"The land of abundance, the city of splendid beauty, Chengdu is such a wonderful place!" Riding his horse at a light gallop, followed by a group of soldiers, Zhao Kuangyin casually inspected the streets of Chengdu.
The road is wide, the place is quiet, and it is surrounded by high-profile houses, but half of them are empty. Well, they were all arrested and charged by the Han army for various reasons. The rest, after noticing Zhao Kuangyin and his entourage, are hiding in the house.
, peeking secretly through the crack in the door.
Looking at the closed houses around, one can fully imagine how uneasy the voyeuristic eyes behind the doors must be!
"Alas!" Zhao Kuangyin sighed heavily.
"Dushuai, why do you like to sigh so much lately?" Dang Jin, who was almost becoming the bodyguard general beside Zhao Kuangyin, followed him. Hearing his sigh, he couldn't help but murmured: "Do you still sympathize with those people?"
"I just think that Xiang Shuai's approach is too harsh. It will easily arouse the indignation of the Shu people and is not conducive to the stability and consolidation of Sichuan and Shu! Furthermore, such an approach will damage the consolidation of military discipline and the construction of the army! Since entering
Behind the city of Chengdu, many soldiers were confused. If this continues, I'm afraid the army will be corrupted..." Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "Chengdu is like this. It is still under our control. How long will it be rectified? But the troops guarding various places are still under our control.
Where are the generals? There is a lack of supervision. I am afraid they will indulge too much and cause chaos!"
After hearing what he said, Dang Jin disagreed and said: "The soldiers destroyed Shu and went through many hardships and dangers, so they should be rewarded. Moreover, they did not burn, kill, and loot. Those who bully others and rely on their power to make money should be punished and returned to Shu."
To provide justice to the people and clarify the world, why should we worry too much? Furthermore, don’t you also hate those who are corrupt, bend the law, and commit crimes?”
Even Dang Jin can say such a truth. Obviously, Xiang Xun's ideological construction is still in place on the matter of liquidating the dignitaries and bureaucrats in Shu, and he has reached a consensus with the generals. Of course, if it weren't for those who relied on confiscation
The large amount of money they got was rewarded with military supplies, so I guess they really believed it.
In fact, Zhao Kuangyin's mental journey regarding this matter was quite complicated. At first, he completely disagreed with it, but Xiang Xun used food and rewards to argue the case, and gained the support of most generals.
, he had no choice. After all, he could not go against the wishes of the entire army.
In Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, Xiang Xun seemed to have changed since he entered Chengdu, acting arbitrarily and unscrupulously. Originally, Zhao Kuangyin thought Xiang Xun was committing suicide, but as his actions became larger and larger, the scope became wider and the methods became more and more sophisticated.
He became more and more ruthless, and he even began to suspect that Xiang Xian had different intentions and wanted to win over the soldiers.
However, with the development to this day, Zhao Kuangyin's vision is naturally not limited to the dignitaries, bureaucrats, and those who can pile up mountains of money and goods. What he sees is a revolution, a revolution in Shu through harsh means.
A movement that has accumulated many disadvantages. It may look ugly and have hidden dangers, but the army will benefit from it, the common people will get their land, and the court will get its governance. Only those with vested interests will be harmed.
At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin also believed that Xiang Xun had no different intentions. His actions and actions were to shun the powerful officials and bureaucrats in Shu, and to abandon the landlords and merchants. Such a large-scale action would never have been carried out without instructions behind it.
, and dare not. Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin is basically certain that this is definitely the emperor's intention. The princes in the court will never be so radical. Only the emperor has such courage and strength.
What is even more meaningful is that from beginning to end, the aftermath regulations promulgated by the imperial court were quite satisfactory. The changes in Shu are more like the Han army that suppressed Shu, coveting the wealth in Shu, and acting arbitrarily and looting, and
, just staring at those nobles and rich people.
What Xiang Xun did was simply a stain on the criticism of the courtiers, and his position was very much like taking the blame. However, Xiang Xun seemed to be content with it.
After thinking about this, Zhao Kuangyin fell silent and stopped speaking for those nobles in Shu. Even if he had objections, he was not so stubborn as it was contrary to the emperor's will.
