Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 208 Killing the Generation Who Forgot Their Ancestors

Generally speaking, the enemy is certainly hated, but those traitors who help the enemy are even more hated.The degree of this hatred is directly proportional to the damage caused by the enemy.

Needless to say, the brutality of Jianlu brought difficulties to the people in the pass.At this time, the people in the capital learned that behind the murderous Jianlu, there were Shanxi merchants who had made great efforts.Without them, the Jianlu wouldn't have wreaked havoc so far.Thinking of this, there are definitely not a few people who want to eat the meat of the eight Shanxi merchants and drink their blood.

No, when I heard that at noon tomorrow, when the emperor's powerful army will escort the eight Shanxi merchants to the capital, everyone will burn incense to the dead family members that night.

Liu Chengye is a blacksmith, and he is a skillful but powerful blacksmith.In the past, he made a lot of money with his superb blacksmithing skills.He bought a few acres of land outside the city and placed his parents and children there, and he himself paid the money and was exempted from being a blacksmith.I just hope that I will have enough pension money when I get older and can no longer hammer iron.

However, no one expected that when Jianlu suddenly entered the customs, all Zhuangzi outside the city were slaughtered, and his parents and children could not escape.

At this time, he didn't say a word, just stood behind his wife, listening to her talking to his parents and children.

But his daughter-in-law couldn't continue talking, she turned around, threw herself into his arms and began to cry.

Liu Chengye took a deep breath, buried his emotions in the bottom of his heart first, patted his wife on the back, and said in a deep voice: "I smashed and bled all those prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but it's a pity that those prisoners didn't Let me smash it again. But tomorrow, those thieves who helped Jianlu will be escorted to the capital. No matter what, I'm ready."

His daughter-in-law was a little puzzled when she heard this, and when she looked up, she saw him pointing to the back, and saw a pile of stones on the table over there, the size of a fist, with distinct water chestnuts.Obviously, he was going to use these stones to throw those Shanxi merchants who helped the evildoers.

"Don't worry, with my strength, I can definitely smash a few to death and avenge our parents and our children!" Liu Chengye said, sighing, "It's just a pity that I can't go to Liaodong to kill slaves!"

After hearing this, his wife didn't speak. She turned around and walked to a side cabinet. After opening it, she took out a cloth bag and spread it out on the table, revealing a pile of smaller stones.

As soon as Liu Chengye saw this, he understood that his daughter-in-law wanted to go with him.

He looked at his daughter-in-law, stretched out his hand to hold his daughter-in-law's hand, and said with a sigh: "If you smash a few traitors to death tomorrow, you will avenge your father, mother, and our son. Then I plan to use the remaining money to buy a piece of paper. Lu Yin, let's go to the south to open a blacksmith shop, shall we start over?"

Although his craftsmanship is superb, but on the capital's side, as the Jianlu ravages again and again, life is getting more and more difficult.The money saved before was not even enough to maintain the blacksmith's food and drink.Years ago, with the soaring price of food, he had to suspend the blacksmith shop and sent all his apprentices back.

"I heard that Jiangnan is rich, there are no prisoners, and there are no thieves. When life is stable, we can have a few more children, okay?" Liu Chengye looked at his wife and said.

No one wants to leave their homeland if possible.Especially in the era of underdeveloped transportation in ancient times, it was even more so.After Liu Chengye finished speaking, he sighed himself, his face full of helplessness.

When his wife heard this, she looked at him and saw the helplessness in his heart. She nodded and replied: "Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog. Marry a monkey and run all over the mountain. Wherever the husband goes, I will go there!"

After hearing this, Liu Chengye looked at his wife, and after a while, he said "um", and then said: "Go to bed early, if you don't get up early tomorrow, you probably won't be able to get a good seat!"

He doesn't even need to guess, he knows that tomorrow there must be countless people who think like him, wanting to "meet" those damn traitors!

Early the next morning, as Liu Chengye expected, when the couple left early, there were already many people on the street, including many neighbors.If it was changed before, when everyone met, they would naturally say hello and ask, "Have you eaten today?" or "Where is there work to do?"

