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Chapter 847 This day has finally come! (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

"Ah Lang, the township army has entered the city, and the leader is Shaolang... Zhizhou directly surrendered..."

"Go down!"

In Chaijiazhuang, Cangzhou, the owner Chai Yong waved his hand to let the servants who reported the letter retreat, and slowly walked out of the main hall, sighing: "This day has finally come!"

At this time, Chaijiazhuang has become much deserted, and the diners gathered before have either joined the township army or been dismissed.

Not only did Chai Jin take up an important position, and he paid attention to influence, he said that before, no distinction was made between the good and the bad, and all were taken in. He only cared about the loyalty of the world, and Chai Yong disagreed, so he just took the opportunity to clean up.

Of course, not everything went well. For example, he soon discovered that the momentum of the township army's growth was a bit exaggerated, and Yan Yun was governed as a monolithic one, which seemed to be a separatist party.

And since Chai Jin participated in the construction of the Township Corps from the very beginning, it was impossible to separate the relationship when such a thing really happened. After a period of anxiety, Chai Yong immediately became intimate with Lu Yuanwai Contact, continue to subsidize the township army, and provide contacts for the Suian Chamber of Commerce...

As a former royal family who has lived in the border for a long time, since I have no choice, I will go all the way to the dark!
So when the township army really went south, it was clear that it was a complete rebellion. Out of the loyalty to the emperor cultivated since childhood, Chai Yong thought that he would become a member of the rebels. He couldn't accept it, but he felt relieved. Feel.

Especially when I heard the news that Cangzhou Zhizhou surrendered directly.

This is not surprising at all.

Not only Cangzhou, but the momentum of the township army going south may not be described as overwhelming, because they don't even need to break through, they just go home normally.

These soldiers originally came from various prefectures and counties in Hebei and Shandong. When they were stationed in Yanyun, they were allowed to go home to visit their relatives.

So Chai Jin led his troops back to Cangzhou, is that an invasion?The common people are welcome!

"Yanyun's great governance has made people everywhere look forward to the township army for a long time. Everyone wants to live a peaceful and stable life..."

"Lin Yiyong's momentum has been achieved, and it's time for my Chai family to finish!"

After Chai Yong sighed, he walked towards the backyard.

Guarded by loyal servants, Chai Yong walked into the ancestral hall and took out a carefully preserved golden brocade box.

This golden brocade box is called the "Golden Chamber", and what is kept inside is an iron scroll written with cinnabar, which is the family treasure of the Chai family, the Iron Coupon of Danshu.

This object was originally used by Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, in order to consolidate his rule and win over heroes. The contract, which is the certificate of observance between the emperor and the heroes.

Use iron as a contract, use Dan Shu to write the emperor's oath on the iron coupon with cinnabar, put it in a golden cabinet, and hide it in the ancestral temple built with stones to show solemnity and ensure safety. This is the Dan Shu iron coupon original origin.

But note that this time is to record the oath, there is no specific privilege of exempting from crime and death, it is more of a certificate of promotion, ordinary people promise that the hook will hang for a hundred years, and the emperor promises to write Come down in a box and make a grand ceremony.

In the end, what happened to the hero and the son of the hero, everyone understands. After all, I didn’t promise to avoid death. I was promoted first, and then I killed you. I still kept my promise.

Perhaps the emperor also found that doing so was too rascal. With the development of the times, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Danshu Iron Scroll officially had the function of preventing death, but there are not many records about which courtiers were saved from major crimes and saved their lives.

In the Zhao Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe and bullied Chai's orphans and widowed mothers to seek the throne. In order to appease the hearts of the subjects, he decreed to treat the Chai's descendants generously and gave Chai's Danshu iron coupons. So the one in Chai's hands at this time does have its historical basis.

Chai Yong looked at the iron coupon in the Dan book, stretched out his hand, stroked it lightly, and said with a wry smile: "It's just good-looking. If you don't need to protect small crimes, what's the use if you can't protect big crimes?"

When he was young, he was also proud of this imperial gift, and even felt that with such a treasure of protection, as long as he did not rebel, he would not be guilty of any crimes. He did not wake up until he was getting older. tasteless.

With Chaijiazhuang's power in the local area, some small faults and crimes would not be punished in the first place, but once he committed a serious crime or offended the real dignitaries, who would care about the shadow of more than a hundred years ago?There are ways to concoct you!

So deep down in his heart, he was reluctant to part with it, but Chai Yong's eyes gradually became firm: "Keeping the iron coupon of the alchemy is leaving a useless retreat, but my son's future is always covered by a shadow!"

"Instead of giving up in the future and getting a bad name, it's better to make a decisive decision!"

In the end, Chai Yong covered the box, bowed to the ancestors, walked out of the ancestral hall, and handed the golden chamber to the most loyal servant: "Go to the state government office quickly, and hand this thing over to Shaolang with great fanfare. Song Wudao, I, the Chai family, will no longer receive the iron certificate of the alchemy book!"

