Chapter 487: The Great Purge

Since the capture of Nanjing, every day there are many descendants of nobles, gentry and celebrities, either to directly ask to see Ren Siqi, or to open the joint to ask for a meeting, the purpose of the request is nothing more than to return the mansion and land, and restore their former high status. The most ridiculous thing about the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is that there are a few people surnamed Xu, who claim to be the descendants of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, and the relatives of Xu Jiujue, the Duke of Wei who surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, actually want Ren Siqi to move out of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and return the former Duke of Wei to them.

The talented and famous people of Hou Fangyu and others also jumped up and down, attacking the vile behavior of Ren Siqi, the Duke of Yue Guo, to occupy the gentry industry.

On March 5, Ren Siqi resolutely ordered the internal guards to start a search all over the city to arrest the traitors who had surrendered to the Manchus. When Nanjing fell, the lords led by Zhao Zhilong and Xu Jiujue and the ministers led by Qian Qianyi did not resist and surrendered the city directly. Basically all the nobles and officials were demoted to the Manchus, and among these people, such as Zhao Zhilong and Qian Qianyi, they were sent to Beijing to be appointed with certain official positions, but too many of them surrendered to the Manchus, and many of the rest remained in Nanjing and were not appointed by the Manchus.

When Ren Siqi conquered Nanjing, these people were afraid for a while, for fear that Ren Siqi would liquidate their surrender, but half a month later, seeing that no one mentioned this stubble, they became emboldened and wanted to try to restore their former status.

With Ren Siqi's order, hundreds of internal guard soldiers were dispatched and began to search all over the city, and countless former noble officials and gentry screamed and were arrested.

"Bastard, do you know who I am? My father is Zhang Gongri, the Marquis of Longping, and my family is a noble who rests with the country! A person shouted and shouted, but he didn't expect that the soldier ruffian who was most despised in the past would dare to come and arrest him.

"I know that your father is Zhang Gongri, the Marquis of Longping, and he is a rebel who surrendered to the Manchus, you are a rebellious son, what are you arrogant?" The officers and soldiers who came to arrest sneered, and they couldn't help but say that it was a burst of punches and kicks.

The large-scale manhunt lasted for three days, and no less than 3,000 people were arrested, and the prisons in Nanjing could not be filled, so they had to urgently expand the prisons.

A large-scale arrest caused a great consternation in Nanjing, and countless people were panicked, for fear that the officers and soldiers who were like wolves and tigers would rush into their homes.

But Ren Siqi has no interest in ordinary people at all, he only arrests those who are in the upper echelons of celebrities in the past, and who own a large number of real estate and land to occupy a dominant position.

In the past three days, countless people have come to visit Chen Zilong, asking him to persuade Ren Siqi to open up to these people, according to Ren Siqi's way of grasping, which of the gentry officials and celebrities in Nanjing can be spared?

Chen Zilong rushed to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and persuaded Ren Siqi not to implicate too much, and when Nanjing fell that day, many gentry were only forced to surrender helplessly.

"Surrendering to the Manchus is rebellion, how can you open up to traitors? Naturally, it should be dealt with according to the law of the country, rest assured, I will only arrest those who have official positions and titles, and will not pay attention to ordinary errand servants. Ren Siqi flatly refused.

"However, if you arrest all these people, are there still gentry and celebrities in Nanjing, I'm afraid that the hearts of the people will be lost by then!" Chen Zilong persuaded bitterly, although he also knew that those people deserved their crimes and were not ashamed of their behavior, but many of them were old friends and had a lot to do with themselves, so they had to be saved.

"The human heart? The hearts of the people are the hearts of the people, and these rebellions that surrendered to the Manchus do not represent the people, nor do they represent the hearts of the people. Ren Siqi sneered and said, one rebellion after another, blocking Chen Zilong without words.

On 10 March, Ren Siqi appointed Song Liben as a criminal officer in charge of trying the rebellion case. On the day of the fall of Nanjing, countless noble ministers took the lead in asking for surrender in the eyes of the people of the city, and their charges could not be denied. Song Liben also did not try it carefully, and all of them were convicted in the name of treason. Treason is equivalent to rebellion, which is a heinous crime, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, it should be divided by Ling Chi and the three clans. Ren Siqi, the Duke of Yue Guo, was merciful, and ordered that only the first rebellion should be discussed, not implicated, and Ling Chi was changed to beheading. All those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty were beheaded by the men of the family, the women were sent to the priests of the sect as slaves, and all the family property and land were confiscated.

On 15 March, a large execution ground was opened in the open space between Zhongshan and Xuanwu Lake in the outer city of Nanjing, and more than 3,000 treasonous criminals were escorted to the execution ground, each followed by an executioner with a steel knife in his arms. The number of executioners in the Nanjing government was too small, and most of them were filled by soldiers in the army.

Tens of thousands of Nanjing people flocked to the execution ground to watch this unprecedented and massive execution.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, with the order of Song Liben, who was in charge of the execution, the soldier in charge of the execution waved the steel knife in his hand, and the head of the person rolled down, and countless people were shocked and colorless, and countless people applauded loudly.

These people who were killed used to be high and noble, and seeing their heads fall to the ground, many ordinary people felt indescribable joy in their hearts. In addition to being happy, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart, and from then on, I didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect in my heart for Ren Siqi and Chongming Jun.

"Butcher, butcher!" Looking at Hou Fangyu and the others who were kneeling in front of him and crying, Chen Zilong was furious and smashed the tea cup in his hand. In this massacre, countless celebrities of the Restoration Society died at the hands of Ren Siqi, which made Chen Zilong's heart ache.

"Wozi Gong, Ren Siqi's rebellious heart is clearly revealed, how can he be qualified to carry out criminal law as a Yue Guogong? He, he clearly wants to be the Cao Cao of the Ming Dynasty! Hou Fangyu knelt on the ground and shouted.

Chen Zilong closed his eyes in pain, when he first took refuge in Chongming, he valued the strength of the Chongming army, and regarded Ren Siqi, who fought bloodily for the country, as the backbone of the country. Unexpectedly, after the defeat of Nanjing, Ren Siqi made such a heartbreaking move. He, he is by no means a good minister who saved the Ming Dynasty, but the only husband in the cholera world!

The Tao is different, not the same! Chen Zilong resolutely submitted his resignation to Ren Siqi, and took Hou Fangyu and others to Fujian to join Emperor Longwu.

For Chen Zilong's departure, Ren Siqi felt extremely sorry in his heart, Chen Zilong is a rare talent, but unfortunately he can't be used for me!

Zhang Huangyan watched the execution with a calm face, and he did not have any sympathy in his heart for these scum who had committed treason and defected to the enemy. But more than 3,000 people were killed in one execution, which made him very shocked by Ren Siqi's spiciness. However, he can understand Ren Siqi's actions, of course, he must do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, and only by killing these people can Nanjing City be said to be truly in the hands of Ren Siqi.

Maybe the expulsion of the Mantars and the stabilization of the world really have to fall on him, looking at Ren Siqi's back, Zhang Huangyan's face showed a solemn look.