Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 197 At three o'clock in the afternoon, I will personally preside over the execution!

Finally, after Xu Chang and Wang Zhi finished their reports, Liu Jin reported the results of the Dongchang interrogation to Zhu Youtang.

"Your Majesty, the entire process of this mutiny has been interrogated by the East Factory."

Afterwards, Liu Jin started talking about how Yang Tong secretly contacted Yu Shen, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, to smuggle arms.

Including falsely claiming that Wala was invading, luring and killing the general of Datong, sending his son Yang Kui to lead troops to ambush at Zijing Pass, etc.

He told Zhu Youtang everything, no matter how big or small.

Only at this time did Zhu Youtang learn all the details of the mutiny.

From this perspective, the most wrong decision Zhu Youtang made during this expedition was to send Gao Shun to divide his troops to meet the enemy at Tumu Fort.

But from Zhu Youtang's perspective at the time, he absolutely did not believe that these border generals had the courage to do such a treasonous thing as attacking the camp.

He also didn't know that the commander of Juyongguan was also involved in the mutiny.

From Zhu Youtang's perspective at the time, Juyongguan was behind him and the Ming army came to ask for help in front of him. It was a natural thing to do to send troops to support his own people.

Who knew that Yang Tong and other border generals were so courageous? !

Who knows? !
Zhu Youtang felt both angry and aggrieved.

Yang Tong not only launched a mutiny, but also wanted to put him to death.

After his failure, they fabricated the story that he was captured by the Oirat people, trying to label him as the "Emperor who Calls the Door".

Zhu Youtang will grind this man to dust!
"Liu Jin." Zhu Youtang's tone became low.

"The slave is here."

"Take Yang Tong to the parade grounds, execute all nine generations of Yang Tong's clan, confiscate his property, and make him into minced meat."

Pickled meat with pickles is a very cruel punishment that was popular in the Shang Dynasty. It is difficult to find any trace of it in historical books after the Han Dynasty.

Simply put, this punishment is to chop the prisoner into meat sauce.

This punishment was seen once before by Zhu Youtang in "Imperial Edict".

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Jin bowed his head and accepted the order.

Zhu Youtang was unable to let go of his hatred, and he issued another order: "All those who are to be punished must be brought to the parade ground before noon."

"All the confiscated silver and grain will be taken to the parade ground!"

"Let all the soldiers and civilians in Xuanfu come to the parade ground to watch the execution!"

"At three o'clock in the afternoon, I will personally preside over the execution!"

Hearing this, Wang Zhi, Liu Jin and Xu Chang immediately perked up and responded in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youtang waved his hand and said, "Go down."

"Your humble servant, I will take my leave!"

After the three of them saluted, they respectfully left the reception room.

Afterwards, he ran to the Xuanfu parade ground with a solemn face and deployed his troops.

When Xu Chang arrived at the military camp, he immediately summoned his generals and issued orders.

"All expeditionary forces, immediately garrison various areas of Xuanfu to prevent riots, and focus on guarding the parade grounds!"

"Clear the parade ground immediately, and take the more than 3,700 rebels found last night to the parade ground to await execution!"

"Yes! Your Excellency the Governor!"

Under Xu Chang's order, the generals of the expeditionary force immediately led their soldiers to clear the parade ground in Xuanfu.

At the same time, a large number of Xuanfu rebels with their hands tied behind their backs were all taken to the parade ground and made to kneel, waiting for Zhu Youtang to personally preside over the execution.

These rebels who were taken to the parade ground were filled with extreme fear. Many of them were so frightened that their whole bodies became limp and they couldn't even walk. They were simply dragged to the parade ground.

Until now, they are still constantly confessing and begging for mercy.

"My Lords! I was wrong! I was really wrong!"

"We were all forced! I didn't want to rebel, they forced me to rebel!"

"Please let me go! I was really wrong! I really don't want to die!"

"..."

The Xuanfu rebels cried bitterly and their emotions were on the verge of losing control.

What made them even more devastated was that the guards from the Western Factory were escorting their families into the parade ground!

After Wang Zhi returned to the training ground, he immediately summoned all the guards of the Western Factory.

At this time, the Western Factory had a large number of people and its strength had almost reached its peak.

In addition to the 5,000 Western Factory soldiers led by Wang Zhi, there was also Ma Jinzhong, the head of the Western Factory who followed Xu Chang to the expedition and served as the eunuch supervising the army, and the 1,000 Western Factory soldiers under his command.

In addition, Ji Sheng, the third-in-command of the Western Factory who served as the eunuch in charge of grain, and his 1,000 Western Factory men were also on the list.

At this time, the Western Factory had 7,000 soldiers and two supervisors in Xuanfu.

After Wang Zhi summoned the Western Factory's men, he immediately gave orders to the two heads of the Western Factory.

"Ma Jinzhong, you lead two thousand soldiers to confiscate the property of the officers at all levels in Xuanfu, and take all these officers and their families to the parade ground, and also send the silver and grain to the parade ground!"

"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"

Ma Jinzhong's face was fierce and his eyes were full of bloodthirstiness.

"Ji Sheng, you lead two thousand soldiers to inform everyone in Xuanfu to go to the parade ground to watch the execution!"

