Chapter 820 Yangzhou Prefecture! The turtle in the jar!

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Seeing Zhang Zhun's announcement, the river governor Cao Wenheng immediately couldn't sit still. Zhang Zhun actually wanted to force his levy, and the fight was still in the name of managing the river. Isn't this to put him on the fire? Who among the wealthy families in Huai'an Prefecture has a background? To be honest, they could just tilt their mouths on the top, and they could pull him Cao Wenheng from the position of the river governor. Zhang Zhun did this to push him Cao Wenheng directly into the fire pit!

Cao Wenheng was also shocked when Zhang Zhun's lion spoke. Only Zhang Zhun dared to speak out. According to the calculation that one tael of silver is collected per acre of land, at least several million taels of silver can be collected, and it may even exceed ten million taels. Is this possible? Even if Emperor Chongzhen repeatedly raises the salary across the country, it cannot exceed ten million taels per year, let alone just a place in Huai'an Prefecture?

Cao Wenheng felt that Zhang Zhun was simply crazy. If Zhang Zhun was not crazy, it was Zhang Zhun deliberately forcing these wealthy families to rebel! It is conceivable that if there were no wealthy families responding, they would definitely connect and fight against Zhang Zhun together.

Although Zhang Zhun's crossing river dragon is powerful and heartbreaking, it is the ground of Huaian Prefecture after all, and the local snake is also very capable! Thinking of the forces involved in those wealthy families, Cao Wenheng felt that his head was more than ten times bigger. Once a war broke out in Huaian Prefecture, the situation would be a mess.

After thinking about it, Cao Wenheng felt that he would still have to talk to Zhang Zhun. He didn't fall asleep all night, and his heart was always full of energy. It was not until the next afternoon that Cao Wenheng mustered up the courage to see Zhang Zhun, and he was soon approved. After Cao Wenheng came in, he found that Zhang Zhun was listening to his concubine Liu Rushi playing the piano, and his leisurely appearance seemed to have no idea that the crater was about to erupt.

Zhang Zhun waved his hand and asked Liu Rushi to avoid it for the time being, and said leisurely: "Mr. Cao is in a hurry, as if there is something important?"

Cao Wenheng said anxiously: "Governor, such a levy must not be done! The officials think it is better to take more moderate measures."

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Sir Cao, please sit down and talk."

Cao Wenheng had no choice but to sit down with a sign.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "What are Lord Cao worried about?"

Cao Wenheng said anxiously: "Have you considered that once these people rise up to resist, there will be chaos in Huai'an Prefecture. At that time, all prefectures and counties in Huai'an Prefecture will be in chaos, and people's livelihood will be severely damaged. Even this Huai'an City may not be peaceful. This is probably something the governor doesn't want to see."

Zhang Zhun said disapprovingly: "What is the chaos that Lord Cao said includes?"

Cao Wenheng said nervously: "First, those wealthy families must be connected. Their servants are in total, and the number of their servants is quite large. Second, the servants under the governor of the Cao Transportation will also be incited to rebel. There are 20,000 to 30,000 seeds near Huaian City. Once they cause trouble, Huaian City will probably be destroyed. Third, the war soldiers of Huaian Prefecture also have close relationships with these wealthy families, and they will be incited."

Zhang Zhun listened to him calmly, pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "I can understand the first and third items, but this second one... As the governor of the river, can't Lord Cao control these grain gubernators?"

Cao Wenheng's face turned slightly red, and he said with a little unnatural expression: "The Governor of the Cao Transport and the Governor of the Hedao are two different institutions, and the Cao Dean is not under the jurisdiction of the subordinates."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said slowly: "What if I appoint Lord Cao as the governor of the grain transportation and the governor of the river? Will he have the power to govern the grain teachers?"

Cao Wenheng shook his head and said, "You don't have such power."

Zhang Zhun said disapprovingly: "Who has such power?"

Cao Wenheng bowed to the north and said with a solemn expression: "Only the Emperor."

Zhang Zhun seemed to have flipped his mouth, as if he was not very fond of Emperor Chongzhen. However, he did not look too contemptuous, but just said slowly: "Okay, since you have no way to manage those caids and caids, let me deal with them."

Cao Wenheng said anxiously: "Please think twice! Huai'an Prefecture cannot afford chaos! If the grain directors, garrisons, and war soldiers join forces together, it will be detrimental to the adults, I am afraid that more than a thousand people will be brought by the adults..."

Zhang Zhun said disapprovingly with a faint sneer at the corner of his mouth: "Mr. Cao thinks how powerful are they in their combat effectiveness compared to the Tartars?"

Cao Wenheng's mouth seemed to have a duck egg stuffed, no, two duck eggs stuffed. He wanted to say something, but it was hard to say. Many thoughts turned into his mind, but they didn't say it in the end. It's not that he didn't want to say it, but he really didn't know how to say it.

