Chapter 47: Zhu Youzhen's mouth is still hard
When the Three Law Divisions interrogated Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan already knew the purpose of these people.
To put it bluntly, I just want to kill him.
Because when Yuan Chonghuan was guarding Liaodong, he did offend many ministers in the court.
Whether it is on the issue of the defense of Liaodong or in the interests of some people.
Because of the appearance of Yuan Chonghuan, many people have suffered some losses.
And Yuan Chonghuan himself is not the kind of person who is sloppy and flattering, he has always felt that as long as Zhu Youzhen believes in him, it will be fine.
Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan didn't care too much about the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the ministers.
led to a lot of officials who later offended openly and secretly.
Now that Yuan Chonghuan has been beaten out of prison, naturally someone wants to kill him.
He was charged with fornicating with foreign enemies and attempting to rebel, and the purpose of these people was simply self-evident.
Listening to the charges charged by the Three Law Divisions, Yuan Chonghuan was noncommittal.
He is not a fool, how can he admit these charges.
But for the unauthorized killing of Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan still endured it.
It was not because of the pressure of the Three Law Divisions, but Yuan Chonghuan himself felt that it seemed a bit reckless to kill Mao Wenlong directly afterwards.
And looking at the posture of the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, I don't plan to give up if I don't kill myself.
It is estimated that in the future, no matter what, he will be charged with a crime.
Since this is the case, it is better to directly admit the charge of killing Mao Wenlong.
At least this crime is much better and sounds better than the crime of fornicating with foreign enemies and attempting to rebel.
In Yuan Chonghuan's own opinion, even if he confessed to the crime of killing Mao Wenlong, he would not die.
Because Mao Wenlong is dead, he is still alive.
The situation in Liaodong still needs to rely on him, and he needs to preside over the overall situation.
Moreover, Mao Wenlong's butt is not clean, and it is accurate to check one by one.
What Mao Wenlong did on Phi Island, I don't know how many people in the court knew.
Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan felt that Mao Wenlong would kill him, and he was originally a corrupt person.
It just so happened that he also decided to use Mao Wenlong to establish his authority at that time.
At that time, Zhu Youzhen didn't say much, and Yuan Chonghuan originally thought that this matter would pass like this.
didn't expect that the imperial court was actually settling accounts after the autumn.
It was only at this time that the matter was brought up.
Things have come to this point, and Yuan Chonghuan knows that he can't be good.
However, he still had the last glimmer of hope for Zhu Youzhen.
Because Zhu Youzhen really trusted him extremely at the beginning, and he was also moved from Jinyiwei's edict to the prison of the Criminal Department.
Therefore, in Yuan Chonghuan's heart, he still has a trace of fantasy about Zhu Youzhen.
Yuan Chonghuan even felt that not only would he not die, but Zhu Youzhen would also reactivate him and let him sit in Liaodong and fully preside over the overall situation of Liaodong.
Therefore, when facing the triage of the three law divisions, Yuan Chonghuan was quite calm.
Faced with the charges set for him by the Three Law Divisions, although Yuan Chonghuan couldn't say it clearly, he didn't bother to say it clearly.
He only knew that Zhu Youzhen still needed to make the final decision on everything in the end.
I believe that Zhu Youzhen will not kill him.
Saying that he Yuan Chonghuan fornicated with foreign enemies and intended to rebel is such a nonsense, only a fool can believe it.
But Yuan Chonghuan still miscalculated.
Although I don't know if Zhu Youzhen suspected him of rebellion, Zhu Youzhen finally agreed to execute Yuan Chonghuan.
In the end, the Three Law Divisions convicted Yuan Chonghuan of treason and sentenced him to beheading.
After Zhu Youzhen saw this result, he rejected the request of the three legal divisions and remanded for a new trial.
The second time, the three law divisions changed the charges against Yuan Chonghuan again, this time for the crime of treason and great rebellion, and sentenced Ling Chi.
After Zhu Youzhen saw this handling opinion, he once again rejected the trial results of the three legal divisions.
At this time, the people of the Three Law Divisions also made a difficulty.
They also don't know Zhu Youzhen's final attitude towards Yuan Chonghuan.
In the end, under the research of many people in the Three Law Divisions, they felt that Zhu Youzhen still wanted to kill Yuan Chonghuan.
Otherwise, Zhu Youzhen would not have put Yuan Chonghuan in prison.
The first sentence of beheading, it may be that Zhu Youzhen's rebellion was too light.
The second time Ling Chi, maybe Zhu Youzhen thought it was just right, but he was embarrassed to convict Yuan Chonghuan.
After all, Yuan Chonghuan was promoted by Zhu Youzhen himself, and he trusted Yuan Chonghuan very much at the beginning.
