Chapter 314: Escape from Death
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The list of amnesties has come out, Kublai Khan, who is called the emperor, also hopes to pray for himself and the Mongolian dynasty through amnesty, and the emperors since ancient times will take the form of amnesty, hoping that God will bless him, and Kublai Khan will not be an exception.
However, there can be no Hao Jing in the list of amnesties.
Kublai Khan had already believed that it was impossible for Hao Jing to collude with Zhang Rou and to do the things that Ahmad impeached.
However, Kublai Khan has keenly noticed that Liu Bingzhong has changed his mind a little, or is absent-minded, he does not have the previous momentum, and seems to have become at ease with what he encounters.
Kublai Khan was able to feel such a change.
Kublai Khan will not find the reason from himself, this is not the emperor's approach, since it cannot be used for himself, then a talent like Liu Bingzhong cannot be let go, Liu Bingzhong is not young, and it is also a good choice to appease the rest of his life in the prison.
Liu Bingzhong's ability, Kublai Khan is very clear, such a person cannot be released.
Considering the many things that Liu Bingzhong did for the Mongol court, considering the thoughts of the Han ministers in the court, and thinking about Wang Wentong, who had already been killed before, Kublai Khan had no intention of killing Liu Bingzhong.
Although he believed in Ahma, Kublai Khan also had to be vigilant to avoid allowing the Semu people in the court to completely control the power and completely suppress the Han people, so that the Han people were separated from morality.
Kublai Khan knew the ability of the Han people in the court, if all these Han people did not contribute, or simply left, the loss of the court would still be very large, not to mention that Kublai Khan recently took a fancy to a Han man, that is, Xu Heng of Hebei, this person is very capable and famous, Kublai Khan must get this person into the court.
For these reasons, Kublai Khan would not have killed Liu Bingzhong.
Zhang Wenqian and others secretly said good things for Liu Bingzhong, Kublai Khan also knew, Ahmad instructed people to calculate Liu Bingzhong in the prison, Kublai Khan also knew, in the end, Kublai Khan's balance still fell to Liu Bingzhong, he didn't want Liu Bingzhong to die in the prison too early and too quickly, so the blame was on his Kublai Khan.
Therefore, Kublai Khan secretly instructed Prince Moge to tell the Criminal Department not to go too far.
Think about it, I don't know how many people died in the prison, in the eyes of everyone, all the prisoners who enter the prison will die sooner or later, and it is impossible to come out, this has become a rule, if there is no special attention from Kublai Khan, it is impossible to let Liu Bingzhong survive with Zhang Wenqian and others.
Prince Moge personally came forward to say that the officials of the Criminal Department knew the severity of the crime, so they naturally did not dare to let Liu Bingzhong die in the prison.
This hand is very secretive, and it is impossible for anyone else to know about it.
Before the amnesty, Ahma was still playing, demanding that Liu Bingzhong be killed, and the charges were nothing more than those, and as for the person who pleaded for Liu Bingzhong, none of them appeared.
Kublai Khan was very satisfied with this situation and was in a slightly better mood.
Habichi, who was fighting in Lianghuai, also reported, did not attack the capital city of Luzhou strongly, but focused on attacking the surrounding prefectures and counties, and achieved very good results and plundered a lot of wealth, which made Kublai Khan very happy.
Kublai Khan thought of Sichuan, and one day, he would personally lead a large army to attack Sichuan, but not now.
The situation in Sichuan was temporarily stable, and the army of the Great Song Dynasty did not take advantage of the situation to attack, which reassured Kublai Khan a lot, after the beginning of the year, he planned to let Hedan lead the army, still going to the direction of Sichuan, and find the right time to attack, and must not let the Sichuan control of the Great Song Dynasty make Wu Shaogang settle down, and he must be kept in a state of high tension, of course, Kublai Khan will not ask Hedan to launch a full-scale attack, which is unrealistic.
In Kublai Khan's view, among the Great Song Dynasty army, the Hezhou Imperial Front Army should be the most powerful, and once a large-scale attack on the Great Song Dynasty was launched in the future, the first thing was to completely wipe out the Hezhou Imperial Front Army of the Great Song Dynasty.
Ahmad and others proposed to change the name of the capital to Dadu, and the original Kaiping City to Zhongdu, in order to show the difference from Helin City, Kublai Khan was in favor of this proposal, and Moge and other princes were also in favor of this proposal, which has an unusual meaning, indicating that he is unique as an emperor.
Abrigo, who was imprisoned in Kaiping City, was closely guarded, and most of the guards in the palace were personally in charge on weekdays, and the Spring Festival was no exception, Abuligo's health was not very good, Kublai Khan still ordered the imperial doctor in the palace to go for treatment, according to the imperial doctor who treated him, Abuligo was because of depression, and there was no cure, and he couldn't last long.
Kublai Khan would not kill Abuligo, but he hoped that Abuligo would die soon, because Abuligo represented a spirit, that is, the spirit of Mongolian supremacy, the spirit of rejection of sinicization, and this spirit also had followers, including some Mongolian princes, including some Mongolian tribal leaders, and even some Semu people.
