This night, the night wind was very windy and very cold.
In the commander's yamen, Liu Yan once again invited Shen Jiuwei and a dozen other gentry. They all sat at three tables and had a good time.
Just the night before yesterday, outside the Lingshan Acropolis, a large car shop was burned down by fire. It is said that after the fire was extinguished, Mr. Qian Miao Shao led people to drag out several charred corpses from the ruins. After the news was passed back to the commander's Yamen, conduct Official Liu Yan "went into a rage".
When Shen Jiuwei saw that Liu Yan hadn't come over yet and that all the people present were his own, he proudly whispered to the gentry around him: "Hu Qianhu has already obtained the account book. He sent someone to tell me that it has been Destroy the account books. You also go back and suppress those mud-legged people. Now that Master Cheng has neither physical evidence nor witness, what can you do to me?"
Everyone laughed and praised Shen Jiuwei for his clever methods.
At this moment, everyone heard the clanging sound of armor leaves and looked out the door. They saw Liu Yan striding over wearing armor. Behind him, Mr. Qian Miao Shao also wore heavy armor. Although the two of them did not bring any They were armed with soldiers and horses, but they walked vigorously and with extraordinary momentum. Shen Jiuwei and other gentry were shocked when they saw him.
"Haha, I've met Mr. Conduct."
Shen Jiuwei stood up and saluted, and everyone else also clasped their fists and said hello.
When Liu Yan saw that everyone had arrived, he sat directly at the main seat and then asked everyone to sit down.
Liu Yan's eyes swept across the crowd, and finally stopped on Shen Jiuwei, and said: "I brought Member Shen and all of you here today because I want to discuss the military camp with you again."
Shen Jiuwei said with a smile: "Didn't I already talk about this a few days ago? Does your Excellency have other ideas?"
Liu Yan ignored Shen Jiuwei and continued to talk to himself: "Since Emperor Taizu established the guard station system, military camps have always been divided into two parts for garrison and eight parts for farmland. It is the responsibility of the common people of the military household and the officers and soldiers of the guard station." The basis for survival! But now, most of these cultivated lands have been annexed by others, military households and civilians everywhere have been displaced, soldiers from various ministries and guards have fled seriously, and the guard system of our Ming Dynasty has ceased to exist in name only!"
Shen Jiuwei frowned. Liu Yan came up and said these big principles. It was obvious that he was still unwilling to accept it and wanted to continue to promote military settlements, so he said: "Since the Lord said so, then who is annexing the military households?" Farming land? Sir, do you have evidence!"
Liu Yan glanced at Shen Jiuwei coldly, and then with a wave of his hand, Miao Shao took out the account book. Liu Yan slammed the account book on the table and said, "If Mr. Shen wants evidence, I will give you the evidence!"
Seeing this, Shen Jiuwei hurriedly picked it up and flipped through it. After reading only a few pages, his face turned pale and he murmured: "Hu Qianhu..."
Liu Yan said coldly: "Hu Youxiang has confessed everything. Now Xu Ming, the commander-in-chief of our army, is leading his department to arrest the officials of the Lingshan Guard who have occupied the land of the military camp!"
"ah!"
Now Shen Jiuwei and other gentry could not sit still. Liu Yan was clearly going to fall out with everyone today.
Shen Jiuwei said: "My lord, by acting like this, aren't you afraid of accumulating too much grudges?"
Liu Yan sneered and said: "What a good Lingshan Guard, but you colluded with each other to make it like this. Those who should be captured cannot be captured. Now, why can't I still touch those who should be killed and captured?"
"you!"
Hearing this, Shen Jiuwei's legs suddenly softened and he sat back on the chair. Before he could speak, Liu Yan said loudly: "Today, I will not only arrest those corrupt officials, but I will also seize the land occupied by you evil gentry. Take them all back!"
"Not only have you invaded the cultivated land of military households in various places, but you have also used your family members to pretend to be fleeing military households, using this method to offset taxes. This is an outrageous act!"
