Chapter 452: Huang Taiji was escorted into Beijing
Huang Taiji almost fainted when he was ridiculed by his son, but when he thought that he did not take his eldest son seriously, his situation seemed to be even worse. Not only was he captured alive, he was also interrupted. His eldest son, whom he looked down upon, could be the emperor for three days before his country was destroyed and realized his ideals. But he really wanted to be the emperor in Beijing, and now he seemed to have no chance.
However, just as Haoge laughed at his father Huang Taiji, a warrior of the Imperial Guard directly threw a whip, and with a snap, he made Haoge's face burst into pieces: "Shut up, what are you screaming!"
Haoge couldn't understand Chinese, but he also knew that the Ming soldiers who escorted him must have thought they were too ugly and didn't want to die now, so he had to shut up.
When Huang Taiji saw that his son was whipped by a small Ming soldier and dared not speak, he couldn't help feeling a little distressed. He sighed inwardly that this is the so-called tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by a dog. So what if he is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty? So what if his son is Beile of the Qing Dynasty? Now he is not a small Ming soldier who can control it.
Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel sad. He always wanted to commit suicide, but now he doesn't even have the chance to commit suicide.
Just when Huang Taiji was escorted to Shanhaiguan for a temporary rest, the prison cart escorted Bumubutai, Jiergalang and others also arrived at Shanhaiguan. Huang Taiji even saw Bumubutai first.
However, when Huang Taiji called Bumubutai's name, Bumubutai just turned his back. Now she just wanted to completely distinguish any relationship with Huang Taiji, because she knew that she was a woman and had always been a vassal of men, and she did not have to bear any political responsibility, so she could regain her dependence on the wings of Emperor Ming Zhu Youxiao of Emperor Zhu Youxiao. What's more, she also knew that Hai Lanzhu, who was also a Korchin tribe, had become a woman of Emperor Ming Zhu Youxiao of Emperor Ming, and seemed to be very favored.
This was what Bumubutai learned from Huang Taiji's dreams. She thought that her beauty was not inferior to Hai Lanzhu, and she had more clever methods than Hai Lanzhu, so she did not worry about not being able to capture the favor of Emperor Ming Dynasty Zhu Youxiao.
Huang Taiji couldn't help but smile when he saw Bumubutai so resolutely. He naturally guessed Bumubutai's true thoughts.
At this time, Jirgalang came over and shouted Huang Taiji at the top of his lungs: "Long live the Lord!" Then he cried on his back, and then he hit the wood with his head and said in pain: "I am guilty. I have let down the trust of Emperor Long live the Qing Dynasty and failed to protect the Qing Dynasty. This caused the city of Hetuara to be lost to the enemy, and countless royal bloodlines were tragically poisoned. Please punish me!"
Huang Taiji just groaned, he didn't want to pay attention to this old guy. In his opinion, although Jirgalang was a little loyal to him, he was also a selfish guy. If he could abandon his interests and choose to unite with Haoge instead of trying to support the young Yershu to control the court, perhaps the Qing Dynasty could last for a while.
Therefore, Huang Taiji has no good feelings for Jirgalang now.
"What are you shouting!" The Imperial Guard soldiers were very rude and used a whip to make Jirgalang learn to shut up.
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Zhu Youxiao is almost always concerned about the Ming Dynasty's war against Jiannu. Although the Ming Dynasty is already extraordinary and its military concepts and equipment have long surpassed this era, Zhu Youxiao was still very excited and nervous about destroying Jiannu, an emerging force that originally replaced the Ming Dynasty in history.
He knew that only by completely destroying Jiannu, he would have completely changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty and changed the fate of China being arbitrarily bullied by Western powers hundreds of years later.
At first, Zhu Youxiao also got the incident of the elite troops of Jiannu's major-part Eight Banners attacking the Iron Horse Fort, and he also guessed with Yang Sichang and others that Huang Taiji was likely to break the current strategic situation by taking the initiative to attack.
This means that the previous strategic thinking had to change, but what made Zhu Youxiao feel relieved was that Lu Xiangsheng was able to do a lot of random responses in a practical way, and had to strictly abide by his instructions without any rubber pillars, which made Huang Taiji blocked Huang Taiji at the most critical moment and recreated an excellent opportunity to annihilate Huang Taiji's main force.
