Crying and calling my parents, it was a mess. These eight words can roughly summarize the appearance of the family being searched. I rode on the horse and looked at the Ma Mansion open in the gate. The soldiers threw the people in Ma Shiying's house like wolves and tigers onto an open space like chickens. I roughly calculated that there were seventy or eighty people.

Not long after, Gao Kuicong turned the Ma Mansion into the sky and dug three feet into the ground to report, "Report to the emperor, the total number of people in the Ma Mansion will be collected, with 77 people and 38 boxes of property. People will come and carry out the things." With Gao Kuicong's voice, the soldiers carried dozens of boxes in groups, and the lids were lifted, some were white silver inside, some were jewelry inside, and some were antiques and jade inside, which was all in one piece.

Wang Duo's eyes were very bright. Seeing a soldier's waist bulging, he turned around and nodded to the emperor. As a minister, he knew very well when he should appear. This moment should be the time when the emperor should establish his authority, and he could not say a word.

Wang Duo and I were tacitly aware, "Gao Kuicong, all the five hundred people who have just entered the Ma Mansion gathered, let's go there!" I reached out to the street, and the brave ordinary people were watching from afar.

Gao Kuicong was stunned and then led the team to the street. When he heard the emperor order him and his subordinates to throw out weapons, Gao Kuicong immediately realized the emperor's intention and looked back at the soldiers behind him who were completely unaware of it. Gao Kuicong couldn't help feeling distressed. He had just seen several soldiers sneaking up real gold and silver. After being scolded by him, the soldiers threw their belongings back into the box, but the soldiers he didn't see! There are probably no fewer people who have brought private hiding!

I looked at the five hundred soldiers gathered together, "Ji Xian! Take people to search for their bodies, and anyone who finds a whole piece of gold, silver and jewelry on them will be escorted to me in front of me." The soldiers may have silver, but I think that is mostly copper coins or broken silver, so we can't wrongly accuse a good person.

Ji Xian had already practiced in advance in the palace just now. At this time, he was familiar with the operation. He checked all the way and found that a total of 165 people had a whole piece of gold, silver or jewelry hidden on them. The proportion was very high, and there were only 500 people in total!

At this time, the five hundred soldiers remembered the emperor's words just now, but their personal reactions were very different. There were a few people very scared because the emperor said that the person who had taken private hijacks had no mercy, and some had already urinated their pants; but most soldiers felt that at most they would be scolded or beaten with a few sticks, and they had no regrets about their actions. No wonder, the whole big trend is like this. If you don't make any money in the army these days, you won't be able to get along with yourself!

I looked at the more than 100 people who were escorted by Ji Xian. To be honest, I didn't expect that so many people would knowingly commit crimes. While heartbroken, I was also very angry. This shows that I, the emperor, was not good at speaking. This is a feudal society. What does it mean that the emperor's power is lost? It means that the emperor's majesty is gone, and that his life will be threatened...! These are all things I have experienced deeply in just a short time.

I took a deep breath, "I just said very clearly. Anyone who carries a private hiding will be killed without mercy. I am very sad to see so many people knowingly committing crimes. You are born with hard work, and some even flee to Nanjing from thousands of miles away. After layers of screening, you have the opportunity to join the army. Why don't you cherish this opportunity? Have you treated you badly? The monthly salary is paid on time, and three meals a day are enough to be full. I believe your treatment is the best in strokes, but how do you repay me?"

People's hearts are full of flesh. How many people can be said to be worse than beggars before they joined the army? Thinking about the days before they looked at the present, they couldn't help but cry, regretting the greed just now.

My nose couldn't help but become sore, but at this time I can't be soft-hearted. If I don't establish my personal prestige and military discipline at this time, the chaos will be even greater in the future. "You don't have any jokes! If you don't have faith, you won't stand. I have given you a chance to save your life, but you are not sure! People come, cut off all the people in the street and show them to the public to serve as a warning!"

"I'm not convinced! Why did I cut my head? I just took a ingot of gold...!"

"Damn it! I can't do it if I don't work as a soldier! It's not that I have never been a soldier. I have food and drink here, but I get more oil and water when I work in another place!"

When he heard the emperor's words that he wanted to cut his head, more than a hundred people stopped doing it, and they all said everything, especially under the fanning of several veterans, they first rushed towards the emperor, but were blocked by Ji Xian and then rushed to the place where the weapons were thrown.

"Shoot the arrow!" I was surprisingly calm at this time. Now the behavior of these soldiers is rebellious, and it is not a pity to kill one. I hope that the blood of these people can give the new recruits a concept of discipline and an emperor in their hearts.

Ji Xian brought 200 personal soldiers from the palace, all with short bows and hard crossbows. Hearing the emperor's words, they attacked one after another, and feather arrows shot at more than a hundred people like rain. Under the intensive shooting at short distances, only a dozen people ran to the pile of weapons, but their hands were filled with feather arrows and they could not get up.

In less than ten minutes, more than 100 people were killed. I looked at Gao Kuicong with a cold face, "Gao Kuicong! If you are not disciplined strictly, I will record your 100 military sticks and let's do it!"

Gao Kuicong jumped a few times on his face. As the saying goes, a mule or a horse is taken out. No matter how well he trains, he cannot argue if something goes wrong at this time.

When Wang Duo saw Gao Kuicong bringing people to move the bodies of the dead soldiers, he came to the emperor and whispered: "Emperor! It's better to have a clear distinction between rewards and punishments!" Wang Duo was very satisfied with Emperor Hongguang's performance just now. The only disadvantage is the rewards to those soldiers who did not make mistakes. Give kindness and power are the way to govern people.

After hearing Wang Duo's suggestions, I saw Gao Kuicong bringing people to move the body away and gathered again in front of me. "Gao Kuicong, the soldiers behind you can remember my orders when facing gold, silver and jewelry. Their hearts are commendable. I have a clear reward and punishment. Each person will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver and will be paid in the monthly salary."

This turning point made the soldiers behind Gao Kuicong stunned for a moment and cheered. Who was the one who brought the head and shouted long live, and the sound was shocking. The 1,500 people who stayed outside received a unique education. First, the emperor ordered the shooting of more than 100 soldiers with private hidden secrets shocked them, and they all put their hearts in. If they were swung in, would they hide secretly? The answer made many people feel chill. Then the emperor ordered those soldiers who did not make mistakes. The two were too strong. The emperor's orders gradually became a definite appearance in their hearts, that is, to obey, there were only benefits but no harm!

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