Feng Xuan said that he had a low status and would not be able to play any role even if he surrendered, but in Han Qian's view, this was not the case.
In Xuchen, Shaoheng and other prefectures, the conflict between natives and guests has been extremely serious since the previous dynasty. Officials sent by the imperial court were also regarded as customers or representatives of the interests of the guests by the local natives. At the same time, due to the local natives
The country also practices a tribal system, and its social structure is extremely closed. In the past, officials in Xuchen and other places usually only took advantage of the conflicts between tribes with big surnames to carry out checks and balances and gain some initiative in the local area.
The central government is powerful, and local tribes with big surnames are in awe. This kind of checks and balances is naturally effective. However, Tanzhou is still in a semi-independent situation. How can we expect that the mountains to the south and west of Tanzhou are high and the emperor is far away?
How much respect do you have for the tribes with big surnames?
At this time, his father was in Xuzhou, and he still wanted to play with the checks and balances among the tribes with big surnames, which was like playing with fire.
After all, there are only four tribes with common surnames in Xuzhou. They have conflicts with each other, but they are also deeply involved, so it is too easy to reach a consensus.
What's more, the power of the Ma family would come in behind the scenes to cause trouble. His father had no foundation in Xuzhou, so why did he control the four families?
The more effective method is to use the conflicts within the Shanyue tribe to disintegrate the big surname tribe.
Of course, this is easier said than done.
Feng Xuan seems to be in a humble position, but he is suitable to be the ant nest that breaks up the big surname tribes.
And even if it was used as a nail to drive into the Shanyue people who were severely xenophobic, the effect would be much greater than Feng Xuan himself thought.
However, since Feng Xuan was willing to join the trap at this time, Han Qian did not explain too much to him and immediately asked him to choose four people he could absolutely trust and rush back to the village to connect the family to the city.
No matter how ruthless Feng Changyu and Feng Jin are, it is impossible to destroy the villages of their own clansmen. However, the wives and children of key figures such as Feng Xuan must be taken out. On the one hand, they can prevent being harmed by Feng Changyu and Feng Jin, and on the other hand, they can ensure that Feng Xuan jumps into their trap.
The pirate ship can no longer disembark.
Of course, Han Qian would not completely trust Feng Xuan, so he secretly sent two people to keep an eye on their every move, just in case there was any trouble.
We were entering the city late today, and everything in the Furong Garden needed to be tidied up. Under such circumstances, we also had to prepare a banquet. Naturally, we were in a hurry, and it was not until an hour after dark that we reluctantly prepared it.
Han Qian also had to go to the banquet to socialize. In addition to observing with his father who seemed more impatient tonight, he also hoped to delay the time so that the scouts inside and outside the city could collect more useful information and spy on Feng Feng.
What kind of killing plan did the four surnames of Xi Xiangyang set up?
The banquet lasted for an hour.
Although the wine used at the banquet was temporarily purchased from Xuzhou City, the drinks given to Xue Ruogu and other officials were spirits that Zhao Ting'er and the others had treated with quicklime in the backyard.
Although there was lime water dissolved in the wine, Han Qian thought it didn't taste good, but some people felt it had a different flavor when they suddenly drank it.
Besides, no one of the mid-level and low-level officials present tonight would find fault with Lord Governor Shi, and they had no idea that Han Daoxun, Han Qian and the other people accompanying him drank all the original low-alcohol wine, thinking that they would not be able to adapt to Lord Governor Shi's behavior.
After drinking the liquor brought by Jin Ling on and off for an hour, I felt top-heavy and overpowered.
At this time, Feng Xuan took his wife and children back to the city, and Han Qian left the banquet to see Feng Xuan.
In addition to his own wife and children, Feng Xuan also brought the wives and children of four tribal leaders into the city. However, even if he was forced to make a choice, Feng Xuan remained sullen and aggrieved in front of Han Qian, and did not know what Han Qian would do next.
Why do you want to coerce him?
At this time, Tian Cheng and Gao Shao walked in with a serious face. Han Qian did not ask Feng Xuan and others to avoid him, but directly asked: "Have you had any contact with our people in the city?"