Zhu Youxiao admired Lu Xiangsheng's arbitrary courage and admired him very much that although he was decisive on the battlefield, he was politically meticulous, because shortly after Lu Xiangsheng issued the order, he had already replied to Zhu Youxiao, and the content of the memorial was to apologize for his own guilt.
Zhu Youxiao naturally would not blame Lu Xiangsheng for being able to surrender Huang Taiji and break Huang Taiji's plan to almost reverse the strategic situation in an instant. In Zhu Youxiao's view, Lu Xiangsheng seems to have greater potential to tap.
However, for the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, except for the Ministry of War and a few cabinet ministers in the cabinet, many ministers did not know the current situation of war.
Their attitude was originally pessimistic and negative about whether they could defeat Jiannu, especially for the conservative officials who still occupy the Qingliu official position of the imperial court. Zhu Youxiao is now trying to regain the status of the war. Now, after learning that the war ahead is not good, the Jiannu's soldiers attacked the Iron Horse Fort first, some ministers were even more like frightened birds. In a short period of time, they seemed to have become military strategists to ask His Majesty to shrink his troops and strengthen the defense of the capital, so as not to prevent the Jiannu cavalry from attacking near Shanhaiguan and then attacking the rear of the Ming Dynasty from other directions.
Some officials even began to impeach Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang, but the two ministers did not hesitate to instigate His Majesty to launch a war with Jiannu for their own private matters, destroying the original stable method.
Not only did the conservative officials begin to express their dissatisfaction with Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang in order to express their dissatisfaction with the increasing imperial power as the war continues, but also reformist officials such as Li Mingrui also chose to default.
It would not be of much benefit to them to destroy Jiannu, because according to Your Majesty's thoughts, the place that Jiannu now occupied will be changed to the land and become a member of the Ming Dynasty's founding and proclaiming the Political and Envoy Department, which means that a large amount of investment will be made in the early stage.
This is not a good thing for the reformists, and what they want to fight is to expand externally, a war of leaving after grabbing or exploiting territory by snatching away, rather than the current situation where Jiannu has destroyed and subdue the territory occupied by Jiannu for a long time, and have to be responsible for poverty alleviation work in this place that has been devastated by Jiannu. Therefore, the reformists who pay more attention to practical interests are not very eager for His Majesty to occupy Jiannu's territory.
Of course, it also has something to do with the reason why Li Mingrui didn't want Lu Xiangsheng to take this opportunity to go further and even threaten his political status.
So much so that when he learned that Jiannu might go south again and attempted to break into the pass and attack the capital, a Kedao official directly advised on the platform: "Your Majesty, the power of Jiannu should not be underestimated. His troops are skilled in riding and shooting. Now that he comes south, it will inevitably endanger the capital. Your Majesty should immediately transfer back to the imperial guards to protect the capital."
Zhu Youxiao was speechless about the remarks of these officials, but these non-military civil servants like to pretend not to understand and like to point fingers.
Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to listen anymore, and he didn't want to explain that the current strength of the Ming Dynasty was enough to defeat the Jiannu power, because as an emperor, there was no need to explain to his ministers.
However, at this time, a Jinyiwei who was riding a horse to convey important news came: "Your Majesty, this is the latest news outside the pass. The main force of Jiannu was completely wiped out by our Imperial Guards in Yaoziling, and Huang Taiji was also captured alive. After the battle at Yaoziling, the commander Lu immediately ordered the First Army and Fourth Army of the Imperial Guards to attack Hetuara City, which made the Qing princes and nobles of Hetuara not have time to escape. Now they have all been killed. However, Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge called himself emperor in Shengjing City and also Jianyuan Chongde, but he was the emperor for only three days and was also captured by the Imperial Guards. Now all the Jiannus who were captured alive have been taken to the capital. Please arrest His Majesty!"
"good!"
Zhu Youxiao immediately stood up and glanced at Li Mingrui, the Cabinet University, and other ministers.
Li Mingrui naturally understood that Zhu Youxiao meant to despise himself, the ministers who did not think that the Imperial Guard could defeat Jiannu. When he wanted to become a legitimate cabinet chief, he would no longer let the scholars in the world laugh at him and also follow the emperor's Majesty Zhu Youxiao's wishes, so as not to harm his relationship with the strong monarch and ministers.
