Fang Jie looked at the two people surrounded by the circle with great interest, his chin was propped on one hand and his eyes were slightly squinted, all the generals behind him were also standing there smiling and watching the show, but it was Yu Mao, the county magistrate of Boyang, who Layer after layer of cold sweat broke out. He didn't know if General Fang, who still seemed calm and peaceful, was really angry, or if he just thought those troublemakers were hateful and needed to be taught a lesson.
Over the past year, Yu Mao has led the people in the county to fight against bandits, and his heart has hardened a lot, but he is a literati who has studied for decades after all. Although he knows that these troublemakers are hateful, he has no intention of killing them. Seeing that Fang Jie actually surrounded the troublemaker with Dou Tiande at this time, maybe the next moment he would be dead on the spot again.
"Great... big general..."
Yu Mao walked a few steps forward, and said with a smile on his face, "Such unscrupulous people came out under the humble government. It's because of the lax law enforcement and improper education. It's just... but the thief leader Dou Tiande is good at martial arts, and Song Er is naturally no match for him." In case... in case Dou Tiande killed him, wouldn't he be wronged."
"Wronged?"
Fang Jie glanced sideways at Yu Mao, smiled and said, "His name is Song Er? I'm just trying to fulfill his integrity. This man is determined to avenge the people of the entire Boyang County. His ambition and courage are commendable." I can't let him spend the rest of his life full of regrets about killing thieves, but when his luck is not good, I think a man like him who is willing to stand up for the people should be very grateful to me .”
At this time, Song Er in the circle was so frightened that his legs went limp. He was about to squeeze out but was kicked back by the Black Banner Army soldiers. He knelt down and begged the soldiers to move out of the way, but no one paid any attention to him.
Seeing Dou Tiande approaching with a knife, Song Er was so frightened that he kowtowed to Fang: "General, I know I was wrong... I don't dare to contradict the general anymore, I beg you to spare me... General , the villain will never dare to talk nonsense again. The villain just made a mistake unintentionally, not on purpose. I beg the general to give me a chance to live, the villain will never forget the kindness of the general!"
Fang Jie waved his hand and said, "How can that be done? You incite the people to rush into the army formation and let the people pick up stones and throw them at these bandit soldiers. From this, I can see that you are the most passionate man, how can you be cowardly? Shouldn't you look like this when you encouraged others in the past?"
"The villain really knows that the general is wrong, please forgive him."
Dou Tiande, who was walking in front of him with a knife, suddenly thrust the knife towards Song Er's side, and poked it into the ground beside Song Er. He bent down and spat bloody phlegm at Song Er, who was curled up in a ball in fright, and cursed: "Although I have done many evil things, I also despise a scum like you. You are obviously as cowardly as a mouse." Shrinking behind others to make trouble, but pretending to be righteous. You are such a coward, I will dirty my hands by killing you, bah!"
He turned around and walked not far from Fang Jie's body, and said, "I intended to survive, but after thinking about it all night, I realized that the general wanted to kill me to stand up, and even I was a god, and I couldn't be saved. If that's the case, it's better to come early than to be late." ,bring it on!"
Fang Jie nodded and said: "Yesterday when you knelt down and begged, I looked down on you, but now you have a bit of courage, then I will fulfill you first, and after killing you, I will take your body and bury it. People can be whipped and abused."
"Thanks!"
Dou Tiande clasped his fists away from the other party, then sat cross-legged on the ground, stretched his neck forward and said, "Come on."
Fang Jie pointed to Song Er: "Bring this man over here opposite Dou Tiande. Since he wants to take revenge, but I give him a chance but he dare not take a knife, then I will give him another chance and let him see it with his own eyes at the nearest place." Let Dou Tiande die."
The two Xiao cavalry school went up, each of them grabbed an arm and carried Song Er over like a dead dog, only about one meter away from Dou Tiande.
Dou Tiande bent over and stretched his neck and smiled at Song Er: "After a while, the head will fall to the ground, the blood from the neck will not be a waste, it will be sprayed on your face, haha!"
A Xiao cavalry school stepped forward, sprayed a sip of wine on the horizontal knife, and poured the remaining wine in the bowl into his mouth, then raised the horizontal knife high and slashed down, the sharp knife came out After cutting in and cutting out from the front, the huge human head fell off immediately. Immediately afterwards, blood sprayed out from the thick and thin neck of the bowl like a waterfall. Slightly hot blood sprayed Song Er's head and face, and the rogue passed out with a scream, and a foul smell came from his pants.
Fang Jie pointed to the other troublemakers and said, "Just take them to watch like this, and cut down all the bandits, let them watch from beginning to end like this. It's like watching other people's life and death as a play." People are the most disgusting, murderers are punished according to the court's law, but they guys who drink human blood enjoy it. Don't you like to watch other people bleed, I will let you see enough today!"
Dozens of wolves and tigers rushed over, and brought those men by their collars to the bandit soldiers. Following the command of the beheading general, more than a thousand heads were chopped off one by one, and the troublemakers were picked up, watching them beheaded one after another, and no one was so frightened that they passed out without holding on for long. The people from Xiaoqi School splashed cold water on them to wake them up and let them continue to look down. Streams of thick blood sprayed on them, and these people were so frightened that they lost their souls.
Fang Jie glanced at Yu Mao whose face had also changed color with fright and his legs were trembling, and snorted coldly, "Do you think I overdid it?"
"Xiaguan... Xiaguan didn't..."
Yu Mao didn't finish speaking, and couldn't help but spit it out with a wow.
