Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 35
In the blink of an eye, there were still three days left before the one-month period set by Sun Chuanting. During this period, Liu Fuguo and Sun Zuowang had secret meetings several times and made more careful arrangements.

Zhang Runda's family members announced to the outside world that Commander Zhang suddenly became seriously ill and could not speak, and refused all visits from outsiders.

Liu and Sun knew what was going on, although they hated him so much, they had nothing to do with him.

The two called together all the generals and officers who were going to participate in the implementation of the plan, and gathered in Liu Fu's country.

Everyone in the meeting was the direct victim of Sun Chuanting's policy of rectifying the guards. They hated Sun Chuanting to the bone, and they agreed with the premeditated matter of the two commanders. They all threatened to remove the treacherous minister Sun Chuanting for the imperial court and shake the foundation of the imperial court. .

Liu and Sun are very satisfied with everyone's morale. As long as everyone is united in this matter, great things can be achieved.

At the meeting, Liu Fuguo specifically asked not to divulge any information to anyone, not even his own wife and children.

When the day came to gather the left guards, everyone came with their cronies.At that time, I will tell everyone that Sun Chuanting is nominally rectifying the guards, but in fact he wants to take the fields handed over by everyone for himself.

The Commander of the Three Guards has already reported this matter to the court officials. He is very dissatisfied with Sun Chuanting and has sent people to Shaanxi to thoroughly investigate the matter. We are just one step ahead of the court.As long as there is the banner of the imperial court, everyone will become more courageous.I think this is doing things for the court and upholding justice, not to mention that even if something goes wrong, there is a saying since ancient times-the law does not blame the public.

As long as the atmosphere on the scene is mobilized, no one dares to predict what will happen.What's more, Liu Fuguo's real trump card is the nearly [-] elite servants in the hands of him and Sun Zuowang in the official office, and the people outside are just an introduction.

After thinking about it again and again, Liu Fuguo and the others felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and they only had to wait a few days to make trouble, so the group of people dispersed separately.

In the study room in the backyard of the governor's office, Sun Chuanting, Zhuang Yuanzhou, Cui Wensheng, Xie Renxing, Cheng Qianli who arrived the day before yesterday, and Li Guoliang from the Xi'an Qianhu Office of Jinyiwei were discussing how to deal with the upcoming rebellion in a few days.

Zhuang Yuanzhou opened the mouth and said: "Since Yang Mingsheng sent a letter of charity, let us know in advance how Liu and the others will act, then I think that the adults can act in advance and break them one by one, so as not to cause chaos on the scene when the adults arrive at the left guard. If an accident happens to a grown-up, then everything will be over, please think twice!"

After listening to the rest of the people, they all felt that what Zhuang Yuanzhou said was reasonable, and they all expressed their agreement.

As a landlord, Li Guoliang naturally did not want any accidents for Sun Chuanting.He knew that Sun Chuanting was a man in the emperor's heart, and the emperor valued him very much. If such an important person did anything else in Xi'an, he, a thousand households of Jinyiwei in Xi'an, would inevitably be angered by Shangfeng, although he knew that the soldiers in the guard were weak, But it is easy to hide the open gun and difficult to defend against the hidden arrow.

So he said: "As the saying goes, the son of a thousand gold can't sit down. Your lord is a big official in the frontier. There is no need to put yourself in danger. Since the evidence of the crime is convincing, your lord can order him to be arrested in the name of conspiracy. The elite of the guard who came here, there are adults in the battalion, and there are many people who can be used under the humble staff, and a few worthless local tyrants of the guard are still easy to catch!"

Sun Chuanting listened to everyone's words, and said with a smile: "Although I am a scholar, I have always followed the example of Li Tang's predecessors who went from general to prime minister! In this dynasty, Lu Jiandou, a more reasonable minister, puts on the body of a civil servant, and charges into the battle. If Even the local guards in the district are afraid. How can they face the powerful thieves and slaves in the future? The ancients paid attention to the reputation of teachers, and I can't kill them just because they have the heart of chaos. Wow, when I first arrived in Shaanxi, I would be infamy. Even with the protection of the emperor, I am not afraid of rumors, but it will be difficult to do more in the future. This time, the emperor personally sent the guards and elites in front of him Come to help me, not only considering that I will put myself in danger, worrying about my safety, but also intending to strengthen my official will, Sun is very grateful for His Majesty's concern, my official's decision has been made, and everyone accepts it with kindness!"

