Tonight, the war drums at the head of the city are frequent, and even if they are more than ten miles away in the north, they can be faintly heard from the temple mountain and the cliff.

In the deep night, Qian Zheng and Wu Jinmei climbed the temple mountain, looking at the direction of the sunshine, there was an orange-red, it is estimated that the city head is on fire, reflecting the heaven and the earth.

Temple Mountain in the north, there have long been scouts to report, Jiaozhou has Yuan soldiers and horses to the south to help, Yu Zhilong ordered him two to lead a thousand troops, choose the dangerous terrain to set up a village to guard, Yu Shichang led a cavalry army in the left and right echo.

The sky is dawning, and the city of sunshine is finally broken.

Meng Sanjie was beheaded by Mu Chun in front of the army, and Wu Yanerduo and Liang Si were bound.

Yu Zhilong sat in the hall of the Rizhao County Ya, which was the position of the county Yin Liangsi's daily case, and at this time, Wu Yanerduo under the hall was almost paralyzed into a puddle of mud. He hesitated several times before, and finally didn't dare to drink the crane top red, and after the Jing'an army burst into the mansion, he sighed and tied his hands. His subordinates had already taken advantage of the chaos to scatter and fled, and when they left, they also looted a large amount of gold and silver in the house, and a group of frightened concubines and maids were also taken prisoner. As for Liang Si, who was gray-faced, he was held by the Jing'an army and knelt straight in the lobby, surrounded by a circle of Jing'an army generals with swords and guns.

"Liang Si, when the matter is coming, what else do you have to say?" Yu Zhilong looked at Liang Si carefully for a long time, thinking that this scribe from the imperial examination could take refuge like Xie Lin, but who knew that Liang Si did not eat soft and hard from beginning to end, even if the steel knife was on his neck, except for some trembling, he did not let go.

"A certain wish to be a great yuan ghost is a sword, how can I bear to betray the king's disloyalty." Although Liang Si was afraid in his heart, his tone remained unchanged.

Kong Ying couldn't bear it, and persuaded again: "The Yuan court is unrighteous and loses its deer." You have also made a fortune to study, and you should know the right path of the sage Kuang Fu Sheji! Moreover, the Tartars are from the north, and they are not of my kind, and their hearts are different. Today's people are divided into four classes, which shows its disadvantages! Why is Jun obsessed with his good body and ambition? ”

Liang Si frowned slightly, and said slowly: "I am the master of the Great Yuan, and I dominate the north and south of the desert. Emperor Shizu is even more talented. Although they are foreigners, they are guided by the situation, and if they use our Chinese law, they are the masters of China. Now that Kyushu is unified, the great Yuan martial arts are shaking the past and the present, and it is in the ascendant, although there are bandits and disasters, but the disease of moss is not to be worried! I see that you are a knowledgeable person, how can you cast a pearl secretly and snort at a thief? ”

Kong Ying couldn't help but be suffocated, but he was ridiculed by him. I want to argue, but I don't know how to say it for a while. Thinking of what happened to me, I felt a pain in my heart, and I couldn't express it.

Meng Chang said with a smile: "Qin lost his deer, and the world chased him." In addition, the Tartars were originally Beidi barbarians, stealing the Central Plains, and had to use Han law for the stability of the country. Now the anti-Yuan righteous divisions from all over the world have swarmed, and the people of the country have all responded with indignation, isn't the first battle in Rizhao a clear proof? ”

Liang Si suddenly sighed: "Ignorant and foolish people, ignoring the law and morality, and being like a moth to a fire at night, it is sad and hateful!" ”

Rizhao City was broken, not only did it play a huge role last night, but there were thousands of fishermen outside the city who were instigated by the Jing'an Army to serve in front of the Jing'an Army.

Yu Zhilong was furious, and shouted angrily: "Since the monarchs and ministers of the Yuan Court regard us and other small people as mustards, how can they force us to surrender willingly? ”

"A gentleman should uphold the majesty of heaven and earth, the big one is for the country and the people, and the small one is good for himself. Meng Yuan stole the Central Plains, and in order to make a long-term plan, he had to follow the imperial examination to win the hearts of the people. You claim to be a sage and a backward sage, but you abandon the orthodoxy of the Han family, put down your body, and are willing to be driven by it! It's just a matter of acting for the tiger, how can you still be complacent, not ashamed, but proud? ”

"The issuance of the yuan banknote alone is an important matter related to the financial taxation of the imperial court and the livelihood of the people in the world, but the nobles and nobles in various places do not know how many people print on their own for personal gain, resulting in the depreciation of the yuan banknotes, the withering of the people's lives, and the many people who are in hardship and ruined. You claim to be a sage and a backward sage, why don't you see asking for your life for the people and crying blood? Have those who published privately been punished? ”

"Looking at the prosperity of the sunshine salt fields, there are no less than 100,000 hectares of high-grade salt fields, but private fields account for more than sixty percent, and the number of registered acres in the county is less than half! A few days ago, countless dilapidated salt households and boat households outside the city begged for survival from our army, accusing the government of exploiting like tigers, and they bear eighty percent of the county's salt tax every year! Hundreds of people break their homes every year! As a local parent, would you rather be ashamed? ”

