There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

After dawn, many fires burning due to fighting in Xiangyang City have been put out.

The streets and city gates were posted with notices from the Zhenming Army to calm the people, strictly enforcing the rules of the city occupation: anyone who robbed or committed adultery would be punished on the spot; current officials and gentry would not be killed as long as they did not provoke people to resist.

Several groups of Zhenming Army cavalry were patrolling around the city gates, holding Lin Feng's command arrows. The whole city is in good order, better than when the officers and soldiers were there.

The shops on the street not only did not smash, smash, loot, or burn when the troops entered the city, but they also took the initiative to help clear away the garbage in the city. They were also very kind to others, so they opened their markets one after another, quickly restoring the vitality of the city.

Lin Feng came out of his temporary residence in Xiangyang City early in the morning, where Yang Sichang's capital division was originally, and checked the situation on the streets of Xiangyang. He was very satisfied when he saw that the guards' military discipline was strict and they did not commit any crimes against the common people.

After inspecting the situation on the street, Lin Feng and his party came to the north gate of Xiangyang City.

Out of the North City Gate is the Han River. Fancheng on the opposite side is still in the hands of the Ming court troops. Last night, Wang Shuzeng, the prefect of Xiangyang, also took advantage of the chaos and fled into Fancheng.

Lin Feng boarded the Linjiang Gate and looked carefully at Fancheng on the other side with his binoculars. He saw people on the other side busy preparing for war.

He ordered the cannons to be moved to Madame City and Gongchenmen, and aimed at the two riverside docks in Fancheng to prevent Fancheng from sending people by boat to attack Xiangyang.

At present, the Guards Division has too few troops. He plans to wait for the newly formed Hubei Combat Division 1 to be in place before sweeping and occupying the entire Xiangyang Prefecture.

After lunch, Lin Feng ordered people to bring Zhu Xiangming, King of Xiangyang, and some captured officials from Xiangyang, and personally presided over the public sentencing meeting.

He planned to continue to carry forward the fine traditions of the Zhenming Army, publicly try officials and big households who were outraged by the public, win over the people as soon as possible, and at the same time obtain money and food to govern Xiangyang by ransacking their homes.

At the public trial meeting, the Zhenming Army's messenger first told the people in the audience to report any grievances and the Zhenming Army would make the decision for everyone.

However, the people in the audience were frightened by the consistent persecution of the Xiangyang Prince's Palace and the government offices. They wanted to redress their grievances but were too afraid to move forward. They looked hesitant.

Lin Feng ordered Ma Ang to collect files from the Xiangyang government office, focusing on cases involving high-ranking officials and large households, and prepared to find flaws in them and retrial them in public to provide confidence to the people.

He first took the initiative to try a case in which Wang Xuan, the nephew of Wang Shu, the prefect of Xiangyang, raped a civilian girl and colluded with the government to persecute her husband to death.

Some officials in the late Ming Dynasty were so blatantly corrupt that they violated the law, and there were problems everywhere in the files. Lin Feng casually found a few serious errors and omissions, arrested Wang Xuan and questioned him for a while, leaving him speechless, and then immediately pronounced the sentence. He was sentenced to death.

The Zhenming Army soldiers immediately seized Wang Xuan, held him down and executed him on the spot. The family members of the persecuted civilian girl in the audience immediately came out and knelt down crying, shouting: "God has shown his spirit! God has shown his spirit. Thank you Lord Qingtian for seeking justice for the people!"

This verdict immediately shocked the people. Everyone saw that the Zhenming Army was truly making decisions for the people, and soon many people came forward to cry out and complain about their grievances.

Lin Feng then ordered the messengers to shout loudly to the people. Due to the limited time in the afternoon, only the grievances related to high-level Xiangyang officials and the King of Xiangyang would be accepted, and cases involving captured officials would be tried first.

Other general grievances will be filed at the government office tomorrow and will be heard together.

However, there are still many people who have been wronged as mentioned above. It can be seen that the King of Xiangyang and the high-level officials of Xiangyang have done many bad things and the people are extremely angry.

Several cases were accepted in succession, all involving Xiangyang King Zhu Xiangming, his nephew Guiyang King Zhu Changfa, and former Xiangyang Magistrate Wang Shuzeng. It can be said that these cases almost occupied people's fields, raped women, and killed people in broad daylight.

Lin Feng was so angry after interrogating for a while that he immediately sentenced several people to death after questioning the witnesses based on the government's files.

Wang Shuzeng, the prefect of Xiangyang, escaped and was sentenced to death in absentia for the time being, to be executed later when he was captured.

On the spot, he ordered that Xiangyang King Zhu Xiangming and his nephew Guiyang King Zhu Changfa be beheaded together. The people present all clapped their hands and cheered, and many people cursed: "These two pigs can't escape the butcher's knife!
After handling the case of King Xiangyang and others, Lin Feng ordered the messenger to announce on the spot that 150,000 taels of silver would be allocated from the seized money to help the hungry people, and 100,000 taels of silver would be allocated to repair Xiangyang City.

As soon as these measures were taken, the people in the city all praised the Zhenming Army and shouted long live the Zhenming Army. Lin Feng won the hearts of the people almost in one day.

