"You want to gild Buddhism, you can, I have no objection, as long as you monks earn clean money from working, you can spend it however you want. However, this incense money can only be used for doing good deeds. As for other things, you can't do anything else." Don't think about it." Zhu Youjian said.
A very important reason why Buddhism can gather a group of believers is that they will open granaries from time to time to release grain.
However, the so-called opening of warehouses to put grain in the final analysis is that the wool comes from the sheep. Update without error@
How could such an act of gaining fame for nothing be left to Buddhism? It should be handed over to the government.
In order to make money for people's livelihood, Zhu Youjian would give porridge in various places during the harvest festival, depending on his destiny.
But it is not given for free, but the people are asked to do small things, such as picking up leaves, moving a brick from here to there, and from there to here. As the saying goes, only through labor can you receive goods.
"I don't know, master, do you have any objection to my explanation?" Zhu Youjian asked.
"No objection. No objection," the monk explained hastily.
Buddhism does not engage in production, which is contrary to the emperor's interests.
Now there are even more temples collaborating with the enemy. According to His Majesty's personality, it would be good if he collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country without going to destroy the Buddha. If I continue to ask questions without knowing what is good or bad, Your Majesty will be angry when the time comes. If you destroy the temple and destroy the Buddha, you will be a sinner in Buddhism.
"Okay, next one."
"Your Majesty, the common people are so polite. I just want to ask, what can we ordinary people say and what can't be said? Will you be punished if you say something wrong?"
The old man asked as he bent down and bowed.
"I don't care what the people want to say. If you tell the truth, the court laws will not punish you, but please note that this is the truth and not nonsense.
Some people may feel that they have their own mouth and they have to worry about what they want to say. But I want to say that society is not yours alone. Your casual words may have a series of negative effects on others.
I’ll give you two examples and you should know.
Let’s not talk about far away, let’s talk about recent times, Xiong Tingbi
Xiong Tingbi once served as a school inspector in Nanji, with strict discipline and great reputation. Later, he and the patrol censor Jing Yangzhi attacked each other in memorials because of the beating of a living member to death. Yangzhi handed in the memorial and abandoned his post, while Tingbi also returned to his hometown to await verification.
During the Jiannu rebellion and the defeat in the Battle of Sarhu, it was Xiong Tingbi who stabilized the situation.
In August of the first year of Taichang (1620), Ming Shenzong died and Ming Guangzong ascended the throne. Nurhaci attacked Puhe. More than 700 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were scattered and killed, but generals such as He Shixian also contributed to killing the enemy and capturing them. However, Yao Zongwen was slanderous in the court, so Xiong Tingbi could no longer safely perform his duties.
In the end, under the words of hundreds of officials, the Ming Dynasty lost thousands of miles outside the pass, and countless Ming people were killed and injured. Do you think those officials who talked nonsense deserve to be killed? "
Yao Zongwen was originally employed by Hu Ke, but he resigned and returned to his hometown due to mourning. After returning to the dynasty, he wanted to become a supplementary official, but several applications from the Ministry of Civil Affairs were submitted to Ming Guangzong and were put aside for several years without approval. Yao Zongwen was worried. Under the guise of attracting people from the west, he asked the ministers in power to recommend him. He was recommended several times, but still could not be appointed.
Yao Zongwen had no choice but to write to Tingbi, asking him to request an official position for him. Xiong Tingbi did not follow him, so Yao Zongwen resented Tingbi. Later, he fawned all the way and was reinstated in the civil service department. He came to Liaodong to inspect troops and horses, and discussed matters with Xiong Tingbi, but most of them had different opinions.
