Chapter XXVII: Execution as Faith
"Ma Tan, you dare!" The head of the Han family was suddenly anxious.
The Han family is also a famous local family, and this little prestige is saved by relying on a tough attitude.
Now that so many Qiantou are present, Ma Jian is still watching and not letting him go. Once Ma Jian is allowed to beat this military stick down, then their Longxi clan will really lose their prestige.
At that time, the entire Longxi County will spread, and their Longxi clan will be like that, and they can't even keep the clansmen in front of the newly arrived county guard.
So Ma Tan's five-colored stick is hitting the butt of his clan, it is clearly hitting their warriors in the face!
However, before the Han family master could take two steps, he suddenly stopped.
Because behind Ma Tan, dozens of heavily armed soldiers rushed out, and the strong crossbows in their hands were already full of strings.
"Execution!" Ma Jian yelled.
The five-colored stick fell suddenly, and in front of countless Qiantou heads, under the noses of the great family, it hit them scholars.
"Peng! Peng! Peng! ”
Countless dull military sticks were intertwined with the wails of these soldiers crying for their fathers and mothers, which was particularly loud.
And Ma Tan's prestige was also established at once with the fall of this five-color stick!
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In the days that followed, Ma Tan would appear at the gate of the county government every morning. With a group of soldiers and servants, he brought out a group of soldiers who were once high, and then executed them in public.
The head of Qianxi in Longxi is also very face-saving, and he will arrive in time every time. While watching those high-ranking soldiers being beaten, he also received the corn sent by Lord Taishou.
Except for the first two days when the Shi clan sent people to try to save people, the family did not show up for the next few days, as if it was not their clan who was beaten and executed.
Of course, it's not that they don't want to, and Wu Yong, the head of the Wu family, persuaded them.
"Isn't that a shame enough? What's the use of threatening him with the character of that madman? Wu Yong looked at these colleagues whose faces were all dark, and sighed.
"So what to do? That's our Han family, can we just let Ma Jian do this? The head of the Han family was very angry, and his eyes were red with anger.
"He really trampled the faces of several of our families to the ground and made us lose our prestige!"
I think they have been showing off their power in Longxi for so many years, and it is the first time they have encountered such a shameless bastard.
"He's a madman, he doesn't even want the face of a doctor, do you dare?" Wu Yong waved his hand and motioned to his subordinates to close the door, leaving only a few representatives of the family. After taking care of the door, Wu Yong's face became serious.
"Can't you see what Ma Tan is trying to do? Do you really think he's just going to punch us in the face? ”
As soon as Wu said this, several family representatives suddenly lost their anger, and their faces all became solemn. Even the most angry Han family master calmed down all of a sudden, without any angry expression just now.
"Looks like you see that, too?" Wu Yong looked at these old drama bones, shook his head lightly and said.
"How can you not see it, our family's grange outside the city has been explored by the Shu people three times." The head of the Chen family said in a deep voice, people who can become the head of the family in the family, this bit of vision is still there.
And according to the clansmen whose family is a small official in the county government, the Shu people have been investigating the issue of household registration and land deed one after another in the past few days. According to a certain guess, it won't take long for Ma Tan to find out something. ”
Over the years, these families have taken advantage of Cao Wei's lack of attention to Longyou, and have followed the previous Taishou to do a lot of dirty things.
In less than ten years, most of the powerful landlords who held land in Longxi County were ruined, and the land belonged to several of their families. And Longxi County, which was originally quite populous, also disappeared a large number of people in a few years.
Now that Ma Jian suddenly checked this, it definitely tugged at their heartstrings.
"So Ma Yan's purpose is not in the execution itself, but in trying to get all their attention to the county government and ignore the small actions he has made." Wu Yong nodded, and his tone became a little cold.
Land will always be the core interest of this land, and it will not change even if it is another thousand years.
Especially since Cao Wei implemented the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, this imagination has become more serious.
Under the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, the future of the local scholars is locked in, and the career belongs to the end at a glance. Under these circumstances, there was no point in continuing to spend their energy on the struggle for officialdom, so they focused all their energy on land annexation.
Now even if Shu Han controls here, these scholars don't want the land they have eaten over the years to be spit out.
It's almost finished, and you'll let me take it out again? How can it be.
So when Ma Tan began to check the household registration and land deed, several families had already made a big alarm.
Even if Ma Jian did such a big job, he slapped the big mouth of their warriors in public. Still unable to make the scholars ignore his quiet actions of investigating the title deed and household registration.
"And you should also know why Ma Jian is executing in public except for covering up those small actions, right?" Wu Yong raised his head and asked, seeing the doubts in his colleagues' eyes, he spoke softly.
"You all know that during the Qin Dynasty, Shang Ying's Limu who changed the law was a letter, right?"
"Ma Jian is doing the same thing, but he is not standing on wood, but on the head of our family."
As soon as these words came out, several heads of the family all understood, and jealousy flashed in their eyes.
Standing wood for trust, simply put, is to establish the credibility of the court through an example, so that the people believe that what the court is going to do next is not a face project.
Ma Tan was executed in public, and even publicly executed members of their local clans. is telling the leaders of Longxi that I really want to implement the Han law, and I am not in the same group as those big clans.
The news would spread throughout Longxi with those who were attracted to watch the execution. Once the Qiandu below believed Ma Yan's words, it would not be so easy for several big clans to stop Hanfa.
"Killing three birds with one stone, both attracting our attention and striking at our prestige, his own prestige in returning the power of the book." Wu Yong analyzed with his colleagues, with a complicated expression.
"In addition to his own shamelessness, all the links are hit on the important links."
After Wu finished speaking, all the representatives of the Shi clan in the room fell silent. They no longer have any contempt, and their eyes are full of vigilance and jealousy of this Taishou.
"Shikang, we can't wait any longer, we have to do it as soon as possible!"
There was silence in the room for a long time, and He Zuo, the head of the He family, suddenly spoke.
"This Ma Tan has been rushing to tear his face with us from the beginning, and he has never thought of making peace with us. If this continues, we will only be eaten away step by step, and finally be completely solved by Ma Yan. ”
"Make up your mind as soon as possible and let this county guard disappear!"