Seeing that Sun Chuanting had made up his mind, everyone stopped persuading him and discussed countermeasures instead.

After discussing for a long time, it was finally decided that Cheng Qianli would lead the masters from the capital to dress up as military households in the guard and go to lurk behind the Zuowei official office.As soon as the signal from the front is issued, he immediately climbs over the wall and enters the official office, and captures and kills the guard soldiers in ambush.

The governor's standard battalion selected thirty elite guards wearing heavy armor and personal guards. Sun Chuanting wore a soft armor under his official robe to prevent the opponent's archers from shooting arrows. , Immediately rush to kill, everything is the safety of Mr. Sun.

Li Guoliang was in charge of investigating the terrain of the Zuowei official office so that Cheng Qianli and the others could be familiar with it. After the discussion was over, everyone dispersed to prepare separately.

A few days later, the square in front of the official office of Xi'an Zuowei Office was full of people, noisy and lively.

On the steps in front of the official office, stood Liu Fuguo, Sun Zuowang and other high-ranking officials of the guard, the rest of the lower ranks stood in the field with their cronies, and outside the field were some military households watching the excitement.

Although they already knew that the governor would take back the public land occupied by officials and redistribute the military household registration and distribution of land, most of the military households had long been disappointed or even numb to the court, so they just watched the changes in the situation from the sidelines. .

Only a very small number of impoverished military households still have hope for the new Mr. Sun, looking forward to a day when they can have enough food in the future.

Seeing that the Shangguan gathered a crowd to make trouble today, and there were rumors that the imperial court would send someone to take Mr. Sun down, the hearts of all the military households suddenly became cold.

But the nature of Chinese people's love to watch the excitement has not changed, and the military households who heard the movement around them also gathered around the square.

Liu Fuguo and others looked at the chaotic crowd in front of them. After being bewitched, the crowd became passionate. Everything was ready and they just waited for Sun Chuanting to arrive.

Sun Zuowang said: "Brother Liu, it stands to reason that Sun Lianzi should have received the urgent report from me, why hasn't the time come yet? Could it be that he is too timid to come?"

Before Liu Fuguo could answer, a muffled thunder-like sound came from the sky.

Some of the people in the field looked up to the sky, the blue sky and white clouds, the scorching sun in the sky, where did the thunder come from?
The noise gradually became louder, and there was a lot of smoke and dust in the distance. A horse team wearing red armor suddenly appeared in everyone's sight. Seeing that it was approaching the square, the horse team slowed down. After arriving at the square, the front team dispersed in all directions. Sun Chuanting in the robe sat majestically on his horse, scanning the crowd on the field,
The three guards of Xi'an are located in the hinterland of Shaanxi, and the peace has passed for a long time. The guards have never seen such a large group of cavalry coming with such a murderous look.

A strong murderous aura rushed towards the face, and the noisy and chaotic crowd suddenly became silent. The people who were full of confidence and wanted to beat the treacherous officials were stunned. Some trembled, and some looked around.

Standing on the steps, Liu Fuguo and others looked extremely ugly. Many people retreated in their hearts, and even Liu Fuguo was shaken in their hearts.

But when he thought about it again, the matter had come to this point, so he could only bite the bullet and do it.

Thinking of this, Liu Fuguo shouted loudly: "You don't want to return to the field. I don't care what I say. It just so happens that Mr. Sun is here. Let's ask Mr. Sun to share with you!"

Sun Chuanting looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart. A group of jumping clowns dared to play a clumsy trick in front of Sun. The matter of rectifying the guardhouse must be stopped today.

He got off his horse and walked towards the gate of the official office. Some of the guards hurried forward and prepared to clear the way. Who would have thought that the crowd would automatically divert a lane. Sun Chuanting passed through the passage without looking at either side, and came to the front of the official office. Thirty Two guards in heavy armor accompanied him on both sides, separating him from the crowd.

Liu Fuguo went down the steps to meet him. After Sun Chuanting waited for everyone to salute, he walked up the steps with his hands behind his back, turned to face the crowd, and looked at the crowd with burning eyes. Two guards held shields beside him.

