As soon as they entered the courtyard, hundreds of crossbowmen who were ambushing around the high wall fired arrows together, and the courtyard was filled with screams. Before Guo Wei and his son and ten warriors understood what was going on, they died under random arrows. Guo Wei was killed by two
More than a dozen arrows shot through his body. His mouth was wide open and his eyes were wide open. His eyes had lost their luster and he refused to close his eyes. His son Huaide lay on the ground and was nailed to the ground by more than a dozen arrows.
Not only them, the heads of the seven wealthy families were killed every time they came. On the 4th and 5th of January, the seven wealthy families from Yanshan Road arrived in Pingzhou secretly and disappeared without a trace.
Zhang Wo and his son Zhang Mingqian were also secretly executed by the internal guards. The government immediately confiscated all Zhang Wo's manor and family property, turning the manor into official land.
But this was only the first step. Niu Gao immediately sent out troops and began to arrest the children of the seven wealthy families on a large scale all over Yanshan Road. They were handled by the inner guard soldiers. The inner guard soldiers were ruthless and ruthless. They used the same method to deal with the salt owl to kill these wealthy families.
All his sons were put to death.
Even Niu Gao felt that the methods of the internal guards were too ruthless, but he also understood that if he did not ruthlessly eradicate the roots, Yanshan Road would never have peace. Although Yanshan Road did not support the Yong Kingdom, there were still many nobles and wealthy households, but the real
Once the powerful powerful forces that threaten the Western Army disappear, no one else will have anything to worry about.
The government immediately began to confiscate the fields and family properties of the eight wealthy families on a large scale. All the villagers were disbanded, and all the secretly stored weapons and armor were confiscated. This time, the internal guards, the Western Army, and the local governments cooperated particularly well, and eradicated the influence of the eight wealthy families vigorously and resolutely.
The situation that made everyone insecure finally eased.
The handsome hall in Yuguan is also called the Big Stone House. It is built on the westernmost side of Guan City. It is made of all stones and covers an area of half an acre. At this time, several important people are sitting at the table in the big stone house, including Yan.
Hu Yun, the pacifying envoy of Yunlu, Wang Duo, the chief general of Yuguan, Zhong Huan, the commander of the internal guards, Cao Kai, the commander of the Yanshan Road Intelligence Agency, and Pang Guangji, the chief of the intelligence station who had just arrived from Liaodong.
Everyone knew about the mission. They brought Yang Qin, the Minister of War of the Jin Dynasty, and his family to Yanshan Road. Pang Guangji said to everyone: "I have already contacted Yang Qin. He was detained because he had personal contact with Wang Kang, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, during his seven years in Shaoxing.
When people exposed it, he was suspended at home pending an investigation by the Jin Dynasty court. The investigation was just an excuse. In fact, the results of the struggle between Yan Chang and Wanyan Wushu were seen. Now Wanyan Wushu led his army to attack Goryeo. It is said that the battle went smoothly.
, five battles and five victories, more than 100,000 Goryeo troops have been wiped out. The smoother Wanyan Wushu is on the battlefield, the greater the pressure on Wanyanchang, and the more dangerous Yang Qin's fate will be. Yang Qin hopes that we can kill him in February.
The whole family was rescued from Liaodong, and Wanyan Wushu will come back in March, and it is very likely that he will be operated on first."
"Where is Yang Qin now?" Hu Yun asked.
"Currently, he is guarded by a team of ten soldiers in Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo. He is under house arrest. He communicates with the outside world through one of his old servants."
Cao Kai, the commander of the Yanshan Road Intelligence Agency, said: "First of all, leaving the house is the first pass, leaving the city is the second pass, and leaving Liaodong is the third pass. The passes are dangerous. Our people must go to Liaoyang City, otherwise they will not even reach the gate.
Can't even get out."
Everyone in the crowd looked at Zhong Huan, who could only rely on internal guards to escort Yang Qin's family out of the city safely.
Zhong Huan thought for a moment and asked: "How many garrison troops are there in Liaoyang City?"
Pang Guangji said slowly: "About 30,000 people, all Jurchen soldiers."
"Is the management of entering and exiting the city strict? I mean, Han people entering and exiting the city." Zhong Huan asked again.
"Of course there are, there are quite a lot of them. The Han people are basically craftsmen and businessmen. They can also go out and into the city, but they have to check the sign when entering and leaving the city. The Jurchens have bronze signs, other Donghu people have iron signs, and the Han people have wooden signs.
The sign will flow smoothly."
Hu Yun frowned and asked, "What does the Han brand look like and where can I get it?"
