The late Qing Dynasty in history.
When the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Beijing, the city walls were too high to climb up, so the people helped build ladders.
As it turned out, the ladder was not long enough, and the people told them that the sewer at Guangqumen was not defended.
So the powers successfully captured Beijing with the help of the people.
The common people at that time not only did not resist the invasion of the great powers, but also led the way for them, transported ammunition, and even helped in the war.
The fundamental reason for this situation is that the Qing Dynasty lost the support of the people.
At first, the people were very hostile to the great powers.
But soon, the hostility disappeared.
After the foreign powers landed, in order to solve the problem of baggage supply, they began to hire local people to help with the transportation.
The people didn't believe that the great powers would give them money, so no one wanted to go.
The great powers had no choice but to hire some ruffians.
These ruffians just thought it was fun and had no intention of actually working for the great powers.
As a result, the great powers not only gave money, but also gave a lot.
You have to know that for the same work, the Qing Dynasty would be considered a favor by just providing food, let alone money.
Through word of mouth among these people, the reputation of the great powers spread.
After the people knew about this, they followed the powerful countries and sold their grain.
Unlike the Qing Dynasty who just took it and ate it, the great powers really paid money!
The Manchu Qing Dynasty had already lost the support of the people, and when compared with the great powers, it became the enemy of the people.
certainly.
The people had not expected the burning, killing and looting that would follow the entry of foreign powers into Beijing.
This is also the limitation of the peasant class.
In history, the peasant uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty and the people’s guidance in the late Qing Dynasty made Chongzhen realize that the people’s hearts are the most important!
Starting from the first year of the Tianqi reign when the Jiannu captured Shenyang, by the twenty-third year of the Chongzhen reign, the Jiannu had been operating in Liaodong for nearly thirty years!
No one knows how many traitors the Jiannu have cultivated.
Maybe there are none, maybe one or two out of ten, or maybe more.
If the Ming army indiscriminately kills innocent people with the idea of rather killing the wrong ones than letting them go, it will inevitably lose the support of the people of Liaodong.
Forced them to become spies of the Jiannu.
Otherwise, they will become helpers of the Ming army.
How to win the hearts of the people?
Just be good to the people!
Under the guidance of this idea, the Ping Liao army began to strictly enforce military discipline!
First, no killing of innocent people; second, no robbery; third, no adultery; fourth, fair trade...
The people soon felt the discipline of the Ming army.
"The military discipline of the government army is really strict. It's okay not to bargain when buying things. There are soldiers in charge of discipline patrolling the streets every day. If they find anyone violating military discipline, they will be arrested immediately!"
"Yes, compared to Jiannu, he is simply a living Bodhisattva!"
"Hey, hey, hey," a commoner pointed at a house in the distance and said to the people around him, "That family is definitely not a good family."
"How did you know that?"
"What kind of good person doesn't go out during the day?"
"That's right," another citizen nodded, "How about... let's report it to the authorities! They'll know the truth once they investigate!"
"Not only will it take time to report to the police, but the noise we make will alert the other party and he will run away."
"What should we do then?"
"If you ask me, why don't we all join forces to tie him up and send him to the authorities! If we find out that he is a spy, we can split the reward of 100 taels of silver."
"Good idea. I think it's OK."
"I think that's fine. Let's go and grab some weapons and arrest him!"
The people of Xingshan City launched a long-lasting, wide-ranging, and massive operation to catch the adulterer.
This action soon spread to Tashan City, Lianshan Post and other cities newly recovered by the Ming army.
Inside Xingshan City.
Li Laiheng reported the situation to Wang Yongji: "Your Excellency the Governor, I have captured more than a hundred suspected traitors among the more than a thousand people in Ningyuan City. After torture, fifty-seven of them confessed, while the rest refused to confess."
"The people of Xingshan City have spontaneously captured traitors in the city. So far, they have captured more than 700 people. All of them have been detained and interrogated one by one. Due to the large number of people, the progress of the interrogation is very slow."
"Well," Wang Yongji nodded and asked, "How do you want to deal with them?"
"Me?" Li Laiheng pointed his right index finger at his nose. "Does your Excellency mean that I can make the decision myself?"
"Tell me what you think first." Wang Yongji asked.
"Kill!" Li Laiheng answered simply and clearly.
"What's the reason?" Wang Yongji asked.
Li Laiheng took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with determination. "As the saying goes, kindness does not dictate military affairs, and justice does not dictate wealth. This is true for soldiers, and it is also true for the people below. There may be innocent people among them, but we don't have the time or energy to clear their suspicion. In order to ensure stability in the rear, we can only kill them!"
"But..." Li Laiheng sighed, "Killing more than 700 people at once might cause panic and chaos among the people in the city. So I think we can continue the interrogation for a while and find as many traitors as possible."
Wang Yongji shook his head slowly: "I'm afraid it's too late to interrogate them. The army is about to attack Songshan City, how can we have time to interrogate them? What's more, some spies are determined to be running dogs for the Jiannu, and they will not confess easily."
Li Laiheng sighed again and said, "Then I will just have to kill as many people as possible..."
"No hurry, His Majesty has an order!" Wang Yongji slowly took out Chongzhen's secret letter and handed it to Li Laiheng.
Li Laiheng's eyes widened after reading it. "This... This is more powerful than the Imperial Sword!"
"You'll have one day to resolve this matter completely."
"I obey your command." Li Laiheng respectfully put down the secret letter and bowed to say goodbye.
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