【Chengdu Civil War】
After Tang Xizong fled into Chengdu, he completely became the puppet of Quan Gaotian Lingzi. Tian Lingzi and his brother Chen Jingxuan joined forces internally and externally to cover the sky with one hand.
Before welcoming Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty to Shu, Chen Jingxuan had established a dense intelligence network in Chengdu. At that time, it was mainly aimed at the royal entourage. After that, in order to further maintain stability, Chen Jingxuan systematized the intelligence agency and expanded its work content, forming an airtight intelligence and spy network.
Different from traditional spies, these people are not underground workers, but above-ground workers. They disclose their identities and act in a high profile.
They have a structure called "trouble-seekers," and their work content is similar to that of the "Central Inspection Team" or the "Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team." Their specific work involves visiting and investigating at the grassroots level, discovering and reporting suspicious persons and incidents.
Those who seek trouble often take advantage of their positions to extort money and openly ask for bribes.
Once Shu officials were unable to satisfy their appetites, they would be falsely accused and sentenced to death, in the light case, or to the death of the entire family in the worst case.
There are also relatively honest comrades in the team of provocateurs. For example, two of the provocateurs did not accept bribes when they visited Ziyang. The officials in Ziyang are also upright and honest, and there is no violation of law or discipline.
It was originally a good thing for honest officials to treat good officials, but a misunderstanding caused a great chaos.
Xie Hongrang, the general of Ziyang Town, is innocent, but he also eats the fireworks of the world and understands the rules. Although he has no bad deeds, he still followed the rules of the road and showed some little tricks to give the two troublemakers some sense.
The two challengers enforced the law impartially and politely declined, saying that we act in accordance with the law and regulations, and it would be boring for you to do this.
Xie Hongrang thought that they thought their meaning was too small and not interesting enough, so he came up with a bigger meaning and intercepted the bribery on their way back.
The two of them were very upright and refused bribery. In the end, wave your sleeves and don’t take away a penny.
Xie Hongrang misunderstood and thought that these two people had heard some rumors and were determined to deal with him. Otherwise, why didn't they accept my bribe? Since Chen Jingxuan conquered Shu, which temple has not had ghosts who have died?
The more he thought about it, the more he became afraid. That night, Xie Hongrang "feared the crime and absconded."
The local criminal police captain (robber catcher) Yang Qian sent someone to contact Xie Hongrang and persuaded him to surrender, take the initiative to explain his mistakes to the organization, be frank and lenient, and ensure that nothing would happen to him.
Under Yang Qian's persuasion, Xie Hongrang also calmed down and believed that what Yang Qian said made sense. He was upright and was not afraid of slanting shadows. He could make his own decisions about right and wrong.
Therefore, Xie Hongrang took the initiative to surrender to Yang Qian, explained the problem to the organization, and asked for leniency.
However, Yang Qian turned his back and refused to admit his guilt. He tied Xie Hongrang with ropes and escorted him to the Xichuan authorities, claiming that Xie Hongrang had joined a group of thieves and was attacked and captured alive by him. Confusing right and wrong, killing good people and taking credit for their merits.
Xichuan Jiedushi Chen Jingxuan directly ordered without interrogation: First, hit Xie Hongrang on the back with twenty military sticks, and then nail him to the west city of Chengdu for 14 days, pour scalding hot oil on him, and then glue him The tingling brushed against his blisters... it was simply too horrible to look at.
The onlookers all shook their heads and sighed. Yang Qian's despicableness, Chen Jingxuan's cruelty, Xie Hongrang's injustice... immediately became hot searches.
At that time, a tooth general in Qiongzhou named Qian Neng made a small mistake at work and deserved to be punished with a cane. In order to avoid punishment, Qian Neng fled in fear of crime and became a thief.
Yang Qian also tried to induce him to surrender.
Qian Neng believed his sweet words at first and was about to surrender. Suddenly he heard about Xie Hongrang's tragic experience, so he cursed Yang Qian for being despicable and shameless, and then devoted himself to the cause of bandits without hesitation.
Qian can coerce farmers into joining the gang, and anyone who refuses to join the gang will have his whole family killed. Using this bloody and terrifying method, Qian Neng gathered a team of 10,000 people within a month.
Qian Neng led his people to wreak havoc between Qiongzhou and Yazhou, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of crimes.
Chen Jingxuan sent troops to attack.
It was such a ragtag team that actually beat Chen Jingxuan's officers and soldiers to pieces. Qian Neng's momentum gradually increased.
Three months later, the Shu bandits Luo Hunching, Juhu Seng, and Luo Fuzi gathered thousands of people to respond to Qian Neng.
Four months later, another team of heroes from Shu, led by leader Han Qiu, responded to Qian Neng.
At that time, the main forces of Xichuan had been transferred to Chang'an in batches, and the military strength was relatively empty. Chen Jingxuan had no troops to send. In desperation, the old guard who was in charge of the warehouse could only be recruited and sent to the front line. Its combat effectiveness can be imagined.
