Chapter 95 Hong Chengchou: One day the sword in hand will kill all the trolls in the world
It was already March 15th when Chongzhen decided on the rewards and punishments for the Battle of Songjin.
Chen Shuren himself did not directly perform meritorious service and get promoted, so there would be no decree directly issued to him.
As for the fact that Li Zicheng took advantage of the 100,000-strong army in Liaodong to cause trouble again, requiring Chen Shuren to cooperate in the encirclement and suppression, the relevant orders and wishes would only be conveyed tactfully through Yang Sichang, and the time would be delayed.
This is also the dignity of the court - because Chongzhen did not directly promote Chen Shuren, but made a wish in secret first. This kind of thing that cannot be fulfilled immediately and negotiates terms is obviously not suitable for following the will, otherwise the court will lose face.
As for releasing Sun Chuanting from prison to Shaanxi to replace Wang Qionian who had just died, this matter could not be rushed. Chongzhen had to think and hesitate for ten days and a half. Who told Chongzhen to care about face and feel the psychological burden of trying to lose face and re-appoint a guilty minister.
In contrast, the land of Liaodong, because it is closer to Beijing, received a series of merits and demerits conclusions from the Beijing court on the Songjin War earlier. This actually produced some follow-up butterfly effects, which affected the officialdom of Liaodong.
The direction of the situation has had a profound impact.
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March 28th, twelve days after the final conclusion of the Chongzhen-Songjin battle.
Chen Shuren in Wuchang had not yet received the news, but the Manchu and Qing court in Shengjing, Liaodong received the news first.
In the Chongzheng Hall, an old man in his fifties with gray hair and gray hair had just finished handling some government affairs and was about to take a rest. He was huddled in the throne and was being fed Dushen Decoction by a young concubine to maintain his health.
This old man is none other than the Puppet Qing Emperor Huang Taiji, and the young woman next to him is naturally Bumbutai, aged twenty-eight (twenty-eight, not sixteen)
In many romances, Huang Taiji seems to be energetic and healthy in his later years. Some perverted unofficial histories even say that he was assassinated by Dorgon in a healthy state.
But in fact, during the Songjin War, Huang Taiji had already treated his illness by force. After returning, he was even more sad because of the death of his concubine Hai Lanzhu, and his condition became more serious.
Bumubutai's status was very high in later Qing Dynasty historical materials, simply because her children and grandchildren became emperors. However, during Huang Taiji's lifetime, Bumubutai was not considered the most favored concubine.
Her sister Hai Lanzhu is more favored than her.
Of course, after Hai Lanzhu's death, Huang Taiji became too old and careless about sex. Coupled with the empathy effect brought about by Hai Lanzhu's death, it is normal for him to increase his love for his sister.
To say that Bumu Butai was Huang Taiji's favorite in the last two years of his life, with such a qualifying phrase, it should be quite accurate.
At this moment, Bumbutai had just finished serving him the ginseng soup, and Huang Taiji was also drinking heavily, looking similar to Sima Yi who was pretending to be sick in front of Li Sheng.
Suddenly, a servant came in from outside the Chongzheng Palace with a face full of joy, holding a piece of intelligence spied on from the capital of the Ming Dynasty: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty is so happy!"
"Mr. Fan, why are you so happy?" Huang Taiji's cloudy old eyes perked up again and regained some light, staring at the visitor.
The visitor was in his forties, and he was none other than Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of the Internal Secretariat, the oldest civilian traitor in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Fan Wencheng kowtowed and said: "Reporting to your majesty, I have learned from the details of my subordinates in Beijing that the idiots in Chongzhen have been deceived by Chen Xinjia and others, thinking that Hong Chengchou is dead, and they have set up a sacrifice for Hong Chengchou to show their ignorance.
Secretly, he asked the Ministry of War to prepare a report and spread the news about Hong Chengchou's deeds to the generals as a warning. The slaves also found out the self-defense documents of Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi, the two officers of the Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty.
