I have a cornucopia

Chapter 326: Keep the head but not the roots, keep the roots but not the head

King Yang seemed like an immortal from the stars, descending from the sky amidst all the praises.

Of course, it didn't come down completely.

After all, it feels good to overlook a field of vine gourds from mid-air.

"Where's Ajige?"

He said.

Then his words echoed above the heads of the Eight Banners warriors through the sound system, like an oracle from the sky.

"Quick, bring this traitor here!"

Suna, who already regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, shouted with a sense of empathy.

Then Ajige was dragged to Yang Feng's feet by his two nephews. At this time, the regent of the Qing Dynasty had recovered some spirit. While Wakda and Mazhan were dragging him, he kept cursing them. The Wakda brothers suddenly threw him forward, and then kicked him in the leg. He immediately knelt on the ground, and then they pressed his head to kowtow.

"Your Majesty, the traitor Ajige has been brought here. Please punish him!"

Then they both knelt down, kowtowed and spoke.

Ajige tried to stand up angrily.

But Suna and Demutu behind him simply whipped him again.

"be honest!"

Suna shouted.

Ajige continued to kneel down screaming. Demutu was afraid that he would get up again, so he simply hit him on the leg again with the hammer. Ajige continued to kneel there screaming.

Yang Feng watched this scene with satisfaction.

Of course, it was not only Ajige who was presented to him, but also a group of prisoners, including some of the dead bodies of Ajige's son. In the previous internal melee, many people who were unwilling to surrender died at the hands of the Eight Banners warriors, including Wakda's nephew, Shuncheng Prince Lekedehun. He was from the Dorgon system. His brother Adali was killed because he wanted to support Dorgon to succeed to the throne. After Dorgon entered the pass and took power, he was promoted again. Over the years, he has been Dorgon's confidant.

However, the vast majority of the Qing Dynasty, including the royal family, still chose to surrender.

Especially the Daishan faction.

Even though Daishan was tortured to death by King Yang.

After all, what does the fact that Daishan was tortured to death by King Yang for not knowing the difference between obedience and disobedience have to do with his descendants?
"Very good, I understand your sincerity, but I also made it very clear that if you want to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, you must purify yourself. Before you purify yourself, you cannot surrender. Even if you have expressed your sincerity in surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, you must wait for the purification. Only after the purification can you surrender. So you can stay here temporarily during this period of time. As for food and drink, the Ming Dynasty's royal teacher will be responsible for providing them at the designated location.

I have reported this to the imperial court, and the court will organize a cleansing team to come and cleanse you. You can only formally surrender after they arrive and cleanse you.

As for what to do after surrender, that will be arranged separately.

Of course, your benefits are indispensable.”

King Yang said.

In fact, the Ming army had not officially entered the basin yet. Yang Feng ordered all units to continue to maintain the blockade on the periphery.

They have to purify themselves first.

You can surrender only after you have cleansed yourself, and you must strictly follow the procedures.

But this kind of thing requires a lot of professionals, so I have already looked for them.

And their castration was certainly not the same as those of the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty.

The latter is not a complete cut.

The technology is not up to it.

In the Ming Dynasty, all the prisoners were prisoners of war, and the mortality rate was extremely high, exceeding 30%. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, eunuchs were very promising, and they were actually officials, proper internal officials, so a large number of them, like Jiu Qiansui, settled themselves and entered the palace. Even including officials like Liu Ruoyu. Of course, he was sent in by his family to be an insider, but whether it was Jiu Qiansui who owed gambling debts or Liu Ruoyu who was a family insider, it was impossible for them to risk a mortality rate of 30%. Jiu Qiansui, who was a horse bandit, had a lower mortality rate than this, because he could ride a horse and shoot arrows. Liu Ruoyu relied on his father's hereditary command background to become a small officer, and his mortality rate would not be higher than this.

Therefore, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty actually just had no testicles, and it was not even just cut off. There were also methods such as tying them with ropes and pinching them to pieces by experts when they were young. This is why some eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty even had testicles stuck.

He already had it!

There was also the case of Jiu Qiansui and Wei Chao, who turned against each other for the sake of competing for Ke Shi.

They are really useful!

It was always like this in the past, which is why there were eunuchs like Master Tong who were so arrogant that they grew a beard.

As for the Qing Dynasty, it was because of technological advancement. In addition, the palace maids were all bannermen and the eunuchs were all Han Chinese. It was undoubtedly intolerable to have concubinage again, so we studied this technology and finally overcame the technical difficulties of complete moulting...

