Early the next morning, Shenwu County Wang County Cheng came to the Assassin Yamen worriedly, the Assassin Yamen is also the Liangzhou Governor Yamen, this is a set of two brands, in front of the county order, county Cheng and other local officials Zhang Huan's identity is the Wuwei County Assassin History, is the highest administrator of the Wuwei region, of course, his assassin history and the Central Plains region of the assassin history is very different.

Wang Xiancheng's full name is Wang Qian, and Zhang Huan's staff Du Mei is the same science and technology, about forty years old, he is a native of Jincheng County, according to the official rotation system of the Tang Dynasty, he should have been transferred or promoted a long time ago, but the regional particularity of Wuwei County, so that most of the local officials in Wuwei County have been in office for a long time, Wang Xiancheng has been a county official in the Hexi region for nearly ten years, although he cannot enter the promotion system of Tang officials, but there must be a disadvantage and a benefit, they avoided the supervision of the imperial court, he Hexi region, they are tantamount to the emperor of the soil, Benefiting relatives and friends, although the official is small, the meat is very fat.

After waiting at the door for a while, Wang Xiancheng was led into Zhang Huan's official room by two personal soldiers, the room was divided into two parts, the inner room was where Zhang Huan handled official business, and the outer room was the staff who sat for him to handle the documents.

At this moment, Zhang Huan was explaining some points of attention to the classification of documents to Meng Jiao, Wang Xiancheng was brought in, he simply instructed a few words, and then asked Wang Xiancheng to sit down, and then waited for the scholar to serve Wang Xiancheng a cup of tea.

Zhang Huan took two sips of tea, took a long breath and said with a smile: "Can Yan County Commander tell you about Huixi County?" ”

Wang Xiancheng sighed secretly in his heart, others were ecstatic for promotion, but he was not happy at all in his heart. Not to mention that he left Shenwu County, which has been an official for nearly ten years, the original accumulated contacts and filial piety of large households will slowly disappear every year, and the people of Huixi County are all military households, backed by the army, and he got his advice in that round, and most of the jurisdiction of Huixi County is the Gobi Desert, where can it compare to the rich Shenwu County. Go there and be the prefectural magistrate. What is the difference between it and the army?

I was dissatisfied in my heart, but I didn't dare not listen to the words of the assassin, this is not an ordinary assassin history, he is the actual master of Hexi, it is said that he is still the son-in-law of Pei Xiangguo, everyone has been an official for many years, who doesn't know that the new official has to burn three fires when he takes office? If it weren't for Zhang Huan's desire to move their vital interests, who would bother to take the limelight.

Now his only hope is that this governor of Liangzhou ascended to the throne at such a young age only because of Xiangguo's son-in-law. After everyone formed a group to confront him, he was able to retreat in the face of difficulties.

But he had to face the problem in front of him, Wang Xiancheng pondered for a long time and finally responded: "Thank you for your trust in your subordinates, your subordinates should go to work, but it will take time to hand over official duties, please Zhang Envoy can give me a little more time to prepare." ”

Now the only way to solve it is to use procrastination, and in the meantime, a few more cases will be made to complicate the matter. Creating a situation where he can't go if he wants to, Wang Xiancheng is familiar with the unspoken rules of officialdom, and many things can't be solved under a drag.

Wang Xiancheng said as he peeked at Zhang Huan's expression and nodded happily when he saw him. I couldn't help but be secretly proud in my heart, and it was really a little tender, but unexpectedly, this Zhang Thorn Shi in front of him not only had no experience in officialdom, but also seemed to be too hasty in thinking about the problem, so I saw him nod cautiously. actually said something that made Wang Xiancheng almost faint to death. "Oh well! I'll give you three hours to sort it out, and in the afternoon, there will naturally be a new county to handle the handover with you. ”

Wang Xian Chengshen left the Assassin Yamen with one foot and one foot shallow. He was discouraged, his heart was extremely depressed, he got into the carriage, and had no intention of going to the county government again, only gave him a command to go home, and then closed his eyes tiredly.

The carriage ran unhurriedly, Wang Xiancheng's mansion was in the rich area in the east of Wuwei City, only a quarter of an hour away from the Thorn Mansion, with the bumpy ride of the carriage, Wang Xiancheng gradually sobered up, no! Even if he is Xiangguo's son-in-law and doesn't know anything about officialdom, he can't be such an idiot, he can hand over official duties in three hours, this is driving himself away! What does he want to do?

