The farce of the school strike and market strike subsided quickly, and the large-scale operation by the New Army officers to arrest people and close stores only lasted for one day. When the fearful people hiding in their houses went out the next morning, the entire Qingzhou Prefecture had already Peace has been restored. The streets and alleys have become clean, even the garbage has been swept away, and the blood stains on the ground have been cleaned away.
If it weren't for the New Army soldiers patrolling the streets in twos and threes, many people would have thought that what happened yesterday was just a dream.
What makes local residents happy is that there is still a steady stream of vehicles entering the city at this time. These vehicles from Jimoying City, Laizhou Prefecture, are loaded with goods such as grain, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.
A waiter even shouted loudly on the roadside: "Buy food, buy food, everyone, come and buy food. This is the rice and noodles from the Wangjia grain shop in Lingshanwei Wangjiazhuang. That is the rice and noodles from the Qinglai Town Chief Military Officer." In Taishan’s grain stores, grain prices are 30% lower than before, so they are definitely high-quality and low-priced, and the goods are worth every penny!”
The people around him smiled happily when they heard the words, and spread the word to their friends one after another, and everyone flocked to buy grain and groceries.
The prefect Wang Congyi walked to the street, followed by fellow prefect Guo Mintai, general judge Han Jinchu, and a dozen government officials behind him.
At this time, the three of them saw that the market had returned to peace, and soldiers and civilians could be seen queuing up to buy food and supplies everywhere. Everyone behaved and did not dare to fight or rob. Xinjia soldiers patrolling the streets can also be seen in good order.
"Master Futai, it seems that General Liu's methods are really amazing. He stabilized the situation in one day and eradicated the opposition forces in Qingzhou Prefecture in one fell swoop. This skill is unique in Shandong!"
Wang Congyi looked at Han Jinchu who was speaking and nodded in agreement.
"Sir, where are we going now?"
"Walk."
Wang Congyi said: "Let's go to the General Military Mansion to meet General Liu. There has been chaos in the city for a while, and there must be an explanation."
Han Jinchu and Guo Mintai looked at each other, both of them were a little scared, but after thinking about it, they didn't do anything, so they nodded in agreement.
At this time, Liu Yan was arranging his subordinates in the General Military Mansion. The three commanders of Qingzhou Left Guard, Qingzhou Central Guard, and Qingzhou Right Guard were finished, which meant that these three positions were vacant.
Liu Yan directly appointed Zhang Yi, the commander of the left camp, as the commander of the left guard in Qingzhou, Wang Bo, the commander of the right camp, as the commander of the right guard in Qingzhou, and Shen Tuo, the commander of the central camp, as the commander of the central guard in Qingzhou.
"The three of you will take office today. The first thing you will do is to rectify the soldiers of the three guards of Qingzhou, eliminate the old and weak, the soldiers, and the ruffians, and integrate the available people into each battalion to make up for the vacancies in each battalion. "
"In addition, the town decided to move the Qingzhou left guard to Boxing County in the northwest, the Qingzhou central guard to Shouguang County in the northeast, and the Qingzhou right guard to Zhucheng County in the southwest. The New Army Zuoying, Zhongying, After the officers and soldiers of the right battalion rectified the original soldiers of the three guards, they set off for their respective stations."
Wang Bo, Zhang Yi and Shen Tuo took the orders.
Liu Yan continued: "Zhang Lei, the garrison officer, is fully in charge of the grain harvesting and field tax collection affairs of Qingzhou and Laizhou Prefectures. Yue Ming, the money and grain officer, and Zhao Min, the administrative officer, are fully in charge of the corresponding affairs of Qingzhou and Laizhou Prefectures."
"Commander Tian Huixu can recruit good men from various prefectures and counties in Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture as soldiers. The recruited people will be converted into military households and the corresponding farmland will be distributed. The specific matters will be discussed with Zhang Tongzhi, the officer in charge of the settlement."
"yes!"
After Liu Yan completed the personnel arrangements, he suddenly heard that Qingzhou prefect Wang Congyi, Tongzhi Guo Mintai, and Tongjian Han Jinchu were visiting. He smiled and said to his subordinates: "It seems that the prefect can't sit still."
Everyone burst into laughter.
"Okay, let's go and do our own business."
"Yes, Lord Mayor."
After a while, Wang Congyi, Guo Mintai, and Han Jinchu came to the main hall, and Liu Yan smiled and greeted the three of them to sit down.
The two parties exchanged pleasantries for a while, which can be described as a harmonious atmosphere. After complimenting each other for a long time, Wang Congyi talked about the incident in Qingzhou Mansion.
Liu Yan then took out the confessions from the surprise interrogation of Huang Mingde, Zhao Wei, Cai Yingwen, Pan Tu and other officials.
"Let's take a look, three adults. This town has mobilized people from various camps to interrogate the prisoners in prison overnight. These are the final files of all of them!"
"In addition, this town has ordered that the family property of all prisoners be transferred to the money and grain officer Yue Ming for disposal. The family members of all prisoners will be detained in the military camp for custody, waiting for disposal."
Liu Yan looked at Wang Congyi, Guo Mintai, and Han Jinchu who were frowning and looking through the case files, and continued: "I don't know if it is appropriate for this town to handle it like this. I would like to ask the three adults to consider it together."
After Wang Congyi read several case files, he said sadly: "These thieves have been favored by the court and do not want to repay, but they do such things that harm the country and the people. They are really ambitious."
He cursed for a while and then said to Liu Yan: "However, the relevant people are responsible for this incident. I wonder how the commander-in-chief is going to deal with it?"
Liu Yan said: "This incident is so serious that the town believes that all the criminals and all the case files should be transferred to the Governor's Mansion, and Governor Lu will report it to the imperial court for a joint trial and a ruling."
