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Chapter 96 Tianmu Mountain has beautiful scenery and is suitable for a stay with your family.

September 22.

morning.

The rebels held a public trial in front of the county government for the evil masters and servants of the Zhou and Zheng families.

Anyone in the county who owns more than [-] acres of land is designated as a large household, and the heads of the households are invited to watch the public trial.

For the rest of the people, one head of every ten households was invited to watch the public trial.

After a public trial, the head of the Zheng family, Zheng Chengda, and several of his brothers, nephews, and nephews were all sentenced to be beheaded for their many evil deeds.

The remaining dozens of Zheng family members, as well as hundreds of servants who had collaborated in committing evil acts, were all sentenced to hard labor.

The head of the Zhou family, Zhou Baoliang, and several of his brothers, nephews and nephews who had committed evil acts were rebelled and hanged. The rest of the Zhou family and some of their servants were also sentenced to hard labor.

Although this public trial was conducted in a hurry and did not fully mobilize the masses, it still shocked the other big households.

Later, when these large families learned that the Wu family and the Li family had offered three thousand shi of food to the rebels, they also took the initiative to donate food.

Those who were short of food gave silver, and really gave as much as they could.

For those who don't know, just looking at the enthusiasm of these large households in donating money and food, they will probably think that they are all die-hard supporters of the rebels.

That afternoon, the county government warehouse was filled with grain, and it had to be piled elsewhere in the county government.

After the sun goes down, no more big households send food.

An Jun and Wang Dalu also took the county government secretary to calculate the amount of money and food, and then compiled a book and presented it to Liu Sheng for reading.

"I would like to report to the leader that the big families in the city took the initiative to donate money and grain, and received a total of 1000 shi of grain and [-] taels of silver.

Counting the food obtained in the previous two times, our rebel army obtained a total of 16 dan of food in Queshan County this time!Won 7000 taels of silver! "

"Okay! Hahaha..."

Liu Sheng couldn't help laughing happily after getting so much money and food at once.

This much food is enough to feed 3 people for half a year!

After putting down the account book, Liu Sheng said with a smile: "The big families in the city support our rebels so much. Do you think I should write them a letter of thanks and then ask them to write a reply?"

An Jun and Wang Dalu were stunned for a moment after hearing this.

Immediately I realized that this thank you letter and reply letter were similar to the duplicate IOUs I issued after "borrowing" food from a large family.

Let these large households feel that they have something to hold in the hands of the rebels.

In this way, when the rebels come to attack Queshan County next time, these big households will not dare to resist vigorously.

Maybe they would silently cooperate with the rebels to seize the city.

Thinking of this, the two of them smiled and said, "The leader is wise!"

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September 24.

The rebels began to organize refugees outside the county to move to Tianmu Mountain.

In the past three or four days, the rebels had given them three meals of millet porridge every day. As long as the refugees were not starving, they had basically recovered their ability to move.

In addition, Liu Sheng also organized the refugees to take three hot baths in the past three days.

The refugees were also asked to boil their clothes in water.

They also organized several doctors to take their apprentices out of the city to treat the refugees and check whether anyone was infected with the plague.

Fortunately, although there were many sick people among the refugees, they were not infected with the plague.

During the migration, the patients were unable to move, so Liu Sheng asked several people to help one person.

Liu Sheng's strategy was to let refugees with families go first.

Ten households are in one group, five groups are in one team, and five teams are organized into one large team.

The young men and women of each household need to carry between twenty and forty kilograms of grain.

There are more than 3000 refugees joining the rebel army this time. Because they were eliminated after famine, most of them are young men and women, a small number are children, and only a handful are old people.

Even excluding those single men and women, there are more than 5000 young men and women with families.

Even if each person carries an average of thirty kilograms, these people can only carry more than 2000 stones of grain.

Therefore, Liu Sheng forcibly bought many mules, horses, cattle and donkeys, two-wheeled carts, and wheelbarrows from the city and surrounding villages to transport food.

