Qian Yuan waved his hand and said, "It's good that you know this matter in your own heart, and you know what the gentry are thinking compared to you, remember to remember one thing, don't kill people, otherwise no one will be able to save you!" ”

Zhang Zhao hurriedly nodded and said, "Lord Prefect, rest assured, I will definitely remember your teachings!" ”

After being mentioned by Qian Yuan, Zhang Zhao also beat a drum in his heart, originally he planned to behave well in order to please the rich and powerful gentry to pave the way for his future, but now it seems that he has to think about it!

Throughout the night, Zhang Zhao was in distress and hesitation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info he didn't know who he should listen to, as a small garrison officer, Zhang Zhao knew that whether it was Qian Yuan, Liu Fan, or even the gentry in Laizhou, none of these forces could be offended by him, a small person. Struggling to survive in the cracks of several forces, he must be cautious, once he takes the wrong step, he will be doomed. Not only will they suffer, but their families will also be implicated.

With a "squeak", the door was pushed open, and the golden sunlight shone into the room along the door, and the dazzling sunlight made Zhang Zhao close his eyes. Stretching out his hand to block the sun, Zhang Zhao involuntarily asked, "Who is it?" ”

Seeing this, the visitor quickly closed the door and replied, "It's me, little third son!" Big brother, you haven't closed your eyes all night? ”

"Oh, San'er, why are you here?" Seeing the person who came, Zhang Zhao's heart was relieved, and then he asked

"Uh," the little third son scratched his head and replied helplessly, "Big brother, didn't you say that you were going to set off today to exterminate the rebellious people?" The brothers are now ready and waiting for your order to go! ”

"Well, got it! You wait outside the door first. Brother will go with you after changing his clothes! "When it comes to the end, Zhang Zhao can't think about it so much, if he dares to disobey today, not only will he offend Qian Yuan, but even the big family in Laizhou will not let him go. If he wanted to live, he could only do what he was ordered to do and lead his troops to quell the rebellion.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Zhao put on his armor and rushed to the school with his third son. At this moment, the three thousand sergeants under Zhang Zhao were already on standby at the school ground. Coming to the high platform of the school field, Zhang Zhao looked around at everyone and said, "Brothers, what is the matter with our expedition this time, everyone must know something in their hearts, as a general, you can't kill the enemy on the battlefield, but you have to point the butcher's knife at the people in your hometown, which is a shame for us!" Therefore, this official once again asks you not to kill lightly, so that the people in your hometown will hate us and our relatives will be disgraced. In this operation, we only arrest people, not kill people! Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" The soldiers below shouted in unison, and from their voices, it could be heard that many sergeants still agreed with Zhang Zhao's order.

"Let's go!" Zhang Zhao pulled out his waist knife and roared

Under Zhang Zhao's order, more than 3,000 soldiers lined up in a neat queue and marched towards the west outside Laizhou City. In the past ten days, Zhang Zhao has not made much action. But he already knew a lot about the peasant association. With the cooperation of the gentry and landlords, Zhang Zhao had basically mastered all the strongholds of the peasant associations around Laizhou City. This expedition is just a small dish for Zhang Zhao.

Zhujiagou is a small mountain village that has no quarrel with the world, and most of the people in the village work at sunrise and rest at sunset. After a year of hard work, it was hard work, but it was barely enough to survive. But since things suddenly took a drastic turn a year ago, the peaceful life of this small mountain village has also been shattered.

Two years ago, Kong Youde's rebellion ravaged Denglai and Laizhou, and Laizhou was the target of Kong Youde's key attack. In order to pay, Kong Youde not only slaughtered the people of Pingdu, but even other villages and towns in Laizhou were also affected by the chaos. Zhujiagou is a typical example, the appearance of the rebels brought a tragic disaster to Zhujiagou, almost half of the villagers in the village died in the slaughter of the rebels, and less than half of the people hid in the mountains under the desperate cover of the village chief to survive.

Soon after, Kong Youde's rebels were defeated by the army led by Zhu Dadian, and without the rebellion of the rebels, Laizhou also restored its proper order, and it stands to reason that the suffering of the people of Zhujiagou should have passed, but what everyone did not expect was that the days of suffering did not end with the pacification of the war, but just began.

Kong Youde's rebels ravaged Denglai and Laizhou for half a year, causing the landlords and gentry in Laizhou to suffer unprecedented huge losses, not only the money and grain were plundered by the rebels, but the wealth accumulated over the years was also wiped out. The rebellion was put down, but the money lost was never returned. Faced with such a situation, the landlords and gentry of Laizhou certainly had to find a way to recover their losses.

But the rebellious gentry couldn't defeat it, and they didn't dare to provoke the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court. So, of course, the unarmed people became the targets they used to make up for their losses. In order to recover the losses as soon as possible, the landlords not only stepped up their efforts to loot the people, but even used their rights to wantonly encroach on the land that originally belonged to the people.

With the help of the government and those evil slaves, the land in Laizhou has changed hands one after another, and even small places like Zhujiagou are not spared. One day, the villagers of Zhujiagou suddenly received a notice from the government that all the people in their village had become tenants of the Gao family in Yunshan Town.

Suddenly changed from a homesteader to someone else's tenant, Zhujiagou was stunned by this sudden news. After reacting, the villagers of Zhujiagou were of course unwilling to let the land passed down by their ancestors be encroached upon by others in vain. So they rose up and resisted, picked up hoes and sickles, and gathered together to defend their land. But what is helpless is that Zhujiagou is just a small village, and there are not many strong men in the village, plus most of the people died in military accidents. With only a few dozen of them, where can they be the opponents of the powerful and wealthy Gao family? The rebellion was suppressed without accident, and Zhujiagou was retaliated against by the forces led by the Gao family, and the Dingkou in the village was reduced again, which once again covered this already suffering small village with a layer of indelible haze.

Since you are powerless to resist, you can only succumb to fate. Under the oppression of the Gao family, the villagers of Zhujiagou could only endure the hatred in their hearts and became tenants of the Gao family as if they were unwilling to accept their fate. From then on, Zhujiagou not only had to endure the oppression of the Gao family, but also took out most of the grain harvested every year and handed it over to the Gao family. The situation in the village has also deteriorated, and now it is suffering from hunger and pain almost every day. (To be continued.) )