Du Yuanwai died in the hands of Wang Gang in the end. The people he brought with him had no intention of fighting. Du Yuanwai surrendered as soon as Du Yuanwai died.
On the other side, the battle in Jiujiang County also ended quickly. The alliance army composed of three thousand bandits was defeated by the Song army that suddenly came out. Some surrendered and some fled.
Wang Gang and his people from the yamen quickly joined forces with the generals of the Song army and completely took control of the situation.
"General Mi, thank you for coming in time this time." When Wang Gang saw the commander of the Song Army, he immediately clasped his fists and thanked him.
"You're very polite, Shanda. Your Highness the Crown Prince has already written to me, asking me to help you suppress the bandits."
General Mi is the military governor of Jiangnan West Road and the person in charge of suppressing bandits in Jiangxi. He has a third-rank official position and is logically Wang Gang's superior.
However, the Song Dynasty valued civil service over military affairs, and the status of civil servants was half a level higher than that of military attachés. Wang Gang was also a favorite of Prince Zhao Shu, so General Mi was very polite to Wang Gang.
When Wang Gang learned that three thousand bandits had formed an alliance, he did not need to pay attention to his subordinates and did not ask for help from Hongzhou Prefecture. He acted extremely arrogant.
In fact, secretly Wang Gang had already sent a trustworthy person to contact General Mi and asked him to secretly lead his troops to Jiujiang County for support.
Wang Gang was right about what he said. Three thousand bandits united, which indeed saved him a lot of trouble, and solved the Jiujiang banditry problem at once.
After the three thousand bandits were wiped out, it was also beneficial for General Mi to serve as the governor of Jiangnan West Road, so he came in such a timely manner.
As soon as Du Yuanwai died, Wang Gang immediately reported to the court that Du Yuanwai had colluded with bandits and intended to break into the county.
What Wang Gang said was true. In addition, Du Yuanwai was dead, and the imperial decree came down very quickly. Du Yuanwai was guilty of an unforgivable crime, and his family was immediately ransacked. Three generations of his direct family were sent into exile.
At the same time, Prince Zhao Shu also wrote a letter praising Wang Gang, praising him for his outstanding achievements in suppressing bandits in just three months since he had been in Jiujiang. The prince also said that he had asked officials for credit for Wang Gang.
However, the officials did not express their position for a long time, but the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued an official document. Wang Gang had an official name on his head, Hongzhou Prefectural Tong, to lead the investigation of theft.
He became the direct subordinate of General Mi and concurrently served as the magistrate of Jiujiang County.
When Wang Gang saw the official document, his head was full of questions?
Hongzhou Prefecture is also a sixth-rank official, and is the assistant officer of the magistrate of Hongzhou. Together with the prefecture judge, he is in charge of grain, poaching, coastal defense, river defense, water conservancy and other matters.
Logically speaking, Wang Gang was a subordinate of the magistrate of Hongzhou, but he was seconded to General Mi and was responsible for arresting and suppressing bandits. He also served as magistrate of Jiujiang County.
Wang Gang had never heard of such chaotic orders.
Later, it was General Mi who clarified Wang Gang's confusion.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intended for you to assist me in suppressing the bandits, but as you are a civil servant, it is not appropriate for you to be directly transferred to the ranks of military commanders, so the Crown Prince asked the Magistrate of Hongzhou to second you.
Nominally you are still a civil servant, directly under the Hongzhou Prefecture, but in fact your job is to assist the general in suppressing bandits."
Wang Gang suddenly realized and said: "General Mi, I'll take good care of you from now on."
General Mi laughed loudly and said: "Shangda people are very polite. You are seconded. You are not a direct subordinate to me, so I have no control over you."
Wang Gang wondered: "Then how can I help the general suppress the bandits?"
"The prince has already arranged for me to give you three thousand soldiers, and you will be responsible for wiping out all the bandits in Hongzhou Mansion. I don't care about the process, only the result." General Mi said with a smile.
Wang Gang has nothing else to say, just take the order!
He now deeply understands what it means to have someone in the government to do things easily.
General Mi left 3,000 soldiers with Wang Gang and left Jiujiang County with the others.
Wang Gang did not immediately start to suppress the bandits, but trained soldiers and rectified Jiujiang County at the same time.
After Du Yuanwai's home was ransacked, Wang Gang confiscated a large amount of property.
He did not embezzle it for himself, but used it all to build Jiujiang County.
The first thing Wang Gang did was to distribute the land and property annexed by Du Yuanwai to the original people.
The second step is to establish a charity bureau and spend a large amount of money to take care of orphans and widows. The charity bureau will be managed by Hai Chaoyun in the early stage.
In the third step, Wang Gang led his people to completely eliminate the remaining bandit forces around Jiujiang County, open stable trade routes, and provide Jiujiang County with income-generating conditions.
Wang Gang was busy with this busy work for half a year before he basically straightened out Jiujiang County.
On the other side, General Mi couldn't wait any longer and sent many letters urging Wang Gang to suppress the bandits.
Wang Gang saw that Jiujiang County was almost busy and officially started to suppress bandits.
The bandits in Hongzhou Mansion ushered in their darkest moment.
Wang Gang never used force to suppress bandits, nor did he attack by force. Whenever he went to a place, he would first contact the local government office and issue a continuous order.
The so-called consecutive imprisonment order means that anyone who helps the bandits, no matter who they are, will be directly imprisoned.
