Chongzhen's domineering

Chapter 222 Hong Cheng, the Strange Egg, Executed with His Entire Family (Part 2)

Wei Zhongxian's order to imprison Hong Chengchou's family was actually a lucky accident.

When Han Kuang received the news, he was quite startled.

This was all because after the cabinet sent a document to the Fujian Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office, they never actually received the person.

A reply came in the form of an official document: Hong Chengchou's entire family had long been arrested by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and even his residence in his hometown had been ransacked by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

He was already somewhat alarmed when the official document was sent back to the capital.

The young emperor silently sent the Imperial Guards to Fujian to arrest Hong Chengchou's entire family. What does this mean?
It's like they're going to arrest Hong Chengchou and torture him severely to see why he acted completely differently when he was besieging Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong.

Hong Chengchou knew perfectly well why.

Although this guy is also one of their pawns, he is a very important one, and his involvement is too great.

If this guy can't withstand the torture and confesses, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Unfortunately, Hong Chengchou and his family were imprisoned in the imperial prison as soon as they were escorted to the capital.

This startled Han Kuang so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

He was even considering whether he should quickly feign illness, resign, and run away!

Unexpectedly, just as he was sweating profusely with fear, the Ministry of Justice suddenly reported that the Embroidered Uniform Guard had transferred Hong Chengchou's family to the Ministry of Justice's prison again, and the young emperor had also issued an imperial edict ordering the outer court to interrogate, convict, and execute them!
He was completely dumbfounded.

What does the young emperor mean by this?
Regardless of what the young emperor means, Hong Chengchou must be silenced immediately, and his entire family must also be silenced.

He immediately summoned Feng Quan for a private discussion.

These past few days, Hong Chengchou has truly experienced the saying that life's ups and downs come too quickly and are too exciting; he's been driven to the brink of madness by them.
He thought everything was fine when he resigned due to illness and it was approved. Who knew that he would be arrested by the Embroidered Uniform Guard soon after returning to his hometown, and his whole family was arrested as well!
Immediately afterwards, he was escorted back to the capital by the Embroidered Uniform Guard and imprisoned in the imperial prison.

He thought that was the end of it, since he'd never heard of anyone who went to the imperial prison ever getting out alive.

Who knew that shortly after their family was imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, they were transferred to the Ministry of Justice prison.

He thought that the three powerful clans of Puzhou had intervened and that he had been rescued.

To everyone's surprise, a bunch of jailers swarmed in and gave the whole family a good meal!
Han Kuang and Feng Quan did not order anyone to administer poison; they would not do such a foolish thing. There was no need to administer poison to kill Hong Chengchou's family.

They ordered people to force-feed them anesthetic, the kind that makes your mouth, tongue, and throat numb and unresponsive, so you can't speak at all.

This is a normal medicine; the Ministry of Justice keeps it on hand.

Many death row inmates remain silent during their executions because they have been given this drug.

They didn't just force-feed Hong Chengchou drugs; soon, the Ministry of Justice delivered its verdict.

Hong Chengchou neglected his duties and failed to suppress the bandits, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of princes and members of the imperial family. His crimes were unforgivable, and he was sentenced to have his entire family executed!

They were afraid that things might get complicated if they waited too long, so they did exactly what the young emperor wanted and had Hong Chengchou's entire family executed.

As for whether they are innocent or not, none of those who do this kind of thing are innocent. They are traitors and sell out their country. It would not be an exaggeration to exterminate their entire family!
As noon approached, the sun shone brightly, and the capital was warm and pleasantly comfortable.

Inside the northwestern outer city, Zhu Jue was inspecting the newly built copper smelter with Song Yingxing, Song Yingsheng, Lu Xiangshan, and Wang Zheng when Fang Zhenghua suddenly rushed over with an official document in his hand, bowing and saying, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Justice has issued a judgment."

These guys, so fast?

Zhu Jue took the official document and saw that, as expected, the Ministry of Justice had sentenced Hong Chengchou and his entire family to be executed.

Hong Chengchou must be incredibly frustrated right now. This guy was working for the three powerful clans of Puzhou, but they were so eager to kill him to silence him, and they even wanted to wipe out his entire family!

