Chapter 564
Sun Chuanting was an orthodox scholar and he was not afraid of death at all. He was the kind of person who could be martyred for his ideals.
But letting his whole family die with him, and letting his parents, his wife and children die with him, is truly unfaithful and unfilial. No matter how cruel and ruthless he is, he will not be like this.
So he was a little shaken when Wu Xiuwen knew about his emotions and moved him to reason.
Sun Chuanting was influenced by the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism since he was a child. He studied hard for ten years and was nominated for the Golden List. He was also very glorious. As the saying goes, he was a farmer in the court and entered the emperor's hall in the evening. The honor he brought to his family also made his loyalty to the court reach an unrealistic level, because all the things in front of him were given to him by the court.
Sun Chuanting once imagined that he would die on the battlefield and in his post, but he never thought that he would be sentenced to death by the emperor as a traitor, and that his whole family would be executed. This moment also greatly shaken him.
After all, humans are animals that seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. No one will be determined to die. Under Wu Xiuwen's repeated lobbying, Sun Chuanting no longer speaks stubbornly.
Wu Xiuwen took the initiative to make arrangements before Sun Chuanting begging for mercy. He knew that people like Sun Chuanting were extremely arrogant and stubborn. He might not even beg for mercy even if he was asked to die. If Wu Xiuren arranged for him to go out, he would probably beg for mercy half-heartedly and take the opportunity and leave.
Sun Chuanting had a very strong ability and the court had a very high evaluation of him. However, after the indictment of his corruption, he became famous. Only the Liu family army understood how bad his reputation was, so he attached great importance to such talents.
If the Liu family army did not value him, they would not have spent 300,000 taels of silver to plant his dirty things. This was 300,000 taels of silver, and many people were reluctant to leave it.
Only Liu Bu allocated funds without hesitation, and he said, "We will collect this money sooner or later."
Now the Liu family army has expanded rapidly. After the army has expanded, he has also realized some problems. This is easy to obtain a thousand troops, but hard to find a general. For example, this kind of commander-level figure with both wisdom and courage is extremely lacking. Zheng Zhibao is going to take charge of Dengzhou. After Zheng Zining became pregnant, he gradually withdrew from the Liu family army. Only Liu Bu is the only person left.
Liu Bu hoped that a capable person would come out for him and charge for the troops and fight. Although he was already trying his best to cultivate his own talents, such talents could not be cultivated in just one day and a half. He had many brave generals, but there were quite a few commander-level figures like these wise and brave.
That's why he had the idea of Sun Chuanting, hoping to snatch this person from the court and let him serve the Liu family.
To make Sun Chuanting serve the Liu family, he must make him give up on the court, otherwise no matter how you try, you will never let him serve the Liu family.
That's why Liu Bu set up such a plan, forced him to death, and then pulled him to join the Liu family army.
With his efforts, Wu Xiuwen completed this plan successfully and began to implement the subsequent plan.
The Sun family in Zhenwuwei, Daizhou, was originally a local tyrant. After Sun Chuanting was a Jinshi, it became a first-class family. With the rise of Sun Chuanting's status, they also became one of the top families in the local area. Especially when Sun Chuanting became the governor of Shaanxi, defeated Gao Yingxiang's army in one fell swoop and captured Gao Yingxiang alive, his prestige was extremely high.
The magistrate of Daizhou personally led civil and military officials to the Sun family to congratulate them, and even built a huge merit archway in the prefecture city, which was a great local scenic spot. However, before the archway was completed, the Sun family declined.
This merit archway represents the strength of the Sun family to reach its peak, and also represents their becoming a top wealthy family and the pride of the local area. After all, the local people are still very happy that the local people can produce such a great person. Everyone says that the Sun family has a good son and a good man has a good man in Daizhou.
However, before the merit archway was built, something happened to Sun Chuanting and he was imprisoned. The locals did not underestimate the Sun family because everyone could see that Sun Chuanting was a talented figure, and even Gao Yingxiang's army could defeat him, which showed his strong military ability, but he had differences in opinions with the emperor, and he contradicted a few words and refused to implement the imperial edict.
But they continued to suppress bandits. Many people believed that after a while, the emperor would release him and entrust him with important tasks. Therefore, local officials did not take any damage, but instead came to ask about their well-being and comfort the old man of the Sun family. They believed that this was the time to help him in time and add icing on the cake.
Who knew that they did not wait for the news that Sun Chuanting was pardoned and released from prison, but they waited for the news that he embezzled 300,000 taels and was directly executed, and his whole family was executed.
When the news reached Zheng's Sun family, it was also when the Jinyiwei mentioned visiting him.
When the people from the Jinyiwei conveyed the imperial edict, Mr. Sun vomited blood on the spot and fell into a coma. The family was in chaos and mournful.
The Jinyiwei, no matter whether you are hurt or not, they broke into the Sun family like wolves or tigers, arrested people when they see them, and plundered their property when they see them. Since Sun Chuanting embezzled 300,000 taels of silver, it was still placed in the capital. Maybe there were many at home, so they climbed over the walls and cabinets one after another, hoping to find more silver, so everyone paid.
