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Chapter 520: Feeding and killing! (First update)
Liaodong, Sarhu City.

March [-]th has arrived, and food payment orders have been posted everywhere in the city.

The Great Khan has an order: Today, the country is in a difficult situation, and the grains of the Han people in Dajin should be thoroughly inspected. Anyone who has more than five measures of grain per person should pay their rations to the Jurchen armored men. They are not allowed to hide it privately. As long as they hand over the grains, everything will be fine.

Those who are less than five dou are designated as "people without grain".These grainless people, who do not cultivate fields, have no grain, and do not settle down in their homes, are bachelors who want to flee from here to another place (Ming Kingdom), which is of little benefit to our great Jin Kingdom.He ordered the ministers of the Eight Banners to go by separate routes and inspect various places. They regarded the people without grain as enemies. If they were found begging for food in advance, they would be arrested immediately and sent to the forts to kill them.

It was ordered that anyone with a mouth of six or seven dou or more would be allowed to live as long as they handed over their rations. Thirteen men and seven cattle would form a village.For those below the general military officer and above the imperial guard, one imperial officer will be rewarded to a village.All the coolies are done by Han people, and we, the Jin people, only fight against you.

Seeing this food payment order, all the Liao people were shocked.Although they had received similar news a long time ago, this order was too harsh on the Liao people.

But there are also those who are lucky, thinking that as long as they hand over the food like last year, everything will be fine as before.Therefore, I reluctantly took out half of the food rations at home, and when the person who collected the food arrived, I could just hand over the food directly.

But as soon as these people handed over the grain, they were immediately kicked to the ground by the Eight Banners soldiers who came to collect the grain.

"Are you sending beggars away? This little food is enough for who! Didn't you see the Khan's edict? All food rations are confiscated and must be handed over."

A Liao merchant who was kicked to the ground was shocked when he heard this. He stood up in a hurry and kowtowed to the four or five Eight Banners armored men in front of him:
"This is the food that I have tried my best to collect. Now that I have handed in so much, I have no food left to eat. Please, out of respect for me, please let me go."

The leader of the Zhenghuang Banner Corps sneered when he saw this, kicked him away, then stepped on his head and said viciously:

"We have long known that you Han people are cunning, so we have marked it early. You have five shi of food at home, but now you have only handed over two shi. Do you think we are fools? But you might as well do this to save us. Don’t waste your time and get it yourself.”

The Liao merchant was about to quibble, but he was slashed by the corpsman's knife, and the blade was instantly stained with bright red blood.And after the merchant huffed a few times, he lost all energy.

"We will do it ourselves, and the rest of us will be left to your own devices."

The corps leader immediately waved his hand, and everyone immediately walked towards the backyard of the merchant's residence.

The merchant was left struggling on the ground. He could only listen to the screams, whines and resistance of the female family members in the backyard, but he was helpless.

Nurhachi's edict has long been carried to various places by Yue Tuo, Huang Taiji and others. Now with the arrival of March [-]th, actions in various places have slowly begun. Although the edict stated that people without grain should be killed, that's the end of the matter. , How could the Eight Banners soldiers have so much control?

They know their own situation best. They don't have much food to begin with, and they can only last for a month at most.If you don't take this opportunity to plunder more food from the Liao people, how can you survive?

Therefore, in the entire Jianlu area, the Eight Banners soldiers seemed to have gone crazy and slaughtered the Liao people on sight. No matter where the Liao people were hiding, there was nothing they could do.The officials of the Eight Banners also acquiesced in this behavior and allowed them to loot like this.

This made Zhang Anning and others even more uneasy. Although he and Zhang Shun were not in danger in Yue Tuo's mansion, hearing the wailing and begging for mercy outside the city made them even more fearful and uneasy.

This is especially true for Zhang Anning. He is very familiar with this kind of voice and scene.

He was in the city when Jianlu massacred Tieling. At that time, the entire Tieling City was like a ghost, with corpses strewn across the fields and numerous skeletons. That scene woke him up from his sleep many nights.

Now this scene was repeated again, making him even more frightened and terrified, as if he had returned to Tieling again, and the tragic death of his family appeared before his eyes again.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel powerless. He originally thought that he had the ability to change everything now.

What I didn't expect was that even if I had already received the news, even if I had already sent the news.But the result is still the same as in Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places.

He himself didn't change anything, and couldn't even do anything. He could only watch these Liao people being slaughtered.

Thinking of this, he even felt a little disappointed with the court.

I remember that after I was found by Jin Yiwei, Jin Yiwei made a promise to him.As long as he goes to Jianlu to pass on information secretly, he can definitely cooperate with the imperial court to exterminate Jianlu and avenge the dead Liao people.

But now it seems that everything is nonsense. Now the Jianlu are so cruel to the Liao people, but the court is indifferent and doesn't know what they are thinking.
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It's not just Zhang Anning who is frightened, but also the Han troops in the Jiefan City camp.

