Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 124 Aftershock (8)

Three thousand ambush soldiers were in chaos, as if a "night terror" had occurred, with dead and wounded, and no fighting power.At daybreak, they scattered in all directions, some returned to the fields as farmers, and some sneaked and robbed in small groups, but Xu Qing took it easy, and without any effort, the threat of the family's military force disappeared invisible.

Giving full play to the spirit of "it is better to pursue the poor bandits with remaining bravery, and not to become a famous overlord", Xu Qing ordered Niu grazing, Wang Shan, and Chu Jiang's three-way army to attack to wipe out the relatively large number of bandits.In addition, Qi Tai, who was stationed in Nanpi to guard Yu's family, tied up Yu's family and escorted him to the governor's mansion.

All the Cangzhou aristocratic clan were in panic.The smaller ones are fine, before Xu Qing cleaned them up, he sold off the fixed production in his hands and floated to other places to settle down.Bigger families can't do it, there are too many people in their family, and their foundation in Cangzhou is too deep, so they won't be able to leave even if they leave...

Xu Qing personally led the troops, went to Haixing County, wiped out the Haixing family for the crime of colluding with bandits and murdering court officials, and reported a funeral for Wang Yi in a lively manner, so as to settle down his family.Xu Qing doesn't like to be close to such upright officials, but Xu Qing still deeply respects them.

In addition, Xu Qing accepted that Yanku, one of the four people from Chang'an, was the magistrate of Haixing County. As for the appointment of power, it didn't matter, and he just asked Liu Zan for instructions, and the court was not afraid that someone would make trouble.

As for other families, Xu Qing seems to have forgotten...

But how could Xu Qing forget?He just didn't expect to use any good reason to quietly "slaughter" the clansmen.Colluding with thieves?The aristocratic clans can definitely launch a few scapegoats.All killed?Xu Qing's courage has not reached that level yet.

It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers.It is a good way to kill chickens and monkeys.To kill chickens, two of them had to be killed this time in order to be worthy of Xu Qing's "wrath".Two chickens, one from the Yu family and the other from the Xia family.The Yu and Xia families are everyone, killing one is worth ten, so fat... It can make money and give enough deterrence.

But this time, only deterrence was not enough, so Yu and Xia had to kill them skillfully.

Xu Qing's struggle with the aristocratic clans is just because of three aspects: 1. Clean up empty and black households and curb land annexation. 2. Reduce the number of officials of the family, and remove the seals and barrels of the family. 3. Change the phenomenon of "knowing that there is a family, but not knowing that there is a court" in the local area.

So for the Yu family, Xu Qing decided to get rid of the Yu family's direct lineage and official contacts.Move the rest of the Yu family to another place, draw a piece of land according to the head, and let them rebuild a Xujia Village.It turned out that all the black households in the place where the Yu family was located were registered, and all the shops of the Yu family in Cangzhou City and Nanpi were confiscated, and finally some severance pay was given to those who worked in the shops.

The land is gone, the power is gone, the money is gone, the store is gone, uprooted!Within a day, the Yu family became civilians.

For the direct lineages that were cleared out like that, Xu Qing charged them with colluding with thieves, killing those who deserved to be killed, and those who were diverted... Female family members, enough official slaves, servants of the Yu family, became part of the series.

As for the Xia family, Xu Qing didn't plan to do it with such a big fanfare, he planned to make a fuss about Xia Hao.After all, the Xia family still has a governor in Shandong who can take revenge on Xu Qing in the officialdom almost at any time.

It can't be done clearly, but secretly, anyway, Cangzhou is now Xu Qing's world!

More than ten days ago, another little-known event happened in the Xia family: Xia Xuan, the head of the Xia family, came back... Didn't he go to Shandong? Why did he come back?
It turned out that Xia Yu received the imperial decree and rushed to Shandong to take up the post. When he arrived in Shandong, he found that the state where he took office already had a governor. He went to the governor's office to inquire, and received another decree to let Xia Yu go to Beijing.At that time, Xia Xuan knew in her heart that she was being tricked.

The first promotion to Xia Yu's official position is just to transfer him away from Cangzhou. Once he is transferred away, how can he be an official?Xia Yu knew it in her heart, but she didn't dare to disobey the order, so she bit the bullet and went to Chang'an.When he arrived in Chang'an, he was assigned as a loose official who went to the court to discuss matters. He was really "clear and clean".

Xia Yu returned home in secret, strictly guarding the news of her loss of power, except for a few closest people who knew about it, the others didn't even know about Anhe.But the fire could not be covered with paper, and the rest of the Xia family gradually heard some rumors, and the Xia family who were not direct descendants began to prepare for the way out.

"5000 taels, 20 shi, in exchange for Xia Hao's head." A respected old man of the Xia family finished reading the words on the note in his hand, his expression numb: "Everyone, think of a way..."

"..."

Apart from silence, it's still silence... The sadness of the setting sun is nothing more than this, right?
After a long time, the old man finally understood the meaning of the people present, and sighed: "Has the Xia family finally come to an end?"

"Old uncle, there is no other way, we..." A manager of the Xia family said, "We can't ruin the entire Xia family for the sake of a prodigal son of the Xia family..."

There was silence again, and old uncle Xia lamented again: "I can only make my old bones lose face..."

