The peasant soldiers raised their hands and slashed down. A series of miserable cries sounded as a few heads fell to the ground. This caused the commoners below the stage to cheer again.
"This is really satisfying!"
"We've disliked these dog officials for a long time!”
"Speaking of being an official, Lord Yang is a good official who will truly benefit us commoners!”
"Yes, yes."
"I still remember when Lord Yang first came last year, the north suffered a severe disaster. The imperial court didn't care about us, and we refugees came all the way to Wuyuan County. That Tian Jingliang refused to open the city gates no matter what and even sent troops to injure many of us.”
"In the end, it was Lord Yang who opened the city gate and let us in. He took out his own silver and set up a porridge stall to give porridge to us every day.”
"Go to your grandmother's imperial court, Lord Yang is the good official!”
At this moment, someone among the commoners shouted," Long live Lord Yang!”
This caused the citizens of the entire city to echo.
"Long live Lord Yang!"
Yang Jing heard the cheers of the people and nodded slightly.
He had achieved his goal. Now that he had successfully subdued the hearts of most of the people in the city, it would be very helpful for the smooth implementation of his next plan.
As a modern man, he understood more than any other king that water could carry a boat but also capsize it.
If the new regime he established wanted to develop for a long time, the people's hearts were very important!
Da Ming being able to reach this point today was ultimately because he lost the hearts of the people. He must take this as a warning!
After getting rid of all the remaining members of the Wuyuan Guard Station, this meant that Yang Jing had truly become the owner of this county.
However, he knew that now was not the time for him to be complacent.
Even though he had already sent people to block all the roads leading to the outside world, the news of him occupying Wuyuan County could not be hidden for long.
He had to rush to attack before the Xin An Guards of the Hui Prefecture knew about this matter. He also had to take advantage of the fact that they were unprepared to attack the surrounding counties as quickly as possible. Only then would he truly have the strength to protect himself in this chaotic world!
When it came to violent soldiers, one had to have money.
One tael of silver for a farmer was not a low price.
If he wanted to take down three counties effortlessly and have enough strength to fight against the 100,000 soldiers of the Hui Prefecture, Yang Jing would need at least 100,000 soldiers.
According to the system's settings, even if he exchanged all 100,000 soldiers for Farmers, he would still need 100,000 taels of silver.
Moreover, Yang Jing couldn't just exchange for peasants. At the same time, he had to exchange for cavalry, archers, musketeers, and even the navy.
If he wanted to build an army that was ten times more courageous than the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty, 100,000 taels of silver was far from enough.
Thinking of this, Yang Jing felt that he could not wait any longer. He had to take action quickly.
He didn't have money, but the corrupt officials he had just killed and the gentry who exploited the people in Wuyuan County had money!
Compared to those cowardly Ming soldiers, Yang Jing was most disgusted with the landlord gentry who ran amok in the city because they had the support of the Donglin Party.
In the middle and later stages of the Great Ming Dynasty, the commoners could not eat their fill and the country could not collect taxes. It was all because of these landowners and gentry.
They colluded with the local officers and soldiers, ran amok in the village, and took advantage of the people.
They used all kinds of underhanded methods to exploit the people at the bottom, forcibly occupying the people's land, making the farmers become long-term tenants in their hands, and forcing the farmers to work for them just because they gave them food.
These people, along with those Donglin Party members who only knew how to eat the country to fill their own pockets, were all vermin of the Ming Dynasty!
Yang Jing's feelings towards the Great Ming Dynasty were very complicated. He liked this dynasty that was full of backbone, but at the same time, he felt heartache for the incompetence of the late Great Ming Emperor in governing the country, allowing the eunuchs and the Donglin Party to control the government.
The Donglin Party was even more hateful than the eunuchs. They took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's culture of valuing literature and despising martial arts to do whatever they wanted in the court, and they could even influence the candidate for the emperor.
Whichever emperor obstructed their way of amassing wealth, they would create an accident to kill the emperor. The best proof was that the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was committed to industrial and commercial reform, fell into the water.
Now, they still wanted to use the same trick to stop Chongzhen from moving south. They wanted to drag the Ming Dynasty to death so that they could rely on Li Zicheng to be the founding hero of the new dynasty. Some even threw in the wild boar skins of the Manchu Dynasty when the Ming Dynasty died!
With such evil deeds, how could Great Ming not perish with them!
Yang Jing swore to himself that one day he would kill all the members of the Donglin Party and uproot this disgusting party!
Now, he would start by killing all the gentry who were vassals of the Donglin Party!
"Li Yun."
Yang Jing shouted, and a peasant soldier with a broad face and thick eyebrows quickly walked out of the formation.
He cupped his fists and bowed.”
The peasant soldiers given by the system were no different from the ordinary people of Ming Dynasty. They were all living people with flesh and blood. At the same time, they had their own names.
Yang Jing remembered this Li Yun. He had been particularly brave in the street battle just now and had killed more than ten Ming soldiers in one breath. He was a promising talent.
"Go to the yamen and get a list of the gentry and landowners in the city. Investigate whether the property of these gentry's subordinates came from an illegal source.”
"Those who come from a shady background will be executed on the spot and their houses will be confiscated. Release the maidservants and slaves, but leave no survivors in the entire residence, regardless of gender, old or young!”
"Send all the gold, silver, and treasures you have obtained to the Yang Residence.”
"Yes, Master!"
Li Yun cupped his fists and accepted the order. He led a group of peasant soldiers and quickly headed in the direction of the yamen.
Yang Jing was not an evil person who could not distinguish right from wrong. Although most of the gentry in the city were attached to the Donglin Party in the south, there were many kind-hearted people. Other than raising a few more tenants and occupying more land, they had not done any heinous mistakes. Naturally, they could let them live.
However, those who relied on the Donglin Party as their backer and committed all kinds of evil could not escape.
As for killing their parents, wives, and children, it was not that Yang Jing was cruel and inhumane, but that they had all enjoyed the benefits of exploiting the people, so they had to pay the price.
These people had already formed a life-and-death feud with Yang Jing, so they could not be left alive. If they let one of them go carelessly, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not rise up to seek revenge on Yang Jing in the future.
Yang Jing naturally wasn't afraid of him, but it was better to avoid trouble. Doing things cleanly now could save a lot of trouble in the future.
Yang Jing, who had ordered the raid, led his troops straight back to the Yang residence. Time was tight. While the peasant soldiers went to raid the houses, he needed to quickly draw up a plan for the development of the town.
(The humble author is begging for flowers and tickets from the bosses (*`*))
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