All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 260 Brother Huyan, you are confused~~~
"Goodbye, my husband~~~"

"Husband~~~"

"Woooooo~~~"

Inside and outside Tongguan, tens of thousands of Qinfeng Army soldiers cried and mourned as they saw their leader off.

The ones who saw them off were Junior General Zhong and Junior General Zhong Shizhong.

The two brothers of the Zhong family are both big bosses of Qinfeng Road. The elder Zhong is more inclined to the civil service, while the younger Zhong is the one who leads the troops all year round and has a very high status in the hearts of the soldiers of Qinfeng Road.

Previously, they were blocked by the enemy army in the continuous earthen plateau at Tongguan. Zhong Shizhong was very busy, trying his best to organize troops to fight back, trying to break through the blockade and rush back to Chang'an City.

It was not until Zong Shidao's personal guards were allowed to cross the blockade that they delivered the suicide note of the old Prime Minister Zong Jinglie.

Chang'an City was lost, old Mr. Zhong died, Guanzhong was lost, and the Western Army was finished.

After completely losing all hope, Xiao Zhong Xianggong sat alone for half a day, summoned all the generals to arrange surrender, and after receiving all kinds of promises from Hu Yanzhuo, he drew his sword and committed suicide.

He had a high prestige in the Qinfeng Army, and he had also sought a way out for tens of thousands of Qinfeng Road soldiers.

Out of gratitude for his kindness, tens of thousands of soldiers saw his coffin off.

At the same time, Hu Yanzhuo, who hurriedly rode to Chang'an City to report the good news to Chen Ran, encountered a serious career crisis.

"Why did General Huyan come to me for instructions?" Chen Ran said with a gloomy face, "If you have anything to say, just make your own decision. There is no need to ask me."

Hearing this, Hu Yanzhuo's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

He is not a military ruffian who has risen to the top from the bottom of society. He comes from a legitimate military family and is a direct descendant of the founding general Huyan Zan.

His political acumen is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

With just one sentence from Chen Ran, the boss realized that he had done something wrong. Now the boss is very angry!

Without any hesitation, Hu Yanzhuo fell to the ground and bowed his head, no longer showing the proud look he had shown before when he was seeking credit.

"All the generals in Tokyo have been dealt with, and only your Huyan family is left. You have no idea at all, right?" At least Chen Ran was willing to say it instead of ordering people to drag him away.

"Other families were dealt with or exiled. All the land, shops, houses and property that were seized over the years were confiscated, but only your family was left. Are you getting carried away?"

Faced with Chen Ran's scolding, Hu Yanzhuo, with his head bowed to the ground, did not dare to refute.

But in his heart, he wanted to say, "My king, my king, let's make it clear. In the entire Huyan family, no one who has committed evil has escaped, and all of them have been dealt with. Those who are left now are all honest people."

"As for the land, shops and property, they were indeed not confiscated. But I am not ignorant, I have already handed them over voluntarily."

"The entire Huyan clan lives in the old house, and you are unwilling to let the clan members become generals or officials. So many people rely on my salary to support them. It's not easy for me~~~"

Of course, these words will only surge in my heart and will never be said to his face.

After all, so many of the once powerful military families in Bianliang City were swept into the garbage dump of history and became a thing of the past.

In the end, only the Huyan family was left.

If you are still not satisfied, you are courting death.

".You are so brave that you dared to allow Master Zhong to forgive those Western Army generals?!"

Hearing this, Hu Yanzhuo finally raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't allow them to live, how can they surrender? Then mobilize the troops and tens of thousands of people will fight."

"Pooh!"

Chen Ran was furious. "What if tens of thousands of people fight? Even if hundreds of thousands of people fight, so what!"

"If I wanted to compromise, the whole world would have already decided on it! Is there any need to go through all the trouble of fighting all over again?!"

"I just want to clean up the place and wipe out the entangled networks from generals and officials to village elders!"

"If we don't clean it up, it will take another 100 or 200 years before the cycle starts again!"

Hu Yanzhuo wanted to say something else, but suddenly he saw Yang Zhi not far away, who was desperately winking at him.

He suddenly realized something and quickly lowered his head again without saying anything more.

Yang Zhi, who originally had a non-gregarious personality, is now very enthusiastic and likes to make friends everywhere.

He has a good relationship with Hu Yanzhuo. After all, the Yang family is also a family of generals.

This is to remind him not to confront the king at this time.

The king's personality is such that he will respond to soft words but not hard ones.

After venting his anger, Chen Ran simply instructed, "You have to clean up the mess you made yourself! The cleaning work of Qinfeng Road will be left to you."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Hu Yanzhuo stood up and let out a long sigh.

Yang Zhi came over and said, "Come on, I'll treat you to some mutton."

Soil erosion and environmental deterioration in the Guanzhong region are also related to large-scale sheep farming.

Raising sheep and selling them to the wealthy people in Kaifeng Prefecture for consumption can earn much more than farming.

Of course, those who have such access are definitely not ordinary people.

Due to strict military discipline, order in Chang'an City was restored very quickly, and most shops in various districts have reopened.

Of course, the heads of those who intended to take advantage of the situation and rob people hanging on the walls of each neighborhood are an important factor in ensuring a safe environment.

Whenever the army attacks a city, there will always be people who jump out to take advantage of the situation and rob.

He committed murder, arson, and robbery of women.

When dealing with such people, Chen Ran always has a single-minded attitude and just kills them all.

Not only that, he would also take the initiative to send troops to clean out the scum in the dark corners of the city, such as foxes, rats, scoundrels, beggars, etc.