Moreover, Yuan Chonghuan actually did a good job in the eastern Liaodong region, recovering a lot of lost territory.
Now if Zhu Youzhen wants to give Yuan Chonghuan a charge of rebellion, it is a bit too much.
This is slapping Zhu Youzhen in the face.
Zhu Youzhen single-handedly promoted Yuan Chonghuan, who harbored evil intentions and intended to rebel, which was simply a great shame.
Therefore, Zhu Youzhen could not agree to the result of the first verdict.
For various reasons, Zhu Youzhen has to shirk it.
To put it bluntly, he just wanted to put the responsibility for killing Yuan Chonghuan on the three law divisions, and Zhu Youzhen himself was unwilling to bear it.
Therefore, Zhu Youzhen will keep shirking.
In order to show his own final salvation of Yuan Chonghuan, he was actually unwilling to kill Yuan Chonghuan.
However, the three legal divisions gave a legal and reasonable verdict, and he Zhu Youzhen was also helpless.
Thinking of this, the people of the Three Law Divisions immediately upheld the previous trial result and sentenced Yuan Chonghuan to Ling Chi.
Subsequently, the people of the Three Law Divisions sent this trial result to Zhu Youzhen, which was exactly the same as before.
This time, Zhu Youzhen really nodded and agreed.
In the third year of Chongzhen, August 16.
Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi, and the whole family was exiled.
Yuan Chonghuan finally cried miserably for a long time and then died in agony, at the feet of the Ming court, to which he had always been loyal.
The charges set by the imperial court for Yuan Chonghuan were also fornicating with foreign enemies and having bad intentions, and they were announced to the world.
With the endorsement of the Ming court, it is equivalent to sitting on Yuan Chonghuan's rebellion.
That is to say, the officials of the Ming Dynasty have admitted that Yuan Conghuan has long colluded with Houjin.
This announcement was not available to the world, and it immediately attracted the attention of hundreds of people.
At this time, Huang Taiji had just retired from the city of Beijing.
Whether it was the people outside Beijing, or the people in the prefectures and counties near Beijing, they were all ravaged by Huang Taiji's army.
These people did not have the ability to seek revenge from Huang Taiji and the Houjin people, so they naturally transferred their hatred to Yuan Chonghuan, the so-called 'traitor'.
The people all thought that Yuan Chonghuan colluded with Huang Taiji, so Huang Taiji was able to calmly cross the Great Wall and hit Beijing.
Only then will their property be robbed and their relatives will be killed.
The people whose family members were killed by the Houjin soldiers immediately hated Yuan Chonghuan to the core.
Before the execution, he had already begun to scold Yuan Chonghuan.
Whether it was rotten eggs or rotten vegetable leaves, they kept smashing towards Yuan Chonghuan's body.
On the way to the execution, some people even bought meat cut from Yuan Chonghuan's body.
For the hatred in my heart, I ate its flesh raw.
With the first person, there is a second person.
Soon, countless people rushed to buy the meat cut from Yuan Chonghuan's body.
Every time the executioner cuts a knife, there are countless people waiting on the side, rushing to buy it.
In the end, even Yuan Chonghuan's meat was pushed to an outrageous price.
Each piece of meat sells for a penny.
And it's the kind that is in short supply.
The people had to scold Yuan Chonghuan before eating Yuan Chonghuan's meat.
Poor Yuan Chonghuan not only had to suffer the torture of Ling Chi, but also suffered mental torture.
was scolded as a traitor, eaten by life, and greeted by the eighteenth generation of ancestors.
In this way, Yuan Chonghuan, who was enabled by Zhu Youzhen, ended his life.
Thinking about Yuan Chonghuan's 'five years of recovering Liao', it is simply a bit ironic.
Zhu Youzhen didn't give him five years at all to give him Ling Chi, where did he come from five years to return to Liao.
Later, because of the lack of capable generals in Liaodong, the situation in Liaodong plummeted.
It soon deteriorated.
In addition, the peasant rebel army in the northwest also quickly rose.
Under the internal and external attacks, the Ming Dynasty soon collapsed.
Until Zhu Youzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain, he probably didn't think about whether he killed Yuan Chonghuan by mistake.
After Li Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Youzhen: "Zhu Youzhen, this is another fatal mistake of yours." ”
"You shouldn't have killed Yuan Chonghuan."
Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen raised his head: "Yuan Chonghuan supports the army and respects himself. ”
"I asked him to sit in Liaodong, but he resolutely secretly negotiated peace with Houjin."
"And look at the soldiers he brought, after I captured him, those soldiers actually wanted to defect."
"Isn't it also a curse to keep such people?"
"Although Yuan Chonghuan has done a good job in Liaodong, who knows if he will turn his head and make a move on my Zhu family."
Zhu Youzhen still feels that he did not kill Yuan Chonghuan wrongly.
