This is an ordinary day; there are many solar terms during the twelfth lunar month, but the thirteenth lunar month is not any festival.It was such an ordinary day, but it seemed destined to be unusual.
Huguang Administration and the governor of the city and Wuchang Prefecture.Jin Zhong, Minister of War and Huguang Transportation Commander, was watching the murder outside the city!
Today, the sky in Wuchang Prefecture is cloudy and there were some raindrops floating before; at this time, the cold wind blew, causing the dead leaves and debris on the ground to fly all over the sky.This atmosphere is exactly what happened to the bleak killing incident.
A row of prisoners on the school ground was tied up, including the rebels who had been caught one after another, the officers and soldiers who had violated the law of the Ming Dynasty. They were all people who were guilty of death!
After receiving the review documents from the Ministry of Justice and the Huguang Censorate, officials from the Wuchang Prefecture Office will execute all of these people today.
Because most of the prisoners were soldiers of the two armies, the people who executed the execution next to the school ground were not executioners, but some official soldiers.
Kneel down!A general roared.
The prisoners fell to the ground one after another, and knelt into a relatively neat row.Many of their bodies were shaking, not only because of the wind and coldness.
Not far away, a burly man swung a wooden hammer tied with red cloth, and beat the drum...
Two rows of sergeants wearing hard and holding sharp legs maintained uniform steps amid the drums, advancing neatly and walking behind the prisoners.
Amid the shouts of the generals, the first row of soldiers raised the sharp gun firearm. They clamped the rod under their armpits, pressed the gun's mouth against the prisoner's vest, and then picked up the fire stick and blew it up.
As soon as a cold gun hit a prisoner's back, the prisoner trembled violently and his body softened and fell to the ground.
The general standing nearby was furious and waved his waist and shouted: Kneel!
The prisoner was tied with his hands on his back, and he struggled for a while before he supported himself tremblingly and kneeled down weakly.He raised his head and called out with fear: Mom, Mom Ah...
The sound of burning leads came, and the prisoners' faces were full of despair, and some people raised their heads and closed their eyes.
Bang bang bang bang... A row of muskets rang out, smoke filled the air, and screams came out.
Then the sergeants changed teams, and the second row of soldiers holding cherry guns rushed to the front and stabbed the prisoners in the pool of blood with weapons.
Some people have not been killed by muskets, but they can no longer resist at all. They are screaming with hissings.
The civil and military officials who were watching the school sidewalk were all solemn at this time.
Jin Zhong rode on the horse and watched the whole process intently.
At this time, he turned his head and saw the two officials around him, the inspector and the prefectural officials. Jin Zhong's eyes swept across the faces of the two, and he stayed on the face of the inspector who was responsible for the review of the criminal law.
Jin Zhong said: Why are the prisoner so obedient even though he knows he will die?
The Huguang Censor pondered for a moment and said: When he returned to the Jinbu Hall, the army looked around and they knew that resistance was useless.
Jin Zhong was obviously not satisfied with this answer and shook his head gently and said: There are many people here, but no one resisted.They are in desperate situations, at least they can ignore the arrangements!
The inspector thought for a while and said: The officials thought that people were like this; the military households who obeyed military orders for many years would be like this... They all knew in their hearts and knew that there was nothing they could do, so they were so scared; because no one stood up, it was common for people to follow the crowd and do nothing. However, if someone resisted just now, everyone would probably be in riot!
It makes sense.Jin Zhong nodded thoughtfully.
At this moment, a man in a green robe came over and bowed to Jin Zhong and said, "Someone asked to see Jinbutang, he has a seal signed by you."
Jin Zhongdao: Where are people?
The green robe official turned around and pointed at a distance.Jin Zhong looked in the direction and saw a man wearing a hat. The man raised the hat and bent down gently at Jin Zhong.
Seeing this, Jin Zhong said: Bring him to my study.
yes.The green robe official bowed.
Jin Zhong immediately left the schoolyard, returned to Wuchang City, and arrived at the Ministry of War Pavilion of the Wuchang Prefecture.