Sun Chuanting said: "Rectifying the guards and returning the occupied public land is based on the laws and regulations made by the Taizu. Considering that you and others have served the court for several generations, this official has deliberately increased the generals' rations by several times, which is far more than ordinary land. Military households, in the future, no matter whether they farm by themselves or rent it out, the family will have no worries about food and clothing; you are still not satisfied, and today you gathered a crowd to make a noise, could it be that you want to rebel?"

At the end, Sun Chuanting's tone became severe.

Everyone on the field was still shocked by the momentum of the horse team's arrival just now, and no one dared to speak out against them.

Sun Chuanting continued: "Today is the deadline for the return of the land. According to the report from the commander of the Three Guards, they are willing to carry out my order, but their subordinates disobeyed and showed signs of mutiny. I strongly invite this officer to suppress it. As you have seen just now, the official bid camp has arrived, so think carefully, whether you have the capital to fight against the imperial court and this official, and those who do not disperse within ten breaths will be punished in the name of rioting! "

The crowd began to buzz and discuss, and many people had already begun to waver.

The huge deterrent force of the standard battalion has crushed their luck. After all, daggers and short knives can't fight against the heavily armed cavalry, and life is the most important thing.

When the land is scarce, find a way to get it back. If you lose your life, you will have nothing. If you are killed by Sun Lianzi in the name of rebellion, all your family property will be confiscated, and your wife and children will be distributed to the frontier. Gone.

Thinking of this, many people have already started to move their feet and prepare to leave.

Seeing that the carefully arranged plan was about to come to an end, Liu Fuguo immediately winked at the crowd in front of him, and someone in the crowd immediately shouted: "Don't listen to the dog officer farting! We are all officials ordered by the court, he dare not kill us casually! If the fields are returned, the wives and children at home will have a lot of snacks and drinks! Do we have to eat chaff and swallow vegetables like those poor military households! Kill the dog officer, we will still eat and drink spicy food as before, everyone!"

There was a sound of bowstrings, and a sharp arrow shot towards Sun Chuanting from the crowd. Sun Chuanting had no time to dodge. A guard beside him quickly raised his shield to cover him.

Immediately, everyone in the front row took out short knives from their arms and rushed towards Sun Chuanting, shouting.

Seeing someone shooting arrows at the governor, and someone rushing towards the gate, the crowd suddenly became chaotic.Some people want to rush forward, some people want to escape to the side, all kinds of shouts and shouts are noisy.

Someone in the surrounding cavalry team shot a loud arrow into the sky, Luo Shifang immediately urged the horse to lead the team to charge in, Liu Fuguo was overjoyed, and shouted with panic on his face, "Protect the governor!" After shouting, he went forward and grabbed Sun Chuanting's arm and dragged him to the official office.

Several guards quickly stepped forward to separate them, protecting Sun Chuanting, and the rest of the guards drew their knives and fought with the guards' servants who swarmed up.

The guards around Sun Chuanting were selected elite men, all of them tall, holding long knives and wearing heavy armor.Ding of the Weisuo didn't practice at all on weekdays, and he had never been on the battlefield, so he only went forward desperately with a burst of blood and courage.

A guard of the standard battalion slashed down like a chain with a long knife in his hand, and a servant who rushed in front was split in two diagonally from his shoulders, blood splattered everywhere.

Another guard swung his sword, and a servant's head flew high, and the blood in his neck spurted out like a fountain.

A guard with a broad hatchet slashed horizontally, cutting a servant in half at the waist. Colorful spots flowed out from the abdominal cavity, and a nauseous stench spread out.

The rest of the guards hacked with knives and axes. In the blink of an eye, everyone's eyes were blank, and all the servants who rushed in front were killed.

Sun Chuanting looked in front of him without changing his face, and the scene of blood spattering did not move him.

Liu Fuguo and others saw such a tragic scene of fighting, and were urged by the smell of blood wafting from their chests and abdomens, they all bowed their heads and began to vomit.Some were so frightened that their legs became weak, they slumped on the ground, and lost control of their urine.

Luo Shifang rushed straight to the place where Sun Chuanting was standing, and swept his spears across. Wherever the horses went, the crowd was either trampled by the horses or swept away by the guns. In a short time, he rushed to the gate of the official office.

