Chapter 124 The master of wiping butts
Xingyang City.
At this moment, Chen Qian was sitting in the county government office, issuing government orders one after another.
First the city was closed, and then an inventory was carried out. All the families related to the Zheng family were all dead, and all the Zheng family's properties were sealed, counted, and secretly sent to His Majesty.
Then he asked Qu Tuquan to seal off the Zheng family's old house. No one was allowed to come near. Anyone who came close would be killed without mercy. He made every effort to dig up the Zheng family's old house and look for evidence that the Zheng family had collaborated with the enemy, betrayed the country, and conspired to rebel.
Finally, the cavalry was sent to chase the remnants of the Zheng family who had escaped.
"Fan Xian transported all the corpses of the dead soldier in black and the corpses of the bandits to the West City, lined them up, summoned all the people in the county to see them, and at the same time calmed the people's emotions, he said that Zheng had provoked the bandits and was killed. The bandits were wiped out."
"Now, I came from Zhengzhou overnight with a large army, and General Qu Tu came from Hulao Pass and wiped out all the bandits. It's a pity that we arrived a little late and failed to save the lives of the Zheng family. ."
"Now that the Zheng family has been wiped out by the bandits, it can be regarded as a sign of reincarnation."
"The Zheng family bullies men and women, robs people of their land, and is unkind in order to get rich. Now that the land is state-owned, all the original civilians in Xingyang City can report to the government according to their population."
"These fields will be redistributed to the people of Xingyang City, so that every household will have fields and food to eat..."
This move can be said to have made Mrs. Zheng angry enough to come back to life.
Taking possession of the Zheng family's property will gain a good reputation for the court, let the local people feel His Majesty's care, and give the Zheng family a bad reputation for being rich and unkind, bullying men and dominating women.
Chen Qian knew that the Zheng family had been operating in Xingyang for hundreds of years, like an iron barrel. Even the people here would remember the Zheng family. After all, the Zheng family is a wealthy family. Even if it is just for show, they will help the poor people. Gain a good reputation.
Zheng's reputation here is definitely more useful than the imperial court. Once someone with ulterior motives incites the people to fight against the government, it will be troublesome.
He, a person who wipes the butt, will be used as a scapegoat by His Majesty, and he will be screwed.
Fan Xian is now the acting chief historian, and he is also a member of his lineage. Like him, he was suppressed by the Zheng family in the past. Yesterday, he led his secret guards to kill all Zheng family officials in Zhengzhou.
Fan Xian immediately took the order and went to arrange it.
Chen Qian and his people hurriedly went to Zheng's old house to find evidence of Zheng's rebellion. That was the key.
Even if there is not one, one must find a way to make one, and it must be related to the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.
"Chen Governor, why are you here in person?"
Chen Qian cupped his fists and raised his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Can I not come? If things go wrong here, I, Chen, may be the one to take the blame."
"By the way, General Qu Tu, did you find Zheng Yuankui's body?"
"The excavation work is very difficult. It is estimated that we will have to wait until dark before we can clean up the collapsed study and living room."
"Gather some more people. Don't dare to neglect this one. We must do it quickly. Chang'an is still waiting!"
"Don't worry, Governor Chen, leave this matter to me."
Chen Qian looked at the Zheng family's old house that had completely collapsed, and he was extremely puzzled. What powerful thing did the King of Shu use to cause such a big house to collapse?
The third prince was only fifteen years old, yet he dared to come to Xingyang alone and destroy the Zheng family. He had to admire the courage of the King of Shu.
It's a pity that he was sent to Zhengzhou by His Majesty for three years. He suffered all the hardships from the Zheng family and saw all the supercilious looks and insults from the Zheng family.
But in the end, he still couldn't defeat the Zheng family, and even almost died tragically several times. In the end, he had to give up his authority and has endured until now.
Xingyang City, West Market.
Fan Xian lined up more than two thousand black-clad corpses and the corpses of bandits, and asked the common people to come and take a look to see if they had been harmed by these people.
If someone has been harmed by these people, the government will compensate the victim with the money stolen by the bandits.
The common people were forced to come to see the excitement. They were almost scared to death last night. The thunder exploded outside the city, making their scalps numb. There were countless soldiers running back and forth on the streets.
In the middle of the night, the bandits actually broke in and started killing people on the street.
It wasn't until dawn that they dared to open the door and take a look. The road was covered with blood and corpses.
Later, officers and soldiers came, and I heard that they killed all the bandits, and all Zheng's people were also killed by the bandits.
I also heard that this was a vendetta. Zheng had offended the bandit boss. The bandit boss united with several groups of bandits to kill Zheng's family in revenge.
Anyway, there are many versions circulating.
Now the official actually said that they should come forward to watch, but the scene was too terrifying. Who would dare to go up?
But things are different now. I heard that if you recognize someone who has harmed them before, you can get compensation from the government. This is simply a gift of money. Who doesn't love money?
So the brave people went up to identify them. Obviously they had not been harmed, but there were so many corpses, and you could get money by pointing to any one. Where can you find such a good thing?
In less than an hour, the dead men in black identified five hundred corpses.
There was even a lazy man pointing at a headless dead man in black clothes and saying that even if this man was reduced to ashes, he would still recognize it as the bandit in black clothes who killed his sister who was married far away.
Others said that bandits in black robbed their family of the few remaining rations of food, resulting in his father not surviving the winter and starving to death.
Others say that bandits in black clothes took away his daughter, and she still doesn’t know whether she is alive or dead.
Fan Xian, the chief minister, compensated these people with regular money on the spot.
Fan Xian saw someone coming forward to identify him. He stood on the high platform and shouted angrily: "This bastard in black clothes is not a bandit at all."
The common people looked at the furious Master Fan Xian with confused faces. Could it be that they had identified him wrongly.
The people who stepped forward to identify them had money in their hands, but they were terrified because they simply made something out of nothing.
"They are dead soldiers raised by the Zheng family in Xingyang, and those people are bandits."
"I never expected that the Zheng family, as a local wealthy family, would dare to do such a dirty deed. Damn it, you really deserve to die..."
"Fellows and elders, please accept my respect. As an officer, I was not aware of everything. As a result, the Zheng family once again worked as an aide for many years. I am ashamed of myself!"
Fan Xian clasped his hands in his fists and knelt directly on the ground, shouting that the villagers and elders would forgive him. If not, he would rather jump off the high platform and hit his head to death.
The people were stunned. They didn't expect that the Zheng family was such a family.
Those who had accepted the money and identified randomly finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the official did not investigate carefully and put the hat on Zheng's head.
"Sir, no, you are a good official for the common people!"
"The Zheng family deserves to die. The Zheng family bullied the people and robbed their daughters..."
"Sir, make the decision for us!"
The spies planted below immediately knelt on the ground and begged Fan Xian to make decisions for the people and never commit suicide.
Fan Xian cried, stroking his tears and said: "Okay, let me put my life aside for now, fellow villagers, now that Zheng has been killed, it is really karma, God will not let a bad person go..."
"The governor has said that the Zheng family has been causing trouble for many years and has seized countless fertile fields. The imperial court has decided that all the original residents of Xingyang can report to the county government from now on. The imperial court will redistribute the Zheng family's fertile fields to the county government on a per capita basis.
Everyone."
As soon as these words came out, all the people knelt down.
I call your Majesty long live, and I call you Lord Qingtian.
Fan Xian personally ran to the people and helped them up. Then he said: "Businessmen who once did business in Xingyang and were suppressed by the Zheng family will get up from today and come to the county government to report."
"The court will investigate and then provide appropriate compensation."
Chapter completed!