In particular, the people who had been persecuted by the King of Xiangyang and the officials of Xiangyang could not afford to kneel in front of the public trial, and thanked Lin Feng for presiding over justice.

Li Dingguo and other captured generals were also escorted over and watched Lin Feng's handling of the unjust case in Xiangyang, which greatly touched him.

Although Zhang Xianzhong also claimed that he wanted to rob the rich, help the poor, and benefit the people, he never needed a reason to rob and kill big families. The whole process was also full of bloody violence, especially the female family members. However, Lin Feng's Zhenming Army dealt with corrupt officials, acted in accordance with laws and regulations, was justified, and did not harm innocent family members. This is how to govern the world.

The next day, Lin Feng organized a grievance meeting for the captured Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and mobilized ordinary soldiers to expose and criticize the evil deeds of Zhang Xianzhong and his soldiers.

With yesterday's public trial as a basis, this complaint meeting was held smoothly. Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu and other generals committed numerous crimes of abusing their subordinates and harming the people. Zhang Kewang, in particular, often helped Zhang Xianzhong seize beautiful women many times in order to win his favor. To participate in the torture and murder of beautiful women is a heinous crime.

The accusation against Zhang Xianzhong was like a storm, and his numerous crimes were exposed.

Every time the bandits led by Zhang Xianzhong fell into one side, except for a few young women who were kidnapped to serve as camp prostitutes, the rest were killed for fear of damaging the morale of the army.

In the later period, the army was defeated and retreated, and food and grass were scarce. Women were killed and pickled to be used as army rations. If you encounter a pregnant woman, perform a cesarean section to test the gender.

For infants and young children in their arms, they would throw them into the air, catch them with the tip of a knife, and watch their arms and legs fly for fun. This is named "Snow Loach".

Slightly older children or teenagers would form a group of several hundred people and form a circle with firewood. Soldiers outside the circle would kill them with spears and halberds, and watch them shout and run around randomly to add to the fun. This is named "Guanxi".

The crimes committed by this evil thief are too numerous to describe. After hearing this, Lin Feng was so angry that the veins on his hands bulged, and he wished he could immediately catch Zhang thief and execute him in Lingchi.

Lin Feng sentenced Zhang Kewang, Zhang Wenxiu and others to death on the spot and ordered their heads to be beheaded immediately.

During this grievance meeting, among the captured generals under Zhang Xianzhong, only a few, including Li Dingguo, had no serious crimes and were pardoned by Lin Feng.

Lin Feng then asked: "Li Dingguo, look at how many crimes Zhang Xianzhong you are loyal to has committed, how many innocent people have been killed by him, and he even kills people and eats meat. He is simply a devil on earth! What do you want to do to such a person? Is he loyal to the end?
If you still can't distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, no matter how talented you are, I won't use you anymore. As long as you haven't committed any serious evil, I will let you become an ordinary citizen once the thief Zhang is eliminated. "

"I, I..." After hesitating for a while, Li Dingguo suddenly knelt down and said, "I have made up my mind and am willing to follow the Marquis!"

"Have you figured it out?" Lin Feng asked.

"Yes, it turns out that in Zhang Xianzhong's department, although I was also entrusted with important responsibilities, I was never happy in my heart. Father, no, every time Zhang thief killed the captured female family members, I also felt very sad, but he never listened. Guess, I can only pretend not to see it.

Last night he also ordered that the concubine of King Xiangyang be killed and eaten. It was really the behavior of a beast. I was blinded by his kindness before, but now I have repented and asked the Marquis to forgive me! "

Li Dingguo is a smart man. He knew before that Zhang Xianzhong was not a good person and had done many bad things, but he was just kind to him and did not want to face it.

This time I was deeply shocked to see ordinary officers and soldiers exposing so many of his evil deeds. After all, he is also a man of conscience.

Lin Feng was overjoyed when he heard this. He helped Li Dingguo up and said, "I know that your conscience is still intact. Our Zhenming Army needs talents like you! From now on, you can change your surname back to your original surname and completely break up with Thief Zhang. There is no need to treat such a People are stupid and loyal!”

"Yes, thank you Lord Marquis!" Li Dingguo replied.

"General Li, Lord Marquis is in the past, Lord Lin has established himself as King Zhenming!" Li Guo on the side corrected.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I really don't know." Li Dingguo said with great joy. This fully proves that Lin Feng will proclaim himself emperor soon. It seems that he must work hard in the future to become a minister of Conglong.

"It doesn't matter what the name is. Our Zhenming Army conquers the world by sincerely serving the people and winning the support of the people. We rely on the officers and soldiers working together to fight. It's not just about the prince, but also the name of the marquis." Lin Feng replied. road.

"The general has learned a lesson!" Li Dingguo said respectfully.

"Okay, Dingguo just follow me first and learn to understand the situation of the Zhenming Army." Lin Feng ordered.

Lin Feng was also very satisfied with being able to surrender Li Dingguo this time. This was the Dinghai Shenzhen of Nanming in history. He had been able to deal with the Manchus for many years almost by himself. His ability to lead troops was excellent, and the key was that he was very loyal.

(End of this chapter)