Xuande

Chapter 764 "Goshawk"

For them, as a woman who has been Liu Bei for so long, she knows everything she should know.

They all know that Liu Bei is a relatively easy-going person, treats them very generously, gently, and speaks softly, but the foundation established from this is the observance of the rules.

What can and cannot be done is particularly clear.

Except for Gong Qin and Gong Ling, everyone came from a prestigious family. They are somewhat sensitive to politics, and they are definitely not political noobs who don't understand anything.

Even Gong Qin and Gong Ling, after so many years of getting along with each other, understand what can be unruly and willful, and what can't be unruly.

The family affairs are almost rectified, and Liu Bei is about to start preparing for the future administration.

Now that he is the emperor and is no longer a general, he can proceed in a serious manner in the name of the emperor that he did not dare to do inconvenient things before.

Of course, the first step in all this is to let the world know of his existence, to let the world know the establishment of the Great Han Third Empire, and surrender.

Liu Bei scattered the messengers as quickly as possible, and went to various places to tell all local officials the news of Liu Xie's Zen throne and his official enthronement as emperor, and told the generals and local officials to congratulate him as a sign Surrender.

Then, an order was given to the generals to cooperate with the liquidation team sent by the imperial court to conduct a thorough liquidation of the sinners and accomplices of the ancient literature school, eunuchs, and foreign relatives.

Just like the liquidation initiated against the Jinwen School back then.

If someone resists with force, it is regarded as a rebellion, and it is more justifiable to suppress it.

He believes that the liquidation this time will be simpler than the last time, and this time the liquidation will also create a better situation for the comprehensive land conservation policy.

The fact is also the same. Compared with the previous liquidation of the Jinwen School, this time the executors are familiar with the way, have experience, know how to do it, and in addition, there are military garrisons and help in the local area. , which is easier to implement.

Northeast, Hebei, Central Plains, Kansai, and Shu, the liquidation of these places was quite smooth and successful, and some who tried to resist were nothing but chickens and dogs in front of the regular army.

This action is not the first time that Liu Bei has shown his power to overwhelm the world, but it is the first time that Liu Bei has shown his uncompromising execution and deterrence as the emperor. This first time is quite valuable.

Accompanied by the news that Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, came Liu Bei's army.

So although many people in the local area were shocked, puzzled, and even somewhat dissatisfied, with the end of the army and the unfolding of the liquidation, no matter what dissatisfaction they had, they would swallow it in their stomachs.

Is he accepted the throne of Zen, or he is still a member of the Han family, a big man is still a big man, there is nothing to say about changing the year name, if you really want to talk about it, some people will say that you are plotting to do something wrong, why do you care so much about the Han family? Things between clansmen?

The only ones that are a bit difficult are the Jiangnan area, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Jiaozhi.

Fortunately, these places do not have the deep foundation of the ancient literature school, and the people from the south of the Yangtze River and the scholars from the Central Plains cannot play together. Whether it is the modern literature school or the ancient literature school, there are very few branches in Jiangnan.

On the contrary, there are some officials. Two county prefects and a dozen county magistrates have been listed on the list. It is quite easy to solve them, just send someone to arrest them.

In this regard, Cheng Yu, governor of Yangzhou, of course gave his full support. Wang Rui, governor of Jingzhou, immediately expressed his congratulations and submission to Liu Bei, and then fully supported Liu Bei in liquidating a series of areas in Jingzhou, mainly south of Nanyang County.

Nanyang County has a special status, so there is no need for Wang Rui to intervene, Zhang Ji, who is the prefect of the county, can handle it by himself.

Zhang, who was born as a general, was Liu Bei's nail in Nanyang. He had enforced many policies here before, and he was very unhappy with the local clans, and there were many discords between the two sides.

The Nanyang nobles have lived in Nanyang for several generations, and those who have survived to this day are deeply rooted and have great power in the local area. Even if Zhang is both the prefect of the county and Liu Bei's old official, with Liu Bei's back, he is powerless in the face of them place.

For example, when the slavery restriction order was promoted, many wealthy families in Nanyang initiated the relationship between the court and China, and asked people to find connections to put pressure on Zhang Ji, telling Zhang Ji not to do things. Otherwise, even if Liu Bei was backing, they would still have a way to make Zhang Ji very happy Difficult.

After all, Zhang Ji is not alone, he also has a family, and he also has people he cares about. They can't do anything to Zhang Ji himself, but if Zhang Ji concentrates on embarrassing them, they can still make the people Zhang Ji cares pay a small price of.

