In mid-September, Taiyuan Fucheng
Taiyuan Fucheng and Yangqu County are in the same city. At this time, Li Jiwen and Jia Hongyu were sitting opposite each other in the magistrate's yamen. After more than ten days of busy work, the two of them had already mastered the situation in Shanxi.
"Then, let's do it!"
Li Jiwen nodded and said coldly: "Let's do it!"
Originally, Li Jiwen still had a sense of luck, believing that as long as he implemented the strategy of killing one to serve as a warning to hundreds of people in Shanxi, he could implement the New Deal and military reform policies throughout Shanxi as soon as possible.
But reality gave Li Jiwen a resounding "slap".
According to the inspection team, the Ninth Army's refusal to collect goods at night, and the mutual confirmation of the information from the Ministry of Military Intelligence, Shanxi is completely rotten to the core. Civil servants everywhere are corrupt and perverting the law. No one implements the New Deal or provides relief to the people. Instead, the government allocates funds to the government. All the money and food used to implement the New Deal was divided up.
The same was true for military generals from all over the country. They divided up the money and food allocated by the imperial court for military reform, and then used it all to expand their own servants and soldiers. At the same time, they continued to occupy land and ignored the imperial decree on military reform.
As for the tycoons in various places, they are even more despicable. They bully the people, rob property, even force good people into prostitution, kill people and buy goods, which are all common.
So Li Jiwen and Jia Hongyu decided that Shanxi's problems could no longer be solved by rectification, and they had to be baptized with blood!
Li Jiwen said: "Tomorrow, each team of the inspection team will set off from Taiyuan City to Pingyang Prefecture, Zezhou, Lu'an Prefecture, Qinzhou, Liaozhou, Fenzhou and other places. The officers and soldiers of the Ninth Army should also set off together."
Jia Hongyu nodded and said: "This town has issued an order and issued it to all the soldiers.
After receiving the order, as long as the situation permits, you can take action directly! "
"Well, that's all."
Early the next morning, officers and soldiers from various departments of the Ninth Army of the National Defense Force, as well as various departments of the inspection team, went to various parts of Shanxi to implement the New Deal and military reform policies on the ground.
Fenzhou.
Wei Dong, the staff general of the left battalion of the Ninth Army, led a group of generals to station in Fenzhou City. The magistrates and other officials here rushed outside the city to greet him. Several civilian officials from the inspection team also stationed here with Wei Dong.
After everyone arrived at the state government office, Wei Dong handed over the implementation of the new policy to a few civil servants in the inspection team. Na Zhizhou and other civil servants naturally did not dare to neglect them, even if they were unwilling to do so. At this time, they were facing a large number of national defense troops wearing helmets and carrying armor. The soldiers can only accept their fate and cooperate.
But the very next day, Weidong received news that at Jinsuoguan in the north of Fenzhou City, a powerful man who had occupied Guancheng appeared. A soldier of a banner of the National Defense Force who went to Jinsuoguan to inspect the farmland of the army, He was stopped abruptly outside the customs!
Wei Dong was furious after hearing the news, and immediately led a total of more than a thousand soldiers to Jinsuoguan. At the same time, Weidong also brought the general judge of Fenzhou with him for questioning.
Outside Guancheng, Wei Dong looked at the large group of private soldiers gathered at the gate of Guancheng and asked the judge: "Who are those people?"
The judge said respectfully: "General Qi, that man's name is Kang Yumin. He was originally a powerful man in the Jinsuoguan area. His family is quite wealthy, and there are many children in the clan, with hundreds of people gathered."
"Originally when the bandits occupied Shanxi, Kang Yumin entangled his subordinates to occupy Jinsuoguan, occupied all the cultivated land of the people in the surrounding villages, and took refuge with the bandits, and got involved with an official who was in charge of the brigade.
job. "
"Later, the main force of the bandits was annihilated by Mr. Ge. Then Kang Yumin suddenly changed his mind and immediately announced that he was going to quit. However, he still occupied Jinsuoguan and exploited the surrounding people as before."
Wei Dong frowned and asked, "Jinsuoguan is so close to Taiyuan City, so you don't care?"
"Oh, General, you are so enlightened!"
The judge said: "There are not many soldiers and horses left in Shanxi. Taiyuan City, including the government officials, cannot gather fifty people. How can we control such a powerful man as Kang Yumin!"
Wei Dong frowned slightly, and then said coldly: "In this case, there is no reason to argue, just destroy it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Dong waved his hand. More than a thousand soldiers of the Ninth Army had formed a horizontal formation. Three rows of large horizontal formations were advancing mightily. All the gunners had bayonets fixed, and the artillery flags were in front. Pushing more than 40 artillery pieces forward, the flag was not collected at night and followed Wei Dong. The health flag and baggage flag were also on standby beside Wei Dong.
Ahead, Kang Yumin was still thinking about making excuses with the officers and soldiers in front of him. It would be best to reach some kind of agreement so that he could continue to dominate the Jinsuoguan area.
Anyway, isn't that the case for all soldiers and generals in the imperial court? As long as they are given enough benefits, they can cover up anything and avoid the risk of fighting with swords.
But what made Kang Yumin incredible was that the army of more than a thousand people in front did not negotiate with him at all, but pressed directly over. It seemed that they were going to fight directly!
"Damn it, who is this general who is leading the army? He is so stunned!"
Kang Yumin hurriedly ordered to enter the pass and prepared to lead hundreds of troops to defend it.
