Chapter 144: Liu's Mother Whip
On the second day, under Zhang Xiaoshe's arrangement, Liu Guoneng's mother Zheng was taken to the barracks, and Qin Yiming personally met him, because Qin Yiming knew that Liu Guoneng in history, it was precisely because of the righteousness of the old woman in front of him that he let his son abandon the darkness and turn to the light, change the evil and return to the right, and swore allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.
"Junior Qin Yiming, meet Mrs. Liu." Qin Yiming half-bowed very politely. When Zheng saw Qin Yiming actually bowing to himself, he immediately knelt on the ground and said: "My lord's forgiveness, it's my incompetence that this woman raised such a disobedient son, my lord let me see my son, if my son doesn't change his evil and return to righteousness today, I will definitely kill him with my own hands!" ”
Zheng was already ashamed at this time, the old tears were horizontal, the temples were white, there was hatred and reluctance in his eyes, the wrinkles on his face, and the hands full of cracks made everyone present respectful, this is a typical Chinese good mother!
Qin Yiming personally helped up the Zheng family, I don't know why, seeing the Zheng family, Qin Yiming felt sour in his heart, pity the hearts of parents all over the world, seeing the Zheng family, people can't help but associate with it, and can't help but have a sense of substitution, everyone has parents, everyone is a child, do you also make your parents so sad and helpless?
"Madame understands the righteousness, the younger generation admires it very much, and is extremely moved, the younger generation has already arranged it, and the next lady can meet the king of heaven, just ask the lady to bring a few words." Qin Yiming said softly.
"Your Excellency, please speak!" Zheng Shi took Qin Yiming's hand and asked expectantly.
"If the King of Heaven is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I, Qin Yiming, will guarantee his safety, and I will integrate him and his subordinates into the military household, and each person will get fifty acres of fertile land in the future, and there will be no worries about food and clothing!" Qin Yiming said.
"Lord Xie, Lord Xie!" Zheng kept kowtowing.
On the water, a pontoon bridge floats on the waves, and there are two people on each end of the bridge, which are Liu Guoneng and his old mother.
When Liu Guoneng saw his mother, he was so excited that he burst into tears, he quickly ran to the middle of the bridge, knelt down, and began to cry!
"Mother! Children are not filial! Liu Guoneng began to kowtow with a bang, until his scalp was broken, and blood flowed.
Zheng held on to the pontoon railing, slowly walked in front of Liu Guoneng, and saw that her son had broken his head and was bleeding, and the tears and blood were mixed together, she was extremely distressed, but she endured the severe pain in her heart, and said slowly: "I have taught you since I was a mother, you must be a down-to-earth person, you must not be a thief, you must not be disloyal and unfilial, and you must not harm others, but you are so disappointed to me, have you forgotten the suffering we have suffered?" Isn't it true that you are raising up like this now to make more people suffer more than we did at the beginning? ”
"Mother! I ......" Liu Guoneng wanted to speak and stopped.
Zheng walked to Liu Guoneng's side, took off the horsewhip from Liu Guoneng's waist, and continued: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. You are stepping on the land of my Ming Dynasty, but you do not farm, you do not pay taxes, you are a useless and incompetent person, as a citizen of my Ming Dynasty, you do not respect the monarch's father, but you harm the people, you are the enemy of the heavenly soldiers, and the enemy of the court, you are a disloyal and unrighteous person, how can I have a son like you! Zheng angrily pumped down hard, and pumped it firmly on Liu Guoneng's back, and soon his clothes were torn by the horsewhip, and Liu Guoneng's back was already peeled open, and blood flowed.
"General!" When Liu Guoneng's sentinels saw their generals being whipped in public, they suddenly felt that something was wrong, and wanted to step forward to stop them, but he didn't dare, Zheng's words were reasonable, every word was heart-wrenching, and when he looked back, the faces of many of the rebels changed, and it was a look of embarrassment and shame.
