Wanli Xinming

Chapter 100
On September [-], the second year of Wanli, the first snow fell in Liaodong.Although the snowflakes fell and melted before they were saved, the bitter north wind had told all the people and beasts who lived in this land that winter was coming.

In the Dajuchang of Fushun Horse City, there are no longer the dung of livestock and the Jurchen and Han merchants wearing fur and smelling stinky.At this time, standing around the field, was a group of brightly armored Ming soldiers.

The long and tall flag stands on the newly built wooden platform in the middle of the field. The flag is embroidered in Hongwu style: the right servant of the Ministry of War, the governor of Jiliao Liu; Ning Yuanbo, the chief soldier of Liaodong; Wait, a total of more than ten faces fluttered in the north wind, making a hunting sound.

On the west side of the high platform, stood a torture platform, a wooden platform with a shelf on it, and two nooses tied to the crossbar.In front of the noose stood a wooden stake more than a foot in diameter, with a fishing net piled on the side.

On the east side of the high platform, there is a large piece of dark red felt. At this time, it is covered with thick wool for clothes but still left, and pearls and jade are Jurchens with pigtails.

Including Hercynian Wangtai, Yehebu Nalin, Huifa Department Baiyindali, Jianzhou Zuowei Juechangan, Takshi, Sukesu River Protection Department Nikan Wailan, Hunhe Department Lidai, etc. More than a hundred Jurchen leaders of various ministries arrived in Fushun on September [-].

Because among these tribes, there are many grievances for killing their fathers, and disputes over territory occur every day. Therefore, Fushun City prepares them to live in various places, and it is strictly forbidden to go out. Those who fight in the city will be executed.

Today's ceremony, these talents have come to one place.As the so-called enemy meets, they are particularly jealous.A small clan attached to the Hada clan was called the Dong'e clan. When its minister, Ah Hai, entered the gate of the Juchang, he saw the minister of the enemy Wanyan clan Xunli, and immediately drew a knife to kill him.

Li Chengliang's eldest son, Li Rusong, was promoted to the rank of sergeant general due to his merits, and he also served as Ning Yuan Bo Xunwei at this time.Today, he was in charge of bombing the venue. When he saw Ah Hai drawing a knife, he immediately sent his own soldiers to capture Ah Hai from the noisy Jurchen crowd at the entrance of the venue.

A year ago, Li Rusong's actions were enough to spark the war on the side walls. Today, including Wangtai, who can gather [-] troops, no one can resist Li Rusong.

Immediately, Li Rusong read out the order of the governor of Jiliao, and ordered all the participating Jurchens to enter the venue.If there is another fight, they will all be captured.All the chiefs obeyed, and together with their own guards, they took off their sabers and entered the field under the guidance of the Ming army. On the red felt on the east side, they stood in line according to the population force of the tribe.

After waiting in the cold wind for half an hour, I heard the sound of a cannon outside the field, and then the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance like thunder.

After another cup of tea, Li Santai, a fellow guard in Jinyi who was wearing a flying fish suit with an embroidered spring knife on his back, rode on a white horse, and came roaring with a team of Jinyiwei cavalry in red armor.

After the cavalry entered the field, they were divided into two columns, leaving an aisle with a width of ten feet in the middle.Then, they pulled out their waist knives together and tapped the scabbard with the back of the knife to make them even.

The sound of slapping the scabbard fell, and a small team of Ming troops in the field unleashed their horns and blew them in unison.In the sound of the horn, an officer of the Jinyiwei flag shouted: "The minister of imperial envoy, the censor of the right capital and the left servant of the Ministry of War, the governor of Ji Liao's military affairs and the management of food and wages, Mr. Liu is here! All the troops salute!"

The Ming army in the field shouted together: "See the commander! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

A red shadow flickered in front of the gate of the venue, and the teeth flags entered first, and then Liu Yingjie rode into the venue under the escort of Xunwei.

Afterwards, the banner officers called their names in turn, and Ning Yuanbo Li Chengliang, Liaodong Governor Zhang Xueyan, and Jizhen Chief Soldier Zhang Chen all rode in.

When the important ministers and generals entered the field, all the Jurchen chiefs looked up from the east side with their necks raised.In addition to Li Chengliang and other generals they had met, Liu Yingjie, Zhang Xueyan and other civil servants made their first appearance in front of the Jurchen chief.

I saw these civil servants wearing red python robes, flying fish suits, or bullfighting suits, with jade belts around their waists, and the embroidery patterns on the robes made them dazzled.Under the high black gauze hat, his face was condensed, his bearing was graceful, and the Han officials were full of majesty. When some captives who had never seen the world saw them, they couldn't help feeling ashamed of themselves.

After some etiquette, Liu Yingjie was in the middle on the wooden platform, Li Chengliang was on the left, Zhang Xueyan, the governor of Liaodong, was on the right, and all the Han officials and generals sat on the official hat chairs.There is a high table behind Liu Yingjie, the governor of Jiliao, on which is the Great Command Flag [-] feet [-] inches high, and the flag is a wooden crouching tiger talisman [-] foot [-] inches wide. Cards - The whole field suppressed by He He Wei Yi was silent.

