Chapter 297 The Eight Emperors

Taiyuan Mansion was defeated by Wang Shitou and Yu Mingjun, which means that the whole of Shanxi has been fully mastered by Liu Xia. Especially in Datong, Shanxi, Datong is close to Beijing. At this moment, Datong fell into Liu Xia's hands, and the Qing army in Beijing was deadlocked with each other.

Wang Shitou learned of his appointment, so he did not return to Luoyang and waited for the arrival of other soldiers and horses of the Rosefinch Legion in Taiyuan Mansion. As for the captured eight Jin merchants, Wang Shitou asked a regiment of the Qinwei Brigade in Shanxi to escort him.

The eight major Jin merchants are eight large families. These eight families get a large amount of gold and silver by making war money, selling intelligence, selling weapons, and selling food to the salams. With gold and silver, you can naturally buy more food and bribe North Korean officials to obtain intelligence. Then he sold it to Qingjun at a high price and got two large amounts of gold and silver treasures again. With so many round and over again, so that the tahs, which don't even have many weapons, have an elite army, and don't worry about not having enough food to eat. Similarly, the eight Jin merchants also got a lot of gold and silver and became a rare rich man in China.

The eight Jin merchants are: Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Ying, Huang Yunlong and Fan Yongdou.

Fan Yongdou and other eight rich imperial merchants, according to the current nationalists, are veritable traitors. Long before the Manchu people entered the customs, they often went to and from the customs. At the juncture of increasing political corruption and social turbulence in the Ming Dynasty, the merchants' unique sensitive sense of smell made them see the strength and ambition of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, in addition to normal trade, they secretly transported military supplies to the Manchurians, provided various intelligence inside the customs, and started a political business.

Historically, these eight Jin merchants funded the Qing army to enter the customs. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Shunzhi did not forget to become the eight masters who had made great achievements in the Central Plains. They held a banquet in the palace of the Forbidden City, personally summoned them, and gave them costumes (presumably a traitor suit).

At the banquet, Shunzhi wanted to give them an official title. Everyone was flattered and tried their best to refuse. Therefore, Shunzhi named them "Imperial Merchants" (from the Ministry of Internal Affairs).

Fan Yongdou was ordered to preside over trade affairs and "give Zhangjiakou as a world business". The other seven families also have their own rewards.

From now on. Fan Yongdou and others have obtained political and economic privileges that other businessmen cannot enjoy. Fan Yongdou not only buys goods for the royal family, but also relies on the royal power to open up a wide range of money and start a business all over the sky. In addition to operating Hedong and Changlu salt industry, he has also monopolized the market of valuable medicinal materials such as ginseng in Wusuli, Suifen and other places in Northeast China, which is also called "ginseng merchants" by the people. In a blink of an eye, Fan Yongdou became a million-rich businessman, the best among the eight masters.

However, the immorality of the traitor imperial merchants in that era (not only virtuous, but simply selling the country for glory) did not represent all Shanxi merchants. In the later period of Kangxi, most of the original imperial merchants were already in decline. With diligence, vision and trustworthiness, the new generation of Shanxi merchants was no longer speculative businessmen who made money by war.

However, this glorious era of the eight Jin merchants has now been ended by Liu Xia. Now all their money has been confised and their houses have been confised. And he himself is locked in a cage. Although there are only eight Jin merchants, the population is very large. Except for the servants and maids, there are hundreds of direct relatives in each family. What's more, these eight Jin merchants are guilty of treason against the enemy, and they should kill the nine clans.

So all the relatives of the nine ethnic groups were arrested, and more than two or three thousand people were escorted. They passed by each village market all the way and were greeted by the local people with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves.

All the women died of illness because they couldn't stand the bumps along the way. After all, which of the eight Jin merchants' family women is not a spoiled daughter? Where can I afford to take a prison car?

It's fast, but in more than ten days, this vast group of people have passed the Yellow River. He will be escorted to Luoyang City. According to Liu Xia's rules, traitors are generally escorted to the square of [War Soul Mausoleum], kneeling and beheading these traitors in front of the heroes who died for the great cause of the nation. Only in this way can the dead warrior be sacrificed.

