The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 280 Lingchi execution
Wanli's surprise attack this time was as powerful as thunder and as fast as lightning.

The battle was over before the northern barbarians could react.

The speed at which he returned to Beijing was beyond everyone's expectations.

In early October, when the capital was enjoying the cool and refreshing autumn weather, he actually came back with tens of thousands of imperial guards and cavalry.

In the past, when he led his troops in person, he would be gone for several months or even more than half a year.

Why did he come back less than a month after he left this time?

Besides, he seemed to have something urgent to do.

After returning to the Summer Resort this time, he did not even have a good rest. At about 1 a.m. the next morning, he led tens of thousands of imperial guards and tens of thousands of Jinyiwei light cavalry to rush to the capital, escorting several carriages.

He did have something urgent to do, he was anxious to come back and interrogate Wang Zhicai.

He finally caught the remnants of the three major families in Puzhou, so he naturally had to interrogate them thoroughly. If this group of traitors who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country were not cleaned up, it would not be easy to completely eliminate the scourge of the Northern Tartars.

After sending the concubines and princes and princesses back to the palace, he changed into Feiyu clothing and headed straight for the Jinyiwei Northern Pacification Division with Shan Sinan, Li Xuancheng and thousands of Jinyiwei cavalry.

At this moment, Lu Yi is interrogating Wang Zhicai.

Wang Zhicai was also unlucky. Wherever he went, Wanli would attack him.

When he fled to the Three Guards of Doyan, Wanli suddenly led his army to recapture the Beijing Xingdusi. When he fled to the Chahar tribe, Wanli suddenly led his army to attack again.

Last time, he at least got wind of the situation, so he ordered people to destroy all the farmland and workshops in advance, and then pretended to be soldiers and civilians at the border who were captured by the northern barbarians, and thus escaped the disaster.

This time he didn't receive any news at all, and the Ming army suddenly attacked.

The tribal chiefs of the Chahar tribe didn't even have time to send anyone to inform him.

As a result, he was caught red-handed.

And he was soon escorted to the Northern Pacification Prison.

This almost scared him to death.

He was so scared that his little body was shaking like he had the hiccups.

Unexpectedly, Jinyiwei Commander Lu Yi had only been interrogating him for an hour or so when he suddenly went out for something.

What is going on here?
Lu Yi naturally heard that Wanli was coming, so he hurried out to see him.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli asked directly, "How is the investigation going? Have you found anything?"

Lu Yi said with some embarrassment, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Wang Zhicai and his gang were only brought here last night, and I just started the interrogation this morning. I haven't learned much yet.

However, Wang Zhicai seems to be afraid of pain. As soon as I mention torture, he trembles with fear and confesses everything."

Upon hearing this, Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Alright, you go and try the others. I will try Wang Zhicai."

Wang Zhicai never thought that the person could be replaced during the interrogation.

Moreover, the person who replaced him was a young man about the same age as him.

He had been to the capital and had seen Lu Yi, but he had never been to the palace and didn't know what Wanli looked like.

After Wanli sat down, he did not rush to interrogate him. He directly asked Li Xuancheng to bring over the confession.

Lu Yi actually did find out something during the interrogation.

He carefully read the confession, then raised his head and said expressionlessly: "You said you were hiding with the Three Guards of Doyan before?"

I've confessed to this, there's nothing to hide.

Wang Zhicai nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes."

Wanli asked again, "You were originally with the Three Guards of Doyan, why did you go to the Chahar tribe?"

Are you asking this question without knowing the answer?

Wang Zhicai said helplessly: "The territory of the three guards of Doyan has been occupied by the imperial army. I can only go to the Chahar tribe."

Wanli asked again: "What are you doing in the Chahar tribe?"

This one.

You see, I can't argue.

Wang Zhicai said carefully, "I'll help them grow food and forge weapons."

None of this actually matters, the key is the next question.

Wanli said coldly: "Last time you pretended to be a border soldier or civilian who was captured by the northern barbarians and ran away, you should have been able to escape to Datong Town or Pianguan Town. How could you escape to the Chahar tribe?"

At this moment, Datong Town and Pianguan Town do not prohibit border soldiers and civilians from traveling to the area south of Daqing Mountain. After all, many families of border troops stationed there also need to visit relatives.

However, except for the assembled border troops and the dispatched scouts, everyone else is strictly prohibited from leaving the border and going to the territory of the Northern Tartars.