The local government offices have six departments, which facilitates the central government to send people to do business.
Jin Zhong doesn't choose places in Huguang and has always been in charge of work at the Ministry of War.
Shortly after he arrived at the tent, the person who asked to see him was also brought.
After the visitor walked into the door, he took off his hat and placed it gently by the door. He walked towards the place where Jin Zhong sat, bowing with his fists.
Jin Zhong nodded slightly, and the person coming came closer and said in a deep voice: I saw something very strange when I was at the headquarters of the central army of the "General Pinghan" in Changsha City.After thinking about it, Bei Zhi decided to risk being discovered and rushed to Wuchang Prefecture to report to the master of the department.
explain.Kim Zhongdao.
The person came to say: The British Duke lives in the backyard of the Central Army Headquarters. Not long ago, he locked up a man in the yard room, and asked his confidant to take care of him day and night. The prisoner's origin and how he arrived at the Central Army Headquarters were unable to find out.
But what happened a few days ago became even more strange!The British Duke sent one of his confidant generals to send the "prisoners" out of the central army headquarters at night.Bei Zhi followed him quietly and saw them leaving the city, and then the two of them changed horses and walked south together!It was almost dark at that time, and I didn't dare to follow too close, so I lost my companion...
After listening to the description carefully, Jin Zhong felt it was quite strange and thought to himself: What is that Zhang Fu doing?
After thinking for a while, Jin Zhong said: You are doing a good job, hurry back to Changsha City as soon as possible.
Obey orders.
Jin Zhong stayed in the room alone and pondered for a long time.He was quite confused and could not guess the reason, why was Zhang Fu doing that matter so mysterious... Unless, Zhang Fu was secretly contacting the King of Rebellion?!
Even he himself was shocked by such inferences!Jin Zhong really never doubted that a person like Zhang Fu might have an affair with the King.
Jin Zhong thought about the pros and cons, thinking that this matter was of great importance; and if he wanted to deal with a figure like the General of Pinghan, it would be better to report to the court first.
After understanding the various joints, Jin Zhong's movements immediately started to quickly!While calling his followers into the house, he asked his followers to prepare to leave for the capital; while he began to take out paper and write secret music.
Jin Zhong wrote at his desk and wrote quickly. He first described the spy's report on paper, and then wrote his speculation: It was not completely impossible for Zhang Fu to have an affair with the king!
When he finished writing the memorial and reread it, he felt that it was inappropriate to write his own speculation; the mind of the priest today is not easy, and there are so many ministers in the court, so Jin Zhong did not need to express his own opinion.
Helping the court speculate, it is just a superfluous move.
So he crossed out the text behind and copied it again.
The messenger had already left the study room of the museum, and was standing below waiting.
After Jin Zhong deleted and revised it, he sealed the secret memorial; he then signed another document of the Minister of War and handed it over to the messenger together.
Jin Zhong reminded: Take the official documents and walk on the post road, and make a quick 400 miles away!This secret memorial was not sent to the Tongzheng Envoy Department, but was directly handed over to the commander of the Jinyiwei; if I had my seal and sign on it, you would definitely meet Tan Qing, the commander of the Jinyiwei.
The messenger clasped his fists and said: "You little follow the order!"
Jin Zhong glanced at the sky outside and said: The city gate is not closed yet, let’s go immediately!
The urgent official documents from Wuchang City were delivered to the capital, and it was estimated that it would take three days and three nights to arrive.
Because if the speed of official documents is passed more than 400 miles, the Yima will die; therefore, major events, such as urgent matters such as local rebellion, will be necessary, so that the government will use the cost-effective transmission method.
So Jin Zhong chose the official documents that were urgently issued by 400 miles.After all, the fastest 800-mile rush will take about two days to arrive at the capital!
...On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Jin Zhong received a document sent from Changsha City; the document was signed and custodian General Zhang Fu, the British Duke, and the content was probably the combat strategy of the Huguang official army.
