The World of Yellow Sky

The judge repeated it in a low voice. He didn't know why Xu An suddenly asked about this matter, but he still replied.

"That's true."

The Zhen family in Hebei did make an marriage relationship with the Yuan family. In order to seek an alliance, Yuan Shao asked Yuan Xi to make an marriage relationship with Zhen Mi, the fifth daughter of the Zhen family.

Zhen Mi is only 11 years old this year, not yet the right age to get married, so she just made an in-law and didn't get married.

The Zhen family is a high-ranking family in Hebei, and it can be said to be rich and powerful, with profound influence and intertwined roots in Jizhou.

"The Zhen family has many evils. According to the Eagle Wolf Guard's intelligence, there are countless incidents such as encroaching on fertile land and rampaging in the countryside. They have built hidden granaries in the mountains and other places, and there are also cellars to store gold, silver and copper coins."

"I'll leave it to you to investigate and deal with Mrs. Zhen."

Xu An walked back to the first seat, with his back to the judge.

For a family like Zhen's, how could it be clean underneath? They are not in a bitterly cold place like Bing and Liang, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, and they have to huddle together to keep warm.

Land annexation, slave trading, and rampant affairs, if you check casually, there will be dozens or hundreds of cases.

The larger the clan, the larger the population, the more difficult the management, the more affairs there will be, and the more problems will arise.

Most of the aristocratic families are cunning rabbits and three caves. They build hidden granaries and cellars, which are hard to find, and not many people know about them in private.

At some point, the judge also controlled the charm for Yuan Shao. He naturally knew the location of some hidden granaries and cellars, and also as a powerful family, he knew some things that only the powerful of the family knew. Xu An left him for this role. .

The Eagle Wolf Guard is not all-knowing and omnipotent. Since the judge said that he could point out the inside story of his activities, then Xu An would not refuse.

"promise."

The judge did not say much, bowed again, and solemnly promised.

Xu An sat down again.

"Those who take the initiative to take action can reduce the punishment as appropriate, and the matter of persuasion will also be handled by you. I hope you will not let me down. I hope that the order in Jizhou can be stabilized as soon as possible."

Xu An also didn't want to stir up too much resistance. Although the main force of the Wei army was defeated, there were not many remnants of the Wei army, but the aristocratic family controlled the mouthpiece and had great prestige among the settlements in Ting Township. The power of the clan could allow it to confuse a large number of people Enemy with the Ming army.

What Xu An wants is a complete Jizhou, not a dilapidated Jizhou.

However, the public trial must not be exempted, but it is not appropriate to mention it now, and the stability of the foundation must be maintained first.

"I will order Zhongshufu to make an amnesty decree and pardon Yuan Shang."

"Dao Jun's kindness must be remembered."

The judge bowed to the ground.

"I'm going back to the government office now, and order the generals in the government office to lay down their weapons and hand them over to control."

Xu An looked at the judge who was saluting, sighed in his heart, and thought of Yuan Shao in his memory.

"Your sword is sharp, and my sword is not bad either!"

"A real man is fighting to the death, but fleeing from the evil within the walls!"

……

"Specify the burial of Yuan Shao with the ceremony of a prince."

The judge's eyes were slightly fixed, and he looked up at the chief seat.

At this time Xu An stood up, turned around and walked into the house, his figure also disappeared behind the screen.

"Assessment, thank you, Mr. Dao..."

Shen Pei bent down, faced the place where Xu An left, and bowed his head to the ground.

Chapter 792 Ye City

Depending on the position and interests, the way people think will change accordingly.

Shen Pei and Yuan Shao are powerful families. In order to protect their own interests, they must think from their own perspective and do things that are beneficial to themselves.

Although Yan Zhong and others are also powerful families, except for a few big families in Lianghe, there is no way for the rest of the powerful families to enter the center of Han court politics.

When Yan Zhong first started, he was actually more of an ambitious man. He had seen the hardships of Xiaomin, he knew what happened at the bottom, and he also understood the darkness of the temple. Although he had some sympathy, he was just pity.

The reason why Yan Zhong was willing to join Taiping Dao at the beginning was also because he liked Xu An's rare goods and his bright future.

As for Yang Ji, Pang Bo, and Fu Qi, it was because of their friendship with Yan Zhong, and because giving charcoal in the snow is better than icing on the cake, and they have now reaped benefits.

However, the Taiping Dao system determined their upper limit. In the current Taiping Dao, there would never be a big family like the Yuan family with four generations and three princes.

Instead, there is a brand-new official system, with civil and military divisions, the military regardless of government, and the government regardless of the military.

Now whether it is a military officer, a civil servant, or a doctor who lectures, or a teacher who teaches, these positions that originally belonged exclusively to the powerful family are no longer exclusive to the powerful family. The education system implemented by the Taipingdao makes even As a civilian, you can also become one of these people.

