Liu Xiang didn't know how many people could be arrested in the end.
This group of people, no one was left alive, they were all beheaded in public display. They were just like human beings, killed specifically for other people to see.
Their property and food must be confiscated, and the hidden households that depend on them must be investigated. This cannot be done in one day.
He believed that Zhao Yun could handle it well.
However, every time he cleans the countryside, Liu Xiang will think of Yan Rou, who is an expert.
No one who deserves to be killed can survive; no one who deserves to be captured can escape; when a house is searched, it is smooth and clean. No matter how deep the treasure is buried, he can dig it out without missing a single copper coin.
No wonder Yan Rou was trusted wherever she went in history.
He kind of missed Yan Rou and Cui Yi. He was very lucky that these two people were there to help him when he started the army.
I am really lucky.
Liu Xiang smiled, walked into the dormitory, and prepared to rest.
Although today was a mess, he was on track and things would get better and better. He wanted to reward himself and get a good sleep.
Before, he was resting on the couch in Nuange, ready to get up at any time to deal with emergencies, so he couldn't sleep well at all.
This was the first time I entered the dormitory and rested on the bed. Lying on the bed was comfortable, and soon I felt sleepy and fell asleep.
Unfortunately, he was woken up in the middle of the night.
Su Wei reported: "The defenders found Tian Cheng covered in blood at the bottom of the city and called the door. He said he had something urgent to report to the general, so he was pulled into the city in a hanging basket. He is now waiting at the county government office."
When Liu Xiang saw Tian Cheng, he had been bandaged by doctors, his clothes were ragged, and he was covered in blood.
"what happened?"
"Reporting to the general, I heard that Sun Yi was secretly discussing with others, and I wanted to take the opportunity to lie about the list and embezzle the compensation money and food. I wanted to come back to report the news, but they accidentally discovered it. I pretended to fall off the cliff and faked my death to escape, so I came here to report to the general.
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Liu Xiang frowned, could Sun Yi be so unwise? He must verify the list and account books he submitted. Doing so is courting death.
"What else do you know? Tell me in detail."
Tian Chengqiang braced himself and replied: "They have contacted more than a hundred clans, and these people are discussing to make a big list. There are no locals under the general's subordinates, so it is difficult to check, so they can get away with it. After embezzling the money
With money and food, they can develop their power and take the opportunity of the generals to kill the powerful landlords to replace the powerful landlords."
Clan, this is a difficult thing to handle.
The so-called clan is a family that lives together with blood as a bond. Their strength varies greatly from big to small.
Those who are rich and powerful are powerful landlords, while those who have no money and power are ordinary people.
There is no way to deal with them in general terms. You can't just kill them just because they have many relatives, right?
In the Central Plains and the North, there are powerful and oppressive aristocratic families, and the clans are just local snakes in various places, and they cannot develop further.
In the south, especially in the south of the Yangtze River Basin, clan power has developed greatly, and there are many clans that start rebellions. Such clans are also called clan thieves.
There are also many clans in Liu Xiang's territory, all of them are common people. Each of them does not have a few acres of land, but there are too many people and it is not a climate.
When he divided the fields, he set an upper limit, which could limit the growth of local clans, but it should not be taken lightly.
As for the unlimited land reclamation and farming, either the refugees or the slaves are slaves. He is not stupid enough to organize a clan to open up wasteland and divide the land without any upper limit.
Besides, although there is a saying that there is no upper limit on land reclamation, it is really not possible to open up as much land as you want. The labor intensity is too high, and even if you work hard, you won't be able to open up too much.
In the Han Dynasty, there were two ways for the birth of aristocratic families.
One type is the gentry who have been officials for generations. They use their political power to accumulate more and more power and become aristocratic families.
The other is the clan. As the population increases, the land they occupy becomes larger and larger, and the power they accumulate becomes stronger, they become powerful. Then they use money and power to gain fame, official positions, and participate in politics.
rights, and eventually become a noble family.
If Tian Cheng had not lied and framed him, Sun Yi and others would have taken the second path, wanting to become powerful first.
People all want to live a better life.
This is understandable.
However, their path has reached the opposite side of Liu Xiang. This is a matter of stance.
He nodded to Tian Cheng and said softly: "Tian Lang, please go down to rest first and recover from your injuries. If the situation is true, I will remember you."
"Thank you, General." Tian Cheng burst into tears of gratitude.
Looking at Tian Cheng who retreated, Liu Xiang frowned. Is this a story of internal strife? Or is he really loyal to him? Loyalty came out of thin air after only meeting him once? This point is worth debating.
Wait, wait for Sun Yi's actions, he wants to see what tricks people like Sun Yi can do.
He is wary of the clan becoming bigger. Don't give him a chance. As long as he finds an excuse, he will not hesitate to charge these people with crimes and weaken the power of these clans openly.
The clan? Unless it works for Liu Xiang and with his permission, it can grow. Otherwise, it is just an animal waiting to be slaughtered. When it becomes fat, it will eat the meat.
After figuring this out, Liu Xiang continued to go back to his room to sleep.
After daybreak, continuing yesterday's story, the city and outside were still busy.
Sun Yi did not show up.
The next day, Zhao Yun came back.
Fifty-six criminals were arrested, all of whom were members of the three powerful landlord families in Beixin City.
The three clans are the father's clan, the mother's clan, and the wife's clan.
In the Han Dynasty, these three tribes were implicated. There was no theory of killing the Nine Tribes. In thousands of years of history, there were only a few who punished the Nine Tribes. Many people were actually misled by the TV series.
Zhao Yun went out with 3,000 men and horses, and brought back more than 8,000 people and more than 2,000 large and small vehicles.
The extra 5,000 people were civilian laborers recruited from hidden houses. They brought back more than 30,000 stones of grain, 40,000 bunches of fodder, and not much money. All the money of these powerful landlords was in the city, and had long been taken away by Liu.
Xiang copied it and sealed it in the treasury. I haven't had time to count the specific number.
In the evening, Sun Yi also came.
Presented to Liu Xiang a list of names and several volumes of account books counting money and food.
"Sun Lang worked hard. After verification, I will return the money and food to the people. I will not forget Sun Lang's achievements."
Sun Yi bowed respectfully and obeyed the order.
However, Wei Li looked extremely dissatisfied and muttered angrily: "I worked so hard for you, but the general dismissed me just because I needed to verify it. It's so unfair, so why shouldn't I be afraid of being disappointed?"
Liu Xiang was a little surprised. Is this man crazy? He has killed too few people in Beixin City. How dare he be so rude?
It really doesn’t live up to its name.
Moreover, if you don’t have a good mind and do everything you say without checking or verifying it, that would be foolishness.
Liu Xiang was a little bored, waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Step back."
Sun Yi and others retreated, and Liu Xiang ordered the scribes and Tiqi to check the list of accounts.
Preliminary statistics showed that there were more than 3,000 households on the list, and nearly 20,000 people had signed bonds. They asked for food worth 150,000 dan and five baht worth more than 10 million.
They are going crazy.
"You seek your own death, so don't blame me for being cruel."
Liu Xiang knew that this figure was wrong without checking it. The taxes of the Han Dynasty were so heavy. How could this group of small landowners, farmers and tenants have so much savings?
More than 100,000 people in Beixin City were robbed, and 70% to 80% of their population will be taken away?
Greed blinded their reason.
Money moves people's hearts.
These people want to play a game of eating birds and dying.
Then Liu Xiang wouldn't mind killing two birds with one stone.