Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 52
In the eldest son county of Shangdang County in Bingzhou, the prefect Zhao Hong was having a meeting with his subordinates.

Even in the Han Dynasty, it can be said that it has a long history.

Legend has it that Shennong, the first ancestor of China, tried to plant five grains here and taught the people how to farm. In the era of Yao and Shun, Danzhu, the eldest son of Yao, was conferred here, and the county name was derived from this.Later, for more than four hundred years in the Qin and Han Dynasties, this place has always been the county government of Shangdang County, and it has also been used as the state government of Bingzhou several times.

Therefore, Zhangzi County has always been relatively prosperous, and there are many famous families.

The current leader of the gentry in Bingzhou is the Wang family of Taiyuan, and even the governor of the state has moved to Jinyang City, Taiyuan County, where the main family of the Wang family is located. The Wang family in Zhangzi County is only one of the branches, and its number and strength are not comparable to other local gentry families. It is considered very strong, so under mutual restraint, this place has been very peaceful for a long time...

But recently there have been external factors, like throwing a boulder, breaking the calm water of the eldest son, of course it also stirred up countless waves!

This external factor is the eunuch party.

Of course, the ten permanent servants did not come here, not even one. Their duty is to take care of the emperor. Even if they can control the government now, it is only in the court and has not been down to the local area, so it has not affected the core of the gentry .

So don't look at Qingliu's constant criticism of the eunuch party, but the battle between the two sides is actually limited to a certain range, it seems fierce, but it is not...

However, this situation has changed in Bingzhou this year.

Under the pressure of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, the eunuch decided to test it in Bingzhou after discussion to meet Liu Hong's request to suppress the gentry and increase court taxes.

This action is necessary, because they know that for Liu Hong, their main role is to check and balance the gentry, but Liu Hong seems to be dissatisfied with the acting-like routine between them and the gentry Qingliu recently...

Then they have to make some breakthroughs, and then find a new balance!

After all, if they really overthrow the gentry, they are also worried about whether they will be left as running dogs...

What's more, is the gentry so easy to overthrow?
Therefore, this temptation must be well controlled. If it is too small, it will not make a difference. If it is too large, it will cause a rebound. So they finally chose Taiyuan County and Shangdang County.

This is basically aimed at the Wang family... Everyone knows that Taiyuan County is the Wang family's old nest.

After all, the Wang family of Taiyuan is the same as the Yuan family of Runan and the Yang family of Hongnong. The area before the surname is a county, which shows that the power is already large enough, and its area exceeds one county, unlike other small clans that are only in one county. within the city.

Such a goal is enough to make a difference.

As for other reasons, it is naturally because Wang Yun jumped a bit in the previous paragraph, um...he was a little bit ahead of Qingliu's denunciation, so he hit the muzzle of the gun...

After the ten permanent servants were able to control the court, they also cultivated a lot of power. After making plans, they began to gradually place their disciples and nephews in various places in the two counties.

In order for the master's plan to succeed, these people also exerted a lot of energy. Not only did they find a suitable reason to naturally extend their tentacles into the two counties, but they also quickly collected a large number of criminal evidence from the local gentry...

In the gentry of the Han Dynasty, when it comes to individuals, there were indeed gentlemen with noble morals, but if you want to rise to the ranks, you can even arbitrarily say that there is no one who does not do bad things...

After all, in the countryside, with the strength and power of being unambiguous, how many people can resist the temptation, not to mention that everyone does it like this, and I can't do it if others can do it...?
And now someone suddenly jumped out to liquidate!
This is not bad!Can you still have fun! ?

The eunuchs don't know that this temptation has touched the bottom line of the gentry...

Your ten-time attendant cultivated party feathers and invaded the quota of gentry, filial piety, and nominated officials. We endured it... Your ten-time attendant sold officials and made money like crazy, and we also endured it...but you still want to intensify and come to our door to act wildly. Can't bear it!
The first one to jump up was naturally the Wang family. Wang Yun took the lead in running around in the capital to make contact, and all the noble families responded one after another. If you want to do something, let's do it together!

But when everyone took off their trousers and was about to have a big fight, the ten permanent attendants who provoked the incident were scared again...

