Chapter 581 Aftermath

While this drama was taking place in the Nanhai Restaurant in Danzhou City, more than 500 armed personnel from the Haihan militia, police and security departments deployed inside and outside Danzhou were also launching joint operations to arrest lurking rebels inside and outside the city.

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This time the rebellion plan planned by Huang Zixing, Zhao Ye and others, in addition to the more than ten people who sneaked into Nanhai Restaurant to carry out the assassination mission, there are also more than a hundred people lurking in various places in the city. Once Nanhai Restaurant succeeds, these people will

They will attack in all directions, causing chaos in the city, and at the same time help their accomplices outside the city enter the city.

Although the plan was well made, it is a pity that when these people entered the city in batches, they were already monitored by the relevant departments of Haihan. Although the professional manpower used to perform surveillance tasks was relatively tight, fortunately these people entered the city.

After that, in order not to expose their whereabouts, they basically stayed in several major temporary strongholds. Before today, it did not put too much pressure on the security department. When the arrest was carried out today, it was relatively

It's easier.

No matter how much trouble is made in the city, as long as a few city gates are closed, the rebels will not be able to escape. The more difficult thing is the arrest operation outside the city. Due to the relatively limited local military strength, it is impossible to conduct large-scale operations in the wild.

In rounding up, the main method that can be adopted is to conduct concentrated raids on the strongholds where the insurgents may be hiding, and try to reduce the scope of their activities as much as possible.

After the Ministry of Security received the exact information about Zhao Ye's whereabouts, Lin Nan contacted the military and asked them to launch a roundup of the Zhongming Academy area. The military immediately moved to the area stationed near the east gate, a short distance away from Zhongming Academy.

The nearest company led by Yu Tiezhu issued the order.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the troops led by Yu Tiezhu did not station outside the city in advance. Fortunately, the location of Zhongming Academy was not too far away. It was only a few miles away. After receiving the order, Yu Tiezhu immediately organized the army and set off.

, rushed to Zhongming Academy for arrest.

Arriving outside the gate of Zhongming Academy, several militiamen rushed forward and kicked open the gate of the academy. The administrators in the academy heard the sound and came out to inquire. Yu Tiezhu loudly announced: "Now the Danzhou Management Committee and the Danzhou Administrative Committee

The Zhouzhou Yamen issued an order to capture the remnants of pirates who had sneaked into Zhongming Academy. Everyone in the academy immediately came out to gather for inspection. Anyone who disobeys will be treated as an accomplice of the pirates! Anyone who resists the law with force will be shot without mercy!"

Hundreds of militiamen swarmed in, then entered the east and west courtyards of the academy to conduct searches, and drove all the people in the academy to the middle courtyard to gather. There were not many people left in Zhongming Academy, and today Huang Zixing led the team into the city for a banquet

, there were seven more people missing here, and there were only about ten people left in the academy. Yu Tiezhu didn't recognize the target's face, so he asked the steward to quickly get the academy's roster and call the names one by one according to the roster.

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After combing through it like this, no one was found who was not on the roster. According to the records on the roster, except for Zhang Qianzhi, the latest student to enroll was half a year ago. Zhao Ye had obviously not come here at that time. Yu

Tiezhu thought that either Zhao Ye had impersonated someone else, or that he was not among these people, and if it was the latter possibility, then this guy had probably escaped.

Yu Tiezhu did not dare to be careless, so he sent people back to the city to ask Zhang Qianzhi, the only person who recognized Zhao Ye's appearance, to come and identify him. At the same time, he separated two platoons of soldiers and immediately conducted a search in the nearby mountains and forests.

It was already an hour after Zhang Qianzhi received the news and rushed to Zhongming Academy from the city. After he hurriedly looked at the people under temporary house arrest in the academy, he immediately shook his head and said: "Zhao Ye is not here.

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Yu Tiezhu said anxiously: "If this guy runs away, it will be difficult to catch him again!"

"No problem, let's block the nearby main roads first and arrest his accomplices." Zhang Qianzhi said: "I will go to the study to draw his appearance, and then ask the cavalry to send it to nearby states and counties to post it as a pirate accomplice.

There is a reward for the crime! Even if we can't catch him for a while, we must make him afraid to go to Qiongbei's city for supplies easily. Let's see how long he can stay in the wilderness."