However, today, everyone did not speak, at most they just nodded to each other.Everyone is full of anger, needless to say, they are holding a wave of hatred, waiting to vent it.

However, what they didn't expect was that the soldiers of Wucheng Bingma Division were dispatched early, and martial law was imposed on the streets entering the city.And a notice was posted, and someone was preaching: No one is allowed to hit prisoners with hard objects such as stones today, and those who violate it will be arrested!

"I just prepared a dozen or so stones, how did the government know?"

"Yeah, me too, I only prepared a dozen or so stones!"

"..."

For these people's questions, someone quickly answered: "I went out of the city yesterday, most of the people went to pick up stones, right? I went out of the city a little late, damn it, I went all the way to pick up a few suitable stones." It's just rocks!"

"That's right, with this movement, the government must be blind, they must know!"

"..."

In the past, there had never been such a thing. With the majesty of the government, who would dare to throw things at prisoners.If you accidentally hit the officers and soldiers on the head, you can't afford to walk around.

But this time, most of the people picked up stones in unison, which is considered a grand event.

The reason for such a thing to happen is that these traitors who collude with the captives are too hated;

"It's such a pity that the government actually issued a notice, otherwise, the **** thief would definitely be smashed to death!"

"No, look, I've already brought it!"

"..."

Some people unfortunately threw away the stones, while others were a little reluctant and secretly hid a few pieces on their bodies.Their every move was quickly reported, and then a new order came down.

The five-city soldiers and Masi soldiers who maintained order on both sides of the street began to search everyone standing behind them, and made it clear that they could not bring hard objects such as stones.After this search, Wucheng Bingmasi had to transfer flatbed trucks to pull hard objects such as stones and other trucks outside the city.

"You can't count, I counted, 56 carts of stones! There are so many stones, no matter what, they can kill these traitors!"

"No, they can all be buried. This group of people who have forgotten their ancestors don't know how to meet their ancestors after death!"

"It's a pity, it's all in vain!"

"Actually not, it's still useful. Think about it, you can talk to your nephews in the future. Look, all the stones outside the capital have been picked up, and there are as many as 56 carts of stones pulled out. Countless classics forget the ancestors. This generation, how hated people are, whoever dares to learn from these Shanxi merchants in the future, in order to make money and help the evildoers, this is the end!"

"When you say that, it seems to be the case! Let's warn future generations! Let's see who dares in the future!"

"..."

More than an hour passed, and the people in the capital who had woken up earlier were obviously a little depressed, and they talked a little less.

But at this moment, a galloping horse suddenly came, notifying the Yongwei Battalion and Hussar Battalion that they had arrived at the capital.

Upon hearing the news, everyone's spirits lifted immediately, and they stretched their necks to see clearly. So what does a black-hearted Shanxi merchant look like?
However, what surprised them was that the first thing to enter the city was a cartload of gold, silver and jewelry, and the lid was opened, so they knew what it was at a glance.

Seeing this, the crowd couldn't help commotion again.

"Wow, there are so many gold and silver jewels. I have never seen so many gold and silver jewels in my life!"

"That's right, my son always thought that the conditions at home were good, but it's the first time I've seen so many gold, silver and jewels!"

"Don't say I met you, it's the first time I've even seen what gold looks like. How much silver should there be in this box? This... It's completely uncountable!"

"..."

All in all, after looking at it, the people of the capital had no special reaction to the gold, silver and jewels escorted by the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion.

However, after more vehicles passed by, Liu Chengye's angry voice suddenly sounded from the crowd: "Look, those Shanxi merchants have so many gold, silver and jewelry, but they are all covered with blood and tears!"

Hearing this, someone immediately agreed and said angrily: "The more they earn, the more serious the crime they committed! These profiteers who kill thousands of dollars!"

"..."

As they spoke, more and more people became angry.The emotions that had just fallen back filled their hearts again.Filled with anger, he wanted to vent it out.