Over time, the Victory Square of the [War Soul Mausoleum] gradually became a square with comprehensive beheading and killing facilities, stained with the blood of traitors and lackeys.

Before the prison car entered Luoyang City, both sides of the official road had already been covered with people holding vegetable baskets, rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.

"Look! They are coming!"

From a distance, the first prison car appeared in front of everyone. Due to the large number of anti-thieves, there were more than a dozen people in each prison car, and the narrow space was full. Those people were not sitting or standing, which was very uncomfortable. At this moment, they saw the angry people again and greeted them with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves. They could not feel any emotional fluctuations at all. Because they have experienced such things along the way.

"These dog thieves actually have an illegitimate affair with thir. I said why are they so rich? It turns out that they all earn black money. It's not a pity to die! Cut them all!"

"Who said no, these straight thieves, if it weren't for them, we wouldn't have been slaughtered by the ravages of the tharids!"

"These people are alive to the end. I'm afraid they will be sent to the behead in a few days. On that day, I'm going to see their dead appearance. Dig out their hearts and see if they are black.

"When this man's eyes are dark, his heart is red. When the eyes are red, the heart is black. Oh, it's all caused by money!"

"I heard that there are many beautiful women in these eight families. Alas, but the prince canceled rushing the woman into the workshop, otherwise I could spend a few money to enjoy it."

"Haha, you! Although I don't rush into the teaching workshop. But when their sentence is over, you can also marry your family as a concubine!"

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Slowly, the prison car had passed in front of the people, and the angry people threw countless rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at the prison car.

From time to time, there was a blocking sound of 'city management' next to

.

"Don't throw it away! Don't throw it away! This is detrimental to the image of the city!"

"Don't tell you to still hear the things you throw, and you can take the broom to clean it later!"

"Pay attention to quality! Quality! We are civilized people!"

The people went from outside Luoyang City to the inside of the city, and then passed the main road of Luoyang City. They went out of the city gate again and reached the square of [War Soul Mausoleum]. There are people all the way inside and outside. Nearly ten thousand people watched the traitors in the empty alley.

Soon the prison car passed through the siege and came to the [War Soul Mausoleum]. Some important officials in the War Soul Mausoleum have arrived there at this moment. This time, there will be a one-time trial of these traitors. The judge is Lord Bao Tiangong, the general judge.

Lord Bao is known as Xiaobao Zheng. His ancestor is indeed Bao Gong. He was honest, fair and strict, and was appointed by Liu Xia as the chief judge of the Pingbei Army.

After the prison car came to the [War Soul Mausoleum], it was escorted down by the soldiers and knelt on the wide Victory Square one by one, row after row. There are men and women. They all looked pale and bloodless. Wearing a white prison suit with scattered hair. The man's pig's tail has been cut off and his hair has been shaved into a flat head.

Bao Tiangong stands on the high platform. Behind him is a monument, and behind him is the hall dedicated to countless war soul cards. These traitors knelt in the direction of the hall.

The whole Soul of War Mausoleum is full of people, including people, merchants and small officials. There are locals and outsiders. There are men and women, old and young.

"Be quiet!"

Dong Dong Dong Dong Dong Dong.

A sound of war drums sounded, and the whole square became quiet.

"The descendants of Yan and Huang, guard China together. How can the land of China give in hand? In the past, the emperor of Huang Yan, competed with Lu Chiyou. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north. The Taizu of this dynasty drove thousands of soldiers and went straight to the enemy city. The majestic China, the vast China. We should remember it for our children and grandchildren. The divine man came down to earth and helped me, King Zheng. The sage has returned to Zhongzhou. Expel the Tart and return to my frontier. However, traitors come out of the same, selling the nation for profit. Such traitors can be seen in the world. God bless China and catch the thieves. To Luoyang, the people are angry. Don't you hear the righteousness of the King of Zheng, and the soul of war comes out? We wait for my courtiers to worship King Zheng, under the Mausoleum of the Soul of War, and kill the thief. Treason and betraying the clan is really a felony. Kill the nine clans and sacrifice to the heavenly court!"