Although Zhang Qianzhi said it lightly, he also knew that a large part of the reason why the Ministry of Security set up such a big plan this time was to capture this senior Jinyiwei official who was lurking in Qiongbei. And this guy's moral character is obviously not shallow.

, did not choose to wait for the result in Zhongming Academy, but left here in advance and hid. Obviously, this guy probably also considered the possibility of failed assassination and the possible consequences-as long as Huang Zixing and others recruit him.

The main envoy is hiding in Zhongming Academy, and his captors will probably be here soon. Waiting for news here is like sitting back and waiting for death.

If this guy escapes into the nearby mountains and forests, with the existing military strength of Haihan, it is indeed impossible to organize a large-scale wild manhunt. It is almost impossible to catch him in a short time. For this reason,

They can only control the various traffic arteries in Qiongbei first and strengthen the entry and exit inspections of each city. No matter how capable the Jinyiwei is, without supplies and the cooperation of his friends, it will be difficult to make a big splash.

The large-scale arrest operation lasted for five days in Danzhou, and a total of more than 170 rebels were captured. During the operation, more than a dozen people were directly killed for resisting arrest. The underground network headed by Huang Zixing was

After being uprooted, nearly a thousand people were implicated. These people were all gathered together and will soon be sent to the Haihan stronghold in Nanyang for colonization. Fortunately, due to adequate preparation and effective command, during the entire arrest process

, there were no casualties on the Haihan side, only a few people were slightly injured, and the losses were minimal.

At the same time, in Qiongzhou Fucheng, as well as in Chengmai and Lingao counties in northern Qiongzhou, a campaign against rebels was also launched. After this battle, the anti-Hai-Han forces in Qiongbei were almost wiped out.

On March 15, the Danzhou Administrative Committee held Danzhou's first public trial and sentencing meeting outside the Administrative Committee in the north of the city. More than 3,000 local people attended the meeting. In order to achieve a sufficient publicity effect, the Danzhou Administrative Committee

The committee also specially used loudspeakers sent from Sanya for relaxation. Almost half of Danzhou City could clearly hear the entire process of the trial.

Huang Zixing, the head of Danzhou Zhongming Academy, and three other former officers of the Ming Dynasty Guards became the principal offenders in this trial. They were accused of colluding with pirates, concealing weapons, gathering to cause trouble, arson, and assassinating officials. The evidence was very clear.

Conclusive. Especially during the trial of Huang Zixing, there were hundreds of witnesses who were willing to appear in court to testify against him. Most of them were guests at the Nanhai Restaurant who witnessed the entire incident that day.

However, there were also a few tainted witnesses. In order to save their lives, several people who were responsible for arson in the restaurant together with Zhang Qianzhi that day also turned against Huang Zixing and accused Huang Zixing of planning and directing the operation. This almost confirmed Huang Zixing's charges.

The fact that he didn't collude with pirates was already a minor issue. Just assassinating officials was enough to make him lose his head.

The final verdict was basically under Haihan's control. A total of seven rebels who had committed "heinous crimes" were sentenced to death, more than 100 people were sentenced to hard labor ranging from six months to ten years, and more than 700 people were sentenced to hard labor.

Because their relatives, teachers and students were implicated, they were sentenced to be exiled overseas for cultivation. Most of these exiled people were innocent disasters, but for the sake of the stability of the local situation, the management committee decided to clean up all these unstable factors——

Anyway, several new strongholds in Nanyang also need to move a large number of working people, and it is just right to transport these people there for colonization.

Naturally, there was not much opposition from the public to such a sentence. After all, almost all the stakeholders of these prisoners were sentenced to exile. The bystanders looked at the trial with the mentality of watching the excitement. Moreover, the management committee's

This approach is indeed to maintain local stability, and this general principle is completely in line with the interests of the local people.

In the afternoon of that day, several prisoners sentenced to death were executed at a cemetery outside Danzhou City. The number of people who came to watch the excitement was no less than the number of people who watched the public trial in the morning. Thousands of people witnessed the execution.

Witnessing the Haihan-style execution method, after a burst of gunfire, a row of people kneeling on the ground fell straight to the ground. Then the policeman came forward to conduct an autopsy and announced that the execution was complete.

Danzhou Zhizhou Yan Mingjun and General Li Jin also "supervised" the entire trial and execution process that day. They now also know very well that their positions in Danzhou are not rulers who influence local military and political affairs, but assist Haihan to maintain

Mascots that have a peaceful relationship with the Ming Dynasty. They appear on major occasions to show that this place still belongs to the Ming Dynasty, but the actual management of the local area is entirely controlled by Haihan.