Because the official army obtained a number of definite news, the rebels were preparing boat bridges in the south of Hengzhou City and forcibly crossing the Xiangjiang River. Therefore, Zhang Fu and others made a new strategy and immediately transferred the water and land armies to the south of Hengzhou, with the intention of blocking the rebels' crossing the river!
Zhang Fu's official documents and inform Jin Zhong: Let Jin Zhong prepare more military rations and stockpile them in the dock warehouses along the river.
The whole thing seemed to be fine on the surface, and Zhang Fu even took the initiative to inform Jin Zhong when he decided to make the strategy of dispatching troops!
However, Jin Zhong had already learned from the secret spy that Zhang Fu's strange behavior, and at this time he had a different view: Even if Zhang Fu really had a different intention, he could not hide the major event of dispatching troops; it would be better to tell Jin Zhong on his own initiative, which would make him more confused.
Jin Zhong linked the two things together and thought about it, and he felt something was wrong!
To be on the safe side, Jin Zhong hurriedly wrote another memorial!This time he did not submit a secret memorial because the content was just a strategy of the Huguang official army.
However, Jin Zhong chose the 800-li urgent delivery method and marked the words 800-li on the memorial.He ordered the messenger: at all costs, he would deliver the memorial to the capital as quickly as possible!
A memorial that only reports the front-line combat strategy, but uses an expedited approach of eight hundred miles; this itself can illustrate the problem!
Therefore, Jin Zhong did not express any suspicion in the memorial.
He believed that the monarch and ministers of the court would definitely find out the reason!
Jin Zhong walked out of the room and watched the messenger's hurried back under the cloudy sky.
He withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look at the south sky; he subconsciously made a tilted ear and listened, of course he could not hear any movement.
So Jin Zhong became a little anxious. He walked in messy steps and made some meaningless trivial movements, and then he looked up and watched the gray sky.
The clouds in the sky have been for a few days, but they can't rain down happily, and occasionally they only sprinkle a few raindrops.
But somehow, Jin Zhong felt that the days when it rained heavily were approaching!
Huguang Administration and the governor of the city and Wuchang Prefecture.Jin Zhong, Minister of War and Huguang Transportation Commander, was watching the murder outside the city!
Today, the sky in Wuchang Prefecture is cloudy and there were some raindrops floating before; at this time, the cold wind blew, causing the dead leaves and debris on the ground to fly all over the sky.This atmosphere is exactly what happened to the bleak killing incident.
A row of prisoners on the school ground was tied up, including the rebels who had been caught one after another, the officers and soldiers who had violated the law of the Ming Dynasty. They were all people who were guilty of death!
After receiving the review documents from the Ministry of Justice and the Huguang Censorate, officials from the Wuchang Prefecture Office will execute all of these people today.
Because most of the prisoners were soldiers of the two armies, the people who executed the execution next to the school ground were not executioners, but some official soldiers.
Kneel down!A general roared.
The prisoners fell to the ground one after another, and knelt into a relatively neat row.Many of their bodies were shaking, not only because of the wind and coldness.
Not far away, a burly man swung a wooden hammer tied with red cloth, and beat the drum...
Two rows of sergeants wearing hard and holding sharp legs maintained uniform steps amid the drums, advancing neatly and walking behind the prisoners.
Amid the shouts of the generals, the first row of soldiers raised the sharp gun firearm. They clamped the rod under their armpits, pressed the gun's mouth against the prisoner's vest, and then picked up the fire stick and blew it up.
As soon as a cold gun hit a prisoner's back, the prisoner trembled violently and his body softened and fell to the ground.
The general standing nearby was furious and waved his waist and shouted: Kneel!
The prisoner was tied with his hands on his back, and he struggled for a while before he supported himself tremblingly and kneeled down weakly.He raised his head and called out with fear: Mom, Mom Ah...
The sound of burning leads came, and the prisoners' faces were full of despair, and some people raised their heads and closed their eyes.
