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Looking at the two corpses in front of him, Zhao Han sighed: "Let's bury them. The dead are the most important, and they should be buried in the earth."

"Please give me a generous burial!"

Ouyang Zheng suddenly held up his hands and said, "Loyal ministers and righteous men, don't neglect them. I'll write their epitaphs."

Zhao Han sneered: "Do you think you are noble?"

Xiao Huan couldn't help but say: "The general town cares about the world. Such loyal ministers and righteous men should be buried with honor."

"If we give them a good burial," Zhao Han pointed to the bodies of Xie Xuelong and Li Zongxue, and then pointed to the remains of the rebel army in the distance, "should all my soldiers be given a good burial? Are those with mud legs inferior to those who are officials? I said bury them. , because the dead are the most important thing, I can’t do anything like exposing corpses in the wilderness!”

Xiao Huan hesitated to speak. He had slowly figured out Zhao Han's path and knew that admonishment at this time was useless.

Zhao Han ordered: "Buy ordinary coffins for them and erect a monument in a serious way. As for anyone who doesn't like it, just spend money to find Feng Shui and move the tombs of these two and replace the monuments. I will not stop them."

"I'll pay for it!" Ouyang Zong said immediately.

"what ever."

After Zhao Han finished speaking, he walked away and came to the remains of his soldiers.

In the battle involving thousands of people, the rebels suffered over a hundred casualties, but only six people were killed, more than ten were seriously injured, and the rest were all minor injuries.

Zhao Han announced: "Burn the deceased into ashes and take them back for a good burial. Tomorrow we will send troops to attack Yongyang Town and change the Xiao Ancestral Hall there into the Heroic Soul Hall. From now on, all the soldiers who died in battle will be enshrined in the Heroic Soul Hall."

Although cremation was not mainstream in the Ming Dynasty, it was not excluded. Officials and businessmen who died in other places could have their ashes burned and taken back to their hometown for burial.

Xiao Huan's expression was a little strange. Although his hometown was not in Yongyang Town, the Xiao family there was considered to be from the same clan as him.

In Luling County, there are the most people with the surname Liu, followed by those with the surname Wang, the third with the surname Li, and the fourth with the surname Xiao.

"Do you have any opinions?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.

Xiao Huan smiled and said: "The town is joking, what can I say? Just keep the Xiao Clan Ancestral Hall, I will never be able to enter it in my life."

Zhao Han also said to other soldiers: "All the seriously injured and disabled people this time will be sent to the almshouse to do whatever work they can. Those who died in battle and have no heirs, if they encounter orphans in the future, can be raised in the almshouse and change their names to their children." They pass on the incense, and the land is given to their adopted sons!”

As soon as this statement came out, the soldiers were convinced.

Xiao Huan secretly exclaimed, praising Zhao Han's method of winning people's hearts.

If you are alive, you can get land, if you are disabled, someone will take care of you, if you are dead, you can enjoy a temple, and if you have no children, you can still pass on the incense... If you get this set up, why worry about the soldiers not dying?

Ouyang Zheng stared at Zhao Han, exclaiming in his heart: What a monster in troubled times!

"Your name is Wu Yong, right?" Zhao Han walked up to an injured soldier.

Wu Yong showed a simple and honest smile: "Back to the main town, I am Wu Yong."

Zhao Han patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him: "In the future, lead your troops well and don't rush blindly. This time, you will be granted land first, and you will continue to be a leader. Next time you will be promoted if you make meritorious services. Remember, you must learn to write, and in the future you will be able to do all the tasks above." Literate three hundred!"

"Thank you, Master Town, for showing me the fields!" Wu Yong subconsciously wanted to kneel down.

Zhao Han scolded: "Get up, soldiers are not allowed to kneel down!"

Wu Yong quickly stood up and saluted with one arm across his chest. This was a military salute invented by Zhao Han.

There are roughly four types of military salutes in the Ming Dynasty: kneeling down directly, bowing with hands, kneeling with both knees and bowing hands, and kneeling with one knee and bowing hands.

