Ma Xianglin and Sun Yunhe broke into the Shenyang government office and captured three generals of the Li family. They did not stay too long. They quickly divided into four groups. Sun Yunhe led the Jin Yiwei to search for other low-level generals of the Li family in Shenyang.
Many of these people are not the children and grandchildren of Li Chengliang, or even have any blood relationship with the Li family, but most of them are former servants of the Li family or confidant generals under their command.
To cut the grass, we must eradicate the root, and to take action, we must wipe out the Li family's interest group, leaving them no chance to resist and respond.
Ma Xianglin led his army to Liaoyang, where Li Chengliang's grandson and nephew were serving as guards and guerrillas. These were key targets for arrest and must not be let go.
The other two teams, led by the Jin Yiwei and the Yulin Army, went to the surrounding guard posts to capture those generals who had close ties with the Li family.
Thousands of finely armored cavalry were coming at each route, and they were armed with the emperor's decree and Xiong Tingbi's general order. Even if these people wanted to resist, it was useless, because they could not organize a resistance in a short period of time.
A group of elite cavalry suddenly arrived in the pass. Many people in Liaodong already knew about it, but they never thought that this cavalry was here to arrest people, because Liaodong had just defeated Lao Nu, and at this moment they were all waiting for the court to come. reward.
These people have not yet waited for their rewards, and they have been given a set of shackles. The Yulin Army will not talk nonsense to you at all. After entering the city or fort with the order, they immediately headed towards the command center here. Before they could react, they It has been controlled by the Habayashi Army.
In a restaurant in Liaoyang City, more than a dozen generals were drinking and eating meat. They had no idea that the danger was coming.
"General, a group of cavalry has arrived in the city. I heard that they are the Yulin Army, the emperor's personal troops, and they have already gone to the government office!"
These generals didn't take it seriously at all. They thought it was a reward from the imperial court. One of them said drunkenly:
"Oh, how many carriages and boxes they brought!"
"General, they didn't bring anything with them. Everyone was wearing armor and holding a sword. When we went up to ask them, they just told us to get out. It looks like they are coming with bad intentions!"
The reporting sergeant said hastily.
These people are stupid enough to realize that these people must be here to cause trouble.
"Damn it, I'm fighting bloody battles with the slaves here, beating them to death, even if I don't give them rewards, I'm still looking for trouble. What's wrong with the emperor's personal army? They're just a group of tenant farmers who farm the land. What's the matter? I’m so scared. Let’s get the brothers together and watch me teach them a lesson!”
Although they heard that the emperor had formed a new Yulin Army under Lao Shizi, in their opinion, it was just a change of soup without changing the medicine. They were just the same soldiers from the Beijing camp. These people had not fought in a war for how many years?
As soon as these generals left the restaurant, they saw a group of cavalry arranging majestically on the street.
"Which one of you is Wang Hui?"
The general who was cursing before saw that the opponent was preparing for battle, and became a little timid, and said crookedly:
"This general is, what, what do you want from me, general?"
Seeing that this man was as drunk as a pig, the leader of the army, Qian Qian, immediately ordered him to be arrested. Then he looked at the others and immediately said to the person next to him:
"Ask the Cavalry General what to do with these pig heads!"
Ma Xianglin naturally didn't like these people at all, so he immediately included these people into the remnants of the Li family and arrested them all.
Xiong Tingbi watched the fast-moving Jin Yiwei in the city carrying out raids. He did not get angry because of Ma Xianglin and Sun Yunhe's reckless intrusion. Instead, he showed an expression of relief and comfort.
I secretly thought that Your Majesty is indeed unusual. He does things vigorously and resolutely, and does not follow routines at all. He is much more courageous than the late emperor.
He had long wanted to get rid of these worms in the Li family. However, the Li family's power was complicated in Liaodong, especially when Li Chengliang was here. Whether he was a military general or a civil servant, as long as he did not collude with them, then this person would definitely stay here for a long time, and he would only
Feeling helpless.
In the thirty-sixth year of Wanli, he went to Liaodong as a supervisory censor under the order of Emperor Shenzong. His task as a supervisory censor was simple and clear, which was to investigate Li Chengliang.
After more than half a year of investigation, he basically understood Li Chengliang. With Xiong Tingbi's upright and violent temper, he and Li Chengliang started fighting each other at that time.
After the exchange of words, he reported the facts of the investigation to the cabinet and the emperor. He said bluntly in the memorial:
"Giving land is more than abandoning it, and cooperating with captives is more than just eating captives. It is basically collaborating with the enemy's slaves, and the crime can be punishable by death."
Emperor Wanli and the court also learned about Li Chengliang's true identity. However, Li Chengliang had been in Liaodong for a long time, and Emperor Wanli did not dare to act rashly. He just issued an edict to remove Li Chengliang, and then rewarded him with something and gave him a step down. Li Chengliang also
Honorable retirement.
After the defeat of Saarhu, Emperor Wanli appointed Xiong Tingbi as the Liaodong manager. He had already deeply hated Li Chengliang and his first attack was on the Li family. His first memorial was to request the removal of Li Ruzhen from the post of chief military officer.
Then there was another wave of purges, and all those who fled the battle and were afraid of death were removed from the army. Most of these people were members of the Li family, who had followed Li Rubai back from the Battle of Saarhu.
The remnants of the Li family in Shenyang were quickly captured by the Jinyiwei. After all, the Jinyiwei from Yang Huanshuo's household had also stayed here for more than half a year, and these generals had already investigated them clearly.
This large-scale arrest of the Li family in Liaodong lasted for nearly five days. During this period, the five thousand cavalrymen of the Yulin Army did not rest for a moment. After arresting one point, they immediately went to the next point. Many people did not know what was going on.
He was put in shackles and sent to prison.
A total of nearly a hundred people were arrested before and after. Only a few of these were serving generals, and most of them were remnants of the party who had retired or been dismissed. Zhu Youxiao treated them all equally. Why did he follow Li Chengliang to dominate and prosper now?
He also suffered along with the Li family.
This arrest basically uprooted the last bit of the Li family's foundation. From then on, there was no longer a Li family in Liaodong, and it had been reduced to history.
When Li Chengliang's head, which had been buried for nearly ten years, was hung on the city wall of Liaoyang, the generals in Liaodong were always on tenterhooks, and everyone was in danger. They were afraid that they would be the next to be hung here.
Zhu Youxiao's thunderous method caught these generals off guard. Although the effect seems to be good now, these general families with decades or hundreds of years have not surrendered. They get together from time to time to discuss countermeasures in order to protect themselves.
But they did not dare to act rashly, because Ma Xianglin's army did not leave. They had taken all the arrested people to Liaoyang Prison and stationed troops in the city. It seemed that they had no plans to leave in the near future.
Xiong Tingbi also obeyed the emperor's order and gathered all the troops from the surrounding guards to Shenyang and Liaoyang, and sent his confidants to take charge.
He also sent his Biao Battalion Staff General Li Huaixin to lead 5,000 troops to Liaoyang to assist Ma Xianglin. Zhu Youxiao's goal had been achieved, and he once again strengthened his control over the land in Liaodong.