"The so-called people have good and evil, and the law is also divided into good and bad! If the law can punish the king, the lower can be a criminal; Don't bend your waist because of your high position, and don't be harsh on your head! All the people are together, and all the tribes and all industries are treated. This is a good method! In this way, the Son of Heaven is afraid, the subjects are united, the upper and lower levels are orderly, and the rights and responsibilities are equal, so that there is the possibility of great harmony in the world; The way of the sages, nothing but that! The country treats the people with soldiers, and it is the law of China! ”

As soon as Yu Zhilong's words came out, the lobby was silent, and Liang Siru was struck by lightning and muttered: "Subtle words, grandstanding, I disdain to refute it." ”

Yu Zhilong looked at Liang Si's pale face, this person is familiar with reading the scriptures, can pass the imperial examination, proves that he is indeed talented and learned, these days in order to defend the city really contributed, is also a character, but it is a pity that he is confined to the idea of the monarch and the minister, and he is loyal to the Yuan Court, but unfortunately he can't be used by himself.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" Kong Ying and the others saw that Yu Zhilong was silent, not knowing his mind. Xie Lin, Kong Ying, Jin Yan and others all read the books of sages, so they naturally hoped to persuade Liang Si to wake up, but seeing that Liang Si was so stubborn, he knew that he couldn't do anything.

Kong Bi, Mu Chun, Cui Hu and others did not have a good face for Liang Sike, if it weren't for Liang Si's painstaking support, this Rizhao City would have been taken down long ago. At the beginning, Yu Zhilong made a plan to besiege the city and send reinforcements, but he also found that Rizhao City was really difficult to attack, so he changed his mind.

Several people have knives in their hands, as long as Yu Zhilong drinks the order, they will not hesitate. Especially Cui Hu, he didn't have the slightest good impression of this local official, and the inspection department under Liang Siyu has always been the enemy of the smuggler salt dealers, and the two sides have killed and injured hundreds of people over the years.

At this time, there were hundreds of households in the army one by one, and these people were ordered to Liang Si, Wu Yanerduo, Meng Sanjie and other mansions to copy, and now the assets have been confiscated, although there is no detail for the time being, but the number of goods has been approximated.

"I have seen General Fei, and his subordinates have found twelve boxes of gold and silver and two boxes of treasure money in Wuyan Erduo's house, and it is finally no less than 800,000 taels; at least forty boxes of jade, jewelry, porcelain, and silk; There are ten boxes of gold and silver in Meng Sanjie's house, which is no less than 600,000 taels; At least twenty boxes of jade, jewelry, porcelain, and silk. The two families also have land deeds and land deeds, which are not counted. It is reported that when the city was broken, the house slaves of the two men looted the goods in the house, and the money and property were lost. ”

"General Yufei, I found five hundred taels of gold and silver in Liang's house, and there are only four boxes of jade and porcelain."

The generals were dumbfounded when they heard that the first two families were so rich, and it was strange to hear that there was only this in Liang Si's house.

Qu Bo brought in a steward from Liang Sijia outside the hall and asked why.

The steward trembled and said: "Because your army is attacking the city, in order to boost morale, my lord ordered that most of the family funds be donated for military use. ”

"How much does this Liang Lao'er have?" Qu Bo asked.

"Don't dare to hide it from this general, in addition to the mansion, there are 400 acres of land outside the city, and about 40,000 taels of silver."

Liang Si has been an official for a long time, although he is not a clean official, and he also accepts filial piety from his subordinates and merchants, but compared to Wu Yanerduo and Meng Sanjie, he is much more incorruptible.

Yu Zhilong asked a kneeling county official on the lower side again: "Then Wu Yanerduo and Meng Sanjie donated geometric defense of the city?" ”

The chief bookkeeper knelt down and replied: "The two thieves donated less than 30,000 taels of silver. ”

The generals laughed, these two people love money so much, and when they are alive and dead, they are reluctant to give up anything outside their bodies. Now all of them are cheaper, and the Jing'an Army is cheaper.

Yu Zhilong patrolled back and forth in the lobby several times, and finally stopped, Huo Ran stood up and said: "Fighting on the battlefield, I don't dare to spare my life, but for all of you and the people of the Han family to have the privilege of living and working in peace and contentment." However, the future is bumpy, and it is by no means something that I can break through alone, so I hope that people with lofty ideals in the world will respond! Today, such as the Liang Gong, although he is a descendant of the Han family, he has read the books of sages, but he has forgotten his ancestors, and is willing to be driven by the Tartars. If the original heart is not clear, and it is still impossible to repent so far, what is the use of keeping it? ”

Liang Si insisted on not surrendering, and Yu Zhilong was no longer reluctant. However, he can't be simply executed directly, otherwise, wouldn't it be the good name of Liang Sizhong's Yuan Court.

