Li Xin relied on Song Xin to intercept and kill Liu Wen. It can be said that he established his authority in Xiangyang City in just one day...

Then I can arrest whoever I want.

None of the gentry involved in Xiangyang City escaped his clutches.

They were all sent to the government prison.

As for Fu Tongpan, who had a higher status than him, after he invited him to a room alone for ten minutes to have a long talk, he immediately fully supported his action to eliminate those who rebelled against the party. After all, whatever was left at this time actually belonged to that kind of wall.

Grass.

Li Tuifu is a disciple of the Emperor, and even if he is one level lower than himself, he still has to serve as an official.

These gentry all tried to provoke civil unrest and deceive the people into becoming cannon fodder for them, but this trick was like a farce in front of Li Xin, who had learned certain special theories. As he said himself, who wants to loyally protect the Lord?

, just stand up and argue with him personally. See what these gentlemen have to offer in return for your death.

Is it their clan?

When they exploited you, did they ever think that you were a clan?

Are they hired workers?

Is the treatment they give you comparable to the workers in Wutai Mountain?

Are they their tenants?

Are you cheap? Instead of waiting for the court to seize their family status and turn their property into official land for you to continue farming. From now on, you will no longer have to pay more than 50% of the rent. Instead, you will ensure that they continue to be their pawns.

Cow becomes horse?

Are you cheap or are you cheap?

…

All of them failed in front of him.

After all, compared with the old Confucian officials, these students trained by Yang Feng can basically be said to be completely crushed. They are good at theory and military, and they know everything about astronomy and geography. They understand water conservancy construction and can do finance.

.Although their knowledge is not sophisticated and can only be said to be dabbled in, the problem is that what they dabble in is currently the most advanced. Compared with the old officials, they are like people standing on a high place in the clear sky.

Far away, and one groping at dawn in the fog.

Totally incomparable.

However, Liu Wen, who also went north to Dengzhou at this time, had to face a more severe situation.

"This is all chaos!"

Judge Liu stood on the mound and looked at a small village with rammed earth walls in front of him.

There is a fortress attack and defense going on there...

At least for the young men fighting, this is considered a fortress attack and defense. The attackers are more than a thousand young men, all with cold weapons, but with a large number of bows and arrows. The defenders should be all the active ones in this small village, even

Including many women, they rely on rammed earth walls.

This wall is found in many villages, not only to prevent bandits and thieves, but also to prevent wild animals.

These walls are very narrow.

There are archers only in the four corners.

Inside the wall were a large number of young men holding spears and even farm tools.

And standing on a bamboo tripod.

As soon as the attacker emerges from the wall, he will attack immediately.

There should be a lot of perforations drilled into the wall, and there were archers shooting arrows, and people using slings to throw stones. Women were holding pot lids as shields, and they were constantly moving around the village to transport them, even on the highest roof in the village.

There are still people using flags to direct.

"The folk customs are simple and the martial arts are abundant!"

Liu Wen used adjectives that Ambassador Yang was accustomed to use to evaluate this.

Of course, this was the case in most villages at this time.

Looking at the flags waving inside and the constant deployment of personnel, this must be someone who has experienced a real war.

At this time Xiaoqi came back.

He just ran to the people watching the battle to inquire...

Okay, I'm just watching the battle.

In fact, there were more people watching the battle than participating in it. There were at least tens of thousands of idle people watching the battle, and they were all watching with great interest. Many people were still shouting excitedly, as if they were not fighting each other in front of them, but adding entertainment to their poor lives.

.

"Judge Liu, I understand. The one attacking is Dengzhou Zhongyi Society, which was formed by Dengzhou, together with the gentry from Xinye, Neixiang, Xichuan and other places under its jurisdiction, by purging the Tie family and the Semu family.

, the name is local prayer for rain, but in fact they are advancing and retreating together. They have agreed that as long as the local officials from the court come over, those who suit their wishes can stay as officials, and those who do not suit their wishes will be kicked out together. But in fact

The gentry who joined the Zhongyi Society mostly used this method to deal with local people who were unwilling to listen to them. This village had a grudge against the local gentry in the Zhongyi Society, and the latter said that they were hiding Tie Xuan's nephew here and wanted to go in and hunt him down.

The village was not allowed to be searched, so the two sides started fighting.

That's that person.

It’s probably just personal revenge.”

Xiaoqi pointed at a middle-aged man on the mound not far away and said.

The latter was wearing a scholar's robe, sitting on a high chair, looking at the battle ahead with a commanding attitude, but he was already in sight of victory. After all, the opposite side was just a small village. Without this wall, he would have entered it long ago.

, but how long can a rammed earth wall last?

What's more, they still have an absolute advantage in numbers.

"Where's the magistrate?"

Liu Wen said.

"The local officials don't care. There have been many armed fights like this recently. The local officials are hiding and they can't control it. I just don't know why even the Nanyang Guards didn't send troops. It's supposed to be so close that they wouldn't be unaware."

Xiaoqi said.

"This is someone deliberately trying to mess up the place."

Liu Wen sneered.

After he finished speaking, he dismounted directly.

"what is his name?"

he asked.

"Li Shan is a tribute student. He was originally in Taixue and came back from the capital at the beginning of the year."

Liu Wen nodded and walked straight over.

But soon several young men from the attacking side came over to stop him.

"A certain Xiuwu Wang family, a member of the Hongwu Bingzi Juren, and an old acquaintance of Brother Li, have returned from Jinhua and abandoned their official posts. Please report to them immediately."

Liu Wen shouted as if he were an official.

The leader, Qing Zhuang, quickly ran towards Li Shan. The latter looked up at Liu Wen unexpectedly. Liu Wen quickly raised his hand to signal to him. Li Shan stood up immediately. It was not that he was easy to deceive, but that Wang Juren was really good at cultivation.

Wu Wangduo and Liu Wen still have some contacts with him. Wang Duo is from Henan Province and belongs to the goal of people like Li Shan at this stage. He must know the name and even know each other before, but Liu Wen is sure that even if they have met, they will not know each other.

They were just casual acquaintances, after all, one was in the north and the other in the south, and they had not seen each other for many years, because Wang Duo went to Zhejiang to be an official four years ago and was studying as a disciplinarian in Jinhua Mansion. And Liu Wen's figure and appearance

The difference with him is not something that can be distinguished at a glance. As for the dialect in Jiaozuo, he can also speak it because his family's ancestral home is there. His father was a refugee recruited by the Ming army and then moved to Guizhou as a military household.

"Brother Li, I haven't seen you for many years, but I don't want to meet again here!"

he shouted enthusiastically.

Li Shan also quickly put on a smile.

"Brother Wang, after five years of separation in the capital, I almost didn't recognize him."

he shouted.

Then he came over.

The two met face to face again.

"Brother Wang, I heard that you served as an official in Jinhua. Now you don't want to suffer from that treacherous attitude anymore?"

Li Shan straightened up as he spoke with a smile on his face.

Then……

"boom!"

Gunshots suddenly rang out.

With a frozen look of astonishment and a bullet hole on his forehead, he looked at the short blunderbuss in Liu Wen's hand.

"Yes, that's why I'm here to rape you."
To be continued...