Seeing the results of the fat and oily battle after the defeat of the Xu family, Zhang Liao, who originally wanted to say something, did not hesitate to shut up. Originally, Zhang Liao wanted to arrest and punish the son of the Xu family, and then the Xu family would lose some money, and the matter would be over.

In this era when the king humiliates his ministers and dies, it is absolutely unjustifiable that he is not angry with his master as a subordinate. But the shape is stronger than people, Li Dao and other generals are all shouting to destroy the Xu family, the coach Dong Shouye is young and vigorous, and he refuses to give up, that Zhang both seems to be an understanding person, I thought that he would advise the son, but I didn't think that Zhang was as deep as the sea with the Xu family, and I couldn't wait for Dong Shouye to be angry for himself.

When counting the results, Zhang Liao really couldn't close his mouth, there were too many things, and the Xu family had too much property, which showed how evil he was on weekdays and bullied others.

This Zhang Liao said to Dong Shouye: "Son, there is too much grain and grass obtained from the Xu family, and our army no longer has to worry about grain and grass." ”

Dong Shouye nodded yes, and said to Zhang Liao: "These so-called big families have countless family assets, but they are extremely greedy and stingy, I heard that some time ago, the white wave thieves were more fierce, and many homeless people fled to Puban County to beg, but these big families refused to take out a little food to help the victims, and many people starved to death. The conscience of these great families has been eaten by dogs! ”

Zhang Liao has extraordinary knowledge, and naturally knows that what his son-in-law said is true. At this time, he said to Dong Shouye: "I didn't expect this Xu family, with countless family assets, extremely greedy, and gathered so many grains, grasses and weapons, but I didn't expect it to be cheap for us." ”

As soon as Dong Shouye heard this, he immediately said: "Brother Wenyuan, you don't think this matter is a bit weird, it's true that the Xu family gathers armor soldiers, but there is no need for so much, you can't use it at all?" There are many doubts in this matter, and Brother Wen Yuan will send some capable people to carefully interrogate the people of the Xu family. I'd like to see what's so funny about it? ”

Zhang Liao also felt that there were too many seizures this time, too abnormal, and a little wrong, as soon as he heard Dong Shouye's order, he immediately hugged his fists and said: "The subordinates obey the order, immediately arrange for people to investigate in detail, and never let go of the slightest clue, please rest assured!" ”

Why does Dong Shouye feel that this seizure is abnormal?

It turned out that when cleaning the battlefield and counting the treasury, there were a lot of swords, guns, swords, halberds, strong bows and crossbows, which could be equipped with at least five or six thousand people, and even more than two hundred sets of fine heavy armor.

Zhang Liao took some masters in the army who were good at rectifying people to interrogate the people of the Xu family.

In the process of Zhang Liao's interrogation, someone in the Xu family confessed that the head of his family was involved in smuggling and selling illicit salt, colluded with the officials of Yanchi, secretly shipped official salt out of Yanchi at a low price, and then smuggled and sold it to the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei in the north and other places.

Zhang Liao was taken aback, this matter was very important, and he couldn't be the master, so he immediately reported it to his chief general, Dong Shouye.

Dong Shouye was also furious when he heard this, and thought: "Originally, because your Xu family offended me verbally, I still felt a little guilty for killing you, but I didn't expect it to be crooked, your Xu family dared to do such a thing, it's really bold!" It is really unbearable to collude with foreign races and betray the big man! The Xu family can't do these things, and there must be collusion with other families, to say that these families are too much, for the sake of petty profits, they can do anything, and they dare to do such things as betraying the country, there is really a way to die! ”

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, due to the frontier, the Ming Dynasty government and the Mongolian remnants such as Warat and Tatar in the north were at odds with each other, prohibiting the trade of salt, pig iron, tea, etc., and the rest of Mongolia such as Wala and Tatar fought against each other with the Ming Dynasty government, forcing the Ming Dynasty government to resume trade in salt, pig iron, tea, etc., and the Tatar tribal leader Altan Khan even took the "Gengshu Change." In the end, Altan Khan had to submit to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming government agreed to resume trade.

In the Han Dynasty, the smuggling of smuggled salt was very strict, but it was big or small, after all, the Han Dynasty was a salt and iron official camp, and you smuggled smuggled salt Isn't it against the government? Although the central government's control over the local government gradually weakened in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the relationship between private salt and salt was too huge.

Moreover, the Xu family has more than 4,000 men, women and children, young and strong servants, and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. If the Xu family smuggled these grains, salt, weapons and equipment to the Southern Xiongnu or the Xianbei in the north, the consequences would be unimaginable. (At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the total population of Hedong County was about 570,000, and Puban County was also a relatively large county in Hedong County, with a population of about 670,000.) There are a total of 19 counties in Hedong County, and several counties bordering the prefecture have smaller populations, some of them only 10,000 or 20,000 people. The counties near the banks of the Yellow River and around Yanchi are relatively populous, such as Anyi, the administrative office of Hedong County, with a population of nearly 100,000) The above-mentioned Yanchi is near Puban County, located in the eastern part of Puban County and the southern part of Anyi. Salt pond is one of the main salt production areas in ancient China, and the classics record that there was a "salt official" in the Western Han Dynasty. Since the Han and Tang dynasties, the production and marketing of pond salt has been included in the government's unified management plan, and it is linked with the military in the north, especially after the Anshi Rebellion, during the Song-Xia confrontation, the Western Xia focused on the management of pond salt, and the trade between the Song and Xia wars and the trade of pond salt was carried out, and the Ming Dynasty was the most detailed period of Ningxia pond salt production and marketing, such as the setting of the salt management agency, the Ming Dynasty's salt law and the marketing of Lingzhou pond salt, and the military protection of multilateral salt and Lingzhou salt pond, etc., It is directly related to the garrison of the army of the Shaanxi trilateral military town and the changing process of the war.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Liao gritted his teeth, and was even more eager to kill. I think that at the beginning, under the leadership of Ding Yuan, I fought with the Xiongnu and Xianbei in the north, and often had insufficient food and grass, and the weapons were not strong, and the family only cared about their own selfish interests and rarely supported, so they often lacked food and clothing, and the battle was unfavorable. Seeing the rich results of this copying, I can't help but think that I don't have to worry about food and clothing anymore.

