Saving the Ming Dynasty: I can exchange bodies with Chongzhen

Chapter 90: Killing for three consecutive days!

Not withholding military pay? Was there ever a time when the Ming Dynasty did not exploit its soldiers?
When Lu Xiangsheng arrived at the military camp, he caused a sensation again.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a popular saying among the Ming people: "The Ming army is invincible if it is not fully paid, and it is invincible if it is fully paid."

This is not a joke, but is based on actual evidence.

The Ming army often transformed itself magnificently immediately after surrendering to the Qing army. Even some elite Ming army troops, such as Wu Sangui, had combat effectiveness that was as good as or even better than the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

The reason behind this is that the Ming army could not even get half of their salary, but after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, they could get more than double the salary.

For example, after the Qing Dynasty unified Taiwan, the Shi Lang family received tax dividends from Fujian and Taiwan for nearly 200 years.

The butcher brothers Zeng Guofan and Zeng Guoquan's outrageous booty of over 100 million taels was eventually tacitly accepted by the Qing court.

After the Sanfan Rebellion, the two tribes surrendered to the Qing Dynasty again and retained a large amount of assets...

These were things that could not even be thought of during the Chongzhen period.

Countless people shouted: "Long live His Majesty!"

"Long live His Majesty, long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"Long live……"

Why do they join the army?
Of course, it is to support a family and live a wealthy and prosperous life.

Now that both problems can be solved, how can they not be excited and cheer.

……

At the same time, inside the capital.

"this home?"

A flag officer nodded, "Yes, the butcher's lady said this is the one."

next moment,
boom!
With a loud bang, the door was blown open and a group of people rushed in.

"Jinyiwei is investigating a case. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot!"

"Who are you?" The other party obviously had not yet recovered from the shock. His eyes were as big as a donkey's. He turned around and wanted to run, but was chopped on the lower back by someone.

"Search!"

The remaining 5,000 Jinyiwei and the people from the Eastern Depot were also not idle. Based on reports from the people in the capital, they arrested a large number of traitors and running dogs.

In later generations, there are Chaoyang Aunties, who are also playing a huge role today.

The Ming Times even published it directly, and if the reported clues were true, one could receive a reward of thirty taels.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was practicing collective responsibility, which, to put it bluntly, meant that the people were asked to guarantee each other, supervise each other, and expose each other. However, the Ming Times clearly stated that the whistleblower was not at fault, but was meritorious, and his relatives and friends would not be held responsible.

Some people didn't believe it at first, but when they saw several people receiving thirty li of silver in succession, it immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the people in the capital.

Soon, the Jinyiwei people searched the yard and found many valuable things such as ginseng, sable fur, etc. from the backyard.

"Where do these Liaodong things come from?"

"I..." The man was still trying to argue, but the chief flag officer of the Jinyiwei put a knife to his son's neck and said, "I suggest you think it over before you speak."

"It was given to me by Cui Mingzhi, the owner of the grain store in the east of the city. He told me to squat outside the Armory and wait for as many artillery pieces as came out of it."

The general flag officer said to one of his subordinate flag officers, "Take these people back, I will go and catch Cui Mingzhi. We must not let him escape."

"Yes!"

……

In addition to these Manchu traitors in the capital, the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard also focused on investigating the officials and civilians who had previously led the Manchus into the pass.

Although the incident has passed, it does not mean that the Ming Dynasty has forgotten it.

Once confirmed, arrest him immediately.

Not only themselves, but also his wife and children were arrested, because his wife and daughter were the beneficiaries of their treasonous behavior, and since they were the beneficiaries, they had to bear the consequences!
They must be made to know that being a running dog of the Qing Dynasty is extremely risky.

Otherwise, if these running dogs live better than those loyal and patriotic people, wouldn't they be telling others: Look, I rebelled, and the Ming court didn't kill me? Then when the Manchu Tartars come again, I can rebel a second time.

The order received by the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard was: "In an emergency, it is better to arrest the wrong person than to let him go."

Zhu Changgan really didn't care much about reputation. If he wanted to save the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't rely on reputation. Chongzhen, on the other hand, was called the "holy lord" every day, but the country still perished.

Zhu Changgan only believed in strength, believed that political power came from the barrel of a gun, and believed that the people living and working in peace and contentment were everything.

In times of chaos, severe punishments should be used.

……

But soon, the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, Ma Shiwei, came to report: "Your Majesty, the prison in Jingzhao Prefecture is already overcrowded."

"Full?" Zhu Changgan was stunned. He could never have imagined that it would be full so quickly.

"Your Majesty, we have borrowed all the cells from other government offices, but it is still not enough."

Zhu Changgan scratched his head and understood after thinking about it. There were hundreds of people just including Fan Yongdou and other descendants of the eight imperial merchants in the capital, plus some officials involved.

Now the Jinyiwei has brought back thousands of people from Shanxi.

In addition, hundreds of people were arrested in the past two days for traitors and the second Tartars.

There are so many people that it’s impossible to fit them in such a short time.