Liu Guojin, a native of Liaodong, used to be a censor, but was demoted during the performance appraisal every three years. After the war broke out in Liao, the imperial court decided to use Liao people, so he became the head of the Ministry of War and participated in military affairs. Liu Guojin advocated recruiting Liao people as soldiers. According to his method, he recruited more than 17,000 people, but more than half of them fled. Xiong Tingbi reported the matter to the court, and Liu Guojin also became resentful of Xiong Tingbi. In the past, when Xiong Tingbi was the censor, he, Liu Guojin, and Yao Zongwen were responsible for advocating. They were in harmony with each other, and they jointly worked to exclude Donglin and attack Taoism. Liu Guojin and others had their old hopes for Xiong Tingbi, but Xiong Tingbi could not be the same as before, which made them even more disappointed. Yao Zongwen came from Liu Guojin's family, and the two of them colluded more closely from then on to exclude Xiong Tingbi.
After Yao Zongwen returned to the court, he wrote a letter stating that Liao's territory was shrinking day by day, and slandered Xiong Tingbi for abandoning everyone's strategy. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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, exaggerating his mistakes, and said: "The troops and horses there are not trained, the generals are not deployed, the people are not sympathetic, punishments sometimes have no effect, but the labor of the army and the people does not stop." He also encouraged his group People rose up to attack, thinking that Xiong Tingbi must be removed from office. @精品\/书馆*First update~~ Censor Gu Zhen got up first and impeached Xiong Tingbi. He had been out of isolation for more than a year, and there was no plan for anything; when Puhe fell, the news was concealed and not reported; soldiers with weapons were not used in combat, only used Come to dig ditches, Shang Fang's sword is in hand not to help the state, but only to use it to dominate and bring blessings.
At this time, Ming Guangzong passed away and Ming Xizong came to the throne. There were a lot of things going on in the court, and discussions about the border ministers also began. The censor Feng Sanyuan impeached Ting Bi for eight acts of lack of strategy and three things that deceived the emperor. If he is deposed, Liao will not be able to keep it after all.
Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty sent Feng Sanyuan's memorial to the court officials for discussion. Xiong Tingbi became angry and wrote a letter to defend himself and requested to be dismissed from office and return to his hometown. Censor Zhang Xiude impeached him for destroying Liaoyang. Xiong Tingbi became even more angry and wrote another confession, saying, "The Liao land has turned from danger to safety, but I, as a minister, have to go from life to death." So he handed back Shang Fang's sword and tried his best to have himself removed from office. Wei Yingjia impeached him again during the incident, and the court finally decided to allow Xiong Tingbi to resign and replaced him with Yuan Yingtai. Xiong Tingbi then wrote a letter requesting to send someone to investigate. Feng Sanyuan, Wei Yingjia, Zhang Xiude and others continued to discuss Xiong Tingbi's faults. Xiong Tingbi asked three of them to verify, and Ming Xizong listened to his opinions. Wu Yingqi, the censor, Yang Lian, and others firmly believed that it was not possible, so they sent the military department to Zhu Tongmeng. When Zhu Tongmeng came back to present the memorial, he comprehensively stated Xiong Tingbi's achievements, and finally said: "When I entered the Liao region, the soldiers and the people praised him with tears, saying that hundreds of thousands of creatures were saved because of Tingbi alone. How could his crimes be blamed?" Is it easy to determine? It’s just that Tingbi is the most trusted by His Majesty. During the Battle of Puhe, the enemy attacked Shenyang, and he drove his horse to rescue him. How courageous he was. When he saw the cowardice of the officers and soldiers, he suddenly resigned and returned home. This made the emperor’s treatment of him Where did Tingbi's great kindness go? Although Tingbi's merits were in Cunliao, his modest achievements were commendable; but his crime was that he failed the emperor. According to the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, he could not escape the guilt. This is that the crime outweighs the merit. ! "Because Xiong Tingbi fought hard to protect the city, Ming Xizong still planned to use him in the future.
