Chapter 34
Liu Yunzhang was stunned: "What does this mean?" Liu Jun said, "Today, the family is greedy and occupies many fields, and the people have nowhere to make a living and are forced to rebel. His Royal Highness planned to escape from Chang'an and come to Xinxiang to develop. In the past few months, a large number of displaced people have been resettled with land, and the gentry have been persuaded to reduce their land rents and set up workshops to resettle the people. But the family has become a stumbling block on the road to His Royal Highness's great cause, and now there are countless displaced people in Luoyang, but the family has allowed the people to die of cold and starvation. Today, the people will ask, do adults dare to recite their names! ”
Liu Yunzhang said, "Infamy? What infamy? "Liu Junyi arched his hand" in the name of Huangchao to cut the grass and eradicate the roots of the family, and the grain, grass and silver obtained were used to help the people to fund King Shou, help King Shou calm the world, and recast a different Tang Dynasty! ”
"Shhh Liu Yunzhang gasped, so vicious, that's tens of thousands of people! After pondering for a long time, Liu Yunzhang asked, "What is the difference between King Shou?" Liu Jun gave up his hand and told Liu Yunzhang what Li Jie did all the way from Chang'an to Xinxiang. After listening, Liu Yunzhang was silent, and as soon as he raised his hand, Liu Jun understood, and arched his hand, "The villain retires!" ”
Liu Jun left, and seeing that his father had no sound for a long time, Liu Jiancheng walked in, "Father." Liu Yunzhang waved his hand, and Liu Jiancheng stood aside. Looking at his silent father, he didn't dare to ask, and the room fell silent.
I don't know how long it took, Liu Yunzhang suddenly asked, "Boyu, what do you think of King Shou?" Liu Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, and thought for a while: "Shouwang loves the people!" Liu Yunzhang was silent again.
Liu Yunzhang drank another glass of wine and ate some food, and finally spoke: "Ming said, please invite him to come over!" Liu Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, "Yes, father!" ”
The next day, Liu Jun was taken to Liu's mansion, and Liu Yunzhang was the only one in the study. "My family can't suffer!" An inexplicable sentence made Liu Jun stunned for a moment, and he immediately understood. "I don't know how Childe is educated?" Liu Yunzhang sighed, "This son doesn't learn and has no skills, so he has to learn miscellaneous." Liu Jundao "His Royal Highness has set up a Gewu Academy, and the son can go to the post!" "Gewu Academy?" "Yes, His Highness thinks that Gewu Academy is the right way, which can allow the people and the court to get a lot of benefits from it!"
"How am I going to do it!"
"Please gather your cronies!"
Looking at the several generals standing in front of him, Liu Yunzhang didn't know how to speak. At this time, Liu Junyi arched his hand and asked, "I wonder how many soldiers and horses a few generals have?" Several people looked at Liu Yunzhang, and when they saw him nodding slightly, they said, "We have a total of 4,000 soldiers and horses!" Liu Jun asked again: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Luoyang?" "More than 5,000 people!"
Liu Junyi arched his hand, "Several, the villain is working under His Royal Highness King Shou, and wants to seek wealth for you, your family and your soldiers, I don't know what a few people think!" ”
Everyone looked at Liu Yunzhang in puzzlement, and when they saw that he lowered his head and didn't speak, they turned their eyes back. Liu Junyi arched his hand: "How does the Luoyang family treat you?" ”
A military general said angrily: "These families treat me like pigs and dogs. Luoyang was in danger, and Lord Liu wanted to recruit some young people to defend the city, but the family did not pull out a dime and spoke ill of each other. Lord Liu was also forced to surrender the city. ”
"Do you generals dare to take a gamble?"
