entrusted the trivial matters of Jingdong to Liu Zhongwu to deal with the aftermath, and Tong Guan felt that everything was fine. Therefore, after solemnly introducing his successor the next day, he hurried to the capital with his Shengjie army.

Since that's all there is to it, by the way, one more thing. Although our Tong Shufu has a vague premonition in his heart for a long time, he still has not escaped the old saying called "blessing and misfortune lurk". The troubles that are waiting for him in the city of Tokyo this time are no smaller than the other! For example, the death of a senior general of the imperial forbidden army, which occurred on the streets of Tokyo shortly afterwards and caused a lot of uproar, is inseparable from him.

However, there is a priority in everything, and this matter will be discussed later. Without further ado, let's get down to business.

Let's say that Liu Zhongwu, the general of the Western Army, was steadily from Tong Guan's hands, and after taking over the position of the commander of the imperial court's conquest army, he was not idle. After meditating on the charts of the Shamen Islands for a night, Liu Zhongwu took advantage of the fact that everyone was coming now, and the next day in front of Tong Guan, he directly made his eight-character policy of suppressing thieves public in advance, and was immediately highly praised by Tong Guan. Even, Tong Guan also instructed the new Yunzhou Taishou Cai Juhou, Jeju Taishou Xu Ji and the imperial court general Zhao Tan to cooperate sincerely, learn from and implement the eight-character policy proposed by Liu Zhongwu, and strive to trap the Liangshan thieves on the isolated island of Shuibo as soon as possible.

It can be seen that Tong Guan is not taking the opportunity to raise Liu Zhongwu's prestige, after all, with Liu Zhongwu's qualifications, he does not need this kind of formal promotion. It was Liu Zhongwu's eight words that really moved Tong Guan and was highly recognized by him.

It is said that the new official took office with three fires. Liu Zhongwu's first fire was strongly supported by his superiors, and according to his arrangement, his colleagues and low-level soldiers had a lot of oil and water to fish. This kind of thing that almost everyone is happy with, and the implementation is still a problem? Therefore, before Liu Zhongwu arrived in Qingzhou, this fire burned in the entire territory of Dengzhou and the counties near the sea in Qinghai, Lai, and Wei.

"Feng Liu Chengxuan military order. From now on, the people of Dengzhou counties will move to the inland states and counties for resettlement! If there is a violation of the order, it will be punished as a thief! ”

The soldiers who showed off their might read out the military orders of the imperial court in front of the people over and over again, and this kind of task of being ordered to disturb the people was almost the most supported by them from their hearts, and they could make oil and water, and they didn't have to take responsibility, so they didn't have to be too kind of to their spleen and stomach!

But they were happy, but the people were miserable. Being kicked out of the house for no reason, who would want to? In the face of this kind of disorderly government. Not to mention the poor households in the counties of Dengzhou, the gentry and big families in the townships and villages almost did not rebel. Under high pressure, they all signed together and went to Dengzhou's highest civil official, Wang Qing, to cry in front of Wang Xianggong:

"Even Wang Lun occupied Dengzhou, he never disturbed the people, and also put grain for the people, how could he wait for the imperial court to recover Dengzhou, but still force the people to leave their homes? The governor must be the master of the people under his rule, and he can't let the captains come nonsense! ”

Wang Qing, the temporary Taishou (waiting for Liu Yu to arrive and take over), unexpectedly received a huge amount of filial piety from the big households, so he naturally wanted to say two words of "putting his heart in his heart":

"Don't think that Wang Lun didn't rob you before. On the contrary, I will open a warehouse for you to put grain in a fake way, and you will be safe in the future! He has now swept millions of people and hid on the island, even if he is lying on the mountain of gold and silver, he will have to eat down one day. You don't go. Sooner or later, it will be the fat in their eyes, don't be lit by the sky lantern at that time, and then complain about the poor protection of the imperial court! ”

Wang Qing's words are not unreasonable, but in view of Liang Shanbo's reputation has always been tough. and the loss of people and money that will be brought about by leaving their hometowns, the big families still refuse to give in easily:

"When the time comes, Liang Shan is really going to rob it. We also admit it, and we will never blame the court! It's good to be a good person, and please accept the heavenly soldiers, so let us go! If filial piety is not enough, let's make it up! ”

"Nonsense! Is this a matter of money!? It's just that you are willing to be robbed, and this official doesn't care about you at the moment. But it is a trivial matter for you to go bankrupt, but it is a major matter for the Liangshan thieves to get supplies, which is directly related to the success or failure of the imperial court's plan to suppress the thieves! Don't think that your ancestors have a few Zhizhou and Hanlin can have no scruples, Wang Lun is the number one criminal who wants to kill the official family today, you say that you have a few heads, dare to spoil the official family!? Even those ministers of your ancestors are still alive, do you think they dare to ignore the emperor's grace and disobey the holy will at this juncture? ”

Wang Qing is Tong Guan's son-in-law, and he who went to the countryside to get oil and water also includes his descendants, and it is strange for you to ask him to stand on the side of the people with righteousness.

