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On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day before New Year's Eve in the 41st year of Qianlong.

Prince He Shuorui, General Fuyuan, Minister Aixinjueluo* Shikai, the Minister of Political Affairs, rushed to Tianmen in the cold wind and snow.

This place is the first town of the newly-built army in Hubei. Prince Rui came here to attend the army founding ceremony and give an important speech.

I was in a bad mood on the road, not because of any problems in the reorganization process of the first town of the Hubei Army, but because of the fire in the backyard.

The disciples of Aixinjueluo who accompanied him to the expedition spontaneously formed a wave of deserters when the New Year was approaching.

In the beginning, only a few clan disciples fled the camp quietly, and then it got out of control. When Jia Liu received the report, there were as many as a thousand clan disciples fleeing north, accounting for one-tenth of the total number of followers in the army!

The situation is very urgent and very bad in nature.

Jia Liu was so angry that he whipped thirty lashes each to Balla, the wing chief in charge of the Yellow Belt Battalion, and Guan Xiaozhong, the wing chief in charge of the Red Belt Battalion.

It's really pumping.

Thirty whips down, the two wing chiefs couldn't even walk, so they were asked to be carried away.

Ding Qing, who was in charge of the Internal Affairs Committee of the Eight Banners, was also to blame. After the two wing chiefs were beaten, he volunteered to receive fifty lashes.

This group of people are so timid and ineffective, it is impossible for them to hinder the great cause of the prince's yellow robe in the future.

Among them, the highest title is General Zhen Guo.

Therefore, what Deputy Director Ji meant was that if the prince was more magnanimous, he could even make a statement to the imperial court, sending a group of clan children back to Beijing in the name of "compassion and understanding".

The reasons given by these people were either ignorance, or the banner people dared not refuse to follow their orders.

It just doesn't seem legal.

But the prince does not agree!

Deputy Director Ji saw that the prince had made up his mind, so he couldn't persuade him anymore, but he made some judicial interpretations on whether the "Law on Apprehending Deserters" complied with the procedures, and whether it was a national law.

In-depth investigation will reveal that most of the hiders are related to Beijing and China, or for future consideration, in order to get on the line of the clan.
In short, everything is for profit.

In order to show his determination to severely punish, Jia Liu summoned all the officials above the fourth grade of the Manchu and Han garrisons in Xingyuan and the surrounding garrison, and ordered in public that all the heads of the 35 escaped clan children be chopped off.

In this way, it can dilute the influence of the "desert tide", and secondly, it can also gain the gratitude and support of the Jingzhong clan, which has a certain effect on smashing the possible existence of the "Hong, Se, Fu" reactionary group.

"The children of the imperial family are the successors of our great Qing ancestral temple, and they are also the pillars of our country. Whether they go out or inside, they are the last pillars of the country. However, today's children go out with the army and don't want to serve the country. The reason is that treacherous people hide and hide, so the legislation has to be strict. If the law is strict, the country will suffer, but if the law is not strict, those who hide will have no fear, and the more people will escape!
Fleeing from the clan today, fleeing from the Eight Banners tomorrow, and then fleeing from the Green Camp?Why raise soldiers?The sole clan suffers, but our Banner and Han armies don't suffer? "

The effect was remarkable. Within three days, 158 people were arrested, and all of them were rectified after being verified.

In order to prevent someone on the front line from speaking for the children of the clan fleeing north, such as the Minister of the Interior, Niu Lunbao, and his second cousin Urshibalan, Jia Liu issued another general order.

After the seal is used, orders will be issued to all provinces and places.

Anyway, what the lord wants to eliminate are the outstanding children of the clan, not these trash children.

There are five supervisors and one hundred supervisors.

Those who hide them are either local gentry, local officials, or people who are greedy for money.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the Supervising and Arresting Office newly arrested 35 people from the clan who had fled to the north.

The Supervising Office also took action immediately. At the same time, the Eight Banners Internal Affairs Committee in charge of Ding Qing was also mobilized. All of a sudden, there was a panic all over Hubei, and there were people everywhere setting up traps to arrest the children of the clan fleeing north.

It is said in the inner text: "Anyone who flees and neglects all matters will be killed, and he will not be allowed to enter!"

After fifty whips were drawn down, Deputy Director Ding's face turned green.

Every time one gets one, the defender of the card will be rewarded with 50 taels, and the rest will be rewarded with 5 taels.

