Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 404
Chen Mingxia regarded himself as a minister of the Qing court, but the Manchu nobles regarded Han officials as slaves.

Since Xia Yu opened his family to the world, although the emperor was respected in ancient China, there has always been the idea of ​​the monarch and his ministers co-governing. Among Confucianism, there is the idea of ​​"the poor will be good for himself, and the rich will be good for the world". From the perspective of the gentry class Come on, the world is not exclusive to the king, and scholars also have the mission of stabilizing the world.

Zhang Zai of the Song Dynasty said, "Build a heart for the world, establish a life for the people, inherit the knowledge of the past, and create peace for all generations." This is also the embodiment of the scholar's thinking.

It can be seen that when scholars in ancient times were officials, they more or less had thoughts of helping the world, some spirit of dedication, as well as ideals and ambitions.This is incomparable in the modern age of lack of spirit. Nowadays, most people become officials, and they probably say "I have today~"

Chen Mingxia wholeheartedly considered for the Qing court, but in the view of the Manchu nobles, if a slave accuses his master, then this is rebellion.

The Qing Dynasty didn't need thoughtful ministers, but obedient servants.

This new year is destined to be a bloody year for this year's Beijing. It was just a bit of a new year, but under the arrest of the Eight Banners soldiers, there is nothing left. city ​​of terror.

In just two days, more than [-] officials were imprisoned, and less than half of the Qing court officials in Beijing went away at once, and thousands of family members were implicated.

Most of the officials who were arrested were stunned, "It was the regent who ordered us to raise opinions, and we did so. Why did it suddenly turn into forming a party for personal gain, criticizing the government, and having bad intentions?"

At this time, a group of people came to realize Dorgon's fundamental intention, and quickly wrote a letter to defend himself. The general meaning was, "We are loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and there is no such thing as two ambitions."

In the palace of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon was also surprised that more than 300 civil servants were arrested at once, but he did not stop it. It was just that as time went by, the Chinese New Year was about to come, but the matter did not subside, but it tended to expand. I became a little anxious.

In the study, Dorgon said to Zhan Ba ​​with a cold face: "Hmph, these people are really colluding. It's only been a few days. There is Feng Quan, a scholar in the capital, and a governor in the local area. They are all pleading for Chen Mingxia, which is unreasonable. "

Zhan Ba ​​knelt on the ground and replied: "Prince Regent, there are various relationships among literati, such as pupils, old officials, classmates, and the same year. Everyone is inextricably linked. The imperial court sent more than 300 people to prison at a time. People, people who are related to these people, because of their past affection, will definitely ask the court for mercy. This is a very common thing, and the regent does not need to take it to heart."

Dorgon frowned, "According to what you think, more and more people will petition for mercy. Could it be that this king can't deal with those rebels?"

"Reporting to the Regent, this matter is actually very simple, you just need to deal with it as soon as possible. For those officials who have submitted the letter, as long as the Regent issues an explicit order to prohibit further discussion of this matter, they will not dare to violate the meaning of the Regent."

Three hundred civil servants was not a small number for the Qing Dynasty, but he could not tolerate these people who wanted to Sinicize the Qing court. The cornerstone of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the Eight Banners, and these Han people were nothing more than a ruling tool of the Qing court.

The tool is gone, you can find it again, the cornerstone is destroyed, the Qing Dynasty is not the Qing Dynasty, these Han people criticize the Three Laws, they are destroying the interests of the Eight Banners, such a person, even if there is only one Dorgon, can't tolerate it, let alone one large batches.

"I will hand over this matter to Bachelor Zhan. According to the law, those who should be killed will be exiled. During the last court meeting a year ago, this king does not want ministers to discuss this matter, understand? ?”

"Zha~ The servant obeys the order."

"Very well, you can step back and do it~" Dorgon waved his hand.

At this time, Zhan Ba ​​hurriedly and respectfully exited the study, but Feng Quan, a senior scholar, suddenly came to meet him. He glanced at Zhan Ba ​​and ignored him, but knelt down and said, "I want to report to the Regent, Prince Su has an urgent note. delivered."

