Chapter 509: Beheading and Sacrificing the Ming Tombs
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As the No. 1 person in the Ministry of Culture and Education, Liu Wen's current energy and influence must not be underestimated. does not mention the face of his old son and wife in front of Chen Huigao's family, nor does he mention the face of his brother Liu Wu in front of Chen Ming, just say that his own position is also very important. The land conquered by Chen Han in his early years has gradually stabilized, the country has gradually stabilized, the government has gradually stabilized, and the people's livelihood is rapidly recovering, and the weight of the Ministry of Culture and Education is also rapidly rising. In the troubled times, rely on 'martial arts', and when the troubled times are over, it will be necessary for 'Wen' to make a debut.
Moreover, a corruption case that broke out a few months ago, with the fermentation of time, involved more and more widely, from the middle and low-level officials -- because the outbreak in Nanjing Prefecture and its huge influence was huge, it slowly implicated the tax department, and then with the increase in the number of officials involved, more businessmen were also arrested. This includes Liu Wen's relatives.
In the first few days of Layue, Liu's Mansion was not ordinarily lively, my uncle was arrested and put in prison, and the second-in-command of the family, who was pregnant, was suddenly not good, not to mention premature birth, and almost lost two lives. But God blesses, and in the end, the mother and son are safe.
said that after Mrs. Liu gave birth to the child, she felt that all her strength had been drained, and she only had time to look at the wrapped child, and she fell asleep deeply. I don't know how long it took, but I felt that the quilt on my body was thickly covered, and I was covered in sweat. I tried to move, and opened my eyes.
"Ah, Madame is awake!" The voice of the big girl who had been guarding the side sounded.
When Mrs. Liu Wen turned her head to look, the maid was drying a warm towel from the basin of water, and wanted to wipe her sweat, and now she saw that she was awake, and shouted with surprise on her face.
"Hot!" Mrs. Liu Wen frowned, it was too hot in the room. But she was more anxious about the child, "What about my child?" ”
"The little boy is in the next room, with two nurses, and the grandmother is also there. Madame rest assured. ”
"Bring him over and I'll see. Also, please come over. ”
A little girl on the side hurriedly ran over to the house over there to spread the word, asking the nurse to come over with the child. There was also an old lady who followed.
Mrs. Liu Wen held the child, and the baby was good for a while before letting the nurse hold the child down. Then with a grim look, the style of being the housewife came out.
"Aunt Seven, has my father sent a letter? Has Jiansheng been released? "This grandmother is her relative.
Mrs. Liu Wen's difficult birth this time is very likely to have something to do with the arrest of her brother Tao Jiansheng, and she is going to be broken, and she has lost weight in just two or three days, and the child fell to the ground a month earlier, and she almost died. And why was Tao Jiansheng arrested? Two words, tax evasion.
At this time, Liu Wen had just returned home. He went to the yamen today and ordered a mao, and then immediately returned to his house. Although when his wife saw him for a while, she talked about her brother-in-law and asked him to protect the Tao family's only seedlings, but the tax evasion case that Tao Jiansheng was involved in was not a single case, but a tax corruption nest case that hit the grassroots level and involved the high-level people, and it also happened in Nanjing, which attracted much attention. Not to mention Liu Wen, even if the second child of his family is also in Nanjing, there is no way to keep someone out.
But compared with Mrs. Chen's chatter, Liu Wen is more relieved than Mrs. who has just given birth. They were poor couples.
Liu Wen didn't sleep all night, and when he went out, the child was only laid down for a short time, and the mother and son were safe, and they also had a matter on their minds. Back at his house, Liu Wen knew that his wife really cared about his brother-in-law, and asked the porter, "Can the letter be delivered to the uncle's house?" ”
Chang Sui hurriedly replied: "No." ”
Liu Wen nodded with a gloomy face, raised his feet and walked to the backyard. As soon as I arrived at the verandah, I heard my grandmother's voice, and was persuading my wife: "Madam, you must not get cold in this month, let alone get wet." Just wipe your face with a hot handkerchief, even if you wipe your body, you have to wait for two days! If you really fall into confinement disease, you can't raise it for a lifetime! It's just a month or so, just get through it. "An aunt and aunt of my wife's mother's family, my relatives are far away, my husband and son are dead, so I went to Liu's house to be a grandmother. The unruly ones are put aside, and loyalty is absolute.
