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Chapter 50: How the Duan Jun is Tempered

Of course, the miracle that turned the tide did not happen.

Because more Qing troops arrived at the battlefield immediately, fortunately, Yang Feng's retreat had been broken away at this time. He led less than 400 Jinyiwei cavalry to rush out before the Qing army surrounded him, and then headed east to Jizhou. As for Tian Jianxiu...

They also ran away.

But unlike Yang Feng, he led the main force of the old camp of about 3,000 Shunjun to drill into the mountains and forests, and then headed towards Jizhou. As for their fate...

That's all Yang Feng's business!

Next he kept heading eastward and arrived at Lulong three days later. At this time, the Ming army's flag was erected at the head of Lulong's city. As Yang Feng thought, when Wu Sangui received the imperial edict conveyed by Du Yinxi and led his army out of Shanhaiguan, Bai Guangen, who had just received the news of the disastrous defeat of Li Zicheng in Huairou, did not hesitate to surrender to the Ming court, and brought Funing, Changli, Lulong, that is, Yongping Prefecture City, and Luanzhou in the south, a total of 40,000 troops surrendered to the Ming court again.

The reason for saying it is because this is the second time he has.

Well, his power is from a bandit.

"Pull it out and kill it!"

Yang Feng, who arrived at Lu Long and met with Wu Sangui, looked at Bai Guangen who was kneeling in front of him and said with disgust.

"Well?!"

Bai Guangen was stunned.

"Didn't you hear it? Do you still have to do it yourself? I will pass on my will. In the future, all the officials and generals who surrendered to the thief will not be forgiven, even if they surrender, I don't need such ministers. I used to be too kind to them, so I fell to the point where my relatives died in the ancestral temple. From today on, I will have to make up my mind to set up the rules. In the future, I will not want those capricious rebellious ministers! I don't want any of them!"

Yang Feng said.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Wu Sangui promised me to let me go!"

Bai Guangen howled.

"Brother Chang, have you promised him?"

Yang Feng asked Wu Sangui.

Bai Guangen also looked at Wu Sangui with anticipation.

"Your Majesty, I have indeed promised him that although Bai Ni surrendered to the treacherous thieves, he had fought bloody battles for the court in Liaodong and Shaanxi in the past. I think he should give him the opportunity to reform."

Wu Sangui said.

"Since this is the case, I will not kill him for your sake, but I will not use such a person anymore. Exile him and exil to Taiwan! Nan'anbo, I will leave this guy to you. Not only him, but all of his capricious generals, and all of them will be exiled to Taiwan. I allow them to reform themselves. There are red-haired people and Shengfans there. They can follow Nan'anbo to fight. If they make military achievements, I will pardon them. As for their families, they will not have to be involved."

Yang Feng said to Zheng Zhilong.

"The tyrant, you tyrant!"

Bai Guangen cursed like a collapse, then got up and tried to run out, but was kicked down by Liang Cheng, and a group of Jinyiwei quickly stepped forward to take it down.

They did not notice the two Bai Guangen's confidants outside and ran away as quickly as possible. Just when the Jinyiwei dragged him out and put him in a cage, preparing to send him back to Shanhaiguan to load into a ship to Taiwan as cannon fodder, a mutiny by Bai Guangen's subordinates inevitably occurred. Those Bai generals who learned that they would also be treated the same way, before the Jinyiwei came to arrest them, they as quickly as possible gathered their troops and then launched an attack on the county government where Yang Feng temporarily lived.

Then……

"I am here, who dares to cause trouble?"

Yang Feng stood in front of the county government office and shouted.

While he was speaking, he raised his hand and picked up the stone lion next to him. He didn't need two hands to pick up this small thing weighing hundreds of pounds. He could pick it up with one hand. Then he threw it out and smashed it into the street in front of the mutiny soldiers like a huge cannonball, smashing the ground into a big pit.

The mutiny soldiers were as silent as a cicada.

"Brothers, don't be afraid, come together and kill this dog emperor!"

A white general waving his knife and shouting without opening his eyes, but unfortunately no one around responded.

Then several soldiers threw down their weapons silently and fell to their knees. Then more and more soldiers knelt down. They were not stupid. The emperor exiled generals, not soldiers. Before, it was just because these generals were motivated and their minds were full of fantasies. But now that the basin of cold water was poured down, they immediately woke up.

The generals looked at each other and soon knelt down like accepting their fate.

After all, they were just exiled to them, and their families were not implicated. But no one of them had robbed thousands of wealth over the years. As long as they followed Zheng Zhilong to make some military achievements and give this old pirate some benefits, he would forgive him and return home to retire after he gave a memorial.

The general who waved the knife looked at this scene as stupidly. He held the knife like a clown. He wanted to rush forward to see the stone lion but didn't dare. Finally, he put the knife on his neck and wanted to commit suicide, but he didn't dare to pull the last one down. He was struggling there and suddenly lay on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, I'm forced by Bai Guangen."

"snort!"

Yang Feng sneered.

