When Du Guangting, who was covered in mud and water, was finally pulled out before he drowned in the moat, he hurriedly thanked:

"Thank you for your help."

However, when he saw that his life-saving benefactor was actually a thief army with deep eyes describing the vicissitudes of life, he couldn't help but become more and more panicked. The other party was unimpressed and asked:

"You're a scholar, aren't you?"

"Let's not."

Du Guangting, who was crying with a sad face, replied in a low voice.

"It's good, it's an object that can be transformed and fought for. Someone, take this person to change clothes, and leave with the transportation team going south. ”

He then gestured with his hand and said involuntarily

So, Du Guangting inexplicably stood with a small group of people wearing long robes and hats, drinking the hot soup and cakes that were readily provided, and watching in horror the teams of thieves passing one after another.

I saw that these thieves were well-dressed and well-equipped, shouting trumpets or singing unknown songs, and they seemed to be more energetic and neat than most of the officers and soldiers;

After seizing the county seat of Shangluo, he did not have the slightest interest in routine plundering and burning, but he crossed the county seat of Shangluo and went towards the pass to the north.

So, apart from the replacement of the flags at the head of the city, it seemed as if everything was still business as usual and nothing had happened. However, a gray-haired scholar standing beside Du Guangting muttered to himself:

"It's actually Qiu who didn't commit any crimes, this thief army is more like a king than the official army, is it possible that the world's discoloration is irreparable?"

- I'm the dividing line -

In the process of building the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Xiangyang, Zhou Huai'an successively promulgated a series of personnel appointments, as well as various schedules for individual meetings or tea parties.

First of all, it is necessary to retain the establishment of the Guangfu Liusi, and to use Wang Pan, the deputy governor, to make special arrangements for the transmission and supply of the 23 prefectures in Lingnai, as well as to supervise the sabotage, waste, corruption, and fake public welfare in the tunzhuang, workshops, and mines in the rear.

Then there were six military defense envoys, in addition to Wang Chongyin, who guarded Xuanzhou, and Huo Cun, who was sitting in Ezhou, Gao Jichang was appointed as the Runzhou military defense envoy, Lu Fang was the Guizhou military defense envoy, and the Jiaozhou military defense envoy was concurrently served by Wang Pan, and the Xiangzhou military defense envoy was temporarily vacant.

The Zhonglang General and the Left and Right Lang generals of the Taiping First Army are temporarily vacant, with Ge Cunzhou as the chief/first Lang general, Zhong Yi as the second Lang general, and Xu Yi as the third Lang general, respectively, to lead the left and right middle three compartments and the captains of each battalion;

The second army took Liu Liumao as the left general, Zhao Yinggong as the (left wing) general, Wang Ziming as the (right wing) Lang general, and the rest were temporarily absent;

The Third Army took Zhu Cun as the middle general, Su Wuming was the right general, and the rest were temporarily absent;

The Fourth Army had Cao Shixiong as the left general, Wu Xingchen as the right general, and the rest were temporarily absent;

The Fifth Army has Wang Chongba as the right general, Qian Gumei as the (right wing) general, and the rest are temporarily absent;

The Sixth Army has Chai Ping as the Zhonglang general, Zhang Juyan as the Zuolang general, and the rest are temporarily absent;

The Seventh Army took Guan Xiangying as the right general, Qu Chengyu as the general, and the rest were temporarily absent;

The Eighth Army has Cheng Dayan as the right general, Guo Yan as the general, and the rest are temporarily missing.

Lin Ming, Luo Nian, Yang Neng, Zhao Gongfan, Wang Xingkong, Zhou Ben, Zhang Biao and other lieutenants and subordinates of other battalion commanders and generals also have their own appointments and promotions; However, they were not qualified to summon and report individually, but came to meet in groups according to the order of the military to which they belonged.

In this way, the basic military structure of the Taiping Governor's Office and the Six Garrisons and the Eighth Army was formed accordingly. In addition, in addition to the news of the successive pacification in Hunan and Jingnan, good news also came from Jiangxi.

Except for the Danger Quan Irony Division, which has been defeated. Several groups of men and horses, such as Cheng Dayan, Lao Guan, and Zhang Juyan, who fought between the north and the south, successively pacified Zhong Kuangshi, the great man of Yuanzhou (now Yichun), Peng Wanggan, the powerful Peng Wanggan of Jizhou (now Ji'an), and Lu Guangchou, the powerful surname of Qianzhou (now Ganzhou), entrenched in the local area or gathered a large-scale anti-rebellion force for a while.

And use this as a reason and evidence to carry out local liquidation and rectification. Therefore, under the escort of the three detachments and the army that were running back and forth, they were pursuing and punishing those wealthy families who had a relationship in Jiangxi, and they were killing a lot of people.

Although this rebellion has caused a lot of losses and chaos, it has also washed out the hostile forces and disgruntled elements that had been dormant and hidden in the local area.

It is believed that after this great trial, the Taiping army did not go deep into the local areas, but only maintained its control, authority and influence in the cities, and will be further expanded and extended in a relatively clean and purged environment.