In Kublai Khan's view, the time when Abuligo died was the time when the Mongol court was completely stable, and as for the desolation of Mobei and other places because of the war, it was not the real reason.
Kublai Khan finally raised his hand and finally made a comment on the amnesty.
It was at this time that Brother Mo, who looked very bad, came in.
"Brother Mogo, what's going on?"
"Your Majesty, Liu Bingzhong is dead."
Kublai Khan's hand trembled, and his face became stunned.
"How did I die, why didn't I get any news?"
"The Criminal Department came to report that he had committed suicide, and the officials of the Criminal Department went to conduct an autopsy, and Liu Bingzhong was indeed dead."
Kublai Khan nodded slightly and put down the brush in his hand.
"I see, Brother Mo, what do you think?"
"The minister thinks it is possible, these Han people, it seems that they can't suffer a little grievance, and they will seek death and life when they suffer grievances, it's really incomprehensible, where are we Mongolians with an open mind like the sky."
"Brother Moge, you still don't know the Han people, they have their own unique culture, especially the Han people who read, from the day they study, what they think of is to sell their skills to the emperor's family, so they have the saying that they return to their hometowns and glorify their ancestors, if they don't get the opportunity to show their talents, they can't survive."
Seeing that Brother Mo was frowning, Kublai Khan continued to speak patiently.
"Liu Bingzhong committed suicide, I should actually think of it, when Liu Bingzhong was a small official in the government, his ambitions could not be displayed, and he would rather choose to become a monk and Taoist priest than compromise and seek perfection, that kind of thought, it can be seen that the seven personalities are fierce, and they are imprisoned in the prison, and they can't see any hope, rather than waiting for death in the prison, it is better to end themselves."
Brother Mo finally understood.
"The emperor did not convict Liu Bingzhong, why did he commit suicide."
"Liu Bingzhong has been by my side for many years, I understand my character, after such a long time, I have not convicted Liu Bingzhong, he has actually understood the consequences, knows that there is no hope, in such a situation, what are you still living in the world."
Brother Mo finally nodded, and his face was much soothed.
"Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know the Han people, I don't know that they still have so many thoughts, the minister thinks that the emperor will definitely be able to control those Han people."
Kublai Khan smiled, Liu Bingzhong committed suicide, he didn't care very much, since Liu Bingzhong didn't want to live anymore, it was the will of God, this matter was revealed, as for Liu Bingzhong's previous contributions, it was naturally written off.
The amnesty was finally approved.
The news of Liu Bingzhong's suicide spread quickly.
Zhang Wenqian, Dou Mo, Gao E, Yao Shu and others, after knowing this, invariably chose to remain silent, Ahma and other people were very happy, and hyped up, saying that Liu Bingzhong was because he betrayed the emperor and could not face the emperor, so he chose to commit suicide, such a person died well, etc., and the entire Mongolian court was also very calm, without much turmoil, as if Liu Bingzhong had little to do with the court.
No one knows how chilling this scene is for the Han people in the court, especially Zhang Wenqian and others.
Liu Bingzhong committed suicide in the prison, at this moment, after death, the coffin should be closed, the emperor should at least say something, whether Liu Bingzhong betrayed the court and betrayed the emperor, there should be a conclusion.
But the emperor did not show the slightest.
Liu Bingzhong has a great merit to the Mongolian court, and it is not a great irony that a minister with such a huge merit chose to commit suicide when he was intolerably wronged because of his Han status.
Could it be that the emperor can't see this, or he doesn't care about the Han people at all.
Zhang Wenqian and others had to think so.
Liu Bingzhong is not married, so naturally he has no family, so it's good, if he dies, he doesn't have to worry about anything.
Liu Bingzhong's death is a taboo in the court, except for Ahma and others who wantonly ruined Liu Bingzhong's reputation, the rest of the people did not say anything, and they would not say anything.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, a carriage came out of the prison and headed for the north gate.
The carriage was dragging Liu Bingzhong's corpse, and according to the rules in the prison, the corpse was first dragged out of the north gate for burial.
The carriage slowly walked out of the north gate, and the sergeant guarding the gate didn't even bother to glance at it.
The one in charge of escorting the carriage was the jailer who watched Liu Bingzhong eat that day.
Ten miles outside the North Gate, the housekeeper and a few subordinates were waiting, and in the dilapidated house next to the road, Tong Weihua was also waiting.
Seeing the jailer, Tong Weihua spoke expressionlessly.
"You follow to Sichuan, I can't treat you badly, but you remember, along the way, don't say anything, you don't know anything, when you arrive in Chengdu Fucheng, you can only speak after seeing adults, you remember, so as not to ask for trouble."
The butler had already gotten into the carriage, holding a porcelain vase in his hand, and with the help of a subordinate, he pried open Liu Bingzhong's mouth and poured the liquid in the porcelain vase into Liu Bingzhong's mouth.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Liu Bingzhong's body trembled.
"Housekeeper, your family still needs time to recover, but time can't be delayed, you leave immediately, go to Chengdu Fucheng, all the way is arranged, there will be someone waiting for you, remember, take good care of your family along the way." (To be continued.) )