Yuan Zhongyi is dead!

This big news, on the already closed and poor territory of Huangzhou, quickly stirred up thousands of waves. The aftermath reverberated among the mountains of Dabie, setting off a chain reaction.

The quickest responders were the squires who had no merchant fleets navigating the Yangtze River in the first place, and who had chosen to cooperate with Tongzhi in exchange for seeds of new species.

These people didn't ask much, and immediately further rallied around the Tongzhi Lord, and let them do whatever they wanted, and even the apportionment and payment of donations went a little smoother.

And those squires who originally chose to be the leader of Yuan Zhongyi were divided.

A small number of people chose to see the wind and rudder immediately, regardless of how Yuan Zhongyi died, whether the person who killed him was Liu Xiyao's thief, just treat him as Liu Xiyao's doing, and then immediately pay the money to Lord Tongzhi and express cooperation.

The other part is a little more iron-headed, trying to get to the bottom of it and try to find the truth.

However, this is also easy to do, because when they come to Huangqikou Town and other estuary docks, they will be stopped by the patrol fleet of the Shen family.

Moreover, Shen Shuren also used his power to give his henchmen and captains the official positions of "regimental training of thousands of households" and "regimental training of hundreds of households", so that they would be more confident in enforcing the law.

According to the laws of the imperial court, personnel appointments at this level will not leave any procedural flaws. Because the establishment officials of the regimental training and guard station are not worth much, and they do not need the imperial court to pay silver like regular officers.

Shen Shuren, in the name of the Huangzhou regimental training, originally had the right to cobble together the source of troops and appoint officers during the war. He is just a cronyistic person, and no one can say anything about him.

What's more, the captains of the Shen family, who have been licking blood on the Yellow Sea for many years, do have the ability to manage their families and private soldiers.

Those squires who wanted to leave Huangzhou by water all received such a reply: "You are not allowed to go out of the river!" In the future, the ships of the people of Huangzhou are allowed to sail in the Xishui and Qishui, and they will not be allowed to go up the Yangtze River! ”

In the face of obstacles, a few unbelieving gentry tried to reason: "Lord Baihu, we are different from Yuan Gongzi's fleet, we have paid the centigold twice at the beginning, and the Tongzhi lord said that those who pay the centijin will be protected, and we can't go back on our word." ”

The hundreds of households of the Shen family who blocked the road immediately retorted: "It's late!" That was the old yellow calendar before Yuan Gongzi's accident! Originally, the centigold was collected on a trip, but when this happened, the Tongzhi lord ordered that he would no longer accept your centigold for the time being.

It is only required that the river defense be strictly locked, and no one is allowed to trade out of the river. If there is a shortage of materials in the local area, the regimental trainer will be responsible for armed escort. Those who have to go out of the river will be punished according to the conspiracy to cooperate with the thief and the enemy! ”

In the face of the bright knife, these gentry were only frightened, but they were not willing to distinguish: "This Lord of the Hundred Households, please calm down!" We just want to go to Jiangxi to get into a shortage, why are we involved in thieves? You can't wronged a good person. ”

The Shen family looked taken for granted: "Why is there no suspicion of thieves?" Let's just say Yuan Zhongyi, it doesn't matter if he dies, but the materials on his fleet have been robbed by Liu Xiyao's people!

I heard that there are some good varieties from Fujian! If this is promoted by Liu Xiyao to plant and breed, it will be a big enemy!

Now Liu Xiyao is rampant, because the people of Huanggang have been robbed of poverty by him, and he can't support so many soldiers, so he has to continue to harass our Qishui and other counties.

The most important thing now is to clear the wall! It doesn't matter if you die, you will follow the ship's wealth and materials to defeat the enemy, not to ruin the overall situation of Lord Tongzhi! If you don't retreat, don't blame the knives and guns! ”

Speaking of which, everyone knows that this hurdle will definitely not be overcome. The remnants of the Yuan clan returned to the county one after another and discussed countermeasures behind closed doors.

