Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 176 Conquering Guangnan City

Within an hour, that is, within two hours, countless people began to line up and walk out from Guangnan City.

They gathered in the open space outside the city gate and looked at Zhu Zhen and the Ming troops in silence.

These people are almost all old, weak, women and children, with no strong men in sight.

The reason is also very simple. The strong men in the city have followed Nong Zhenyou in rebellion and were also destroyed by Zhu Chutuan.

This leads to the fact that the men in the crowd are either over 40 years old, which can be called old people in ancient times, or they are teenagers under 15 years old.

But these people were not afraid, they just stood there silently.

Even some young children stood there bravely.

Zhu Zhen nodded secretly, what a strong nation.

At this moment, the old man who was trotting all the way, sweating profusely, came to Zhu Chu, knelt down and shouted: "Prince Daming, all the people in the city are here, please open the sky." Yeah."

Zhu Ming glanced at the old man and thought to himself that he was still the Prince of Ming Dynasty, but with the addition of a prefix, the nature and meaning were completely different.

He said it as if he was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but not your prince.

Zhu Ming sneered, took out a loudspeaker again, and began to shout: "You unscrupulous people are so stubborn. If you follow my king's plan, you should all be killed."

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd.

Someone shouted angrily: "The people of Ming Dynasty are indeed treacherous. They go back on their word and kill them if they want. Are we still afraid of them?"

Zhu Ming was also furious. As a winner, couldn't he just say a few words?
So he squinted his eyes and glanced ahead coldly.

There was no need to rely on the courage of the [-]-strong army. Zhu Chu's murderous intent alone made the people tremble.

It was like a gust of cold wind blowing through everyone's bodies, and the biting coldness seemed to have turned the murderous aura into reality.

It also made everyone understand that this prince was not just of noble birth, he was trained on the battlefield and even killed.

He is a god of killing.

Zhu Ming sneered and said again: "You are indeed a troublemaker. How dare you interrupt me when I am speaking? Do you dare to interrupt when your chieftain is speaking? Even the capital of your great chieftain was beheaded by me. Now, who do you think you are?"

Although the people were excited and their eyes began to show anger, they dared not speak out.

Zhu Ming also continued: "Don't be dissatisfied. Your chieftain raised [-] troops to rebel, but he was destroyed by me. I didn't ask you not to make trouble. I used a butcher's knife to put an end to your rebellion. I The king is the winner and you are the losers, it’s that simple.”

"You've already made a fuss, and now you're still putting on airs? What I hate most in my life is shameless people who get carried away and get carried away."

"No matter how stubborn you are, you should know some sense, right? Then I will give you a good explanation. I killed [-] of you, but they themselves rebelled with Nong Zhenyou and deserve to be killed."

"War is never just. If you rebel, I will put down the rebellion. When fighting on the battlefield, there is only a winner and a loser. If Nong Zhenyou wins, then my king's head will be hung on your city gate, and you will all Is the city filled with singing and dancing?"

"But it's a pity that Nong Zhenyou is not good at it. He can't control it, but he has wasted the life of [-] good men."

"Those are [-] wolf soldiers. They are your men and your children. They are not my subjects of the Ming Dynasty, but they are also brave soldiers who are good at fighting."

"The Ming Dynasty canonized you, gave you land, and allowed you to live a good life, but you did not want to be grateful but rebelled. If it were not for Nong Zhenyou, the [-] wolf soldiers would follow me, and I could lead them to conquer the world. That’s true achievement.”

"Look at you unscrupulous people, blindly following Nong Zhenyou, but you don't know that the crime of rebellion is a crime that implicates the nine tribes. What's the harm if I kill you all?"

"You didn't resist Nong Zhenyou. Now that you are defeated by me, you still have to resist. Do you really think that I don't dare to kill you? Huh?"

Zhu Zhen shouted loudly, finally making everyone lower their heads.

Zhu Ming is honest. He doesn't talk to these people about the truth, he just spreads the matter out.

Since you dare to rebel, you must bear the consequences of failure.

Moreover, when the two armies fought, each of them was fighting for his life. If Zhu Ji lost, wouldn't he also have his head chopped off?
In this case, if you lose, what are you talking about?

