Zhao Bing was stunned for a moment. He could understand that women were assigned to be wives of soldiers, but men were killed and no one was left alive.
This is too cruel.
"Is it His Majesty's intention that Zhang Ye could do such a thing?" Zhao Bing found it difficult to accept. Daliang's punishment for the rebels was very severe, but there was no such thing.
Generally, the family members of rebels are sent to the army and sent to the border. After a narrow escape, they may still be able to save their lives.
Zhao Bing felt that his outlook on life had been impacted, and the fingers holding the reins turned blue. Zhao Bing turned around and was about to go to Zhang Ye: "We can't let him do this. They are all our common people. Consignment to the army and distribution is enough."
Lin Man smiled bitterly and said: "I think it's enough, but you and I can't make the decision. Zhang Ye is the commander-in-chief."
At this time, a man in the team took the opportunity to run away, but was shot to death by a soldier.
Lin Man and Zhao Bing were stunned for a moment when they heard the gunfire. After asking about the matter, they saw the man's body being casually thrown on the roadside.
Neither of them knew what to say.
The soldier who shot and killed the man originally wanted to chop off the other man's head as a military merit. This ferocious look frightened the two of them.
The emperor's new army is completely different from what they thought. Are these the same kind-hearted and honest soldiers who usually look like them?
On the battlefield, he turned out to be so brutal.
Zhao Bing went to ask the soldier, and when he came back, he said to Lin Man: "They followed the battlefield manual. The enemy on the battlefield is the enemy, and the best enemy is the dead. I am speechless."
Lin Man smiled bitterly and said: "That man deserves to die. If he runs away, the soldiers guarding them will be punished, and military honors may be lost. Who doesn't want to gain military honors when going south this time? If the other party wants to escape, it will be fine if he is shot.
Military merit."
"Does killing people count?"
"If you are a thief, you are no longer a citizen!"
Lin Mandao: "It seems that our army in Daliang has changed. The new army will be the future in the future. I plan to study it when I return to the capital."
Zhao Bing nodded. Since Lin Man was going to study, he would naturally go too. The two of them were the only two people in the general who could take advantage of him.
If the general gate is not supported, the consequences may be that Zhu Youde will no longer be able to use the general gate in the future. In a few generations, the general gate in Daliang will no longer exist.
After the matter was done, Zhao Bing led people to escort the rebels to the camp, while Lin Man stayed behind and began to post notices everywhere.
"All unowned land in Tonglu County can be occupied by the common people. This is the emperor's order!"
After posting the notice, Lin Mancai led the army and left Tonglu.
Zhao Bing was assigned by Zhang Ye to dig a pit in the mountains, and more than 800 men from the gentry families were buried and killed.
After doing all this, the army returned to Hangzhou with thousands of women.
The people of Hangzhou City, who were preparing for the Oiran Competition, suddenly heard the triumphal march of the army. The military report started from the city gate and shouted that the emperor was coming to the palace.
"The imperial army won a great victory in Tonglu, killing 30,000 enemies."
Only then did the people of Hangzhou City realize that they were still fighting. After asking around again, they found out that the imperial court had won the battle and the troops had returned.
"When did the army go out? Why didn't I hear anything?"
"Who isn't? You won the battle so quickly? I can't believe it."
"Yeah, it's like you just had a good sleep and someone told you that the army won and killed 30,000 enemies, which is a lot."
"Tonglu was captured? The emperor is really powerful..."
The people felt very strange, as if someone had punched their brains, and they couldn't react at all.
too fast!
Zhu Youde read Zhang Ye's memorial in the palace. He was very satisfied. This was a thinking general.
As for trapping and killing the Tonglu squire, Zhu Youde wouldn't care!
Without these people, there would be a vacancy in Tonglu society, and a large amount of ownerless land would be occupied by ordinary people.
The matter of allocating land should be done by the government, but currently the court's public sentiment in the southeast is not good.
Occupying Tonglu was not cost-effective for Lao Zhu. What he wanted to carry out was a social reform, not a simple military victory.
The rebels are getting stronger and stronger outside, and the more they consume the strength of the Southeast wealthy families, the more they will allow the Southeast wealthy families to exploit the people. If the people are unstable, the Southeast wealthy families will kill themselves.
Looking at Zhou Chaozong He Qingfeng, Zhu Youde thought for a moment: "The next step is to promote shuttles in Hangzhou and clear the fields. You guys will cooperate in this matter. Zhou Qing, you will promote shuttles and build more factories in Hangzhou. He Qing, you will
Lead the government to clean up the fields!"
Zhou Chaozong already had experience and had no problem at all on how to promote shuttles.
He Qingfeng said: "Your Majesty, I understand that I am clearing up the farmland, but does your Majesty have other purposes? How much farmland is appropriate for a family? A large family owns a lot of fertile land. How to deal with it?"
“How much does one acre of land cost in Hangzhou now?”
"Thirty taels for paddy fields and ten taels for dry land."
"Then the imperial court will redeem it. Each family is only allowed to retain a maximum of 500 acres of land. The excess must be handed over and distributed to other landless people."
"In the past few days, I have asked Jin Yiwei to conduct an in-depth investigation among the people. There are not many local people farming. The objects of land allocation can only be the people who originally farmed the land. You must carefully screen them and don't allow others to take advantage of the court's loopholes."
Zhu Youde thought for a moment: "Identity authentication will be implemented in Hangzhou from now on. All those with household registration in Hangzhou will be re-registered and issued a household register."
Zhu Youde smiled and said: "There are many people in Hangzhou, so they will always be diverted out. Jiaxing and other places can resettle them."
The emperor wants to immigrate!
He Qingfeng nodded. Zhu Youde's idea was quite mild, so he did not object.
Zhang Yekeng's murder of more than 800 people could not be concealed. He and Zhou Chaozong would know about it when the army came back.
This kind of behavior is simply provoking the nerves of civil servants like them.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that entrapment and killing are unknown. For civil servants, entrapment and killing are far more unacceptable than direct killing.
After all, when it comes to killing people, you have to kill them first and then bury them.
Killing in a trap... means burying him alive.
The two of them were still meeting you when Zhang Ye arrived.
Looking at this man, He Qingfeng frowned, as if Zhang Ye was carrying countless innocent souls.
Zhang Ye gave a military salute, and Zhu Youde smiled and said: "We did a good job in Tonglu. Lin Man and Zhao Bing are still useful. They will be your subordinates in the future. In half a month, you will lead the army to capture Mingzhou and Taizhou!"
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"yes!"
Zhang Ye knew that if the emperor really wanted to send troops to quell the chaos, it was actually the three prefectures. To capture Mingzhou, he had to capture Zhaozhou Prefecture first. These three prefectures were the essence of the southeast.
It is also where the main force of the bandits gathers!
The emperor entrusted him with the great work of quelling the chaos.
"Your Majesty, I thought that after I captured Zhaozhou, I would then ask Lin Man to lead his people to fight west. I would go directly south and fight until Deqing."
"Okay, how to fight is your business!" Zhu Youde said: "You know how to do it, I just want to listen to your victory report!"
"I understand!"
Listening to what Zhu Youde and Zhang Ye said, He Qingfeng quickly said: "Your Majesty, the army must not cause too much killing!"