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Chapter 157: The Capture of Pingshan Township
Guo Jie rushed to the warehouse and saw an extremely shocking scene.

Su Jia, a young boy who was still paying his salary, was covered in blood and had several arrows stuck in his body. Despite such severe injuries, he still stood firm.

He held a halberd in one hand and stepped on Yao Xin's headless body with the other. He kept coughing up blood and refused to fall down.

In a trance, I seemed to see Xiang Yu, who was about eleven or twelve years old.

"Su Jia!"

Guo Jie's face was filled with anxiety. He quickly stepped forward and took Su Jia's arm. "Hurry up and go to Huaili County to find a doctor. Uh, the journey is quite far, so don't bother looking for one. An Guo Shaoji will bring a carriage and take Su Jia to Huaili County for treatment."

"Teacher."

Yao Ji bit her lips, holding back her tears, and said, "The Pingshan Township government office has not yet been settled, and the officials around my teacher cannot be dispersed. I will take my husband to Huaili County for treatment."

Without waiting for Guo Jie to refuse, she pulled over a carriage that had been prepared long ago, carried Su Jia into the carriage, and left the Pingshan Township government office together.

If it were any other wife, she would have burst into tears and just lay on the ground crying.

Yao Ji was able to hold back her tears and took Su Jia to Huaili County for treatment.

No wonder Su Jia insisted on marrying her, she is a perfect match.

What amazed Guo Jie even more was that Su Jia's bravery and careful training would surely make him a leading figure in the second generation of the Han-Xiongnu War.

The leading figures of the Han-Xiongnu War were Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, who swept across the Xiongnu, conquered the Xiongnu, and led many common people from the lower classes to break through their social classes and be granted titles and become officials.

The leader of the second generation of Han-Xiongnu War was Li Guangli, who was frequently defeated by the Xiongnu and killed a large number of young and strong Han people.

If Guo Jie had discovered Su Jia in advance, the future situation would have been very different.

"Sister-in-law!"

There was a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds at the Pingshan Township government office. Yi Zong, wearing an iron crown and black clothes, arrived at the government office in advance, before many powerful people arrived at the government office.

Yi Zong rode a Hexi horse, followed by dozens of minor officials in black clothes, all riding Hexi horses, galloping towards him.

Walking and riding are completely two different speeds.

Yi Zong's distance was farther, but he was able to reach the Pingshan Township seat the fastest because he was riding Hexi horses and other military horses.

Guo Jie frowned, thinking that Yi Zong would not have robbed Ma Yuan's horses in order to rush over as quickly as possible, which would be a serious crime.

The Western Han Dynasty had very strict management of horses. Generally, all post horses had to be recorded in detail in the "Horse Name Book", from birth to death, to how many pounds of meat were made, all had to be recorded.

What’s more, it is a military horse like the Hexi horse.

It was so strict that the number of bundles of water chestnuts cut every day to feed the military horses had to be recorded in the daily work book.

Even Zhang Tang, the commander of the Right Internal Affairs Department, could not bear the responsibility for arbitrarily mobilizing dozens of military horses.

"call--"

Yi Zong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Guo Jie was safe and sound.

He saw Guo Jie's worry and said with a smile, "Others can't mobilize troops and horses. Don't forget that Wei Guang is now the Weihou Sima of the Emperor's Mausoleum and a relative of the emperor. If you lend me dozens of troops and horses, no one will dare to object."

"Wei Guang said that as long as he serves as the military commander of Weihou for one day, he will lend me a horse. The thief hunter can ride the horse as quickly as possible to the village where my brother-in-law is."

Guo Jie felt like there was something stuck in his throat.

Before leaving his two brothers and heading to the Western Regions, Zhang Qian forged a tiger talisman to eliminate the biggest threat, Dou Pengzu.

Wei Guang personally supervised the relocation to Maoling, and local powerful people, heroes, nobles and aristocratic families moved in one after another.

Any heroes who bring harm to the village will be killed, and many heroes in counties and prefectures have already been killed.

To put it bluntly, they took advantage of the move to Maoling to launch a special operation to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, and wipe out the local gang leaders such as Haoxia, killing those who should be killed and imprisoning those who should be imprisoned.

Wei Guang received many letters exposing Guo Jie's crimes. The more he received, the more frightened he became, and he burned them all one by one.

In addition, Wei Guang also directly executed the Linxian wanderer who exposed Guo Jie to prevent the news from leaking out.

Wei Guang did not give up his position as the commander of the imperial guards and served as the Sima of Weihou in Maoling.

Guo Jie had long been wanted by all counties and prefectures.

Now, Wei Guang even secretly mobilized troops and horses and lent them to Yi Zong, asking him to rush to provide assistance as soon as possible.

Guo Jie's eyes were slightly red, and he was moved by Wei Guang's brotherhood.

This is what true brothers are.

"Brother-in-law, please rest here."

Yi Zong dismounted and sneered, "The people from Pingshan Township had the audacity to murder the accountant. They are quite bold. I will not let them off easily."

"Why didn't Yin Qi and Wang Wenshu come?"

