234: The courage of the Han army

The Chen clan was beheaded in the West Market on the second day, and this move of the Han army also caused a big sensation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

That's the county order, the biggest official in Shouyang County, this Han army said that he would cut it, and it was all over the house, even Chen Weina's two-room concubine was not spared, and even took some of the house slaves.

But cutting people is a kung fu job, and it's not something you can cut if you say so.

When the Han army first entered Shanxi, it was the time when it needed to establish its prestige, and Chen Wei could take the initiative to send it to the door to establish his authority for the Han army, so if the Han army did not make good use of it, it would be too sorry for Chen Wei's hard work.

Dozens of people from Qu Chen, her husband, and her husband's family also came to the scene, but they came to 'supervise' Chen's beheading as onlookers.

Although Qu Chen's case is known to both families, there are not many people in the entire Shouyang County.

In order to protect Qu Chen's dignity, which can be regarded as the most basic human rights protection, Wu Yang did not announce Qu Chen's identity in public, and did not even look at Qu Chen's more, but just treated her as an ordinary person.

However, in secret, Wu Yang personally received the two clansmen of Qu Chen's husband's family and his mother's family.

The final verdict on this case was made, and the verdict printed with the military seal of the Third Army and the personal mark of Wu Yang was sent to Qu Chen, and with this ruling, it was equivalent to clearing Qu Chen's grievances.

However, although Qu Chen's case was treated fairly by Wu Yang, Qu Chen's was also tainted by Chen Can anyway, so for Qu's family, there are still some pimples in their hearts.

Although Qu Shi, who was lying on the bed and couldn't move, did not dislike Qu Chen, most people could still see that Qu Shi had not completely let go of this matter.

In fact, you can't completely blame Qu for this, anyone can have such a big heart? My wife was humiliated for a month, and no matter how generous she is, she can't treat her like a nobody.

And the reason why the husband's family did not immediately drive Qu Chen out of the house was actually for the sake of the silver. Although Qu Chen's family was no longer clean, after all, they received more than 4,000 taels of silver, which they could not earn in their lifetime.

Even for the sake of money, they can endure it, which is more than 4,000 taels of silver, which is enough for the expenses of a big family for a hundred years.

Regarding how they used this money, Wu Yang did not interfere with this, and there was no reason to interfere.

At this point, the case is more than half completed, only the final questioning and cutting link remains, and after it is completed, it can be regarded as completely over.

Early in the morning, the troops in the city began to change their guards, and a battalion of the 39th Division entered Shouyang County, where they would be stationed until the reserve troops came to take over the defense. In other words, the battalion's trip to Shanxi is basically over here.

The 30th Division and the 32nd Division had also left Shouyang early in the morning, and they would start their journey south to Yuci from here.

The 39th Division, as the vanguard, followed by most of the 28th Division, had also continued to attack eastward, and their destination was Taiyuan.

As the commander of the Third Army, Wu Yang needs to stay here to deal with the aftermath before leaving.

After all, it is a high-ranking commander, and it is impossible to be on the front line as often as before. Now the command of the 28th Division has basically been handed over to the deputy division commander.

"The Chen family of Shouyang is extremely evil, and at the behest of the imperial court, the Han army interrogated Chen Wei, the county order. However, more than 200,000 taels of silver, some gold and jewelry were found in his home, and Chen Wei could not explain the source of the finances, so the proceeds of embezzlement. According to the law, it should be beheaded.

Chen Wei's second son, Chen Can, with his father Chen Wei as the backing, repeatedly bullied the people, and even seriously injured the people who asked for explanations.

Chen Wei's wife, Fang, received a large amount of finance, influenced the justice of the temple, connived at his son, and was beheaded according to the law.

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On the makeshift platform, a staff officer was reading aloud the charges of Chen Wei's family.

In fact, these charges do not need them to search at all, even the evidence found from the county government is enough to behead Chen Wei's family.

And when he said these charges, the people below couldn't believe it.

They believe in corruption or something, after all, which official doesn't do that? Three years in Qingzhi County, 100,000 snowflakes of silver This is not a joke, but a real reality based on the experience summed up by predecessors.

But adultery with his mother made people have to spit on him, although the latter words also made them understand that it was Chen Wei's two-room concubine who committed adultery with him.

But the concubine is also Chen Can's mother in name, how can he do this?

For a time, the whole execution ground was full of eggs and rotten cabbage leaves......

