Chapter 773: Offering Prisoners
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On September 18, the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, this day has not yet dawned, the streets outside the Andingmen of the capital are like the downtown in general, the officials of the entire Shuntianfu Yamen, in addition to the officials of Daxing and Wanping counties, all went out to clean the streets inside and outside the Andingmen, the gutters on the side of the road were cleaned up, and the potholes on the road surface were carefully smoothed with yellow sand after the event.
The citizens of Beijing are not surprised by this kind of thing, this cleaning must be the emperor is coming, otherwise how dare to use the yellow sand to cushion the road? At the same time, some gossipy people began to inquire about how the emperor came to Andingmen? What is Andinggate? It is the place where the imperial army is still victorious, is there an army in front of it that has won?
The fire of gossip among the citizens of Beijing was blazing, and through various gossip, it was learned that the Manchu emperor, who had escaped half a month ago, had been caught outside the mouth, and this time there was going to be a ceremony to sacrifice prisoners in Andingmen.
The citizens who learned the news were happy one by one, in the past few years, they had been tossed enough by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not to mention paying money and food, but also letting them vacate their houses, so seeing the former Manchu nobles unlucky is something that Beijing citizens like to see.
Near noon, a group of brocade guards wearing bright yellow flying fish suits came to Andingmen Wai Street to check the safety situation, and it was Ding Wei, the leader of the brocade guards beside Zhu Hongsan, who led the team.
Ding Wei was injured in Fuzhou, and a big scar on his face, coupled with his status as a Jinyi guard, made people shudder. The county commanders of Daxing and Wanping counties nodded and followed Ding Wei under the leadership of the Tongzhi of Shuntianfu.
Ding Wei looked around and said to Na Tongzhi: "Can you check the range of 500 meters around?" ”
"If you go back to Zhenfu, you have already checked it, and there are no suspicious people!" That Tongzhi is a fifth-grade official, and he is still a Jinshi, which is not many levels higher than Jinyiwei's calming level, so he didn't have to be so low. But there is no way, who called him a demote? Shuntianfu Yin was originally a Manchurian, and he ran away with Shunzhi, and he had no choice but to stay. But fortunately, the new emperor is not bad to their subordinates, as long as there is no major fault, they are generally retained in their original positions.
But this Tongzhi knows that his identity is different, this Jinyi Wei Zhenfu is a close confidant of the emperor, I heard that he is still from Wuchang County, Huguang, and it is the descendant of the lineage, so it is better not to provoke this kind of person.
Ding Wei looked around, pointed to a few two-story small buildings on the side of the road and asked, "Can people be monitored on those small buildings?" ”
"Lord Zhenfu, where has it been checked, and there is nothing suspicious, do you still need to keep people?"
Ding Wei heard that Tongzhi said angrily: "Fart, where is only more than a hundred meters away from Zhengyangmen, what if someone injures His Majesty with a musket?" Go ahead, leave five people in each small building! ”
The acquaintance scolded in his heart: Your mother! Now the whole capital except for you Huguang guys who have muskets? But I didn't dare to say anything when I thought about it in my heart, so I had to order someone to garrison according to Ding Wei's requirements.
Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but watch from the sidelines, so the defense work must be done well, and all the citizens who were watching on both sides of the road must carefully close themselves, and at the same time, they must be 500 meters away from the emperor to prevent anyone from injuring His Majesty with firearms.
After all the preparations were completed, Ding Wei returned to the palace to tell Emperor Zhu Hongsan, and then Zhu Hongsan drove to Andingmen under the protection of two thousand brocade guards.
As the Huangluo umbrella cover appeared on the Anding Gate, the citizens on both sides of the road knew that the emperor was coming, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, shouting long live!
Zhu Hongsan sat on the throne that had been prepared a long time ago, and said to Li Chengen: "Let's start!" ”
As the twenty soldiers shouted, "Sacrifice begins!" "The first time in the Shenwu Dynasty, and the first time in nearly a hundred years since the three major expeditions of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, officially began.
The first to take the field were the two thousand heavy cavalry led by Li Yuanyin and Zhao Hu, these people represented meritorious soldiers! They are the protagonists of the ceremony today, especially the tall Zhao Hu, who immediately attracted a burst of exclamations as soon as he appeared on the street!
"Isn't this a black bear?"
"Is that a horse? How is it as big as an elephant? ”
Li Yuanyin and Zhao Hu came to the city gate, knelt down on one knee and saluted, and then a eunuch read out the holy decree of the reward loudly!
Li Yuanyin's heart was cold when he heard this, and sure enough, it was the same as Zhao Hu's estimate, just rewarding himself with some land and property, and there was no official title. Zhao Hu is similar to Li Yuanyin, and he also gave 1,000 acres of land in Dongpingzhou, Shandong, and there is nothing else.
Li Yuanyin and Zhao Hu ascended the city tower after receiving the decree and thanked the emperor again for his reward.
Zhu Hongsan looked at the two sons-in-law and said with a smile: "Haha, my good son-in-law, you have made a great contribution this time, let's say, what reward do you want?" ”
Li Yuanyin thought in his heart: What else do you want? I still want to lead my troops into battle! But Li Yuanyin said: "Father, in the past few years, the ministers have been fighting in all directions, and they have snubbed the princess, and now the world is peaceful, and the ministers want to go home to accompany the princess more, please ask your father for permission!" ”
Zhu Hongsan was overjoyed when he heard Li Yuanyin so upright, and said: "Since you think so, then I am right, just so that Zhu Luo and Xiao Yu'er can be less troubled!" ”
After getting the emperor's permission, Li Yuanyin and Zhao Hu hurriedly thanked him, and after standing up, they also introduced the prisoners of war to the emperor.