"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"

Jisheng nodded, feeling a little bored with this task of just watching executions. He still hoped to do some tasks like house raiding and beheading.

Finally, Wang Zhi gave an order to the remaining Western Depot soldiers: "The rest of the Western Depot soldiers, follow me to search the houses and arrest the families of the 20,000 rebels who attacked the camp!"

"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"

"All tasks must be completed before noon!"

"set off!"

Wang Zhi took the lead, riding in the front with 7,000 Western Factory soldiers, raiding homes and arresting people from house to house!
The whole Xuanfu was bustling with activity at this moment.

Ma Jinzhong, the chief of the Western Factory, first took all the officers of various ranks in Xuanfu who were still in the military prison to the parade ground.

These Xuanfu military officers were interrogated by the East Factory all night last night. Their bodies were covered in blood and had signs of torture all over their bodies.

Many officers were tortured to the point of being on their last breath, and when they were dragged to the parade ground, they immediately caused a panic riot.

However, these riots were quickly quelled by the tens of thousands of Ming expeditionary forces stationed at the parade grounds.

Afterwards, the Western Factory soldiers led by Ma Jinzhong kept going in and out of the parade ground in Xuanfu, delivering the families of these officers, as well as their family silver and food to the parade ground.

Of the silver and grain in these officers' homes, only a small portion was their wages.

A large part of them were rewards given to them by Yang Tong.

Yang Tong is indeed a good brother.

He acted arrogantly in Xuanfu and amassed huge amounts of money.

But most of the silver he collected through various means was distributed to his confidants.

In other words, after being embezzled by Yang Tong, the rations and wages of ordinary soldiers were distributed to officers at all levels by Yang Tong.

The silver and food that a lowest-ranking military officer received from Yang Tong every year was twice his original salary!
A good brother who eats meat with his younger brothers like this, please give a shout out.

That's why so many officers from Xuanfu participated in the mutiny.

By following Yang Tong, you can indeed get money!
Large amounts of grain and silver were continuously transported to the parade ground and then thrown there casually.

The grain was piled up into high mounds, and the silver was piled up into small hills, all laid out nakedly on the parade ground.

But no one on the parade ground dared to have even the slightest greed for these grains and silver!
Instead, he was filled with fear towards these grains and silver.

If it weren't for the food and silver, they wouldn't have fallen to this point.

At the same time, the Western Factory soldiers led by Ji Sheng were also continuously bringing people from Xuanfu to the parade ground.

The first to arrive at the parade ground were, of course, the Xuanfu soldiers who did not participate in the mutiny.

When they saw the people, food and silver on the parade ground, they were completely confused and had no idea what it meant.

Next came the people of Xuanfu who were forced by the Western Factory to leave their homes and rush to the parade ground.

When these Western Factory troops broke into the house, the people were scared to death.

However, when the people from the Western Factory came in, they neither beat anyone nor robbed anything. They just asked them to gather in Xuanfu immediately.

In the capital, Zhu Youtang executed corrupt officials, and the people of the capital rushed to watch the execution.

But in Xuanfu, there were professional soldiers in full armor everywhere, and not many people in Xuanfu dared to join the army.

At this moment, they were being rushed to the parade ground by the guards from the Western Factory. They were somewhat frightened and felt uneasy.

Armored soldiers were stationed in every street and alley in Xuanfu, preventing them from harboring the slightest desire to resist.

Fortunately, the guards from the Western Factory were relatively polite to them and did not let them suffer any physical pain.

When they arrived at the parade ground, the people of Xuanfu were stunned.

Where in their entire lives had they ever seen such a strange sight?

A large number of officers and soldiers were tied with ropes and kneeling on the parade ground.

And in front of them was a mountain of silver and grain.

The parade ground was surrounded by Ming soldiers who, like them, were staring at the parade ground in confusion.

The three thousand Western Factory soldiers led by Wang Zhi had the most complicated tasks.

More than 20,000 personal soldiers of Yang Tong who attacked Zhu Youtang's camp raided more than 20,000 homes.

It’s impossible to copy it all. The Western Factory simply can’t copy it all.

In the end, Wang Zhi still asked Gao Shun for help. Gao Shun allocated an extra 10,000 men from the Xianzhen Camp to Wang Zhi, and he was able to barely complete the task.

First, after finding the home addresses of these people from the Xuanfu roster, the next thing is relatively simple.

A large number of the rebels' families were taken to the parade ground by the Western Factory guards, and countless amounts of silver and food were sent to the parade ground continuously.

These were the troops most loyal to Yang Tong, and they even dared to attack the Ming Emperor's camp.

The amount of silver and food they got from Yang Tong was an astronomical figure!
In addition to ensuring that they received full grain and salary from the court every year, Yang Tong also gave them additional silver ranging from a few taels to more than ten taels.

Each of them took a few to more than ten taels of silver, and when all twenty thousand people were added together, that amounted to hundreds of thousands to several million taels of silver.

Most of this money was earned by Yang Tong from smuggling arms.

Until the moment before Yang Tong decided to launch a mutiny, he did not forget to give silver to this army.

Yang Tong used the Ming Dynasty's money to support his own soldiers!
However, these soldiers only knew Yang Tong but not the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

Such soldiers have long been useless to the Ming Dynasty!

Kill!

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