"Don't panic for the time being. Khan did this out of necessity. Since last year, many grain-free Han people in Dajin have been begging wantonly instead of producing. They not only disturb public order, but also waste food. It is really useless. Therefore, Khan did this. , I just want to drive away these grain-free Han people. If the Han people in the country keep to themselves, the Eight Banners will not touch them at will."

In the Han army's central tent, the Han army commander Li Yongfang was convening a meeting with the infantry commander Liu Xingzuo, the artillery commander Chen Liangce and other Han generals. One was to appease the generals, and the other was to warn them to control the soldiers below. Don't make any changes now.

However, even though Li Yongfang said this, everyone present looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to respond.But Li Yongfang had already thought of their reaction, so he said:
"Before I came here, Khan summoned me alone. Not only did he ask me to give you instructions, but he also specifically said that it was very difficult for you to train in the Jiefan camp for days, so he specially set aside the reward and said that I will wait for you. Although the Han army did not act with the Eight Banners this time.

But when things are done, the Han army commanders and above will reward Zhuangzi with a house and at least ten slaves. This is what the Khan finally rewarded. The other Eight Banners have great opinions. We must not let down the Khan's expectations. "

Hearing what Li Yongfang said, Liu Xingzuo and others knew that if they didn't respond, it would really be bad.

"Thank you for your humble position, my consort. With this reward, we will feel much more at ease, and the people below will be able to speak easily."

Listening to Liu Xingzuo's words, Li Yongfang nodded slowly.Although Liu Xingzuo's words sound very "greedy", under the current circumstances, as long as the Han soldiers can be stabilized, there is nothing wrong with being greedy.

"You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank the Khan, just thank the Khan for his grace. These are just low-level generals, and your rewards will be even more generous. So when you go back later, you must comfort the soldiers and ask them not to go out of the world during this period. Camp, don’t cause trouble, if anyone talks nonsense, I will kill you without mercy.”

After he finished speaking, he looked at the artillery commander Chen Liangce and the cavalry commander Tong Yangzhen. It seemed that he was asking them to express their stance.

When the two saw this, they immediately stood up and responded.

"I understand that when I return, I will personally comfort the soldiers and will not let them cause trouble."

"it is good!"

Li Yongfang felt relieved when he saw this. These three people were all old people who followed him, but if he had to trust anyone, it was Tong Yangzhen.Who knew that his younger brother Tong Yangzhen was the Khan's vassal just like him, and he was also on good terms with Huang Taiji.

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Tong Yangzhen and said slowly:

"The three of you are not leaving the camp these days. Just stay in the camp to appease the soldiers. And Commander Tong, you have been patrolling around the camp with your soldiers and horses in the past few days. Although many Eight Banners soldiers and horses are now Many soldiers have been transferred, but Han soldiers must not go out and report any changes to me."

"I humbly obey the decree, please rest assured, my consort."

Tong Yang is really a hardcore traitor.His younger brother Tong Yangxing moved to Fushun in his early years. As a merchant, he had strong assets and became a local wealthy family.After the founding of the Jin Dynasty, his younger brother Tong Yangxing secretly helped Nurhachi, which was discovered by border officials of the Ming Dynasty, and Tong Yangxing was imprisoned.

Later, Tong Yangxing returned to Houjin, and was granted a marriage by Nurhachi to the daughter of the clan, named "Shi Wuli's Prince Consort", and was awarded the title of third-class deputy general. His elder brother also benefited from his younger brother's honor, and was granted an official title and made a wish in Daijin. , the limelight lasted for a while.

Therefore, when the "grain delivery order" was issued this time, he did not have much objection. After all, they had already prospered and suffered losses along with Dai Jin. Naturally, he did not want Dai Jin to fall, so he killed a few more Wugu Liao people and A piece of cake.

Li Yongfang was relieved when he saw this. After giving a few more instructions, he asked everyone to step back and comfort everyone.

"You heard it too. Li Yongfang actually said these words. It's okay to kill some grain-free Han people. It's okay for us to restrain the soldiers more so that they don't cause trouble. Are we the ones causing trouble now? Jianlu outside The killing has already begun, if we don’t take action, we may not have a chance.”

After everyone retreated, Chen Liangce came to Liu Xingzuo's tent immediately and couldn't help but complain to Liu Xingzuo.

He was angry and powerless now, and he had no way to deal with what the Eight Banners had done, and the same was true for Liu Xingzuo.

"Then what can we do? Raising troops now is like a mantis trying to block a chariot. There is no chance of winning. Although you and I are very angry in our hearts, we are stronger than others now. We must wait patiently for the opportunity. As long as we know that when the imperial court sends troops and the Eight Banners are transferred, , is the best opportunity for me to raise troops."

Chen Liangce nodded helplessly when he heard this, saying that a thousand words and ten thousand are actually just one sentence, that is: the time has not come yet!

After the two of them finished speaking, they looked towards the west. All opportunities now depended on the imperial court, but they didn't know if they had sent troops.

(End of this chapter)