At the same time, Zhu Chu did not forget to transfer the conflict. It was Nong Zhenyou who led you to rebel, and it was he who killed your men and children.

Zhu Ming even praised the wolf soldiers for their bravery and proficiency in fighting, and also expressed regrets, as if he had known about the existence of these wolf soldiers before, and even planned to lead this unit to make achievements or something.

Wang Fu on the side was shocked and wanted to ask Zhu Zhen, Your Highness, did you really know about the existence of this army before?

That must be something he didn't know. Just kidding, Zhu Zhen can't really predict the future.

What's more, the troops of ethnic minorities are usually civilians. Only when the chieftain rebels, the troops will be recruited temporarily.

So Zhu Chu really just picked some good things to say to the people.

After a moment, Zhu Zhen sighed and said: "But can I really have the heart to kill you all?"

Mu Qiu also looked at Zhu Chu in shock, "Your Highness, that's not what you said just now. I advise you to get scolded, but don't do this, Your Highness."

But the common people didn't know, they all raised their heads again and looked at Zhu Zhen with confusion.

This Prince of Ming Dynasty was shouting about beating and killing just now. Why did he suddenly change his tone again?

Zhu Ming shouted: "Because of Nong Zhenyou's rebellion, the two armies fought before. There was no way to fight, but it was also internal strife. One's own people beat one's own people, all because of Nong Zhenyou's selfishness and ambition."

"But now that Nong Zhenyou is dead, if I continue to kill you, it will be an unkind and indiscriminate killing of innocent people. What's more, what are you guilty of? You are just following your own chieftain."

"The real culprit is actually this king and the imperial court. It was the imperial court that gave Nong Zhenyou the status of chief, allowing him to dominate and command you. You just blindly followed him, and Nong was all wrong. Zhenyou is alone.”

"So I intend to let the past go. As long as you are willing to follow me, I promise that I will not treat you badly, let alone treat you differently, but truly treat you as my people of the Ming Dynasty."

"I don't know how Nong Zhenyou usually treats you, but I promise that the land will be re-measured, the population of each household will be re-counted, and the land will be redistributed."

"Now that I am here, there is only one thing I have to do, and that is fairness, fairness, or damn fairness."

"I don't care what your previous status was or what your relationship was with Nong Zhenyou. What I have to do is to let each of you have enough to eat, so that each of you will have land to plant in the coming year, so that you can all be able to grow in the future. Live a good life.”

"What's the good of rebelling against Nong Zhenyou? If he succeeds in his rebellion, he will only become the king of Yunnan, but what will you gain? Even if I am beheaded by him, you will all die when the imperial army comes to the border. "

"But if you follow me, I can protect you from being bullied, have land to farm, and have clothes to wear. You can save some money in the future, let your children marry a wife, and live a good life. Isn't this nice?"

In fact, since ancient times, people have been following blindly. Many people don't even know how to write the word emperor, have never seen the emperor, and don't know what the emperor wears or eats.

What could they know?They only know that when they don't have enough to eat, clothing or warmth, and when they can't survive, they will follow whoever gives them a bite to eat and allows them to continue living.

Look, what a simple and simple need, they just want to survive.

As a result, Zhu Chu's words made all the people in front of him widen their eyes, and many people's eyes even shone with light.

After all, Nong Zhenyou was also a chieftain. As the chief chieftain of Guangnan City and even the entire Guangnan Prefecture, he had absolute power and was the talker.

No matter how much Nong Zhenyou loves his people, he may not be able to control his own people, and he may exploit the people.

Even in all chieftain systems, the chieftain is the absolute master of the autonomous territory. All land, even the people in the autonomous region, are the private property of the chieftain officer.

In short, the chieftain has the power to tax the fields within his jurisdiction, and he can collect as much as he wants, and he has the power of life and death over the people, not to mention setting up private courts and so on.

The laws of the natives were made by the chieftains.

And Zhu Min is very smart. When he promoted the reform of native land and return to local circulation, he always implemented the transfer of conflicts. He also reminded those people that the chieftain officer is the one who oppresses you, and I am here to liberate you.

It's still the same sentence, as long as the people have land to grow and food to eat, there will be no need to worry about what the people want.