He served as the governor of Ji Liao and confronted the Tartars in the north for more than a year. Although he had no achievements, the myth of invincible Tartars could be heard almost every day. The cruelty and power of the Tartars are a well-known fact. However, the Hu Ben Army defeated the Tartars, or defeated the Tartars led by Huang Taiji himself.

When the news about the victory of the Hu Ben Army in Northern Zhili just reached Jiangnan, everyone thought it was a joke and thought it was the Hu Ben Army bragging. However, as time went by, they had to believe that the Hu Ben Army did defeat the Tartars and Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji, who was ambitious to go south and prepared to burn and kill and loot, finally threw away his armor and escaped from the frontier without any hand.

These information were confirmed from the court. Although the court was reluctant to admit the merits of the Hu Ben Army, it made many modifications to the battle report, and as much as possible put gold on the face of the court army, and most of the results were posted on the court army.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are too many problems here. It is not unclear to everyone's combat effectiveness of the imperial army. How could they destroy so many Tartars? Yesterday, they were beaten up by Tartars, but today they suddenly had a great victory, beheading thousands of times. The contrast is too big, and even a fool will not believe it!

As a result, the more the court whitewashes the results, the more it seems to be more obvious. The more people who are interested believe that it was indeed the Hu Ben Army who defeated the Tartars. This is probably something that the new Minister of War Chen Xinjia would never have imagined. He originally wanted the court army to boost its military power, but unexpectedly, it had the opposite effect.

How could these cabbage soldiers, guards and combat soldiers in Huai'an Prefecture compare with the combat effectiveness of the Tartars? According to Cao Wenheng's estimate, as long as there are three thousand Tartars, it is enough to rush around Huai'an Prefecture. The combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army is stronger than that of the Tartars. Zhang Zhun brought more than a thousand people. Should he also rush around Huai'an Prefecture?

After a while, Cao Wenheng said cautiously: "What the Governor meant is that if they were disobedient, they would take violent solutions?"

Zhang Zhun said calmly: "If they don't take violence, I won't take violence. If they do, why can't I take violence?"

Cao Wenheng was speechless.

You know you want to take violence. You are really a thug. How could God favor people like you? Alas, people are on the chopping board, so you have to bow your head! Cao Wenheng only dared to complain quietly in his heart for a while, but he didn't dare to say it out loud, and even dared not show his expression on his face. He began to think about what he would do to meet the requirements of the Hu Ben Army if he defected to the Hu Ben Army.

Because Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan, Qiao Yunsheng, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Tinglin, Huang Daozhou, Li Lian and others all joined the Great Governor's Office of the Hu Ben Army and became the so-called "traitors" of the imperial court. Therefore, officials like Cao Wenheng's resistance to the Hu Ben Army is no longer as strong as before. So many people surrendered to it, and it seems that it is no big deal to surrender to it by themselves.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "In fact, Lord Cao, I think the problem of Huai'an Prefecture does not require any violence. It only needs a notice and can basically be solved."

Cao Wenheng would not believe his nonsense, frowned and did not speak. He served as the governor of Hedong in Huai'an Prefecture for many years, and he knew very well how deep the water here was. Zhang Zhun's crossing river dragon obviously underestimated the complexity of Huai'an Prefecture.

Suddenly, footsteps came from outside, but Liu An rushed over. Liu An obviously reported something urgently and was covered in sweat. However, seeing Cao Wenheng present, he cautiously shrank back his mouth. Cao Wenheng got up to say goodbye with tactfulness, but Zhang Zhun reached out to stop him.

Zhang Zhun said calmly: "There are no outsiders here, just say it!"

Liu An said uneasyly: "Liu Handa and others publicly stated that they refused to pay the levy, and concentrated the servants to fight openly. They also sent people to the Caotei and the garrison to incite them to the ***. The people in the city seemed a little confused and didn't know what had happened."

Cao Wenheng's face suddenly changed. The thing he was most worried about was indeed coming. Those guys who were backing with big forces were indeed going to fight violently. In Huaian City, there were mixed cultures and armies under different command systems. Once chaos broke out, the thugs killed and set fire everywhere, and it would be strange if Huaian City did not become a piece of white land.

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "Have everyone on the list participated?"

Liu An said bitterly: "Yes, we all participated."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said calmly: "I understand, I'll deal with it. There is a notice here. You will find someone to copy 500 copies and quickly send it to various prefectures and counties. Liu Hang will bring the notice."

Liu Hang came out of it and handed the original text of the notice to Liu An.

