Chapter 139, uproar

I want to kill Zhang Bangchang and Liu Yu, who will be made puppet emperors by Jin Guo in the future. Now, the best way is to kill with a borrowed knife.

According to Zhao Ji's holy will, Zhang Bangchang drafted the edict and handed it over to Zhao Guan's family for review.

After reading it, Zhao Ji was very satisfied and said: "According to this edict, I copied more than a hundred copies and sent it to the southeastern states and announced it to the world. In order to protect the rebels from Fang La, I will first recruit them; if the recruitment fails, I will send

A large army will attack, and when the time comes, Fang La's entire army will be destroyed."

Zhang Bangchang took the lead and knelt down and kowtowed: "Official sage, long live my emperor."

Following the example of Minister Zuo Cheng, the officials and more than 10,000 people present knelt down and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, the sage of the official family."

The reason why more than 10,000 people present at the scene did not leave after watching Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng and his son being beheaded was because it was rare to see Long Yan from the official family, and secondly because they had not received Zhao Guan's family yet.

Give each of them a regular reward.

The purpose of distributing rewards to the people present was to promote public opinion.

Zhao Ji was not present to do this kind of reward money personally.

It was left to the magistrate of Suzhou to handle it. Zhao Ji only asked Yang Zhi to keep 20,000 guan of the nearly 2 million guan family property seized from Zhu Meng's mansion as a reward for the people.

Zhizhou refers to the use of courtiers as governors of various states in the Song Dynasty. The full name is "quanzhi", which is abbreviated as "zhizhou". "Quanzhi" means temporarily in charge, "jun" refers to the local army, and "zhou" refers to the civil affairs.

Li Zhizhou immediately knelt down to receive the order, saying that he would definitely handle the matter and return any remaining money to Zhao Guan's family.

Zhao Ji said, "The remaining money should be reserved as a reward for those who surrender among Fang La's bandit army!"

"I obey the decree, and I will handle this matter well..."

…

At this time, Liang Shicheng led several young eunuchs, carrying a large wooden box, to Zhao Guan's house, knelt down and said:

"Let me tell you, the old slave has killed the two thieves Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng. Just like the official told the old slave, the old slave has done the embalming process himself.

The old slave has asked the officials to inspect it."

After Liang Shicheng finished speaking, he turned around and motioned to the young eunuch behind him to open the wooden box that was as big as two small coffins.

Zhao Ji said: "I don't need to go through the inspection anymore. I can rest assured that Mr. Liang is doing the work."

Liang Shicheng was extremely happy to receive recognition and praise from Zhao Guan's family.

He felt that just now our family had to deal with the heads of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng with our own hands in fear of nausea and vomiting in accordance with the official decree. Now it seems that it was worth it.

Of course, Zhao Ji would not let the heads of the two thieves, the Zhu family and his son, be put on the dragon boat he was riding on. He ordered them to be put on the big ship where Yang Zhi and his officers and soldiers were riding.

When Zhao Ji left Suzhou by boat under the escort of more than 3,000 soldiers, he copied hundreds of copies of the imperial edict to disintegrate Fang La's army and appease the people in the southeast. He had already spread out in all directions with Suzhou City as the center.

Spread to the states and counties in the southeast...

At this time, more than ten thousand people gathered in front of the Zhu Mansion to watch the execution, and each of them received the usual copper coins rewarded by Zhao Guan's family.

This made the people extremely happy. They got a thousand copper coins just for watching the excitement. After making this small fortune, most of the people followed the instructions of Zhao Guan's family and told everyone about today's events in the city.

:

"Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son were beheaded by officials..."

"The great scourge in the Southeast, the Zhu family and his son, have been eradicated..."

"We went to see the temporary execution ground set up in front of the Zhu Mansion, watched the Zhu family and his son being beheaded, and received the usual copper coins rewarded by Zhao Guan's family?"

…

Such publicity really makes those who have not yet been envious...

Those who have not yet left are left with many questions:

"The Zhao Guan family really came to our Suzhou?"

"Did you wait to see the execution of the Zhu family and his son, and also see the family of the current sage Zhao Guan?"

"Of course we saw the Zhao Guan family. The Zhao Guan family came to the execution place in person to supervise the execution of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng and his son."

"Er Zhu's head was collected and taken away by the Zhao Guan family."

"Moreover, the official Zhao family originally intended to take the exotic flowers, beautiful trees, and strange rocks in my southeast, and the imperial court issued a huge compensation. It was just the traitor and corrupt official Zhu Meng who not only embezzled all the compensation that the imperial court issued to the southeast, but also turned around

, oppressing and extorting civilians like us..."

"The officials also said that in the southeast, Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son had been the fishermen for many years, and now the Fangla bandits have broken out again. As long as Fangla's rebellion is put down, the officials promise that within three years, taxes in the southeast will be reduced by half.

"

"The sage of the official family! It's really timely for the guan family to come to the southeast. The sage of the official family..."

"I don't know that Zhao Guan's family came to our southeastern place and encountered Fang La leading the crowd to cause trouble. Wouldn't it be dangerous for the emperor to lead him?"