In order to avoid the responsibility of defeat, the government and army went to the countryside to arrest innocent people. Every day, dozens or hundreds of innocent people were turned over to the government and pretended to be "rioters" to receive rewards.
Chen Jingxuan also directly ordered his execution without interrogation.
Among these villagers, there were also many old, weak, sick, disabled, and women. The people watching on the outside of the execution place were puzzled and asked why they were arrested. The arrested villagers were even more puzzled. They all said, "We were plowing the land and weaving when the officers and soldiers suddenly entered the village and arrested us. We don't know what crime we committed."
In this way, under the "heroic fighting" of the Xichuan officers and soldiers, Yueping became more and more chaotic. Chengdu Qianneng echoed with Huangchao in Henan and Li Keyong in Hebei, directly threatening the security of the exiled court in Chengdu.
Chen Jingxuan was forced to change his command and led general Gao Renhou to fight against the thieves.
Gao Renhou pieced together 500 people and captured a suspicious person before leaving. This man disguised himself as a rice and noodle seller, and went in and out of the military camp many times from morning to noon, acting suspiciously. After interrogation, this person admitted that he was a spy sent by Qian Neng to spy on intelligence.
Different from the previous brutality and harshness, Gao Renhou showed a broad mind, loosened the bonds of the spies, talked pleasantly, exchanged feelings and discussed life.
The spy was flattered and told the truth, saying that I was a good citizen and lived in a certain village. They could arrest my whole family and force me to come to spy on intelligence. As long as I brought back valuable information, my family would be in peace. Otherwise, Just kill my whole family, I am not willing to serve him.
Gao Renhou believed his words, expressed that he could understand his difficulties, and taught him a set of rhetoric, "When you go back, tell Qian Neng that I, Gao Renhou, only took 500 people and will set off tomorrow. In this way, we can save Your whole family is gone. However, you also have to do something for me. You have to tell those who are being coerced like you in private, that Chen Jingxuan knows that you are all good citizens who are being persecuted by bandits, and that Gao Renhou is coming. To save you, as long as you throw down your weapons and surrender voluntarily when the two armies are fighting, we will forget the blame. The only people Gao Renhou wants to kill are Qian Neng, Luo Hungqing, Juhu Seng, Luo Fuzi and Han Qiu."
At the same time, Gao Renhou secretly taught him a secret code, which was to let them write the word "return" on their backs to distinguish them.
The spy burst into tears and said that this is what our people are looking forward to. I promise to spread it to ten people and hundreds of people.
After Gao Renhou comforted him with kind words, he released him.
The next day, Gao Renhou led five hundred soldiers to Shuangliu County and inspected the camp. He found that the trenches were wide and deep, the fences were high and wide, and the defenses were very strong.
The accompanying officials could not help but nod in praise, but Gao Renhou was furious.
Gao Renhou called their chief general and cursed: "The Qianneng criminal gang is just a group of farmers. You have many elite soldiers and well-equipped equipment. You have spent more than a year and still can't get peace. Are you all living on dry food? Is the camp like this?" Solid, you can sit back and relax, right? Are you trying to raise the bandits to respect themselves?"
So he ordered the general to be taken out and beheaded.
The eunuch who oversaw the army tried his best to plead for mercy, and after much persuasion, Gao Renhou spared him.
Gao Renhou ordered that all the trench fences be razed, leaving only 500 soldiers to defend, and the rest all went out with him.
This is a kind of heroic spirit of fighting against the odds, and a coquettish operation of risking one's life to survive.
Qian Neng got the news of Gao Renhou's departure and sent Luo Hunqing to set up five camps to the west of Shuangliu. He also ambushed more than a thousand troops and prepared to kill Gao Renhou.
Gao Renhou surrounded Luo Hungqing's camp and sent people to sneak into the camp to spread the message, just as he told the spies yesterday. In this way, echoing back and forth, the mutineers rejoiced, shouted, rushed to surrender their weapons, and rushed down the mountain like a tide to surrender to the officers and soldiers.
Gao Renhou comforted them with kind words, wrote the word "submit" on their backs, and then asked them to return to the rebel camp and tell the people who were still skeptical.
So, except for Luo Hungqing himself, everyone else surrendered.
The No. 1 BOSS, Luo Hungqing, couldn't stop him, so he had to abandon his position and flee in panic. However, he was caught by his subordinates and sent to Gao Renhou's army to report his merits and rewards.
Gao Renhou said to the surrendered soldiers: "I should have let you go home immediately, but the people in Chuokou and Xinjin in front still don't know my policy of Gao Renhou and still have doubts. Now, please send them a message. How about I let you go home after they all surrender and arrive at Yangong?"
The surrender soldiers went happily, and rushed in groups to the camp in front of them. They exposed their backs and revealed the word "submission", and showed their own experience to explain the court's lenient policy.