I saw the prince overturned the Eight Immortals table in front of him and cursed: "Soldiers, who doesn't want to go home! Why, he Aixinjueluo is a human being, and the others are not human! His grandma's, this How dare they go home even if the king hasn't returned home for the New Year!"

Under such heavy pressure, none of the frontline Manchurian generals dared to speak out to persuade them.

In this case, it is better to turn a blind eye, close one eye, and let them go.

All localities did not dare to neglect the issue of deserters, but anyone found in the territory who spoke a Beijing movie accent, no matter whether they were fleeing from the north or not, would be arrested and sent to the general Wang Xingyuan.

For some purpose, Deputy Director Ji hoped that the prince would not make any big moves. After all, the children of the clan are no more important than ordinary bannermen.

In order to avoid possible accusations from the DPRK and China, Deputy Director Ji proposed to change the law on apprehending military deserters into a special Xingyuan order.

Jia Liu snorted slightly, and ordered the guards to carry out the execution.

Jia Liu resolutely rejects Lao Ji's proposal.

"It's because of you old bureaucrats who messed up the water and made the Qing Dynasty go from bad to worse, with corrupt officials and lax military discipline!"

Because the duty of the Great General King is to be in charge of life and death in front of the army, military affairs, big and small, even if he has just been added the title of Minister of State, he has no right to issue the "Law of Apprehending Deserted Soldiers" without notifying the court.

In anger, Jia Liu decided to punish severely, and for this reason promulgated the "Huguang Frontline Special Apprehension of Deserters Law" in the name of General Wang.

This law stipulates that General Wang Xingyuan set up a special agency for arresting deserters, called the Supervision Department.

For profit and not afraid of Prince Rui's testimonies.

Thousands of elite officers and soldiers were dispatched from various places to supervise and arrest, all equipped with fast horses.

What's more, these clan disciples are really not very useful. Asking them to go out to practice, line up, and wave the flag has a good look. It really tells them to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, not to mention the enemy's side, it is our own side all hanging.

In this way, hundreds of hiders were arrested, and after they were released from the cages, they were all executed.

Faced with the phenomenon of hiding and the coming pressure from Beijing, Jia Liu personally wrote to the imperial court to give an official explanation for the severe punishment of the children of the clan fleeing north.

Soon, the arresting officers from all over the place sent back news that many children of the escaped clan found that the checkpoints were tight, so they hid on the spot.

It's not that I hate the lord's ruthlessness, but I hate that the gang of clan deserters implicated me, and even more hate that the internal affairs committee's work was seriously neglected, and they didn't kill the wave of deserters, so that thousands of people ran away in three days!
"My lord, don't be angry. According to the officials, these children have never left home. They were young and spoiled. They suddenly came to this strange south with the army. It's almost the end of the year, so they feel homesick."

Anyone who hides, no matter what the reason, will be arrested and sent away.

I hate that it's called smoking.

All deserters who are captured will be severely punished according to military law, that is, they will be killed immediately, no matter who they are, no matter whether they have titles or not.

In addition, it is also stipulated that all localities should send personnel to set up checkpoints at crossings and passes to catch deserters.

At the same time, Hubei, Shaanxi, Henan, Zhili and other places were written, ordering all provinces to abide by the "Law of Apprehending Deserters", and to set up personnel to interrogate everywhere in the territory. Once deserters from the Huguang front line are found to be arrested on the spot, they will be transferred to General Wang Xingyuan .

After the execution, he displayed the Nibilong sword bestowed by the emperor himself, and said: "Whoever does not obey the king's order will kill ghosts for this sword!"

A large piece of the head was cut off, so that no one dared to hide the bannerman master who wanted to go home for the New Year.

The highest-ranking official involved in the case was Wang Shaogong, the magistrate of Xiangyang.

As a result, the news was too tight, and the children of the clan fleeing from the north were quickly reported. Wang Shaogong saw that the general Wang Lifa was strict, and no matter who was caught, he would behead him. He was so frightened that he committed suicide in fear of crime.

The checkpoints in various places have also been tightened layer by layer, and the wave of deserters has been contained within a few days. Those red belts and yellow belts who have not yet escaped but have already moved their minds see the end of the escape, and no one dares to mention the matter of going home again. , everyone kept silent and shuddered, saying that Devil Six was playing for real again this time.

The name of the iron-blooded lord spread like wildfire, spreading throughout the north and south of the river, adding a touch of beautiful scenery to the Qing Dynasty when the sun was setting.