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The guillotine fell, blood splashed out, and a huge head with burned beard and hair rolled down. The people watching in front of the execution ground burst into applause. Tang Shide and other Huang Binghao's old confidants were also detained in the execution ground to watch the execution.
Blood gushed out from the neck like a fountain, and the timid person was immediately frightened and became incontinent.
Since Huang Binghao led his troops into Yuanzhou at a reduced cost, the people of Yuanzhou have only suffered from him and not benefited from him. Seeing him executed today, how many people in Yuanzhou will not applaud?
The executioner put Huang Binghao's head on a red lacquer plate. A member of the small school who was supervising the execution carried it to the front of Zhou Zhizheng, who was supervising the execution. He reported: "The first criminal Huang Binghao has been executed. Please check it with the execution officer..."
Zhou Zhi was looking at Huang Binghao's head with his eyes open and blood dripping down. As a civil servant, he had never seen such blood before, and he felt a little dizzy at the moment.
Zhou Zhizheng calmed down, looked at the head on the red lacquer plate, covered it with a white cloth, and said in a loud voice: "Huang Binghao was sent to the She family before, maybe it was forced by the situation. Privy Council, I admire the benevolence of the country.
Due to his righteousness and righteousness, he was not punished and allowed to repent and rehabilitate himself and return to the imperial service. However, Duke Chongguo sent people to Yuanzhou several times to recruit him for surrender, promising high officials and generous salaries. However, Huang Binghao not only could not sincerely accept the surrender, but instead suffered
The treacherous little instigator and greedy heart actually made peace with the Yan barbarians and started a military provocation to harm the Jiangxi and the imperial court. Now Chongguo Gong, in accordance with the emperor's order, specializes in the military affairs of the Jiangxi, and executed Huang Binghao and his son; as well as the scholars of Tang Dynasty
The traitors will all be killed in order to uphold the laws of the country..."
Tang Shide and other members of Huang Binghao's private staff were detained at the edge of the execution ground. After hearing Zhou Zhizheng's last words, they all knew that they were going to die. Their eyes darkened. Some were so frightened that they peed. Only Tang Shide still had some strength and struggled to stand up.
He cursed loudly: "Zhou Zhizheng, you sold out to save Rong, you will not die a good death!" But the executioner behind him broke his legs with a stick and dragged him to the execution ground wailing.
Zhou Zhizheng looked at Tang Shide and others who were being dragged to the execution ground. He smiled coldly and signed an order for the executioner to carry out the execution.
It was almost in the twelfth year of Chongguan that Jiangzhou officially established an envoy, allowing Huang Binghao to formally take charge of Jiangzhou's military and political power, making Jiangzhou the land of Huang Binghao's family, and making Jiangzhou's soldiers and horses the soldiers of Huang Binghao's family. However, Jiangzhou
State officials are also divided into private officials and public officials.
The so-called private officials are officials and generals who were recommended and promoted by Huang Binghao. For example, Tang Shide was Huang Binghao's staff in the early days. Naturally, they were Huang Binghao's closest confidants. After all, Jiangzhou had not been established for a long time, and Huang Binghao had great power.
You cannot use your private life. Officials appointed by the imperial court in the past have always had considerable influence in Jiangzhou and are called "public officials". Their interests are inconsistent with Huang Binghao's, and they are often ostracized.
Before the war, Yuanzhou's two factions who opposed and supported the surrender were roughly divided based on this. Those who actually participated in Huang Binghao's plot to defect to Yan were mostly Huang Binghao's trusted private officials, and the others were just coerced into it.
After the war, Lin Fu wanted to liquidate Yuanzhou officials and generals, so naturally he took this as the most important distinction; Tang Shide and other Huang Binghao's confidants also participated in the conspiracy to surrender to Yan, and after being bound together with Huang Binghao, they naturally had to be taken to the execution ground together.
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After more than a dozen heads fell to the ground, Zhou Zhizheng became hard-hearted. After all the heads were hung outside the city gate for public display, he returned to the camp to pay the order to Lin Fu.
Of course, Zhou Zhizheng was also worried. The main force of Yuanzhou's army was completely defeated, but the cities of Yuanzhou and Luxi had not yet surrendered. He was afraid that they would be determined to defeat Yuanzhou and Luxi sooner or later.
However, Zhou Zhizheng's family and children were still in Yuanzhou City, which made him worried.
Before the Huaidong Army entered Xia Yuan yesterday, Lin Fu pushed Huang Binghao's eldest son to the front of the army and beheaded him, and asked Zhou Pu to hang up Huang Lizhang's head and come to Xia Yuan City, showing a tough attitude that he would not surrender.
If Duke Chong Guo treated Yuanzhou City and Luxi City in the same way, Zhou Zhi would be afraid that his family and children in Yuanzhou City would be killed.
Zhou Zhizheng walked into the heavily guarded camp to pay his order with complicated thoughts. When he saw Gao Zongting walking quickly from the side courtyard, he saluted: "Master Gao..."
