Anti Qing

Chapter 125
Li Zijing besieged Yunyang by surprise and conquered it within four days. The news spread and shocked far and near.

At first, all the prefectures and counties in Yunyang didn't believe it was true. They didn't realize the seriousness of the matter until they saw Li Zijing's subordinate Tan Wen sending a former battalion sentry rider in black armor to raise Dou Shu's head.

Not long after, things happened as Li Zijing had predicted, counties and prefectures around Yunyang came one after another. Tong Shiqin of Zhushan County, Xue Pu of Baokang County, and Si Zhangjie of Yunyang Xingdu scrambled to come to Yunyang to surrender to Dashun.

These officials who surrendered to Dashun were also the ones who were the first to surrender when the Qing army went south in history. Although Li Zijing didn't remember all their names, he could guess a general idea, and he naturally despised these people in his heart.

But for the sake of the overall situation, Li Zijing still endured his murderous intentions for the time being, and tried his best to win over the Ming Dynasty officials from all over the prefectures and counties who came to surrender, so as to reassure him and maintain the order of Yunyang Prefecture after the war.

After the capture of Yunyang, Li Zijing immediately sent his subordinates to set up lists to calm the people and maintain order. He did not immediately carve up the rich and powerful as soon as they entered the city like other Dashun troops, which made people feel a little more peaceful.

On the second day after entering the city, Li Zijing came to the Fuya in Yunyang, which had been damaged by the war, and planned to slightly repair it, so that it would be used as a place to handle military affairs for a period of time in the future.

Li Zijing doesn't have the lofty and arrogant sentiments of Gao Doushu, and he doesn't want to flaunt any honest and honest personality. In his opinion, he is the leader of the former camp. Now that he has captured Yunyang and entered the highest administrative office, that is As it should be.

The war in Jingzhou is still going on, and there is no time for Li Zijing to do these superficial things.

"How do you see it? The plaque is obviously hung crookedly, and it is right to the right."

"It's not too bad, it looks like a handsome mansion."

That afternoon, Li Zijing was instructing the soldiers to repair the Fuya. After all, the front battalion was in charge of fighting, and repairs could only be seen a little, so Li Zijing had to worry about it himself.

Before noon, Li Zijing's stomach was already growling with hunger, but the meal time stipulated in the camp hadn't arrived yet, and he couldn't break the rules he made by himself just because he was hungry, so Li Zijing had to be patient. Continue to repair.

When it was time for dinner, everyone put down their work and planned to eat with a smile on their faces. After all, the food ration in the front battalion was not bad among the troops, and Li Zijing was not the only one who was hungry after working hard all morning.

"Okay, come back and continue after eating. Just do it like this. You don't have to be too ostentatious, but you can't be too shabby. This Yunyang Fuya will become an important place in the northwest of Huguang in the future. It can't be sloppy."

"Understood, General."

All the soldiers agreed, and came out of the main hall in groups of three or four.

Seeing them leave, Li Zijing also touched his empty stomach, and was about to go to eat. As soon as he went out, he saw Tan Wenhuo rushing in, thinking about something bad.

Sure enough, as soon as Tan Wen came in, what he said made Li Zijing full of anger.

"General Zhi, many Qingpis who took advantage of the chaos and made troubles, under the banner of the Dashun Army, robbed houses and robbed houses everywhere, bluffing and deceiving!"

"This group of people is really lawless, and even under the banner of my Dashun, they broke into the homes of many wealthy businessmen and did things to carve up."

"Right now, there are rumors in Yunyang City that the general is not as good as Gao Doushu, who loves the people like a son, and that the Dashun army is just a gang of soldiers and bandits. It is better to wait for the Qing army to go south."

This kind of thing can be expected, in troubled times, there must be a lot of green-skinned ruffians making troubles.

Li Zijing's face darkened when he heard this.This group of bullies should be dealt with properly, not entirely for the sake of the people, and letting them damage the reputation of the Dashun Army like this is indeed not the answer.

No matter what era, there will always be such a group of people. If they are ignored, the law and order in Yunyang will only become more lawless in the future.

It stands to reason that this matter should be reported to Xiangyang and let Niu Quan handle it, but the matter was urgent. When Niu Quan received the news and sent officials to take over Yunyang Mansion after the war, the day lily was cold.

What's more, when Li Zijing left Xi'an, he was ordered to control the East Road. These troublesome local ruffians, Qingpi, were under the banner of Dashun, which can be regarded as a kind of military affairs.

Li Zijing also knew the seriousness of this matter and needed to be dealt with immediately. Today's lunch must not be attended to.

"Take me to see."

Tan Wen came to Li Zijing in order to deal with the matter as soon as possible. Seeing that Li Zijing used his lunch time to deal with it, he knew in his heart that he was following the right person, so he turned around and led the way.

