Chapter 390: Crime and Punishment (Today's Update, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
When tens of thousands of bones were dug up, the people in the entire Fuzhou city were all stunned, they didn't expect that cannibalism would happen naked in front of their eyes, and so many people were eaten, especially when they knew that Li Shutai and others were ready to give an order, each family dedicated one person for the army to eat, they became even more angry, maybe they would sacrifice their families in the face of the blade, but at this time, since the generals of the Qing army have been reduced to prisoners, it is naturally a look of anger and eager to eat their bones, The gentry in the city even petitioned the country's surnamed Ye, asking for a quick kill of Li Shutai and others to comfort the people of Fuzhou.
Zheng Chenggong naturally agreed to this will of the people, Li Shutai and other Manchu officials were executed by Ling Chi, and Geng Jimao's father and son died in the chaos, even so, their heads were still cut off and hung in the hanging basket at the head of the city.
At the same time, in several temporary prison camps outside the city, more than 30,000 Qing troops were looking around in fear, they had been imprisoned here for several hours, these Qing soldiers were just lucky to survive until now, because before the national surname had an order "but no one in armor was left", so most of the Qing troops were killed on the battlefield one by one after the Zheng army entered the city, but in the end, the more than 30,000 local soldiers who could speak Hokkien dialect made the officers and soldiers of the Zheng army move their hearts to hide, and they were imprisoned here after they put down their weapons.
Now, they are also worried about their fate, but they still have some luck in their hearts, they feel that they are Fujianese, no matter how ruthless the country name is, it will not be difficult for their fellow villagers, not to mention that they have long expressed their willingness to serve the country surname master, this soldier eats food, whose food is not eaten?
While they were thinking like this, the gate opened on the other side, and a group of Zheng officers and soldiers entered, and he shouted there for everyone to line up, and then several battalions were taken out.
"Hey, what the hell is a fellow villager, you know that you will arrange a place for us to live first, and it is estimated that we must be placed in the camps......
"But no, do you see, this general picks all the strong ones, I dare to say, follow this general's designation......"
Although everyone's hands were tied with long ropes, but when they were leaving, you said a word, most of them had no fear on their faces, and after walking about Mo Cha, they saw a big pit dug in the ground in front of them at some point, and when a gust of wind blew, a strong smell of blood almost choked them.
The smell of blood made everyone's hearts suddenly swell with a burst of unease, just as they approached the pit, they saw that in the pit, there were thousands of corpses lying with separate bodies, they immediately understood what was going to happen, they all hurriedly knelt on the ground, begging the surrounding Zheng Jun to spare their lives.
Just when they were begging bitterly, with an order, Zheng Jun, who was escorting them around, immediately drove them to the edge of the pit with knives, and then beheaded them one by one, although people kept being cut off their heads, but they still just kept kowtowing, trying to survive through such pleading, and there was no resistance at all, and even obediently walked to the edge of the pit, and then cried silently and prayed, but in the end what was waiting for them was only a cold blade.
In this way, in the field outside the city of Fuzhou, the sound of the blade beheading continued to echo, like a concerto and people's cries into a group, and finally when everything disappeared, a huge tomb appeared outside the city of Fuzhou, when the tomb was piled up, there was a Ming officer Zuo in front of the tomb inserted a wooden card, the wooden card was impressively written.
"In November of the fifteenth year of the Yongli calendar of the Ming Dynasty, the nineteenth year of the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers beheaded 34,913 traitors here!"
A few simple words, without the slightest emotion, did not settle the money, but these words knocked on people's hearts, clearly telling anyone what would happen when a traitor, whether it was this tomb, or the head hanging in the bamboo frame at the head of the city, or the angry people on the execution ground who were fighting for food when they were angry, Li Shuitai, Huang Wu and others, all of them are showing people what will happen when they are traitors.
When everything was over, the people nearby dared to walk over, Lin Zhiye looked at the huge tomb, he was the gentry of the nearby village, and this land was the land of the Lin family, at this time he just looked thoughtful, staring at the tomb, he could imagine that tens of thousands of people were killed in despair at this time, and even now, there was still some smell of blood in the air.
When he looked at the words written on the wooden card, he thoughtfully instructed the butler beside him.
"Ah Cai, you go and call the nearby stonemasons, set up a sign here, expand the words of this general, and the rest don't need to be written, leave this card, this tomb, and warn future generations!" Let future generations know what will happen to this traitor! ”
What will happen to being a traitor?
This is a very simple answer, the answer is naturally ruined, naturally is the death of the clan, when everything tends to calm down, in the former Yamen hall of the political secretary in Fuzhou City, Zheng Chenggong, who was supposed to celebrate the achievements of the generals, knelt in it and wept bitterly, outsiders have never seen Zheng Chenggong, who has been the king of Yanping, so gaffe, and they never thought that the king would be like this.
