Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 116: Internal troubles in Qianlong Bay, no problem! I will debate with the great scholar in the future
Qianlong City is not like Shangjing or Kyoto, where one can build a restaurant with seven or eight floors.

Longmen Tavern is already the best restaurant in Qianlong City. The first floor is for ordinary people to eat, the second floor is for officials and generals, and the third floor is for big shots who cannot be offended.

The county magistrate, Lord Lu Ci, suddenly had the idea of ​​coming to Longmen Tavern for dinner. The shopkeeper did not dare to delay him and quickly arranged for the kitchen to prepare the best ingredients.

However, when Fatty Lu saw this, he did not show any good expression at all. He still had a cold face and drove the shopkeeper out, leaving only a few servants.

While eating, Fatty Lu seemed to feel a little stuffy and kept wiping the sweat from his head.

"Sir! I'll get the fan now."

There was a clever servant who took a step and then stopped where he was.

An arrow flew out from nowhere and pierced Fatty Lu's arm.

"Ah ah ah..."

Fatty Lu screamed like a pig being slaughtered, cursing Huang Xuan who arranged the assassination in his heart.

Didn't they say it was just a show? Why did they really assassinate him?

The guards around were horrified and surrounded Fatty Lu with their flesh and blood bodies.

"Protect your lord!"

In an instant, the news that Qianlong Bay County Magistrate Lu Ci had been assassinated spread throughout Qianlong City.

The 5,000 city defense troops of Qianlong City, led by Moss, closed the city gates and blocked all key places as if they had been prepared.

Among them, the landlords and wealthy families were under strict supervision, and under the leadership of the centurions and generals, their bows, crossbows and armor were inspected.

A large group of people started crying for their parents.

Qianlong Bay is close to the land of the Hu people, and in order to guard against assassinations by masters above the seventh rank, we can only prepare these things.

I didn't expect to suffer such an unexpected disaster this time.

Liu Hong only suppressed and taught these guys a lesson, but the one that Liu Hong really paid attention to was the Zhou family.

The Zhou family can be called a family of high esteem. The current head of the family, Zhou Zheng, once served as the Minister of Rites of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Being able to become a Shangshu means he has considerable influence in the entire Northern Qi Dynasty, and he also has private connections with the Jinyiwei.

He is almost the local emperor of Qianlong Bay.

There are more than 2,000 tenant households, controlling 30% of the cultivated land.

We didn't take action against the Zhou family before because it was not the right time and the situation was unstable. Now there will be no major war between the two countries within the next five years.

It's time to take action!

Moss personally led a thousand city defense troops to surround the Zhou family mansion, and a few servants who didn't know the consequences hadn't started shouting yet.

Then the city defense soldiers stabbed out with spears and took their lives.

"Commander Moss, my Zhou family has no grudges against you in the past or in the present! What are you planning to do by surrounding my Zhou family this time?"

Zhou Zheng, a calm and dignified middle-aged man, looked at the two bodies on the ground with an unhappy expression.

After whispering a few instructions to the servants, he confronted Moss again.

"Privately storing armor and crossbows is a capital crime! And he is also suspected of assassinating the county magistrate. I was ordered to come and look after the Zhou family. I had no choice but to do so. I hope you will forgive me."

Moss gave a casual bow.

In his eyes, the Zhou family was just a lamb to be slaughtered, so there was no need to pretend to be nice.

Zhou Zheng's heart skipped a beat.

He was able to rise to the position of Minister of Rites from the ups and downs of officialdom, so he must be a shrewd person.

It seems that this matter cannot be resolved peacefully today!
"The commander discovered that the Zhou family had hidden two hundred sets of armor, fifty sets of bows and crossbows, and one set of city defense crossbows."

Not to mention Moss, even Liu Hong, who was hiding among the soldiers, was startled.

If this number had been used during the turmoil in Qianlong City, the Zhou family would have been able to arm their servants and take over the city gates.

After all, in front of the city defense crossbow that can be called a sniper cannon at a range of dozens of meters, all beings are equal! If a ninth-rank master is hit, he will only die.

"Master Zhou, why did you hide the city defense crossbow? Who are you going to shoot?"

Liu Hong separated from the soldiers directly with a gloomy face.

Moss took a step back and sentenced the Zhou family to death in his heart.

