Chapter 104 Kill
In Yang Yong's previous life, he hated the protection of officials and officials, but when he was in his position, he realized that being completely fair and selfless was just an unrealistic ideal. However, in any case, Yan Rong must be punished: "Lu Aiqing, what crime should Yan Rong commit several military rules?"
"When you go back to Your Highness, General Yan broke into a private residence and was punished according to military law. He should be punished with ten military sticks, raped women, and fifty military sticks. The two crimes are combined and sixty military sticks should be received." Lu Mulin said loudly.
Lu Mulin deliberately missed the charge of Yan Rong's failure to obey the order and binding Qu Tutong. If this is added, Yan Rong will lose his skin even if he does not die. At least this general manager will not be able to do it. Although the sixty military sticks are very heavy, Yan Rong can only blame him for taking it upon himself. Yang Yong knew it, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to the guard beside him: "Hold Yan Rong first, and execute the execution with the rest of the people in front of the Chen State Palace Gate tomorrow."
"Yes." Two guards of the East Palace held Yan Rong up. Yan Rong did not dare to resist and stood aside dejectedly. Dozens of Yan Rong's personal soldiers were still kneeling on the ground at this time.
"You guys get up too."
"Yes, thank you, Your Highness."
"Whose house is this?" After dealing with Yan Rong's affairs, Yang Yong had the opportunity to look at this house. Because of the darkness, except for the first courtyard, the rest of the places are vague. However, only from the pavilions, towers, rockery, pools and water, people with such houses must be either rich or noble.
"Go back to Your Highness, this is the residence of Shen Keqing, a clan of the Southern Dynasty." Yan Jia, the captain of Yan Rong's personal soldiers, replied quickly.
"Shen Keqing is the one who is also an infantry captain, and is in charge of the Jin and Silk Bureau."
"Go back to Your Highness, that's exactly."
Yang Yong suddenly realized that no wonder this house was so large that Shen Keqing controlled all the taxes of Jiankang City and Chen Shubao's private treasury. It is said that the annual income was ten times more regular, and it is not an exaggeration to say that wealth is as good as a country.
"Where is the person from Shen?"
"When you go back to your highness, Shen Keqing took the initiative to surrender to our army, but he has been taken to the military camp now, and there are only servants and concubines of the Shen family in this house."
Yang Yong nodded. Even if a person like Shen Keqing who only knows how to flatter and has no talent is willing to surrender, it is reasonable to lock him up. It seems that the woman Yan Rong just raped was either Shen Keqing's concubine or maid. He glared at Yan Rong fiercely. This guy knew how to choose.
"Sir, Shen Keqing is still a treacherous and slanderous person, a senior official of the Southern Dynasty. Since it is his house, it is not a house. Your Highness, will you reduce the ten-army sticks of General Yan?" Lu Mulin suggested that he knew the relationship between Yan Rong and Yang Yong best, so he naturally had to say good things for Yan Rong.
"No need. Although this is Shen Keqing's house, Lord Yan's subordinates have many of them entered the houses. As the chief general, they should naturally take responsibility. Sixty military sticks cannot be avoided. What do you think?" After Yang Yong said that, his eyes swept to Gao Ying, Yang Guang, Wang Shao, Han Qinhu, He Ruobi and others.
"The prince is wise!" Since the prince has already decided and cannot hit them, these people are naturally unrelated to them.
Yang Yong refused to comment on the compliments of these people. What happened today was one after another. First, the main force of Chen's army was defeated, and then successfully entered Jiankang. News that He Ruobi and Han Qinhu were going to fight. After Yang Yong arrived to resolve the conflict between them, news that Qu Tutong was detained came. He had to go through the darkness and rushed to Dongcheng for more than ten miles, which made Yang Yong breathless. Although Yan Rong was guilty, the cavalry outside was still dealing with the violation of discipline by tens of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers.
It was already midnight now. When Yang Yong relaxed, he felt his back soreness and his back hurt. He couldn't help but open his mouth and yawned. Yan Rong quickly pleased him and said, "Your Highness, do you want to take a rest first?"
Gao Ying and others were also very tired and said, "Crown Prince, it's already late at night, so why not just take a break in this house."