"Everyone who can be contacted in the city has been contacted, but except for the four surnames who evacuated the city's family members last night, no other abnormalities have been found for the time being. However, Zuo Si's scouts who entered the city in advance, and three others sneaked into the state prison, and they are temporarily unable to obtain them.
Contact - Without Young Master's permission, we sent all the scouts we could contact in the city to the vicinity of the state prison." Gao Shao said.
Han Daoxun was also worried about the progress of the matter. At this time, he called Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo ran over to ask about the situation. As soon as they entered the yard, when they heard what the civet Gao Shao said, his expression also changed and he asked in surprise: "Where is the killing bureau?"
Are they going to allow inmates in state prisons to rob and riot in state prisons?"
"What a vicious and bold plan!" Han Qian couldn't help but applaud him and sarcastically said to the harsh Feng Xuan, "There should be many Shanyue civilians living in the city. I say you are just ants.
You still don’t believe it?”
Fan Xicheng, Zhao Kuo, Gao Shao, Tian Cheng and even the frighteningly mature Zhao Wuji were all secretly frightened. If Zuo Si hadn't sent two groups of scouts to infiltrate Xuzhou more than a month in advance, there would have been nearly thirty scouts in the later period.
The scouts entered Qianyang City before them. They didn't even think about discovering that the four surnames dared to harbor such evil intentions when they first arrived.
"Whether this happened or not is all your guess, young master. How can you definitely take it seriously?" Feng Xuan said bravely.
"Give them some armor and let them cry when they see the coffin." Han Qian glared at Feng Xuan, not realizing that he was really a stubborn person, and motioned to Guo Nuer to bring five sets of armor and give them to Feng Xuan.
He and his four men were put on first and would join them later. However, the wives and children of Feng Xuan and others were to be held hostage in the Furong Garden.
Then, Han Qian asked Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, Yang Qin and others to prepare here first; he rushed to the west courtyard with Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo to meet his father who was still hosting the banquet.
Xue Ruogu and others were so drunk that they were completely unaware of the murderous intent lurking inside and outside the governor's mansion. When they saw Han Qian and others coming back, they didn't notice anything unusual. They thought that the new governor was very approachable and was making a lot of noise.
Ask Zhou Huanrui to sing a song "Bodhisattva Man" to cheer up the drinking.
Zhou Yourui brought the musicians and singers from the music camp over at night and refused to sit down. He had been playing piano and singing in front of the court to entertain him. At this time, he saw Han Qian, Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo leaving and returning, wearing armor.
When she walked in with the knife on her shoulder, she glanced at the people in the hall with extremely sharp eyes. She was also shocked in her heart, and secretly thought that something was really going to happen tonight.
Zhou Yourui picked up the pipa, sat in front of the court, plucked the strings with her slender jade fingers, and sang melodiously with a clear voice: "The hills are overlapping and the golden light is extinguished. The clouds on the temples want to soak up the fragrant snow on the cheeks. I am too lazy to paint my eyebrows. I am too late to put on makeup and wash up. Before and after taking care of the flowers.
In the mirror, the flowers reflect each other, the new post is embroidered, and it is late to put on makeup and wash up..."
Naturally, Han Qian had no intention of appreciating Zhou Yourui's beautiful singing voice. He sat next to his father and calmly told him the latest situation.
"State prison?" Han Daoxun has also been thinking hard about how the four surnames will deal with him as the new governor. He really didn't expect that the four surnames would not hesitate to hand over the entire Qianyang City to the prisoners who robbed and rioted. He was frightened for a while and whispered.
Asked Han Qian, "Are there many prisoners in state prison?"
Han Daoxun has sorted out all aspects of the situation in Xuzhou, but he is not detailed enough to remember how many prisoners are detained in the state prison. He only knows that in Xuzhou, which has a total population of only 40,000 to 50,000, how many prisoners are detained in the state prison.
Very much.
This has a great relationship with the salt policy implemented by the great Chu state at that time.
Da Chu implemented a strict system of official property, official transportation, official sales, etc. in production, collection, transportation, and sales to ensure that enough salt profits were obtained to make up for the lack of military resources.
This has also made the price of salt in various places soar.
The price of salt in Jinling is as high as 2,000 yuan per stone. In remote areas such as Chen and Xu, in order to maintain the rapidly bureaucratic and costly salt official system, the price of salt is even more expensive, as high as 6,700 yuan or even tens of thousands of yuan per stone.
situation.
