Han Qizheng was the head of the Tuntian Division during the period of Dalanshan, and was only under Wang Yi, Wang Jiang, Chu Jiuru, Shen Tiaolun, Zou Xiaonan, these civil officials, and Sun Yu and others were at the same level. It is precisely for this reason that after Chen Wen recovered Jinhua Mansion, he was able to obtain the official position of Tongzhi of Jinhua Mansion as the deputy of Sun Yu, who had been promoted to the prefect. And he was actually just a microcosm of the other Dalanshan civil officials who came to Jinhua Mansion with the army at that time.

From Chen Wenguang's restoration of Jinhua last year to Cao Conglong's rebellion, during this period, the officialdom of the entire Jinhua Mansion can be said to be completely the world of civil officials in Dalanshan, among which the civil officials of Ningshao and Ningshao almost occupied a monopoly position.

Among these official positions, only Sun Yu is a civil official who is not from Ningshao, and although there are many locals among other low-level civil officials such as experience, governor, and Zhaoma, they are not the only ones. As for the commanders of the nine counties in the occupied area, except for the magistrate of Pujiang County, who is from Taizhou, the non-Ningshao officials in the other counties are at most only sitting in the chief bookkeeper and county lieutenant, and the number is still pitiful.

The main reason for this situation is that the Ming army of Dalanshan itself has a relatively complete civilian system, and as long as it occupies a new base area, it can quickly carry out its work and provide the army with the materials and manpower it needs. Chen Wen had benefited from this before, but after the news of Wang Jiang's capture was confirmed, a certain sense of fear developed among the officials of Ning Shao's origin, and as a result, most of them chose to rebel against the "Chen Wen-Sun Yu Axis of Evil" during Cao Conglong's rebellion.

The rebels must be purged, this is Chen Wen's bottom line, but he can't purge all the civilian officials, if he really does that, Jin Huaming's army will not only be greatly damaged due to internal injuries, but will inevitably lead to a split between him and the anti-Qing civil officials, scholars, and doctors, and will no longer be able to get the necessary information and material help from there. And if they are further excluded from the regime, it will lead to a class war with the Confucian class!

This is the fact that Chen Wen, who is currently in the incomparably strong power of the Confucian scholar class in Zhejiang, and is still surrounded by the heavy troops of the Qing army, has no chance of winning.

But if only the civil officials of Ning Shao are purged, the local civil officials will inevitably be dominant. Although Sun Yu has always been the staunchest supporter of Chen Wen, but this person's flaws as an official are very great, in the words of later generations, he is good at doing things but not good at being a man. There is no other reason, just because Sun Yu used all the energy used in his work, so that he had no time to take care of him.

Now Sun Yu's official position and prestige are in a leading position among local civil officials, but if someone with a heart appears to empty it in the future, it will not be a good thing for this Ming army.

Therefore, not only the part of the Ningshao officials who opposed the rebellion needed to be properly co-opted and rewarded, but even those who participated in the rebellion had to screen out some centrists who were actually not desperately opposed to Chen Wen, and only in this way could we ensure that these civil officials from Dalanshan had enough power to counterbalance the local civil officials who would inevitably rise in the near future. As for the future, the expansion of the territory and the influence of Li Dingguo's two famous kings will also make more scholars join it, thus forming a pattern of mutual containment.

Han Qizheng is not a pure centrist, but judging from his performance during this time, this person is by no means a staunch supporter of Cao Conglong, just because he is the oldest among the civil officials of Ning Shao, and his prestige is slightly higher than that of others, so Cao Conglong will choose to win over him in exchange for more support and trust.

And the most important thing is that in addition to Sun Yu and him, the other three of the five directors of the original Dalanshan Five Divisions are all staunch supporters of the rebellion, and their rights have been more or less eroded by Chen Wen, and they have spared no effort in the rebellion, especially the chief officials of the original Construction Division and the later Ordnance Department are absolutely unforgivable.

But that's not enough!

“…… Chen Bao promoted Sun Yu, the governor of Jinhua Prefecture, as the political envoy of Zhejiang, and Han Qizheng, the same governor of Jinhua Prefecture, as the envoy of Zhejiang......"

Seeing this sentence in the recital, Han Qizheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, at least his own life and that of his family were saved. However, this is the official position of the envoy in western Zhejiang......

