Zhang Yang was arrested while he was sleeping. He had old arms and legs, and the soldiers had no use to force him. But when the gleaming knife was placed on his neck, Zhang Yang couldn't help shouting: "Kill the gentry as soon as we capture Taiyuan."
, do you, the prince, still want to stand firm in the east of the river?"
Tang Qian said coldly: "In the Taiyuan defense battle, both soldiers and civilians died in the battle, but you secretly sent a message to Wanyan Nianhan, willing to be an internal collaborator. Based on this, you will deserve to die!"
Zhang Yang's face turned pale and his whole body was shaking. How could Chen Qing know about such secret things?
He suddenly remembered one person, Wang Lianqing. Yes, he was the only one who knew this secret. He must have betrayed him.
He suddenly cursed loudly: "Wang Lianqing, you have betrayed your trust, you will not die well! Wang Lianqing, you are not clean either!"
"Gag his mouth and take him away!"
Tang Qian gave an order, and several soldiers rushed up, blocked Zhang Yang with rags, and carried him away like a chicken.
The eldest son Zhang Ming and the second son Zhang Jun were not treated so well. They were tied up and taken away with their heads covered. Except for two of Zhang Yang's five grandsons who were underage, the other three were also taken away.
At dawn the next day, the county government posted a notice saying that Zhang Tie faked his death to avoid crime and had been arrested by the army. His crime is pending trial. If any of Zhang Tie's victims can submit a letter to the county government to redress their grievances, three notices were announced.
day.
This news was even more explosive than Zhang Tie's fake death. It spread throughout the city in an instant and caused a sensation. The whole city was talking about it. Not only was Zhang Tie arrested, but many people also found out that the Zhang family had been sealed off.
The discussion became more heated, and almost everyone knew that the Zhang family was really doomed this time.
A large iron box was erected in front of the county government office, which was actually a mailbox. People kept coming to submit letters and complaints, and some even came with the whole family.
Behind the mailbox stood an official, it was Wang Jian. He was about to go to Wenshui County in the morning, but was stopped by soldiers sent by Chen Qing, who asked him to assist Pei Xiangjun in handling Taiyuan government affairs.
The reason is very simple. Pei Xiangjun didn't understand the situation in Taiyuan and needed a local official who knew the situation. But the Wang family and his son knew in their hearts that the reward for submitting the petition was coming.
At this time, Zou Hong came over and asked with a smile: "How many complaint letters have there been?"
"There are more than twenty copies. I think there will be more in the afternoon. After all, writing pleadings takes time."
Wang Jian saw Zou Hong looking haggard, so he expressed concern: "Brother Zou hasn't slept for several nights, let's go and sleep for a while!"
Zou Hong yawned and said, "I'm so sleepy that I can't even open my eyelids, but I just can't fall asleep. Maybe it's because I'm too excited. After so many days of investigation, I finally caught the main culprit."
"I heard that the Zhang family is planning to arrange for Zhang Tie to go to Lanzhou, but he refuses to go. If he goes to Lanzhou, I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch him."
Zou Hong shook his head, "It's useless for him to escape wherever he goes. Even if he escapes to Beijing, he can still be captured and exchanged for golden soldiers. The Kingdom of Jin will definitely agree."
"That's true. I wonder how Yan Changli's situation is?"
Zou Hong smiled faintly, "The Sanyuan Restaurant has been returned to him. The county king has stated that after the liquidation of the Zhang family, all the shop land occupied by the Zhang family will be returned to the owner, and those who were harmed will also be compensated."
Wang Jian sighed: "The prince's benevolence has made people convinced this time!"
At this time, a large group of people came, apparently from a family. In front of them was a young woman holding a big grievance.
Everyone came to the iron box, knelt down together, and cried bitterly. Wang Jian quickly said: "If you have any grievances, you can go to the county government to complain."
An old man wiped his tears and said: "The evil thief Zhang Tie seized 300 acres of my Xie family's farmland, killed my two sons, and insulted my eldest daughter-in-law to the point where she jumped into a well and committed suicide. We have no way to redress our grievances.
We have been waiting for this day for years."
Wang Jian nodded, "Is there a complaint?"
The old man took out a thick stack of pleadings and raised them high above his head. Wang Jian put the pleadings into an envelope, threw them into the iron box, and said to everyone: "Everyone go back and wait patiently. Zhang Tie is full of evil and cannot escape the death penalty.
Three days later, the evil thief Zhang Tie will be executed in public."
Everyone knelt down and cried bitterly again, then helped each other and left.
