Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 638 This kind of rebellion should be eradicated!
"My brother is the governor of Poyang County! You can't kill me!"

Liu Jiang was woken up by the executioner's rough hands. When he woke up, he immediately found himself being picked up and placed on the execution platform.

When he looked up, he saw the dense crowd and countless pairs of eyes staring at him. He suddenly felt dizzy. He lowered his head subconsciously, and his eyes fell below. He happened to see the sticky blood. When he recalled the head that had just fallen to the ground, he suddenly felt My stomach was churning.

But he could no longer care about this, because infinite terror had already overwhelmed him. The fear of death made the leader of the Liu family's faction forget about the past and put aside all thoughts about the interests of the family. In the fight for power and profit, they no longer care about how to suppress Chen Zhi, but also take the opportunity to strengthen their own faction.

He just begged hard, hoping to get Chen Zhi's forgiveness, or to get his elders to intervene.

"Please! Let me live! I will never dare to think of him again! I will be extremely loyal, please!"

"Execution!"

"Ahhh! Don't!"

Amidst the screams, accompanied by infinite regret and unwillingness, several heads fell on the execution platform.

Taigong Liu slowly closed his eyes and swayed.

Liu Jiang was not his son, but he was still inevitably sad. What worried him even more was the family's future and prospects.

In the current Dai County, there really is no force that can compete with Chen Zhi.

After Chen Zhi defeated Ke Bo Zhenbu, Duan Bu and Ruan Bao one after another, it seemed that the entire family in Dai County had been suppressed by him to make way for this powerful prefect.

Not only the Liu family, but also the faces of other families were not good-looking either. Some were suppressing dissatisfaction and unwillingness, while others were pale and rejoicing in their hearts.

For example, Zhu Liu, the head of the Zhu family, thought that if the family was not willing to compromise, he might have been in the same situation today.

"Scholars were beheaded in public. Such a bloody and humiliating death. If it were not a crime of treason, even I would not be able to help but want to stop it. It is really hard for these people to sit still."

Below, Luo Yang couldn't help but murmured something, but Zhang Jingsheng shook his head gently and stopped. The latter then pointed to the stage.

Luo Yang took a look and saw the scene above, and then realized that today's drama was not over yet.

There are two groups of prisoners to be executed today. The first group is of course the Xianbei people headed by Duan Wenyang.

"This prefect is really clean and tidy. This Xianbei general kills whenever he wants. Moreover, there is no sacrifice of prisoners or heads. It seems that he doesn't care about these achievements at all." Looking at the situation on the stage, Luo Yang I couldn't help but sigh.

"What more credit is needed? These achievements are real, and..." Lu Jian chuckled from the side, "These achievements are all obtained from Wang Jun. If they were reported to the imperial court, it is estimated that the people in the court would Gentlemen, is it difficult to do this? Besides, although this is a good excuse to kill Liu Jiang and others, it is still a public execution and it is not easy to publicize it in a big way."

The second wave of people who were beheaded today were urban scholars like Liu Hua.

Thanks to Chen Zi's arrangement that day, he deliberately waited for a while before coming forward. In this way, those who surrounded Liu Jian, who had always been thinking about Chen Zhizang, were now all brought to the stage. , the result of one blow.

This method can be described as simple and crude.

"However, if it weren't for a special situation and it was located in the northern borderland, this kind of direct attack on the body would still be quite unpleasant." Lu Jian shook his head again and gave an evaluation.

Zhang Jingsheng said from the side: "But at this time, this method is quite effective. What's more, the situation in the stands is that not only the intruders and the traitors will be unlucky today, but I am afraid that others will also be in trouble."

Lu Jian also nodded and said: "Actually, this is also understandable. In the current situation, after all, the prefect is too hard on the aristocratic family. Even if we don't consider easing the relationship, we should first completely control the Daijun, so as to suppress the greater commotion. .”

As his words fell, everyone's eyes unanimously focused on the stage, scanning back and forth between the two people.

Wu Jie and Zheng Ru.

On the day of the attack, in total, there were actually four groups. In addition to Liu Jiang, excluding the three Suns of the Tuoba tribe who had already surrendered, the remaining ones were Zheng Ru who went to the city to surrender and was under house arrest, and Wu who was under house arrest for plotting to take over the county. level.

At this time, after dealing with the internal and external thieves, Chen Zhi came to the two men and looked at them.

Wu Jie and Zheng Ru were also "invited" to watch the execution, but the two of them were even more uneasy. Even Wu Jie thought that with Wang Jun as his backstage, Chen Zhi would not dare to do it no matter how crazy he was. He hurt his own life.

But after witnessing what happened to Liu Jiang and Duan Wenyang, even Wu Jie didn't dare to be so sure, and he didn't dare to put his life on an illusory backer. After all, that backer had already broken up with Chen Zhi. .

"You two are complicit in their conspiracy!"

Chen Zhi's first sentence shocked the two of them, and they were about to explain.

Chen Zhi waved his hand: "I'm keeping you two here not out of favoritism or fear, but because you two are witnesses!"

"Witness?"

Wu Jie and Zheng Ru were stunned at the same time, and then their faces turned pale as if they thought of something. "Yes, witness!" Chen Zhi looked at the two people and then glanced at the other people on the stage, "This Duanbu invasion is not an isolated incident, and Ruan Bao's betrayal is not without roots. Both sides can Cooperation needs a bridge to connect us!"

Every time he said something, Wu Jie and Zheng Ru's faces turned pale.

"This bridge must be able to reach Ruan Bao on the one hand, and Xianbei on the other. In this way, the identity of this person will be revealed." Regardless of the two people's reactions, Chen Zhi turned around and said to everyone in the family: "Yesterday in the court, I made it very clear that Zheng Ru was doing this under orders to trap people inside and outside, and implicated foreign races, so the real cancer is none other than Wang Quan!"

really!

