Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 796 It's Not So Easy To Want To Die

For the Liaodong captives, Oboi, who was captured in the early stage, could not withstand the inflammation of the wound after all. Even though he was physically strong and powerful in force, who told him to chop shells with knives?

The most important prisoners who were escorted to the capital were Hong Chengchou, the former governor of Jiliao, the pseudo-emperor Aixinjueluo Fulin, and the pseudo-empress Dowager Bumubutai.

On the side of the Japanese army, there must be a few captives to make up the number, but the leader of the Yagyu Jubingwei was shot dead by the Shenwei rifle from a long distance, and finally captured and offered prisoners were only a few famous names.

These captives have been in shock since they entered the customs and saw the legendary steam train.

When they arrived at Jingshi Railway Station, they were escorted out of the car and loaded into the prison car, but they still didn't realize that this was Jingshi?
Others are okay, but Hong Chengchou is the most shocked!

What kind of broken situation in the pass, he can be said to be clear.No matter how much he thought about the changes in the pass, he would never have imagined that the changes in the pass would be so great!
If it is said that Grandma Liu in Dream of the Red Chamber really exists, then Hong Chengchou at this time will definitely not be much better than Grandma Liu!

Even if Hong Chengchou is well-versed in poetry and books, he is just like the ignorant Grandma Liu.

It can even be said that it is precisely because Hong Chengchou has read poetry and books, and he has mastered the past and the present, that he was so shocked.

Throughout the past and present, Hong Chengchou has never seen, or even heard of, such earth-shaking changes in just a few short years!
Apart from the magic of the steam train, looking at the smoothness of the official roads, looking at the countless houses built outside the capital city, and the five-story building, people come and go, people who don’t know, think it’s a legend The blessed land of the gods!
However, Hong Chengchou clearly remembered very clearly that just five years ago, Gyeonggi was in a state of depression, not to mention the rare sight of people, there were ruins everywhere, and bones of the dead were often seen exposed in the wild.

Really, this change is really too big!
It's so big that Hong Chengchou can't imagine!
"Bah, bah, bah..."

Hong Chengchou, who was in shock, was awakened by the sound of spitting.

On both sides of the road, no matter men, women, old or young, they were all spitting at his side, everyone's eyes were full of contempt or hatred, as if Hong Chengchou was their sworn enemy.

The prison cart in front of Hong Chengchou was escorting the Qing emperor and the Qing empress dowager.However, they were spat on by the people on both sides, not as much as his side.

Anyone can see at a glance that the people's hatred for Hong Chengchou is much higher than that of Jianlu's false emperor and queen mother.

Hong Chengchou looked at the pair of eyes staring at him, and in a daze, he saw the eyes of people looking at him when he was nominated on the gold list.

At that time, everyone looked at him with envious eyes and expressions of admiration.This also makes him very proud!
But now, everyone's hatred for him is so conspicuous!It seems that he can't wait to eat his meat and drink his blood!
The comparison of this scene flashed in his mind, and the numb Hong Chengchou began to defend himself again: "I just don't want to die, I worked so hard, so desperately, it's too worthless to die in the glory of life !",

Thinking of this, he immediately remembered what Du Yinxi had said to him back then.

If it is said that Hong Chengchou has never understood some words before, such as death is more important than Mount Tai and lighter than a feather, for him, it is right for ants to steal their lives.

But now, looking at the road, he wished to eat his eyes, listened to those voices who spurned him, and once again recalled his envious eyes when he was in glory. At this moment, he suddenly understood that he chose a different way of death , there will be a corresponding price, and this price is not what he could think of before.

Wen Tianxiang, stay true to history!Qiu Minyang, Cao Bianjiao, etc., they also chose this path.For the admiration of all people, leave a name in history!

But now, he who chose another path was scolded by all the people!Thinking about it before, it seemed to be nothing, but when he really saw men, women, old and children, so many people were swearing at him, it was impossible to say that he was still indifferent.

What Hong Chengchou didn't know was that after they were escorted to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, there were rows of prison cars also escorting them from the train station to the capital city.

This time, almost everyone in the prison car also enjoyed treatment similar to Hong Chengchou.

Needless to say, these people are Nanjing Xungui.

Wei Guogong's son Xu Wenjue, Linhuaihou Li Zushu and so on.More than a month ago, these people were still aloof and belonged to those the world looked up to and envied.But now, he is a prisoner, a person who is cast aside by the people.

Among the crimes committed by Nanjing Xungui, the case of stealing and selling steam engine blueprints to Xiyi was the first case that no one cared about.Not many people cared about setting fire to field books and the like.

What aroused the anger of the people was the fact that Nanjing Xungui colluded with the thieves and tried to help the thieves break through the blockade and return north.

