Han Shizu

Chapter 821 Chaos is inevitable
"The land of abundance, the city of splendor, Chengdu is such a good place!" Zhao Kuangyin casually inspected the workshops in Chengdu, riding his horse lightly, followed by a group of soldiers.

The road is very wide, the place is very quiet, surrounded by rich and powerful families, but half of them are empty, well, they were all arrested and questioned by the Han army for various reasons.The rest noticed that Zhao Kuangyin and his group were hiding in the mansion, peeking through the gap in the gate.

Looking at the surrounding mansions with closed doors, it is completely conceivable how uneasy the peeping eyes behind the mansion gates are!

"Oh!" Zhao Kuangyin sighed heavily.

"Du Shuai, why do you like to sigh and sigh recently?" He has almost become Zhao Kuangyin's bodyguard general, and Dang Jin follows him. Hearing his sigh, he can't help muttering: "Don't you still sympathize with those people?"

"I just think that Xiang Shuai's actions are too strict, and it is easy to arouse the anger of the Shu people, which is not conducive to the stability and consolidation of Sichuan and Shu! Moreover, this approach will damage the consolidation of military discipline and the construction of the army! Since entering Behind the city of Chengdu, how many soldiers have lost their eyes, and if this continues, I am afraid that the army will become corrupt." Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "Chengdu is still under our control, when will it be rectified, but what about the generals guarding the various places? Supervision, I'm afraid they will indulge too much and cause trouble!"

Hearing what he said, Dang Jin didn't take it seriously, saying: "The generals and soldiers destroyed Shu and went through all kinds of hardships. They should be rewarded. Moreover, they didn't burn, kill and loot. For those who bully others and rely on power to amass wealth, they should be rectified and returned to Shu." The common people are fair and clear the world, so why bother worrying about it? Besides, don’t you also hate those people who are corrupt and pervert the law and commit crimes?”

Even Dang Jin can say such a truth. Obviously, Xiang Xun's ideological construction is still in place when it comes to liquidating the dignitaries and bureaucrats in central Shu, and he has reached a consensus with the generals.Of course, if it weren't for the large amount of military funds that were obtained through confiscation, they probably would have believed it.

In fact, for this matter, Zhao Kuangyin's mental journey is quite complicated.At first, he didn't agree to do this at all, but Xiang Xun used food and rewards to talk about things, and won the support of most of the generals, so he was helpless.After all, one cannot go against the wishes of the soldiers of the whole army.

In Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, since entering Chengdu, Xiang Xun seems to be a different person, acting recklessly and unscrupulously.Originally, Zhao Kuangyin thought that Xiang Xun was smearing himself, but as the actions became bigger and wider, and the methods became more ruthless, he even began to suspect that Xiang Xun had a different heart and wanted to buy the morale of the army.

However, up to now, Zhao Kuangyin's vision is naturally not limited to those dignitaries and bureaucrats who have been rectified, and those money and goods that can pile up into mountains. Bad sport.Eating food may be ugly and has hidden dangers, but the army benefits, the common people gain their land, and the court gains its governance. Only those with vested interests suffer.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin also believes that Xiang Xun has no different intentions. His actions and practices are to cut himself off from the dignitaries and bureaucrats in Sichuan, and to abandon him from landlords and merchants.Such a large-scale action, if there is no intention behind it, Xiang Xun will never, and dare not.Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin was basically certain that this was definitely what the Son of Heaven meant. The princes of the court would never be so radical, only the Son of Heaven had such courage and strength.

What is even more meaningful is that from the beginning to the end, the content of the aftermath promulgated by the court is quite satisfactory.The changes in Shuzhong are more like the Pingshu Han army, greedy for the wealth in Shuzhong, and doing things arbitrarily and looting, and only staring at the nobles and rich people.

What Xiang Xun has done is simply a stain on the courtiers' criticism, and his position is very much like a blame.However, Xiang Xun seems to be happy with it.

After figuring this out, Zhao Kuangyin fell silent, and no longer spoke for those nobles in Sichuan. Even though he had objections, Zhao Kuangyin was not so stubborn as against the will of the emperor.

