Li Yuan, the imperial censor of Datong, learned that the emperor had led his troops to the city. Knowing that he would surely die, he took care of himself.
As for his own relatives and family, he, a dying man, could not care so much about them. With the emperor's temperament, he would not let them go.
Instead of watching the nine tribes being exterminated and being tortured before his own eyes, it would be better for him to be happy.
As for the confidant generals who Yang Hong had left behind in Datong City, after seeing tens of thousands of armored cavalry, they could only feel their legs trembling uncontrollably, and they opened the city gate with a grinding sound.
Zhu Youxiao didn't worry about any ambush and went straight into the city.
The first thing after entering the city was to let Cao Wenzhao, Mao Yuanyi and others lead the army to take over the Datong city gate and the military camp.
At the same time, a decree was issued. From now on, Datong will be officially under the jurisdiction of the military, and ordinary people are strictly prohibited from going out on the streets.
However, those who violate the rules will be shot without mercy regardless of the reason.
All the civil and military officers in Datong Town, including ordinary officials and some famous scholars, were all arrested by Zhu Youxiao.
Unless a river of blood is shed, it will not be enough to deter Jiubian.
For a whole day, Datong City was filled with armored cavalry roaring past, and the sound of horse hooves could be heard all the time.
If Zhu Youxiao hadn't issued a notice first, he would have arranged for many people to make announcements in various streets and alleys.
The people in Datong all suspected that the Tartars had invaded.
The execution ability of the Yulin Army was very good. It only took one day to complete the task assigned to them by Zhu Youxiao.
All the famous people in the city, whether they were court officials or landlords, as long as they were somewhat famous, were all imprisoned by Zhu Youxiao in the government office.
"Yang Ni deliberately plotted regicide, colluding with the Mongolian tribes outside the pass and the officials of the imperial court for several months, and you didn't notice it at all?"
"Or are you still waiting and watching? Hedging your bets and waiting for the results to come out?"
Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to talk nonsense with them. These people, not to mention all of them, should be killed, but most of them were villains with both ends of the spectrum.
Especially those civil servants and military generals, even if they really knew nothing about it, they could still die three to five times for crimes such as corruption, bribery, smuggling, etc.
There are also these officials and powerful nobles, that is to say, all of them should be killed. As local snakes, they, like the Yang family, have lived here for generations and developed for more than two hundred years.
The power network has long been involved in Datong's military and political system. Even if they are not involved, they will still get wind of it.
At least they knew about it, but why didn't they report it? Do they still need to be investigated and interrogated? You can even think of the little Jiujiu in their minds with your buttocks.
What's more, Yang Hong, as the leader of the local gangsters, must have met with them and agreed on their ideas before deciding to start an uprising.
At this time, the emperor's expedition to investigate the crime made these people feel uneasy.
Even when he spoke, he stuttered and trembled.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I really don't know about this matter. I have never met Yang Ni, so I ask your Majesty to take a closer look."
If you don't clear up the relationship with Yang Hong at this time, you are really stretching your neck under the knife edge.
When one person speaks, others follow suit.
They all pretended to be crying and not knowing anything about it, crying desperately to exonerate themselves.
Zhu Youxiao didn't bother to interrogate them. He was originally thinking if anyone would surrender voluntarily, so he would show mercy and make a start.
It also saves a lot of time and effort to investigate their crimes and evidence.
But it seems that we still need Jin Yiwei to come.
Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry. Killing them was very simple, just a matter of words.
But they also want to search their property and dig out their entire chain of interests. This cannot be done carelessly.
So they were all put into prison and detained.
At the same time, a fast horse was sent to convey the decree to the capital, and the Ministry of Personnel was asked to immediately select suitable officials to fill the vacancy in Datong.
He also ordered the British Duke to dispatch sergeants from the auxiliary military camp to escort a large amount of grain and grass to Datong.
We are about to go out to conquer those grassland tribes, so we need to prepare the logistics as soon as possible.
Although there is still some food and grass in Datong's granary, it is still a drop in the bucket, and it is not enough to cover the expenses of his tens of thousands of soldiers for half a month.
After the city was stabilized, Zhu Youxiao began to dismantle and reform the tens of thousands of battalions in Datong Town.
The mutiny and rebellion gave Zhu Youxiao a very good reason, and some of the main generals had been killed by him, so the integration went extremely smoothly, and it can be said that there was no resistance at all.
The number of registered soldiers in Datong was more than 57,000, but after actual observation and statistics, he discovered how serious the consequences of these people were being short-lived.
There are more than 50,000 people on the list, but in fact, there are less than 40,000 people.
With a quota of nearly 20,000 yuan, these officials and generals in Datong can be said to have a lot of money.
This still includes the old and the weak as well as the able-bodied.
Zhu Youxiao still remembered that when he abolished the three guards in Datong Border Town some time ago, he incorporated all the young and strong military households of these three guards into the Datong camp.
There can still be so much empty noise here, and God knows how much they ate before that.
With just this one crime, Datong's entire military and political system could be uprooted.
From this point of view, the great purge of Datong is inevitable.
Zhu Youxiao had also been mentally prepared for it.
The system collapse of Jiubian Military Town had already started during the Jiajing period.
At that time, Anda Khan led tens of thousands of Mongolians, and they were so powerful that they were able to attack the city of Beijing directly.
It can be seen from this that the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the border troops are rubbish. It was like this at that time, let alone now?
Fortunately, it's not too late to change the situation now. Liaodong and Xuanfu towns have been basically renovated, and the army is becoming more and more presentable.
Several military towns in the northwest still have fighting strength. They often fight with the Mongols, and from time to time they have to put down the rebellions of the Hui people. The fighting strength of the army is still relatively brave.
In the history of the late Ming Dynasty, when it came to fighting against foreign enemies, the Ming army was defeated repeatedly, and all of them were completely defeated.
Only the frontier troops in the northwest can win battles and report victories from time to time.
The Tumut Department has almost been reduced to a copy, and will be refreshed by the northwest frontier army every once in a while.
It is a pity that they were not taken seriously by the emperor and the court. At that time, the focus was on the bandits and Liaodong, so their presence was very low and no one cared about them.
This unfair treatment also made the soldiers on the northwest border more and more dissatisfied. Not only did they not receive any reward for killing the enemy, but even their original military pay was owed and deducted in various ways.
Shaanxi was the most severely affected area, and it was also the base camp where bandits started their business.
In the end, a large number of military households and soldiers fled and joined the bandits of various tribes to help the emperor. From then on, the strength of the bandits increased greatly.
There are also some rules and tactics in fighting the war, which makes it more and more difficult for the officers and soldiers to conquer them, and the price they pay is getting higher and higher.
It can be said that it was these fleeing northwest frontier troops that made banditry a real phenomenon and indirectly accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.