Wang Xiancheng suddenly sweated, this is not a normal promotion, he is going to attack the officialdom of Hexi, Wang Xiancheng's mind is spinning rapidly, among the five counties of Wuwei, Shenwu County is the county where the county is located, and it is also the most populous and richest county, if he wants to start, he will inevitably start from Shenwu County, is he going to take advantage of himself?

Wang Xiancheng's heart fell into the abyss, and at this moment, the carriage also stopped, "Master, it's time to get to the mansion." "Give me a U-turn, and then go back to the Assassin's Mansion."

Wang Xiancheng also thought of another possibility at this moment, the person Zhang Huan wants to do is Yan County Order, he wants to take the position of County Cheng first, and set up Yan County Order, but he is a mighty governor, since he can transfer himself, he can naturally transfer Yan County Order, and there is no need to set up Yan County Order!

Could it be

Wang Xiancheng has gradually understood Zhang Huan's intentions.

The carriage soon returned to the Yamen of the Assassin History, and a personal soldier didn't ask much, and led him into Zhang Huandi's room with a smile, "Wang Xiancheng, please go in by yourself!" Thorn history has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Wang Xiancheng walked into the room tremblingly, and saw Zhang Huan standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back and staring at the sky, he immediately stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Wang Qian is willing to be driven by the governor!" ”

"You're a smart man."

Zhang Huan slowly turned around, glanced at him and said with a faint smile: "I am giving you this opportunity for the sake of your old friend of Du Mei." ”

More than 100 fast horses galloped on the Hexi corridor, galloping towards Tianbao County, and when the sun was about to set, Chen Ping and his party rushed into Tianbao County.

"Don't be polite, you will order me to do important things." Chen Ping took the wrist of the county commander Li Hanjie and walked quickly towards the county office.

"What's the matter with the Governor?" Li Hanjie saw Chen Ping's solemn face, and he asked with some anxiety in his heart.

"The Governor wants to find a spying from the Tibetans, do you have one here?"

Li Hanjie was taken aback, a Tibetan spy? He has been in Tianbao County for so many years. Unheard of, of course, there are Tibetan spies, but they don't have the word spies engraved on their faces.

"I haven't found the Tibetan spies now, or I will pay special attention to it, and if there is any news, I will report it immediately."

Chen Ping shook his head, "The Governor only gave me two days, and I must get a Tibetan spy by tomorrow night." This is a military order. I can only ask for the order of Li County. ”

Li Hanjie heard that there were only two days, and he couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Didn't the Tubo spies say that there is, where do you ask me to find them at this time?"

Chen Ping smiled weirdly, "Then do you have any Tubo people here who have committed capital crimes?" ”

"Tibetans?" Li Hanjie thought about it all of a sudden. Hurriedly said: "Yes! There are two of them, both of which are murders, and I have reported them to the county, and I am only going to be beheaded after the autumn. ”

"Then give me both of them!"

"I'm afraid this is not a big deal!" Li Hanjie was in a hurry, and the files of these two people were reported to the county. When asked in the future, how will I explain myself.

"What this, this!" Chen Ping glared and said, "If you refuse to hand them over, then you are a Tibetan spy!" ”

When it was almost dawn, Chen Ping and his entourage finally rushed back to Wuwei City.

There is an unknown mansion near the Governor's Mansion, which was built by a former Hu merchant in the Western Regions, and it is all terrazzo bluestone, which is extremely strong, but it is special in that it has an equally solid basement. There are a large number of them, since the time of Xin Yunjing, this mansion has been a place where the military has dealt with some special events, and there are nearly 100 soldiers to escort it, and the security is very tight.

Zhang Huan came to this stone mansion early in the morning. The entrance and exit of the basement are located in a remote hut in the back garden, there are more than a dozen soldiers guarding in front of the hut, Zhang Huan walked into the hut under the guidance of several personal soldiers, and then went down to the basement, the basement is well ventilated. But it's very eerie and dark. After walking dozens of stone steps, a long corridor appeared in front of you. On both sides of the corridor are stone chambers where goods are stored.

