Thanks to the note that Ling Mengchu asked Tao Genhou to bring down, otherwise, the 20,000 or so rebellious people who survived the long cold winter would suddenly go down the mountain, which would definitely bring a great burden to Changxing County and even Huzhou Prefecture, and might even cause new chaos again because of careless resettlement. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Fortunately, 200 cauldrons were prepared in advance to add water to cook porridge, and at the same time, Zhang Cunren's Zhejiang guards cut down a large number of moso bamboos on the nearby mountains, used them to dig into the ground to make a wall, and built several simple camps on the open land near the road down the mountain.

When Wen Tiren, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Fan Jingwen, the governor of Zhejiang, rushed from Hangzhou City to the foot of Niutou Mountain with the last troops and food, they happened to see groups of chaotic people descending the mountain.

These rioters were unkempt and ragged, looking like beggars, but the number of them exceeded the imagination of Wen Tiren and Fan Jingwen.

So many originally docile people Ning Yuan went up the mountain to be thieves, and they were not far away to settle in Dongfan, every time they thought of this, they made these two people sigh.

The fertile and abundant land of Dongfan Island, even in winter, is as warm as spring, and all the immigrants who have put down roots there will soon understand that the government is doing this for their good, so although some people still flee back, many more still accept the resettlement of the imperial court and cultivate land there.

Besides, Dongfan Island is not far from the coast of Zhejiang, although it is still risky to go to sea by boat, but fortunately, the road is very close, and it is directly on the Zheng family's fleet to go to sea, so the chance of being robbed or slaughtered by pirates is very small.

And at the moment, these chaotic people who resist going to sea to resettle even want to go to Dongfan Island to resettle, and they may not have this opportunity.

If they were still sent to Dongfan Island, it would be an unfair treatment to the victims who had honestly accepted the arrangement.

On this issue, Wen Tiren and Fan Jingwen hold the same view, these chaotic people in front of them, after all, they are all sinners, and they should not be resettled in the mountains of Dongfan Island like other coastal victims, otherwise Dongfan Island will not become a penal colony for killing and rebelling in the eyes of the coastal people.

Wen Tiren and Fan Jingwen arrived at the top and bottom of the bull, and Cai Maode, Zhang Cunren, Zhao Jianji and other officials who were here naturally rushed to greet them.

The group came to Cai Maode's Chinese army tent to speak. Wen Tiren sat down on the main seat in the big tent, listened to Cai Maode's report on the entire appeasement process, and then met Ling Mengchu, who made great contributions, and Tu Achou and Cheng Zai, who went down the mountain to be carooned.

After Cai Maode saw Ling Mengchu from the clairvoyant mirror, he quickly dispersed the chaotic people crowded in the earthen wall through archery, and cleared a passage for Ling Mengchu and the others to come out.

After Ling Meng first came out to report the whole situation, Cai Maode put his mind at ease, and immediately asked Zhang Cunren and Zheng Zhihu to dig up a section of earthen wall, add a section of trench, and release the rebellious people one after another.

After Tu Achou and Cheng Zai followed Ling Mengchu down the mountain, they took their subordinates to the gate of Cai Maode's camp, first put down their weapons, and then offered the heads of those who opposed the appeasement as a vote, and finally tied their hands, looking like they were guilty of pleading, waiting to be disposed of.

Of course, Cai Maode has no good impression of Tu Augly and Cheng Zai, and for a civil official like him, killing officials and rebelling is the most rebellious, and it is something that they absolutely cannot tolerate in their hearts.

But in order to appease the 20,000 rebellious people, Cai Maode once promised in public in front of his subordinates that those who surrendered would not die, and also promised that those who made meritorious contributions would be rewarded.

Tu Achou and Cheng Zai led the crowd to fight with Zhou Guoneng, Chen Dalang and others who opposed the appeasement, and successfully killed these people, is this considered meritorious, should you give a reward?

In addition to Ling Mengchu, the opinions of Zhang Cunren, the general soldier of Zhejiang, Zhao Jianji, the prefect of Huzhou, and Zheng Zhihu, are all about cutting the grass and eradicating the roots and never suffering in the future.

But Ling Mengchu's words are also very reasonable, if the imperial court does not talk about a little credibility, then how can the imperial court be able to maintain peace and stability for a long time, Tu Augly and Cheng Zai deserve death even if they are guilty, but since they promised to avoid death before that those who descend will not die, then they should not be killed at this time.

When Wen Tiren and Fan Jingwen arrived, the same problem was placed in front of these two people.

To kill or not to kill, that's a real question.