He saw that Sun Chuanting was safe and sound under the protection of the guards, and he was relieved immediately.

At this time, the cavalry had pierced through the crowd and gathered. This time, the standard battalion and Sun Chuanting's heavy-armored guards came, a total of 200 people came, and the rest stayed in Xi'an to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Originally, according to Luo Shifang's intention, 100 people would be enough, and he looked down on these guard soldiers who were not even as good as bandits.

In the end, just to be on the safe side, a hundred more cavalry came. Luo Shifang ordered the assembled cavalry to drive over the fleeing guards. The sheep rushed over and knelt down.

Sun Chuanting saw that the overall situation had been settled, so he looked at Liu Fuguo with a smile, and said, "Commander Liu, I heard that you have prepared a generous gift for me in the official office, how about we go in and have a look?"

Liu Fuguo and the others vomited so faintly that they had lost all strength for a long time, and all of them had no blood on their faces.

Hearing Sun Chuanting's words, Liu Fuguo already understood that everything about him fell into other people's calculations, his mind went blank, his eyes were empty, and his whole body instantly aged a lot.

A person walked out from the gate of the official office, it was Cheng Qianli, his body was splattered with blood, and the soft sword in his hand was still dripping with blood.

After seeing Sun Chuanting, Cheng Qianli held the soft sword upside down, bowed his hands to Sun Chuanting and said: "Report to your lord that all the thieves who caused chaos inside have been captured and killed. Please show me what happened next!"

After all, Cheng Qianli was a person close to the emperor, so he couldn't be rude. Sun Chuanting bowed his hands slightly and returned the half salute, and said, "There are hundreds of households in Cheng, I don't know how the brothers who came from the capital are injured or injured?"

Cheng Qianli said with a smile: "Thank you sir for asking, only a few of the brothers suffered minor injuries, I will bring my own wound medicine, and after applying it for a few days, I will be fine!"

Sun Chuanting nodded to show his understanding, turned around to look at Liu Fuguo and others who had been tied up, shook his head, and sighed: "You can't live if you do your own crimes! It really echoes the old saying that people make money and birds die for food! It can be regarded as the end of benevolence and righteousness, and you have to blame yourself for falling into such an end today! Come here, escort them all back, and wait for the court to deal with them!"

After investigation, more than [-] people were beheaded by Biaoying, Cheng Qianli and others, more than [-] were injured, and the remaining [-] people were cleaned up under the supervision of Biaoying. Digging pits in the countryside for landfilling.

Those who were seriously injured and dying were buried together, and those with minor injuries were escorted back to Xi'an with the five hundred people after cleaning up. Sun Chuanting had already gone back to the office, leaving fifty standard battalion officers and soldiers to maintain order in the guard. .

After returning to the government office, Sun Chuanting immediately explained the whole story to Chongzhen and the imperial court, and summoned the chief envoy and other officials of the government office to report the cause and result of the incident.

Zhu Yongyou and others knew about Sun Chuanting's rectification of the guards, but they didn't think highly of him.

Everyone felt that his time in office was too short, and he had not yet established his foothold, so he used the well-known stubborn disease to attack him, which was a bit of a villain's ambition and too arrogant.

But because most of the senior officials in Shaanxi had nothing to do with the guards, everyone just watched with cold eyes, waiting to see Sun Chuanting's jokes.

Everyone never expected that all the members of the guard would dare to gather a crowd to make trouble.

Zhu Yongyou and others were secretly startled, and their fear of Sun Chuanting increased sharply.

But as for the reaction of the Holy Majesty and the imperial court to this matter, everyone had different opinions. Most people felt that Sun Chuanting was too harsh on the court officials.

Sun Chuanting's memorial was delivered to the capital quickly, and the imperial decree came down a few days later.

Liu Fuguo and Sun Zuowang were beheaded for the crime of conspiracy, their family property was confiscated, and the whole family was sent to Qiongzhou.The rest of the accomplices were all punished as accomplices, their family property was confiscated, and the whole family was sent to Liaodong to serve.

Sun Chuanting took on the role calmly, was brave enough to do things, and was promoted to the title of Zuo Fudu Yushi. It is hoped that this member will continue to forge ahead, further open up the situation, and make new contributions to the early pacification of Shaanxi.