At this time, Chen Ping ushered out of the room, "Dudu, the two people in the house are the Tubo death row prisoners brought from Tianbao County. ”

Zhang Huan looked in through the small hole above the big iron door, and saw that there were two wooden stakes in the room, and a man with a dark face was tied to each of them with thick iron chains.

"Will they cooperate?" Zhang Huan asked coldly.

"They say that as long as you don't die, you can do anything."

"As long as they are willing to give a confession as I ask, I can agree to them on all conditions." Zhang Huan left the stone room, and after taking a few steps, he whispered again: "Remember, after the matter is over, they can't be left in the world." ”

"Subordinate Order!"

Zhang Huan nodded, and quickly left this depressing and unsettling stone room, he returned to the official room, and Meng Jiao immediately handed over a thick stack of documents, "Envoy, this is Wang Xiancheng just delivered." ”

Zhang Huan took it and looked left and right, but when he didn't see Wang Xiancheng, he asked, "What about others?" ”

Meng Jiao smiled and said, "He said that he felt ashamed, and he went back to the house to think about it." ”

"He didn't think about it, he went back to avoid trouble." Zhang Huan sneered, and walked into the room, he spread a thick stack of documents on the table and read them briefly, these are all written by Wang Xiancheng according to his requirements, mainly the ownership of the main officials and their families in the counties, although it is only an approximate number, but there are already traces.

Zhang Huan took out a copy of Wang Xiancheng himself, which showed that he had Yongye Field, Duty Field, and the land property he had purchased over the years, totaling 260 hectares, as well as his three sons, four brothers, as well as his aunt and cousin, his wife and several concubines, all of whom each had dozens to hundreds of hectares of land, all of which were written in great detail, and a sentence was added at the end: I wish all of them to be confiscated free of charge.

But there is only his land in Hexi, but the land in his hometown in Jincheng County is not written a word, Zhang Huan snorted coldly, "Free confiscation, hum!" Do you still want to sell it to me? ”

He put down Wang Xiancheng's inventory, and took a copy of Yan County's order, which was similar to Wang's county order, in addition to his own hundreds of hectares of land, his relatives and friends also owned a large number of fields, and only Yan County's land was added up to no less than a thousand tilts.

Zhang Huan's face became more and more gloomy the more he looked at it, and finally he snapped! He closed the inventory with a bang and scolded in a low voice: "These damn moths, no wonder they all refuse to leave in Hexi!" ”

"Someone!"

A pro-soldier entered. Zhang Huan immediately ordered sharply: "Order Lin Jiuhan to gather a thousand elite soldiers, immediately surround the Yan County Order, no one is allowed to let go, and let me go, Shenwu County Order Yan Wen fornicated with Tibet, the crime is unforgivable!" At the same time, I ordered the other four counties to rush to Wuwei City to concentrate. ”

There was a great commotion near the east gate, and five hundred murderous cavalry rushed into the city. Behind the cavalry were five hundred heavily armed soldiers. A thousand troops rushed through the street, the sound of dense horses' hooves, the sound of heavy and rhythmic running, and a pair of cold eyes, and they rushed to Wuning Fang in just a moment, surrounding the Yan Mansion located in the Fang.

"Search for me!" With a wave of Lin Jiuhan's hand, hundreds of soldiers smashed open the gate of Yan Mansion and rushed in, and Yan Mansion suddenly screamed. A piece of chicken flying and dog jumping.

Half an hour later, Zhang Huan came to Yan's Mansion under the escort of nearly a hundred soldiers, and at this moment, the people near Yan's Mansion came to see the lively people, and the dignified county order was copied, which was the first time in their memory.

More than 200 children, wives and concubines of Yan County's order were driven out of the gate, and they were huddled together and trembling with fright. And the sergeant grabbed Yan County Order from the county government was even more embarrassed, stripped off his official uniform, knocked off his official hat, and was pressed to the ground with a big tie. What a crime I have committed! He did this to me. ”

Zhang Huan glanced at him and said coldly: "I captured two Tubo spies, and they confessed that you have provided information to Tubo many times, and the county order is strict, and the governor of Bendu is also official. No favoritism! ”

"You're spewing blood! I am a dignified court official. Will they collude with Tibet? Yan Xianling was furious, "Red mouth and white teeth!" What evidence do you have? ”

"Evidence? I'm searching your house right now. It's up to you to see what you gain. Speaking of this, Zhang Huan cast a disdainful glance at him.