Yuan Chonghuan bragged in front of him, saying that it would take five years to recover Liaodong.
He also gave Yuan Chonghuan trust and gave him whatever he wanted.
Whether it is money, food, soldiers and horses, or the power of life and death on the front line, Zhu Youzhen gave it all.
But I didn't expect Yuan Chonghuan to be so inflated.
It's just enough to kill Mao Wenlong, he endured it.
However, Yuan Chonghuan actually let Huang Taiji go directly and let him directly cross the Great Wall to the foot of Beijing City.
It's still a special two times in a row.
Although it is said that Yuan Chonghuan has also returned to Beijing City, he has to bring soldiers and horses into the city for repairs.
Even if Yuan Chonghuan didn't do anything himself, his approach was also suspicious.
Isn't this pure and pure to make Zhu Youzhen suspicious?
In the back, Yuan Chonghuan's soldiers almost defected directly.
Yuan Chonghuan had to write a letter to persuade people to come back.
Zhu Youzhen couldn't figure out whether the soldiers under Yuan Chonghuan were the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty or the private soldiers of Yuan Chonghuan's mansion.
Why didn't you even listen to the orders of the Ming court.
As far as Yuan Chonghuan and his subordinates are concerned, which emperor will not kill him.
As the saying goes, there is no room for others to sleep soundly next to the couch.
After speaking, Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiao and said lightly: "Li Xiao, if you were the emperor." ”
"Yuan Chonghuan, a general on the border of the town who supports the army and is self-respecting, will you kill it?"
Zhu Youzhen's words stopped Li Xiao from asking.
From Zhu Youzhen's standpoint, this Yuan Chonghuan can really be killed.
Because it has always been taboo to support the army, not obey orders, and commit the following crimes, but Yuan Chonghuan committed all of them.
Although he made a certain contribution in the Liaodong region, killing Mao Wenlong without permission can be regarded as the following crime.
Because according to the official rank of the Ming Dynasty, Mao Wenlong is half a level higher than Yuan Chonghuan.
When Yuan Chonghuan was in charge of the Liaodong region, he did manage the Liaodong region well, and his own prestige was raised, but the prestige of the imperial court was reduced.
Guan Ningjun obeyed Yuan Chonghuan's words, and didn't even listen to the orders of the imperial court, and only recognized Yuan Chonghuan as a person.
These were also taboos for the emperor.
No matter what the situation in Liaodong is in the end, it is estimated that Yuan Chonghuan will not have any good results in the end.
But Li Xiao is not an emperor, he looks at things from the perspective of a bystander.
Besides, even if he was the emperor at that time, he might not have killed Yuan Chonghuan.
After all, changing generals on the spot is also a big taboo.
Instead of being suspicious all day long, suspecting that this one is going to rebel and that one is going to rob the country, it is better to guard the country first.
If Huang Taiji really came in, then his own life might not be guaranteed, and he would talk about the country and the throne.
"If I were the emperor, I wouldn't kill Yuan Chonghuan!" Li Xiao was silent for a while, and then replied categorically.
"In any case, Yuan Chonghuan has contributed to Liaodong, and with Yuan Chonghuan in Liaodong, the situation in Liaodong will not deteriorate."
"As long as you can buy a certain amount of time, it's not okay to destroy Houjin."
"Although you said that Yuan Chonghuan committed a royal taboo, it is indeed good."
"But if you kill a soldier in battle, you are also committing a taboo."
Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen and said in a deep voice.
When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he muttered: "You are just an afterthought." ”
"As a descendant, you will only say this when you know the evolution of things later."
"If you were in my position at the time, you might have killed me sooner."
Zhu Youzhen didn't believe what Li Xiao said at all.
In Zhu Youzhen's view, Li Xiao is an afterthought.
That is, knowing the later ending of the Ming Dynasty, he will say so.
Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Li Xiao smiled contemptuously.
It seems that Zhu Youzhen still refuses to bow his head and admit his mistake at this time, and still feels that he has done nothing wrong.
is so ambitious and suspicious, and it is just in the heyday of the Ming Dynasty.
It was placed at the time of the stormy Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Daming met Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, and it made sense to go to the night market to perish.
Just when Li Xiao was about to open his mouth to refute Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Yuanzhang on the side spoke first.
"Zhu Youzhen, do you still have the face to say this?"
"As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you can't even control a general, you don't reflect on your behavior, and you still think you're doing the right thing?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Youzhen angrily, and his tone was a little hateful.
"Yuan Chonghuan, you can just kill this person."
"After you killed him, you didn't even have the confidence to subdue his soldiers."
"Then how dare you kill him directly?"
"If the people under him had directly rebelled and defected to Houjin, I'm afraid yours would have finished playing Daming a long time ago!"
(End of chapter)