Song Beiyun

"Knock the mountain to shake the tiger." After pondering for a moment, Yan Shu suddenly smiled wryly: "If it's a conspiracy, I'm really not as good as you."

"Yangmou, you can't even figure it out." Song Beiyun Erlang raised his legs: "This is a talent, you can't learn it. Your grandfather is your grandfather after all."

It wasn't enough for Song Beiyun to take advantage, but Yan Shu could only be dumb and eat coptis. Who made Song Beiyun his grandfather's younger brother?

However, in the process of chatting with him, Yan Shu realized what he lacked compared to Song Beiyun, and that was the gap in his overall outlook.After all, he was the one who learned the art of war from Lord Fu.

Before he came, the imperial court was in the open, and there is a saying that it is easy to hide a spear in the open and hard to defend against an arrow in the dark.But after he came, the situation immediately reversed, the enemy was in the open and we were in the dark, and their original subtlety became foolish.

And all of this is because no one can figure out what is going on in Song Beiyun's mind, let alone reveal his whereabouts, because only one person knows that he is here, and if other people know, then this one and only person will be confirmed. If he is convicted of a crime, he will definitely die, and he will force the other party's protective umbrella to be immobile, in a dilemma.

Such a trick, the opponent is caught off guard.But now that the place that has lost its protective umbrella is under Bai Nian'an's National Security Army, it is nothing more than fish and meat at the mercy of others. Whether it is life or death is just a word from Song Beiyun.

"You exposed yourself to Dong Shen, which means...to force him to stand in line?"

"Yes or no, the old cancer is intertwined, how do you stand in line? Even if you stand on the side of the court, can you tolerate him in the end?" Song Beiyun slurped his porridge: "I'm giving them a chance to panic. They want to survive. Can do anything."

After speaking, he picked up a salted duck egg and peeled it off, then hung his hand in the air, pondering for a while: "I'm afraid there must be one side in the chaos in Ezhou."

"Who?"

"Those families who are close to the imperial court also suffered heavy losses this time, and I'm afraid they won't be able to swallow this breath." Song Beiyun raised his head and glanced at Yan Shu: "I will meet them again with my injuries."

"Me? I'm afraid of death, bro."

"I'm here, I will pay for your life when you die."

"How should I handle it after meeting?"

Song Beiyun pursed his lips: "Will the bridge be demolished when crossing the river? You just say that Xia Song came here with the emperor's anger, and it will definitely set off a bloody storm. If they continue to waver, they will definitely be killed." .”

"At this time, they will definitely be upset and say, 'Master Yan, why are we still doing this after we are determined to seek refuge'?" Song Beiyun began to perform, and his lifelike posture caused Yan Shu to laugh: "When the time comes, you will say , Now that I am seriously injured, what I said doesn’t count, Xia Song’s background as the leader of the army has worked with Song Beiyun for a long time, and he is Lord Ding’s confidant in the court, so he will not pay attention to these things for the sake of merit.”

"Then what then?" Yan Shu asked curiously, "Isn't this about crossing the river and tearing down the bridge?"

"That's right, it's just crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, besides, they haven't built a bridge for you yet." Song Beiyun spread his hands, "You know they died too, but their death is their business, and their death is not because of their contribution to the court." Damn, what does it have to do with the imperial court to be plotted against while having a meal? Then, if a minister in the imperial court goes out to drown in a cesspit, will the imperial court have to posthumously confer the title of a loyal and brave man? Nonexistent , How can the cart be turned upside down."

"You are really wicked." Yan Shu sighed: "I can't think of such a poisonous plan anyway. I said that Jia Xu in your Romance of the Three Kingdoms is so vicious. It's your mold."

"You care so much, just ask you whether it works or not."

"If it works, it will work." Yan Shu nodded and said, "If the bridge is torn down like this, they must try to protect themselves, and then things will be interesting, and then Ezhou will be in chaos."

"It's okay to mess up." Song Beiyun patted his thigh: "It's not a good thing for a dog to bite a dog. The three camps of the governor's camp, the surrender camp and the death camp are divided into three groups, fighting to the death. When the time comes, we will gather people like this, what should we do?" Kill those who deserve to be buried, and leave a few who are not so strong, and set an example outside to hang a memorial archway, and then you can wait for the city wall to hang people's heads."

