Seeing Chen Guiqi being dragged out and hung into a tree by the soldiers, several officers who followed Chen Guiqi to the Ming army barracks were frightened. They turned around and were about to run away when they heard a loud warning from the Ming army soldiers next to them, and then,
More than a dozen flintlock guns were aimed at their fronts and backs, making them feel chills.
"Don't fire the gun, please spare your life, Lord Ming Dynasty." The officers all knelt down. No matter how slow they were, they knew they had offended someone they couldn't afford to offend. After all, Luzon had already been destroyed. Even then, the Ming Dynasty
The officers and soldiers are not something Luzon people can afford to offend.
A group of officers were tied up hand and foot by Ming army soldiers and taken into the Chinese army tent of Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong. Before being tortured, several of them who could speak Chinese told Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong about Chen Guiqi.
It's crystal clear.
It turned out that Chen Guiqi was indeed the local county magistrate. Of course, that was before the King of Luzon was destroyed by the Spaniards in 1571. After that, Chen Guiqi fled back to the countryside and relied on the money he had set up when he was the county magistrate.
Living on a few hundred acres of land, he was considered a happy small landowner.
Yesterday, the news about the Ming army's entry was reported to Chen Guiqi by people from Linjia Village. The reporter told Chen Guiqi that this Ming army was very benevolent and righteous. Not only did they not rob the villagers, but they also traded fairly and were very polite to the villagers.
Hearing the news, Chen Guiqi was moved. Based on his old experience, he knew that the Ming Dynasty was a country that valued etiquette and justice. It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as "strict self-discipline and lenient treatment of others". Why did the Ming army come to Lu?
Chen Guiqi didn't understand the Song Dynasty, but he thought that if the Ming army drove away the Spaniards, then the local political power would have to be rebuilt. Would he, an expired county magistrate, be able to relive his glory?
Once this idea sprouted in Chen Guiqi's mind, it became unstoppable. He immediately sent his family to find a few old servants, put on wrinkled old official robes, and then ran to the local officials as local officials.
He negotiated with Deng Kui and the others about his identity. Deng Kui's initial politeness solidified Chen Guiqi's idea that the Ming army was easy to bully, and then he got into trouble. The more he spoke, the more arrogant he became. What he didn't expect was that the sudden intruder
A young man actually went against common sense and ordered him to be hanged.
The latter were naturally made up by Deng Kui, Cheng Dong and others based on the confessions of those officers, but they were almost the same as Chen Guiqi's real thoughts. As early as Zheng He's voyages to the West, the Ming Dynasty had implemented a policy of appeasement and care.
The policies made overseas countries feel the goodwill of the Ming Dynasty, but they also felt that the Ming Dynasty was pedantic and could be bullied. Chen Guiqi's idea was not an exception.
"You all used to work as servants with County Magistrate Chen?" Cheng Dong asked.
"Yes, yes!" Several officers nodded.
"So, do you all know the situation in this county?" Cheng Dong asked again.
The officer said: "We are very familiar with this county."
Cheng Dong nodded and said: "Okay, let me tell you that now I am temporarily serving as the county magistrate of this county. You will take me to the county seat, take back the original county government, and recall the old officers. In addition, let me know immediately.
The village chiefs of each village said that this county has been under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and as long as everyone obeys the laws of the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely let them live a prosperous life like the people of the Ming Dynasty."
"But..." a police officer hesitated, "Sir, there are still Hongyi people in the county."
"This matter is left to me." Deng Kui said carelessly, "How many Hongyi people are there in the county and where they live? Tell me clearly, and I will send someone to chop off their heads right away.
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"Yes, yes... I will explain it to the general right away." The officers were frightened by Deng Kui's big words and quickly agreed.
Several officers were taken out, and the lower-level officers from the consulting camp went to ask them about the local Spanish garrison situation. Deng Kui turned to Cheng Dong and smiled: "Bangzhi, do you really want to be the county magistrate here? Your brother-in-law
How can I be willing to let you condescend to be a small county magistrate?"
Cheng Dong smiled reservedly and said: "General Deng is joking. However, General Su and Deputy Li do not mean to let Cheng Dong be the county magistrate here. Dong also wants to borrow some useful skills from General Deng."
People can be assigned to the surrounding counties to serve as county magistrates. As for Dong himself, Deputy Li has said that if the job is done well, he will recommend Dong to be the deputy governor of Luzon Island."
Deng Kui said with a smile: "Hahahaha, Deng has already seen that Bangzhi is not a caged thing. I think Bangzhi is the deputy governor. There is nothing to say. As long as Bangzhi speaks, Deng will ask someone to help him."
If you want money...Deng will help you snatch it."
"Thank you, General Deng." Cheng Dong thanked Deng Kui and left first.
"General Deng, I think Cheng Bangzhi is much more sensible than before." Zhang Yunlong, who had been silent all the time, muttered to Deng Kui in a low voice.
Deng Kui said: "Why did Yunlong say this?"
Zhang Yunlong said: "It turns out that this kid is so sarcastic that he talks about sages' articles. He can't do something like hanging up Fanbang County Magistrate in public. Even if he sees it, he will still scream.
After talking for a long time, maybe our commander-in-chief will be involved because of this matter. Now it's good, he himself did it more ruthlessly than us Qiu Ba."