Not long after, the two came to the cell in Yunyang Fucheng.

This was originally a prison cell in the Ming Dynasty, but in troubled times, those criminals who were supposed to be imprisoned here until their death had gone to nowhere.

When Dashun captured Yunyang, the first batch of former battalion soldiers who entered the cell reported that the cell had been opened in the middle of the war and that all the prisoners had escaped. I only saw a dozen people who had just been arrested by the former battalion.

"What did they all do?"

The military adviser Gu Junen has been very busy these days, and he is also worried about the security of Yunyang, but like Li Zijing, he has too many things to do, and he can't be busy on his own. It is already today when he thinks about the prison.

"These criminals were all caught by soldiers patrolling the streets. The lower officials asked the old soldiers of the Ming army who guarded the cell. According to him, this cell held more than 400 criminals from Yunyang since the reign of Chongzhen."

"what?"

Li Zijing was taken aback, and hurriedly went to have a closer look, but only saw these dozen or so people.

"There were more than 400 people who ran out, aren't they all mixed with the common people now?"

Gu Junen sighed.

"Now what our army has to worry about is not just the fact that these 400 people are secretly stirring up trouble. Many Ming soldiers are unwilling to surrender to Dashun, and the refugees are fleeing everywhere. Now they may have gone out to contact the Qing captives."

Li Zijing snorted coldly.

"I'm not worried about this. Even if there were no such traitors, Duduo and Haoge in Huaiqing would know that our army had captured Yunyang sooner or later. With Qinglu's temperament, they would definitely not sit idly by Huguang has a foothold."

"This battle will be fought sooner or later. The question now is how to calm people's hearts as soon as possible. Does the military division have any advice?"

Over the past few days, Li Zijing has experienced the feeling of not being in charge of the family and not knowing the value of Chai Migui. After entering the city, as the highest military and political officer in the city, he needs to worry about everything, ranging from repairing the Fuya to the former court who surrendered to Dashun. The old ministers contacted each other, no matter how big or small.

When Li Zijing was in Xiangyang and Xi'an, he never managed such a large family property. He usually only dealt with military affairs in the camp. He managed a city at once, and soon it would be the land of Yunyang, a prefecture and five counties. is a start.

Li Zijing has no such experience, and now he has to take care of it. He is really busy, and sometimes he has to read through relevant history books all night to find experience. Many things cannot be carefully considered.

Gu Junen also saw what Li Zijing did these days. In his opinion, what Li Zijing has done in just a few days since he entered Yunyang may be more than what Niu Quan and his gang did in Xiangyang in a year.

After entering Yunyang, Li Zijing was thinking about Dashun's long-term occupation of Yunyang, and had no intention of leaving.

In view of this, all parts of Yunyang are thinking about rebuilding and post-war recovery in the short term.

"These people should be killed to establish the criminal law."

"The general came from a poor background, so he should also know that many people are illiterate. Just issuing the list will not achieve any effect."

"After the announcement is issued, special personnel should be sent to various parts of the city to publicize our new policy of Dashun, and inform the people that those who hide criminals will be given a higher level of crime, and those who expose criminals will be punished with merit."

"Right now, there is no civil servant in Yunyang. I will also join the army in the future, follow the general around, and assist the Emperor Yongchang in my great cause. The best way to win the hearts of the people in the land of Yunyang is to win over the gentry and govern it with the local gentry. "

Li Zijing nodded slightly.

"But whenever I go to Dashun, I have always divided the fields. I'm afraid these gentry are unwilling to cooperate?"

Gu Junen also knew this, and his eyes gradually became sharper.

"The local gentry have a lot of land, and they can promise to them that those who work for Dashun will not divide their land, so as to delay the army."

"In the future, I, Dashun, will gain a foothold in Huguang. These things can be done again and again. The most important thing now, with the help of these gentry or former officials, is to quickly stabilize the hearts of the people!"

Li Zijing also knew that this was indeed the best way to maintain stability in the short term, so he turned to look at Tan Wen.

"Since Yunyang has been captured, the banner of Dashun must be erected here forever, and you can ignore other matters. The rest of the states and counties will take over in person. You only need to take charge of the headquarters and maintain the law and order in Yunyang city. .”

"Those green-skinned ruffians who are making trouble, catch them one by one, and kill those who dare to resist!"

"But remember, after arresting people, you need to check carefully against the establishment book, and no one is allowed to fall. I want to see if there are ghosts in my former battalion, or are they all local hooligans!"

Tan Wen hurriedly cupped his fists.

"Yes! The general will know!"

Not long after Tan Wen left, officials from the rest of the prefectures, counties, and guards of the Ming Dynasty came to surrender. Li Zijing immediately put on a smiling face and hosted a banquet to welcome him. .

(End of this chapter)