So gradually, the people no longer had any hostility, and some even started to look forward to it.

Some of them shed tears. They were people whose daily lives were not satisfactory and even food and clothing were a problem.

If Zhu Chu can really distribute the land fairly, they will have a future to look forward to.

Zhu Zhen deliberately waited for a while to let the people digest the content, and then slowed down his tone and asked: "So I ask you again, do you want to continue to follow Nong Zhenyou and plan to rebel to the end, or do you want to follow me? Become a true citizen of the Ming Dynasty?" The people looked at each other.

Is it even necessary to think about it?Even if they have never read a book, they are not stupid.

Nong Zhenyou is already dead, and so are the [-] good men. Why continue to rebel?What qualifications do they have to rebel?Isn't that waiting to be slaughtered to death?

Therefore, the people did not hesitate and shouted: "We are willing to follow Prince Ming."

"Huh?" Zhu Ming snorted coldly and said deliberately pretending to be angry: "Are you still calling Prince Ming? Isn't this king your king?"

The people didn't turn around at first, until someone knelt down and shouted: "See you, the prince, see your highness."

Others finally understood, and all the people knelt down and shouted a thousand years ago.

Some people are hesitant, but given the general trend, they can only obey.

Zhu Zhen noticed the existence of those people and knew it in his heart.

Those people are probably die-hard followers of Nong Zhenyou, and may even be members of Nong Zhenyou's family.

In the past, when Nong Zhenyou was here, under Nong Zhenyou's protection, he could naturally dominate and enjoy endless glory and wealth.

Don't underestimate this situation. The more remote and remote the place, the more privileges will be magnified.

It seems that in places with limited information, they have been liberated, and some can still be emperors.

Zhu Ming sneered secretly, these people will definitely become monkeys who kill chickens to scare other monkeys. What's more, if they are not eliminated, how can they continue to win people's hearts?
This is his money bank and granary.

"Enter the city."

Zhu Ming shouted loudly, and the people in the city had already knelt down and surrendered, so there was no need to attack the city again.

Of course, Zhu Zhen was not a capricious person. If the people refused to surrender, then after the siege, the city would naturally be liquidated and massacred on charges of rebellion.

But since they have surrendered, there is no need.

Even the system has classified Guangnan Prefecture into Zhu Chu's territory, and also knows the population of Guangnan Prefecture.

In Guangnan City alone, there are 16 people, and together with the villages around Guangnan Mansion, there are a total of 28 people.

Although it is not as large as the population of No. 36 Village in Weimo Prefecture, plus the previous [-] strong men, Guangnan Prefecture has a population of [-].

It's a pity that [-] wolf soldiers were lost in vain.

The people of Guangnan City spontaneously moved out of the way, allowing Zhu Zhen to lead an army of [-] people to enter the city gate smoothly.

Naturally, there was no ambush inside the city gate, and Zhu Zhen also asked Mu Sheng to immediately take charge of the important tasks of city defense and prepare to deploy patrols in the city.

However, Zhu Ming also warned Wang Fu, Mu Sheng and others to strictly restrain their subordinates and not to offend the people.

One thing to say, as a modern person, Zhu Ming has always done this very well.

No matter how he fought with the native troops on the battlefield, but after occupying the native cities, he always had no offense with the people.

It is precisely because of the strict military discipline of the Ming army that many native tribesmen quickly accepted Zhu Chu's subjugation.

Otherwise, if Zhu Chu's troops are like bandits and robbers, after entering the city, they will first burn, kill, and loot. If they see good things, they will rob them, and if they see good-looking girls, they will seize them.

Who would surrender? I'm afraid public dissatisfaction would have spread long ago and cause even greater trouble.

Including the people of Guangnan City, after seeing that the Ming army entered the city in large numbers, they did not occupy their houses and properties. They only occupied important city defense tasks and allowed more soldiers to settle in one place in the city. They also treated the people with no previous hostility. Their attitudes were also relieved.

They were originally worried that Zhu Zhen would fall out once he occupied the city.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army guards at the city gate even took the initiative to smile when they let them into the city.