I have to say that the technology of our Qing Dynasty has made progress.

As a cheater, King Yang certainly cannot be inferior to our Qing Dynasty.

Cut it all off!

Must be completely cut!

But this would require higher skills, so he transferred a group of surgeons from his own medical system and prepared to organize a professional team. After all, there would be many cases in the future where they would be needed for cleansing.

This is an emerging technology. As for the Japanese slaves that are currently used in large numbers, not all of them were slaughtered. Everyone was paid to do the work, and it was impossible to pay too much cost and risk a high mortality rate. Things like this are actually just traditional methods. In fact, it is not the employers who are responsible, but those who sell them. Those sold have been processed.

Huang Fei and Lin Qingye were the ones who mainly engaged in the Japanese slave business, especially Lin Qingye. After all, he controlled the southernmost part of the Korean Peninsula, and they were also very enthusiastic about the Japanese slave business, and even formed a strategic partnership with the Tsushima clan. To put it simply, the latter was responsible for getting Japanese slaves from Japan in various ways, buying them from daimyo, colluding with samurai to capture them, and even deceiving them to Tsushima under various names. In short, they would be locked up immediately after getting them there and wait for a large number of them to be sent to Korea for Lin Qingye to trade, and Lin Qingye would transport them to Shandong. Huang Fei's navy was responsible for maritime transport patrols north of the Yangtze River estuary, so in fact he was already like a pirate. Not to mention that he would hijack Japanese merchant ships and swallow up the people and goods together, he would even rob slave ships in the south...

law enforcement.

The Ming Dynasty was a civilized country, so of course it would not engage in slave trade.

Her Majesty the Queen has issued a decree prohibiting human trafficking.

Similarly, slavery is prohibited among the people. This is a law established by the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention ordinary people, even officials of the seventh rank during the time of Zhu Yuanzhang had no right to own slaves. However, the navy of the army is still capturing prisoners from the hostile Japan. This is a military action, and it is also legal for the captured prisoners to be adopted by some civilians.

A servant!
The laws established by our ancestors are the laws established by our ancestors. They have been modified later on, haven’t they? The facts must be acknowledged. Otherwise, what should be done with the thousands of servants and servants of the gentry in Jiangnan? The laws established by our ancestors are written on paper, but the facts must also be acknowledged.

As for exhausting them to the point where their average life expectancy is less than a year...

What do you mean tired? How could he be tired? He died of illness. What's so strange about dying of illness? In a civilized country like the Ming Dynasty, under the grace of the Empress, how could anyone die of tiredness? They all died of illness!

But in this way, all the merchant ships in the south that traded slaves at the same time would be illegal. Once discovered, they would be considered to be carrying Japanese people, and their property would be confiscated according to the law. Then the naval officers and soldiers under Huang Fei could happily enforce the law.

"Your Majesty, I am from the Yehe tribe, not the Jianzhou tribe. My former master was Jin Taiji, who fought bloody battles for the Ming Dynasty against Ye Zhupi. After his defeat, he refused to betray the Ming Dynasty and was killed by Ye Zhupi. I had no choice but to pretend to surrender and wait for an opportunity to rebel. Today, I finally see the light of day again."

Suna said as he lay on the ground wiping his tears.

"Your Majesty, we servants have endured humiliation and are waiting to serve the Ming Dynasty again!"

Demutu and others also shouted while wiping their tears.

"Uh, you guys have been enduring this humiliation for a long time, haven't you? I remember Jin Taiji died thirty years ago, right?"

Yang Feng said, "Your Majesty, I have endured humiliation and hardship for thirty years. Do you know how we have lived these thirty years? We have been waiting for the imperial teacher of the Ming Dynasty day and night. Every year, we have secretly worshipped Jin Taiji and Buyanggu and vowed to avenge them. Today, we have finally come. Your Majesty, you are our heaven. From now on, we are willing to serve you for generations to come!"

Suna cried out in tears.

Loyalty!
They can endure humiliation for thirty years, and if they are later, they will endure humiliation for a lifetime, and then live a life of luxury in my Qing Dynasty. They are too miserable. They enjoy the glory and wealth of my Qing Dynasty while enduring humiliation and waiting for glory. Anyway...

It has to be said that their shamelessness was so shameless that even King Yang was somewhat amazed.

