had been recuperating for many days due to sores and sores, although the dangerous period had passed, he still had not recovered.
Not only was his body weak, but his face was covered with acne sores that had not yet formed scars, and the father and son both became pockmarked faces.
If it weren't for the dragon robe, no one would have believed that this big fat man with a pockmarked face was He An Di himself.
Before the execution, the eldest prince Arobu ordered the lord of the Ministry of Rites, who had returned to the Great Emperor, to read a letter in public.
This document condemned in very harsh terms the various crimes committed by the Zhao family and the Xie family, including Emperor He'an Zhao Yu'an, and made it clear that such a faint monarch was not qualified to be the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty.
The entire court is in a daze, the government and the opposition are filthy, and the people are in turmoil everywhere, which shows that the great Wei is exhausted, and it is time to change to a new master to govern.
And the reason why the Great Turkic army wants to send troops to Jiangnan this time is to pull out the chaos and put things right, and return the world to a bright and peaceful people.
After reading the entire text in a staccato voice, Lord Shang Shucen of the Ministry of Rites retreated profusely and sweating.
At this time, the eldest prince Arobu stood up and said aloud to everyone: "I am Arobu, the great prince of the Great Turk, and from today onwards, I will temporarily take over Jiangnan for my father, the Great Turk King Batuya."
From today onwards, the entire southern region and the provinces south of the Yangtze River will be included in the territory of the Great Turks.
All Han Chinese were no longer the subjects of the Wei Dynasty, but the new people of the Great Turks.
Whoever belongs to me will be safe.
If anyone disobeys or disrespects, there will be no forgiveness.
The Zhao royal family is extremely evil, and they want to be executed in public and make an example of each other, I hope you will take it as a warning.
Come on, executioner. ”
With the order of the eldest prince Arobu, the execution is finally about to begin.
But to everyone's surprise, it was not the Hu executioners who were in charge of the execution, but a group of Han Chinese wearing official uniforms or expensive costumes.
These Han people are not ordinary people, they are all Beijing officials and nobles with heads and faces.
Among them, there are many household department books, household department left servants, counselor political affairs, officials department right waiter, ritual department book, rite department right waiter, military department book, Dali Temple left Shaoqing, Guanglu temple qing, right capital imperial history, political envoy and other ministries of the bigwigs.
Even Zheng Zhi, the confidant of the Xie family, the governor of the Fifth Army, and Hu Chunbo, the right-hand camp officer, were among them.
In addition to these officials, there are also a large number of nobles with titles such as the Sun family and the Ma family.
These people all stood there with pale faces and cleaved knives, and few dared to look up.
In fact, at the time of the destruction of the inner city, these officials and nobles were the first Han Chinese to surrender to the Hu people.
In order to show their sincerity, they even knelt at the main entrance of the palace in the posture of welcoming the new emperor, waiting for the eldest prince Arobu and others to come.
What's even more ironic is that instead of settling accounts with the wives and daughters who were insulted by the Hu soldiers, they forced them to commit suicide in the name of unchastity, or strangled them to death to save their ridiculous face and dignity.
For these people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, their own lives are the most important thing.
Therefore, when the city was broken, they decisively surrendered to the Hu people and were willing to serve them.
This is today's Great Wei Qunchen, a group of traitorous ministers and slanderers who have long lost their waists.
Only a very small number of officials or families preferred to die rather than serve the Hu people, and in the end all of them were locked up and awaiting execution.
Under the orders of several Hu army commanders, these hundreds of high-ranking Beijing officials and nobles were driven away like dogs.
Then each of them was assigned a member of the Zhao royal family, and they stood behind the "prisoner" tremblingly, their bodies trembling violently, as if they were swinging.
"His Royal Highness the Great Prince, I am willing to descend to the Great Empire, I am willing to descend, you quickly let me go! Everything is good to say, everything is good to say. Emperor Zhao Yu'an, who woke up slowly, begged for mercy from the eldest prince Arobu with a frightened face.
The eldest prince Arobu sneered: "You, the emperor of Great Wei, don't die for a day, how can this Great Wei be considered to destroy the country?"
It's too late for you to beg for mercy now. It's noon, execution! ”
"You can't do this, I am the Emperor of Great Wei, you can't kill me, you can't kill me!" Emperor Zhao Yan'an saw that Hu Ren was really going to be executed, and he no longer cared about his identity and screamed loudly.
The eldest prince Arobu didn't say anything, just looked coldly at the head of the Sun family behind Emperor He'an.
Being stared at by him like this, the head of the Sun family who was in charge of the execution suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly raised the big knife in his hand with trembling hands.
