Various water villages in Dongting Lake began to emit billowing smoke, and countless soldiers and horses were running wild. In this case, the unarmed people were directly affected.
Whether it was Yang Yao's remnants, Yue Fei's troops, or Zhang Jun and others who were helping out, they were all explicitly prohibited from harassing the people.
But this is war. How can we take care of the common people in this kind of fighting and chaos? How can we really make the distinction so clear that the common people of Dongting Lake are both civilians and soldiers.
After this series of battles, Dongting Lake and even most of Jiangnan have become a mess.
Due to Yang Yao's disaster, the disaster of the military rebellion, and the accidental injuries caused by the war, the people of Jiangnan were almost in dire straits.
However, looking at the war in front of him, Zhao Huan on the warship also had a heavy face. He knew that this military disaster could not be stopped, and he also knew that this kind of price must be paid by the people of Jiangnan.
If you choose to follow Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao, you will face this outcome.
Of course, if Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao really win, then... Haha, Zhao Huan will not let this happen.
"Your Majesty, now that the overall situation has been decided, how should we execute Yang Yao and others?"
What faced after the war was the treatment of the thieves and the people of Jiangnan. The person who raised this issue was Zhang Jun, a famous official of the Song Dynasty who had both merit and demerit in history.
After hearing this sentence, many people's ears perked up, and they were also concerned about this issue, especially Yue Fei, who had made the most of the contribution, and was hesitant to speak.
Zhao Huan stopped Yue Fei's words, and then continued to ask Zhang Jun.
"How does Zhang Qing plan to deal with them?"
"Every traitor and traitor will be killed!" Zhang Jun's method was simple and crude. He didn't know that Zhao Huan and Yue Fei had already discussed, "Kill all the traitors like Yang Yao and others who refuse to surrender, regardless of whether they are young or old." Watch to shock the world!"
After Zhang Jun finished speaking, he also knew that this strategy was too cruel, so he walked directly to Zhao Huan and added softly.
“It’s not because we are cruel, this land in the south of the Yangtze River has been ruined by Yang Yao. If we were to save them, we would have to bear a heavy burden of food and supplies, herbs to prevent and treat diseases, and many doctors.
This puts too much pressure on the imperial court, and we also have to face Jin Wushu from the six counties of Hanxiang and Xiang, the advance of Daming Mansion, the main forces of Xixia and Najin, as well as Liu Yu and Du Chong.
There are still many enemies waiting for me, these people...their death is for the future of the Song Dynasty!
As long as we, the Song Dynasty, can defeat these enemies, more people will survive, and they will deserve to die! "
"Then the people of Jiangnan will be enough without them?"
"Of course it's not enough, so I would like to ask you to add more taxes from Jiangnan to fund the military!"
Zhang Jun said these words directly at this time, which made Zhao Huan's eyes change when he looked at him.
"If I hadn't known that you, Zhang Jun, have a public heart, I would have killed you today!"
"If killing me can bring prosperity to the Song Dynasty, then I am willing!" After Zhang Jun finished speaking, he looked at His Majesty Zhao Huan in front of him with his firm eyes, "I beg your Majesty, you must not have a wife. Human kindness!”
"Pengju, come here!" Zhao Huan did not agree directly and certainly did not say anything against it. He just raised his hand and called Yue Fei to his side.
"The general will pay homage to His Majesty."
"What do you think of Yang Yao and others?"
"Now that the leaders under Yang Yao have led their troops to surrender to the Song Dynasty, or have been dealt with, I will boldly ask Your Majesty not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and will also warn his generals not to kill indiscriminately.
The people in the south of the Yangtze River are already living a hard enough life, so don’t let them cause more killings..."
"It's good for General Yue to be kind-hearted, but if you do this, do you know how much food and supplies the court will have to pay!"
"The imperial court is supposed to do this. Could it be that the imperial court has to abandon the people just because it lacks food? What is the truth? The general really doesn't understand!"
"The overall situation is the most important thing!"
"If this overall situation is to come at the expense of countless casualties, then who is responsible for this overall situation? How and why it is important!"
"you!"
"Okay." Zhao Huan interrupted the argument between the two people, looked at the many generals and commanders around him who suddenly did not dare to speak, and said directly.
"Yue Fei made great achievements in pacifying Yang Yao. He was promoted to the school's minor security guard and granted the title of Founding Duke of Wuchang County. At the same time, he was promoted to the recruiting envoy of Jinghu North Road and Xiangyangfu Road."
Zhao Huan did not say who he wanted to obey, but he used the reward to tell everyone his answer. He was not the person who killed the donkey.
Zhang Jun wanted to say something more, but this time Zhao Huan didn't give him a chance.
"Since General Yue Fei said that everything must be done by putting the people first, do you know what the responsibilities of this envoy are?"
"The final general will definitely drive away the Golden Dog for our Song Dynasty, regain the six counties of Han and Xiang, and then fight against Jianghuai!"