In less than a year of the first year of Tianqi (1621), Shenyang, the important town in Liaodong, and Liaoyang, the capital of Liaodong, fell one after another. Yuan Yingtai committed suicide in fear of crime, and everything east of the Liaohe River fell to the Hou Jin Dynasty. At this time, the ministers in the court thought of Tingbi again. During the incident, Guo Gong tried his best to slander him and even involved his cabinet minister Liu Yishen. When Liaoyang fell, all the soldiers and civilians in Hexi fled. The area from Tashan to Luyang was more than 200 miles desolate, and the capital was shocked. Liu Yishen said: "If Tingbi was in Liao, it would not be like this." The censor Jiang Bingqian wrote a letter to recall Xiong Tingbi's previous contribution to the defense of Liao, and said that it was Guo Gong's crime to exclude meritorious ministers. Ming Xizong then punished those who had impeached Xiong Tingbi in the past. Feng Sanyuan, Zhang Xiude, Wei Yingjia, and Guo Gong were each demoted to three levels, and Yao Zongwen's official status was removed. Liu Tingxuan, the censor, was also dismissed on the rescue. So an edict was issued to appoint Xiong Tingbi from home, and Wang Huazhen was promoted to governor.
In June of the same year, Xiong Tingbi entered the court. First of all, he asked him to stop the demotion he had just mentioned. Xizong of the Ming Dynasty did not agree. He also proposed a three-party strategy: "Guangning uses horse and infantry to set up barriers on the river, attack the enemy based on the mountain and river situation, and contain all the enemy's forces; build naval fleets at the ports of Tianjin, Deng, and Lai to take advantage of the enemy's weakness to penetrate into the south of the enemy. station to shake their military morale, so that the enemy would have internal worries, and Liaoyang could be recovered. So they discussed setting up governors in Deng and Lai, like Tianjin, with Tao Langxian as the governor; and Shanhaiguan as a special manager, He took charge of one area and unified the affairs. So he appointed Tingbi as the Minister of the Ministry of War and the right deputy censor of the capital. He was stationed at Shanhaiguan and managed the military affairs of Liaodong. Tingbi took this opportunity to ask Shangfang Baojian to mobilize more than 200,000 troops to provide soldiers, horses, grain, grass, The three departments of household, military and industry are responsible for the equipment and the like. Please restore the official positions of Gao Gao and Hu Jiadong, the Taoist ministers who supervise the army, and Fu Guozhaoxue, the supervising doctor, and let them serve as directors. It is recommended that Liu Guojin, the director of the original praise painting of the Liao people, be used to recruit Denglai. Lian was the deputy envoy. Tong Bun, a fellow acquaintance of Kuizhou, served as Denglai Supervisor of the military affairs. Hong Fujiao, the former Lintao official, was appointed as the chief of staff. He praised paintings in front of the army to win the hearts of the Liao people. "Ming Xizongdu approved it. . In July, when Xiong Tingbi set out on his journey, Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty specially gave him a unicorn suit, four colored coins, a banquet in the suburbs, and sent a minister of civil and military affairs to accompany him with a drink and a farewell party. This was a rare courtesy. He also sent 5,000 selected frontmen from the Beijing camp to escort him to his post.
Folding sutras and disharmony
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Before that, Yuan Yingtai died, and Xue Guoyong took charge of the affairs. Xue Guoyong was unable to do anything due to illness. Wang Huazhen then deployed his generals and set up six military camps along the river. Each camp was assigned one general and one guard, and each camp was divided into separate areas. Defense posts were set up in Xiping, Zhenwu, Liuhe, Panshan and other key places. After the proposal was reported, Xiong Tingbi disagreed and wrote: "The river is narrow and unreliable, and the castle is too small to accommodate troops. Now we should only defend Guangning firmly." First update @ If the troops are divided and stationed on the river, the troops will be weak and scattered. The enemy used light cavalry to cross the river secretly and attack one barracks. Our army's strength will inevitably be exhausted. If one battalion is defeated, all other battalions will be defeated, and the defense posts on Xiping level cannot be defended. The riverside is only suitable for setting up The guerrillas came in and out in turns, making the enemy confused. They should not gather in one place, giving the enemy an opportunity to attack." After the memorial was handed in, Ming Xizong issued an edict to praise him. It happened that Fang Zhenru, the censor, also said that there were six unreliable points in Fanghe, so Wang Huazhen gave up his suggestion. Wang Huazhen was so angry that his strategy was not adopted, that he blamed Xiong Tingbi for all the military affairs. Xiong Tingbi then asked the court to warn Wang Huazhen not to miss the chance of fighting on the excuse that someone was restrained. Previously, Wang Huazhen changed the name of all the troops that supported the Liao from all directions to "Ping Liao", which made the Liao people very unhappy. Xiong Tingbi said: "The Liao people have not rebelled. Please change it to "Pingdong" or "Zhengdong" to comfort the hearts of the Liao people." From then on, Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi had conflicts, and the rumors of discord between the governor and the governor disappeared. It spread.