Among them, he viciously criticized Hong Chengchou, blaming all the blame for the defeat on his incompetent command and inability to control his subordinates. Even the civil servants who heard the expositor record the actual records of Chongzhen would follow this tone to record the cause and effect lessons of the Battle of Songjin.
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Huang Taiji listened listlessly and didn't think it was a big deal.
However, when Fan Wencheng said the last two sentences, the sick Huang Taiji suddenly stopped feeling sleepy, and his eyes shone like a flashback:
"Huh? Can Chongzhen agree to this kind of thing? Hahaha, Chongzhen's child can't distinguish between good and bad, he can be said to be blind! If Hong Chengchou is incompetent, then let some other Nanman governor come to fight with me!
Could it be that Yang Sichang could have won the battle? Or should he release Sun Chuanting from prison? Or ask God to bring Lu Xiangsheng back to life? Everyone loses! If a supervisor is weaker than the above three, he will only die.
Faster than Hong Chengchou!
How many capable generals are there in the Southern Dynasty now? Well, it happened a while ago that he rescued Cao Bianjiao from Azige and Jierhalang. Li Fuming is considered a talent. I heard that the general who leads the army is named Zhang Mingzhen.
Zheng Chenggong? These two are just chess pieces, so that’s nothing.
The Shen Shuren behind them may threaten our Qing Dynasty if time passes. We have to find a way to make Chongzhen's son destroy the Great Wall. While the Shen Shuren is still young, we can send him to Liaodong to die first! That's all, let's not talk about it.
Some of these are gone.”
Fan Wencheng didn't mind that his master praised Shen Shuren and reflected on the defeat at Tashan and Xingshan more than 20 days ago.
But when Huang Taiji stopped the topic and brought it back to Hong Chengchou, he added with a sinister smile: "Chongzhen has not yet agreed to record Hong Chengchou's misdeeds and lessons.
However, I think that since our army has obtained some evidence through careful investigation, we can add more fuel to the fire and send it to Hong Chengchou... Hasn't His Majesty already persuaded Hong Chengchou to surrender twice? Let your servant go there again, as long as this..."
Huang Taiji's eyes lit up and he immediately realized that this was a God-given opportunity.
He had already persuaded Hong Chengchou twice, and the last time was sent by Fan Wencheng, about seven or eight days ago.
At that time, Fan Wencheng reported that Hong Chengchou seemed to be intentionally going on a hunger strike. Although it was not complete, he ate very little every day and even drank only water. He seemed to intend to slowly break down his body and die.
But Fan Wencheng also said that he felt that Hong Chengchou did not seem to be completely mentally prepared to die - because when he saw Hong Chengchou, he observed swallows flying over the beam and dropping dust, mud and bird droppings. Hong Chengchou quickly shook off his robe.
Already.
This shows that Hong Chengchou has concerns, at least he is unwilling to associate with filth. Even if this entanglement is just like Zilu's "wanting to be crowned before death", it is a weakness after all.
After Huang Taiji heard Fan Wencheng's latest plot, he quickly said: "I will go in person this time. Mr. Fan, just go with me."
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After a while, the monarch and his ministers, together with Bu Mu Butai, arrived at the place where Hong Chengchou was imprisoned.
Hong Chengchou looked exhausted. His hunger strike for several days and only drinking water seemed to be effective.
When Huang Taiji saw him, he said kindly: "Mr. Hong is a man who cherishes his reputation. There is no need to fear death. But before he dies, he must behave like a noble man in order to be worthy of being a gentleman."
Hong Chengchou moved his lips slightly but said nothing. He didn't expect Huang Taiji to see through his mind.
He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of dying with humiliation. If he could die with his name cleared, he would have died long ago.
Huang Taiji knew there was something going on at the first glance, and with a look, Bumubutai handed over another bowl of Dushen Decoction: "I have been ill recently, and I rely on Dushen Decoction to refresh myself every day. If I had been so ill half a year ago,
We still don’t know who will win the battle between Song Jin and Lu. It’s such a pity for Mr. Hong that his efforts fell short.”
