Kill the chicken and show it to the monkey!

Everyone is no stranger to this trick, but the result of all the men being killed like this, and the female dependents being confiscated as prostitutes is simply appalling.

Maybe it's because of the arrogance for too long, so that the gentry and wealthy families in Jiangnan didn't expect this to be the result at all.

In their opinion, once the people revolt is set off, the general will inevitably compromise, just like the officials over the years, in fact, over the years, whether it is clearing the fields or clearing the arrears, no one in the Ming generation has really done this, just take Hai Rui as an example, he is just enough. Ren Yingtian was the governor of Haoqiang, but he was driven away in less than half a year.

The reason is that Jiangnan Shi has a huge influence in the court, and if anyone dares to clear the field to collect debts, then there is naturally a way to get them out. If the official can't speak, then use the people's change, in short, there is a way.

If the soft one doesn't work, then come to the hard one.

But they obviously forgot one thing - this master is not an ordinary official, Hai Rui is steel enough, but he doesn't dare to kill people at every turn, but this master not only dares to kill. And he dared to set up another yamen.

"In troubled times, we should use heavy codes, such as today's chaos, the ramps are everywhere, and the people are not stopping, we should no longer follow the common law, and set up a trial bureau to deal with the chaos!"

Under Zhu Guoqiang's instructions, Nanjing set up a trial bureau to try the gentry and households in various localities who resisted the investigation of the military fields, and imposed heavy punishments on those domestic servants who instigated the rebellion. Of course, they can make meritorious contributions for their crimes, as long as they tell the truth who instructed them to incite the people, they can not only get away with their crimes, but they can even reward them with five taels of silver. With such a combination of grace and power, those people naturally offered their masters.

Following the old example of the Li family, these incitement of civil unrest are naturally given a major crime of "rebellion", whether it is a commander or an envoy, a thousand households, or a hundred households, as long as they are involved, catch one and kill one family. Raided the house at every turn, punished his clan, and only the female dependents survived but were beaten as camp prostitutes.

For a while, all the guards were full of rumors, and even the entire Nanzhili were intimidated by the general's tyrannical methods!

"The mastermind behind the scenes kills his entire family, those who take the lead in making trouble must be exiled as much as possible, those who should be killed are killed, and the troubled times are re-enacted, if you want peace in the world, you have to be ruthless, not merciful, and use the means of Shen, Han, and Shang Yang to handle the case......"

Every time he faced the officials of the trial bureau, Zhu Guoqiang would reiterate his attitude.

And in order to receive the effect of killing one hundred people, he specially ordered people to make twenty standing cages. The prisoner's head was stuck in a wooden flail, standing in a station cage, and during the day he was pulled by a cart and paraded around the city. At night, it was placed in front of the trial bureau and sent troops to defend it. No food or drink, and within three or four days, the prisoner will be standing dead in a cage. These cages were filled with prisoners every day, and they were paraded around Nanjing every day, which made the people of the city frightened. For a while, no one was intimidated by such a method.

The squires demanded the abolition of the station cage and the benevolent government, and flew to the Yamen of the Yingtian Governor like snowflakes, and several people ran to Zhang Liang to complain and ask him to uphold justice.

Zhang Liang naturally scoffed at their request, and he even secretly thought in his heart - you ask me to uphold justice one by one, isn't this to roast me on the fire, why don't you go to the court?

In fact, they really asked the court for help through their own channels, impeaching the brutality of the general Pingyu. But the problem is that the emperor is far away, and the court can't take care of this side at the moment!

Looking at those who asked for benevolence, Zhang Liang vaguely guessed another possibility in his heart - this was the general's first move.

What will be the general's next move?

Just when Zhang Liang was thinking about the general's thoughts, the fast horse with the post flag accompanied by the messenger's shout of "eight hundred miles urgent" broke straight into the city gate of Nanjing, and then the holy decree was directly sent to the duty pavilion of the sixth department of Nanjing, and soon the holy decree came from the capital.

"Your Majesty issued an order to summon the world's soldiers and horses!"

As soon as the will of the imperial court came, the entire Jiangnan was shocked, and they were shocked by the sudden change in the situation in the north, and at the same time, everyone's eyes lit up, and they suddenly realized the opportunity!

This is an opportunity to send the general out of Nanjing and send Nanzhili out!

As long as the general leaves Nanzhili, this Qingtian will naturally go to politics. But the question is, how to send this "killing god" out of Nanjing.

In the afternoon of this day, Ma Shiying, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, came to the General's Mansion, and when he saw the general, he knelt down and kowtowed, and at the same time said in an excited tone:

"General, at present, the thieves are close to the Beijing Division, and His Majesty has issued an order to summon the world's soldiers and horses. The general is the hope of the subjects of the world, and I also ask the general to send troops to the capital as soon as possible, and ask the general not to live up to the heart of the loyal and righteous men in the world! ”

Looking at Ma Shiying in front of him, Zhu Guoqiang's face was smiling, he had a different view on the first assistant of the historical Hongguang Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, and the ministers of Nanjing all surrendered, and the first assistant who had no soldiers in his hands refused to surrender, and fled to Zhejiang with the queen mother, and after entering Hangzhou, he knew that the Hongguang Emperor had been captured, so he discussed with the bureaucrats in Hangzhou to ask Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, to supervise the country. After that, he continued to resist the Qing Dynasty in the name of the Queen Mother and Zhu Changshu, but the latter also surrendered to the Qing soldiers immediately, Ma Shiying still did not give up, and continued to lead the troops south, but in the later Tang Dynasty and Lu Wang regimes, he almost became a street rat, and no one reused him, he did not switch to the Qing side because of this, but tried his best to change his bad image in the past with the actual action of resisting the Qing Dynasty, until he was captured by the Qing soldiers in Fujian and killed. Manchu documentary notes record his death extensively, but none of them mention his desire to surrender.

