Two days later, he commanded the yamen.

In the dark of night, in the warm pavilion, Liu Yan placed three tables of good delicacies here, accompanied by the pot wine transported from Dapanbao, ready to feast on the gentry here.

Hu Youxiang, a thousand households, came here early, specially asked Liu Yan for an errand to welcome guests, stood at the door of the commanding envoy's yamen, and welcomed the gentry in.

After these gentry arrived at the command envoy yamen, everyone gave Liu Yan a generous gift, Liu Yan looked at the gift list, and then looked at the gifts stacked outside the warm pavilion door, the smallest one was worth more than 100 taels, which shows the generosity of these gentry.

"Mrs. Shen has arrived!"

With a singing harmony, more than a dozen gentry who had been talking happily in the warm pavilion quieted down one after another, and then stood up one after another, looking respectfully at the door.

At this time, Liu Yan was sitting in plain clothes, and Miao Shao, the general manager of Qian, was also not wearing armor or official uniforms, standing aside to obey orders.

The two looked at the appearance of the gentry, and their faces changed slightly.

A moment later, Liu Yan saw a man in his fifties walking in with square steps, this person was wearing a satin red robe, a cotton hat with fleece, and a deerskin coat on the outside, which was very luxurious.

"My lord, my subordinates have secretly investigated in the past two days, this person's name is Shen Jiuwei, and he is the largest gentry of the wealthy family in Lingshanwei, everyone is headed by this person, even the officials above and below Lingshanwei, it is very difficult."

Miao Shao stood aside and whispered, Liu Yan nodded slightly, then got up and said with a smile: "It's Shen Yuanwai, please take a seat!" ”

Shen Jiuwei smiled faintly, then took out a gift slip from his arms, handed it to Liu Yan with one hand, and said, "It's a little meaning, please smile." ”

Liu Yan smiled when he saw this, waved his hand, and Miao Shao next to him stepped forward and took the gift list in his hand.

Shen Jiuwei was slightly stunned, then nodded with a smile and sat directly on the main table.

At this time, Hu Youxiang came in and said to Liu Yan: "My lord, the guests have arrived, shall we start?" ”

Liu Yan said hello, and then sat down at the main table, and Miao Shao also stood behind Liu Yan to serve. Hu Youxiang went to the Zhang Luo banquet before and after.

During the banquet, Liu Yan first toasted everyone and said: "This official has just arrived at the Lingshan Acropolis, and there will be many places to rely on your help in the future, let's do this glass of wine together, how about it?" ”

Everyone raised their glasses, and after drinking, Shen Jiuwei said: "Today's banquet, it is difficult for the Lord of Ethics to be gracious, but I don't know what it is?" I'm waiting for the little people, I heard that the Lord of Ethics is preparing to raise the army, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "This matter is true! As you all know, the guard house is the ancestral system set by Taizu, but now it is full of holes. Take our Lingshanwei as an example, how many military cantonment cultivated land has been encroached upon? How many military families and civilians have been displaced? Now that the official has arrived in this Lingshanwei, he wants money and food, but there is no money and food, and there is no source of soldiers, and the new army under the command of this official has not been able to be fully established until now, just because the military cantonment is deserted! ”

Shen Jiuwei had already put away the smile on his face at this time, and originally thought that Liu Yan was just asking for money through the matter of Tuntian, but when he saw it today, he found that Liu Yan really wanted to implement Juntun!

But now that Lingshanwei has no land to cultivate, how can Liu Yan rejuvenate the army? Naturally, let the people who invaded the military camp spit out the fat at the entrance again!

At this time, Shen Jiuwei's face was already a little ugly, and he said, "In this case, what are you going to do?" ”

Liu Yan also saw the clue at this time, and he was originally ready to be emotional and reasonable with these gentry, but now it seems that he still underestimated the selfishness and shamelessness of the gentry in the late Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for these people to lend money to themselves according to their own ideas.