The high-spirited spirit and brand-new trend of thought in Taiping Dao finally changed Yan Zhong's thinking, Yang Ji and others, and also affected the younger generation like Hao Zhao and Zhang Liao.

Although Yuan Shao was hostile and turned his back on what he said, his repeated actions also put the Taishan Yellow Turban Army in danger, but that is a matter of position.

Although Yuan Shao was indecisive, indecisive, scheming and indecisive, Yuan Shao could indeed be called a real man.

However, the reason why Xu An allowed the judge to bury Yuan Shao with the ceremony of a prince was not because he really admired Yuan Shao, but because Yuan Shao was the emperor of Wei State and controlled Wei Ting after all.

It is of course impossible to bury Yuan Shao with the emperor's ceremony, but Xu An's goal has been achieved by taking a step back.

And this sum of money naturally does not need to be paid by Xu An, the property of the Yuan family and the Shen family must be used for the trial and allocation, or other powerful families will contribute the money together.

Burying Yuan Shao with the royal ceremony was actually a signal from Xu An, a friendly signal.

Compared with a broken Hebei, a complete Hebei is undoubtedly much better for Taipingdao.

It's just a name, and it doesn't cost much to get some people's support and eliminate some people's hostility, which is undoubtedly worth it.

Xu An walked into the backyard, looked up at the lush trees in the courtyard, and his heart was as calm as water.

The most difficult hurdle has been overcome by them, and the general trend is set. Everything now is just a side effect and will not affect the overall situation.

Suddenly there was a buzzing sound in his ears, and Xu Anxun looked in the direction of Nancheng.

Soon, the buzzing sound became clear. It wasn't the hustle and bustle, but cheers, extremely high cheers.

"Heaven is dead, Han Zuo will end, follow the sky and follow the righteousness, and enjoy peace!"

……

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty (195), June [-]rd.

The last thousand or so Wuwei soldiers in the central government office of Fanyang City put down their weapons, and Shenpei and Gao Lan led the troops out of the government to surrender. The Ming army entered the government office and took over the control of the government office from the trial office. Since then, Fanyang City has been completely controlled by the Ming army.

The examiner found a coffin and carefully packed away Yuan Shao's body. Xu An separated an empty four-wheeled carriage from the convoy as a driver.

On the same day, in the afternoon.

Xu An led his soldiers to march to Yecheng, and at the same time ordered the sharp soldiers to collect Yin'an under Hao Zhao's command, and then marched into Weiguo and other places in Dongjun County.

Shen Pei led his personal guards, guarding Yuan Shao's coffin, followed the Ming army's soldiers, and marched towards Yecheng together.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]th.

At this time, Yecheng was already in chaos. The news of Wei Jun's defeat in Fanyang City had already been heard. Those routs brought the news of Yuan Shao's death, and the whole Yecheng fell into panic.

As soon as the news came out, a large number of powerful families in Yecheng left Yecheng with their private soldiers. They drove horse-drawn carriages, followed the official road, and fled towards Handan in Zhao County.

The powerful families in Yecheng were well informed and responded quickly, but they did not expect the Ming army to march faster.

Just when many aristocratic families escaped from Yecheng, Xu You had already rushed to the outside of Yecheng with the cavalry from Shangguying, and the scouts who scattered out soon found the convoy of those fleeing aristocratic families.

Without any mercy, Xu You ordered the cavalry under his command to directly cut off those aristocratic families who wanted to escape from Yecheng.

How could those private soldiers and retainers hurriedly gathered by powerful families be the opponents of the cavalry cavalry of the Shanggu Camp who were skilled in archery and horses and well-armed?

Seeing this situation, those aristocratic families in the convoy all got out of the car and surrendered, not daring to resist.

They know that there may be a way to survive if they don't resist, but if they resist, they will die.

It is no secret that the so-called Yellow Turban Army is brutal, killing wantonly, and looting places. These are all used to deceive those foolish people. This is no secret. Most of them know the real situation of the Ming Army. After all, they are the spread of rumors Or, in order to fool the group of people below to continue to defend them and fight with their lives.

In the previous battle of Jizhou, when the Yellow Turban Army of Bingzhou took over the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States, in addition to breaking the powerful Wubao, they did not commit any crimes in the cities and towns, and even people or horses trampled on the farmland. They will lose money and apologize.

They knew their identities, they belonged to a powerful family, as long as they surrendered, they could survive without a public trial.

Their choice was correct. Xu You, as the official of the Zhongshufu, knew all aspects of Taiping Dao. The Judiciary was a subordinate institution of the Zhongshufu, so he naturally knew the laws in the "Taiping Law".

Therefore, when those powerful families knelt down and surrendered, he ordered the cavalry under his command to stop attacking and tied them all up.

And those cars full of property became the spoils of the Ming army.