People have the obligation to report bandits. If they discover bandits and fail to report them, they will all be punished.
With the soldiers in Wang Gang's hands, it may be difficult to defeat bandits, but it is easy to suppress the people.
The people of Hongzhou Prefecture dared to be angry but dared not speak out, so they could only cooperate with the government to suppress the bandits.
The bandits on the mountain were in bad luck. The money they stole could not be exchanged for food, because no one dared to sell it to them.
Many bandits who went down the mountain to buy grain were reported by their bosses and impounded before they even took out the money.
Bandits are also human beings and need to eat and drink water. It is difficult to grow food in the mountains, so they cannot make a living just by hunting.
Wang Gang's move was so poisonous that it directly cut off the connection between the mountain and the bottom, forcing the bandits to go down the mountain.
As soon as the bandits got off the mountain, they lost their geographical advantage. At this time, Wang Gang led his troops to suppress the bandits, getting twice the result with half the effort.
One characteristic of Wang Gang's leadership is that he never attacks directly.
Always hit and run, harass the bandits when they stop, stop and go, consume the bandits' physical strength, and then lure them into a prepared encirclement.
After actually leading troops to fight, Wang Gang combined the military tactics taught by Master Liao with practice, united knowledge with action, and his ability to command troops skyrocketed.
He himself is a rare and fierce general in the world. With a Baji gun, no one has ever been able to reach the triple level. Coupled with the consecutive victories, his soldiers are as powerful as a rainbow and their combat effectiveness is extremely impressive.
General Mi soon received good news from Wang Gang one after another.
"Is this man a civil servant or a military general? Why is he more crazy than me when it comes to fighting?"
General Mi received a secret report from his subordinates, saying that Wang Gang would take the lead in every battle, and he would kill people like a madman. Many veterans did not dare to approach Wang Gang.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! General Mi was completely relieved and ordered his subordinates to fully cooperate with Wang Gang to suppress the bandits.
Half a year later, Wang Gang basically wiped out all the bandits in Hongzhou Prefecture. Many bandits could not bear the beatings and had no choice but to flee Hongzhou Prefecture and go to other prefectures and counties in Jiangxi to make a living.
Because Wang Gang did such a good job in suppressing the bandits, General Mi even wrote to the court to commend him.
This time the official did not pretend to be dead, he personally issued an order to praise Wang Gang and promoted him.
In just one year, Wang Gang was promoted from the seventh-rank county magistrate to the prefectural magistrate of Hongzhou Prefecture, and from the fifth-rank official.
You must know that Wang Gang's father, Sheng Hong, had been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, and at this time he was still a fifth-rank Beijing official.
Officials in the capital were half a rank higher than officials in other places. In other words, Wang Gang's official rank was almost as high as that of Sheng Hong.
But he deserves this promotion, after all, his achievements in suppressing bandits are there.
After Wang Gang became the magistrate of Hongzhou, he could no longer live in Jiujiang County and had to take his wife to Hongzhou Mansion to take office.
Before leaving, many people in Jiujiang came to see him off and were reluctant to leave Wang Gang.
In fact, in the past six months, although Wang Gang's main focus has been on suppressing bandits, he has not given up on the governance of Jiujiang County.
Without the bandits and Du Yuanwai, Jiujiang County has developed rapidly, and the people are truly grateful to Wang Gang and Hai Chaoyun.
When Wang just left, the city gate was surrounded by people, and it was difficult to move.
Fortunately, Jiujiang County is under the jurisdiction of Hongzhou Prefecture. Wang Gang will still take more care of the people of Jiujiang in the future. After all, this is the place where he became an official for the first time.
After being appointed as the magistrate of Hongzhou, Wang Gang continued to implement the order of succession and almost drove out the bandits in the territory.
General Mi followed suit and implemented the order of continuous sitting in other places in Jiangxi.
As a result, Jiangxi, which was originally plagued by bandits, has completely ushered in the era of bandit suppression.
It was only after Wang Gang took charge of Hongzhou Prefecture that he discovered that the fundamental reason why Jiangxi bandits continued to be banned was that they were too poor.
The land annexation on Jiangnan West Road was too serious, and all the fertile land fell into the hands of powerful people. The people rented the land to cultivate, and the harvest they worked hard for a year ended up in their own hands, and they couldn't even eat enough.
Many people grow their own rice, but cannot get a bite of it all year round, so they can only replace it with more affordable millet grains.
The people could not survive and had no choice but to become bandits.
After Wang Gang discovered the problem, he immediately began to crack down on the powerful annexation of land.
He had soldiers at hand and no lack of means. He quickly eliminated a large number of powerful gentry and distributed land to the poor people.
But at the same time, Wang Gang also offended many people. Even his immediate superior, the prefect of Hongzhou, came to him and advised him not to continue doing this.
But Wang Gang ignored it and relied on the soldiers in his hands to cause a big fuss in Hongzhou Mansion and even invaded the capital.
Wang Gang stayed in Hongzhou Prefecture for less than a year when he received a transfer from the imperial court. He was promoted again, from the fifth-rank magistrate of Hongzhou to the fifth-rank magistrate of Ganzhou.
To be able to become a fifth-rank official in his early twenties has been rare since the founding of the Song Dynasty. It is a miracle.
However, there are never any miracles in officialdom. Behind the miracles is the efforts of Prince Zhao Shu to promote him.