Xi'an Qianwei and Zuowei were abolished, and Ding Tianmu, the owner, was placed under the jurisdiction of the neighboring prefectures and counties.So far, the case of the guard has been settled.

A few days later, Liu Fuguo and Sun Zuowang were sentenced by Ming Zhengdian in the downtown area, beheaded and abandoned the market, and their family members were sent to Qiongzhou by the procuratorate.

Yang Mingsheng's father and daughter were sent to Fuya, and Sun Chuanting personally entertained them and praised them for their righteous deed of offering advice and sending letters. Sun Chuanting cherished Yang Mingsheng's talent and tried his best to keep Yang Mingsheng in Fuya Serve the court.

Zhuang Yuanzhou and the others also hoped that he would stay, so that Sun Chuanting could give advice on their studies in their spare time, and they could also learn from each other and try to get in the next high school. Yang Mingsheng readily agreed, and everyone was happy.

The property search was handled by Li Guoliang's Shanxi Qianhu. After all, it was Jinyiwei's forte.

This was specifically explained by Sun Chuanting. He also understands the truth that the water is so clear that there are no fish.

Jin Yiwei recovered several silver winter melons of different sizes from the silver cellar in Liu Fu's country. The big ones weighed several hundred catties, and the small ones weighed tens of catties. There were also dozens of boxes of silver ingots and several boxes of gold bricks. A total of more than [-] taels of silver.

Due to the continuous severe drought in recent years, the price of grain has soared to two taels of silver per stone. Most of the grain produced by Liu Fuguo's 10,000+ mu of land has been converted into silver. There is not much grain in his home and in the grain bank in Xi'an, only a few Only a thousand stones.

Sun Zuowang and Liu Fuguo had basically the same means of earning money. The confiscated silver from his home was also 10,000+ taels, thousands of shi of grain, and some shops in Xi'an.

Sun Chuanting, who got the list, was overjoyed and laughed, Zhuang Yuanzhou, Yang Mingsheng and others were also excited.

The confiscation of family property this time and the last time Luo Shifang exterminated King Qi totaled nearly 50 taels of silver, and the 10 taels given to Sun Chuanting by the Holy Majesty, 60 taels of silver is enough for the next few years. Do a capital.

Next, Sun Chuanting issued an order in the name of the governor's yamen, led by Zhuang Yuanzhou, Yang Mingsheng, Cui Shisheng, Xie Renxing and others, mobilized the clerks in each yamen to go down to the three guards, and began to clear the fields, distribute the land, and recruit soldiers on a large scale.

The extremely impoverished military households received ten-acre land deeds issued by Fuya. Although they didn't understand the words on it, they saw the red official seals and the red handprints of their own heads. It was like a dream. After waking up, most of them knelt down and kowtowed with joy. Every family hid the land deeds in the most secret place of their homes.

The good things are not over yet, the governor has also set the regulations, all military households who rent public land, the rent is all [-].Compared with the original seventeen tenants of Liu Fuguo and others, this is another great good governance.

If you take a family of four people to calculate.The main miscellaneous grains in a ten-acre koufen field are about ten stones a year, which is the current [-] catties.Because of the lack of enough oil and water, the food intake is very large. The food seems to be a lot, but in fact it is only enough to feed and clothe the whole family.

But compared to the days when there was no subdivision of land, the rent for renting and planting was as high as [-], and it was rare for the family to eat a few full meals a year, it was already a life like heaven.

Now that we are full, if we rent more public land, we can get more food, which makes every household excited.

More income means that those who have sons in the family can save money to marry a mother-in-law. It means that if they have extra money in the future, they can renovate the house that is leaking when it rains. If the little girl pulls a few feet of floral cloth to make a new dress, it means that when she goes to the market, she can use a few copper coins to buy a crude hairpin for the girl who has suffered with her all her life.

The original extravagant hope has now become within reach. As a result, Sanwei's public land was rented out on the day it was confirmed.Many people spontaneously built a shrine for Sun Chuanting at home, and Sun Qingtian's name spread all over Xi'an in an instant.

These good governance directly led to the smooth progress of recruitment.When the well-drilling team led by Huangzhuang Zhuangtou sent by Chongzhen arrived, after careful selection, Sun Chuanting had recruited [-] soldiers, and he had finally taken a solid step in running Shaanxi.

(End of this chapter)