Ming Empire

Chapter 300
"Dorgon committed suicide!" Hearing the news, Cao Yue was excited, but also a little sad.How to say, Dorgon is a generation of heroes, in the original Chinese history, a person who wrote a strong stroke in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.It is also an opponent that Cao Yue will never underestimate. Even after the Daming army was equipped with a large number of firearms and severely injured Dorgon's slaves several times, Cao Yue did not underestimate him.

Originally, Cao Yue thought that when he led the army to conquer Jiannu and conquer Shengjing, he would fight Dorgon again.When Dorgon is completely defeated and taken prisoner, he must personally meet this person, have a good talk, and give him corresponding treatment.

To be honest, although Cao Yue hated Dorgon, he still admired his ability.It turns out that in history, Dorgon was able to develop the Manchu Qing to such a great extent, enter the customs and gain a firm foothold, and finally occupy the whole of China. Dorgon fully demonstrated his majestic talent and strategy.Such a person, even if he committed a heinous crime, should be given the respect a hero deserves.

It's just that Dorgon committed suicide to thank the country after the defeat, which is quite the integrity of Emperor Chongzhen.

Cao Yue also instructed Cao Bianjiao to give Dorgon a generous burial, and not to humiliate his body or his family.

Azige, the half-brother of Dorgon, was also killed in the battle of Shengjing, and Cao Yue also asked Cao Bianjiao to give corresponding treatment to the funeral.

Giving generous burials to the dignitaries of the slaves, in addition to expressing humanitarianism, Cao Yue also wanted to use this to influence those slaves who were still resisting, including Duoduo.It still takes a lot of effort to wipe out the scattered and defeated Jiannu. If they can be influenced and let them surrender, it will take a lot of effort to pacify the Northeast.

Today's Cao Yue is no longer arrogant. Although Jiannu committed heinous crimes against the Han people, he does not want to repay in the same way.Today's Cao Yue has become very broad-minded. What he is thinking about now is how to further expand the territory of Ming Dynasty and conquer more ethnic groups and tribes.To conquer more nationalities and tribes, in addition to using guns, we must also use probation.

In layman's terms, it is a carrot and a stick. Conquering by force is a necessary means, but when conquering by force, if some gentle means are used, the success rate of conquest will be much higher.If the remaining Jiannu can walk out of the mountains and give up their confrontation with Daming, then the Northeast will soon calm down.But if they fight to the end, the chaos in the Northeast will definitely last longer.

If this is the case, then the recovery of the large area of ​​land outside the pass will definitely last for a long time, which is what Cao Yue does not want to see.

Therefore, he hoped that by burying Dorgon and Azig generously, he would resolve the fighting spirit of building slaves.

The surrender of Bumbutai, Fulin, and Zhezhe and the public appeasement have greatly dispelled the fighting spirit of the slaves. This can be seen from the Ming army's campaign outside the pass, and many nobles who built slaves chose to surrender.Their surrender does not mean that they surrendered after defeat, but that they voluntarily surrendered before the war started, or when it just started.These people knew that the days of the Qing Dynasty would not be too long, and for the sake of their own future and the fate of their families, they chose to take this path, hoping to actively surrender in exchange for peace and prosperity.

Cao Yue believed that Jiannu's fighting spirit would become weaker and weaker. Maybe one day Duoduo, who led the army to continue to resist, would be beheaded by his subordinates as a sacrifice.Even if such a situation does not occur, it is a good thing to lure some of Dodo's subordinates to descend.

When breaking through Shengjing, Cao Bianjiao also captured many people, including many nobles who had built slaves, and some Han Chinese who surrendered to build slaves.In the list Cao Bianjiao reported to Cao Yue, the name of a prisoner aroused his interest, and this person was Fan Wencheng.

Cao Yue naturally knew what kind of character Fan Wencheng was.This is a traitor whose hands are stained with the blood of countless Han people.Cao Yue knew that Fan Wencheng had won the trust of Huang Taiji and Dorgon in history, and gave him great use.According to historical records, he once served four emperors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was the hand of the civil servants in the court of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

What Cao Yue hated the most were the traitors who betrayed the country and saved the glory. He once issued a strict order that as long as there are people who are willing to act as traitors by helping the slaves, they will be severely punished and killed without mercy.Fan Wencheng was captured, so he could just use this man's head to reiterate the strict order again, warning the soldiers and civilians all over the world not to act as a traitor and work for a foreign race at any time, otherwise the final end must be very tragic.

Cao Yue ordered Cao Bianjiao to escort Fan Wencheng to Nanjing, and he wanted to deal with this person himself.Although Cao Bianjiao couldn't understand why Cao Yue valued a captured surrender so much, he readily sent someone to escort Fan Wencheng and his family to Nanjing.

After Fan Wencheng was escorted to Beijing, Cao Yue personally presided over an unprecedented public trial meeting, and took the captured Fan Wencheng and his family to the square in front of the imperial city for a public trial.

Fan Wencheng and his family, including wives and concubines, children, and grandchildren were all brought before the public trial.The officials of the Ministry of Punishment who presided over the public trial, after enumerating Fan Wencheng's crimes, announced the death penalty for him and the extermination of the nine clans.

After the public trial, Fan Wencheng, his wives and concubines, children, grandchildren, and followers were put into a prison van and traveled around Nanjing, where they were scolded and insulted by Nanjing soldiers and civilians.

In the end, Fan Wencheng was executed by Ling Chi, which is the legendary death.

Fan Wencheng's sons: Fan Chengyin, Fan Chengmo, Fan Chengxun, Fan Chengbin, Fan Chenglie, and Fan Chengzuo, because they helped their father do things, caused countless Han people to die tragically under the Jiannu butcher's knife, and they also enjoyed the treatment of thousands of cuts.His grandsons: Fan Shichong, Fan Shiyi, Fan Shijie, Fan Shishou, and Fan Shiji were beheaded after witnessing the tragic end of their parents and grandfathers.

While disposing of Fan Wencheng, Cao Yue also dealt with the surviving officials of the original Ming Dynasty who surrendered to the bandits after the fall of Beijing and then defected to Jiannu.These people without integrity were all beheaded, and their bodies were displayed on the city of Nanjing.

Cao Yue also asked people to make up the traitorous behavior of these traitors into a drama, which was widely sung, in order to spur the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty to maintain blood at all times, never bow their heads to foreign captives, and never betray the country and seek glory, otherwise the end will be very miserable.

Cao Yue gave Dorgon and Azige a generous burial, but many people in the court did not quite understand the severe treatment of Fan Wencheng, who had become a traitor.It's just that no one dared to stand up and criticize Cao Yue's actions. After all, Cao Yue treated Fan Wencheng like this, which was a very happy thing.

After Cao Yue dealt with Fan Wencheng and other traitors, he immediately proposed another matter, which was to build martyrs' shrines and national tombs in Nanjing and Beijing to bury and commemorate the heroes who died for the country.

The heroes who fought for the country will always be revered and remembered, and the traitors who betray the country and seek glory will be cast aside forever!
(End of this chapter)