For such a gathering of people to make a rebellion, the court is not without rules, and how to deal with it is not without precedent.

For example, the implementation of the 11th Killing Law was specially designed to address this kind of problem of gathering crowds to cause chaos.

As soon as Wen Tiren arrived here, he encountered such a problem, and it was difficult to make a decision in his heart, so at this time, he convened relevant people and other matters in the big tent to raise this issue.

Wen Tiren said: "Now that the rebellion in western Zhejiang has been pacified, you have done your work to quell the chaos, and this official will naturally report to the court truthfully as soon as possible." I think Your Majesty will also be rewarded for meritorious deeds. The matter may not be mentioned for the time being. ”

After saying this, Wen Tiren looked at the people in the tent, and then said: "Now let's talk about the chaotic people on Niutou Mountain, as well as the backbone leaders of these chaotic people, such as this Tu Augly and Cheng Zai, should be punished and how should they be punished. ”

Speaking of this, Wen Tiren looked at Cai Maode and said: "Lord Cai is the envoy of Zhejiang, in charge of the arrest of thieves, and now he is the first hero to pacify the thieves in Huzhou, you can tell me what to do!" ”

Seeing Wen Tiren say this, Cai Maode hurriedly bowed down and said: "The Lord of the Army has won the award, if you talk about the merits, the Lord of the Army and the Lord Governor are sitting in Hangzhou, mobilizing soldiers, horses, grain and grass, and the merit of planning should be in the first place." ”

Wen Tiren smiled when he heard this, and said, "I'll talk about the matter later." Let's talk about how to deal with these rioters and thieves. ”

Cai Maode was also polite, but seeing that Wen Tiren didn't say this, he didn't bother to continue to flatter, so he said: "Xia Guan previously gave Wucheng Gongsheng Ling Xuanfang a name of Zhejiang military preparation, and asked him to go up the mountain in the name of the government to say surrender, promising that those who surrender will not die and those who make meritorious contributions will be rewarded. The lower officials thought that they could be exiled or confiscated into the army. ”

Wen Tiren heard this, was noncommittal, and then asked Ling Mengchu: "What do you say about Ling Yan?" ”

Ling Meng first heard Wen Tiren say this, and naturally knew that Wen Tiren agreed to Cai Maode's previous appointment to him, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "People say that 'a gentleman's words are difficult to chase', and they also say, 'People have no faith, they don't know what they can do'." Xia Guan thought that the prestige of the imperial court was more important than the life or death of these few thieves! ”

Wen Tiren listened to this, nodded, and looked at the others in the tent.

At this time, Zhao Jianji, the prefect of Huzhou, stepped forward and said: "Lord of the Army, in the opinion of the lower officials, these leaders of the chaotic people and thieves have committed the heinous crime of killing officials and rebelling after all. The lower officials heard that after the food in the mountains was exhausted, many of these people were cannibals, and this crime was even more appalling.

"Especially the Taihu Lake thieves under Tu Augly, they are all heinous criminals, passing through the prefecture and county, harming the township, and I don't know how many crimes have been committed. If you don't kill, I'm afraid it's not enough to be angry and not enough to comfort the souls of grievances! ”

Wen Tiren listened to Zhao Jianji's words, and also nodded, and was struggling with himself, when he suddenly heard someone say: "My lord, the lower official has a suggestion, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

It was Zhang Cunren, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, who spoke.

Zhang Cunren nodded when he saw Wen Tiren looking at him, so he continued: "Since Lord Cai promised Tu Achou and others in the name of the government that those who surrendered would not die, if the government did not believe in their words today and punished them with death, there are a lot of these chaotic people.

"However, if the government does not kill the branches, no matter where these rebels are settled, they will be a source of chaos.

"In the opinion of the following officials, why don't you send Tu Achou and Cheng Zai here and ask their opinions?"

As soon as Zhang Cunren's words came out, everyone in the tent was surprised, if you ask a former thief like Tu Augly and Cheng Zai about such a thing, how can they agree? !

Seeing that there was a discussion in the account, Wen Tiren didn't speak, and Fan Jingwen, Cai Maode, Ling Mengchu and others were thoughtful, Zhang Cunren had no choice but to continue: "Since Tu Augly and Cheng Zai have already submitted their names, they must not care how many more people they kill!" If the rebels are killed by eleven shots, it is only about two thousand, and if it can be exchanged for a safe future for the two of them, the following officials guessed that the two would definitely cooperate. In this way, they are truly repentant and ask for punishment, instead of the court being untrustworthy and deceiving people! ”

After Zhang Cunren said this, he lowered his head and clenched his fists at Wen Tiren and was silent.