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Chapter 278 This Time He Is Really the King's Master
Just when Xie Huishou was held hostage by his servants...

Of course it’s hostage-taking!

How could a famous official like him who understood the righteousness of the cause and was the head of the Local Association of Sages who was deeply respected by the people of Yin County do such a thing as betraying his hometown and opening the city gates for the enemy when the folks in the city were still resisting? It could only be that his servants were ignorant and held him hostage for opening the city gates for the enemy just for some property issues.

What kind of propriety, righteousness, and shame does this kind of dog slave know?
Alas, it is unfortunate for our family to have such an evil slave who is bullying his master!

Later, he would be asked to commit suicide in front of the elders of Yin County to apologize. Anyway, no one would dare to care when the royal army came. Everyone would understand Xie Huishou's helplessness. After all, it was not his fault that the evil slave bullied his master.

Anyway, just when they opened the gate of Wengcheng, the first oar-sailed troop transport ship arrived at Sanjiangkou outside Dongdu Gate. At the same time, the young and strong men in the city under the command of Qian Sule also relied on the advantage of numbers, especially the incentive of heavy money, and bravely rushed to Dongdu Gate. Especially those scholars. As the most radical region in Zhejiang, the scholars are indeed the most radical. They can really charge forward. Dong Zhining, who rushed up first, shot Huang Zhenlin, who was originally commanding the remaining more than 100 soldiers to rush up to the tower with Zhao Xing, and then the flintlock pistol bullet at close range penetrated the relatively thin back of the half-body armor.

But it hit the shoulder blade.

I, the nephew of Huang Pei, who was a Jinshi in the 15th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty and an elder of the Shandong Tongshan Society, screamed and rolled down the stairs.

But Dong Zhining, who rushed forward to step on him and was about to finish him off, just stood there in a daze with the knife in his hand.

Because of the angle of his position, he just happened to see Xie Sanbin in the north, surrounded by servants, walking towards the dock. Although the distance was a bit far and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, he could only see a group of people walking out of the city gate and walking towards the dock. But such a thing could be guessed, not to mention that Xie Sanbin's sudden disappearance had already aroused suspicion. The warship that passed Sanjiangkou, carrying soldiers who were ready to land, also rushed straight to the dock in front of Xie Sanbin...

"This old thief!"

Dong Zhining understood everything in an instant and cursed in grief and anger.

The next moment, Zhao Xing, who came to rescue Huang Zhilin, slashed his arm with a knife, then kicked him down, and another escort soldier dragged Huang Zhilin upstairs.

However, no one had time to fight with them. Wang Jiaqin and other scholars who rushed up the city wall, and even Qian Sule who followed behind, were all staring in amazement at the good show of welcoming the royal army from the north.

Xie Sanbin, who had already arrived at the dock surrounded by servants, did not know that he had become the focus of attention of the villagers. He still waved to the warships heading towards him. At the same time, the warships behind him were also constantly passing Sanjiangkou and heading towards the Yongdongsi Wharf in front of him...

"Hahahaha, I thought they were all real heroes, but it turns out they are just cowards. Those who surrendered are no slower than those in the capital!"

Zhao Xing, who also saw this scene, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Dong Zhining looked at him with grief and anger, and finally sighed and threw the knife in his hand to the ground.

At this time, the first troop transport ship had arrived at the dock. A large number of soldiers quickly disembarked and rushed straight to the city gate behind him, ignoring Xie Sanbin's enthusiastic greetings. Xie Huishou stood there awkwardly, watching these soldiers quickly pour into the city gate he opened. Subsequent warships continued to arrive, and soldiers continued to rush out, and then continued to run past him. He raised his hand awkwardly, as if he was greeting every soldier, but no one paid attention to him, and he just stood there.

At the Dongdu Gate, Qian Sule also sighed, and retreated helplessly with Dong Zhining and others, as well as those silent young men.

There is no point in resisting.

What's more, Xie Sanbin is the head of the Local Sages Association. The result of his welcoming the royal teacher is that the vast majority of the local sages in the Local Sages Association will choose to follow suit to welcome the royal teacher.

Then the ones who resist are the aliens.

In the final analysis, even Qian Sule thought that nothing would happen even if he surrendered. After all, the troops coming were from the imperial court, and he knew the whole story, so he was actually very clear that the other party was a loyal minister. However, when facing outsiders, he could not surrender without a fight, and resistance was more out of dignity.

But now Xie Sanbin has surrendered, and the local people who have no will to resist will also surrender. Fighting further will only cause more deaths in vain.

Half an hour later.

Dongdumen Jiangxia Wharf.

Xie Sanbin, who had just come here from the north, brought with him the local celebrities from the local celebrity association, including Qian Sule...