Fang Xie said coldly: "If I don't deal with these troublemakers who take the lead in instigating troubles, they will do so again in the future. Those people were encouraged to break through the obstruction of my soldiers, and deliberately hit the soldiers when they threw stones. The body is nothing more than to stir up trouble. If I order to cut down all the civilians who have injured soldiers, who do you think is a pity and who is hateful?"
Yu broke out in a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, he didn't dare to speak or even look into Fang Jie's eyes.
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There was a massacre outside the city of Boyang County, where the heads of more than a thousand bandit soldiers fell to the ground. Fang Jie did it on purpose, not only to gain authority, but also to fear that the people of Boyang County would fear what happened today when they mentioned it in the future. The purpose of killing bandit soldiers is to let the common people see the position of the Black Banner Army, and to teach those rascals a lesson is to let the common people know the majesty of the Black Banner Army.
It wasn't until after noon that more than a thousand heads were beheaded. One of the troublemakers was frightened to death, and the others might not even have the courage to walk at night in the future.
Fang Jie glanced at Yu Mao, and asked calmly, "How many people are there in Boyang County?"
Yu Mao was stunned for a moment, wiped the sweat from his forehead and leaned over to answer: "General, since Dou Tiande gathered a crowd to rebel, many people in this county have died, and many people have moved their families out of fear of being looted by bandits." Li, people who had no relatives from other counties to rely on poured into the county town, a total of no less than 20,000 people."
Fang Jie hummed and said, "Is there still enough food?"
Yu Mao hesitated for a while and replied truthfully: "Your official is guilty... Seeing that the people in the city have no clothes and food, I really can't bear to sit and watch the people starve to death, so I opened an official warehouse to distribute food privately, but there are not many official warehouses in the county. , barely enough to last for three months. Now that summer is over, the fields have no crops, and the officials don’t know how to deal with it.”
Fang Jie said: "I won't ask you about opening the official warehouse privately. You have done a lot for the people of Boyang by organizing Minyong to defend the county. Even if there are some small mistakes, they can be ignored. I will send someone to deliver the seeds later. The population is counted and distributed. If we plant it now, we can still harvest some coarse grains after the autumn, and we can barely survive the winter. Then we plant wheat, and the seeds will be distributed by our Black Banner Army. When the grain is harvested next summer, the situation of food shortage will be reduced. ease."
"You tell the people of Boyang County that I am the general of the imperial court. Since I lead troops to station in Huangyang Road, it is natural to benefit one side. After the summer grain is harvested next year, the people only need to return the borrowed seeds in full, and no more money will be charged. Taxation, money and food. This is not only the case in Boyang County, but also in nearby counties. Since you are the parent official of Boyang, you should take care of it. If the people who fled come back, you have to register and make a book, and distribute food by household. If there is It is unstoppable for people from other counties to come to Boyang to open up wasteland and farm, and they must also be registered."
"Official..."
Yu Mao knelt down with a plop: "On behalf of the people of Boyang, I would like to thank the General for saving his life!"
"Get up."
Fang Jie said indifferently: "You and I eat the royal salary, but after all, the common people are the parents of food and clothing. I lead the army only to protect one side, so naturally I will not ignore the hardships of the common people. Leave Huangyang Road until all the thieves are eliminated. I am not familiar with the local officials. You can write to the officials in the surrounding counties. If you want to be protected by my Black Banner Army, you can go to the Zhuqueshan camp to register. I am the same treat."
"Remember, lower officials!"
Yu Mao kowtowed several times before standing up, he hesitated and asked: "General, do you want to attack Xinyang?"
Fang Jie said: "I have just arrived here, and after the army rests for a while, I will naturally not tolerate the bandits in Xinyang City's Luoni continuing to make trouble. This is what I want to warn you local officials. I know that you local officials are very friendly Xinyang Cheng Tianxin has contacts, and will also pay taxes to Xinyang. But from now on, if you let me know that some of you local officials are in touch with Luo Ni's troops, don't blame my army for being ruthless."
Yu Mao shivered in fright: "I remember... the general is clear, the officials and Tian Xin have contacts, it is for the sake of the people, and I don't want the people to suffer from military disasters."
"Because I know, it's just a warning."
Fang Jie said: "In the future, if there are any thieves who harass the people, you can directly send people to the Zhuque Mountain camp to ask for help. If someone comes from Xinyang City, you should also send people to report. I don't care about what happened to you in the past, because you are deep I know that you are forced to do so. But now that my Black Banner Army has arrived, there will be no more evil spirits rampaging here!"
"Xiaguan... remember it in my heart!"
Yu Mao bowed his head and said.
Fang Jiejiang calmed down and said: "In the past few years, I know that the officials in your locality have also lived in poverty. They have done many things for the people. They can't sleep at night and don't know what to eat, but this is what officials do. Let me ask you, local officials are said to be parents’ officials, do you know what parents’ officials mean?”
Yu Mao rubbed the sweat from his hands and replied cautiously: "An official should treat the people as his own, and care for the people like parents love their children. They cannot be biased or slack off. As the saying goes, loving the people like children is This principle."
"you are wrong."
Fang Jie said indifferently: "I said just now that no matter how high an official you are, the common people are your parents. The so-called parental officer is not that an official is a parent, but that an official should treat the common people like honoring their parents." It's not that you treat the people as your own, but you should serve them like sons and filial piety to their parents. Love the people like your sons... In the same way, this son does not refer to the people, but to yourself. Love the people like a son honors your parents. Do you remember the sentence?"
Yu took the risk to say this, why did the general turn everything around, but there is still some truth...
At this time, a Xiaoqi school came over and whispered in Fang Jie's ear: "General Chen sent someone to send news, and some clues have been found in Hukoujian."