One day in September, Jiang Liuer stood next to a fur shop owned by Koreans on North and South Street. The flag officer of the coir raincoat guard stood with his hands behind his back. The street was filled with people waving waving totems of the Qi army such as dragons, tigers, eagles and leopards. People in Shenyang were sending off soldiers heading to the front line.
After more than four months of rest and preparation, Emperor Wuding once again launched a new round of war. Two thousand men from the Fifth Corps served as the vanguard of the Northern Expedition (a total of 8,000 men) and rushed to Sakhalin Island in advance. The Tsarist Russian expeditionary force entrenched on the island launched an attack.
While the vanguard of the Northern Expeditionary Army set off, the Eastern Expeditionary Army also began to prepare for a punishing war against North Korea. This Eastern Expedition Army, composed of the Second Corps and the Eighth Corps, plus auxiliaries, cavalry, and artillery, has a total strength of 25,000 people. According to the battle plan formulated by the Supreme Emperor, Deng Changxiong and Zhao Lijiao will attack this winter. Before arriving, he chose the opportunity to cross the Yalu River, march directly to Seoul, and launch a beheading operation against the Korean King Li Jian.
The Supreme Emperor personally led the first corps, combined with the cavalry of the third, fourth and seventh corps, to form a force of 30,000 men. He marched into the pass and wiped out all parts of Henan and Hebei before the end of the year, and advanced to Shaanxi for the spring and summer of next year. Be prepared for the cross-river battle.
Not long after defeating the first anti-Qi alliance, the Qi army launched non-stop attacks in all directions, which can be described as a brutal and aggressive attack.
During the great purges and external expansion, ordinary people more or less received some war dividends. The Chamber of Commerce gave them more monthly dividends than before, and the people generally did not dislike war.
Then again, the Great Purge had already purged those who opposed the emperor's new policies. For those who had not been purged (such as Kang Yingqian and Qiao Yiqi), His Majesty the Emperor gave them new life in his own way, allowing these people to be reborn.
Therefore, it is not surprising that there is such a fanatical war atmosphere in Shenyang City.
Jiang Liuer looked at the unfamiliar faces and tried to find the old neighbors among the enthusiastic crowd.
Uncle Yang who runs a garment shop, Zhang Sanniang who runs a silk shop, and Mr. Ma who runs a coffin shop...
All gone.
Jiang Liuer knew that those people might have been purged by Zhang Dong and others because they resisted the "New Deal". The ending of these little people is naturally not as good as that of high-ranking officials like Kang Prime Minister Qiao Shangshu. If ordinary people deliberately delay, they will of course end up in pieces.
Jiang Liuer has lived in Shenyang for more than ten years and grew up eating hundreds of meals. He has a special affection for this city. At this moment, he suddenly felt that it was so strange.
The parade, chanting "Long live" and "Victory", arrived at the North Gate Urn City. Jiang Liu'er looked up and could only see the white paper figures on the top of the soul-calling flags swaying in the wind. Jiang Liu'er ordered to the two men beside him:
"The army is about to move out one after another. There are many people and things on the streets, so keep your spirits up!"
"The villain understands!"
Like Jiang Liu'er, both of them were wearing casual clothes. Gray uniforms were the most common clothing for people in Qi.
No one around knew that this was the famous Capricorn Guard.
A burst of roaring sound came from far and near, and two war horses roared towards them. Jiang Liu'er was about to step forward and ask who was so bold. Before he could cause trouble, he got up and started riding, when he saw two red horsemen reining in their reins and turning over to dismount. , parked in front of the screen wall on North and South Street.
Several familiar faces followed behind them. Jiang Liuer recognized them as those from Zhenfu Bing and didn't bother to ask.
The dismounted soldiers skillfully tore off the official list of documents on the wall, lifted a bucket of glue and smeared it on the wall, pasted a brand new notice of the official list, turned around and mounted, and hurriedly headed towards other city gates. Posted.
After typing, a literate workshop boy passed by, squeezed out of the crowd, walked to the bottom of the list, and read loudly:
"The criminal Kang Yingqian, as a cabinet minister, was greedy for life and afraid of death. He instigated peace talks with Jiannu, which delayed the war opportunity and caused Shenyang to almost fall. The criminal Qiao Yiqi ignored the emperor's favor and spoke unscrupulously. He leaked court secrets many times and made them known to the enemy. Kaiyuan and Tieling were defeated... These two people should be killed according to the law. Considering the great achievements of their hard work and hard work for the Qi Dynasty for many years, they were kept on duty for observation to observe their effectiveness..."
Even the former prime minister was thrown into prison, which shows that the emperor was really cruel this time.