"Bet on what? How to bet! ”
"His Royal Highness King Shou treats the people generously and favorably to the gentry. But I am extremely disgusted with the family, and now His Royal Highness is developing agriculture and supporting business in Hebei, I want His Highness to pass through Luoyang, but the Luoyang family has become a roadblock for His Highness's hegemony, so several generals dare to remove this stone for His Highness! ”
Everyone was dumbfounded, this request greatly exceeded their expectations. After a long time, a general said, "Sir, I wonder how I will arrange it after I wait?" ”
Liu Jun smiled and said, "You have already surrendered Huangchao once, do you think those officials in the court can spare you and others?" Unless you and others are also self-reliant, but what about money, food, soldiers, and horses? I'm afraid that someone will come to destroy you by then, and you will ask for merit from the imperial court. Therefore, you are on the order of Huang Chao to raid the Luoyang family, and the left-behind adults will lead the righteous people to drive you and other rebellious ministers away to ensure the safety of Luoyang. You are afraid of the seriousness of the crime, disband the army, and become a rich man incognito! This is the way out for you to protect yourself and your family! ”
Everyone was relatively speechless, and Liu Jun said again, "Your Highness is generous and treats everyone equally. You can join the United Chamber of Commerce and become a wealthy man, and your children can also participate in the imperial examination. ”
One of the generals asked, "What is the United Chamber of Commerce?" Liu Jun said, "Shouwang made the gentry greatly reduce the land rent for the livelihood of the people, and organized the gentry to set up a chamber of commerce, set up a workshop to produce goods, and the gentry just waited for dividends at the end of the year!" The more you invest, the more dividends! ”
Liu Jun waved his hand, and several small servants came up and put a glass of wine in front of the generals. "Ladies and gentlemen, please fill this cup!" Everyone raised their hands to drink the wine, and their faces changed color, what a strong wine! "What do you think?"
Everyone looked at each other and stood up, "Follow the will of His Majesty the King of Qi and raid the Luoyang family!" Liu Jun said: "Tonight, the four gates are closed and we will work together, and the adults who stay behind will take the righteous people to drive you out of the city, and someone will arrange for you at the Mengjin Ferry." The confiscated things were left behind, and as for the gold and silver generals, 20,000 taels each, the rest of the officers 5,000 taels, and the soldiers 500 taels each. "Your Highness!"
When everyone retreated, Liu Jun arched his hand and said, "My lord, please make arrangements early!" Liu Yunzhang sighed, "I don't know how many people will die?" Liu Jun smiled and said, "My lord, it's just that the family is too greedy, bullying the court and the people." If it weren't for them, Datang wouldn't be what it is now! ”
"Alas! can only do this, I only hope that His Royal Highness can revive the Tang Dynasty! Live up to our expectations! At that moment, Liu Jun said goodbye and immediately sent people to Mengjin Ferry to transfer troops.
Su Xing left 100 pikemen and 100 cavalry at the ferry, and the rest of the soldiers put on the clothes of the common people and drove to Luoyang, arriving at the city of Luoyang at dusk.
That night, a group of soldiers suddenly appeared in Luoyang City, and the soldiers walked neatly and surrounded the family mansion in Luoyang under the leadership of their respective officers, and some officers shouted "By the will of His Majesty the Emperor of Qi, the family is raided!" Don't panic! A group of soldiers smashed open the door and rushed into those big families, and some big families also resisted desperately, but how could they resist the officers and soldiers, for a while, swords, swords, and shadows flew flesh and blood, and the air was filled with the smell of blood. The Luoyang family ushered in the disaster of annihilation, tens of thousands of people were killed overnight, and crying, screaming and scolding filled the city. The people hid in their homes in fright, closed their doors and windows, and the old men and women put their hands together and prayed to the heavens that the rebels would not rush in.
The sky gradually brightened, and suddenly the gate of the left-behind mansion opened, rushing out of hundreds of houses, and the north gate of Luoyang City was also opened, rushing in hundreds of people with weapons. At this time, some people shouted everywhere, "The Tang Dynasty official army is here, run!" Thousands of officers and soldiers threw away their armor and fled from the north gate in a chaotic manner.
