Wang Gang did not kill Duan Yan for the time being. He locked her in a dungeon and sent people to guard her closely.
On the other hand, Wang Gang sent additional personnel to protect his family 24 hours a day.
As the reform progresses, Wang Gang will offend more people and face more assassinations. It doesn't matter to him, but he can't involve his family.
Sheng Ziqiao learned that Duan Yan was a woman and that she only wanted to wait for an opportunity to assassinate her father. She was sad for a long time.
Although Wang Gang felt sorry for his daughter, he didn't know how to comfort her. He could only let time heal everything.
Duan Yan refused to repent in prison and insulted Wang Gang all day long, without making any money.
Wang Gang went to the prison to see her once.
"Thief, why don't you kill me?" Duan Yan saw Wang Gang and wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
Wang Gang took a file, sat outside the cell, and said slowly: "Your Duan family has been running Jiangnan for generations and is the largest landowner in Jiangnan. Your father Duan Yuhong also has the reputation of being a scholar, so he refuses to pay taxes."
Duan Yan said angrily: "My father has always been kind to people. He often helped the people and built bridges and paved roads. If it weren't for you, a thief, who ruined my family, I wouldn't be like this."
Wang Gang sneered and said, "Your father is kind to others. What a joke."
Duan Yan said angrily: "You are not allowed to slander my father."
Wang Gang sneered and said: "In recent years, your Duan family has done many things to oppress the people and annex land. The so-called building bridges and paving roads, and then charging high tolls from the people after each road is paved, is this not what a good person would do?"
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In order to implement the method of apportioning people into acres, Wang Gang had already made clear inquiries about the situation in Jiangnan.
The Duan family seemed to be kind, but secretly encouraged their slaves and oppressed the people. He had done countless evil things in the fish and meat village, otherwise Wang Gang would not have used him as an example to kill him.
Wang Gang did not implicate the nine clans, he only punished the chief culprits, and let all the innocent people go, otherwise Duan Yan would not be alive until now.
It's just that Duan Yan was raised in a boudoir since she was a child, so she doesn't know much about the family affairs, let alone the evil deeds of her father and brother, and regards Wang Gang as a villain.
"These are the evidence of your father and brother's crimes. Take a good look at them!"
Wang Gang threw the file to Duan Yan and let her read it by herself.
Duan Yan picked up the dossier dubiously, read it for a while and then threw it away.
"False, you made this all up." Duan Yan said angrily.
"I have no time to fabricate these things. Although your Duan family is dead, the oppressed tenants are still alive. If you don't believe it, why don't you go and ask?"
Duan Yan looked suspicious and said, "You want to let me go?"
Wang Gang sneered and said, "I don't care for idlers."
The moment Duan Yan was released and walked out of Prince Qing's Mansion, it still felt a bit unreal.
Wang Gang didn't take Duan Yan seriously at all and quickly got into work.
Recently, there have been obstacles in the implementation of land transfer for tenants in Shandong, and Wang Gang is going to send Qi Heng to deal with it.
As a result, Sheng Minglan came over to investigate.
"Third brother, why did you send Qi Heng to Shandong on business?"
"Qi Heng is an official of the imperial court, so it is natural for him to go to Shandong on errands."
"There are so many people in the court, why do they have to be Qi Heng?" Sheng Minglan asked.
Wang Gang put down the memorial and asked: "Why can't Qi Heng go to Shandong?"
"Qi Heng has just been to Jiangnan, can't he take a rest?" Sheng Minglan said.
Ever since Wang Gang found out about the scandal between Sheng Minglan and Qi Heng, he transferred Qi Heng away from Bianjing in the name of official duties. Sheng Minglan was quite critical.
"Minglan, don't forget your identity. Do you really want the officials to kill Qi Heng?"
Sheng Minglan felt guilty and whispered: "Qi Heng and I are innocent."
"It doesn't matter whether you are innocent or not. Qi Heng is too close to you. For the sake of your face, the officials can tolerate it for a while, but they cannot tolerate it for a lifetime." Wang Gang sighed.
Sheng Minglan sat down in despair and said, "Do you want me to be trapped in the palace for the rest of my life?"
Wang Gang asked back: "You chose this path yourself, why do you regret it?"
Sheng Minglan raised her head and said, "I didn't enter the palace just for the Sheng family. Now that the Sheng family has such a great reputation, it's not because of me."
Wang Gang frowned and said: "I told you at the beginning that once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea. If you don't want to enter the palace, I can help you, but you don't listen and insist on entering the palace.
Since you have chosen this path, you cannot go back on it. Don’t forget, you still have a son. Do you really want to break up with your son?"
In history, there were many empress dowagers who could not abide by the palace rules and fell out with the emperor's son. Qin Shihuang was not exempt from this, so how could Sheng Minglan be an exception?
"Third brother, life in the palace is too difficult." Sheng Minglan held Wang Gang's hand and cried.
