Unofficial History of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty

When Emperor Zhengde came back from Kangling, he was blocked by his ministers to start the unresolved matters. The prisoners captured in the previous Yingzhou battle were all detained in the capital to wait for their release. Now the prisoner offering ceremony can only be completed.

Early in the morning, Emperor Zhengde, surrounded by a group of great Han generals, sat on the Meridian Gate Tower, with Jiang Bin and Wang Qiong standing beside him, and on the granite square below were civil and military officials standing on the left and right.In the silence, eight Tatar generals in handcuffs and shackles were led out. They were covered in bruises that Jiang Bin remembered were not there before the "Southern Tour" with Emperor Zhengde.It's no wonder that most of the school grounds are soldiers who hate them deeply. They have blood debts in their hands, and it is understandable for them to be targeted.

These eight Tatar generals who were tall or tall were told to kneel towards the Meridian Gate, and those who refused to kneel were kicked in the hollow of their knees.In the midst of the massacre, Zhang Zilin, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, walked to the center of the square and sang and read the crimes of several prisoners of war who committed crimes of burning, killing, looting, and attempting to violate the border.Jiang Bin looked down at the neatly lined up civil servants in the capital and thought, how could they understand the sufferings of the people in the border towns?As far as they are concerned, this victory is nothing more than elevating the status of military officers and threatening their official careers.

Suddenly a hand stretched out and squeezed Jiang Bin's hand, Jiang Bin came back to his senses, looked at the Emperor Zhengde who had not changed his face in front of him, and then looked forward.He was immediately relieved, at least he was not fighting alone.

Zhang Zilin had finished reciting the crimes of the prisoners of war meticulously. After a pause, he announced that these prisoners had no pardon but death. Clearing his throat, he said "Take it—" in a voice like Hong Zhong. The sound was passed from two nearby Han generals to four people, four to eight people, eight to 16 people... and then spread to the square until 320 The big Han generals shouted "Take it—" at the same time. The momentum was so great that all bystanders were moved by it.

Although the Tatar generals did not understand Chinese, they were overwhelmed by this momentum, and were pulled into the shackles by the soldiers who swarmed up. The mouth of the cage stuck their necks, making them unable to resist.When a group of soldiers escorted these prisoners of war to the market, the prisoner offering ceremony also came to an end.Jiang Bin was thinking about the reform of the military household system that he should discuss together later, but he saw Tang He led Lu Qing up the steps, walked up to him, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! The prison is flooded, and Ma Ang died in the In prison!"

The fire in the prison was extinguished, and there was a pungent smell of smoke. Jiang Bin ordered someone to find a few wet handkerchiefs, and entered with Emperor Zhengde covering their noses.

Ma Ang was imprisoned in the most northwest room of the "concave" shape. This place has been burned to a mess, the beams of the house were licked by the flames, and a basin of water was poured on it, and black wood chips fell all over the floor.The sun shone in, shining on the charred and huddled corpse in the middle that was hard to discern.Holding the handkerchief, I can still smell the burnt smell that makes people vomit.

Jiang Bin frowned and looked carefully.In this cell, the bed and quilt next to the wall were undoubtedly the most severely burned. Of course, the burn marks on the beams indicated that the fire probably started in the area under the window.I walked over and looked through it, and I found some fragments in the carbonized slag.

Lamp panel?Jiang Bin glanced at the copper lamp hanging in the aisle.

The prison is cold and damp, and there are several kerosene lamps lit in the corridor day and night, but these lanterns can only give the prisoners a light, but they are out of reach.

The jailer on duty that day was called by Jiang Bin for questioning, and his words were surprisingly unanimous—Ma Ang wanted to die with all his heart, and maybe he used some method to turn on the light and wanted to die together.

What a good death!

Jiang Bin watched several jailers retreat coldly. Emperor Zhengde thought for a moment, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'll leave this matter to you!"

Jiang Bin nodded, he didn't want to let go of the loach that killed Ma Ang.This person was able to bribe the jailer, so he must not be an unknown figure.With this person in the future, it will be like a disaster buried, and the foundation may be dug one day, which will destroy the inheritance of generations.

However, Jiang Bin did not make any progress after three days of investigation, and the prison guards did not spend any large sums of money. The family members remained the same, obviously they had been accounted for.Jiang Bin suddenly thought of Ma Ang's younger sister Ma Shi and his concubine Liu Shi. Emperor Zhengde once said that they were deceived by Ma Ang because of their ignorance, and they had been assigned to the Jiaofang Division and entered the low status...

Jiang Bin ordered several Jinyi guards to follow the vines to find the melon, but found that Ma Ang's concubine Liu had hanged herself three days after entering the company, and Ma Ang's younger sister Ma Ran was missing.Jin Yiwei took the portrait and asked, Du Dao of the Third Hospital of our department had never seen such a woman.Jiang Bin felt strange and had no clue, so he planned to find out some other connections.

Finally, Tang He came to report that Jin Yiwei had found a maid who looked exactly like Ma Ran in the mansion of a senator who had already retired.