"Liu Sentinel, it's not okay to go on like this, this will have too much impact on the morale of our rebels!"
"What can I do? Do you dare to step forward and stop it? Aren't you afraid that the general will kill you? Don't worry, our army is convinced of the general, as long as the general is there, we are not afraid! ”
"Hey!"
Zheng got tired of convulsions, rested for a while, and began to whip again! Every word is a whip, Liu Guoneng gritted his teeth and remained motionless, he was only afraid that his mother would be too tired.
"It's just that you're disobedient and unfilial...... However, you are angry at the disobedience to the criminal law of the state and the interests of the nation...... And the wanton killing of innocent people leads to the restlessness of one party, and the upper court is responsible for the lower ...... People, let your dying old mother be ashamed of the ground, and let your father under the nine springs...... Death is not blind, how can we see our ancestors! Zheng's chest was raised, crying loudly, tears streaming down his face, as if he had lost his physical strength, and trembled.
Liu Guoneng has been whipped by Liu's mother and his clothes are torn, but he doesn't dare to move, compared to the pain of flesh wounds, he is even more uncomfortable in his heart, he is also worried that his mother will be angry, seeing that his mother is almost unstable on her feet, it is like getting up to help.
"Brute, it's good to kneel, I don't need your help!" Zheng gasped, leaned on the rope, and scolded.
Qin Yiming on this side of the river was greatly moved by the Zheng family's actions at this time, this Zheng family is indeed noble and great.
"The Zheng family doesn't lose women!"
The other generals nodded one after another, and they all admired the Zheng family.
"My son, Lord Qin said, if you and your people are willing to surrender and serve the country, Lord Qin will give each household fifty acres of land, which will be included in the ...... Military status, don't worry about food and clothing! Lord Qin is treating us with kindness, son, you vote...... Surrender and let me ...... Will I have the face to see your father under the Nine Springs, is it okay? Zheng sobbed and convulsed, tears flowing, and his tone softened.
The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place.
Liu Guoneng cried and shouted: "Mother! ”
"Parents are here, not far away, mother, the child is not filial, the child is not filial, it's just this surrender, let ...... Let the child think about it, after all, there are tens of thousands of brothers behind the child! And this court is now ......" Although Liu Guoneng was moved, he did not change so quickly, he was still hesitating, crying and saying, hoping that his mother could understand his distress.
Seeing that Liu Guoneng still wanted to quibble, Zheng was still hesitating, and was disheartened, and a dagger appeared in his hand and raised it high! Looking at her son, she finally threw the dagger into the river and cried loudly: "Xianggong, the old woman is incompetent, I can't let our son turn back, the old woman has no face to live, the old woman is coming to you!" ”
After Zheng finished speaking, he jumped into the river!
"Mother!" Liu Guoneng was in a hurry, he really didn't expect his mother to throw himself into the river, so he jumped off without saying a word.
"Quick, help!" The sudden change on the bridge, Liu Sentinel's team suddenly shouted, and those rebels also jumped into the water in a hurry, one by one, and the whole camp was in chaos in an instant, and some people boarded the boat and rowed to Liu Guoneng's side.
Although the rebel army was in chaos, the officers and soldiers were motionless, no one thought about taking advantage of the danger at this time, Qin Yiming also wanted to save people, but he still held back, lest the two armies have a misunderstanding and fight.
Zheng was rescued, without saying a word, his heart was like ashes, and his face was indifferent.
"Mother, I surrender! I give up! Liu Guoneng knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.
Liu Guoneng's statement immediately exploded, and the rebels looked at each other, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, at a loss.
"This is my good son!" Zheng trembled and stretched out his old hands that crawled slowly and folded, and stroked them on his son's face.
"General!"
"General!"
Liu Guoneng hugged his mother and said to his sentinel river soldiers: "Brothers, we are all people who have endured life and death together, we are all good brothers, if you are willing to surrender with me, cross the river with me, if you are unwilling, I promise to let you leave safely!" ”
"General, officers and soldiers cannot be trusted!"