Pang Guangji took a bag from his feet and poured it on the table. "Wow!" He saw a pile of wooden signs poured out and said with a smile: "I bought this on the black market in Liaoyang. It costs one yuan for two coins. I bought it."
Thirty yuan, all men’s names.”
Everyone was overjoyed. They didn't expect that Pang Guangji had thought so carefully and even prepared the sign.
"When will the Liao River thaw?" Hu Yun asked again.
"It starts around early February, and basically everything thaws in the middle of February."
Hu Yun said to everyone: "The plan I am considering is to take the water route. If we take the land route, I am afraid that we will not be able to pass the Jinzhou pass, so we must get on the boat before Jinzhou and go south along the Liaohe River. The navy will meet us at the mouth of the Liaohe River."
Zhong Huan hesitated and asked: "Is there a Jin navy on the Liao River?"
Hu Yun nodded, "There are patrol ships, mainly to prevent our navy from entering the Liaohe River from the sea. Generally speaking, we will not interfere with civilian ships. If there are no accidents, they will not be inspected, but we still need to be on guard against any eventuality, and we must choose good water properties."
When the internal guard soldiers go there, all kinds of combat supplies must be fully prepared."
Everyone discussed the details again and finally finalized the entire plan.
After entering late January, Jingzhao began to have a bit of a spring atmosphere. The ice and snow melted, Qujiang Pond began to thaw, small green buds appeared on the willow trees by the lake, and groups of white ducks swam happily in the newly thawed river.
There was movement, the birds in the sky were chirping, and they flew into Jingzhao City from the suburban forest in groups.
In the fields, the wheat seedlings that had passed the winter began to grow vigorously, and farmers began to apply fertilizer and loosen the soil in the fields, and they were busy.
The originally deserted officialdom also began to become lively, and a steady stream of caravans came to Jingzhao from all directions. If everyone were to rate the Yong Kingdom, I am afraid that the highest score would be the merchants. The Yong Kingdom did not just allow merchants to gain access to civilians.
In fact, the Northern Song Dynasty did very well, but Yong State gave merchants a very good business environment with low business taxes. Merchants paid taxes immediately after buying goods, and then traveled all over the world with a tax bill, without any misunderstandings along the way.
If you take the merchant level, there is no war.
It is precisely because Yong State has a very good business environment that the commerce and transportation industries in various places have flourished.
In the morning, a convoy of several carriages, escorted by cavalry, arrived at Guangyuntan outside Dongcheng. Guangyuntan was a huge artificial lake dug by Wei Jian, the prefect of Shaanxi Province, during the Kaiyuan period, connecting the Tongguan canal, making Luoyang
The cargo ships can transport goods directly to Chang'an, which has great military and economic value.
After the end of the Tang Dynasty, Guangyun Lake gradually dried up. Later, it was re-excavated to introduce water from the Chan River, but it was still too small and could only be used reluctantly. After the Sanmenxia reef was blown up and dredged last year, cargo ships with 5,000 stone can also pass through Sanmenxia, and the transportation capacity has been greatly increased.
Chen Qing also ordered to organize 200,000 people to expand Guangyun Lake and widen the Cao River so that ships with five thousand stones could sail to Chang'an smoothly.
After five full months of busy work, the vast water conservancy project was finally completed. The spring was warm and the flowers were blooming. Chen Qing and the political councilors from the Internal Affairs Hall came specially to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new wharf.
Gongs and drums were beating on the pier, colorful flags were flying, tens of thousands of people gathered around the pier, and soldiers maintained order. Guangyun Lake expanded three times, from the original small lake to a large lake with vast waves.
, the lake is full of large ships, including military ships and cargo ships, and the dock has been expanded to one mile long. Originally, it could only berth three cargo ships at the same time, but now it can berth ten 5,000-stone cargo ships at the same time.
The inauguration ceremony was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, with Lu Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, serving as the master of ceremonies. Chen Qing offered incense to the river god and threw the three prepared animals into the pool. Amidst the fierce sound of firecrackers, the simple inauguration ceremony was completed. The first
A five-thousand-stone cargo ship with a red ribbon slowly entered the dock, followed by nine large ships. These were ten five-thousand-stone official ships, but they did not come from the Yellow River, but came from Yaozhou.
Ten large ships of briquettes.
The Yellow River has not completely thawed yet and will not thaw until early February, but the Weishui River is open for navigation.
"Unload the ship!"
The steward shouted, and thousands of people who had been waiting for a long time on the pier rushed up. Many of them were pulling new wooden carts. It was this new wooden cart that Chen Qing had a strong interest in.