This night, the night was very windy and cold.

In the command envoy's yamen, Liu Yan once again invited Shen Jiuwei and more than a dozen other gentry, and everyone sat at three tables, and they were happy.

Just the night before yesterday, outside the Lingshan Acropolis, a big car shop was destroyed by fire, it is said that after the fire was extinguished, Qian Zong Miao Shao led people to drag out several charred corpses from the ruins, and after the news was transmitted back to the command envoy Yamen, the integrity officer Liu Yan "jumped like thunder".

Shen Jiuwei saw that Liu Yan hadn't come over yet, and all the people present were his own people, so he proudly whispered to a few gentry around him: "Hu Qianhu has already obtained the account book, and sent someone to bring me the news that the account book has been destroyed." You also go back and press those mud legs, and now the Lord of Ethics has neither physical evidence nor human witnesses, how can I bear it? ”

Everyone laughed and praised Shen Jiuwei's clever methods.

At this moment, everyone heard a sonorous sound of armor leaves, looked out of the door, and saw Liu Yan striding in armor, and Miao Shao, the general manager behind him, was also wearing heavy armor.

"Hehe, I've seen Lord Ethics."

Shen Jiuwei stood up and saluted, and the rest of the people also hugged their fists and greeted each other.

Liu Yan saw that everyone had arrived, so he sat down directly to the main seat, and then beckoned everyone to sit down.

Liu Yan's eyes swept over everyone, and finally stopped on Shen Jiuwei's body, and said, "I brought Shen Yuanwai and you here today to discuss the matter of the military tun with you again. ”

Shen Jiuwei said with a smile: "Didn't you already say this a few days ago? Could it be that the adults have other ideas? ”

Liu Yan ignored Shen Jiuwei, but continued to take care of himself: "Since Emperor Taizu established the guard system, the military tun has always been a two-point garrison and an eight-point tuntian, which is the foundation for the survival of the military households and the soldiers of the guard!" But now, most of these cultivated lands have been annexed, the military households and people everywhere have been displaced, and the soldiers of the various ministries and guards have fled seriously. ”

Shen Jiuwei frowned, Liu Yan came up and said these big truths, obviously he was still unwilling, and he wanted to continue to implement the military affairs, so he said: "Since the adults said so, who is it that annexes the farmland of the military households?" Adults have proof! ”

Liu Yan glanced at Shen Jiuwei coldly, and then with a wave of his hand, Miao Shao took out the account book, Liu Yan slammed the account book on the table, and said: "Shen Yuan asks for evidence, and the official will give you evidence!" ”

Seeing this, Shen Jiuwei hurriedly picked it up and flipped through it, and after only reading a few pages, his face turned white, and he muttered: "Hu Qianhu, he ......"

Liu Yan said coldly: "Hu Youxiang has confessed completely, and now Xu Ming, the general manager of our army, is leading some heads to arrest the officials of Lingshanwei who have invaded the land of the army!" ”

"Ahh

At this time, Shen Jiuwei and the other gentry couldn't sit still, and Liu Yan was clearly going to turn his face with everyone today.

Shen Jiuwei said: "Aren't you afraid that your lordship will act like this? ”

Liu Yan sneered and said, "What a Lingshan Guard, you colluded with each other to make it look like this, and you can't levy what should be levied." To this day, shouldn't the official still be able to move those who should be killed and arrested! ”

"You!"

Shen Jiuwei's legs suddenly weakened when he heard this, and he sat back in his chair, and before he could speak, he saw Liu Yan say loudly: "Today, this official not only arrested those corrupt officials, but also took back all the land that you inferior gentry occupied!" ”

"Not only have you encroached on the farmland of military households everywhere, but you have also used your family members and children to pretend to be fugitive military households, and this method is a way to offset taxes, which can be punished!"

