The sun was shining brightly. Not only did Liu Zhang only sleep for two hours last night, but the head of the Zhang family was also busy all night. He discussed with several heads of Jiangzhou's big families all night, preparing to complete his achievements today and completely give up Liu Zhang's idea of taking the imperial examination.
The elder seemed to see the Zhang family's prestige at its peak after the matter was accomplished.
Early in the morning, hundreds of people gathered and marched towards the county government, and surrounded the gate of the county government. People on both sides of the street went out to watch. These people included scholars, farmers, and gentry, including almost all three religions and nine streams, shouting.
The Zhang family and the heads of other clans were watching the slogans against the official examination of the four civil servants. However, what surprised them was that the gate of the county government was closed tightly today, and it was not opened for three days in the morning.
The clan leaders only thought that Liu Zhang was afraid of public opinion and became even more proud.
In the county mansion, Liu Zhang was sitting on the main seat in the lobby with a cold face, and Zhang Ren was standing next to him with his sword in his hand. It was May weather, and the lobby was very cold. All the officials of Jiangzhou County Palace were present. Liu Zhang said coldly: "I summon you today.
I have only one order: Those who support the examination of the four civil servants should stand on the left, and those who oppose it should stand on the right."
Officials, you look at me and I look at you. Zhang He recognized himself as being from the largest family in Jiangzhou and took the lead to walk to the right. Other officials from the aristocratic families also followed, but found that none of the subordinate officials followed. They couldn't help but stare fiercely.
Take a look at these people.
Normally, these subordinate officers would immediately follow after being glared at by the chief officer, but they were recruited by Wang Lei last night, and there was no hint in the words that Liu Zhang wanted to attack the county officials.
Liu Zhang looked evil again today. Between being oppressed by the chief officer and being sent to death, these subordinate officers all chose the former and hesitantly walked to the left, attracting a piercing and threatening look from the officials on the right.
"Are you all standing? Has it changed?" Liu Zhang walked down the steps and said coldly.
At this moment, Fa Cao Shi Deng Yuan suddenly took a step forward, and then quickly ran to the left and stood there, causing other officials to be surprised and angry. Deng Yuan did not dare to raise his head. He just remembered Deng Heng's words last night. At that time, he
He didn't believe it, but now seeing the look in Liu Zhang's eyes, he believed it.
"Are you all standing still? Has it changed?" Liu Zhang repeated.
Deng Yuan's escape made the officials on the left nervous, and they all vaguely felt that something bad had happened. However, the strong backing of the family made them stand firmly where they were.
After half a minute, Liu Zhang nodded and signaled to Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Take down all the people on the right."
"Yes." A group of Dongzhou tiger and wolf soldiers immediately rushed out and detained all the officials on the right. Zhang He roared loudly: "Lord, what crime have we committed?"
"I don't have time to chat with you." Liu Zhang flicked his sleeves, stepped out, and said to Yang Huai at the door: "Open the door and welcome the guests."
"It seems that Liu Zhang is too timid to come out. Mr. Zhang, let's go back and have some tea. The sun is too hot standing here." The head of the Yuan family said with a smile.
The head of the Zhang family nodded and was about to leave with a bunch of old bones that couldn't withstand the sun. At this time, he saw Deng Heng coming from a distance with his clan members, shouting slogans in support of the four civil servant examinations, except for Deng Heng.
, the other Deng family members all followed numbly.
When several wealthy clan heads saw the Deng family arriving, they shouted such slogans. They were shocked and angry. The head of the Zhang family couldn't help but stepped forward to question Deng Heng, but Deng Heng ignored him. Mr. Zhang was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
Only Deng Heng knew how determined he was and what methods he used to make the Deng family members surrender.
When he returned home last night, he immediately summoned all his family members and distributed weapons to everyone. Then he sent a message to convene an emergency family meeting in the starry night. After all the heads of the clan had arrived, Deng Heng used force to force these clansmen to support the official examination of the four civil servants.
, those who objected with all their heart were all imprisoned.
Deng Heng recalled that at almost sixty years old, this was the first time that he had such courage.
The gate of the county mansion opened with a heavy sound, and the noise outside was immediately transmitted into the mansion. When those who were besieging saw that the county mansion was opened and there were no guards, they immediately rushed in. But at this moment, countless people poured out from both sides.
The sergeant, armed with a spear, surrounded hundreds of people.
When the patriarchs of the big clans watching outside saw this scene and saw Zhang He and others being escorted out of the lobby by sergeants, they were all shocked. Before the patriarchs could react, a group of sergeants came out from behind and took all the old patriarchs away.
Take it.
At this time, Deng Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said to himself, it seems that he is not in the wrong team.
"Go outside the city."
Liu Zhang ordered in a deep voice, mounted his horse, and was heavily guarded by soldiers. Hundreds of people behind him were escorted by sergeants and walked in the middle. The elders of the Zhang family were roughly pushed by Dongzhou soldiers. The people near the county government opened their windows and doors one after another.
As they watched, they saw that almost all the chiefs of the powerful clans in this county and the officials in Jiangzhou were being detained, with expressions of disbelief on their faces, and some common people couldn't help but follow the detention team.
On the way, these people saw soldiers swarming everywhere. These soldiers had murderous looks on their faces. Many wealthy people were escorted out of their mansions by sergeants, dragging their families with them.
When the head of the Yuan family saw this scene, his heart was in his throat, and he tremblingly said to the head of the Zhang family: "Mr. Zhang, what is going on? What is Liu Zhang going to do?"
The head of the Zhang family was also horrified. He had a vague feeling that Liu Zhang was making big moves, but he didn't believe that Liu Zhang dared to attack all the aristocratic families in Jiangzhou. He would only make false threats at most. He said to the head of the Yuan family in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Liu Zhang is fierce in appearance and soft in heart. Now show off."
The purpose of such a battle is to force us to surrender by force. We must not be fooled. I have lived for seventy years, and Liu Zhang is still a little green to play this kind of trick with me."
The Dian River flows into the Yangtze River, and Jiangzhou stands at the intersection of the two rivers. Starting from the Western Han Dynasty, Jiangzhou used the water from the two rivers as a moat to protect the largest city in southern Sichuan.
To the east of Jiangzhou, outside the moat, is a large wilderness. When Liu Zhang entered Jiangzhou City, he set up a military camp here. At this time, outside the camp, thousands of Dongzhou soldiers stood with their spears raised, enclosing a large area.
Hundreds of swordsmen stood in the center holding broad-backed swords.
In the city, descendants of noble families were being escorted out of the city gate one after another, and were pressed to the ground by the arrogant Dongzhou soldiers. The woodcutters and fishermen passing by could not help but stop and watch. Until Liu Zhang came out of the city with thousands of soldiers, the military camp was surrounded by a sea of people.
The people in Jiangzhou didn't know what was going on, and they were talking about it a lot.
Several clan chiefs, more than twenty officials, and hundreds of troublemakers were detained together with the children of other clans. There were more than 2,000 people. Liu Zhang, guarded by the generals, walked towards the high platform with his sword in hand. Zhang Ren and Yan
Yan stood on both sides, Deng Heng and Fei Zhao stood on the first step. The two of them clenched their hands at the same time. Until now, they still can't believe that Liu Zhang really dared to attack so many noble families.;