Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 578 It turns out that the benevolence and righteousness of the court were just shouting for fun
While Yang Shiqi and his party were on their way, people joined in continuously.

There are civil officials at all levels wearing Ming Dynasty official uniforms, generals in armor, and Mongolian and Yuan cavalry in exotic styles.

They have only one purpose, and that is the Alxa League, which is undergoing a rebellion.

Yu Yanzhao soon realized that something was wrong, and said he was going to suppress the rebellion, but why are most of the people in the team civil servants?

And many civil servants are still my classmates, and they came to Guihua City with me.

"Master Yang, can the chaos be quelled by us scholars?"

Yang Shiqi smiled when he heard this.

"What do you say?"

Yu Yanzhao is still very self-aware, knowing that other than writing and calculating, his group of people is not material for fighting at all.

"My lord, let's ask His Highness Prince Heng to send troops to quell the chaos!"

"Are you afraid?"

"Although the humble official is timid, he still has the heart to serve the country with his own body. The humble official is only afraid of affecting His Royal Highness' plans and causing the rebellion to spread..."

"Don't worry, we are enough."

"enough?"

Yang Shiqi spoke with confidence, but Yu Yanzhao felt dizzy when he heard it.

There are other people with the same big head, those young people who came to Guihua City with Yu Yanzhao and planned to devote themselves to the frontier cause of Ming Dynasty.

They are not afraid of death, but they are not worth it.

Yang Shiqi and his party traveled for five days and finally arrived at the Alxa League. Yu Yanzhao and others also saw the elegance of the first naturalized league for the first time.

Generally speaking, they were a little disappointed. Alxa League had only one earthen fence about one person tall, and only two city gates, one south and one north.

"My lord, isn't this Tucheng too small?"

"It's better to be small, and you will know when the city is attacked tomorrow..."

The rebels occupied the city gate, and when they saw Yang Shiqi and others coming, they rushed to shoot arrows.

However, the distance was too far, and the arrow was shot crookedly on the ground after only half the distance.

Yu Yanzhao looked at the city wall and saw that there were only a hundred people on the other side, so he finally let go of his heart.

Although they didn't have many people coming, but they didn't seem to lose the wind when they really fought?
However, Yang Shiqi did not intend to attack the city, or did not intend to attack the city now, but issued a very strange order.

"Each of you brings a sergeant and goes to various places to gather herdsmen to quell the chaos!"

"what?"

Everyone was surprised when they heard this.

"My lord, aren't the rebels the herdsmen? If we summon the herdsmen to quell the chaos, the herdsmen will take care of us?"

"You just go, it's their business whether you come or not!"

"promise!"

Everyone was skeptical, and each took their soldiers to the nearby herdsmen's house to recruit people. To their surprise, the nearby herdsmen heard that the chaos was about to be quelled, and they all came joltingly with bows and arrows and riding horses.

In less than a day, they gathered more than 3000 herdsmen nearby.

However, there are also some people who are reluctant to come, or say that they have too much work at home and cannot leave.

Yu Yanzhao and the other new civil servants were angry and didn't dare to show it, so they could only bring them back resentfully.

Holding the roster of the Alxa League, Yang Shiqi counted the number of herdsmen who came to quell the chaos. Every time a person came, he would draw a stroke on the roster until the gate of the camp was closed after dark, and no more herdsmen who came in a hurry were accepted.

However, what surprised Yu Yanzhao and others was that after Yang Shiqi closed the gate of the camp, the herdsmen who hadn't had time to enter the camp seemed crazy, kneeling outside the camp and begging.

This made Yu Yanzhao very puzzled, is there something to say here?

Although Yu Yanzhao was very curious, he had learned from his previous experience and was not in a hurry to ask Yang Shiqi.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Yang Shiqi ordered someone to bury a pot to make a meal. After everyone finished eating, he first ordered someone to go to the edge of the soil fence to persuade them to surrender. He directly ordered someone to launch a cannon, and fired a cannon at the earth enclosure, which immediately blasted a huge gap in the earth enclosure.

This sudden shot not only blinded the herdsmen inside and outside the camp, but also blinded the rebels in the city.

They never thought that the strong city in their eyes would not be able to last a breath in the hands of the Ming people!
Yang Shiqi smiled at Yu Yanzhao when he saw the artillery blasting away Tucheng.

"This time I know why I didn't build a big city. Not to mention the cost of building a big city, it's hard to put down a rebellion, hahaha!"

When Yu Yanzhao heard this, he could only bite the bullet and flatter him.

"Master is wise!"

Yang Shiqi laughed when he heard the words, and immediately ordered dozens of cavalrymen under his command to lead the team and bring the herdsmen gathered here into the city to quell the chaos.