In an instant, many people confirmed their guesses.

Zheng Ru even shook his body, but he didn't care about balancing his body, so he cupped his hands at Chen Zhi and said, "Prefect, I'm just following orders, these things really have nothing to do with me!"

He saw clearly that on this occasion, in front of so many people, he was talking about Wang Quan's problem. As Wang Quan's staff, he came here under orders, and he came from the Xianbei army. end.

At that moment, he had no other thoughts but wanted to beg for mercy. Otherwise, when Chen Zhi revealed the specific charges, there would be no way to save him.

Wu Jie, who was next to him, breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that Chen Zhi would be the first to have a showdown with Wang Jun, and he might be killed to sacrifice the flag. Now that it is Wang Quan, he has some room for maneuver, but this Zheng like……

With pity, he fell on the frightened Zheng Ru, but before he had time to think a few words, he heard Chen Zhi say: "Zheng Ru, you were sent by Wang Quan to contact Xianbei." You, Wu Jie, are connected up and down. You have come to Dai County several times, and every time you leave, you have to go north to the place where troops are stationed. Go down to Wang Quan, just in time for you to confront him!"

When Wu Jie heard this, he immediately became anxious, but he opened his mouth to argue, but he still had to think of a way to say it, because Chen Zhi's accusation was not made out of nothing. In order to use Wang Quan's power to suppress Chen Zhi, he did go there first. Bian, negotiated with Wang Quan, many people knew about this.

However, after thinking about a few words of defense, before I could say it out, I suddenly woke up.

"Capture Wang Quan and confront the two of us?"

In an instant, endless fear filled his heart.

"That's right!" Chen Zhi narrowed his eyes, opened his mouth, and uttered thunderous words in everyone's ears, "I have gathered the army and will go north to defeat the thief immediately! Wang Quan and the thief cooperate inside and outside, and he will guard the door, isn't it? Allowing a thief to guard the house will lead to endless troubles? If he is in Daijun for one day, there will be no peace in this place, so he must be eliminated!"

Go north and get rid of Wang Quan?

"How dare you do this?" Wu Jie instantly forgot his words of rebuttal, as if he was a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "You are only a prefect of a county, but you dare to touch a border general? That General Wang was appointed by the general as a guard. Northern Border, guard the gate! Aren't you afraid of the court's punishment or the general's wrath?"

"Guarding the northern border, that's why the chiefs of the northern tribes drove straight in and guarded the gate, so the gate is wide open and there is no defense!" Chen Zhi narrowed his eyes, "If I don't get rid of this kind of rebellion, I will have no face to face the court!"

Hearing this, Wu Jie's heart sank, knowing that he couldn't change it no matter what, not to mention that he couldn't protect himself now, so how could he stop Chen Zhi?

"I don't know if the news about Ruan Bao is true or false. If it is true, tens of thousands of troops and horses were lost at that time. Even the general would be seriously injured!" Wu Jie's thoughts changed rapidly, thinking about countermeasures, but After thinking about it, I feel more and more that the situation is not good, "Unless the general gets the news in time and takes advantage of Chen Zhi's army to move north and Dai County is empty, destroy his foundation!"

After thinking about it, he gradually came up with a set of countermeasures.

"The next step is to find a way to spread the news. I believe that with Chen Zhi's current actions, there are few aristocratic families in the county who are not worried. It should be easy for me to find an ally and ask him to help spread the news."

He has noticed that many of the aristocratic families around Chen Zhi are almost all dissatisfied and unhappy, and their faces are pale because of the bloody scene.

However, they all looked at Chen Zhi with fear in their eyes.

Deeply afraid.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard Chen Zhi say again: "Every family in Dai County has contributed to the defense of the city this time. After the thieves in the north of the village are defeated, the local area will also need construction. It is inevitable to rely on each family, but you have to contribute again." Since people contribute their own efforts, it is inevitable that they will be exploited. In addition, due to the recent war, merchants and fields have experienced losses in their harvests, so I will open up the right to sell Daijun Paper so that everyone can enjoy it!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a bolt from the blue!

The aristocratic families who originally had different thoughts, and some were even dissatisfied and discouraged, suddenly became energetic.

If they didn't know the value of Daijun paper in the past, with the visits of children from aristocratic families, it became clear to them. That thing has caused a trend in the south. Even if they can't control the workshop, they can still sell it. That’s also a money tree!
Even the Liu family was moved.

But the Tang family's expression was a bit bad. This paper was originally a collaboration between their family and Chen Zhi, but when it was suddenly released, the Tang family's interests suffered a lot, and many of their early measures were in vain.

Tang Zi looked a little anxious and was about to speak, but was blocked by Tang Taigong, who slowly shook his head.

At this time, Chen Zhi said again: "As long as you can serve Daijun wholeheartedly, why should I be stingy with property? Today's punishment is a punishment, but if you have meritorious service, you should be rewarded. There are also meritorious deeds among you, such as The Tang family has worked hard and helped me several times, so I should be rewarded. I have a seal method and a kiln method, both of which are the roots of wealth. I want to cooperate with you. The head of the Tang family, I don’t know where you want to go. cooperate?"

These words stunned everyone in the Tang family, but made Wu Jie tremble all over.

"No! This Chen Zhi is so cunning! Giving up the so-called power of trafficking and allowing many aristocratic families to intervene, he can immediately win over each other without having to come up with the basic formula! In this way, as long as he operates properly, he can differentiate and balance , Where is my chance, am I completely hopeless?"

At this thought, Wu Jie's heart sank and his hands and feet became cold.

(End of this chapter)