So, Li Mingrui immediately stood up and said happily: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is indeed a wise ruler. His civil and military achievements are no less than those of Yao and Shun, which has led to the destruction of Jiannu, who has threatened our Ming Dynasty for decades. From then on, our Ming Dynasty will no longer worry about a place of external troubles."
Seeing Li Mingrui performing this, other ministers came forward to praise Zhu Youxiao, eager to express their attitude.
Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to care about what these officials with different attitudes said. Zhu Youxiao slapped the table suddenly and shouted: "Enough!" Then the ministers then shut up, and it was not easy to flatter Zhu Youxiao again.
Zhu Youxiao just reminded Li Mingrui to prepare for the prison ceremony and asked the ministers to retreat.
Now, for Zhu Youxiao, who has been emperor for seven years, the captive ceremony seems to have become a common occurrence. From the time when Wu Xiang and Wu’s father and son were presented to the time when Jiannu’s emperor Huang Taiji was escorted, the entire Ming Dynasty now has heavyweight prisoners almost from time to time.
But despite this, Huang Taiji was escorted into the capital and caused a great sensation.
Huang Taiji's reputation and infamous reputation have long been circulated in the Ming Dynasty. He said that he likes to eat human flesh, and has horns on his head and monsters.
Therefore, when Huang Taiji and others were escorted into the capital, countless scholars and people rushed over to watch.
When they saw countless Tartars being locked in prison vans by the Imperial Guards and heading towards the inner city, many people couldn't help but shout and curse. Although the Five City Military and Mahals had strictly prohibited discarding garbage in any public place in the capital, countless people could not help but greet the guys in their hands to the Tartars who were escorted in the prison van in front of them.
Some people in the capital who had been poisoned by the Tartars were even more excited and shed tears at this time, hoping to rush up and tear these Tartars into pieces now.
Huang Taiji can only endure the discomfort of a stinky egg hitting his forehead and then flowing into his eyes, because he is now completely unable to move.
Not only was he unable to remove the stinky eggs on his face, his hands and feet were completely broken, and he could not move any more. In this way, his urine and defecation could only remain in his crotch when he couldn't hold it in. But in this way, he became even more embarrassed and smelly, and even the two soldiers of the Imperial Guard had to wear masks.
Huang Taiji never thought that he would have such a day, but the truth is now. He endured it but endured it.
In fact, the scholars and people of the Ming Dynasty do not know who is the real Huang Taiji here, so other Tartars have also tried what it means to touch the rain and dew.
Not long after the Imperial Guard soldiers escorted Huang Taiji and others to the place where prisoners were offered, Zhu Youxiao and a group of high-ranking civil and military officials also arrived at the scene.
Huang Taiji's punishment method is still Lingchi, so there is no need to question this, but Zhu Youxiao still wanted to challenge the signs of human beings being cut, so he ordered his own people to pass the order to the executioners who were responsible for the execution. The number of swords should not be less than 3,600, and once it is seized at 3,600, you can get ten taels of silver.
Anyone who reads it has to admit that this is a considerable way to reward silver. For executioners, this method can completely motivate them to create more powerful lingchi records and gain more wealth.
Those who followed Huang Taiji and also wanted to carry out the punishment of lingchi were also the owners of the banners of the Jiannu Eight Banners, such as Jirhalang and Haoge. These people followed Nurhaci or Huang Taiji to do a lot of slaughtering and harming the Han people, so Zhu Youxiao did not intend to bypass them easily.
Jirgalang was staring at the front with a dull eyes and giggling. He knew what his next fate would be, but he didn't feel a pity. In his opinion, he had lived for decades and didn't care about the consequences of being executed by Lingchi now.
On the contrary, Haoge was a little unwilling to give up. He shook his body, his fists were tightly pinched, and his lips were chewed by his teeth and almost bleeding. He kept shaking his head, and murmured from time to time: "No, no, I can't just die like this. I still have to continue to be the emperor. I want to continue to be the emperor. I want to be the master of everyone!"
Huang Taiji was expressionless at this time. Even though he had seen his woman Bumubutai smiled like a flower in front of Zhu Youxiao, there was no slight turmoil in his heart, and even when he saw the knife in his executioner, he did not show any fear.
Chapter completed!