Chapter Ninety-Five: Severe Punishment
In the military camp in the east of the city, Huang Chaoxuan had just gotten up from a nap when he heard a rush of footsteps outside the window. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After a while, Huang Chaoxuan's henchman ran in in a panic and said anxiously: "Dashuai, it's not good, something is wrong!" ”
Huang Chaoxuan was picking up a cup of tea to drink, and when he heard the master say this, his heart suddenly tightened, and his hand holding the tea froze in the air, and asked in a deep voice: "Why is Mr. so flustered?" What the hell is going on? ”
The master's tone was full of anxiety and panic: "The soldiers and horses of Huguang Town have arrested all the soldiers on the streets of my town, and they have killed a lot of people!" ”
"What?!" Huang Chaoxuan smashed the teacup in his hand and said angrily, "it!" Pang Yue, is this crazy?! Lao Tzu has no grudges with him in the past, and he has no enmity in recent days, he dares to kill Lao Tzu's people indiscriminately?! Come! Send the order down, let the men and horses in the camp gather at once! Lao Tzu wants to go to the south of the city and ask Pang Yue in person! Is there a king's law in this world?! ”
Huang Chaoxuan's personal captain was about to leave after receiving the order, but was stopped by his master.
"Dashuai, now is not the time to be reckless!" The master persuaded, "I heard that after Pang Yue arrested the soldiers of our town on the street, he sent them directly to his military camp. Governor He, Zhu Ge Lao, Dufutai and other senior officials are all there now, and the marshal is so reckless in leading his troops forward, I am afraid that it will only backfire, but it will be true! ”
"Truth, what the is the truth?" Huang Chaoxuan glared at the bull's eye and roared, and his beard also moved.
"There are rumors outside that you deliberately sent those captured soldiers out to loot." The master said worriedly, "If the marshal insists on leading the army to the front, isn't it just these rumor-mongers who have seized the handle?" ”
Hearing what the master said, Huang Chaoxuan immediately realized what had happened. At this time, he suddenly thought of something again. He asked, "How many soldiers are on the streets in my town this afternoon?" Were they all captured by Pang Yue? ”
The master replied: "All the battalions of the guerrilla camps of the Jin guerrillas have gone to the streets, and a thousand corps of the Li guerrilla battalion has also taken to the streets, totaling more than 4,000 people. Most of them were arrested, and only two or three hundred fled back to the camp, and it was only after hearing from them that the students learned about it. ”
The anger in Huang Chaoxuan's heart suddenly rose again, and he yelled: "Who the hell let so many people go to the street? Where's that bastard Jin Degui? Let him get out of front of Lao Tzu immediately! ”
Hearing that more than 4,000 people in his battalion went to the streets at one time, Huang Chaoxuan couldn't help but be angry, let so many people go to the streets at one time, it's no wonder if nothing happens. Although Huang Chaoxuan is usually very indulgent to his subordinates. But it's not brainless. Because Changsha is not his territory after all, he has limited the number of people who can go out of the camp for the first two days, and the number of people who can go to the street at a time does not exceed 1,000, and the next group can only go out after the previous group of people return to the camp. That way, even if something goes wrong. I can still control it. However, today I don't know if it's that bastard's head convulsions. So many people were let out at once.
Facing Huang Chaoxuan's thunderous rage. The master, who had been with him for several years, was also a little nervous, but he still said tremblingly: "Jin Guerrilla didn't come back, and it seems that he was also caught." Listening to the soldiers who fled back and the soldiers guarding the gate of the barracks, it seems to be... It was the young marshal who asked Jin Guerrilla to take people out, and the young marshal said that this was explained by the marshal before he went to bed..."
"Fart!" Huang Chaoxuan lined up on the desk with one palm. He almost cracked the case on the spot, but he didn't expect that it was his son who faked his orders, and he was even more angry: "This bastard!" When he came out of his life, Lao Tzu should strangle him! Where is he? Let him get over! ”
"The young marshal went out with Guerrilla Jin, and he hasn't come back yet!"