"Brother Huyan." After finding a mutton shop and sitting down, Yang Zhi got straight to the point: "You are confused."

Hu Yanzhuo glared at him, "What do you mean?"

"You have become the commander-in-chief now, what else do you want?" Yang Zhi replied, "Do you want to learn from Duke Di Xiang and become a minister? Or..."

He lowered his voice and asked, "Or do you want to learn from the ten brothers of Taizu Yishe of the previous dynasty?"

Hu Yanzhuo was horrified and quickly covered his mouth, "Don't talk nonsense!!"

When Zhao Kuangyin was crowned emperor, it was essentially the traditional routine of the late Tang Dynasty when separatist regimes were established and the military recommended military governors.

If he was unwilling to accept it, Zhao Kuangyi on the side would have jumped up in anxiety.

The ten brothers of Yishe are all separatist military leaders who hold military power. In theory, any of them is qualified to sit in that position.

Hu Yanzhuo understood the destructive power of these words and was really scared.

Pushing his hand away, Yang Zhi continued, "Whether the Qin Feng soldiers surrender or not has nothing to do with you? How dare you accept the request of that little General Zhong? Isn't this going against the king? If you were a crueler person, would you still be sitting here eating mutton soup? Now it's the people in the city holding steamed buns, waiting to get their hands on your blood!"

Hu Yanzhuo's forehead was covered with sweat. "I only thought about making achievements. This is all my fault. Please teach me~~~"

"The deed has already been done, and the king has dragged you out and chopped you off as an excuse to regret it."

Yang Zhi analyzed slowly, "At this time, Brother Huyan should finish the job. Qinfeng Road must be swept clean."

"But I agreed to Xiaozhong's plan and pardoned those generals and sent them back home."

"That's easy." Yang Zhi smiled smugly, almost holding a feather fan in his hand. "You led the troops to fight in the capacity of the commander-in-chief and accepted the conditions. Now that the war is over, you should give up your position as the commander-in-chief and replace him with the Qinfeng Road Pacifier to do the work."

"Brother Yang is so talented!"

Hu Yanzhuo happily called out, "Shopkeeper, serve some wine~ good wine~~~"

The so-called Qinfeng Army refers to the troops originating from Qinfeng Road.

Qinfeng Road is the area centered on Qinzhou and Fengxiang Prefecture.

The military generals who came from here were basically local landlords and gentry.

The local people were either tenants or hooligans without land or homes.

Hu Yanzhuo, who came with a heart of atonement, carried out a large-scale cleanup operation against the local landlords.

Unlike the previous local gentry who were mainly scholars and officials, the gentry who were mainly from military families put up a fierce resistance in order to protect their own interests.

They not only mobilized the manpower and material resources of the entire clan, but also mobilized a large number of tenants to fight.

Their fighting spirit and morale were a far cry from what they had been doing in Jingzhao Prefecture.

Hu Yanzhuo fought for more than half a month but there was no significant progress.

Chen Ran was very angry about this and sent someone to deliver a letter to Hu Yanzhuo.

".Mobilize the people, you idiot! Use the land of those landlords to mobilize the local people and disintegrate the power of the gentry. Without the support of the people, the sons of generals are nothing!"

Hu Yanzhuo quickly changed his strategy.

The lands owned by the generals were distributed to the local people, saying, "These lands are yours from now on. If you don't want them to be taken away again, pick up your weapons and kill them all with me!"

The situation here changed rapidly.

All places joined Chen Ran's army, and even the gates of Qinzhou and Fengxiang Prefecture were opened by the soldiers.

The same thing happened almost simultaneously in all six regions of Kansai.

The huge network that once firmly controlled the Guanxi area and spread through blood, mother-child relations, and marriage finally suffered a devastating blow.

The physical elimination and redistribution of the means of production brought about radical changes in the entire Kansai region.

Chen Ran's troops increased dramatically again because there were too many surrendered soldiers.

Just like the imperial guards of Bianliang City back then, eliminating the old and weak was inevitable.

Most of those who were eliminated returned to their hometowns to divide the land and engage in farming.

Not all the land was divided up. Chen Ran usually divided half of it and rented the rest to the people for cultivation. The ownership remained in his hands and was used to reward the soldiers with military merit.

The remaining troops, except for the Qinfeng Road troops with special circumstances, were incorporated into the Death Squad. They had to prove themselves on the battlefield before they were eligible to be transferred to regular troops.

For example, during the attack on Chang'an City, a large number of soldiers who surrendered in the Battle of Huaixi were rewarded for their merits and converted into regular troops.

Han Shizhong, who was awarded the credit for being the first to reach the summit, captured as many as twenty-three levels.

Not only was he successfully converted to a regular soldier, but his rank was also raised to the ceiling of ordinary soldiers, the Fifth Great Officer.

After that, he was transferred to a middle-level title and promoted to Zuo Shuchang.

It's not just because of the merit of harvesting, the merit of harvesting can only be up to the fifth rank of doctor.

He was able to become Zuo Shuzhang because of his first achievement.

Han Shizhong was also appointed as the commander-in-chief of Yan'an Prefecture. He brought soldiers from Yan'an Prefecture back to his hometown to carry out the cleanup work.

In his hometown, he received 76 hectares of rewarded land and a huge house.

He left the money, food, silk, horses, spices, salt, gold, silver and other items he had earned for his meritorious service to his family, and then led his troops back to Chang'an.

When they reached Fangzhou halfway, they met the Zhe family from the three states outside the Yellow River.

Han Shizhong asked about their purpose, and the Zhe family responded very straightforwardly.

"I have come to submit to the king!"

(End of this chapter)