Chapter 60: Purging the Clans
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It was expected that the Han army would have to go to war with the Manchu officers and soldiers who had come to encircle and suppress it in a month at most, and most of the orders issued by the various levels of government in the province were now aimed at defeating the approaching enemy.
In Wenjiang County, three Wenjiang County Government staff, three foreign staff members of the Intelligence Department, six policemen, and a platoon of 34 Han soldiers left Wenjiang County in three groups and went to the countryside, targeting the clan forces that had been recorded to oppress the local people.
In addition to the Manchu magnates and their dogs, the forces that hindered Yan's rule over the four provinces were the feudal clan forces in the countryside, and the Yan clan was actually a clan force, and ten years ago the Yan clan was able to cover the sky in Linyue County, and no one could make it, but it is conceivable that the clan power is strong, and there are clan forces in the countryside, and the decrees implemented by governments at all levels will even be seriously obstructed, so governments at all levels have formulated plans to eradicate the feudal clan forces that oppress the people.
Long before the Yan clan occupied Siqi, the intelligence department in Yan Xueyi's hands collected all kinds of information in Siqi Province, one of which was a list of clan forces that oppressed the people in various parts of Siqi Province.
Yan Xueyi didn't want those clan forces to come out and make trouble when the Han army was fighting with the Manchu Qing officers and soldiers, so it was better to clean up these clan forces now, and the implementation of government decrees at all levels would be much simpler in the future.
Ding Sanlang, an external editor of the Ministry of Intelligence, led the way, and Li Chen, a staff member of the Wenjiang County Government, took two policemen and a squad of 11 Han soldiers to Mufeng Town, which was relatively close to Wenjiang County, to exterminate the Zhao clan, a big household in Mufeng Town.
In fact, it is not considered to be exterminated, there are more than 100 people in the Zhao clan, most of them are ordinary people, only a few people led by the patriarch of the Zhao clan oppressed the local people, and the people of Mufeng Town were quite resentful, and they sued the officials many times, but they could not be resolved.
Fighting snakes and hitting three inches, Li Chen and his party first had to catch a few people led by the head of the Zhao clan, and the rest would be solved, and the Zhao clan without a leader would be a group of stragglers, which was not to be feared, and would even lead to infighting in the Zhao clan.
Soon, Ding Sanlang brought Li Chen and his party to the mansion of the patriarch of the Zhao clan, and said to the subordinates of the Zhao mansion to ask to see the patriarch of the Zhao clan.
The subordinates of the Zhao Mansion entered the Zhao Mansion, and it didn't take long for them to come back and say viciously: "The master is not a guest, where did you come from, where are you going?" ”
"Hehe, as long as you are at home, you can make one more trip to the province, squad leader Wang, please take the brothers of the Han army into the Zhao Mansion and arrest the Zhao Peel (the local name for the patriarch of the Zhao clan)." Li Chen said with a smile.
"Mr. Li, don't worry, you will never let Zhao Papi go, the brothers will take the bayonet first, if anyone dares to resist, they will be picked directly." Squad Leader Wang said in a loud voice unique to soldiers.
I saw ten Han soldiers loading their rifles with bayonets and rushing towards the Zhao Mansion, and the Wang squad leader took the lead with a pistol, and the four subordinates guarding the gate of the Zhao Mansion saw the fierce Han soldiers rushing up, and they didn't dare to resist at all, and obediently threw the knife in their hands on the ground after obeying the words of the Han soldiers, and then knelt aside.
The Zhao family can only be regarded as a landlord who is more than enough than the top, unlike the Yan family, which is a rich and rival business family, even if it does not count Yuanhe City, there are more than a thousand thugs under its command, and the Zhao family has dozens of thugs, and the Zhao Mansion has less than twenty people, only equipped with cold weapons.
In the face of such an opponent, the Han soldiers only stabbed a few people to death with bayonets, and the rest of the guards surrendered on their knees, and not long after, the chubby Zhao Papi was also arrested.
Next, after the Han soldiers captured several other Zhao clansmen, Li Chen and his party took Zhao Papi and a few people to the open space of Mu Feng Town, and the residents of Mu Feng Town who saw such a scene along the way all clapped their hands and applauded, and also followed Li Chen and his party to the open space to see what they were going to do.
Then the two policemen took out the gong and walked around, shouting while striking the gong: "The villagers have come out to take a look, the Wenjiang County Government has sent someone to arrest the evil Zhao Papi, and those who have grudges and grievances can ask the Wenjiang County Government to be the master." ”
There were more people gathered in the open space, and when he saw that it was about the same, Li Chen took out a piece of paper from his pocket and read loudly to the surrounding people about the crimes of Zhao Papi and others.
"Three years ago, Zhao Papi's men snatched my family's only farming cow."
"The fertile land of my third uncle's family was occupied by Zhao Papi."
Dozens of ordinary people stood up, hoping that Li Chen would seek justice for them, and Li Chen wrote down these things one by one, waiting for follow-up confirmation, and compensated those ordinary people who were oppressed by the Zhao family.
Hearing Li Chen say that he wanted to compensate, the dozens of ordinary people cried happily, and they all praised Li Chen as the master of the blue sky, and many people ran home to give Li Chen some things such as eggs, but Li Chen refused with a smile.
After the Han soldiers shot Zhao Papi and several people to death, Li Chen took out another piece of paper and announced some policies of the Wenjiang County Government to the people of Mufeng Town......
In the morning, Li Chen and his entourage simply dealt with the affairs of Mufeng Town, and in the afternoon, Li Chen and his entourage walked towards a village, where there was a small landlord in that village, who did a lot of evil no less than the Zhao family in Mufeng Town.
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Not only Wenjiang County, but also governments at all levels in Siqi Province have sent working groups to clean up the clan forces, but the Siqi Province is so big, it is impossible to clean up all the clan forces in a short period of time, and when the clan forces are cleared, they also encounter strong resistance, the Han soldiers face this situation, there is only one word "kill", all those who resist are killed, special treatment in special periods, Yan Xueyi's order to governments at all levels is to kill all the evil clan forces and those who dare to resist the Yan clan in the shortest possible time.
Only enough killing can suppress those with ulterior motives who are still hidden, and if they retreat in the face of resistance, it will only make them more arrogant, and the only way to stop killing is to kill them.
After the evil clan forces were eliminated, the governments at all levels also won the support of the local people, and the local people resolutely supported the decrees implemented by the government that killed the wicked.
Water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, and only with the support of the people can we achieve the ultimate victory.