Zhu Zhixiu raised his gun, and the rebel generals had no other thoughts and dropped their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.
The fire in the palace hall was raging and quickly spread, with thick smoke billowing into the sky.
Zhang Yanling cursed angrily. He wanted to order people to go in and rescue him, but seeing the ferocity of the fire, he had to give up. Soon after, the entire hall was on fire, and the surrounding area was burned by the fireworks. It was impossible to stay, let alone put out the fire. The second wall No one could stand within the area. Everyone had to retreat outside the outer wall and watched helplessly as the fire engulfed the entire hall.
Zhang Yanling stomped her feet angrily. It was not because Zhu Zhixiu was not caught. Zhang Yanling felt sorry for the treasures inside. Then Meng Bin said that Zhu Zhixiu had a large number of precious calligraphy, painting and antique treasures hidden in this palace. Zhang Yanling originally I thought I could make a huge fortune. But if I set the fire on fire, what would be left?
But the fire was too fierce, so naturally we couldn't risk going in to rescue it, so we could only watch helplessly.
The fire in the main hall was extremely intense, and the sky-high flames and smoke filled the sky over Nancheng. The people in Ningxia City stood on the street to watch, pointing and talking.
Zhu Zhixiu's reputation in Ningxia Town was not good. After his rebellion, although some people who did not know the truth expressed their support, they soon realized that this was an act of rebellion. In addition, Zhu Zhixiu The forced recruitment of strong men into the army actually caused a lot of complaints. Now that they learned that Zhu Zhixiu was imprisoned in the palace, all the people were relieved while sighing.
There was no hope of putting out the fire, so Zhang Yanling no longer hesitated. He immediately took some troops to the Ningxia City Military Office. Soon after, notices issued in the name of the counter-rebellion general officer began to be posted all over the city.
In the announcement, Zhang Yanling announced the death of the traitor Zhu Zhixiu, and announced that Ningxia City was under the control of the imperial court. At the same time, he announced that from now on, Ningxia City would carry out a three-day operation to eliminate the remnants of the rebellion.
The announcement announced that within three days, anyone who participated in Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion must voluntarily go to the military government office and surrender.
The announcement stipulates that those who surrender within the three-day period can have their guilt reduced or exempted. Those who surrender will serve a crime and confess to hiding other thieves. Not only will they not be punished, but they may also be rewarded. After the expiration of the time limit, a comprehensive manhunt will be launched. Anyone caught outside the time limit will be punished with an additional level of crime and be severely punished.
The announcement also encouraged the people in the city to report and report, and anyone who provided a list of clues about the thieves and helped capture the remnants of the rebellion would be rewarded. Anyone who concealed the thieves' traces or concealed it and failed to report it would be punished as an accessory to the thieves.
The announcement also comforted the people in Ningxia City. It was said that the imperial court was sympathetic to the feelings of the people in Ningxia and also knew that the corruption and reckless behavior of some officials in the previous military settlements had aroused public anger, so it would not pursue the people of Ningxia Town. After that, It would be a waste to correct the military garrison affairs.
Shortly after the announcement was issued, the surrender place set up in front of the military government office was overcrowded. Many rebel soldiers and officials hiding in the city came to surrender, because they knew that they could not escape and the only way to reduce their guilt was to surrender.
There are also some ordinary people who brought their sons and accompanied their husbands to surrender. Some of these people come from ordinary families of border soldiers, and some are ordinary people who were coerced to join the rebels. At this time, it is natural to come from First explain the situation.
In order to reduce their guilt, these people actively carried out reporting activities. Many people who wanted to get away with it were exposed and were arrested and brought to justice by the Zhenwei Army.
Zhang Yanling formulated some principles to distinguish these people. The principle of punishing only the first culprits was used to screen those who surrendered or were captured as thieves.
All soldiers and civilians who are forced to become thieves will not be punished and will be released after surrendering and registering. Former rebel soldiers who have become thieves and have no lives on hand, and who have made meritorious deeds by exposing and reporting them, will not be blamed and handed over to their enemies.
Yue was resettled and reorganized into the army.
Naturally, those officials and generals who took the initiative to join the thief, some speculators who tried to take advantage of the matter, and the activists who had lives on hand and participated in the rebellion would not be able to get through so easily.
These people will be screened and treated through careful investigation and screening as well as other people's reports. Surrendering can alleviate some of the guilt, but it is by no means a means for them to escape punishment. For heinous crimes, it is natural to carry out public and severe punishment to rectify the morale of the military and the people, and to deter the military and the people.
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In addition, Zhang Yanling also ordered people to issue orders around Ningxia City and the border areas. He informed the forts in the border areas, the garrison generals and officials in each county that Zhu Zhixiu had attacked and Zhenwei Camp had captured Ningxia City. Ordered these people
Immediately express your attitude and surrender, and you can forget the blame. Otherwise, you will lead your troops to destroy them one by one.
