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- When Wu Sangui made a promise to Mu Tianbo, Xia Guoxiang, who was listening in, smiled a little unnaturally. When Mu Tianbo said goodbye, King Pingxi enthusiastically sent him to the door of the palace. After returning to the living room, Xia Guoxiang knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we cannot agree to this!"
"What are you afraid of? I didn't say that I was going to fight Li Dingguo." Wu Sangui chuckled.
"Don't beat Li Dingguo?" Xia Guoxiang felt that jumping out to beat Li Dingguo at this time was purely seeking death. Although King Pingxi owns two provinces, compared with Yunnan, which is backed by Sichuan, both food, wages and weapons are far behind. Now that the unrest in the southeast has been suppressed by Sichuan, maybe Wu Sangui has not yet crossed the border, and Sichuan's reinforcements It drove over in a hurry, and that unreliable guy Shang Kexi might come to help Gui again; if Wu Sangui really lost power, maybe Zhang Changgeng would also come to help Gui. Xia Guoxiang rolled his eyes and asked hesitantly: "Are you going to fight Annan?"
When the Western Camp collapsed in the twelfth year of Yongli, Annan changed from neutrality leaning towards the Ming army to absolute neutrality; in the thirteenth year of Yongli when the Ming Emperor abandoned the country, Annan began to shift towards neutrality leaning towards the Qing court; and Deng Ming made a big fuss After Kunming, Jiangnan, and Gaoyou Lake, Annan's attitude began to shift towards the Ming army again. But because Guangxi has always been in the hands of Sun Yanling and Wu Sangui, Annan still maintained the superficial relationship between the two.
Six years after Kangxi, Annan's monarchs and ministers generally concluded that the Qing government was on its last legs. However, with the lessons learned from the internal strife between the three kings of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Annan still paid tribute to the Qing government and at the same time opened the port to Deng Ming's trading fleet. Annan's Ming army politely sent Siam away - Siam has always been the Ming Dynasty's core supporter. In the fifth year of Kangxi, King Narai personally went to Sichuan to meet with General Deng Ming. The diplomatic agreement signed by both parties stipulated that starting from the fifth year of Kangxi's reign, if either Siam or China was invaded, the other party would have the obligation to declare war. If a country initiates a war, the other side is also obliged to open its borders to the other side and provide the necessary ports and roads. The treaty also stipulates that Sichuan will provide instructors to help Siam comprehensively reorganize its troops, and all Siamese army equipment will be purchased from Sichuan.
"It still doesn't work," Xia Guoxiang thought about it and said anxiously to Wu Sangui: "Annan is not easy to fight, and even after defeating Annan, we still have to fight Siam This won't work."
"Not to mention that Annan will not be captured for a while, not to mention that after Annan is captured, it will have to be transported thousands of miles to reach Siam, not to mention that after Siam is conquered, we are still far away from Myanmar." The neighbors around him regarded Wu Sangui as a bad neighbor. , and Wu Sangui thinks that they are not evil neighbors? King Pingxi laughed: "If nothing else happens, before we defeat Annan, all the Qinwang troops, expeditionary troops, and Guangxi reinforcement troops should be heading towards Guilin. Is this what you mean?"
"The king is wise."
"Have you ever heard of the Battle of Wagonxi Gorge?" Wu Sangui asked.
"Wagon Carriage Gorge?" Xia Guoxiang was slightly stunned and nodded: "I heard that Chen Qiyu surrounded Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and more than a dozen rebel kings in the Carriage Carriage Gorge. As a result, Chen Qiyu misunderstood the words of the rogue bandits, and it was clear that he could We caught them all, but they were all released, and they were released without any reorganization. Not only were they released, but they were also allowed to take away their armor and weapons, but within two days they turned against them again."
Wu Sangui smiled half-heartedly and stared at Xia Guoxiang for a while: "Don't you think it's strange after you finished speaking?"
Xia Guoxiang pondered for a while, and felt that this matter seemed to be weird in every aspect, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Before Chen Qiyu reported that the bandits were surrounded by Chechai Gorge, no one had ever heard of this place name; after Chen Qiyu, Chechai Gorge became famous, but no one knew where it was. Some people say that Qinglong Gorge is Chechai Gorge. , some people say it is other places, but no matter what they say, it is different from what is written in Chen Qiyu's memorial. For example, Qinglong Gorge, I think it is impossible. Chen Qiyu said that the officers and soldiers were in a hurry to pursue the bandits from behind, and the bandits were in a hurry I mistakenly entered the Carriage Gorge, and Zhang Xianzhong has walked through the Qinglong Gorge at least four or five times before, how could he be wrong?" Wu Sangui said calmly.
