Chapter 83 (5) Innocence is mortal sin

Huang Taiji happily took the Qing soldiers back. The courtiers heaved a sigh of relief, and sat down for a meeting to discuss what kind of torture and massacre Yuan Chonghuan would be the most chilling. Before the meeting even started, news came: , Zu Dashou destroyed Shanhaiguan, led the army and civilians out of the city and fled. Zu Dashou escaped? Everyone was stunned, why did he run away, and there is nothing wrong with him here, Your Majesty, what is wrong with this. Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: send a pen and paper to the prison, and ask Yuan Chonghuan to write a letter to ask Zu Dashou to come back.

The paper and pen were sent in, and Yuan Chonghuan really wrote a letter, saying to Zu Dashou not to get angry, come back quickly, the motherland and the people are looking forward to you... Zu Dashou received the letter and discussed with Wu Xiang: Our property can be all In Shanhaiguan, why don't we go back first? Zu Dashou really came back. This proves that Yuan Chonghuan is indeed not a traitor. Chongzhen knew this, and the ministers knew better. So what crime should Yuan Chonghuan be punished with? Liang Tingdong, Minister of the Ministry of War, spoke first: I have investigated Yuan Chonghuan's family situation, and it looks like this. As for Lao Yuan, this person has no son, only a young daughter, who is very beautiful, and a younger brother, and an old mother. What I mean is that his old mother, his younger brother, his wife, and his little daughter were all captured and cut up one by one. Our Ming court is the most humane, and it’s a big job People, if they die within a thousand knives, the executioner will be tied up and cut alive.So, this murder is also a time to test whether the executioner's skill is profound.Take a look, everyone, is this gameplay fun? Do you have anything to add?

Court official Yu Dacheng heard it awkwardly: Such a severe punishment is too harsh, but what crime did Yuan Chonghuan commit? Liang Tingdong: In this meeting, we will not discuss charges, but only penalties. Yu Dacheng: Old Liang, are you out of your mind?There are no charges, why do you use such cruel criminal law to torture Yuan Chonghuan, and even kill his youngest daughter alive? Fortunately, you can figure it out, why is your mind so dark? Liang Tingdong was furious: "Old Yu, pay attention to your attitude, and be careful not to make mistakes in the route."To tell you the truth, Yuan Chonghuan did not commit any crimes. It is precisely because he was right that the cruelest criminal law was used to humiliate him. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be the emperor’s fault?The emperor can't be wrong, so Yuan Chonghuan deserves to be unlucky.

Yu Dacheng: Old Liang, don't you think about leaving a way out for yourself? Liang Chengdong: What escape route do I leave for me?I am also worried that the emperor will not be satisfied with such a cruel punishment. Yu Dacheng stood up and said, "Old Liang, we all know that Yuan Chonghuan is innocent, but it was because he had been wrongly arrested, so he had to be killed by mistake. But if you kill him, you can kill him. Why bother to kill Yuan Chonghuan's mother and daughter again?" ?Let me tell you, Lao Liang, I was on an errand in the Ministry of War, and I saw with my own eyes that none of the six Ministers of the Ministry of War ended up with a good death.Now if you set the precedent of punishing the three clans, then the next one to punish the three clans will be you, Lao Liang.Can you guarantee that the Qing soldiers will not come again?As long as the Qing soldiers come, I will go to the execution ground to watch your whole family be hacked to pieces.

Liang Tingdong was stunned: Lao Yu, you are full of nonsense... the meeting ends first. As soon as the meeting was over, Liang Tingdong went to Wen Tiren, a senior scholar, to discuss how to reduce Yuan Chonghuan's sentence.The trouble with the matter lies in Yuan Chonghuan's innocence. If he is somewhat guilty, it will be easier to deal with. Just let Chongzhen show kindness, and maybe Yuan Chonghuan will be pardoned. But Yuan Chonghuan was really innocent, so he had no choice but to cut him to death. Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi. Yuan Chonghuan's seventy-year-old mother, younger brother, wife, and youngest daughter were all exiled for three thousand miles.

Everyone in the world knows that Yuan Chonghuan is innocent. all know. But when Yuan Chonghuan was tied to the execution ground, before the executioner moved the knife, the people in Beijing swarmed up and rushed to bite Yuan Chonghuan's flesh. Every time the executioner cut off a piece of his body, the common people flocked up and paid for his meat. A piece of meat could be sold for a high price of one tael of silver. After buying it, everyone viciously Bite desperately with your teeth. Why do common people hate Yuan Chonghuan so much? Because he is innocent. Beating those upright people to death and servilely bowing down in front of despicable people, this phenomenon is also known as preferring to offend a gentleman rather than a villain.

No one dared to bite Wei Zhongxian, but they were afraid that they would not kill Yuan Chonghuan. Because Wei Zhongxian is a villain, Yuan Chonghuan is a gentleman. reverse elimination. I would rather offend a gentleman, so there are fewer and fewer gentlemen around us. Don't offend villains, so there are more and more villains around us. This terrible mentality has permeated our culture.