The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 361 It’s Not Easy to Be a Prime Minister

Zhang Yan was overjoyed when she heard this.

"Thank you, Prime Minister. With these lands, the people under the rule of the Black Mountain Army will be able to live and work in peace."

Zhang Yan's voice choked with sobs. Back then, the people rebelled because they lost their land. There were hundreds of thousands of people under the rule of the Black Mountain Army in Taihang Mountains, but there was too little land in Taihang Mountains to feed these people.

Every winter, no one knows how many people die of hunger.

Land has always been a big problem for the Montenegrin Army.

That won’t happen now. The noble families in Jizhou suffered heavy losses, and a large amount of land was confiscated. Qin Shou obviously wanted to distribute all these lands to the people, so he used a killing move right from the start.

These noble families would offer money, food, and beautiful women to Qin Shou, but they would never offer land. Since others would not give, they would come to rob. And they would do it openly.

As it turned out, Qin Shou was successful, and he also won the support of the soldiers and civilians below, and won the hearts of the Black Mountain Army.

As for the aristocratic families in Hebei, it was already great to be able to save their lives in this disaster, so they didn't have any other demands. They might even be grateful to Qin Shou.

Only those captured noble families were now in prison, cursing Qin Shou madly, but it was all useless.

"As for the other leaders of the Black Mountain Army, they can be colonels. Those who do not want to fight on the battlefield can retire or go to the countryside to serve as captains, county lieutenants, etc. The court will make proper arrangements."

"But no matter what position you hold, you must learn to take up the post and learn the rules of the Cavalry Army. Get rid of your laxity in the Black Mountain Army. In fact, what I am most worried about is the discipline of the Black Mountain Army."

Qin Shou was not worried about the bravery and loyalty of these soldiers, but about military discipline.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. If these bastards don't abide by military discipline, I will be the first one to not let them off. The Prime Minister has granted these people official positions and land, but they still don't know how to be loyal to the Prime Minister. They are courting death." Zhang Yan said loudly.

Qin Shou just smiled and said, "Military law is ruthless. In my Cavalry Army, we always follow military law and will not kill people at random, but if someone commits a crime, no one can ask for mercy." Although Zhang Yan's words were serious and he called for fighting and killing, in this world, if you really let the other party do it, the other party may not kill. Only Qin Shou, although he did not say to kill, would kill if he disagreed with someone, and he was the kind of person who could not ask for mercy.

"You will finally understand."

Zhang Yan was also a smart man. He immediately realized the problem from Qin Shou's words. The prime minister in front of him seemed different from the others. He just looked cold and ruthless, but he made people feel at ease.

"Wenhe, take General Zhang to the new mansion to rest first. By the way, I have selected a mansion for you in Chang'an, Luoyang and Yecheng respectively. Go and see if you like it."

Qin Shou was busy with many things, so it was already very good that he could spend some time talking to Zhang Yan.

"I thank the Prime Minister."

Zhang Yan was delighted to hear this and immediately thanked him.

Then he followed Jia Xu and retreated.

In the city of Ye, the two brothers Xin Ping and Xin Pi also gathered together.

Many members of the Xin clan were arrested, including some direct descendants. Basically, they were sentenced to death, without any regard for the face of the Xin brothers.

"Now I know why the position of Prime Minister is both easy and difficult to be."

Xin Ping smiled bitterly.

Xin Pi also nodded. As an officer of the Cavalry Army, as long as he did not break the law, he would be rewarded and punished clearly, and would be given a high position and generous salary. But if he broke the law, he would be severely punished by the law of the country, and there would be no mercy.

(End of this chapter)