As for the scholars and civil servants such as Huang Mingde, Liu Yan, as the chief military officer of Qinglai Town, had no power to deal with them. The captured commanders such as Zhao Wei, Cai Yingwen, and Pan Tu also needed to report orders according to Ming law.
This time Liu Yan had achieved the result he wanted. Not only had he completely controlled the military power of Qingzhou Prefecture, but he had also dealt a heavy blow to the local forces. Now there was no need to go to the kitchen to do it for him, which would have seemed too domineering.
As for the relevant prisoners, Liu Yan was already preparing to hand them over to Wang Congyi, the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture.
Wang Congyi admired Liu Yan's attitude. At least on the surface, Liu Yan, the commander-in-chief, still respected him. Of course, the more this happened, the more Wang Congyi felt that Liu Yan was not a simple person. Knowing how to stop when enough is enough, even veteran officials who have been in officialdom for many years may not have Liu Yan's scheming skills.
Now that so many civil servants and military generals in Qingzhou Prefecture have been captured, Liu Yan will definitely take action against the squires everywhere in the future. It is expected that this matter will cause an uproar in the court.
But things have happened, and the most important thing is to deal with the aftermath. How to turn a funeral into a happy event is a challenge for the prefect Wang Congyi.
Liu Yan has already set the tone, that is, the opposition forces in Qingzhou Prefecture must be uprooted. No matter they are squires, military generals, civil servants, or scholars, as long as they oppose Liu Yan's rectification of military affairs, they will all be eliminated.
After some turmoil, at least more than 80 merchants, more than 30 gentry, and dozens of civil and military officials inside and outside Qingzhou Mansion were overthrown by Liu Yan.
Wang Congyi, Guo Mintai, and Han Jinchu had calculated on the way here that after Liu Yan confiscated these people's properties, he would be able to seize at least hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land and more than one million taels of wealth!
Although the three of them did not occupy the farmland of the military households, it did not mean that the three of them were not greedy for money, so they also expressed their desire to share the profits in their words.
Liu Yan smiled and immediately expressed his willingness to pay all the taxes payable by Qingzhou Mansion for the next five years. In addition, Liu Yan also gave Wang Congyi, Guo Mintai, and Han Jinchu each a large gift. The specific amount was enough to make the three of them very happy.
As a result, the two parties reached an agreement: Liu Yan would continue to arrange the personnel arrangements for the garrison and related officials in Qingzhou Prefecture, Wang Congyi would be responsible for reporting the rebellion to the court, and Guo Mintai and Han Jinchu would fully cooperate with Liu Yan's new policy matters.
After seeing off Wang Congyi and the others, Liu Yan also began to think about future business development. With the involvement of the Chamber of Commerce, he believed that the merchants in Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture would be much more honest.
In fact, ever since Liu Yan came to this era, he has been wary of businessmen in the late Ming Dynasty. This is not only because merchants in the late Ming Dynasty generally had various bad habits such as hoarding and driving up prices. What’s more, most of the merchants at this time were circulation merchants, not production merchants of later generations, and it was difficult to create value for the entire society.
To open a factory like the businessmen of later generations, you need to recruit a large number of workers. If the scale is large, it can even solve the employment problem of tens or hundreds of thousands of people. And they produce goods and create value. At this time, merchants only maintained the circulation of goods and had the functions of acquisition and transportation.
Therefore, after Liu Yan thought about it, he also made up his mind to encourage businessmen to open factories and workshops in Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture. On the one hand, it can promote employment and enrich the people, and on the other hand, it can also increase his own strength. Only after the handicraft industry is developed, Only then can the military industry receive feedback.
As for the confiscated cultivated land, Liu Yan plans to hand it over to the garrison officer Zhang Lei. The next step is to recruit people in Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture to become military households. These cultivated lands, together with the wasteland to be reclaimed in the future, will be the rations for the new military households. Field.
The money seized will be the funds for the next stage of development.
On that day, Liu Yan and Wang Congyi jointly wrote an official document to report the causes and consequences of the incident to the Governor's Yamen and the Governor's Yamen.
At the same time, Liu Yan and Wang Congyi also went to Prince Heng's Mansion to report the incident, which was regarded as an explanation to Prince Heng Zhu Youdi.
In the Governor's Mansion, Lu Xiangsheng kept shaking his head while looking at the official document. General Lu Huaiying shouted from the side: "Liu Yan's temper and courage are really amazing! This time he defeated three commanders in one breath, as well as so many civil servants and military generals, The gentry has the courage to kill so many students and businessmen..."
Lu Huaiying didn't know how to describe it halfway through his words, and then he said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Supervisor, there will definitely be a lot of trouble when this matter comes to the court, and the Superintendent must help anyway."
Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "This matter is too big. It depends on Governor Yan. But don't worry. Judging from the current situation, no one in the court will dare to touch Liu Yan. That boy, Now even I am a bit afraid of it.”
At this point, Lu Xiangsheng looked solemn and didn't know what he was thinking of.
In the governor's office, Yan Jizu looked at the joint document and his first reaction was to be shocked. However, looking at Wang Congyi's name on the official document, Yan Jizu felt relieved. With Wang Congyi's co-sign, Liu Yan also shared a lot of firepower.
After reading the official document carefully again, Yan Jizu was even more relieved. Once he was labeled as a slave, traitor, spy, and collaborator with the enemy, who could say anything against it? The only thing that could make people sick was that Liu Yan's methods were too rough. But this is already a detail, and it makes sense given his status as a warrior.
Later, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Jizu discussed it and jointly wrote a memorial to the court, thus "ending" the chaos in Qingzhou Fucheng.
Some people died, but not completely...
