Since Ren Dejing would purge the opposition and promote the losers to power, then of course the Ming Dynasty would also purge Ren Dejing's losers and "revenge" the victims.
And this is very justified, because this is the order "issued" by the Queen Mother Ren and the three-year-old Li Chunbao.
After the war, Su Haisheng and Jiang Liangping jointly visited the Queen Mother Ren and the three-year-old baby Li Chunbao who had saved their lives, and assured her that the Ming Dynasty would protect her and Li Chunbao.
"His Majesty the Ming Emperor has ordered us to properly protect the safety of you and His Royal Highness, but we didn't expect that Ren Dejing would be so crazy and kill so many people."
Jiang Liangping stood aside, and Su Haisheng took the initiative to talk to Queen Mother Ren.
Queen Mother Ren was crying and shaking at the same time. She didn't know whether she was afraid of Ren Dejing or the Ming army.
Anyway, the entire palace was taken over by the Ming army, and she felt very insecure now.
Although the Ming army had strict military discipline and did not commit any crimes against Emperor Gongqiu, and even sent back the maids and eunuchs who originally served Empress Dowager Ren to continue to serve Empress Dowager Ren, she was still very scared.
Seeing the two giants of the Ming army coming to visit, she forced herself to calm down, trying her best not to show weakness and fear.
"In that case, I would like to thank His Majesty the Ming Emperor..."
"The Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of the Xia Kingdom. If the vassal state is in trouble, it is natural for the suzerain state to send troops to quell it. You don't have to worry about it."
Su Haisheng smiled and said, "But there is something I need to order from you and His Highness the King to allow me to complete it."
"whats the matter?"
Queen Mother Ren asked cautiously.
"Deal with Ren Dejing's rebellion against the party."
Su Haisheng put away his smile and said seriously: "Although Ren Dejing has been captured and the army has been destroyed, there are still a large number of Ren Dejing's associates alive in the court. They helped Ren Dejing to kill His Royal Highness the King and violated the monarch and his ministers. Ethics is a heinous crime.
For this group of people, not severely punishing them will not be enough to make the people angry, and not being severely punished will not be enough to stabilize the people's hearts. Therefore, we hope that Her Majesty the Queen Mother can issue an order to allow us to deal with this group of rebellious thieves, behead them, kill their clans, and show the world to restore order. Court order! "
Queen Mother Ren was stunned, and immediately felt huge panic and uneasiness.
She instinctively felt that what Ming Guo wanted to do might not be something that was very beneficial to Xixia.
Kill someone without even saying a word?
Ren Dejing has already killed a lot of people, and nine out of ten people who survived now compromised with Ren Dejing. If we really want to kill them all, will there be any officials left alive in Xixia?
"This...isn't this inappropriate? They are not willing to be with Ren Dejing, but they are forced to do it out of necessity. They should take this into consideration, right? Directly beheading the clan is really..."
"I also ask you and His Highness the King to issue a decree and order us to handle this matter with full authority, to avenge His Highness the King, the innocent killed royal family, and the loyal ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and to bring order to the chaos!"
Su Haisheng's tone became very firm, leaving no room for negotiation.
Jiang Liangping also took a step forward and stared at Queen Mother Ren with a very stern tone.
"I also ask Her Majesty the Queen Mother to allow us to act in this way. If we do not do this, the state of Xia will be damaged and the country will be ruined. If the rebellious people continue to serve as officials and take charge of the government, let the emperor of Ming Dynasty know that he will never treat Xia. Not a good thing!”
Jiang Liangping, who was wearing a helmet and armor, was obviously more intimidating than Su Haisheng, who was wearing regular clothes.
This is obviously coercion, not consultation, and not a request.
Queen Mother Ren already knew what the Ming army wanted to do.
But Queen Mother Ren had no ability to counterattack. Under Jiang Liangping's intimidation, the terrified Queen Mother Ren agreed to their request for action and authorized them to handle the next thing.