"Keep a few more alive!"

"My subordinate understands!"

Thirty regular cavalry, each leading a hundred herdsmen, rushed into Tucheng screaming.

There are less than two hundred rebels in Tucheng, how can they be their opponents?
After Daming Elite killed several rebels, the others knelt down and surrendered immediately.

It took less than a stick of incense for Yang Shiqi to quell the rebellion of the Alxa League, dragged the rebels out of the Tucheng with their hands bound, and lined up to kneel in front of the city gate.

Yang Shiqi led a group of civil servants to the city wall and lectured to the rebels and herdsmen below.

"Everyone has contributed to the suppression of the chaos this time!"

"Record your merits once, and you will be rewarded with a Shunmin card. With this card, you can receive twenty catties of beauty and ten tea cakes from supply and marketing cooperatives across the grassland."

As soon as Yang Shiqi said this, the herdsmen below the city wall who participated in the quelling of the chaos cheered thunderously, shouting slogans such as Long Live Daming in strange voices.

Those herdsmen who failed to arrive at the camp before dark knelt on the ground wearily, like mourners.

Seeing that the voice below was a little quieter, Yang Shiqi immediately sentenced those who failed to arrive at the camp in time.

"Those who were late yesterday will be punished with fifty lashes each, and will be executed immediately!"

Yu Yanzhao turned pale with fright when he heard that Yang Shiqi was so harsh on the Mongolian herdsmen.

You must know that the surroundings are full of Mongolian and Yuan people. There are less than 100 of them from the Ming Dynasty, and there are more than 60 civil servants who can only write and calculate.

If these Mengyuan people are pushed into a hurry, the Mengyuan people can chop them into meat!

However, what surprised Yu Yanzhao and others was that instead of being angry, the herdsmen who were severely punished with fifty lashes kowtowed their heads in tears, praising Yang Shiqi's benevolence.

"Xiaoyu, are you a little curious about why these herdsmen are grateful to me?"

"Yes!"

"The humble job is indeed very curious. It stands to reason that Meng Yuan people are unruly and unruly, so they shouldn't be so afraid of adults!"

Yang Shiqi snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"It's true that the people of Mengyuan are rebellious and unruly, but it's also true that they are afraid of Daming."

"What they fear is not me, but my invincible cavalry of Ming Dynasty!"

"In fact, this official is really kind enough to them. If according to the law formulated by the imperial court, there is a local rebellion, if the herdsmen within a radius of [-] miles should not call in those who quell the rebellion..."

"cut!"

"what?"

Yu Yanzhao's heart trembled when he heard this, and a chill rose from behind his back.

There are hundreds of late herdsmen kneeling under the city wall. Could it be possible to kill them all?
"My lord, this is too strict, and Qin Fa is nothing more than that..."

Yang Shiqi sneered when he heard the words.

"The troubled times should use the heavy code!"

"Treating these barbarians can only be harsh, otherwise they don't know what Wang Hua is!"

"However, today I am really soft-hearted, and I have to explain to the court afterwards, asking the court to forgive me for my mistakes."

"This……"

Before coming to Guihua City and after coming to Guihua City, Yu Yanzhao heard most about the benevolence and righteousness of the emperor's grandson, who practiced the way of benevolence and righteousness to the grassland people.

But what he saw and heard today subverted his cognition a bit.

It's just that if you are a little late, you will be beheaded. Is this really righteous?

The Alxa League only had [-] Ming cavalry, and they couldn't fight at all, so they had to hand over the execution to other herdsmen.

The other herdsmen showed no mercy to these latecomers. In a group of five, they whipped the late herdsmen and rolled them all over the floor, tearing their skins to pieces.

If it weren't for the Ming cavalry to watch over, they would have beaten the people lying on the ground to death!
The reason why they are so vicious is the second system formulated by Zhang Zongjun.

All herdsmen who died due to crimes or violations of military orders had their wives, daughters, cattle, sheep, and pastures shared equally within the alliance.

The herdsmen who executed the execution were based on this, and wished to kill a few more, and then make their pastures bigger, with more cattle and sheep.

Thousands of people were responsible for the execution, and hundreds of herdsmen who arrived late were beaten half to death in a short time.

Yang Shiqi saw that the fighting was almost over, so he stopped immediately, and then began to interrogate the rebels.

"Why do you want to oppose?"

"But why did the Ming court feel sorry for you and treat you badly?"

As soon as Yang Shiqi finished speaking, a burly man under the city wall shouted loudly.

"My lord, it's not that I'm going to rebel. It's really that Li Siqi, the county magistrate, is deceiving people too much. He not only withholds my money and food, but also forces me to pay each household an extra two sheep per month!"