Hearing everyone's advice, Yang Yong was quite moved. He ordered everyone not to stay in the palace because he was worried that people would be afraid of the words. This Shen house has no trouble, and there is nothing here, so it may not be as good as the imperial palace. In addition, he really couldn't resist the sleepiness, so he nodded: "Well, since that's the case, this Shen house will be requisitioned for the time being. Dear friends can also rest here first, and discuss it tomorrow if you have any questions."
"Yes, thank you for the prince." Everyone felt tired and hurriedly thanked him.
Rows of lanterns were lit again in Shen's house. The original servants in Shen's house were locked in a small courtyard, and the rest of the courtyards were assigned by important figures following Yang Yong. Yang Yong was led to a gorgeous dormitory by the guards and fell asleep.
There was nothing to say all night. The next day, when Yang Yong woke up, it was already dawn. He lifted the brocade quilt covered with his body and walked out of the door. However, he saw Qu Tutong standing at the door with red eyes. He was stunned and patted Qu Tutong's shoulder: "You have been staying there all night?"
"Yes, I'm causing trouble for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yesterday." Qu Tutong lowered his head.
"Just because of this?" Yang Yong couldn't help but feel funny. Qu Tutong was still too Chinese New Year and was not easy to accept setbacks: "Okay, yesterday's incident had nothing to do with you, so you can go and rest."
"This..." Qu Tutong suddenly looked up: "Crown Prince, does Weichen still have a chance to serve as a military judge?"
"Of course, your task is to rest. After you have a good rest, the military discipline of the Qingzhou army will still be left to you for supervision." Yang Yong realized that Qu Tutong was worried about this, so he gave him a reassurance.
"Yes, thank you for the prince." Qu Tutong's eyes lit up before he turned around.
Hearing Yang Yong's voice, Yang Shi brought two guards to clean water, silk cloth and a small portion of salt. In the era when there was no toothpaste and toothbrush, Yang Yong had become accustomed to using a little salt to clean his mouth and teeth. Salt is also an indispensable item for ordinary people, but it is a luxury to brush teeth. However, compared with some wealthy families who specially prepare some aromatic powders to dispel wind, detoxify and relieve pain to clean their teeth, it is not a big deal.
Yang Shi followed Yang Yong from the Duke's Mansion, and naturally knew Yang Yong's habit. After cleaning, Yang Yong walked out of the hall and looked at it casually, and found that the Shen Mansion was indeed well-known. It not only covers a vast area, but also carved beams, painted buildings, hills, and pools everywhere, making the scenery look picturesque.
An escort came hurriedly and interrupted Yang Yong to watch the scenery: "Report, your highness, Du Yan and Yang Ya, the two generals, asked for a meeting."
Du Yan and Yang Ya were the two generals responsible for maintaining Dongcheng's military discipline last night. Yang Yong was also anxious to know the result of yesterday and hurriedly said: "Please!"
"Follow the order."
Shortly after the guards were taken down, Du Yan and Yang Ya walked up. They were still covered in armor, with swords on their bodies, and their eyes were covered with bloodshot. It was obvious that they had not been sleeping all night last night and came to Yang Yong. The two hurriedly saluted at the same time: "See Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Two generals are exempted from gifts, tell me, how was the situation last night?"
"Thank you, Your Highness." The two paused, and Du Yan said, "Go back to Your Highness, a total of 30,000 troops entered the city in Qingzhou last night. Except for the 5,000 left behind in the military camp, the remaining 25,000 people have more or less entered private houses or shops on the street. At least hundreds of shops and thousands of private houses were robbed, 135 people died, more than 400 were injured in knife wounds, and more than 300 women were raped."
"So many." Yang Yong frowned, and was very grateful in his heart. This beast in the army was really terrible. It only took more than half an hour to get to Dongcheng. If he indulged in one night, Dongcheng would probably be completely destroyed.
“How many people have been caught?”
"When you go back to Your Highness, most of them returned to the military camp after hearing the orders, but only a small number of them did not obey the orders. Currently, a total of 983 officers and soldiers have been arrested."
"How many people have their lives on their hands?"
Du Yan and Yang Ya looked at each other and found that these people with a life on their hands should be killed according to military orders, but there was no reason to kill their own people after the great victory. Moreover, there were two important figures among them. Unexpectedly, Yang Yong could not help but hesitate.
"Why, did those more than a hundred people die in vain and none of you caught them?" Yang Yong's voice became stern.
"Return to the prince, I caught thirty-one people, but... just..."
"Just what? Say it."