Wang Gang sighed, feeling a little sorry for his sister, and said: "You like Qi Heng, I know, but you are destined not to be together, unless Qi Heng is willing to take a knife and cut off his dirty roots."
Sheng Minglan raised her head in surprise, struggle flashing in her eyes.
Wang Gang raised his eyebrows and thought, do you really want to castrate Qi Heng!?
In the end, Sheng Minglan didn't make up her mind and left in frustration.
Wang Gang thought she had given up, but he didn't expect it. A few days later, Wang Gang received news that Qi Heng encountered a robber while on business in Shandong and was seriously injured.
When the Duke of Qi and his wife found out, they were so frightened that they wanted to go to Shandong immediately to find their son.
After the young emperor found out, for Minglan's sake, he sent an imperial doctor to Shandong to treat Qi Heng.
The imperial doctor soon sent back the news that Qi Heng was seriously injured, especially his lower body, and he might not be able to be treated humanely in the future.
After hearing this, the Duke of Qi and his wife were frightened and fainted, and Mrs. Shen of Qi Heng even cried violently.
Wang Gang took a deep look at the harem, thinking how cruel his sister was!
Qi Heng was carried back to Bianjing, where he recovered from his injuries for two months. The young emperor even sent someone to visit him. In Wang Gang's opinion, he wanted the eunuch to confirm whether Qi Heng was really dead.
Anyway, when Qi Heng entered the palace to see Minglan later, the little emperor did not stop him.
Wang Gang no longer stopped Sheng Minglan from meeting Qi Heng, and from now on he devoted his main energy to reform.
With the enforcement of apportionment, national tax revenue has increased at a visible rate.
A country can do many things if it has money. Under the leadership of Wang Gang, the state machine of the Song Dynasty is developing at an extremely fast speed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Regarding Liao Xixia, Wang Gang has not relaxed either. He has been increasing the strength of the frontier army and pouring a steady stream of firearms into the army.
Originally, the Song Dynasty's military power was too concentrated in the center, making the border troops weak. Wang Gang consciously reduced the imperial army and increased the border troops.
Gu Tingye stayed in the northwest for a long time and made trouble for Xixia every day, changing his previous passive defensive mode.
On the other side, Wang Gang asked Kongde to win over the people of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures as soon as possible to prepare for the future war with Liao Kingdom.
Over at the Sheng family, Mrs. Sheng did not survive the winter and passed away peacefully in her sleep on a rainy night.
Wang Gang organized a grand funeral for him.
After Mrs. Sheng left, Master Liao also died of illness soon. After the old Sheng family left, Sheng Hong's health gradually declined.
However, Sheng Hong should have no regrets in this life. One of his sons became a high-ranking official in the court, and the other was directly crowned king. With a son like this, there is nothing to regret.
Lin Sushuang's health was good, but Sheng Molan was not.
Ever since marrying Liang Han, Sheng Molan has never had a good day. Just dealing with the warblers around Liang Han consumes a lot of her energy.
She also asked Wang Gang for help, but Wang Gang felt that Liang Han's nature was hard to change, and besides, this husband was chosen by Sheng Molan herself, and Wang Gang didn't want to get involved in their couple's affairs at all.
With his younger brother Wang Gang taking care of him, Sheng Changbai has prospered in officialdom and is now the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. His wife, Mrs. Liu, manages the household well and does not need to worry about him at all. She can be said to be the most comfortable person in the Sheng family.
Lao Wu Sheng Rulan gets married, takes care of her husband and raises her children, the husband and wife are harmonious, and their life is enjoyable.
Lao Qisheng Changdong, who also participated in the imperial examination when he grew up, became a Jinshi in high school, and was sent out by Wang Gang to preside over the reform.
The three brothers of the Sheng family almost controlled the government, and the young emperor remained silent.
In the fourth year of Yuanyou, Hai Chaoyun arranged a marriage for his daughter. The other party was Gu Tingye's son. With the relationship between Wang Gang and Gu Tingye, the marriage between the two parties was almost a matter of course.
After experiencing what happened to Duan Yan, Sheng Ziqiao seemed to have no extravagant hopes for love anymore. She followed her mother's arrangement and married into the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.
After his daughter got married, Hai Chaoyun took in two more concubines for Wang Gang, insisting on giving him a son.
Emperor Tian paid off his hard work. After several years of "hard" work, Wang Gang finally got a concubine pregnant.
Hai Chaoyun was very fond of this child and hoped to have a son so that Wang Gang could have a successor.
The concubine lived up to expectations and was pregnant for ten months, and finally gave birth to a son, whom Wang Gang named Sheng Yong.
After Wang Gang had a son, the atmosphere in the court began to become strange. The young emperor became even more taciturn, almost no longer interfering in state affairs, and lingered in the harem all day long.
Until one day, the young emperor invited Wang Gang into the palace on the grounds that he was seriously ill.
Before Wang Gang entered the palace, he had a premonition of great danger.