Seeing this scene, Emperor He'an Zhao Yu'an was even more frightened, and cried loudly: "I am the emperor, you can't do this to me!" Save me, save me, I'm the emperor, save me, save me......" He finally put his only remaining hope on the crowd of onlookers.
However, there was a dead silence at the scene, no one was willing to speak out to save him, and everyone looked at him with deathly silence.
"I'm the emperor, I'm really the emperor, save me quickly, you pariahs don't save me quickly! Hurry up and save me! Emperor Zhao Yu'an was still crying loudly and hoarsely.
The other Zhao royal families were also shouting for help, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
"What are you waiting for, don't do it yet?!" The eldest prince Arobu, who was waiting for some impatience, shouted coldly.
The head of the Sun family trembled, and immediately gritted his teeth and used all his strength to slash at Emperor He'an Zhao Yan'an's neck.
"Save me...... Ah......" The screams stopped abruptly, and Zhao Yu'an's neck was cut out of a large hole several inches long, and blood gushed wildly.
Because the head of the Sun family was not a professional executioner, and his strength was not strong enough, this knife did not directly cut off the entire head, but splashed his blood.
But after slashing this knife, he simply didn't do anything, and directly slashed several times, and finally cut off Zhao Yuan's head.
When Emperor An's head rolled on the ground a few times, the scene suddenly became a dead silence, and everyone looked at the bloody head in disbelief.
A dignified Great Wei emperor died like this?!
For a while, a huge sense of panic enveloped the heads of every Zhao royal family, and huge screams and begging for mercy broke out in the field again.
For the first time in their lives, these nobles, who have always been pampered, have experienced what it means to die.
However, in order to save their lives, the officials and nobles standing behind them could only grit their teeth and wave the butcher knives in their hands at the originally high-ranking royal nobles in front of them, just like the head of the Sun family.
Because many people had never killed anyone with a knife, and their hands were shaking so badly that many people had to cut off the heads of their subjects several times, almost all of them were splashed with blood, and they were extremely embarrassed.
The massacre lasted half an hour before it ended, and the scene was littered with human heads and blood, as if in a slaughterhouse.
Those officials and nobles who personally executed the executions knew very well in their hearts that from the moment they swung their knives at the Zhao royal family in order to save their lives, they had cut off all retreats.
From now on, the only thing they can rely on is the Hu people.
In order to survive, in order to please their masters, they have thrown away everything, including human nature.
When the execution was over, the eldest prince Arobu stood in the blood that had not yet cooled and announced loudly again: From this moment on, all Han people are no longer Wei people, but people of the Great Turk. If anyone disobeys or disrespects, there will be no forgiveness.
Subsequently, he promulgated a series of new policies, and completely regarded himself as the new master.
The people, who had lost all hope, knelt numbly on the ground and listened to these new policies, and no one could accept this new identity.
All of this happened so fast, so fast that it was as if all the people were dreaming.
A dignified emperor was killed in public like a dog by Hu Ren like a dog, and there were also a number of imperial relatives who died with him.
The Zhao royal family is gone, so is this Great Wei Dynasty still there?
Could it really be as the Hu prince said, from this moment on, they are no longer the people of Great Wei, but the people of the Hu people?
Mr. Qiu, who was sitting in the carriage, had an incomparably hearty smile in his eyes when he watched all this.
After a while, he smiled at Emperor Zhao Zhuofeng, who was sitting next to him, and said, "What's the matter, that Zhao Zhuo'an, who usurped your throne, is dead, are you happy now, Your Majesty?" ”
It's a pity that Zhao Yufeng didn't have the slightest joy at this time, only strong fear.
He looked at the masked man in front of him with a pale face and said, "You...... What do you want to do to me? ”
Mr. Qiu smiled, and then said very softly, "Don't worry, you won't die so quickly." I will return everything that your Zhao family and Xie family have done to me to you as it is. ”
After speaking, he slowly pulled down his face towel, revealing the true face that he had been concealing.
When he saw his face, Zhao Yufeng showed a frightened expression, almost unable to believe his eyes.
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Through this public execution, which was carried out in full view of the public, those officials and families who participated in the execution have been invisibly branded as traitors, and these people will become the main force of the Hu people in governing the provinces south of the Yangtze River.
This is the practice proposed by Mr. Qiu to govern Han with Han.
The Hu people are good at riding and shooting, fighting bravely, and are naturally good at attacking cities and grabbing land.
But if you win the world immediately, you can't rule the world right away.
Most of the Hu people do not know how to farm, second, they do not know how to do business, third, they do not understand local governance, and there are not many people who are even literate.
How to manage the ground laid down is a very practical problem.