After all, Qian Sule also has his own family, and it is impossible for him to escape. Even if he is bound to be retaliated against, at least he can bear it himself and his family will not be implicated.

"I am the head of the Yinxian Association of Hometown Worthies, and I am the former Minister of the Imperial Household Department, Xie Sanbin. I am leading the Yinxian Association of Hometown Worthies and the elders of Yinxian to welcome the angel. I wonder which angel is coming?"

Xie Sanbin smiled widely and bowed to the knight who was obviously a member of Confucius and Mencius who got off the boat in front of him.

The obviously young knight Kong Meng was looking at the dead body of Fa Ruozhen being carried over, and Huang Zhenlin who was being supported and wrapped in bandages.

"Thank you, Master. Is this how you welcome the angels?"

He said grimly.

The dense gun muzzles behind him were pointed at Xie Sanbin and others.

"Quick, bring here the criminal who murdered Master Wang!"

Xie Sanbin shouted immediately.

Then Dong Zhining, Wang Jiaqin, and several other scholars with them, Zhang Mengxi, Hua Xia, Lu Yuding, and Mao Jukui, were all tied up and pushed out by the militia.

"Reply to the angel, it was these six crazy people who didn't know the greater good, slandered the king's army as thieves, and deceived the people to resist the king's army. I was held hostage by them. After I got a chance to escape, I immediately opened the Heyi Gate to welcome the king's army. It was them who killed the king's army. Please punish them according to the law. The king's army marched thousands of miles south to quell the rebellion. Although my city is poor, we can still gather 100,000 taels of silver to reward the army and 50,000 shi of military rations. There are also some guns, cannons and ammunition in the city. I will offer them to help the king's army to defeat the treacherous officials."

Xie Sanbin said.

"Can these few crazy people deceive the people of the whole city?"

the man said.

"Well, these two are disciples of the rebel leader Liu Zongzhou, and these three are students of the Imperial College. This one is a local tycoon, not an ordinary lunatic."

Xie Sanbin quickly pointed at the six people and explained their identities.

"This is not enough!"

the man said.

Xie Sanbin felt depressed for a moment.

Then he turned around and bowed to Qian Sule.

"Zhiting, you are the one who caused the disaster, so don't bring trouble to the villagers."

He said.

Then he ran to Qian Sule's side as fast as he could and pushed him forward...

"It was him, it was him. He was the one who instigated it. This was a local celebrity from the Local Celebrities Association, the former Deputy Director of the Ministry of Justice, Qian Sule. He was the one who used the name of the Local Celebrities Association to deceive the people."

Xie Sanbin said. Other villagers echoed him, and everyone moved away from Qian Sule as quickly as possible.

In the final analysis, someone has to take the blame for this matter. Those crazy students are indeed not of high enough rank, and someone from the Association of Local Sages must take the blame. Qian Sule is of course the only choice.

"Hahahaha, the truth is out. I knew this a long time ago. Here is a list of names reported by others as local rebels. All the names I read will come out."

the man said.

Then he took out a list and started reading it. The first one was Qian Sule, including Dong Zhining and six others. Of course, there were many others on the list, not just them. Some of the people on the list were at the scene. He read them out, and Xie Sanbin quickly directed the group to push them out. As for those who were not at the scene, they didn't need to worry about it, but Xie Huishou still said that they would be caught soon. Even if they were not at home, they would write down their home locations to the angels, and they could even provide guides. In this way, in a slightly chaotic situation, after the list was read out, those who were at the scene were also pushed out and stood with Qian Sule and others. Qian Sule watched calmly.

He probably already knew he was going to die, so there was no need to waste time talking to these guys.

"Angel, these traitors are all here."

Xie Sanbin also said with a sense of relief.

"Han Weng, don't be an angel. I am a knight of the Confucius and Mencius Knights, Li Zhifang, a Wuding Juren."

Li Zhifang, who had become a famous vicious dog under Yang Feng, said with a smile.

"So it's Knight Li. I met your father when I led the army to suppress the Dengzhou Rebellion. Seeing him today is like seeing an old friend."

Xie Sanbin said in surprise.

He was Zhu Datian's deputy during the campaign against Kong Youde.

"Then please ask Mr. Han to go down and meet the senior examiner!"

Li Zhifang said with a smile.

Xie Sanbin looked confused, but the next moment a gun muzzle appeared in front of him, and then the muzzle fire flooded his vision.

"Kill them all!"

As his dead body fell, Li Zhifang, who had put away his pistol, shouted.