"Yes, it only includes a general of cavalry and a general of chariots." Du Yan said helplessly.
General Cavalry is a fourth-rank military position, and General Cavalry is a fifth-rank military position. Yang Yong's first military position as the son of the Duke of Sui was General Cavalry, second only to the governor or general of a state. He was able to be a general of Cavalry. One is that he had a strong family background like Yang Yong, and the other was that he had outstanding achievements. No matter who he died of a murder, he died of a misfortune just because he killed several civilians who were still enemies yesterday. As an officer, Du Yan, Yang Ya and others inevitably felt a sense of sadness of the rabbit and the fox.
"Who is this General of Cavalry?" Yang Yong asked in a deep voice.
"It's Murong Xun when he goes back to the prince."
Sure enough, the Murong Xun family background is extremely strong. It is said that his ancestors were once a direct descendant of the royal family of Yan. His grandfather Murong Shaozong was originally the Minister of Qi Zuo Pushe and the Daxingtai of Southeast Daxingtai. He was one of the most powerful ministers in Qi. His father Murong Sanzang is now the governor of Liangzhou, and his uncle Murong Jianzhong is the chief supervisor of Zhaozhou. In addition to Murong Xun's brothers, cousins, and other uncles and nephews, at least dozens of people served in the army or local areas. If Murong Xun was dealt with, it would be equivalent to completely offending the entire Murong family.
This Murong Xun is even more troublesome than Yan Rong. If Yan Rong committed a death sentence, killing him would only kill himself. However, if he killed Murong Xun, it would be equivalent to offending a large family that had been hundreds of years. Yang Yong was glad that Yan Rong did not commit a death sentence last night. He woke up early this morning and had to face another headache.
"How many people did Murong Xun kill? Does anyone have any evidence?"
Du Yan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Go back to Your Highness, Murong Xun killed eleven people, including four women and three children. Among these four women, two of them raped and then killed. Murong Xun's personal soldiers killed twenty-three people. If it weren't for the troops of the Mo General who rushed over quickly, Murong Xun would have ordered the house to set fire. After the Mo General's subordinates arrived, he even killed a five-year-old child in front of the Mo General's subordinates."
"Four women, three children, and beasts, are simply inhumane." Yang Yong wanted to see if there was any way to achieve the best of both worlds, but he couldn't help but hear Du Yan's report: "Kill! This person deserves to die."
"But...but...Your Highness, should you think about it again?" Although Du Yan had no friendship with the Murong family, he had to consider what the Murong family would do if they were killed.
"No need to think about it. All the murderers are killed without mercy. Today, I will be executed at the gate of the Chen State Palace. Let's go down and prepare."
Seeing that Yang Yong had made up his mind, the two had to respond helplessly: "The last one will obey the order."
"Dong, dong, dong." The thunderous drum sounded in front of the Chen State Palace. Yang Yong, Yang Guang, Gao Ying, He Ruobi, Han Qinhu and dozens of generals were sitting in front of the square in front of the palace. On both sides of them, dozens of big drums were ringing wildly.
In the square, the troops from the east, south and north gathered together, and tens of thousands of people lined up in an orderly manner. On the periphery of the army, there were ordinary people in Jiankang City. They were half-forced to come and watch, and there were tens of thousands of people. At the outermost, there were the Sui army holding weapons.
Everyone's eyes were staring at a high platform built in the middle. Dozens of people were tied up on the platform. These people were tied up in different sizes, but they were all dressed in bright clothes. At first glance, they were either rich or noble.
It is obvious that the drum sounds were the ones who performed the execution, but the ones who performed the execution were not the Sui army that violated military discipline last night, but the captured Chen Dynasty officials. These people were all treacherous and slanderous people hated by ordinary soldiers of the Chen State and the people. Yang Yong killed them first, which naturally expressed his willingness to treat everyone equally.
The drums stopped, and dozens of executioners pushed these people to the stairs. A loud-sounding officer called out one by one with a piece of rice paper full of handwriting: Shi Wenqing, Shen Keqing, Yang Huilang, Xu Xi, Ji Hui...
All of these people were powerful people in Chen State before, but they had no ability. They only knew how to flatter and exploit the superiors. The people had long hated them. However, Chen Shubao favored these people very much. Now, although many people are still afraid of the Sui army, they are just as excited as seeing the noble people who were once escorted like dead dogs.
"The hour is here, kill!"
Chapter completed!