The rest of the gentry were already panicking, but Shen Jiuwei was still stubborn, and said: "Lord Ethics only relies on a so-called account book, he wants to offend us, I'm afraid it can't be justified, if this matter goes to the Jimo Battalion, or even the General Military Mansion, I'm afraid that Lord Ethics will not be able to explain!" ”

"I'm waiting for the officials who have their own ethics to be in charge, and there are many clans that are in harmony with each other, and if the ethics lord wants to use the military affairs to establish his authority, I'm afraid it won't work."

The more Shen Jiuwei spoke, the more confident he became, and said: "Lord Ethics set this table of wine and food tonight, what do you want to do, what can you do!" ”

Liu Yan laughed out loud and said, "Good question! ”

As soon as the words fell, Miao Shao, who was standing behind, pulled out a knife in his hand, grabbed Shen Jiuwei's bun, and pulled it back, and then the steel knife swiped it his neck, and blood suddenly splattered out.

Shen Jiuwei couldn't have imagined that Liu Yan would dare to kill someone directly, his eyes showed an impossible look, he fell to the ground on his back, and lost his life after a few convulsions.

The rest of the dozen or so gentry had seen this kind of scene, and they immediately became a mess.

"Murder!"

"How can it be so, how can it be so!"

"Run!"

The dozen or so gentry all rushed towards the door with their hands and feet, but they were met by a group of new army soldiers and were immediately blocked inside the door.

"Ahh

"Don't kill me, I'll give money!"

"Help, ah!"

The soldiers of the new army were originally military households everywhere, and they had long hated these gentry, and at this time they drew their swords and slashed, and blood splashed in the warm pavilion, like a slaughterhouse. Those gentry of the great clans, who were high in the past, are now like pigs and dogs, slaughtered by others, and have no power to fight back.

Liu Yan looked at the bloody scene in front of him at this time, but the anger in his heart still did not dissipate, and the two gentry who had been cut rushed over at this time, saving Liu Yan's legs, and loudly begging for mercy and help.

Liu Yan didn't look at it, but said loudly: "If it is erosive today, the people who can't survive everywhere are thieves, why?" Because of the continuous natural and man-made disasters, the people are hungry and difficult to live! ”

"The people are hungry because they have no land to cultivate. Where are the thousands of arable land in the world? They are all robbed by you inferior gentry, and they are occupied by the powerful people in the world! ”

"It is said that the world of those who win the hearts of the people, do you know what the hearts of the people are? The human heart is food, and it is the land that can keep the people alive! It's a steady stream of soldiers! ”

Liu Yan kicked away the two gentry who were saving his legs, and then continued to say loudly: "It's because of your troubled places, so the thieves and the thieves in the world are getting bigger and bigger, so that the world is erosive. But the officers and soldiers of our court have no soldiers to recruit and no food to use! That's why, if today, the court is getting weaker and weaker, so that the building is about to collapse, but the thieves are getting stronger and stronger, and the world is in chaos, so that Dongnu can drive straight into the four directions! ”

As he was talking, a gentry ran over covered in blood, and wanted to ask for mercy, Liu Yan pulled out the Yanling knife and directly slashed the head, and the headless corpse was also kicked out of the warm pavilion by Liu Yan, spraying blood in the cold wind of the night.

"You say it yourself, do you deserve to die, should this official be killed!"

More than a dozen gentry were killed in a blink of an eye, and the warm pavilion at this time was like a Shura field, with more than a dozen corpses spread horizontally on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

Miao Shao led his subordinates to check one by one, and after making sure that everyone was killed, he returned to Liu Yan.

At this time, Liu Yan took a deep breath, the anger in his chest rested for a while, and said: "You immediately lead your troops to the homes of these gentry to inspect, and all their family wealth, population, and contracts are all detained." All the money, food and supplies were transported to the barracks and hoarded, and all the families were imprisoned! ”

"Order!"

That night, the entire Lingshan Acropolis was in chaos, the streets and alleys were full of new army soldiers wearing helmets and armor, and there were bursts of birds roaring from time to time in the night, which were all officials or gentry in the homes, those family members were resisting, but without exception were killed by the new army birds.