A richest man surnamed Wang in Qi County said: "Otherwise, let's cooperate with Lord Tongzhi completely, just endure it for two years, and we will give him whatever he wants." ”

The richest man surnamed Xu in Huangmei County next to him retorted worriedly: "What will I do after that?" The appearance of the government has always been more and more ugly, and seeing that we are easy to bully, it will only get worse. ”

Wang Shoufu shook his head: "I didn't say that I was completely convinced, but I just endured it for two years." I think Shen Shuren made it clear that he wanted to block the Yangtze River, so he almost pulled the flag. I heard that the Shen family is a tyrant in the Yellow Sea, and its power on the water is far from comparable to that of people in small places like me, and he will definitely be able to seal it if he wants to block it. Now that we resist, we are looking for death.

It's better to wait for him to repel Liu Xiyao, or the officials and troops of other state capitals in the imperial court will raise Liu Xiyao and Lin into a pot and open up the land route, and then we will go out to report to the officials on the Yinghuo Mountain Trail. Until then, patience is enough.

I heard that Liu Guoneng, who was stationed in Ye County on the opposite side of the mountain in the north, had an old enmity with the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution. Although Liu Guoneng is a thief anyway, since he was trusted and reused by His Majesty, he has to serve the court like chicken blood, maybe he can really break Liu Xiyao and save us?

Even if Liu Guoneng can't count on it, there is also Shi Kefa, the governor of Anlu on the other side of the mountain in the east, and Huang Degong and Huang Zongzhen under Shi Futai's account, I heard that they are all loyal and brave loyal ministers, and after a year or two, how can they penetrate Yingshan and destroy Lin Cheng. ”

When Xu Shoufu heard this, he shook his head disdainfully, obviously he had more well-informed news than the richest man in Qi County, and sighed:

"It's okay to count on Shi Kefa, do you still dare to count on Liu Guoneng? Say that there is no one in your family and you are not well-informed. I have long heard that earlier this year, it was going to be tried for a while, and His Majesty had many doubts about the generals who Xiong Wencan had appeased at the beginning.

Liu Guoneng was so suspicious at that time that he was not allowed to allocate money and food to the army at all. Later, it was Shen Shuren who made a blunt admonition when he tried to play in the palace, persuading the emperor to only punish the first evil and praise him anyway, and the emperor deposed him at the end of a second-class crane.

But later, I heard that His Majesty still listened to it partially, restored part of the supply to Liu Guoneng's ministry, and let Liu Guoneng's only son go to Nanjing Guozijian to study. I heard that Liu Guoneng is very grateful to Shen Shuren, do you expect Liu Guoneng to open up the road to Tongbai Mountain and work against Shen Shuren, or sooner or later accept this heart! ”

Since these rabbles are still talking to each other and no one is convinced, there is nothing to say.

They resolutely chose to go their separate ways, and dealt with Shen Shuren in the most reliable way they thought were the best.

Unfortunately, it turns out that the gang that chooses to fight will not end well.

Because Xu Shoufu, the richest man in Huangmei County, felt that it was not feasible to wait for other imperial armies to open up the road, he chose to send someone over Dabie Mountain to report to the official, at least to inform Yuan Jixian and Yuan Daotai in Yunyang first.

After all, they don't have clear evidence to prove that "Yuan Zhongyi was not killed by Liu Xiyao's Jiang thieves", and the evidence to directly sue Shen Shuren for running rampant in the local area is also insufficient.

It's a pity that Xu Shoufu's attempt to investigate ended in sending letters to his relatives and all of them to be captured by thieves or intercepted and killed.

Later, when the richest man in Qixian County heard that Xu Shoufu had sent a messenger, but failed, he decisively chose to betray his accomplices and submit his name to Shen Shuren, and told Shen Shuren about the other party's attempt to contact the outside world, so as to clear himself.

Shen Shuren was not ambiguous, and immediately opened a public court marching method, arrested Xu Shoufu, and asked him if he was suspected of being a thief, whether he wanted to send someone to the depths of Yingshan to collude with the thieves, betray the military intelligence of various counties in Huangzhou, and lure the thieves to attack.

The other party desperately denied it, but the evidence was there, and it was impossible for his dead henchmen and family members to come out to testify.