"You haven't gone to the door of Zhu's Mansion, so I don't know the details.

It had only been a month since Fang La's bandit army rebelled against the imperial court, and the mob they gathered was no more than a hundred thousand;

And the Zhao Guan family has mobilized 300,000 troops and horses to prepare to quell the Fang La bandit army in the southeast!

Presumably, once the imperial army arrives, the entire Fang La bandit army must be wiped out..."

"No wonder, the day before yesterday, we all saw more than two hundred troop transport ships passing through our Suzhou Canal heading south. Now that I think about it, they must be the vanguard of the Zhao Guan family who was personally marching, right?"

"That's how it should be."

"The Zhao Guan family is kind and virtuous, and has issued an edict... to inform the world that anyone who accidentally entered Fangla's bandit army before this time, as long as they surrender to the court, will not be blamed, and will be given thirty guan of appeasement money."

"Is there such a good thing?"

"Of course. If this is not the case, whoever can write a letter or send a message to persuade a bandit under Fangla's command to rebel and submit to the court can also go to the government to receive a reward of thirty guan."

"It's such a good thing, I should write a letter to persuade my distant cousin to surrender, leave the Fangla bandit army as soon as possible, and return to the government as soon as possible..."

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Zhao Ji, who had already set off from Suzhou Ferry, was sitting on a royal boat sailing on the Suzhou-Hangzhou Grand Canal. He had already expected that this time he would kill Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng in Suzhou City and issue an edict.

If you tell the states and counties in the southeast, it will definitely cause an uproar in the southeast.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, the uproar is beneficial to me and the Song Dynasty...

Zhao Ji, escorted by a group of personal officials, came to the deck of the royal ship and looked out from the distance to see the roaring river...

Zhao Ji knew that through this canal, it only takes more than 300 miles of waterway to reach Hangzhou from Suzhou.

The origin of the Suzhou-Hangzhou Grand Canal is in Yangzhou. "Zuo Zhuan" records: "Wucheng Han connects the Jianghuai River...". In 486 BC, King Wu Fucha asked laborers to dig the Hangou ditch in Yangzhou, which became the

The starting point of this grand canal.

During the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the entire Grand Canal was excavated on a large scale, with Yangzhou as the center, and the north-south expansion and connection were carried out on the basis of Hangou. Suzhou and Hangzhou were also realized as the waterway of the Grand Canal.

Connected...

When Zhao Ji's fleet arrived at the Hangzhou Canal Wharf, it was already dark.

However, officials of all sizes in Hangzhou who had received the notice in advance, as well as Tan Zhen, the new envoy of the Liangzhe Road who led more than 10,000 elite imperial guards from the capital, a total of more than a hundred officials, were waiting in Hangzhou early.

On the canal pier.

Tan Zhen, the eunuch of the Liangzhe Road System who looks like stars holding the moon, is wearing a purple official robe, standing on the dock with his hands behind his hands, looking towards the upstream of the canal.

When Tan Zhen saw Zhao Guan's fleet approaching, he immediately knelt on the ground and waited for Zhao Guan's family to land early.

Officials of all sizes in Hangzhou City immediately knelt down with Tan Zhen, preparing to welcome Zhao Guan's family...

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"I respectfully welcome the Holy Emperor. Long live my emperor..."

"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."

"Thank you Lord for your grace!"

After Zhao Ji landed, he was closely protected by the imperial city officials.

He saw hundreds of officials in red and green robes kneeling on the pier.

Zhao Jixian asked the eunuch Tan Zhen, the newly appointed envoy of the two Zhejiang Roads, whether there would be Fangla bandits attacking the city after he led his troops to the city of Hangzhou...

Tan Zhen replied: "It has been two days since my minister Tan Zhen led more than 10,000 imperial troops to enter the city of Hangzhou. Fang La's bandits have not dared to attack Hangzhou for the time being.

However, several counties around Hangzhou have been captured by Fang La bandits.

Now the official royal chariot has come to Hangzhou in person and is sitting here to command us to defeat the enemy. The day when the Fang La bandit army will be destroyed is not far away!"

Zhao Ji frowned and thought to himself: Are the high-ranking officials in power in the Song Dynasty all lickers and sycophants?

Zhao Ji asked: "Tan Aiqing, have you been able to fight against the enemy in the past two days?"

Tan Zhen paid his respects and replied: "Your Majesty Tan Zhen, before leaving, I was entrusted with the imperial edict that after leading the army to Hangzhou, you should not easily go out to fight against the bandits, but stick to the city of Hangzhou and wait for Master Tong Guan to lead the elite of the Northwest Army to arrive.

Discuss going out of the city to quell the rebel Fang La bandit army."

Zhao Ji nodded slightly.

He also remembered that he had indeed entrusted Tan Zhen with this. After all, Zhao Ji was not too confident about Tan Zhen's military talents. However, he had not found suitable candidates for the army in the capital, so he chose Tan Zhen to lead the troops to Hangzhou City to defend the city.
To be continued...