Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 877 Bloodstained Qinhuai River (1)

"cut!!"

Along with a shout, more than a hundred strong men with knives at the Sanshan Gate, under the supervision of a group of young men holding Hongwu style flintlock rifles, raised their knives and chopped down the prisoners in front of them. Heads rolled and blood gushed out. This bloody scene made the Nanjing people who were watching the execution change color.

Although such scenes have occurred every few days over the past period of time, even so, many people are still afraid.

"The person who was killed was Cao Jiang's man?"

"Yes, I heard that these officials are in charge of food and wages. My goodness, do you know how much money these corrupt officials have embezzled over the past few years?"

"how much?"

"Speak quickly!"

"Nearly 400 million taels! Damn it! When I first heard my brother-in-law talk about this, I was shocked. If all these were piled up together, it would be a mountain of silver."

"There are so many? Is this true?"

"Of course it's true, otherwise why would they chop off their heads!"

Among the crowd gathered in the Sanshanmen area, some brave people were not afraid of the bloody scene, and their discussions attracted more people's attention.

"Retreat!!"

The young officer leading the Yongwei Battalion did not react to the heated discussions of the crowd. Instead, he shouted to his Yongwei men while riding on his horse.

Following this man's order, the group of strong men in charge of the execution, each with complicated expressions and holding knives, gathered under the supervision of Yong Weilang.

"It's no wonder that the nobles who stayed in Nanjing and their retainers are all good executioners."

"Who says it's not true? Ever since the Yongwei Battalion was organized and trained, the city of Nanjing has become much quieter."

"It's more than just quiet. Think about it, are there any pleasure boats on the Qinhuai River these days? Those noblemen and scholars are avoiding the Qinhuai River."

"Haha, that's true. Come to think of it, no matter who is holding a beauty and swimming on the Qinhuai River, looking at the red Qinhuai River, none of them will be interested."

The attracted crowd changed the topic of discussion when they saw that the special battalion of family soldiers and servants in charge of the execution were escorted back to the team by the Yongwei Battalion, which was famous in Nanjing and even in Nanzhili.

As time went by, the once chaotic city of Nanjing gradually restored order and stability. Although there would be a large-scale execution in Nanjing every few days, compared with the initial panic, the people in the various districts inside and outside Nanjing had long been accustomed to such scenes.

"Boss, this is the 76th batch to be killed." Not far away, on the lower floating bridge, among the crowd of onlookers, Wang Chengen, who was in plain clothes, whispered to Fang Zhenghua, who was standing with his hands hanging down.

"All the criminals involved in the Jiang incident in Yingtian Prefecture have been executed, including a group of gentry and merchants who were engaged in smuggling."

"It's not enough."

Fang Zhenghua narrowed his eyes and said, "The Nanzhili Caojiang involves many places. Just rectifying Yingtian Prefecture is not enough to ensure the stability of Nanzhili Caojiang. What's more, Caojiang is not limited to Nanzhili, but also exists in other places."

"This bunch of scum is so greedy. The stolen silver and property seized from those arrested in Yingtian, Zhenjiang, and Taiping alone amount to nearly 10 million taels of silver!"

"Your Majesty is right. To deal with this group of selfish guys, the only thing that can convince them is a steel knife, nothing else." When he said this, Fang Zhenghua clenched his hands.

"indeed."

Wang Chengen frowned and said, "Because of the rectification of Nanzhili Caojiang, there are rebellions in some places. If it weren't for the Xiaoling Guard and Nanjing's upper guards, I'm afraid this chaos would spread throughout Nanzhili."

"If they want to make trouble, we will fight them to the end."

Fang Zhenghua snorted coldly and said, "The current Nanjing City has been completely taken over by the Yongwei Battalion. The several camps set up in Nanjing have also recruited a lot of new soldiers."

"Transfer the confiscated grains to the granaries of Nanjing in batches. Using war to promote training is a good idea in Northern Zhili, and it can also be applied in Southern Zhili!"

Since the banquet on the Qinhuai River, the situation in Nanjing City has completely reversed. All the family generals and servants of the nobles who stayed behind and the civil and military officials who stayed in Beijing were gathered together by Fang Zhenghua. This made the possible turmoil in Nanjing City completely dissipated because of the incorporation of these family generals and servants.

When training this group of household soldiers and servants, Fang Zhenghua was shocked when he learned the scale. He had never imagined that the scale of household soldiers and servants maintained by the nobles who stayed behind and the civil and military officials who stayed in the capital was actually nearly 20,000!
What is this concept?
If someone among them had other ideas and incited these groups of family guards and servants to gather together, the city of Nanjing would face a catastrophe.

These family generals and servants are not ordinary soldiers. They eat well, dress well, and even receive full silver every month. It is equivalent to raising a group of death warriors.

Fortunately, they were gathered together and recruited. In order to control them, even their relatives were gathered together and placed in imperial farms around Nanjing, where they were monitored by a group of sharp soldiers.

"Should this group of family soldiers and servants trained in Nanjing be sent to various places to participate in suppressing the rebellion?" When Fang Zhenghua left, Wang Chengen followed closely and told him what he was thinking.

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"After all, all the imperial prisoners who were executed in the past were executed by these family generals and servants. With these, they can't have any other ideas."

"hold on."

Fang Zhenghua frowned and said, "We still can't let our guard down. Ask the Brave Guard Battalion led by Cao Bianjiao to continue monitoring the area and eliminate the stubborn ones."

"Fortunately, when the Yongwei Battalion was in Beijing, they not only received training, but also received screening and other matters. Otherwise, we really wouldn't have enough manpower in Nanzhili."

The longer Fang Zhenghua stayed in Nanjing, the more he admired the emperor who was far away in the capital, who spent so much money and food every year to raise war orphans and even gathered orphans together.

Don't say anything else.

Just this group of brave guards who followed him south, no matter how dangerous the situation was, none of them was afraid of death, and the key was that they had learned all kinds of skills.

This saved him a lot of trouble.

"Look! Why are there pleasure boats on the Qinhuai River?"

"Hey, it's true!"

"Some people actually dare to stroll along the Qinhuai River. This addiction is really strong!"

The sudden commotion caused Fang Zhenghua and Wang Chengen to stop. Following the direction many people were looking, Fang Zhenghua and the others saw several pleasure boats moving slowly on the Qinhuai River.

But unlike those onlookers, Fang Zhenghua showed a faint smile when he saw these pleasure boats. After all, those nobles who stayed behind would also leave Nanjing.

(End of this chapter)