Chapter 772: Prince, He is also an outstanding person through the ages
"Do you think the prince will let them refund the money? Then,"
Baozhu, who was in charge of security in the corner of the venue, quietly pulled Deputy Director Ding who was retreating and wiped his neck.
If the prince really wants to do this, then Baozhu will be busy later.
Outside the venue, there were not only 500 swordsmen but also 500 gunmen ambushing them. No one in charge could escape.
As for the personal guards brought by the surrendered generals, they were all well arranged.
"Will not,"
Deputy Director Ding shook his head: "Your Majesty has been able to get to where he is today because of his honesty and trustworthiness. I don't think Your Majesty will destroy his own brand. He will probably scare them."
"That's true."
Baozhu fell silent. Your Excellency, the President, is second best in the world when it comes to keeping his word. No one dares to be first in the world.
The president's famous saying is "I would rather the world betray me than I should betray the world."
What state is this?
No one who is not a saint can compare with him.
But after thinking about it, I reminded Deputy Director Ding: "Director Ding, you are very knowledgeable. Do you know how to write the four words "Recovering money without knowing it"?
"Um?"
Deputy Director Ding looked at Captain Bao deeply, and his cheeks twitched involuntarily, "Xiaobao, you are very knowledgeable now."
"I have been with the prince for a long time, and if I don't make any progress at all, I am not holding the prince back. Thank you, director!"
With a smile on his face, Baozhu took the two silver ingots from Deputy Director Ding and put them into his pocket.
According to the bank's exchange ratio, almost one gold ingot is exchanged for four silver ingots. Deputy Director Ding is still fair.
However, Deputy Director Ding cannot guarantee whether the prince will use one or two demoted generals as examples. After all, some people have gone too far.
Therefore, I asked Captain Bao to prepare. If the prince wants to capture someone, he must capture him as soon as possible to avoid accidents.
"Don't worry, these people have handed over their swords and guns, and the prince has also put on a bulletproof vest. Everything is ready, just wait for the prince to throw the bowl."
Having said that, Baozhu was still on full alert, his eyes darting back and forth on the faces of the generals like sharp arrows, and finally he stared at the Chenghua big cock bowl in front of the prince.
There is a gap in this bowl, which has a history.
This bowl is a family heirloom of the prince. It was left behind when the prince fell in Jinchuan. Later, Governor Bo Qing of Sichuan spent a lot of money to redeem it from Xiaojinchuan and sent a horse eight hundred miles away to deliver it to the prince.
After this, the prince always used this bowl whether he was eating or drinking tea.
"Da Qing Daily" also had a special report, the article was called "Master Jia Jia's Bowl".
The author took a different approach to personify the bowl. Through the perspective of this bowl, he described in detail the scene where Master Jia Jia shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers in Jinchuan, reflecting Master Jia Jia's hard work and simplicity, and his spirit of loving soldiers like his own son.
On the market, the market price of Chenghua rooster bowl is around 600 taels, which is about the salary of an ordinary Green Camp soldier in the past forty years.
Although this big rooster bowl was chipped and became a defective product, because it is an ancestral treasure of Prince Rui and is of great cultural relic value, the market price of this bowl has reached tens of thousands taels.
Asiha, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was even willing to pay 20,000 taels for this bowl, but Prince Rui decisively refused, saying that it would be left for the prince and grandson, so that his spirit could be passed down from generation to generation.
Therefore, this bowl is something that even rich people cannot buy.
The best of the best.
However, even if this broken bowl is worth thousands of gold, at the critical moment, even if the prince dropped it, he would just drop it.
Baozhu is very clear about this.
Deputy Director Ding also remained focused and glanced at the group of surrendered generals. The more he looked at them, the less he wanted to see them. He couldn't help but snorted slightly: "These guys are honest on the surface, but in fact they are full of evil and are not worthy of trust."
Baozhu nodded and said, "I think so too. It's best to get rid of them all, otherwise there will be no trouble in the future."
Deputy Director Ding shook his head slightly: "It's unrealistic to get rid of them all. After all, it was the prince who recruited An. He spent real money and thousands of gold to buy horse bones. You should understand. If we really want to get rid of these guys, who will be there in the future?"
Do you still dare to come and surrender to the prince? If you really want to destroy one city after another, how many people will have to be sacrificed?"
"That's the truth, but Director Ding, can you guarantee that these guys won't rebel against the prince in the future?"
Baozhu has reservations about this.
"As long as the prince treats them sincerely, these people will not rebel against the prince. After all, they are all serious officials these days. What can they do to get the benefits of being an official?"
