Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 80
In Jinyang, the prefecture of Taiyuan County in Bingzhou, the market place is full of noise.

In order to ease the congestion of the prison, the new prefect Xun Tao issued a call to action, punishing the main criminals of the Wang family and other ethnic groups who bullied the localities and Yurou Township, and sending the rest of the accomplices and clansmen with relatively minor crimes, as well as their families and slaves, to Qianwei in Yizhou county……

These are people who have committed relatively serious crimes and are undisputed, people who cannot be cleared even after many efforts by Yushitai.

On the temporarily expanded execution platform in the center of the market, nearly a hundred people lined up to wait for death to come, and thousands of people watched the execution.

People in the Han Dynasty were always interested in this kind of massacre of the same kind, as long as they had nothing important to do, they would come to watch it.

There is also a longer queue outside the city gate, which is composed of more than a thousand male and female prisoners who are about to be distributed to the frontier. The venue here is wide, and there are more people watching.

For these ordinary people who were watching the sentence, they knew many people in the queue of prisoners, especially the prisoners under the Wang family!
We must know that when the Wang family was at its peak, the branches of the clan were all over Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe, Shuofang and other places. There were more than [-] clan members and servants, and countless tenants. Nearly half of them are under control, and one-third of the land in each county belongs to the Wang family. Almost all ethnic groups in Bingzhou, regardless of their size, are related to the Wang family by marriage...

Every year, the Wang family arranges for members of the tribe to give lectures in selected places in the county, and there must be thousands of people listening to the scholars.

So when these old well-known bigwigs were stripped of all their halos and properties, and then beheaded in the marketplace, one can imagine how exciting this show is...

It's really 30 years in Hedong, 30 years... No, this Wang family Wang Yun has only been in the position of Sikong for a few days, so he immediately transferred to Hexi...?
Xun Tao specially arranged for several scribes to read out the crimes of the criminals before execution, so that these people who eat melons can pass on positive information.

This is the first batch of prisoners to be executed, accounting for only a small half of the total gentry involved, and the rest will continue to pretend to play tricks with the eunuchs, but the main people in charge are all in the queue this time Well, after all, we still have to guard against the remnants of the Wang family, so killing them early is worse than killing them late, so as not to have long nights and dreams...

Xun Tao and Zang Hong took Xun's children and some students of Lushan Academy to be responsible for the restoration and government affairs of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties respectively. They came here for more than half a month before they basically stabilized the situation.

But Xun Tao felt that there might be twists and turns in the matter of merging the state. After all, Wang Yun's fourth son Wang Shu, nephews Wang Ling, and Wang Qi are still at large, and more than a dozen members of the Wang clan are still under arrest. Mostly the same.

After all, it is a gentry in one state. The reason why the gentry in Bingzhou is withered in another time and space is because of the rampant Xianbei and Huns in the north, who invaded and plundered south every year. Now the northern border has been stable for decades. This difference cannot be compared in the same breath.

What's more, the Taiyuan Wang family and other clans have been operating in Bingzhou for hundreds of years. In addition, Bingzhou's terrain is complex. It is not difficult for them to hide some dark forts in many wild and hidden places, and it is not difficult to keep some manpower and supplies.

Although most of their reserves were confiscated and controlled without precaution this time, those dark men who have been hiding in the dark all year round are enough to stir up trouble in Bingzhou...

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so long. The eunuchs mobilized a large number of people to search and arrest the fugitives of the Wang family and other noble families in various places in Bingzhou, but the effect was still very small.

I heard that Shangjun and Luliangshan eunuchs seem to have gained something, but it is not enough to change the overall situation.

Xun Tao in the government office wrote down these situations in detail, and prepared to send them to the capital and Lu Zhi, the new guardian of Xianbei Zhonglang, to urge them to quickly take countermeasures...

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Southwest of Shuofang County in Bingzhou, north of Beidi County in Liangzhou, near the later Wuhai City.

This is a vacuum zone, which neither belongs to the border of the Han Dynasty, nor is it under the jurisdiction of other regimes, nor does it belong to the Xianbei people.

Because there are deserts and yellow sand all over the sky, there are indeed not many places suitable for farming, but the Yellow River flows through here, and there are still many green plants on both sides of the river, just like the Creator divided the desert into several pieces with river water. Draw a boundary.

On the west bank of the river, in a small basin surrounded by three mountains, there is an oasis, which has become a camp of the Eastern Qiang tribe.

This deserted place deep in the desert was discovered by the Eastern Qiang people in the early years, and they gradually moved here after suffering from the oppression of the Han people.

Eastern Qiang people are more adaptable to the harsh environment. After coming here, they made a living by grazing and trading, and gradually stabilized after more than ten years.

Because there is no taxation and exploitation by the Han people, the number of Qiang people here is increasing year by year, and they are now a medium-sized tribe with thousands of riders. However, they still dare not provoke the Han people. This is related to the losses their ancestors suffered decades ago. Eastern Qiang people do not like to fight fiercely, which is related to their high degree of Sinicization.

It will snow in the desert, just like honest people will be ruthless.

The interlacing of white snow and yellow sand, together with the flowing Yellow River, forms a desolate picture.

Ouyang Nagu, the leader of the Eastern Qiang people, walked out of the tent to look at the beautiful scenery in winter, but he was not happy at all.

A huge caravan approached slowly in the distance, Ouyang Nagu rubbed his cloudy eyes, and felt relieved when he saw the flag of his tribe flying in front of the caravan...

Originally, he and his clan lived here very comfortably, but the Wang clan who had been cooperating with them a few days ago came and told them a big bad news!
I heard that the party struggle broke out within the Han court, and the eunuch party in power wanted to eradicate all the gentry in Bingzhou, including various forces that cooperated with these gentry.

Ouyang Nagu naturally didn't believe it, so he sent reliable people to follow the Wang family to go to various parts of Bingzhou to inquire about the news under the cover of going to the business, and now it seems that they are back.

Ouyang Nagu's original name was Banagu. In order to express his admiration for the Han grassland overlord, his father changed his and his son's surnames to follow his surname. From then on, Ouyang Nagu...

Ouyang Nagu knew the strength of the Han people under his father's repeated narrations, so he naturally paid close attention to the situation in Bingzhou.

After seeing the clansman he sent out first, he roughly confirmed the bad news. The eunuchs of the Han Dynasty not only confiscated all the Wang family's foundation in Bingzhou, but also got detailed information about their camp, and identified them as Eastern Qiang People are the vassals of the Wang family, and they are going to trouble them after cleaning up the interior...

"My friend, I didn't lie to you, those dogs robbed the supplies of your caravan, and the people who interrogated the caravan learned about the situation here, and maybe they will lead their troops here soon. My people The news I heard is that they will come to punish you for the taxes you owed over the years, and deal with your collusion with my Wang family. My friend, think about it for yourself..."

Ouyang Nagu was listening to the report from his subordinates at the side of the camp. When Wang Shu saw it, he walked over and interjected. Without waiting for Ouyang Nagu to reply, he turned around and left arrogantly.

"Are you sure that these facts are true?"

Ouyang Nagu still asked suspiciously to his subordinates who followed him.

"Headman, that's true. This is the only person in charge of the Wang family now, and they even brought all the remaining family property here with the caravan..."

"Oh? The Wang family has really reached the point of desperation. Hmph, then this Wang concubine is still putting on airs in front of me, this cunning Han. But it doesn't matter, these tricks will not work in the face of strength. I will go to the Wang family now. Shang Zhai probes his words to see what he wants to do, you go to call the elders of the clan to discuss the matter at night, the current situation is very difficult..."

(End of this chapter)