Chapter 295: The Execution Begins
As soon as Zaiquan left, Yi Xin couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Huang, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”
"This" Xianfeng fell into an extreme embarrassment, and was chased to the capital to exchange prisoners, which was the shame of the Qing Dynasty, and also the shame of his Yixu, which had never been in the past three hundred years since Taizu played the banner of anti-Ming, and he said in conscience that he was unwilling to exchange prisoners!
But if you don't change it, will you let the more than 4,000 banner people be slaughtered? He didn't think that Wang Feng would show mercy to the bannermen, whether it was the Taiping Army or the Democratic Alliance, it was completely a life-and-death relationship with the bannermen, this was a war related to the life and death of the race, and only by completely destroying the other party mentally and physically could the war be ended, this is a fact that anyone can see clearly.
As an emperor, it's really easy to ignore him, but what will others think of him? Could it be said that he is cold-blooded and ruthless? What will the clan think of him? Could it be said that he doesn't care about the lives of his people? What will the families of the more than 4,000 banner people think of him? Will there be a secret grudge?
Xianfeng couldn't make up his mind for a long time.
At this time, Yi Xun threw up his hand: "Brother Huang, my brother thinks that stealing cannot set a precedent, and the exchange of prisoners will be detrimental to my Qing Dynasty system, and my brother is more worried that the bandits in various places may follow the same example and hold my banner people hostage to blackmail the government, isn't this a mess?" As soon as this wind opens, there will never be peace in the world, please ask the imperial brother to issue an edict not to exchange prisoners with short hair, I believe that the families of those captives can also understand, at most they will give some compensation afterwards, not to mention that being captured is a shame, if it is a courtier, he would rather commit suicide on the spot than decide to teach himself to fall into the hands of the enemy! ”
Yi Xun looked righteous and stern, but Xianfeng still couldn't make a decision, and couldn't help but look at Yi Xin. asked, "Sixth, what do you say?" ”
Yi Xin couldn't make up his mind for Xianfeng. Because whichever method you choose, it's a thankless errand. The former offends people, and the latter has to bear the charge of giving in to the short hair, and he is shrewd by nature, and he will never cause trouble for himself, but the emperor asked, and he couldn't pass the test without an explanation.
Yi Xin thought for a while, looked at Fuxing, and asked, "Master Fu, the news came from you." Tell me, how to deal with it? ”
Fuxing is not stupid, this is obviously Yi Xin playing ball, but Yi Xin is a prince, he can kick him, his status is the lowest, who else can he kick to? had to secretly scold the little fox, and then pondered.
The three brothers were silent, waiting for Fuxing to come up with an idea. After a while, Fuxing arched his hand to Xianfeng: "Your Majesty, since you ascended the throne, you have been forging ahead. Be generous to others, and the people will praise you as a benevolent monarch, if you don't exchange prisoners with shorthair this time. Minions are worried about tarnishing your reputation!
It is true that the scruples of the virtuous prince hit the nail on the head. But Your Majesty, you are willing to suffer a momentary humiliation in exchange for the captured flag man, what kind of benevolent homestead is this? The people of the world will understand your troubles. The flag people will also be grateful from the bottom of their hearts, when today's bandits are everywhere, it is necessary to work together and be sincere to tide over the difficulties!
Besides, there are still nearly 100,000 troops near our Beijing division, and the emperor can first change the banner people back, and then mobilize troops and horses to encircle and suppress the short hair, and he will not teach him to cross the river and return. ”
"Good!" Xianfeng screamed, at this moment, his impression of Fuxing changed greatly, with this insight, maybe he really escaped with his own ability?
Even Yi Xun, who was denied his opinion, nodded again and again: "Brother Huang, Lord Fu's words are very appropriate, please make a decision quickly!" ”
"Ahem~~" Xianfeng's back straightened, and he coughed twice: "Sixth, you quickly go to the vegetable market to spread my message, suspend the execution, escort the bandits to the gate of Yongding, and the exchange matters will be presided over by you, the seventh, I will give you the right to control in wartime, mobilize the soldiers and horses of all battalions in the capital, and be sure to annihilate the short-haired under the city of Beijing, Fuxing, you follow me to the gate of Yongding, I want to see if this short-haired man named Wang Feng is not three-headed and six-armed, and who gave him the courage to dare to come to attack my Beijing City!" ”
Yi Xin immediately stopped and said, "Brother Huang, how can you take risks lightly?" This matter can be handed over to the ministers and the ministers, and the ministers are brave enough to ask the imperial brother to sit in the Forbidden City and command in the center! ”
"Yes, Brother Huang (Your Majesty)! Think again! Yiyun and Fuxing also hurriedly persuaded each other.
"Eh~~" Xianfeng waved his hand indifferently: "I think my Qing Dynasty started with a bow and horse, Taizu, Taizong, Holy Ancestor, who is not in person in the battle array, willing to risk arrows?" I am just climbing to the top of the city, compared to the ancestors are far from enough, if I don't even dare to climb the head of the city, what kind of system? After the prisoner exchange is completed, I will personally play the drums and cheer for the soldiers to kill the enemy, so let's go! ”
"Wow!" The three of them glanced at each other, knowing that Xianfeng's mind could not be changed, so they could only promise in unison
Fuxing needs to wait for Xianfeng to put on armor and change clothes, temporarily stay in the palace and wait, Yixin and Yixin are acting separately, just left the palace gate, that is, the artillery in the direction of Chongwenmen, and then, the remaining eight and the Baita artillery position is also the rumbling of cannons, with a sense of tension, the two brothers hurriedly said goodbye, each left, among which Yixin took some entourage, rode straight to the entrance of the vegetable market.