Su Haisheng achieved his goal, so he announced to the public that the Queen Mother and the new king Li Chunbao had authorized Su Haisheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, to allow him to temporarily handle the national affairs of Xixia.
He then announced that the next task was to bring order to the chaos, find out the accomplices of Dejing, avenge the death of Li Renxiao, the Xixia royal family and loyal ministers, and punish the traitors.
With the "official authorization" from the Queen Mother and King of Xixia, Su Haisheng became the most powerful person in Xixia for a period of time.
He fully presided over the Xixia state affairs during this period, as well as the liquidation of Ren Dejing's party.
In order to find the "traitors" who cooperated with Ren Dejing, Su Haisheng asked the surviving Xixia officials to find out Ren Dejing's accomplices. Only by identifying Ren Dejing's accomplices could he be pardoned.
So in order to survive, a large number of Xixia officials started dog-eat-dog. You bite me, I bite you. Anyway, if you want me to die, I will never make it easy for you.
Anyone who has unclear or ambiguous relations with Ren Dejing, or who has collaborated openly or secretly, are all Ren Dejing's traitors to the party.
A large number of Xixia officials were reported because they did not clearly oppose Ren Dejing or cooperated with Ren Dejing. The Ming army immediately dispatched to arrest them, and then interrogated, beheaded, and ransacked their homes to ensure that the services were in place.
There is nothing that can be said. As long as there is evidence that he has cooperated with Ren Dejing, even just eating a meal can be used as evidence. Not only will he be beheaded, but his family will be confiscated and his family will be exterminated.
Because he was a regicide and rebel, and even destroyed the royal family, his nature was particularly bad, so as long as he had a little bit of it, no pardon would be allowed. Especially when it was the Ming army who presided over this matter, they were even more ruthless and ruthless in dealing with it.
A large number of Xixia officials waited tremblingly for their fate.
So by the 19th day of the first lunar month of the third year of Hongwu, only one-fifth of the original number of officials in the Xixia Central Committee remained.
All the senior central officials and dignitaries above the fourth rank were killed, and no one survived. The ones who survived were all small fish and shrimps.
Succeding to the achievements of Ren Dejing's purge, Su Haisheng completely destroyed the Xixia ruling class in the name of bringing order to chaos and with the ruler's "authorization".
They are completely unable to bear the daily administrative needs.
But the political purge is not over yet, and the officials' dog-eat-dog behavior has not stopped. This political purge has also affected some wealthy businessmen who are white-glove officials.
So the operation continues, and everyone related to Ren Dejing must be dealt with.
On the 20th day of the first lunar month of the third year of Hongwu's reign, as Xiping Mansion was captured by the Ming army led by Han Wei, Ren Dejing's last remaining power was also eradicated.
The old home of the Ren family was destroyed, and the entire Ren family was wiped out. Except for the Queen Mother Ren, no one in the family could survive.
Subsequently, a purge operation was carried out in Xiping Mansion against Ren Dejing's associates.
Han Wei learned that Su Haisheng had been "authorized" by the Queen Mother Ren, so he followed suit and allowed them to report on each other and tear each other up. As a result, a large number of officials and dignitaries in the city were also named as Ren Dejing's associates. They were executed, their homes were confiscated and their clans were exterminated.
This political purge launched in the core area of Xixia, in the name of revenge for the Xixia royal family, was actually a preparation for the Ming Empire to intervene in Xixia's internal affairs. It lasted until the 24th of the first month of the third year of Hongwu.
On the Ningxia Plain, a large number of Xixia officials, dignitaries and even powerful people were labeled as Ren Dejing's comrades, and Ren Dejing was sentenced to death for the crime of regicide.
The Ming Emperor Su Yonglin avenged the vassal king Li Renxiao and his entire family at the "request" of the Xixia Queen Mother and the young emperor. What a legitimate reason.
No one cares about how the politics of the Xixia country should be maintained and how the court should run after such a group of people were killed. Maybe they don't care, but they just can't care because the Ming army is too strong and the reasons are too legitimate. .
This political purge will eventually come to an end.