"At the beginning of my Dalanshan Wang Division, the late Wang Jingluo and Wang Governor were the main ones, so Wang Jingliu was responsible for military affairs and litigation, and Wang Jingliu was in charge of general affairs, and Wang Shi was able to prosper. Later, Wang Jingluo was martyred, and the lawsuit was transferred to Governor Wang, and then Governor Wang was captured, and Governor Sun followed. ”

"However, when the king was in Dalan and Tiantai, his jurisdiction was very small. Now Jinhua has been recovered, and a month ago it was recovered Longyou County in Quzhou, and there will be more prefectures and counties recovered in the future. Therefore, Benjue consulted with the prefect of Sun and decided to restore the tradition of the Dalanshan period, and re-divided the civil affairs into two parts: general affairs and litigation prisons. ”

Chen Wen's plan was not to restore any tradition, and the government and county yamen at all levels under the political envoy department would no longer be responsible for adjudicating cases, while the procuratorial department should establish a criminal yamen at all levels, not meddle in the administration, and separate the administration from the judiciary in terms of power and responsibility.

Hearing this, Han Qizheng hesitated for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "In this way, the lower officials still need some officials who are familiar with the criminal law to set up the yamen of each county." "--Can you not kill them all?

"The rebellion has not been completely quelled, and I will decide who to choose, so there is no need to worry about it." - Yes, but who lives and who dies only counts.

"The subordinate obeys."

Sending Han Qizheng away, Chen Wen shook his head, this person is actually not suitable as a criminal officer, but mixed with those external factors, there is indeed no more suitable candidate now. However, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and this old man should have understood the role he is about to play, but he may not understand the weight of the black cauldron on his back.

The hour was almost up, and Chen Wen changed into a more formal official uniform and rushed to the venue in the south of the city. By the time he arrived, it was already crowded, and even the wooden fence at the edge of the venue and the trees further out were full of people looking inside, apparently more than on the first day of the execution.

After passing through the small door on the side, Chen Wen came to the rostrum. He only came once at the opening, and today is the second and last time, originally planned to let Sun Yu be in charge of here, and by the way, he was able to see with his own eyes how the enemy died, but Sun Yu was obviously not as idle as he imagined, and he would come over every day at most after being on duty, and at other times he would go back to the yamen to deal with affairs, and this place was simply handed over to an experience to be in charge.

After Chen Wen sat down, there was also a burst of cheers in the venue. Not only because of Chen Wen's arrival, but also because with Chen Wen's arrival, the final stage of punishment is about to begin.

After three days of execution, the old master and his two apprentices, who were the executioners, were already tired even if they could take a break every ten knives. At this time, Ma Jinbao, who was tied to the shelf, was no longer the noisy commander of the Qing army, his strong body had long since left him, and all that remained was the deliberately left bones, blood vessels, and the film and skin supported by the skeleton, and the intact internal organs and the life that only left his last breath.

Seeing that Chen Wen had arrived, the old master saluted the rostrum, and then walked towards Ma Jinbao with a knife. The last ten knives must first remove the facial features, and finally the one is fatal. The old master quickly completed the first nine knives, then turned around and replaced a brand-new dagger, and stabbed into Ma Jinbao's heart under the gaze of the crowd who held his breath.

Black dark blood gushed out, and Ma Jinbao, who had long lost the strength to wail, lowered his head completely. Seeing this greedy and cruel butcher being engulfed in the land where he had been plagued for many years by the flames of revenge, the gentry and people in the hall quickly erupted after a moment of silence, and the sound shook the sky. It's just that in this cheer, there are cries and chanting, like weeping blood.

After completing the final punishment, Chen Wen took this opportunity to once again express the attitude of the Ming army towards the rebellion, and ordered the gentry and wealthy households who formed a regiment to disband within a time limit, return the looted land and goods, and hand over the murderous gangsters, otherwise they would all be regarded as rebels.

After this grand meeting, Chen Wen returned to the governor's yamen to continue to handle official business, while Sun Yu did not return to the small courtyard where he had lived for more than ten years until the gentry and the people dispersed and arranged the rest of the affairs, saluted his parents' tablet, and stayed for a long time before reluctantly bringing the tablet back home.

Not far from the venue, the Eight Wing Building, which was once the place where the literati of the past dynasties would recite poetry, left a lot of famous works of painting scenery and lyricism. The Southern Dynasty's Dongyang County Taishou Shen Yue, the Song Dynasty's female lyricist Li Qingzhao have left famous articles here, and even Li Yu, who exchanged letters with Chen Wen, also left a pair of "Shen Lang is difficult to sentence after he goes, and the maiden should not pick up the stars" couplet, but it is a pity that in the Jinhua Massacre, it was destroyed by the Qing army, and the plaque of the couplet was also destroyed, so that Chen Wenchu did not see it when he came to Jinhua Mansion.

