"Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yunfa, eight major Shanxi merchant families, colluded to create slaves, betrayed the Ming Dynasty, sold grain and grass, baggage,..., executed 9 clans, confiscated all property, and the rest The clan members will never be allowed to serve as officials."
Although Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others escaped from Fan Mansion, they were ambushed by Zhu Dingguo in advance and captured in one fell swoop.
After arresting these people, Zhu Dingguo held a public trial directly in Zhangjiakou. Although Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others tried their best to quibble, but with conclusive evidence of guilt.
Especially with the consistent confessions from the slaves captured from the eight major families.
The eight major Shanxi merchants colluded with the Jian slaves, sold grain, grass, iron tools, attacked Shanxi general soldiers and senior guards, and even provided the Jian slaves with information on wealthy households in Shanxi, with the intention of leading the Jian slaves to attack Shanxi. It was directly confirmed.
Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa, even if they tried their best to explain, in the eyes of everyone, it was just sophistry.
Those who betray the country are the least looked down upon.
What's more, among the crowd of onlookers, rumors came out from time to time that if it weren't for these traitors, the slaves would have been trampled to the ground. 3 The news that wages had been waived for a long time made the people even more excited. I wish I could eat its flesh, drink its blood, break its bones, and suck its marrow.
If the troops guarding the surrounding areas hadn't tried their best to stop him.
The people in the surrounding area had already gone up and cut these beasts into pieces.
Even so, during the sentencing process, rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves never stopped, although many soldiers were affected.
However, these soldiers were not angry, nor did they expel these people.
After all, military law is strict, and everyone has been mentally prepared for it.
Besides, they were just ordinary soldiers and did not have much entangled interests with these Shanxi merchants.
From the bottom of their hearts, they hated these traitors very much, so naturally they would blame these ordinary people for some accidental injuries.
"Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yunfa, eight major Shanxi merchant families, colluded to create slaves, betrayed the Ming Dynasty, sold grain and grass, baggage,..., executed 9 clans, confiscated all property, and the rest The clan members will never be allowed to serve as officials."
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"Find out his true identity and execute him immediately."
Under Zhu Dingguo's approval, these traitors met their due end.
It's not that Zhu Dingguo didn't want to escort "Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa" to the capital and hand them over to His Majesty for execution.
The interest groups behind Shanxi merchants are really too big.
According to the secret guard's intelligence, under the emperor's nose, at least one-third of the officials in the capital had connections with Shanxi merchants.
It is undoubtedly a joke to ask them to return to the capital to carry out the execution again.
With the help of those officials, Wang Huazhen, who had lost thousands of miles of land, was not beheaded now, let alone these Shanxi merchants.
Will those officials who have received money from others choose to tell lies with their eyes open in order to prevent the news of their receiving money from being leaked?
Even if this fact cannot be changed, it is not impossible to replace the executioner with someone else.
“Since Zijiannu started his army, millions of soldiers and civilians have been killed or injured in Liaodong and other places, and many people have been separated from their wives and families, and their families have been destroyed.
How many people became slaves and were oppressed by the slave builders.
Investigating the root cause, it was the Liaodong Jianlu who took advantage of the weakness of the Ming Dynasty to rebel after defeating the Japanese pirates! "
"Liaodong is a bitterly cold place, but why did the Jianlu army get stronger with each war? It's because of these profiteers who have forgotten their ancestors, abandoned the Ming Dynasty, abandoned their compatriots, and only care about money!"
In fact, there are many reasons why Jiannu is so arrogant.
But this is not an analysis of who is right and who is wrong. Moreover, most of the people down there were people from around Zhangjiakou and some passing businessmen, so it was pointless to discuss this with them.
The most important thing is that Zhu Dingguo wanted to use the incident of Shanxi merchants and captives to lead to other things. Therefore, Zhu Dingguo only spoke selectively.
Zhu Dingguo's voice was not loud, but people had been arranged around him to help with the shouting. However, despite this, the audible range of the sound that can be transmitted is ultimately limited.
Even if the whole place is quiet and you are too far away, you still can't hear clearly.
Therefore, after he finished speaking, he paused and then continued to announce loudly: "As a warning to future generations, first, the eight Shanxi merchants were cut into pieces with thousands of swords, and then they were cast into bronze statues and knelt on the nine sides to serve as loyal martyrs to the Ming Dynasty. Repent forever!"
Once this was said, there was actually not much surprise.
After all, there is the example of Qin Hui and his wife. Moreover, these Shanxi merchants have caused great harm. They have added so many years of extra money to the people of Ming Dynasty in vain. The people of Ming Dynasty have suffered greatly. Of course, they want to punish these Shanxi merchants as severely as possible!
The nine sides are all important towns of the Ming Dynasty. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many loyal martyrs have been buried. It is also reasonable to kneel down and repent to them, the loyal martyrs of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, after hearing this, I don't know who shouted "Long live my emperor!" After hearing this, the other people didn't know how to express their thoughts. After hearing this, they all shouted "Long live my emperor"!
This side of the square was filled with densely packed heads of people. Although people in the distance could not hear what was being said. But the people standing in front were shouting "Long live my emperor", so they naturally followed suit.
So, in the sky over Zhangjiakou, I recalled the deafening shouts of "Long live my emperor" that almost spread throughout the city.
Fortunately, Zhu Youjian is not here, otherwise he would be so embarrassed that he would be embarrassed to see others.
After the voices shouting "Long live our emperor" died down, the general election was announced again.
: "Second, to prevent people from being greedy, forgetting their ancestors for money, betraying friends, betraying compatriots, betraying the Ming Dynasty, seeking wealth and murder, if there are any more traitors like these eight Shanxi merchants, the court will impose additional taxes on the wealthy merchants!"
This is actually the prototype of the ladder-type taxation in later generations. In ancient times, there was actually no such concept, and generally speaking, it was not feasible.
However, this time it was launched with the help of the Shanxi merchants' robbery case, and it seemed reasonable and reasonable.
Although the merchant class was already at the top of the hierarchy in the late Ming Dynasty, in name, it was the last among scholars, farmers, industry and merchants.
This means that there is a historical tradition in cracking down on businessmen. And it is recognized by people.
Businessmen are born to buy low, sell high, and pursue profits. This is something everyone knows. In order to make big money, they will do anything by any means. For example, this Shanxi businessman is the most typical representative.
In response to this situation, the imperial court wanted to restrict wealthy businessmen and restrict some people from using any means to make more money. It would not have much impact on ordinary people. However, according to previous rumors, the imperial court wanted to exempt 300 yuan from paying 30,000 yuan, which the ordinary people absolutely supported. .