But the result was beyond their expectations. I only found some property in the Sun family, which was only tens of thousands of taels of silver in total. This was an ordinary wealthy family, and it was not the same as the mountains of gold and silver they imagined.
Ma Feiyun, a householder of the Jinyiwei, did not believe this. He immediately hung up Sun Fu, the butler of the Sun family, and tortured him, and asked him about the whereabouts of Yinzi. He beat Sun Fu to death on the spot, and the other party refused to confess his guilt, saying that there was no silver.
Then he attacked several other male men in the Sun family, such as Sun Chuanting's two younger brothers, and they were punished by severe punishments respectively.
But neither asked anything useful. The other party insisted that there was no money and that some of them were here. Ma Feiyun was forced to give up because of helplessness.
Ma Feiyun, on the order of the court, came to confiscate the Sun family and was also responsible for escorting the Sun family into the capital to be executed. This was a limited time and he had to return within seven days, so he had no choice but to escort this group of people back to Beijing first.
Ma Feiyun was so chaotic that the Sun family was still unconscious. Seeing that Mr. Sun was still unconscious, he poured him awake with cold water, then tied him up, escorted him into a prison cart, and took him to the capital.
This incident was beyond the expectations of everyone in the locals. Many people thought that the difficulties of the Sun family were only temporary and he would soon get out of the predicament. Who knew that he did not get out of the predicament, but instead brought greater disasters. Mr. Sun was not released from prison, but was executed by the emperor himself and the entire clan was killed.
This result surprised the local people. It is said that Mr. Sun had greedyed 300,000 taels of silver and searched it from the mansion.
Most of them do not believe in such a result, because Sun Chuanting was a local, and after passing the imperial examination, he was idle for a long time. His character and character were highly respected by the local people. Everyone thought that he was a noble person and would not do anything to embezzle military pay.
Moreover, many discerning people saw that there was a problem with this. You said that Mr. Sun was greedy for 300,000 taels of silver. The place where he was an official was famously poor Shaanxi. He was not long in charge of the troops. He was in charge of the Qin army that had tens of thousands of people. How much military pay was allocated by the imperial court, it was definitely not 300,000, and he didn't know how the imperial court operated. Many people thought that this must have been the hands of the supreme assistant Wen Tiren.
Because everyone understands one thing, Wen Tiren, the chief assistant who is a plague, is just a villain. He has always been a party and attacks political enemies. He has been responsible for suppressing bandits for so long, but he has not achieved any good results. Instead, Master Sun from his disciple, who can achieve such good results in a short period of time, it would be strange if Wen Tiren is not jealous? So when Sun Chuanting was in trouble, he was attacked by the chief assistant.
Anyway, in one sentence, the local people just don’t believe that Sun Chuanting embezzled 300,000 taels of silver. When the men, women, young and old of the Sun family were taken into the prison car, many people came to see them off. If they hadn’t seen the Jinyiwei look like a wolf or a tiger, they would have been going to say a few good things for them.
Seeing that the Sun family had fallen to such a level, from the white-haired elderly people to the infants, they were taken into prison vans and taken to the capital to behead them. Many people sighed that the career of the government was dangerous and accompanying the king was like a tiger.
Many people saw that they were so miserable, so some people handed them some water and food, but they were beaten hard by the Jinyiwei with a big stick and a long whip. Ma Feiyun also cursed: "Whoever dares to sympathize with these rebels will be accomplices, and they will be punished together."
After Ma Feiyun said this, the local people were so scared that they did not dare to send water again.
Ma Feiyun enjoys such a job very much. His favorite thing is to copy the houses of these ministers. Not only can you take the opportunity to make a fortune, but you can also humiliate these officials and wives who are usually arrogant.
Seeing these noble masters who were usually arrogant and tortured by him, becoming prisoners of the lower classes, and taking them away, he felt a great sense of accomplishment, and the feeling of trampling these big men under his feet made him excited.
Moreover, Ma Feiyun believed one thing, that was that the other party must have money, and that was these people hid in secret places. They were just stubborn and refused to speak. He was smiling in his heart: "Look at whether it was your stubborn or your stubbornness. If you didn't attack, the person you tortured would not look like a human, and the ghost would not look like a ghost."
Why didn’t Ma Feiyun scooped up the secret property of the Sun family in public, but tortured and questioned the secret? This is because if it was copied out in public, the money would belong to the court, and he could only share a little bit.
If he could torture these people and secretly withdraw money, it would be all his. He had an agreement with several Jinyiwei who were traveling with him, and he would just give it to the court. The big one would have to share the benefits of these people, otherwise it would be a waste of time.
So after they took dozens of Sun's family out of the city, they did not live in the inn designated by the imperial court, but lived in a northern Xuantian Zhenwu Emperor Temple. His excuse to the outside world was to rush on the road day and night and miss Guantou.
Chapter completed!