Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Chapter 177: The Great Reckoning

That night, the city of Chang'an was in chaos, and there were sounds of fighting everywhere. After Xu Rong took control of the palace, he began to occupy the twelve gates of Chang'an. For the time being, there was only Hua Xiong in the city, but this one was killing all directions. Hua Xiong seemed to be insane, leading the Xiliang cavalry to charge around tirelessly.

Except for Zhu Jun's family soldiers who he brought back from the army with some fighting strength, the rest are all private soldiers gathered by the noble families in this Guanzhong. If there is a smooth battle, these people can still fight, but Facing the well-trained Xiliang iron cavalry and Hua Xiong who is red-eyed, the advantage of having more people is that there will be more backs when escaping, and of course they may be regarded as backs.

No one knows who started the fire. As a large number of people were forced out of their homes due to the fire and joined the chaos, the situation in the entire Chang'an City became even more chaotic!

"General Hua Xiong, General Xu has an order that those who surrender will not be killed. The main purpose is to appease the hearts of the people and organize the people to fight the fire!"

Hua Xiong calmed down a little. Seeing the person who came, it was Hao Zhao who was asked to come by him from Xu Rong's subordinates that day. After this battle, he would come to his tent. The murderous intention in his heart calmed down a little. Soaring to the sky, and still expanding, he nodded immediately and said: "Take orders!"

Hao Zhao turned his horse and galloped back. The twelve gates had already been occupied by Xu Rong. The thieves who entered Chang'an City this time could not escape, and Xu Rong also began to enter the city from the direction of the gate.

"The descendant will not be killed!" Hua Xiong stopped chasing and killing, wiped the long knife on the body of a private soldier in white, exhaled loudly, and shouted.

The rebels around were already terrified by Hua Xiong's death, now that they heard what Hua Xiong said, there was no hesitation, they immediately dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.

Looking at this scene, Hua Xiong's murderous aura dissipated in his chest, and he wanted to laugh...but when he thought of some unhappy things, the corners of his mouth stopped halfway. The look of wanting to laugh but not smiling combined with the bloody face was especially weird in the firelight , trembling in fear of the few rebels who boldly peeked at this side.

"Everyone, put out the fire for me!" Hua Xiong must have insufficient manpower to put out the fire, pointing at a kneeling soldier.

"I... Shall I wait?" The surrendering soldier was a little confused.

"You have just surrendered, so you have to disobey orders!?" Hua Xiong stared with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Here!" The surrendered soldier quickly agreed, and then called people to start fighting the fire.

These white-clothed private soldiers were originally tenant farmers of the aristocratic families in Jingzhao. They did not have the courage and experience to fight, but their strength was work. Under Hua Xiong's command, they quickly began to put out the fire.

Many white-clothed men who had not yet surrendered didn't know why. They saw many of their own people put out the fire under the supervision of the Xiliang Army, and they also joined in. They didn't even go through the process of surrendering and started working directly.

Hua Xiong: "..."

Who put them in?

Do you want to give me a beating if you are not working?

Forget it, so be it, anyway, the result is similar.

Hua Xiong simply ignored it, and arranged for the soldiers to direct the white-clothed private soldiers to put out the fire.

A group of white-clothed private soldiers rushed towards this side like headless flies. When they saw the Xiliang soldier's complexion change, they were about to strike: "What about you, why are you still holding weapons? Go over there to fetch water!"

The Xiliang army who was directing the work of the white army waved impatiently when they saw this group of people.

The newcomer looked blankly at the Xiliang Army, and then at Pao Ze, who was busy putting out fires and people under the command of the Xiliang Army... It should be Pao Ze, but he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Hurry up!" After a moment of hesitation, the Xiliang army was dissatisfied, and came up and kicked down two white-clothed soldiers. Jun yelled, cursed and kicked, and immediately felt a sense of familiarity. Under the command of the Xiliang Army, he obediently dropped his weapon and ran to fetch water.

Similar scenes kept happening in the city, not to mention how Xu Rong felt when he saw this scene, those city ministers who secretly set fire to take advantage of the chaos and seized the city immediately vomited blood when they saw this harmonious scene.

Why did you go to great lengths to get these people into the city? In the eyes of those who care about this harmonious scene, it is an absolute mockery.

When Xu Rong stabilized the situation and entered the city with soldiers and horses, he was very surprised to see this scene, patted Hua Xiong on the shoulder and said, "Gongwei, I don't think you still have such abilities!"

Hua Xiong: "..."

Hua Xiong, who didn't know how to answer, hummed and hummed. He didn't know that they were still fighting not long ago. How come this group of people were crying and howling after being killed by themselves.

If you want Hua Xiong to tell you why, but Hua Xiong can't tell you, it's probably impossible to ask him to do it again.

"Everyone recorded on the roster here will be captured one by one. Those who disobey will be shot!" Seeing that the situation has stabilized, Xu Rong can leave the firefighting and rectification tasks to other generals to continue. Clean it up once and for all.

