Chapter 18: Uncovered

Under the city of Shifang, with the continuous strangulation of the official army, there were more and more bandits who fell in a pool of blood, but the price paid by the officials and soldiers was very small. Blood gushed from beneath the bandit's corpse, converging into a pool of bloody, bloody and sticky.

Zhang Mu is already dead, he died very heroically, he was fighting to the death, he crashed into the phalanx of martial arts, and was forced in a narrow space by Kong Wu's powerful soldiers with shields, and more than ten sharp halberds pierced his body in all directions, and Zhang Mu was killed............

Seeing that the defeat of the bandits had been decided, Sima of the Hubu Left Battalion immediately reported to Hu Ji: "Captain Hu, the thieves have lost their courage and combat strength, so persuade them to surrender." ”

"Hmm......" Hu Ji nodded, agreed to Jun Sima's proposal, and ordered: "Order the troops to stop the attack, and shout to the remnants of the bandits - abandon your weapons and surrender, and those who surrender will not die!" ”

"No!" Jun Sima clenched his fists and obeyed, turning around to give the order to the herald waiting for the order.

At this point in the war, the victory and defeat have been divided, and the bandits have fallen into an absolute disadvantage, this is not a battle to exterminate the clan and the country, so there is no need to kill them all. Moreover, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population of China has plummeted, and every life is precious.

Of course, it's not that these bandits have laid down their weapons to mean that they are not guilty of the past, their nightmares...... It's just getting started! All the bandits who survived the war will be organized into the camp of the dead soldiers, and in the future, they will attack the city and fight against each other, throw them a handful of broken copper and iron, and drive them to serve as cannon fodder for the first wave of attacks of the army!

On the city of Shifang, witnessing the annoying bandits walking towards destruction step by step, at this moment, Wang Shan's mood was indescribably happy.

"A group of silverfish, Captain Hu is too merciful to them, they should all be killed!" Wang Shan saw that the bandits finally gave up resistance and successfully surrendered, and complained stupidly.

"Wang County order, the thieves are naturally dealt with by Captain Hu, Jun should quickly order the city gate to be cleaned up and restore the normal operation of the city." Du Qiong stood beside Wang Shan, and his brows couldn't help frowning when he heard this, Wang Shan's tyranny and greed made him dislike.

It is said that the battlefield is dangerous, and everything is unpredictable, in order to ensure that the emperor's teacher is not lost, Hu Ji specially sent a tun of soldiers to send Du Qiong to Shifang City with a hanging basket.

"Of course, only Du Gong's orders are obeyed." Wang Shan was displeased with Du Qiong's displeasure, and in front of this Shuzhong gentleman, it was appropriate to maintain proper respect.

Wang Shan smiled at Du Qiong, and was about to tell Cao Yi to immediately send someone to clean up the boulders of the four city gates, however, in the next second, Wang Shan changed color!

He saw that the henchman who he ordered to guard Zhang Wei was covering half of his face in pain, and was climbing the city tower from the corner, this little official looked panicked, and almost slipped under his feet several times.

Wang Shan's face was gloomy, his sleeves flicked, and he leaned towards the way the little official came from without anger. Suddenly, he had an ominous premonition in his heart............

The little official walked quickly in front of Wang Shan with his eyes down, and whispered in his ear: "My lord, it's not good! Zhang Wei escaped! ”

"Bastard! Are you eating, and you can't even look at a living person? Sure enough, Wang Shan walked away a few steps irritably, lowered his voice and scolded.

The henchman covered his face, full of grievances, "My lord, Zhang Wei was originally locked up in prison in a dignified manner, but how do you know...... Those county guards who were honest on weekdays suddenly broke into the prison with weapons as if they had eaten the gall of a leopard, and rescued Zhang Wei with weapons. ”

"Even ...... Even the little ones were slapped a few times by them. The little official cried with a sad face, and looked pitiful.

