Chapter 488: Mercy and Killing
After this battle, the Manchurian army was no longer able to resist the eastward advance of the Ming army. Of the more than 60,000 Manchurian troops, less than half fled back to the royal court, and the rest were either captured, killed in battle, or their whereabouts were unknown.
After the defeat of the Manchurian army, in order to escape the pursuit of the Ming army, the royal court of Manchukuo moved all the way east to the Wuhu region. The Ming army pursued all the way to the Saskatchewan region, and under the pursuit of the Ming army, Manchukuo suffered serious losses, almost losing nearly forty percent of the population, and even Qi Zheng's side Fujin fell into the hands of the Ming army.
After chasing to the Saskatchewan area, Li Dingguo saw that the battle line was too long and had to stop the pursuit. The Ming army's military cantonment area also covered the entire Indian region. As for the area of Saskatchewan, although it was known as Canada's "grain basket" in later generations, due to the lack of manpower, the Ming army only built a new defense line against Manchukuo here.
After occupying the entire Indian region, Zhu Youxiao established the second province of the empire here, and the Indian Cheng proclaimed the political envoy. And the empire has finally gained a firm foothold in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou.
"Father, the empire has been very successful in the military tun in Boni, and in Boni, the military tun has fulfilled the duty of reclamation and garrisoning the border very well. The minister believed that the military camp should continue to advance at Lengzhou and Boni. ”
"The military tun system needs to be further improved, the soldiers in the military tun should be changed from the regular army to the militia, and the imperial court should assist the military tun area to establish corresponding schools, hospitals and other security systems to ensure that the soldiers participating in the military tun can stay, not like the guard, and finally become a mess." Zhu Youxiao suggested.
"Chen wants to pilot it in the Juntun area of Boni first, and if it is successful, it will be promoted to other areas."
"Yes, the matter of Juntun will be completely handed over to you in the future, and you will continue to advance Juntun in Lengzhou and Boni, and I will fully support you."
"Thank you, Father."
"In the future, I will not participate in the court meeting again, since you are the crown prince and the future emperor of the empire, you should take on more responsibilities now."
"Father's ......"
"This matter has been decided, you should step back first." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand.
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The empire gradually realized Zhu Youxiao's disarmament plan through the military cantonment system. The Empire's army quickly fell from more than 1.5 million to more than 1.3 million.
The three places of Lengzhou, Boni, and Dahuang Dongzhou are all target areas of the imperial military tun, of which the number of military tuns in Bo Ni has reached 100,000, and the number of people in Leng Zhou and Dahuang Dongzhou are 50,000 respectively.
It's just that with the sharp increase in the number of Ming people in the Boni area, the contradictions between the Ming people and the locals began to appear, and there were often some conflicts between the two sides in addition to the difference in beliefs.
In 1657, on the fifth day of the first month of the 37th year of the Apocalypse, the most serious conflict broke out between the local aborigines and the Ming people in Boni.
The conflict was premeditated, and the originally divided indigenous people took advantage of the New Year of the Ming to launch a surprise attack against the Ming people. The military cantonment area was okay, fully armed and well-trained, and although it was a surprise attack, it quickly reacted, and in the face of the scattered natives, it quickly repelled the enemy.
But there are tens of thousands of civilians in Boni, all of whom have emigrated from all parts of the empire after the immigrant policy was promulgated, and after they were attacked, they could not organize an effective counterattack, and there was no strong armed force in the city, only a small number of patrols.
By the time the local garrison and soldiers arrived to help, the natives had already fled, leaving the city with nothing but death and wounding.
"Order, the whole army assists the government to rescue the people." The one who spoke was Fei Dudu, the supreme governor of the Boni Military Tun District.
"No."
"Fei Dudu, the last general will lead the whole army to pursue the rogues, hoping to save the women and children who have been robbed by the rogues." This person spoke as the highest commander of the Bo Ni garrison, Ren Commander.
"Well, leave it to me here, and I must rescue the women and children who have been kidnapped." Fadudu admonished.
"Where is Governor Zhu now?" Fededu asked again.
"At this moment, we are organizing the people of Beicheng to repair the city wall."
"To the North City."
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Bo Nicheng announced that all the officials of the Political Envoy Department were busy in the city at the moment, and all the officials knew that if such a big thing happened, there would definitely be many people whose official positions would be lost, and they only hoped that the impact of this matter would be minimized.
"Governor Zhu, how is the loss?" Fedurus asked.
"It is not possible to count it for the time being, but it is estimated that hundreds of people have been killed by the gangsters, and it is estimated that no less than 100 people have been raped. Governor Zhu said sadly.
"Alas! If Your Majesty hears the news...... "Ferdudu stopped in the middle of his words.
"Such a big incident, you can't hide it......" Governor Zhu shook his head and said, "I only hope that Your Majesty can be lenient with the officials in the muddy area." ”
"Do your best, let it be the fate of heaven." Fadudu said softly.
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On 2 February, Zhu Youxiao received news of the Boni riots in Beijing. Zhu Youxiao, who had not participated in the court meeting for a long time, suddenly appeared at the court meeting. Everyone present realized that Zhu Youxiao came here for the matter of Bo Ni.
"What do you think Aiqing thinks about the matter?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the governor of Bo Ni Zhu Ji should be held accountable for the crime of negligence."
"That's it?" Zhu Youxiao asked coldly.
"The governor of Juntun, Fei Jingyan, and the governor of Boni, both of them are to blame."
"Officials above the fifth grade in Bo Ni were dismissed on the spot, and the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Governor's Office immediately selected suitable candidates to take over from Bo Ni." Zhu Youxiao said coldly.
"No." Everyone present felt Zhu Youxiao's anger, and no one dared to refute Zhu Youxiao's decision.
"In the riots, 2,752 people died, 567 were raped, and 4,161 were maimed." Zhu Youxiao continued, "Blood debts can only be paid off with blood, so then it should be time to pay off blood debts." ”
"The decree is that the capital of Bo Ni Province will be renamed Blood City from now on, and I want all the people and officials of the empire to remember this day."
"No."
"Chen Si, directly pass on my edict to the Governor of Luzon Governor's Mansion to come to the soldiers (come Xiucai, he changed his name to Laibing), I want a million heads to pay tribute to the people killed and injured in the Bo Ni riots, if the Bo Ni is not enough, then go to the next door Sulawesi Island to get it, I want to use this million heads to build the largest Beijing Temple in the Blood City. In addition, all of their wealth was given to the people of the empire who had been harmed by the Bo Ni Rebellion. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.
"Your Majesty, don't ......" Hearing that Zhu Youxiao was going to slaughter a million people, all the ministers tried to dissuade Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao interrupted the ministers without hesitation, "I will never give the mob a chance again, since mercy cannot solve the problem of Bo Ni, then I will not ask for a trace of mercy anymore, I believe that only by killing can we fundamentally solve the problem of Bo Ni now." The matter has been decided, and there is no need to discuss it again. In addition, I ordered that all the oil from the Guangzhou Governor's Mansion, the Chengdu Governor's Mansion and the Nanjing Governor's Mansion be transferred to Luzon. ”
(End of chapter)