However, Wang Qing's surprise is commonplace for big households. Since you dare to collect money from the beginning, you have the ability to do things. Everyone begged again, and added "code", and finally leaked a compromise method from Wang Qing's mouth:

"In this way, this official will take care of you again! You still have to move your home, but you don't have to go far away! Everyone will go back and move their families to the four counties of Benzhou, and when the Liangshan thieves come, there will be officials and soldiers to protect you! ”

This is actually Liu Zhongwu's original intention, after all, he is a pure soldier, he just wants to win the battle, and he is not bent on forcing the people to death. It's just that for some reason, the order has gone out of shape below, and it has become the only way for officials at all levels to reap the benefits. Wang Qing, a newly promoted parent official of the imperial court who was born as a thief, played this routine for the first time, and he was not able to teach himself.

With this adaptation, the big households can breathe a sigh of relief, but the poor households will be miserable. If people have money, they can naturally live a good life in the county, even if all the grain and grass in the warehouse are taken away by the officials and soldiers in the name of preventing capitalists, it will not hurt the muscles and bones. But the situation of these people is awkward, because once they leave this home, they have nothing. The so-called prospects described by the government are like a mirage, and honest people who are willing to believe in such ethereal statements have long since run away with Liang Shanbo.

It's a pity that if the imperial court wants to do something in earnest, the people are really powerless to stop it just by a plate of scattered sand. In today's four counties of Dengzhou, there are more than 100,000 soldiers stationed in the imperial court, and the manpower is enough to penetrate into every natural village. Therefore, this time, Liu Zhongwu's strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness was implemented extremely smoothly. Except for the smoky miasma at the beginning, Dengzhou has long been uninhabited.

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Dengzhou, Penglai North, the hometown of saury.

"The old lady is really amazing, in just a few days, he has turned this Dengzhou into a Jedi! In my opinion, when the Liangshan thieves sit and eat the empty mountain, and then want to loot Dengzhou, I am afraid that they will despair! "A middle-level and lower-ranking officer in red clothes and black armor is accompanying a young junior at this time, standing in front of the cliff and watching the sea.

Hou Sheng said, looked back at the sturdy soldier beside him, and laughed at himself: "In the past few days, it is the first time I have heard someone say good things about my father!" ”

The officer was not embarrassed, but laughed and said, "Look at what Yanai said!" If it is to get rid of thieves for the country, what is it to be scolded twice? The old lady was originally out of the public heart, and he may not take these gossips to heart! As long as the bandits in Liangshan are pacified, the first person the people of Jingdong will be grateful for in the future, and that is the old lady! ”

"Yaksha, Yaksha, your mouth is getting better and better! You don't have to persuade me, even if the people of Jingdong will remember the benefits of their father in the future, but in this Dengzhou, the notoriety of my Liu family cannot be washed away. Alas, fortunately, there is a shortage of labor in all the inland states now, and the people of Dengzhou have moved inward, and they will not be sad in the future! ”

When the latter came to the end, his tone seemed to be muttering to himself. It can be seen that he also agrees with the general direction of Jianbi Qingye, but in the details of implementation, he is quite unbearable.

The officer who was called "Yaksha" was about to persuade him a few more words, but when he saw this, he sighed and changed the subject: "How many ships have we collected recently?" ”

"It's a thief, as the old saying goes! In Yanei, the last general searched all over the coast of Dengzhou, and only had to come to these dozen fishing boats! Seeing that Housheng frowned, Yaksha said again: "But it is enough to complete the secret order of the old lady!" ”

The latter said "um", looked at the vast sea and stopped talking, Yaksha waited by the side for a long time, and couldn't help but say: "Yanai, the poison will be all ready!" It just so happened that when I led people to look for the boat yesterday, I accidentally found two sick and dead plague animals, and the last general brought them all back! As the saying goes, it's better to hurry up early than late, so it's better to take someone to Shamen Island tonight and do it! ”

Speaking of which, Liu Zhongwu is not a mediocre general who will only wait for the rabbit. Speaking of his secret order, it is definitely a fatal move to hit a snake and hit seven inches. Although Liangshanbo swept countless money and grain on the island in Jingdong, it would not be a famine for a while and a half, but the Shamen Islands had a big disadvantage, that is, fresh water.

These islands are no better than Liangshanbo, and they are surrounded by fresh water. Even if Dong Ping and his group were ordered to deliberately take off their pants and pee on the edge of the water on the way back to Beijing, at most they would disgust the people on the island. But the Salmon Islands are different, with millions of people pouring in in a short period of time, and the islands' limited water sources alone are not sustainable. If you "pollute" the water source like Dong Ping did, it will be fatal.

"Yaksha, that's millions of lives!" The latter glanced back at Yaksha, and his tone was inexhaustibly heavy.

"But if they survive, they are millions of bandits! Jingdong, Hebei, and even the entire Great Song Dynasty will never be at peace! Yaksha is not a simple character, and when he saw that he was smiling just now, his face became serious:

"The old lady got rid of thieves for the country, and he didn't hesitate to be infamous because he knew that this matter was not child's play! If you are half soft-hearted to this gang of thieves, you are very ruthless to the people of the Great Song Dynasty. If we wait for this time to be indecisive and act as a woman, and wait until the future when this gang of thieves counterattacks Jingdong, if there is a mistake, the old lady's guilt will be great! Yanai, you have to think clearly! ”

When the latter heard this, the muscles on his face couldn't help twitching, showing that there was a fierce ideological struggle going on in his heart. After surviving for a while, I saw him gritting his teeth and saying: "The current layout of our army is not stable, and the repair of the county towns has not been completed. In this way, it will be difficult for our western army to win by surprise and annihilate the thieves in the field! Xu Tiha, etc...... Wait! (To be continued.) )