Chapter 279: The power of heaven is unpredictable
This Zhang Wenying is the deputy general.
The official position is not low.
He is ranked below the general, and in fact, he is already one of the top military officers in Liaodong.
A person like him is also a person who can stomp his feet in Liaodong to make the ground tremble.
What's more, after each deputy general, he knows what kind of person he has cursed behind him. There is at least a governor behind him. Maybe he doesn't have to have a close relationship with a certain Shangshu.
Not to mention, often, under the deputy generals, they all have their own battalions of soldiers and their own servants.
Like Zhang Wenying, he usually eats a lot of money, but although military officials eat a lot of money, he is not vague to raise his servants.
Household slaves are wealth in Liaodong. The more slaves, the greater the wealth. After all, force can be monetized.
This Zhang Wenying has more than 700 servants!
More than 700 domestic slaves, and they were all raised by him, and they were all people who depended on him.
People like this are never easy to kill, because once they are killed, trouble can occur.
It was like Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong in history. Mao Wenlong was the general officer. With his death, the entire Dongjiang Town immediately collapsed!
Many people who followed Mao Wenlong immediately joined Jiannu, and these people even became the main force to enter the pass, such as the famous Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, Kong Youde people, etc.
In other words, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong and directly contributed three great achievements to the Jiannu people, so that he could be ranked among the kings. As for countless others who surrendered Jiannu after Mao Wenlong's death and made great contributions to Jiannu.
This shows how destructive the power is.
There is actually a reason why the court was afraid of these generals and deputy generals in Liaodong. These people were mixed up and there were too many people who depended on them to survive.
Once you kill the person rashly, even if the rest of the people are incorporated into other military horses, it will be difficult to control them. Moreover, they are already disloyal. After all, no matter where they are transferred, in their hearts, they are not the other party's direct descendants. What is the future for them?
In Liaodong, if you don’t have a backer in the army, it means that every time you charge, you will die, and every time you seek merit and reward, you will have to stand aside.
Once this kind of personal dependence becomes a habit, these military leaders who have been operating in Liaodong for so many years will naturally become people that cannot be easily touched, especially in the face of a great enemy.
At first, Zhang Wenying thought it was just a scare, so she called out an injustice, but she was not afraid.
Until he was dragged out of the tent like a dead dog.
There were a few knives and axemen waiting here outside. Then they tied up like dead pigs and pressed them on a long bench, with only one head hanging outside the stool.
Then, the swordsman with a tiger-back and bear-waisted waist raised the sharp axe directly.
At this time, Zhang Wenying realized that this was no joke, it was really fatal...
So he was so shocked that his face was pale and shouted: "Help, help... I... I... spare my life, I'm wronged... Mr. Yuan, General Man..."
The sharp axe was chopped off directly, and the head was like a ladle of melon, separated from the body and rolled to the ground alone.
His voice had come to an abrupt end.
Soon, someone came in with his head and said, "Your Majesty, your mentor... Zhang Wenying was executed."
Emperor Tianqi had no expression on his face, but he just squinted his eyes and still sat there motionlessly, as if he was indifferent to it.
Zhang Jingyi nodded and said, "Hang outside the camp, immediately send a letter to the local Jinyiwei, search the house and take people. Do not leak the news or make mistakes!"
"Here."
At this moment... the big tent was filled with a biting chill.
Yuan Chonghuan never expected that things were much worse than he thought. Zhang Wenying was highly valued by him on weekdays and was a general in the Liaodong Army. Now... with an order, the heads fell to the ground.
He could no longer calm down and suddenly became frightened. As the deputy general was like this, wasn't he the governor to blame?
He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... I will die."
Mangui was so scared that his face looked like earth. At this time, he no longer dared to look directly at Emperor Tianqi.
Emperor Tianqi remained silent and turned a deaf ear to the apology of these civil and military officials.
He picked up the teacup in front of him and slowly drank the tea. The only sound of him uncovering the tea cover and blowing the tea foam in the tent.
Zhang Jingyi said again: "General Liu Long, Zhang Jianyi, guerrilla general Wang Xin, Zhao Ye..."
He gave out one name after another expressionless face.
But at this moment, no one dared to respond.
The person who was named after the name would either be pissed off or... he would faint directly.
Immediately afterwards, the students began to identify one by one and dragged the person out directly.
