Seeing the fire soaring into the sky, the door opened.
The rebel soldiers were very excited and overjoyed.
Just a moment ago, they were dejected and almost collapsed. But now they were resurrected with full health, roaring and screaming, and rushed in. Almost everyone turned into an invincible warrior, holding a sword, not avoiding the flames, rushing to kill inside.
Killing people when they see them and robbing things when they see them is a lively activity.
Liu Hu, who was injured during the day, did not care about his injury at this moment and went straight in to kill him.
Not to mention Xie Qian, who led the main force and attacked from the front. Due to the chaos in the rear, the Zhang family's servants were running around, and there was a serious shortage of guards, Xie Qian's men easily climbed over the wall and opened the main gate.
Now it was even more serious, the rebels all poured into the Zhang family.
The battle is no longer in suspense.
Until dawn, the entire Zhang family compound was completely occupied by the rebels.
All the rebels followed suit. Regardless of their fatigue, they frantically looted the Zhang family's belongings. They were a hundred times happier than during the Chinese New Year.
Xie Qian did not restrain himself too much, because he knew in his heart that if these people under his command were not allowed to rob, they would be disbanded in an instant.
Therefore, it was not until dawn that Xie Qian ordered the troops to be organized and the prisoners to be counted.
It was at this moment that Zhu Yiyuan appeared in the crowd leisurely.
You must know that Zhu Yiyuan entered the Zhang Family Courtyard early. Where did he go?
In fact, Zhu Yiyuan found Tan Qiye and the others first. Zhang Zhifa was a bachelor. Needless to say, he left behind family property and property, but with so many things, there is also a priority.
Zhu Yiyuan focused on the Zhang family's land deeds and IOUs.
In the Ming Dynasty, the problem of land donation had long existed. The people could not bear the taxes, so they put the land in the names of wealthy gentry families to avoid taxes. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, things became even more serious, with natural and man-made disasters causing the people to go bankrupt.
It is impossible to survive relying on one family, so one must join a big family to seek shelter.
Take Qingshiji as an example. Except for the Zhu family who were able to keep their little land by virtue of their clan status, the rest of the villagers almost all owned the land of the Zhang family.
Looking at the entire Zichuan County, the Zhang family's land holdings are over 30%.
Once you control the land, you control the people, so the small Zhang family can gather hundreds of servants and thugs.
As for the county government offices, the yellow books in their hands are simply useless paper.
If you want to know how many people and fields there are in Zichuan County, you have to look at the private records of large households.
When Zhu Yiyuan was preparing, he told Master Tan Qi that since Master Qi and the others were illiterate, Zhu Yiyuan followed the first wave of people and entered Zhang's house.
Fortunately, Zhu Yiyuan was lucky and did not encounter any overt or covert attacks. He joined Qi Ye, Liu Bao and others, and they went straight to the Zhang family's accounting room... When they arrived, someone had already arrived in advance, looting gold and silver, and rolled them up.
Just run.
Looking at their panic, Zhu Yiyuan could almost guess that these people were not necessarily rebels, but probably the slave guards of the Zhang family.
At this point, if we don’t take the opportunity to grab some points and make a fortune, how can we still have such a good opportunity?
Therefore, many servants would steal the Zhang family's belongings before escaping.
Those yellow and white ones are really dazzling and touching.
These fellow villagers also drooled.
"Things that don't open their eyes, even if they rob gold and silver, they will lose their lives. Let's get our own things back!"
Master Qi shouted loudly, and everyone calmed down. They followed Zhu Yiyuan to dig out all the account books.
Zhu Yiyuan didn't have time to look carefully, but just took a rough look. There were outgoing accounts, incoming accounts, and a large box of IOUs, which were all from the surrounding villagers. Generally, they were three to five taels of silver, but as long as a year and a half passed,
, it will become ten taels, twenty taels, or even thirty or fifty taels... Then the family will be at the mercy of Mr. Zhang.
"These are all evidence of the Zhang family's exploitation of fellow villagers, take them away!"
Zhu Yiyuan searched around and found nothing important such as land deeds.
Liu Bao suddenly said: "Master Zhu, I remember hearing someone say that Mr. Zhang's study is very big, and there are all important things in it."
Zhu Yiyuan also woke up suddenly and hurriedly took everyone to the study.
At this moment, the Zhang family compound was in complete chaos, crying for father and mother, running away in all directions, servants, rebels, Wang Qing's men, and Zhang family's maids and wives, all mixed together.
Zhu Yiyuan didn't care about this and just let Liu Bao lead the way. They reached the study smoothly.
At this moment, this huge study room had been robbed and was in a mess. The valuable furnishings and calligraphy and paintings on the walls had long been taken away. Books and other items were worthless and were thrown all over the floor.
A great scholar's collection must be extremely precious and priceless. However, Zhu Yiyuan didn't have the energy to collect it. He had to race against time and follow Qi Ye and the others to rummage around.
