"Come!"

A personal soldier responded, and Zhang Huan immediately ordered: "I ordered Lin Jiuhan to gather 1,000 elite soldiers and immediately surrounded Yan County Magistrate's Mansion. No one was allowed to let me go. Yan Wen, the county magistrate of Shenwu County, had an affair with Tubo, and the crime was unforgivable! At the same time, the orders, Cheng, and Wei from the other four counties were ordered to hurry to Wuwei City to gather."

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There was a chaos near the East City Gate. Five hundred murderous cavalry rushed into the city. Behind the cavalry were five hundred fully armed soldiers. One thousand troops rushed across the street. The dense sound of horse hooves, heavy and rhythmic running sounds, and a pair of cold eyes rushed to Wuningfang in just a moment and surrounded Yanfu group located in the yard.

"Search it for me!" Lin Jiuhan waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers smashed open the gate of Yan's mansion and rushed in. Yan's mansion suddenly screamed in shock, and there was a lot of chaos.

Half an hour later, Zhang Huan came to Yan's mansion under the escort of nearly a hundred soldiers. At this moment, the people near Yan's mansion were already crowded with people. The dignified county magistrate's mansion was copied, which was the first time they remembered.

More than 200 county magistrate Yan's children, wives and concubines were driven outside the gate. They were crowded together and trembled all over. However, county magistrate Yan, who was captured by the soldiers from the county government, was even more embarrassed. He stripped off his official uniform, knocked off his official hat, and was tied up and pressed to the ground. When he saw Zhang Huan coming, he shouted desperately: "Governor Zhang, what crime did I commit! He treated me like this."

Zhang Huan glanced at him and said coldly: "I have captured two Tubo spies. They confessed that you have provided information to Tubo many times. County Magistrate Yan, and this governor is also doing his job in official business and not being favored!"

"You are slandering! My dignified official will collude with Tubo?" County Magistrate Yan was furious, "Red mouth and white teeth! Do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence? I'm searching your mansion now, just see what you've gained." Speaking of this, Zhang Huan cast a look of contempt at him.

County Magistrate Yan suddenly understood. Before he could speak, two soldiers ran out of the mansion, one of whom had received a lot of letters, while the other was holding a scroll.

"Governor, we found his correspondence with the Tubo people in his study, and a picture of the Wuwei City defense map."

"Framed! Shameless!"

County Magistrate Yan cursed, but Zhang Huan ignored him. Instead, he took the scroll and rode his horse among the onlookers, opened the scroll, and said loudly to thousands of onlookers: "Dear fellow villagers, this is the city defense map of our Wuwei City. If it is obtained by Tubo, the city they have not captured for more than ten years will be within reach. At that time, each of you will face the tragedy of family destruction. But who would have thought that this was done by a seventh-rank county magistrate. The governor arrested two Tubo spies. They have admitted that they gave the dog county magistrate 1,000 taels of gold, and he betrayed Wuwei County. Everyone said, what should I do?"

The crowd suddenly became turbulent, and a few emotionally impulsive ‘young people’ even shouted loudly: “Kill the magistrate of the dog! Kill the traitor!”

Under their leadership, the onlookers' emotions were mobilized, and they cursed loudly. Some people even threw stones at County Magistrate Yan. Seeing that the time had come, Zhang Huan immediately turned around and gave a wink. Several soldiers immediately tied up the county Magistrate Yan, who had blocked his mouth, and threw the county Magistrate Yan, who was about to lose control of his emotions.

Thousands of people rushed forward, fists, stones, and teeth attacked the traitors in their eyes like heavy rain. All the soldiers watched coldly, no one went up to stop them. In just a moment, the county magistrate Yan was killed on the spot.

"Public opinion cannot be violated!" Zhang Huan sighed sincerely, and then ordered: "Secretly cut off Yan Wen, who had an affair with Tubo, hang it at the east gate for one month, throw the body outside the city to feed the wild dogs!"

Several soldiers took the sword and immediately cut off the head of County Magistrate Yan. The onlookers exclaimed, and several of County Magistrate Yan's wives and concubines also fainted from the ground in fear.

"Governor, what should his family do?"

Zhang Huan glanced at them coldly and said, "All the men in his house were executed, the women were not appointed as official slaves, and the slaves were publicly auctioned, and all the property and land were confiscated."

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Soon, the incident of Yan County Magistrate's affair with Tubo was beaten to death by angry people spread throughout the city. The government even posted announcements everywhere, listing the detailed evidence of Yan County Magistrate's affair with Tubo one by one. A two-tall wooden tower outside the east gate was erected, with one thousand taels of yellow gold and several letters on it. Dozens of soldiers were guarded around the wooden tower, and they were only allowed to view from a distance, not close.

The next afternoon, officials from various counties began to enter the city one after another. Without exception, they were invited to walk through the east gate. They were greeted by a man whose blood had solidified, hanging above the city gate, with his eyes protruding and his face extremely ferocious.

Then they were all "invited" to Yan's mansion. Outside the mansion, the servants and servants of Yan's mansion were auctioning in full swing. Several maids were standing on the wooden platform waiting for the offer. More than a dozen people heard that Yan's wife and concubines were all frightened.

The mansion was already empty, and blood could be seen in a corner of the wall. The soldiers leading the way told them that dozens of brothers and nephews from County Magistrate Yan who participated in the collaboration with the enemy were executed here yesterday.