Thirty miles outside the city, all the officers and soldiers changed into civilian clothes. Liu Jun stood on a stone and shouted, "Brothers, King Shou is generous and Xu Er and other silver money, today the United Chamber of Commerce is here to sign a contract with you, and you can invest the silver two into the trading company." Dividends at the end of each year, Bao Er and others will have no worries about food and clothing in the future! Thousands of soldiers looked at several generals, "Today, we are willing to enter into a contract and invest half of the silver taels in the trading company!" Several generals shouted. The people of the Chamber of Commerce immediately took out the contract, several people signed and pledged to hand over the silver to the Chamber of Commerce, and the soldiers also began to sign contracts with the Chamber of Commerce.
After a long period of chaos, Liu Jie said again, "The Chamber of Commerce will set up a workshop in Luoyang, and this place will settle down, and you brothers can choose to cross the river or choose to settle here!" At that moment, thousands of people rushed back to the city to pick up their families, scattered all over Luoyang, and several generals took their families to live in Xinxiang County.
In the city, Liu Yunzhang's head was big for a while, and there were too many dead. The remaining officials were immediately ordered to gather the people to transport the corpses outside the city for burial, and truckloads of corpses were pulled out of the city for burial. And Xue Liang, who accompanied him, gave each of the people gathered a tael of hardship fees. At present, Baiwa is a lot more relieved, and there are gradually more people on the street. Many people were cleaning the blood stains on the street, and the merchants were opening one after another, and Xue Liang brought a large number of brocade guards and soldiers to count the family's property.
A few days later, Liu Yunzhang was furious, "Damn the family, so greedy and tyrannical, it's not a pity to die!" "A long list, the grain totaled three million stones, two or forty million taels of silver, the treasures were not counted, and the fields were more than three million acres. There are nearly 700 shops in the city. At the same time, nearly 1,000 bones were dug up from various families, all of which were slaves and people killed by the family.
The general manager of the United Chamber of Commerce came, and all the fields were rented by the Chamber of Commerce, with a rent of 100 catties of grain per mu, and the tenants were required to have half of the grain and half of the yam. At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce also vigorously recruited workers to set up workshops.
Liu Yunzhang is short of people, many people in the family are officials, and many yamen officials have been killed. However, Liu Jun also quickly asked for a group of people from Gewu Academy, and the college set up a special training course for officials, requiring all those who won the scientific examination to study for three months.
And like Xinxiang County, all the officials in Luoyang also have a fixed amount of silver. All merchants also collected one for fifteen, and Liu Yunzhang's reputation rose sharply for a while.
Awakening has also begun to recruit soldiers, and the territory is too large and there are too few soldiers. As soon as the conscription announcement came out, there were so many applicants, it was too tempting. Three taels of silver a month, 20 taels of war dead, 10 taels of wounded, and one tael of bereavement pensions per month for the families of the war dead. But the proclamation requires that at least seventeen years of age, there must be relatives in the family. This is what Li Jie asked for, because he wanted the soldiers to know what they were fighting for and for whom!
In ten days, 15,000 people were recruited, and they immediately devoted themselves to basic training, first of all, absolute obedience. The shouts of five thousand giant archers, seven thousand pikemen, and three thousand sword and shield soldiers did not stop for a moment.
Patches of uncultivated fields were cleared, and the advantages of the horse-drawn plough became apparent. People are rushing to grow corn, which has a low yield but a short growth cycle.
Ma Laosan's family was about to starve to death, and then the official announcement came out. Renting a large amount of ownerless farmland and putting a handprint on the contract of the Chamber of Commerce, Ma Laosan never dreamed that the family who was about to starve to death had twenty acres of land in the blink of an eye. The Chamber of Commerce gave 300 catties of grain, and rented farm tools and horses. The youngest son and daughter were playing with a rabbit in their arms. He was to pay it off with grain or meat in three years! He and his eldest son have finished plowing twenty acres of land in one day, and tomorrow they can sow seeds! Eating the small rice made by his wife, the family felt like they were dreaming!