Bang bang bang bang... A row of muskets rang out, smoke filled the air, and screams came out.
Then the sergeants changed teams, and the second row of soldiers holding cherry guns rushed to the front and stabbed the prisoners in the pool of blood with weapons.
Some people have not been killed by muskets, but they can no longer resist at all. They are screaming with hissings.
The civil and military officials who were watching the school sidewalk were all solemn at this time.
Jin Zhong rode on the horse and watched the whole process intently.
At this time, he turned his head and saw the two officials around him, the inspector and the prefectural officials. Jin Zhong's eyes swept across the faces of the two, and he stayed on the face of the inspector who was responsible for the review of the criminal law.
Jin Zhong said: Why are the prisoner so obedient even though he knows he will die?
The Huguang Censor pondered for a moment and said: When he returned to the Jinbu Hall, the army looked around and they knew that resistance was useless.
Jin Zhong was obviously not satisfied with this answer and shook his head gently and said: There are many people here, but no one resisted.They are in desperate situations, at least they can ignore the arrangements!
The inspector thought for a while and said: The officials thought that people were like this; the military households who obeyed military orders for many years would be like this... They all knew in their hearts and knew that there was nothing they could do, so they were so scared; because no one stood up, it was common for people to follow the crowd and do nothing. However, if someone resisted just now, everyone would probably be in riot!
It makes sense.Jin Zhong nodded thoughtfully.
At this moment, a man in a green robe came over and bowed to Jin Zhong and said, "Someone asked to see Jinbutang, he has a seal signed by you."
Jin Zhongdao: Where are people?
The green robe official turned around and pointed at a distance.Jin Zhong looked in the direction and saw a man wearing a hat. The man raised the hat and bent down gently at Jin Zhong.
Seeing this, Jin Zhong said: Bring him to my study.
yes.The green robe official bowed.
Jin Zhong immediately left the schoolyard, returned to Wuchang City, and arrived at the Ministry of War Pavilion of the Wuchang Prefecture.
The local government offices have six departments, which facilitates the central government to send people to do business.
Jin Zhong doesn't choose places in Huguang and has always been in charge of work at the Ministry of War.
Shortly after he arrived at the tent, the person who asked to see him was also brought.
After the visitor walked into the door, he took off his hat and placed it gently by the door. He walked towards the place where Jin Zhong sat, bowing with his fists.
Jin Zhong nodded slightly, and the person coming came closer and said in a deep voice: I saw something very strange when I was at the headquarters of the central army of the "General Pinghan" in Changsha City.After thinking about it, Bei Zhi decided to risk being discovered and rushed to Wuchang Prefecture to report to the master of the department.
explain.Kim Zhongdao.
The person came to say: The British Duke lives in the backyard of the Central Army Headquarters. Not long ago, he locked up a man in the yard room, and asked his confidant to take care of him day and night. The prisoner's origin and how he arrived at the Central Army Headquarters were unable to find out.
But what happened a few days ago became even more strange!The British Duke sent one of his confidant generals to send the "prisoners" out of the central army headquarters at night.Bei Zhi followed him quietly and saw them leaving the city, and then the two of them changed horses and walked south together!It was almost dark at that time, and I didn't dare to follow too close, so I lost my companion...
After listening to the description carefully, Jin Zhong felt it was quite strange and thought to himself: What is that Zhang Fu doing?
After thinking for a while, Jin Zhong said: You are doing a good job, hurry back to Changsha City as soon as possible.
Obey orders.
Jin Zhong stayed in the room alone and pondered for a long time.He was quite confused and could not guess the reason, why was Zhang Fu doing that matter so mysterious... Unless, Zhang Fu was secretly contacting the King of Rebellion?!
Even he himself was shocked by such inferences!Jin Zhong really never doubted that a person like Zhang Fu might have an affair with the King.
Jin Zhong thought about the pros and cons, thinking that this matter was of great importance; and if he wanted to deal with a figure like the General of Pinghan, it would be better to report to the court first.