"The first emperor, with the blessing of the first emperor's spirit in the sky, the minister finally recovered the Tianxing Mansion today......"
Zheng Chenggong, who couldn't cry, knelt there, and the words became more and more choked, the "Tianxing Mansion" in his mouth was Fuzhou, after Longwu ascended the throne in Fuzhou, he changed the Fujian political secretary to Fujing, and changed Fuzhou to Tianxing Mansion. And this is also the reason why Zheng Chenggong is so out of shape, this Fujian political secretary yamen, is the palace of Emperor Zhaozong back then, and it is here, as the only loyal minister of the Zheng family, Zheng Chenggong was given Zheng Chenggong as the national surname by Emperor Longwu, who is like a puppet, and the name is successful.
It was also here that Emperor Longwu no longer ignored the obstruction, and led thousands of Ming soldiers to "drive the expedition", and then he was captured and then went on a hunger strike and martyrdom.
At this time, after retaking Fuzhou, Zheng Chenggong, who returned to his hometown, thought of the voice and smile of the first emperor, and the suppressed emotions suddenly came to his heart, and he was crying bitterly for a while, and even in his words, he said that he was sorry for the first emperor.
Looking at the silent appearance of the country's surname, those who originally entered the hall with him were all kneeling in the hall, or crying silently, or silent, many of them had been in and out of this hall at that time, all of them were ministers of Longwu, and naturally knew that Emperor Longwu was a rare Ming monarch, but he had been elevated by the Zheng family group. The Zheng family, headed by Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Zhibao, and Zheng Ying, was born as a big pirate leader, and has been rampant in Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang for decades, both as a businessman and a thief. After they were recruited in the early years of Chongzhen, they took advantage of the chaos in the world to expand their territory and enrich their personal power. Even after supporting Longwu, the same is true, the Zheng family is arrogant, selling official beards, wantonly looting the people, being vicious and violent, even surpassing Ma Shiying of the Hongguang Dynasty. For example, Zheng Zhilong's assassination of the Qing army and his attempt to cut off Fujian, as the pillar of the Longwu Dynasty, the only loyal minister of the Zheng family was Zheng Chenggong, who had not yet led the army at that time, that is, after his father's and uncle's family descended to the Qing Dynasty, he supported half of the Ming Dynasty.
Now that the Northern Expedition has been successful, it is inevitable that he will be so sad, after all, Emperor Longwu has long been martyred, and even extinct. Thinking of this, Feng Chengshi had another thing in his mind, after a period of gaffe, Zheng Chenggong had slowly recovered, and after apologizing to everyone for his gaffe, he asked about the affairs inside and outside Fuzhou City. Seeing that the king had lost his previous gaffe, just as Feng Chengshi was hesitating if he didn't tell the story, he only heard someone report that Li Shutai, Huang Wu and others had been executed by Ling Chi.
"Good!"
After receiving the reward from his subordinates, Zheng Chenggong sneered, and then said.
"Okay, very good, come here, all the Li Shutai and Huang Wuju clans will be confiscated, the men are not official slaves, and the women are prostitutes in the military education workshop...... If it weren't for such traitors aiding and abusing, how would I be like this! ”
In addition to being angry, Zheng Chenggong, who was in this palace, naturally thought of his father, and thought of the Zheng family who had descended to the Qing Dynasty, so that in the chest, it was naturally a burst of shame, and the shame and anger that had been depressed in his heart for many years came to his heart again, only to make him angry for a while, when he was depressed in his heart, he only felt that his chest was hot, and a fishy sweetness surged up from his stomach to his throat, but Zheng Chenggong once again pressed back the fishy sweetness, and his father's capture was a threshold that would never be crossed for Zheng Chenggong. Years of depression have already become a dark disease in his heart.
Zheng Chenggong, whose face became a little ugly, adjusted his breathing, and then opened his eyes, and then said quietly,
"If there is nothing else, you should retreat first."
After everyone retreated, Feng Chengshi stayed, Zheng Chenggong saw that he stayed, and saw that he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked,
"Henson, what's the matter?"
"Back to the king, today in this palace, the minister also remembers the first emperor, there is one thing, the minister does not know whether to say it or not......"
Seeing his rather embarrassed appearance, Zheng Chenggong was a little curious, what could make him embarrassed to look like this?
"What is the difficulty, to speak to this king?"
Zheng Chenggong's answer made Feng Chengshi, who was originally a little hesitant, ponder for a moment, and then said,
"I heard that before the first emperor and Empress Xiang were executed in Tingzhou, Empress Xiang had handed over the prince to her personal maid to take out, so that the prince's death in the chaos was a rumor, if this is the case, the king may wish to send someone to Tingzhou to explore the whereabouts of the prince, in order to comfort the emperor's spirit in the sky......"