In fact, not only in the late Ming Dynasty, no one could find where the Carriage Gorge was, but even in Deng Ming¡¯s era, they still couldn¡¯t find it. Even on satellites, they couldn¡¯t find a place that matched Chen Qiyu¡¯s description. Many scholars have been arguing about this. Some people have gone all the way from Hubei to Henan. Their hair has turned white in a hurry, but they still can't find the Chexi Gorge: "If Chen Qiyu was in a hurry, he might have got the place name wrong, but he was surrounded by After dozens of days of fighting the bandits, Chen Qiyu solemnly asked the emperor to allow him to recruit people. How could he not understand the place name at this time? If it was really Qinglong Gorge or some other place, why would Chen Qiyu not use the real place name instead of giving it to this place? A new name for the battlefield? This is one of the things I don¡¯t understand.¡±
After a pause, Wu Sangui continued: "Chen Qiyu described the process of this battle asThe 60,000 to 70,000 bandits were chased by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in a hurry. When they saw the entrance of the Carriage Gorge, they mistook it and jumped in - for example, they mistakenly thought it was Qinglong Gorge, which leads from both ends. After discovering that something was wrong, the thieves from behind poured in continuously, blocking the escape route, but no one escaped. There were more than a dozen bandits, tens of thousands of people, all rushing into the canyon, which was two horses wide and ten miles long, waiting to die. When these bandits were chased by officers and soldiers in a panic, how could they still form a dense formation and drive neatly into the canyon? Have you never seen the scene when you are defeated and fleeing? When will tens of thousands of people march in an orderly manner? Is this still a bandit? If the rogue bandits can be so well-organized, then why are they running away? Does Chen Qiyu still dare to pursue him? This king is puzzled by the second thing. "
Hear this. Xia Guoxiang's eyes suddenly widened. He had already guessed what Wu Sangui wanted to say, but Wu Sangui had more to say: "What I am even more puzzled about is that the scale of this battle is comparable to Songshan and Zhuxian Town, but there are no names of people who have made meritorious services. ¡ª¡ªSo many bandits were surrounded. Who was chasing them at the front, who was flanking them, and who was blocking the bandits¡¯ desperate efforts to break out. Why are there no names? Could it be that the local people helped the officers and soldiers to throw stones and surrounded the bandits to death? ? Why does no one take credit for such a great achievement? This is the third thing that puzzles me."
Even if Chen Qiyu made a mistake later, it would not diminish the achievements of these generals, because the mistake was due to Chen Qiyu's stupidity, and the fact that he had surrounded so many rebels before was due to the solid qualifications and achievements of the generals responsible for the pursuit and interception. Under normal circumstances, Ming generals would kill good people and take credit for their actions even if they didn't meet the bandits, but Chexixia was uncharacteristically humble and claimed that they had nothing to do with such great achievements.
"Originally, Chen Qiyu said that only one Zhang Xianzhong was surrounded, which was already a great achievement; but later others said more than that. In fact, Li Zicheng was also inside. If he was really there at the beginning, why didn't Chen Qiyu mention it? A few days later, someone discovered Luo Rucai again. In fact, it was also in the Carriage Gorge and then there were scorpion blocks Lao Huihui Later, it was discovered that Chen Qiyu had far more than one Zhang Xianzhong trapped in his net. Almost all the giant bandits in Henan and Huguang were in the Carriage Gorge. This is the original story. The king is puzzled by four people, and there are even more other minor questions."
"Yes, yes." Xia Guoxiang murmured: "Everyone said that this incident was true. The civil and military officials in Huguang and Henan at that time all said that it was true."