After leading the military horses back to the camp in the county, the generals sat down to discuss how to dispose of this huge amount of money.

Dong Shouye saw that everyone had already sat down, so he said loudly: "Everyone, this time the Xu family privately beat the imperial court officials, despised the imperial court, and was like a rebellion, and its crime was not small, and they secretly hid the longbow and hard crossbow This kind of control weapon, the intention is unknown, and then during the interrogation, it was found that the Xu family actually smuggled these weapons, grain, grass, and salt to the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei and other departments, and betrayed the Han Dynasty. And he offended me in his words, and today I struck and killed him, precisely for the sake of the country and for the sake of justice. ”

When the generals below saw that he was impassioned, they all applauded, and when they heard Dong Shouye call the Xu family a "traitor", they all felt that it was really appropriate to use this word to describe the Xu family who betrayed the Han Dynasty.

At this time, Li Dao said: "This Xu family is full of crimes, full of evil, and the son's move is to eliminate harm for the country and the people." When the people heard this, they all applauded and applauded! ”

Dong Shouye listened to Li Dao's words, and thought: Okay, you Li Dao, are you quite good at sycophancy, why didn't you see it before. He spoke up again and said: "This seizure is quite large, what do you think should be done?" ”

When Li Wei saw the birth of his son-in-law and asked, he immediately got up and replied: "Son, there are so many captures this time, and our army can't use them all, so it's better to keep some of them for the consumption of the army, and transport most of the remaining to Luoyang and hand them over to the Taishi for disposal." Now there are too many people in the capital, and it is precisely the need for money, grain and grass. Gongzi transported the grain and grass to Luoyang and handed it over to the Taishi, which could show the filial piety of the child, and secondly, it could also relieve the pressure on the Taishi. ”

When Dong Shouye heard it, he didn't see it, is Li Dao's head very good? The head of the story is reasonable, and it is all for the sake of himself. It's promising!

Then he praised Li Dao and said: "What Captain Li said is very true, it has won my heart, do you have any other opinions?" You may wish to speak freely, I am still young and need your help. ”

Everyone didn't even dare to say it, but at this time Zhang Ji got up and said: "Captain Dong, now that the treasury of Puban County is empty, please also ask Captain Dong to take out a part to supplement the treasury, and take out another part to help the victims, so that the people of Puban County will be grateful for Captain Dong's kindness, which is beneficial to the reputation of our army." ”

When Dong Shouye heard this, he immediately replied: "What Zhang Xianling said is very true, and I also have this intention, and the specific number will be discussed later." ”

Zhang Ji saw that he had just proposed to build a yì and was accepted, and he was also very happy in his heart, feeling that Dong Shouye attached great importance to him, after all, at this time, human life is as cheap as a dog, who cares about the life and death of the people.

In fact, Dong Shouye is now preparing to pull Zhang Ji to his side, and he must be obedient to Zhang Ji, not to mention a reasonable construction, even if it is an unreasonable construction, he can make an exception.

In the end, everyone discussed for a long time, Dong Shouye finally decided to take out a small part of the money to reward the army, and most of the rest took advantage of the fact that the boats at the Pubanjin ferry port had not left, and transported them from the Pubanjin ferry port to the Xinfeng ferry port near Hu County, Hongnong County, and then transferred them to Luoyang by land, took out 30,000 stone of grain and put it in the treasury of the county government, and took out another 20,000 stone to distribute to the poor people in the city, and the army kept 50,000 stone for military rations.

Dong Shouye also arranged for Li Wei's younger brothers Li Ying and Li Huan to each bring 500 soldiers, and then hire more than 1,000 farmers to transport the remaining 200,000 stone of grain from Pubanjin Ferry to Luoyang, Hanguguan and other places.

He also wrote a secret letter, handed it to his confidants, and sent it to Dong Zhuo, informing him of the specific situation of what happened in Pusaka, as well as some evidence that the Xu family sold illicit salt, secretly hid swords and soldiers, and colluded with Hu people to communicate with foreign thieves.

PS: The Xu family mentioned in the last few chapters includes Xu Ying, who is actually a native of Sili Feng Yi (Dali County, Weinan City, Shaanxi), and is also a local scholar. However, this person did make a county order in Pusaka County, and when he was appointed Gongcao, he whipped the county official Zhang Ji for thirty. He was written in Kasaka County as a dragon set mainly to subdue the first little brother of the pig's feet. In addition, Xu Ying, whether it is in the romance, or in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Zizhi Tongjian, is mentioned because of the whipping of Zhang Ji, and he is a passer-by everywhere.