The rest of the gentry were already panicking, but Shen Jiuwei still spoke harshly and said, "It's unreasonable for Master Cheng to punish us for offending us based only on a so-called account book. If this matter reaches Jimo Camp, or even If we go to the General Military Mansion, I’m afraid it won’t be easy for Mr. Conduct to explain!”
"We have Lord Cheng's Shangguan to make the decision, and there are many wealthy families who support us. Lord Cheng's attempt to establish his authority through military affairs may not work."
The more Shen Jiuwei talked, the more confident he became, and he said, "Master Chengshou, what do you want to do when you set out this table of food and wine tonight, and what can you do!"
Liu Yan laughed and said, "Good question!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Miao Shao, who was standing behind, drew his knife in his hand, grabbed Shen Jiuwei's hair, pulled it back hard, and then touched his neck with the steel knife, causing blood to spurt out.
Shen Jiuwei never thought before he died that Liu Yan would dare to kill someone directly. His eyes showed an impossible look, and he fell to the ground on his back. He twitched a few times and then lost his life.
The other dozen or so gentry had seen this kind of scene, and they immediately became a mess.
"Kill people!"
"How can this be so, how can this be so!"
"Run away!"
The dozen or so gentry all rushed toward the door on hands and knees, but they met a group of new army soldiers and were immediately blocked inside the door.
"ah!"
"Don't kill me, I'll give you money!"
"Help, ah!"
The officers and soldiers of the new army were originally from various military households, and they had long hated these gentry. At this time, they drew their swords and slashed at them. Blood splattered everywhere in the Nuan Pavilion, like a slaughterhouse. Those wealthy gentry who used to be superior were now like pigs and dogs, being slaughtered by others without any power to fight back.
Liu Yan looked at the bloody scene in front of him, but the anger in his heart still did not dissipate. The two gentry who had been slashed rushed over to save Liu Yan's legs, and loudly begged for mercy and help.
Liu Yan didn't look at it, but said loudly: "The world is corrupt now, and people who can't survive in various places are turning to thieves. Why? It's all because of constant natural and man-made disasters, and the people are hungry and struggling to survive!"
"The people are hungry because there is no land to cultivate. Where are the millions of cultivated lands in the world? They have all been robbed by evil gentry like you and occupied by powerful people in the world!"
"It is said that the world belongs to those who win the hearts of the people. Do you know what the hearts of the people are? The hearts of the people are food, the land that can keep the people alive! It is the endless source of soldiers!"
Liu Yan vigorously kicked away the two gentry who were trying to save his legs, and then continued to speak loudly: "It is because of you who are causing trouble in this place that the number of thieves and bandits in the world has become bigger and bigger, so that the world has become corrupt. But our officials and soldiers in the imperial court have no soldiers." There is no food available for conquest! This is why, in today's world, the imperial court is getting weaker and weaker with each war, so that the building will collapse, but the bandits are getting stronger and stronger with each war, and the world is in chaos, allowing Dongnu to march straight into all directions!"
Just as he was talking, a gentry ran over covered in blood and wanted to beg for mercy. Liu Yan pulled out the Yanling knife and slashed the head of the owl directly. Liu Yan also kicked the headless corpse out of the Nuan Pavilion. In the cold night Hot blood sprayed in the wind.
"You can tell yourselves whether you deserve to die and whether I should kill you!"
A dozen gentry were killed in a blink of an eye. At this time, Nuange was like a Shura field, with more than a dozen corpses spread out on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.
Miao Shao led his men to check one by one and after confirming that everyone was dead, he returned to Liu Yan.
At this time, Liu Yan took a deep breath, and the anger in his chest subsided for a while, and said: "Immediately lead your troops to the homes of these gentry to inspect, and seize all their wealth, population, and contracts. All money, food and supplies will be transported to the military camp for hoarding. All family members are sent to jail!"
"Got the order!"
That night, the entire Lingshan Acropolis was in chaos. The streets and alleys were filled with soldiers of the New Army wearing helmets and carrying armor. The roar of bird guns could be heard from time to time in the night. This was from the homes of officials or gentry everywhere. The servants resisted, but without exception they were all shot to death by the new army's gunners.