So Liu Yan directly adjusted the plan and said to everyone: "This official is going to donate to you, and then use this silver to buy land in order to carry out military affairs." ”

Shen Jiuwei immediately burst out laughing and said, "Lord Ethics means to buy our land with our silver?" ”

The gentry burst into laughter.

Liu Yan frowned slightly and said, "The official didn't say to buy your land. ”

"It's all the same, in addition to the cultivated land in our hands, where is there any excess arable land to sell everywhere in this Lingshanwei?"

After speaking, Shen Jiuwei took out ten taels of silver and put it on the table, and said: "Since Lord Ethics has opened the golden mouth, the old man can't refute his face, these ten taels of silver are the old man's donation, please laugh." ”

Then the rest of the gentry also "generously donated", three taels and five taels of scattered silver were placed on the table, and Miao Shao on the side was furious, if he wasn't worried about Liu Yan's big thing, he would have beaten these gentry violently now.

Liu Yan got up slowly, walked to the door of the warm pavilion, kicked open the door, and the cold wind blew in in an instant, freezing those gentry to shrink their necks, Shen Jiuwei also frowned, and said secretly: Does this Liu Yan dare to do it?

I saw Liu Yan walk to the door, point to the mountains of gifts outside, and reprimand the gentry: "These gifts are worth thousands of taels of silver, and you gave them to me Liu Yan himself!" ”

Then Liu Yan pointed to the broken silver on the three wine tables, and said angrily: "These silver together, there are not even a hundred taels, you dedicated them to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"If there is a drastic change today, just my Lingshan Guard, there will be no less than 10 million poor military households, and in the long run, the country will not be a country, if the country is dead, you give me more silver to have an egg!"

After speaking, Liu Yan knocked down the pile of gifts and walked away.

At this time, Shen Jiuwei and the gentry were already dumbfounded, and they never thought that Liu Yan would turn his face on the spot, Miao Shao on the side came over and said loudly: "What else are you looking at?" I haven't eaten enough, so I won't leave! ”

Shen Jiuwei was also annoyed at this time, snorted coldly and walked away, and the other dozen gentry also followed.

Seeing this, Hu Youxiang hurriedly ran in, and said anxiously to Miao Shao: "How can this be! It's going to be bad! ”

Miao Shao glanced at Hu Youxiang coldly and said, "That's right, it's really going to be bad!" You'd better be careful not to get too close to them! ”

Early the next morning, Miao Shao, who was not collected at night, was sent out by Liu Yan, and took a team of his personal guard battalion to Lingshanwei to various places in Lingshanwei at night, and began to secretly investigate the encroachment of the gentry on the cultivated land of the military tun.

After four days, Liu Yan died down, and Shen Jiuwei couldn't help but relax when he saw this, thinking that Liu Yan didn't have any means, at best, he was a little short-tempered, and he couldn't help himself.

On the evening of the fourth day, Miao Shao rushed back to the command envoy yamen and handed over an account book to Liu Yan.

"Your Excellency, please see, this is the details of the cultivated land of the military cantonments that have been encroached upon in various parts of Lingshanwei. Now the gentry everywhere have teamed up with the officials of Lingshanwei to wantonly occupy cultivated land and oppress the military households, and eighty percent of the military camps around Lingshanwei have been occupied! ”

"Among them, Shen Jiuwei has encroached the most, and more than 20 of the largest gentry and wealthy families have encroached on more than 100,000 acres of cultivated land!"

Liu Yan frowned and asked, "Are there any witnesses?" ”

"Yes, I was settled by my subordinates in a big car shop outside the city, and there were two brothers who didn't accept them at night."