Xu You led the Shanggu camp and set up a military camp to the northeast of Yecheng to prevent the people of Yecheng from fleeing to Handan in the north and Buqiu in the east.

Although Yecheng was chaotic, but still managed to maintain the last bit of reason, Zhu Ling, the general under Yuan Shao's command who stayed in Yecheng.

After a short period of panic, Zhu Ling quickly regained his senses. He first declared martial law in the four cities, not only forbidding anyone from going out of the city, closing the city gates, but also making all the squares and cities in the city martial law and prohibiting activities.

Immediately afterward, Zhu Ling led troops into the Imperial Palace of Yecheng and protected Yuan Shang.

After confirming Yuan Shang's safety, Zhu Ling began to gather the remnants outside the city, and built a fort outside the city as a barrier.

Zhu Ling was worried that there were spies from the Ming army among the remnants of the soldiers. If they were allowed to sneak into the city, the situation would really get out of hand.

He's not a judge, and he's directing the unmovable demons to catch those spies.

Yecheng successfully stabilized the situation under Zhu Lingqiang's powerful means, but with more and more routs and the news of Yuan Shao's death spread, the people in Yecheng were panicked and it became more and more difficult to stabilize.

Although the Eagle Guards who were among the defeated soldiers failed to sneak into Ye City, this did not hinder the actions of the Eagle Guards in Ye City.

Although they didn't have much communication with the outside world, after they learned of Yuan Shao's death and the defeat of the Fanyang Wei army, they immediately spread the news in Yecheng.

They not only spread the news of Yuan Shao's death and the defeat of Fanyang's Wei army, but also added fuel to it, causing the residents of Yecheng to panic even more.

Zhu Ling has been on the battlefield for a long time. He is an excellent general, but he is definitely not a qualified livelihood official. The panic among the residents in the city is increasing day by day, but Zhu Ling is helpless.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]th.

Beicheng was destroyed, and Yu Du and Bai Rao defeated the six thousand Han troops in Beicheng together.

Sun Ben was beheaded by Pang De's formation, and more than [-] Han soldiers were captured.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]th.

When Bai Rao went south to Liyang, the Han army in Liyang was retreating, and Yuan Shu's troops were crossing the river in Liyang.

The Han army in Liyang had a large number of defense equipment, but Bai Rao did not find an opportunity, so he camped north of Liyang, waiting for the infantry led by Yu Du to go south, and Li Heng to lead his infantry eastward.

On the same day, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ming army arrived in Yecheng under the leadership of Xu An.

At this time, Yecheng was in internal and external troubles, and Zhu Ling was overwhelmed by the affairs of the cities every day, and various affairs had already popped up.

In the court of Wei, many ministers had already escaped from Yecheng at the first time, so Zhu Ling was the only one who took care of many messes, how could he do it.

Not only the hearts of the people, but also the hearts of the army fell to the bottom because of Fanyang's defeat.

Now Yecheng has only a few thousand old and weak newly recruited soldiers. The Ming army is said to have tens of thousands of people, who are encircling from all directions. No matter how high the building is under the attack of the thunderbolt car, it is said that it will be reduced to ashes.

Those thunderbolt cars, I heard that Xu An had affixed them with thunder charms, could have the power of thunder, and it would be easy to destroy cities and walls.

Tens of thousands of elites were defeated in Fanyang, how could they resist the Ming army's attack.

And even if they temporarily blocked the Ming army, so what, they have no chance to counterattack, they have lost the ability to fight again, they are just dying now, and it is only a matter of time before they lose.

Many people have already planned to surrender, but because of Zhu Ling's prestige in the army, no one dared to mention it.

And when everyone was on the city wall and saw a group of brightly armored soldiers of the Ming army advancing like a wall on the official road, the generals stopped Zhu Ling on the city wall and began to persuade him. .

Zhu Ling looked at the soldiers of the Ming army who were slowly advancing along the official road not far away, while listening to the noisy voices of the crowd, he felt his head was as big as a bucket, and it was difficult to think at all.

One after another, the khaki-colored banners gathered on the official road to form a huge yellow dragon.

Huge yellow dragons meander on the official road.

The banners were flying, Huanglong opened his mouth in the gust of wind, revealing ferocious sharp teeth.

The cavalry galloped, and the yellow dragon stretched out its claws on the land, showing the sharpness between the claws.

Zhu Ling did not endure such torture all the time, and the arrival of the trial match made Zhu Ling relieved.

Yuan Shao's coffin shattered the last sliver of luck in everyone's hearts. They understood that they had really lost, and it was a crushing defeat, with no chance of recovery.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, June [-]th, Shenshi.

Zhu Ling led his generals out of Yecheng and offered the city to surrender.

Xu An accepted Zhu Ling's surrender, dispatched a large army to gradually take over Yecheng, and announced that Yecheng would be under military control.

You hour two quarters (17:30).