Chong Huangrou raised her eyebrows, her tone filled with a hint of resentment: "As the county magistrate of the Right Internal Affairs Department, do you look down on foods like mutton, scallions, and minced meat?"

Just a normal conversation.

Guo Jie and the others couldn't help but feel their scalps tingling. They had to admit that she was even more charming and beautiful than Cai Huijun.

Yan Yi took a few steps back silently.

It is not good for these people to favor others, otherwise, they would have been bewitched by the Insect Emperor Rou long ago.

Yi Zong's heart trembled, and he took a few steps back, saying helplessly, "The Right Internal Affairs Secretary is in charge of twenty-seven counties, and he's very busy with various official duties. Yesterday, I had already agreed with Yin Qi and Wang Wenshu to go to the Pingshan Township seat together. However, problems arose in Lantian County, Zheng County, and several other counties, so we temporarily transferred Yin Qi and other trusted county officials to Lantian County, Zheng County, and other counties."

Jian Geng means serving in person.

There was no regulation in the Western Han Dynasty that exempted officials and gentry from taxes and labor service. From the prime minister to the common people, everyone was treated equally.

Every time corvee labor was conscripted, he would go to serve in person, which was called "jian geng".

If you do not want to participate in corvee labor, you can pay someone to do it for you, which is called "guogeng".

The powerful people in Lantian County, Zheng County and other counties encouraged the villagers not to perform the night watches, preparing to make the matter of resistance to military service a big deal, preferably to the ears of the emperor.

Zhao Yu could be dismissed from his post as the Right Secretary of the Interior.

"idiot."

The Insect Emperor sneered, "Having angered the cruel official Zhao Yu, these powerful people will suffer."

Everyone present thought that the powerful man was seeking his own death.

Only Guo Jie saw the serious nature of this struggle.

Guo Jie thought of the famous "Epitaph of Five Men", which seemed to be praising the greatness and justice of the lower-class people, but in fact it was just a shameless means for the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to resist taxes.

In the eyes of the gentry, the common people are nothing but consumables.

How can we praise the common people?

As soon as the powerful people in Lantian County and Zheng County started to make trouble, there was a large-scale resistance to military service.

Even if Zhao Yu killed all the powerful people, it would be useless.

Resistance has emerged.

As the Right Internal History, Zhao Yu could only bear the stigma of causing resistance to the military service, or to put it more seriously, causing a civil unrest.

Guo Jie did not think about the resistance of the powerful people for the time being, but only thought about confiscating the property of the powerful people of the Yao family.

Buy a title to atone your sins as soon as possible.

After the annual statistics, the weather turns cooler. The weather in Chang'an becomes cooler day by day. Gourds bear fruit and mustard begins to be planted, creating a scene of bountiful harvest.

Pingshan Township in Huaili County also ushered in a bumper harvest.

At the warehouse door, the thief catchers from Shangguan Street were sweating profusely and looked a little nervous. They kept walking through the alleys, tying up one resident after another and forcing them to kneel in the open space in front of the warehouse door.

Although the weather was cool, the area around the warehouse was extremely hot. The residents of the government office were kneeling there, crowded together, and the air became hot.

The Yao clan members from Beidao and his wife's family were brought here.

They knelt on the ground, looking at the corpses in front with anger, and wanted to pick up whips and beat the bodies of the three Yao Youzhi brothers.

How dare he attack the accountant.

The whole family is implicated!
After the thief catcher finished his work, he had tied up nearly two thousand members of the Yao clan and their wives' families. The Yao clan had over a thousand members, and the remaining thousand were from the mother's and wife's families living in the government office. As expected of a powerful man with a fortune of over five million, he had a large number of relatives and an even wider range of people involved.

The thief catcher stood by, watching the crowded residents, guarding the area tightly to avoid any disturbance. He was even more excited, wondering how much meat and vegetables he could take away.

Based on past experience, Guo Jie would not treat the thief catchers in Chang'an unfairly.

When these thief catchers heard that Yi Zong was dispatching them to the Pingshan Township government office, they did not hesitate at all. Even though Yi Zong was not a thief official, they followed without hesitation.

The thief catchers took leave and followed Yi Zong to the Pingshan Township government office in a private capacity.

The thief catcher took advantage of this opportunity and continued to wear the official robes.

The residents of Pingshan Township did not know that the thief catchers had taken leave, they only knew that these people were thief catchers from Chang'an.

He can only be captured without hesitation.

"Five million coins worth of corn and silk."

Yi Zong's face was filled with joy as he took out a scroll and handed it to Guo Jie: "This time, my sister-in-law has confiscated a total of five million coins in cash and silk. In addition, there are also various types of pork, scallions, vinegar, and hundreds of cattle and sheep."

As soon as these words were spoken, the bandit catcher's face was full of joy. They felt that it was worth it that they had offended Bandit Cao. They would also follow Yi Zong to the government office of Pingshan Township.

Guo Jie's words made the thief catcher feel completely at ease.

"According to the old rules, we will give the captured thieves pork, scallions, vinegar, and other food. In addition, we will give the remaining captured thieves the same amount of meat and vegetables."

