The reason why only 6 people were sentenced to be beheaded in this eunuch case, and the remaining 19 people were sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn, was not to let them live a few more months.

It's that they didn't take much of the property from the families of these 19 people at all.

It is clear that these people have transferred their property in advance.

In order to have more time to find their property, they were not killed immediately.

Otherwise, with the temperament of the Donglin Party, they would like to cut Xu Xianchun with a thousand knives.

Can he still live until the end of the fall?

In the Qianqing Palace, Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, said: "Your Majesty, Tian Ergeng and others confessed that their property has been transferred to Liaodong. ”

"Li Xianzhong, the Duke of Liaoguo, opened a money bank called Liaodong Bank, and these eunuch members all deposited their silver there."

"Moreover, the Duke of Liao also accepted a large number of eunuch members and their clansmen, and appointed a large number of eunuch sons and nephews as officials in Liaodong."

At this time, Chongzhen's face was extremely ugly, and he laid a net to fight the eunuchs, but in the end, Li Xianzhong was allowed to reap the benefits.

A large number of eunuchs went to Liaodong with money, but those officials who were never hired by the imperial court defected to Liaodong with their sons and nephews.

And you can't catch Li Xianzhong's handle, because he didn't hire those eunuch members who were "never hired" by the imperial court, but only their sons and nephews.

I inadvertently gave Li Xianzhong an "assist".

He said: "In other words, Tian Ergeng can't squeeze any oil and water out of these people? ”

Luo Yangxing said: "These people have all been sentenced to autumn execution, and now that their property clan has gone to Liaodong, they know that they will die, so they naturally have no scruples." ”

"Unless."

Chongzhen said: "Unless there is something, there is something to say!" ”

Luo Yangxing said: "Unless Your Majesty can spare them from dying, then they may be able to come up with silver to save their lives." ”

Chongzhen is indeed in need of silver at present, according to Sun Chengzong, the current soldiers and horses of the imperial court cannot defeat Li Xianzhong's Liaodong army.

If the imperial court wants to turn against Li Xianzhong, it must train at least 150,000 new troops.

And although his royal brother is desperately developing the Yulin Battalion, there are only 60,000 people at present, of which 30,000 are still recruiting recruits who have only been recruiting for half a year.

However, it was impossible to pardon Tian Ergeng and these people, and his own sentence of autumn execution had already aroused the dissatisfaction of a large number of Donglin Party members.

If they are exempted from the death penalty, I am afraid that this court will be fried.

As the Son of Heaven, it is impossible for him to do whatever it takes for the sake of silver, otherwise what is the difference between him and Wei Zhongxian, Li Xianzhong and others?

This is absolutely not possible for Chongzhen, who is determined to be the Holy Ancestor Mingjun.

He waved his hand and said, "This matter is absolutely impossible, there is no need to discuss it again!" ”

Tian Ergeng and the others naturally wanted to live, they gave Luo Yangxing some benefits, begged him to save his life in front of Chongzhen, and said that there would be a heavy reward after the deed.

That's why Luo Yangxing mentioned this, even if these 19 people each took out one or two hundred thousand taels, there were millions of taels.

In Luo Yangxing's opinion, this silver is very important to Daming, and Chongzhen is still likely to be tempted.

It's a pity that His Majesty didn't give him a chance to talk about it at all, it seems that this silver is not easy to earn!

Fortunately, Chongzhen didn't get angry, he hurriedly said: "Weichen lost his words, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me!" ”

Chongzhen said: "Since these people are no longer of any value, there is no need to be imprisoned in the Imperial Prison anymore, and they should be transferred directly to the prison of the Criminal Department." ”

Luo Yangxing hurriedly retired.

In fact, there is no real prison in the Ming Dynasty, only the difference between the edict prison and the prison of the Criminal Department.

And these eunuchs also have quite a lot of property, although most of them were transferred to Liaodong, but there is still no shortage of some silver, and they did not suffer much in the edict.

Now that they heard that they were going to be transferred to the prison of the Criminal Department, many people began to cry.

This conveyed two messages, the first Luo Yangxing's plea to His Majesty failed, and Chongzhen did not agree with them to buy their lives with silver.

Second, when they arrived at the prison of the Criminal Department under the control of the Donglin Party, their real hard days were coming.

Especially Xu Xianchun, who killed Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others, he was extremely excited, for fear that he would go to the Criminal Department and be retaliated against by the Donglin Party.

In the past few days, he has been having nightmares, dreaming that the Donglin Party members who were mutilated by him asked for his life, especially Yang Lian's eyes that looked at him directly before he died, which made him shudder.

So Xu Xianchun slammed his head into the prison wall and wanted to commit suicide.

Fortunately, the brocade guards who patrolled found it in time, and they didn't die.

Luo Yangxing hurriedly asked Xu Xianchun's mouth to be gagged to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide, and then put shackles and shackles on him.