"The author passes my order, and from now on, those who have been abducted by the thief will be exiled to Taiwan before the thief, and those who have no rank and soldiers are all demoted to common people. Not only them, but the officials who have been abducted by the ruling counties in Yongping followed this example. I gave them the opportunity at the beginning. Those who are truly loyal to me will follow me to Shanhaiguan, and the rest will be my salary but think about stepping on two boats. Do you think I am the one you can deceive me at will?

Not only are the officials who are abducted from the court, but all other officials who have the fame of the court are exempted from tax exemption. Since they are all well-read, then should they know the way of sages. Will the way of sages teach you to open the door to welcome the thieves and surrender to the thieves? Scholars, tribute students, supervisors, juren, eat my rice, and enjoy my tax exemption. When I need you, they all become fences. Now that I am back, do you still want to continue? The people don’t blame me for not eating me, but those who have fame cannot do it. In the future, they will pay all the taxes I should pay like the people. In the future, all the land I will be liberated will be handled accordingly!”

He continued.

By the way, he can do his best to take advantage of the situation.

But he was confident!

He occupies the moral commanding heights!

First of all, there are comparisons with those who ran to Shanhaiguan, which can clearly distinguish between loyalty and unfaithfulness. Since he is unfaithful, he will punish him more reasonably and legally.

Needless to say, those officials all received the salary he paid. Although those scholars and juren were different from those of officials, they did not have to pay taxes in the Ming Dynasty. Some even enjoyed the subsidies of the imperial court. In other words, they all ate their food! You are not loyal to me with my job, which is unreasonable to me, right? Is it not right for those officials of the rank to exile you? Is it wrong for those scholars and juren who enjoyed my preferential treatment to cancel your preferential treatment?

No matter how I count this, I am justified.

Then……

"Your Majesty, this, please think twice!"

Wang Yongji said.

Lao Wang didn't expect that he would actually play with this. He was so scared that he ran all the way from Shanhaiguan.

If this happens, who would have surrendered by the officials and generals of the court before? There is also the cancellation of tax-free treatment, which is to push all the scholars in the occupied areas to the side of the enemy. Those scholars are not just scholars, but almost all gentry. They rely on these fame to enjoy the privilege of tax exemption. You want them to pay taxes to stab them in their hearts. In the past, Li Zicheng was a thief in their hearts. They hoped that the emperor would be the wise lord of the emperor, but in this way, the emperor would be sure to become the king of Jie and Zhou immediately!

"For those who are kings, we should reward good and punish evil, reward loyalty and righteousness and punish treacherous and treacherous. Of course, I will not hesitate to reward the loyal ministers and righteous men who follow me, but if these fickle villains are not punished, how can the world be clear about loyalty and treacherous and how can the people know good and evil?"

Yang Fengyi said righteously.

"Your Majesty, but, this gentry Yongping also donated grain to help Your Majesty."

Lao Wang said.

He actually didn't care about Yang Feng's removal of Bai Guangen's surrendered army. Although this would cause the generals who were accomplices to dare not surrender in the future, these fencemen themselves would not dare to use them if they surrendered. Who knew that they would sell the emperor again at the critical moment? It would be better to clean up such people early, but Yang Feng's punishment for those accomplices to the officials, scholars or gentry made his heart beat.

This will cause a big leak.

"So I just cancel their tax-free privileges, rather than punishing them more severely. As for the food they gave me, what I promised them at the beginning, I would give them ten times the compensation, I would give them the post of Jinyiwei, and what I promised when I asked them for food.

However, I will punish them too.

If they were really loyal, they would fight the thief to the end with me like the gentry who followed me to retreat to Shanhaiguan to the end. But they did not. They gave me food, but they also gave me gold and silver. When they came here, which one of them offered gold and silver to greet me? They were still playing with their feet and stepping on two boats. I want to tell them that this is not possible. Loyalty is loyalty and can't tolerate any filth. Don't think that I will be fooled by them as fools as before. They should be glad that I gave me food to help me, otherwise the punishment would not be just this!"

Yang Feng said.

Uh, what do you mean is that other places will be more ruthless in the future?

Wang Yongji was stunned.

"Your Majesty, please think twice, don't act irritably!"

He said tremblingly.

"Is it useless to speak?"

Yang Feng shouted.

"Your Majesty, I am the chief assistant. I have to correct your majesty's responsibilities. Your Majesty is in trouble. I will never dare to be summoned to death. If Your Majesty insists on doing this, please first resolve my position as the chief assistant!"

Wang Yongji knelt down and said.

"Then don't be the one. I will pass the imperial edict. Wang Yongji, the chief assistant of the Jin cabinet, was appointed as the Marquis of Gaoyou, and was appointed as the junior tutor, and dismissed his position as the chief minister. The Minister of Personnel will remain the same! With the second assistant of the cabinet, Ningyuan Boli Yutian will be the chief minister of the cabinet, and the Minister of Revenue will remain the same!"
Chapter completed!
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