Mr. Zhang Fu, what do you think of this matter?
Of course, as long as everyone can live in harmony, everyone is willing to cooperate with Zhang Ji, so that Zhang Ji can have enough authority here, can accomplish many good-looking projects, accumulate enough political achievements, and promote Zhang Ji to a high position.

Isn't it good for everyone to earn benefits in harmony together?
It can be said that it is a carrot in one hand and a big stick in the other. It seems to be quite effective, which makes Zhang Ji more troublesome.

If Liu Bei wants to play this game with me, then I can't help it. He is my Palace Master, so I play with him, of course, there are benefits, I am willing.

But what are you guys who dare to play this game with me?
Could it be that my blade is not good?
Zhang wrote to Liu Bei about these things, and Liu Bei told him that it was not time to act yet, so let him be patient for a while and wait for the time. When the time comes, he can do what he wants to do.

From that moment on, Zhang Ji held a grudge against them and planned to take revenge on them. As long as the time was right, he would make these bastards pay the price in blood.

Then, the opportunity came.

Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, and at the same time he started liquidation in the court, he also broke the chain of interests of many Nanyang wealthy families in the central government. A large number of members of the ancient literature school were implicated, and they were all wiped out by Liu Bei.

Among them, there are many networks of Nanyang nobles, and many people who put pressure on Zhang Ji before have died.

Taking this opportunity, Zhang Ji was finally able to completely cleanse the Nanyang nobles.

Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Nanyang nobles contributed a lot. Together with the Hebei nobles, they can be called half of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Up to now, although the power has been greatly inferior to the previous era, they still have great influence in the local area.

However, at the time when Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, this group of people and their families who had influenced the political direction of the Eastern Han Dynasty for more than 100 years did come to an end.

Still the same sentence, although the Han Empire is still the Han Empire, the Second Empire is dead, and the Third Empire was born. The new empire was established without the help of the Nanyang Haozu, and without the ecological niche of the Nanyang Haozu, so they will be liquidated sooner or later matter.

Of course, the Nanyang nobles are unwilling to perish at this stall, and tried to offer an olive branch to Luoyang, but it didn't work, and Luoyang didn't respond.

More importantly, Zhang Ji, who was offended by them, didn't intend to give them any chance.

According to Liu Bei's request, Zhang Ji started to investigate and liquidate them with the slave restriction order as the starting point.

This is serious trouble for finding someone. According to the requirements of the slavery restriction order, 90.00% of the wealthy families in Nanyang County have problems, and they can all be found guilty and questioned. Zhang Ji also threatened to thoroughly implement the slavery restriction order. Doesn't this mean that everyone is completely tearing their faces apart?

In desperation, the desperate and fearful Nanyang nobles could only respond.

For more than a month, more than 20 powerful wealthy families in Nanyang County were forced to rebel, but they were put down by Zhang Ji and the 24th Army Zhonglang General Gao Shun.

There are quite a few private soldiers of the wealthy family, the equipment is not bad, and the combat effectiveness is considered qualified, but against the regular army under Shang Gaoshun, it still feels a bit like bean curd hitting a stone.

Gao Shun didn't take much effort to press them to the ground and rub them against each other, but all those who rose up were killed.

After that, Zhang not only launched a series of investigations, but also investigated the relatives and friendly families of these families who started the army, and seven or eight wealthy families were unlucky and died miserably during this stage of the operation.

After the military confrontation, Zhang realized the decline of the Nanyang nobles and the usefulness of the slavery restriction order, so he continued to use the slavery restriction order as an entry point. And forcibly destroyed a group of wealthy families with illusions.

The excuses he used were all aboveboard, these powerful families were not clean, or in other words, no one was clean at all, it just depends on who offended whom and who influenced whom.

However, Zhang Ji's actions were quite violent, and caused great harm to the wealthy family. Many wealthy families in Nanyang who had inherited their families for four or five generations were destroyed by Zhang Ji with various reasons.

The power of the powerful clan in Nanyang County was exhausted in a very short period of time, more than 90.00% of them were destroyed, and they fell into a decline in an all-round way. The families that were not destroyed were also contained and attacked, and their political power was greatly damaged.

Two months after the Nanyang operation, the Nanyang people who hated and feared Zhang Ji gave Zhang Ji the title of "Goshawk".

The last person to receive this title was Zhidu, a well-known cruel official in the Western Han Dynasty. This is a fierce existence that even princes and nobles would pay attention to.

How many princes and nobles and their forces are in Zhidu's hands, it's hard to say, at least, it must be a little more ruthless than Zhang Ji.

However, people in Nanyang think that Zhang Ji's behavior in Nanyang is not much worse than that of Zhi, or even worse. The entire wealthy family in Nanyang County is about to be liquidated by Zhang Ji, only a few such as the Deng family and the Zhu family. The family was able to escape from Zhang Ji's "claw".