Li Hanjie was so scared that his face was pale, he had an affair with Tubo and killed bloody murders. Didn’t this start with the two Tubo killers he captured?

Not only Li Hanjie, but everyone else was frightened. Ordinary foolish men and stupid women naturally thought that County Magistrate Yan collaborated with the enemy, but they all understood in their hearts that Zhang Huan was attacking Yan Wen, cleaning up the officialdom in Hexi, and eliminating dissidents. Moreover, the methods were outrageously vicious. Almost everyone was thinking about whether the next one would be himself.

At this time, an officer ran over quickly, and he asked loudly among the officials: "Where is the magistrate of Li, Tianbao County?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Li Hanjie, who raised his hand tremblingly and replied, "I'm here!"

"The governor has an order. Li Hanlin made contributions to arresting Tubo spys and was promoted to Shenwu County Magistrate and immediately took office." After the officer said that, he bowed to him and smiled, "Congratulations to County Magistrate Li, please follow me!"

Li Hanlin's face was flushed and he was both happy and ashamed. Under the eyes of everyone like swords, he lowered his head and walked out of the door quickly. But as soon as he left the door, everyone heard him laughing loudly, and then his footsteps ran away quickly. Several officials couldn't help but 'pah!' and cursed in a low voice: "A villain with two faces and three swords!"

"He is not a two-faced person, he is a person who knows the current affairs. In addition, the county magistrate of Wang donated all his land, so he was able to continue to serve!" A vicious officer came outside. He looked at everyone coldly and said, "Lin Jiuhan, nicknamed Lin Yanwang, the man in the Yan Mansion was killed by me. The governor got the confession of the Tubo spy. There are still people among you who have an affair with Tubo. The governor specially ordered me to find out the matter."

Everyone was frightened. Zhang Huan's implicit meaning that he wanted to kill people. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing who to kill next. The Han County Magistrate of Changsong County was so scared that he trembled all over. He had stood up when he met Xibao. Zhang Huan wouldn't remember himself! Lin Jiuhan looked at him meaningfully, and then said to everyone sternly: "Now, please follow me to see the two Tubo spies and let them identify them in person. Before the collusion with the enemy is clear, everyone will be suspicious."

After saying that, with a wave of his hand, hundreds of soldiers rushed into the yard and escorted the dozen officials into two carriages. Soon, they were taken to the dungeon where the Tubo spies were imprisoned. In the dim and damp ground, they stumbled one after another.

The iron gate was creakingly opened. Through the thick iron fence, everyone saw only two Tubo people pressing their handprints on a stack of confessions.

"Do you see that these two are the Tubo spies caught by the army." Lin Jiuhan turned around and shouted, "Call them to recognize people!"

Several soldiers put two Tubo people in front of the iron fence like chickens and threw them on the ground. The two Tubo people slowly raised their heads and swept them over the faces of a group of officials standing outside with their sharp eagles one by one. Finally, their eyes fell on the short and fat magistrate Han County, Changsong County.

County Magistrate Han was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky. His whole body was trembling more and more violently, from his thighs to his chest, and then to his teeth. Then, he was shaking like a tree blown by the strong wind, and he fell to the ground all at once, with his bones clamoring.

"I am willing to be loyal to the Governor! I am willing to donate all the land."

County Magistrate Han kowtowed repeatedly, his nose and tears flowed over his face. His voice changed in fear. He had a son and a daughter. County Magistrate Yan was cruelly killed and left an indelible fear in his heart. At this moment, as long as he could save his lives and his family, nothing else mattered.

Lin Jiuhan quickly smiled and helped him up, comforting him, "Actually, the governor is also very humane. Even if the court left behind the Yongye Tian and the position field of the county magistrate Han, his family property will not be affected. County magistrate Han, please feel at ease to be an official."

He immediately turned around and ordered the soldiers and said, "If you don't help County Magistrate Han out quickly! How can a prestigious county magistrate stay in this place?"

Immediately, two soldiers came to support Han County Magistrate Han, and slowly helped Han County Magistrate, who was already limp, out of the dungeon. Seeing that one of them was solved, Lin Jiuhan's face darkened again and said to the others coldly: "The governor doesn't believe that Han County Magistrate Han will collude with the enemy, so since it's not him, there must be someone else, let them continue to identify it."

When things came to this point, everyone's hearts were like Mingjing. What Zhang Huan wanted was their allegiance and the land they occupied. If they refused to give it to them, County Magistrate Yan would be the end.

As soon as Lin Jiuhan finished speaking, two officials immediately stood up and bowed deeply: "We are also willing to follow the example of County Magistrate Han, be loyal to the governor and hand over the extra land."

Others were not willing to fall behind, and expressed their willingness to be loyal to the governor and hand over the land of themselves and their relatives and friends. Since then, a purge that swept the Hexi officialdom finally came to an end.

In the following month, Wuwei County issued a land restriction order, depriving more than 200 large households of land by violence and threatening. A total of more than 5,000 hectares of arable land was collected into officials, and a system of rewarding military merits was implemented. Anyone who joined the army could get ten acres of land. If he had performed his meritorious service, he could also receive another land reward.

Except for the land distributed to military households, the rest of the land was continued from the original tenants to rent, but instead of renting it to the government.
Chapter completed!