On the first day of August in the first year of Tianqi (1621), Xiong Tingbi wrote a letter saying: "The implementation of the strategy arranged by the three parties must contact North Korea. Please seize the time to send imperial envoys to visit the monarchs and ministers of North Korea and let them recruit all the troops of the Eight Routes. A company camp was set up on the river to increase the prestige of our army." He also recommended Liang Zhiyuan, deputy envoy to supervise the army, saying that he grew up on the seaside and was familiar with Korean affairs, so he could serve as an imperial envoy. Ming Xizong immediately agreed, and in accordance with the practice of envoys, he was given a first-grade official to show his favor. Liang Zhiyuan then wrote a letter and put forward eight requirements, including strengthening their authority and defining their responsibilities, and Ming Xizong also agreed. Liang Zhiyuan was discussing military pay with relevant departments. Mao Wenlong, the capital commander dispatched by Wang Huazhen, had already attacked Zhenjiang and reported success. The Manchu Dynasty was overjoyed and immediately ordered Deng, Lai, and Tianjin to send 20,000 naval troops to meet Mao Wenlong. Wang Huazhen led 40,000 Guangning troops to occupy the river, and took advantage of the opportunity to advance with the Mongolian army, with Xiong Tingbi in the middle. After the order was issued, the military commanders and governors looked at each other, but in the end no troops were sent.
Soon, Wang Huazhen wrote a letter detailing the situation on the east and west sides, saying: "The enemy abandoned Liaoyang without any defense. The soldiers in the lost area of Hedong were looking forward to the arrival of the army day and night, so they captured the enemy and surrendered. But the tigers, rabbits, and fried flowers in the west were willing to do so. Help me with troops. The enemy's troops stationed in Haizhou are only 2,000, and there are only 3,000 Liao soldiers on the river. If the army is sent quietly to attack at night, it will be defeated. The enemy in the south will definitely return north when they know that Liaoyang has been lost. , our army can rely on the dangerous terrain to attack their troops who have returned lazily, and can annihilate them in one fell swoop." Zhang Heming, the Minister of War, thought it was right and wrote a letter saying that the opportunity should not be missed. Xu Qingbo, the imperial censor, promoted the matter and asked Tingbi to be stationed in Guangning, and Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Jiliao, was stationed in Shanhai. Just then, Wang Huazhen wrote another memorial: "Because the government troops had recaptured Zhenjiang, the enemy drove out and robbed the surrounding villagers. The villagers now occupied Tieshan and defended it, killing and wounding three to four thousand enemy soldiers. The enemy surrounded them tighter. We should go to the rescue immediately." So the Ministry of War urged the troops more and more. Wang Huazhen crossed the river during this month. Xiong Tingbi had no choice but to give up Shanhaiguan and garrison troops in Youtun. Fei Zhang wrote in a memorial that Haizhou was easy to gain and difficult to defend, so he should not act rashly. Wang Huazhen finally returned without success.
