The seventh day of December.

Since Baili Wuji ordered the officials under the jurisdiction of Gyeongju to adopt the order of recommendation, self-recommendation, and then pass the same assessment and merit-based recruitment.

After several months of accumulation, the number of people who have registered as self-recommended officials in the state capital and the yamen of the four counties has reached a large number.

Baili Wuji has long had the idea of launching a stormy movement, since the capture of Sanzhou, the original Shu officials and a lot of complicated legacy problems have been entangled in the development of Gyeongju, those old officials and wealthy families have more or less in their hands some weapons, as few as dozens, more than hundreds, these are like a cancer, must be eradicated.

With these backup officials as a backup, Baili Wuji launched a vigorous campaign to rectify the rule of officials.

It is known as the "Qing Official Movement" in history. The word "Qing" contains two meanings, one is to clean up corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the other is to set a model of clean officials.

From the state capital to the county government to the townships and villages below, notices were issued at the same time. The Black Flag Army temporarily formed the Military Judge Advocate Advocate General's Department to inspect the counties, and all incumbent officials who have violated the law after the name change in Gyeongju will be immediately handed over to the Military Judge Advocate General for trial and punishment once the report is found to be true. Vacancies are replaced by those who are registered in the office.

Once the notice was issued, there was a lot of noise throughout the state. At first, the people in the counties did not react, and even those with grievances were also watching, but after seeing several officials being punished, more and more pleadings were handed over, forming a gushing trend.

Baili Wuji didn't expect that this movement happened to become the fuse of the riot.

Wanxian County has a long history.

Since the state was downgraded to a county, the history of the assassination has become a county order, Huang Wentong is very dissatisfied in his heart, and often complains after drinking.

Huang Wentong is nine out of thirty, just in the prime of life, and he naturally acts when he is angry.

After the restructuring of Gyeongju, the soldiers of the former state government had not yet had time to be reorganized, and the former four states had more or less some troops in their hands. So Huang Wentong began to contact He Xianyou and Zhang Zhenqi, the county commanders of Kui and Kai counties.

He Xianyou and Zhang Zhenqi were still hesitating, but when they saw the notice issued by the Gyeongju Mansion, they knew in their hearts that Baili Wuji was about to start liquidation.

He Xianyou and Zhang Zhenqi had the same thoughts, so they naturally hit it off, agreed on a time to start an incident, and then led their troops to the north, and then turned west to Shu.

These three people really don't want to rebel, and they don't have the ability to rebel, and the fools also know that with their troops, how can they resist the thunderous blow of the Black Flag Army, they just want to make Baili Wuji lose face, and they can also ask for merit and reward from Shu State, plus lead troops to go, and they can also be a big official if they want to come.

But nine times out of ten, things are not going as expected, and God wants to play tricks, and no one can escape.

As a result, this small defection turned into a vicious rebellion case ...... because of a civil case.

While he was busy preparing for his work, there was a major case in Wanxian County, a major case involving hundreds of people fighting with weapons, and a vicious case in which 47 people were killed and 100 people were injured.

The cause is very simple, Zheng Guo of Lishu Township under the jurisdiction of Wanxian County died of illness, leaving behind his old father Zheng Fengshou and his wife Ding Chunyu, who was only 21 years old. Liu Wenkui, a fellow villager, has always coveted Ding's appearance, and after learning that Zheng Guo died of illness, he went to Zheng Guo's father, Zheng Fengshou, and wanted to marry Ding.

Zheng Fengshou was also refreshed, thinking that his son was gone, it was useless to keep his daughter-in-law, and he could exchange some money for the elderly if he got married, so he agreed, and said to Liu Wenkui: "Wenkui, my family has not been going well in the past two years, and I spent all the money on Zheng Guo's treatment, and I borrowed a lot of money for Zheng Guo's funeral this time." If you want to marry Ding, I have no objection, but you have to give me 200 yuan, first, so that I can be more comfortable, and second, to buy some dowry for Ding. ”

It is also said that it is moved by reason, and it is understood by emotion.

But although Liu Wenkui is the head catcher in the county and eats government salaries, his family is not wealthy, and it is not easy to come up with so much money at once.

"Uncle Zheng, where can I find two hundred dollars? All the belongings are only fifty or sixty dollars. You give me a leniency, I'll give you fifty hangings first, and then I'll give you slowly. ”

Liu Wenkui's request is also reasonable.

"If you have suffering, I don't? After the Ding family married out, I was the only old man, how would I live in the future? You think about it for me, too. "Old man Zheng naturally disagreed, two hundred hangs became fifty hangs, after your kid got the Ding family, I still thought that one hundred and fifty hangs was a dream.

"You always say yes, but I married Ding, and in the future, the two of us will take care of you and provide for you in the future." Liu Wenkui continued to plead.

"I'll give you some time while you go and scrape together the money. Otherwise, I can't help it. Old man Zheng didn't let go.

Liu Wenkui saw that there was no hope for the central begging, so he had to leave in a huff.

Originally, this matter stopped here, but I didn't expect Ding's fame to spread far and wide, and there were people watching it except Liu Wenkui.

Guo Qi, a wealthy family in Lishu Township, has been fighting the Ding family for a long time.

This Guo Qi is a rich lord, with thousands of fertile fields and hundreds of servants at home, and his life is comparable to that of the emperor of the soil.

When he heard that Zheng Guo was dead, he came to Zheng Fengshou and said that he wanted to marry Ding.

Zheng Fengshou has not changed, and he still asks for 200 hanging money.

Guo Qi was wealthy, so he agreed without hesitation, and called Xu Zhangxiang, an elder in the township, to be a matchmaker, and sent 200 hanging money, and also gave Ding's biological father some property. Ding's father wanted to marry his daughter and splash the water, so he naturally did not object. So it was agreed to pick an auspicious day for the zodiac to get married.

A few days later, Guo Qi brought a sedan chair and a blowing blow to Zheng Fengshou's house and married Ding back to his home.

Let's talk about Liu Wenkui since he was rejected by Old Man Zheng, he has been worried about raising money, all his relatives and friends have borrowed it, and he has collected a hundred dollars, which is still far from the goal. Listless and sad all day.

On this day, when he heard that Guo Qi had married Ding, he was immediately resentful. That night, Liu Wenkui found his brother Liu Wenbin, Liu Wenhui and his friend Sun Hua, and told them the ins and outs of this matter: "Old man Zheng had promised to marry the Ding family to me, but in the process of raising money, Guo Qi intervened and married the Ding family. I invite you here to get Ding back. Otherwise, I can't swallow this breath. ”

Liu Wenbin suggested: "There are not enough of us, call your cousin Liu Wengui and them, and you go back and call your subordinates to catch fast, just change out of the clothes of the fast catcher." In this way, there are many people on the other side, and we will not suffer, which is called being prepared. ”

In this way, early the next morning, Liu Wenkui took dozens of people, carrying equipment, and drove a few ox carts to the door of Guo Qi's house, Liu Wenkui instructed everyone to guard outside, and he took Liu Wenbin and Liu Wenhui, Sun Hua and others to rush into Guo Qi's house.