As for the Liaodong prisoners, Obai, who was captured in the early stage, could not withstand the inflammation of his wound. Even though he was strong and powerful, who asked him to chop the shells with a knife? He burped before he left Shanhaiguan.
The most important prisoners escorted to the capital were Hong Chengchou, the former governor of Jiliao, the pseudo-emperor Aixinjueluo Fulin, and the pseudo-empress dowager Bumubutai.
The Japanese army had to have a few prisoners to make up the number, but the leader Yagyu Jubei was killed by a Kamui rifle from a long distance. In the end, only a few unknown daimyo were captured and offered as prisoners.
These prisoners have been in shock ever since they saw the legendary steam train after entering the customs.
When we arrived at the Jingshi Railway Station and were escorted out of the car and loaded into the prison van, we still didn't realize that this was actually the Jingshi?
Others were fine, but Hong Chengchou was the most shocked!
He knew exactly what kind of situation the Guan Nei was in. No matter how much he thought about the changes in the Guan Nei, he would never have imagined that the changes in the Guan Nei would be so big!
If Grandma Liu in later Dream of Red Mansions really existed, then Hong Chengchou at this time would definitely not be much better than Grandma Liu!
Even though Hong Chengchou was well-read in poetry and books, and knew the past and present, he was still like the ignorant Grandma Liu.
It can even be said that it was precisely because Hong Chengchou was well-read in poetry and had a thorough knowledge of the past and present that he was so shocked.
Throughout the past and present, Hong Chengchou had never seen or even heard of such earth-shaking changes in just a few years!
Apart from the magic of the steam train, looking at the smoothness of the official roads, the countless houses built outside the capital city, and the five-story buildings with people coming and going, people who don't know it think it's a legend.
The paradise of heaven and earth!
However, Hong Chengchou clearly remembered that just five years ago, the capital was in a state of depression, with few human traces, broken walls and ruins everywhere, and bones often exposed in the wild.
Really, this change is really huge!
It was so big that Hong Chengchou could not imagine it!
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The shocked Hong Chengchou was awakened by the sound of spitting.
He saw people on both sides of the road, men, women, old and young, all spitting in his direction. Everyone had contempt or hatred in their eyes, as if Hong Chengchou was their sworn enemy.
The prison car in front of Hong Chengchou was holding the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the Queen Mother of the Qing Dynasty. However, they were spat on by the people on both sides, not as much as he was on his side.
Anyone can see at a glance that the people hated Hong Chengchou much more than the false emperor and the false queen mother of Jianlu.
Hong Chengchou looked at the pairs of eyes staring at him. In a daze, he saw the eyes that people looked at him when he was named on the gold list.
At that time, everyone looked at him with envy and admiration. This also made him very proud!
But now, everyone's hatred for him is so obvious! It seems that they want to eat his flesh and drink his blood!
The comparison of this scene flashed through his mind, and Hong Chengchou, who was numb, began to defend himself in his heart: "I just don't want to die. I worked so hard and fought so hard. It would be so worthless to die when my life is glorious.
!",
When he thought of this, he immediately remembered what Du Yinxi had said to him back then.
If Hong Chengchou had never understood some words in the past, such as whether death is heavier than Mount Tai and lighter than a feather, for him, it was right for an ant to live in vain.
But now, looking at this road, he wished he could eat those looks in his eyes, listening to those voices that spurned him, and once again recalled the envious look in his eyes when he was glorious. At this moment, he suddenly understood that he should choose a different way to die.
, there will be a corresponding price, and this price is not something he could have thought of before.
Wen Tianxiang, left a loyal heart to illuminate history! Qiu Minyang, Cao Bianjiao, etc., they all also chose this path. They will be respected by all people and leave a name in history!
But now, he has chosen another path and is reviled by all the people! It seemed like nothing when he thought about it before, but when he really saw men, women, old and young, so many people were reviling him, to say that he was still indifferent,
But it’s also impossible.
What Hong Chengchou didn't know was that after they were escorted to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, 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 that of Hong Chengchou.
Needless to say, these people are the nobles of Nanjing.
Xu Wenjue, the eldest son of the Duke of Wei, Li Zushu, the Marquis of Linhuai, and so on. More than a month ago, these people were still high and were among the people who were looked up to and envied by the world. But now, they are prisoners and despised by the people.
Among the crimes committed by Nanjing Xungui, the first case of secretly selling steam engine blueprints to Xiyi was the one that no one cared about the most. Not many people cared about the arson and burning of farm records.
What caused the people to be so angry was, after all, the Nanjing nobles colluding with the bandits and trying to help the bandits break through the blockade and return north.