Wang Huazhen never studied military affairs. He despised the enemy and liked to talk big. He did not listen to the advice of the civil and military officers at all, and was especially in conflict with Xiong Tingbi. He imagined that Li Yongfang of the Jin Dynasty would be his internal correspondent after surrendering. He believed the Mongols' words that Hu Duntu would send 400,000 reinforcements, so he wanted to win a complete victory without a fight. All matters such as soldiers and horses, armored battles, food and forts, forts, etc. were put aside and ignored, and they only talked about lies to deceive the court. Zhang Heming, the minister, believed in him and agreed to all his requests, so Xiong Tingbi was unable to realize his wish. Guangning has 140,000 troops, but Xiong Tingbi's Shanhaiguan has no soldiers at all. It just has the false name of being a general. The troops transferred from Yansui were unable to fight. Xiong Tingbi asked the commander Du Wenhuan to be punished, but Zhang Heming spared him. Xiong Tingbi petitioned to appoint Tong Bunian, but Zhang Heming submitted a memorial to oppose it. Xiong Tingbi asked to send Liang Zhiyuan to North Korea, but Zhang Heming deliberately withheld his salary. As a result, the two resented each other and argued about everything. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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Quarrel. Xiong Tingbi was also petty-minded, headstrong, quick-tempered, and domineering. Most of the courtiers hated him.
Mao Wenlong's victory in Zhenjiang, Wang Huazhen thought he had accomplished a remarkable feat. Xiong Tingbi said: "The forces of the three parties have not yet been fully mobilized, and Wenlong launched too early, which caused the enemy to hate the people of Liao and massacred all the soldiers and civilians of the surrounding four guards. It discouraged the soldiers and civilians of Dongshan, made the Korean monarchs and ministers frightened, and demoralized the Hexi army. , disrupted the plan of the three parties to advance simultaneously, delayed the plan to contact North Korea, and regarded it as a miracle, but in fact it was a miracle. "Send a letter to the capital and criticize Hua Zhen as much as possible. The courtiers were regarding the Battle of Zhenjiang as a great victory, and when they heard his words, they felt dissatisfied. Xiong Tingbi also clearly attacked Zhang Heming and said: "Since I am in charge of military affairs, the reinforcements from all directions should be at my disposal, but Heming launched them directly without letting me know. In July, I asked the Ministry of War about the number of troops. It has been two months now. No answer. I have the reputation of being an administrator, but in reality, Privy Zhang and Wang Fuchen were responsible for the war in Liaozuo. "Zhang Heming now hated him even more. By September, Wang Huazhen also said that Hu Duntu's 400,000 troops were coming soon, so please send troops quickly. Xiong Tingbi said: "The ministers relied on the Mongols and wanted to gain military exploits without warning. I dare not underestimate the enemy and dare not say that we can win without a fight." Later, the Mongolian army finally did not come, and Wang Huazhen did not dare to attack.
At that time, Xiong Tingbi advocated defense and believed that the Liao people could not be trusted, the Mongols could not be relied on, Li Yongfang could not be trusted, and there were many spies in Guangning that were worrying. Wang Huazhen, on the other hand, never mentioned defense, saying that as soon as we crossed the river, the people from the east of the river would respond. And Fei Shu reported to the court, saying that in August you can sleep soundly and receive my good news. Knowledgeable people know that he must be doing something bad, because the battlefield matters are so important that no one dares to say anything bad about him. By October, the river was frozen, and the people of Guangning thought that Hou Jin must have crossed the river, and they all wanted to escape from Guangning. Wang Huazhen then discussed with Fang Zhenru to divide his troops to guard Zhenwu, Xiping, Luyang, Zhenning and other castles, while using the main force to garrison Guangning. Zhang Heming also believed that Guangning was worthy of concern and asked Ming Xizong to order Xiong Tingbi to leave the customs. Xiong Tingbi then left Shanhaiguan again and arrived at Youtun. He considered using heavy troops to protect Guangning internally and control Zhenwu and Luyang externally, so he sent Liu Qu to garrison Zhenwu with 20,000 people, and Qi Bingzhong to garrison Luyang with 10,000 people. Correct update@He sent Luo Guanyi to guard Xiping with 3,000 men. He reiterated his order and said: "When the enemy comes, anyone who takes a step beyond Zhenwu will be killed by both civil and military officers. When the enemy reaches Guangning and Zhenwu and Luyang do not send troops to attack, the enemy robs Youtun Pay Road and three roads Anyone who fails to rescue his troops is guilty of the same crime."