Not long ago, when Chen Wen was exchanging letters with Li Yu, he planned to ask him to write a new handwritten copy, and then make a plaque and hang it here as before. However, at this moment, this idea has not yet been able to take shape, but Bayonglou has been wrapped up by Chen Wen these days.

In the past few days, in addition to the relevant personnel in the Eight Yonglou, the guests are only Zhou Qingui, Chen Ruan and other captured leaders of the Luochengyan Baitou Army.

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The Eight Wing Building is built on a stone pedestal nearly nine meters high, with a wide field of vision, Zhou Qingui and others have been eating and staying here for three days, and opening the window every day to look at the punishment of Ling Chi at the venue.

Since the Baitou Army rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, countless comrades, including the former commander Yin Can, have been slaughtered by the Qing army led by Ma Jinbao, and these survivors have to hide in Luochengyan. "You have died as you deserve, and so should the righteous!" The sound of the generous statement is still in the ears, and the grudge between the Baitou Army and the standard camp of Jinhua Town can no longer be sorted out, and it is already the best gift for them to be able to drink wine, eat meat, and watch how this enemy is tortured and killed before they die.

Until most of the people in the venue had dispersed, Zhou Qingui and the brothers drank the last glass of wine and staggered to get up and leave. It was only when he was about to re-board the prisoner car that Zhou Qingui walked in front of Zhang Jun, who was the leading officer.

"Team Leader Zhang, can you give a word to Linhai Bo on behalf of Zaixia."

Zhang Jun couldn't quite understand why Chen Wen would be courteous to the participants of these rebellions, but since his commander had ordered it, Zhang Jun, as the captain of the pro-soldiers, could only carry it out.

Seeing Zhang Jun nodded, Zhou Qingui grinned and smiled: "Please tell Uncle Linhai, we will remember the great kindness of the lord, and I hope that the lord can also treat others well." In addition......"

Speaking of this, Zhou Qingui turned to say in an unprecedented solemn tone: "I hope that the lord can recover the two capitals as soon as possible and kill all the Tartars." After tomorrow, our souls will cheer for the king in this Jinhua Mansion and pray for the lord! ”

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Early the next morning, Chen Wen led the crowd to the cemetery where the soldiers who died in the battle were buried when Cao Conglong rebelled in Fucheng. The burial has long been completed, and Chen Wen rushed here today only to sacrifice the blood of those murderers who killed them.

After a brief ceremony, in the midst of the bitter rebuke of the martyrs' relatives and friends, Zhou Qingui and other captured officers of the former Fubiao Battalion were killed by the neck, without begging for mercy or doing anything to show their arrogance, but calmly beheaded the death penalty to commemorate the fallen soldiers, as if this was a matter of great deal in their hearts.

Looking at the rows of tombstones, most of the fallen soldiers Chen Wen did not have the slightest impression, but there were also a few names that he was more or less familiar with.

The guard general of Jinhua Mansion City, the judge of the garrison, the general manager in charge of guarding the old camp, and the deputy captain of the arsenal guard......

Especially the vice-captain of the arsenal guard, Chen Wen remembered that he entered the camp with his eldest brother, and his eldest brother seemed to have been injured not long ago when he forcibly crossed Lingxi.

However, as a veteran who joined the Nantang Battalion when he was in Dalanshan, this deputy captain is different from others, he is one of the few wastes removed from the camp by the Military Training Department, and he only got this position by virtue of the seniority of a veteran. It's just that he didn't expect that this timid and fearful veteran firefighter would choose to make the final charge under such circumstances, maybe that moment is his destination as a warrior.

With a slightly depressed mood, Chen Wen returned to the old camp. The affairs of the governor's yamen have been fully dealt with, and it will be rebuilt into the Jinhua Mansion Martial Arts School in the future, returning to its original track.

Chen Guobao, who had regained Lanxi County, had already led his army south to Wuyi, preparing to regain control of the three counties of Wuyi, Yongkang, and Jinyun from there. The old camp has also been cleaned up here, and nothing has been damaged except for the burning of the martial arts school. Chen Wen intends to restart the screening and training work here, and continue to provide reserve soldiers for the two large armies on the northern front and Quzhou.

It's just that Chen Wen returned to the old camp on the front foot, and before his ass had time to sit hot, he received a report from the Yiwu County guard. And the content of the report is also very simple and clear, that is, Cao Conglong, the governor of Zhejiang, who has been missing for several days, and He Decheng, the deputy general of the left battalion of the governor's standard battalion, appeared, and they also appeared with an army of more than 1,000 people, and they are marching towards Dongyang County, and the destination is unknown. (To be continued.) )