Kill the chicken and show it to the monkey!

Everyone is familiar with this trick, but the result of killing all the men and turning all the women into prostitutes is simply appalling.

Perhaps because they have been arrogant for so long, the gentry and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River did not even think of such a result.

In their view, once a civil uprising breaks out, the general will inevitably compromise, just like officials over the years. In fact, over the years, whether it is clearing fields or clearing arrears, no one in the Ming Dynasty has truly

Let's take Hai Rui as an example. He was tough enough. When Ren Yingtian was the governor, he defeated the powerful and powerful, but he was driven out in less than half a year.

The reason is that the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats have great influence in the court. If anyone dares to clear the land and pay back debts, there are naturally many ways to get rid of them. If officials cannot do it, then use civil rebellion. In short, there are many ways.

If the soft one doesn't work, then use the hard one.

But they obviously forgot that this gentleman is not an ordinary official. Hai Rui is very strong, but he does not dare to kill people easily. But this gentleman not only dares to kill people, but also dares to set up another Yamen.

"In troubled times, heavy rules should be used. Now that the world is in chaos, bandits are everywhere, and civil unrest continues, we should no longer stick to the usual laws and set up a separate case review bureau to deal with the rioters!"

Under the instructions of Zhu Guoqiang, Nanjing established a case investigation bureau to interrogate gentry and civilian households in various places who resisted the inspection of military fields. Those domestic servants who incited civil uprisings were all sentenced to heavy punishment. Of course, they could not be convicted and meritorious, as long as they confessed truthfully.

If it turns out who incited the people, not only can they get away with it, but they can even be rewarded with five taels of silver. With such kindness and power, those people will naturally surrender their master.

Following the old rules of the Li family, those who incite civil unrest will naturally be charged with the crime of "rebellion." Whether they are commanders, thousands of households, or hundreds of households, as long as they are involved, one of them will be arrested.

, killed a whole family, ransacked their homes at every turn, and killed all members of their clan. Only the female family members survived, but they were beaten into camp prostitutes.

For a time, every guard station was in turmoil, and even the entire Southern Zhili people were frightened by the brutal methods of this great general!

"The mastermind behind the scenes killed his whole family. Those who took the lead in making trouble should be exiled as much as possible. Those who deserved to be killed should be killed. In troubled times, heavy rituals should be used. If you want peace in the world, you must be ruthless and ruthless. You must use the methods of Shen, Han, and Shang Yang to handle cases...

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Zhu Guoqiang would reiterate his attitude every time he faced a report from officials of the Case Investigation Bureau.

And in order to achieve the effect of killing one person as a warning to others, he specially ordered people to make twenty standing cages. The prisoners' heads were stuck in wooden shackles and stood in the standing cages. During the day, they were pulled by carts and paraded around the city. At night, they were placed for trial.

Soldiers were sent to guard the prison in front of the station. They were not given food or drink. Within three or four days, the prisoners would stand in the cages to death. Prisoners were packed in these cages every day, and they were paraded around Nanjing every day, causing confusion throughout the city.

The people were frightened when they saw this. For a while, everyone was frightened by such a method.

However, the gentry, the people, and the gentry demanded the abolition of the petition for benevolent government, and they flew to the governor's office in Yingtian like snowflakes. Several people went to Zhang Liang to complain and beg him to uphold justice.

Zhang Liang naturally sneered at their request. He even thought to himself that if you ask me to provide justice one by one, wouldn't this mean that you are going to put me on the fire? Why don't you ask the court?

In fact, they actually asked the court for help through their own channels, impeaching General Pinglu for his cruelty. But the problem is that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the court can't care about it at the moment!

Looking at the petitions asking for benevolent government, Zhang Liang vaguely guessed that this might be the general's first move.

What will the general's next move be?

Just when Zhang Liang was trying to figure out the general's thoughts, the fast horse with the post flag, accompanied by the messenger's cry of "800 miles urgent", rushed straight into the gate of Nanjing, and then the imperial edict was sent directly to the Sixth Department of Nanjing

On duty at the pavilion, the imperial edict came from the capital soon.

"Your Majesty has issued a decree to summon all the soldiers and horses from all over the world!"

As soon as the imperial decree came, the whole Jiangnan was shocked. They were shocked by the sudden change in the situation in the north. At the same time, everyone's eyes lit up, and they suddenly realized the opportunity!

This is an opportunity to send the general out of Nanjing and out of Southern Zhili!

As long as the general leaves Nanzhili, this Qingtian will naturally be retired. But the problem is, how to send this "god of murder" out of Nanjing.

That afternoon, Ma Shiying, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, came to the General's Mansion. As soon as he saw the General, he knelt down and kowtowed, and said excitedly:

"General, the bandits are currently approaching the capital. Your Majesty has issued an order to summon the soldiers and horses from all over the world. The general is the hope of all the people in the world. I also ask the general to send troops to the capital as soon as possible. Please don't betray the heart of the loyal ministers and righteous men in the world!"