In the end, Liu Sheng tried his best, but the vehicles, mules, horses, etc. he collected could only transport [-] shi of grain at a time.

Faced with this situation, Liu Sheng thought over and over again and could only make plans to occupy Queshan County for more than half a month, or even for a long time...

On the morning of September 24th.

After Liu Sheng returned from outside the city, he invited the county magistrate Cai Wending and the chief bookkeeper Qian Yunsheng to the county government hall.

This time it’s a real please.

Therefore, Cai Wending and Qian Yunsheng were both a little surprised and confused when they arrived.

I don’t know why Liu Sheng became polite to them.

Shouldn't they be tried publicly like the Zhou family and Zheng family?

Thinking of the public trial scene they saw yesterday morning, the two of them started to tremble.

When he saw Liu Sheng, he immediately bowed and said, "Chief Liu."

Liu Sheng smiled, stretched out his hand and said, "You two are welcome, please sit down."

The two of them didn't dare to disobey, but they only dared to sit halfway down.

Liu Sheng took the good tea collected from the backyard of the Yamen and personally made a cup of tea for the two of them.

Cai Wending felt distressed when he saw the thief - this was the finest tea that he had spent a lot of money to buy, and it was specially used to receive distinguished guests, but the thief leader had ruined it like this.

Liu Sheng's method of making tea is too rough.

After serving tea in person, Liu Sheng sat down and said: "Before the public trial yesterday, I also asked two people to be investigated.

Fortunately, apart from corruption, dereliction of duty, and ignorance and incompetence, neither of them has done anything serious. "

Hearing this, Cai Wending and Qian Yunsheng's hands holding the teacups trembled a little.

I was secretly afraid in my heart.Fortunately, they have some bottom lines as human beings.

Otherwise, I am afraid that my head will be in a different place at this moment.

Then Liu Sheng changed his words and said: "However, one of you is the magistrate and the other is the chief secretary, but you allow more than 2 hungry people to gather outside the city. This is the greatest evil, right?

It should be noted that whether these hungry people eventually starve to death or riots invade the county, both of them will kill countless people! "

At the end of the sentence, Liu Sheng's voice was fierce and he even showed murderous intent.

Cai Wending and Qian Yunsheng were both startled and almost dropped the tea cups in their hands.

"Chief Liu, we are wronged!" Qian Yunsheng responded the fastest, "It's not that we don't want to solve the problem of hungry people, we are really powerless!"

Cai Wending belatedly followed: "That's right, that's right, it's because we are powerless, not because we don't fulfill our responsibilities."

Perhaps because he had been in charge for a long time, he subconsciously added, "Chief Liu, please understand us. Being an official is really not easy."

"Ask me to understand you?" Liu Sheng slapped the table and stood up, "Then who will understand the tens of thousands of hungry people outside the city?!"

boom.

A muffled sound.

But Cai Wending was so frightened that he couldn't sit still and slipped to the ground.

Qian Yunsheng was also sweating non-stop, for fear that Liu Sheng would ask someone to pull them out and behead them in public.

Liu Sheng sat back again.

He looked at the two of them and said: "If you can't solve the problem of the hungry people, then let me solve it. At the same time, I will also give you a chance to make meritorious deeds.

Starting today, I will move the hungry people outside the city to the south in batches, and at the same time, I will leave a battalion of soldiers and horses to garrison the county.

The two of you still serve as county magistrates and chief registrars, and work as usual - mainly sending letters to the city to show that the city has been recaptured by you and is under your control again.

As for the specific matters, just leave them to the officials.Do you understand what I mean? "

Qian Yunsheng glanced at Cai Wending, then nodded and said: "Understood, later I and the county magistrate will send a letter to the government office, indicating that we have recaptured the county seat, the rebels have returned to Tianmu Mountain, and the territory is now stable. "

Cai Wending was belatedly and nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, we will do what Leader Liu said."

Seeing the two people expressing their opinions, Liu Sheng finally showed a smile.