After understanding the various joints, Jin Zhong's movements immediately started to quickly!While calling his followers into the house, he asked his followers to prepare to leave for the capital; while he began to take out paper and write secret music.
Jin Zhong wrote at his desk and wrote quickly. He first described the spy's report on paper, and then wrote his speculation: It was not completely impossible for Zhang Fu to have an affair with the king!
When he finished writing the memorial and reread it, he felt that it was inappropriate to write his own speculation; the mind of the priest today is not easy, and there are so many ministers in the court, so Jin Zhong did not need to express his own opinion.
Helping the court speculate, it is just a superfluous move.
So he crossed out the text behind and copied it again.
The messenger had already left the study room of the museum, and was standing below waiting.
After Jin Zhong deleted and revised it, he sealed the secret memorial; he then signed another document of the Minister of War and handed it over to the messenger together.
Jin Zhong reminded: Take the official documents and walk on the post road, and make a quick 400 miles away!This secret memorial was not sent to the Tongzheng Envoy Department, but was directly handed over to the commander of the Jinyiwei; if I had my seal and sign on it, you would definitely meet Tan Qing, the commander of the Jinyiwei.
The messenger clasped his fists and said: "You little follow the order!"
Jin Zhong glanced at the sky outside and said: The city gate is not closed yet, let’s go immediately!
The urgent official documents from Wuchang City were delivered to the capital, and it was estimated that it would take three days and three nights to arrive.
Because if the speed of official documents is passed more than 400 miles, the Yima will die; therefore, major events, such as urgent matters such as local rebellion, will be necessary, so that the government will use the cost-effective transmission method.
So Jin Zhong chose the official documents that were urgently issued by 400 miles.After all, the fastest 800-mile rush will take about two days to arrive at the capital!
...On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Jin Zhong received a document sent from Changsha City; the document was signed and custodian General Zhang Fu, the British Duke, and the content was probably the combat strategy of the Huguang official army.
Because the official army obtained a number of definite news, the rebels were preparing boat bridges in the south of Hengzhou City and forcibly crossing the Xiangjiang River. Therefore, Zhang Fu and others made a new strategy and immediately transferred the water and land armies to the south of Hengzhou, with the intention of blocking the rebels' crossing the river!
Zhang Fu's official documents and inform Jin Zhong: Let Jin Zhong prepare more military rations and stockpile them in the dock warehouses along the river.
The whole thing seemed to be fine on the surface, and Zhang Fu even took the initiative to inform Jin Zhong when he decided to make the strategy of dispatching troops!
However, Jin Zhong had already learned from the secret spy that Zhang Fu's strange behavior, and at this time he had a different view: Even if Zhang Fu really had a different intention, he could not hide the major event of dispatching troops; it would be better to tell Jin Zhong on his own initiative, which would make him more confused.
Jin Zhong linked the two things together and thought about it, and he felt something was wrong!
To be on the safe side, Jin Zhong hurriedly wrote another memorial!This time he did not submit a secret memorial because the content was just a strategy of the Huguang official army.
However, Jin Zhong chose the 800-li urgent delivery method and marked the words 800-li on the memorial.He ordered the messenger: at all costs, he would deliver the memorial to the capital as quickly as possible!
A memorial that only reports the front-line combat strategy, but uses an expedited approach of eight hundred miles; this itself can illustrate the problem!
Therefore, Jin Zhong did not express any suspicion in the memorial.
He believed that the monarch and ministers of the court would definitely find out the reason!
Jin Zhong walked out of the room and watched the messenger's hurried back under the cloudy sky.
He withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look at the south sky; he subconsciously made a tilted ear and listened, of course he could not hear any movement.
So Jin Zhong became a little anxious. He walked in messy steps and made some meaningless trivial movements, and then he looked up and watched the gray sky.
The clouds in the sky have been for a few days, but they can't rain down happily, and occasionally they only sprinkle a few raindrops.
But somehow, Jin Zhong felt that the days when it rained heavily were approaching!