When the thief catcher heard the word "pork", he was ecstatic and quickly bowed deeply to Guo Jie.

A story widely circulated among the thieves in Chang'an.

That's right.

Guo Jie liked to be lenient with low-level thieves, clerks, and jailers.

The thief catchers in Shangguan Street remembered Guo Jie's kindness well.

"good!"

Yi Zong was even more delighted, as this time he came here in a private capacity after finding the thief catcher on Shangguan Street.

The original thief catchers followed the county officials to Lantian County, Zheng County and other counties.

Guo Jie once again won people's hearts and waited for the next accident to happen.

Yi Zong can also continue to find other thief catchers in Chang'an and follow them to the countryside without worrying about not finding anyone.

Guo Jie looked at the thief catcher who bowed deeply with a look of delight. He had once again bribed the police of a block in Chang'an with just some insignificant food and drink.

Gao Street, Zhangtai Street, Huayang Street, Xiangshi Street, Xiyin Street, and Shangguan Street.

He has bribed the police in six blocks.

There are also prison guards from four prisons, including Chang'an County Prison, Shanglin Prison, Sihu Prison, and Dongshi Prison.

Full of rewards.

Yi Zong unfolded the wooden tablet and said lamentably, "The only flaw is that we can't sell the government house."

The house of Pingshan Township Government can only be confiscated.

Guo Jie shook his head and said, "We confiscated five million coins this time, and also got a large amount of pork, scallions, and vinegar. I distributed some of it to the thieves, and there's still plenty left. There's no need to sell the house anymore."

Every time the Li Ju house was sold privately, there was a risk of violating Han law.

Fortunately, the farmland in Jinchenglu reached 7,000 acres.

Can be self-sufficient.

Guo Jie no longer had to sell his house to fill the food shortage.

Next, all we need to do is acquire more land, and Jinchengli will be able to expand its population.

"There's another reward."

Chong Huangrou said with a gentle smile, "After returning to Chang'an, immediately go to the Dadi Room to find that marquis and borrow the oil workshop at the Pingshan Township government office to help you set up a beacon tower."

A beacon tower blocking the gap in Gaolan Mountain.

This is one of the biggest gains.

Guo Jie bowed solemnly and said, "Thank you, Lord Chong."

He turned around and said, "Take out 500,000 of the 5 million coins, and Yi Zong, Chong Huangrou, An Guo Shao Ji, Yan Yi, and Su Jia will each take 100,000 coins."

One hundred thousand coins!
Yan Yi was stunned: "You said one hundred thousand coins? Not ten thousand coins? Did I hear correctly?"

A share of money.

It is equivalent to the entire property of a middle-class family!

Even though Yan Yi had seen a large number of Sanzhu coins, he was still shocked by Guo Jie's handwriting.

What's more, Yan Yi was very poor and couldn't even find ten coins on him.

Yan Yi only followed Guo Jie to Pingshan Township and received an astonishing 100,000 coins.

He was shocked and couldn't believe it was true.

Yi Zong, Chong Huangrou and An Guo Shao Ji smiled at each other.

Smiling happily.

It was rare to see Yan Yi, the tenth-generation grandson of Yan Zi, look surprised.

That's understandable.

Yan Hui was famous for living in a simple room, with only a bowl of rice and a jug of water.

The Yan family tradition is to live in poverty and be content with the way of life.

Yan Yi was also a gentleman of the Spring and Autumn Period, determined to educate the poor common people who could not afford to go to school, and did not go to the mansions of the nobles to teach the children of the dukes and marquises.

It's understandable that he's short of money.

Guo Jie deliberately teased him, "You don't want money? Well, Lord Yan is the tenth-generation descendant of Yan Zi. He won't be short of a few hundred thousand coins."

For the first time, everyone saw anxiety on the face of Yan Yi, a gentleman from the Spring and Autumn Period.

"Who said I don't want it?"

Yan Yi was anxious: "How could I not want the money that should belong to me? Besides, one hundred thousand coins is not a small amount. For me who is short of money, it should be a timely rain."

His face flushed, unable to hide his excitement.

With 100,000 yuan, you can open a school.

Yan Yi used 100,000 coins to buy more land and build a school to provide a place for the children to live.

In this way, the poor common people in the countryside can send their children to school, live in the school, and learn to read and write.

Only reading can change the fate of these poor children.

Yan Yi hadn't received the 100,000 yuan yet, but he was already planning how to use it.

"Sell the house in Chang'an. With the money from the sale and the 100,000 coins given by Lord Guo, you can buy a large piece of land near the city gate of Chang'an and build a school to educate more children."

Yan Yi only teaches poor children who cannot afford to go to school.

People who have money to study.

Don't enter Yan's gate.

Yan Yi wanted to teach more poor children, so he bowed solemnly to Guo Jie and said, "In the future, if you need to confiscate the property of the powerful, don't forget me, Mr. Guo."

A word from Mr. Guo.

Guo Jie couldn't help laughing.

Yan Yi called him Mr. Guo, and it sounded more pleasing to him.

(End of this chapter)