In fact, Zhu Chu's troops have also become accustomed to Zhu Chu's policy. Of course, the rebellious natives must be killed, but the obedient natives are good natives and they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Since everyone is from Ming Dynasty, there is no need to be hostile to each other.

Precisely because of Zhu Chu's army's effective performance, Guangnan City, which might have encountered strong resistance, actually calmed down overnight.

Even Mu Qiu and Wang Fu did not expect that they were impressed by Zhu Chu's methods and sincerely admired their highness.

Not to mention that Wang Fu has returned home long ago, and Mu Qiu has dedicated his enthusiasm.

At this time, they had occupied the government office that belonged to Nong Zhenyou, which was of course a matter of course.

Zhu Chu hugged Mu Qiu, who rarely became active, and was preparing to have a double practice with her, which was for the sake of their practice.

But at this moment, the system suddenly alerted.

Could it be that there was rebellion somewhere else?What's going on in Yunnan?
Zhu Ming frowned and quickly called out the system interface from the bottom of his heart.

Even though Mu Qiu was hugged by Zhu Chu, he could not see the existence of the system in front of him.

Zhu Chu made trouble with Mu Qiu's clothes with one hand, pulled Mu Qiu's face with the other hand, kissed him, and clicked the alarm.

As a result, I got the news that Nong Zhengyou's loyalty has been reduced to zero and he can rebel at any time. '

Nong Zhengyou, he is the younger brother of Nong Zhenyou, the son of the old man who surrendered out of the city and even kowtowed countless times to Zhu Zhen.

That old man is Nong Zhenyou's clan uncle.

At this time, Nong Zhengyou was drinking wine at home, and the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became.

That damn Prince Ming not only humiliated his father, he even wanted to remeasure and redistribute the land.

Damn it, their Nong family chieftain has been dominating Guangnan Prefecture since the Yuan Dynasty. After so many years, the entire land in the prefecture belongs to their family.

As for the common people, they are the serfs who work for them. How can a bunch of mud-legged people want to overthrow the world?

It's really against them.

In fact, the reason why the defenders on the city had such a strong will to resist was because Nong Zhengyou was instigating from behind, and he was also Nong Zhenyou's confidant who stayed behind.

If the old man hadn't heard the noise, realized that the matter was urgent, and quickly climbed onto the city wall in person, I'm afraid the current situation would not be the same.

But when Nong Zhengyou heard that Zhu Chu planned to redistribute the land, he immediately became anxious.

Because of this, does the Nong family still have special privileges?Wouldn't it make them the same class as ordinary people?
How else can he dominate?Are the people still afraid of them?
Even Nong Zhengyou was so scared that he stood up suddenly and murmured: "No, he must not be allowed to do this. Now that the Ming army has just entered the city, the mud-legged people (people) are already disobedient, and they will only get worse in the future." He is becoming more and more wanton. If he wants to set someone else up to be the chieftain, will our Nong clan still have a future? Is there still a way to survive?"

"Since you don't let us live, then everyone should stop living. You are just an arrogant prince. Do you really think you can go to heaven?"

"As long as I gather people and chop off the head of this bullshit prince at night, it will be enough to scare the Ming army. At that time, I will climb up and raise my arms and lead the people in the city to kill all the Ming army. At that time, I will be the Nong family The chieftain of the clan."

"Although the Ming army has 3 people, there are 10,000+ people in the city. As the saying goes, the advantage is mine. Hahahaha."

Nong Zhengyou laughed even more crazily when he thought of what he was proud of.

But what he didn't know was that his clan brother, Na Nong Zhenyou, also felt that he had the advantage, and was then tricked and killed by Zhu Chu.

Now he also feels that the advantage lies with me, and he doesn’t know what these people think. He always thinks that he has a huge advantage.

So Nong Zhengyou started to take action and called over the hundred or so defenders who were responsible for the city defense overnight.

He planned to sneak into the chieftain's office secretly at night and kill Zhu Zhen by surprise.

However, at this time, Zhu Chu was watching that Nong Zhengyou's loyalty had changed from zero to a negative number.

"Good boy, you can't wait all night. Are you planning to rebel overnight? Okay, just give me an excuse. If you dare to come, I will kill your entire family tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)