When Zhan Ba ​​heard the sound, his heart moved, but he didn't dare to stop, so he had to retreat first.

Dorgon frowned slightly, Hauge was his political enemy, what would happen to the note he sent urgently from Hanzhong?
Zhan Ba ​​got Dorgon's will, and rushed to the Ministry of Punishment without stopping, conveyed Dorgon's meaning to many officials, and began the trial.

The top has set the tone, and the bottom is naturally quick, because most of the officials who submitted the letter this time are southern Han bureaucrats, and some of them are members of the Donglin Party. , This time I thought I had caught the opportunity, but I didn't expect to be locked up and imprisoned after only a few curses.

Zhan Ba ​​quickly defined these officials as the "Southern Party" based on their origins, and Chen Mingxia became a well-deserved leader of the Southern Party.

Inside the Qing court, the banner officers of the Han army who belonged to the "old Liaodong people" and the northern Han officials who surrendered to the Qing court earlier were also very dissatisfied with the fact that the Qing court recruited a large number of former Ming officials from the south of the Yangtze River and occupied a large number of positions in the court. At this time, they also helped Zhan Ba ​​to collect and fabricate Chen Mingxia's criminal evidence.

Soon, Chen Mingxia was accused of forming a clique, engaging in private interests, being criticized for the government, and being harbored by the former government, with evil intentions.

Although Chen Mingxia only admitted to growing his hair and redressing his clothes, what he said was true, and the other charges were all slander, but this did not prevent Zhan Ba ​​from convicting him.

Three days later, the Nandang case was closed and Chen Mingxia was sentenced to behead his whole family. Among the officials implicated, 180 were sentenced to death, 70 were exiled, and more than [-] were dismissed from their posts and sent back to their hometowns.

Why not kill them all?After discussing with Wang Xu, Zhan Ba ​​felt that this incident happened in Beijing after all, and it was too far away from Jiangnan. After all of them were killed, the news and inside stories would not be easy to spread, so it was necessary to leave a group of people behind to make them follow up the incident. The influence spreads locally.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Mingxia's family of more than [-] members, wearing prison clothes, knelt on the cold street in Caishikou, Beijing. The Chen family has already knelt here.

At noon at this time, General Zhan Ba ​​dropped the arrow and shouted, "Chop~"

Naturally, Chen Mingxia was the first to be pushed out. Compared to the high-spirited a few days ago, at this time he was already disheartened, his braids had been untied, and it was even more obvious that he was at the end of the road.

At this moment, he looked at Zhan Ba, gritted his teeth and asked, "Why did you hurt me~"

Zhan Ba ​​didn't answer, and after a while, he suddenly pointed to the big sun in the sky, as if to remind the executioner of the time, but Chen Mingxia was slightly taken aback when he saw this, and then laughed wantonly: "The world has its own way, and it will be different in the future." clear."

He smiled for a moment, and then his expression became gloomy again, "My heart was set on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch~hahaha~"

At this time, the executioner had already pressed him down, chopped off his head with a single bite, and immediately separated the head, blood spattered five steps.

Seeing this, Zhan Ba ​​didn't show any expression. He watched the Chen family being killed one by one, and finally his eyes fell on Chen Mingxia's youngest son, Chen Xuelin. The laws of the Qing Dynasty inherited the Ming Dynasty. Under normal circumstances, the death penalty is not imposed for those under the age of 15. He walked to Chen Xuelin's side. , said: "According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the death penalty is exempted under the age of 15. You are still young, so stay aside~"

Hearing the words, Chen Xuelin made a bow and said, "My father and brother are both dead, and I don't want to live alone, please kill me too~"

Zhan Ba ​​was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help stretching out a thumb and praised: "What a wonderful man!" Then he turned to the officials behind him and said, "Change to fifteen, and kill them together."

(Thanks to Wudai Mobei, the monthly ticket of the singing reed, there should be another chapter at 12 o'clock

(End of this chapter)