"Oh, Huang Binghao and others have been executed. How do the people in the city view this matter?" Gao Zongting returned the salute and asked about the situation of the execution.
"Huang Binghao ignored Gu Chongguo's kindness in pardoning his military crimes, conspired to surrender the captives, and started a military provocation. He deserved to be punished, and death was not a pity. The people in Xia Yuan City all cheered in unison, praising the privy envoy for eliminating harm to the people.
Zhou Zhizheng said.
"Haha," Gao Zongting smiled and invited Comrade Zhou Zhizheng to go inside.
Seeing Zhou Zhizheng coming in with Gao Zongting, Lin Fu said with a smile: "Duke Zhou came just in time; Yuanzhou guard Wei Zhong and Lu Shi joined the army Zhou Cheng and others closed the city and refused to retreat, and detained Huang and Chen's relatives.
I just sent someone to ask Yuan to surrender, and I plan to ask Duke Zhou to go to Yuanzhou on my behalf..."
Zhou Zhizheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the situation in Yuanzhou was under the control of Wei Zhong, Zhou Cheng and others, and that Lin Fu was willing to surrender.
Wei Zhong, Zhou Cheng and others originally advocated accepting surrender, so they were excluded by Huang Binghao and stayed in Yuanzhou City. At this time, Wei Zhong, Zhou Cheng and others had no room for bargaining. As long as Lin Fu did not kill them all, they would
It was natural for them to surrender.
Zhou Zhizheng immediately knelt down and kowtowed and said, "The Privy Council has given instructions. Zhizheng is not aware that he is tired."
Lin Fu said to Wu Jingze: "I use the power of Duke Zhou to inform the Yuanzhou army and preside over political affairs. You will temporarily stay in Yuanzhou to assist Duke Zhou and join the army as a skoo. You will also accompany Duke Zhou to Yuanzhou City..."
Sikou joining the army is a type of military officer who records affairs. In the early years, he was a military general. In the later period of the Yue Dynasty, he became a civil servant. He was in charge of catching and stealing Sikou. He was often controlled by the Tong magistrate and was in charge of local military equipment.
Jingxiang is in danger, so Lin Fu will move all his troops and horses to the northern front as much as possible. Yuanzhou will not have many troops left for garrison, so he will make maximum use of local military equipment. Lin Fu will use Wu Jingze
If he joins the army for Sikou, he will naturally be used to take charge of Yuanzhou's local military equipment.
Zhou Zhizheng also understood this truth. It was beyond his expectation that Lin Fu could use him to serve as governor of Yuanzhou. If he still tried to get involved in the military power, he would be a bit desperate.
Zhou Zhizheng said: "Zhizheng has several clan members who, although they are too stubborn to be reused, are still brave enough to be driven by the privy envoy. He specifically asked me to ask the privy envoy to allow them to be admitted as soldiers in Huaidong..."
The clan members Zhou Zhizheng mentioned were Zhou Qichang's subordinates who helped Wu Jingze capture Yuan Dongmen and welcome Zhou Pu into the city yesterday.
Zhou Qichang's troops wanted to be considered an uprising and had made great achievements in seizing the gate. Naturally, they should not be regarded together with surrendering soldiers and captured soldiers. Zhou Qichang's troops only had four to five hundred people, but they had a close relationship with Zhou Zhizheng, so they were easily surrendered before the war.
Zhou Zhizheng was trying to win over Huaidong.
In order to avoid suspicion, Zhou Zhizheng took the initiative to recruit Zhou Qichang into the Huaidong Army, saying that he would not interfere with military power.
Lin Fu smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "The situation in Yuanzhou is difficult to stabilize for a while. There are deserters everywhere, and Chen Zishou has not caught them. It is not possible if you don't have trustworthy manpower in Yuanzhou, and there are too few trustworthy manpower.
No. Zhou Pu said that Zhou Qichang was a very brave general, so he was asked to aggrieve him first and serve as Yuanzhou City Lieutenant to help Jingze supervise local military equipment. Going north to fight against the captives was a meritorious service, and the stabilization of the local area was also a meritorious service. He told them not to feel too guilty.
It's better to feel aggrieved..." Lin Fu knew that Zhou Zhi was overthinking, but he didn't point it out. He just transferred Zhou Qichang's troops to Yuanzhou Mansion Soldiers and put them under Wu Jingze's control.
At the moment, Lin Fu can only consider leaving three to five hundred elite troops for Wu Jingze in Yuanzhou, plus some wounded soldiers who need to be treated on the spot. However, the situation in Yuanzhou is not stable yet. There are almost 20,000 deserted soldiers scattered in the mountains and fields.
between.
Some of these deserters will surrender or directly return to their hometowns and will not become a disaster, but it can be expected that some of them will go into the mountains and forests to become bandits and bandits, causing harm to the local area and requiring local soldiers to clear them up.
, purge.