In wartime, thunder is naturally needed, and after Shen Shuren found out the other party's behavior, there was no need to investigate the specific motives and why he sent envoys over the mountain.

directly beheaded Xu Shoufu in the name of a thief in public, and confiscated all his family property and land as military funds.

Yuan Zhongyi was only suspiciously killed, but this Xu Squire was really killed by Lord Tongzhi by military law. Two bloody cases, one dark and one bright, were placed in front of them, and the rest of the people also completely woke up, knowing that this Tianzhou was the heaven of Master Shen.

The Yangtze River, the mountainous area of Huangzhou has completely entered the logic of the knife handle, and everything serves the thief!

If you want to return to the logic of the peaceful and prosperous world, you must first share the same hatred with Lord Shen and annihilate all the thieves entrenched in the surrounding mountainous areas, otherwise everything will not be discussed!

These two years have to be endured no matter what, and we must not be the first bird.

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took two waves of human head sacrifice swords in a row, and it only took Shen Shuren half a month before and after.

Count the days, it's not yet the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Although this year's autumn grain has not yet reached the harvest season, the military rations that should be paid by the counties have been counted very smoothly in advance, and all the counties are happy and convinced that they will not default on the slightest bit.

After calculation, Shen Shuren will soon be able to get 150,000 stone of apportioned military rations - considering that the cultivated land in Huangzhou is now controlled by the government, but only 350,000 mu, it is already a very good result to be able to get 150,000 stone of military rations.

According to the regular tax of the imperial court in previous years, the whole government was only 60,000 or 70,000 stones, and Shen Shuren only had more than 40,000 yuan of land in hand.

Even if the additional three salaries are counted, it will be four times the regular tax, and the total collection of the land in hand of Shen Shuren will not reach 200,000 stones, not to mention that these poor houses in mountainous areas are often not collected.

Shen Shuren can completely collect the grain when the year is not very good, but also thanks to the major gentry this year, temporarily forbearance and cooperation, many gentry have listened to Shen Shuren's order, and reduced their own tenant rent, and the land that escaped from the wasteland is completely rent-free, ensuring that after the farmers can survive, the rest of the majority is given to the government.

With enough grain bags, Shen Shuren is also confident, although it is not yet the autumn harvest after the farming, but Shen Shuren has also begun to prepare for recruiting troops and horses, expanding the regiment and training armaments.

Recently, Zhao Yunfan, the magistrate of Qizhou, performed relatively well, and Shen Shuren gradually transferred the work of money, food, military and logistics to him to help deal with it, and asked him to calculate what scale the entire territory of Huangzhou could be expanded.

Zhao Yunfan was also worried, and helped Tongzhi calculate it overnight, and reported with a sad face:

"My lord, according to the calculation of one and a half stone of food per soldier per month, 150,000 stone of military food is enough for 100,000 people to consume a month, that is, 8,000 people to eat for a year.

However, if you give your family some subsidies, you have to have a year-round standing group training, and at most five or six thousand people can be maintained.

The lower officials have repeatedly investigated, and Liu Xiyao's troops already had 10,000 or thousands of people before they invaded Huanggang. Recently, he has been plundering everywhere, not doing production, and forcibly pulling young people from the occupied areas to enlist in the army, I am afraid that it will be easy to get together 20,000 people.

When Squire Xu was killed in Huangmei County before, some of Squire Xu's in-laws and old relatives followed, and they fled in fear of crime, maybe they voted for Liu Xiyao to report the letter. If Liu Xiyao learns that you are doing this everywhere in Qi County, I am afraid that you will rush into the prison before the autumn harvest and harvest all the grain we have planted for a season.

Now that there are only so many people in the regiment training, relying only on the sailors and family members brought by the adults, I am afraid that they will not dare to fight with Liu Xiyao in the field to protect food. The situation is grim and we must not worry! Although the source of soldiers is easy to talk about now, there is a serious shortage of ordnance and armament, and the subordinate has reminded the adults several times before, but the adults are ......"

Shen Shuren waved his hand very confidently: "Don't worry, I have already arranged these." ”