"It's just talk. Chen Qiyu has the final say in all the processes. No one is even willing to get involved in this matter. No one said that he was also present, confirming that every sentence of Chen Qiyu's memorial is true." Wu Sangui smiled slightly. : "If I assume that the truth is not like this at all, but that Chen Qiyu met Zhang Xianzhong and found that he could not defeat him at all, so Chen Qiyu and Zhang Xianzhong said, please stop making trouble, because if you make trouble again, I will be killed. This way Well, how about I recruit you and ask the court for a place to stay for you? Although Zhang Xianzhong agreed, if the emperor saw that Chen Qiyu's reason for recruiting him was because he couldn't defeat him, then his head would still not be saved, so Chen Qiyu He said that he surrounded Zhang Xianzhong in the Chariot Gorge. Zhang Xianzhong was at the end of his rope, and Chen Qiyu asked the emperor to recruit the bandits when they were once the emperor's sons. In this way, the emperor's face was saved; as for the location, of course he had to make up a carriage. Come out of the gorge, so that there is no evidence. If you name a real place, what if the court calls a few Jin gentry from the local area to inquire about the course of the war? There are no military generals who have made meritorious services, not even Jin gentry who led the local warriors to assist the officers and soldiers! Of course not , because this battle is simply a lie. Zhang Xianzhong is so fierce that no one can beat him, and they don¡¯t know whether Chen Qiyu can end it next. Since the situation is so dangerous, no one will rashly wait until they see clearly how the situation has changed. It is normal for Zhang Xianzhong to come out with armor and weapons. No matter how stupid Chen Qiyu is, he should know how to disperse the surrendering bandits, but he did not ask the bandits to hand over their armor or weapons at all."
Because Zhang Xianzhong was not forced to surrender because he was at the end of his rope, but he still had strength. The local officials were afraid of him and no one could control him, so they did not dare to let the Xiying troops into the city as Chen Qiyu asked. Officer Fengxiang also sent Zhang Xianzhong The envoys who went there were all killed; in Zhang Xianzhong's view, this was Chen Qiyu's breach of contract, and the recruitment failed.
The fact that more and more bandit leaders are surrounding the carriage gorge seems to Wu Sangui to be a matter of course. Everyone saw that Chen Qiyu had messed up, and suddenly realized that this was a good excuse to shirk their own disadvantages in suppressing the bandits: Your Majesty, it was not that I was disadvantaged in encircling and suppressing Li Zicheng. That Li Zicheng was not on my side at all a few days ago, but was surrounded by Chen Qiyu. , and then Chen Qiyu released Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong together. I was also paralyzed because Chen Qiyu announced his recruitment - I was also wrong, but the culprit was Chen Qiyu, Your Majesty. It was Chen Qiyu, an idiot who not only allowed the bandits to come out with armor and weapons, but also sent officers and soldiers to follow and monitor them.
"If Chen Qiyu wants to refute the black water thrown by others, he must admit to the emperor that the talk about carriage gorge is pure nonsense."He admitted that he could not get the bandits to lay down their weapons. But can he? Since he can't, others will follow suit. Anyone who doesn't do things well will say that Chen Qiyu released the bandits there, but aren't all the big bandits in the carriage gorge? You see, if we use this assumption, there's nothing weird about the whole thing, right? Wu Sangui asked with a smile: "More than 100,000 soldiers, soldiers and bandits have been fighting fiercely for two months. Even the battlefield for such a huge battle cannot be found, but why didn't anyone say anything to Emperor Chongzhen?" Because everyone involved needs to have this fight, everyone says yes. Maybe hundreds of years from now, there will still be people wondering why they can¡¯t find this place. "
Xia Guoxiang had already reacted at this time: "The matter of Emperor Yongli voluntarily staying in Burma and not coming back is just like Chen Qiyu's Chariot Gorge. It is beneficial to everyone, so no one is willing to expose this matter and say Yongli actually wanted to come back, and he even sent Mu Tianbo back to his country to bring in reinforcements. It¡¯s like if someone told Emperor Chongzhen that the Battle of Chexixia Gorge was fake, everyone would feel uncomfortable."
Wu Sangui smiled and said: "That's right! Mu Tianbo is full of resentment. I want to treat him well and ask him to write down that Li Dingguo ignored the emperor, Yang Zai framed the emperor, and Deng Ming was the instigator of all this. At the same time, I want to treat him well. So I announced with great fanfare that I would lead the army to go to Yunnan to go to King Qin, and asked King Jin to lend me a road and provide me with food and grass."
Wu Sangui would not send a single soldier into the territory of Yunnan, nor did he expect Li Dingguo to agree to join forces with him as King Qin, but Li Dingguo could not openly oppose Wu Sangui's plan. And Wu Sangui will launch a wave of propaganda offensive, saying that Yongli has been greatly humiliated in Myanmar. As long as Li Dingguo nods, Wu Sangui is willing to ask the thieves to repay him. Of course Sichuan and Yunnan could turn a deaf ear, but such behavior would still be a serious blow to the reputations of Li Dingguo and Deng Ming. As long as Wu Sangui shouts slogans loud enough and for a long enough time, there will always be people in the world who begin to believe that Wu Sangui is sincere, and Li Dingguo is still a bandit in essence. Not only does he not care about granting him the title of king, but he also wants to prevent Wu Sangui from going there. rescue.
