Li Jing had been in charge of Jiangling for less than a year, and his political achievements were not obvious. In fact, most of them relied on the Tang army's reputation in the Nanyang battle to convince everyone. In addition, Xiao Mian was dead and the whole group was leaderless, so Jiangyou gradually settled down.
In the second half of last year, Li Jing led his army across the river, pacified Lingnan, and killed Feng Ang, his son Feng Zhidai and others. Li Xinzhi led his army to surrender, and his power gradually became apparent.
This year, it was much smoother to talk to the Jiangyou clan. However, after all, the war had just passed, some people were hesitant to wait and see, and the government decrees were not very clear, which made Li Jing gradually feel impatient.
This time, Lieutenant Chi Gong returned to Jiangling and summoned officials from various counties to Jiangling for a meeting. People who had previously ignored Jiangling's decree became worried.
This was obviously a gesture to settle old scores. After the order from the Governor's Office was sent out, Jiangling City suddenly became lively, with people from all over the place coming here to inquire about the news.
Li Jing's confidants, headed by Governor Shi Li Daliang, met with some people and said that the Governor wanted to have a good time with everyone. Because there were so many people, they had to send troops back to protect Jiangling's safety.
Let everyone not be afraid of this.
After a delay of more than half a month, giving people time to digest, the prefects of each county led their subordinate officials to Jiangling one after another.
This is actually similar to the alliance on the grassland. When you come, it means you are giving face and showing some loyalty. If you don't come, it means you have different aspirations. If you have no evil intentions in your heart, why not come?
However, there are still some people who do not believe in evil. Lu Zude, the governor of Yiyang County, was unable to leave due to illness, and other officials were nowhere to be found. He only sent a messenger from the county to Jiangling to respond to the story.
Zhang Ju, the governor of Qingjiang County, is also ill. He may be serious, because this man is almost 70 years old, and other officials in the county have arrived in Jiangling. He also sent his eldest son to plead guilty to Li Jing.
His attitude was good, so Li Jing didn't think too much of himself and offered good words to comfort him.
In fact, both Zhang Ju and Lu Zude came from famous families in the south of the Yangtze River. They were both fellow villagers. One was a descendant of the Lu family in Wu County, and the other was a member of the Zhang family in Wu County.
On May 26th of the third year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, the Governor Li Jing held a gathering of heroes in the Governor's Mansion.
When the wine was half drunk, Li Jing raised his glass to signal to everyone and said with a smile: "I am very happy that you can come and meet me, so I will give you a gift to accompany the wine."
After waving his hand, a young man led several attendants and carried several covered trays into the lobby. When he got to the middle, he lifted the curtain in front of everyone, revealing several heads inside.
Everyone's expression changed one after another. Of course, if you want to scare people these days, a few heads won't do it. You also have to look at whose head it belongs to.
Someone took a closer look and let out a low cry. Although the heads were all grinning and their faces were ferocious, anyone who recognized them could still tell that the owner of one of the heads was Lu Zude, the governor of Yiyang County.
There were four officials in Yiyang County, including the county magistrate and many county lieutenants. Li Jing stewed them all.
Everyone looked at Li Jing in fear. They had gathered in Jiangling City before and had already heard that Lu Zude, the governor of Yiyang County, had not come, so they sent Huang Xuan, the other driver, to intervene.
Most people thought that Lu Zude's time was running out, and it was obvious that the governor had called everyone here to discuss important matters, presumably to test everyone's minds.
At the beginning of the change of dynasties, this kind of operation is not uncommon.
Those who come should be careful in their words and deeds and worry about their own lives. Those who don't come will not have to worry in the future. The Tang army has strong soldiers and strong horses. They have never attacked others before. Now it is a fool's dream to think of relying on the power of a county to fight against them.
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As for why Lu Zude didn't come, it was obvious that this guy was an in-law of the Xiao family, so it was normal to be suspicious and fearful. Anyone who knew Lu Zude knew clearly that this man didn't have the courage to rebel.
At most, he can just wait and see. Once everyone leaves Jiangling safely, he will come over immediately to apologize.
Everyone could imagine what happened to Lu Zude. He would have to shed his skin even if he didn't die. But what they didn't expect was that in just a few days, Lu Zude's head would be placed in front of everyone.
Moreover, several officials from Yiyang County are here, and even Huang Xuan, the other driver, did not escape this disaster.
The hall suddenly became quiet, and the head on the tray seemed to be mocking everyone silently. Look how comfortable we are now, no longer needing to rush for fame and wealth.
The first person to speak was not Li Jing, but Huang Junhan, the newly appointed governor of Xiangyang County. "This man does not know the current affairs. He has a head and a rat with two ends. It is not a pity to die. His human head is a good thing to go with wine. Where is the body? Why not cook it for everyone?"
Let’s eat together.”
Good guy, people who have worked under Li Mi are different. They actually want to taste the taste of a two-legged sheep.
Many people's faces gradually turned pale. They didn't think it was a joke. Not to mention, Yang Guang had done this before.
The ogre king Zhu Can went even further and regarded cannibalism as an entertainment item. This man also wreaked havoc on the ground in Jingxiang and made everyone in Jingxiang change his mind.
Everyone was really frightened when they looked at those heads.
Li Jing was also startled by Huang Junhan. He held the banquet to establish his authority and did not want to eat anyone. He did not know whether Huang Junhan did this on purpose or if he really wanted to taste the taste of two-legged sheep.
I couldn't help but murmur in my heart, has this person really eaten people in Henan? Li Mi's guy... probably not, he is from a famous family after all...