This time, Liu Hong left the delegation without permission. Since he is not going to hide his identity, it means that these people from the Zhou family are doomed to a miserable end.

Zhou Zheng tried hard to identify Liu Hong, and then as if he remembered something, his face turned pale and his voice became halting.

"Pei Bo..."

"Who are you going to shoot with this city defense crossbow?"

Liu Hong's tone became more serious. All the city defense forces continued to capture the Zhou family, about 300 people, and nearly 200 women and the elderly.

Zhou Zheng's lips kept trembling, but he still held on to his breath.

"I have a history with Jinyiwei Commander Shen Zhong. Do you dare to kill me? Do you dare to kill more than 300 people in my Zhou family?"

Seeing that Zhou Zheng wanted to say something, Liu Hong directly interrupted the former Minister of Rites of Northern Qi.

"Shen Zhong was removed from his position as commander a long time ago, and he is already dead. His fiefdom is probably taken back by the Northern Qi court."

"what!"

This time, Zhou Zheng finally couldn't hold back his expression.

"Tell me, what is this city defense crossbow going to do?"

Liu Hong sat on the chair, took the tea handed to him by the soldier, and exhaled lightly.

Moss grinned and chopped off the heads of several members of the Zhou family with his sword.

"Don't try to test my patience again. I don't like to confiscate families, but I will never let anyone who threatens my Qianlong Bay go."

It is said that the county magistrate confiscates property and the prefect exterminates the entire family.

Military power is always the most violent thing.

"Kill me, how can you stop the scholars from speaking out? I have been the Shangshu for ten years, and my students and former officials are all over the world."

Zhou Zheng was still somewhat unwilling and made his final struggle.

"No problem. As long as I am in power, there will be great scholars who will debate for me in the future."

Seeing that Zhou Zheng was still holding on, Liu Hong nodded slightly at Moss.

Countless long swords were swung out, and the heads of the adult males of the Zhou family fell to the ground almost at the same time.

Only the old and weak women were left sitting on the ground, crying out of fear.

Zhou Zheng felt Liu Hong's murderous aura and became completely panicked.

"I say! This is a gift from General Xiao Zhan, the governor of Nanling. He wants me to turn against him in the next war between the two countries."

"Well! In that case, I will give you a quick death. I will not exterminate your Zhou family bloodline, but any male taller than a horse's leg must die."

Liu Hong slowly stood up and gave the order expressionlessly.

He ignored Zhou Zheng and felt only relieved.

Fortunately, I returned to Qianlong Bay this time. I didn’t expect that the main general of Northern Qi could transport the city defense crossbows to Qianlong City.

It seems that Liu Hong was only focused on maintaining stability and developing the economy, which gave too many people the opportunity to take advantage of him.

As the Minister of Rites, Zhou Zheng certainly received special treatment even after his death.

Zhou Zheng gave Liu Hong a grateful smile, slowly took out a fist-sized amount of gold from his arms, and swallowed the gold to commit suicide in front of everyone.

"Sir! Do you want to…"

Moss came up and made a throat-slitting gesture to Liu Hong.

It was obvious that he was determined to kill and was prepared to leave no harm behind.

"It's okay. Those people have been wanting revenge for at least twenty years!"

Liu Hong didn't care at all.

Twenty years later, he was already fifty years old. If he had not conquered the world by then, he would probably have been defeated and killed.

It is not the turn of the descendants of the Zhou family to take revenge. If they take over the world and are succeeded in revenge, it can only be said that it is God's will.

"Let's check those big landlords carefully! There's no way they only have this one crossbow to defend the city. The merchants who have close ties with them must also be strictly controlled."

Liu Hong gave instructions to several soldiers.

Then he looked at the old and weak women of the Zhou family who were still crying and sighed.

"One hundred acres of land were allocated to them, and five hundred taels of silver were given to them. They were also implicated in the wrong political struggles among men."

"Your Excellency is merciful..."

Moss spoke with a sincere heart.

He followed Liu Hong so wholeheartedly.

That's because Liu Hong's methods can be as powerful as thunder and lightning, violently crushing everything. He can also use the heart of a bodhisattva to appease everyone.

In fact, this is the way of kingship and hegemony commonly used by the Han Dynasty. It’s a pity that it is not common in this world.

(End of this chapter)