This night, for the hundreds of officials and thousands of officials in more than ten yamen in Jiangling City, was undoubtedly a night of fear, fear and extraordinariness. Because many people had received orders from their superiors.
And went to a certain location overnight to be interrogated.
After most of them went there with uneasy thoughts, they were only briefly asked a few questions on the spot, and then asked again with a lot of questions. However, some people entered the designated place and could no longer do it.
came out; it was a bit scary.
However, for many people in Jiangling City, everything seemed ordinary. Only when the curfew ended at dawn and they walked out of their homes again to gather in the market, they would hear a few street rumors and see some people patrolling the streets.
Dragging a strange sergeant.
Occasionally, some people delivering food and firewood or running errands on the streets discovered that in the inner city area where officials and wealthy people gathered, a number of mansions had been raided and sealed.
;There are also cries and cries behind closed doors and high walls.
The reopened Jiangling County government office was taken over by a whole team of armored sergeants. In the cabinet warehouse of the county government office, more than a dozen long-time officials were under the supervision of a military academy.
, he carefully rummaged through piles of old documents and household registration documents.
Then it was transferred to another room; it was inspected and compared by a dedicated person. Occasionally, one of them was singled out, and then it became a small team of sergeants running through the streets; and then, they broke into an inn and shop somewhere.
, the people's houses were taken away, and all the people inside were taken away.
In the midst of this continuous manhunt and the panic-stricken atmosphere throughout the city, Jiang Tian, who was supposed to be sitting in the government office, came to the embankment outside Jiangling City in disguise. Jiangling Mansion
It is located at the hub of the Jianghan Plain and the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Therefore, it was called the thoroughfare of seven provinces in later generations. In this time and space, it also connects and runs through the Xiajiang Road in Bashu in the upper reaches, the Jiangxi and Huainan Roads in the lower reaches, the Hunan (Sanshui Basin) Road in the south, and the Shannan East Road in the north.
The strategic hub of (Nanyang Basin).
As the saying goes, it is a beautiful place that "controls Bashu on the right, connects Wu and Yue on the left, connects Wuling in the south, and goes up to the capital in the north." Therefore, shipbuilding, shipping, and water and land commerce have been extremely developed since ancient times. They are scattered just outside the embankment, such as Houhu Lake.
, left/right Shatou, Caoshi and many other port terminals.
In the open space between the inner side of the embankment and Luocheng/Waiguo, there is a large area of Chengxiafang area lined with vehicles, boats, mules and horses, restaurants, shops, and buildings; almost densely filling the space within the embankment, almost all
There are not many traces of the former farmland left.
This is also the reason why when Taixing was reformed, Jiangling Prefecture was directly divided into one of the sixteen direct-controlled prefectures in the world, next to the two capitals. Jingnan Jiedushi/Observer Envoy, the transformed Jingnan Dudufu, was also asked to send the mail.
The reason for the importance of Jiangling Mansion is precisely because of the importance of Jiangling taxation.
You must know that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has been ranked as the most prosperous place in the world with "Yang Yi Yi Er, Chu San Long Si". Among them, Yangzhou Prefecture, as the southeast economic center and product transshipment hub, has naturally ranked first in the world for a long time; followed by
Chengdu Prefecture is located in Sanchuan, Jiannan, which is rich in natural resources.
The third place among them is Jiangling Prefecture, where the core of the hometown of Jingchu is located. Since ancient times, because of the richness of the place, celebrities and beautiful actors have emerged in large numbers from generation to generation; and there are "more pipa than rice bowls; more cuotai than crucian carp."
There are many passed-down jokes about “planting flowers is like farming”;
Therefore, in terms of taxes and other local tributes provided to the dynasty, Jiangling Prefecture also has to surpass Liangzhou Prefecture, which ranks second among the "Longsi" and is located at the strategic point of the Silk Road in the Hexi Corridor. It is almost occupied by one prefecture.
Yes, a fraction of the annual tribute and taxes paid by the twelve prefectures in Jingnan.
It can also be said that the Anshi Rebellion caused the densely populated northern land to decay and decay. The imperial court relied on the continuous blood transfusion of these wealthy towns in the south, which were far away from the war and the rear area, to quickly put down the civil strife and implement light corvee and low taxation in the north.
Of the policy.
In the following ten years, they continued to launch successive campaigns against Nanzhao and Tubo; they even intervened in the civil strife in Huihe, eventually dismembering them, and re-supported and strengthened the Anxi and Beiting Protectorate; they also conquered the land in the river and the Nanhai Great Wall.
A series of long-term strategies for Zhengtuo.
Although, after more than a hundred years of peace, the importance of Jiangling Prefecture as an inland hub has greatly declined; even in the economic/tax ranking of the two capitals and sixteen prefectures, it has given way to the largest city in the South China Sea.
Guangzhou Prefecture in the port, and even Jiaozhou Prefecture of Annan Governor.
However, compared to Guangzhou and Jiaozhou, which were actually deeply influenced by the princes of the Nanhai vassal state and used various rights and interests to share considerable profits, the imperial center had stronger control in Jiangling Mansion, and the annual tax revenue was purer. Therefore, Jiang Fang
This visit was also entrusted by the Prime Minister Liu Zhan.