"Although I have changed my mind, I have not taken the initiative to attack any princes. I only expressed my willingness to go to King Qin under the command of King Jin. I am even willing to hand over part of King Qin's army to the command of King Jin. If King Jin goes to rescue the emperor, then I can even Provide him with some food and grass. Then Sichuan will never find a reason to attack me, right? The governors of each province will watch and suspect that Sichuan is taking the opportunity to kill them all." Besides, Wu Sangui still has an army of 100,000 in hand, so he feels that as long as Sichuan and Yunnan couldn't do anything to him for a while, and if the people of the world saw that Wu Sangui was going to Qinwang after all, he was beaten by Sichuan and Yunnan, how would they feel? Although to the princes, the emperor is just that, he still has a certain appeal to the people. If it were not for the fear of Yongli's appeal to Jin gentry and ordinary people, the Sichuan Academy would not object to his return to China.
"If the Sichuan army dares to attack the king, it will most likely prove that Deng Ming and Li Dingguo are joining forces to usurp the throne. Whoever dares to say a fair word for the overseas emperor will be beaten by Deng Ming and Li Dingguo. At that time, the king can still do it. Let Mu Tianbo's words be made public Even if Sichuan is strong now, I would not dare to put Deng Ming on the fire like this."
"I keep calling King Qin, but no one in the Ming army likes to hear it. They definitely hope that I will stop as soon as possible. They will come to bribe me and make me say that this is not the case at all. In fact, Emperor Yongli does not I am willing to return to my country, and Mu Tianbo did not come to me for help," Wu Sangui replied confidently: "And I am very willing to be bribed."
"What does the king want?"
"I don't want Hunan anymore. I just want Sichuan to recognize that I am a member of Prime Minister Deng, and I want Sichuan to help persuade Zhang Changgeng to give me more food and grass. As long as I agree to my crusade against Guangdong, I will dedicate Guizhou to you." Give it to Prime Minister Deng, Li Dingguo doesn¡¯t want it anyway. I am willing to fight for Prime Minister Deng in the south and north, and dedicate all the territory I have conquered to Prime Minister Deng. I will never ask for exorbitant prices like other princes." Wu Sangui felt that Deng Ming had no reason to refuse his conditions. : "If Prime Minister Deng nods, it is okay to grant the northeastern part of the country that originally belonged to the Tartars to me. If the king of Zhongyuan does not want an inch of land, I can do everything for him that Prime Minister Deng is too embarrassed to do himself. .¡±
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While Wu Sangui was thinking hard about how to sneak into the imperial camp, Ren Tang went down the river to Chongming and met with Zhang Huangyan, Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty. Rentang came here as a special envoy of the Academy to welcome Zhang Huangyan to leave Chongming and go to Sichuan to serve as the highest criminal officer in the empire. This was also supported by Wen Anzhi - the old supervisor basically stopped doing things, but he nodded this time. As the importance of the highest punishment officer increased day by day, He Daoning finally gave up the idea of ??resigning as the punishment officer and looking for an administrative position. The Council felt that He Daoning's power was too great, and it was in urgent need of someone to balance it, so it started a debate and looked for a third choice.A suitable candidate, and the Zhejiang Department is determined to get it.
The Zhejiang Clan had a great influence in the imperial army, because almost all of Deng Ming¡¯s initial armies were adapted from the Zhejiang Army, but the Zhejiang Clan was much worse in terms of administration. Liu Jinge and Yuan Xiang both belong to the Chuangying faction, and the staff and officials of the Sichuan governor's office left behind by Gong Zhen needless to say also belong to the Chuangying faction; the Qingcheng faction is the largest force in the academy, with Many wealthy businessmen supported it, and even Xiong Lan, Qin Xiucai, and Pu Fan formed an alliance with the Qingcheng faction, talking about what "we old Sichuan people" are doing.