The imperial army spent a lot of money to push the bandits to the south step by step, leaving a stable environment in the north, but it was almost destroyed by these Nanjing nobles for their own selfish purposes. Who knows how many people would die!
This matter is related to everyone's comfort. The people who have experienced war for too long really don't want to have such days again. Therefore, they hate these Nanjing nobles with all their heart.
Of course, spitting on these nobles who are usually superior seems to give many people some pleasure, so even if their mouths are dry, they still spit on these nobles of Nanjing.
Enjoying such treatment, these Nanjing dignitaries were thinner-skinned than Hong Chengchou, and they were all ashamed to death. The servants of the Nanjing dignitaries in the crowd were too frightened to wait any longer, and hurried back to report to their masters.
In the public opinion during this period, the status of nobles is no longer a symbol of dignity. When nobles from the capital go out, they always have to disguise themselves.
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The next day, the imperial court held a grand prisoner presentation ceremony, which was even grander than the prisoner presentation ceremony during the Wanli period when they won the war against Japan and aided the DPRK.
In fact, the prisoner sacrifice of the Chongzhen Dynasty had already been held before, when the slave chiefs were captured alive for the first time. However, later on, the slave chiefs, that is, the Aixinjueluo family, captured too many slave chiefs, so they stopped doing it.
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However, this time it was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, so the meaning was different.
Not only was the puppet emperor captured, but their puppet capital was also captured. Liaodong was basically recovered, except for Ning Guta.
This time, the imperial court paid more attention to the ceremony and held a prisoner sacrifice ceremony. Emperor Chongzhen also paid homage to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, which was an explanation to the emperors of previous dynasties: Look, the Liaodong rebellion that started in the Wanli period has finally been put down.
In the eyes of the imperial court, the so-called pseudo-emperor and pseudo-empress dowager were not the real emperor and empress dowager of a country, but just the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, there was nothing to say about this kind of thing, and of course they were cut alive.
For other captives, including those who were remanded in Liaodong, the imperial court's decree was to drive these captives to build a railway from Shanhaiguan to Liaoyang, so that the Ming court could control Liaodong more conveniently. This was a preliminary plan.
The second step of the plan was to build a railway from Liaoyang to Busan so that the imperial court could further control North Korea. Of course, this step had to wait until the imperial court destroyed the Korean Japanese army.
Another matter is the handling of rebellion in the imperial court.
If we say that building the captives was also a rebellion against the imperial court, to the people of the Ming Dynasty, they were still regarded as outsiders and barbarians. However, Hong Chengchou was a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty and the emperor's favorite, but he betrayed and surrendered to the barbarians and acted as an accomplice.
Absolutely unforgivable.
In the end, the punishment decree issued by Emperor Chongzhen was to sentence Hong Chengchou to castration, and then send him to work in the Ming Dynasty Memorial Hall to serve the Ming Dynasty martyrs. He also wore a special pointed hat with the word "treacherous" written in red ink on it.
Two words.
Hong Chengchou's wives, concubines, children, etc., both in the pass and in the Jianlu area, were all executed. He himself was sentenced to castration, because a man like Hong Chengchou was not worthy of future generations.
Wearing a special pointed hat to serve the loyal martyrs of the Ming Dynasty is a sharp contrast. Letting him continue to be reviled by the world while still alive is also a warning to the world!
Those who dare to be traitors will face this fate!
There are still many traitors, but they have not been caught yet, and they are all over Ning Guta. For example, Xia Chengde who opened the door and surrendered will never be spared.
When Hong Chengchou was being tortured and was still recovering from his injuries and not serving in the military, the number of people visiting the Ming Dynasty Memorial Hall increased sharply. Many people came to Hong Chengchou and wanted to curse him in person.
At this time, we can already predict what kind of treatment Hong Chengchou will enjoy in the future.
Even he himself knew this very well. He kept saying that if an ant could still survive, he even tried to commit suicide several times while recovering from his injuries, but he never succeeded.
He wants to die, it's not that easy anymore!
While he is still alive, he has been nailed to the pillar of shame to set a warning for future generations!
After dealing with these prisoners, the original process was to reward the meritorious soldiers.
However, this time, except for ordinary soldiers who were awarded rewards in accordance with the law and were not in arrears, the rewards for generals above deputy general and civil servants above fifth rank were all postponed.
The official reason given by the imperial court was that the liberation of Liaodong was still the last step. After the liberation of Liaodong, these senior civil and military officials would be rewarded together.
Of course, everyone in the capital actually has their own speculations about this matter. Most people think that this must be related to the case of Nanjing Xungui. The imperial court probably has to wait until the case of Nanjing Xungui comes to an end.
A new round of rewards will begin.
Thinking this way, everyone became even more curious about the trial of Nanjing Xungui's case, and therefore looked forward to it even more.