Chapter 803: Those who surrender for profit, kill
After killing Zheng Sanwan, Ma Yulong and other surrendered generals, Zhou Shixiang ordered that all surrendered soldiers in the city be given 5 taels of silver, and the deputy generals were below the level of the Jinjin official. He also ordered all parts of the army to supervise the surrendered army. If there were any abnormal movements, Zhou Shixiang would not have to report to kill them first. If it was not for too much concern, Zhou Shixiang would like to kill all the more than 10,000 Qing troops, so that he could be completely at ease. After all, the more than 10,000 Qing troops would be difficult to digest in the short term, but now he could not stay in Jiangnan for too long. After Suzhou, he would have to return to Nanjing. If these surrendered troops rebelled again, it would inevitably greatly restrain the Taiping Army's short-term strength and would also cause Jiangnan to be corrupt.
What Zhou Shixiang wanted was the complete Jiangnan, not a broken Jiangnan like Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou. Therefore, he could only retreat and seek second best to kill these warlords who wanted to imitate Ma Fengzhi's example, continued to sway between the Ming and Qing dynasties, and wanted to live happily in a prosperous place in Jiangnan.
More importantly, Zhou Shixiang also needs to use this matter to add a principle to future surrenders, those who fear power and surrender, and those who surrender for profit and surrender will be killed.
With the continuous victory of the Taiping Army and the restoration of the Nandu, it is conceivable that more and more Qing troops will surrender to the Taiping Army in the future. However, these people surrendered because they were afraid of the Taiping Army, but at the same time they were often interested in making profits. For example, Zheng Sanwan and others surrendered was to imitate Ma Fengzhi's example and guard Jiangnan (Su Song). If they agreed, it meant that the land of Jiangnan's wealth would be returned to these surrendered generals, and Zhou Shixiang's Taiping Army Central Committee would find it difficult to get much taxes from these places in the future.
The more they promised, the more Ming troops were not directly affiliated. For example, these people were like Zhang Huangyan's armed forces of the Zhejiang Army and Li Laiheng's armed forces in Zhongzhenying, and were committed to revive the Ming Dynasty. The problem is that these people are essentially speculative warlords. They are all speculative warlords in the Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. They have no concept of nation, family and country. Their survival method is just a word of profit. They will invest in whichever side is more profitable.
If the person who came here still accepted it and made a big promise to be promoted and promoted, Zhou Shixiang would face such a situation. Although the Ming Dynasty was restored, the world was still divided. Everyone held the banner of the Ming Dynasty, but each had its own territory. In name, they obeyed the central government established by the Taiping Army, but in fact they were independent kingdoms.
If Zhou Shixiang wants to advance his policies and lead the rejuvenation of the Han nationality, he must centralize the central government. Then another civil war will inevitably occur in the future. However, how many people in China can withstand consumption!
Only after so many deaths were the anti-Qing success, and so many people had to die again to revive the nation. The price was too great, too great.
Therefore, as early as when Nanjing was restored, Zhou Shixiang began to consider the future. On the north Gushan Mountain in Zhenjiang, he ordered the Qing general Yang Guangxiao to be killed. At that time, he made a military order, saying that those who surrender without fighting in the future should be used; those who surrender without fighting and surrender again should be killed. Now, he wants to add another one to this military order, which is, "Those who surrender fear the might of surrender can accept it; those who surrender for profit should be killed."
Zhou Shixiang also had selfish intentions when killing Zheng Sanwan and other surrendered generals, that is, to take the rich land in his own hands, so that he could better place his direct troops. Of course, he would definitely have no way to say this, so he had to find some excuses to kill.
The snake cannot do without a head. Although the killing of Zheng Sanwan and others will certainly terrify the surrendered army, at least it will not cause collective rebellion. This allows Zhou Shixiang to deal with it calmly, either differentiate, suppress, or win over. These days, people are always uneven, and those who work together will be solved, and there is nothing difficult to solve the rest.
After doing this, Zhou Shixiang ordered Gui Yongzhi and Dong Changqing to start a grand burial of Guan Qizhen, and at the same time, he made a big fame of his loyalty and righteousness. Judging from his intention, he wanted to turn Guan Qizhen into the Prince Yue of the Qing Dynasty.
"It's a pity that Guan Qiqi was loyal to the Qing court, but was killed by the Shunzhi secret order. Although this commander was irreconcilable with the Qing Dynasty, he also regretted Guan Qiqi's experience. Come with paper and pen!"
Zhou Shixiang looked sad and angry, and took the brush taken from Jiang Guozhu's table from his personal guard. Without waiting for the personal guard to polish the ink, he wrote four big words on the paper with Zheng Sanwan's blood in his head, "The sun shines brightly!"
After writing four blood words, he finished writing them, while blowing the paper dry, he came to Jiang Guozhu and the black forehead and asked the two: "Guan Xiaozhong wrote these four big words before his death, comparing to Yue Wumu, but he didn't know if the two thought he was sad about his experience?"
He turned black and white into a deer and made a horse, and he was shameless but a scholar!
The forehead was black and silent.
Jiang Guozhu glanced at the four blood words and snorted slightly: "Your sub-scheming can only deceive ignorant people. How can you deceive the knowledgeable people in the world!"
"oh?"
Zhou Shixiang did not get angry, but asked Jiang Guozhu: "Are you an ignorant or a knowledgeable person?"
"snort!"
Jiang Guozhu turned his head and refused to answer.
"Whether an ignorant or a knowledgeable person, can he be more capable than a mountain of iron evidence?" Zhou Shi laughed, but reached out to point his hand in front of the black forehead and said, "Take it."
What to bring?
My forehead was dark and I was stunned, not knowing what Zhou Shixiang wanted from him.
"Didn't Fulin ask you to bring two secret orders? The one you want to capture Ma Fengzhi is not needed. You give me the secret orders for Liang Huafeng to capture Guan Jizhong and Jiang Guozhu."
When he heard this, he subconsciously responded: "How did you know?" He suddenly woke up and kept silent.
Jiang Guozhu trembled slightly on the side. Although he had known that the emperor had asked Liang Huafeng to capture him and Guan Qizhen, he was always unwilling to believe that this was true. He and Guan Qizhen were guarding Suzhou, hoping that the army would cross the river, so that the emperor would know their loyalty and forgive them. But when Er Seihe subconsciously admitted that he had that secret order, it was impossible for Jiang Guozhu to not feel disturbed.
The forehead was dark and he didn't answer, and Zhou Shixiang didn't talk to him. He ordered his personal guards to search for his body, but he did not find the secret meaning from him.
"If it's not on you, it's on Liang Huafeng."
Zhou Shixiang pondered for a moment and ordered the king and the assistant minister to find out the secret decree on Liang Huafeng.
Eshehe suddenly cursed: "Justice Zhong was obviously killed by these rebel generals, so what can you do if you get the secret order? Who can trust you!"
Zhou Shixiang shook his head and said, "You and Liang Huafeng have accepted the Fulin secret order to capture Guan Qizhen. Although Guan Qizhen knew the grievances, they did not resist and let you arrest him. However, you two were afraid that Guan Qizhen's subordinates would rob people, so they killed him on the spot. Before their death, Guan Qizhen's subordinates said that the letter was clear and clear. Guan Qizhen wanted to avenge him when they heard the news. As a result, you fought in Suzhou City and let my Taiping Army fisherman benefit. Isn't this a fact?"
Chapter completed!