Chapter 264: Such an indiscriminate killing will surely lose the hearts of the people
Xiapi, Xuzhou.
Zhou Ping was playing with Gan Qian Daqiao and his daughter Zhou Ning at home when a servant came hurriedly, followed by someone from Liu Bei's mansion.
He has not gone to see Liu Bei for three consecutive days.
I haven't had anything big or urgent recently, so I just took this opportunity to spend time with my family.
Now that I see someone coming from Liu Bei's house, he must be asking him to discuss something. It is probably related to Gan Ning and Wu Jun.
Sure enough, the visitor said that Liu Bei had something urgent to discuss with him, and it was related to Wu County, but the visitor did not know what the specific matter was.
Zhou Ping took a few guards and followed the visitor to the Prefecture Mufu.
Zhang Wu was also on vacation recently, and Zhou Ping asked him to stay at home with his wife.
"Lord!"
Zhou Ping arrived at the Prefecture Mufu and entered the meeting hall. He saw Mi Zhu, Zhuge Jin, and Zhang Fei also there.
Liu Bei and Zhuge Jin looked solemn, while Mi Zhu and Zhang Fei looked happy.
"Sir, sit down quickly."
Liu Bei asked Zhou Ping to take his seat.
"Did Gan Xingba kill someone?" Zhou Ping asked after sitting down.
Liu Bei was unaware of what he had said to Gan Ning before.
Liu Bei nodded: "Well, Gu knew that if he went to Wu County, he would kill people, but he never expected that he would kill so many people!"
"How many were killed?" Zhou Ping asked.
"There were more than five hundred people, all of them were people with the four surnames of Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang from Wu County who were serving as officials in the county. In the name of a banquet, Xingba summoned them to the county government and shot them all." Zhuge Jin replied.
More than five hundred people!
Zhou Ping looked quite surprised.
He originally just wanted Gan Ning to kill some prominent people from the four major surnames to let them know that Liu Bei could not be offended, let alone rebel.
Who would have known that this Gan Ning was really fearless and he killed so many people in one go, all of whom were people from the four major surnames working as officials in the counties and counties.
In this way, it is no different from annihilating the four major clans.
Among the four major clans, almost all the capable people have died.
Liu Bei saw that Zhou Ping was shocked and speechless, and said: "The people in Wujun rebelled and killed Zifang. The rebels deserve to die. But now that Xingba is killing innocent people indiscriminately, and he is a member of the four major surnames, how can Wujun still be able to do it in the future?"
Peaceful?"
Zhang Fei followed up and said: "Brother, I don't think they are innocent. Wu Jun rebelled and killed Zifang. People from these four major tribes will definitely be involved. If they don't participate, Zifang will never die. I don't think Xingba will die."
If you kill well, if I were to go there, I would kill like him."
Liu Bei glared at Zhang Fei: "Such indiscriminate killing will definitely lose the support of the people!"
Zhang Fei did not dare to answer any more and looked at Zhou Ping and asked: "Sir, what do you think, should Xingba kill them?"
Liu Bei also looked at Zhou Ping. It was he who suggested that Gan Ning go to Wu Commandery to quell the rebellion.
Zhou Ping replied: "Lord, what Yide said is right. The four surnames of Wuzhong must have been involved in the death of Mi Zifang. It's just that Xingba shouldn't have killed so many people. But the fact is that it is like this. At present, we can only think
Thinking about how to deal with the aftermath.”
"Is there any need to think about it? We should withdraw Gan Xingba quickly, otherwise Wu County will be in chaos." Zhuge Jin said.
Liu Bei nodded slightly: "It's time to withdraw Xingba, but who should be allowed to take over Wu Commandery?"
"Why? If you continue to keep him in Wu County, I'm afraid that all the people in Wu County will be killed."
"Although Xingba is rough and easy to kill, after what happened in Lujiang, I already know that my lord will not allow him to kill people indiscriminately. The reason why the four tribes of Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang are so powerful is because their tribesmen occupy the official posts at the county and county levels. Now they have been uprooted.
If they rise, they will no longer have power. It is better to let Xingba stay in Wu County first and see how the people of these four tribes will react. If they take the opportunity to cause chaos, Xingba can use Xingba's hand to wipe out their tribe.
There will be no future troubles. If they dare not move, it means they have lost power and there is nothing to worry about. It will not be too late to let Xingba come back by then."
"I agree with what you said, sir." Mi Zhu said.
"Me too." Zhang Fei quickly agreed.
Liu Bei was hesitating. He had known for a long time that the clan power in Yangzhou was very powerful and difficult to govern. Especially the four major clans in Wu County, which had a large number of people and many officials and officials. Now many people are following Sun Quan.
Gan Ning killed more than 500 people from four tribes in one day, and they were all officials. Speaking of which, this was something that no one would dare to do, not even Cao Cao, who killed people indiscriminately.
