Wanli 1592

Chapter 282 Triumph

It was expected that Zhu Yijun would take back the three kings and order them to surrender. Xiao Ruxun didn't find it strange at all, but Wang Xijue's bad idea ruined the only chance of reconciliation between the monarch and his subjects during the Wanli period. In the end, Wang Xijue resigned in disgrace. Zhu Yijun was depressed all his life, using non-violent and non-cooperative methods to toss the court and civil servants, and finally made both sides suffer, allowing the Jurchens to take advantage of it.

"That was expected. The only thing I regret is that since then, there may be no possibility of reconciliation between the emperor and his ministers. The emperor has been so severely injured and his majesty has been lost. How can he not hate it?"

Song Yingchang heaved a long sigh: "It's a pity, Ji Xin, the great opportunity you have worked so hard to create has been ruined like this. I don't know if Daming still has such a good opportunity. Thinking about it, it will be very difficult to have it again."

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and then said: "The so-called blessing is where misfortune rests, and misfortune is where blessings lie. Although this matter is a disaster for the Ming Dynasty, it may not be a disaster for everyone. The courtiers must know What is the reason for the emperor's sudden and tough request? Therefore, I am afraid that they will target me, but I have brought in so much money. If they attack me, it will be too ugly.

So I feel that even if I don't ask, they will not let me stay in the capital, but drive me away, far away. I originally wanted to go to the southwest, and I was not sure at first, but now it seems , The confidence is even greater, whether I put forward a little idea or not, they will definitely arrange a most suitable place for me. "

"Then what if it's not Southwest?"

Song Yingchang smiled: "What if it is somewhere else, even Ningxia?"

Xiao Ruxun shook his head: "I am so good at making money from the war, they would be willing to keep me in a place like Ningxia? They must be trying to make me continue to fight and make money for them to squander. The more I earn, the more their appetite will grow." The bigger they are, the more greedy they are, they will agree to my request."

Song Yingchang stopped laughing, and said seriously: "Ji Xin, you are dancing with wolves, seeking skins from tigers."

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's cub? If you want to leave this maelstrom to survive, how can you not have the determination to seek the tiger's skin and dance with the wolf? Song Gong, my problem is solved, what about yours?"

Song Yingchang smiled slightly: "What you can do, the old man can naturally do it, otherwise, why would you be an official? Just resign and return to your hometown for retirement."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and said nothing more.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the ceremony of returning the triumph to the teacher had begun to take shape, and in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it had a greater development. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ceremony of returning the triumph to the teacher was the most complete. When encountering a big war victory or a significant war victory, the emperor needed it. Lead civil and military officials ten miles out of the city to greet them, and then the commander handed in the victory report and the seal of the troops.

After the victory is returned to the teacher, the ceremony of presenting the captives to the temple is usually held. This is a ceremony in which the ancient generals presented the prisoners captured in the war to the Taimiao to comfort the ancestors and the ancestors for the victory of the war. Including sacrifices, the emperor's regular clothes and imperial sitting to accept prisoners of war, prisoners of war prostrating and waiting for crimes, the emperor's pardon and release, gifts or edicts to deal with relevant prisoners, etc.

After the prisoner presenting ceremony is over, rewards are generally given for meritorious deeds. According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, whenever an army triumphantly returns to the court, the Ministry of Education of the Chinese Communist Party must transfer the military governor's office to reward meritorious deeds. The Ministry of Finance prepares the title of honor, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites issue rewards, and the Ministry of Education of China submits the list of awards and opinions agreed upon by the six ministries, and asks the emperor for a ruling.

As far as this war is concerned, the most noteworthy thing is the prisoner offering ceremony. Xiao Ruxun captured 16 senior Japanese generals and staff officers headed by Ukita Hideka. None of the high-ranking military officers escaped from North Korea alive, and all of them were captured. Moreover, their official and military positions are very high, so the value of the captives is very high.

Basically, if Xiao Ruxun catches one, he will send one to Seoul and hand it over to Song Yingchang. Song Yingchang even used a Korean aristocratic mansion as a prison in a wicked way. Whenever a new senior prisoner of war is sent by Xiao Ruxun, Song Yingchang will gather all the previous prisoners For the senior prisoners of war, let everyone come to a meeting, greet each other a few words, "You are here too", "I am here too", and so on, and then Song Yingchang will laugh out loud for fun.

Really bad fun.

Xiao Ruxun and Song Yingchang achieved their goals through continuous victories to make these famous Japanese generals of the Warring States Period feel suspicious. After the war, they were transported back on a ship, locked in cages, and fed to livestock. Similarly, after landing, according to the way the Ming Dynasty imprisoned prisoners, get a prison car, expose the head, lock the body in the cage, and insert a sign behind the neck, writing "Bold and Brazen War Criminals of the Japanese Kingdom" to identify them.

Because this war destroyed almost two-thirds of Japan's national power, and the results of the war were unprecedentedly large, when the officials of the Ministry of Rites got the list of prisoners of war, the entire Ministry of Rites was shocked. The tragic deeds of the Japanese invasion decades ago are still vivid At present, no one thinks that the Wa country is a weak country, but only thinks that the Wa country is a small country, but its combat power is extremely strong. Now that Daming has captured so many of their great generals and princes in one go, this country is almost finished, and there will be no more Japanese rebellions. up.

When Zhu Yijun learned of the list of prisoners of war, he was also quite excited. The era of the Southern Japanese and the Northern Prisoners was a miserable era. Zhu Yijun has never experienced it, but he also knows that the complete settlement of the Japanese country is equivalent to the settlement of the coastal provinces of the Ming Dynasty. The biggest heart disease, they will all rejoice in it.

Later, after Japan surrendered, Toyotomi Hideji also asked Xiao Ruxun through Maeda Toshiie whether he could release those captive daimyos, but Xiao Ruxun flatly refused, and clearly stated that they were going to be brought back to the Ming Dynasty and handed over to His Majesty the Emperor to be supervised and beheaded, and then passed on to the world. Yes, none of them escaped.

Ukita Hideka, Chief Konishi, Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Mori Terumoto, and other senior generals and staff officers of the Japanese army, one counted as one, either died or was captured alive, and no one was allowed to escape. The hands of these people The blood was stained with the blood of the North Korean army and civilians, as well as the blood of Ming soldiers. They are immortal, and the anger of the people is hard to get rid of. Although the blood of the coastal areas of Daming decades ago has no direct connection with them, they are the best backers. pot man.

Therefore, they had to die, and they had to be dedicated to the emperor. The emperor personally ordered the execution, and then passed it on to the four directions, and issued a letter to the world, conveying the good news that the Ming Dynasty had pacified the Wa Kingdom and ended the Japanese Invasion.

As for the highlight of meritorious deeds, that is something that the generals and soldiers like to talk about. Among the main generals this time, Ma Gui, Li Rusong, Wu Weizhong, and Luo Shangzhi have all made great contributions. It is very hopeful that he will be promoted to a noble rank, and he is so eager at this moment, eager to get the supreme glory of a general.

(End of this chapter)