Zhu Pingjin's leather boots did not set foot on the city of Xinfan County. But he entered the city and did not wait until it was dark.

Just after noon, the city gate of Xinfan County creaked open. A large crowd of dejected people came out of the city and knelt on both sides of the gate. They honestly landed on their knees, their hands flat, and the notice of the palace on their heads. They prayed that the notice was not a hoax, and that they had gambled their heads for it. Are there fewer examples of ordinary people being deceived by the rhetoric of the government and finally losing their lives?

The rebels knelt at the gate of the city in this way, enduring the torture of time, until the serious young master in the red dragon robe came over on horseback. The young master sent a scribe to announce that the contents of the notice were true. The princess was merciful and pardoned the sins, and as long as the farmers left their names and handprints, promising not to make any more trouble, they could go home!

The large crowd kneeling on the ground suddenly resounded with excited voices. The farmers kowtowed to the prince one after another, praising the princess as the Bodhisattva of great mercy and compassion, and the son of the world is the boy who scatters wealth around the Bodhisattva. They have said that they are not rioters, they are coerced by real rioters. Who are the real rebels? It's the ones who are still in the city and won't come out!

It seems that after 300 years of long-term education in the royal palace and the status of employees of Wang's enterprises, they all have basic political qualities and risk awareness. There were also some people in the crowd who were obviously not Wangzhuang households, but may have yeoman farmers or small landowners. They surrounded Cheng Xiangfeng and asked how the palace's donation policy would be fulfilled. Under the encouragement of Zhu Pingjin's eyes, Cheng Xiangfeng, a landlord in Yazhou, explained the relevant issues one by one with a sense of accomplishment, and immediately moved to the table to spread out the stall and accept their contributions on the spot.

Most of those who were still in the city and refused to come out were the leaders of the rebels and the soldiers of the guards. Seeing that Zhu Pingjian's side was lively and festive, as if it was the New Year, He Zhutou and Xu Tongzhi had no choice but to pinch their noses and announce that they would pardon all the guards who participated in the rebellion, but the two resolutely did not mention anything about the tax reduction.

All counties in Xinfan County were dropped, and in the end, only a few leaders of the rebellious people remained. They were worried that the government would settle accounts after the autumn, so they put ropes and hung them out of the city to run to Peng County, but they were cut off by the Fubiao cavalry who had been waiting for a long time to report their military exploits.

The next day, the counterinsurgency army continued to advance easily towards Peng County. As soon as the officials and troops entered the county, a large group of people were waiting on the side of the road with the notice of the palace, and by the way, they offered fresh fruits and rice wine.

Zhu Pingjin and others had no choice but to dismount, accept the kindness of the people, and once again spread out their stalls on the spot to accept the people's contributions. By the time the official army entered Peng County, the county seat had already been empty. The rioters should go home and flee for their lives, and the unrelated county residents will also temporarily avoid the city and come back after seeing the performance of the officers and soldiers.

The only person who stayed in the city was Lord Lin Wang of the Zhixian County, who had been trapped in the county government for nearly a month. When he regained his freedom and saw Zhu Pingjian, the sense of relief that he had for the rest of his life was suddenly completely released. Seeing that this bad old man with white hair and foul smell all over his body was crying and making a fuss, Zhu Pingjin had no choice but to let He and Xu take him out and go to the secluded back office to enlighten him.

With the rapid suppression of the riots near the provincial capital, the "Eradication of the Five Worms" movement that once swept the province gradually came to an end.

For their own interests, Zhu Pingjin and Liao Daheng adopted different repressive measures according to different circumstances.

Yazhou was resolutely suppressed militarily, and the rebels were either killed or captured and reduced to slavery;

Pengshan County was also militarily suppressed, but it was mainly affectionate, so most of the bandits who took the initiative to lay down their arms enjoyed the treatment of surrender and became the Zhuang households of Wangzhuang;

There was still military suppression near the provincial capital, but it was taken with one blow, and the matter was dispersed, and the rest were left to fend for themselves and return to their respective homes.

Peng County and Xinfan County are the birthplaces of the "Five Worm Eradication" movement, and they are also very noisy, but they are very different from the situation in Yazhou and Pengshan.