"If you encounter injustice, you can report it to your superiors. Who gave you the courage to kill officials and rebel?"

"I waited for a reaction, but was stopped by Li Sitie. He also threatened us, saying that if we dare to react, we will kill our whole family. We have no choice but to fight back!"

"Humph!"

"fallacy!"

"I will send people to investigate the matter of Li Sitie, but you violated the temporary management regulations of the Daming Grassland, killed officials and rebelled, defended the city for self-defense, refused to surrender, and committed a heinous death crime!"

"Come on, all those who participated in the rebellion and their families will be executed!"

"All the cattle, sheep, and pastures will be confiscated, and the new county magistrate will reorganize and distribute them!"

"promise!"

"My lord, we have been wronged..."

"My lord, you can't do this, please let us live, woo woo woo..."

Yang Shiqi was unmoved by the begging for mercy from below, but calmly picked the executioner from the crowd.

After a while, he called out two hundred executioners from the roster and asked them to step forward to carry out the execution.

When the first head was cut off, all the civil servants on the city wall could not bear to close their eyes.

Seeing this, Yang Shiqi shouted angrily.

"Everyone stare at me!"

"Anyone who dares to close his eyes again will be ordered to be executed!"

When everyone heard Yang Shiqi's words, even if they were scared to death, they all opened their eyes.

But they didn't dare to watch the bloody scene of beheading, but turned their eyes to the distance.

But even so, the occasional cries from below the city wall still broke their defenses.

Many people fell on the city wall and vomited on the spot. Even those who did not vomit had their legs trembling with fright, and they closed their eyes tightly, not daring to look at the bloody scene below.

Seeing this, Yang Shiqi showed a smirk on his face, but he didn't force them to open their eyes.

Hundreds of heads were chopped off quickly, just because they didn't bring many knives when they came, and many big knives were chopped off.

A few unlucky ghosts were not hacked to death, and they took several stabs before they died.

After Yang Shiqi quelled the rebellion here, he preached the laws of the Ming Dynasty to the remaining people on the spot, and appointed a new county magistrate.

"Yu Yanzhao, from now on you will be the county magistrate of the Alxa League, and more than 3000 herdsmen here will be under your management!"

"what?"

Yu Yanzhao never thought that he would become the county magistrate so soon.

If it was placed in the hinterland of Ming Dynasty, even the two Jinshi scholars would never be able to become county magistrates!
No matter how bad it is, you have to be a talented person to qualify!

However, I am just a scholar, so I can be a county magistrate?

"Master Yang, humble job..."

"Don't refuse, your ability is clear to me, and you are qualified for the post of county magistrate here!"

"no……"

"My lord, humble job... I'm afraid..."

Yang Shiqi burst out laughing when he heard the words.

"What are you afraid of?"

"Now they are all afraid of being killed. Even if someone uses a knife to force them to dare not rebel, you can feel at ease as the county magistrate here. As long as you don't persecute them too much, they will be obedient and obedient."

"This……"

When Yu Yanzhao heard this, he hesitated for a while. To be honest, he was still a little moved by the post of county magistrate, but he was worried that he was not capable enough to suppress these Mongolian herdsmen.

But Yang Shiqi's performance just now was really impressive. He dared to run thousands of miles away to quell the chaos with only a group of weak chickens and more than [-] cavalry. It can be seen that the people here are still very easy to manage.

"Since the adults value it highly, why don't you try the humble job?"

Yang Shiqi nodded in satisfaction.

"it is good!"

"It's not in vain that I care so much about you!"

"You will work here from now on, and manage the people here for Daming."

"correct!"

"According to the court system, the place will be equipped with a telegraph, and when I return to Guihua City, I will send someone to send it over."

"When you have the telegram, it will be convenient if you want to contact your siblings, hahaha..."

Seeing his colleagues looking at him curiously, Yu Yanzhao was so ashamed that he wished he could fall off the city wall.

What a shame!

"My lord, what are the duties of a humble job?"

"You only need to coordinate the allocation of pastures, material dispatch, herdsman disputes, corvee collection, and assist the military in recruiting and so on."

"oh oh……"

Yang Shiqi came and went quickly.

After briefly explaining how to carry out the work with Yu Yanzhao, he rushed back to Huacheng with a group of people that day.

Looking at the backs of Yang Shiqi and his party, Yu Yanzhao couldn't calm down for a long time.

What he saw and heard today shocked him too much, completely subverting his perception of the court and the emperor's grandson.

It turns out that the benevolence and righteousness of the imperial court are just for fun, and the real governance of alien races is all about violence!
(End of this chapter)