Chapter Seventy-Eight: Pacification
Yang Ji's words were ignored.
Du Ping sneered: "Lord Yang is really good at pretending to be deaf and dumb, what about the next adult, Zhang Hao is about to attack the city, where are you going?" ”
Yang Ji saw that something was wrong, but he was still there shouting: "What are you, dare to talk to me like this!" ”
He just saw Du Ping's ridicule, and then everyone asked in unison, "Dare to ask where your lord is going?" ”
Yang Ji had no choice but to reply: "The day before yesterday was defeated, many soldiers fled, and Zengdi could no longer stay, I plan to return to North Korea to regroup and fight again with Zhang Thief, so you can go with me." ”
Du Ping sneered: "Your Excellency has a good idea, but there is another question below, if your Excellency withdraws all the belongings you can take, what can we take away if we withdraw?" All the wealth of our land is here, here are our roots. If we're gone, what are we left with? ”
Yang Ji saw Du Ping's repeated aggressiveness, and couldn't help but be annoyed: "Are you just waiting here to die for this little thing, whether you want to stay here or leave and flee, it's up to you, I don't care about anything else." ”
"Do you hear that, this old thing doesn't care about anything else!"
Han Feng took a step forward and said angrily: "When I coaxed us, I said it high-soundingly, but now I can't do anything, so I want to escape, the old thief is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!" Take him down, life or death! ”
All the soldiers swarmed up, and Yang Ji's guards were outnumbered and slashed down, leaving only Yang Ji alone, trembling and raising his sword to point at the people who were slowly approaching him.
The old guy shouted incoherently: "Rebellion, you are going to rebel, I am the head of Lelang, you dare to do it to me!" ”
"Old thing!" Han Feng's body was also stained with a little blood, he killed for the first time in his life, and at this moment, his blood was surging, and he couldn't control his tyrannical emotions, so he stepped forward and was about to step forward to kill Yang Ji, but was stopped by Du Ping.
"Brother Han, no, now there is only one old thief left, and it is more useful to capture him alive than to kill him."
Han Feng glared at Du Ping with red eyes: "You dare to stop me!" ”
Du Ping looked at him fearlessly: "It is more appropriate to capture him alive now and hand him over to Lord Thorn Shi." ”
Finally, Han Feng calmed down under Du Ping's stop: "Brother Du is right. Someone came, tied him up and locked him up, and as soon as Lord Assassin Shi arrived, he handed him over to the adults to deal with. ”
In this way, it was a complete success, and Du Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief.
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After three days, Zhang Hao led the army to the outside of Zengdi City. I saw a white flag hanging over the city, and there was not even a single guard.
"Could it be that they are really going to surrender?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Hao was a little surprised.
What he said to Du Yi the night before yesterday was just a way he thought of that was not a solution, and he just mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect that the Du family father and son really did it.
When the Han army reached the city gate fifty paces, the city gate was wide open, and a group of people came out of it, led by a white flag, followed by a prisoner cart.
The person holding the white flag walked up to Zhang Hao and bowed: "The criminal Han Feng and the children of the scholar clan, please surrender to the lord, we were deceived by the thieves and committed a capital crime, and now we have come to our senses." Capture Yang Ji alive and dedicate it to the adults, and I hope that the adults will forgive us and others. ”
Zhang Hao looked down at Han Feng, who was kneeling in front of him, and didn't make a statement for a long time.
Han Feng has been pampered since he was a child, and at this moment he is kneeling on the gravel floor, and his knees hurt terribly. But at this moment, he was rarely sincere and fearful, and he didn't dare to complain. No matter how stupid he is, he knows that it hurts worse than it hurts.
After getting off the horse, Zhang Hao finally spoke: "I saw the remorse in your hearts, and Zi said: Knowing that mistakes can be changed, good is great, I allow you to atone for your sins this time, but if there is a ...... next time"
"Don't dare, don't dare." Han Feng's head was lowered.
Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Yang Ji, bring it to me!" ”
The soldier pressed Yang Ji out of the prisoner car and brought it to Zhang Hao.
"Yang Taishou, let's meet for the second time this month. I can't imagine that in just one month, things are wrong, are you guilty? ”
No one forced him, and when he came to Zhang Hao, Yang Ji knelt down by himself: "My subordinates know that I am wrong, and I ask my lord to spare his life." ”
Zhang Hao thought that a person like him who dared to take the initiative to rebel was somewhat backbone, but he didn't expect him to admit his mistake without saying a word of cruelty.
"You have committed a capital crime, and you are the first to commit it, and you want to ask for forgiveness?"
"The subordinates are deeply sinful, and they know that they will die, but their families are innocent, and I ask the adults to let them go."
Well, at this time, he can still think of his family, at least he still has the last bit of humanity. However, Zhang Hao shook his head: "You rebelled, don't your family know about it, how can you be innocent." But you can rest assured, I will not kill them all, except for children under the age of one, who can be acquitted, everyone else will be punished according to the law. ”
Yang Ji kowtowed to Zhang Hao: "Thank you, sir." In this way, at least the Yang family's incense will not be cut off.
