Half an hour later, Xu Yingyuan came over with excitement and reported that he had lived up to the commander of the general. Except for the two of the first two, the 136 captured officials and scholars expressed their willingness to surrender to the Taiping Army.

"Oh, is that right? Let's take Ben Shuai to meet them."

Zhou Shixiang was very happy. The effect of the butcher knife was really immediate and solved his most difficult trouble. He couldn't wait to see these officials and scholars who were about to join the Taiping Army. He also had to comfort these people on the scene, so that he could win people's hearts.

"Yes, Grandmaster, please!"

Xu Yingyuan was busy leading the way. When he arrived at the school ground, he shouted loudly, "The Grandmaster is here!" His voice was extremely bright, and Zhou Shixiang praised him secretly: What a host!

Zhou Shixiang glanced at the officials and scholars, and saw that most of them were very frightened. He did not dare to look up at him or move around. He knew that they were scared, so he looked at them with a smile.

"You don't have to be restrained. This commander is the general appointed by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Now the Japanese commander leads 100,000 men to Xiangshan to expel the Tartars and restore the Han Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhou Shixiang packed himself up and bluffed his momentum. Then he slowly glanced at the officials and scholars who didn't dare to look at him, and said in a harmonious voice: "I know that some of you are officials who have served for the Qing court, and some are scholars in the village. It's not your original intention to come to Xiangshan this time, but it doesn't matter. Since you have decided to serve me, I will regard you as your own family. In the future, you must trust you and entrust it to you. You should be confident and bold in Xiangshan. As long as you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and are brave enough to take responsibility, I will never stingy in rewards. If you have made merit, I will definitely report to the court to ask for me for you. It is no problem to be granted a wife and a son in the future!"

After saying that, Zhou Shixiang stopped and waited for the crowd to come out to answer his words. He didn't expect that the crowd was silent and there was no reaction at all.

Zhou Shi's hearts were deep, and Xu Yingyuan suddenly saw him and quickly stepped forward and said, "You have made a clear statement just now. Now the Grand Marshal meets you in person. Why don't you come forward and express your loyalty to the Grand Marshal?"

After pausing for a moment, the crowd still did not respond, and he couldn't hold his face anymore. He took his eyes and signaled to the three soldiers holding bamboo poles. The soldiers hurriedly shook the bamboo poles over the crowd, and immediately blood dripped into the crowd, causing a stir.

"Everyone is willing to serve my Taiping Army. Our Taiping Army will protect you from your family and your family, and at the same time, you will also protect your family from your worries. But if you just said falsely and deceived me just now, then I will be polite to you."

Xu Yingyuan was afraid that the matter would be ruined again, so he ignored Zhou Shixiang's presence and directly threatened the officials and scholars.

Zhou Shi had no objection to this and stood there with his hands behind his back, waiting for the reaction of these people. However, the crowd was still silent and no one took the initiative to stand up.

Zhou Shixiang's face became increasingly ugly. He was not angry that Xu Yingyuan came to report it for nothing before he got it done, but that he was angry that these people were too ungrateful and shameless, and they had already taken off their pants and returned them to him. What's the matter with pulling the pants to his death?

"Master, why don't I go and hammer two more!"

The blind Li mo fisted and rubbed his hands. Just when Zhou Shi agreed, he picked two scholars to practice his hands. Since the sawing of the tower sound cloth that day, the blind Li has liked this kind of pleasure of killing people in public.

"Wait a minute."

Zhou Shixiang was quite calm and did not let the blind Li take action. He had already thought that since these people had agreed to Xu Yingyuan to participate in the Taiping Army, they had to fulfill their choices regardless of whether they were willing or forced to do so. They did not expect them to be grateful to the Taiping Army General Zhou for not killing him, but it is okay to say a few words on the scene. Now that he is dead, how can he point at them to do things? He also said that the three heads do not have enough vibration and have to pick a few more.

Just when he was impatient, a middle-aged man wearing the eighth-rank official uniform of the Qing court slowly raised his head. Seeing Zhou Shixiang looking at him, he hurriedly lowered his head again, but after two seconds, he raised his head again, and the corners of his mouth also moved, as if he had something to say.

Um?

Zhou Shixiang was delighted. As long as someone took the lead, others would be easy to deal with. He immediately pointed to the eighth-rank official and asked him, "What's your name?"

"Reply to the words of the Grand Commander, the surname Chen and Jiantai!" The eighth-rank official was happy when he saw Zhou Shixiang really ask him, and added: "The emperor is the teacher of Zengcheng, a pseudo-choir of the pseudo-choir."

"Teacher of Zengcheng? OK, okay, I am short of a talent like you." Zhou Shi praised and asked him: "Since you have been a teacher, then I will let you be a teacher of Xiangshan County. How do you think?"

