"minister!"
Wang Wending, the prefect of Yangzhou, was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but cover his face, which hurt like needles.
"Killing!"
"Killing!"
"Killing!"
By this time, the entire street was in chaos.
Because these rich boys pretended to be Hulu, riding horses and hawks, rampaging in the market, and Zhu Youxiao's guards shot and killed these rich boys directly.
Therefore, the Yangzhou people in the markets in this area became panicked.
After all, they have never seen swords and guns in this world.
Some people screamed outright.
The pedestrians who were walking leisurely on the street suddenly became a mess, running around without any direction.
For a moment, he either knocked over the vendor's shelves, knocked down the old man opposite, or was squeezed into the river by others.
The boat on the river also seemed to have lost its direction and started spinning in place.
The sound of silk and bamboo suddenly disappeared.
The bright lights of thousands of houses began to go out one by one, as if they wanted to hide in the dark night.
Even the moon quietly hid in the clouds.
Zhu Youxiao hated the chaotic scene at the moment.
In his opinion, this is just the chaos caused by the appearance of a group of fake Tatars. If a large number of Qing soldiers appear like in the original history, then how panicked and fearful will these Yangzhou people who enjoy the gentle and wealthy countryside be? .
"Lose the city!"
"Don't shoot yet, capture all the fake Tatars! Anyone who disobeys will be shot to death!"
"Organize people and declare to the people in the city that I am in Yangzhou and there will be no chaos in Yangzhou! Don't panic!"
Zhu Youxiao gave instructions in a cold voice.
"yes!"
"Your Majesty has an order! Seal the city! Don't shoot yet. Take down all those who look like Tatars. If you disobey orders, they will be killed!"
"All officials declare to the people that His Majesty is in Yangzhou and there will be no chaos in Yangzhou. Don't panic!"
…
The voices of officials began to ring in Yangzhou City.
The gunfire also stopped suddenly.
Not long after, all the fake Tatars who appeared in Yangzhou City were escorted in front of Zhu Youxiao, and even the fake Tatars who had been beaten to death were also carried in front of Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao took a look and saw that some were pretending to be slaves, some were pretending to be Mongolian soldiers, and some were even pretending to be Japanese pirates.
"Very good. I didn't expect that the freedom of the people would reach such an extent. They would not even distinguish between right and wrong or national sentiments, but they would actually worship these bastards! Tell me, why do you pretend to be these people and walk around like this? Are you shouting for someone to sacrifice your concubine?"
Zhu Youxiao asked as he looked at the group of wealthy young men who were escorted in front of him.
After speaking, Zhu Youxiao pointed to the young man at the front and asked, "Are you going to answer me?"
Because he knew that the person in front of him was the Ming Emperor, the man did not dare not answer, and only replied: "I just think it's fun!"
"Fun? What a good way to play?"
"I've heard the story of the Donglu before, and I think their Eight Banners system is very interesting. The soldiers and peasants are integrated into one, and they can hunt and kill the Han people who are as civilized as lambs at will. It feels very majestic."
The man replied.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao asked Xiang Yi, the man dressed as a Japanese pirate: "What about you, do you also think it's majestic to dress up as a Japanese pirate?"
The man replied: "Well, I just think it's very majestic and impressive. You can lead your own warriors and kill everywhere."
Zhu Youxiao then ordered: "Put them into prison first, and search their homes for all written contents overnight! In addition, ask all the wealthy Jin gentry and businessmen in Yangzhou to come to watch the execution tomorrow!"
After the rich and wealthy merchants of the Jin gentry in Yangzhou City learned that their children had gotten into trouble because of their mischief, they were naturally frightened. They came to the government office all night long to beg Zhu Youxiao, saying that they were willing to pay money to eliminate the trouble.
"Let them all go away! Don't think that money can solve everything. Will I be short of money?"
Zhu Youxiao gave an instruction.
…
Early the next morning.
All the wealthy merchants of the Jin gentry in Yangzhou came to the execution ground.
And those wealthy young men pretending to be Tatars and Japanese pirates were also taken to the execution ground.