In fact, the defenders and generals in the walled city far away in the border town did not fully participate in the rebellion. They were only forced to declare their allegiance after learning about Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion. Most of them stayed in the border town from beginning to end.
The fort was built to guard against Tatar attacks. In fact, it was not too bad.
Zhang Yanling does not want to severely investigate their behavior as thieves at this time, which will cause the soldiers and horses at the Zhaibao Pass in Bianzhen to become distracted and even flee and surrender to the enemy out of fear of being punished. In that case, it will be extremely detrimental to the overall situation.
.Especially since the counter-insurgency is not over yet and there are still a large number of rebels along the Yellow River in the south, we must handle it with caution.
Zhang Yanling was so busy until dusk that she was really tired. The injuries on her body were making her feel more and more uncomfortable. Zhang Yanling knew that she could not go on like this. She stayed up all night last night and was worried about fighting all day today. The injuries on her body were not light, so she couldn't work so hard.
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Everyone also saw that Zhang Yanling looked tired and looked bad, so they all asked Zhang Yanling to rest quickly.
Zhang Yanling originally wanted to rest in the back hall of the military office, but suddenly remembered something, so he led Zhao Yuancheng and more than a hundred personal guards to leave the military office in a hurry, and soon arrived at Prince Qing's mansion.
Prince Qing's Mansion was in a mess. After last night's incident, a large number of soldiers and horses gathered here. The inside and outside of Prince Qing's Mansion were trampled into a state of disgrace. It seems that those soldiers and horses conducted a large-scale search here last night.
Many people died in several courtyards of Prince Qing's palace, all of whom were members of Prince Qing's palace. The rebels carried out a massacre here. This made Zhang Yanling particularly worried about the safety of Zhu Qingyi's three siblings.
Zhu Qingyi's small building in the back garden was also deserted and was in a mess. The maids and women were missing, tables and chairs were overturned, and boxes and cages were turned over in a mess. There were many corpses lying on the ground with bloody flesh.
Zhang Yanling ordered Zhao Yuancheng and others to do some cleaning, carried out all the corpses in the mansion, closed the gate of Prince Qing's Mansion, and cleaned up the blood stains. Fortunately, Zhu Qingyi's siblings were not seen during the cleaning process, so he felt a little relieved.
While everyone was cleaning up Prince Qing's Mansion, Zhang Yanling took two personal guards to the back garden. On the side of the huge rockery in the west, Zhang Yanling walked around several times and found nothing unusual. Zhang Yanling concluded that Zhu Qingyi and others must
They are still hiding in the secret passage under the rockery. They must not know what is going on outside and dare not come out.
Zhang Yanling stood by the rockery and called several times, but there was no response. He expected that the secret room must be deep underground and might not be heard, so he thought about it and ordered two personal guards to wait here while he returned to the small building.
Rest.
The wound on the shoulder socket became more and more painful, so Zhang Yanling called Zhao Yuancheng to apply medicine to him. Zhao Yuancheng took a breath of cold air when he took off the gauze. The wound was full of flesh and blood, and it was dripping with blood. It was really scary. The large amount of first aid powder that had been applied before was actually missing.
Let the wound become scarred. I have been moving all day, being hot and tired, and the wound is showing signs of getting worse.
Zhao Yuancheng hurriedly reapplied Zhang Yanling's medicine. After the bandage was completed, Zhang Yanling was sweating profusely in pain and her body seemed to fall apart. She originally wanted to eat something, but she had no appetite at the moment. So she only drank a few sips of water and then
He fell on the gum bed of Zhu Qingyi's boudoir and fell into a deep sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Yanling felt a soft hand gently caressing his forehead, and a soft sigh came from his ears.
Zhang Yanling opened her eyes and saw a pretty face above her head under the candlelight, with a pair of beautiful eyes looking at her tenderly.
"Ah!" The hand on his forehead quickly retracted, and Zhu Qingyi, who was studying Zhang Yanling's sleeping appearance, stepped back in panic.
"Qingyi, are you out?" Zhang Yanling asked, struggling to get up.
"Master Marquis, don't move. We came out safely. Thank you, Master Marquis, everything is fine. But Master Marquis was injured, and the injury seems to be serious. You can sleep, I shouldn't disturb you. I just settled my brother and the others."
, I want to come and see you." Zhu Qingyi hurriedly pressed Zhang Yanling's body and said.
Zhang Yanling breathed a sigh of relief, lay down again, and said softly: "That's good, that's good. Qingyi, I'm very sleepy, I want to continue sleeping for a while."
Zhu Qingyi nodded and said, "Okay, you can just sleep and I'll go outside."
Zhang Yanling reached out and grabbed her hand, holding it tightly and saying, "You stay here with me, don't go anywhere. Just right here."
Zhu Qingyi nodded lightly and said: "Okay, Qingyi will stay here with you. Qingyi won't go anywhere, she will stay here to guard you. Mr. Hou, go to sleep."
Zhang Yanling smiled, closed her eyes, held Zhu Qingyi's soft little hand, and soon fell asleep again.