Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 9 The Rebellion in Huazhou (3)

Dust was flying outside the city of Zheng County. Li Chengqian and Qin Qiong led a thousand cavalrymen, ignoring the exhaustion of themselves and their horses, and hurried to Zheng County.

Qin Huaiyu stepped forward and said, "Tell Lanshan that His Royal Highness is arriving, let him pick him up quickly." The school quickly saluted, got up and ran into the city.

After a while, a middle-aged man wearing the captain's armor came to Li Chengqian's horse and paid homage: "The last general, Lan Shan, see His Royal Highness, and I have seen the general." Lan Shan saluted Li Chengqian and at the same time gave Qin Qiong saluted.

"The general is free." Li Chengqian signaled Lan Shan to get up and turned around to ask Qin Qiong: "Why, the teacher knows General Lan?"

"Lanshan originally belonged to the Youwuwei Army, and it was Yizhen's old department."

"Even if General Cheng's old department is not an outsider, let's talk in the city." Li Chengqian could not be like Zheng Kuan to Lan Shan. Shan is a soldier, and his task is to appease the local area. In Li Chengqian's view, the code of duty is a criterion for being an official.

"General Lan, tell me about your current situation," Li Chengqian motioned for everyone to sit down.

"Your Highness, my minister was ordered to put down the rebellion. It took five days to kill more than 130 people under Liu San, the leader of the rebels, and captured more than [-] people who participated in the rebellion. There were more than [-] casualties in the minister's department. They were all detained by the soldiers and horses of the ministers, but "

Lan Shan raised his head and looked at Qin Qiong, "Just say what you have. Your Highness won't blame you if you say something wrong. You have learned to read words and demeanor after a few years in the local area." Qin Qiong said to Lan Shan with a smile.

Li Chengqian didn't understand that Lan Shan was afraid of offending the Zheng family, and he was afraid that he, the crown prince, was just going through the motions. As long as Zheng County was pacified, he might not necessarily want to know the reason.

Li Chengqian smiled and said to Lan Shan: "General Lan, don't have any worries. If you have anything to say, just say it. You have done a good job. The fact that you can pacify the place so quickly shows that you are strict in managing the army."

"Your Highness has just taken down Zheng Kuan, the governor of Huazhou, who has failed in his duties. Don't hide anything and say something."

Qin Qiong patted Lan Shan on the shoulder to signal him to sit down and said that he knew that Li Chengqian didn't like too many rules in private, as long as things were done well, it would not be considered rude.

"Your Highness, this time Zheng County rebelled, I persuaded them to surrender, but the people and the government had a deep grudge, and I had no choice but to use force to suppress it. You know that most of the government soldiers are from the local area, and they will have relatives."

"The brothers under Gu said that the rebellion started after the earthquake. The county magistrate Hu of Zheng County and the others used the pretext of rewarding the guards to rob women, tied up Liu San and others, and insulted those women in front of them.

The women in Guanzhong were fierce and committed suicide one after another, which made the people of Zheng County kill the county magistrate and rebel against the court. If they could survive, who would take this road.”

"This county magistrate really deserves to die. After the catastrophe, he didn't know where he was going to be safe. He dared to enslave the people like this. General Lan, after you go down, go and raid his house,"

"In addition, ask someone to show Bengong and General Qin to see them."

"No, the last general will do it."

The threshing ground in Zheng County is now a place where rioters are detained. The rioters squat together in groups of three or four, looking at the Huazhou Army guarding them around them, waiting for their own doomsday.

The smell of meat in the distance aroused the gluttons in everyone's stomachs. The rioters looked at the cauldrons and baskets of steamed buns lifted from the carriages, with bitter water in their mouths, and their eyes stared at the food.

Li Chengqian went to the basket and said to the guarding centurion: "Let everyone line up, eat first, and then talk when you are full.".

Under the command of the centurion and the care of the Huazhou army, the rioters each received a bowl of broth and two steamed buns.While eating, everyone looked at the doll who brought them food, and discussed in a low voice below.

"This doll from the official family? You have a good heart. I haven't eaten meat for a long time."

The other man glanced at his mouth and cursed: "Lao Lu, you are a foodie, you don't know what a meal without a head is!"

The old man squatting next to the man swallowed the steamed buns in his mouth, pointed at Lu Laosan and cursed: "You are a fool, you know what we did, rebellion, have you ever seen a rebel who survived?