This time, there is no way to blame everyone. When Lu Bu left, Xu Rong was ordered to be killed. The reason why he chose this time was because Lu Bu was not in Chang'an, and others could not plead for mercy even if they wanted to!

It is true that some people in this court will not participate in this kind of conspiracy, but if they really want to kill, they will definitely stop them. For example, Cai Yong, who is studying the history of Han Dynasty, has not been forced by Lu Bu since he was released last time. To return to the court to serve, he didn't want to take care of these power struggles in the court, he just wanted to return to his hometown after writing the Han Shu.

A few days ago, scholar Sun Rui approached Cai Yong, but Cai Yong thanked the guests behind closed doors. He used to be passionate, but when he reached middle age, he learned to compromise, and later faced the threat of Dong Zhuoyi's family, he also compromised, this time, he really didn't want to care about these things anymore.

But when Xu Rong began to sacrifice the butcher knife, families came to arrest people, not only important officials of the court, but also gentry and gentry who were not in official career. Those who participated in this meal, regardless of their status, were all included in the liquidation.

This time, Cai Yong couldn't sit still anymore. He didn't support these people to continue to make trouble, but he also didn't want to see such a large-scale massacre.

"General Xu, if you continue to kill like this, how many people are still working in the court?" Cai Yong was shocked when he saw Zhao Wen, Yang Biao, Zhou Zhong and other senior officials who were arrested by Xu Rong. , Down to the small officials have to be liquidated.

"Before my lord left, I said that the law doesn't hold people accountable, and it doesn't work in Guanzhong. Anyone who breaks the law must be punished. What's more, these people are still committing treason, and they cannot be forgiven lightly!" Xu Rong said in a deep voice.

"I don't blame everyone if I don't say anything, but now that all the officials in the court have been imprisoned, who else will take charge of the government? Marquis Wen is now fighting in Nanyang. If there is chaos in the rear, wouldn't it be unmanageable!?" Cai Yong saw that Xu Rong was about to leave. Quickly stepped forward to stop him.

"Cai Weng was joking. Previously, this group of people did not do much in the court except for daily talks. They did a lot of things secretly obstructing government orders!" Xu Rong frowned and looked at Cai Yong: "Cai Weng, Today's matter has nothing to do with Cai Weng, don't get involved at this time."

Cai Yong shook his head and said, "How can I ignore such a big matter? Do you know what kind of impact it will have on Marquis Wen if these people die?"

"The last general is just a warrior, he only knows how to obey orders, and he doesn't care about the right and wrong of the court, so I ask Cai Weng to get out of the way." Xu Rong got a little impatient, stretched out his hand to press the sword, his eyes gradually turned cold.

"Bo Jie, don't ask him!" Zhao Wen yelled angrily, "I don't believe it, then Lu Bu really dared to risk the displeasure of the world and kill this Manchu minister!"

Xu Rong stretched out his hand, pushed Cai Yong away, and continued to move forward. As for whether he dared to kill him, let's try it.

When the sun rose from the sky, order had been restored in Chang'an City. Early in the morning, the gates of Chang'an City were opened, and a large number of Xiliang cavalry rushed out, and messengers went to gather troops from various places.

Then, in one day, all the local gentry and wealthy families involved in this incident, large and small, were arrested by the Xiliang army in Jingzhao territory, and the cultivated land in their homes was directly taken into the imperial court. However, if there was any dissatisfaction, they immediately Imagining swords and guns without the slightest hesitation.

Nearly a thousand families were killed just because of their resistance.

Accompanying them were officials from the imperial court who recorded their household registrations on the spot. Lu Bu had actually issued a decree before that even tenant farmers had to have household registration records. However, the effect of this decree was not satisfactory.

This time, not counting the white-clothed soldiers who were sent to Chang'an to be dispatched by Shi Sun Rui and others, the tenant farmers who re-entered from the family alone made the Jingzhao Land increase by nearly 20,000 households. I haven't calculated it carefully yet, but you must know that the number of household registrations recorded in Jingzhao County was only 53,000 households before, but this time, it is almost 40% more!

After the calculation is completed, the population will probably double!

The officials in charge of household registration statistics were a little alarmed.

And more importantly, after this battle, most of the land in Jingzhao County has basically been owned by the imperial court from this moment on, and because of the rewards of the sub-fields, those private soldiers who were incorporated have reported against the former master. There is no sympathy at all.

Originally thought it was a killer move against Lu Bu, but now it has become a killer move to clean up himself.

On Xu Rong's side, after the crime was verified, he beheaded immediately. According to the guilt, those who deserved to be chopped off, and those who should be exterminated, there were also some less guilty ones. As long as you are willing to hand over the cultivated land, you can forgive the crime, and then if you are willing to use it for the court, you can also share part of the cultivated land according to your ability.

These cultivated fields are the same as other cultivated fields, they only have the right to use, not full ownership, and the tax has to be collected according to the method set by Lu Bu.

After this battle, the Jingzhao clan was almost wiped out, and those who survived no longer had the guts to fight against Lu Bu. With the whole family...

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