There was a scene of people lined up to welcome him. Although there were not as many people as expected, there were still tens of thousands of people who came to greet him. Some of them even cut off their braids.
"What are the intentions of those who still have rat tail braids? What are the intentions of those who hid and refused to come out to greet them, and even fled to Jiangning with their families? Your Highness, please send troops to screen them carefully."
Huang Binqing said viciously.
"Tiger idiots don't have to be like this." Zhu Yihai said to him nonchalantly. This Huang Binqing once supported Hongguang, King of Yiyang. Later, he once wanted to be a chieftain of the sea and an island barbarian, and would not invade the Tatars. Later, he was forced by Zhu Yihai's intimidation.
Only then did he finally leave Zhoushan and go to Jingjiang.
After all, Jingjiang is not as good as Zhoushan. Huang Binqing, the admiral of the Zhejiang Navy, has been reorganized several times in the past six months. The officers and soldiers have been greatly changed. Even his generals have been transferred to other armies in the name of promotion, so he
Although the current admiral is not an imperial officer, he is completely controlled by Zhu Yihai.
His attitude also changed very quickly, from ignoring Zhu Yihai and even openly sending troops to collect food and recruit soldiers, to now being honest and even acting a little too aggressively.
In the final analysis, he still lost control of his own team.
The original Zhoushan Navy was originally composed of several groups of troops. Zhu Yihai first divided Zhou Hezhi, and then reorganized it. He was almost a mere commander and could no longer control this new Zhejiang-direct Navy.
In addition, now that his daughter has joined the imperial court and is pregnant, Huang Binqing has changed from a warlord trying to separate the country to a vanguard under Zhu Yihai who dares to fight and charge.
"Gu said a long time ago that those who insist on not shaving are loyal and good people, those who are forced to shave are poor refugees, and those who take the initiative to shave are obedient slaves. They must be treated differently. Whether to shave or not cannot be simply judged.
Loyalty is treachery.
Just like in front of us, those who are willing to cut off their braids and come to welcome them are naturally loyal and good people, but those who come to welcome those who have not shaved their hair are also loyal and loyal, but they still have some hesitation and uneasiness. As for those who do not come to welcome them, we cannot say that they are good people.
He must be a traitor."
Living in troubled times, especially the people at the bottom, they are as helpless as duckweeds. Zhenjiang was occupied by the Qing Dynasty for half a year, and it is an important town. The people here are afraid of the Qing government and whether the Ming Dynasty can stay there permanently.
The uncertainty in Zhenjiang made it understandable that some of them did not dare to openly welcome the Ming army. After all, they were afraid that the Qing army would come back for revenge.
Zhu Yihai believes that the main reason for all this lies in the Ming Dynasty. It was the Ming Dynasty that failed to defend Zhenjiang, which forced the people here to fall under the iron hoof of the Tatars and be ruled by them. Therefore, it is impossible for them to support them wholeheartedly now.
Just like Huang Binqing didn't accept himself as Lu Supervisor at the beginning, so he wanted to be open-minded about many things.
If the people are still hesitant about them now, then continue to show their strength and continue to beat the Tatars, and then they will naturally support them.
To put it more bluntly, since ancient times, ordinary people have been like grass in the wind, and most of them can only surrender to the strong.
Why the imperial courts of all dynasties always emphasize loyalty and righteousness again and again is because these things are very meaningless to ordinary people. They must give priority to survival, then food and clothing, and then talk about etiquette and loyalty.
Most of the people in this era did not even have the concept of nation or country. In their eyes, the wars between the Ming and Qing Dynasties were just a matter of changing people on the throne and changing dynasties.
As for the elite scholar-bureaucrats at the top, these people can understand these concepts, but they want to safeguard their own interests. Therefore, when the country is in crisis, only some truly loyal and loyal people can stand up, and most people just waver in both directions.
.
"You can't condone it!" Huang Binqing persuaded. Now this man has always regarded himself as the head of the country.
"Loyalty deserves reward, betrayal also needs punishment, but it cannot be expanded arbitrarily." Zhu Yihai has his own principles, "Those who come to welcome each person will be rewarded with a dou of grain, each cut braid will be collected, and a reward of one coin or more will be given.
In exchange for a bucket of grain."
