At that time, Lin Pengyu, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was presiding over the trial, Xu Xunshan, the minister of Dali Temple, and Cheng Sian, the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, were present. Yang Hao, the king of Xixia, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and the powerful officials of the Manchu Dynasty were in attendance, and a hall was opened under the Golden Palace.
The Jingua warriors were standing around with murderous intent. The first one summoned was Wang Shirong, the staff advisor of Tuoba Han Chan of the Wei Military Department. Wang Shirong had already captured Xiazhou by Yang Hao, and Tuoba Han Chan's brothers were wavering and intended to kill Yang Hao while he was patrolling the camp.
He had tipped off Yang Hao during the interception, and from then on he had become a thorn in Yang Hao's side in the Weiwu tribe.
Wang Shirong, as Tuoba Han Chan's staff advisor, was well aware of all his actions. After he was brought to the Golden Palace, he really knew everything and could not stop talking about how the Weiwu tribe was arrogant and arrogant, and dominated the local area.
Above the government; how to enter Xiaoguan, win over the Cangshi tribe, use the help of the Tubo people to consume the Cangshi tribe's strength, and force the two tribes to defect to Huyan Aobo; if they retreat without permission, ignore the Cangshi tribe's dissuasion and explanation, and act brazenly
, provoking a war; until it was clearly explained how to kill the imperial envoy and destroy the imperial edict.
Tuoba Wu and his party were speechless after hearing this. They just secretly scolded Tuoba and Han Chan brothers for not living up to expectations: A hundred pounds of noodles can be steamed to make a big longevity peach - you are a pair of useless snacks, and all your most trusted confidants have taken refuge.
Your Majesty, how can we intercede on your behalf?
Lin Pengyu's face was as dark as water, and he looked like an iron-faced judge. After listening to Wang Shirong's confession, he called him to the court. He signed and signed the document, took him aside, and then shouted for the summons. Another group of people came to the golden palace to cheer.
People came, men, women, old and young, all kinds of people. As soon as they entered the main hall, they cried, knelt down, cried out for injustice, and begged for help. They suddenly regarded the hall as a Xicheng vegetable market, with loud noise and chaos.
These people all wore Hu clothes and had braided hair. After listening to their noisy talk for a long time, all the civil and military officials understood that these people were the family members of two tribesmen from the Cangshi tribe who were transferred to Xiaoguan. When they came forward to give their own explanations, Tuoba Han
There is no doubt about how the Cicada brothers borrowed knives to kill people and framed them. Every word of their words was bloody and every word was filled with tears, and everyone who heard them sympathized with them. Moreover, they were also members of the Tuoba clan. The Tuoba clan had a serious xenophobic mentality, and because Yang Hao was a
Li Guangcen's adopted son, his foundation for conquering the world was to conquer the troubled army. Therefore, the Tuoba family always had a sense of superiority when facing the people of the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions. Even if their own people had some behavior of serving the strong and bullying the weak, they would not take it seriously.
But this time the victims were also from their own clan, so they couldn't help but feel a little weak and timid.
Immediately afterwards, Tuoba Haofeng and Tuoba Hao's two cousins came to the main hall as plaintiffs and told the story of how the Weiwu tribe provoked and attacked their tribe. The one who was finally brought to the hall was
They were the wounded and defeated generals captured by the Wei Military Department during the battle with the Cangshi tribe. They personally confessed how the Tuoba Han Chan brothers were arrogant and barbaric, tore up the imperial edict and killed the imperial envoys. This is an ironclad fact that no one can argue with.
Lin Pengyu recorded the confessions of everyone in the hall one by one, asked them to sign and sign, then left the table, turned back and bowed to Yang Hao and said: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to interrogate the Weiwu tribe for leaving their posts without authorization and provoking the Cangshi tribe.
He killed the imperial envoys, tore up the edicts, had no superiors, and was complicit in the conspiracy. Now there are witnesses and physical evidence, and I will reply to the king."