??Looking at the Xiying Jin Dynasty, which finally moved closer to the imperial system, now Li Siye has served as the prefect of Jianchang, which makes Zhejiang people not anxious. If the Academy Council still does not agree to incorporate Zhejiang East into the system and allow Zhang Huangyan to take office, then some people will suggest that Ren Tang resigns from the military and joins politics. Fortunately, the institute was not as stubborn as before, but believed that the time was ripe for merging Zhejiang East.
"Among the rules set by Governor Deng, the power of the highest-ranking criminal officer is really boundless." Zhang Huangyan once carefully studied the Sichuan code, because the latter hinted to him that he felt that Zhang Huangyan was very suitable for this position. The more he researched, the more Zhang Huangyan discovered that there were almost no restrictions on the highest-ranking criminal in the imperial system: he was tenured for life and had the right to interpret the constitution.
"Indeed, the Admiral has always liked the decentralization of power. All matters are decided by vote, with the exception of the Supreme Court Judge. The Admiral envisions expanding the Supreme Court Judge to at least five and up to nine people in the future, and will also conduct judgments. A vote. However, the opinions of only nine people can declare the council's resolution illegal Even the admiral himself must unconditionally obey the council's resolution." Ren Tang was also a little puzzled by this.
"Admiral Deng is unwilling to act arbitrarily because he believes that it is very inefficient. Only by drawing on the strengths of others can the government's efficiency be improved." Zhang Huangyan has his own understanding of this issue: "Admiral Deng also believes that the only advantage of acting arbitrarily is the ability to do so at any cost. .¡±
Zhang Huangyan remembered that Deng Ming had mentioned the story of the Lie Emperor many times. In order to collect a tax of one tael of silver, he would starve to death a dozen people in a family. It was of course very inefficient to exchange so many lives for such a small tax, but the emperor could Don't care about the cost.
"The Lie Emperor was able to collect taxes at any cost, and in order to regain the Liao land, he did not hesitate to let tens of millions of people in the interior die. He claimed to be going to conquer the murderous Tartars, but in the end the people killed by the officers and soldiers were ten times as many as the Liao people killed by the Tartars. Admiral Deng was probably deeply impressed by the tragedy of Jiashen, which is why he established the Yuanhui system - if that happens again, the emperor will regard human life as nothing and plan to use the lives of tens of millions of people to complete his plan. When he has his ambitions, there will be a council that can stop him." Zhang Huangyan knew that the dictatorship system was still implemented in Deng Ming's army, because for the army, the ability to do anything at any cost is more important than efficiency: "Admiral Deng also It has been said that being a torture officer is to uphold justice. Perhaps Admiral Deng believes that justice cannot be measured solely by pros and cons, but must be protected at all costs."
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Many years later, the Criminal Division was appointed in Chengdu.
The person Deng Ming came to see today was not Criminal Officer Chen Yati, but a colleague of Criminal Officer Chen Ti. While waiting for the person to arrive, Deng Ming chatted with Chen Ya about the recent case: "I heard that you are responsible for the complaint of the queen and the prince?"
"Yes." Chen Ya nodded. Emperor Yongli made several unsuccessful attempts to return to China, and all attempts by Empress Wang and the Crown Prince to obtain Chinese citizenship failed. The official in charge of the matter told the queen and the prince that this was a resolution of the council and clearly instructed not to grant nationality to the emperor and his family. At the beginning of the year, the queen and the prince changed their strategy. They no longer went to the Burmese embassy to make a fuss. Instead, they commissioned domestic litigators to file a lawsuit against the imperial government in court, demanding justice from the Sentencing Division.
The resolution of the court meeting was made by the Imperial Parliament in Chengdu, so the prosecutor did not go to the Supreme Criminal Division or the Provincial Criminal Division, but sent it to the yamen of the Criminal Division in Chengdu. The file was assigned to Criminal Officer Chen Ti. in hand. Seeing Deng Ming hesitate to speak, Chen Ya smiled and asked: "Prime Minister, are you curious about how I will judge him?"
"Yes, I'm very curious." Deng Ming nodded: "I don't know if it's appropriate to ask."