Liu Yingjie, governor of Jiliao, is 58 years old this year. Although he is old, he has been in the army for many years, and he is physically strong and his voice is like a bell.

Seeing that the field was quiet, he cleared his throat and said loudly: "All the troops, the guards, and the Jurchens! The commander of the Jianzhou capital, Wang Gao, was originally a citizen of the East and did not listen to the voice of the imperial court. Dare to raise troops and invade my border city! Relying on self-confidence, he killed the imperial court to prepare for the imperial guards, explore horses, and ride on the side. Afterwards, he did not plead guilty by himself, but he still coerced his followers and resisted the soldiers of heaven. This commander wants to ask, the soldiers of the imperial court in a hundred battles, with a million armors - Jianzhou in a district , why should it be?"

"The opportunity for misfortune and fortune can only be brought about by itself. In the battle of Liaoyang, Wang Gao's army died, and only his body was spared. Immediately, in Gule City, there were both women and children, but jade and stones were all burned. Its kind is unique in Liaodong!"

"Today, the commander was ordered by the imperial court to summon all the ministries here. For Shen Mingen, they are all the emperor's children; expressly show that you are waiting for the opportunity of misfortune and good fortune, and Kaier waits for a new road!"

After this sentence was finished, there was still silence in the arena.In the Jurchen noble circle, there are captive chiefs who do not understand Chinese, and there are interpreters around who have translated Liu Yingjie's speech in a low voice and told him.Those who could understand Liu Yingjie's words were pale and their legs trembled.

Liu Yingjie saw that the faces of the prisoners were pale and their ambitions had been taken away, and he felt relieved.He touched the short whiskers on his lips and shouted loudly, "Send Wang Gao and his son to the execution platform!"

Jinyi's personal soldiers obeyed the order and sent Wang Gao and his son to the execution platform on the right side of the field.Liu Yingjie said, "I have the order!"

All the captive chiefs knelt on the red felt under the command of Li Rusong, and then Li Rusong and all the troops in the field knelt down on one knee to listen to Liu Yingjie's decree.

"The emperor's oral decree: Wang Gao will be punished, and his second son will be hanged! It will be shown to the public for three months in the Fushun Juchang, and the leaders of the various ministries will be ordered to observe the punishment - this is a clear demonstration of the way of heaven. If there are any more people who do not obey the teaching of the voice, they will be punished. It's beyond reach!"

When the crowd heard it, they first shouted for compliance, and then shouted long live.

Under the command of Li Rusong, the captive chiefs moved westward, observing the execution under the execution platform.Everyone saw Wang Gao, father and son being tied up by five flowers, each with their necks pressed by two Ming soldiers, bowing their heads and kneeling on the execution platform.

The Jurchen leader who once swayed Liaodong, his mouth was restrained by a wooden stick, and the pigtails on the top of his head had long been scattered into a mess. Where can there be a little bit of commanding the chiefs to honor the prestige when they were called Mafa?

There are those who are usually bullied by him, and feel a little dark in their hearts; there are those who respect Wang Gao, but dare not speak out; as for Jue Changan and Wang Tai, who are familiar with Wang Gao, they think of their granddaughter and the bondage of Atai. The matter of Beijing has mixed feelings in my heart.

According to the execution process, the Jinyi Guards first pulled the two Atai brothers up, tied the ropes behind their arms tightly, and put a noose around their necks.After tying a sandbag to each of their feet, they finally removed the bit from their mouths.

Before the two brothers could say anything to Wang Gao, a horn sounded, the partition fell down, the sandbags dragged their bodies down, and the noose snapped their cervical vertebrae, and they were immediately breathless.

Seeing the expressions of fear on the faces of the prisoners, they whispered there.Li Rusong secretly said to the side: "The good show is still to come, watch it."

Another horn sounded, and the executioner Liu Xiaodao, who was dispatched from the capital as a red messenger, took two apprentices and walked to the execution platform in red.

Liu Xiaodao opened the package, revealing all kinds of torture tools that the prisoners had never seen before.Immediately, he ordered his apprentices to take off Wang Gao's clothes and tied them to the wooden stakes on the execution platform.

When the naked Wang Gao was tied up, the two apprentices picked up the fishing net on the ground and shook it away, surrounded Wang Gao's neck with the fishing net, and tightened it behind the stake—as the fishing net became tighter and tighter, the Muscles bulge out of the mesh.

When Liu Xiaodao saw that his apprentice had finished the preparations, he picked up the knife that he had the best use with his right hand, and put it under Wang Gao's mouth, holding the wood, and then his left hand grabbed the leather strap that tied the wood and pulled it down - everyone just felt in front of them. In one flower, the knife had already cut out Wang Gao's tongue from his mouth.

Wang Gao cried out in pain, his mouth wide open and screaming miserably.Liu Xiaodao had already taken the medicine powder handed to him by his apprentice, and threw it in Wang Gao's mouth to stop the bleeding.

Immediately after swiping twice, everyone did not see how he moved, and Wang Gao's eyelids were cut off again - those round eyeballs, with dripping blood in the eye sockets, were exposed in front of all the captive chiefs!
(End of this chapter)