The slaves of the Xu family in Lanchun Garden, the Xu family members, and the soldiers of Xu Ze's camp who were captured by the officers and soldiers of Guards Town because they stayed in Lanchun Garden to surround them, all had their hands tied behind their backs and were kneeling in front of Lanchun Garden. Outside Spring Garden.
"Spare my life!"
"Spare my life!"
"Have mercy!
When these people saw Zhou Yuji and others coming towards them with knives on their faces, they all begged.
Zhou Yuji's heart was as hard as iron at this time.
He thought of the smile Zhao Hongsheng gave him after he was shot. He knew that Zhao Hongsheng must have blocked the bullet for him, otherwise, he would not have smiled so calmly at him.
He also thought of the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion who were shot one after another at that time.
"Spare my life? Spare your life, can I still be worthy of my dead Yu Linwei brothers?! They did not die in the hands of the Donglu people, and some even did not let the most brave and brave Bagala of the Donglu people die, but You were killed by a trap set by your family master and that person named Xiao! I didn’t cut you open with a knife, so I’m being polite!”
Zhou Yuji gritted his teeth and struck down with his knife.
Click!
A Xu family slave's head fell to the ground.
"Cut! Revenge for the dead brothers!"
Zhou Yuji shouted loudly.
"yes!"
Sentinel Nie then struck down with his sword, slashing a member of the Xu clan to the ground.
For a time, there was constant light from swords and heads rolling in.
There was endless bleeding outside Lanchun Garden.
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"It was proposed that Lanchun Garden should be opened as the Martyrs' Cemetery, and the Martyrs' Shrine should be built inside. All the acres of the Xu family's land should be used as sacrificial fields to commemorate all the victims of the rebellion who died because of their loyalty to the imperial court! The money was paid from the confiscated silver, and the new governor Yingtian was appointed Chen Qiyu immediately supervised the matter and hired low-level people to build the project first."
Zhu Youxiao announced a new purpose.
"I obey the decree!"
Han Xu replied.
The so-called blessing that Zhu Youxiao wanted to send when he came to Jiangnan was to prepare more projects and increase jobs to absorb the rich human resources in Jiangnan, instead of allowing these people to continue to become slaves and thugs in the gentry's manor, making these people Instead of working, they rely on the power of the gentry to help the tiger, thereby increasing the power of the gentry.
Zhu Youxiao knew that there were many people in Jiangnan but little land, and there were many landless people.
Therefore, this is what he must do and has long wanted to do.
That is to say, there will be more craftsmen and workers in Jiangnan and fewer domestic slaves, which will further invigorate the economy of Jiangnan.
The construction of the ancestral hall and cemetery for the loyal and martyrs was considered the first project.
In addition, he also wanted to appease the Jiangnan officials and gentry who were loyal to him.
Those who can persist in justice and be loyal to themselves even when their own interests are harmed or even faced with the threat of annihilation of the entire clan are undoubtedly the true manifestations of the integrity and strength of the Han scholar-bureaucrats.
Zhu Youxiao would naturally treat these Jiangnan gentry favorably and use them as the basis for checking and balancing the northern gentry in the future.
After all, the Jiangnan gentry cannot be beaten to death with one blow.
Those who deserve pensions, those who deserve posthumous official posts, those who deserve posthumous titles, those who deserve the title of wife's shadow, are even listed as loyal martyrs.
Survivors are also cared for.
Zhu Youxiao mainly asked Han Xu to take charge of this matter.
Because Han Xu is considered an important minister in Zhu Youxiao's current ruling system, he is relatively not very smart and capable, but also a sensible person after listening.
In addition, Han Xu belonged to the Donglin Party before, and the gentry in Jiangnan also had a favorable impression of him.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao believed that letting Han Xu appease the people of Jiangnan and promote the emperor's kindness would be easily accepted by these people.
With Han Xu's ability, even if these Jiangnan scholars respected Han Xu very much and Han Xu gained great fame, they would not be as good as Ye Xianggao, who was good at using his reputation to control the king and the government.
Han Xu came to Jiangnan to be a popular person, to appease people's hearts, spread kindness, build projects, and promote people's livelihood.
According to Zhu Youxiao's arrangement, Xiong Tingbi came to Jiangnan to make a fool of himself, playing the role of a tough and iron-blooded god of murder.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao put Xiong Tingbi in charge of brutally suppressing the rebellious gentry, and asked Xiong Tingbi to execute these rebellious gentry regardless of their severity. He, the adult men of his tribe, and domestic slaves were all executed, while the women and children were distributed to grow potatoes in Liaodong.
"kill!"
Xiong Tingbi gave the order.
A row of spears, in the hands of the border soldiers, stabbed the rebel gentry and all the adult men and domestic slaves among their clansmen standing in a row.