However, after such a long time, the news from the Pingyuan states gave Zhao Kuangyin the urge to complain again. He felt that enough was enough and it was time to stop.
"Brother Yuan Lang!" Noticing Zhao Kuangyin's expression, Dang Jin spoke up, with a sincere face, and even changed his address: "I didn't mean you! You seem to cherish your reputation too much. There are so many soldiers up and down, even Xiang is handsome. You have taken some money, why are you doing this? Back then in Yangzhou, you were the commander in chief, that’s all. Now in Chengdu, the superiors are all handsome, so what are you worried about? You are so persistent, we are subordinates Yes, I’m not happy either.”

Hearing Dang Jin's words, Zhao Kuangyin frowned, looked at Dang Jin equally seriously, and sighed: "Although Meng and Shu are settled, there are still Tang, Wuyue and Lingnan in the south. Once this example is opened, I'm afraid that the army's morale will be difficult." Clean it up, take Jiangzuo in the future, if you follow this method again, it may cause him to resist stubbornly!"

Dang Jin said disdainfully: "The south is weak, if you dare to resist, just wipe them all out, why do you need so many scruples!"

Hearing the words, Zhao Kuangyin secretly sighed in his heart, Dang Jin lived a simple and easy life.After pondering for a while, he asked curiously, "How much reward did you share this time?"

"Most of them were replaced with money silk. There are 50 pieces of silk, and 200 guan of money." Dang Jin laughed.

"It's not too little!" Zhao Kuangyin sighed slightly, thought for a while, and said, "I heard that you made some good wine, and I'm addicted to alcohol. When you go back, drink with me!"

"Okay!" Dang Jin replied, feeling that Zhao Kuangyin showed signs of enlightenment.

There was a noise in front of him, which caught Zhao Kuangyin's attention. When he stepped forward, he saw a group of Han soldiers in front of a tall mansion, moving things outside excitedly. Several large boxes were opened, all neatly made of silk. Silk silk, the rich family!

On the wide-open door of the mansion, several big red characters can be clearly seen: Shixiu surrendered to the Li family.Seeing these words, you know whose house this is.Because he successively wrote the surrender form for the front and rear Shu, after Meng Chang surrendered, some people in Chengdu wrote it on the gate of Li Hao's house at night, as a mockery and contempt.

Originally, Li Hao was also ashamed of this, and his family wanted to change the door, but he stopped him, saying it was useless, and allowed him to stay in the middle door to show his calmness.But later, when something happened in Chengdu, so many nobles, ministers, and ministers were liquidated by the Han army, Li Hao instead ordered someone to rewrite those six characters, as if he wanted to tell everyone that he had a reason for the Han army to enter the city and destroy Shu. Great work.
Maybe it really worked, or maybe because of the relationship with Xiang Xun, there was no sergeant intrusion, and it has been stable so far.However, among the dignitaries of the later Shu Dynasty, there are not many people who can surpass Li Hao in terms of wealth and extravagance.

There is such a short story, when Zhao Jizha, a minister of Shu, bought a book made by Li Hao’s great-grandfather Li Shen and was gifted by the prime minister. The well-known singers in the city were all summoned to private houses to accompany the banquet, and the expense was huge, far beyond the imagination of others.In addition, he sent a full two thousand pieces of silk to Zhao Jizha as a thank you, which is equivalent to the amount that Zhao Pu did not dare to hide bribes when he was sent to Shu.
How could such a wealthy family not be targeted.

In front of Li's mansion, Zhao Kuangyin saw this scene, but noticed something strange. If he was ordered normally, he would definitely capture the Li family members first, convict them, and then deal with them. More like looting.

The word "extortion" came to mind, and Zhao Kuangyin frowned slightly. This was what he was most concerned about. Soldiers would act recklessly, and military discipline would inevitably be loose.

Driving forward, Zhao Kuangyin scolded coldly: "Which army and battalion are you from?"