As a result, a total of eleven camps set up by No. 2 Boss Ju Hu Monk at Chuankou all surrendered in an instant.
Monk Juhu was holding a sword and wanted to stop him, but his soldiers beat him up with a brick, split his head and beat him half to death, and then sent Gao Renhou away.
On the third day, Gao Renhou arrived in Xinjin. Here was the No. 3 BOSS Han Qiu, with thirteen villages set up. Take the medicine according to the prescription, and everyone surrenders. Han Qiu committed suicide by jumping into a ditch. The body was pulled up with iron hooks by his subordinates, and his head was cut off and presented to Gao Renhou.
On the fifth day, Gao Renhou arrived at Yangong. According to the previous commitment, the surrendered troops at Shuangliu at the first pass and Chuankou at the second pass were released, disarmed and returned to their fields, and the surrendered troops at Xinjin at the third pass were sent to persuade them to surrender.
The fourth boss, Luo Fuzi, is entrenched in Yangong and has nine camps. The soldiers also fell like mountains. Luo Fuzi had fast legs and ran to Qian Neng, the final boss at the end of the level, without being captured.
On the sixth day, Luo Fuzi and Qian Neng held a military meeting to discuss strategies to retreat from the enemy. Before they could discuss the outcome, Gao Renhou arrived with the Yangong troops. The two bosses dispatched troops and generals to direct the resistance, but the thieves did not listen to the orders. After learning that Gao Renhou was approaching, the thieves rushed to abandon their camp and surrender. There were also smart ones who hurriedly arrested Qian Neng and Luo Fuzi to claim their merits and receive rewards.
Qian Neng attempted suicide by throwing himself into a well, but was rescued in time and sent to Gao Renhou. Luo Fuzi was one step faster and committed suicide successfully.
Under Gao Renhou's benevolent and pragmatic policy, copies of "Qianneng Civil Rebellion" were almost given away by the system for free. The battle is fought without bloodshed, and the customs are passed peacefully.
The people surrounded Gao Renhou, weeping with joy, and the cheers kept coming and going, and they could not subside for a long time.
Gao Renhou led 500 people, and in just six days, he put down the "Qianneng Civil Rebellion" that the Xichuan Army could not put down for a year, and made an unparalleled contribution to stabilizing Xichuan and defending Chengdu.
At the same time, Gao Renhou's brilliant record also illustrates a problem: the people are really unwilling to rebel. As long as there is a way to survive, no matter how difficult it is, the farmers will not revolt. The reason why the "Qian Neng Civil Revolt" lasted for more than a year was really because Chen Jingxuan, Yang Qian and other weak officials and ruthless officials "forced the people to rebel".
From this we can get a glimpse of the mediocrity and corruption of the Chengdu court in exile represented by Chen Jingxuan and Tian Lingzi.
Three of the five bosses of the Qian Neng Group were captured alive. These three were nailed to the west of the city for seven days and executed in late seven days. Two were shot to death and their heads were hung in the street for public display. Qian Neng's counselor was also nailed to a horse. city.
The government posted a notice stating that the court would only punish the culprits, and no more people would be killed except these six culprits. Even Qian Neng’s family, relatives and friends will no longer pursue the case.
However, the governor of Qiongzhou arrested Qian Neng's uncle Qian Xingquan and his family of 35 people, and reported them to Xichuan Jiedu Mansion, requesting execution.
Chen Jingxuan couldn't make up his mind, so he asked his staff. Staff Tang Xi said: "You just posted the peace notice and said you won't kill one more person, but the governor immediately arrested more than thirty people. There must be something fishy! If you kill them, wouldn't it be a slap in the face in public? It's a small matter, but what if everyone in the Qian Neng Remaining Party is in danger and causes chaos again?"
"It makes sense." Chen Jingxuan sent people to Qiongzhou, called all the people to the state government office, smashed the handcuffs and shackles of 35 people in public, and released them without charge. He once again explained the meaning of the Anmin list to the people, and also investigated Qian Xingquan's family. The real reason for the arrest.
It turned out that Qianxing were all local wealthy households and had a lot of fertile land. The governor wanted to buy it, but they wouldn't sell it. Therefore, the governor held a grudge, and when Qian Neng was causing trouble, the governor avenged his personal vendetta and planned to take the opportunity to seize other people's property.
Chen Jingxuan then summoned the governor of Qiongzhou to confront him. The governor of Qiongzhou knew very well Chen Jingxuan's attitude and methods towards prisoners. He was so frightened that he committed suicide in fear of crime.
After Qian Xingquan knew what happened, he sent someone to send Tang Xi a hundred taels of gold as a thank you.
Tang Xi said that I was only upholding the laws of the court. Mr. Chen Jingxuan was kind and wise. What did it have to do with me? Are you giving me a gift? You are bringing disaster upon me!
Tang Xi did not take any money, but returned it in full, and severely reprimanded the people sent by the Qian family.