Phew!
These people were executed directly.
Next came the second batch, and for a while, the entire execution ground was red for several days.
Of course, principal criminals like Huang Zunyi will naturally suffer more severe executions.
"Huang Zunyi! You hung up your crown and left without permission, with no regard for your superiors. Later, you disturbed the post station and ordered the slaves to beat the postmaster to death. Now you threaten others to rebel, and even make the people rebel yourself. Your crimes are simply too numerous to describe! You have what you have today. It’s your own fault for what happens next!”
Xiong Tingbi made a few final comments about Huang Zunyi, and then threw the token away: "Execution!"
"ah!"
Soon Huang Zunyi screamed, and still cursed: "Zhu Youxiao, you tyrant! Since ancient times, we have not been polite to common people, and we have not been able to punish officials. When a scholar-official leaves with his crown, it is a sign of integrity that he does not care about fame and fortune. As a result, you But you insist that this is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor! You tyrant, you are even more unreasonable than your ancestor Zhu Chongba! The sky has no eyes!"
Xiong Tingbi also ordered to severely punish many local gangsters who joined the rebels in robbing homes and houses, and ordered the border troops of all ministries to execute all local gangsters who were found to have criminal facts, even if they only robbed a bucket of rice.
Zhu Youxiao also put Xiong Tingbi in charge of encircling and suppressing the rebels still outside Nanjing.
These rebels were defeated one after another.
There was no way to stop Xiong Tingbi's encirclement and suppression.
After all, Xiong Tingbi was the Liaodong manager who had been confronting the Donglu for several years, and he commanded the most capable elites in the empire. However, these rebels were unpopular, so they were naturally no match for him.
Xiong Tingbi was not merciless towards these rebels, and would execute them directly even if they were caught.
Therefore, Xiong Tingbi's evil reputation spread all over Jiangnan for a while.
Many people change their minds when they hear Xiong Tingbi's name.
The rebels in Zhejiang and Xiao Jingao's rebels were successively put down by Xiong Tingbi's troops.
Xiao Jingao, Fengtian rebel generals Zhu Yigui and Xu Ze and other remnant soldiers were the last rebel force surrounded by the official army.
Therefore, Xiao Jingao had to smile bitterly: "I didn't expect that my dignified governor would fall to this point."
With that said, Xiao Jingao wrote the last memorial to Zhu Youxiao, and then drew his sword and committed suicide.
Not long after Xiao Jingao drew his sword and committed suicide, Xu Shaoliang, Xu Ze and Zhu Yigui were captured by the arriving officers and soldiers.
Xu Shaoliang, Xu Ze and Zhu Yigui were naturally sentenced to Lingchi's death penalty.
As soon as Xu Shaoliang arrived at the execution ground, he shouted: "Spare my life! Spare my life! I don't want to die!"
When the medic cut off his flesh with a knife, he couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "It hurts, it hurts, I will never rebel again!"
Xu Ze naturally knew his fate and did not feel unjust. He even giggled like crazy before being tortured.
Only Zhu Yigui felt that he was particularly unjust. Before he was executed, he couldn't help shouting: "No, I am unjust. I used to say that I was a descendant of the clan. I was lying. I am not really a descendant of the clan. After Jianwen, I was just a descendant of the clan." They suddenly believed my words and asked me to be some kind of general. I thought that once I became this general, I could eat whatever I wanted and have women, so I agreed. But I never thought you were going to chop me up. ! I don’t deserve it anymore, I don’t deserve to be this general anymore, okay?!”
However, no one paid attention to him, and Zhu Yigui was eventually sentenced to death.
"Your Majesty, all the rebel leaders have been executed, except Xiao Jingao who committed suicide before being captured. In addition, he left a memorial. Do you want to read it?"
After Xiong Tingbi led his troops back to Nanjing, he reported to Zhu Youxiao.
"Bring it to me and see."
Zhu Youxiao said something.
So Xiong Tingbi handed Xiao Jingao's memorial to Zhu Youxiao.
After Zhu Youxiao unfolded Xiao Jingao's memorial, he saw that Xiao Jingao wrote in the memorial: "The guilty minister Xiao Jingao has failed the emperor's favor and has no face to live in the world. He only regrets that what he has learned in his life has not been fully effective for the country. , because I can't give up my filial piety! My father left early, and my mother worked hard to raise me and send me to study, so that I was promoted to the Emperor's Hall from the farm house. However, the lives of my mother and other clan members were threatened by the Huang Zunyi clan, and I had to be killed by them. It's coercion to do the opposite! Although I deserve to die for my crime, please show mercy to your majesty and allow me to be buried together with my mother, so that I can fulfill my filial piety under the Nine Springs!"
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