In addition, Yuanzhou is located between Jiangxi and Hunan, so it must be prepared for Zhang Han in Tanzhou. Just leaving three to five hundred elites for Wu Jingze is far from enough to stabilize the place. Additional local troops need to be supplemented. At present, the only option is
Recruit brave men from captured soldiers.
By using Zhou Qichang and others as generals, firstly, the Zhou family and the Huang family have already formed a deadly feud, and they are not afraid that they will not do their best to suppress the bandits, nor are they afraid that they will collude with Huang Binghao's remaining forces. Secondly, Zhou Qichang is used to replenish the local military equipment, and it is also for surrender.
Attached, the surrendered generals who are not direct descendants of Huang Binghao provide some ways out.
As for the military generals, if Huaidong does not use him and insists on sending them back to their hometown, how can they work peacefully in farming? In the end, it will also cause local instability. What Lin Fu wants to purge is only Huang Binghao's direct lineage in Yuanzhou's army. Other officials and generals, as long as
After surrendering, Lin Fu still had to hire as many people as possible.
When Zhou Zhizheng saw that Lin Fu actually appointed Zhou Qichang as Yuanzhou city captain, he was grateful and did not add any more words. He only said: "I am afraid that Qichang, a young boy, will betray the trust of the lord..."
Lin Fu laughed and said: "Is there anyone who hasn't come from a young boy..."
Lin Fu immediately signed and appointed Zhou Qichang, Zhou Xiu and others to serve as the generals of the Yuanzhou Prefecture Army. He also transferred 200 people from the infantry camp and the cavalry camp to Wu Jingze, which was regarded as putting up a front for the Yuanzhou Prefecture Army.
After Zhou Zhizheng and Wu Jingze led Zhou Qichang, Zhou Xiu, Yang Biao and other generals to pay homage to Lin Fu, they ordered a thousand soldiers and horses and headed to Yuanzhou City to accept the surrender of the Yuanzhou garrison.
Lin Fu would not be too harsh on Yuanzhou generals and officials who were not direct descendants of Huang Binghao and were willing to surrender.
In fact, someone like Zhou Cheng, who was the official of Yuanzhou Prefecture and joined the army, advocated surrender before the war. Also because Zhou Cheng had a clear stance before the war and was under the surveillance of Huang Binghao, it was inconvenient for the Military Intelligence Department to take the initiative to contact him.
After the war, Lin Fu would not treat someone like Zhou Cheng badly when he was demoted, even if it cost him thousands of gold to buy horse bones.
Zhou Zhizheng and Wu Jingze arrived at Yuanzhou City on the 20th. Wu Jingze led his troops to wait outside the city, while Zhou Zhizheng entered the city to negotiate surrender.
Lin Fu Xu Weizhong, Zhou Cheng led his troops to surrender, and Wu Jingze took over all the troops under Wei Zhong's command. However, Wei Zhong retained his general position and served as counselor to the Sikou, serving as Wu Jingze's deputy. His general position was still above that of Zhou Qichang, but he did not directly control the military power.
Zhou Cheng retained his position as an officer in charge of recording affairs and assisted Zhou Zhizheng in acting as the civil affairs officer of Yuanzhou.
After ordinary soldiers surrendered their weapons and weapons, they were given travel expenses and promised to return to their hometowns, or they could continue to serve in the army, and their pay and rations were the same as those of Huaidong soldiers. The subordinate officials and middle- and lower-level generals were also pardoned for their previous crimes and stayed in Yuan Dynasty.
State for use.
The main force of Yuanzhou's army of 30,000 would be defeated, and Yuanzhou's garrison could only consist of a thousand men. Lin Fu offered such conditions for surrender. Furthermore, there is a huge difference between surrender and surrender. Lin Fu agreed with Wei Zhong, Zhou Cheng and others to surrender, and
How to give rejection?
In the afternoon of the same day, Wei Zhong, Zhou Cheng and others immediately opened the gates of Yuanzhou City, welcomed Wu Jingze and his troops into the city, and handed over the relatives of Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou and others whom they had detained in advance.
Although Chen Zishou was on the run, Lin Fu had clearly listed him as a war criminal who must be punished, and his nephews and relatives were treated equally with Huang Binghao's relatives. However, the "equal treatment" here was definitely not what Chen Zishou's relatives expected.
Before Zhou Zhizheng left, Lin Fu had expressed the following opinions:
As for Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou's brothers and nephews who had grown up and served in Yuanzhou's army were all charged with treason and executed on the spot in Yuanzhou. The only person who was spared was Huang Binghao's eldest son, Huang Lixing, who strongly opposed Huang Binghao and Huaihe before the war.
They fought against each other in the east, and Huang Binghao was excluded from the core of Yuanzhou's army. Except for Huang Lixing, who was demoted to the people and was exempted from prison, Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou and some other relatives. Lin Fu asked Zhou Zhizheng to temporarily detain them in Yuanzhou's prison until they were released.
When there is time in the future, we will investigate his crime in detail to determine his punishment, instead of just killing him.