Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 199
The Qing government enforced a hair-shaving order in the land it occupied, and the Han people kept their hair but not their hair. This made the Nanming army's attitude towards the shaved people complicated.

At the beginning, many soldiers and civilians who were forced to shave their heads by the Qing Dynasty were also punished by the Nanming officials and soldiers. As a result, the people were killed by the Qing court if they did not shave their hair, and were killed by the Ming army after shaving their hair. They could not survive at all.

At that time, Emperor Longwu heard the news and cried loudly, saying: "I am incompetent. I have trapped the people in the dust and made the people have no way to live. Now I have issued an order to all towns. No hair is a refugee."

According to historical records, when Zhang Jiayu supervised soldiers to aid southern Jiangxi, "when the Qing soldiers arrived, they ordered the people to shave their hair, and those who refused to follow were beheaded, and the Ming army would kill those who had no hair. The refugees were given more cattle and wine. , as an indirect guide; the Ming army can’t be false at a distance, and the salary and guides are absolutely absolute. The emperor’s order came, and the family jade set up a small card to avoid death, and gave it to the refugees. Hundreds of people cheered and returned.”

Nanming's strategy of "becoming obedient citizens if you have hair, but not refugees" is in stark contrast to the Qing government's "keep your hair but not your head", which is obviously more popular and has extremely high political wisdom.

Wang Yan didn't make any sense about this, but when it came to the Green Camp, he felt that strict measures should be taken and they should be separated from ordinary people.

The Central Plains dynasty emphasized benevolence and righteousness, so Li Chuang and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to the court several times, but the court did not kill them, because the court felt that the rogues were also subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to suppress them as well as appease them. , Zhang Ding, Mao Zedong, and Wu Ruyi were defeated and led five thousand Shun troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but they were all killed by the Qing court immediately.

Eleven vassals including King Lu, King Zhou, King Hui, and King Chong surrendered to the Qing court in order to survive, but when they arrived in Beijing, they were immediately beheaded by the Qing court.

They know that they will die, will they still vote?Obviously not, the reason why they voted clear is because they didn't see the difference between the Qing court and the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains. The hype is so extravagant, and when you kill you, you can also place a random crime, and you have no credibility at all.

The world is in turmoil, and people's minds are stable. It is useless to rely on benevolent government alone. In troubled times, fierce and brutal methods are often more deterrent to people's hearts.

Wang Yan believed that treating his own people should be generous and merciful, but treating the areas under the Qing government's occupation depends on the situation. If Wang Yan releases them to the six thousand green battalions in front of him, they may thank Wang Yan for his kindness, but When the Qing soldiers threatened again, they would inevitably take up swords and guns to fight the Ming army.

Because there are only a few people in this world who can sacrifice their lives for righteousness and become benevolent. Most of them put their own life and death before morality, so besides kindness, Wang Yan also wants to let them know the terrible consequences of serving the Qing court.

The mountain of corpses piled up outside Yuezhou City was a warning to the green battalion in the city, and for the green battalion after the [-] braids were cut, Wang Yanzehao relentlessly urged them to build siege equipment. .

Wang Yan compiled them into a battalion of servants. Only by killing the enemy and performing meritorious service, or serving for three years, can they get rid of their status, and then decide to restore their freedom, or join the main army and enjoy the treatment of the Ming army. , you can only do coolies and rush as cannon fodder.

In Yuezhou city, Zu Kefa asked his subordinates to block the gate of Yuezhou city, and wanted to defend it, but the green battalion guarding the city did not agree with him.

Ma Jiaolin, deputy general of Yuezhou, opened the city to sacrifice Yuezhou when the Qing soldiers went south. He didn't have the courage to fight to the death for the Ming Dynasty, so naturally he couldn't die for the Qing court.

At this time, he watched the soldiers from the green battalion outside the city, felling trees in the forest, building all kinds of siege equipment, charging carts, ladders, everything, and then strengthened his heart of rebellion.

He is not the only one who has such thoughts in the city, several thousand households under him have been discussing in secret, if he doesn't lead them to do it, he will kill him directly, and then go to capture Zu Kefa and sacrifice the city.

At this moment, Ma Jiaolin and a few of his subordinates got together, and a thousand households said straight to the point: "General, the current situation is such that none of the brothers have the heart to fight. What do you think should be done?"

Ma Jiaolin knows several of his subordinates very well. He bullies Goodness on weekdays, and stays behind when he wants to fight. He has never been willing to fight for anyone. Now we are looking for him together. Apart from planning to sacrifice the city, what other things can we do? ?But it's good to do it this way, so that he won't have to persuade him again, so he said directly: "I was originally a Ming army, and I surrendered to be the general of the Qing court. If the balance is offset, the brothers still have a good time with a certain person, and they will not suffer any losses."

"Haha~" After hearing this, several thousand households burst out laughing in unison, obviously Ma Jiaolin's words won the hearts of several people.

There were originally [-] defenders in Yuezhou City, but [-] of them ran away yesterday, led by the coat slaves of Prince Ying's Azig's family, and now there are only [-] Green Battalions left in the city, a small half of which are Ma Jiaolin's Subordinate, it is easy for him to launch a rebellion.

After Qing general Zhang Yingxiang persuaded Zu Kefa not to listen, he was shocked when he saw that he was going to block the city gate again, and couldn't help cursing idiots.
The first condition is that there is no common enemy. He actually thought that by blocking the city gate, he could force the green battalion to fight to the death.

Zhang Yingxiang watched the soldiers slowly blocking the door in the north of the city, and decided to persuade Zu Kefa again. Even if he didn't listen, Zhang Yingxiang could explain to Lord Belle Ke Dehun in the future, but when he went to the government office from the north of the city, he saw The newly recruited Ma Jiaolin's department seemed to have a change, and he was terrified, so he hurried back to the north gate and gathered his subordinates to his side.

He had no intention of going to save Zu Kefa, because he was afraid that if there was a chaos in the city, Wang Yan would take advantage of the chaos to rob the city, and even he himself would not be able to leave.

At this time, he gathered his soldiers and horses at the north gate, and ordered his soldiers to move to block the sandbags at the city gate. As long as there was chaos in the city, he would immediately escape from Yuezhou and return to Wuchang.

Sure enough, just after Zhang Bu had finished cleaning the door opening, there was a burst of shouting and killing from the government office, and then the entire Yuezhou City suddenly went into an uproar.

Seeing this, Zhang Yingxiang didn't feel depressed at all, he immediately opened the city, waited for [-] soldiers and horses, and escaped from Yuezhou.

The people in the city suddenly panicked when they heard the shouts of killing, fearing that the rebels would take the opportunity to cause harm, they closed their doors tightly one after another, and the whole family hid in their homes trembling.

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Zhang Ministry knew that it was important to make up for their mistakes, and they did not dare to kill more, and they had more control over the soldiers, so the people of Yuezhou escaped.

Outside the city, Wang Yan was overjoyed when he heard the sound in the city, and hurriedly called Man Dazhuang to come: "Below Yuezhou, General Man can bring these heads and the captured flags to ask He Tengjiao for credit!"

Man Dazhuang also heard voices in the city, and knew that there had been a mutiny in the city, so he immediately threw himself to the ground in admiration for Wang Yan.

(End of this chapter)