The officer whose eyes were shining brightly noticed Zhao Kuangyin. He obviously didn't know him, but he guessed in his heart that his military rank should be very high. !"

"This general, the Li family is indeed very rich, and the money and silk in the warehouse are almost moldy!" After speaking, his eyes flashed, he leaned forward and whispered, and then looked at the soldiers behind Zhao Kuangyin, with a generous expression The tone said: "The last general can't take it all, just take this part, and give the rest to the general?"

Hearing his words, Zhao Kuangyin's face flashed with anger, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Marshal Zhao!" A mournful call interrupted him.

Looking around, I saw Li Hao looking at him in front of the door with an aggrieved look on his face. There was both fear and expectation in his old eyes.

"Okay! What a Feng Guojun!" He lowered his head and stared at the officer coldly: "Is this how Wang Quanbin leads troops?"

The officer seemed to have figured out Zhao Kuangyin's identity. Seeing that he was impolite, the officer's smile faded, and he replied resolutely, "Marshal Zhao, why do you insult my general!"

"Put your things down, take your people, and go back to the barracks!" Zhao Kuangyin said calmly, with an extremely strong tone.

Hearing this, the officer was even more unhappy, and raised his head and said: "Marshal Zhao, although your rank is high, you still can't control our Fengguo army!"

"Ah!" As soon as the words fell, there was a scream.

But Dang Jin drove his horse forward, whipped his whip towards his face, and angrily said: "You idiot, how dare you speak to Marshal Zhao like that!"

The strength of Dang Jin is so great, when the whip is thrown down, the blood is mutilated, and a face is directly destroyed. The Fengguo officer didn't care about other things, fell to the ground, covered his face and howled, and finally recovered, but even his eyes were closed Can't open it.

Turning his head and glaring at Dang Jin, Zhao Kuangyin stared at him with an unusually indifferent tone: "Put things down and go back to the camp, I don't want to say it a third time!"

How can Zhao Kuangyin's power mean that a mid-level and lower-level officer could resist forcefully, and finally walk away in embarrassment.Afterwards, Zhao Kuangyin directly ignored Li Hao's thank you, and drove his horse to find Xiangxun.

"This army is not disciplined, and there will be chaos!" Zhao Kuangyin said to Xiang Xun with a serious face when he found Xiang Xun in the temporary handsome yamen, his tone was unusually aggressive.

Xiang Xun and Zhao Pu were discussing something, seeing his appearance, he couldn't help asking, "Why is Yuen Long so angry?"

Zhao Kuangyin explained what happened just now with a serious expression. Hearing this, Xiang Xun frowned: "There is such a thing!"

Looking at Xiang Xun, then at Zhao Pu, hesitating for a while, Zhao Kuangyin cupped his hands and said, "Xiang Gong, please forgive the general for speaking bluntly, the act of restraint should be stopped, and military discipline must be strict. Gao, he also contributed to the army's entry into the city. Now that a mere junior military academy dares to come to extort money, this is by no means a good sign.

The last general thought that we should gather soldiers, strictly enforce military discipline, not disturb the people, and return the peace of the people in central Sichuan, and choose a day to be a teacher! "

"Yuan Long's words are reasonable!" Xiang Xun nodded, but said to him calmly: "The officers below should be strictly restrained, but don't mention the teacher's discussion. One, Chuan Shu is still waiting to be calmed down; the second is that the imperial court has not surrendered; the third is that you have a look at these military newspapers."

Hearing his words, with a little doubt, Zhao Kuangyin took it, and then his expression quickly sank.However, he wasn't too surprised.The content of the military newspaper: Mianzhou, Jianzhou, Zizhou, and Langzhou, the tyrants rebelled.

"The states are rebelling, and now, the most important thing is to quell the rebellion!" Xiang Xun sighed softly, "But you are right! Military discipline and law should be serious!"

Weiji, Wang Quanbin came aggressively, with an angry and fierce face, and asked Zhao Kuangyin, "Zhao Kuangyin, why did you flog my subordinates!"

(End of this chapter)