Chen Jiantai looked at his companions, hesitated for a moment and nodded firmly, "I am willing to do things for the general!"

Zhou Shixiang nodded slightly and ordered: "Come on, I will reward Chen Jiantai with twenty taels of silver!"

"Thank you, Marshal!"

After taking over a few silver ingots, Chen Jiantai's eyes were so bright. He also knew that the so-called Taiping Army did not have 100,000 people at all, and it was just a lonely Ming army soldier near Guangzhou. It is hard to say whether he could gain a foothold in Xiangshan in the future. Now that he has voted for him, he may not have good results in the future.

But under the eaves, people have to bow their heads. The heroes don’t suffer the loss in front of them. Those who know the current affairs are heroes. Compared to the two unlucky guys whose heads were cut off, Chen Jiantai thought that he would always be lucky than them, at least he could live longer than them. As for whether his wife at home would be implicated by his Ming Dynasty, he would not be able to control it. Isn’t there a saying that the sky is high and the birds fly, so why not have a real man’s wives? My husband is going back to see his wife for the sake of his fate. He doesn’t really want to kill her. You didn’t see that, Mr. Wang’s bloody head is still lifting up in the sky!

As long as this person takes the lead, there will definitely be many people following him.

Chen Jiantai was an example, and he got an official and received a silver. Suddenly, a few more officials who were in the Qing Dynasty stood up. Their officials were not very big, they were all small officials of the highest rank, and they all said what they were doing as an official in the Qing Dynasty. Zhou Shixiang also entrustd them with the same official position and gave them silver rewards. Later, some scholars stood up, including the juren from the 16th year of Shunzhi, as well as the juren from the Yongli period, and even more scholars, most of whom were from Guangdong, a small number of them were from Fujian and Jiangxi, and two from Nanzhili.

"Okay, since you are willing to do things for me, I will not treat you badly. If you all go down, I will be very happy. It is rare that you are so wise and willing to help me. I cannot guarantee anything else, so I will ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing, and wealth is a trivial matter!"

With more than one hundred people, Zhou Shixiang naturally could not talk to them one by one, and just say a few words to the leader. He has a lot of things now and cannot spend all his time here. He signaled Xu Yingyuan to take everyone down and give it to Duke Xiang of Song. Duke Xiang of Song was preparing to set up a short-term crash course for officials. The textbooks were compiled based on the opinions given by Zhou Shixiang. As long as these officials and scholars who surrendered to the crash course were sent, it would be one month later and half a month later, and he could come out to do things.

Zhou Shixiang was not worried that these people would be in the Mingying camp and were clear-headed. He ate the Taiping Army's rice but smashed the Taiping Army's bowl. He had a targeted measure, which was to specifically ask Liao Ruixiang to arrange personnel to supervise these people until he confirmed that they were doing things honestly rather than being cheated and stabbed the Taiping Army in secret and gave real credit.

Even if there is a need, Zhou Shixiang didn't mind learning about the Ming Taizu. When these guys were doing business, they specially made a few big-headed soldiers standing by with knives and watching them. This practice was a major damage to the face of these scholars, but it was the most effective way in the short term. In the long run, one step at a time, Zhou Shixiang now realized what it means to cross the river by feeling the stones, and Xiangshan is in trouble. All matters are invented. It requires a lot of manpower and material investment. Material resources can be snatched, and manpower can be snatched now. Only when the Taiping Army can truly attract capable scholars to invest, this problem will be considered to be initially solved. Only when the Taiping Army trains itself can come out to enrich the regimes at all levels, this problem will no longer exist. All this requires the Taiping Army to have at least a province of territory, otherwise, everything will be castles in the air.

Zhou Shixiang was about to leave, and the officials were naturally tactful and praised him. At this time, a scholar stood up to stop Zhou Shixiang. He said, "Master General, the student is the subordinate of the King of Tang. I beg the General General to send the student back to the King of Tang."

King Tang?

Zhou Shixiang stopped and was stunned: Where did a subordinate of the Tang King appear?

If you think about it carefully, it is wrong. Isn’t the King of Tang the vassal before Emperor Longwu ascended the throne? After Emperor Longwu ascended the throne, the King of Tang was conferred the title of his younger brother Zhu Yuyou, which is Emperor Shaowu. Both Emperor Longwu and Emperor Shaowu died in the country, so why did the King of Tang appear?

"I dare to deceive me. Both the Tang kings of our court have died for their country. How can the Tang kings say that they have come to?"

Zhou Shixiang was furious. He was a scholar after all. This scholar was brave enough to use a fake Tang King to deceive him. He just said it directly. This coach is not unreasonable. How dare he deceive me like this!

In a rage, he ordered his left and right: "Take this fool!"

After saying that, Xu Yingyuan behind him pulled him, and he was very embarrassed to remind him: "Master, there is still a Tang King who is not dead."

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Chapter completed!