Yang Hao stood on top and asked solemnly: "Is the evidence conclusive?"
Lin Pengyu said solemnly: "Confirmed!"
"The facts are clear?"
"clear!"
"Okay, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Tell me, what should be the crime for Tuoba Han Chan and Tuoba He Shao?"
Tuobawu looked at each other with several tribal leaders. Seeing this situation, he knew that Yang Hao was determined to punish these bastard brothers. He might even impose severe punishments and imprison them in Xingzhou. See
It is no longer possible to completely absolve them of their guilt. At present, we can only think of ways to reduce their guilt. It is best to pay some cattle, sheep and horses to atone for their sins.
While they were secretly making calculations, Lin Pengyu said categorically: "To extricate Han Chan and to expropriate He Shao, in order to fulfill their own selfish desires and regardless of the overall situation, they squeezed out and suppressed the Cangshi tribe, forcing its people to surrender to the enemy. This move has nothing to do with the enemy."
If you are different, according to my Western Xia law, you should be killed!"
Tuoba Wu and others were shocked when they heard this, and their eyes widened. In their thoughts, Yang Hao wanted to severely punish Tuoba and Han Chan brothers, and the biggest punishment was to imprison them in Xingzhou.
, they chose a few obedient ones among their sons, nephews, and brothers to take charge of tribal affairs. They never thought that they would be punished with death. This was completely beyond their estimation. Just depriving these two people of their powers and imprisoning them in Xingzhou, these leaders
The chiefs thought it was serious, but now it was a capital crime? These people were so shocked that they didn't even say a word to refute.
Lin Pengyu continued to say eloquently: "To pull Han Chan and Tuo Shao He, they left their posts without permission without obeying the imperial edict. If the imperial court hadn't found out in time and transferred General Yang Yanlang to garrison Douling, our Xixia Xiongguan would have been easily ignored by Tubo in Longyou.
However, for being so stupid and absurd, and risking endless disasters, the crime is three times more serious than running away from the battle. Yang Shangshu, you are in charge of the Ministry of War, and if you behave like this, how should you be punished according to military law?"
Yang Jiye immediately replied: "According to military law, he must be killed!"
Lin Pengyu turned around and said to Yang Hao: "Tuo Ba Han Han, Tuo Ba He Shao left the station without authorization and used force against the Cangshi tribe to compete for grassland and pasture. This battle resulted in the death of ninety-four people from both tribes.
Sixty-three people were maimed, and hundreds of people were slightly or seriously injured. According to my Xixia law, they should be executed!"
"Tuoba Hanchan and Tuoba He Shao, after committing a series of serious crimes, did not repent. They even tore up the imperial edict, killed the imperial envoys, and became enemies of the imperial court. This move is no different from rebellion. According to our Xixia Law, it should be
cut!"
"Tuo Ba Han Chan, Tuo Ba He Shao Shao committed a heinous crime. He must be punished for several crimes and be executed according to the law!"
Yang Hao glanced at him and asked in a deep voice: "Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate!"
"I'm here!"
"Is the sentence imposed by the Ministry of Punishment appropriate?"
“Exactly right!”
Yang Hao glanced at Tuoba Wu and others who were dumbfounded, and said sternly: "In that case, the lonely king is ready, Tuoba Han Chan, Tuoba He Shao, ten days later, they will be executed at the Meridian Gate!"
Tuoba Wu was shocked, took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty..."
Before he finished speaking, all the civil and military officials who had been watching indifferently knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise, and I obey your decree!"
As if they had discussed it in advance, these people shouted in unison and shook the roof. Tuoba Wu felt a chill in his heart when he heard it, but he didn't even say the following words.
Yang Hao slowly sat down, sighed softly, and said with a look of compassion: "Tuoba Han Chan, Tuoba He Shao have committed a heinous crime and should be executed. But they are guilty, and there are thousands of people in the Weiwu tribe.
But they are innocent. I cannot allow these thousands of people to be displaced and homeless because of the crime of expropriating the Han Chan brothers. Once these two people die, how will the thousands of people of the Weiwu tribe be resettled?