After glancing at Huang Junhan, Li Jing waved his hand and said, "Don't listen to Huang Taishou's jokes. He has just taken office. Let me introduce to you. This is Huang Taishou of Xiangyang County."
At Li Jing's signal, Huang Junhan clasped his fists and said, "I'm Huang Junhan from Jiangxia. I'd like to pay you a courtesy. I'm not very good at talking. If I offend you in any way, please don't take offense."
Let me tell you, this time the Commander-in-Chief summoned us here, there must be something important to discuss. There is someone who doesn’t know what to say, but he refuses to obey his orders. He really deserves to die. If the Commander-in-Chief hadn’t ordered someone to kill him, I would definitely ask for the order to go and attack him.
, I think you all share this sentiment, so Huang won’t say much else.”
Is he really applauding, Li Jing nodded secretly, he still has to go to Chang'an to have a better understanding of the situation at this time.
In fact, he thinks that the situation will change this year. Officials from Kansai and Shanxi are arriving one after another. By this autumn, even if these people here are half-hearted, they will not be able to make any waves.
For a person like Lu Zude, who has a well-established family background and dares to make temptations at this time, just like Huang Junhan said, death is not a pity, and it is just for him to kill chickens and scare monkeys.
Next, he pointed at the young man and said: "This is Yiyang County soldier Cao Junjun Wang Chong, who was born in the Wang family of Langya. It was he who learned about the evil plot of Lu Zude and others and reported it to me secretly. When the soldiers went to Yiyang
, led everyone to kill Lu Zude and others.
This righteous man, Wang Chong, thanks to your achievements in killing thieves, I now appoint you as the Cheng of Yiyang County and temporarily take charge of the county affairs."
Wang Chong was overjoyed and saluted, "It's a great honor for Chong to be able to serve the governor."
Li Jing shook his head and said: "You are not serving me. Now the whole world has become Tang Dynasty, and everyone here is working hard to serve in the Tang Dynasty.
You all should be aware that today is different from the past. If you want to defend your territory and do not obey your orders, I, the Governor, will not only make his head fall to the ground, but also make him suffer from infamy for thousands of years.
Come, bring these pickled things to the top of the city, hang their heads in public, and behead all the children as a warning to others."
Everyone has experience in killing people to establish authority, and most of them have done it. Some people kill people to only show their cruelty, but when Li Jing kills people, he not only shows the authority of the governor, but also has the strength to back it up.
The most frightening thing is the attitude of having a well-thought-out attitude that makes a county governor's head fall to the ground while talking and laughing. How strong the gentleness was before, the frightening effect is now more obvious.
Li Jing's majestic gaze swept across the hall. No one dared to look at him and lowered their heads to show respect.
Li Jing smiled, asked someone to add a seat for Wang Chong in the hall, and raised his glass again to invite him to drink...
After the banquet, everyone else left one after another with their thoughts on their minds. Li Jing only left Huang Junhan to talk.
Li Jing first asked Huang Junhan about the situation in the court, and Huang Junhan knew everything. He had served in the Ministry of Personnel before and was quite well-informed.
The appointment as the prefect of Xiangyang County was due to the recommendation of Yu Wenshiji, the servant of the sect. They were ministers in the same palace under Li Yuan's rule, and they had a close relationship.
Speaking of which, Yu Wenshiji was not having a good time recently. Dou Jiande came back, and with him was the former Sui Nanyang princess Yang Shi, who was the eldest daughter of Yang Guang and Yuwen Shiji's first wife.
On that day, the princess went to Hebei with Yu Wenshiji. Yu Wenhua and his brothers were killed by Dou Jiande. Queen Xiao and her daughter lived in Wei County. Yu Wenshiji also surrendered to Dou Jiande, and went to Shandong to serve with Feng Deyi, and was later granted the title Deyi encouraged him and ran back to Chang'an.
When Princess Nanyang heard the news, she sat down. At that time, Ashina Peony went to Hebei to ask Dou Jiande for the queen. She was supposed to go north with her mother, but she resolutely stayed in Hebei because she cared about her husband. Yu Wenshi and a group of Yang ran away without any concern for the love between husband and wife. It can be said that Yang was completely despairing.
After returning to Chang'an, Yu Wenshiji came to apologize and wanted to return to the old relationship, but was sternly rejected by Princess Nanyang and could only leave in shame.
What troubled Yu Wenshiji was not what happened to Princess Nanyang. No matter how you put it, it was a family matter, and at most it would bring some harm to his reputation. But Princess Xiao, Princess Nanyang's mother, was not someone to be trifled with nowadays.
It was rare since ancient times that the queen of the previous dynasty could still enjoy honors in the new dynasty, but he met such a mother-in-law.
Before, he went to see Mrs. Cheng Guo at her house. Mrs. Xiao didn't want to see the Yuwen family again, but now she didn't want to have any more grudges, so she turned away the Yuwen family.
But his daughter, who had long been thought to have died in Hebei, returned safely, but this time it was Yuwenshiji's turn to feel uncomfortable.
Mrs. Xiao was completely annoyed this time and was probably preparing to complain to the emperor.
This matter began to spread among the officialdom of Chang'an in April. According to Huang Junhan, Yu Wenshiji was likely to offend foreign officials because of this. There were a few women in Chang'an who must not be offended, and Xiao was one of them. .
When he left Beijing, he met Yuwen Shiji once. Yuwen Shiji said goodbye to him with a forced smile. He also cried bitter tears in his heart for this friend. It was so unlucky...