Hong Chengchou spoke this time: "What's the point of talking about this?"
Huang Taiji smiled and said nothing, but Fan Wencheng next to him said: "Of course it makes sense, sir, don't you want to die on a hunger strike, hoping to die in a dignified and innocent way?"
Drinking this ginseng soup will not prevent you from starving to death, but it will refresh you. Maybe you will starve to death faster due to excitement, but you will die in a decent state of mind."
Hong Chengchou smiled disdainfully, took the ginseng soup from Bumbutai, and drank it directly - but there was no scene like Bumbutai's seduction in the official history.
For a man of Hong Chengchou's level who has seen the big world, whether he surrenders or not cannot be influenced by women. The theory of sexual temptation is just for the convenience of understanding by ignorant people.
After finishing the drink, Fan Wencheng began to instigate, handing several memorials and transcripts of self-defense statements to Hong Chengchou: "Mr. Hong, let's see how much of a reputation you will bear for incompetence if you die now.
Chen Xinjia's subordinates, Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi, were eager for their husband's death so that they could blame him for their original talk of war and the crime of urging war.
When the time comes, Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi will be able to avoid Guo Kaizhi's infamy, and you, sir, will become Zhao Kuo! From now on, for a hundred generations, the infamy of Jiaozhu, drums, paper talk, etc. will all be exemplified by sir.
Zhao Kuo is knowledgeable and will be grateful to you. After 1,800 years, someone can finally help him take over the reputation of incompetence!"
When Fan Wencheng said this, Hong Chengchou finally couldn't sit still anymore. He jumped up from the ground, his eyes were about to burst, and he was about to pounce on him and strangle him to death: "Despicable dog thief! He actually set up this poisonous plan to slander Hong's posthumous name!"
Unfortunately, he had been on a hunger strike for several days and had no energy to make an outburst. Huang Taiji dared to come to see him, and of course he brought his guards with him, so he was quickly controlled.
At this time, it was Huang Taiji's turn to play the good guy: "Why don't we let go of Mr. Hong? Are Mr. Fan and I still afraid of a man who is about to die on hunger strike?"
After the guard let go, Huang Taiji continued to say calmly: "Sir, I misunderstood. I have no need to set up a trap to harm you. Is it good for me to put so much effort into doing this kind of thing?"
You have been in the Southern Dynasties for a long time, and you know best how the officials and civil servants of the Ming Dynasty fought and criticized each other. In this regard, we, the civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty, feel inferior! Even if we want to do this, we don't have such dirty skills!"
After Hong Chengchou calmed down, his head couldn't help but hang down.
Indeed, there were constant internal fights over the official status of the paper. How could the people of the Qing Dynasty compare with those treacherous and sycophantic people of the Ming Dynasty?
Looking at his expression, Huang Taiji knew that the other party had completely believed that these bastards, Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi, had done it from their own heart.
Only then did Huang Taiji set the tone with a deafening tone: "Sir! It's better to surrender to the Qing Dynasty! Only by living can you wash away the name of incompetence. Although you will bear the name of disloyalty, it still has a reason.
As long as I, the Qing Dynasty, take control of the Central Plains in the future, I can do less corvee and less tax, implement benevolent government, and learn from the lessons of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. If we get rid of the bad government, and we have a country that lasts for thousands of years, who will say anything wrong with you?"
The corner of Hong Chengchou's mouth twitched, but there was still no response. Huang Taiji had a clear understanding of the fire and added the last piece of firewood:
"I can also promise you one more thing - I see the defeat of the Song and Ming Dynasties. A very important reason is that in addition to not practicing martial arts and being wary of military ministers, I don't kill scholar-bureaucrats and don't accuse sinners with words, which leads to rampant rhetoric and everything.
Dare to say it.
As a result, pragmatic people who do not do well will make many mistakes, and those who only talk but do not do will never be punished. In the end, people will be idle, there will be many empty talkers, and few people will do practical things. How can a country be undefeated in this way!"