Xiong Tingbi had just finished deploying, and Wang Huazhen believed the spies' words and suddenly sent troops to attack Haizhou, but soon retreated. Tingbi then wrote a letter saying: "Fu Chen has advanced troops five times so far. The troops have advanced and retreated repeatedly. The enemy has long seen through our plan, and my reputation has been damaged by sending troops easily. I hope that your majesty will give Fu Chen clear instructions." , Be careful about your actions and don’t let the enemy laugh.” Wang Huazhen was very unhappy when he saw his petition. He flew a memorial to defend himself, and said: “I ask for 60,000 soldiers, and I promise to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.” Even if it doesn't go as planned, we can definitely achieve an equal number of casualties and make the enemy unable to recover. Managing and protecting it will no longer be a worry for Hexi! "And please allow him to act on his own convenience.
At that time, Ye Xianggao held great power. He was the examiner when Wang Huazhen became a Jinshi, and he was very partial to Wang Huazhen. When Wang Huazhen requested that Hou Jin's army be defeated in one fell swoop, Xiong Tingbi wrote: "Please do as the Fu minister agreed. I should be dismissed as soon as possible to boost morale."
At this time, both China and foreign countries knew that the discord between the manager and the governor would definitely ruin major frontier affairs. The ministers discussed this matter every day in their memorials. Zhang Heming believed in Wang Huazhen, so he wanted to remove Xiong Tingbi.
In the first month of the second year of Tianqi (1622), Yuanwailang Xu Dahua obeyed his wishes and impeached Xiong Tingbi for deceiving the world. He was jealous of his achievements. If he was not removed, it would be detrimental to the war in Liao. Their memorials were sent to various ministries, and Zhang Heming summoned ministers to discuss them. There were a few people who said that Xiong Tingbi should be removed from his post, but most of the others advocated letting the two perform their respective duties and work together to achieve success. It happened that Hou Jin's army was approaching Xiping at this time, so they stopped arguing and still used both of them, ordering them to work together to achieve both merit and crime.
Before long, the siege of Xiping was tight. Wang Huazhen believed in the strategy of the Chinese army Sun Degong, mobilized all the troops in Guangning, and asked Sun Degong and Zu Dashou to join Qi Bingzhong and then go forward to fight. Xiong Tingbi also ordered Liu Qu to break camp and go to help. On the 22nd of the first lunar month, the Jin army encountered Hou Jin at Pingyang Bridge. Just after the confrontation, Sun Degong and General Bao Chengxian led the way to Zhenwu and Luyang. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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The troops were defeated, Liu Qu and Qi Bingzhong died in the battle at Shaling, and Zu Dashou fled to Juehua Island. Xiping guard general Luo Guanyin failed to arrive, and he and participating general Hei Yunhe also died in the battle. Xiong Tingbi had left Youtun and garrisoned Luyang. Councilor Xing Shenyan persuaded him to rescue Guangning urgently, but was blocked by the minister Han Chuming, so Xiong Tingbi retreated. At that time, the Hou Jin army stopped at Shaling and stopped moving forward.