Grand Bachelor, do you... have any good ideas?"
The Tuoba Qingyun people have matured and realized that the Tuoba family's arrogance has aroused public outrage and triggered Yang Hao's anger. There is also internal discord within the Tuoba family. Tuoba Cangmu, Li Jitan, Li Tianlun and others have clearly
After being determined to follow the king, he approached Tuoba Wu and was about to whisper to him to be patient and go back to ask his uncle Li Zhiyi for advice. When he heard this, he was startled: "Could it be that... this is still...
It’s not over yet, your Majesty… actually wants the Wei Military Department to disappear completely from the world?”
"Yeah, give it!"
"Charge and kill!"
"The Ten Paths of Idokore!"
"Kill those dwarfs!"
On the hillside, two groups of people rushed towards each other, shouting and fighting together.
The average height of one of the groups is only a little over 1.5 meters, and some are slightly taller about 1.6 meters. Most of them are holding bamboo spears. There is a leader with a long sword for every ten people. Although they are short in stature, they are still tall.
They are strong and strong, and their movements are also very flexible. Most of them wear simple clothes, simple rattan armor, and a pair of straw sandals at their feet, like a group of Ninja Turtles.
Opposite them were a group of tall and powerful heroes. Their average height was more than two heads taller than these dwarfs. They were all burly and had various weapons in their hands, including nine-ring machetes, two-handed broadswords, and three-pronged swords.
Forks, one-handed swords, red tassel spears, copper maces, steel whips and many other side weapons.
Behind them, two people stood steadily, one was about fifty years old, with a calm demeanor and a majestic demeanor, with slightly gray hair, but stood there like a gun. Next to him, there was a hairy man.
A beautiful girl with a ponytail and black clothes, with skin as white as snow, wearing a tight-fitting suit and a short sword on her waist, was watching the battlefield at leisure.
These two people, one is Zhang Xinglong, the former leader of the Bianhe Gang, and the other is Zhe Ziyu, the fifth son of the Zhe family.
After Zhe Ziyu arrived in Japan, he suddenly discovered that although the people here were not yet civilized and the so-called lords, large and small, were just a joke, the resources here were very rich, especially there were many gold and silver mines, some of which were simply open-pit mines.
, and many lords, due to extremely limited production capacity, occupy the treasure mountain empty-handed, but still live like beggars.
Zhe Ziyu immediately came up with their idea. Xixia is still separated from Japan by the Liao Kingdom and the Song Kingdom. They have no outlet to the sea. Even if they can get a large amount of raw ore or refine it on site, it will be difficult to process so much precious minerals.
The metal was safely transported to Hexi. However, seeing that such a huge wealth can be easily grasped, yet letting it go easily because of this small difficulty is not Zhe Ziyu's character. Regardless of whether he can use it in the future, he should put these things first
It makes sense to seize the gold and silver mines.
If these local lords had strong military force, Zhe Ziyu might share the benefits through cooperation, but when she found out that just with the hundreds of gang brothers brought by Zhang Xinglong, the boss of the Bianhe Gang, she could dominate this group of monkeys.
When the time came, a more cost-saving method was easily placed in front of her.
She began to encourage Zhang Xinglong to become a guest, sideline Lord Fujiwara, annex other lords, and start the road of expansion in foreign lands. Originally, Zhang Xinglong did not have this intention. First, it was due to the loyalty of the Jianghu, and Fujiwara worshiped him like a living ancestor.
, now he has turned against others and kicked him out of office, and he is a little embarrassed to be the master of his own country. Secondly, it is also influenced by the traditional concepts of the Central Plains. In his mind, being a rich man in the Central Plains is better than being a peasant in a place like this.
The emperor is still comfortable. He had no intention of staying here for a long time.
However, an incident that happened in the Song Dynasty changed his mind and made him readily accept Zhe Ziyu's suggestion. Over in the Song Dynasty, a vigorous purge campaign was launched between the government and the public. Veteran officials in the court were affected by the Zhao Guangmei case.