At this time, President Wang Bo and President Zhang Yi had already led their troops to blockade the Lingshan Acropolis, and the families of those gentry and officials everywhere could not fly. Miao Shao, the general manager, led his troops to copy the homes of the gentry, Xu Ming, the general manager, led the troops to copy the homes of officials in various places, and Shen Tuo, the general manager, led his troops to guard and command the yamen and the military camp in the city.

A group of subordinates were already busy, and Liu Yan sat quietly in the courtyard of the commanding envoy's yamen, letting the night breeze blow on him.

At this time, Wang Yunhe walked over under the service of Shang Shan and Ruoshui, and the three of them had heard the fighting sound of the warm pavilion before, and now the movement in the city has long been known, and the faces of the three of them are not very good-looking.

Liu Yan looked back and saw the three of them, and a smile appeared on his face, and said, "Isn't it too brutal for me to kill as soon as I arrived at the Lingshan Acropolis?" ”

Wang Yunhe said: "But the husband's move can make thousands of military households live, although this move is bloody, but it is also the anger of the Bodhisattva, it is those gentry and corrupt officials who take their own lives!" ”

Liu Yan laughed, hugged Wang Yunhe, and said, "I am very relieved to have a wife like this!" ”

Shang Shan and Ruoshui on the side also blushed when they saw this, and glared at Liu Yan angrily.

After a while, Wang Yunhe pushed Liu Yan away and said, "We just don't worry about our husband, it's okay now, let's go back and rest first." ”

After speaking, Wang Yunhe and the three returned to the backyard, and Liu Yan's mood was much better.

At this time, the hustle and bustle outside gradually quieted down, Liu Yan sat in the courtyard for a while, and Miao Shao and Xu Ming walked in one after the other.

"Lord Qiyu, my subordinates led the troops to raid the mansions of thousands of Hu Youxiang and other eighteen people, and found a total of more than 439,700 taels of dirty silver, 7,152 taels of gold, 873 horses of silk and satin, more than 56,800 deniers of grain, and the rest of the goods are not counted!"

Xu Ming immediately handed the registered account book to Liu Yan and continued: "Now the soldiers of the cavalry battalion are transferring these captures to the barracks and handing them over to President Shen Qian. In addition, his subordinates arrested Hu Youxiang and other 18 corrupt officials and their family members, a total of 511 people, and since the city prison could not accommodate these people, the subordinates gathered everyone at Hu Youxiang's house for centralized custody. ”

"Well, that's good!"

Then Miao Shao clenched his fists and said: "Lord Qiyu, my subordinates copied more than 798,400 taels of silver, 53,152 taels of gold, more than 685,000 taels of grain, and a large amount of silk and satin and other property from the homes of Shen Jiuwei and other gentry, and the specific amount has not yet been counted. ”

"In addition, these seventeen gentry still have 380,000 mu of cultivated land in various parts of Lingshanwei, and their subordinates have already obtained all the land deeds."

"So much!"

Liu Yan originally wanted to take down all the more than 20 gentry in Lingshanwei, but a few of them didn't know if they were cowardly, and when they were about to kick the door, they secretly agreed to sell farmland to Liu Yan at a low price in advance, so they escaped this time.

Therefore, Liu Yan also expected that the amount of cultivated land seized would be less, after all, when he originally sent someone to investigate secretly, the cultivated land in Juntun occupied by Shen Jiuwei and others was more than 100,000 mu, but he didn't expect that the title deed of 380,000 mu of cultivated land had been seized now! m.

Miao Shao explained: "My lord, in order to evade taxes, Shen Jiuwei and others still put some cultivated land in the names of those military households. But in fact, those cultivated land had already fallen into the hands of Shen Jiuwei and other gentry, so we couldn't find out. ”

Liu Yan said coldly: "It can be seen that these moths are innocent!" ”

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