At this time, Qianzong Wang Bo and Qianzong Zhang Yi had already led their troops to blockade the Lingshan Acropolis, and the families of the gentry and officials everywhere were unable to fly. Qianzong Miao Shao led his troops to raid the homes of the gentry, Qianzong Xu Ming led his troops to raid the homes of officials in various places, Qianzong Shen Tuo led his troops to guard the commander's Yamen and the military barracks in the city.
All his subordinates were already busy, while Liu Yan sat quietly in the courtyard of the commander's yamen, letting the night wind blow on him.
At this time, Wang Yunhe came over, accompanied by Shang Shan and Ruoshui. The three of them had heard the fighting in Nuange before, and now everyone knew what was going on in the city. None of the three looked very good-looking.
Liu Yan turned around and saw the three of them, with a smile on his face and said, "I just started killing people at Lingshan Acropolis. Isn't it too cruel?"
Wang Yunhe said: "But my husband's move can save the lives of thousands of military households. Although this move is bloody, it is also an act of the wrath of the Bodhisattva. It is those gentry and corrupt officials who brought their own death!"
Liu Yan laughed, hugged Wang Yunhe, and said, "I feel so relieved to have a wife like this!"
Seeing this, Shang Shan and Ruoshui on the side also blushed and glared at Liu Yan angrily.
After a while, Wang Yunhe pushed Liu Yan away and said, "We just don't trust you, husband. It's okay now. Let's go back and rest first."
After saying that, Wang Yunhe and the other three returned to the backyard, and Liu Yan was in a much better mood.
At this time, the noise outside gradually quieted down. Liu Yan sat in the yard for a while, and then Miao Shao and Xu Ming walked in one after another.
"Your Excellency, my subordinates led their troops to search the residences of Hu Youxiang and other eighteen people from a thousand households. They found a total of more than 439,700 taels of dirty silver, 7,152 taels of gold, and silk and satin. Eight hundred and seventy-three horses, more than 56,800 days of grain, and the rest of the wealth is useless!"
Xu Ming then handed the registered account book to Liu Yan and continued: "Now the soldiers of the cavalry battalion are transferring these seizures to the military camp and delivering them to General Shen Qian. In addition, the subordinates arrested Hu Youxiang and other eighteen corrupt officials. There were 511 people in total including their family members. Since the prison in the city could not accommodate these people, my subordinates gathered them all at Hu Youxiang’s home for centralized custody.”
"Ah, very good!"
Then Miao Shao clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, my subordinates have seized more than 798,400 taels of silver, 53,152 taels of gold, and 66 taels of grain from the homes of seventeen gentry including Shen Jiuwei. There are more than 185,000 deniers, and a large amount of silk, silk and other property, but the specific number has not yet been calculated."
"In addition, these seventeen gentry families have 380,000 acres of cultivated land in various parts of Lingshanwei, and my subordinates have obtained all the land deeds."
"so much!"
Liu Yan originally wanted to capture all the more than 20 largest gentry in Lingshan Guard, but some of them were timid and secretly agreed to sell farmland to Liu Yan at a low price in advance. This time he escaped.
Therefore, Liu Yan expected that the amount of cultivated land seized would be less. After all, when he originally sent people to secretly investigate, Shen Jiuwei and others occupied more than 100,000 acres of cultivated land in military villages, but he did not expect that 380,000 acres of cultivated land had been seized now. The title deed! m.
Miao Shao explained: "Sir, in order to evade taxes, Shen Jiuwei and others still put some cultivated land in the names of those military households. The fish scale yellow books on our Lingshan Guard side have not been modified and are still owned by the original military households. Bear the taxes. But in fact, those cultivated lands have long been in the hands of Shen Jiuwei and other gentry, so we can't find it."
Liu Yan said coldly: "It can be seen that these moths deserve to die!"
Some people died, but not completely...
