Jia Yuan is the third generation of the Jia family in Linqiong. The Jia family also developed rapidly under his hands and eventually became the second largest wealthy family in Bashu after the Guo family.
Jia Yuan is sixty years old this year. Thirty years ago, he began to train scholars who worked for the Jia family, and used the Jia family's financial resources and connections to support them step by step.
This is one of the two things that must be done to become a wealthy family in Bashu. One is to spread the branches and leaves, and the other is to become entangled.
To be entangled is to cultivate cronies in the officialdom, to be spread out is to marry wives and concubines for children and grandchildren, and to work hard to have children.
After thirty years of perseverance, Jia Yuan finally achieved a good harvest. He controlled the five states of Jiannan Road, and everyone from the governor, chief historian, to the county magistrates below were his people.
In addition, he had more than a hundred descendants and more than a hundred daughters and granddaughters. At the same time, his daughters and granddaughters brought him sons-in-law and grandson-in-law.
More than a hundred descendants have all developed well. Some are officials, some are doing business, and some are in the army. In Jia Xiu's camp alone, there are eighteen generals of the Jia family and seven son-in-law generals. Of course, all of them were killed.
put to death.
Jia Yuan has also been a little nervous these two days. According to his experience, once they openly oppose the imperial court's abolition order, if the imperial court wants to negotiate a settlement, the first thing to do is to have Wang Wei, the observation envoy of Jiannan Road, come to visit, but so far
Wang Wei did not come to visit him.
This made Jia Yuan feel bad. Especially tonight, he became more and more restless. He sat in front of the study window and thought wildly, almost staying up all night.
Suddenly, "Bang!" the study door was knocked open, and brother Jia Xiu stumbled in, crying: "Brother, run away, the Tang army is coming!"
Jia Yuan's mind suddenly went blank. It took him a while to realize that he had to escape by himself. What would happen to his descendants? What would happen to his family business? What would happen to the thousands of salt wells?
"Brother, leave quickly. Li Sheng personally led the troops to kill them. There are 20,000 to 30,000 people. If you don't leave, it will be completely over!"
Jia Yuan was excited. He turned around and pulled out an iron box from the secret cabinet. The iron box was not a peerless treasure, but various items needed for escape, various roads opened by the government, exquisite human skin masks,
There are naturally more than one hundred taels of gold in the house deeds and land deeds in big cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang. This is a way out for himself.
The two brothers didn't care about their descendants' family property, got into a three-horse carriage, and fled out of the city under the protection of a hundred cavalry generals.
After a while, he rushed to the door. When the general on duty quickly opened the city gate for them, Jia Yuan gave some instructions to the leader of the family.
The leader of the servants stepped forward and said to the gatekeeper general: "Are you the city gatekeeper?"
The general guarding the gate quickly bowed and said: "I am Liu Kang, the captain on duty!"
The leader of the servants said arrogantly: "My master said that as long as you remain silent and don't say anything, I will reward you with a thousand coins later!"
"Don't say anything for your humble position. Thank you for the generous reward!"
The leader of the servants turned around and waved, and everyone gathered around the carriage and rushed out of the city gate, galloping along the northwest official road in the direction of Maozhou.
The general guarding the gate watched them go away and took a hard sip on the ground, "Damn it, you still owe the reward, do you think I'm a fool?"
"Close the city gate!"
Maozhou is the territory of the Hou people. Jia Yuan's mother and wife are both the daughters of the leader of the Hou people. They have had a deep relationship with the Hou people for generations. Jia Yuan has also become the second generation of Baowang. The Baowang is responsible for communicating between the Han people and the Hou people.
the middleman between.
The previous generation of King Yi was both Jia Yuan’s father-in-law and uncle. However, the previous generation of King Yi has died. The current King Yi is more complicated. He is not only Jia Yuan’s uncle, but also his cousin, and also his in-laws.
Jia Yuan's eldest son married the daughter of King Liu.
Of course, Jia Yuan's wife has passed away, and the eldest son's family is in Maozhou. Otherwise, Jia Yuan would definitely bring his eldest son and his wife with him, otherwise he would not be able to see his in-laws.
Not long after the Jia brothers left, the cavalry of the Tang Army arrived.
Liu Kang, the captain on duty at the city gate, has a relatively low position and has nothing to do with the Jia family. It is precisely because he has nothing to do with the Jia family that it is his turn to be on duty at night.
Liu Kang instinctively opened the city gate when he saw the Jia family's carriage and let the Jia family's carriage go, but he didn't react and didn't know who was in the carriage?
At this time, the 10,000-strong army led by Li Sheng arrived, and a general stepped forward and shouted, "Captain Li of Jiannan is here, open the city gate quickly!"
Liu Kang knew the general who called the city, Zhao Ting'an, the military envoy of Shuzhou. He was startled and quickly ordered the city gate to be opened.
At the same time, he ran down the city and stood beside the city gate. Zhao Ting'an rushed into the city with thousands of cavalry. Li Sheng also came. He reined in his horse and asked Liu Kang: "Can you tell me, commander, how many cavalry are in the city?"
army?"
"Reporting to the Governor, there are five hundred brothers!"
"What is your position?"
"The villain's name is Liu Kang. He is a famous school captain and commands a hundred brothers. Isn't the villain a member of the Jia family?"
Li Sheng was startled, "How did you know that I would ask you if you are from the Jia family?"
"Jia Xiu fled into the city in panic. Not long after, a hundred cavalrymen escaped in a carriage escorted by the Jia family. I don't know who was in the car, but I think I should tell the governor!"