Although Da Chu has established a strict law that all states and counties can kill anyone who smuggles one stone of salt, there is still an endless stream of people smuggling salt from all over the country.
In remote places such as Chenxu, it is even more rampant and banned repeatedly.
Xuzhou kills as many as eighty salt dealers every year, if not a hundred, and those salt dealers who are not yet ready to be executed fill the state prisons.
Han Qian did not expect that the four surnames would dare to interfere in this matter, and he did not pay much attention to the relevant specific data.
Han Qian pointed to the prison warden Zhang Xiaochuan and said to his father: "He should know how many prisoners are held in the state prison."
Han Daoxun looked at the jailer Zhang Xiaochuan, who was looking at him in surprise and suspicion, with a pair of stern eyes, as if he wanted to tear out Zhang Xiaochuan's heart, and asked: "I heard about the salt prisoners in Xuzhou before I arrived in Xuzhou."
It is so fierce that Lord Wang Yu has repeatedly banned it, and now the state prison is overcrowded - I wonder how many prisoners are in the state prison at this time?"
Han Daoxun had just asked a lot about the situation of the prefecture and county during the banquet. When he asked about the prisoners, no one was surprised. However, the warden Zhang Xiaochuan and the commander Liu Bin looked up and looked over, half-drunk.
He woke up with a start and was speechless. He didn't know how to answer Han Daoxun's question, which was like a sap blow.
During the entire banquet, Zhang Xiaochuan and Liu Bin were two of the few people who were able to remain sober and not drunk on the grounds that they were not good drinkers.
Han Qian was not needed. Han Daoxun signaled that Fan Xicheng, Zhao Kuo and others had already walked behind Zhang Xiaochuan and Liu Bin, watching their every move.
"There are 895 prisoners in the state prison, and it is true that the majority of them are salt prisoners." Xue Ruogu is the chief clerk, and all documents in the state prison must go through his hands. He has the latest number of prisoners in the state prison.
He knew everything clearly, but he didn't understand why Zhang Xiaochuan was tongue-tied and speechless when facing the governor's question, so he cupped his hands towards Han Daoxun and answered on his behalf.
Han Qian also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that if there was a sudden prison riot among nearly 900 salt-trafficking gangsters who were not afraid of strict laws, and so many people rushed out of the state prison, the number of households in Xuzhou City had just reached 1,000, and the state
For Qianyang City, which had less than 400 swordsmen and archers in the county, it was definitely a disaster.
"I am going to Xuzhou. At this time, I would like to invite you all to have a drink and have not gone to the state government office to take a look. If you still don't feel trapped, please accompany me to the state prison to see how overcrowded the state prison is.
To what extent..." Han Daoxun stood up suddenly and motioned to the prison chief Zhang Xiaochuan, the chief secretary Liu Bin, the chief secretary Xue Ruogu and others to lead the way.
Seeing the pale face of Prison Chief Zhang Xiaochuan, Xue Ruogu and others were shocked to realize that something was wrong.
Seeing that the governor Han Daoxun had already walked out of the hall first, they didn't know what went wrong, causing the governor Han Daoxun to go straight to the state prison late at night on his first day in office. They were worried and could only follow him out.
Zhang Xiaochuan and Liu Bin were civil servants, and Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo held their arms and half dragged, half pulled them out.
No abnormalities were found in other places, even where the state soldiers were stationed.
In addition to the two scouts stationed in each of the two camps of the state soldiers to keep an eye on it, the Furong Garden side was only guarded by Lin Zongjing and six family soldiers. In addition to the scouts who had gathered near the state prison, in addition to the secret room, including Feng Xuan and others
Forty warriors, all wearing armor and holding swords and bows, had already lined up in the garden outside the west courtyard. When they saw Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son coming out, they rushed towards the state prison with everyone surrounded.
Qianyang is a small city. There are only two streets between the Furong Garden, the back house of the state capital, and the state prison.
These two streets were also blocked by more than 50 Zuosi scouts who were gradually withdrawing after nightfall. Therefore, Han Daoxun and Han Qian led the people to the state prison. No one could convey the news in advance along the way...
