Song Wen halted his horse on a high hill and looked intently at the river in front of him... The river was fast, but the surface of the river was not very wide. There were sparse low bushes on both sides of the river, and the surrounding land was deserted.
There is not even a decent village.
"It's a pretty good land, but why isn't anyone cultivating it?"
A Mizhou Xiang army behind An Chun raised his hands and said: "Master Qianjia, here... there were bandits here! After the two Yuhous led the troops to pacify it, many farmers did not dare to live here, and then sold the land at low prices.
It was given to the Pan family... The Pan family gave it to some officials. Some said that more than a thousand acres of land here were given to the previous magistrate for free... There seems to be some conflict. Now the refugees in Mizhou are fleeing everywhere.
, no matter whose land it is, it is already difficult to recruit tenants to farm it..."
Song Wen sneered... "What a mess! The people suffered disasters and robberies... but it was the officials who gained the advantage in the end!"
The team seemed to have deep resentment against Huang Zhao and the Pan family, and then said: "Sir, actually... In fact, many of the refugees who escaped from Santing County and the neighboring Lingshui County crossed the Yangtze River and went south to vote for the rebels.
The Manichaeans who thieves Fang La! Some were even beaten to death in Jiangnan... They were all people who were forced to the point where they could no longer survive. Their families and friends were afraid of being implicated because of this, so they left their homes and careers to escape.
Refugees!”
"How many deaths did you get in that bandit suppression?"
A trace of paleness suddenly flashed across the face of the team member, and he lowered his head and replied: "Sir... I have reported the ninety-fourth level of decapitation!"
Song Wen closed his eyes for a moment... "How many of them are the heads of common people that they killed and took credit for?"
"grown ups……"
Song Wen shook his head: "It's okay. The two Yuhous colluded with the Pan family to arrange the matter. It has nothing to do with you."
"About...More than three hundred..."
Song Wen said nothing and rode down the hillock.
The two Liangshan heroes and the Mizhou Xiang army who believed Song Wen was the leader looked at each other and didn't know what Master Qianjia meant... An Chun snorted and said to several people: "Lang Jun didn't say anything, but he just started killing.
I mean! Brothers, cheer up, there is going to be a killing in Santang County..."
The Mizhou Xiangjun's face turned pale and he said: "Sir Qianjia...Sir...the two Yuhous are the military leaders appointed by the Commander-in-Chief! How dare you kill them so easily? I'm afraid...they will cause trouble!"
"Everything is decided by your husband. You can choose to disobey..."
The officer's face turned red: "That's absolutely impossible! Now I only obey Master Qian's orders... I will raise my sword to whomever you tell me to deal with!"
An Chun smiled, hit his horse and followed Song Wen.
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Three days later, Wang Zhizhou was sitting in his study drinking tea. A soldier from Qingzhou and a prison officer were talking to Wang Zhizhou with smiles on their faces. Their words were filled with admiration and praise for Wang Zhizhou's efforts to crack down on the powerful.
, Wang Zhizhou had just calmed down when he saw his close advisor standing outside the door sweating profusely and winking at him...
Wang Yuan was dissatisfied and made an excuse to come to the door of the side room with a few perfunctory words... "How can you be so rude in a panic? Didn't you see me talking to my Qingzhou colleagues?"
"Master, something happened!"
"What happened? The Pan family has been wiped out...what else can happen..."
"Song Qianha took action. The two princes of Huang and Zhao saw that the Mizhou Xiang army followed Song Qianha and blocked the gate of the camp. They just walked out of the camp to greet... just... just..."
Wang Yuan and Wang Zhizhou felt dizzy after hearing this... and asked hurriedly: "Caught? What evidence do you have? Evidence that Huang and Zhao colluded with the Pan family?"
"Kill! All five of them, including two teams, were beheaded... They were all pinned outside the camp and beheaded! The two of them and dozens of their henchmen wanted to cause trouble, but they were trampled on by Song Qian's troops on horseback.
More than forty people were injured, and two were trampled to death by the cavalry..."
"Ah... this... what can we do! This Song Wen... this vulgar martial artist... has killed me, has killed me... Shuaisi and Sanya plus the Privy Council... even the cabinet must
Let me give you an explanation! What should I explain..."
Wang Yuan and Wang Zhizhou wanted to cry but were furious, while Song Wen looked at the three cars of people who had been killed for taking credit and their faces were covered with frost...
"Constrain yourself and invite the monks and Taoists to come and save you... My family will stop looking for you and give half of the food to the homeless people in Santing County!"
"Yes! I will obey my orders..."
Song Wen looked up at the sky. There was no sun in the misty sky, and the cold wind in spring was still biting... just like this dark world!
"Disperse all these Xiang troops and place them in each team to guard them carefully! The leaders and heads of each team must do their duties with all their heart, and they are not allowed to beat, scold or insult them at will... Those who followed the two beasts Yuhou, all have their weapons removed and taken into custody.
!After that, they will be sent to the guard station to work in the fields... They will never be allowed to step into the military camp again!"
A large group of imperial soldiers arrived in Santing County. The refugees and beggars around were all frightened to death. Even some ordinary tenant farmers, woodcutters, fishermen and hunters who had no backing were so frightened that they fled into the deep mountains and forests and did not dare to come out...
…
But after greeting the silent county government, these people bypassed the poor clerk and started to help the victims!
A large amount of evidence and witnesses were sent back to the state capital by Song Wen. Wang Zhizhou gritted his teeth and read through the evidence that Huang and Zhao colluded with the Pan family to bully men and women, drive away refugees and occupy fertile land, and there were also a bunch of two people
The list of people who kill good people and take credit for their merits is irrefutable evidence... In the end, he just cursed bitterly... "These two thieves who deserve to be killed a thousand times join the army!"
It's just unclear whether he also scolded Song Wen, who was causing trouble for him...
The bandits still had to be suppressed. Song Wen integrated 1,500 Mizhou Xiang troops and began to sweep Santang County and the four surrounding counties. The three fortresses that had colluded with Pan Yu were all wiped out and burned! All of them.
All the fertile land was kept in hand and not handed over to the local county government... This matter made the wealthy gentry in various counties very dissatisfied, and they jointly went to Wang Zhizhou.
But this time Gao Qiu suddenly exerted his strength, and an official document was executed by Gao Qiu. In view of the frequent civil unrest in Shandong, and the current army of the imperial court had gone north to attack the Nanjing generation in Daliao... so they ordered Shandong Dengzhou
The Xiang army of the Mizhou generation expanded its scale to recruit refugees and reclaimed wasteland to farm on their own!
Song Wen let out a long breath after hearing the news!
It finally came... The Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom completely went to war!
Orders were issued by dozens of fast horses from Mizhou, Sanxian Island, and Sihai Trading Company in various places! There were even Li Erlang and the original eight hundred soldiers who had been deep into the grassland for more than half a year...all gearing up to begin rapid expansion!
Food, grass, equipment and countless supplies were secretly gathered in the Shandong Peninsula to hoard...
Wang Zhiwei drove all night and headed straight to Mizhou! With his keen sense of smell, he found a hint of something that made him uneasy... Song Wen seemed to be making some preparations! He gathered all the food supplies he could and started selling and hoarding them desperately.
Tiandichun Shaojiu medicinal liquor that has been produced for many years, as well as the exquisite glassware that has just begun to become popular in Bianliang... Then they were exchanged for cash and copper coins, and more poor craftsmen were recruited, and batches were shipped to the Shandong Peninsula.
Wang Zhiwei wanted to confirm what Song Wen wanted to do? Was he... going to rebel?