But wherever his eyes passed, whether it was the city square inside the embankment or the dock city outside the embankment, the most intuitive feeling was a large, cold and empty scene; among them, there were only a few boats and merchants on the few docks;
But he seemed to be in a hurry.
Most of them have sad faces or sighs, and they look more like families who fled to Fucheng with their families to seek asylum. Obviously, after a long period of peace and prosperity, the war that suddenly broke out and spread to Jiangling City has brought great harm to the territory of Jiangling Fu.
bring serious impact.
Therefore, during the whole day, Jiang Tian led people to patrol outside Jiangling City, checking the surrounding terrain and hydrological conditions, checking the water and land patrol posts and checkpoints arranged on the periphery; he also discovered many problems on the spot. For example, someone
Taking the opportunity to pretend to be an official or military officer, he set up a card to blackmail someone.
There were also people sailing on the river in punting boats, using the transition as a cover to rob the fleeing people. Apparently, the social order in places a little further away from Jiangling City had been allowed to collapse; this also made Jiang Dao aware of the situation in Jiangling Mansion.
Officials have lost even more confidence and hope.
Therefore, he then transferred several regiments of Xingyuan cavalry from the city and ordered to expand the scope of warning and search. He also asked people to start building civil structures at some designated locations. He was busy until nightfall, but Jiang Tian still had no one.
Returned to the city and came to the southeast of the city.
A tributary of the Jingjiang River that passes around Jiangling City merges into Dachan Lake in Anxing County here, forming an estuary called "Hao Xue" that impacts sandbanks and marsh areas; this is the time of summer and autumn floods.
, so the boundless water under the moonlight is shimmering and as vast as the sea.
This is also an area where "Jiawei Miwang" and "giant thieves haunted" since ancient times. Therefore, there is always a water fort, the Jinghu Navy of Jiangling Prefecture. However, this water fort has been breached and burned and looted, leaving only
Some blackened and dilapidated ruins are still standing tenaciously.
In the stillness of the whistling wind, roaring water, and the chirping of insects and birds, a dozen figures suddenly emerged from the ruins. They were seen wearing short leather armor and tight-fitting jackets unique to the navy.
Their legs and hips were exposed, their heads were shaved short, and they all saluted silently.
They were the members of the navy who were specially pardoned and released after Jiang Tian's preliminary interrogation, and were re-guilty and meritorious. Most of them were local fishermen and boat people. Jiang Tian offered to take in and protect their relatives as a condition.
In exchange for their unconditional cooperation.
One of the sailors with a fresh scar on his face saluted respectfully: "Greetings to Shangguan, the ancient battlefield you are looking for is deep in the sandbank not far away; it is said that it was the site of the Three Kingdoms in ancient times.
From the tug-of-war, there are still rusty weapons occasionally being rolled out by Chao Xun."
"Okay, then please lead the way!" Jiang Tian nodded and said: Jingzhou/Jiangling Prefecture has been the strategic point of Jianghan since ancient times. It is a battleground for military strategists in troubled times. It can be said that there have been many large-scale battles; just during the Three Kingdoms period.
Three major battles took place between Wei Wu/Wu Shu.
The most famous one was Lü Meng's "White Clothes Crossing the River" attack on Jingzhou; this led to the "flooding of seven armies" in the Battle of Xiangfan, the martial saint Guan Yu who had reached the peak of his life; thus cutting off his escape route, he was defeated and captured, and died in
It is in the long river of history. Therefore, it is surrounded by ancient battlefields.
Of course, there are actually not that many lurking aliens in Jiangling City. Apart from the viscera-eating ghost who became the local supervisory censor, there were only two more of the same kind; one was a wealthy businessman with extensive connections.
Son, and a Unite Colonel who escaped.
However, this discovery was enough to cause these local powerful people to feel insecure and not know who else they could trust. Therefore, they would rather not go home for a short time, but stay in the government office and accept the protection of lay officers.
and was entrusted with comprehensive investigative powers.
And Jiang Tian took advantage of this opportunity to establish his power, and took away some key positions that might be in the way in the name of interrogation and review. Even if no loopholes or handles were found in the end, there would be no problem in being isolated for a period of time. This is also the case.
Can better supervise others.
This is also an upright conspiracy method. In a short period of time, people know that the situation is wrong, but it is difficult to single out specific problems. Therefore, Jiang Tian adopted both internal and external preparations and a multi-pronged approach.
Follow-up measures. With this thought in mind, he came to the sandbank.
You can see that the sky completely clears the clouds and reveals the moon, generously spreading its soft radiance over everything; it also dyes the clear and dark water, the weeds and reeds swaying in the night wind, and the delicate sand dunes into frost.
It was white in color. Then with a thought, Jiang Tian took out a small skull out of thin air.
This skull is only as big as a child's fist, and is as translucent and clear as an agate; it also has lines like frost flowers; it looks like a handicraft carved from chalcedony. However, this is a strange object from another world, Senna.
A certain existence discovered in the underground altar of the city.
It is also the origin of the alien headless horseman (Durla Khan) who was struck by frost in the flowing mist. However, after transformation across time and space, the skull that was originally the size of a normal human head shrank to this