Now is a critical moment. If the people of these four tribes dare not rebel again, they will be in ruins. Other big tribes will take this as a warning and not dare to rebel. It will be much easier to govern Yangzhou in the future.
If they incited the people of Wu County to rebel because of this, it would not be too late to withdraw Gan Ning and let others appease him.
Thinking of this, Liu Bei's face relaxed and he said: "Since Mr. said so, I will follow Mr.'s words and let Xingba stay in Wu County for a look."
Liu Bei also wanted to know how the four major surnames in Wu County would react.
Wujun, Taishou Mansion.
"General, the four leaders with the surnames Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang have arrived."
Gan Ning was sitting in the hall, and Wang Sima was standing aside. At this time, the doorman came to report.
"Let them in."
Soon, the leaders of the four surnames Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang entered the hall and bowed to Gan Ning cautiously.
When Gan Ning sent someone to summon them, they gathered together to discuss for a long time.
Although they knew that Gan Ning had killed more than 500 people from the four surnames who were officials, they now had no ability to directly confront Gan Ning. They were even more worried that if they went to the prefect's mansion, they might end up like those 500 people.
No return.
Finally, someone said that it would be easy for Gan Ning to kill them, and there was nothing that Captain Gan did not dare to do. If he did not go, it would anger him even more. It was better to calmly go and see if it was a blessing or a curse.
Can't hide.
Therefore, although they were worried, they still came.
"Everyone, please sit down."
Gan Ning looked at them and said lightly.
After they sat down, Gan Ning said again: "You already know that I killed your people, but do you know why I killed them?"
Several people looked at each other, and someone said: "Captain, please make it clear that we really don't know what crime they have committed."
"You don't know what crime they committed? Haha, you should all know about the death of Governor Mi, right?"
Seeing that they all lowered their heads and said nothing, Gan Ning added: "They colluded with the traitor Zhang Kai and plotted to kill the Mi governor. Do you think they deserve to die?"
The four chiefs of the four surnames knew about Mi Fang's death and had a share in it. They made the clan members conspire with Zhang Kai.
However, they only let a small number of people participate.
"Captain Gan, did more than 500 of our four surnames conspire with Zhang Kai to kill Governor Mi?"
Gan Ning smiled and said, "I'm not sure about that. However, I asked them to point out who was involved in killing the Mi Governor. I said that the person who testified could leave alive. Unexpectedly, they actually testified against each other. Everyone was very suspicious.
.I am a rough man and do not know how to resolve cases, so I have no choice but to kill them all, so that the revenge of the Mi Governor will be avenged. If you know for sure that Ning was killed by mistake, you can point it out, and Ning will go and plead guilty to General Liu yourself!"
The four of them looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Everyone knew that Gan Ning must have been killed by mistake, but no one dared to point out who was the wrongdoer.
If it is pointed out, then the others who have not pointed it out will not be convicted of killing Prefect Mi. It would not be appropriate to say that all of them were killed by mistake. Some people did participate in the killing of Prefect Mi.
Moreover, it is still unknown whether Liu Bei will punish Gan Ning, and who will say anything.
Gan Ning smiled again and said, "Since none of you pointed out the person who was wrongly killed, it means that you did not know about the killing of Governor Mi, let alone participated in it. However, if it is found that someone was involved in the killing of Governor Mi and you have not yet
If you are killed, I will kill you!"
"Do you have anything else to say?" Gan Ning asked several people again.
The four heads of Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang all shook their heads. Now they just want to leave quickly. There is nothing else to say.
"Then go back and take all your people back for burial. Remember, I would like to advise your people not to act rebellious again. This will only cause death and may even lead to genocide."
disaster."
"promise."
Several people quickly stood up and responded with their hands, left the prefect's mansion, and sent people to take more than 500 corpses back for burial.
They wanted to take revenge, but the capable people in the tribe were all dead. Those who were not serving as officials in the counties and counties were also neglected by the tribe, and it was impossible to avenge them.
The only way now is to wait for the opportunity and wait for Sun Quan to lead his troops to fight back.
However, Sun Quan is now guarding Shucheng and does not dare to attack Hefei. He is afraid that when he leads his troops to attack Hefei, Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, will lead his troops to attack from behind. Moreover, Guan Yu has already arrived at Hefei and cannot attack it even if he wants to.
He was waiting for the opportunity, waiting for Yuan Shao to become Liu Bei's enemy again.
According to the judgment of Sun Jing, Zhu Zhi and others, Cao Cao has been destroyed, Liu Bei is powerful, and will soon become enemies with Yuan Shao. Only then will it be easier to regain the land of Yangzhou.
Sun Quan did not come to attack Hefei, but Liu Bei was already thinking about sending troops to destroy him.
For this reason, Liu Bei sent people to find Zhou Ping, who was enjoying the happiness at home, to discuss the situation.
