The fall of Mingzhou is destined. How can the rebellion of the wealthy families be compared with the imperial army? The resources Zhu Youde can mobilize are far superior to those of the wealthy families in the southeast. Without the support of external reinforcements, the wealthy families in the southeast cannot succeed at all.
That's why Zhang Ye put all his efforts into making bold plans to get rid of Lin Ping's navy in East Vietnam.
With Lin Ping's navy in check, he could not attack Mingzhou with peace of mind.
After Lin Ping's navy was wiped out, Mingzhou was completely finished. The solid city wall was under bombardment by artillery, just like the Mingzhou army was under the gunfire of Daliang's regular army, and they could only lose their lives.
Daliang's infantry poured into Mingzhou City like a torrent. First, the government offices and treasury were occupied by the infantry, then the major local wealthy families, and finally the infantry took to the streets to clean up the streets.
Everyone in sight was killed. Some wealthy families in Mingzhou tried to organize a breakout and fought bravely. The disciples of the wealthy families led their servants and charged towards the musket formation.
However, after a burst of gunfire, nothing was left.
A wealthy family surnamed Lin organized five hundred servants and serfs, and once approached the Musket Army's position. Just when they thought they could break through the Musketeer Army's line, the Musketeers threw an iron sweet potato.
After several bombings, hundreds of servants were bombed so hard that even their bodies could not be found. The captain Zhao Dayan, who was in charge of the battle, took advantage of the enemy being bombed to pull out his sword and shouted: "Go forward."
The three hundred musketeers marched in neat steps while attacking. As the troops advanced, the soldiers in the musketeers immediately retreated after firing a shot, and then replaced themselves with soldiers from the next row.
There were hundreds of such teams, advancing in a rolling attack. These Musketeers quickly became proficient in the battle.
The skills and tactics previously trained in the army are slowly coming into play in actual combat.
The army organized by the wealthy family named Lin was quickly killed by Zhao Dayan.
Some wealthy families who participated in the rebellion, knowing that they were finished, took their families and committed suicide directly, so that their female relatives would not have to suffer the insult.
After the city of Mingzhou was captured, more than 500 local wealthy families died, including the Southeast Li family and the Wang family, a super wealthy family. More than 1,400 people in their family were shot dead.
The entire upper class of society in Mingzhou collapsed.
The fighting lasted all day, and in the evening no gunshots were heard in the city.
Zhao Bing walked up to the city wall with blood dripping from his body, and loudly raised his hands to Zhang Ye: "The city has been cleared, general, please enter!"
Zhang Ye nodded with satisfaction. He had been looking at the city wall all day and had long wanted to enter the city.
However, he is the commander of the army, so he has to wait until the infantry is cleared before he can enter.
The army's new headquarters is in the Li family's mansion, and the courtyard has long been filled with people kneeling.
In the local government of Mingzhou, almost all the officials were kneeling on the ground, waiting for their resignation.
Zhang Ye was extremely disgusted and asked Zhao Bingdao: "Why are these people here? Just follow the rules."
Zhao Bingdao: "After all, he is an official of the imperial court and has many connections with the DPRK and China."
Zhao Bing grabbed a man's head and let Zhang Ye see the man's face clearly: "This man is the magistrate of Mingzhou, and his brother is the minister of household affairs."
Zhao Bing's actions were very rough, but the prefect did not dare to say anything at all. He just looked at Zhang Ye with pleading eyes.
After letting this person go, Zhao Bing grabbed another person: "This is also the nephew of the minister of the court. And this is the son-in-law of the general..."
"So I think it's best to hand these people over to the court. If I follow your rules and behead them directly... I feel good now, but I will be in big trouble in the future. At least I have to let your Majesty handle it."
Zhang Ye said calmly: "The emperor ordered Liang Zan to be the assassin of Hedong. Liang Zan split up the Liang clan in Hedong. Those who disobeyed were buried alive and beheaded! Those who colluded with the rebels directly exterminated the clan. The method was extremely cruel."
"The emperor knew about it but didn't mention it even a word. Officials from the aristocratic families all reported to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would punish Liang Zan, but Liang Zan became the pastor of Xuzhou. Now he is going north to Shanhaiguan to fight against Beiyan. The emperor's will is like this, do you think His Majesty
Do you care about the officials in the court?!"
Zhao Bing took a breath of cold air. He knew some of these things, but he didn't know more details.
Judging from Zhu Youde's attitude towards Liang Zan, he didn't care about the life or death of others at all.
"Your Majesty will not let these people go, right?"
"You want to survive by participating in the rebellion? You are simply naive. Who do you think His Majesty is? If this can be forgiven, what can't be forgiven?"
The local officials who thought they still had a way to survive suddenly burst into tears when they heard the conversation between Zhang Ye and Zhao Bing.
It means that they all just had no choice but to surrender to the enemy.
"My family once sponsored Taizu's army. Your Majesty can't do this to my family. It's unfair!"
Zhang Ye held the knife and without even looking at the man, he swung the knife and chopped off the other person's head.
"This is my attitude and the emperor's attitude!"
Zhao Bing quickly asked people to take more than a hundred people out and beheaded them all. The blood immediately washed the earth.
Zhang Ye doesn't want to talk nonsense with these people at all. No matter who is behind you, can you still be greater than the emperor?
Zhao Bing came back and said to Zhang Ye: "I'm a little worried... If you are so vicious, you will definitely not end well in the future. Civil servants are like weeds, they will grow again with the spring breeze. You have killed so many people now. What are the people behind these people?"
The family will remember you. They will lurk, and when you make a mistake, they will pounce on you and bite you to death."
"Then they underestimated Your Majesty!" Zhang Ye took out a memorial and handed it to Zhao Bing.
"Emancipation order?"
"Private serfs are not allowed in Daliang. Anyone who commits a crime is akin to rebellion. All serfs have the right to take property as heavy as their own body from their master's house and make it their own."
Zhao Bing felt a chill in his back after reading it. He was not very clear about the impact of Zhu Youde's order on Daliang, but he felt that it was a terrifying thing.
From now on, wealthy families are no longer allowed to keep serfs and servants privately. What should noble families do?
Zhao Bing looked at Zhang Ye, a smart man: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
Zhang Ye said with a smile: "This is His Majesty's biggest weapon against the wealthy people in the southeast. Your next task is to lead the army to continue fighting south until the East Vietnam border stops!"
When he heard that he was continuing to fight, Zhao Bing didn't think much about it: "It's better to fight. I can't handle the serf liberation order. You should be the one to handle it."
"And you can not only fight but also govern the place, so that you can have both cultural relics. Otherwise, you are really doomed. We will not let you go, especially those families with many daughters, who just hope to find someone to support their appearance.
?This is just right for you..."
After getting acquainted with Zhao Bing, Zhang Ye knew that Zhao Bing usually liked to joke and had a bad temper, but regarding Jiangmen, as long as Zhao Bing said it, it would be credible. Zhang Ye's face twitched: "Dream