On the last day of July in the first year of Taichu, Emperor Liu Zhaosun, the controller of the Daqi Empire, met with Zhang Dong, the chief intelligence officer of the empire, at Yongfu Palace in Shenyang.
Zhang Mazi's head was wrapped in white cloth, and he was still a little wobbly when walking, but this did not prevent him from revealing his sinister and cruel temperament.
Emperor Wu Ding first asked about his injury. After learning that his subordinate had basically recovered, he went directly to today's topic.
"Is Du Du dead?"
"Reply to Your Majesty, in accordance with His Majesty's decree, I only tortured him severely, but did not kill him."
Liu Zhaosun nodded with satisfaction. Before the musk spices from Jakarta were transported to Liaodong, the Qing emperor could not die because this precious spice was one of the necessary materials for making mummies.
"I said last time that a group of people would be killed after the war. Do you still remember?"
Zhang Dong nodded, his axe-like face calm, but looking at Emperor Wu Ding expectantly.
"First pry open Du Du's mouth and ask him to identify several traitors in Daqi. Here is the list of traitors I want. There are thirty-eight people in total. You can draw up the specific charges."
After Emperor Wu Ding finished speaking, he reached out from under the inkstone and took out a piece of rice paper filled with names. The densely packed names were crowded on the white paper like stranded tadpoles, dying.
Zhang Dong carefully took the list, held it in his hand and took a rough look at it. He found that most of them were officials who had objections to the "New Economic Policy" and the "Qi Dynasty Land Acquisition System". They were mainly officials from Liaodong, that is, the original The old team of Kaiyuan. There were also some newcomers who came from Shandong and Henan. Zhang Dong suddenly saw a familiar name. The spy chief frowned, and his expression changed slightly and then immediately regained his composure.
"Based on Du Du's confession, put appropriate charges on them, and then follow the clues to find out the accomplices of these people. Give me the list for review. Workshops, chambers of commerce, the army, civil affairs, and farmers' associations are all involved, starting with the army. , No matter how civil affairs are concerned, one should not be implicated too much, so as not to cause panic among the people."
"I understand."
Zhang Dong silently remembered the emperor's instructions and folded the paper and put it away.
The emperor waved his hand, and the eunuch Dongfang Zhu and the high priest Francisco walked up together.
"Let Eunuch Dongfang and the high priest help you deal with it, and make sure there is nothing wrong with it."
The three of them saluted the Supreme Emperor together and slowly retreated.
After the three men retreated, Emperor Wu Ding squinted his eyes, retracted his majestic body into the Taishi chair, and continued to recharge his batteries, like a black bear that was extremely tired after hunting.
Empress Dowager Jin Yuji walked up to the Supreme Emperor without saying a word, looked at her husband with a complicated expression, and at the unrecognizable Emperor of Da Qi in front of her. She gave a long sigh, turned around and left.
Liu Zhaosun opened his eyes and said to the empress dowager's retreating back:
"Queen Cisheng, you also have things to do,"
Jin Yuji heard the sound and stood with her back to Liu Zhaosun, crying silently.
The time traveler suppressed the sadness in his heart and said to his woman expressionlessly:
"You go to the little emperor, continue to listen to the government behind the curtain, and stabilize the court situation. I am going to start a killing spree."
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Emperor Du Du of the Qing Dynasty was lying on a bed without a mattress, his whole body tied up with ropes.
The pale yellow whale oil lamp shone on Dudu. The Tatar felt the strong light shining on his face, and the rat's whiskers shook violently.
Francisco, the high priest, stood beside Dudu. Francisco looked down at the Tatar like a specimen.
Du Du opened his eyes for a long time and still felt like he was in another world. Since he was captured, he had hardly seen day or night.
After being beaten for several days, he was brought here. A barber with a hoarse voice came to shave Dudu's head and cut off his money rat tail.
A eunuch who called himself Dongfang Zhu led a group of eunuchs in, slapped him, twisted his ears, pulled his hair, and made Du Du stand on one foot, shining a whale oil lamp on his face until Emperor Kang Qian's eyes were filled with tears. .
Du Du knew that Liu Zhaosun was insulting him.
The eunuchs under Dongfangzhu, holding wicker branches, tortured Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong over and over again, endlessly, starting from the time when Nurhachi rebelled against Ming Dynasty, asking about the conspiracy of the old slaves to rebel, and asking about the atrocities of the Jianzhou Jurchens in Liaodong.
Dudu could be tortured with a question over and over for half an hour, until the Tatar finally burst into tears.
The eunuchs threatened the Qing emperor with shrill voices, threatening to continue the torture if he hesitated to answer or dared to conceal anything.
Sometimes the eunuchs would call the generals of the Eight Banners who had surrendered, such as Niulu Ezhen of the Zhenglan Banner or Jiala Zhangjing of the Zhenghuang Banner, and suddenly communicate with the emperor in Jurchen language, calling Du Du's name in Jurchen language, asking him to look at it. In front of Changshengtian and Emperor Wuding, he confessed all his crimes as soon as possible.
After repeated tortures like this several times, Emperor Kangqian completely succumbed.
No matter what Dongfang Zhu asked him to say or what crime he asked him to plead guilty to, Du Du would agree.
"In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Hunhe was defeated. I surrendered to the Ming army and betrayed the Jianzhou Jurchens."
"In the second year of Taichang, I sent people to sneak into Hetuala and plot to assassinate Huang Taiji, the Houjin Khan."
"In the first year of Chongzhen, I colluded with the Rakshasa ghost on the condition of ceding Sakhalin Island."
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Until Dongfang Zhu left and Zhang Dong and Francisco came in, Du Du was still chattering to himself, like a panicked mouse.
When Francisco was preparing the medicine and gauze for mummification, there was a bang and the door opened. The spy leader Zhang Dong walked in, followed by his younger brother Li Zicheng.
Zhang Dong looked up at Francisco and said coldly:
"The emperor said that Dudu should be reshaped before he becomes a specimen."
Francisco shrugged at Zhang Mazi politely and quickly withdrew.
Zhang Dong watched the high priest leave the interrogation room, asked Li Zicheng to close the door, leaned over and said to Du Du, who was full of fear:
"His Majesty the Emperor is going to get rid of a group of people. All those who are suspected will be tortured. I haven't done any torture work in the next few years, so my hands are rusty, so I will ask you to practice first."
After Zhang Dong finished speaking, he waved his hand for Li Zicheng to come forward. At some point, Li Zicheng held the stick in his arms and was already standing in front of Zhang Dong.
"Give him a try,"
Zhang Mazi looked at Du Du expressionlessly and continued to say to him:
"Wait a minute, if any of your bones are broken, remember to remind me that I don't do it lightly or lightly."
Zhang Dong clamped the stick on Du Du's foot.
"Just asking you a few questions." Zhang Dong continued: "If you lie to me or prevaricate, you will immediately pee in pain, do you understand?"
"I understand." Du Du said.
Zhang Mazi's attitude was not as severe as before. He took out a piece of paper from his arms and walked to Du Du. When he spoke again, his voice was gentle and patient.
"These people, during my emperor's southern expedition, colluded with the Qing Dynasty and betrayed Da Qi. Can you tell us their crimes in detail?"
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