Taiyuan Mansion was breached by Wang Shi and Yu Mingjun, which meant that the entire Shanxi had been completely controlled by Liu Xia. Especially talking about Datong, Shanxi, Datong is closer to Beijing, and at this moment Datong fell into the hands of Liu Xia, and the Qing army in Beijing was stalemate with each other.

Wang Shishi learned of his appointment, so he did not return to Luoyang, and waited for the arrival of the other soldiers and horses of the Suzaku Legion in Taiyuan Mansion. As for the captured Eight Jin merchants, Wang Shishi asked a regiment of the Guards Brigade who came to Shanxi to escort them.

The Eight Great Jin Merchants were eight very large families, and these eight families obtained a large amount of gold and silver by making war money, selling intelligence, selling weapons, and selling grain to the Tartars. With gold and silver, they can naturally buy grain and bribe officials in the DPRK and China to obtain information. Then he sold it to the Qing army at a high price, and once again obtained two large quantities of gold and silver treasures. So that the Tartars, who did not even have many weapons, had an elite army, and they did not have to worry about not having enough food to eat. Similarly, the eight Jin merchants also obtained a large amount of gold and silver, and became a rare wealthy man in the land of China.

The eight major Jin merchants are: Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Ying, Huang Yunlong, and Fan Yongdou.

Fan Yongdou and other eight extremely wealthy imperial merchants were veritable traitors according to the current nationalists, and they often traveled back and forth between inside and outside the customs long before the Manchurians entered the customs. At a time when the Ming Dynasty was becoming increasingly politically corrupt and in social turmoil, the merchants' unique keen sense of smell made them see the strength and ambition of the Manchus, so in addition to normal trade, they secretly transported military supplies to the Manchurians, provided various information in the Guan, and engaged in political trading.

Historically, the eight Jin merchants funded the Qing army to enter the customs, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Shunzhi did not forget to establish the eight great families who had established great achievements in the Central Plains for themselves, held a banquet in the Forbidden City, personally summoned them, and gave them costumes (presumably horse coats and traitor clothes).

At the banquet, Shunzhi wanted to give them official rewards, and the eight families were flattered and tried their best to resign. As a result, Shunzhi named them "Imperial Merchants" (subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs).

Fan Yongdou was appointed to preside over trade affairs and "give Zhangjiakou as a world business". The other seven also have their own rewards.

From now on. Fan Yongdou and others obtained political and economic privileges that other businessmen could not enjoy. Fan Yongdou not only procured goods for the royal family, but also relied on the royal prestige to open up his wealth and start trading all over the world. In addition to operating the salt industry in Hedong and Changlu, he also monopolized the market for ginseng and other valuable medicinal materials in Ussuri and Suifen in Northeast China, so he was also called "ginseng business" by the people. In the blink of an eye, Fan Yongdou became a great imperial merchant with millions of riches, the best of the eight families.

However, the immorality of the traitor imperial merchants in that era (not to mention the lack of virtue, it was simply a traitor to seek glory) did not represent all Shanxi merchants. In the late Kangxi period, most of the original imperial merchants had weakened, and the new generation of Shanxi businessmen were no longer those speculative businessmen who made war fortunes by virtue of their diligence, vision, and trustworthiness.

However, the supposed glorious era of these eight Jin merchants has now been ended by Liu Xia. All their money and property have now been confiscated, as well as their houses. And he is in a cage. Although there are only eight of the Eight Great Jin Merchants, the population is very large, excluding the servants and maids, that is, there are hundreds of people in each of the immediate families. What's more, these eight Jin merchants committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and they should be killed by the nine clans.

So all the relatives of the nine tribes were arrested, and more than two or three thousand people were escorted, passing by every village market along the way, and were greeted by the local people with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves.

All the women fell ill and died because they could not bear the bumps along the way. After all, which of the eight Jin merchants' family girls is not a pampered daughter? Where can you afford to be in a prison car?

It's quick to say, but in just ten days, this mighty group of people crossed the Yellow River. will be escorted to Luoyang City. According to Liu Xia's rules, traitors are generally escorted to the square of the [War Spirit Mausoleum], and these traitors kneel and behead in front of the heroes who died for the great cause of the nation. In this way, the dead warriors can be sacrificed.