How to do it depends on each other's military positions and whether they are wearing armor. If you are wearing armor, it is not convenient to kneel down. You usually kneel on one knee, or stand and hold your hands.

Anyway, it was quite confusing. Zhao Han looked awkward and changed everything to one arm across his chest.

Zhao Han walked up to another soldier and asked, "Your name is Wang Biandan?"

"Hey, I'm Wang Biandan." This guy was very happy, but he didn't expect Mr. Zhao to still remember him.

Zhao Han encouraged: "You surrendered to the army in Baisha Town. Our territory cannot reach Baisha Town for the time being, but we can fight back one day!"

Wang Biandan was excited when he heard this and quickly stood up straight and saluted.

Seeing Zhao Han walking slowly, calling out the names of soldiers one after another, the worry on Ouyang Zheng's face became more and more serious.

This anti-thief leader is a natural general, but unfortunately he cannot be used by the court.

Zhao Han suddenly turned around: "Captain Xiao, you are responsible for the logistics and baggage. You have been very busy these two days. The confiscated warships have been brought back, which can be used to transport troops and food."

"Do you want to pay to redeem it?" Xiao Huan asked.

"From whom?" Zhao Han asked with a smile, "Those ships are all military supplies we captured. If anyone dares to ask for it, let them find the governor. If they dare not go on the road, send them to meet the governor!" "

Xiao Huan cupped his hands and said, "I understand this humble position!"

Zhao Han corrected: "Don't call yourself a lowly position, there are no lowly people in our army."

Xiao Huan immediately stood up straight and shouted loudly: "Understood!"

Xiao Huan, Fei Chun, Huang Shunde and others were as tired as gray grandchildren, counting and arranging various logistics materials, and they were in a daze for two consecutive days.

Before leaving, Zhao Han called Zhang Yin, the dead eunuch's leg is still not healed.

"Congratulations Zhang Zhenfu, you are going to recover Ji'an Fucheng." Zhao Han said with a smile.

Zhang Yin sat on the bench, bowed his head and said, "Everything depends on Mr. Zhao. From now on, I will be Mr. Zhao's dog."

"Don't talk about these useless things, do you believe this?" Zhao Han handed over a letter, "Help me pass it to the eunuch in charge of Jiangxi."

"Definitely hand it over, definitely hand it over." Zhang Yin said again and again.

According to Xiao Huan's intention, he wanted to bribe the eunuch guarding Jiangxi with a lot of money, and he also wrote a secret letter with a brilliant literary style.

Zhao Han directly changed the letter, and the content was easy to understand: You will be your eunuch, and I will be my rebel. If you send troops to Luling County, I will lead them to Nanchang Prefecture. I have withdrawn from Ji'an Fucheng, which is considered a big gift to you. You can decide whether to accept it or not.

After reading the secret letter that Zhao Han had changed, Xiao Huan couldn't laugh or cry.

But it must be admitted that threats may be more effective than bribes!

At this moment, Zhao Han got straight to the point and said: "Zhengshou Zhang, how about we draw up a territory?"

Zhang Yin asked: "How to draw the territory?"

"Xuanhua Township, Yongfu Township, Dongdu Township, and Tianxin Township, these four townships are under my jurisdiction," Zhao Han said with a smile. "The government should not come to these four townships to collect taxes. I will not be idle and attack them." Fucheng.”

There are eight townships in Luling County, and Zhao Han just took away half of them!

Zhang Yin rolled his eyes wildly and said, "I can't make the decision. It's a matter for the magistrate of Luling."

Zhao Han was very talkative: "I won't embarrass Zhang Zhenshou. You can tell the new magistrate. If the new magistrate is unwilling, just kill him and replace him."

"Haha, I will tell you, I will tell you." Zhang Yin was frightened when he heard this.

Zhao Han said: "I will leave tomorrow. We are destined to meet again."

"Goodbye, goodbye!" Zhang Yin quickly agreed with a smile. He never wanted to see Zhao Han again in his life.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, it was mid-November.