"Bang!" Huang Chaoxuan kicked a low stool beside him to the corner of the house. After continuing to scold wildly, he recovered a little, and ordered the master loudly: "Let's go to the military camp in Huguang Town immediately!" ”
"Marshal, that's... Do you still gather the soldiers and horses in the battalion? ”
"Gather a fart!"
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In the military camp of Huguang Town in the south of the city, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Propaganda Department of the Huang Dynasty who participated in the looting and were arrested were all tied with their hands tied behind their backs, and they were honestly squatting under the parade platform in the school ground, and the surrounding area was full of officers and soldiers of Huguang Town who were wearing sharp clothes and eyeing each other.
When they were first brought to the barracks, some of the rebels had the courage to question the officers and soldiers of the surrounding Huguang Town, asking them what qualifications they had to arrest them. The officers and soldiers of Huguang Town didn't want to talk nonsense with them, and when they saw that someone was not convinced, they stabbed them with a gun. After more than a dozen people were stabbed to death on the spot, these rebels no longer dared to speak casually, but honestly squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.
On the parade platform, Pang Yue looked coldly at the thousands of officers and soldiers of the Yellow Department squatting under the stage. In history, the military discipline of the Xuanbu of the Yellow Dynasty was corrupted, poisoned the people, and rampant. These scum can't fight, but they are good at harming the people. Although in this time and space, Huang Chaoxuan did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but Pang Yue remembered that in the original history, when Kong Youde was the general of Pingnan and led the army to the south, he sent Shang Kexi to attack Youxian, Huang Chaoxuan did not dare to respond to the battle and fled to Hengzhou in a hurry, and finally surrendered Kong Youde. After that, in order to "appease the people's anger", Kong Youde executed Huang Chaoxuan's father and son, and "dismantled", which resulted in "a large block from far and near". A military general of the imperial court, after being executed by the invaders, was able to get such a reaction from the people. Being a man and doing this is enough of a failure.
"Why did I bring you here this time, I think you know it in your own hearts!" Pang Yue said to the audience, and his loud voice spread far away, "As an officer and soldier of the imperial court, what have you done today?" Who are you targeting? Not Tartars, not bandits and bandits, but the people under the Ming Dynasty! It's the people who welcomed you into the city a few days ago! When you kicked people to the ground, smashed their shops and homes, and robbed them of their belongings, did you ever think that you had parents and families? What is the difference between you and the Tartars? How much is the difference between it and the beasts who don't know people? Well, I'm not good at scolding, so I won't talk nonsense! I also know that just these few words of mine can make you change your mind, that is wishful thinking! But one thing I can be sure of is that you will definitely be punished for your crimes this time! ”
Pang Yue's tone was not very ruthless, but most of the officers and soldiers of the Huang Department in the audience were terrified when they heard it, because of their previous experience, they had already seen the methods of this general soldier of Huguang Town. That's to say that killing people kills people, and they will never drag mud and water. After the very few people who were still not convinced saw the cold and shining blades around them, they no longer had the courage to speak, so they had to secretly slander a few words.
After Pang Yue finished speaking, he walked off the parade platform. Immediately afterwards, a group of officers and soldiers from Huguang Town came over, ordered the officers and soldiers of the Huang Department who had their hands tied behind their backs to get up, and then divided them into several parts according to the place where they were arrested, and escorted them to the edge of the school field in order, where they were identified by the people of the corresponding neighborhoods. At this time, the school was already crowded with people. The station was full of people from all over the neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city.