And at this time, Han Zanzhou also reported to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, after checking it, these people were indeed influenced by some books. They actually worshiped the Hulu and Japanese pirates, and even wrote edicts to massacre all the humble Han people. Ling Xiwen enjoyed himself. In addition, we also found many Hu costume props and some excerpts about the Hu-Han wars such as Saarhu."
Zhu Youxiao took some content from Han Zanzhou. After reading it for a while, he sneered: "Role playing? Worship barbarism? Very good! I will give you a long memory! Let you worship barbarism! Worship disorderly killing. !”
With that said, Zhu Youxiao ordered: "Burn them all, and kill all those pretending to be Tatars and Japanese pirates on the spot. Their heads will be hung in the city to inform the world that anyone who worships barbarism and turns into a Japanese pirate will be killed." No pardon! In addition, the Yangzhou magistrate’s disciplinary culture is poor, so he was demoted to three levels, and officials from Chongwen Temple and Dongchang were directly dismissed from their posts!”
"yes!"
When Zhu Youxiao's will was passed on.
Those young men who pretended to be Tatars and felt that they were powerful were greatly frightened by this.
"No! No, I don't want to die!"
"I won't pretend to be a Donglu man anymore, and I promise I won't do it again!"
"Spare your life! Your Majesty, please spare your life!"
Click!
Click!
Click!
But the king's law was ruthless, and these people were all killed one by one, and then framed and hung on the city tower.
After Zhu Youxiao left Yangzhou City, Yangzhou City was still peaceful and prosperous as before, but there were only a few more heads on the city gate.
Zhu Youxiao just smiled faintly at this. He believed that there were a few heads, and some crazy and disorderly people in the city should know to restrain themselves. They should also know that the court not only has favors, but also has iron fists.
However, for Yangzhou officials, gentry and wealthy businessmen, they were also surprised by the emperor's reaction to this incident.
Especially the Jin gentry and wealthy businessmen, they thought at first that the emperor just wanted to find an excuse to ask for money from them, and then extort a large sum of money from them.
After all, the emperor is no different from robbers and bandits in essence. They are all masters of violence, and it is normal to charge protection fees.
But they didn't expect that the emperor would react so excitedly this time, not asking for money, but actually asking for the lives of their useless children and grandchildren!
In fact, they, like Wang Wending, the prefect of Yangzhou, did not think it was a big deal about pretending to be Tatars.
What do the Tatars have to fear? What's there to be nervous about?
You know, didn’t this dynasty build the Ming Dynasty by defeating the Tatars?
Therefore, the officials, gentry and wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou City were all confused by the emperor's reaction. They did not understand what the emperor was sensitive to and why he reacted so aggressively to the Tatars' behavior.
Perhaps in this era, they who are lucky enough to no longer face the disaster of national subjugation and genocide will never understand what their emperor is so nervous about and why he is so hysterical and uses the heads of young men to do seemingly extreme things.
After all, after nearly three hundred years of peace, the Han people at this time really didn’t know what national war was, and they didn’t know how terrifying Hu Shou was!
"Your Majesty should cherish the dragon body, and should not be angry about this matter. People in prosperous times inevitably only seek peace and happiness, and are insensitive to inappropriate behavior that may cause turmoil. They may even just regard it as a joke."
Lu Xiangsheng also comforted Zhu Youxiao at this time.
"As Mr. Lu Ge said, the people of Sri Lanka only know peace and happiness. Isn't this the achievement that our emperor wants to achieve?"
Wen Tiren also followed suit.
Zhu Youxiao smiled bitterly because of this. He dared to believe that the people were not nervous about Hu troubles, or was it because of himself, the emperor?
"You can pick lotuses in the south of the Yangtze River, where there are fields of lotus leaves, and fish play among the lotus leaves."
"The fish plays with the lotus leaves to the east, the fish plays with the lotus leaves to the west, the fish plays with the lotus leaves to the south, and the fish plays with the lotus leaves to the north."
Zhu Youxiao listened to the sound coming from the water somewhere in the distance, and looked at the river.
There are white sails on the river like a forest, boats densely covering the river, and smoke from cooking fires along the river bank.
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