At the same time, the government informed the whole city that all the people who participated in the battle would be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, 100 taels for the wounded, and 200 taels for the dead, and they would be paid to the county government from now on.

In addition, the parents of the deceased were supported by the government until they were old, and the orphans were admitted to the Jiangnan School and supported by the government until they became adults.

reported to the imperial court to posthumously award Xu Zeen (Li Zheng) as Xiushui Bo. Xu San, Liu Ergen, Li Xiaozhu and other ten people were awarded the title of "warriors", and Xu San was specially promoted as the lieutenant of Xiushui County (according to the Ming system, Xu officials had no chance to be officials).

At the same time, the Xiushui People's League was formed, and Zhang Xinxia (the old Zhang Tou had no name, Wu Zheng temporarily gave him a name) as a garrison for the people's league, and was responsible for guarding the Jiaxing section of the canal from the seven-rank martial arts, which was directly subordinate to the Jiaxing Prefecture and allocated food and equipment.

When Wu Zheng personally presented the flag to the Xiushui People's League, he said a word to Zhang Xinxia and the dock workers - the great man of chivalry, for the country and the people!

For Wu Zheng's series of actions, in private, Zhang Huangyan advised Wu Zheng.

In the eyes of Zhang Huangyan and Ma Shiying, Wu Zheng's move is indeed a "big deal".

Two hundred taels, according to the current salary of the Northern Expeditionary Army, two taels per month, you have to serve for 100 months, more than eight years.

For ordinary Jiangnan County, buying a small courtyard covering an area of one acre is only thirty or forty taels, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of money.

As soon as this example is opened, all states and counties will follow suit, and if they do not follow this standard, it will hurt people's hearts, and if they follow this standard, then the General's Mansion will probably go bankrupt.

At present, it is a period of national war, and it is not uncommon to fight a battle of 100,000 people on both sides, if 20,000 or 30,000 people are killed in battle, the pension alone will be 4 or 5 million, and the annual income of the General's Mansion is only 3 million taels according to the three governments last year.

Wu Zheng knew that Zhang Huangyan's concern was the truth, but Wu Zheng's answer was: "Brother Xuan, the reason why the Ming Dynasty died was that the Ming people were no longer proud of being Ming...... A strong country must first strengthen the army, a strong army must first strengthen the people, and a strong people must first clearly tell the people what can be done and what cannot be done. ”

"Today's reward is indeed incompatible with the system, but I want to let the people know that those who oppose the Qing Dynasty will be honored, those who surrender the Qing Dynasty will be ashamed, and those who betray the country will be punished!" Wu Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "As a Han Chinese, but I sold myself to a foreign clan, turned around, and fought for military merits by killing my own compatriots. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng slowly reined in his hideousness, "Brother Xuan, every time I think of the glimpse of my uncle's departure, I can't calm down. I can't make the warriors cry and let the traitors laugh in secret...... Only by letting the people remember in their hearts that all traitors will be punished by all, so that they can unite as one and raise the banner of the Northern Expedition as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Huangyan was moved when he heard this, at this moment, Zhang Huangyan suddenly discovered that Wu Zheng, who had always been serious, actually had such a ruthless side, and he suddenly realized something, "The prince wants to ...... those 189 Qing soldiers Execute? ”

Wu Zheng's face sank and asked, "What?" You're even going to stop me? ”

Sure enough, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly said: "But they are already captives, and they are also ...... after all Han. ”

Wu Zheng snorted coldly: "They are no longer Han people, it is they who have given up their identity as Han people, they are Manchu Han banners, and they are enemies!" ”

Zhang Huangyan persuaded him: "But as the prince said before, the Northern Expedition is for the people of the world to live a good life...... Unprovoked killings bring hatred, when is the so-called revenge...... If one day, the prince rules the world, then all the tribes in the world will be the prince's people...... In my opinion, as long as they surrender, they should be given a way to live, which will also make it easier to attract the surrender of the Qing Han people from Jiangbei. ”

Wu Zheng shook his head slightly and said: "If you can't even identify with your own nation, what's the use of such people joining us?" But whenever there is a crisis, there must be two ends. As for dominating the world, hehe, if I can't even unite my own nation, how can I talk about the unity of the world? In troubled times, we should use heavy canons, and we can only rule after the chaos, which means that people must be peaceful in their minds and have the unity of thought in order to rule the world. Therefore, we must completely eliminate these uneducated traitors and rebuild the life values of the world, so as to exchange for a peaceful and prosperous world...... Zhang Cangshui, I found that your thinking is very problematic! ”

Zhang Huangyan's heart sank, this was the first time Wu Zheng pointed at himself so directly, attacking the thoughts that he was proud of.

This made Zhang Huangyan a little shocked, "Wu Zheng, you ...... What do you mean by that? ”

Wu Zheng said in a deep voice: "After the death of the Ming Dynasty, the Hongguang Dynasty, the Longwu Dynasty, the Yongli Dynasty and even the Yixing Dynasty all appointed those repeated officials, even myself. But this will make people all over the world think that as long as they have strength, fame, and talent, they can get mixed up wherever they go. Brother Xuan, such a concept is unacceptable! A talented and virtuous person is a great disaster to the world, especially a person without talent and virtue, such as Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng...... If you want to end the troubled times, you must first form a solid core, which must be the same ideas and ideas, and then gradually spread this ideas and ideas outward, attract more followers, and finally calm the troubled times. ”

Zhang Huangyan glanced back at Ma Shiying, and Ma Shiying became nervous.

Wu Zheng immediately understood what Zhang Huangyan meant, and said: "Ma Shiying is different, he is a corrupt official, and it is not false to say that he is a traitor and a minister, but he has kept the bottom line of not surrendering to the Qing, even if he is not accepted by King Lu and Longwu, he still gathers people in eastern Zhejiang to resist the Qing, and this alone has nothing to do with the crime of traitor." ”

Ma Shiying's face was red at first, and then the more she listened, the more moved she became, so much so that in the end she actually burst into tears.

The coffin was conclusive, and Wu Zheng could make such a fair judgment on himself in front of Zhang Huangyan, the envoy, Ma Shiying had the urge to be loyal to the death.

When he looked at Wu Zheng with enthusiasm, Wu Zheng ignored him.

Wu Zheng still looked at Zhang Huangyan and said: "Your idea is still that benevolent people love people, if the world is really as Confucius and Mencius said, how can there be troubled times, how can there be killing?" Since people want to kill, then use thunder to kill all those who want to kill, and the true goodness is peaceful. Zhang Cangshui, I asked you in your house before, how do you choose to kill one person and save a hundred. Your answer is not hesitating, you deserve to kill someone. Right now, Chen Hongfan and the 189 Qing army prisoners are that person. Killing them can save tens of thousands of people. After killing them, the people of Jiangnan knew the fate of being traitors, and they did not dare to waver anymore, and they could even more deter the Han people in Jiangbei, so that they did not dare to open the door for the Tartars. ”

Zhang Huangyan looked at Wu Zheng in a daze, and after a while, he arched his hand and said, "Since the prince has made up his mind, I will obey it." ”

This was the first strong collision between Wu Zheng and Zhang Huangyan's ideas, which ended with Zhang Huangyan's concession.