Deng Kui said: "So that's what you're talking about. This guy has been in the county for two years and has become a county magistrate. He has learned more or less about the sufferings of the people. Naturally, he no longer holds on to the same things as in the past. Look at Mr. Li, our knowledge is not
It's much better than this little kid, and I haven't seen Mr. Li smell sour at all."
Zhang Yunlong agreed: "Yes, it can be seen that reading can really make people stupid. It's better for a rough guy like us to see things more clearly."
Not to mention how Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong were talking about Cheng Dong behind his back. After Cheng Dong left Deng Kui's camp, he called a group of soldiers and escorted Chen Guiqi and other officers towards the county seat.
There was originally a small group of Spanish soldiers stationed in the county town. When Cristo's company escaped the first day, someone passed by the county town and spread the news to the county town that a large Ming army had landed. As a result, the Spaniards in the county town were worried about being attacked.
He also escaped overnight. When Cheng Dong and others entered the city, they encountered no obstacles and arrived at the original county government smoothly.
The county government in Luzon and the Ming Dynasty are naturally different from each other. It is just a small courtyard with two entrances, and the area of the court is also very pitiful. During the Spanish occupation, the county government was transformed into their administrative
center, so the house, furniture, etc. were not damaged.
Cheng Dong entered the county government office, sat down in the court hall, and ordered to the soldiers who brought him: "Come here, tie Chen Guiqi to the gate of the county government office to show the public. Send a few more people to watch. There are people who come to watch.
Just preach to them.”
"What are you preaching about? Please tell me, Cheng Dushi." Shi Xiangui, a small flag officer among the soldiers, asked for instructions.
Cheng Dong said: "Let me tell you that Chen Guiqi dared to offend the power of the Ming Dynasty. He has been arrested by the order of the Governor of the Ming Dynasty. He will be paraded here for three days and then he will be escorted back to the Ming Dynasty for trial. The people of each village and village must elect him out of the village as soon as possible.
The chief and the head of the village accept the command of the county magistrate. Those who disobey the command will wait to go to Ming Dynasty with Chen Guiqi to receive punishment."
"It's an order!" Shi Xiangui happily agreed, and ran out with his men to carry out the order. The Kanyu camp was usually governed by three major disciplines, and the soldiers did not dare to disturb the people, but when they encountered this kind of abuse under orders
, everyone is still very interested.
Seeing the former county magistrate being tied up outside the yamen for public display, the people in the county were alarmed. Some farmers outside the city heard the news and rushed to the city to watch the excitement. For a time, the gate of the county yamen was packed with people.
, everyone was standing a dozen steps away from the soldiers of Kanyu camp, wanting to know something about the situation, but not daring to get too close.
"Dear fellow villagers, I have come to Luzon to rescue everyone under the imperial decree of the Ming Emperor." Cheng Dong walked out of the county government office, stood on a big rock, and said loudly to the people around him.
At first, the people were still talking about the matter in front of them. When they saw a Ming Dynasty official coming out of the county government, they suddenly became silent and began to listen to Cheng Dong's speech. There were four or five people in the crowd who knew Chinese.
Successfully, they began to interpret simultaneously for those companions around them who did not understand Chinese.
"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty knew that everyone was being bullied by the red barbarians and living a hard life. He couldn't sleep at night because of this, so he sent one million officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to drive away the red barbarians and save the people of Luzon from danger." Cheng Dong started talking nonsense, Su Hao and
Deng Zilong brought less than 10,000 people in total, but it suddenly expanded 100 times in his mouth.
"One million officers and soldiers?"
"Hongyi, isn't this miserable?"
"That's not necessarily true. Hongyi has a fire blunderbuss. Didn't we, the King of Luzon, also win the battle?"
"You didn't know that the Ming Dynasty is much stronger than our Luzon. How else could all the red barbarian soldiers in our city run away in the middle of the night?"
"Really! Where did the Red Yi soldiers go?"
"..."
The common people exchanged the information they knew in low voices, and no one raised any doubts about Ming's strength.
"Everyone's life cannot be improved just by driving away the red barbarians. Therefore, I, the Great Ming Emperor, specially sent capable officials to take charge of all levels of government offices in Luzon. As you have also seen, the original magistrate of this county, Chen Guiqi,
, while he was in office, he could not lead the crowd to drive out the red barbarians. When my soldiers arrived tomorrow, they still made things difficult in every possible way. He was clearly an accomplice of the red barbarians. I have locked him up here to tell those who are colluding with the red barbarians.
Anyone who rides with you, a red barbarian, is guilty of the same crime as a red barbarian. Our officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will definitely kill you without mercy!" Cheng Dong threatened murderously.
The common people shrank their necks subconsciously. Some of them were a bit slow-minded and felt that since they had never had an affair with Hong Yi, such a punishment would not be on them. But those smart people understood the meaning of Cheng Dong's words.
Who is a Hongyi person and who is not a Hongyi person? Isn’t it the master in front of me who has the final say? If anyone dares to disobey the Lord Ming Dynasty, you will be labeled as a Tongyi person. One million Ming Dynasty
The number of officers and soldiers is not much less than that of the people in the entire Luzon. This is a battle where people are killed by swords and I are killed by fish.
"I am willing to obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty, and I dare not go against it!" Some people among the people knelt down suddenly. Seeing this, other people also knelt down quickly. In a moment, there were no more people standing around. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!