On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month of the third year of Hongwu's reign, Ming Emperor Su Yonglin's order was conveyed to Xingqing Mansion on the 600-mile expressway.
First, Su Yonglin comforted Empress Dowager Ren and the young emperor Li Chunbao, and issued an order to reward them, allowing them to continue to be the [Queen Mother] and [King of Xia] of Xixia, maintaining their dominance and ensuring their power.
Then, Su Yonglin issued an order to call Ren Dejing the "thief of sin", widely publicized his regicide and massacre of the royal family, and set the label of "justice" for the purge launched by the Ming army. The Ming Dynasty recognized this purge at the level.
Next, Su Yonglin commended the Ming army who participated in the battle, commended the soldiers, and praised them for fighting bravely to safeguard the truth in the world.
Finally, he comforted the officials in Xixia who were lucky enough to survive, asking them to still hold their original positions without changing, continue to perform their duties faithfully, and not learn to be respectful.
This is an imperial edict on the surface, and as everyone knows it, it is all great and upright.
In private, Su Yonglin wanted to do too many things.
First, he asked Queen Mother Ren and the young king Li Chunbao to issue some orders together.
First, all officials in Xixia must accept the review and review of officials who will be sent to various places by the Ming Dynasty. They must not confront or make any unfriendly actions, otherwise they will be immediately regarded as rebellion and will be punished.
Second, the generals and troops from all military divisions throughout Xixia surrendered to the Ming army. They were not allowed to fight or resist. When the Ming army generals came with their troops to inspect them, they must cooperate and explain honestly. If you don't know something, it will be regarded as rebellion and will be punished.
Third, considering the large losses of Xixia officials, the vacancies could not be filled in a short period of time, and the administration could not be resumed. This was a very fatal situation for the people, so the Ming Emperor decided to personally send Ming officials to Xixia [to assist in administration].
Empress Dowager Ren and the young king Li Chunbao issued these orders in the name of the supreme ruler of Xixia, recognizing the legitimacy of all this.
So far, the Xixia Kingdom has basically lost the possibility of independence, and its national affairs have been basically controlled by the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, Su Yonglin was able to successfully transform the entire Xixia according to his pre-war vision, laying the foundation for the subsequent direct annexation.
It was his decision to attack Xixia, and it was certainly his decision to send people to Xixia.
Anyway, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Ming Dynasty was completely controlled by the Fuxing Association and was not subject to external interference. Su Yonglin could order the Ministry of Civil Affairs to sign an order and send any official to take office anywhere.
Such a rare good opportunity should of course be used to expand the power of the Renaissance Association and give more Renaissance members the opportunity to exercise and grow.
So Su Yonglin directly sent more than 900 Fuxing members who had recently completed cadre training to Xixia, letting them take up the vacant grassroots positions in Xixia, and carry out Fuxing Club-style transformation of the grassroots in Xixia.
After they arrived in Xixia, they needed to carry out bottom-up changes in Xixia according to the methods of the Fuxing Society, establish Central Plains-style villages and townships in Xixia, and strengthen the settlement and farming attributes of the local people in Xixia.
Tightly grasp the farming tasks of the Ningxia Plain and the Hetao Plain, fully unleash the agricultural potential of the two fortress plains, and become fortress granaries to provide logistics support for the Ming army.
Then they need to teach the local Dangxiang people, Zahu people and other Chinese language and characters through cultural influence, and through cultural changes in Xixia, they need to reintegrate them into the Chinese family as soon as possible.
Through the advantage of institutional crushing, Su Yonglin did not think that these Xixia farmers and craftsmen, who were also in a state of oppression, would reject the Ming Dynasty's rule.
Did the Xixia rulers have any kindness towards them?
Whether you are a Dangxiang or a Han Chinese, as long as you are at the bottom, you are still oppressed and exploited, there is no difference.
However, the Great Ming Dynasty will bring them land, houses, farm tools and livestock, and will also reduce taxes, exempt them from excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and break the chains that bind them.
In this way, their choice is very clear.
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