Mrs. Liu Wen was about to speak, when she saw Liu Wen open the curtain and walk in. Liu Wen looked at his fourth son with joy. What's even more gratifying is that Mrs. Jin'er didn't chase him to ask him about Tao Jiansheng.
Liu Wen took the initiative to comfort his wife. Although the appearance of this eldest wife is far from being as good as that of the younger wife, she is still very good at taking care of housework. The relatives of the mother's family had nothing else to do except ask Liu Wen to help take down two private newspaper numbers. Even if he is involved in the big case of tax evasion this time, after being honestly punished, in addition to the loss of money, there will be no major problems for people.
Now no one knows that the order of 'severe punishment and no loans' was drawn by Chen Ming himself. I just thought that Chen Ming had missed a meaning, and the supervision department did it itself.
Liu Wu, the second eldest member of the Liu family, is the most trusted person around Chen Ming, although he didn't have a few combat exploits, he is definitely the person who 'Jane is in the emperor's heart'. If you don't look at the face of the Buddha and look at the face of the Buddha, even if the supervision department doesn't give him Liu Wen's face, even Liu Wu doesn't care at all, right?
This matter only involved Tao Jiansheng, Liu Wen thought like this, thinking that Tao Jiansheng was definitely punished lightly.
But when he sent someone to deliver the letter over there, he just blocked the outside, and I don't know how this matter spread all over the city in just one day. When no one saw it, Liu Wen's nose was crooked. Liu Wen's sister-in-law was born, and when he washed the third day, everyone in Nanjing City naturally came to give a gift, which can be said to be a cloud of guests.
Liu Wen has made a lot of brothers and friends over the years, although most of them can't get out, but they still arrived in person.
It's just that these people rushed to Liu Wen's mansion in person, not really to see Xisan, but to persuade Liu Wen to be patient for the time being.
"Liu Da, there is a nest case in the tax, the Supervision Yuan is in full swing, and now everyone's eyes are on the development of the case, don't stretch out your hand indiscriminately."
"Brother Liu, the brothers are here to persuade you to endure for a while. Don't mess with your minds. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hates corrupt officials the most, and what he hates the most is the abolition of the public for private reasons, so don't take the initiative to hit the muzzle of the gun yourself. ”
"You're not doing this easy. Think about it, how long has it been since it got around? It's someone behind the scenes. ”
Liu Wen is definitely not a fool, of course, the news of his own rejection is full of calculations. Although he gritted his teeth, he still assured: "Don't worry, brother." I, Liu Wen, am not that stupid! ”
"I'll wait slowly, staring, watching!" In this matter, Liu Wen hated not the Supervision Yuan, but the person who secretly released the news.
In the middle of the month, Yuan Mei, the right attendant of the Ministry of Culture and Education, was suddenly transferred to serve as the president of the compilation of "History of the Qing Dynasty". Then Liu Wen watched as the position of the right attendant crossed in front of his eyes.
The scene in Nanjing City did not hide from Chen Ming's eyes. After a general look, Chen Ming left it behind. Isn't it normal? Human society is made up of all kinds of groups. Humans have never been solitary animals. Who doesn't have a friend or brother?
As long as it doesn't go online, Chen Ming doesn't care.
The sentence of Taizu of the Red Dynasty is very incisive: there is no party outside the party, and the emperor thinks; There is no faction in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things! In one word, the mystery is revealed.
The Red Dynasty of that year could not escape the results of the factions in the party, how could Chen Han escape? And looking at the personnel composition of Chen Han's high-level management, he can be divided into two rows of new and old congenitally, and the new school can be divided into active and passive, so ah, Chen Ming has long been prepared for this phenomenon. As long as you don't regard the army as your own private army, and don't treat the yamen as your own backyard, it's still the same sentence: as long as it doesn't exceed Chen Ming's psychological bottom line.
Liu Wen was calculated this time, because he had no ability.
'Forming a party for personal gain', the same department is not the absolute key, it is human nature.
On the morning of the sixteenth day of the lunar month, Ji Xiaolan, who had only arrived in Beijing yesterday evening, got up early and went to the teahouse.
This is not a habit he was born with, but he has been away from Beijing for a long time, and he is unfamiliar with everything here, and he wants to be familiar with Beijing again. And the most convenient place to inquire about all kinds of news is the teahouse. Ji Xiaolan found a teahouse that looked okay nearby, and did not go to the private room on the second floor, just in the hall, sat down against the window, a pot of incense, and four plates of refreshments.
Sitting in this teahouse in Beijing again, Ji Xiaolan couldn't see anything on the surface, but she was very emotional in her heart.