After walking around the room several times, Zhu Yiyuan passed under the desk and suddenly felt a hollow sound coming from the ground. He hurriedly called Master Qi over, and the big guy opened up the ground with all hands and feet, and there was indeed a hidden compartment inside.
There were about two boxes of land deeds and two more boxes. After Zhu Yiyuan opened them, he found that they were all letters and memorials left by the great scholar Zhang Zhi before his death.
These are exactly what Zhu Yiyuan wants.
He hurriedly asked a few people to help carry the box out, and then went straight to the Zhang family's backyard. They were lucky enough to grab two carriages and send the things away.
For the time being, I will send it to the Qingshi collector's house for my mother to collect.
After all this work, it was already daylight. They didn't get any decent belongings, and they were so tired that they were sweating through their clothes. But they couldn't hold back the smiles on their faces.
"Master Zhu, why do you think my body feels so light?" Liu Bao said with a smile.
Zhu Yiyuan nodded and said: "Yes, the shackles are gone, the restraints are gone, and the stones on the body are gone. Isn't it relaxing?"
The villagers all nodded and rejoiced, except Master Tan Qi, who frowned slightly and suddenly said: "Master Zhu, are you really able to do this?"
Zhu Yiyuan was startled, then smiled and said: "It's just a few of us, of course we can't do it. But if we work together, we can definitely do it!"
Tan Qiye was shocked, and finally nodded vigorously, "Master Zhu, if you have an idea, just lead the brothers to do it!"
The other villagers also looked at Zhu Yiyuan, but Zhu Yiyuan did not agree immediately. He only said: "Let's see what Chief Xie plans to do first."
While they were talking, they arrived in the front yard. At this moment, Xie Qian had already wielded his golden sword and sat on the grand master's chair where Mr. Zhang used to sit.
"Come here, bring Zhang Quan."
Soon someone pushed Zhang Quan over, and at the same time, someone also carried over a plaque with three words "Bachelor's Degree" on it.
Xie Qian sneered and said: "Zhang Quan, open your dog eyes and take a closer look. The Ming Dynasty treated your family well. If you come from a dignified family like Shaobao and become a slave to the Tatars, do you still have people's hearts?"
Zhang Quan's face was full of fear and he could only say reluctantly: "This, this is all my father's merit. He has passed away. I and our descendants have really not received any favor..."
"fart!"
Xie Qian scolded angrily: "You think I don't know? When your father was a bachelor, he favored you and made you a guard of thousands of households. After your father died, the imperial court gave you the title of Shangbaosi Shaoqing. You took it.
You have spent most of your life with a Ming Dynasty salary, but now you are in a hurry to shave off a pig’s tail, you are so shameless!”
Xie Qian stood up angrily, rushed in front of Zhang Quan, knocked off his hat with a wave of his hand, and grabbed the money rat tail on his head.
Zhang Quan looked like a wild monster with his painting skin torn off, revealing his ugliest face.
His whole body was limp, and he would have fallen down if Xie Qian hadn't grabbed him by the braid.
At this moment, Xie Qian suddenly turned around, glanced at Mr. Zhu, and said sternly: "Master Zhu, how do you think we should deal with this shameless person?"
Father Zhu was shocked and said hurriedly: "He deserves to be killed!"
Xie Qian was very satisfied. He glanced at Zhu Yiyuan in the crowd and said loudly: "Master Zhu, what do you think?"
Zhu Yiyuan said: "The Zhang family acted as a traitor. Not only did they shave their heads, but they also acted as thugs for the Qing court, bullying fellow villagers, killing people, and even taking the opportunity to amass land. They have committed many crimes and deserve to be killed!"
Xie Qian raised his head and laughed, then gnashed his teeth and said: "I, Xie Qian, have raised an army to kill all the unfaithful and unjust beasts. Come and push everyone in the Zhang family up."
At this order, Zhang Quan's two younger brothers, their sons, and grandsons, a total of eight people, were all pushed up.
"cut!"
Following Xie Qian's order, the rebels waved their ghost-headed knives, and their bloody heads rolled down... The direct descendants of Zhang Zhifa, the great scholar of the Chongzhen Dynasty, were all killed, leaving no one left.
"Someone, hang their heads outside for everyone to see."
All the rebel soldiers present were happy and encouraged, shouting that the killing was well done and the killing was happy.
Thanks to the leader for being mighty, thanks to the leader for being domineering!
Zhu Yiyuan was familiar with the world and would not shudder because of killing a few people. But Xie Qian destroyed the Zhang family. A great scholar had so many disciples and former officials, and I am afraid that many of them surrendered to the Qing court.
The whole Shandong Shilin will also be shaken. Xie Qian is probably going to be named the most evil thief in Qilu... This chapter has been completed!