Zhu Changgan thought for a moment and said, "Since there is no room left, let's not wait until autumn. Clear it out all at once to save our country's grain."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As the Yongwei Battalion, the Beijing Battalion, and the White Spear Soldiers won great victories on the battlefield, something happened in the capital that caused a great uproar: a three-day public execution.

After several days of trial, all the "Seven Imperial Merchants" of Shanxi, the treacherous officials who sold out their masters for fame and fortune, the corrupt officials who took bribes and violated the law, and the "die-hard traitors" who were identified were put on public trial and executed.

Because there were so many people, it lasted for three consecutive days.

Under the propaganda of the Ming Times and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the people surrounded the Caishikou in the West Market like a flood, making it impossible to get in or out.

Why are trials and executions held in public?
Even after the founding of the country in later generations, public executions were still practiced for a long time, because to a large extent, only by seeing the scene could one realize the strictness of the law.

Only then can it play a deterrent role.

When hundreds of death row prisoners came into view, the atmosphere at the scene was like hot oil that had been ignited.

It exploded with a bang.

"Kill the traitor dog!"

"Kill the two Tartars..."

"Traitors will not die well!"

"Kill this traitor!"

The people came like a flood, cursing, picking up manure, stones, mud, and rotten vegetable leaves and throwing them at them.

The total distance was only over a hundred meters, but it took nearly a quarter of an hour to walk. The crowd was so angry that they wanted to eat his flesh raw and drink his blood.

Ma Shiwei, the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, began to read out the crimes of a man. "Gan Shiyi, as an official of the Ming Dynasty, provided intelligence for the Manchu Tartars and was willing to be a traitor and a running dog. He brought disaster to the country and the people. He is guilty of the ten unforgivable crimes and should be executed."

"cut!"

The strong men of the Jinyiwei pressed the official, who was already so frightened that he couldn't even walk, directly onto the beheading platform.

One knife down.

"Pfft~"

Blood splattered three feet away, and flowed along the ground, falling into a low-lying area and gathering into a pit.

This scene shocked everyone.

But the next moment, the millions of people around them, like boiling water, suddenly burst into shouts like a landslide and tsunami, "Good, good kill!"

"The dog traitor deserves to die."

"The next moment, Fan Yongdou, a Ming merchant, secretly transported military supplies to the Qing army and provided all kinds of intelligence from the interior of the country for his own selfish interests. He sold out his country for personal gain, betrayed the emperor and his country, and his entire clan should be executed!"

"Execute!" Ma Shiwei shouted in a stern voice.

All the Jinyiwei also shouted: "Execute!"

Including the dozens of people who had been brought in from Shanxi, plus his nine clansmen, hundreds of people were now pressed on the execution platform.

A descendant of the Fan family, whose pants were already wet, shouted, "I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."

But before he could finish his words, he could no longer shout, because he saw his back and his buttocks... and then everything fell into eternal darkness.

Hundreds of people are not carrots. Even if they are carrots, it will take a long time to chop them.

The executioner's knife has become blunt...

A gust of wind blew, and the pungent smell of blood penetrated into the lungs of tens of millions of people present, making their faces pale and their hands and feet cold.

Hundreds of people were beheaded at the same time. The scene was so spectacular and shocking.

Although the people were frightened, most of them were happy.

"Next, Wang Dengku..." Even though Jinyiwei commander Ma Shi shouted at the loudest he could, he still couldn't drown out the shouts of the people at the scene.

The first day of executions was not declared over until the sun was about to set. The entire vegetable market floor was already stained red with blood.

The people looked at this scene but no one moved.

It was only then that the people from the Five Cities Army arrived and pushed everyone aside, shouting at them:
"It's over, let's go back!"

"Three days. There's still tomorrow. Everyone come back tomorrow!"

"It's getting dark soon, and we still have work to do..."

It wasn't over yet, and the people from the Five Cities Army had already come over to clean the floor, but there were too many people outside and they couldn't squeeze in. Now that it was over, they rushed in immediately.

The commander-in-chief who had just come to power was the father of Concubine Chen, who had just entered the palace.

Chen Erfa.

Although Chen Erfa has a red face and a thick neck, and is a butcher, he is very sharp-eyed, and can recognize the situation clearly, knowing what can be done and what cannot be done, so Zhu Changgan put him in the position of the West City Military Commander.

"To wash this kind of blood, you have to use some force to scrub it, you can't just rinse it with water... like this..." Chen Erfa demonstrated while scolding his subordinates: "Hurry up, His Majesty has said that we can't affect the vegetable market tomorrow morning."

"You must wash yourself before curfew. If you delay my visit to the palace to pay respects to His Majesty, none of you will have an easy time."

As for the corpses, they were also dealt with by their Five Cities Military Division. Those who paid to redeem them would naturally be happy to have some free time, as that was what they deserved.

As for those who no one came to redeem, they were naturally thrown directly into the mass grave outside the city and buried in a hole.

"Bah, bah... a bunch of traitors and traitors!" Before leaving, Chen Erfa did not forget to spit on the bodies of Fan Yongdou and others.

There were too many people just now, so he didn't have time to vomit, but now he can vomit as much as he wants.

　There will be another chapter around ten o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)