While speaking, Deputy Director Ding put the briefcase in his hand under his arm, casually took off the cigarette that was resting on his ear and held it in his hand.
This cigarette was given to him by the prince just now and he didn't have time to smoke it.
I don't want to smoke it, I want to keep it and taste it slowly.
Baozhu hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Director Ding, I know you are knowledgeable and your words are reasonable, but the emperor seems to treat the prince well, and the prince still wants to kill the emperor."
"Um?"
Deputy Director Ding was so excited that he almost cut off the cigarette. He calmed down, looked around, made a gesture of silence, and complained: "Xiaobao, just tell me this kind of thing that is not good for unity.
But don’t tell others, it’s not good for the prince to know. And don’t say such things in front of me in the future. You know, I am a member of the House Committee now, and I cannot not report what I know.”
"Um."
Baozhu nodded quickly. Seeing no one else, Deputy Director Ding had a good relationship with him, so he boldly expressed his thoughts.
It is this group of surrendered generals who have tasted the sweetness of being recruited, and the soldiers under them are the only ones who obey their orders. Even though they have returned to the imperial court, they still firmly hold the military power, and the soldiers under them only know them but not them.
Prince.
If this continues, even if the prince can pacify Huguang, once the prince returns to the court, these gangs will not cause trouble again.
"The fact that you can think of this question shows that you have really made progress, but don't worry, I believe that the prince's wisdom is far superior to that of you and me."
Deputy Director Ding, who was holding a briefcase under his arm, acted like he was giving advice, "I estimate that the next step for the prince is to solve the concerns you raised. The method is nothing more than controlling money and food, recruiting elite soldiers, and taking back financial, military and political power."
Xingyuan."
"Will these people agree?"
Baozhu is not optimistic about this.
"It all depends on the prince's methods."
Deputy Director Ding took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and took a deep breath. "Your Majesty is an outstanding person who comes out once in a thousand years. It is a blessing for you and me to live in the same era as such an outstanding person. I believe that with Your Majesty's wisdom, we will be able to
No big difficulty can trouble him, as long as we conscientiously carry out the prince's instructions, it will be fine."
"Yes, yes, no matter how much we think about it, we can't even think about it as much as the prince."
Baozhu was convinced and his eyes returned to the rostrum again.
On the central podium, Prince Rui was very unhappy.
Sometimes he slaps the table and scolds, sometimes he puts his hands on his hips and points, and sometimes he throws his royal hat back and forth on the table, feeling extremely angry.
Why are you unhappy?
There must be a reason.
Hubei Governor Zheng Dajin stood up and briefed all the generals present on the specific reasons.
The report can be described as shocking and appalling, and the crimes one after another are heinous.
The relevant staff of the governor's yamen also distributed the printed internal documents one by one, which detailed the recent illegal and criminal behavior of the generals in various places who disturbed the people, acted arrogantly, and acted recklessly, in defiance of the laws and regulations of the court.
However, not many generals read the internal documents carefully after they are distributed, because most of them are illiterate.
When the meeting reached this point, everyone knew the reason why Prince Rui called them here.
Some generals couldn't sit still because some of the reported situations were caused by them.
This made the surrendered generals not only fearful, but also chilled. Looking at the imperial guards surrounding the venue with their swords and guns, their expressions changed drastically, and they regretted that they should not have held this meeting for the sake of organization.
Some people even have cramps in their calves.
Why?
I was afraid that Prince Rui would order someone to drag him out and chop him down.
Every one of them regretted greatly. They should not have handed over their weapons when they entered the door. Now it's better. There was really something wrong. They didn't even have a chance to resist.
However, Prince Rui on the stage did not lift the table and call for help. Instead, he picked up a tea bowl and moistened his throat. He looked around at the generals and said calmly: "Does Master Zheng have said that he has not wronged you at all?"
No one dared to speak.
Who dares to answer the call at this time?
Isn’t this self-inflicted?
"If you don't say anything, it means Master Zheng has not wronged you!"
Jia Liu's expression was stern, he tapped the table with his right index finger, his face was ashen, "This time, I am leading the army to the south. I don't want the lives of the people to be destroyed, and I don't want the people to suffer from this military disaster. Therefore, I resisted the pressure of the imperial court and took the initiative to recruit you and others.
I treated you well, kept my promise to give you and other high-ranking officials generous salaries, and allowed you to honor our ancestors. But is this how you repay me?"
There was still silence in the audience.
"The imperial court has sent out documents one after another asking me to give an explanation. How can I give this explanation? You are all people whom I have hired, and in the eyes of some people, you are my people. Now you are ineffective, and you have harmed the people and caused trouble.
This king, do you also have to give me an explanation?"