When the Fu Han army rose, he happened to be unlucky, because of the Lianghuai salt case, Ji Xiaolan gave his children and daughters to his in-laws - Lu Jianzeng, the envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Transport, reported the news through the wind, and was condemned for omission and was sent to Urumqi. Then the Manchu Qing Dynasty seemed to have completely forgotten him, and Ji Xiaolan didn't let go of the Manchu Qing anymore.
He took advantage of the chaos to escape from Urumqi, two years ago the Manchu rule in Xinjiang was unstable, there HH and the Mongols knew that the Central Plains was in turmoil, the Manchu was unstable, and Xinjiang, which had just been ruled by the Manchus for only 20 years, was naturally crumbling. Ji Xiaolan saw the opportunity, escaped from Urumqi, and followed the caravan to Gansu into the Han land. Then rushed from the west of Gansu to the east of Gansu, and then found the Fu Han army that had invaded the eastern part of Gansu, and Ji Xiaolan, who had been 'exiled' for more than a year, found the organization.
The news was sent to Nanjing and Chen Ming respectively, and the corners of Chen Ming's mouth were very grinning when he saw the words 'Ji Yun'. But no matter how many ancient books this guy has broken in history, Ji Xiaolan's talent is really there, Chen Ming asked Ji Xiaolan to enter Beijing, just to let him join the working group of the Hanlin Academy in Beijing, the latter has been doing more than half a year, and the sorting work is less than half.
Ji Xiaolan didn't take the original iconic big cigarette pouch pot, he had already switched to cigarettes. The surrounding tables were soon filled with guests, and no one recognized him.
One of the most lively things in Beijing is the beheading of the 27th year.
The hundreds of flags that Feng Lian caught when he was going to finally come to the end of his life anyway. On the 27th day of the lunar month, Chen Ming officially replaced all the city gate names and palace names that were changed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty inside and outside Beijing, and those plaques with Manchu characters would also be burned by the unification on that day, and at the same time, the brains of Fu Heng and these people were cut off.
The current number of people in Beijing is only three or four hundred thousand, that is, thirty percent of the original population, and the population density of the outer city is still okay, but the inner city is empty, and walking at night is like a ghost.
Most of the people of Beijing were forcibly relocated by the Qing army, and the number of people who came over after the settlement of Beijing was quite large, but it is still a small number in the proportion of the total population. Few of the people still miss Daqingguo.
Ji Xiaolan's psychological side is too complicated at this moment. Fu Heng is about to die, is that Fu Heng?
Emperor Qianlong's most trusted person, the brother of the Empress Yuan, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, and the first-class duke. When Ji Xiaolan was not demoted, she only had to bow down in front of this kind of real big man, and now this famous big man is going to die.
"Twenty-seven, twenty-seven...... "Today is thirteen, and there are fourteen days left!"
Ji Xiaolan sat dumbfounded, it was the first time he heard the news, until he was awakened by a sharp whistle. I found out that I was sweating all over, and my sideburns were wet.
Ji Xiaolan's eyes were cast outside, he was no stranger to this kind of whistle, whether it was the Qing army or the Fu Han army, the popularity of whistles was getting higher and higher. Ji Xiaolan saw several people who were dressed very conspicuously, they were wearing black military-style uniforms, each wearing a red vest, a belt tied around their waists, and carrying a two-foot short stick in their hands, all of them in good spirits. Standing out from the crowd on the streets, it stands out. Ji Xiaolan looked carefully, and there were four bold characters of "City Management" written on the front and back of these people's vests, and there was a number on the left chest on it. The kind of number symbol that came in from outside, he Ji Xiaolan recognized. When he was in the Gansu Fuhan Army, he also worked as a clerk in the clerical and logistics department for a short time.
"What does this city management do?" Ji Xiaolan greeted Xiao Er and asked. In the northwest, he had only seen groups of soldiers of the Fu Han Army wearing red scarves patrolling the city, what was this "city management"?
"These black-skinned dogs are chengguan, just like the officials in the past, but they don't solve cases, they only take care of the market stalls, and they are also responsible for maintaining law and order in the market." Xiao Er explained, while the corners of his mouth were upturned, and Hongguo's showed a hostile attitude.
Ji Xiaolan flicked his fingers and handed over a silver horn and continued to culture.
"Role? That's a big deal. Take a closer look at both sides of the street, is there anything different from the past? When Xiao Er heard Ji Xiaolan's fluent Beijing films, he knew that even if he was not a native of Beijing, he had lived here for a long time.