"I will go back and investigate this matter. If it is true, you will be rewarded. It just so happens that you need a manager here these days, so you will be in charge of supervision. In addition, those who are resisting will also be besieged by you. If you can wipe them out for the Ming Dynasty, you will naturally be rewarded handsomely. Just stay here and wait!"

King Yang said.

"Thank you, Master, for your grace!"

Suna and others kowtowed excitedly.

Of course, he didn't know that King Yang already knew about his situation.

"Good, they are all good servants!"

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

At this time, a team of Ming troops came from the south. They were all Yang Feng's followers. They came to receive Ajige and others. They arrived quickly and took Ajige from Suna and others.

"First, cleanse them, and then send them to Xi'an."

Yang Feng said.

Several Ming soldiers immediately held Ajige down and stripped him while he struggled. Then a military doctor came forward with a medicine box on his back, opened it, took out a scalpel, and began to disinfect before the operation. The unfortunate Ajige struggled and screamed in fear, as if he was looking at a poisonous snake spitting out its venom beside him.

Mazhan, who was watching this scene closely, suddenly had an idea and knelt down again.

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to grant me a favor. I am willing to purify myself today so that I can serve my master as soon as possible!"

Mazhan said, lying on the ground.

"Uh, are you sure?"

Yang Feng said.

"I am already impatient to serve my master."

Mazhan said quickly.

He certainly couldn't say that he was from the Yehe tribe. After all, Yezhupi was his grandfather, and he had no children so far, so he knew that he probably didn't have the ability, so this knife was really no big deal for him. On the contrary, if he got hurt earlier, he could follow King Yang one day earlier. There was a world of difference between one day earlier and one day later. If he could be the first to follow King Yang, he would be the first among the slaves in terms of seniority, not to mention King Yang would look at him differently.

"Okay, for your loyalty, I will cleanse you after Ajige is dead!"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"Thank you, Master, for your grace!"

Ma Zhan said this while kowtowing excitedly.

Then he looked at his uncle expectantly, and then he saw with horror that the doctor's knife landed on a place that made him feel tight, and then quickly completed the next work. Ajige let out a heart-wrenching scream in pain and fainted directly...

Amidst the equally astonished gazes, Mazhan raised his head and looked at Yang Feng mechanically like a rusty robot.

"Great, great, great king, this is purification?"

He spoke with trembling lips.

Wakda and the others all looked at Yang Feng with pale faces.

"Yes!"

Yang Feng said.

"Slave, I won't do it anymore!"

Mazhan screamed, then got up and ran.

next moment……

"boom!"

The dirt flew under his feet.

He stopped instinctively.

Then the Ming army on the opposite side pointed a short gun at him.

One of the guns was still smoking.

"You said you would do it, and I did it. You said you wouldn't do it, and I didn't do it. Are you kidding me? I hate those who don't keep their promises the most. Now you can either clean up your body honestly, or clean up your head. You can keep your head but not your roots, or keep your roots but not your head. It's your choice!"

King Yang said with a gloomy face.

"Your Majesty, that's not what Huba said. Huba said it's just like those eunuchs in the capital!"

Mazam cried.

Wakda and others immediately agreed.

"I have never said that. Even if Huba said that to you, he lied to you. His lying to you has nothing to do with me. He himself has not yet been purified and has not even surrendered. He is still your man. It is his business if he lied to you. I do not need to be responsible for a Jianlu who has not surrendered and lied to other Jianlu. This is what I promised. You either purify yourself or die. You can keep your head but not your roots, or you can keep your roots but not your head. My rules are very clear. If you don't want to, then go back and continue to resist. I don't mind continuing to fight.

I am fair. Considering that you might have really been deceived by Huba, I will not consider your surrender this time as valid and give you another chance to choose.

Go back and think about it for yourselves!
If you have thought it through and still want to surrender, then come to me again.

But you can't.

You asked for the castration, and I promised to let you be after Ajige. Now you want to go back on your word. That means you are teasing me. Do you think I am good-tempered and can be fooled by you? Today you either die or you are castrated after Ajige!"

Yang Feng pointed at Ma Zhan and shouted.

The Ming soldiers who had been holding Ajige down immediately rushed forward and viciously pressed Mazhan next to Ajige, whose bleeding had been quickly stopped and bandaged.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The latter looked at his nephew and laughed wildly.

But then he screamed in pain again and twitched on the ground.

The unfortunate Mazhan burst into tears, and was then pressed next to his uncle, watching the doctor start to disinfect the scalpel...

(End of this chapter)