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The "Second Battle of Jinxiang", or the "Jinxiang Massacre", soon spread throughout Song County. Not to mention the Yongwang Party, the nobles of the Suwang Party were shocked.
The same is true for the noble families of the Qing Royal Party faction.
You must know that "slaughtering the civilians of Song County" was not allowed by the Daliang court after repeated orders.
For a time, the nobles and private armies of various prince factions ordered the suspension of the attack in a tacit understanding, waiting for the Liang court to deal with this matter.
Soon, this incident spread to Daliang of Wei State, causing shock in the court.
Perhaps because the nature of the matter was so egregious, the court immediately blocked the news, but unfortunately, the Songjun businessmen who came to Daliang to purchase shops in Bolangsha River Port quickly spread the news to Daliang. Among them, Songjun Ding
Tao's wealthy businessman "Tao Hong" even united with a group of Song County businessmen to jointly submit a letter, hoping that the court would give an explanation. These Song County businessmen did not object to the court's use of force to regain Song County, but it was like massacre of civilians.
This kind of thing is absolutely intolerable to them.
While Tao Hong, a powerful merchant from Song County, wrote to the court, other businessmen from Han, Chu, and even Qilu also watched this incident with cold eyes.
These merchants from all over the Central Plains who gathered in Daliang of Wei State were all attracted by the shops in Bolangsha River Port. After all, as early as two months ago, they had the intention to build Bolangsha River Port into the first free trade center in the Central Plains.
Zhao Hongrun, Prince Su of Hegang City County, has already sent invitations to merchants from various countries in the Central Plains in the name of the imperial court, with the intention of making Bolangsha River Port the most prosperous free trade river port city in Wei and even the Central Plains. At present, these merchants are all
Watching Wei's verdict on the "Battle of Jinxiang Slaughter".
"What the hell?!"
After learning about this incident, Prince Su Zhao Hongrun was also very angry in the study room of Prince Su's Mansion.
You know, around August or September, he will soon represent the Daliang court to sell off the shops in Bolangsha River Port, allowing businessmen from all over the Central Plains to settle in the river port shops, stimulating the economic development of Wei and making Bo
Langsha and Daliang replaced Qi's Linzi and became the city with the most intensive wealth exchanges in the world.
Unexpectedly, at this juncture, "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang", "Quliang Hou Sima Song" and several other nobles from Qing Wang Hongxin's faction actually launched a massacre against the local Song people in Jinxiang, Song County.
Well, those businessmen from all over the world who were originally very enthusiastic about the shops in Bolangsha River Port seem to have been poured cold water on them, and have temporarily adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
I believe that if the Daliang court cannot safely resolve this matter, these businessmen from various countries in the Central Plains will never dare to settle in Bolangsha and Daliang. For the Wei State, this is not only a loss in wealth circulation, but also a loss in wealth circulation.
It also missed an opportunity to replace Qi State Linzi as the economic hub of the entire Central Plains.
The imperial court obviously understood the huge losses involved, so within two days, King Yong Hongyu, who was supervising the country on his behalf, summoned "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang", "Quliang Hou Sima Song" and other people involved in the "Jinxiang massacre" in the name of Chui Gong Hall.
Domestic nobles who are concerned about the matter can return to Daliang for questioning.
During this period, the courtiers of the Yongwang faction also took this opportunity to suppress King Qing Hongxin one after another, so much so that King Qing Hongxin frequently attended court meetings in the past few days, denying again and again that "Jinxiang massacred people"
” means that there must be something inside in this matter.
All in all, Qing Wang Hongxin was very worried because of this incident.
On the sixth day of July, "Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang", "Quliang Marquis Sima Song" and other nobles involved in the "Jinxiang Massacre" quickly returned to Daliang to await interrogation by the court.
The Daliang court attached great importance to this matter, so much so that it alarmed Zhao Yuansi, the emperor of Wei, who was recuperating in the Ganlu Hall. The latter ordered the imperial clan, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple to come forward to hear the case.
If it is finally verified that "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang", "Quliang Hou Sima Song" and others really ordered the massacre of innocent civilians in Jinxiang, then not only these domestic nobles will be severely punished, but also Qing Wang Hongxin
Be jointly and severally liable.
The trial of the case was held in the Zongfu, and Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan of the Zongfu personally came to hear the case.
At that time, not only Zhao Hongrun, Que'er, and Wei Jiao went to observe the trial, but also several other princes' factions and relevant personnel went to observe the trial.
When Zhao Hongrun took Que'er and Wei Jiao to the place where the case was being heard in the Zongfu, they heard someone shouting at the top of their lungs in the hall: "Those are not civilians at all! ... Those are all Bei Bo troops! Bei Bo
military!"
Zhao Hongrun stepped in. As soon as he entered the lobby of the clan, he saw "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang" whom he had met several times before. He was explaining excitedly. In the hall, Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan, Minister of Punishment Tang Zheng and Dali
The three officials responsible for hearing the case, Si Qing Zheng and Xu Rong, were frequently exchanging views in private.
At this time, the hall was crowded with people observing the case. Zhao Hongrun even saw the uncle and nephew Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, look at each other and pretended that neither had seen the other.