"For example, the noodle shop on the beveled side, there used to be three or two tables at the door, but now—"
"Neither of the houses on either side of the road is allowed to go three feet beyond the eaves, and the street is widened at once. Violators will be fined and their equipment will be confiscated. I let the bandits steal two tables from the teahouse. In addition, it is not allowed to throw rancid water on the street, take out garbage, defecate in the open, throw things everywhere, and throw it in if you see the garbage can. And people and cars come and go, keep to the right. ”
People who are accustomed to being at ease are always unwilling to be bound by the rules, but the Chengguan Law Enforcement Brigade of the Fu Han Army is too strong and has excellent combat effectiveness, and by June, the entire city of Beijing has changed greatly. It's just that now it's getting closer and closer to the New Year's Day, and the problem of occupying the road has appeared again, and the chengguan have to go to work before dawn.
"They all look like strong men, and the sharp edge of the new dynasty is really true. All these are empty in the city. Ji Xiaolan sighed. He had seen a lot of Qing soldiers in Beijing, Urumqi, and Gansu before, but to say that they were full of spirit and strong physique, the strongest was the appearance of these chengguan in front of him. The former is always the elite of the Qing army, while the latter is not even a servant. In Ji Xiaolan's cognition, the officials of the Fu Han Army are policemen. This chengguan is not even equipped with a weapon, only a stick in his hand, and there is a police officer.
Xiao Er smiled again, "This lord, these people are soldiers of the imperial court." Except for the squadron leader and the group leader, the squad leader and the chengguan below were all flat-headed civilians a few months ago. If I had signed up, now the little one would have put on that annoying black skin. These chengguan get paper money every month, and they can buy a lot of cheap and good things in the supply and marketing cooperatives. ”
Of course, Ji Xiaolan knew about paper money, and he could also get paper money when he was a public servant for the Fu Han Army. These banknotes are still a little unspendable in the ordinary market, but the shops of the supply and marketing cooperatives set up by the new dynasty can buy everything they want.
Grain, cloth, salt and sugar and other daily necessities, from large chariots and horses, clocks and watches, to small needlework, bowls and chopsticks, the supply and marketing cooperatives have all kinds of everything. The price is also cheap.
The snow fell for two days in a wax moon.
On the morning of the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, the snow stopped, but the north wind blew again. Finely crushed snow foam was blown up, hitting people's faces and causing pain.
Chen Ming got up early today, and the lanterns hanging all over the Old Summer Palace were still shining.
When I walked outside, I lifted the curtain, and a cool air came to my face.
In the prison of the original Shuntianfu, the sound of the rattling rice spoon knocking on the wooden barrel, "Get up, get up." An An ate this last meal alive, being a full ghost, so that he could go to Huangquan Road. ”
Today, it is rare to boil white rice porridge for these pigs and sheep to be slaughtered, and each person has a white egg, a salted pork fried cabbage, and two white flour steamed buns.
Although the severed head meal will be much more abundant than the usual meal, where will there be a large bowl of meat for the prisoners to eat?
"Woo woo woo ......" A cry immediately rang out inside the prison.
"I surrender, I surrender, I don't want to die......"
Fu Heng calmly picked up the porridge bowl, calmly ate the white eggs, and ate the severed head rice. A set of Manchu official uniforms was sent to prison. It was snow-white outside, and Fu Heng, who was wearing a brand-new set of first-class Manchu official robes, calmly walked into the prisoner car.
Being able to die in a first-class robe is a very perfect ending for Fu Heng.
"Chen Reverse, Chen Reverse, the old man will not let you go even if he becomes a ghost......"
The cold light fell on his eyes, and Fu Heng shouted the last words of his life. Under the Ming Tower of the Changling Tomb of the Emperor of Yongle. In front of the execution ground were plaques that were burning.
If the Ming Changling Tomb has still become a scenic spot for tourists to visit in later generations, if the big stone engraved with the 'Mausoleum of Emperor Cheng Zuwen' in the Ming Tower of the Changling Dynasty has turned red, it is estimated that the tour guides' introduction to this will not only be smeared by the red general and Zhu Di's order, but also have one more 'legend' dyed red by the blood of the Tartar......
The same scene was also staged at the same time in Xianling, Jingling, Yuling, Maoling, Tailing, Kangling, Yongling, Zhaoling, Dingling, Qingling, Deling, Siling and other places...... (To be continued.) )