At this time, Guo Rong, the commander of Jinyiwei, said: "Commander Luo, it is really troublesome for these eunuchs to stay in their hands, since Your Majesty has issued an order, it is better to transfer them to the prison of the Criminal Department overnight." ”

Luo Yangxing thought about it, these people don't have much oil and water anymore, and they have a lot of dreams at night, and if they commit suicide in the edict, they will be implicated.

So he said: "You are personally responsible for the escort, put shackles on all of them, and there must be no forks on the road." ”

Soon these felons were shackled and shackled.

There was another cry in the prison.

I saw a brocade guard shouting: "Why are you crying, the day has not yet come and it is not to send you to the execution ground, whoever cries again will directly greet Lao Tzu with his fist!" ”

After all, Tian Ergeng has been the commander of the Jinyi Guard for so many years, and he is still quite preferential in the edict of Fusi in Beizhen, and he lives in a single room.

Jin Yiwei commanded Guo Rong, who had some festivals with Tian Ergeng before, and he had been suppressed by him, so Luo Yangxing would keep him.

Tian Ergeng saw Guo Rong come to his cell in person, thinking that Guo Rong was going to humiliate him.

Unexpectedly, he was surprised to find that a brocade guard brought by Guo Rong was very similar to himself in terms of height and appearance.

Guo Rong whispered: "Someone has spent a lot of money to keep him out, this transfer is the only chance, and please cooperate with Governor Zuo!" ”

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine Guo Rong was selling in the gourd, this was his only chance to survive, and he could only jump into it even if it was a pit.

Soon Tian Ergeng exchanged identities with this Jinyi Guard, especially wearing shackles and shackles, and no one knew the identity of Tian Ergeng, and no one paid attention to the Jinyi Guard who was responsible for escorting them.

After that, these felons were driven to a prison cart made of stainless steel and taken to the prison of the Criminal Department, where they were successfully accepted.

Although this fake Tian Ergeng looks very similar to himself, there are too many people who know Tian Ergeng.

As long as he is interrogated, he will definitely be exposed, so he has to hurry up and escape from Jingshi.

Among the people who answered him, he actually saw Feng Quan.

As a former member of the eunuch party, Feng Quan, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, was naturally implicated.

Although he was not questioned, he was also demoted.

Now that Donglin is in charge, naturally there is no good fruit for him to eat, so he simply resigned and returned to his hometown in Zhuozhou.

However, Feng Quan, who had joined the Intelligence Division, was waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback, so he did not go to Liaodong to serve.

When he first went down to the south of the Yangtze River, Tian Ergeng once helped himself, and even sacrificed his life to save him in Taihu Lake.

When he was hit by Cui Chengxiu, it was Tian Ergeng who did not hesitate to offend Cui Chengxiu to speak for himself, and he couldn't help but repay this kindness.

Tian Ergeng knew that Feng Quan didn't have such a lot of energy.

Even if he can afford the silver, it is impossible to buy a high-ranking official of Guo Rong's level of Jinyiwei.

Feng Quan quickly saw his doubts and said, "It was the Duke of Liao who rescued you, you should go to Liaodong quickly." ”

Tian Ergeng was very surprised, after all, he had saved so much silver in the Liaodong Bank, and Li Xianzhong did not agree to take him in.

How did Feng Quan say that Li Xianzhong was moved?

Feng Quan said: "Brother Tian still remembers that day when you drank too much, and once told my younger brother that you knew the inside story of the murder of Li Rusong, the general soldier of Liaodong. ”

"The only person in the world who can save Brother Tian is Liao Guogong, so the younger brother said that you know about this and asked Liao Guogong to come to the rescue!"

This makes sense, otherwise how could Li Xianzhong take such a big risk to get himself out of Jinyiwei's edict?

However, Feng Quan did bad things with good intentions this time, and made Tian Ergeng miserable.

If things were really that simple, Tian Ergeng would have used this to save his life at the beginning.

However, if he comes, he will be safe, and at this time he can only resign himself to fate.

Jingshi is by no means a place to stay for a long time, but this time they did not go to Tianjin to take a boat, but rode all the way to Shanhaiguan.

At present, the waterway from Tianjin to Liaodong has been paid attention to by the imperial court, and last time Wei Liangqing suffered this loss, and was guarded by the Jinyi guard.

More than ten days later, Tian Ergeng came to Kaiyuan.

In fact, there is no controversy about Li Rusong and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry being killed by the Ming court in collusion with the Mongols, this is a sure thing.

However, the clues left by Emperor Wanli made Zhu Changluo burn, which still made Li Xianzhong very unhappy.

After all, he also wanted to find out the ins and outs of this matter.

Tian Ergeng, as the grandson of Tian Le, the secretary of the military department at that time, should still know some insiders.

After seeing Tian Ergeng, Li Xianzhong didn't talk nonsense, he said: "Tian Dudu, I guess you also know why my father spent so much effort to get you here, then please tell me what you know." ”

Tian Ergeng suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "The villain's grandfather is ashamed of the Li family in Liaodong, and I ask the Duke of Liao for forgiveness!" ”

Li Xianzhong had expected this result a long time ago, and he said: "With the power of this duke, if you want to investigate the things of the past, does Tian Dudu think that you can still be safe and sound today?" ”

"My father promised you not to pursue Tian Le's faults again, you get up and tell the truth!"

