Officials such as the county officer, the master, the canonical history, the inspection inspection, and the head catcher knelt on the ground, kowtowing desperately and begging for mercy.

Dian Shi replied tremblingly: "General, it's not that the villain refuses to surrender, but that the magistrate is indecisive and reluctant to put the black gauze hat on his head." Zhixian he refused to open the door, where did the villain dare. ”

Luo Xiang did not order these people to be killed, but shouted: "Take them all down and imprison them!" Prepare to send them all to Nanyang or Sakhalin for labor reform! ”

But after Wang Xinyu entered the city, he was still a little dissatisfied with Luo Xiang's decision-making: "Although those corrupt officials and corrupt officials have committed crimes against the local people to a greater or lesser extent, they can't all be sent to labor camp, we have to interrogate them, if they are willing to cooperate with us, they can confess that those gentry are helping the Tartar court, and those who have not contributed to the Tartar court." As long as the officials are willing to cooperate with us, they do not need to be sent to labor reform, and they can be given a chance. ”

"The last will understand! Thank you for your teachings! Luo Xiang said.

Wang Xinyu continued: "Now that we have taken the two counties, we must also screen the local gentry as in Ningshao and other places, as long as they take refuge in the Tartars and help the Tartars do things, we will arrest them, and then mobilize the local people to hold a grievance meeting to expose the crimes of these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, some of whom are extremely angry and executed on the spot, and the others will be sent to Nanyang or Sakhalin Island for labor reform!" We must confiscate all their ill-gotten gains. And those gentlemen who support us, we must ensure the safety of their lives and property. ”

The officials of the two counties were temporarily detained in prisons, and those who had been held in the prisons were brought forward by the Ming army for re-interrogation.

The former Qing court officials who were imprisoned also cooperated, helping Wang Yuyou transfer all the case files and retry all the cases.

Except for those criminals who committed adultery and murdered people and extorted goods, the rest of the cases were retried and found to be problematic, and many of them were ordinary people who had been wrongfully imprisoned, some of whom owed usury, some of whom had offended the local tyrants, and some of whom had provoked the county government.

There is even an old man among them, because he is middle-aged and has a daughter, he cherishes his daughter very much. But who knew that a local bully took a fancy to his only daughter and wanted to rob him as a concubine, but the old couple refused to live or die, so the bully brought someone to the door, punched and kicked, the old man's wife was beaten to death, and the only daughter was also snatched away.

The old man sued the county office, but the bully bribed the county order with 300 taels of silver, and the county order not only did not punish the bully, but instead threw the innocent old man into prison.

Wang Yuyou flipped through the case files sorted out and said angrily: "This kind of unjust case must be retried!" As for the local bully who colluded with the Tartar officials, he must be severely punished! ”

The bully who robbed the people's daughter was named Yan Xing, relying on his wealth and power, and his father was a man in the county, and he was doing mischief in the local area. Because he was rich and powerful, this person did all the bad things, but he was supported by several county commanders. For such a person, Wang Xinyu must eradicate him.

Speaking of which, the Yan family has been rooted in the local area for hundreds of years, and the local family power is very strong. During the Ming Dynasty, the Yan family had close contacts with the government. After the officials of the Qing court came, the Yan family turned around and took refuge in the Qing court, which can be said to be deeply rooted in the local area, no one dared to provoke them, and they were the local snakes.

But no matter how powerful the snake is, it can't resist when it is suppressed by the army.

Luo Xiang brought the inspection, head catcher and more than 100 officials who honestly cooperated with the Ming army, and led the Ming army with 500 men and horses, carrying two three-pounder cannons to attack the Yan family.

Although the Yan family had a high wall, the gate was broken open and the wall was smashed into holes after a few rounds of three-pounder shelling. The Ming soldiers rushed into the Yan family with shouts under the guidance of the officials who were familiar with the terrain of the Yan family. Those members of the Yan family were just a rabble in front of the regular army, and after some fighting, the dead and wounded, and those who could still move all laid down their arms and surrendered.

After Yan Xing was caught, Wang Yuyou read his five major crimes on the spot: first, colluding with the Qing court, harming the local people, and once leading the way for the Qing army to pursue and suppress Zhang Mingzhen's Zhejiang army; second, the local people of fish and meat, helping the Qing court to collect various heavy taxes from the local people; third, disregarding people's lives, relying on the Qing court as a backstage to do misdeeds; Fourth, robbed the people's daughters, causing many women to commit suicide for this, and some people who were tired of being played with were even sold to the kiln; Fifth, they bully others, create fake land deeds, fake IOUs, etc., and forcibly occupy other people's land.

After announcing Yan Xing's five major crimes, Wang Yuyou asked the knife and axe hand to behead Yan Xing on the spot.

All the property of the Yan family was confiscated, the fields that could not be taken away were distributed to the peasants, or returned to the original owner, the residence of the Yan family was also distributed to the people, the gold and silver treasures of the Yan family and all kinds of cherished antiques became the trophies of the Ming army, and the mountains of grain piled up by the Yan family became the military food of the Ming army.

