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The first thousand two hundred and forty-seventh section to calm the chaos (4)

On the third day of the eighth month, Wu Wen, the county magistrate of Langya County, first attacked. In the name of "great rebellion and unjust, rebelling against the emperor", he raised an army to kill Wenhe, the county magistrate of Langya County, and immediately imprisoned all officials and famous scholars in the territory who had responded to the mobilization of Qi County. Immediately, Wu Wen sent an envoy to Chang'an, begging Your Majesty to send envoys and order officials to re-govern Langya."

Zhang Yue then happily ordered Wu Wen to be the magistrate of Langya County, giving him full power to be responsible for the military and political power of Langya County, and also granted him the title of Anxin Jun, with a fief of 800 households.

With such a role model.

The land of Qingzhou changed color in a short period of time.

On the ninth day of the eighth month, Jiaodong Commander Xu Ziqian and Jiaodong Prefect Wan Yong were in conflict, so they took the initiative and mobilized the county troops into the city.

As a result, the county soldiers did enter the city, but the two lieutenants led the team cut off Xu Ziqian and Wan Yong together, and sent their heads to Chang'an to seek credit.

The day before, the county soldiers of Jiaoxi County had already taken action, killing the county magistrate and the chief officials, and burning hundreds of powerful and famous scholars to death, and then announced that they would be "respected to His Majesty's edict."

Therefore, within ten days, the Taiban County and the State of Qingzhou changed its flag.

Xuzhou and Yangzhou are also developing rapidly.

It was not until this time that the officials and Confucian scholars in Linzi woke up as if they were dreaming and hurriedly ordered their respective sons, nephews and close friends to take over the troops of the counties and states that were still under their control.

But unexpectedly, this stabbed the hornet's nest and ruined their last hope.

Because the people sent to take over were arrogant and even acted unruly and were in a state of incompetence against the army, this directly made some people who were still hesitant to make up their minds.

So, when Xin Wuling was ordered by Zhang Yue to command the army and arrived at the thorn wall by the Yangtze River.

There is no splash in Qing Xuyang's turmoil.

Only more than 30,000 rebels were left, entrenched among a few big cities such as Linzi, Xuzhou and Jiangdu.

The rest of the county and state are either already gone or they are no longer abandoning these people.

Xin Wuling then led his army south, crossed the Yangtze River, and headed straight to Linzi.

On August 21, two thousand vanguard cavalry of the Han army arrived at the periphery of Linzi.

The rebels did not dare to fight at all, and they all retreated into a solid city, trying to rely on the strong city to resist the Han army, and tried to delay and gain time, hoping to wait until the northern counties and states raise their troops to rescue them.

So, Xin Wuling's army calmly surrounded Linzi.

After surrounding Linzi City, Xin Wuling was not in a hurry to attack, but began to clean up the matter outside Linzi City according to Zhang Yue's order.

First, Xin Wuling used his guns and halberds to search the homes of all the powerful landlords and Confucian celebrities in the fifteen counties near Linzi City. As long as anyone who had opposed the country, the emperor and Prime Minister Zhang would be regarded as rioters.

After raiding the house, all the land and manors accumulated by these families over the past hundred years fell into Xin Wuling's hands.

Over the past century, the southeastern counties and states have continuously annexed land, enslaved people and accumulated wealth, and concealed population and land.

Many families are rich beyond imagination.

Just in a small town outside Linzi City, the house of the literati and officials had more than 8,000 acres of land under its name, as well as hundreds of slaves and maids, more than 2,000 gold, five zhu coins, three zhu coins, and one million.

Xin Wuling accepted the money and gold with a smile, and then transported half of the wealth back to Chang'an and rewarded the soldiers on the spot.

As for the land, Xin Wuling turned it into official fields according to Zhang Yue's order.

Then, a large area of ​​land that can be concentratedly reclaimed and cultivated was classified as an official village.

Xin Wuling selected a large number of poor scholars from the local people, as the officials of these officials and recruited nearby landless people to farm here.

A contract was made with these people, agreeing that the government would produce seeds, plough utensils, and oxen, and the people would rent and plant these lands.

When it comes to harvest, the cost of plowing ox and seeds is deducted and the share is divided.

The government takes 40% and the people take 60%.

There is no doubt that this is a new situation of field teaching.

It is also a decisive killing of the Southeast cauldron.

Sure enough, when Xin Wuling began to build the first batch of official villages, Linzi city was panicked.

Because they knew that from then on, they would never be able to show off their power and be prosperous in this Qi County, Qingzhou.

There is no land or wealth, nothing is wrong with these people!

But now they have no way to stop or delay Xin Wuling's actions.

Because they are already thieves.

What's even more terrible is that with Xin Wuling's actions outside Linzi City, the situation in Linzi City gradually became worse.

When the people of Linzi and soldiers heard that the government troops from the court were outside the city, they nationalized all the land of the landlords, gentry and officials and rented them to the people for farming.

Whether it is the soldiers or the people, they no longer want to follow these wealthy officials and men to fight with the royal army of the court.

They just want to go home and farm now.

If it weren't for the gentry and celebrities surrounding Linzi City who tried their best to spend money and suppress them, I'm afraid the Han army would not need a soldier, and Linzi would have changed hands.

Even so, the morale of Linzi City fell to the bottom.

Maybe Xin Wuling only needs one charge to take Linzi.

But he didn't want to.

Because the task assigned by Zhang Yue to Xin Wuling was not only to kill people, but also to quell the rebellion.

Instead, we must completely eradicate the separatist forces accumulated over the past century and the soil for dissatisfaction with the central government!

Therefore, while Xin Wuling surrounded Linzi without attacking, he worked diligently to eradicate and confiscate the homes of landlords, powerful and gentry in counties and countries near Linzi.

As official villages were continuously established in Qilu, poor scholars and even clerks, common people, and prisoners were deposed as officials by Xin Wuling.

The colors in the southeast have changed little by little.

It is also thanks to the efforts of the gentry and bureaucrats in Qilu over the past century.

They annexed land, enslaved people, controlled population, sucked bones and marrow, and accumulated wealth.

Now, under the order of Zhang Yue, these land and wealth that he occupied and controlled were re-released to society and leased to the people.

So, the people's hearts of Qilu immediately changed.

Now, Qi, Lu, Qingxu, the people and people of twenty or thirty counties and states, all hope that the king's army would come and allocate land for them.

As for the matter in Chang'an, what is the truth?

To be honest, these low-level farmers don’t care. What is the emperor in Chang’an’s surname or the surname?

They just need to fill their stomachs.

Now, if Prime Minister Yinghou doesn't take action, he will divide the land and fight against the powerful.

What other opinions can the people have?

There is no objection at all.
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