No. 087 The Great Purge (2)

For a whole day and a night, the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Camp were raiding the mansions of the gentry and court officials involved in the case in the whole city, and the gentry mansions on the list had already been locked, and a cart of valuable things including grain, horses, and all kinds of gold and silver treasures were escorted to the emperor's inner treasury and concentrated, piled up as high as a hill. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Dozens of officials in the household department were very busy, but a rough estimate showed that there were more than 300,000 taels of gold, more than 8 million taels of silver, and more than 1.5 million stones of coarse grain. The mansions of the gentry involved in the case in the state capitals of Nanzhi were still being raided at the same time, and the gold, silver and grain were shipped to Nanjing overnight.

In order to complete the task of capturing people and raiding homes as quickly as possible, the Jinyi Guard dispatched more than 1,000 cavalry, and the Imperial Camp pro-army dispatched more than 20,000 troops and more than 1,000 knights (including the new army that has not yet formed an army)

The sergeants searched the gold, silver and grain according to the register, and while arresting the criminals and their families, they also searched and confiscated the account books of the acres of land hidden in the criminals' mansions.

In the city of Nanjing, with the action of the army, the smoke and dust are billowing, the chickens are flying and the dogs are jumping, the children are crying, the adults are screaming, disturbing one after another, the lights are extinguished and brightened, and the lights are turned on and out. The timid lock the door, and the bold open the window to watch.

Some small people watched the mansions of the gentry and court officials being raided one after another, and sighed: "The sky of this Ming Dynasty is about to change!" ”

Shi Kefa, Zhang Guowei, He Tengjiao, Yuan Jixian, these Donglin bigwigs who were not involved in the case were all taken back to their respective mansions by the imperial army, called protection, but they were actually under house arrest.

They were tearing, crying and grabbing the ground, and asked to enter the palace to see the saint, crying blood and complaining, wanting to defend the friends involved in the case, but they were all blocked back by the royal camp pro-army, and the military academy told them that when the time came, the saint would give them an explanation.

Because the preparatory work was sufficient, when the sky was slightly bright, the raid in the city was almost coming to an end, thousands of families were imprisoned, the prison of the Criminal Department was overcrowded for a while, and the 100 criminals who participated in the rebellion and the "Prince Case" were directly imprisoned in Jinyiwei.

The sergeants read out the notices of the people in accordance with the orders of the upper peak, disposed of the corpses of the family members in the houses, collected weapons, counted the materials and money, cleaned the courtyard, and sent the wounded sergeants back to the barracks for treatment.

Other state capitals in Nanzhili are also simultaneously staging a scene in Nanjing.

Jinyi Wei Feng Kezong took the lead in the overnight interrogation, and the officials of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple were responsible for the jury trial, in order to show that the court was enlightened and fair, Hou Fangyu and Lei Yanzuo and other soft bones, without tossing a few times, they were almost all recruited, and the evidence of Donglin's rebellion was conclusive!

Including how to shelter the people arrested in the "Shun case" to escape justice, colluding with Wuchang Zuo Liangyu to overthrow the imperial court, plotting to rebel, deliberately spreading rumors to various feudal towns, creating contradictions between the central and local military towns, conspiring to create a "fake prince case" to confuse the public, fanning the flames among the people, smearing the emperor's image, attempting to subvert the imperial court, and supporting the "King Lu" to ascend the throne, etc.

The case went very smoothly, and one after another political scandals were exposed from prison one after another, and quickly reached people's ears. It has already spread in South China. The people didn't expect that those "righteous men and gentlemen" would unknowingly create so many conspiracies!

Coupled with the 100 and 100 drags arranged by Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng in advance, deliberately exaggerating and exaggerating, the Donglin Party originally relied on Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian and other ancestors to establish the image of "greatness, brightness, and justice" among the people almost overnight, and suddenly became smelly!

They didn't expect that those frank gentlemen who prided themselves on their loyalty and righteousness were so filthy inside! There is so much bad water in the belly! deliberately calculated the court, smeared the Son of Heaven, and stole men and prostitutes behind their backs, which was even cheaper than the ninth-class prostitutes!

If the Gonggong Wei who persecuted the people was considered a traitor and a petty traitor, these hypocrites who would only engage in conspiracy behind their backs would be a secret traitor and a big traitor! Sure enough, he is loyal! Absolutely!

For a time, the voice of scolding and crusade spread all over the provinces, and suddenly overshadowed the voice of solidarity of the unarrested Donglin Party members to their friends and the slander of the imperial court. Under the deliberate guidance of the "official drag", public opinion became more and more favorable to the imperial court, as if it had become a messenger of justice, and the act of raiding the house had also become a righteous action.

A major rebellion case involving tens of thousands of people, because the imperial court had done sufficient preparations, and in just ten days, there were preliminary results.

The main culprits Hou Fangyu, Gao Hongtu, Huang Zongxi, Zuo Guangxian, Lei Yanzuo, Zhou Bi, Gu Gao, Chen Zhenhui, Huang Shu and dozens of others were sentenced to Ling Chi and raided the nine clans.

After the verdict was handed down, the emperor issued a special edict allowing Gao Hongtu, Huang Zongxi, and Jiang Yueguang to make their own decisions. And on the grounds that God has the virtue of a good life, the Holy Grace forgives, changes the three tribes, and the rest are exiled for 3,000 li, the family property is confiscated, and the land property is confiscated;

For the minor offenders, only the offenders will be executed, and the rest will be exiled for 3,000 li, their family property will be confiscated, and their land and property will be confiscated.

After the oracle was issued, the people praised the Son of Heaven for his generosity and benevolence, and the style of Yao Shun, and the resentment of a few people was difficult to sway public opinion.

Dozens of days later, Nanjing's vegetable market was once again crowded with people. Everyone is excitedly talking about those rebellious Donglin Restoration Society thieves, many of the 100 people killed last time were renegade Donglin Party, and this time the people to be killed were all replaced by the Donglin Party who plotted to rebel.

The most incredible thing for the common people is that the old scholars who were high in the past also wanted to rebel against the court, and the saint complained with virtue and authorized them to judge themselves, so as to reduce the suffering of Ling Chi!

Most of the common people's reverence and expectation for them in the past have turned into indifferent ridicule and scorn in their speech. said that these people are all white-eyed wolves who can't be raised, full of morality, and hypocrites who will take revenge, and now they deserve to be killed by Ling Chi, but it is a pity that innocent people with wives and children have been affected.

At noon, there was a sharp horn in the execution ground, and one hundred and ten heads splattered with blood, rolling onto the old and broken bluestone slabs! Nanjing's vegetable market, which was crowded with people, suddenly broke out into unprecedented jubilation.

PS: There are many readers in the book review area who say that the protagonist's living nest is to endure the turtle, the swordsman can only smile bitterly, the big husband can bend and stretch, if the protagonist does not have the previous forbearance, how can he have the current harvest, Gou Jian lies on the salary and hides the guts, Han Xin's humiliation under the crotch, Kangxi punishes the worship, Han Xuan excludes the Huo family, and if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!