Liu Yan thought for a long time, then looked at the evidence account book in his hand, and said coldly: "It's the so-called quick knife to cut the mess!" The official originally wanted to make as few enemies as possible, but it backfired, these gentry and the officials of Lingshan Wei have formed a party, lying on the bodies of the military and ordinary people to suck blood, there is no possibility of reconciliation with them, and they must be completely eliminated by thunderous means! ”

Miao Shao's heart sank when he heard this, and he clenched his fists and said: "Your Excellency order, your subordinates will go to transfer troops, confiscate the encroached farmland according to this evidence, and then go door to door to confiscate the property of those gentry and corrupt officials!" ”

Liu Yan stopped and said: "It's not okay to do it like this, judging from the current situation of Lingshanwei, the soldiers and horses on your side have not been mobilized in place, and those gentry have already received the news, and now Lingshanwei is like a beehive, full of holes, and there is no secret at all." ”

"What then?"

Liu Yan sneered and said, "This is going to be done by extraordinary means." This evidence is placed here, and then you will reveal the news to Hu Youxiang of Qianhu......"

After listening to Liu Yan's instructions, Miao Shao immediately hugged his fists and left.

In the middle of the night that day, Hu Youxiang sneakily came to the main hall of the command envoy's yamen, looked left and right, and after making sure that there was no one around, he began to look for something on the table.

Soon, Hu Youxiang found the evidence account books of the gentry and officials encroaching on farmland in a pile of papers, and just put it in his arms and was about to leave, when the surroundings suddenly lit up, and Miao Shao, the head of Qian, rushed in with a team of new army soldiers with a blue face, and more than a dozen torches illuminated the main hall, and the frightened expression on Hu Youxiang's face was exposed.

"Miao, Miao Qian!"

Miao Shaoyi snatched the account book from Hu Youxiang's arms and said coldly: "Everyone has stolen goods, what else do you have to say?" ”

Hu Youxiang had already heard of the ruthlessness of Liu Yan's methods, and at this time, his face was like ashes, he suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "I was blinded by lard for a while, and I ask Mr. Miao Qian to raise his noble hand and let me go!" ”

"Spare you?"

Miao Shao grabbed Hu Youxiang from the ground and scolded: "It depends on whether you go to the road or not, take it away!" ”

Two soldiers of the New Army rushed up and tied up Hu Youxiang, and regardless of his struggle and begging for mercy, they directly escorted Hu Youxiang away.

At this time, Liu Yan walked out of the back hall, looked at Hu Youxiang's back, and said to Miao Shao: "Interrogate overnight, let him tell the list of officials who colluded with the gentry from Lingshan Wei, regardless of the means!" ”

Miao Shao clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will pry open Hu Youxiang's mouth, and let him tell how many people my mother stole from him!" ”

"What happened to the other witnesses outside the city?"

"My subordinates have sent them to the military camp in the city and sent people to protect them. In addition, his subordinates also brought out a few death row prisoners from the city prison, changed their clothes, and settled in the big car shop. ”

"Good!"

Liu Yan instructed: "The brothers over there should be smarter, run away if the situation is not right, and don't have any accidents." ”

Miao Shao said movingly: "Don't worry, my lord, those boys are very clever, they are all my subordinates who don't collect at night, and they will be fine." ”

At the same time, outside the Lingshan Acropolis, the big car shop.

Several black shadows flashed out of the woods outside the cart shop and rushed to the courtyard outside the store. A moment later, the shadows climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard, and it wasn't long before a fire ignited from inside.

"It's out of the water!"

"Quick! Go call someone! ”

The two new soldiers rushed out of the house in a "panic" and rushed out of the yard shouting to "find someone", and the black shadows hidden around did not stop them, and after the two night soldiers ran away, the black shadows continued to set fire, and soon the entire car shop was engulfed in flames.

"Ran away with two big-headed soldiers, are you okay?"

"Mrs. Shen asked us to set fire, and didn't let us kill the officers and soldiers? Let's make sure those mud legs are burned here, why bother to provoke those new soldiers! ”

"Hehe, the boss is the boss, what he said is reasonable."

"Looking at the fire, even the gods can't escape, let's go back and recover our lives and receive the reward."

"Hehe, let's go, get the silver, let's go to the Goolan of the Lingshan Acropolis to listen to the music!"

Some people died, but not completely......