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Looking at Ma Shiying in front of him, Zhu Guoqiang had a smile on his face. He had a different view on this chief minister of the Hongguang Dynasty in history. The Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, and all the Nanjing officials surrendered. This man without a single soldier in his hands

The chief minister refused to surrender and fled to Zhejiang with the Queen Mother. After entering Hangzhou, he learned that Emperor Hongguang had been captured, so he discussed with the officials in Hangzhou to ask King Zhu Changzi of Lu to supervise the country. After that, he continued to resist the Qing Dynasty in the name of the Queen Mother and Zhu Changzi.

, however, the latter immediately surrendered to the Qing troops. Ma Shiying still did not give up and continued to lead his troops south. However, in the subsequent regimes of the Tang and Lu kings, he almost became a street rat, and no one reused him. He did not switch sides because of this.

Instead, he tried his best to change his bad image in the past with actual actions against the Qing Dynasty, until he was captured and killed by Qing soldiers in Fujian. There are many records of his death in Manchu and Qing literature notes, but none of them mentioned that he wanted to

To surrender.

Ma Shiying's assessment of Huang Duanbo, who heard that Zhao Zhilong, Qian Qianyi and others led the crowd to surrender, and wrote in big words on the city gate "Huang Duanbo, the head of the Ritual System Department of the Ming Dynasty Ministry of Rites, will not surrender" could not be more fair.

When interrogating Huang Duanbo, Duduo asked:

"Ma Shiying, who are you?"

Huang Duanbo: "Ma Shiying is a loyal minister!"

Duduo was angry and ridiculous and asked:

"Ma Shiying is a traitorous minister, how can he be loyal?"

Huang Duanbo said:

"Ma Shiying refused to surrender and supported the Queen Mother in Zhejiang as a loyal minister. On the contrary, Zhao Zhilong, Qian Qianyi and others who had shaved their heads and changed their clothes were disloyal and unfilial."

This is certainly not an excuse for Ma Shiying. He can only be regarded as a speculative power minister. He failed to handle the relationship between various internal factions, which led to internal chaos, constant party disputes, internal strife among warlords, and self-consumption. But at least he was not ambiguous in the face of national justice. On the other hand, he

The political opponents of the Donglin Party were restored to society, and most of them surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The most shameful thing is that they had the right to speak and threw dirty water on Ma Shiying. Of course, there were also strong backbones in the Donglin Party, such as Huang Daozhou and others.

But compared to the Ming Dynasty, in terms of national justice, they are indeed much stronger than many people.

After Zhu Guoqiang arrived in Nanjing, Ma Shiying also fully cooperated. In fact, the more such a person has the reputation of being a traitor, the more aware they are of current affairs.

Now seeing him come to his door and beg him to send troops to serve the king, Zhu Guoqiang nodded.

"Sima, please get up quickly, please get up quickly!"

He hurriedly stood up and helped Ma Shiying up. Zhu Guoqiang said with a choked voice,

"I am also a descendant of Emperor Gao, how can I tolerate intruders and thieves taking over my country? Even if you don't come to ask me, I will send troops to serve the king. I know that everyone in the world thinks that I am a traitor, and I will definitely sit back and watch.

The capital city has fallen, but if this is the case, wouldn’t it disappoint the people of the world and be looked down upon by all generations!”

The general's answer surprised Ma Shiying.

"I wonder when the general will send troops?"

"Of course we have to send out troops. However, none of my troops are around now. Even if we send out troops, I'm afraid it will take some time?"

Zhu Guoqiang said with some annoyance.

"Moreover, now that we are deploying troops to go on an expedition, we still need to prepare food, grass, and money. These cannot be done overnight,"

"General, I have a way to prepare all the money, food and fodder you need within three days!"

"Three days?"

Zhu Guoqiang was surprised.

Ma Shiying said quickly with a smile and took half a step back.

"General, as long as you are willing to send troops to serve me, Wang Zhejiang Nan, I don't know how many people will be willing to contribute money and food."

"Oh? What's going on?"

Zhu Guoqiang asked curiously.

"General, don't you know that for those people, only if you can leave Jiangnan can they have a peaceful sleep. In order to send you away, they are naturally willing to pay money. Therefore, I am ready to squeeze a sum of money from them.

Come."

Looking at Ma Shiying in front of him, Zhu Guoqiang suddenly smiled and said.

"Okay, you mother, adapt to it. It turns out that you want to make money in my name! Aren't you afraid that I will punish you?"

"The general is dedicated to serving the country. He does not hesitate to offend the powerful. Although I use the name of world general to extort those people, all the money is used to save the Ming Dynasty. Please rest assured, general, I will never be greedy for a penny.

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It's not that Ma Shiying doesn't want to be greedy, but because he doesn't dare, because he knows the general's character. If he is really greedy, he may not be able to save his life.

But if you can do this job well, you will naturally gain the favor of the general.

With the favor of this great general, the future will naturally be bright. Ma Shiying knows very clearly what is more important and which is less important.

Looking at Ma Shiying who was swearing in front of him, Zhu Guoqiang felt quite emotional in his heart.

What is a loyal minister and what is a treacherous minister? At least the person in front of me is definitely not a loyal minister in history.

But at least since arriving in Jiangnan, this famous traitor has cooperated fully. As for those so-called gentlemen, it is God's blessing that they can avoid making trouble in private.

If you use the traitor well, he may not become a loyal minister, but he will definitely become a good sword.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Guoqiang looked at him and said.
Chapter completed!