Yan Mingjun now understands what others said at the time that it would be easy to be an official on Qiongzhou Island. In the ten years since he entered the official career, he has never been so idle during his tenure. He doesn't even do anything every day, and he doesn't have any official documents.

He was required to check and sign, plant flowers and plants at home, write articles, or go for a stroll in the city. The time passed quickly, and with such leisure, he could still receive so-called "office funds" from Haihan people every month.

”, the amount is indeed much more than the salary he can get from the court.

Of course, there are still some things that make Yan Mingjun feel uncomfortable occasionally. For example, work reports that are regularly submitted to the Guangdong government and the court must be reviewed and approved by the Haihan people before they can be sent away. And such reports cannot be sent away.

The content and general direction are almost all specified by the Haihan people. Yan Mingjun can at most have a little room to use words and sentences.

In addition, Yan Mingjun's scope of action is also limited to within five miles of Danzhou City. To leave this range, you must first apply to the Administrative Committee for registration, and it is strictly prohibited to go to sea privately. The reason given by the Administrative Committee is that

To ensure his personal safety, Yan Mingjun knew very well that the Haihan people just didn't want him to escape their monitoring range.

In comparison, Li Jin's life is much better and more fulfilling than Yan Mingjun's. His current schedule is almost all around the Hai Han Militia, and he must go to the city to watch the Hai Han Militia's training every morning.

, I would have a meal with the officers of the militia at noon, and then continue in the afternoon, and occasionally discuss some military theory issues with the people of the militia.

In front of this group of militia officers who are armed to the teeth, the only thing Li Jin can be proud of is probably the kung fu he has learned. He has been practicing single-sword sword skills since he was a child. Almost no one in Haihan can compete with him.

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But Wang Tom's words quickly shattered the little confidence he had built up with great difficulty: "General Li's sword skills are indeed very powerful, but if you are fighting against us, it really won't have much effect. You

It takes more than ten or twenty years to master such sword skills, during which time you have to work hard. However, it only takes seven days at the shortest and only one month at the longest. As long as the gun in his hand is loaded with ammunition,

It is possible to kill a master like you who has practiced hard for many years on the battlefield from a distance of dozens of feet."

Li Jin didn't know this. After all, it had been a long time since the Ming army began to equip firearms on a large scale. However, the Ming army's musketry troops were indeed far from the Haihan militia in terms of equipment level and combat capabilities. Wang Tom said

The logic mentioned only applies to the special case of the Haihan Militia.

Li Jin is a straight-tempered person. After he realized the strength gap between the two sides, he tried every means to inquire from Officer Haihan, trying to find a way to narrow the strength gap between the two sides, but he seemed to be unable to get in. Until one day Zhang Xin came to the militia.

While handling official business, he asked Zhang Xin casually, and the other person's words opened his heart.

"It looks very complicated, but it sounds very simple. It's nothing more than money." Zhang Xin explained: "Our cost to train a soldier with the same armed force is about seven or eight times that of the Ming Dynasty. To put it into perspective, the Haihan Militia is

The combat effectiveness of an army built with money will naturally not be bad."

Li Jin asked in confusion: "The Haihan militia is not equipped with armor, and the cost of weapons is cheaper than that of the Ming Dynasty. How do you understand Director Zhang's words?"

Zhang Xinying said: "We are different from the Ming Dynasty. We follow the route of elite soldiers, and the soldiers who serve are all professional soldiers, rather than peasant soldiers like the Ming Dynasty who farmed and fought during the war. We need to invest a lot of resources in peacetime to maintain the troops.

Combat effectiveness. These days, you have also seen how much we invest in the combat training of the militia. The monthly live ammunition expenditure alone is no less than fighting a small-scale battle. You have also tried the food of the militia.

, it should be much better than the Ming army, right?"

Li Jin nodded and said: "Being a soldier in the militia has higher wages and better treatment than the Ming Dynasty. This is indeed nothing to say. But how can you support such a huge investment?"

"The investment is huge, and the benefits are huge! Our army is not just for free food." Zhang Xin patted Li Jin on the shoulder and said, "You probably won't understand if I tell you this now, but you will understand if you wait a little longer.

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