Uncle Xia managed to scrape together 800 taels of silver, prepared the biggest concession of the Xia family, and visited Xu Qing.What's ridiculous is that one of the three most prestigious families even collected 800 taels of silver and even sold the family's concubines and child molesters.

In the end, in order to save Xia Hao's life, the old uncle Xia emptied the Xia family's trilogy, sold the property, and moved the Xia family out of the Cangzhou border collectively.It's just that there are still some people who are not willing to move out, that is, those people who are not direct descendants of the Xia family.

Dimensionality reduction strike!

Of the two families of Yu and Xia, one was rooted out and the other went away. The remaining ones can no longer be called aristocratic families, but at most, they can be called big clans.Xu Qing was also unambiguous, the wasteland allocated to them was relatively fertile.The families that were originally attached to Yu and Huang either left with them, or turned to join the Huang family.

Almost two-thirds of the forces in Cangzhou have gone, and Xu Qing has taken over "Huya".Because apart from the remaining small fish and shrimp, it is the Huang family.The vacated market and the idle shops were almost all acquired by the Huang family, of course the relationship between Xu Qing and Huang Shimei was at play.

There were only ten shops left, and Xu Qing didn't give them up to the Huang family, but closed them temporarily. What's the use of these ten shops?Press the button for now.

The Huang family has benefited greatly, so it is natural to show something, and take the rest of the family to clear out all the hidden household registration population one by one.Xu Qing made simple statistics and was shocked. There were more than [-] vacant households, and more than [-] black households came out.

What concept?When Xu Qing came to Cangzhou before, there were only more than 1 households on the account, but now half of them are empty, that is to say, there are only more than 6000 real households in the hands of the government, and there is not a single grain of rice.The vassals controlled by the aristocratic family accounted for more than half of the entire Cangzhou. What kind of concept is this?
money!How rich should this group of families be? !
To Xu Qing's disappointment, although the aristocratic family has a large number of people, the money in their hands is really pitiful.Because the rent collected is basically grain, and they are unwilling to lower the price a little bit, even if they open a grain store, they can't get much money in exchange.Coupled with the consumption of the war, the family's money is also stretched.

So much food was confiscated, it was useless for Xu Qing to put it in his hands, he piled it up in some warehouses in Cangzhou City, and sold it all for a penny a bucket, as much as he had!
When the market price of grain is low, it costs four cents and five cents a bucket, and one penny a bucket is simply free.

snap up!How lively is it?On the first day, three men were squeezed and injured on the spot... With this low-priced grain, there is no need to worry about it before the autumn harvest.How much else can one do without worrying about food?The house can finally be repaired, and I can finally plan to buy a piglet to raise and raise another litter of chickens...

Even the beggars in Cangzhou exchanged a copper coin that they usually hid in their navels for a bucket full of grain.

Xu Qing had no business, made a lot of money, and won the hearts of the people in Cangzhou.The Huang family's acquisition market is booming.The people were happy to eat their fill, and finally got a registered permanent residence.Inside and outside Cangzhou, everyone's face is filled with happiness.As for the large number of families that disappeared, who still remembers?
Cangzhou Xu Qing also has everything in his hands.After Yuyao, the old magistrate of Nanpi was withdrawn by Xu Qing, he became Zhao Lu, the magistrate of Cang County was Qin Shi, and Yan Ku, the magistrate of Haixing County.Of the four counties in Cangzhou, three counties are managed by Xu Qing's disciples. To put it bluntly, they are all from his own family.Only Zhan Zengneng, the magistrate of Huanghua County, stayed in his original post and was not affected by the Cangzhou chaos.

With no one making trouble, the governor had very little to do, so Xu Qing simply put aside the job of the governor, handed over the army to Niu Grass and others, and handed over the government affairs to a few of his own disciples, and began to concentrate on accompanying Xun Xueer.It's just that Xun Xue'er was pregnant, and Xu Qing was young, strong, and full of energy. He had no place to vent for a while, and felt uncomfortable, so he could only beat hands.

Women during pregnancy are particularly sensitive. It is said that the sense of smell and hearing of pregnant women is several times that of other periods.Isn't it?Xun Xueer also noticed Xu Qing's strangeness... Xun Xueer made up her mind, and a small plan to "frame" Xu Qing started.

At the end of June, Cangzhou was governed in an orderly manner. There were no lawsuits among the people and no disputes in the city. The wedding of Niu Zhacao and Xiao Ru was finally on the agenda.Xu Qing picked a house in the city of Cangzhou. It wasn't a mansion, but it was clean and spacious. It was definitely enough for a young couple to live in, and there was enough room for them to toss about.The key is that it is closer to the Governor's Mansion.

Xu Qing, as the "master" who is as small as two people, naturally wants to hold a lively wedding. Besides, this is the second big happy event since Xu Qing arrived in Cangzhou, and this happy event does not need Xu Qing to be careful Hold it and watch it.

Drink, drink a lot, drink until you are very drunk, drink until the sky is spinning... This is also the first time Xu Qing got drunk voluntarily.

After returning from the banquet, Xu Qing urinated heavily at the gate, stumbled back to the bedroom, the rest of his rationality reminded him that Xun Xueer was pregnant, and stumbled back to the study.Get under the covers, huh?wrong……

Soft, fragrant, familiar scent?Can't remember who it is...so fragrant, so soft, so slippery...

No, I can't help it!
(End of this chapter)