Song Beiyun played tricks on people to the extreme, even if he didn't show up, the situation had already started to change suddenly.

Not to mention that Yan Shu admires this, even Zhao Xing has lamented more than once that his most proud thing in these years is that he replied to Song Beiyun's letter back then, and the two of them made a pen pal, otherwise the Liao Kingdom might have unified the Central Plains now up.

This group of people thought they were smart, and in fact they were, but they never thought that Song Beiyun, a rule breaker, would suddenly appear.His appearance disrupted the layout, and also caused a disagreement between the umbrella and the evil forces from the bottom.

They dared to assassinate Yan Shu because no matter how strong Yan Shu was, he was still a man on the bright side, and no matter how angry the court was when he died, nothing could happen.But they really didn't dare to assassinate Song Beiyun. Firstly, Song Beiyun didn't give them this chance. Secondly, they had analyzed Song Beiyun's behavior pattern long ago. It doesn't matter who the dead man belongs to. , as long as he is caught, he will do whoever he wants.

Evidence can be forged, and confessions can also be rewritten. The Song Beiyun they know is not a person who is willing to be bound by rules.

Besides, their assassination itself broke Song Beiyun's rules, so there is no such thing as a happy ending.

In the afternoon of that day, Yan Shu summoned the people from those wealthy families with his sick body, and told them about the incident. There are two paths to choose from.

One accepts the threat of their original group, and continues to fight against the court and the new law with determination.One is to completely break with the original class and become the dog of the Song Dynasty imperial court.

Both paths are not easy to walk, and it's up to them to choose, but Yan Shu also revealed in secret that everyone will have to pay the price for their choice at this point.

The threat in this tone is obvious, and these people also said that they need to discuss it with their family first.

At the same time, Dong Shen was also gathering with a few local tyrants, but he really didn't dare to talk about Song Beiyun. As a senior old dog, he knew that what he had said tonight, his family would probably die tomorrow morning. To be buried in a deep pit outside the city.

"Master Dong, what is your intention to invite me here in such a hurry?"

Dong Shen picked up the wine glass and drank it down. Hearing the young man's voice, he frowned slightly: "A few days ago, I heard that you were going to do something important, but you didn't tell me?"

"Hey, Mr. Dong is serious. To Mr. Dong, it's just a trivial matter, and there is no basis for it."

Dong Shen looked around in front of them with deep eyes: "A few days ago, the imperial envoy was assassinated in the Yellow Crane Tower, have you all heard about it?"

"Water bandits in Dongting, bullying people too much!" Another young man stood up at this time: "It's clear, and you dare to commit murder in public! Don't worry, Mr. Dong. If Mr. Dong is determined to suppress the bandits, my He family will definitely help .”

"Okay, okay." Dong Shen said three good things in a row, and said with a sneer: "You guys, this is also strange. The Dongting water bandits have been suppressed every year, and the court has held them accountable several times, but the old man has been prevaricated. But now , this water bandit has the audacity to attack the imperial envoy, this time the old man is probably powerless."

The young people of several families looked at each other, and then one of them got up and said loudly: "Master Dong, don't worry, Brother He's intention is our intention. If Master Dong suppresses the bandits, we will definitely come out." Money pays off."

When Dong Shen saw the expressions on their faces, the muscles on their faces could not help but twitch.

What kind of nonsense Dongting water bandits, their excuses, they understand that they want to pull themselves out as a scapegoat.

Bandits?It's okay to fool the court, but this time it's the King of Hades who came here, to fool him?Go dreaming.Dong Shen was not stupid, he knew that if his family wanted to survive, they would have to beg the Living Hades.

After meeting Song Beiyun yesterday, he had already thought through it thoroughly. If he didn't try his best to get rid of the crime, then his family would definitely die with him. There was only one way to get rid of the crime, and that was to kill him in front of him. All these people were killed, and there was no one left.

Dong Shen, who had made up his mind, decided to put all his eggs in one basket.