How did this guy get from Datong Town or Pianguan Town to the Northern Tartar territory?

This question is very important because it involves how these traitors got in touch with the Northern Tartars, or in other words, how they transported contraband to the Northern Tartars. Wang Zhicai hesitated when he heard this.

This cannot be said.

He thought about it and simply lied: "I ran away pretending to be a family member of a border garrison."

Humph, how dare you lie with your eyes open?

Border troops and garrisons are not allowed to leave the border without orders. How could you pretend to be a family member of a border garrison and run away?

Upon hearing this, Wanli snorted coldly: "How dare you talk nonsense? Are you itching for trouble?"

It's obvious that this guy has been spoiled and enjoyed all kinds of wealth and luxury. How could he withstand the torture in the imperial prison?

Sure enough, when Wang Zhicai heard this, he was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he could not speak clearly.

He stammered, "Don't, don't torture me. I, I got out of here by climbing over the mountain."

With your weak arms and legs, can you still climb over the mountain?
Pianguan Town, Datong Town, Xuanfu Town, and even Jizhou Town did not completely block all the mountainous areas leading to the outside of the Great Wall. In some places, the Great Wall was in sections and not connected as a whole.

However, the areas where the Great Wall was not built were basically surrounded by mountains and hills. The materials for building the wall were difficult to carry up and it was also difficult to climb over them.

Wanli asked coldly, "Which mountain did you climb?"

This!
Upon hearing this, Wang Zhicai hesitated again.

Seeing this, Wanli shouted coldly: "Come here, torture me."

Upon hearing this, the executioners immediately swarmed forward.

Wang Zhicai was so frightened that he immediately trembled like a sieve, "No, no, I confess, there are actually many mountains in Datong Town that can be climbed out, and I climbed out from there."

It turned out that Datong Town had been beaten into a sieve by the northern barbarians. Indeed, many mountains could be climbed over, and even the Great Wall was damaged in some places and had not been repaired.

Because there is no need to repair it now, they have already built four lines of defense north of Datong Town.

Wanli asked coldly again: "The specific location."

This cannot be recruited.

Wang Zhicai looked at the executioners who were about to pounce and trembled as he said, "I'm climbing over the mountainous area of ​​Tianchengwei and Wanquanzuowei. There are many holes in the city walls there, so it's easy to climb over."

Okay, it’s only about a hundred miles long. I’ll order someone to investigate it thoroughly.

Wanli thought for a moment, then asked, "Where is your uncle and your relatives? Where are they?"

This guy is really afraid of pain.

As soon as the executioner made a move to attack, he immediately trembled and said, "My uncle is in the Tumed tribe, my eldest brother is with Tumen Khan, my second brother is in the Kharchin tribe, and my other uncles and cousins ​​are with the Nurgandusi."

This guy Wang Zhiji actually ran away to Tumen Khan. No wonder he couldn't be found in the place of exile.

Wanli asked again: "What is the specific location?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhicai shook his head and said, "I don't know about that."

Humph, you dare not confess?
Wanli said without hesitation: "Come here, torture."

do not!

Wang Zhicai waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I really don't know. My grandfather was afraid that if one of us was caught, we would be caught in one fell swoop, so we don't know each other's specific whereabouts. We have to go through the tribal chiefs to communicate."

This!
This guy Wang Chonggu actually used this trick.

When Wanli heard this, he was stunned.

At this time, Wang Zhicai was already howling in pain.

Because he didn't say stop, the executioner pounced on him and started torturing him.

The guy was in so much pain that he howled like a pig being slaughtered: "I really don't know, please stop it, stop it now."

It seems that this guy really doesn't know.

Wang Chonggu, you are trying to play this trick on me, right?

Wanli snorted inwardly, then raised his hand slightly.

The executioner stopped immediately.

He said expressionlessly, "You are afraid of pain, right?"

Wang Zhicai nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, please don't torture me. I will confess everything I know."

What else do you know?
Wanli said coldly, "Issue an order that the traitor Wang Zhicai, who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his country, be executed by slow slicing at the West Market Execution Ground three days later."

Wang Chonggu, you want to use this trick to protect your family, right?
I will torture everyone I catch to death!
"Your Majesty, spare my life!"

Wang Zhicai was so frightened that he immediately started howling like a ghost, and even urinated and defecated.

(End of this chapter)