The imperial army spent a lot of money to drive the thieves to the south step by step, leaving a stable environment in the north, which was almost destroyed by these Nanjing dignitaries for their own selfishness, and how many people would die in that way!
This matter is related to everyone's comfort.People who have experienced war for too long really don't want to have that kind of life again.Therefore, I hate these Nanjing nobles to death.

Of course, spitting on these high-ranking nobles seems to give a lot of people some pleasure, making them spit on these Nanjing nobles even if their mouths are dry.

Enjoying such treatment, these Nanjing nobles were thinner-skinned than Hong Chengchou, and they were all ashamed to death, which also made the servants of the capital nobles in the crowd too scared to stay longer, and hurried back to report to their masters.

In the public opinion during this period, noble status is no longer a symbol of dignity.When Jingshi Xungui went out, he had to go out in disguise.

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The next day, the imperial court held a grand ceremony of presenting prisoners, which was even more grand than the presenting prisoners during the Wanli period when they won the war against the Japanese and aided the dynasty.

In fact, the offering of prisoners in the Chongzhen Dynasty had already been held before, and it was the first time when the slave chieftain was captured alive.But later on, the slave chief, that is, the family of Aixinjueluo, caught too many, so he stopped doing it.

However, this time it is the emperor of the puppet Qing Dynasty, so the meaning is different.

Not only did they capture the puppet emperor, but they also brought down their puppet capital. Liaodong was basically restored, only Ningguta was missing.

This time, the imperial court still paid more attention to the captive offering ceremony, and Emperor Chongzhen also worshiped the Taimiao, which can be regarded as an explanation to the emperors of previous dynasties: Look, the Liaodong rebellion that started in the Wanli period was finally put down.

As for the so-called false emperor and false queen mother, in the eyes of the court, they were not real emperors and queen mothers of a country, but only Ming's rebellion. Naturally, there was nothing to say about this, and of course they were killed alive.

For other prisoners, including those who were remanded in Liaodong, the court's intention was to drive these prisoners to build a railway from Shanhaiguan to Liaoyang, so that the Ming court could control Liaodong more conveniently. This is a preliminary plan.

The second step of planning is to build a railway from Liaoyang to Busan, so that the imperial court can further control North Korea.Of course, this step will have to wait until the court destroys the Korean Japanese army.

Another thing is to deal with the rebellion of the court.

If it is said that Jianlu is also a rebellion against the court, but for the people of Ming Dynasty, they are more or less regarded as outsiders and barbarians.As for Hong Chengchou, he was a dignified high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty, favored by the emperor, but he betrayed and surrendered to the barbarians, acting as a minion for a tiger, absolutely unforgivable.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Hong Chengchou to be castrated, and then assigned to the Daming Loyalty Memorial Hall to work for a lifetime to serve Daming Loyalty.And, wearing a special pointed hat with the word "treacherous" written in red ink on it.

Hong Chengchou's wives, concubines, children, etc. in the pass and Jianlu were all killed; I was sentenced to castration, because people like Hong Chengchou are not worthy of descendants;

Serving Da Ming Zhonglie with a special pointed hat is in stark contrast. Letting him live and continue to be scolded by the world is also a warning to the world!
Those who dare to be traitors will end up like this!

There are still many traitors, but they haven't been caught yet, and they are all at Ninggu Tower. For example, Xia Chengde who opened the door and surrendered will never be spared.

When Hong Chengchou was castrated and was still recuperating from his wounds, the number of people in the Daming Loyalty Memorial Hall increased sharply. Many people came for Hong Chengchou and wanted to scold him face to face.

At this time, it is already foreseeable what kind of treatment Hong Chengchou will enjoy in the future.

This point, even he himself is very clear, if he keeps saying that the ants are stealing their lives, he even tried to commit suicide several times during the recuperation period, but he failed.

It is not so easy for him to want to die!

He was still alive, and he was already nailed to the pillar of shame, abstinence for future generations!

After dealing with these captives, the original procedure was to award meritorious soldiers.

But this time, except for the rewards of ordinary officers and men who were not in arrears according to the law, the rewards for generals above the lieutenant general and civil officials above the fifth rank were all postponed.

The reason given by the court is that the recovery of Liaodong is still the last step.After Liaodong is really recovered, these senior civil and military officials will be rewarded together.

Of course, regarding this matter, everyone in the capital actually had their own guesses, and most people thought it must be related to the case of Nanjing Xungui.On the court's side, it is estimated that the new round of rewards will not start until the case of Nanjing Xungui comes to an end.

Thinking about it this way, everyone became even more curious about the trial of the Nanjing Xungui case, and thus they looked forward to it even more.

(End of this chapter)