"It's okay to tell the Prime Minister, because this case is too simple. Any prisoner will come to the exact same opinion as me with just one glance. The queen and the prince pointed out that all other descendants of Emperor Taizu can get it." Chinese nationality is restricted to the emperor's family, which is discrimination against the emperor; and the prince's descendants cannot obtain Chinese nationality, which is undoubtedly prohibited by the constitution; if the emperor chooses an heir from other clans, the court will also require this The selected person must declare in writing within thirty days that he or she will relinquish inheritance rights or give up Chinese nationality; if the person fails to declare within the time limit, the council's resolution will automatically instruct the government to change the person's status to incompetent.A person with a nationality whose occupation is labeled as crown prince - this has no legal basis. The Constitution does not give the court the right to forcibly deprive others of their inheritance rights or nationality. "
"Ah." Deng Ming sighed softly: "So the Chen Ti Criminal Court will rule that the resolutions of the Senate and the Imperial Assembly are illegal, and the emperor and his family can return to the country."
"Yes." Chen Ya nodded again: "If the prerequisites are met, this is an inevitable ruling."
"What are the prerequisites?"
"I asked the plaintiff's lawyer to give me a declaration signed by the emperor, stating that he recognized that he and the royal family were under the jurisdiction of the imperial law." Chen Ya said in a matter-of-fact tone: "If the emperor does not admit that I am responsible for He has jurisdiction, so how can I get justice for him?¡±
"Prime Minister, are you looking for me?" A loud voice sounded behind Deng Ming. This was Xu Chaoyu, the provincial criminal officer in Jiangnan. He had recently come to Chengdu to collect files.
"Yes." Deng Ming and Xu Chaoyu walked into an office where there was no one else. After closing the door, Deng Ming said straight to the point: "Prisoner Xu Ti, I just learned that you sentenced Liang Huafeng to life imprisonment and Jiang Guozhu to death."
"The jurors unanimously found them guilty of murder. Jiang Guozhu was the mastermind and Liang Huafeng was an accessory. I judged them in accordance with the law." Xu Chaoyu replied calmly: "If the Prime Minister has any questions, I can send the Prime Minister a copy of the file attachment."
"No, I didn't question whether the evidence is conclusive. I believe it must be very conclusive." Deng Ming smiled bitterly: "Xun Ti, I have pardoned Jiang Guozhu three times and Liang Huafeng twice. I just want to know what else I need." How many times can I grant them amnesty?"
Xu Chaoyu took a deep look at Deng Ming: "Jiang Guozhu still has more than 1,800 cases of murder, kidnapping, and torture waiting to be prosecuted. I think most of them will be established and convicted; Liang Huafeng has fewer, but there must be some. Four or five hundred pieces, maybe.¡±
"Although the two rivers have been unified and Wu Sangui has been exterminated, our country has not been unified yet." Deng Mingzheng said to Xu Chaoyu: "Several northern provinces are watching us. If Xu Ti Xingguan can kill Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng as soon as possible, Once the case is understood, the imperial government will be much more relaxed."
"What the Prime Minister said is true, and I very much agree with it." Xu Chaoyu seemed to have been prepared and replied without hesitation: "If Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng admit all their crimes and sign a pledge not to accept amnesty, I think it is acceptable for each of them to have an indefinite period. of."
"This is unacceptable." Deng Ming retorted categorically: "I hope that Criminal Officer Xu Ti can prosecute all their crimes together."
"And then give the Prime Minister a one-time amnesty opportunity to write off these crimes?" Xu Chaoyu's rhetorical question had a hint of irony.
"Yes, that's what I planned." Deng Ming didn't seem to notice it at all: "If the governors in the north and the Manchus in Beijing are sad, they will resist stubbornly, and the empire will need to fight more wars. Spend more money and let more soldiers die on the battlefield.¡±
Xu Chaoyu was silent for a moment, and then said slowly while facing Deng Ming's gaze: "I asked myself, if I were in the position of prime minister, I would also hope to use a cheaper and more efficient way to win the country. But I am not. I am the judge in charge of justice. Judge Zhang taught us that how to weigh the pros and cons is a matter for the imperial government and the council, and our duty is to ensure that justice is done. Moreover, I think the Prime Minister has interfered too much with me. too much."
Deng Ming shook his head slightly, still trying to convince Xu Chaoyu.