Li Sheng frowned and asked quickly: "How long have you been escaping?"
"A quarter of an hour at most!"
Before he had time for a quarter of an hour, Li Sheng turned around and ordered General Yu Jianliang: "General Yu immediately led a thousand cavalry to catch up. We must catch up with the carriage no matter what!"
"Follow the order!"
Yu Jianliang immediately led a thousand cavalry and chased toward the northwest at lightning speed.
Li Sheng then entered the city, and the vast Jia Mansion was already surrounded by thousands of soldiers.
Jia Xiu inherited her father's legacy and continued to occupy neighbors' houses, eventually building Jia's mansion into a huge mansion covering an area of 120 acres. Four brothers and countless children and grandchildren all lived together. Jia Yuan was like a superior man.
The emperor looked down on everything in the family, greatly satisfying his wish to control the family.
But at this time, the entire Jia family was taken away. Except for Jia Yuan, his brother Xia Xiu, and the eldest son Jia Mingde, the other Jia family members were tied up and captured by Tang army soldiers. There was a lot of wailing. Soon, the governor Jia Wei
The county magistrate Jia Kuan and other Jia family officials were tied up and brought in by soldiers. Zhao Ting'an knew the situation of the Jia family very well, so he arrested them. Not a single child of the Jia family in the city ran away.
Li Sheng immediately ordered that all the men over the age of fourteen in the Jia family be taken out of the city and beheaded, including sons-in-law and grandsons, as well as housekeepers, servants, etc., nearly 500 people, leaving only thousands of women and a group of children. The Tang army did not kill them.
Women and children, this is an iron law Li Ye also set in the river, which has never been violated in the past twenty years. At the same time, rape of women is not allowed.
Previously, Wei Yulin, the general of the Jiannan Army, allowed his soldiers to rape the maids and concubines of Linyi State. He was escorted back to the country and executed in public. Therefore, the soldiers who participated in the rape of women were also dismissed from the military and retired. Being dismissed from the military meant that there was no land compensation.
Of course, Li Sheng would not trigger this iron law. These women and children were sent to Chang'an and later to Liaodong. Of course, they were not exiled to the army, but moved to live in Liaodong. Young women were married to soldiers.
Build a new family.
Yu Jianliang led a thousand cavalry in pursuit for more than 30 miles. Yu Jianliang suddenly found a carriage lying on the road in the distance.
He reacted very quickly and shouted: "Be careful of arrows from both sides!"
The soldiers looked to both sides, and sure enough, someone shouted, "Shoot an arrow!"
More than a hundred arrows were fired at the cavalry from both sides in front.
These servants were lying in ambush on both sides of the carriage, but they were spotted by the Tang army. They could not wait for the Tang army to come forward, so they had to shoot arrows in advance. The Tang army raised their shields and urged their horses to kill the servants who were ambushing them on both sides.
When Yu Jianliang saw that the wheels of the cart were broken, he knew that the enemy was blocking the road with the cart, and ordered his servants to restrain him. These bastards had a good idea, and they could not escape this time.
Yu Jianliang ordered the soldiers to move the cart away from the official road, and he led 500 cavalry to continue chasing forward.
Yu Jianliang has participated in many battles and has rich experience. He has excellent eyesight and has been staring at the two lines of horse hoof prints on the ground to catch up.
After chasing for more than ten miles, Yu Jianliang found that there were fewer horse hoofprints on the road ahead. He reined in his horse. Suddenly, a soldier pointed at the woods and shouted, "There are horses neighing in the woods!"
Yu Jianliang waved his hand, and five hundred cavalry rushed towards the woods below the official road like a tide.
The person hiding in the woods was none other than the head of the family, Jia Yuan. He was too old, and his body had been drained by wine and sex. He couldn't hold on for long on horseback, and he couldn't bear it after running for more than ten miles.
He had no choice but to let Jia Xiu continue running, attracting the Tang army to chase him. He hid in the woods himself. He went deeper and deeper, but unexpectedly the war horse refused to follow him into the forest. It struggled desperately and neighed several times, which was heard by the soldiers of the Tang army.
The war horse broke free from the reins and ran away with the box, leaving Jia Yuan alone in the dark forest.
Jia Yuan was exhausted, his legs were like lead, and he couldn't walk any more. He had to sit down against a big tree, breathing heavily.
At this time, Jia Yuan regretted it so much that he fought against the emperor for more than 10,000 slaves and sacrificed his entire family.
I don’t know what I think, but I am so arrogant. Do I think the emperor wants to compromise with me?
I am stupid! I am so stupid that I have lived like a dog for the rest of my life. As long as I fear the imperial power a little bit and free all the slaves, the Jia family will definitely continue to carry on the family lineage.
Jia Yuan whined, "I'm so stupid!"
At this time, torches not far away gradually gathered around,
Jia Yuan knew he couldn't run away, so he took out a small wine bottle from his arms, cried for a while, raised his head and drank the poisonous wine in one gulp.
He slowly closed his eyes.
Not long after, more than a hundred Tang soldiers holding torches surrounded Jia Yuan. A soldier stepped forward and touched his breath, then turned around and shouted: "General Yu, he has expired!"
Yu Jianliang stepped forward and took a closer look. Sure enough, it was Jia Yuan. Although he did not catch up with Jia Xiu, the head of the family, Jia Yuan, was caught up and he could go back to pay the bills.
"Behead him, bury the body, and take the head back!"