Who can understand this?
That's perfectly normal if you can't figure it out!

Hmph, you betrayed the country and colluded with the enemy! I'll make sure you die a horrible death, with your eyes wide open in disbelief, and I'll be furious!

He snorted inwardly, then handed the document to Liu Ruoyu and said coldly, "Take it."

This means immediate execution.

Around noon, just as pedestrians on the street were preparing to go home for lunch, a line of prison carts suddenly sprang out from the Ministry of Justice, carrying a large number of men, women, and children, and they ran towards the West Market.

Is this a murder plot? It seems like the entire family will be executed.

It's been a long time since the capital has seen such a grand spectacle.

Immediately, busybodies spread the word throughout the streets and alleys, causing a stir in the capital.

Soon, crowds gathered at the intersection of Fuchengmen Street and Xidanpailou Street, and the crowds grew larger and larger, mostly among the bolder ones.

As the prison van passed by, crowds gathered on both sides of the street, pointing and whispering, creating quite a scene. Most of these people were timid and dared not watch the execution.

The Ministry of Justice was not far from the West Market, and with the prisoner convoy rushing as if in a hurry to be reborn, they arrived at the execution site very quickly.

The leading official from the Ministry of Justice couldn't wait to leap off his horse, pull out the judgment, and quickly read it aloud. After finishing, he waved his hand and loudly proclaimed, "Drag him out and execute him."

Han Kui, you scoundrel!

Hong Chengchou stared at the Ministry of Justice official, his eyes practically spitting fire.

This guy is none other than Han Kuang's own son, Han Kui!
Han Kuang seemed afraid that he wouldn't die quickly enough, so he even sent his own son.

This guy happens to be the head of the Ministry of Justice.

You three powerful clans of Puzhou, you bunch of scoundrels!
Hong Chengchou felt incredibly frustrated.

He was not the mastermind behind this, and he felt that he had not done anything immoral or heinous.

He simply listened to the advice of the three powerful clans of Puzhou, killed Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong, and then ignored Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong.

What's this?
He simply listened to others and ignored Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong. In terms of suppressing bandits, he killed two major bandit leaders and tens of thousands of bandits. At most, his merits and demerits were balanced. Why was his entire family executed?

The real culprit was actually the executioner!
Is there any more heavenly justice?
If he could speak, he would definitely expose all the dirty deeds of the three powerful clans in Puzhou.

Unfortunately, he has no feeling in his mouth, his tongue is immobile, he can't open his mouth, and he can't make a sound at all.

Ah!
So frustrating!

I've been wrongly accused!

You bunch of scoundrels!

Hong Chengchou's eyes were practically spitting fire. He struggled frantically with all his might, wishing he could break free of his restraints and pounce on Han Kui to bite him.

Unfortunately, it was no use.

Han Kui had chosen the strongest and most powerful jailers for him, so his frantic struggles were futile.

He was quickly pinned to the ground and stabbed!

This most bizarre and eccentric figure in history was thus beheaded.

To be honest, no dynasty in history has ever produced such an absurd and bizarre figure.

Few who held the highest positions in the previous dynasty could maintain those positions after a change of dynasty; even fewer who could command large armies in the previous dynasty could do so after a change of dynasty; what's even more bizarre is that after a change of dynasty, he was able to be in charge of compiling the history books of the previous dynasty, completely altering the history related to himself!
It can be said that there is only one such bizarre person in history.

As for why such bizarre figures could appear in history, it is thanks to the three powerful clans and eight imperial merchants of Puzhou.

Hong Chengchou was a strange bastard cultivated by the three powerful clans and eight imperial merchants of Puzhou.

This strange egg did hatch in history, which is why it was able to rise to the highest position in the Qing court, help the Qing conquer most of the country, and even compile the "History of Ming".

However, this strange egg can no longer be hatched.

Zhu Jue had his eye on this strange egg for a long time, and naturally he wouldn't let it hatch.

There are also the three powerful clans and eight imperial merchants of Puzhou; after they've been used, their entire families will be executed.

The Jurchens took action as soon as their power waned!

(End of this chapter)