Chapter 203 Don't have a long memory

Everyone likes beautiful women, but Song Qing is not anxious enough to pull any woman into the quilt, and he doesn't have that much thought now.

After hearing Xia Houcheng's idea, Song Qing has been thinking about this matter. After returning to Luoyang, he gathered the Military Office, the six chief officers, Chen Dong and others to discuss several times and further improve the decree.

So before the autumn harvest, a decree was issued to survey all the population of the state capital under King Liang. The decree stipulates that no landlord, large family or gentry shall hide their population privately, otherwise they will be punished for the crime of rebellion.

If you report it in full within the prescribed time and hand over the hidden population, the government will reward you. Those who deliberately shirk, delay, or even refuse to obey will be sentenced to felony.

When Liangshan entered Hebei, they had already dealt with a group of landlords and gentry in the name of suppressing bandits, so this decree did not even provoke a wave in Hebei.

But north of the Yangtze River, the vast area south of Kaifeng is different, because Song Qing's move is undoubtedly no different from killing them. The serfs have been handed over. Who will cultivate and harvest the fields?

But the court has decreed that the north of the Yangtze River will be governed by the King of Liang, so I'm afraid it's useless to find the court. But we can't let King Liang fool around like this!

So some people went to Lin'an to find Zhao Huan, and some people gathered together to plot how to deal with the decree of King Liang.

In fact, there is a list of officials from all over the world, as well as their families* in the hands of Song Qing and Zhu Wu, but having things does not mean that they know everything.

After all, the manpower of internal guards and undercovers is limited, and these resources cannot be wasted here. Therefore, it is time to test Song Qing and his small court's political ability.

As the date approaches, there is no movement in the states and prefectures south of Kaifeng and north of the Yangtze River, but the governors of each state have made memorials one after another, affirming that there are no serfs under their rule.

Song Qing and his officials have been prepared for these reactions and didn't say much. However, the state capital near the Yangtze River soon found a shocking thing.

Countless Liangshan naval warships went up the water and landed on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The connection between the two sides of the Yangtze River is cut off. Ordinary people can pass, and government ships need to be carefully checked. If there are no documents issued by Luoyang, they will be detained immediately.

At the same time, a team of fully armed Liangshan soldiers also stationed in the state capitals, and the original garrisons of the state governments were transferred out of the city for adaptation. Anyone who resists or refuses to obey will be killed.

King Liang is an appeasement envoy of Jiangbei Province publicly appointed by the imperial court, in charge of life and death. At the same time, he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command. Who dares to fight against it?

Combined with the message just issued by Luoyang, the state governments understand that King Liang is going to take it seriously.

However, it is clear that this kind of thing wants to try its best to drag back. At least we have to see if there is any one who is ahead and implements the decree of King Liang.

Therefore, before the deadline stipulated by Luoyang, all places are still in a strange calm.

Yangzhou, located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, has superior geographical conditions, developed economy, and is also the closest place to Lin'an. Therefore, the people here, especially the officials, do not recognize the king of Liang's rule here and have always had contact with the Lin'an court.

At the beginning, Song Qing did not come here because he was busy dealing with Deng Yuanjue's attack. However, with the gradual stability of Hebei and other places, he has freed up his hands and began to operate these places.

At this time, a group of gentry eunuchs sat together in the mansion of Du Huaizhong, the governor of Yangzhou, discussing how to deal with the sudden move of King Liang.

Yangzhou is good! Whether you are an official or doing business here, it is unmatched in other places. The folk customs are simple, as long as they can eat enough, and there is no resistance at all. Senior officials in the court took the lead in corruption, and of course, these local officials are more like fish in water.

So it is best to maintain the status quo, but King Liang has to count the population and hand over the hidden serfs within a time limit, which really violates their interests. It has caused the unanimous resistance of these people.

"Lord Du, you took out a charter! King Liang's army has entered the city, and it is estimated that they will wait for me to be opened in a few days."

Some gentry couldn't help complaining.

Du Huaizhong stared at the crowd with a gloomy face and said for a long time, "I tried my best to maintain the orthodoxy of the court and vowed not to be controlled by the Liangshan thief chief. Can the public be the same mind as me?"

