Chapter 282 Fill it with killing
Xiao Li took control of Yanping Prefecture and asked someone to take a token to pick up Rong Qing in Taiping City. The news he got was that Rong Qing was fine and had already led his people to attack Changzhou.
Ziyue: "That's great, Brother Rong is fine."
Xiao Li was not as optimistic as he was, and everything had to wait until he saw Rong Qing.
There were many soldiers in Changzhou, as well as soldiers from other countries, but King Xian was assassinated in full public view, which seriously shook the morale of the army.
There were also those smoke bombs, which caused many people to accidentally kill their companions, not to mention that Prince Xian's palace was directly razed to the ground, which was like a collapse of the sky.
Not to mention that King Xian has rebelled, his life is now gone.
Wenquxing, Wuquxing, destiny, etc. have become a joke.
And those so-called heroes who came because of the hero invitation are now a ragtag group of people fleeing in all directions.
Seeing the civil unrest in the city, Lu Ling and Jiang Zhou fled on horseback.
Especially when he saw Rong Qing appear, Lu Ling could not conceal his excitement: "It's the empress, the empress is here!"
"Great, let's go see the Empress."
Jiang Zhou looked desperate: "The empress is here, and King Wei hasn't been found yet. She's dead, she's dead!"
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Xiao Li asked people to take Lu Suyun down, but he didn't expect that Wang Wanqing would be the one to interrogate him in the end. Xiao Nizi didn't know where she learned the method. There was no blood involved, so she just fooled Lu Suyun into saying everything he could.
As for authenticity, every time Lu Suyun said something, someone would immediately verify it, and it turned out to be true.
Duan Ji's head was beheaded and hung at the city gate. Some people in the army complained about him, saying that he was a brave general who conquered a country for the empress and had great achievements. He should not be beheaded and humiliated because he was disrespectful to the empress.
Xiao Li only thought it was funny when he heard this. Duan Ji had made great contributions. Didn't she give him a reward?
He is a horse tamer, and he is where he is today, all because of Xiao Li's promotion.
Not to mention that Xiao Li's mortar was the biggest contributor to the battle against Yue, but he wanted to be crowned king and marquis after winning just one foot. After two more battles, would he feel that the throne should be his?
Xiao Li didn't even bother to talk about the fact that he lived in the main house but arranged the emperor in the princess's embroidery building.
He deserves to die just for occupying the royal palace, proclaiming himself king, and occupying King Yanping's widow without an imperial edict.
Not to mention what Lu Suyun said later about what he did.
Xiao Li didn't bother to argue with anyone, so he directly asked people to move the treasures from Prince Yanping's palace to the army, and then asked Duan Ji's crimes to be detailed.
He embezzled Yue's treasures, squandered his army's salary, established a private army, robbed the young women around him, and raised them in other villages for the enjoyment of himself and his followers.
He killed anyone who disobeyed him and practiced making corpse puppets, although he had not yet succeeded.
Yang Jun stood on the high platform and recited Duan Ji's charges word for word.
The soldiers below and the people watching were all angry, especially those whose girls had been robbed. They howled and told how their daughter and young daughter-in-law were robbed. The people around them were filled with indignation and cursed that Duan Ji deserved to die. .
It would be easier for him to cut off the capital with one sword, but he should be chopped into pieces with thousands of swords, crushed to pieces, and trampled by thousands of people.
Xiao Li fulfilled their wish, burned Duan Ji in public, mixed with iron sand and made a stone tablet to stand at the gate of Yanping City.
All generals in the future, take this as a warning!
As for those who got along well with Duan Ji, every one of them would be counted. After examination, the evidence of guilt would be determined and they would be beheaded in public.
However, some soldiers were not happy. They only knew that the person who was about to die was a close friend with whom they had a good relationship. They drank and ate meat together two days ago, and today they will be beheaded by the empress.
What incriminating evidence? They were together every day, why didn't you know?
A group of people knelt outside, seemingly begging for mercy, but in fact they were threatening, saying that the empress was unfair and killed innocent people indiscriminately.
Xiao Li was laughed out of anger. They thought that the empress and the emperor had two different meanings. She, the empress, was not as majestic as the emperor, right?
Kindness does not establish things, kindness does not lead troops.
If you threaten her, then kill her to show them. Almost all of this group of brainless and reckless people have not read much books. They are single-minded and have no sense of justice.
It is useless to reason with them. Only absolute evidence and iron-blooded tactics can deter them.
As a result, these reckless men became more aggressive when they saw the person dead. Some wanted to die with them, while others wanted to remove their armor and return to their hometowns.
It instantly became a huge military mutiny.
Xiao Li only found it funny. These people couldn't tell right from wrong.
Being a soldier allows you to plunder property at will and keep it for yourself, but being a soldier means you can seize women from good families and do whatever you want?
Military orders are like mountains, right is right and wrong is wrong.
Is it possible that the emperor still tolerates soldiers robbing women, gathering people for obscenity, and embezzling military pay?
Or maybe the empress was a woman, so she lost a bit of majesty, so she would make up for it with killing.
She wants all the soldiers to change their expressions when they hear about the Empress!
All the leading mutineers were captured and executed in public.
Then when all the soldiers were shocked, Yang Jun announced the new law of the Ministry of War:
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All soldiers and their families can receive fertile land, and those who are centurions and above are exempt from taxes for life.
All injured soldiers will be provided with jobs and disability subsidies by the state.
All soldiers who died in battle were given money by the state on a monthly basis to support their parents, wives and children.
All wives of soldiers who have made meritorious service have priority in entering the Empress Factory. The following are the factory benefits.
"Your Majesty hates corrupt officials and senior officials and soldiers who are extravagant and indulgent and disregard human life."
"What your Majesty longs for is for the civil officials to be clear, the military officers to be just, the kings to be wise and the ministers to be wise, and to create a prosperous world together, rather than a chaotic atmosphere that harms the people and bullies the weak."
"You haven't read, but please touch your spine."
"Whether you stand upright, whether you have a clear conscience, whether you are worthy of respect."
"Your Majesty never forces anyone. Now Your Majesty is giving you all a chance. If you don't want to stay, you can ask to remove your armor. However, you will be regarded as a deserter. You will not be allowed to join the army, enter the court, or enjoy any future treatment for three generations. .”
The silver-armored guards rode back and forth, repeating Yang Jun's words again and again.
Finally: "Those who want to leave, go to the left, and those who want to stay, go to the right. You have a quarter of an hour to think!"
After a quarter of an hour, most of the people were on the right side and more than 30% were on the left side.
There are a total of 15,000 soldiers in Yanping Prefecture, and about 5,000 want to leave.
They heard about the benefits given by the Empress, but they were still worried about her cruelty.
He felt that he was arrogant and unwilling to be loyal to such a cruel empress. He felt that if he had more people, the empress would definitely compromise.
But they forgot that the empress is the empress who controls the country. She has many civil servants and generals behind her. If she wants to recruit troops, there are many people who are willing to sacrifice their lives. How can they be threatened by people like them?
Moreover, the bigger the noise, the better. This is a good opportunity to rectify military discipline and serve as a warning to others.
Let's set an example for the armies in other cities. Whoever dares to cause trouble next time must think clearly about whether they can afford the consequences.
Yang Jun shouted: "Remove armor!"
"Leave your name and leave the camp!"
(End of chapter)