Zuo Liangyu's life was very good, but he could not afford to fall ill.
The doctor from the mining area came to make a diagnosis. He was not pretending to be sick and was lazy. He told the management staff: "The disease is terminal and there is no medicine or stone to save it."
In desperation, we can only let it fend for itself.
They didn't force him to dig in the tunnels, and they didn't bother to give him medicine. They just left him lying down in the shack, and even occasionally forgot to feed him.
Zuo Liangyu is seriously ill and treated badly, how can he survive?
"Water...give me water..."
"Cough cough cough!"
Groans could be heard from time to time in the shack, but no one paid any attention to it. A warlord had actually fallen to such a low level.
Every time Hong Chengchou passed by Zuo Liangyu's shack, he felt as if his heart was filled with despair. Once he came here, he would never think about leaving again.
One day, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but go in. When no one was there, he poured a bowl of water for Zuo Liangyu and said, "We have the same fate."
"Cough cough cough!"
Zuo Liangyu coughed weakly and said: "Give me a knife, it will hurt..."
"Where did I get the knife?" Hong Chengchou sighed.
Zuo Liangyu lamented: "One step is wrong and every step is wrong. I cannot blame anyone for the path I have chosen. I only blame myself for not seeking refuge in the south in the first place."
Hong Chengchou was speechless.
His life is not easy either, or in other words, the lives of these traitors are not easy either.
Seeing that he was older and that Zuo Liangyu had been ill, the tunnel manager was afraid that Hong Chengchou would not survive for a few days, so he specially arranged a relatively relaxed position.
But my body can hold on, but my mind can’t!
"dinner time!"
Another group of miners came in to rotate, and the previous group of miners left the pit to eat.
The traitors huddled together while the other miners pointed at them with their rice bowls in hand. Finally, a few young men came over.
The leader is Zhang Jiben, who committed a serious crime and came to mine.
For crimes like his, people are now exiled to Taiwan instead of being sent to the mines before.
In addition, abuse of miners has been exposed in several mines, and serious miners are also frequently abused by supervisors. Since two years ago, mines in various places have been rectified and become more formal and humane.
Otherwise, Zhang Jiben would not be alive today!
"Hey, you pig tail, doesn't your scalp get cold in winter?" Zhang Jiben said with a smile.
Another miner laughed and said: "I don't know about winter, but it must be cool in summer."
Zhang Jiben grabbed Hong Chengchou's braid and said, "I heard that you defected to the Tatars and helped the Tatars kill the Han people. Although I deceived and abducted, I still remember my ancestors. How come you don't want your ancestors anymore?"
Hong Chengchou held the bowl and said nothing, just eating silently.
"damn thing!"
A miner kicked Hong Chengchou and yelled, "Are you deaf? Brother Zhang is talking to you!"
The food in the bowl was scattered on the floor, but Hong Chengchou remained silent. He knew that no matter what he said, he would be teased by the other party, and this happened almost every day.
Zhang Jiben reached out and patted Hong Chengchou's forehead: "My parents gave birth to my hair, why did you shave it off?"
Logically speaking, after being held captive for so long, Hong Chengchou's hair should have grown longer.
But on the way to Hunan for mining, the official shaved him again, and now only an inch has grown back.
"What the hell are you talking about!" Zhang Jiben was furious.
Hong Chengchou was beaten and scolded, but he still said nothing.
Zhang Jiben saw that he had eaten up all the food in the bowl, so he grabbed his pigtails and pressed them on the ground: "The food is all grown with hard work, how can it be done if it is scattered? Eat up what falls on the ground!"
Hong Chengchou was powerless to resist, and the hair roots on the back of his head were pulled painfully. His entire face was pressed to the ground, and his face was immediately covered with soft food.
"Eat quickly, eat quickly!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"This is how you should deal with those bitches who don't recognize their ancestors!"
"..."
Most miners are not good people. Although fewer and fewer of them are convicted and sent to prison, serious miners are also very vicious.
Most of these serious miners are residents of mountainous areas. The land is barren and the harvest is poor. Some people come to apply for miners in order to make more money. Especially after the mining area is reorganized, the officials in charge are not allowed to beat or scold them at will, and they must work up to eight hours a day.
Eight hours, no more, because it’s all heavy physical work!
Of course, if you are a person who has committed a crime and is in a labor camp, you will definitely not receive such good treatment. You will often be forced by the foreman to work overtime in the mines.
The miners held bowls in their hands, eating and watching, all enjoying playing tricks on the traitors. Anyway, they lacked entertainment activities on weekdays.
The management staff heard the commotion and ran over to check the situation. Seeing that the person being bullied was a traitor, Quan pretended that he had not seen it, turned around and left, doing what he was supposed to do.
Zhang Jiben pulled Hong Chengchou up by his pigtails again and said to the workers: "He refuses to eat. What should we do?"
"Feed him!"
The crowd booed.
So they all started to take action. Hong Chengchou was pulled by his pigtails and his head was forced to face the sky. Two people held his arms and one of them pinched his mouth open. The other miners grabbed the food with dirt and stuffed it into Hong Chengchou's mouth while laughing.
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After some fuss, everyone dispersed.
Hong Chengchou was curled up on the ground, his face covered with filth, and his braids had come loose. His eyes were dull and he was staring blankly into the distance, as if his soul had long since left his body.
At some point, the foreman came and kicked him: "Get up quickly and go into the mine to work!"
Hong Chengchou said nothing and did not move.