"If you don't come to greet me, you won't be rewarded or punished."
"Send someone to investigate. In the six months after the fall of Zhenjiang, all the officials who actively worked for the Tatars were dismissed from their posts. Among them, the corrupt officials and evil gentry who harmed the people were punished accordingly, such as fines of silver and grain or confiscation of their fields and houses, etc.
The bad ones will be put to death and their homes will be confiscated!"
Punishment and rewards are given at both ends, but the middle one is ignored.
A braid can be exchanged for a penny of silver, or directly for a dou of grain. Although a dou of grain is not much, it can support the family for ten days and a half in times of famine.
"With this decree, I'm afraid countless people will cut their braids in exchange for rewards."
"Isn't this great? For 10,000 braids, we can only pay one thousand taels of silver or one thousand shi of food, but what we get in exchange is not just 10,000 braids, but 10,000 people who support us."
"Your Highness, you may not really support cutting your braids."
Zhu Yihai laughed. He was not sincere. In the final analysis, it depends on whether they have the strength, but he still felt that exchanging food for braids was worth doing. Firstly, he also needed to help the people who were affected by the disaster. Now exchanging food for braids seemed to have additional conditions.
But on the surface it can still cause quite a sensation.
No matter how many people support it for food or sincere support, at least if everyone actively cuts their braids, it will have a great impact.
The Tatars force their hair to be shaved, while ours actively cuts their braids. This is a battle over ideology and even public opinion.
The imperial flag embroidered with a golden dragon was raised at the top of Zhenjiang City. This was the identity flag of the prisoner Zhu Yihai. The golden five-clawed dragon spread its fangs and claws, looking down at the world and looking down upon all living beings.
Then there are the Royal Camp Jinwu Town Flag of Huanglong Tunjinwu, the Royal Camp Navy Fubo Town Flag of Nine-headed Birds, the Royal Camp Dinghai Town Flag of Nine-Headed Jiao, as well as the Qinglong Banner of Banner Town and the White Tiger Banner of Yongwei Town.
, the Suzaku Flag of Warrior Town, the Xuanwu Flag of Yulin Town, the Pixiu Flag of Shizhong Town, the Kui Niu Flag of Qianniu Town, the Flying Fish Flag of Jinyiwei...
Flags were raised one after another.
The reception of Zhenjiang City was very smooth. In the Jinglue Yan, I was carried by his subordinates and fled to Jiangning City. In Tu Guobao, he led the defeated troops around the city. In Chen Jin, Bashan, Zhang Dayou and others, he and 2,500 Jiangning Eight Banners were defeated.
When the army was annihilated in Zhenjiang Camp, the officials in Zhenjiang City and some who had close relations with the Qing court all ran away.
There were also some large households who were afraid of being robbed, so they also ran away.
Some wanted to escape before they could make it, and some just left the city and were "persuaded" by the Ming army to come back. Then the supervisory state sent troops to calm the people, patrol the city defense streets, and maintain law and order.
A porridge shed was also set up.
"A large amount of materials were seized in Zhenjiang City, including armor, swords, guns, gunpowder, and even many cannons in the city. There are more than thirty red cannons..."
"A lot of grain was also seized, and there was also a lot of cloth, cotton, etc...."
Zhu Yihai was not surprised at all when he heard this. Mr. Yan had already told him how many war materials were stored in Zhenjiang City in advance. He even reported to him which warehouses they were in, including the account books and their locations.
"No traitors destroyed it, right?"
"No."
Seeing the Qing army escaping, who among the guards, such as Minzhuang and others, dared to say that they should set fire to it? Some of the more courageous ones took the opportunity to steal some and take them away, but Zhu Yihai already knew it, so even if they burned the account books, they would
It's useless. If you don't count, just arrest them and it will be clear after a first trial.
"Your Highness, about 5,000 people from Duke Yan and Tu Guobao retreated to Jiangning City. There were also 3,000 governors from Ma Guozhu in Jiangning City, as well as some village regiments, Zhuang Zhuang, etc. The total number of troops in the camp was only about 8,000. Now Wuhu, Suzhou, etc.
The ground troops are also temporarily unable to provide reinforcements. Should we take advantage of the victory to pursue Jiangning and restore Nanjing in one fell swoop?"