However, after such a long time, the news coming from the plain states gave Zhao Kuangyin the urge to complain again. He felt that enough was enough and it was time to stop...
"Brother Yuen Long!" Noticing Zhao Kuangyin's expression, Dang Jin spoke with sincerity on his face. He even changed his title: "I'm not talking about you! You seem to cherish your reputation too much. There are so many soldiers up and down, even Xiang is handsome.
You have already taken some money, so why are you doing this? Back then in Yangzhou, you were the commander-in-chief, so that was it. Now in Chengdu, with Commander-in-Chief supporting you, what do you have to worry about? You are so insistent, we are your subordinates
Yeah, I don’t feel happy either..."
After listening to Dang Jin's words, Zhao Kuangyin raised his eyebrows, looked at Dang Jin seriously, and sighed: "Although Meng and Shu are determined, there are still Tang, Wu, Yue and Lingnan in the south. Once this example is opened, I'm afraid that the military will be hard-pressed."
Clean it up and take Jiangzuo in the future. If we follow this method again, we may cause stubborn resistance!"
Dang Jin said disdainfully: "There are weak forces in the south. If they dare to resist, just wipe them all out. Why do you need so many scruples?"
Hearing the soft words, Zhao Kuangyin sighed in his heart, Dang Jin lived a simple and relaxed life. He pondered for a while and asked curiously: "How much reward did you get this time?"
"Most of them were replaced with money silk. There were 50 pieces of silk and 200 pieces of money." Dang Jin chuckled.
"It's not that little!" Zhao Kuangyin sighed slightly, thought for a while, and said: "I heard that you made some fine wine. I'm addicted to alcohol. When you get back, you should drink with me!"
"Okay!" Dang Jin responded, feeling that Zhao Kuangyin was showing signs of enlightenment.
There was a noise in front of him, which caught Zhao Kuangyin's attention. When he stepped forward, he saw a group of Han soldiers in front of the gate of a tall mansion, excitedly moving things outside. Several large boxes were opened, all of which were made of silk.
Silk silk, a wealthy family!
On the open door of the house, several big red characters are clearly visible: Shixiu surrenders to the Li family. Seeing these words, you know whose house this is. Because he wrote surrender letters to Shu successively, Meng Chang
After the surrender, some Chengdu people wrote on the door of Li Hao's house at night to express ridicule and contempt.
Originally, Li Hao was ashamed of this. His family wanted to change their sect, but he stopped him, saying it was useless, and allowed them to stay in the middle sect to show their calmness. But later, something happened in Chengdu, so many nobles and ministers,
The minister was liquidated by the Han army. Instead, Li Hao ordered people to rewrite those six characters, as if he wanted to tell everyone that he had made great contributions when the Han army entered the city to destroy Shu...
Maybe it really worked, or maybe because of the relationship with Xiang Xun, there was indeed no intrusion by the sergeants, and it was stable so far. However, among the powerful people in the Later Shu, not many could surpass Li Hao in terms of wealth and extravagant life.
people.
There is such a little story: Zhao Jizha, a minister of Shu, bought a copy of the book made by Li Hao's great-grandfather Li Shen when he was granted the title of prime minister as a gift. Li Hao specially built a colorful building to worship it and held a banquet for guests to celebrate, which almost overwhelmed Chengdu.
All the famous singers in the city were summoned to a private house for a banquet, which was extremely expensive and far beyond anyone's imagination. In addition, they gave Zhao Jizha a full two thousand pieces of silk as a thank you, unlike when Zhao Pu was envoy to Shu and did not dare to hide bribes.
Quite a number...
How could such a wealthy family not be targeted?
In front of the Li Mansion, Zhao Kuangyin saw this scene and noticed something strange. If he was ordered normally, he would definitely capture the Li family members first, convict them, and then deal with them. At this time, the Han soldiers who were coming in and out of the Li Mansion,
More like looting.
The word "blackmail" came to mind, and Zhao Kuangyin frowned slightly. This was what he was most worried about. The soldiers would act arbitrarily, and military discipline would inevitably be relaxed. What started at the top would be repeated again and again at the bottom.
After driving his horse forward, Zhao Kuangyin scolded coldly: "Which army and battalion are you from?"