"This is all the food and fodder you need to appease the people in the south of the Yangtze River and recapture Hanxiang, Jianghuai, and if you can't do that, I will kill you!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Yue Fei knew that Zhao Huan was not blaming him, he was just using this method to silence everyone. In this day and age, an emperor who wanted to protect his people might not be a good emperor in the eyes of his ministers.
Because they inherently represent different types of people.
Of course, Zhao Huan is trying his best to change this kind of thing.
After Zhao Huan made his decision, many soldiers and horses also began to pacify Jiangnan. Under the established strategy, they carried out the pacification of Jiangnan in an orderly manner.
This time, in addition to Yue Fei, Zhang Jun also asked his generals to assist, as well as Huang Zong and Xue Bi, who had many meritorious services in this battle to assist each other.
Of course, Xue Bi, who planned to capture Yang Yao, officially joined the Yue Family Army, moved to the Zhimi Pavilion with merit, and served as the transfer judge of Hunan.
Huang Zong was appointed by Yue Fei as the director of the Xuanfu Department in charge of writing and writing, and was taught Changzhou literature.
In addition, Chen Dong recommended that Hu Hongxiu, who was born as a imperial student next to him, also said that many of the generals who surrendered to Yang Yao had many merits. Yue Fei also appointed him as the director of the recruitment department, and he was promoted to Zhonglang by defeating Yang Yao.
And I heard that this guy also wants to write two military books... They are really excellent.
With the help of these people, the people in Jiangnan were quickly conquered and pacified, quickly distributed to all directions, and their stable lives were quickly restored.
In the end, the income was 50,000 to 60,000 yuan, and more than 27,000 households were resettled to return to work, with a total of more than 100,000 people.
At the same time, more than 1,000 vehicles and other types of vessels were seized.
In the end, Yang Yao was finally brought in front of Zhao Huan and others. He looked at Zhao Huan, who was aloof, and at the many Song Dynasty generals and officials who were glaring at him angrily and wishing to cut his flesh with their eyes.
Yang Yao just kept sneering without any fear.
"Yang Yao, now that His Majesty is in front of you, you still dare to be so presumptuous and don't kneel down to apologize!"
At this time, it is natural that loyal ministers and good generals will jump out and tell Zhao Huan how loyal he is and how much he cares about Zhao Huan's prestige.
But Yang Yao didn't feel anything about it, and even the sneer on his face became more mocking.
"Forget it, Yang Yao is also the Great Sage King after all, why bother humiliating him." Zhao Huan stopped the officials and generals who wanted to rush forward to teach Yang Yao a lesson, and even asked someone to find a seat for Yang Yao. Make him more comfortable.
"You will definitely die today, but before you die, you and I may be able to have a good chat and resolve some of the doubts in our hearts."
"Ha, you, the emperor, are so interesting. If a certain family has any doubts that you need to solve, please stop being so sentimental here. If you want to say something grateful to a certain family before you die, that is wishful thinking!"
"Don't you want to know how you lost?"
"Because people's hearts are insufficient, because people's hearts are greedy, because they deserve to suffer, they deserve it!" Yang Yao suddenly became excited, but laughed loudly, "They are a bunch of untouchables who have abandoned us like this, a certain family They should be slaughtered early!"
"If Mr. Zhong heard what you said now, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would jump out of the grave and strangle you to death and take you away."
"Even if that Zhongxiang comes back from the dead, a certain family will still say this. How do they have the right to get such benefits? These untouchables only want to get something for nothing. They deserve to be poor and suffer!
They blame their sins on a certain family's greed for enjoyment, but why don't they think about it themselves, why they can't enjoy it!
They refused to come when a certain family recruited soldiers, and a certain family asked them to fight to the death for their own fields. They cowered, did not dare to kill the enemy, and did not even dare to go to the battlefield to fight for themselves.
They just wanted to wave flags and cheers behind me, and then said beautiful words, and finally got more fields.
Are they doing it for me, Da Chu? They are doing it for themselves and their own interests!
How you think you got their surrender is because you offered a higher price than us. You didn't recruit these untouchables to surrender, you just bribed them.
When there is a better price in the future, they will sell you out without hesitation. If you don’t believe it, just wait and see!
This group of untouchables will never be satisfied. They refuse to reflect on themselves and will only blame others for all their mistakes.
Just watch, this group of self-inflicted untouchables will eventually bring you down, and you, the Song Dynasty, will be brought down. Just watch, a certain family is waiting for you below! "
Yang Yao, who was laughing loudly, was finally taken away. Even when a sharp blade was used to cut off his head, Yang Yao did not show even a trace of fear.
He calls himself a hero.
"My good people are the enemy's enemies." Zhao Huan looked at the bloody head that was brought up and said softly, "I don't know what you think about what Yang Yao said.
These people don't want to go through war, let alone starve to death on the streets. Those who are stubborn and ambitious should be killed by us.
But we cannot kill ten thousand people just because one person out of ten thousand is like this.
Because our duty is not to find that person, but to make everyone else lose the desire to resist. "
"Yue Fei obeys the order!" After saying these words, he immediately roared at Yue Fei without even caring whether everyone could understand.
"The general is here!"
"Send troops to the Jianghuai River to regain our homeland!"
"General, follow your orders!"