"I heard that although Magistrate Cai took office alone, he took a concubine the year before last?"

"Yes." Cai Wending looked slightly unnatural.

Liu Sheng continued: "Zhixian Cai, you should learn from the bookkeeper Qian and take your wife and children with you.

You see, Mr. Qian’s daughter is now fifteen, pretty and cute, and is about to get married. His son is also ten years old, and I heard he is studying very well.

Apart from being an official, you can also enjoy the joy of having your children around your knees. How beautiful is your life?

Therefore, you need to write a letter and ask your first wife to bring her children to Queshan to enjoy the blessings with you. "

Now Qian Yunsheng's expression was unnatural, and could even be said to be ugly.

Sure enough, after Liu Sheng finished speaking, he looked at him again and said, "Tianmu Mountain has beautiful scenery and is most suitable for women and children to visit. How about Mr. Qian ask your wife and children to stay with me in Tianmu Mountain for a few months?"

At this moment, Qian Yunsheng became completely bitter.

Both of them knew that Liu Sheng wanted to use their families as hostages to prevent them from secretly communicating with the government.

But they really didn't dare to refuse.

If you say "no", you may be taken out by the rebels and beheaded, and then your family will also be sentenced to hard labor.

The two looked at each other and could only stand up, bow to Liu Sheng, and said together: "Yes."

After Cai Wending and Qian Yunsheng retreated, Liu Sheng asked someone to call Luo Huaiyu over.

When dealing with Dian Shi, who had decided to join the rebels, Liu Sheng spoke more directly.

"Luo Dianshi, the rebels may need to stay in the county for another ten days and a half, or even forever.

But I have other things to do, and the army can't all stay here.Since you have defected to the rebels and are Queshan Dianshi, you should help the rebels take control of this city. "

When Luo Huaiyu heard this, he knew that Liu Sheng was going to hand over the task.

Although he didn't know if it was an important task, he immediately expressed his position: "No matter what the leader orders, I will try my best to handle it well!"

Liu Sheng said: "You take charge of all the government officials and policemen in the city. Later I will ask people to select young people from the refugees and add 200 people to you.

You use these people to form four security teams to take over the security work in the city and outside the city.

Don't worry about the prison. I'll find someone else to take charge of it. "

When Luo Huaiyu heard this, he knew that Liu Sheng had expanded his arrest and security powers as Dianshi, but had taken away the prison leadership.

Although it seemed that his power had not increased, Luo Huaiyu still responded solemnly: "I will definitely live up to the leader's trust and manage the public security inside and outside the city!"

Liu Sheng nodded and said casually: "By the way, Master Qian heard that Tianmu Mountain is beautiful and is planning to let his wife and a pair of children live in the mountains with me for a few months. I wonder if Luo Dianshi is interested in letting his family members join him as companions?" ?”

When Luo Huaiyu heard this, he knew that Liu Sheng wanted him to send his family members as hostages.

But thinking that he could no longer look back, he felt that this was also a kind of protection for his family.

If after Liu Sheng left, Queshan County was taken back by the army, at least his family would not die along with him.

So he smiled and nodded, "I am worried that my family will not have a good place to go. With the leader taking care of me, I feel more at ease."

Liu Sheng was slightly surprised by Luo Huaiyu's reaction.

Then he understood that this Dianshi was really determined to follow him.

So he patted Luo Huaiyu on the shoulder and said: "Work hard, and soon you will find that joining our rebel army is right."

Luo Huaiyu actually didn't have high expectations for the future of the rebel army. The main reason was that he clearly realized that he could not turn back.

Therefore, he just listened to Liu Sheng's words, and without thinking much, he responded humbly: "The rebel army under the leader is indeed unusual, and it will definitely become a big event in the future."

Luo Huaiyu left.

Liu Sheng sent people to call over the four standing army sentries, Wen You, Peng Youyi, Liu Erhe, and Zheng Erli, as well as the two accompanying military and political officials, An Jun and Wang Dalu.

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