The students in the workshop looked at the people around them as they read. No one spoke, and there was no reaction on their faces. I don't know if it was because they were already numb to the purge movement, or because they were afraid of being discovered by the Capricorn Guards who were hiding in the crowd, and would be punished. The crime of "discussing the government's political affairs".
Jiang Liu'er was relieved. The emperor still didn't attack a few heroes in the end. He only dealt with a group of middle and upper-class people here and there, many of whom he didn't even know their names.
"The emperor will give you a way to survive. Don't take the wrong path again in the future."
Jiang Liuer thought silently in his heart.
The Great Purge lasted from May to early August. A total of more than 3,500 rebels in the empire were executed, exiled, and imprisoned. The living people were given a new life under the care of the coir guards, high priests, and ceremonial supervisors.
Under the high pressure of totalitarian rule, Daqi under the rule of Emperor Wu Ding was unprecedentedly united and stable—at least on the surface it seemed so—but in the later stages of the Great Purge, the movement gradually expanded, and more and more innocent people Officials were implicated and brutally massacred, causing a certain degree of panic. In order to quell the spread of panic, the emperor had to stop this vigorous purge.
However, since then, the relationship between Liu Zhaosun and Jin Yuji has been on the verge of breaking up. In the eyes of the queen, her husband is no longer the upright hero he once was, and is even not worthy of being called a human being.
"Cisheng Empress Dowager, don't forget to attend the burning sentence ceremony presided over by the high priest this afternoon at Beimen Wengcheng. The Empress Dowager will honor her mother to the world. Yang Qing'er has gone. You should also set an example for the people of the world and let the world know about me. Attitudes toward pagans.”
In the Empress Dowager's palace, Liu Zhaosun hugged the turbulent Portuguese nun Daphne and shouted orders to Jin Yuji, who had her back turned to him.
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Jin Yuji will not attend the burning sentencing ceremony hosted by Francisco today.
The little emperor Liu Kan happened to have a cold and a fever, and he couldn't live without people around him. Jin Yuji already regarded this child who was less than three years old as her own. Thinking of Emperor Wu Ding's dying instructions (she thought her husband was dead), the Queen Mother Jin couldn't help but Heartbroken, she determined to take good care of Liu Kan and prevent him from following the same path as his father.
Of course, there are more reasons for the Queen Mother to stay in the palace.
Jin Yuji was extremely disgusted with the harsh punishments implemented by the Supreme Emperor - if it weren't for her being Jin Yuji, she would have been eliminated long ago.
The entire trial process was extremely cruel.
Fanatic people marched on the streets, encouraged by the instructors and representatives of farmers' associations, chambers of commerce, schools and workshops, and shouted various inspiring slogans. Under the watchers of tens of thousands of people, the Portuguese high priest slowly recited the slogans. The verdict was read, and the sentenced man was dejected and shouted sadly.
Finally, the strong smell of human flesh was emitted in the tongue of fire, and the little fat left on the bodies of those stubborn traitors in Zhenfusi's prison fell drop by drop into the red charcoal fire.
Nowadays, burning people on the North and South Streets has become a habit and is held every ten days and a half.
Just like going to the market, every day on this day, the people of the Daqi Empire wear the costumes worn only for the New Year. The women stand at the window near the city gate, carefully dressed according to the dress standards prescribed by His Majesty the Emperor. Applying vermilion powder, women pursed their mouths and tightened them to appear smaller, attracting bachelors who had nowhere to vent their energy... The empire encouraged procreation and did not block normal love between men and women.
The procession was like a giant snake that could not be accommodated by the Shenyang North Gate. It turned one corner after another, as if it wanted to extend everywhere, allowing the entire empire to see the execution scene.
The procession circled around the place of execution, and the high priest Francisco announced the punishment of the criminals.
Those who will be burned to death are mainly rebels and thieves, as well as criminals who are difficult to classify accurately, such as traitors, profiteers who speculate and hoard, flower pickers who seduce and incite women, and other criminals who should be sentenced to death.
A total of 108 prisoners were executed today, most of them from Hetuala and North Korea. 87 of them are men and 21 are women.
Francisco recited a long and boring prayer.
After the group was organized, all 108 prisoners were burned to death.
The weather was sultry, and the sun slanted towards the gallows. The huge shadow of the urn city fell on the square. The executed prisoners fell on the unburnt firewood and slowly disappeared. At night, the ashes would spread, never to be seen again. Unable to come together.
The people silently recited the legal provisions recently enacted by the Grand Emperor of Qi and returned home, their heels still stained with the dust and soot left by the black human flesh, and perhaps the blood stains that had not evaporated in the charcoal fire.
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