Chapter 1977 Erwuzi and the Prisoner Offering Ceremony
Before, Zhu Pingan did not take this rumor to heart, but after what happened today, he had to take this rumor to heart.
If Magistrate Zhao surrendered to the Japanese pirates, then all his bizarre behaviors in recent days would be explained.
Leading a mob of 3,000 men to attack the fortified city guarded by more than 10,000 Japanese pirates;
Within the range of the hard crossbow firearms on the city, they set up camp under the city as if no one else was around;
The plump literati took the lead and was the first to charge into the battle;
The Japanese pirates walked in front, and he took back the empty city with the back foot. He grasped the time so accurately.
Wait and so on
There were Japanese pirates If you cooperate, none of this will matter.
As for other possibilities, they are impossible.
Don't say that the Japanese pirates were scared away by the 3,000 mobs of the prefect Zhao. At the beginning, the prefect Zhao had a strong city and elite soldiers, and the Japanese pirates only had 400 remnant soldiers who were defeated, so they attacked the city. Don't say that they now have more than 10,000 Japanese pirates. .
Not to mention coincidence.
The Japanese pirates took the lead, and Magistrate Zhao took the lead in recovering the empty city. Zhu Pingan did not believe this coincidence.
It was normal for the Japanese pirates to clean up the three thousand rabble of Magistrate Zhao before leaving.
Zhifu Zhao’s camp was located within the range of hard crossbows and firearms on the city, and there were no fences, horses, sentry towers, or camp gates. It was an undefended and leaky crotch, and the Japanese pirates had no chance of stabbing him. Effortless.
Why didn't the Japanese pirates clean up the three thousand rabble of Magistrate Zhao before leaving? The answer is obvious.
However, these are all speculations and there is no evidence.
But
Extraordinary times
This hidden young man deserves special attention from Zhu Pingan. Moreover, Zhu Pingan has an intuition. Keep an eye on him, and there will be surprises in the future.
When Magistrate Zhao "recovered" Jiaxing, thousands of miles away in the capital, the Meridian Gate Prisoner Presentation Ceremony also officially kicked off.
A group of royal guards in gorgeous flying fish uniforms held embroidered spring knives in their hands, running on the imperial road in front of the Meridian Gate, until they ran to the Meridian Gate, divided into two rows, on the left and right sides of the royal road. Stand still as a guard of honor.
After Jinyiwei took his stance, Jiaofangsi began to enter.
In addition to managing folk goulan music and local musicians, the Jiaofang Division is also responsible for the rehearsal and performance of foreign courts, banquets, ceremonial music and dance, and opera. Today's prisoner presentation ceremony also requires their performance to set off the atmosphere.
Skilled musicians ran like Jin Yiwei on the royal road, holding various musical instruments, and ran to Jin Yiwei. They were divided into two rows, on the left and right sides of the royal road, next to the Jin Yiwei team, going back stand.
Then, officials took their places one after another.
First of all, there are the officials of Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites who are in charge of the ceremony. There are two tall and burly officials who serve as the officials of praise. They stand in front of the Meridian Gate, facing each other from east to west.
The Six Ministries and hundreds of main officials in Beijing, as well as some envoys from foreign countries in the capital, were in front of the Meridian Tower, south of the imperial road. They were divided into two rows according to the civil and military lines, with civil servants on the east side and military attachés on the west side. Arrange it like the upper court.
After the officials are the officers and soldiers responsible for presenting prisoners.
More than 5,000 Jinyiwei, factory guards and elite soldiers from the three major battalions of the capital were in charge of security, and they were on guard between the Meridian Gate and Donghua Gate.
Li Zheng, the squire and the old man who were invited to participate in the prisoner sacrifice were located further away, on Tung Wah Road, where they could only see the Wu Tower in the distance.
As for the onlookers, they were further away. They could not see the Meridian Tower or the Meridian Gate, only on the West Market Street. Further ahead, the factory guards and soldiers of the third battalion set up a warning to stop the horses and not allow them to move forward.