"quiet!"
It may be that the comments of the spectators affected the trial of the case. Zhao Yuanyan, Zongzheng of Zongfu, ordered everyone present to keep quiet, and then repeatedly asked "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang": "Pingcheng Hou, please be patient. As you just said, you
You did not order the massacre of civilians, but according to rumors, you attacked Jinxiang twice, firstly to avenge your son Li Ping and his family general Bu Ying, and secondly to loot Jinxiang..."
"This is absolutely not the case! ...Rumors should not be believed easily!"
Before Pingcheng Hou Li Yang could speak, Qing Wang Hongxin could not help but deny it in the spectators.
Seeing how Prince Qing Hongxin was sweating profusely, it was not difficult for Zhao Hongrun to guess how his brother was feeling at the moment.
"His Royal Highness Prince Qing, I am asking about Marquis Pingcheng." Zongfu Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan, the second uncle of Zhao Hongxin, Zhao Hongrun and others, heard this and glanced at Prince Qing Hongxin and said calmly.
Prince Qing Hongxin opened his mouth, but could only choose to shut up.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanyan, Zongzheng of the Zongfu, turned to look at Pingcheng Hou Li Yang again and asked: "Is this possible?"
Pingcheng Hou Li Yang took a deep breath and said calmly: "Reporting to Lord Zongzheng, Xiaohou's second son Li Ping and his family general Bu Ying were indeed killed in Jinxiang, but the two people who killed them were from Song Dynasty.
The Beibo Army is not the Song people of Jinxiang, so how could Xiaohou bring his anger to Jinxiang?"
Hearing this, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, as if they didn't quite believe what Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang said, and the Marquis of Pingcheng was sweating profusely.
"Quiet!" Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan couldn't help but shouted again, and then asked Pingcheng Hou Li Yang: "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang, why did you attack Jinxiang for the second time?"
Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, took a deep breath and said calmly: "Reporting to Master Zongzheng, Xiao Marquis led his army to attack Jinxiang for the second time because he heard that there were traces of Beibo Army activities in Jinxiang... This matter, Qu Liang
Mr. Hou can testify that it was he who found out the news."
After hearing this, Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan of the Zongfu turned to look at Qulianghou Sima Song and asked: "Qulianghou, is this possible?"
"Exactly!" Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, cupped his hands and said seriously: "For a long time, our army has not been able to find any trace of the Beibo Army. We have been attacked frequently but cannot find the murderer... Every time we send troops
During the pursuit, we tracked down only a few villages. We were puzzled by this, and later we discovered that the people in those villages were the Beibo Army!"
"What?" Zhao Yuanyan frowned and asked, "Who do you think is the Beibo Army?"
Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Master Zongzheng, those Song people in Jinxiang who claim to be civilians are actually the Beibo Army!... They took advantage of our unpreparedness and raised their weapons.
They took the opportunity to attack us, and when our army sent troops to follow them, these people hid their weapons and armor and pretended to be civilians... The Beibo Army has been hiding under our noses all this time."
"Wait a minute." Zhao Yuanyan interrupted Quliang Hou Sima Song and asked in surprise: "Quliang Hou, you mean..."
As if he had guessed the thoughts of Lord Zongzheng in front of him, Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "That's right! The Beibo Army is not just men from the Song Dynasty. They have relatives, old and young, as cover, and they are thieves when they go out.
We serve the people, so we searched hard for a long time at first, and finally discovered that these thieves were hiding under the noses of our army, among those who claimed to be innocent civilians!" At this point, he looked around.
He glanced at all the bystanders present and said loudly: "Whether someone is telling the truth, you might as well ask other armies in Song County to see if those princes have also encountered similar situations!"
These confident remarks made everyone present look at each other.
In fact, up to now, the people in the Daliang Dynasty still generally believe that the Song Dynasty rebels "Beibao Army" is a rebel army similar to local thieves. However, Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, overturned this view. The Beibao Army in his mouth
The army is an army dressed in the garb of "civilians of the Song Dynasty", consisting of men and women, old and young.
This may be the reason why the Daliang court has been unable to find traces of the Beibo Army: because those soldiers of the Beibo Army were among the civilians of Song County, or in other words, some people who claimed to be civilians of Song County were actually themselves
Soldiers of the Beibo Army.
"Your Highness?"
Wei Jiao asked Zhao Hongrun in a low voice.
Zhao Hongrun stared at Quliang Hou Sima Song intently and frowned secretly.
In fact, he had more or less doubts about the situations stated by Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang.
Think about it, if there is no deep-rooted popular foundation, how could Song Yun's Beibo Army survive the repeated sieges of Nangong Yao?
The question is, can this explanation be recognized by people all over the world?
Furthermore, who can be sure that after learning about this situation, Pingcheng Hou Li Yang, Quliang Hou Sima Song and others really interrogated the civilians in Jinxiang, or whether they used this as an excuse to cover up their robbery of civilians.
What about his evil deeds?
Even Zhao Hongrun cannot easily make a judgment on this matter.
However, it is foreseeable that Prince Qing Hongxin will be in bad luck this time.