Guancheng, and at the same time sent people to the mansion in Guancheng to pack up their belongings and prepare to escape from the north gate.
boom!
But before these hundreds of troops entered the gate, the artillery flag was fired. More than forty French cannons aimed at the gate of the gate and fired fiercely. The hundreds of people suddenly became living targets, and only one salvo was fired. He directly took away hundreds of people. Kang Yumin was completely frightened by this scene. His body was covered with blood and he rushed into Guancheng in horror.
boom!
There was another round of shelling, and there were not many powerful soldiers and horses left outside Jinsuo Pass. Even the gate was directly smashed by a cannonball.
Upon seeing this, Wei Dong immediately ordered the army to rush in.
Thousands of bird gunners stepped forward in formation, paused a few dozen steps away from Jinsuoguan, and started firing volleys at the top of the city.
At this time, dozens of powerful soldiers on the city were shot dead, and there was no one left on the city.
"Into the customs!"
"kill!"
Dozens of grenadiers rushed to the front, and thunderous explosions occurred one after another in Jinsuo Pass. Then the gunmen who rushed into Guancheng opened fire one after another. Kang Yumin and his soldiers were killed and injured, and they were completely unable to parry.
This fierce battle only lasted less than a stick of incense, and Tong San was stunned. Even though he knew that the National Defense Forces had superior strength and knew that the National Defense Forces were elite, he never expected that this battle would be so devastating. It was a complete massacre!
"General, general, general, mighty, mighty!"
Wei Dong ignored the compliment from the judge, and then rode his horse and led his troops into the pass. At this time, the Jinsuo Pass was full of corpses and smoke filled the air.
Wei Dong frowned slightly and asked the soldiers in each department if they had found the leader of the thief, and then some soldiers escorted Kang Yumin to the front.
"This general, we
If you have something to say, say it well and never do it! "
Wei Dong sneered and said, "Speak well? Okay!"
"How about you return all the occupied farmland, make up for the taxes owed to the court over the years, and compensate the surrounding people for their losses over the years? Then I will arrest you and imprison you, and then punish you according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty."
Kang Yumin looked ferocious when he heard this, and said angrily: "In this case, you might as well kill me!"
Wei Dong said coldly: "That's it, as you wish!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Dong hacked Kang Yumin to death, and then said to the soldiers on the left and right: "Conquer the Kang family immediately and destroy the whole family!"
"Destroy the whole family?"
Tong Sanzhan's eyes widened in fear. Wei Dong looked over and said coldly: "This beast betrayed the country, oppressed the people, and deserved the destruction of the family. Sir Tong San will not have any objections, right?"
"No, no, I have no objection, I have no objection!"
On that day, in Jinsuo Pass, a large number of soldiers of the Ninth Army of the National Defense Force rushed into the Kang family's mansion, beheaded all the more than 100 people in the mansion, old and young, and then took out a large amount of property. After preliminary counting, there were more than 140,000 taels of silver, eight More than ten thousand stones of grain were seized, as well as other properties, land deeds, silks, jewelry and jade, etc., which have not yet been counted.
When Wei Dong saw this, he said coldly: "Register them all and report them to the town for notification!"
"yes!"
At the same time, in Xiwei, Taiyuan Prefecture, Qi Haiwei, the right battalion staff officer of the Ninth Army of the National Defense Forces, and his troops also encountered difficulties.
After Zhenxi Guardsman Tao Yudi welcomed Qi Haiwei and others into the acropolis, he just held a banquet and refused to mention measures to implement military reforms such as demobilizing the soldiers and horses of the guard station and disbanding the servants.
two days
Afterwards, Qi Haiwei directly led his troops to surround Zhenxi Acropolis, and then sent someone to deliver an "ultimatum" to Tao Yudi.
"Let me disband our troops and follow the rearrangement of the Ministry of National Defense, fart!"
Tao Yudi angrily said to the guerrilla generals on the left and right, General Qian, and General Bai: "Without soldiers and horses, I am nothing! When the bandits were kings and hegemons in Shanxi, where was the court? Now I want to come here to pick peaches. I want to Don’t even think about it!”
A guerrilla general said: "How are you preparing, general?"
Tao Yudi said angrily: "Immediately impose martial law on the Acropolis. Send troops to stay at night and order all troops and horses to return to defend the city immediately!"
All the generals were shocked. Are they going to break up with the imperial court? However, can the mere thousands of soldiers of the Western Guards be able to withstand the powerful offensive of the Imperial Defense Force?
Tao Yudi said loudly: "What is the most important thing for the court now? Recuperate and recuperate! The court will not take the risk of forcing local rebels to implement the New Deal and military reforms. As long as our attitude is tougher, we will definitely be able to win from the court. With the right conditions, our prosperity and wealth for the rest of our lives will be secured!"
is that so?
All the generals looked at each other, uncertain for a moment. What if the court really made up its mind? Wouldn't everyone's wealth and lives be ruined?
Tao Yudi looked at the hesitant people and said coldly: "Why, after so many years, we brothers have been together, even if the bandits occupied all parts of Shanxi, we still suffered no loss, now we can't be of the same mind?"
Everyone clasped their fists and didn't dare to say anything. After all, everyone knew Tao Yudi's methods, and they were afraid of being targeted by Tao Yudi.
correct.
"Well, that's right. As long as we all work together, everything will be easy to handle. If anyone rebels midway, don't worry about this general's unkindness!"
Everyone was shocked.