According to Pang Yue's arrangement, all the captured rebels will be identified by the people, and those who take people's lives, rape women, and maim people will be found on the spot and gathered together to receive more severe punishment. Of course, that was not identified. I can't say that I'm safe and sound. All the rebels who were captured this time participated in looting and looting. At least also guilty of robbery. None of them escaped. Originally, according to Pang Yue's temperament, killing all these rebels was a matter of one sentence, but in the current situation, it was not appropriate to do so. Cutting down all these people, regardless of the severity of their crimes, will save trouble, but it will also cause turmoil in the hearts of the rest of the military towns. At present, the intentions of the Qing army are not yet clear, and it is not yet time to completely clean up the portal. To find out those serious crimes, treat them differently, and punish them severely, even Huang Chaoxuan has not much to say.
"The bitter lord of the street. Come forward and point out! When the first batch of rebels were escorted over and ordered to stand in several rows, the officers of Huguang Town shouted to the people.
Seeing that the rebels had been completely subdued, the people were no longer afraid, but instead aroused the anger that had been suppressed in their hearts for a long time. After hearing what the officer of Huguang Town said, the people from ** Street stepped forward to identify them.
It didn't take long for all kinds of shouts and scolding to sound.
"Master Jun, these three bastards robbed my shop and beat my father to death, you must be the master for me!"
"Master Jun, it's this beast who has ruined my wife, you must cut him with a thousand knives!"
"These scum, the students and others have no grudges against them, but they pressed the students on the street and beat them in public, and swept away the few taels of silver from the students. In order to grab a piece of jade pendant, they broke the leg and foot of one of the students' senior brothers. Such evil deeds are truly the outrage of man and God! ”
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When the people were busy identifying, Pang Yue came to He Tengjiao, Zhu Dadian, Du Yinxi, Fu Shangrui and other civil officials. After capturing and subduing all the rebels, he did not deal with them without authorization, but first invited these senior officers to listen to their opinions, lest someone say that he was arbitrary.
Hearing that this kind of thing happened in the city, He Tengjiao also paid great attention to it. He knew that if he didn't deal with it in time, it would be fine to arouse the complaints of ordinary people, but if it triggered a joint protest and boycott by the local family and gentry, he would not want to be the governor in peace. Therefore, after learning the news sent by Pang Yue, He Tengjiao quickly rushed over, and he didn't even care about Pang Yue's rudeness: he didn't go to the governor's yamen to report it, but invited him over. The governor and the governor all moved, and Fu Shangrui, Zhang Kuang and others naturally had no reason to delay, and also rushed over.
When he came to the military camp in the south of the city, he was somewhat relieved to see that the rebels who participated in the looting had been subdued and the situation was under control.
"Lord Governor!" Pang Yue came to He Tengjiao and said, "The last general has restrained all the rebels who have plundered the people, and they are being identified by the people. How to deal with it, please show me how to deal with it, Your Excellency! ”
The reason why Pang Yue reported to He Tengjiao first was, of course, to take care of his face, after all, he still needed some support in this matter. And Zhu Dadian and Du Yinxi do not account for these trivial details.
Sure enough, seeing that Pang Yue first asked himself for instructions, He Tengjiao's face looked much better, twisted a few locks of black and elegant "show beard", and said slowly: "It is naturally good that Ding Wubo quickly controlled the situation by means of thunder, but the soldiers and horses of the Huang Dynasty Propaganda Department were controlled by Yan Lao. How to deal with it is still up to the elder to decide! ”
Zhu Dadian took the burden thrown over by He Tengjiao without hesitation, and said categorically: "If such scum is not severely punished, heaven will be intolerable, and the law and majesty of the court will also be gone!" The old man, as a scholar of the military department and a scholar of the superintendent, naturally can't sit idly by! After the people have been identified, all those who commit adultery with women, take people's lives, and maim people, regardless of their officials, will be beheaded and displayed to the public! For the rest of the men, the soldiers shall be punished with fifty rods and a fine of one year! The official shall be punished with 60 canes, reduced by one level, and fined for three years. All the looted goods will be returned to the people! ”
As soon as Zhu Dadian finished speaking, Pang Yue saw that a group of people were hurrying over from the entrance of the school field, and the leader seemed to be Huang Chaoxuan. (To be continued.) )
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