The officer's eyes were shining when he noticed Zhao Kuangyin. He obviously didn't recognize him, but he estimated that his military rank must be very high. He saluted and said rather arrogantly: "We, the people of the National Army, are performing official duties."
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"General, the Li family is indeed very rich. The money and silk in the warehouse are almost moldy!" After saying this, his eyes flashed, he stepped forward and whispered, then looked at the soldiers behind Zhao Kuangyin, and said with a generous expression
He said in a tone: "Even the general can't take it all, so just take this part and give the rest to the general?"
After hearing what he said, Zhao Kuangyin's face flashed with anger, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Zhao Dushuai!" A sad call interrupted him.
Looking around, he saw an old man named Li Hao looking at him with aggrieved expression in front of the door, with both fear and expectation in his eyes.
"Okay! What a Feng Guojun!" He lowered his head and stared at the officer coldly: "Is this how Wang Quanbin leads the troops?"
The officer seemed to have figured out Zhao Kuangyin's identity. Seeing that he was so rude, the smile on the officer's face faded and he responded rebelliously: "Commander Zhao, why are you insulting my general?"
"Put your things down, take your people, and go back to the military camp!" Zhao Kuangyin said calmly, with a very strong tone.
Hearing this, the officer became even more unhappy. He raised his head and said, "Dushuai Zhao, although your military rank is high, you still can't control the people of our Fengguo Army!"
"Ah!" As soon as he finished speaking, he screamed.
But Dang Jin drove his horse forward, whipped him in the face, and angrily shouted: "You are a bitch, how dare you speak to Zhao Dushuai like this!"
Dang Jin's strength was so great that when he whipped it down, his face was completely bloody and completely destroyed. The Fengguo officer didn't care about anything else and fell to the ground, covering his face and howling. He finally recovered, but even his eyes were gone.
Can't open.
Turning his head and glaring at Dang Jin, Zhao Kuangyin stared at him with an unusually indifferent tone: "Put down your things and go back to camp. I don't want to say it a third time!"
Zhao Kuangyin's power was beyond the ability of a middle- and lower-level officer to resist, and he finally left in embarrassment. Afterwards, ignoring Li Hao's thanks, Zhao Kuangyin drove his horse to seek training and left.
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"This lack of military discipline will lead to chaos!" When Xiang Xun was found in the temporary commander's office, Zhao Kuangyin said to him seriously with a straight face, and his tone was a little harsh.
Xiang Xun and Zhao Pu were discussing something. Seeing his appearance, they couldn't help but ask: "Why is Yuen Long so angry?"
Zhao Kuangyin explained what had just happened with a serious expression. Upon hearing this, Xiang Xun also frowned: "This is actually happening!"
He looked at Xiang Xun and then at Zhao Pu. After a moment of hesitation, Zhao Kuangyin cupped his hands and said, "Xiang Gong, please forgive me for speaking so bluntly. The act of coercion should be stopped. Military discipline and law must be strict. Li Hao is an old minister in Shu and has a good reputation.
Gao, he also contributed a lot to the army's entry into the city. Now, just a lower-level military academy dares to come to the door to extort money. This is by no means a good sign.
The general thinks that we should gather our soldiers, strictly enforce military discipline, not disturb the people, and restore peace to the people of Shu, so we can choose a day to dispatch troops!"
"Yuen Long's words make sense!" Xiang Xun nodded, but said to him calmly: "It's time to strictly restrain the officers below. However, let's not mention the class discussion. First, Sichuan
Shu is still waiting to calm down; secondly, the imperial court has not yet surrendered; thirdly, look at these military reports..."
Hearing his words, Zhao Kuangyin took it with a little doubt, and then his expression quickly darkened. However, he was not too surprised. The content of the military report: Mianzhou, Jianzhou, Zizhou, Langzhou, powerful rebels.
"The states have been rebelling continuously. Nowadays, quelling the rebellion is the most important thing!" Xiang Xun sighed softly: "But you are right! Military discipline and law should be serious!"
Before long, Wang Quanbin arrived in a fierce manner, with an angry and fierce look on his face. He asked Zhao Kuangyin: "Zhao Kuangyin, why did you whip my subordinates?"