Tian Ergeng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Back then, Ning Yuanbo Li Chengliang made Liaodong into an iron plate, which made the court and the central government very jealous. ”

"Many ministers have written to His Majesty Wanli to weaken the Li family, but His Majesty is indifferent, especially Lingzun Li Rusong is even more respected by His Majesty!"

In the eleventh year of Wanli, Ling Zun was appointed as the chief military officer of Shanxi at the age of 34. The ministers said that Li Chengliang already had a heavy army, and his son Li Rusong was not suitable to hold an important position in the army, but in the end, the first assistant Shen Shixing stood up and protected Ling Zun, and finally the matter was closed. ”

"In the fifteenth year of Wanli, Ling Zun was transferred to Xuanfu, an important town on the nine sides, as the chief soldier. In office, Ling Zun directly beat Xu Shouqian, the governor of Shanxi, which caused almost all the civil officials in the court to start impeaching Ling Zun, but due to His Majesty's favoritism, Ling Zun was still unharmed. ”

"After the 'Ningxia Rebellion' and the 'Korean Campaign', Lingzun Li Rusong was appointed by His Majesty as the commander-in-chief. His Majesty's preference for Ling Zun was too great, which made the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty panic. ”

"The so-called wood show in the forest, the wind will urge it! The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were worried that the Li family's tail would not be lost, and the generals were jealous of the Li family in Liaodong and robbed everyone of the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. In the end, all the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty at that time joined forces against the Li family, especially the Ma family, another military general family at that time. ”

"They first made a big fuss about the Battle of Bihoguan, saying that it was a big defeat, putting pressure on Your Majesty to replace the subsequent North Korean coach with Ma Gui, and then Ma Gui began to target the Li family's generals everywhere and killed them."

"Your Majesty, under the influence of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, finally changed his attitude and began to restrict the Li family, and in the 24th year of Wanli, he sent the eunuch Gao Huai into Liaodong to take the opportunity to disrupt Liaodong in the name of collecting taxes."

"However, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Li family is still the biggest threat, and in the 26th year of Wanli, with the tacit consent of His Majesty, the DPRK and China formulated a joint Mongolian ambush to set up an ambush to encircle and annihilate the Liaodong Iron Cavalry led by Lingzun."

"Grandfather Tian Le, as the secretary of the military department, also cooperated with the first assistant Zhao Zhigao to participate in this matter, and a series of blows by the imperial court on the Li family in Liaodong after that!"

"At that time, the Cabinet, the Ministry of War and His Majesty actually knew about this matter, and as for who specifically contacted the Mongol grandfather, I didn't mention it, and I have no way of knowing!"

Tian Ergeng's account is generally similar to what Li Xianzhong guessed, but there is one thing that subverts Li Xianzhong's cognition.

He always thought that the ambush against Li Rusong was not known to Emperor Wanli, and that His Majesty was forced to accept this result after the ministers made their own claims.

But according to Tian Ergeng's argument, Emperor Wanli knew about it at that time, and he did not stop it.

From the analysis of the timeline, Wanli sent Gao Huai to Liao in the 24th year of Wanli, which was indeed earlier than the murder of Li Rusong in the 26th year of Wanli.

As for Wanli's own role in this matter, it became unknown with the burning of the previous letter.

It seems that in the end, it is the civil official group headed by Zhao Zhigao and the military general group headed by Ma Gui who will lead this matter.

After all, "East Li West Ma" collapsed the Li family, and the Ma family was the biggest beneficiary.

In fact, the situation of the ministers against the Li family at that time should be similar to that of them against Liaodong before.

It's just that the results are different.

He hurriedly asked, "Did you leave any paperwork for these things at the beginning?" ”

Tian Ergeng said: "It is impossible to leave any records for this kind of matter involving the secrets of the imperial court. ”

glanced at Tian Ergeng, who was sweating profusely.

He said: "Although Tian Le was the secretary of the military department at the beginning, he did not have such a big conflict of interest with the Li family, and my father believed that he was only a promoter of this matter at most, not a leader. ”

"At that time, he was only acting on the orders of His Majesty Wanli and the first assistant Zhao Zhigao, and my father had already said before that he would not pursue you, so you can rest assured!"

Although Wanli did not directly order Li Rusong to be killed, if he rises against Ming one day, this is an excellent excuse, after all, the revenge of killing his father is not shared.

Tian Ergeng is also a smart man, how he didn't know what Li Xianzhong was thinking, so he said: "Thank you for the magnanimity of the Duke of Liao, and Li Rusong, the general soldier of Liaodong, who made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty, but it was not tolerated by the Son of Heaven, which is really a great tragedy for my dynasty." ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Your identity cannot be disclosed for the time being, so you can use the pseudonym Tian Xiong to work for my father in the Intelligence Department." ”

Tian Ergeng hurriedly said: "Subordinate Tian Xiong is willing to serve the Duke of Liao!" ”

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