On the other hand, through the consolidation and consolidation of confiscated land and property, it can be said that the population displaced by the war was recruited in these places, and more cantonment houses and farms were set up as support points for the Taiping army to wedge into the local areas to exert influence.

Despite this, in the midst of such a bloody storm, there were many praises and applause; The reason is also very simple, some people are frightened by the determination and ideas of the Taiping army, as well as the ruthless and decisive repressive methods, and want to surrender and compromise in order to protect themselves.

On the other hand, compared with most of the separatist forces in the world who like to kill people and establish authority, at least the Taiping Army pays attention to the trial of both human and material evidence before the punishment is clear, rather than unscrupulous and indiscriminate killing.

In the words of Li Shicheng and other imperial court officials, it is like the so-called capable ministers and cadres in the local governments and feudal towns today, who can maintain their great reputation and governance methods without relying on murderous means.

At least the goals and targets of the Taiping Army have always been clear and consistent, and have not affected other groups of people too much. And even if there are mistakes, omissions and overcorrections, it is still a relatively fair result on the whole.

Although it is said that the number of people killed is rolling, in fact, in addition to the casualties of deliberate resistance during the arrest, in fact, the proportion of executions after the public trial of the Taiping Army is not so high, and according to the nature and degree of the situation, a variety of places are carefully arranged and planned.

According to the data reported by the three detachments in various localities one after another, in the five prefectures of Jiangxi and the three prefectures of Jiangdong alone, there were more than 1,000 people from more than 300 countries before and after, and because of their heinous crimes or notorious crimes, the leaders of the three detachments unanimously went through special procedures to approve and execute them on the spot;

There are probably several times the number of people, and after being divided into five categories and six crimes of A, B, C, D, and E, they will be escorted to Gangneung to wait for the anti-rebellion meeting presided over by Chai Ping; In order to decide and assign the corresponding exile to the state, go to the mines to do hard labor, salt factory labor, and accept supervision and reform in the tunzhuang, and so on.

And it is not unintentional for the Taiping Army to spend so much time. It is not only a declaration of impartiality, the need for the spread of the ruling power and deterrence of the new regime, but also a gradual eradication of the subsequent resurgence of reaction.

After all, it is easy to eliminate a person from the body, but as long as the head is cut off, it is basically impossible to come back to life; But it is not so easy to eliminate the influence and inertia in a social environment in which you have lived for a long time.

Just like in the land reform work of later generations, why must the landlords, their families and accomplices be tried publicly, and after exposing, accusing and sentencing the process, they still have to wear hats and hang up to parade through the streets;

This is not only because of the need to fight and humiliate these social parasitic classes, but also to destroy and annihilate their social attributes in the natural class division; After all, human beings are social animals, and basically no one can survive independently of social groups.

And through these, the dignity and dignity of the nobles and gentlemen, knocked down, dragged down, and stepped on the dust and mud processes and steps. can make the general public realize that these high-ranking old men are also ordinary people with a pair of eyes and a mouth; will also be afraid and afraid, will also cry and forgive, and will also make all kinds of ugly gestures in order to survive under the threat of force.

In this way, we will smash and destroy the false aura and hypocrisy that have been created for generations by using power, wealth, clans, and other personal dependencies over the corresponding gentry, local tyrants, big families, and eunuchs.

In this way, even if these classes have escaped the remnants and dregs of the past, and want to make waves again in the familiar countryside in the future; It is not so easy and convenient to use the township party, clans, and the like to bewitch and incite ordinary people.

Because through these acts, the basis of their existence is pulled to the same level as that of the general public; There is no longer much fear and herd appeal. It can only be driven by temporary terrorist means or interests.

But since they have all been liquidated and have lost the vast majority of the dead remnants of the resources they rely on to sustain society, how can they get enough benefits to buy and incite others; Not to mention the endless cycle and paradox of making people give up their lives to fight against the new regime.

As for the means of terror, it is true that they can frighten some timid people for a while not to cooperate with the new regime; However, in the absence of any follow-up power and foreign aid for a long time, how could they confront the Taiping military regime, which had a mechanism of violence in the body?

Therefore, with a little guidance and propaganda along the way, it will be a boost to bring the new local people and the hearts of the people and the people, and push it to the side of the Taiping military regime that can bring security and order.

Human beings are also adaptable and inertial, and when the old things are still irretrievably destroyed, they can only allow themselves to get used to and adapt to the order and way of life brought about by the new regime.

As long as they are not too much torture and oppression, they can still continue to persevere and maintain on the land where they live like their ancestors who have endured humiliation and burdens for thousands of years.

And there is another side benefit of this process, that is, these thousands of members of the three detachments who have been trained in local work are also good sparks and seedlings.

After they have seen and dealt with many cruel scenes and crimes, they naturally have corresponding positions and consciousnesses, whether consciously or unconsciously. With a little intensification, training can be converted into a candidate for a junior official to control the newly occupied areas.

Then, Zhou Huai'an can turn around and deal with the changes from the upstream.