At this time, screams of bitterness rose and fell outside this big tent.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Yuan Chonghuan at this time... there was no majesty of a banished official. He looked frightened and leaned on the ground, kowtowed and said, "I... I will die thousands, die thousands... I shouldn't hide your Majesty..."
Emperor Tianqi said lightly: "Don't be anxious, you can say slowly, the accounts must be settled one by one..."
Yuan Chonghuan was burned with all his thoughts and said in panic: "My...My..."
Emperor Tianqi smiled, but today's smile seemed calm and relaxed, very relaxed: "Didn't the Qing family say that blaming the generals of Liaodong will cause people's hearts and make everyone feel upset? Today, I not only want to blame them, but also kill people! Not only one person, but also bring disaster to their families. I really want to see how they are disloyal, how they make the people of Liaodong feel upset, and what kind of chaos will it cause."
Speaking of this, he paused for a moment before saying, "If something really happens, then come. I can kill Jiannu, but can't kill you traitors? How do you compare with Huang Taiji?"
Huang Taiji was taken outside the tent. Seeing that Emperor Tianqi ordered people to pull one person after another to kill, Emperor Tianqi's tone in this tent was even relaxed and comfortable, as if killing was common, and he didn't even need to blink his eyes.
At this time, Huang Taiji's heart also became gloomy. He suddenly realized that the Emperor of Ming was not as simple as he had thought before.
But when he heard the words "How much did you compare with Huang Taiji?" Huang Taiji felt a choke.
Heartbroken...
Emperor Tianqi's voice sounded again: "If you want to make trouble, just do trouble! I have spent so much money and food. I always wonder whether you are the Ming army or the Jiannu people. Even if they are Jiannu, they will conquer cities and land, but they will not eat my blood or eat my flesh. Instead of raising you, the waste, it is better to just cut off your arm."
"Didn't Yuan Qing's family say that you should be free from one's destiny? Free from one's destiny is also good, but you can go to Jiannu to join Jiannu, let's see if Jiannu can support you. If you can spend four or five million taels of silver every year in Jiannu, you can eat millions of stones of grain and eat the empty salary of the Jiannu people. This is also a great contribution to my Ming Dynasty. When I plow the courtyard and clean the Jiannu people in the future, I may not be sure that I will remember your great contributions! This contribution is much higher than that when you huddled in Ningyuan and Jinzhou in the city, guarding the border for me. I will reward you one by one."
Zhang Jingyi: “…”
Zhang Jingyi was speechless, saying that it seemed as if the Ming Dynasty was raising a group of pigs now.
When Yuan Chonghuan and others heard this, they were ashamed and wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into it.
Emperor Tianqi continued, "I will tell you the truth. I really don't plan to give you the money and military rations for this year and next year. You can't raise troops. The money and food for raising soldiers are all in your own private warehouse. I will copy them one by one. Let's see, you are talking about poverty on weekdays. See how much money you have, how much food you have hidden, and how many private soldiers you have raised? I must know where my money and food have been spent!"
Speaking of this, Emperor Tianqi was furious again: "In order to raise these money and grain, I sent eunuchs to guard all over the place to collect mine taxes. All the people in this pass hated me so much that I was competing for profit with them. In order to feed you, I added Liao pay, and forced many people to end their ends, and they all called me a fool. I was a fool in the pass, so I was in return for you to be happy here?"
"I will tell you the truth. Such a good day is over. You can either dig three feet of land and spit out my money or... go to Jiannu. I will ask Huang Taiji to write a letter to recommend you. You will take Huang Taiji's letter to meet the Jiannu people. By the way, you will also pass on a word on my behalf. Your good days are over and their good days are over."
Yuan Chonghuan was already burned to death, and there was no place in the world who forced his own people to surrender to the enemy.
What is this? This is a great humiliation.
As a chief official of the border and the governor of Liaodong, isn’t this a big joke?
He kowtowed, and at this time he choked up and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I am guilty of death... I am irreconcilable to Jiannu. I have been in Liaodong for many years and have no achievements. I am really ashamed of Your Majesty..."
Emperor Tianqi did not look moved at all, but said, "Isn't it easy to die? But living is very rare! You know Liaodong well. If you really want to correct it, then... let's do something for me."
Yuan Chonghuan felt more and more that Emperor Tianqi was unpredictable. At this time, he was only afraid that Emperor Tianqi would find out that he had a letter with Huang Taiji. You must know that he did not report these things at all.
Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan could only say tremblingly: "Please tell me your Majesty."
Chapter completed!