After the banquet, he went to the resting place of the imperial envoy in the dark and met Yan Shu in the name of visiting.

After the two had dealt with each other for a while, Dong Shen suddenly burst into tears, and told Yan Shu all the grievances he had suffered in Ezhou over the years.

To sum up the core ideas, there are three points:

First: Dong Shen is a staunch reformist, and he supports the imperial court's policies no matter when and where.

Second: The reason for this situation is not that Dong Shen didn't work hard, but the arrogance is too hateful, and he is not allowed to support the court by coercion and temptation.

Third: He is guilty, but he is not guilty of death. He has no knowledge of the assassination of an imperial envoy, but he will definitely cooperate with the court to bring the leader of the thief to justice, hoping to atone for his crimes. After the storm, he will definitely ask the court to allow him to retire Returning home, he has owed the emperor's favor and is not worthy of being a minister.

These words were clearly meant for Yan Shu, but in fact they were meant for Song Beiyun, which means that he will cooperate with the court to wipe out the local tyrants this time, and as long as Master Song spares his life, he will lose all his family property and return home directly. .

Of course, he would definitely not let go of throwing the blame on those local tyrants. He accused the tyrants of multiple crimes in a series, and explained the whole process of how they bribed and threatened him.

It is equivalent to directly handing over the vote certificate to the imperial court.

After he left, Song Beiyun came out from the back room, Yan Shu glanced at him, and he also glanced at Yan Shu.

After the two were silent for a long time, Yan Shu suddenly laughed: "This man is really afraid of death."

"How many people are not afraid of death." Song Beiyun laughed: "He dared to beg for mercy when he met me. If I don't show up, he will definitely fight you to the end."

"Huh? Why is that?"

"You follow the rules." Song Beiyun patted him on the shoulder: "We don't talk about conditions with the rules. He stretches his head and shrinks his head. Why does he plead guilty? But it's different with me. Such a little assassin, In my eyes, he is nothing more than a protective umbrella. As far as his courage is concerned, it is nothing more than the ability to turn a blind eye and close one eye. The focus of the New Deal is local power. He has a mirror in his heart, so he dares to talk to me Negotiate terms, I may he negotiate terms with me."

Song Beiyun withdrew his hand and stood outside the window: "Now you know why I went to see him in private, don't you?"

"He was so overwhelmed that he couldn't breathe. The eight doors of Dunjia left one, and the only door of death is also the door of life." Yan Shu nodded lightly: "It's amazing."

"Tell him whether he is smart or not." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "For such a smart person, his dream of becoming an official was definitely not a high-ranking official."

After finishing speaking, Song Beiyun laughed softly: "The next thing is a good show. Go to the Yellow Crane Tower tomorrow?"

"No, no, no..." Yan Shu waved his hands again and again: "How about going to enjoy the cherry blossoms?"

"The ghost wants to enjoy cherry blossoms with a man." Song Beiyun turned his head and glanced at him: "Look at the meat on your belly, it's multi-layered."

"I've lost a lot of weight." Yan Shu protested, "I have to lose half a pig."

For the rest of the time, their job was to wait, waiting for the three sides of Ezhou to bite each other, as long as there was a gap, they could insert things into it. Song Beiyun was familiar with this trick.

Sure enough, from the second day onwards, the wind direction in Ezhou began to change. The most powerful people from the two camps fought. After all, everyone was killed. At the beginning, the imperial court is still eyeing it. If the progress is not accelerated, the century-old foundation may be destroyed once the imperial court is really in operation.

The way they fight is also very interesting. Although both sides are local clans who have been entrenched for many years, the real confrontation still requires the simplest hand-to-hand combat to hit the flesh.

First, the defection of the fence-riding faction. In order to show their loyalty, they used some tricks that hurt the enemy one thousand and self-defeating eight hundred, fast, accurate, steady and ruthless.From the beginning of the severance of contact, to the end of exposing each other's crimes without thinking, the whole Ezhou was in turmoil for a while.

At this time, Dong Shen was off the court. He first played [-] big punishments each in a calm manner, and punished the big and the big according to the law. Unscrupulous.