The rebels in Yazhou are a group of displaced people from all over the world, and the only purpose of their rebellion is to make a fortune by killing, arson, robbing and making a fortune; The main body of the rebellious people in Pengshan is the bandits of Niujiaozhai, and when they enter the city, they are full of banditry and do all kinds of evil. Yazhou and Pengshan are both vacuum areas of the royal power, Zhu Pingjin wants to lay out and take root there, and it is very beneficial for him to slash and kill, so he chooses to speak with a knife and gun.

More than two-thirds of the rebellious people in Xinfan and Peng counties were farmers from Wangzhuang, and the rest were mostly guarded sergeants, small and medium-sized landlords, and yeoman farmers. Their rebellion has only economic demands, not political demands. To put it bluntly, they want the boss to raise their salaries and the government to cut taxes. The two counties are also golden agricultural areas located in irrigation areas, and killing people will undoubtedly damage Zhu Pingjin's political reputation and economic interests.

When Zhu Pingjin swept through the two counties, Chen Shiqi, the new deputy envoy of the Sichuan military garrison, was leading 4,000 elite soldiers selected from the front, center, left, and right guards of Chengdu to advance in the direction of Qiongzhou.

When Chen Shiqi left Chengdu, the governor Liao Daheng came to the West Gate to give wine and give 100 Fubiao soldiers as personal guards. Chen Shiqi generously poured ink in front of dozens of civil and military officials, hundreds of students' children, and thousands of soldiers' families who saw him off, leaving behind the bold words of "leaving thousands of bones on the battlefield, and never returning the thieves if they are not broken."

Whew, great!

Whew, magnificent!

This poem, which is majestic and ambitious, fully reflects the noble character and profound knowledge of Chen Daren, and was immediately widely praised in the streets and alleys of Chengdu Mansion.

It is said that Chen Huainian, the remnant of the thief, is near Qiongzhou. As for where it was near Qiongzhou, Chen Shiqi didn't know, and neither did his subordinates. Of course, Chen Shiqi was not worried about Chen Huainian's hundreds of remnants, he thought that the road from Chengdu to Qiongzhou was a flat dam, and the possibility of being ambushed by the remnants of the bandits was very small. He was going to go to Qiongzhou to repair for two days, and after inquiring about Chen Huainian's whereabouts, he would lead the troops to intercept and kill, and strive to win the battle, it was best to capture the thief alive and personally present it to the angel, so that His Majesty the Emperor knew how wise he was to promote Chen Shiqi!

The army marched all the way west, and on the seventh day after its departure, it finally came to a town called Xinchang between Dayi County and Qiongzhou. It was already evening, and Chen Shiqi saw that the soldiers were all tired and staggering, so he had to order them to camp on the spot and leave tomorrow. After all, he was very old, and after a few days of fatigue on the saddle horse, he already felt unwell, so he simply gave a few words of advice and went to bed.

There is a car to sit on the road and a bed to sleep in the place. But his soldiers marched by walking, eating by robbing, and shaking from the cold. They did not settle for dinner, and they complained, and when they saw that no one was in charge, they immediately became bolder. They were in groups of three or four, and they stormed the big houses in the town and began to rob them. Food, clothing, valuables, what you see is good, you will rob what. When the big families rebelled, they cut down and killed people; The ladies and ladies of the big families were so good that they were raped.

The movement alarmed Chen Shiqi, he hurriedly dressed and went out, and after figuring out what happened, he couldn't help but be furious, and ordered the guards to immediately suppress it. Fortunately, Shangguan's prestige was still there, and in the middle of the night, the new field, which had been noisy for half a night, finally quieted down.

In the early hours of the morning, the sleeping Chen Shiqi was once again awakened by the noise of the town. He still thought that the soldiers were in rebellion, and hurriedly ordered his subordinate officers to bring in the officers, and he wanted to reprimand them, even military law. However, the officers did not come, and the noise turned into a howling wolf.

"The thieves are here!" The subordinate slammed the door open, then tripped under the threshold with a thud.

"What are you panicking about?" Master Chen's qi cultivation skills are good, sitting on the edge of the bed and not moving, "There are only a few hundred bandits, and we have four or five thousand. Give the order to go down, and order the officers and soldiers to beat them out! ”

"What's the fight?" The subordinate officials got up from the ground, and they couldn't care about the humility of the upper and lower levels, "My lord went out to see by himself, and they all ran away, all ran away!" ”

"What did you run away?" Chen Shiqi stood up and shook his head.