Eat it quickly, be a full-fledged ghost so you can go on the road, and invest in a wealthy family in your next life, so you don't have to suffer anymore. "

Li Chengqian sat on the high platform, Qin Qiong and Qin Huaiyu stood behind them respectively, watching the rioters finished eating, the Huazhou Army cleaned up the dishes and isolated the rioters, do they know who the young master is, if something happens, beheading will be enough is light.

Li Chengqian signaled the centurion to let the rioters get closer to him, stood up, and ate the last bite of steamed buns: "Folks, my palace is called Li Chengqian, and I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty sent me to deal with the Zheng County chaos this time. Gong heard from General Lan about your situation, to be honest, such a natural disaster, the imperial court’s failure to rescue the disaster made everyone feel wronged.”

"Your county magistrate Hu is indeed a dog official. In the year of the catastrophe, he really deserves to die for enslaving the people under his rule. This palace has let General Lan raid his house, but captured the county seat, attacked and killed the court officials, and resisted the encirclement and suppression army. What you did was wrong."

The rioters stared blankly at Li Chengqian. This kid is the prince. He knew that the dog official deserved to die, and even ransacked his home.

"The crime of rebellion cannot be lightly forgiven, otherwise where will the country's laws be placed, then we will deal with each case one by one. Those who attacked and killed officials in Liujia Village will be detained pending punishment, and the rest will be released without guilt.

The second palace ordered the Huazhou government to send government troops to help you rebuild your homeland, the third is paid labor, and each person has two catties of grain per day, and the fourth is that the counties under Huazhou are tax-free for three years."

After hearing Li Chengqian's words, the rioters knelt down and kowtowed, thanking His Highness the Prince for his kindness, and burst into tears, "I hope you will keep your duties and live a good life when you go home. Officials will come to register in a while."

"General Lan, you will temporarily take charge of the magistrate of Zheng County, so as to appease the people. The money and food needed will be sent from the prefecture in a few days."

"The last general is in command, Your Highness can rest assured, the ministers are also born in hardship, and will not treat them badly."

The next day, Li Chengqian and his party returned to Huazhou City after dealing with the chaos in Zheng County, and listened to the report of Changsun Wuji in the state capital: "Your Highness, the Huazhou treasury currently has 1 guan of money and [-] shi of grain. People have been ordered to purchase all the grain and prepare to send it to the counties.

In addition, I received a report from the officials of Huazhou that Zheng Kuan, the former governor of Huazhou, had committed crimes such as excessive expropriation and occupation of people's land. Now that the evidence is convincing, I ask His Royal Highness to order the inspection of Zheng's mansion, severely punish Zheng Kuan, and correct the officialdom of Huazhou. . "

Changsun Wuji is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zheng Kuan's previous official voice is still a little heard, but he has been dragging it down because of lack of evidence. This time Li Chengqian took Zheng Kuan, which will definitely anger the Zheng family.

Changsun Wuji naturally wouldn't give them a chance to attack his nephew. Under the high pressure of Changsun Wuji, those cronies of Zheng Kuan had to tell the truth.

"The county magistrate of Baishui was killed in the earthquake. I have sent someone to represent Baishui. Surprisingly, Huayin County was rescued by the county magistrate Wang Zhi. He opened the county government treasury and distributed it to the people. This is his Pleading for guilt, please ask the court to punish him for opening the treasury without authorization."

After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Li Chengqian also told him what he had done in Zheng County. After hearing Li Chengqian's kindness and power in Zheng County, he raised it high and put it down gently.

There was a smile on Changsun Wuji's face. As Li Shimin's most caring child, he knew the emperor's intention to let Li Chengqian come. Li Chengqian's doing so appeased the people of Huazhou and cultivated with the court. Together, this also makes Changsun Wuji look forward to Li Chengqian's growth even more.

"Uncle has worked so hard, so we searched Zheng Kuan's mansion according to what uncle said, and all the money and food obtained will be registered and collected in the Huazhou treasury."

"Promise, I will do it immediately", Changsun Wuji got up and wanted to leave, but Li Chengqian stopped him.

"It's been a hard job for my uncle to be with me. The queen mother knows that I will be blamed. I have sent someone to invite General Qin. The three of us will have a drink together in a while to comfort uncle and teacher. Let Huaiyu take care of the house raids." gone."

Changsun Wuji couldn't hear the meaning of Li Chengqian's words, Huixin smiled and said: "Okay, then the old minister and Shubao will have a good meal with Your Highness."

(End of this chapter)