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Chapter 124 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

The incident happened too suddenly, and the defenders on the city tower were stunned. In the past few years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, only Huang Degong and Gao Jie from the four towns in Jiangbei had such a meeting with each other.

Hou Xuanyan turned over and led his troops into Changsha. The largest army in Changsha City was the governor recruited by He Tengjiao from southwest Guangxi and other places, with a total of 30,000 people. The guards of the city were the subordinates of the general Wu Chengzong, the general. He saw He Tengjiao and his three men and their personal soldiers being cut off. He realized that He Tengjiao had the kindness of knowing him. Wu Chengzong called out a strange cry and ordered: "Arrow, where are the rolling stones? Blast them for me!"

The cavalry in black-clad armor rushed into Changsha City like a torrent. The soldiers beside Wu Chengzong on the city tower were hesitant, and Wu Chengzong was furious: "Do you want to rebel?"

His deputy general frowned and whispered: "General, that's Wu Yue Bo."

Wu Chengzong cursed: "So what? You can't see that they just killed Governor He?"

Wu Chengzong came from Guangxi and came over with another general from Guizhou Yao Youxing, governor from Wu and Governor He Tengjiao, and said, "Old Wu, Governor He Tengjiao is dead, and now only one governor is still alive. Hou Xuanyan has 300,000 troops under his command, which is not something you and I can afford."

Wu Chengzong cursed angrily: "Yao Youxing, do you want to be a traitor?" Wu Chengzong's subordinates drew their swords and pointed them at Yao Youxing's men.

Yao Youxing sneered: "Whoever is surnamed Wu, don't be shameless. You should be a filial son and grandson for He Tengjiao, and don't implicate our brothers to follow you to die. Hou Xuanyan's Fengzi camp chased Duoduo in Yingtian Mansion. Do you dare to fight the Tartars with real swords and guns? If you are a man, just go to He Tengjiao to take revenge. Don't take your own brothers to die. Everyone is old and young, and no one is afraid of long life."

The person behind Wu Chengzong slowly put down his hand that raised the knife and hung weakly on the ground.

When Wu Chengzong saw what people wanted, he sighed helplessly and fled out of the city with his confidant in the chaos. Yao Youxing and others, along with the governor He Tengjiao had so much effort to recruit, surrendered to Fengziying.

Hou Xuan evolved into Changsha, first sent troops to occupy various yamen offices, and then detained officials of all sizes and sizes to the Governor's office.

Scattered personal soldiers escorted the officials to the yamen. Hou Xuanyan frowned and asked, "Why are there only a few people?"

There was a thin, black and short pointed-mouthed official in the yamen office. He stood up and smiled flatteringly: "The general doesn't know that half of the officials in Changsha City have been imprisoned by He Tengjiao."

When Hou Xuanyan heard this, he almost felt happy. This was not God's help. He Tengjiao was just a person who was guilty of his own crime. In this way, it would be much easier for him to eliminate the consequences of killing He and stabilize Hunan as soon as possible.

"Go to prison and let you go out. Please come here to meet me."

After a while, the Governor's Office was full of offices. Zhou Ernan, the prefect of Changsha, stared at the three heads placed in the offices, and was shocked. Although someone had already told him that He Tengjiao was killed on the way from the prison, he could not help but be shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.

When he saw the young man sitting in the hall, although he was young, he had already had the demeanor of being in the upper class for a long time. Zhou Ernan knew that this must be the Marquis of Wu Yue, and then he saluted: "The lower-ranking official Zhou Ernan has met Wu Yue Bo."

Hou Xuanyan said with a smile: "No need to be polite. I am the governor who is in secret order to eliminate He Tengjiao, a ruthless minister. He Tengjiao knows more than me what He Tengjiao does in Huguang. This guy is foolish and incompetent, and greedy for power and rank. He despises the will of the saint and refuses to welcome His Majesty into Hunan. This is his crime; he sends additional charity wages and raises private soldiers, which has increased the tax on land in Huguang's people by six times, and the people are suffering and more than half of them die. This is his two crimes; he is afraid to fight and sits and watches Du Yinxi trapped in Jingzhou. This guy does not send one soldier and one soldier, which is his three crimes.

One of the above three criminals is that they are not allowed to be punished. The three crimes of He Tengjiao are extremely evil. However, you are all loyal ministers and generals who were persecuted and imprisoned by He Tengjiao." Hou Xuanyan pointed to the three heads and continued: "Now He thief has been killed. All officials have been restored to their posts. Those who have had close contact with He Tengjiao in the past will not be investigated."

The officials in the lobby whispered and whispered. Some civil servants who were deeply poisoned were all in their hearts. Why did Tengjiao feel unfair if they were cleansed this time? After all, although He Tengjiao was foolish and incompetent, he had a high reputation in the Shilin. These officials could not care about the lives of the common people, nor could they see the big-headed soldiers in Jingzhou. In their eyes, He Tengjiao was the governor of Huguang.

One of the goatee-bearded middle-aged men stood up and said, "Wu Yue Bo, the lower-ranking official Liu Chengyin, has something unknown, and I want to ask for advice."

When Hou Xuanyan saw his style, he knew that this grandson was coming out to find fault. If he wanted to suppress these officials, he had to have a chance to kill the chicken and scare the monkey. He narrowed his eyes and said, "But it's okay."

Liu Chengyin carried his hands behind his back and said proudly: "Wu Yue Bo has obeyed the holy will one by one. I wonder if there is any secret order from Your Majesty?"

Hou Xuanyan laughed and said, "Since it is a secret decree, how can it be shown to others?"

Liu Chengyin thought he had seized Hou Xuanyan's weakness and was even more excited. He raised his voice and said, "That is to say, Wu Yue Bo cannot show any orders. He killed the second-rank official of the dynasty with just a few words? You are just the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Can you kill Lord He, who is also the governor?" Liu Chengyin became more and more excited as he spoke. The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty have always been proud of insulting superiors. If someone scolds the emperor, he can even make a name in the scholarly world quickly. Liu Chengyin felt dizzy at this moment and was surrounded by the awe-in-command eyes of his colleagues. He had even foresawed that all scholars in Changsha would be respectful when they see him in the future.

In fact, he himself has no feelings for He Tengjiao because He Tengjiao did not promote him. But what he enjoys is the feeling of not being afraid of power and fighting according to reason. They have their own set of ideas about life, and as long as they are a little different from them, it is a ten-noble unforgivable. In his opinion, what Hou Xuan does to kill He Tengjiao is an unforgivable act.

Hou Xuanyan stood up, pressed the hilt of the sword with his hand, and supported it on the ground. Looking down at the officials in the hall, he said, "I am hereby the oral order of Your Majesty to kill He Tengjiao, and to comply with the will of heaven and the hearts of the people. This guy is talking nonsense here and is open to his eyes for the criminals. It can be seen that he is a party of He Tengjiao." Hou Xuanyan picked up the sword in his hand, pointed at the head of He Tengjiao in front of the hall, and said, "Since you are loyal to him, I will fulfill you."

As soon as he finished speaking, several guards pulled out the steel knives and chopped off Liu Chengyin's head from the lobby. The splashing blood spurted onto the surrounding officials, and the smell of blood filled the entire government office lobby, which made people disgusted.

Everyone was silent, and no one dared to come out to argue with Hou Xuanyan again. He asked for a secret decree and took a look.
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