The subordinate officials couldn't wait to rush over and slap Chen Shiqi twice and wake him up: "All ran away, all the officers and soldiers ran away!" If we don't run, we will fall into the hands of bandits! ”

"Impossible!" I don't want Chen Shiqi to sit back on the bed again, "What about Fubiao's soldiers?" Let their officers come and meet Lord Ben! ”

"It's they who take the lead! As soon as they ran, the sergeant of the guard followed! ”

The subordinate officer felt that it was impossible for him to explain it clearly to this bad old man who didn't open his eyes, and decided to make one last effort: "My lord, are you running or not?" If you don't run, then the lower official will be sorry......"

Rao is a scholar, and Chen Shiqi also knows that he was cheated by Liao Daheng. He burst into tears, and he wanted to die on the pillar. But he knew that if he died, Liao Tycoon, as well as those officers who escaped from the battle, would not hesitate to splash dirty water on his head, so that he would go to see his ancestors with a stigma on his back after his death.

You can't die, you have to live to go back and make it clear!

In this way, Chen Shiqi made a decision that he regretted all the time.

Chen Huainian stood at the entrance of Xinchang Town, watching the official army collapse in the north, and coughed helplessly. I don't know what's going on, this group of officers and troops is so unbeaten. As soon as the night attack began, the officers and soldiers turned and ran backwards, outrunning them as fast as they could, leaving behind a town's weapons, armor, and other baggage. It's just that none of these things are his. He wants to exchange these things for the chance of his only son to survive, and for the food that his brothers can live after him.

Chen Huaijin stood beside his brother, and the victory made him smile.

Chen Huaijin knew his brother's thoughts, so he whispered comfortingly: "Brother don't worry! Lord Liu has promised us that as long as we are honestly dormant for three years, we can change our name and surname and go back out of the mountain. At that time, the elder brother can still show his skills. ”

"My body can't last three years!" Chen Huainian suddenly felt an itchy throat, and a salty smell rushed to his mouth. He coughed violently and spat the blood from his mouth into the dust.

"Fourth brother, you said that the prince really didn't kill the brothers for silver?"

"Not really, second brother! The one who contacted me was the honest Pan shit in the village, how could he tell a lie? He said that except for those who had blood debts in Pengshan, none of the sons of the world were killed. Eight or nine thousand people were captured, and all of them were scattered to Wangzhuang in Pengshan, Shuangliu, Chongqing, Xinjin, Huayang and other prefectures and counties. The prince punished them with three years of hard labor. If there is no adulterer within three years, he can become a common man again. They now have five acres of land each, and seventy percent of each acre is sold, and the rest belongs to themselves. After three years, if you become a citizen, it will be the same as the surrounding villagers, and only half of it will be enough.

Before Pan Dog Shit came, Lord Liu specially let him see his nephew, and he said that his nephew was studying in the city with a group of dolls, and it was very good. He was outside the window, listening to the dolls reciting the 'angry ......'. ”

"Angry hair rushes to the crown, and the rain rests on the railing. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, strong and fierce. Thirty merits, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon ......"

Chen Huainian couldn't help but chant it, and the tears on his face slipped down with Yue Wumu's swan song.

"Remember, don't do anything that hurts the heavens and reason! For the sake of his own personal vendetta, the second brother harmed the third brother, you, and the villagers in Chen Village. Now God wants to punish the second brother, that is the fate of the second brother. If the second brother dies, these hundreds of people will be brought by you. Shizi is a good person, you should follow him in the future. Well done, our Chen clan may still turn over. ”

A few days later, Chen Shiqi fled back to Chengdu Mansion in despair. When he heard that the provincial capital had been circulating in unison, because he tyrannically abused the sergeants, deducted money and food, and caused a roar in the camp, Chen Shiqi immediately vomited blood. Then he returned the seal letter to Liao Daheng and took leave to recuperate. Liao Daheng didn't leave him in trouble, but just comforted him a few words and asked him to go home to recover from his illness and then come out to lead the troops to fight.