The muzzles of the guns of the soldiers behind him were blazing with flames. The local sages who came to welcome the king's division, including those who followed to welcome the king's division, who were still well-known local gentry even though they did not join the local sage association, and local officials such as Zhu Zhifu, all fell down amid the whistling of bullets. Some who reacted quickly wanted to escape, but were immediately caught up by the cavalry and stabbed to death with spears. But strangely, those who were named by Li Zhifang did not suffer any attack. They stood in a daze among the piles of dead bodies around them.

Soon the gunfire subsided.

"Hurry into the city and raid their house!"

Li Zhifang stepped on the dead body of Xie Sanbin and urged his men proudly.

Qian Sule finally came to his senses. He rushed to Li Zhifang and grabbed his robe from his chest...

"Why?"

He roared as if he was breaking down.

"If you don't let go, I'll say you were accidentally hit by a stray bullet."

Li Zhifang said calmly.

Qian Sule quickly let go of his hand, and Li Zhifang slapped the list directly on his chest.

"As for why, I don't know. I am just following orders. I won't kill those on the list, and I can kill anyone outside the list. I can't kill civilians unless there is a battle, but I can kill those who have made contributions. This is the military order of the King of Qi. The King of Qi didn't tell me why it is so. If you want to save more people, quickly notify those who are not here to prevent them from being injured by mistake. Although the military order of the King of Qi cannot kill you, you are seeking death. If you are killed in the battle, it will not be considered as violating the military order of the King of Qi."

Li Zhifang said.

After saying this, he walked straight through them under the blank gazes of Qian Sule and Dong Zhining and the others behind him...

Qian Sule and others, who still didn't understand why they escaped, just watched the soldiers in front of them enter Ningbo continuously. The soldiers who entered the city went straight to the homes of the local celebrities who were killed. Li Zhifang even directly occupied Xie Sanbin's home. However, they didn't wipe out the whole family, after all, Xie Sanbin's son died in the capital, but the family property that was rich enough to rival a country soon began to be packed. However, according to the military order of King Qi, such things cannot be enjoyed alone, so everyone in Yin County has a share, and the warehouses are opened to release grain and distributed...

Master Wang!
You just need to act like a royal teacher.

Master Wang’s trip cannot be in vain.

Even opening a warehouse and dividing the land deeds.

Simply put, the tenants of these families all went directly to the government office to get the land deeds and loan notes. Those who borrowed money from them at high interest rates could also redeem the principal, but it was impossible to take it away for free. After all, many of the loan sharks were doing business, and the king's army couldn't work for nothing. The principal redemption was enough. The indentures were also divided. Although the Japanese and Korean slaves were definitely not allowed, the slaves of the Ming Dynasty could take the indentures for free. As for the indentures from the government, they were all burned.

Of course, slavery is not among them. After all, slavery in the Ming Dynasty is a complicated issue. A large part of the source of slavery is actually deserved punishment. This problem does not need to be solved for the time being. My Qing Dynasty abolished slavery because these deserved crimes have nothing to do with my Qing Dynasty. Even my Qing Dynasty can empathize with others...

For example, Pu Shougeng's family was a lowly family in Zhoushan during the time of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Yang Feng's military order was to divide the land deeds, redeem the principal of the loan notes at high interest rates, and return the slaves of the Ming Dynasty to civilian status. Slavery is different from slavery.

The slaves in the late Ming Dynasty were basically former good citizens.

In the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, except for high-ranking officials, other low-ranking officials and local gentry had no right to own slaves, so there were very few slaves in the early Ming Dynasty, and slavery was not hereditary. The descendants of slaves were not slaves. Let alone ordinary officials and gentry, even for nobles like Tang He, the household slaves were not hereditary. Therefore, after Tang He's death, his son immediately handed over the list of Tang He's household slaves to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then returned him to the people.

This was the rule during Zhu Yuanzhang's time.

Slaves and servants belonged only to high-ranking officials, and even their descendants had no right to inherit. The number of slaves was related to the official title, and when the master died, their status would be restored to civilian status or incorporated into the military.

Therefore, the slaves at the end of the Ming Dynasty were basically all originally good citizens who had to sell themselves into slavery for various reasons over the long two hundred years, and then had to be trapped in this status for generations. These people could simply be restored to civilian status.

But they were classified as lowly because Zhu Yuanzhang felt that only lowly people were worthy of them.

In this regard, Yang Feng and Lao Zhu have the same aesthetic taste.

This move instantly extinguished the local people's will to resist, and even the entire Yin County was filled with jubilation. Not to mention resistance, even the people took the initiative to lead the way and took the Jingnan Army to raid the homes of the gentry. Even the latter's clans gave up resistance. After all, many clansmen were also tenants. Although clansmen could grow good land, they still had to pay rent for growing good land. But now they could directly make the land their own.

So there is no need to say who to support.

More importantly, the news here is spreading rapidly, spreading to cities and villages...

(End of this chapter)