Liu An immediately stood there when he saw the content of the announcement. In this announcement, Zhang Zhun expressed his righteousness that because the wealthy families in Huai'an Prefecture refused to take the initiative to assign, he decided to destroy them. The words of the announcement were nothing special, but the announcement came from the hands of the Hu Ben Army, so it naturally smelled bloody.

In the notice, Zhang Zhun also called on the poor people of Huai'an Prefecture to rise up and resist the "rebellion" launched by the landlords. Yes, the reaction of the landlords of the landlords was classified as a rebellion. Zhang Zhun promised that after quelling the rebellion of these people, the Hu Ben Army would implement the equal-field order in the entire Huai'an Prefecture.

According to the relevant provisions of the All-field Order, all the people in Huai'an Prefecture, whether they are refugees, refugees, local residents, grain resident, military households, or foreign garrisons, can obtain at least five acres of land as long as they are over three feet tall!

"Damn it!"

"Why am I so stupid?"

"Zhang Zhun is trying to kill people to establish his authority and successfully implement the Juntian Order!"

Liu An's mind flashed, and he finally realized Zhang Zhun's sinister intentions.

Killing people is actually accompanied by the Hu Ben Army, not the real purpose. The Hu Ben Army's real purpose is to successfully implement the equalization order. Those wealthy families need to pay for water control, but they do not give it to them. After being exaggerated by the Hu Ben Army, the people's hatred will immediately arise. They must vent their anger at the landlords.

If it were normal times, these wealthy families could barely support one or two, or even take violence to prevent the poor people from ***, but now, the poor people have the support of the Hu Ben Army and their strength has suddenly increased a lot. Obviously, the final result must be that these landlords all died in the hands of the angry people.

Huaian Prefecture is about to change!

The Hu Ben Army is going to control Huai'an Prefecture!

Zhang Zhun was not going to participate in the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, but instead used the opportunity to attack Guo and demand the life of Huai'an Prefecture. He incited the people, killed people with a knife, and controlled Huai'an Prefecture at will. This was Zhang Zhun's real purpose. After killing the landlords, the poor people naturally had to follow the Hu Ben Army wholeheartedly.

"I see……"

Cao Wenheng also reacted at this time.

The Governor of the River Deed deeply despised Zhang Zhun's sinister intentions. Such methods are too violent and bloody. However, no matter how despised, he cannot do anything except contempt. He even dared not reveal his contempt in public. Maybe, those angry people will regard him as the target to be eradicated.

Zhang Zhun's announcement was very clever, including all the grain workers, military households, and foreign garrisons, and suddenly removed the reinforcements from all the wealthy families of Huai'an Prefecture. In fact, most of the grain workers and military households were poor people, and they lived on a little bit of hard monthly food and had no land of their own.

They were actually very dissatisfied with reality, but no one led them to the top. Now, Zhang Zhun wanted to distribute the fields to them, so how could they still go against the Hu Ben Army? It would be good if they didn't pick up the swords and guns and follow the Hu Ben Army to fight.

As for the foreign garrisons, most of them were very hard-earned, and they received less money and food every month than the grain. If they could obtain land and improve their future life, Cao Wenheng believed that they were the first person to cooperate with the Hu Ben Army.

It's really too deadly. Huai'an Prefecture fell into the hands of the Hu Ben Army in a unclear way. When everyone was foolishly thinking that Zhang Zhun was going to Yangzhou Prefecture to start a massacre, he started a massacre in Huai'an Prefecture. Poor officials at all levels of Huai'an Prefecture ran to Suqian to welcome Zhang Zhun's arrival. What they were greeting was the Governor? It was just a wild wolf!

The Hu Ben Army controlled Huai'an Prefecture, would Yangzhou Prefecture still be far away? Yangzhou Prefecture is finished, would Nanjing be far away? If Nanjing is finished, would Jiangnan still be far away? Under the induced murderous weapon of Juntian Ling, the downward rebellion of the poor people of the lower class was almost inevitable. The imperial army was no match for the Hu Ben Army, so they could only watch the power of the Hu Ben Army spread to the entire Jiangnan.

The court has no Jiangnan, and it is even more unsupported. In the past, it was said that the court wanted to move the capital, give up the capital, move the capital to Nanjing, and continue to resist stubbornly. Now it seems that this move is not feasible. The Hu Ben Army has occupied Nanjing, where are you going to move to? It is like Emperor Ming of Tang, moving to Sichuan? There, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others are also very active!

"The court is over..."

Cao Wenheng said bitterly to himself in his heart.

Sure enough, after 500 announcements were posted, the boiling Huaian Prefecture became even more excited. But this time, it was completely boiling from the bottom up. The ordinary people in Huaian Prefecture had no land, and who would not want to have their own land? No one could say that they organized their own land in a turbulent manner and joined the ranks of the Hu Ben Army.