Caishikou is located outside Xuanwu Gate, has always been the place to kill criminals, carved three big characters at the top of the city gate hole of Xuanwu Gate: regret late, here is the downtown of Beijing, from the southern provinces, cross the Lugou Bridge, enter the Guang'an Gate, and then enter the inner city of Beijing to pass through here.
Originally, although the execution of prisoners was not every day, it was not unusual, especially in the Qing Dynasty, a few people had to be killed every three or five days, and the common people had already seen it strange, but in today's vegetable market, the crowd is surging, and the three layers inside and outside are full of people, this is more than 4,000 kills, and more than 4,000 heads are rolling to the ground. Especially the Ling Chi performance!
Although Ling Chi is cruel, the common people are also afraid from the bottom of their hearts, for fear that they will be stabbed five hundred times one day, but everyone likes to watch it, perhaps because of the reason for being numb and ignorant or even boring, the common people of the Qing Dynasty like to see the execution of prisoners, among which Ling Chi's women are the most popular, both private and exciting!
"These are Cantonese bandits, look at their expressions, they don't know how to repent when they die, they are really cruel, and they have to be caught by the monk and the prince, this kind of person has to be killed!"
"You see, the two bandit leaders on the pillar are afraid that they are going to be late, and they still look like they don't know what to do!"
"It's a pity, there is no woman, a few years ago, the government sentenced a widow who fornicated with others, it was a pity that Xuanwumen rode a wooden donkey all the way, and there was blood all the way down, that woman was still screaming, I don't know if it was painful or cool, tsk, that white flower body, it's a pity, I took five hundred knives alive!"
There was a sigh in the crowd, but most of them were discussing whether the woman's breasts were big, whether her buttocks were fat, and her mouth was foaming and her eyebrows were dancing.
Facing the pointing and pointing of the onlookers, Lin Fengxiang suddenly laughed and said: "Lao Li, you and I have been fighting for several years, and after all, we still ended up like this, are you afraid?" ”
Li Kaifang also laughed and said, "I'm afraid of him!" Lao Tzu suffered 500 knives, and it was not in vain to come to this world once, thinking that Lao Tzu Li Kaifang had fallen into the grass since he was fifteen years old, and the lives under his hands were not 10,000 but 8,000. Eighteen years later, Lao Tzu is still a good man, and he will kill his mother again!
Lao Lin, listen, even the Qing Demon sent us off, what regrets do you have in this life? Hahahaha~~"
The head of Xuanwu Gate and the rest of the gates are rumbling with cannons, Li Kaifang only thinks that it is the rule of the Qing court to fire cannons before killing, and the common people don't have too many ideas, after all, although the letter cannon system began in the Shunzhi period, it has never been let go, and who would have expected that the Democratic Alliance army came from outside Beijing.
However, the officials were different, and as soon as the cannon sounded, the officials who supervised the beheading talked about it.
Prince Yi Zaiyuan, one of the supervisors, looked at the Xuanwu Gate not far away, and hesitated: "How can it be a letter cannon?" Could it be that there is a change in the Jingshi? ”
Su Shun thought for a while, then took it and said: "Lord Yi, maybe it's just that there are too many people to be killed, the emperor has specially ordered to release the letter cannon to cheer up, so as to drill the soldiers and horses of each battalion, now the time is almost up, please give the order to Prince Yi." ”
Zaiyuan took out his pocket watch and saw that the pointer was at 11:43, and there were still two minutes left at 3:30 p.m., so he immediately picked up the prison card and threw it down, shouting: "Execution!" ”
An official of the Criminal Department followed: "Silence, execution!" ”
In an instant, the execution ground fell silent, and the onlookers were staring wide-eyed.
Perhaps in order to kill the chicken to show the monkey, the more than 4,000 Taiping soldiers who were tied behind their backs and forced to the ground were not immediately beheaded, but starting with Ling Chi Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, two executioners dressed in red stepped forward, their faces were full of meat, their chests were exposed, they took the sharp knives handed by their apprentices, poured a sip of strong wine, and snorted, all spraying on the sharp knives!
The two came to Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang respectively, glanced at each other, slapped their palms at their hearts, and then operated the knife, and with a spin on their right chest, with two sizzling gasps, two pieces of meat the size of copper coins were spun down!
"Lao Li, how does it taste?" Lin Fengxiang asked loudly.
"Grass force, it's spicy, what do you taste!" Li Kaifang asked the past without thinking.
Lin Fengxiang was surprised: "Are you spicy?" How is Lao Tzu a sweet noodle sauce? Come, quickly cut the second knife for grandpa, grandpa will also cut out the spicy taste! ”
An executioner arched his hand: "The good man talks and laughs, which is admirable, but we still have to come according to the rules, please wait a while." With that, he and the other executioner held the meat held high by the tip of the knife, and showed it for a moment, and with a flick of the wrist at the sound of the one, two pieces of meat flew into the audience.
"I picked it up, it's mine, don't rob it with Lao Tzu!"
"There's still in the back, what about five hundred dollars, what's the hurry?"
These two pieces of meat have not yet landed, they were included in the bag by the sharp-eyed people, it is said that this kind of meat can cure tuberculosis, and those who did not grab it are all regretful, staring at the executioner with a brush, ready to grab the second piece of meat! (To be continued......)
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