But Xu Chaoyu said before Deng Ming: "Prime Minister, during the trial of each case, I can legally put them in jail; after conviction, I can also legally delay for ten days before pronouncing the sentence. During this period, they are still They have to live in prison; and they will also stay in prison until the prime minister's amnesty order is delivered. After taking the first step out of the prison door, they will be arrested and the next lawsuit will begin - so no matter No matter how many times the Prime Minister has issued amnesty, they will never be able to escape in this life. The Prime Minister's amnesty can only protect them from death, and I never thought about taking their lives, as long as they are willing to sign a confession. In fact, it is not the same as now. The difference is huge, and you don¡¯t have to go to court.¡±
Seeing that Deng Ming seemed to want to argue, Xu Chaoyu hurriedly shouted: "Prime Minister, I haven't finished speaking yet. We know that sometimes the imperial government needs extrajudicial favors, so the prime minister will have the power of amnesty. But this power of amnesty does not matter to everyone. I hope it will be used on those who deserve pardon, such as those who made mistakes on impulse and then sincerely repented; and now that the Prime Minister has used it to pardon Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng, I estimate that many more villains will be added in the future. Finally, the Prime Minister's desk We will be flooded with applications for amnesty from these scumbags, and the people will see that the government is amnesting these villains day after day, but it cannot let them go free and just linger in prison. This is damaging.??It is not only the prestige of the government, but also the people's trust in the judiciary and their expectation for justice. One day, the Prime Minister will feel tired, and then he will find that the people no longer believe that the criminal justice department can uphold justice, and no longer believe that evil in this world will be rewarded. Prime Minister, your duty is to weigh the pros and cons for the empire. Do you think the price is worth it? And when the Prime Minister finally realizes that the gains outweigh the losses, I hope the Prime Minister can still remember - today, until this moment, I thought the Prime Minister was a man who could distinguish right from wrong and understand the truth. After a brief pause, Xu Chaoyu said in a more serious tone: "Prime Minister, use this opportunity of amnesty to exchange their confession and persuade them." "
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When the Qing court came to the end of its rope, the voices in the council for a complete solution to the warlord separatism and the unification of the anti-Qing alliance also became louder. Deng Ming, then the prime minister of the empire, also promised at the court meeting that he would seriously discuss this issue with the King of Jin. But in fact, Deng Ming just asked Li Dingguo a question softly when he went to Kunming to visit him. Although the voice was not loud, Deng Ming knew that Li Dingguo must have heard it clearly. When he left Kunming and returned to Nanjing, Deng Ming told the hospital committee to wait patiently.
And Deng Ming's words seemed to have an effect. The King of Jin implemented thorough reforms in the southwest, giving up all the rights he once had, and helping the empire's laws and systems to be fully implemented. However, the King of Jin never gave up his power to appoint personnel in Yunnan. In theory, the King of Jin could overturn his own reforms at any time and re-appoint officials to each position.
Many people speculate that this is because the King of Jin has seen too much government dishonesty since he was a child. Therefore, despite Deng Ming's promise, he still could not completely reassure the King of Jin, so he stubbornly wanted to reserve so much for Xiying. A safe area. If there comes a day when the imperial government still goes back on its word and pursues the past of the officers and soldiers of Xiying, then King Jin will still resist to the end - King Jin is a born fighter, and even after many years of peaceful life, he will never let others go. Slaughter.
Soon after the New Year, King Jin went to take care of his flower garden as usual. Ninety-eight-year-old Li Dingguo was still able to water his garden and turn the soil. During his breaks from work, he would often sit next to a plant and rest for a while. This time King Jin rested for too long. When his family members realized there was a problem and ran to him, they saw Li Dingguo leaning his cheek on his hand and looking as peaceful as if he was sleeping soundly.
Li Dingguo¡¯s eldest grandson read the Jin King¡¯s will to the media. Like Lin Guogong, he gave up his title and salary in his will, and handed these to the imperial government free of charge along with the territory he once owned.
¡°An era is over.¡± The front page of Chengdu Daily commented on the death of King Jin. Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan and Li Laiheng are considered to be the four most important military defenders of the turbulent Southern Ming Dynasty. Among them, Li Dingguo was the eldest, but he was the last to pass away, even later than taking over the flag of the four of them. Deng's name.
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Author's note: There will be more meetings at the end of the year, and starting tomorrow there will be several consecutive meetings of the Municipal Writers Association. The author feels that it is not good to stop updating all the time, so let's end it.
This book "Fighting the Qing Dynasty" is about 3 million words, which is equivalent to the total of the author's first two works. Frankly speaking, by last November, I was very tired and felt like I was struggling to move forward. I wanted to end the game more than once, but I didn't have the energy to create a climactic plot to end it. I have to attend another event tomorrow, and I finally made up my mind to call it a day. Thinking about it carefully, this book has expressed most of what I want to express, and there is no regrets.
After returning from the meeting, I can chat more with you, then you will have enough time.
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