After the mining area was reorganized, no whips or sticks could be used. In fact, it didn't matter. The foreman kicked him away and roared: "Fuck you, mother, I want you to get up and go to work!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
After falling down, Hong Chengchou got up and smiled crazily at the foreman.
"Pretend to be stupid again, grandpa!" the foreman punched and kicked him again.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Hong Chengchou still giggled.
The foreman took it into consideration and took off his belt to urinate. Pointing to the urine on the ground, he said, "This is holy water. I almost ate it!"
Hong Chengchou actually lay down and licked his urine. After licking for a while, he raised his head and smiled stupidly.
The foreman asked in confusion: "Are you really crazy?"
Regardless of whether he is really crazy or pretending to be crazy, Hong Chengchou no longer has to mine.
And he became a big star in this mining area. When the miners were bored, they used Hong Chengchou to make fun of them. Someone also shaved his hair every month, and he always maintained the money-rat tail look.
Only at night when no one was around did Hong Chengchou feel dejected.
He mustered up the courage to commit suicide many times, but he could not do it to himself.
Once, he slammed into the wall of the mine with all his strength, but regained his strength when he was about to hit him. His head was bruised and bleeding, but he could not die. His face was covered with blood.
After being discovered, he was asked: "Fool Hong, are you seeking death?"
Hong Chengchou subconsciously pretended to be crazy and said with a smile: "I am seeking death, I am seeking death."
As he said that, he hit the wall again, laughing while hitting it.
The miners came to watch, and became more convinced that he was really crazy, and gradually lost interest in teasing.
In the end, no one helped him shave his hair, and the little braid gradually disappeared.
Sometimes, Hong Chengchou would secretly write with his fingers, and then quickly erase it when no one was around. He was writing the Four Books silently. Whether he was bored or regretful, he could only pass the time by writing silently.
But every Spring Festival, mine workers come to him to write couplets. After all, his calligraphy is the best.
Even if you are crazy, you can still write.
Every time Hong Chengchou was in a daze, he was counting the days, hoping that one day Zhao Han would be able to grant amnesty to the world.
The other traitors were not as "tenacious" as he was. Zuo Liangyu died after being ill for more than half a month. In the next year, more people died of illness one after another, or they could not bear the humiliation and chose to commit suicide.
This kind of punishment is really worse than beheading.
Cutting flesh with a dull knife is hard work day by day. If you can't stand it any longer, you will die.
…
Nanjing.
Zhao Han received a newspaper from Sichuan: Gushi Khan unified Tibet and established the Ganden Phodrang regime. Facing military pressure from the Datong Army, all Tibetan chieftains in western Sichuan declared their submission to Gushi Khan. Some Qiang and Yi chieftains
, was attacked by the Tibetan chieftains and asked to surrender to the Datong court.
The ministers of civil and military affairs were summoned to discuss matters, but they were met with big eyes and small eyes.
No one knows the situation in Tibet, let alone where Gushi Khan came from.
Li Banghua said: "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will be safe in a hundred battles. We should send envoys to the snowy areas to learn the details."
Pang Chunlai said: "Sichuan has not yet been decided, and the established strategy cannot be changed easily. The Ninth Division can be stationed in western Sichuan to prepare for Nagushi Khan's troops. The Twelfth Division continues to attack Youyang, and then spends time to defeat Xiangxi."
The two bosses decided on the strategy, and the other ministers stopped talking because they really didn't know what to say.
Tian Younian hesitated for a moment and added: "The surrender of the Qiang and Yi chieftains is acceptable for the time being. However, we will not send troops to support until Sichuan is stabilized. If the chieftains who joined Datong are destroyed, it will be a good reason to send troops in the future."
Zhao Han also didn't know much about Tibet, and asked everyone for suggestions, but still couldn't explain why.
Everyone only knows from Sichuan's Tangbao that Gushi Khan was a Mongolian.
Mongols unified Tibet?
Not only Tibet was unified, but Qinghai was also unified!
Gushi Khan's original name was Tulu Baihu, and he was the fourth son of the leader of the Heshuote tribe. Gushi Khan's original meaning was "Khan, the national advisor." When he was twenty-five years old, he successfully mediated the conflict between Oirat and Khalkha.
He was granted the title of Grand Master by the Mongol Khan of Khalkha.
Ten years ago, when Gushi Khan was still nomadic in Xinjiang, the Tibetan Yellow Sect asked Mongolia to send troops, and this man volunteered to lead the troops south.
After this series of wars, Gushi Khan successively occupied Qinghai and Tibet, effectively breaking away from Jungar Mongolia on the other side of Xinjiang.
Zhao Han obviously brought a butterfly effect. The Tibetan chieftains in western Sichuan were afraid of being divided. After Gushi Khan established the Ganden Phodrang regime, they all chose to join him. They wanted to use the help of the Mongols to separate western Sichuan from Sichuan. Anyway,
He made up his mind to resist the Datong Army.
Gushi Khan was in his prime, so it was really not a good time to start a war.
Historically, the Qing Dynasty successfully recovered Qinghai and Tibet because Gushi Khan was dead. Tibet was divided into two parts, and Qinghai was divided into eight parts. It was easy to clean up the loose sand.
After retreating from the ministers, Zhao Han looked at the map in a daze.
There are still many battles to be fought in Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Liaodong, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, Guizhou, Yunnan, Mongolia... Guangxi accounts for most of it, and the rest must be conquered by troops, including Taiwan.
The navy must be strengthened before we can start a war with the Netherlands.
Unsurprisingly, fighting has already begun in Liaodong, because it is the season for harvesting wheat.