Mr. Qiu pointed out that if you want to run the Jiangnan territory well, you still need the participation of Han bureaucrats.
Only by bringing in these Han bureaucrats who are familiar with government affairs can the supply of money and grain in the provinces south of the Yangtze River remain stable.
As for the question of whether they are faithful or not, of course, it will not be possible for them to be truly loyal to the Great Deal in a short period of time.
But there is a compromise solution, which is to force them to become traitors.
As long as they become traitors, they will have no way out except to cling to the Great Turk.
The method is very simple, that is, let them execute the Zhao royal family with their own hands in front of all the people.
As officials of the Great Wei, they personally killed the imperial family of the Great Wei who were supposed to be loyal, and this great treacherous charge will force them to become the most loyal lackeys of the Great Wei.
In this way, even if the Hu people go out to the field, they don't have to worry about a fire in the backyard.
This is the real murder and punishment of the heart, and the rule of the Han with the Han.
After listening to this suggestion, the eldest prince Arobu applauded on the spot, and this was the public execution two days later.
After the execution of the Zhao royal family and the Xie clan, the eldest prince Arobu immediately summoned the generals and his staff to discuss the next plan.
There are two main options for future plans.
The first is to take advantage of the victory to pursue, take advantage of the situation to recover the entire territory of Jiangnan, and divide the entire Jiangnan into the territory of the Great Turk, and then slowly operate.
The second is to consolidate the foundation and Peiyuan, first move most of the Hu people in the southern region to the south of the Yangtze River, and then take Xinjing as the new capital, and then encroach on the entire Jiangnan step by step.
The first proposal was strongly supported by most of the Hu generals, who all believed that it was time to take advantage of the victory and occupy the whole of Jiangnan as quickly as possible, so as not to have too many nights.
However, the aides generally preferred the second option, suggesting that as many Hu people as possible should be relocated first, so that the Hu people's dominance here could be stabilized, and then it would not be too late to expand.
The reason of the staff is very simple, except for the more than 200,000 Hu troops brought over by the eldest prince Arobu, the entire Jiangnan region is almost entirely Han people and soldiers, and their number is dozens of times that of the Hu people.
These more than 200,000 Hu soldiers are like a drop of ink falling in a cup, and they can easily be overwhelmed by the huge number of Han people.
Although the Hu people were brave and good at fighting, after all, there were too many Han people, and it would be too dangerous if someone instigated a rebellion.
Therefore, as many Hu herders as possible should be relocated from the south to increase the number of Hu people, so as to consolidate local rule.
The reasons given by both sides are very reasonable, which can't help but put the eldest prince Arobu in a dilemma.
If it had been before, he would not have suffered like this, and he would have been able to make a decision very quickly.
But as he got more and more things in his hands, and now that he even won New Kyoto, such a big result would naturally change his mentality.
Just as when a person has nothing, of course he is not afraid of anything, because he has nothing to lose.
But as he became richer and richer, he naturally became cautious so as not to lose the wealth in his hands.
Today's eldest prince Arobu is in this state of mind.
Every time I make a big decision, I am very careful and hesitant, lest I accidentally make a big mistake and start to suffer from gains and losses.
Whenever he was in such a dilemma, he was very glad that he had a military advisor by his side, and this time was no exception.
"What do you think, sir?" Finally, he focused his gaze on Mr. Qiu's face on the side.
As soon as he asked, everyone immediately looked at each other.
They all know that this Han military advisor, who covers his face all day long, has a great influence on His Highness, and as long as he makes suggestions, he will basically have His Highness's support. I wonder how he will choose this time?
Mr. Qiu pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, the old man thinks ......"
Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden sound of stumbling footsteps outside the door, followed by a sharp knock on the door.
The eldest prince Arobu, who hated being disturbed the most during the deliberations, ordered someone to open the door with a gloomy face.
After the door opened, a thousand-man commander in charge of guarding the city rushed in breathlessly and said, "Your Highness, something is wrong. A large number of Han troops came outside the city. Looking at that flag, it seems to be the Ning family's Northwest Army. ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present changed greatly.
"Is that true? Is it really the Northwest Army that came? The eldest prince Arrob asked loudly.
"It's true, we can recognize the Chinese characters on the flag even if they turn to ashes, and it is indeed the Ningzi flag." The thousand-man commander hurriedly replied.
"Let's go, let's go and see." After saying that, the eldest prince Arobu took the lead and walked out.
The other generals and staff followed, and a large group of people rushed out.
Mr. Qiu, whose face was covered, was the last to leave, and no one saw it at this time, and the face towel on his face suddenly floated in a strange arc.