The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 141 The Evidence Is Solid
The "Red Banner Army" successfully captured two towns and cities, and seized a lot of supplies and [-] to [-] shi of grain.

During the two times of internal and external cooperation, no one was killed in the "Red Banner Army" knights, and more than [-] people were injured, and there were no serious injuries. Dozens of people from the nursing home and the righteous people died in the chaos. This is entirely because they did not have armor protection.

In the two battles, three Jiannu white armor soldiers were killed, plus a member of Bashikuba Yala, 35 armored men, a Tartar centurion, 56 Tartar soldiers, and more than a hundred bannermen and soldiers. The coated slaves were also decapitated.

The Mongolian Tartars found that the wind and grass were running really fast. The "Red Banner Army" was fast enough, but they ran about ten rides and were unable to wipe them out.

No wonder the prairie nation has harmed the Han people for thousands of years. The Han people have fought many conquests without killing them. Ways to gather and annihilate.

Getting a small [-] trophies is enough to repay the merits once. Zheng Guochang happily wrote a good report and dispatched his servants to gallop to the capital with his troops.

Liang Tingdong was also very happy to see the good news from his friend. Zheng Guochang was able to lead troops to recapture Yongping Mansion because of his recommendation.

The Holy Son of Heaven is naturally happy to see the good news. He just got the good news in Zunhua a few days ago. Although the gains were not many, Liu Zhilun and Huang Han were willing to take risks to save thousands of Ming people who were about to be harmed by Dongnu. Liu Zhilun He actually killed a Jiannu white armor soldier.

Liu Zhilun was promoted and entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the emperor, not only did he make military exploits repeatedly, but also personally shot and killed Jiannu Ba Yala. The young Chongzhen was very proud of himself. He felt that he knew people well and made good use of them.

This time Zheng Guochang and his team took the lead in making meritorious service, and the "Red Banner Army" whom he favored won the first place. Chongzhen felt that he had more face, and he was more impressed with the Huang family and his son.

The emperor ordered that the minister who made the first contribution must be promoted to rank. After the Minister of the Ministry of War and the cabinet discussed together, Huang Yizhou was given the honor of commanding Tongzhi from the third-rank Dongsheng Zuowei, and he was actually awarded the garrison of Luanzhou, and finally stepped into the ranks of generals. .

The Ministry of War approved the Luanzhou garrison with 360 and [-] troops, which is still cavalry, three infantry and seven infantry, which is exactly the same standard and treatment as Huang Han's Yongping garrison.

This time, it was clarified that the station of the Huangyizhou garrison camp was the newly recovered Kaiping town.

This was entirely the result of Huang Han's plan. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhenzi Town was much richer and more prosperous than the chaotic Kaiping Town. Huang Han took these two towns and arrested many gentry who had voluntarily surrendered to the Jin army.

After a surprise interrogation, Huang Han discovered that the local tyrants and evil gentry in the late Ming Dynasty were really not fighting alone. Most of them had the power of their clans, and there were people in the court.

The captured squire knew that the fact that he had surrendered was the lice on the bald man's head, and there was no need to use torture to extract a confession when he was interrogated.

After Huang Han got the confession signed and pledged by them, he deliberately released the water.

Ever since, the traitor's family began to rely on connections to find a way to rescue the patriarch, and of course the money was spent like running water.Soon they discovered that there was a civil servant in the "Red Banner Army" team who was an acquaintance and a native of the country, and everyone without exception went to him for help.

Gao Youmou has been busy with his duties as the army chief. The workload of interrogating more than 100 gentry and landlords is so heavy that anyone in the "Red Banner Army" who can write quickly has been transferred to participate.

Huang Kezao, Liu Zaiqi and others who had studied for a few years before had to transcribe a large number of confessions written in pencil every day because their calligraphy was passable.

Of course, Gao Youmou and Zheng Xiaowen, the two serious talents, were even more busy.

After being busy for three or four days, Gao Youmou breathed a sigh of relief, but the next thing that made him even more troublesome came to him. It was a dozen prominent families in Luanzhou asking him for accommodation. Fish out the criminals with solid evidence.

Gao Youmou was one of the chief officials involved in the interrogation, and he was the author of more than a dozen confessions of these big family squires.

He didn't know whether the "Red Banner Army" had any merit in beheading these people and then raiding their homes.

But seeing many township party members begging for accommodation with snot and tears, and they all expressed their willingness to spend money to eliminate the disaster and ask for a good word for themselves, Gao Zhimou could only reluctantly go to Huang Han to find out.

After seeing Gu Youyou and his planners, Huang Han certainly knew what he was doing. He pretended to sigh and said, "Unexpectedly, when Jiannu and Tartars invaded the pass, there are so many scholar-bureaucrats and scholars who have forgotten their ancestors and surrendered to those beasts." I really wish I could have them all beheaded and ransacked their homes."

Gao Youmou, who was in a difficult situation, his eyes lit up when he heard Huang Han's voice, it seemed that this young and vigorous general was not going to kill those people all at once.

He stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Master Huang, I am from Luanzhou. The Gao family also has properties in Kaiping Town and Zhenzi Town. I have some contacts with these big families. Now their families are all asking for help. I know that they deserve to die. , but I can’t wipe my face off, it’s extremely embarrassing.”

Huang Han said: "Master Gao, I also know that these people chose to surrender because of the situation, not willingly, but what is integrity? Where did they read the sage books?"

Gao Youmou heard the subtext, and echoed: "They really read the book into the stomach of the dog. Of course, adults can't let them go, and they must be severely punished. Do you think it is possible to save their lives?"

Huang Han said: "If you don't want their heads, how can you make an example to others? These people will not be taught a lesson, so there will be no pain at all. If they come back after being slaves next time, there is no guarantee that they will surrender."

Gao Youmou resolutely said: "The humble job has a way to make them learn from the pain. My lord can ask these people to contribute money to labor in order to be forgiven! Their loss of a lot of money will naturally hurt their hearts."

"Hey! For the sake of Master Gao's sake, I can spare their lives. Whether to let them go home without guilt depends on how they behave in the future. How about leaving this matter to you?"

"Thank you for your trust, my lord, don't worry, I know what to do, and I can't let them go easily."

Gao Youmou negotiated amicably with the traitors with proven evidence in the attitude of wanting money but not dying, and finally accepted 20 mu of land and 30 taels of snowflake silver and let all the local tyrants and evil gentry go.

After all, he came from a wealthy family, and he was able to deal with the gentry of these clans with ease.

(End of this chapter)