After the vehicles of gold, silver and jewelry passed by, there was another vehicle of food, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

In fact, this is only part of it, which is used to supplement the grain on the capital side; there is also a large part, which is directly sent to various parts of the capital.Emperor Chongzhen's plan was to carry out post-war reconstruction with work in lieu of relief while restoring farming.At least those cities destroyed by Jianlu must be cleaned up, and the bones of the dead everywhere must also be cremated and buried.

Besides, on the side of the capital, seeing so much food, thinking that these were secretly collected by Shanxi merchants for sending to Liaodong, they became even more angry.

You know, it is precisely because these grains were hoarded by Shanxi merchants that their grains became increasingly scarce and difficult to buy.Just like Liu Chengye, a family that had a relatively good life at first fell into ruin. If Emperor Chongzhen hadn't taken tough measures temporarily, people like Liu Chengye would have starved to death in the end.

After the food passed by, the people in the capital finally got the person they had always wanted to see.Groups of prisoners, with their hands bound and connected by ropes, were escorted by soldiers from the Yongwei Battalion.

Obviously, because of the large number of people, they didn't get the treatment of being in a prison car, but enjoyed the treatment of a Daming civilian being plundered to Liaodong Road.

None of the eight major Shanxi merchants ran away, and walked in front, listlessly and numbly.

Behind them are the generals under Governor Xuanda, that is, the chief generals of the armies in northern Shanxi, and these are also the main accomplices; further behind are the families of Shanxi merchants and civil and military officials in Shanxi.

The crime of treason, punishing the nine clans, of course there are many people.

Seeing them, the people in the capital immediately became agitated.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other, which is used to explain the state of the people in the capital at this time.They cursed one by one, wishing they could rush forward and do it themselves.

The soldiers of Wucheng Bingma Division saw that something was wrong, and immediately tried their best to prevent them from affecting the emperor's army to escort the prisoners.But no matter what, the momentum was indeed a bit loud, making it very difficult for these soldiers to stop them.

Seeing this situation, feeling the anger of the people in the capital towards them, those sluggish Shanxi merchants, as well as those civil servants and generals all showed terrified faces.No matter how daring they were when they were leading captives, when they felt the anger of so many people in the capital, their fear came from the bottom of their hearts.

"Don't act recklessly. The imperial court has its own laws. If you attack prisoners, you will be jailed!" The soldiers of Wucheng Bingma Division tried their best to stop them while warning loudly.

At this time, even the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion who were being escorted had to put on a vigilant posture.No one expected that these people who had forgotten their ancestors who had passed through the captives would arouse the anger of the people in the capital!
Watching his enemy slowly approaching, Liu Chengye's eyes in the crowd became increasingly red.In front of his eyes, the voices and smiles of his parents and son seemed to appear again, as if all this happened yesterday.However, he knew in his heart that all of this would never happen again.And the culprit of all this is these beasts that appear in front of us.

Suddenly, Liu Chengye roared, broke free from his wife's hand, and squeezed forward.

Either it was the power of hatred, or he was so powerful in forging iron, that he broke through the obstruction of the five city soldiers, horses and soldiers, and rushed towards the Shanxi merchant he was staring at.

This Shanxi merchant happened to be Fan Yongdou, and when he saw someone rushing towards him with red eyes and full of anger, he was startled.Although there were soldiers from the Yongwei Battalion blocking him, he was still very scared, almost involuntarily wanting to retreat.But with his hands tied and other people connected, he couldn't retreat even if he wanted to.

The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion raised their weapons and faced Liu Chengye, trying to stop him.

However, at this moment, Liu Chengye seemed to be crazy.Fan Yongdou was the only one in his eyes, he ignored the spear in front of him, and shouted loudly at the same time: "Father, mother, my son, I will avenge you today..."

Or when they heard his shout, the guards who stopped him softened their hearts and turned their spears away instead of stabbing him.Converted to a gun barrel, trying to stop him.

But at this time, Liu Chengye seemed to be crazy, with great strength, he even rushed away from the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, and threw himself in front of Fan Yongdou. Face.

With him as the first one, other powerful citizens of the capital also rushed over, and the scene suddenly got out of control.

(End of this chapter)