Zhang Hao instructed: "Escort him to Xiangping, and ask him about the crime after the autumn." Now, the whole army entered the city. ”
……
The news that Zhang Hao had extinguished the Lelang rebellion in less than a month spread throughout Pingzhou in a short period of time.
At this time, all the landlords in Pingzhou no longer dared to play tricks, and actively cooperated with the government to measure the land and confirm the ownership. There are even people who shout the slogan of paying grain and taxes for the country, which is a matter of course.
The richer the person, the stronger the desire to survive. This also made the plans set by Zhang Hao begin to be carried out in an orderly manner.
And Lelang Taishou had just confessed to the law, and Zhang Hao, who was in Lelang, took on the main post-war work.
"This time, the virtuous father and son have done a good job, they can take the land peacefully and capture Yang Ji alive, you two will not only make up for the merits, but also make great contributions, I will ask Your Majesty for the merit." Zhang Hao, who was standing in front of him at the moment, said.
Du Yi smiled very happily when he heard this, and Du Ping next to him kept pulling his sleeve and muttered softly: "Say it, say it quickly." ”
Du Yi was a little reluctant, now that he was fine, what were he talking about.
Du Ping saw that his father had forgotten all his previous words, so he ignored him and said to himself: "My father and son are just a small achievement, and I will be satisfied if I can atone for my sins." ”
Du Yi was in a hurry, how could his son talk like this, the credit in his hand, could he still throw it away? He thought to himself that his son should want to mention what he had told him at that time. So I was even more anxious, and I wanted to stop it but it was too late.
Du Ping continued: "Actually, there is a reluctant request below, I hope the adults agree. ”
Zhang Hao was still very happy in his heart now, so he said: "Since you don't want a reward from the imperial court, if you have any requirements, I will try my best to meet you." ”
"I had heard that the government-run ranch built by the adults allowed private ownership. And now the adults are going to build a few more large ranches in Pingzhou, so they are willing to take all the land under their name as shares, and my father also agreed to this matter. ”
Du Yi pulled Du Ping over, and said with fire in his eyes: "You loser, when did I agree!" ”
Du Ping didn't take it seriously, but continued to look at Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao pondered for a while, but laughed: "Yes, yes, but have you thought about it?" ”
"My father and I had already thought about it when we first met adults."
Zhang Hao nodded: "Okay, then let's do it, I'll take your family's title deed later, and I'll let someone handle the formalities for you." ”
Du Ping took out a piece of cloth from his arms, held it in both hands and handed it to Zhang Hao: "I have already brought the title deed." ”
Du Yi's eyes widened, looking incredulous, the title deed at home was well hidden, how did this kid find it? I even brought it beforehand!
Zhang Hao was also stunned, he was so neat. "Alright, I'll have someone do it for you."
"Master Xie."
Zhang Hao became more and more interested in this Du Ping, and felt that he was a talent, so he asked, "I don't know if you are a master now?" ”
Du Yi hurriedly grabbed in front of his son and said, "My son is not out of office yet, and he is still white. "I've lost so much, I have to recover a little bit of it.
"Okay, I still have a master book by my side, I don't know if you are willing to give in?"
Du Yi regained a smile on his face, the master book is good, follow Zhang Hao's side, and wait for the promotion in the future. He looked at his son and his eyes motioned for him to hurry up and agree.
Du Ping had no choice but to obey his fate: "Humble to meet the lord, willing to serve a modest effort." ”
Zhang Hao nodded and smiled: "That's very good." ”
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After the Du family's father and son returned home, Du Yi immediately scolded: "Loser! Unfilial son! Shaft! What did I do wrong, to give birth to such a brute as you, and with just such a sentence, all the family business of our Du family for several generations has been ruined. ”
Du Ping had never seen his father so angry, and he was a little scared: "Father don't scold me, he will scold himself too." ”
Du Yi was furious, picked up a broom and made a gesture to hit: "You still dare to talk back!" Let me ask you, how did you find the title deed for our family? ”
"Isn't my father used to putting all the valuables under the bed, it's easy to find."
Du Yi covered his chest, his expression was very painful, and he felt a little out of breath. Du Ping hurriedly stepped forward to comfort: "Father, don't be angry, my son is doing this for the good of our family." ”
Du Yi relieved himself, but he was still angry: "The ancestral land is gone, what will we eat in the future." How many times have you said that the cultivation and reading of the heirloom, how can this cultivation be passed on, this is also called for the good of our family? ”
"Isn't there a pasture?"
"What's the use of that, the land is the foundation!"
Du Ping shook his head: "No, no, no, not now." Can't my father see that Lord Zhang's determination to suppress the amount of land occupied by the Shi clan? Now the first step is to divide the land into the mu, and there will be other means to limit the land owned by the nobles.
Now we take the initiative to hand it over, and we can still get something in return, just like now we have a stake in the ranch, and our son can come out. If we wait, we'll have nothing. ”
Du Yi was silent, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say more." Being a father means that you are right. ”