"If you don't give me an explanation, do you want me to plead guilty to the emperor, saying that I was blind before recruiting you people? Do you want me to tell the court that it was wrong for me to treat you preferentially and that I shouldn't?
I will give you a chance, but I will eradicate you!"
Jia Liu asked two questions in succession, but the audience remained silent.
Definitely can't be left in the cold.
Therefore, Jia Liu's eyes fell on Wang Daji, who was the first to surrender: "General Wang, you are the first to surrender to me. Why don't you tell me how I want to explain to the court what you people have done."
Wang Daji didn't expect Prince Rui to call him by name. He stood up blankly and didn't know what to say. He finally gritted his teeth and said, "I don't understand anything, so I will listen to the prince's decision!"
"It's all up to my king's disposal?"
Jia Liu snorted coldly, "Then I ask you, what is the relationship between Song Xing and you?"
"Song Xing?"
Wang Daji was stunned, not knowing whether to answer truthfully that Song Xing was his sworn brother.
While hesitating, Prince Rui spoke.
"Even if you don't tell me, I know that Song Xing worked with you in a mine in the past. Your incense-burning association is called the Thirteen Taibao, right? Your Wang Daji is the Big Taibao, and Song Xing is the Seventh Taibao. You are the Thirteenth
Among the Taibao, six Taibao surrendered to me, and there are seven more Taibao who are working for the rebel army, yes or no!"
Jia Liu had no expression on his face.
In fact, in addition to the Thirteen Taibao, this group of thieves also has various nicknames such as the Four King Kong, the Five Tiger Generals, the Six Little Ghosts, the Big Dipper, the Eight Tiger Cavalry, and the Dragon Nine Sons, as well as the Four Heavenly Kings and the Eight Biao.
Riding, Sixteen Heavenly Generals and other random nicknames, one after another, just like the leaders of the peasant uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty, there are really as many heavenly kings as dogs, and dragons and tigers are everywhere.
It seems that without these awesome-sounding nicknames, these thieves and generals would not dare to rebel against the Qing Dynasty.
Giving nicknames to rebels is similar to not using real names for rebels. This Jia Liu can understand.
But such an uncultured nickname seems very ridiculous.
Not as good as Prince Tarui, nicknamed "Guiziliu".
When he saw Prince Rui, even their sworn brother's thirteen eunuchs knew that Wang Daji dared to hide it. He honestly admitted that Song Xing was his sworn brother, but explained: "My lord, those are all arranged randomly by outsiders, and the general will always keep it secret from beginning to end."
I have never taken these thirteen Taibao seriously, they are all arranged at will by idlers."
As he was speaking, he was interrupted by Prince Rui.
"I don't care about what happened in the past, and I don't want to know that since Song Xing is your sworn brother, this person has violated the king's law, preyed on the people, and killed the people. This time he dare not come to see me. He clearly doesn't want to be sincere.
Submit, this is the case, and I cannot allow such scoundrels to ruin the reputation of our upright officers and soldiers, and damage the discipline of the imperial court!"
Speaking of this, Jia Liu waved his hand directly and said to Wang Daji: "Go and deal with Song Xing. I am responsible to the court and the people, and you are also responsible to me! If you can't handle Song Xing, you Wang Daji, the registered general, will
Don't do it, I will give you travel expenses to go home and farm."
"Your Majesty,"
Wang Daji was horrified in his heart, but hesitant on his face, because when they burned incense and became sworn brothers, they, the Thirteen Taibao, had sworn not to live together but to die together.
If he led troops to deal with Song Xing, what would the other brothers think?
It seems unfaithful to outsiders.
He killed his brother for the sake of wealth and wealth, so how can he live in the Taoism after calling him Wang Daji?
When he was hesitating, Prince Rui said impatiently: "If you can't do it, I will send someone else to do it. Just pack up and go back to your hometown. In recognition of your righteousness, I will give you a hundred acres of fertile land. Go there."
Just become a rich man later."
The tone leaves no room for doubt.
Hearing this, Wang Daji couldn't help but shuddered, his heart tightened, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will immediately take people to Fang County to remove Song Xing's head!"
"Bring it here and talk to me again."
Jia Liu's eyes fell on the faces of the other generals, and he stood up slowly: "I am very happy that you can come to the meeting, which shows that you are sincerely willing to submit to me, but I also want to talk to you today.
If you don't wear the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, I won't say anything, but since you wear the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, you must know the laws and regulations of the court!"
pause,
"I will forgive you for what happened before, as long as your nature has not changed. But in the future, whoever dares to plunder and extort the people, I will not only take him as his leader, but also destroy his entire family!"