, dismissed from office, exiled, there were many people who saw something and took the initiative to step down and return to their hometowns. Song Qi, Jia Yan, Cheng Yu and other ministers of the Jin Dynasty's Qiandi came to power one after another and took over important positions in the court.
This turmoil quickly spread to the people, and Zhao Guangyi began to attack the Four River Transport Gangs. When Bianliang was short of food, the court was helpless. He knew full well how big a role the Four Water Transport Gangs played in it. How could he give up the lifeline of the country?
A group of Jianghu gangs took control? That time when he returned to the palace from Liu Duo'er in Ruxuefang, he happened to see Zhang Xinglong's public address in Xue Liang. The scene was grand and lively. Countless Jianghu heroes gathered at the Bianhe Wharf to congratulate.
This has aroused his fear.
This time, the princess, Empress Song, and Zhao Defang escaped from the capital. They used nothing more than carriages, horses, and gangs involved in river and land transportation. Although he did not have real evidence, it was enough to make him determined to clean up these people who were attached to the country's meridians.
However, the lifeline was no longer under the direct control of the imperial court. The ensuing battle between the Zheng family and the Cui family revealed more problems in the various businesses of the car, boat, shop and foot trades.
These two families intended to use the Song Dynasty to destroy each other's power, and constantly leaked and exposed each other's business industries. In such a huge economy, it is difficult to ensure that business practices are conducted in compliance with national laws. As soon as those smuggling and tax evasion tricks were leaked, they were under the influence of the imperial court.
The two sides used force and economic means to fight secretly, and secretly used the court's sword to kill people. The fight was endless, but Zhao Guangyi profited from it. These businesses inevitably involved the four water transport gangs. After getting the real evidence, Zhao Guangyi started
Strong medicine was given.
Xue Liang lived in Japan for half a month. He couldn't worry about his brothers in Bianliang, so he returned to the Central Plains. After he returned, things and people in Bianliang, Tokyo, had changed. The four water transport gangs became street rats, and the people did not cooperate with the officials.
Unless he wanted to raise a flag to rebel, facing the attack of the state machinery, he had no power to resist. In desperation, Xue Liang simply took the brothers he found and headed east again.
This time, Xue Liang brought nearly 10,000 people. With so many people to eat, drink, wear and use, Zhang Xinglong, no matter how wealthy his family was, could not just sit back and rest. Originally, he was still hesitant after hearing what Zhe Ziyu said, but now he immediately followed the good advice.
.Excluding the young and old among the population of nearly 10,000, there are no less than 4,000 martial arts heroes. If you want to seduce Lord Fujiwara, there is no need to take action. It only takes a look and Fujiwara obediently gives in. However, he still has a reputation.
, this is also for the sake of convenience. When the strength is large enough, this nominal lord will not be important.
The road to expansion begins here.
Fuso's gold mines are almost all over Honshu, and there are reserves in most places on Shikoku Island. In terms of scale and concentration, the reserves are mainly concentrated in the northeastern part of Honshu Island, which is the so-called Oshu area. Silver mines are even richer, especially in Iwami Province, which has the highest reserves.
, there is almost no need to explore, you can pick a hilltop in the mining area and dig down with a hoe to dig out silver ore. After a little smelting, you can get good silver ingots, which is a bit like an open-pit silver mine.
Based on what he learned, Zhe Ziyu began to make close and distant contacts with various lords, and gave gifts to the royal family that was not valued by the lords as a show of respect. At the same time, he began to expand in a planned and targeted manner.
These lords are sitting on treasure mountains without using them. Firstly, they lack the corresponding production technology, and secondly, they have limited manpower. Mining requires a large number of manpower, and it also requires stability near the mining area. Not only do the lords lack manpower, they also often fight against each other. In this way
Naturally, we cannot produce with peace of mind.
