A knife in love

Chapter 3549

Among the generals of Chen Youliang who were demoted by Zhu Yuanzhang to low status, there are nine most famous generals named Chen, Qian, Lin, Li, Yuan, Sun, Ye, and He.After Chen Youliang defeated Poyang Lake, the nine generals fled back to Chen Youliang's lair, intending to assist Chen Youliang's son in fighting Zhu Yuanzhang.Later, Chen Youliang's son decided to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang. Many of his ministers and generals were disappointed and did not want to be Zhu Yuanzhang's subjects. Some committed suicide in anger, and some fled quietly.

Chen, Qian and other nine generals followed Chen Youliang to conquer the east and west. They originally thought that the world would be peaceful and they would not have to go to the battlefield to fight again. From then on, he retired to the mountains and forests, and did not care about world affairs.At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was the time when all kinds of things were waiting to be done. The imperial court had no time to deal with the generals of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng who were hiding in various places. the remnants ofAlthough the nine generals were hiding deep in the mountains, they were scouted by the court eagles and dogs. The officers and soldiers suddenly killed them and captured the nine generals, their parents, wives, children, and clan members, and escorted them to Yingtian Mansion for trial.

Chen, Qian and other nine generals were powerful under Chen Youliang. They all participated in the Poyang Lake War. Zhu Yuanzhang hated them to the bone, so he put these nine generals in prison, tortured them, and forced them to confess that they had the heart to rebel against Ming Dynasty. Ask them to name their accomplices.Although the nine generals cherished their old lord and had many dissatisfaction with Daming, they knew that the general trend of the world was settled and had no intention of rebelling at all, so they took their wives, children and clansmen to retreat to the mountains and forests, only thinking about farming and studying in the mountains, and ended their remaining lives .Moreover, the nine generals have followed Chen Youliang for many years, and they are used to intrigues and infighting in the officialdom. They know that Zhu Yuanzhang is ruthless. .Although I gritted my teeth and refused to confess, I was afraid that I would die in the end, but without my own confession, the court would not be able to publicly slaughter my parents, wife, children, and clan members. Tortured during the trial, the nine generals would rather die than confess. In the end, they all died in the dungeon, and their bodies did not know where they were thrown away.Their family members and clan members were imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Although they were not tortured, the guards threatened them every day and often cut off their food and water. Died of hunger and thirst due to lack of clean water.

Although the nine generals suffered misfortune and died in the sky prison, the officials who were ordered to investigate the case did not get their confessions and statements. Zhu Yuanzhang died.Although Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless, he had already ascended the throne and became emperor, so he had to look like an emperor, and he couldn't kill people at will like in the army.If there is no confession but the crime is falsely charged, I am afraid that it will attract slander, so there is no decree to kill the nine families of the nine generals.It's just that this anger didn't come out, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite angry in his heart, and he was furious in the palace, whipping the eunuchs and maids, if it wasn't for the queen's persuasion, I'm afraid he would have started killing.Later, a treacherous villain learned about this and gave him an idea, saying that although the nine generals cannot be punished, their parents, wives, children and clan members can be classified as lowly, and from then on they can only live on lowly jobs , unable to farm, do business, or be an official, and their children and grandchildren are reviled and tortured, which is more disgusting than killing them with a knife.

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and rewarded the treacherous officials who gave him such a bad idea, and then summoned officials from the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites, and told everyone that the traitor Chen Youliang was originally a water thief, and most of his soldiers were from water bandits. Although the traitors are defeated, their wives and children are still alive.As the saying goes, capital crimes can be forgiven, but living crimes are inevitable. The nine thieves named Chen, Qian, Lin, Li, Yuan, Sun, Ye, and He will plan to rebel, and their crimes cannot be pardoned.It's just that God has the virtue of loving life, and I uphold the will of the Emperor of Heaven to rule Wanfang, and I can't kill at will, so I decided to spare the lives of the nine thieves and their clansmen, and list them as lowly, as a sign of punishment.Since the thieves of the nine surnames will follow Chen Youliang to cause disaster to the world, and they are also from water bandits, their descendants will only be able to live as fishermen after they are listed as humble.After the people of the nine surnames become fishermen, they can only eat and live on the boat, they cannot live on the shore, they cannot marry the people on the shore, and they cannot wear long shirts and shoes.If there is any violation, it is a serious crime of treason, and the crime should be punished by the nine clans.

At that time, many of the women in the nine generals' families were married. The husband's family had twelve surnames of Jiang, Tang, Hu, Xu, Shi, Ji, Pan, Lu, Fang, Zhang, Wang, and Wu. Nine surnames and twelve households were all listed as lowly, and they could only live on the boat for generations. They suffered all the eyes of the world, bullying and oppression by the government. It can be said that life is worse than death.For more than a hundred years, the people with the 21 surnames have accumulated more and more grievances against Daming. If the world changes drastically one day, I'm afraid they will not be able to settle down.

After listening to Murong Danyan's words that day, Li Qiufeng felt startled and uncertain, and thought to himself that I was working as an errand in Jinyiwei South Town Fusi, and in my spare time I would look through the case files in the document storehouse.There were a lot of big cases in Taizu's reign, and I have read most of the case files, but I have never seen the records of the family with nine surnames that Miss Murong just mentioned.Could it be that the case involves too much, and there are many grievances in it. The Emperor Taizu was worried that future generations would slander him, so he ordered the case file to be destroyed?However, Emperor Taizu was headstrong and conceited, and was never afraid of criticism from the common people.For example, when he killed Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, Fu Youde, Lan Yu and other heroes, the relevant files were all intact and stored in the Nansi document library.Although the case of the family with the nine surnames mentioned by Miss Murong is quite tortuous, it is not considered a major case. Besides, most of Chen Youliang's generals have already died in battle. Zu, became a general of Ming Dynasty.I have been in Jinyiwei for many years, but I have never heard of Chen Youliang's generals rebelling.Moreover, when the Emperor Taizu was in power, although Jin Yiwei was granted great authority, the North and South Divisions were subject to a lot of constraints, and they could not arrest and kill people arbitrarily like they did later, let alone the theory of a sky prison.Miss Murong also said just now that she heard other people's stories about these things, and there is no corroborating evidence. Moreover, old Mr. Murong Qiushui was noncommittal about the origins of the family with the nine surnames, so what Miss Murong said may be unreliable .

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