First, it changed from literary fighting to military fighting, and first organized villagers and tenant farmers to fight with each other, and the wind of private fighting rose majestically.After the killing became red-eyed, it began to intensify. Every morning for the past few days, people can be seen violently dying on the street, and after checking their identities, almost all of them are famous and respected figures in the local area.

At this stage, the fence-riding faction was actually at a disadvantage, but at this moment, Dong Shen suddenly changed his style. He stretched his hand to the necks of the two camps and began to strictly investigate and deal with it. Suddenly, the atmosphere in Ezhou suddenly changed. It became turbulent, and cases of retrial and justice were everywhere.Even old cases from decades ago will be brought up for review, and more than a hundred people have been imprisoned.

When this place is so powerful, no one can understand what kind of evil Dong Shen is. The only way to survive is to eat up all these gentry families to be considered peaceful.

So the three parties finally came together in a melee, with turmoil, lightning and thunder.

"Fortunately, the official's family went to Chang'an, otherwise he would have a terrible headache now."

Yan Shu stood on the Yellow Crane Tower where he was stabbed by the knife, looked down at Jiangcheng, and laughed: "I won't lose this knife."

"It's far away." Song Beiyun looked into the distance and said, "It's only been a while, at least half a month before we can make a move."

Now the local big families are no longer as simple as skin trauma, they began to use their intertwined roots to punish Dong Shen, a mad dog, but the problem came, the emperor went on a west tour, and Prince Fu was in charge of the country.And because the imperial envoy was assassinated here, the court was already furious. At this time, it suddenly ordered the replacement of the governor. Doesn't that mean that there is no 300 taels of silver here and they don't recruit themselves?

So Ezhou Haoqiang's request for help was like a mud cow into the sea without any news, and they became more and more anxious, so they started to spread rumors and made trouble, and even contacted the local guards, wanting to launch a mutiny.

But who would have thought that the local guard is now a zongzi, tightly bound inside and out, Song Beiyun seized their military power when he came up, and the National Security Army has already controlled the situation in Ezhou, the guard has a lot of things in his heart Helpless, but he couldn't do anything at all. Instead, he could only watch as many troops in Ezhou began to change defenses.

After tossing and tossing, many people have discovered that something is wrong, but the matter has reached this point and it is impossible to sit down and negotiate.

As their struggle intensified, more and more evidence and testimony appeared in Yan Shu's hands. There were as many as 15 witnesses alone. If they wanted to rectify it, they could do it now.

But Song Beiyun told him to wait a little longer, saying that after another half a month, the rectification of Ezhou would be as smooth as walking on the ground.

Yan Shu didn't quite understand, after all, he still lacked fighting experience, but there was Song Beiyun, who had rich fighting experience, by his side, so he had nothing to worry about, so he just watched the fun for more than ten days.

This situation lasted until after the Qingming Festival, when the entire family of Ezhou's powerful family was basically wiped out. At this time, Song Beiyun gave an order, and Bai Nian'an swept across the entire Ezhou with people like a tiger out of the cage, and there were broken houses everywhere. There are people who walk around and give bribes everywhere.

But bribery is bribery, you should find someone who can talk to you, right?They found Yan Shu, who said that he was inconvenient and could not see any guests.They found Dong Shen, the mad dog, but Dong Shen didn't even answer him.

The local gentry who originally thought that money could reach the sky were dumbfounded. After seeing the situation in Ezhou, they found that they had missed the opportunity to run away. They had almost no other choice but to stay at home and wait to die.

The trump card was brightened, the umbrellas were fully opened, officials, large and small, arrested 140 people, and the powerful family properties confiscated hundreds of cars.

But this is not enough, the most important part of the murder is finally about to begin, with Yan Shu as the presiding judge and Xia Song as the jury, they began to use the evidence at hand to start a protracted lawsuit.

Among the 180 rich and powerful families in Ezhou, 97 of them had their homes confiscated, and nearly [-] of them had their income confiscated.

Yan Shu announced their crimes to the public, and the people of Ezhou were passionate, wishing to eat their flesh and drink their blood.

