I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 217 Political struggle with no room for compromise

The man in plain clothes had a painful expression on his face.

"Ze!" The colleague next to him shouted his name loudly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, another person rushed up and chopped off his head with a knife.

Blood sprayed out from the neck and splashed all over the person.

Others were running away in fear, but in the end no one escaped.

Someone was pressed into the field, his neck cut open, and his head cut off.

It started to rain heavily.

In the rain curtain in the field, more people began to gather. They carried the ring-headed sword and gathered towards the city gate.

A total of eighteen heads were thrown at the city gate.

Someone in the crowd shouted: "There are treacherous ministers in the court who want to seize our fields. Do you agree or not?"

The dark crowd roared angrily: "No! No!"

"Let's go! Let's go find the county magistrate and seek justice! If there is no justice in this world, the knife in our hands is justice!"

After saying that, the crowd poured into the open south door.

A young man who looked like a scholar hurriedly walked in: "Prince, Zhang Yi has taken action. At least a thousand people have entered the city now!"

Wang Yuan vaguely seemed to hear shouts of killing, and he nodded with satisfaction: "At least half of the imperial guards are outside the city today. As long as they break through the county government office and kill Huang Chong, the court will definitely be frightened!"

"Will the General's Office send more troops?"

"You don't understand. Do you think this is an armed confrontation?" Wang Yuan sneered, "A lot of people will definitely die in this incident today, but the collective resistance will spread to Chengdu tomorrow. Do you know the predecessor of this county?" Where did Ling Changbo come from?"

"From Jiangyuan."

"I received a secret message the day before yesterday. The fire in Jiangyuan has been burning. Once there is a confrontation in both Li County and Jiangyuan County, those officials in Chengdu who have been dormant for a long time will immediately report to His Majesty, even to the Prime Minister!"

"Do you think the general's new policy can be pushed forward?"

At any time, local resistance cannot be viewed independently.

It will inevitably trigger a series of political issues.

The root cause of this incident is the conflict of interests between the imperial court and local aristocratic families, which is itself a political issue.

Armed conflict is only an extended symptom.

In the end, we have to return to using political methods to solve the fundamental problems.

Therefore, Wang Yuancai said that the current confrontation in Li County is actually just superficial.

The most important thing is to make things bigger so as to give the conservatives in Chengdu ample political chips.

Wang Yuan took a sip of wine and said calmly: "There are two Wang families in Qixian County. The other Wang family is more powerful than us. Wang Peng is the governor of Ba County, and Wang Peng's sons all have official positions. This is the best thing today. Make a big fuss, overthrow Qi County, completely muddy the water, and make it so muddy that the general suspects that Wang Peng is also involved!"

"The more intense the resistance, the greater the resistance the general feels, and the more furious he becomes. When he is furious, he will lose his mind. What else can he do if he loses his mind? Does he think he can cover it up with just one hand? sky?"

"Sometimes, I don't quite understand. Judging from past performance, the general is also among the best, but why did he make Wang Mang's mistake this time?"

Wang Yuan put down his wine glass and said: "Too young, pride will destroy a person."

The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier.

An official rushed into the county government office, not caring about getting wet all over, and saw Huang Chong: "Ming Gong, something bad has happened. A group of people we sent out to measure the fields were killed by a group of unknown people. Yes, a large group of people gathered outside the city gate just now, and now they have entered the city!"

"How brave!" Huang Chong suddenly stood up with a serious look on his face, "The heads of the Lu family and his son are still hanging on the city gate, and someone dares to kill a court official again!"

"Ming Gong, a lot of people came this time, and things are getting big!"

"Are you making a big fuss?" Huang Chong was calm and composed, "What do you think the general's intention is for placing a thousand imperial guards in Qi County!"

After saying that, he asked again: "Where is the prince?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Tong had already put on armor and walked in: "I'm here! Don't worry, Sir. I already know the matter. There are five hundred forbidden troops outside the county government office, and they are ready!" As soon as Guan Tong finished speaking, countless shouts suddenly came from outside. The sounds of killing and footsteps.

More and more people gathered, quickly filling up the street in front of the county government office.

Each of them held a ring-shaped knife and ran in the rain, shouting loudly: "Kill the traitor and seek justice!"

The imperial guards at the door were already wearing armor and holding crossbows.

When those people rushed over, a large number of crossbow arrows shot out, cutting through the rain curtain and rolling up countless flying flowers and jade.

Those who rushed forward were knocked down by the dense rain of arrows, and their blood quickly mixed into the rain.

The people behind did not stop, and the crossbow arrows continued!

Another large group of people fell down, and then the crowd became scared. The people behind lost their courage and quickly turned around, but they collided with the people further behind.

The crowd became confused.

Screams and screams were mixed together.

At this time, the imperial guards drew their swords and walked towards the panicked crowd.

They raised and lowered their knives, chopping up the flesh and blood in front of them like melons and vegetables.

The doors of the houses on the street were closed, and the children were hiding in their mother's arms, trembling and crying.

The killing continued into the evening, with countless corpses piled in the bloody water, blocking the water flow.

On the evening of February 24, the situation in Qixian County was quickly reported to Chengdu.

Li Heng has been waiting for a long time.

"It's all calmed down. There should be nearly a thousand people dead." Zhao Xiang said in a solemn tone, "It's strange that these people know that there are imperial guards stationed in Qi County, but they dare to be so bold!"

"They were instigated." Li Heng looked calm, "No matter whether these people in Qixian County can attack and enter the county government today, there will be a political storm about the New Deal in Chengdu tomorrow."

Li Heng suddenly stood up and glanced at Jiangyuan County in the west of Chengdu.

"General, will killing so many people really cause problems?" Zhao Xiang became a little worried, "Why don't we control the amount of land in a few counties first to ease the situation?"

"No! You must not retreat." Li Heng's eyes were fixed on the map. Although his tone was calm, there was an unquestionable power. "Chang Bo is dead. The capital has been extremely calm these days because they can't find political chips. Now They have it, and if we take one step back, they’ll take five steps forward, ten steps forward!”

"You must remember that these are political issues. You can compromise when politics requires compromise. For example, I have compromised with Wang Peng. I exchanged benefits for Wang Peng and many local officials and wealthy families. Those benefits were originally They should all belong to the imperial court, but for the sake of the overall situation, we can share it with them."

"However, there are some people who are deeply unwilling to compromise with us, so we can't blame them!"

"Shiying!"

Lu Zhi said: "What are your orders, General?"

"Go see Fu Qian immediately and ask him to prepare for the deployment of troops."

"Here!"

"Ma Yong!"

"The subordinate is here!"

"Immediately write a memorial to impeach Shangshu Youxuan Lang Wangyou, saying that he instigated people to rebel against the imperial court for his own selfish interests! This time, I will follow the clues and catch both those who appeared and those who did not appear!" Li Heng looked firmly. said.

"Here!"

Everyone took action separately.

The night was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers.

The rebellion in Qixian County not only spread to the general's palace, but also reached the ears of some officials.

That night, many officials began to write memorials all night long.

(End of this chapter)