Over time, the Victory Square of the [Battle Spirit Mausoleum] gradually turned into a square with comprehensive decapitation and killing facilities, stained with the blood of traitors and lackeys.

Before the prisoner car entered Luoyang City, both sides of the official road were already covered with people holding vegetable baskets, rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.

"Look! They're coming! ”

From a distance, the first prisoner cart appeared in front of everyone, because of the large number of thieves, so there were more than a dozen people placed in each prisoner cart, and the small space was crowded, and those people were not sitting or standing, and it was very uncomfortable. At this moment, when they saw the angry people again, greeting them with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, they could no longer feel the slightest emotional turmoil. Because they have experienced this kind of thing along the way.

"These dog thieves actually fornicated with Tartars, I said how they are so rich, it turns out that they are all black-hearted money. It's not a pity to die! Behead them all! ”

"Who said no, these straight thieves, if it weren't for them, we wouldn't have been slaughtered by the Tartars!"

"These people are at the end of their lives, and in a few days I am afraid that they will be beheaded, and I will go and see their deaths that day. Dig out their hearts and livers and see if they are black. ”

"This man's heart is red when his eyes are black. When the eyes are red, the heart is black. Alas, it's all the silver! ”

"Among the eight major families, I heard that there are many beautiful women, alas, but the prince canceled the rush of that woman into the workshop, otherwise I can spend a few silver to enjoy it."

"Haha, you're a man! Although I don't rush into the workshop. But when their sentences are over, you can also marry as a concubine in the family! ”

“——”

Slowly, the prisoner cart passed in front of the eyes of the people, and the angry people threw countless rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at the prisoner cart.

From time to time, there was a sound of 'chengguan' stopping from the side.

"Don't throw it away! Don't throw it away! This is detrimental to the image of the city! ”

"Don't hear it, throw it, and you will clean it with a broom in a while!"

"Pay attention to quality! Diathesis! We are civilized people! ”

The people extended from the outside of Luoyang City to the inside of the city, and then passed through the main road of Luoyang City, and went out of the city gate again to the square of the [War Spirit Mausoleum]. Along the way, there were people inside and out. Nearly 10,000 people watched traitors in empty alleys.

Soon the prisoner car passed through the siege and came to the [War Spirit Mausoleum], some important officials in the War Spirit Tomb have arrived there at this moment, and this time there will be a one-time trial of these traitors, and the judge is the chief judge Bao Tiangong Master Bao.

Mr. Bao is self-proclaimed and is known as Xiao Bao Zheng. His ancestor is indeed Bao Gong. Honest, fair and strict, he was appointed by Liu Xia as the chief judge of the Pingbei Army.

After the prisoner cart came to the [Battle Spirit Mausoleum], it was escorted down by the soldiers, and knelt on the vast Victory Square one by one, row after row. There are men and women. All of them were pale and bloodless. He was dressed in white prison clothes and had his hair disheveled. The man's pigtail had been cut off and his hair had been shaved flat.

Bao Tiangong stood on a high platform, behind him was a monument, and behind him was a large hall dedicated to countless battle spirit tablets. These traitors knelt in the direction of the main hall.

The entire Tomb of the War Spirit was crowded with people, including ordinary people, merchants, and petty officials. There are locals, there are outsiders. There are men and women, old and young.

"Quiet!"

Knock knock knock.

A war drum sounded, and the whole square became silent.

"The descendants of Yan and Huang will defend China together. How can the land of China be surrendered? The Holy Emperor of the Yellow Dynasty of the past is chasing the deer. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, chased the Xiongnu in the north. The Taizu of this dynasty drove thousands of troops and smashed the enemy city. Towering China, mighty China. Our children and grandchildren should remember it. The man of God came down to earth to help me King Zheng. The sage man, restore Zhongzhou. Expel the Tartars and restore our borders. However, traitors come out of the internal inconsistencies, and betray the nation for profit. Such traitors are seen in the world. God bless Huaxia and catch all the thieves. To my Luoyang, the people are indignant. Don't you hear the righteousness of King Zheng, and the war spirit comes out. Our courtiers serve me King Zheng, fight the spirit of the tomb, behead the thief and destroy the traitor. Treason and betrayal of the clan is really a serious crime, kill the nine clans, and sue the heavens! ”