In order to quell public anger, the Song Dynasty generally issued a total of 750 five times in Ezhou to execute the "judgment" that Song usually used on rebellious usurpers, including housekeepers, thugs, and reared killers, and even profiteers attached to wealthy families. The rest, such as forcing a good person into prostitution, or stealing by stealth, these are not considered to be pretentious, and basically belong to the kind of killing first and then trial without unjust, false or wrongful cases.

The execution ground outside Jiangcheng was filled with blood every day, and the people all clapped their hands and applauded, but this has not yet reached the finale.

The real highlight is the interrogation of the family members themselves. The bloodbath of a century-old family really relieves the hatred of the people.And the leaders of He, Wu, Chen, Sun, and Li are even more tragic.

The Song Dynasty had almost abolished Ling Chi, and it was only recorded in the legal code, but these few families did not know which plague god they had provoked, and the leaders were sentenced to Ling Chi's death.

On the day of execution, they were executed by the executioner of Shang Xing Si, who was originally from the Imperial City Department. Most of them had to scrape more than 1000 knives before they died.

The tragic situation frightened many of the smaller squires and bowed their heads, saying that in order to show compassion for the imperial court, they donated their property and the like.

Song Beiyun didn't show up the whole time, but when he was watching Ling Chi's execution, he changed into a different set of clothes and mingled with the excited crowd to watch a rare feast in the world.

"If it doesn't work, don't look at it, you don't feel ashamed if you spit it out like this."

Song Beiyun squatted at the base of the wall covering his mouth. He couldn't speak, and when he did, he just vomited.There were quite a few people who vomited there, most of them wanted to see the lively common people, after all, this thing really exceeded the range that normal human beings can accept, and most people couldn't stand such a stimulating method...

"Mom..." Song Beiyun squatted there and shuddered: "I'm about to vomit out my gall."

Yan Shu laughed: "Look at me, I don't even look at you."

After Song Beiyun finally stood up, he took a deep breath: "I'm avenging you, but you actually laugh at me? People like you deserve to die."

"Let's not talk about that, there are still a lot of squires who have submitted their nomination certificates and are locked up inside. What are your plans?"

"What else can I do? Let's go bankrupt and eliminate the disaster. The family property will not be confiscated. After all, someone must set an example for the reform." Song Beiyun took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth: "When the time comes to buy the land, I hope they will hurry up .”

Chapter 678: Sunny September 4, Six Years

"This reform is to revolutionize our lives!"

The Feng family in Jianghan is a very old family. It is said that in addition to the support of the Lu family when Liu Bang started the uprising, the Feng family was also an important supporter.

Although the Feng family has withered since the Tang Dynasty, and many branch families have disappeared, but as a big family with a thousand years of heritage, they still control a lot of resources in the Jianghan area, and they can be said to be like emperors in the Huguang area.

They were not considered upstarts, but their investments were accurate. Zhao Xing's accession to the throne had a lot to do with them, because the recognition of all the gentry south of the Yangtze River was inseparable from their actions.

So even though they have no roots in the court, they are still a powerful party, but the current situation is obviously that the court is going to cross the river and demolish the bridge, which is like a bolt from the blue to them.

Feng Hui, the current head of the Feng family, is sitting in the lobby. As the eldest son of the family, he naturally understands that if he doesn't do anything this time, the foundation of the family will be hollowed out.

"Second brother, don't worry." Feng Hui raised his eyelids lightly, and looked at the second brother who was yelling at him, "You are not too old, why are you still so impulsive."

"Brother, you have also seen that the imperial court has already begun to deal with us step by step, so if you don't worry about it, this knife will come here."

Feng Hui frowned, his eyes glanced at everyone around him, his expression remained unchanged, he just said softly: "You all go down first."

Being calm on the surface does not mean that he is also calm now. He knows that the imperial court is determined to reform now that it is time for life and death, and this time the reform is digging from the root, and judging from the strength, I am afraid that it is already determined to do so.

uprising?No, now a large number of elite soldiers are concentrated in the hands of the imperial court. There was a mutiny in the land of Huguang a few years ago, and the imperial court has already prepared for it. Now the people stationed here are old and weak soldiers, and an uprising is definitely not feasible.