Wang Shan was angry but scolded fiercely: "Waste! After scolding, he quickly pointed to the little official and said: "You immediately notify the county Cheng Cao Yi, the whole city is a big rope, if you want to see people in life and see corpses in death, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to dig out Zhang Wei for me!" ”

"No, I will go to Cao Xiancheng immediately, and I will not let go of that Zhang Wei." The little official suffered from the disaster in vain, and he was also very annoyed with Zhang Wei.

On the other side, Du Qiong was curious about the anger and eager whispers of Wang Shan and his subordinates, he vaguely heard words such as "Zhang Wei" and "Da Suo", what kind of fame were these two people doing?

Just as Du Qionghu was puzzled, Wang Shan and the little official whispered to each other, a mountain-like burly figure climbed up to the city tower, followed by a large number of armed county guards.

"Wang Shan, Wang County Order! The whole city is so rampant! Could it be ...... Do you really think you can cover the sky in Shifang City?!! ”

"Zhang Wei, it's you!" Wang Shan and his henchmen were shocked when they saw the person coming, and they shouted directly!

The eight-foot man Zhang Wei was still carrying his double-edged heavy sword, and strode over like a mountain, "Wang Shan, villain." Today, in front of Du Gong and so many people, I am going to expose the ugly faces of your father and son in front of the world! ”

"In the first year of Zhangwu, there were 43,000 registered households and more than 165,000 people in Guanghan County. In the same year, Wang Lian served as the Taishou of Guanghan, and in the first year of Jianxing, Wang Lian left office, and there were 22,000 registered households in Guanghan County, with more than 83,000 mouths. ”

Zhang Wei spoke in a condensed voice as he walked in front of Du Qiong, at first Zhang Wei's voice was flat, and then the volume gradually increased. "In just three years, the number of registered citizens in the entire Guanghan County has decreased by half! People can't help but ask, where did this half of the people go, because of the plague and natural disasters? Or have you migrated somewhere else? ”

"Let me tell you that they didn't die, they didn't move away. Although they disappeared from the official register, they still lived in Guanghan County! ”

Throwing the double-edged heavy sword to the ground, Zhang Wei waved his hands and said excitedly: "Someone will ask where are they?" Let me tell you, they have all become domestic slaves, servants, or sharecroppers of the wealthy families! ”

The more Zhang Wei spoke, the more excited he became, and finally he almost roared: "And the house slaves, servants and tenant farmers of the wealthy families are not registered in the register of the imperial court, they have become invisible people, these domestic slaves, servants and tenant farmers only need to be responsible for the big family, they do not have to apply for the levy when the state transfers the strong men, they do not have to pay taxes when the imperial court collects the poll tax, and even the tenant farmers of these wealthy families do not need to pay taxes when the imperial court collects land taxes!" ”

"The land of the big families has expanded, and the tenant farmers have become groups, but the soldiers of the court are gone, and the money of the court has decreased, and these people are unscrupulously digging the foot of the national wall!"

Speaking fiercely, Zhang Wei pointed his finger at Wang Shan again, "And these, the court officials who eat the king's fortune do not want to serve the country, but one by one they roll up their sleeves and collude with the powerful of the family, annex the land, and make ill-gotten gains!" ”

"You guys! Damn it!" In the end, Zhang Wei pointed at Wang Shan's face and scolded.

Facing the impassioned Zhang Wei in front of him, Wang Shan's arrogant arrogance no longer existed, and he finally felt frightened - the poor are afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal are afraid of being stunned, and the stunned are afraid of dying!

Today, in front of everyone, Zhang Wei uncovered the cancer that is prevalent today, although ...... Maybe Zhang Wei will be persecuted to death by the crazy family and powerful landlords afterwards, but he Wang Shan will eventually fall in front of Zhang Wei. There are some things that you can do, but you must not say it publicly, and if you say it, you will die, and many, many people will die!

"It's over! The Wang family is all over! Wang Shan's eyes were glazed, and he fell to the ground.