Three days later, the military issued a notice of execution, accusing Zhang Yang of colluding with the Jin Kingdom and betraying Taiyuan ten years ago, which led to the destruction of Taiyuan City. General Wang Zhen and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed, dozens of officials were martyred, and more than 100,000 people were killed.
The golden soldiers massacred.
Another notice also accused the Zhang family of oppressing good people, killing people and taking wealth for ten years. They had committed many evil deeds and were unforgivable. All the thirteen men in the family were executed, all the family property was confiscated, and all the stolen shops, houses and land were returned.
Original owner.
Amid the deafening cheers of hundreds of thousands of people, all thirteen members of the Zhang family, including Zhang Tie, were publicly executed.
Although Zhang Yang's two underage grandsons escaped execution by the officials, they did not escape the revenge of their enemies. A year later, both grandsons were killed and their heads were missing. The bloodline of the Zhang family was cut off from then on.
After executing Zhang Yang, Chen Qing reopened the magistrate's office, appointed Pei Xiangjun as the magistrate of Taiyuan, Wang Jian as the general magistrate of Taiyuan, and Zou Hong as the magistrate of Yangqu County. The other county officials were re-recommended by the squires. This time, the Zhang family faction was
All were eliminated and county officials were reappointed.
Thirteen kinds of government-controlled materials such as grain, salt, wine, cloth and camellia began to be put on the market in large quantities. Prices in various parts of Hedong dropped, taxes were abolished, and Sichuan and Shaanxi were integrated. In just one month, the Song Army established a firm foothold on Hedong Road.
Heel.
At this time, Chen Qing got the news that the emperor of Jin State sent Left Prime Minister Guo Wanyan Xiyin as a representative to go to Jingzhao to negotiate exchange matters with Chen Qing. One Wanyan Nianhan alone was enough to make Jin State's head bigger, and now there is another one who has the same problem.
Important Wanyan Yinshuke, several major factions of the Jin Kingdom put pressure on the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom at the same time. The Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Dan, had to endure the anger of Hedong Road being occupied and Wanyan's living daughter being beheaded, and chose to negotiate.
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Chen Qing also temporarily stopped his attack on Datong Prefecture and returned to Jingzhao.
September has entered in a blink of an eye. It has been almost a month since Chen Qing returned to Jingzhao. At this time, Chen Qing finally got the exact news that Wanyan Xiyin, who had been away for more than a month, arrived at Pujin Pass and would be arriving in Pujin Pass within a few days.
Arrive in Jingzhao.
In the morning, Chen Qing was discussing the issue of resettling the refugees in Shangzhou and Shaanzhou with five counselors from the Internal Affairs Hall.
This was the first trouble Chen Qing encountered after returning to Jingzhao. More than 200,000 hungry people from Jianghuai passed through Xiangyang Prefecture, entered Shangzhou along Shangluo Road, and sought refuge in Sichuan and Shaanxi. At first, there were only tens of thousands of people.
, soared to more than 200,000 in just one month, and there are signs of continuous increase in the future.
This is the refugee problem in Shangzhou. The same problem also occurred in Shaanzhou. The Song army captured Shaanzhou and opened up a channel for refugees to move westward. They came from Henan Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhengzhou, Junzhou, Ruzhou, and Yingzhou.
Refugees from other places entered Shaanzhou in large numbers, and the number increased to 500,000 in just over a month, which was really beyond Chen Qing's expectation.
Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao had just returned from Shaanzhou and Shangzhou and reported the situation to Chen Qinghe and the Internal Affairs Hall.
Zhou Kuan said to everyone: "The reason why the refugees from Shaanzhou are coming so fiercely has a lot to do with the indulgence of the puppet Qi State. It is said that the Jin Kingdom has decided to abolish Liu Yu and abolish the puppet Qi State, so Liu Yu issued an edict,
Lift the blockades in various places. In the past, refugees could not get through because of the blockades. Now that the blockades have been lifted, refugees are coming in droves.
Another reason is that this year's severe drought in the Central Plains reduced summer grain production by 30%, but the puppet state of Qi refused to lower taxes. It is said that taxes will be increased after the autumn, which caused panic among people everywhere and intensified the flow of refugees heading westward. Wanyan Wu
Shu is now in Beijing and has not interfered. I estimate that the westward march will intensify after the autumn harvest, and the population will definitely exceed one million by the end of the year."
Chen Qing said to Zhang Miao again: "Counselor Zhang also talked about the situation in Shangzhou."
Zhang Miao smiled and said: "The situation in Shangzhou is a bit unexpected. There should not have been hungry people coming here."