Yan Xian Ling suddenly understood, and before he could speak, he saw two soldiers running out of the mansion, one of them took a lot of letters, and the other was holding a scroll.

"Dudu, we found his correspondence with the Tubo people in his study, as well as a map of the defense of Wuwei City."

"Planting! Shameless! Yan County Commander scolded, but Zhang Huan ignored him, but took the scroll and rode to the onlookers, brushed the ground to open the scroll, and said loudly to thousands of onlookers: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the city defense map of Wuwei City, if it is obtained by Tubo, the city they have not captured for more than ten years will be at your fingertips, and then each of you will face the tragedy of family destruction and death, but who would have thought that this was actually done by a Qipin County Order, and the governor of Bendu captured two Tubo spies, they have admitted, They gave the dog county order 1,000 taels of gold, and he betrayed Wuwei County, and everyone said, what should be done with him! ”

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and several emotionally impulsive young people shouted loudly: "Kill the dog county order!" Kill the traitor! ”

Under their guidance, the emotions of the onlookers were mobilized, and they scolded loudly, and some people also threw stones at Yan County, Zhang Huan saw that the time had come, he immediately turned around and made a look, and several soldiers immediately tied up the five flowers and gagged Yan County's order into the crowd where the emotions were about to get out of control.

Thousands of people rushed up, fists, stones, and teeth attacked the traitor in their eyes like a torrential rain, and all the soldiers watched coldly, and no one went up to stop them, and they were killed on the spot in just a few moments.

"The will of the people cannot be violated!" Zhang Huan sighed sincerely, and then ordered: "Cut off the head of Yan Wen, who fornicated with Tibet, hang it at the east gate for a month, and throw the body outside the city to feed the wild dogs!" ”

Several soldiers raised their knives and immediately cut off the heads of Yan County's order, and the onlookers exclaimed, and several wives and concubines of Yan County's order also fainted to the ground in fright.

"Dudu, what about his family?"

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

Soon, the news that Yan County ordered to fornicate with Tibet was beaten to death by angry people spread throughout the city, and the government posted announcements everywhere, listing the detailed evidence of Yan County's fornication with Tibet, and set up a two-person high wooden tower outside the east gate, on which were placed 1,000 taels of yellow gold and a few letters, and dozens of soldiers guarded the wooden tower. Only from afar, not close.

In the afternoon of the next day, the local officials who had arrived from all the counties began to enter the city one after another, and they were all invited to go through the east gate, and they were greeted by a human head whose blood had coagulated, hanging above the city gate, with protruding eyes and an unusually hideous face.

Immediately, they were all invited to the Yan Mansion. Outside the gate of the mansion, the auction of the slaves and maids of the Yan Mansion is in full swing. Several maids were standing on the wooden platform waiting for the quotation, and more than a dozen people were shocked when they heard that the wives and concubines of Yan County's order were not official slaves.

The mansion was already empty, and blood stains could still be seen in the corner of the wall in a certain place, and the soldiers who led the way told them that dozens of brothers and nephews who participated in the collaborating with the enemy were executed here yesterday.

Li Hanjie was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he fornicated with Tibet and killed bloodily, didn't all this start with the two Tibetan murderers he arrested?

It's not just Li Hanjie. Everyone else was terrified, and ordinary stupid men and stupid women naturally thought that Yan County ordered them to collaborate with the enemy, but they all understood in their hearts that Zhang Huan was using Yan Wen to clean up the officialdom in Hexi and eradicate dissidents, and the methods were outrageous, and almost everyone was thinking about whether the next one would be themselves.

At this moment, an officer came running quickly. He asked loudly among the officials, "Where is the Li County Order of Tianbao County?" ”

Everyone's eyes brushed on Li Hanjie, and Li Hanjie raised his hand tremblingly and said, "I'm here!" ”

"The governor has an order, Li Hanlin has a meritorious role in capturing the Tubo spies, and he was specially promoted to the county commander of Shenwu County, and he will take office immediately." The officer finished. He arched his hand and smiled: "Congratulations to Li County, please come with me!" ”

Li Hanlin's face was swollen red, he was both happy and ashamed in his heart, and under the gaze of everyone's knife-like gaze, he lowered his head and walked out of the door quickly. But as soon as he left the gate, everyone listened to him! The ground burst out laughing. Then the footsteps ran away quickly, and a few officials couldn't help it. Hate to hate bah! snorted in a low voice: "The villain with three knives on both sides!" ”