Well, nonsense. How can there be any eggs and stinky cabbage leaves, there are eggs and these **** death row prisoners this year, it is better to eat it yourself, as for stinky cabbage leaves or something, isn't it good to feed chickens and ducks?

Click......

With an order, the executioner who had already prepared cut down the butcher knife in his hand, because there were too many people, and there were not enough knife and axe men in the county, so he could only cut this one and quickly cut down the next one.

Okay, it's nonsense again, in fact, Shouyang County doesn't have a standard executioner at all, after all, there aren't so many prisoners to cut, even if there is, you can't have executioners in every county, right?

Therefore, the death row prisoners in Shouyang are generally taken to Taiyuan for execution, or the executioners of Taiyuan come here for execution.

Yesterday's sin, today will be beheaded, even if it is a great crime of rebellion, it will not be so fast. Therefore, most of the people did not have much feeling about this case, neither pity nor hatred.

But before these people could understand, the staff officer on the high platform spoke again.

Compared with the indifference of the previous matter, they can't calm down on this matter, which is a good thing for every family.

As a result, as soon as the staff officer finished announcing the news, the people at the scene were instantly in a mess and hurriedly went home to pack their things. If it weren't for the large number of troops on the scene to maintain order, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The approximate meaning is that the more than 200,000 taels of silver obtained by Chen Wei's embezzlement are the fat and ointment of the local people, but because there is no account book, it cannot be returned to the individual.

Therefore, the Han army decided to use the money to buy grain, vegetables and fruits in Shouyang and purchase them at a price 20 percent higher than the market price.

At the same time, in order to ensure that more people can get this money, each family is limited to two buckets of grain. At this time, the market price of wheat was 900 wen a bucket, of course, this is the price of the grain store to be sold out, and it is naturally impossible for the Han army to buy it at this price.

Although the Han army wanted to share the profits to the people, it was not wronged.

Therefore, the purchase price is based on a 20 percent premium to the purchase price of grain merchants, and the purchase price of grain merchants ranges from 400 to 500 wen per dou.

The price set by the Han army was 500 wen per bucket, according to the price of a premium of 20 percent, that is, they could get an extra 100 wen per bucket of grain.

It's stupid not to make money here.b, although it will be a little difficult to take out two buckets of grain, but it is even more difficult to make money, it's a big deal to sell less grain in the autumn, and then you can earn more than two hundred Wen.

So, the people went home to pack up the grain, the food is really not much, so they take some vegetables and fruits out to sell, anyway, as long as it is eaten, the Han army buys it at a high price, where to find this kind of good thing?

Besides, people have said that once the more than 200,000 taels of silver are used up, it will be purchased at a fair price.

Well, I'm too worried, the grain in the hands of the grain merchants in these years is collected from the landlords, and the people's own food is not enough, how can they be in the mood to sell grain?

This move of the Han army is actually to prevent those landlords from taking the opportunity to sell grain for high prices.

But that's all for later, so let's not talk about it for now.

After disposing of Chen Wei's affairs, Wu Yang left Shouyang with a regiment of the 28th Division.

Although the army commander does not have to go to the front line to fight, when the troops attacked Taiyuan, he, the commander, was still in Shouyang, so it is a little too much to say.

Besides, there's a lot more to come.

Although the Jin merchants expressed their support for the Han army, the landlords of the Jin land did not express their position, and the Han army only relied on the people here It is not feasible, after all, the fields are in the hands of the landlords, and it is okay to occasionally collect some military rations.

Therefore, after attacking Taiyuan, Wuyang's first task was to solve the problems of those landlords.

And this tentative grain collection is actually testing the reaction of the landlords.

Although they really wanted to wipe out those landlords, in fact they could not do so, and even dared to guarantee that as long as they did so in Shanxi, they would encounter unimaginable resistance when they went to attack the southern provinces in the future.

After all, in this era, the main composition is still the landlords and old wealth, even the Han army, in the short term, do not dare to touch the interests of the landlords.

Of course, after controlling the whole country, then say something else, wouldn't Wang Sirui play how he wanted? Who would dare to say a word?

(One bucket of ten liters, one liter is about 1.8 pounds.) After Xianfeng, one tael of silver can be exchanged for about 2,300 Wen, so one tael of silver can buy 2.5 buckets of grain about 45 catties, with a modern dietary level, this grain is enough for a woman to eat for a year, so a family of three spends three or four taels of silver a year is still credible. Finally, don't ask me who has enough food to eat, in fact, people eat porridge...... Who wants to make noodles and eat them? Just promise not to starve to death, if you want to eat, it's basically impossible. )

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