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"The township army is coming, can we stop it?"

"Shut up! What do you mean by invading? Don't make trouble for the clan!"

In Xiangzhou Han's manor, a group of Han's sons were sitting with ugly faces.

Compared with the Chai family who guarded the gate of the royal family in the previous dynasty, with the status of the Xiangzhou Han family in the Zhao and Song courts, they undoubtedly do not want to change the family.

Even if the former Prime Minister Han Zhongyan has resigned and returned home, and now he is immersed in Wanji Hall all day long, with Han's heritage and culture and education, there are at least a few Jinshi in each generation, which can ensure the continuous prosperity of the family, and most of the land in Xiangzhou has been attributed to the name. Now, to support a family with the power of a state is completely like the existence of an emperor.

Therefore, although the Han family actually made efforts during the establishment of the township army. At that time, it was to resist the Liao army. Uneasiness, especially when Liang Shanbo started a public trial of landlords, made them even more terrified.

Now that the township army really came out of Yanmen Pass and headed all the way south, Han Misun of the Anyang Chamber of Commerce panicked first, but was scolded by Han Jinsun.

This junior who is quite authoritative in the clan now stood up slowly, and scanned all directions with sharp eyes: "I know what you think, but don't forget, Xiangzhou can be free from war, and Hebei can continue to be peaceful. Who gave it!"

Of course the son of the Han family present knew it well, but he was not very grateful, so Han Jinsun continued: "Don't forget, those criminals who were sent to the Yamen of the Daming Mansion and tried according to the law, there are still a few of them who were exiled. Genocide, none of us can escape!"

Everyone was silent, and someone said in a low voice: "But now we have succumbed. If the township army uses Shandong's public trial of landlords in Hebei, then my Han family will definitely bear the brunt!"

Han Jinsun's tone eased: "Lin Yiyong is a very orderly person, so the township army has always followed justice and morality in its actions. It has never offended the people, and it does not recklessly harsh on the gentry. .”

"Look at Yanyun's governance, and look at the current chaos in the south. This is why the states and counties are willing to surrender. As long as we are not at fault, they will not blame us."

"Of course, my Han family has a big business, and it's impossible to be clean from top to bottom. If we really want to search, there must be crimes. That's why my father sent those who committed the most crimes to the government. The rest of you know very well how to remedy me. No more words!"

Han Jinsun finally sneered: "Now that the township army is going south, there must be prefects and counties who sacrificed their lives for the Zhao and Song courts. If there are such people in the clan, I respect them very much and I am willing to help them fulfill their loyalty!"

There was a sudden silence in the hall.

Just at this moment, a servant rushed in with an urgent report.

Han Jinsun took a look and shook his head: "The mantis is like a cart!"

The military situation was circulated, and everyone sighed again and again: "The magistrate of Zhending Prefecture refuses to defend, resisting the township army?"

"How could it be Zhending Mansion... Is it because the Western Army still left a battalion in it?"

"What's the use of that? The former Western Army might be able to hold off the Township Army, but now... Sigh!"

If there were still people who could not recognize the reality before, now there is finally a place to resist the township army. Instead, everyone including Han Misun collapsed on the chairs in a daze.

Compared with the Daming Mansion on the East Road, this seat on the West Road was breached when the Liao people invaded, and it was also broken by the Tianhu army before. The bandit army plundered the city. In the end, just having troops guarding it can't change anything, let alone bring a better life to the people.

So now Zhizhou is trying to resist, and the Western Army is also assisting in defending the city, but it is hard to say whether it can last for two or three days, let alone ten days and a half months...

The key is to be isolated and helpless, all places have surrendered, so what's the use of you stubbornly resisting?Is it possible to wait for Jinling, far in the south of the Yangtze River, to send troops to support?
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the officials of Zhending Mansion and the Western Army who stayed behind declared war on the township army with the determination to die for the country.

"But this is exactly the case. When the township army takes Zhending Mansion, the next counties in Hebei will not have a decent resistance."

Han Jinsun came to the window and looked up at the clear sky, feeling a little lonely, and murmured to himself inexplicably expectantly: "When will the sky change in Hebei, and the sky in the whole Song Dynasty?"

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In front of the Daming Mansion.

The officials of the Daming Mansion headed by Cai Jing, the powerful gentry headed by Han Jiayan, and the wealthy merchants headed by Lu Yuanwai waited silently.

No one was impatient, and even the number of people gathered more and more, and finally formed a vast patch, looking respectfully at the smoky and dusty township army, zooming in and out of sight.

The day is finally here!
Guarded by Cai Jing, the accompanying capital of the Great Song Dynasty, who retreated from the Liao army and destroyed Tianhu, opened the gates of the city to welcome the new master!
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