The first ray of dawn appeared in the sky, and the prisoner dedication ceremony officially began.
Liu Mu and other Zhejiang Army officers escorted more than 400 Japanese pirate prisoners to Donghua Gate, where they were handed over to officers of the third battalion for continued escort.
The ceremony of offering prisoners began.
The soldiers of the three battalions escorted more than 400 Japanese pirate captives out of Donghua Gate, one Japanese pirate shackled, for hundreds of meters.
On both sides of the street, people watching the excitement gathered on three floors inside and three floors outside. They were densely packed and countless.
Seeing the soldiers of the three battalions escorting the Japanese prisoners out, the onlookers immediately became excited.
The Japanese pirate prisoners wore red prison uniforms and red hats. To be precise, they were ocher clothes, not the white ones commonly seen in movies and TV dramas.
The reason why ocher clothes are used as prison uniforms is actually very simple, because prisoners are not worthy of white prison uniforms.
After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the hierarchical system assigned to clothing colors was highly strengthened. Whatever your status, you should wear clothing of that color. You should not wear it indiscriminately. If you wear it indiscriminately, you may transgress. This is illegal and will be punished. For example, officials of the fifth rank can wear purple robes, officials of the sixth rank and below can wear red and green robes, while officials can only wear cyan, and civilians can only wear white, so there is the saying Baiding.
The status of prisoners is much lower than that of ordinary people. They are only qualified to wear clothing lower than white, that is, prison uniforms.
Prison uniforms are the lowest-quality clothes. They are dyed with terra cotta in an ocher color. They are easy to dye and resistant to stains. They can be worn by successive prisoners.
On both sides of the street were factory guards and soldiers from the three battalions who maintained order and were responsible for security. While maintaining order, they shouted solemnly:
“The prisoners have to go to the Meridian Gate to offer their prisoners. , throwing rotten leaves, rotten eggs and other filthy objects are strictly prohibited! Violators will be severely punished!”
"When you finish participating in the Meridian Gate Prisoner Offering and are escorted out, I will make you feel embarrassed!"
These rules have been explained to you many times by the factory guards and soldiers before the start of the Prisoner Offering. The people gathered around to watch.
The common people also knew the importance, and kept the rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs in their hands until the Japanese pirates had participated in the prisoner presentation ceremony and were escorted out of the Meridian Gate before throwing them away.
However, if you are not allowed to throw away rotten vegetable leaves, you are not allowed to scold them.
The onlookers cursed the Japanese pirates one by one. The national football team was so addicted that they scolded the Japanese pirates like crazy.
"Those Japanese slaves and devils are just the ones who killed a thousand swords. You are originally the people of Ming Dynasty. If you do anything wrong, you can become Japanese pirates. You have lost your conscience, betrayed your ancestors, and harmed the people. You are really ashamed of your eight generations of ancestors!"
"Japanese pirates, as dogs say, have harassed your eighteenth generation ancestors, wait for the next one" Eighteen levels of hell, I won’t even leave a whole corpse for you, so that you will never be reincarnated!”
“Death, death, death”
So many people, so many people! Such harsh insults from the soldiers made the Japanese pirates, who had been tortured for days, panic.
The biting cold wind did not stop the common people from insulting the Japanese pirates with enthusiasm. The continuous insults were heard like thunder, making the Japanese pirates wearing single prison uniforms and bare feet shivering even more.
In order to torture the Japanese pirates, they were only given a single prison uniform and not even shoes, leaving them barefoot.
The cold wind, insults, and pushing along the way made these Japanese pirates suffer physical and mental torture.
By the time the Japanese pirates were taken to the Meridian Gate, their bodies and minds were on the verge of collapse.
“Kneel down!”
The salute officer shouted loudly.
The general who escorted the Japanese pirate mercilessly put his foot in the crook of the Japanese pirate's leg and pushed the Japanese pirate to his knees. (End of this chapter)