Wang Huazhen usually regarded Sun Degong as a confidant, but Sun Degong had secretly surrendered to Hou Jin. He wanted to capture Wang Huazhen alive as his own merit, so he falsely claimed that Hou Jin's army had arrived at the edge of the city. There was a chaos in the city, and people fled. Even the high-ranking political official Bangzo couldn't stop him. Wang Huazhen was processing military documents behind closed doors without knowing anything. General Jiang Chaodong pushed open the door and broke in. Wang Huazhen scolded him loudly. Jiang Chaodong shouted: "The situation is dangerous, please leave quickly!" Wang Huazhen didn't know what happened, so Chaodong helped him out and fled on horseback. Two servants followed on foot, so they lost Guangning City and fled in panic. I met Xiong Tingbi at the Daling River. Xiong Tingbi said with a smile: "Sixty thousand troops can wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop. What will happen in the end?"
Wang Huazhen felt ashamed and suggested garrisoning Ningyuan and Qiantun. Xiong Tingbi said: "It's too late. Now we can only protect the people and enter the customs!" So he handed over the 5,000 people he led to Wang Huazhen to come to the back of the palace, and set all his savings on fire. On the 26th of the first lunar month, Xiong Tingbi and Han Chuming escorted the refugees into Deguanlai. Wang Huazhen, Gao Gao, and Hu Jiadong also entered Deguan one after another. Only Gao Bangzuo committed suicide. When Sun De led the rebel generals in Guangning City to welcome Hou Jin's army into Guangning, Wang Huazhen had been running away for two days. Later, the Jin army chased them for two hundred miles, but they went back because they had no food to eat on the way. News of the defeat reached the imperial court, and the capital was shocked. Zhang Heming was frightened and asked himself to inspect the army.
In February of the second year of Tianqi (1622), the imperial court arrested Wang Huazhen and dismissed Xiong Tingbi from his official position, leaving him to await investigation. In April, Wang Ji, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Zou Yuanbiao, Censor of Zuodu, Zhou Yingqiu, Minister of Dali Temple, etc. reported the verdict, and both Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were sentenced to death. Later, when the execution was approaching, Xiong Tingbi asked Wang Wenyan to bribe the inner court with 40,000 taels of gold to ask for a reprieve. However, he later broke the promise of 40,000 taels of gold. @ESSENTIAL\/SHUKEG·No mistake first release~~
Wei Zhongxian was very angry and vowed to kill Xiong Tingbi as soon as possible. When Yang Lian and others were arrested and imprisoned, they falsely accused him of having been bribed by Xiong Tingbi, thereby aggravating Xiong Tingbi's crime. Afterwards, the patrol caught citizen Jiang Yingyang, saying that he and Tingbi's son were in and out of the prison, plotting ulterior motives. Wei Zhongxian wanted to kill Xiong Tingbi as soon as possible, and his party members Men Kexin, Guo Xingzhi, Shi Sanwei, Zhuomai and others kept urging him to cater to his wishes. It happened that Feng Quan had also been disappointed with Tingbi. When he and Gu Bingqian were serving at the banquet, he took out the "Liaodong Biography" printed in the market and framed Tingbi to Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty: "This is written by Xiong Tingbi himself. It was him trying to exonerate himself."
Ming Xizong was angry, so he killed Tingbi in August of the fifth year of Tianqi (1625), and his head was paraded around nine military towns in the north for public display. Later, the censor Liang Menghuan said that Tingbi had invaded and stolen 170,000 taels of military expenses. Censor Liu Hui said that Xiong Tingbi's family's output was worth one million taels of silver and should be confiscated and used as military expenses. Wei Zhongxian issued an edict to strictly pursue the stolen goods. All the assets of Xiong Tingbi's family were insufficient, and even his relatives and family were confiscated. Wang Eryu, the magistrate of Dongxia County, extorted mink fur and rare toys from Xiong Tingbi's son. If he couldn't get it, he would beat him. Xiong Tingbi's eldest son, Xiong Zhaogui, committed suicide. Xiong Zhaogui's mother complained that she was wronged, so Eryu stripped off the clothes of her two maids and beat them forty times. Everyone who knew about this, whether far or near, sighed and resented it.
Ordinary people don't know these things, how could Zhu Youjian not know? .
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