The first one to turn against the enemy was indeed the military households of Huaian Guard and Dahewei. Just like the Aoshan Guard where Zhang Zhun was, all the fields of Huaian Guard and Dahewei were occupied by officers. Ordinary military households could only be tenants for officers, and their lives were tight and miserable.

Under the stimulation of the Hu Ben Army, some of the lower-level soldiers made an appointment to initiate the ***. They killed their superior officers, and then established the Huaian Prefecture City Defense Force, consciously accepting the leadership of the Hu Ben Army. After the selection of the Hu Ben Army, a total of 3,000 people were selected to form the Huaian Prefecture City Defense Force.

After the military households turned against each other, the Caotei also turned against each other. This is almost inevitable. Even if the Caotei's monthly grain is barely acceptable, there is no land to attract people, right? They usually don't dare to expect to own their own land. Now with the help of the Hu Ben Army, this wish is possible, but the price they need to pay is very small. How can they refuse?

The upper-level officers of the Caodens discovered something was wrong and immediately fled to Yangzhou. Without the command of the officers, the Caodens were naturally even more chaotic. In the end, most people chose to put down their weapons and wait for the arrangements of the Hu Ben Army. Only a small number of people tried to create chaos, but were killed by the soldiers of the Qizi Battalion of the Hu Ben Army. As a result, Zhang Zhun easily dismantled more than 20,000 Caodens.

Without military households and cabbages, the war soldiers in Huai'an Prefecture were not fools. Most of them were poor people. If they did not follow up with such a good opportunity, it would be a strange thing. The commander of the war soldiers felt that the limelight was wrong, so he fled back to Fengyang, fled back to Zhongdu Stay, and then desperately asked Nanjing for help.

"Call for help from Nanjing?"

Zhang Zhun smiled coldly disdainfully.

It is indeed naive to expect Nanjing to rescue Huaian Prefecture. Nanjing will take care of its own affairs before talking about it. Last time, he only had a few hundred people, so he dared to attack Nanjing City. Now that tens of thousands of troops are in hand, what other resistance can Nanjing City have?

Military households, grain lords, war soldiers and others turned against each other, and the wealthy families in Huai'an Prefecture immediately felt something was wrong. Their first reaction was to escape. However, their movements were too slow. When they found that they had packed up their gold, silver and fine materials and tried to run away, they suddenly found that they were already covered with Tiger Army soldiers.

When Zhang Zhun was heading south in a mighty way, the Min-Camp and Tao-Camp of the Hu Ben Army had already quietly moved south from Shandong and entered Huai'an Prefecture in large numbers. Because Zhang Zhun attracted everyone's attention, almost no one noticed their existence. Therefore, the Min-Camp and Tao-Camp easily completed the encirclement of the target.

Three days later, the heads of more than 300 people including Liu Handa, Zhang Dabao, Lin Shuen were sent to Huai'an Prefecture. Their property was also confiscated by the Hu Ben Army. Their land was also taken over to the Hu Ben Army and prepared to be redistributed. Zhang Zhun immediately announced that he would implement the equal-field order in the Huai'an Prefecture.

Regarding Zhang Zhun's announcement, the poor people in Huai'an Prefecture naturally raised their hands and feet to welcome him. The news came that a large number of poor people fled to Yangzhou Prefecture in the south and Fengyang Prefecture in the west. Especially Fengyang Prefecture, they almost ran over in groups, and the days there were indeed too sad.

At this point, neither Cao Wenheng nor Liu An had any thoughts of swaying. The Hu Ben Army had taken action, and they had no way out. However, they still had some concerns about surrendering to the Hu Ben Army. The main concern was that they had a bad reputation.

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "Call Liu An."

Liu An came to Zhang Zhun, knelt down with a thud, and said stammeringly: "Governor..."

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "You will continue to serve as the prefect of Huai'an Prefecture."

Liu An hesitated for a moment, said verbally, "Thank you for your trust by Governor."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "This is Liu Hang from the Ministry of Government. He is your direct boss. From now on, you will do things under his leadership."

Liu An hurriedly stood up and saluted.

In fact, he had met Liu Hang, but he didn't know Liu Hang's specific position, nor did he know Liu Hang's power. Until now, he knew that the power of this young man was much greater than that of him. Having learned from the bloody lessons, he did not dare to despise anyone from the Hu Ben Army at all.

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "Your main task is to distribute the fields to the people in a short period of time."

Liu An hurriedly agreed.

Liu Hang was a very enthusiastic person and immediately took Liu An to work.

At this time, Lu Yidian just sent the latest information: Zhou Zhengyu had led the third Navy fleet, successfully blocked the Yangtze River, and cut off the connection between Yangzhou Prefecture and Nanjing. Yangzhou Prefecture had become a turtle in the jar.
Chapter completed!