The eunuch Zhang Yin who was stationed in Ji'an recruited local soldiers to fight bravely, and finally drove the rebel Zhao Yan out of the city!

Of course, there is also the contribution of the eunuchs who guarded Jiangxi.

As for other officials, they all died heroically for the country, including the governor Xie Xuelong.

The dead man is the big one. If the eunuch bites Jie Xuelong and refuses to let go, the Donglin Party will not let it go, and it will definitely arouse public anger.

Before Zhao Han led his troops to leave the city, there were thousands of people dragging their families with them, willing to follow the rebels. Zhao Han accepted the order and promised to divide the land. Anyway, he is not short of land now.

The thieves in Xuanhua Township were running around, and they also took away a large number of Yongfu Township, leaving a large area of ​​unclaimed land that was just short of people to resettle and cultivate.

The land allocation policy has been adjusted. Those who are over 12 years old, regardless of gender, can each be allocated three acres of land (based on medium-sized land).

If you still want to divide the land, you have to make meritorious deeds. It does not have to be military merit, civilian personnel can also receive merit points, and ordinary villagers can also receive merit points for doing official work.

This approach cannot last long, and there will definitely be no land left in the future, but it is very suitable at this stage.

Moreover, there is an upper limit on the number of individual fields. If the limit is exceeded, other rewards will be given, such as money, food, official positions, etc.

As soon as Zhao Han's fleet entered Helu River from Ganjiang River, they ran into Li Banghua's boat.

"Seize the ship and arrest the people!" Zhao Han immediately ordered.

Xiao Huan asked: "Didn't the headquarter say that merchant ships would not be robbed?"

Zhao Han laughed and said: "That's a crappy merchant ship. It's so shallow that you're not afraid of losing money?"

However, when Li Banghua heard that Jie Xuelong's entire army had been wiped out, he asked Xiang Yong to disband on the spot. Because those local warriors were recruited nearby, Li Banghua only had more than 30 disciples.

Today, there are still more than 20 soldiers of Li Banghua's disciples. They all took a large ship to go home and took off their flags to disguise themselves as merchant ships.

Li Shangshu is indeed very talented, but he forgot about the waterline of merchant ships. He should get some stones to ballast them.

Zhao Han has been living in Qianshan Hekou Town for several years and has seen countless merchant ships coming and going. A merchant ship with such a shallow draft will definitely lose money to his grandma's family.

So suspicious!

Li Banghua was surrounded by people, but he was still flexible and humbly said: "This military master is a merchant from Yongxin County, and he is going to Ji'an to purchase goods."

Zhao Han boarded the ship with his soldiers and asked, "What is your business?"

"Buying and selling some paper products." Li Banghua is very familiar with all kinds of paper. After all, he is a literati.

Zhao Han asked: "You just go to buy goods with an empty ship?"

Li Banghua suddenly realized that he had exposed his secret. In fact, it was not an empty ship. There were still a few stones of food in the cabin.

"Catch him!" Zhao Han ordered.

Li Banghua had no weapons on him, and his soldiers were hiding in the cabin. He had only two nephews around him. He was captured by the rebels in an instant.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Tell me, where are you from?"

Li Banghua remained silent.

Xiao Huan got on the boat quite excitedly: "Headquarters, this is Mr. Li Meng'an, the former Secretary of the Ministry of War." After saying that, Xiao Huan bowed respectfully and said, "I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Meng An!"

Li Banghua said nothing and just stood there waiting for death. He didn't even bother to scold the rebels.

Zhao Han didn't know much about Li Banghua and asked, "How is this person?"

Xiao Huan replied: "The talents of the country are the ministers of the country."

"Then come back with me," Zhao Han said with a smile. "Let the other people on the ship go and let them go home to report. Just say that Mr. Li was invited by me to be my guest."

This unexpected gain is simply inexplicable.

(From now until the beginning of next month, the double monthly pass for rewards is only valid from 8:00 to 24:00. Rewards in the middle of the night do not count as the double monthly pass.)