Liu Guoneng said: "Liu Sentinel, send someone over now, contact Lord Qin, as long as Lord Qin agrees to let our brothers who are unwilling to surrender leave, I will surrender if the sky collapses!" ”
"Yes!"
"These people can't be put! Now they are turtles in the urn, in the dead land, and if they don't surrender, they will be killed! Fierce as a tiger said.
Li Cheng stood up and said: "My lord, if these people are released, then they will let the tiger return to the mountain!" Li Cheng also opposed the release of these people, and he should take this opportunity to kill these thieves.
Qin Yiming looked at the peasant army kneeling on the ground, he didn't say a word, he was very angry in his heart, he tended to wipe out these thieves who were unwilling to surrender, but he was afraid, so he was afraid of losing the trust of the Toucheng Righteous Army.
He looked at Song Xiance, Song Xiance understood, and said: "Qin Mangfu, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, don't act rashly, it's normal for those people to have concerns, as long as you do a good job, they will naturally understand in the future, have you heard the story of buying bones for a thousand dollars?" ”
"Cousin, what Mr. Song said makes sense!" Ma Fengyi said.
Qin Yiming nodded, and finally spoke: "Okay, since this is the case, then inform General Ma to get out of the way and let those who are unwilling to surrender leave, but it must be made clear that in the future, I will not be allowed to stay in my Xingdu to guard the territory of the division, otherwise I, Qin Yiming, will not be polite!" ”
"Thank you, Lord Qin, thank you, Lord Qin!" Liu Sentinel kowtowed desperately.
After getting Qin Yiming's affirmative answer, Liu Guoneng began to clean up at night, of course, on the last night, a feast of wine and meat was indispensable, and it would be a mortal enemy to meet again in the future, Qin Yiming also sent someone to reward the three armies with good wine.
"Brothers, the number of Ming Qi is not exhausted, and there are fierce generals like Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and Lord Qin, if any of you are willing to join me in Chengcheng, we will share wealth and wealth together in the future, this Lord Qin has promised, if you are willing to surrender, each family will share fifty acres of land, and we will have land in the future, and we don't have to grab food everywhere." Liu Guoneng raised his wine glass and said to his subordinates.
"General, we have killed many officers and soldiers before, can these officers and soldiers really get us?" Some hesitate to worry.
"You're afraid of a bird, your legs are on you, you can't run!"
"That's it!"
"Okay, I'll surrender to General Liu!"
"I'm also sincere!"
Many surrendered, while others remained silent.
There are more than 50,000 people under Liu Guoneng, and there are still about 10,000 people who are unwilling to submit, these people have become accustomed to being thieves, although Liu Guoneng has a high prestige among them, but when everyone's route is different, some people still choose to separate.
The work behind is more complicated, when the five thousand white pole soldiers withdrew from the siege, more than 10,000 people left one after another, and there were as many as 40,000 people who were born, how to settle these people is a very tricky problem, and now it is the busy season of farming, these people can also catch up with the autumn harvest, they must distribute the land as quickly as possible, Qin Yiming is ready to settle them in Suizhou Qianhu, in order to make these people feel at ease, Qin Yiming asked for permission to let Liu Guoneng be the deputy Qianhu of Suizhou Qianhu, there is Liu Guoneng, Those people shouldn't be able to make any trouble.
Qin Yiming was very relieved about Liu Guoneng, because this person had not rebelled since he surrendered, but those thieves were different, they could leave at any time, so Qin Yiming asked Meng Ruhu to make them into a Shiwu, and they were sitting, one escaped, and all of them were beheaded together, which was quite severe! When these people really settle down here and do their duty, then they shouldn't need to worry about these people's rebellion. Moreover, Qin Yiming was going to train these thieves out of the infantry phalanx, those firearms and other high-tech weapons, and try not to let these people touch them.