Then there is the Janissary division officers and soldiers escorted the Manchu nobles to the prisoner ceremony, the first batch of people to come up is the Shunzhi little emperor's mother Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager, she and Huang Taiji's concubines, as well as Huang Taiji's underage children came to the city gate to bow down to the emperor Zhu Hongsan, at the same time the citizens of Beijing have opened their eyes, I really didn't expect to see the queen mother, this is enough to boast of a lifetime with future generations!
Zhu Hongsan was very interested in the famous Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, but the city tower was dozens of meters away from the city, and he could only see an outline clearly, and Xiaozhuang was unkempt because of the toss for more than ten days, and Zhu Hongsan didn't see it clearly.
Zhu Hongsan beckoned Li Chengen and said, "Lao Li, tonight I will send a few concubines of Huang Taiji to the palace, and I will interrogate them personally!" ”
Li Chengen knew that this pervert emperor was not at ease, so he had to bow down and agree.
Next is the Manchu princes, county kings, Baylor, banner commanders, etc., Zhu Hongsan is only interested in women, and picks a few good ones for Li Chengen to arrange to send to the palace, and the others are ignored.
Zhao Hu's surprise attack wiped out the Manchu high-level officials, except for the little emperor, all other high-ranking officials were arrested, and their families were as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people. Of course, Zhu Hongsan can't inspect them all, just look at some of the main personnel. The next step was the reading of the Emperor's decree, that is, the arrangement of these people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Zhu Hongsan's holy decree is compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree against the Mongols back then, which is very simple, that is, what you do to the Han people will do to you now! The holy decree stipulates that all adult Manchurian men shall be executed, regardless of whether they are in or outside the Guanli Guan, and that men under the age of twelve shall be castrated and sent to Luzon as slaves, and women shall be given to meritorious people as slaves!
As soon as the holy decree was issued, the adult men of the Manchu Qing Dynasty under the city were immediately escorted outside the city by the Praetorian Guards and immediately executed, and the young and young women were selected to be used to reward the meritorious heroes, and the remaining old and young were sold in the Nancheng market, as long as they had money, they could buy a noble lady of the Three Banners to go home and spoil it at will. This temptation is too great, and the men in the whole city of Beijing immediately go home to raise money, and they have to get one to play with anyway.
Zhu Hongsan returned to the palace after watching the sacrifice of prisoners, he was not interested in cutting off the heads of these Manchurian princes, he still had to govern such a big country.
After returning to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Hongsan immediately devoted himself to handling government affairs, and now the ministers in the cabinet have not yet arrived, and the entire affairs of Beizhili and Shandong have been pressed to the emperor, and he is still responsible for millions of people in the northern provinces. In the previous economic war, Zhu Hongsan did not care about the lives of the people in the north at all, and even smuggled grain from the north. But it was wartime, and now the people in the north have become Zhu Hongsan's people, so they naturally have to worry about whether they can eat enough.
At this time, the importance of Zhu Hongsan's holy decree during the Northern Expedition was revealed, and all the Han officials under the rule of the Manchu Qing in the north were retained as long as they surrendered, and it was precisely because of these surrender factions that the entire north did not become a terra nullius, and the southern grain transported by sea and canal could be normally handed over to the hungry people in the north.
Although the southern part of the country did not bring food such as rice and flour, but some unpalatable things such as corn and potatoes, after all, there was no need to go hungry and sell sons and daughters, so the situation in the north immediately began to improve, and the peasant armed forces in various places began to surrender one after another, put down their swords and guns and returned to their hometowns.
It was already dark after Zhu Hongsan finished handling government affairs, Zhu Hongsan looked at Li Chengen and asked, "Are all arrangements completed?" ”
Li Chengen knew that the emperor was asking about the Empress Taiji's concubine, and hurriedly replied: "Emperor, the slave has arranged for the Manchu Empress Dowager and the Empress to accompany the Emperor tonight!" ”
"Queen? Is Shunji married? Who is it? Zhu Hongsan was still very excited, he thought that this time he would also arrest Shunzhi's Concubine Dong E.
How do you know that Li Chengen replied: "Emperor, that queen and queen mother are aunts and nephews and cousins, and they are Meng Guqing, the daughter of the Mongolian Horqin Khan!" ”
It turned out to be an aunt and nephew, which is not bad!
"How did you arrange the other concubines?"
"Back to the emperor, there are seven concubines who are still alive in Huang Taiji, but Yijing's concubine Namu Zhong is too old, she is forty-five this year, so the servants will exclude her! The other concubines will accompany the emperor tomorrow and tomorrow according to their different identities! ”
Listening to Li Chengen's good arrangement, Zhu Hongsan nodded: "Yes, and do they all have daughters?" ”
"Back to the emperor, there are a few daughters, but some daughters are married and are not in captivity!"
Zhu Hongsan heard Li Chengen say this and said with a lewd smile: "Lao Li, in this way, look at how many daughters are there, let their mother and daughter come to accompany me, I am soft-hearted, and I can't see the separation of flesh and blood of others!" ”
Li Chengen secretly scolded this faint gentleman in his heart, he likes to play with other people's mothers and daughters, and he has to get a reason, but he said: "Please rest assured, the slave will be arranged!" ”