"Ordered the whole city, the county Yin Liang Si recognized the Tartar as his father, the crime is unforgivable, and he is a thief of the Han family, and he should be punished by the canon. All his family assets were confiscated into the public, and all his relatives were put into hard labor, and he was not allowed to leave the country within three lifetimes! ”

"Just erect a monument outside the City God Temple! Let's talk about Liang Si's stubbornness, and warn me that the descendants of China! Anyone who is a traitor will be scolded by a thousand generations of foreign generations! ”

"Thief! Ann dares to insult me too much! Liang Si originally still held the belief that he would be loyal to the country and the righteousness of the whole monarch and ministers, but he didn't expect Yu Zhilong to give such an order, and he actually sent his Liang Si family to hell.

Jin Yan and the others couldn't bear it a little in their hearts, and wanted to open their mouths to plead, but when they saw that the generals of the Jing'an Army were very happy, they couldn't help but hesitate for a while.

Liang Si's painstaking efforts to defend the city really caused a lot of losses to the Jing'an army, and there were no less than five or six hundred people killed in the battle alone, and the wounded were innumerable. Many of them are disabled.

"The world is unstoppable. Now that Yuan has lost its deer, the heroes are chasing it together, you don't want to ask for life for the people, obey the sky, be obsessed, and be willing to break the same boat with the tyrannical yuan, like a praying mantis blocking the car, capsizing is imminent, what can the husband say? Yu Zhilong Zhense said.

"Poof-" Liang Si was so angry that he sprayed a mouthful of blood on the spot, and the captured Yuan court officials outside the hall were stunned, and the timid ones sweated like pulp.

Meng Chang applauded and shouted: "General Fei sees thousands of miles, Liang is ashamed to cry blood, and the Jing'an army wins!" ”

Mu Chun, Kong Bi and the others laughed, and they all praised and shouted: "General Fei sees thousands of miles, and the Jing'an army wins!" ”

Yu Zhilong waved his hand and motioned to the soldiers to drag Liang Si, who was almost unconscious, out and execute him according to the order.

Wu Yan Erduo was already so frightened that his hands and feet were sore, and he was paralyzed on the ground, and when he saw Liang Si being taken away by the soldiers, he kowtowed and begged again and again, and was willing to give all he had, and was willing to write to his relatives and friends to persuade him to return.

Yu Zhilong smiled: "You can't just put pig's ears in the circle, what's the use?" "It's all about cutting it out.

There are also captured Yuan soldiers and righteous army generals in the lower hall, and Kong Ying and others are screened one by one, and those who return to the people are beheaded, and those who resist and do not surrender are all beheaded. The rest of the people can be disposed of at their discretion.

Then he ordered Jin Yan to lead the army to confiscate the large households that donated a lot of goods to the Yuan army this time, and their families and relatives were all imprisoned, or punished with hard labor, and all women were used as official prostitutes.

Since ancient times, the wives and daughters of criminal ministers have been remade into official prostitutes by the imperial court, or military prostitutes, etc., and their conditions are miserable. Yu Zhilong is not a revolutionary, since he has entered this world, he must act in accordance with universal rules.

People like Liang Si, Yu Zhilong saw that his mind was unbreakable, so he simply dealt with it with great fanfare. There have been many Chinese since ancient times, and there has never been a shortage of traitors.

Yu Zhilong instructed his staff to quickly handle the reception of the city, the screening of personnel, the statistical distribution of seized materials, and the registration of military merits.

Kong Ying and the others received the order, and began to work in the left and right courtyards of the county government. In order to speed up the efficiency of work, dozens of scribes were specially recruited to serve in the army, and most of them belonged to Kong Ying and others; Kong Ying, Meng Chang, Jin Yan and others also gradually became familiar with military affairs, and dozens of people worked together to handle affairs more and more quickly.

Seeing that Yu Zhilong finished his order, Wu Xingde, and Cui Hu came from the lower hall to see him, and there were more than a dozen people behind him, with more than a dozen people dressed in linen shoes, not only with tears on the clothes, but also stained with a lot of blood, but only three people, dressed in brocade clothes, stepping on mille-feuille boots, among which the leader was a middle-aged face, and his chubby face was full of smiles.

"My lord, these are Cui's brothers in the city, and they broke the sluice gate of the waterway yesterday, thanks to their sacrifices!" Cui Hu knelt down and pointed to the four or five people who followed behind him.

"Xiaomin has seen General Fei!" Wen Xian and the others didn't dare to raise their heads, so they followed the leader Cui Hu and hurriedly bowed down and reported their names one by one.

Yu Zhilong said happily: "All the strong men, please get up, come and take a seat!" ”

The guards took out the seats from behind the screen, lined up below, and Cui Hu, Wu Xingde and others bowed goodbye before they dared to sit next to each other carefully.

Wen Xian and the others stood up and said: "Wen and others don't dare to take credit, there were still these righteous people who heard about the incident yesterday, if it weren't for their help, Wen and others would not be able to accept the army into the city." ”

Yu Zhilong looked at Wen Xian's finger, it was the man in brocade who was the leader.