One day and one night, the city of Wuzhou, guarded by 40,000 rebels, fell into the hands of the official army, and the rebel general Yang Guowei took 20,000 soldiers and horses out of the city, leaving only a few hundred, defeated back to Guilin, and the rebels in the city, after Liu Shun attacked the east gate, suddenly became in chaos and fled from Wuzhou.

The Jingjiang regime, after this defeat, was once again beaten back to its original form, and it was already on the verge of death and was bound to fall.

Wuzhou was occupied, Wang Yan followed the army to pull out the camp, entered the city, and asked his subordinates to post notices to the people, strict military discipline, but anyone who robbed the people and raped women was immediately beheaded.

Overnight, the banner in Wuzhou City changed greatly, listening to the shouting and noise last night, the people who were worried all night still did not dare to go out when the day was bright, and the sergeant of the straight city beat the gongs and drums, and shouted loudly in the city to reassure the people, and the city slowly recovered some vitality.

At noon, a large group of Wuzhou gentry came to the palace to meet Wang Yan after entering the city, and thanked the officials and soldiers for their comfort.

Wang Yan said: "The outer royal Hulu, the internal security people, this is the duty of our army, why do you need to say thank you?" ”

When the gentry heard this, their hearts were shocked, whether it was the king of Jingjiang or Ding Kuichu, the governor of Liangguang who had captured Wuzhou before, the first thing they did after entering the city was to let them help the gentry, but if they did not agree, they would inevitably be imprisoned, and now the Marquis of Zhongyong not only did not disturb the people, they took the initiative to come to the door, according to the routine to help, but they were still refused, how strange the gentry was in their hearts.

"The court has its own laws, and you and other good people only need to obey the law and pay taxes according to the system." Wang Yan continued: "In the future, under the rule of Benhou, everything will be in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if Benhou's subordinates have disturbed and abused the people, you can sue Benhou, and Benhou will definitely punish him severely." ”

Since the Chongzhen Dynasty, the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have overwhelmed the people, making the northern land swarm, although the south is rich, but life is not easy.

The imperial court took the tax silver, but the army of the Ming Dynasty could not keep the peace of the people, neither blocked the northern captives, nor exterminated the Liukou, and even the two Kyotos fell one after another.

The officers and soldiers not only wasted food and wages, but also slaughtered the people from time to time.

Yangzhou, Huai'an and other places, there have been gentry with the countryside to defend the city, refusing to enter the city of the official army, this is the loss of the people's will to what extent, will such a situation occur?

The Ming officials and the army, the outside can not resist the Hulu, the inside can not calm the people, the people are afraid of the officials and bandits, how can the Ming Dynasty not be defeated?

In troubled times, human life is not as good as a dog, and the court can ask ministers, scholars and doctors who have received the favor of the country, to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but how to require those people who are regarded as grass mustard to also be loyal to the country?

Although the northern captives are of a different race, but he is strong and strong, and when he lays down a place, he is too peaceful, and the ordinary people have not received Confucian education, they can't distinguish between the great defense of Yixia, and they just want the world to be stable, there are no rogues, no bandits, and they can eat roe deer from the ground, so who cares who is in the world.

What's more, when the northern captives went south, so many princes and ministers surrendered on their knees, and the people were slaughtered by the captives, in order to save their lives and protect the safety of their families, and to be obedient to the northern captives, what could the court say?

If you want to clean up the rivers and mountains and compete with the strong Hulu, the first thing to do is to clean up the lost people's hearts, and he can't influence the entire Ming Dynasty, so he starts step by step from his rule.

The gentry in the hall listened to Wang Yan's words, and their hearts were shaken, but they didn't believe it easily, after all, the officials they had seen before, no matter how good they spoke, would still attack them later.

Wang Yan personally sent these gentry out of the palace, and Wang Yan did not take their precautions to heart, after all, it was only in Japan that the gentry would know sooner or later that what he said was not a lie.

The gentry were also very satisfied with this trip, no matter whether Wang Yan was sincere for the people or said good things for the sake of fame, but at least they did not have to worry about being disturbed by the officials and soldiers recently.

At this time, the gentry saluted and said goodbye to Wang Yan, but Wang Yan suddenly remembered something, and said casually: "Benhou is ordered by His Majesty to manage Guangdong, and will open up the Guangdong Sea to trade with overseas countries. ”

After Wang Yan finished speaking, he retreated into the yazhong, but when the gentry heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, in the coastal land, the gentry didn't know the benefits of opening the sea, and their faces suddenly changed, and they wanted to ask Wang Yan what was going on, but they were nowhere to be seen.

The gentry dispersed with them, but they were thinking about when they would find another opportunity to visit the government office in order to get more information.

After Wang Yan sent the gentry away, he returned to the palace and began to ask his subordinates to arrange tonight's celebration banquet.

The rewards and punishments are clear, and the military discipline can be strict, and he still has a lot of silver in his hand now, so he will naturally not be stingy with the rewards for meritorious soldiers.

It's just that he celebrated the banquet this time, but it was not for the sake of celebrating, but for it.

Outside the city, Ding Kuichu was still overjoyed when he learned that Wang Yan had not captured Yang Guowei, but when he learned that Wang Yan had taken Wuzhou, his face changed greatly.

When Wang Yan pulled out the camp and entered the city, he ordered the front camp to also enter the city, but Ding Kuichu hesitated.

In the battle last night, Chen Bangfu and the four lost another 2,000 men and horses, and they were depressed, and they were about to enter the city, and plundered according to the usual practice to compensate for the losses last night, but Ding Kuichu stopped them.

The four of them were in Ding Kuichu's tent, and they couldn't help complaining: "My lord said last night that Wang Yan has not yet grasped some kind of evidence of collaborating with the enemy, so why not enter the city?" ”

"Yes~" Ma Jixiang said: "Wang Yan has been in the city for a long time, and if he doesn't enter the city again, he will have nothing to rob, when will this loss be made up?" ”

Ding Kuichu looked at the four of them and couldn't help but be a little angry: "You know how to rob, but you don't want to think about how strict Wang Yan's military discipline is." This time to attack Wuzhou, one of his confidants, seeing that the weather was hot and the heat was unbearable, when the army was resting, he picked a few vegetables and fruits for him, but he was whipped twenty times to show military discipline. Do you think he will condone the plundering of soldiers and horses? ”

When the four of them heard this, they couldn't help but feel a stir in their hearts, but they still said: "Now that most of the tents in the camp have been burned, even if they can't loot, the army can't stay outside the city for a long time!" ”

Ding Kuichu frowned, "It's not that the governor doesn't want to enter the city, but he is hesitant in his heart!" Wang Yan took Wuzhou, in case Yang Guowei did not destroy the correspondence according to the agreement and was searched by Wang Yan, once the governor and you entered the city, wouldn't it be more auspicious. ”

"How is this good~" The four of them couldn't help but exclaim.

At this time, the guards who were guarding outside the camp came in again to report and said, "The Marquis of Zhongyong has sent someone to recruit him, and invite the Governor and the four generals to enter the city tonight for a banquet to celebrate the victory of last night's battle, and bring wine and food to reward the whole army." ”

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