Daniel Zhang, the tiger prison guard, was arrested, and his other cronies immediately panicked and made a mess. Surrender on your knees, or blend into the crowd and flee.

However, it is useless, there is no way to escape.

Although Yan You and Chen Shou did not know how many of Daniel Zhang's cronies there were, Yan Yang knew that Dong Wu, the commander of the thousand households, knew. With these people here, how can those cronies escape?

Therefore, just when these cronies wanted to escape, they were immediately caught and tied up.

Wang Mang and the others saw the change in things, the city gate was opened, they laughed three times, and led everyone into the city.

When he came to the city, Wang Mang first asked the soldiers and people to set up camp and rest, and then came to see many civilian and military generals in the Tiger Prison. and ordered that all the soldiers should not be disturbed. Harassing and extorting tigers imprisons the local people, and those who violate the order will be beheaded.

This time he entered the customs passing, not plundering, and Wang Mang was also worried that some of his subordinates would be uneasy and kind, so he specially forbade it.

Tiger Prison Pass the General's Mansion!

Many civil officials and military generals have come here, and Wang Mang has also led his own generals to sit here.

In this general's palace, the representatives of the two sides sat on both sides, and there was a clear distinction.

In the middle of the hall, there was Daniel Zhang, whose legs were disabled, and his major henchmen.

The local officials of Tiger Prison Pass looked at Wang Mang, who was sitting on the top position, his face was a little unnatural, and he had a lot of thoughts in his heart. It's not good to speak rashly, and they are all silent.

Wang Mang pondered for a moment and took the lead in speaking: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think you all know the purpose of my coming here. On the way I led the crowd from Yingchuan, I passed through many cities. But none of the city guards had any conflict with me, and they were allowed to leave.

Now Daniel Zhang is being bewitched by Li Zhong and is embarrassed by me, and I have to get rid of him. As for you, not only do you have no grudges against me, but you are also quite righteous, so please do not be suspicious. ”

"Hehe, Lord Wang's benevolence and righteousness, we have all heard of it, so I can rest assured." These civilian and military generals replied with a smile.

Their doors have been broken down by others, and they feel that their faces are dull and they are not easy to speak.

Now everyone can sit down and talk peacefully, but this is just a formality. They knew very well that they and the others were almost equivalent to prisoners.

A civil official in charge asked, "Lord Wang, I wonder what your next step will be?" ”

"There is no arrangement, and after a day's rest in this city, we will leave on our own, so as not to disturb the people of this city. Of course, if you are interested, you can also come with me. If it's unintentional, I won't force it. ”

Wang Mang smiled lightly: "Although the Tiger Prison Pass is regarded as the first level in the world, it is of no use to me. Although my uncle is powerful in Yuzhou, he can't control it. Therefore, even if I firmly keep this city for myself, it will only be a laugh. It's like getting an empty city, which is meaningless. ”

"Whew...."

The Tiger Prison Guan generals let out a sigh of relief, although they had this kind of guess earlier, but now that they were confirmed, they were still relieved.

They were afraid that Wang Mang would force them to surrender, force the people in the city to follow, and plunder the grain in the city.

Wang Mang was able to bewitch the people with great righteousness and make the people return to their hearts. However, he could not bewitch the many generals present with great righteousness, and at most he could only bewitch one or two people like Yan Yang.

These generals are in high positions themselves, have their own set of calculations and ideas, and their ideas are extremely firm, and they are not so easy to be convinced by others.

Only those poor families who have no money and no power are easily convinced, because they have to find a way to survive in order to eat and wear. These rich and powerful people are basically very sophisticated, and they see things that are also very far-reaching, so they don't have to think about food and clothing at all.

At the moment, many generals are not very optimistic about Wang Mang.

Although they also admire Wang Mang's benevolence and righteousness, what is the use of benevolence and righteousness in this world? and it cannot be eaten as food.

They even expected that if Wang Mang's financial resources were cut off, then these people would definitely abandon Wang Mang and would definitely not follow him permanently.

Also, they have found out that Wang Mang and the Wang family of Qingzhou Yuancheng basically have nothing to do at the moment, which is equivalent to not having the support of the great family. How much effect can just one Huwei general have?

They all felt that Wang Mang could only be at ease for a year or two at most. When the money of the Huwei general Wang Xianzhi is squandered, then it will be the time of his death.

The general can only command one side of the army, occupy one place, and cannot make money. Only a big family can continuously gather money and expand its heritage.

For example, Wang Xianzhi, although he has many generals, but there are also generals in other states and counties who lead the troops and horses to deter one side, everyone is deadlocked with each other, and no one has a way to conquer whom, so they can only slowly grind each other to death.

Moreover, in order to maintain this situation, a large amount of money is needed to stabilize the morale of the army, and it is impossible to cut off military rations for a day or two.

Now, Wang Xianzhi basically has no income, or relatively little income. Aside from the cost of the army, there is not much left at all.

However, Wang Mang spent a lot of money to supplement the food and clothing needed by the people. In such a situation where people can't make ends meet, where do everyone have any good intentions to follow Wang Mang? Unless it's the kind of person who is truly benevolent and righteous and doesn't ask for money.

Even to put it another way, Daniel Zhang, the commander of the Tiger Prison Pass, was also right. To some extent, the people are indeed grass on the wall, and there is no need to refute them.

Just like now, as long as a super-rich man shouts at those people, if anyone follows me, everyone will get a hundred taels of silver and a thousand deniers of rice. Nine out of ten of the 100,000 people who are following Wang Mang will abandon Wang Mang.

Of course, Wang Mang also knew about this situation, but he was not in a hurry.

Because he knows that no one wants to be a wall grass, but for the sake of food and clothing, and for the sake of a small family, he has to be a wall grass.

He is firm in his heart, as long as he works with the people to completely solve the problem of food and clothing, and the people can recuperate. Then, if we carry out reasonable education, we will definitely be able to improve it.....

Daniel Zhang, who had been deprived of his legs, continued to wail and begged for mercy. The major henchmen who were arrested under his command were also frightened, and they also wiped their tears and snot and begged for mercy, hoping that Wang Mang would let him go.

Wang Mang looked at these captives, shook his head and said, "Although I pay attention to governing the army with benevolence, I am not a pedantic person. ”

"Someone's coming!"

"Yes!"

A few soldiers waiting outside the door walked in and asked Wang Mang, "Lord Wang, I don't know what you command?" ”

"You will also escort Daniel Zhang to the entrance of the Dongmen vegetable market, and only wait for three o'clock in the afternoon to arrive, and immediately execute him without delay." Wang Mang said coldly.

"Yes, sir!" The soldiers dragged Daniel Zhang down and went to the execution ground to execute him.

When the rest of the henchmen saw Wang Mang giving such an order, their eyes were dark, and they were about to faint.

They were also afraid that Wang Mang would give such an order to behead themselves, so they cried out again and begged for mercy.

Wang Mang ignored them, and only said to the generals of the Tiger Prison: "For now, these prisoners can be discussed by you and the representatives sent by the people on how to deal with them. You can let them go, you can kill them, or even if they give up all their possessions to redeem their lives.

I just ask you anything, and you don't have to care about my attitude, just be yourself. But one thing you have to remember is that they must be dealt with justly, fairly, and openly. We must not bend the law for personal gain, let alone cover-up. And their family members, if they are not guilty, are not allowed to make trouble.

I know that all rich and noble people basically have beautiful wives and concubines, and a group of children. If I learn that you have evil intentions and are trying to take advantage of their wives and children, then I will not sit idly by. ”

"Yes, Lord Wang, we will handle this matter impartially and without favoritism." The generals replied.

(End of chapter)