Nanyang County has been completely taken care of by Zhang Ji. Faced with strong political and military pressure, the Nanyang nobles are as fragile as a piece of paper.

And this is just a not-so-obvious microcosm of the entire liquidation operation. Similar things have happened in other states and counties. Suddenly, more than a dozen [Goshawks] appeared in the territory of Dahan.

Knowledgeable people exclaimed "Emperor Wu returns".

It is conceivable that these people's fear of Emperor Wu of the Han is deeply rooted in their bones. Where is Liu Bei now? He even called out the name of Emperor Wu of Han.

What Liu Bei is doing now is not even one-tenth of that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. How did these guys have the nerve to shout it out?

Of course, it doesn't matter, as long as the lining is obtained, these guys can shout whatever they want, and Liu Bei has no interest in taking care of their mouths.

Outside of Nanyang County, Jingzhou and Yangzhou were basically unchanged under Guan Yu's suppression, while Jiaozhi had some problems.

Because of its remote location, it is difficult to liquidate the Chen family according to the regulations, and Jiaozhi has too little influence on the Han Empire.

The Chen family has already passed the glorious period of the Xinmang period and the early Eastern Han Dynasty. Now Gou Zaijiaozhi lacks strength in the Central Plains. Even if it is a few years of golden development period of the ancient literature school, it has not caught up. This time it was beaten by Liu Bei. Rabbit, I sorted it out by the way.

Since the income from clearing up may not be able to catch up with the cost of clearing them up, some people suggested that they should not be forced to liquidate the Chen family, and that they should be imprisoned in Cangwu County and not allowed to be officials.

After comprehensive consideration, Liu Bei adopted this suggestion, and officially ordered the disqualification of the Chen family as a family member, and dismissed all the clan members who were officials, and asked them to return to their hometowns and reflect behind closed doors for ten years.

Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhi, wanted to keep a good watch on the Chen family during this period, and forbid any members of the Chen family to make any rash moves.

So the whole liquidation operation was arranged in this way and a comprehensive operation was launched. From the time when Liu Bei officially ascended the throne on May [-]th of the fifth year of Jian'an until September of the fifth year of Jian'an for more than three months, this liquidation operation can be regarded as Come to an end.

It's not that no one resisted. After learning that Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor and wanted to liquidate the actions of the conservatives, those conservative disciples and old officials did not catch them without a fight, and some people organized private soldiers to resist, but that's the same sentence.

How can private soldiers compete with the elite regular army?

Everyone's weapons are not of the same level.

Liu Bei had already iterated the iron smelting process of the Han Empire in Liangzhou. Over the years, the iron smelting craftsmen have been summing up their experience and developing a more efficient iron smelting process. optimization.

The Huan Shou Knife made with the iron smelting technology developed now is even tougher than the early Liangzhou version of the Huan Shou Knife. When two weapons fight together, the first one to break completely is the early one. The Liangzhou version of the ring first knife.

And even the early Liangzhou version of the Huan Shou Dao is crushing against the weapons made by the iron smelting crafts that are currently scattered among the people.

The iron smelting process controlled by Liu Bei Group is an absolute taboo, and the secrecy law was prepared for this. After so many years, a large number of outstanding craftsmen have invested in Liu Bei's arms and produced more and more high-quality iron products for him. Among them Of course including weapons.

According to the information sent back from the front line, whether it was Qianzhao, Liu Sheng or Xu Huang, they all said that it would be relatively easy to suppress the rebellion of those conservative remnants.

In terms of armor and protective gear, they are far inferior, in terms of ring swords, they are far inferior, and in terms of bows and crossbows, they are also far inferior. The Han army can often fight against them.

Even at the end of the fight, the officers and soldiers of the Han army said that it was quite boring, wondering if there were any more powerful enemies that could make them enjoy themselves.

Especially the veterans of the main army assigned to the local garrison, they all expressed that even the recruits of the newly formed recruit army, according to the simple and old-fashioned military formation knowledge and formation knowledge learned in the training camp, they can also make those rebels Jun pissed out.

Those rebels are basically gangsters in street fights. Occasionally, they will meet one or two hundred private soldiers of big families who are more capable of fighting and have certain queue skills, but the number of such private soldiers will basically not exceed two hundred, and the most will not exceed four hundred. .

The veterans were eagerly gearing up, but within a quarter of an hour of meeting each other, they were completely wiped out by each other.

It's not fun to bulldoze the opponent's manor.

Opponents that can be defeated by new recruits, the skills honed by us veterans on the battlefield are useless at all!

(End of this chapter)