Hong Chengchou was shocked. He didn't expect that this dog-Tatar puppet emperor could actually talk about some great principles for governing the country, and it sounded like he really hit the mark.
The more Huang Taiji talked, the more excited he became. He waved his knife in a murderous manner and said categorically: "If I conquer the world in the Qing Dynasty, I will never have the burden of pedantry like the Song and Ming Dynasties! If I don't kill the scholar-bureaucrats or accuse the criminals with words, it's all bullshit.
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When the time comes, I can kill all those talkative people who can’t do practical things but have to point fingers at other people’s things! If Mr. Hong is willing to help, when the time comes, if there are any complaints and vengeances, he will rush into the world to speak out and criticize others.
What a shame! After all these people are killed, who will accuse you of being unfaithful?
If you don't surrender today, we don't have to do anything. As long as we let Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi do what they do and let nature take its course and add fuel to the flames, we can make you infamous for future generations! If you surrender, you can kill anyone who wants to scold you! This
Do you still need to think about it?”
Hong Chengchou's inner psychological defense was completely defeated, because he knew that Huang Taiji's words were really not bragging. Looking at what the Manchus had done in the decades since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, they could really do such a thing.
Apart from anything else, if anyone could look at it from the perspective of a time traveler, the literary inquisition of the Qing Dynasty would be much better than that of the Song and Ming Dynasties.
To say that you kill someone, or even kill their entire family, because they talk like a troll or a keyboard warrior, this is something that all dynasties have been willing to accept before the Qing Dynasty.
But Hong Chengchou now hates those gesticulating keyboard warriors behind him. If he were a time traveler, he would have long wanted to shout, "If you can do it, go ahead! If you can't, don't beep!"
In order to one day have a knife in his hand and kill all the trolls in the world, how can he care about national justice and be loyal to the emperor and patriotism?
However, history has a slight divergence here.
Perhaps because of Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng's rhetoric to persuade them to surrender, the butterfly effect changed slightly and became more explicit, so Hong Chengchou negotiated a condition before surrendering:
"Your Majesty, if I surrender and one day invade Beijing, can I not allow Ma Shaoyu, Zhang Ruoqi and other officials to surrender? Based on my understanding of these talkative people, if that day comes, they will definitely be the first to surrender! If your Majesty,
If I can promise not to allow this traitor to surrender, but also to allow me to wipe out his entire clan when the time comes, I am willing to surrender!"
Huang Taiji was overjoyed: "What's so difficult about this! If someone comes to surrender, it would be wrong for me to regret killing them. But I can announce in advance that I will go, and will not grant pardon to certain people, and will not accept surrender. If I catch them then, I will hand them over to my husband."
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Historically, trolls like Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi became chief envoys in the Qing Dynasty after becoming domestic slaves with three surnames.
It's a pity that because Hong Chengchou has put forward conditions in advance, in the future they may have to be slaves of two surnames and follow Li Zicheng until they die. It can be regarded as a small butterfly effect.
After listening to Huang Taiji's promise, Hong Chengchou finally knelt down and said: "The sinner bows to thank His Majesty for his grace."
Huang Taiji was overjoyed and said: "When I enter Beijing in the future, not only will I not allow these two people to surrender, I can even say in advance that I will not allow all the officials of the Southern Dynasty to surrender!"
You think, even if Beijing is captured, the centipede in the Ming Dynasty will definitely escape to Nanjing and continue to resist. Only if Yan Guan is not allowed to surrender, Yan Guan will be forced to follow them to Nanjing. This is just to say
Instead of staying in Beijing to live a leisurely life, you should be forced to Nanjing and continue to harm Can Ming!"
Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou were stunned when they heard Huang Taiji's words.
If Chen Shuren were here, he would definitely be surprised that Huang Taiji could actually understand the principle of "kill the Holy Mother first and protect the enemy's Holy Mother in troubled times".
Standing on the moral high ground and criticizing people but not knowing how to act is equivalent to the "Madonna of Troubled Times". It's a great deal to force your enemies to do it.
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