Zhe Ziyu appointed himself as military advisor and encouraged Zhang Xinglong to go on conquests in the name of Lord Fujiwara. The surrendered lords were enough. The disrespectful lords and their warriors were demoted to slaves once they were defeated and allowed to mine. As for the refining technology, Bian
The people of the River Gang come from all walks of life, so it is not difficult to find a few smelting masters. As a result, Lord "Fujiwara" suddenly became a celebrity among the large and small lords of the Japanese archipelago. The speed and ferocity of its devouring expansion have
Known as Crocodile Fujiwara.
The one currently fighting against the heroes of the Bianhe Gang is Lord Uesugi. Lord Uesugi is a relatively powerful senior samurai. He has more than a hundred warriors under his command. In addition, he can mobilize more than two thousand peasants during war. However, such strength is obviously different from that of the Bianhe Gang.
The Bianhe Gang was still not on the same level, and this decisive battle soon ended with the complete defeat of Lord Uesugi.
At this time, it was difficult for the Japanese lords to command a qualified army or use any tactics and tactics, and the people of the Bianhe Gang were not regular troops. The battles between the two sides used to be group fights. Under such circumstances,
These lords are also difficult to please. Now, under Zhe Ziyu's training, these heroes have learned to advance when the drums are heard, retreat when the gold is raised, observe the flags and form formations, and gradually look like an army. Naturally, these lords are no longer opponents.
Zhang Xinglong was delighted to see his son show off his power, but Zhe Ziyu's beautiful eyes kept focusing nervously on a short soldier. The soldier looked very petite compared to the taller man from the Bianhe Gang and was dressed in light clothes.
He even wore a well-covered helmet on his face. This was modified by Zhe Ziyu after the equipment of the European heavy armored cavalry under Yang Hao's command, which could protect the soldiers' safety to the greatest extent.
But there is only one person dressed like this warrior on the battlefield. If you pay attention, you will find that there are several particularly skilled men around him. Whether they are charging, retreating, or attacking the enemy's flank, they
Always with this petite samurai as the core of protection, all actions revolve around him.
After chasing for a while, seeing the dwarfs escaping so fast, the warrior wearing full leather armor stopped chasing, turned around and walked back. When she got in front of Zhe Ziyu, she lifted her helmet visor, revealing a pretty face dripping with sweat.
With willow eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, a small cherry mouth, and as pretty as a flower, she turned out to be Princess Yongqing.
Zhe Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Princess does not actually have to go into battle in person. If the princess really wants to learn, she should also learn to deploy troops and generals, arrange troops in formations, and learn the sword of the emperor and the sword of princes, not the sword of ordinary men.
."
Princess Yongqing shook her head, shook her hair that had been tied down into a ponytail, took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from the sword, returned the sword to its sheath with a "click", and then said coldly
: "The sword of an ordinary man gathered together by tens of millions is the sword of the emperor. Besides, the sword of an ordinary man can train a person's will, courage, and body. I have to learn a lot, and the sword of an ordinary man must also learn!"
Zhe Ziyu sighed softly. Ever since he learned about the death of Queen Song and Zhao Defang, the little princess had turned into a piece of ice and never saw her smile again. Zhe Ziyu knew that she was full of hatred and self-blame.
But I don't know how to untie her. Maybe... the knot in her heart can only be untied when she witnesses Zhao Guangyi's death.
At this time, a short man dressed as a Japanese samurai ran towards them quickly, stood respectfully in front of them, bowed to Zhe Ziyu, holding his sword and said: "Fifth Young Master, the person you made an appointment with has arrived. Please give me your permission."
We just picked them up from the sea."
"Oh?" Zhe Ziyu raised his eyebrows and glanced around. He saw another warrior in the distance, leading a few burly men walking towards here. Those men were wearing rough leather jackets, and their foreheads and heads were
His hair was shaved completely, and his blue scalp shone in the sun. Only half of his hair was braided into two long braids, tied with ribbons hanging down the back of his head. Zhe Ziyu immediately greeted him happily...