Old man Lin saw his lost daughter, and the father and daughter hugged and cried. This precious daughter is the only daughter that the old man only got when he was fifty years old, how can he not cherish it.

"Dad, my daughter is no longer clean, and she has lived until now, just to see you! I saw you today, my daughter's wish is also true, and my daughter should go! The girl cried.

Old man Lin did not object, in this year, the concept of chastity of women is very strong, since the revenge has been avenged, a daughter who can no longer marry is going, let her go, maybe it is a relief for her.

But Miss Lin didn't die, just when she was about to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river, she was saved by Zhao Haisheng.

"Girl, my family was also killed by the Tartars! My wife, my son! My family is dead, and I live until now to avenge them! You are the same, you can't die! Although Yan Xing is dead, those Tartar dog officials who supported Yan Xing in doing evil are still alive! As long as they don't die for a day, you can't die! You must live to see the king bulldoze them with your own eyes! Zhao Haisheng persuaded hard.

Under Zhao Haisheng's advice, Miss Lin bravely survived and signed up for a health soldier.

Later, Zhao Haisheng and Miss Lin had a relationship, and the two held a wedding in the army and became a loving couple. That was, of course, years later.

After dealing with the Yan family, Wang Yuyou continued to interrogate the officials of the former Qing court, and at the same time sent people to investigate the people below the two counties. After the interrogation of officials and the investigation of local people, coupled with the information provided by the members of the Tiandihui who were originally lurking in the county seat, more and more gentry who colluded with the Qing court were unearthed.

With the example of the collapse of the Yan family, the local people are no longer afraid of the local tyrants and gentry who oppress them on weekdays, and they have come forward to report the crimes of those people.

As long as the gentry brutally oppressed the people, they were all gentry families who colluded with the Qing court, and it was precisely because they had local officials as backers that they could do anything wrong. Generally, those gentry who did not cooperate with the Qing court very much probably had a good reputation in the local area, because since they were unwilling to cooperate with the Qing court, of course they would not find their own charges and send them to the Qing court officials to punish themselves. Just imagine, they don't have much contact with the Qing government, as long as the local officials have an excuse, they will definitely extort them fiercely, how can they send a handle to the government.

As long as there is a problem, they are all gentry who collude with the Qing court.

Through the active cooperation of the captured officials, the local tyrants and inferior gentry were reported, and then the local people were mobilized to hold a grievance meeting, and those local tyrants and inferior gentry who colluded with the Qing court to oppress the people had nowhere to hide, and they were all eliminated by the Qiongzhou army. Severely punishing these gentlemen will not cause a fierce backlash from the Jiangnan scholars, because in this era, most of the Jiangnan scholars still have a strong sense of belonging to the Ming court, and they do not agree with the rule of the Qing court. Once there is a chance to turn over, it is natural to support the Ming army without hesitation.

Of course, there are also some gentlemen, although they work for the Qing court, but their reputation among the local people is quite good. For those gentlemen, the Ming army still attacked them, but the means were a little milder.

Those gentry who colluded with the Qing court and committed many crimes were naturally executed, and in more serious cases, the male members of the family were killed, and all the others were sent to Nanyang or Sakhalin to serve hard labor. And these gentlemen, who did things for the Qing court, but were quite good to the people, were only fined and confiscated part of their family property as a punishment for their work for the Qing court, and did not confiscate all their family property, let alone kill them or send them to labor reform.

Although these gentlemen lost a lot of family property and felt uncomfortable, they felt glad that they did not help the Qing court to do evil, otherwise the fate of those people would be their own ends.

After conquering the two county seats, Wang Xinyu gained more than 50,000 more people.

After defeating a group of local tyrants and inferior gentry who helped the Qing court, the Qiongzhou Army was supported by the local people, and a large number of ordinary people took the initiative to sign up and enthusiastically join the army.

After hearing about the treatment of the Qiongzhou army, more people came to sign up for the army. You must know that after three months of training, after turning into a regular soldier, the military salary is two taels of silver per month, and the military salary is not deducted, how generous such a treatment is! You don't need money for food and clothing in the army, and the military salary of two taels of silver every month is all for nothing. Moreover, after making military achievements, you can be upgraded, and your military salary can be increased; If you are disabled in battle, the military merit points can be converted into farmland, and you can also be exempted from taxes; Families who died in battle receive generous pensions.

Even if you can't pass the three-month recruit training, you are eliminated, you go to the logistics army, or even if you can only be a strong citizen, you can get a military salary. The logistics auxiliaries get one or two taels of silver every month, and the people can also get eight dollars of silver every month, and the auxiliary soldiers and the people are also covered with food and clothing.

With such favorable conditions, why not go to the army?

The registration office was crowded, and the local people waited in long queues, and the queue was several miles long. (To be continued.) )