Xianbei, floods, and celestial phenomena seem to be against them everywhere, and then they sensed the rumors of some nobles, and they immediately prepared to compromise with Qingliu. The pressure is too great to be reckless...

So Zhao Hong and others received a letter from their master, asking them to go to the local gentry to reconcile, destroy the collected evidence face to face, and said that they would be transferred back to the capital soon!
But Zhao Hong couldn't hold back...

What is this called!How can this work?

Zhao Hong's original name was Geng Hong, the same as Cao Cao's father Cao Song's original surname was Xiahou. After Geng Hong joined Zhongchang Shi Zhao Zhong's family, he also changed his surname to Zhao and became Zhao Zhong's adopted son...

The benefits of joining the eunuch party are also obvious, because Zhao Hong has some ability, his official position has been promoted again and again, until this year he took the opportunity to be promoted to the high official of Shangdang County Guarding Two Thousand Stones...

After getting it too easily, it becomes extremely inflated. Isn't it because of this day that I, Zhao Hong, abandoned my ancestors?

After he came to Shangdang, apart from obeying the arrangement of his adoptive father, collecting criminal evidence, controlling the place, and preparing to liquidate the local gentry and take back the land, the most important thing he did was to make money...

Now that you're an official, isn't it normal to get some money?
Isn't that what everyone does?

This is Zhao Hong's most basic cognition...

Only a few months after taking office, Zhao Hong loaded the first batch of harvest, tens of millions of dollars, into a cart and took it back to his hometown. Many Shangdang people saw it at the time.

But Zhao Hong didn't know that while he was frantically accumulating money, he also blocked his escape route!

The money was actually given by the local gentry. Where did the common people get so much money? But the problem is that Zhao Hong took the money and did nothing. He felt that since it would be a matter of time to clean up the Shangdang gentry this time, they would eventually have their homes ransacked anyway. If the property is confiscated, why not collect some interest in advance?
As a result, the collection of criminal evidence from various ethnic groups did not stop, and this broke the rules...and also angered the Shangdang gentry.

"Who did this!?"

Zhao Hong yelled that the second batch of property he sent back to his hometown was robbed halfway, and he was robbed under the escort of [-] county soldiers!

Originally, it was enough for Zhao Hong to receive the orders from his adoptive father, but now the results of months of hard work are being robbed.

After Zhao Hong vented his anger in the courtroom, he gradually calmed down.

He also knows that these hawks and dogs in the hall are good at flattery, taking away property, and collecting criminal evidence, but it is difficult for them to come up with useful ideas at this time...

Just when he was about to give up the question, a secretary said tentatively:

"The matter has come to this point, this... makes Jun Buruo keep doing one thing..."

"A piece of nonsense..."

Zhao Hong was a little angry when he heard it, but after thinking about it, it seems that there is no other way...

The tone of his adoptive father's letter was stern, urging them to implement it as soon as possible, but his side is already in conflict with the gentry, so there is no time to stop now...

The robbing of his property must have been done by the surrounding gentry, after all, the accident happened before these things were shipped out of the Shangdang area.

After careful analysis, Zhao Hong felt that this might really be the only way.

This time the incident is so big, once he fails to reconcile with the gentry, or even if he does, his adoptive father will very likely throw him as an abandoned son to take the blame when he returns to the capital...

"Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!"

Zhao Hong secretly thought that he didn't know about Taiyuan County. Anyway, almost all counties in Shangdang County are in the same situation. Several other counties controlled by the subordinates of Zhongchang Shi have also contacted him. According to his mode to do...

"Assemble the county soldiers as soon as possible, someone wants to give a lecture! Go now!"

Zhao Hong made up his mind and said to the worried-looking hawks and dogs.

Most of this group of people are scumbags. Now that the situation is not right, they are definitely unreliable, so why not let them all go!

After everyone else in the room had left, Zhao Hongcai said to the two family members behind him:

"Both of you go to order my fifty personal guards to catch up with Shan'er, and let him escort the goods back to Fufeng Mansion, and go straight to Wubao in the Qinling Mountains to hide. The other will follow a certain school ground to order troops!"

(End of this chapter)