"He is not two-faced, he is a person who knows the times, and Wang Xiancheng also donated all his land to continue to stay!" I saw a vicious-looking officer walking outside, he glanced at everyone coldly, and said: "In Xia Lin Jiuhan, nicknamed Lin Yan Wang, the man in Yanfu was killed by me, the governor got the confession of the Tubo spies, and there are still people among you who have fornicated with Tubo, and the governor specially ordered me to investigate this matter." ”

Everyone was frightened, Zhang Huan's implication, he still wanted to kill people, everyone looked at each other, I don't know who to kill next, Han County Ling of Changsong County was so frightened that he trembled, he once came out when he met Xibao, Zhang Huan won't remember himself! Lin Jiuhan glanced at him meaningfully, and then said to everyone sharply: "Now please follow me to meet the two Tibetan spies, and let them identify them face to face, before the collaborator is clear, everyone is suspicious." ”

With that, with a wave of his hand, hundreds of soldiers poured into the courtyard and escorted the dozen officials into two carriages, and soon they were taken to the dungeon where the Tibetan spies were kept, and they stumbled one after the other in the dim and damp underground.

The iron gate creaked open, and through the thick iron fence, everyone saw only two Tibetans painting and pressing handprints on a stack of confessions.

"Did you see it, these two people are the Tibetan spies captured by the army." Lin Jiuhan turned around and shouted, "Tell them to recognize people!" ”

A few soldiers set up the two Tibetans in front of the iron fence like chickens and threw them on the ground, the two Tibetans slowly raised their heads, and swept the faces of a group of officials standing outside one by one with their eagle-like sharp eyes, and finally the eyes of the two fell on the short and fat Han County Commander of Changsong County.

Han Xianling was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, he trembled more and more, from his thighs to his chest, and then to his teeth, and then, like a tree blown by a strong wind, he staggered, and suddenly fell to his knees, and his whole body bones rattled.

"I will be loyal to the Governor! I would like to donate all my land. Han Xianling kowtowed again and again, snot and tears flowed all over his face, he was so frightened that his voice changed tone, he had a son and a daughter, Yan Xianling's brutal killing had left an indelible fear in his heart, as long as he could save his life and his family's life at this moment, nothing else mattered. Lin Jiuhan hurriedly helped him up with a smile and comforted him: "Actually, the governor is also very humane, although the Yongye Tian and the position field given by the imperial court to Han County Order are left, the family property will not touch you a penny, Han County Order, please rest assured that you are an official." ”

He immediately turned around and ordered the soldiers: "Don't hurry up and help Han Xian Ling out!" How can a dignified county order stay in this place. ”

Immediately, two soldiers stepped forward to support Han County Order, and slowly helped Han County Order, who was already paralyzed, out of the dungeon, and when he saw that one was solved, Lin Jiuhan's face sank again, and he said coldly to the others: "The Governor doesn't believe that Han County Order will collaborate with the enemy, so since it is not him, there must be someone else, let the two of them continue to identify." ”

Things have come to this point, everyone's hearts are like Mingjing, Zhang Huan wants the land is their allegiance and the land they occupy more, if they refuse to give it, then the strict county order is the end.

As soon as Lin Jiuhan's words fell, two officials immediately stood up and said deeply: "We are also willing to follow the Han County Order, be loyal to the governor and hand over more land and property." ”

The others were not far behind, and expressed their allegiance to the governor and the property of themselves and their relatives and friends, and since then, a purge that swept the officialdom of Hexi has finally come to an end.

In the following month, Wuwei County promulgated an order restricting land, depriving more than 200 large households of land by means of violence and threats, and all of the more than 5,000 hectares of cultivated land were taken under official ownership.

Except for the land allocated to military households, the rest of the land was leased by the original tenants, but the rent was paid to the government.

After the implementation of a series of land policies, the army was enthusiastic, Zhang Huan's Xiliang army also increased from the original more than 10,000 to 20,000 people, and organized large-scale militia groups among tenants and herdsmen, and implemented the whole people to be soldiers, and the martial style rose again in Hexi, and the solution of the land problem and the official problem laid a solid foundation for Zhang Huan's subsequent series of development.