Ma Shiying's evaluation of Huang Duanbo, who heard that Zhao Zhilong, Qian Qianyi and others surrendered and led the crowd to surrender, and wrote the number "Huang Duanbo, the director of the Ritual Department of the Ming Rite Department, does not surrender" in the city gate.

During the interrogation of Huang Duanbo, Duoduo asked:

"Ma Shiying, who is it?"

Huang Duanbo: "Ma Shiying, loyal ministers!" ”

Angry and ridiculous, Duoduo asked:

"Ma Shiying is a traitor, how can he be loyal?"

Huang Duanbo said:

"Ma Shiying did not surrender, and supported the Queen Mother to enter Zhejiang as a loyal minister, on the contrary, Zhao Zhilong, Qian Qianyi and other talents who have shaved their hair and are unfilial piety."

Of course, this is not to excuse Ma Shiying, he can only be regarded as a speculative minister, and he did not handle the relationship between various factions in the internal situation, which led to chaos in internal affairs, continuous party strife, warlord infighting, and self-consumption. But at least in the face of national righteousness, he was not ambiguous, and on the other hand, his political enemies, the Donglin Party and the Fushe, most of them surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the most shameful thing is that they held the right to speak and poured dirty water on Ma Shiying. Of course, there are also hard bones in the Donglin Party, such as Huang Daozhou and others.

But compared to the Ming Dynasty, on the national righteousness, people are indeed much stronger than many people.

And after Zhu Guoqiang arrived in Nanjing, Ma Shiying also fully cooperated, in fact, the more such people with the name of traitors, the more they know about current affairs.

Now seeing him kneeling down and begging him to send troops to the king, Zhu Guoqiang nodded.

"Sima, please get up, hurry up!"

Hurriedly stood up and helped Ma Shiying up, Zhu Guoqiang choked up and said,

"I am also the descendant of Emperor Gao, how can I tolerate thieves taking away my Ming dynasty? Even if you don't come to beg me, I will send troops to the king, I know, the world thinks I am a traitor, I will definitely sit back and watch the fall of the capital, but if so, will it not disappoint the hopes of the people of the world, and be despised by the world! ”

The general's answer surprised Ma Shiying.

"I wonder when the general will send his troops?"

"Of course the soldiers have to be sent, but now that none of the soldiers and horses under my command are around, even if they are sent out, I'm afraid it will take some time?"

Zhu Guoqiang said with some annoyance.

"Moreover, now that the troops are being dispatched to the army, they also need to prepare grain, grass, and money, and whether these can be done overnight,"

"General, the subordinates have a way to prepare all the money, food, and grass they need within three days!"

"Three days?"

Zhu Guoqiang was surprised.

Ma Shiying hurriedly said with a smile and took half a step back,

"General, as long as you are willing to send troops to Qinwang Zhejiangnan, I don't know how many people will be willing to give money and food."

"Oh? What's going on? ”

Zhu Guoqiang said curiously.

"Don't you know that for those people, only if you can leave Jiangnan, they can sleep peacefully. Naturally, they are willing to pay for your departure in order to see you off. Therefore, the subordinates were ready to squeeze a sum of money out of them. ”

Looking at Ma Shiying in front of him, Zhu Guoqiang suddenly said with a smile.

"Okay, your mother adapts, it turns out that you want to make money in my name! Are you not afraid that I will punish you? ”

"The general is dedicated to the country. did not hesitate to offend the powerful, although the ministers said that they blackmailed those people in the name of the world generals, but the silver was used to save the Ming Dynasty. Rest assured, General, I will never be greedy for a penny. ”

It's not that Ma Shiying doesn't want to be greedy, but because he doesn't dare, because he knows the character of this great general, if he is really greedy, I'm afraid that this little life will really not be saved at that time.

But if this errand is done well, it will naturally be favored by the general.

With the favor of this great general. The future is naturally promising. Which is more important, Ma Shiying is very clear.

Looking at Ma Shiying who was swearing in front of him, Zhu Guoqiang's heart was quite emotional.

What is a loyal minister, what is a traitorous minister, at least the one in front of him is definitely not a loyal minister in history.

But at least since arriving in Jiangnan, this famous traitor has fully cooperated. As for those so-called gentlemen, it is already God blessed if they can not stumble in private.

If you use a traitor well, you may not become a loyal minister, but you can definitely become a good sword.

After thinking about it, Zhu Guoqiang looked at him and said.

"Hey, if my Ming courtiers are like you, how can this Ming country get to this point. It's good that my daimyo and a loyal minister like you who are diligent in state affairs......"