Du Huaizhong's words expressed everyone's voice, and they all said, "We are all ahead of adults. What should we do?"

Du Huaizhong wink at his men, and his men turned out and brought back a team of powerful warriors for a moment.

In the frightened eyes of everyone, Du Huaizhong said slowly: "To be honest, I have contacted the imperial army, carried out a mutiny, and drove the Liangshan bandits out of the city. Moreover, I believe that as long as our flag is raised, the 27 prefectures in Jiangbei will respond to us and recover the lost land for the court. For the meritorious minister of the court"

"Your Excellency, how can the imperial army cooperate with us across the Yangtze River? And I heard that Liangshan's navy is extremely powerful. Can the people of the court come over?

Some people are worried.

Du Huaizhong smiled and said, "Do the princes know that Liang Shan's little fool took the initiative to give the cannon to the court? I heard that the court has secretly imitated hundreds of guns, and these hundreds of artillery bombarded together. I'm afraid that even if Liangshan has three heads and six arms, they will not escape death. What else is there to worry about the princes?

Hearing the news, everyone was excited. Who doesn't know the power of the artillery now? The imperial court defeated hundreds of thousands of rebels with ten cannons given by King Liang. Now there are hundreds of such cannons. What else is there to fear in Liangshan's army?

"What did your excellency say we should do?"

"Go back and organize all your family homes. Once the imperial army is on the shore, cooperate with the imperial people Mali to cooperate and completely eliminate the Liangshan thieves"

"I will obey your order"

These people have risked their lives for their vital interests. After taking over the tasks assigned by Du Huaizhong, they went back to prepare one after another.

Du Huaizhong did not lie to them. With the help of artillery, after the imperial army defeated hundreds of thousands of Fang La's horses with the momentum of destruction, Zhao Huan's confidence began to expand.

At the same time, hundreds of artillery he ordered to imitate have also been produced. Of course, the artillery they imitated was just painted according to the gourd, and it was delivered to the army without even a basic test.

With these sharp weapons in hand, how can Liangshan thief bandits, golden soldiers and iron riders still be the enemies of the imperial army? In particular, those prefectures in the north who eagerly hoped that the imperial army would return have secretly sent people to contact them. As soon as the imperial army arrived, they cooperated with the imperial army to eliminate the Liangshan thieves.

So Zhao Huan stood firm and ordered the teachers to gather people and horses to prepare for the Northern Expedition. At the same time, he ordered to deprive Song Qing of all positions and called on the northern army and civilians to fight against Song Qing and restore the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Huan belongs to the typical master with no long memory, but his ministers are not all brainless people like him.

The seed teacher who was appointed by him as the marshal of the Northern Expedition once urged him not to go to the Northern Expedition for the time being and should focus on recuperation. Even if you want to fight, you should first fight the real rebel Fang La. Let the traitors not fight, but attack King Liang, who is meritorious to the imperial court and is praised as the pillar of the country by the imperial court. What's the difference between beating himself in the mouth?

But at this moment, Zhao Huan can't listen to anyone's words. He has really been bullied by Song Qing in recent years. Now that he has a chance to revenge, how can he give up?

However, before his will came out of Lin'an, Luoyang received a letter from Lin'an's internal guard and handed it to Song Qing in the shortest time.

Looking at this secret newspaper, Song Qing couldn't help laughing. He was thinking about how to attack the officials and gentry of Jiangbei Prefecture. Zhao Huan sent the opportunity. If he didn't cooperate well, he would be too sorry for this buddy.

The military aircraft department and ministers were summoned to convey the news from Lin'an to them.

Hearing this news, the ministers were actually excited. Liangshan's forces have controlled more than half of the Central Plains. If the Lin'an court took the initiative to attack and destroy him, won't the world be unified?

What are you waiting for? Let's start!

Looking at the expressions of the ministers, Song Qing knew what they were thinking and ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Plan to unify the world. That man doesn't have such a dream? But now is obviously not the right time.

After discussing with the people, according to Song Qing's intention, the people finally decided not to launch a full-scale war, but only sent out the navy and navy, a total of 60,000 people and 1,000 warships. This battle will be dominated by deterrence warning.

At the same time, they secretly add more people to the state governments. These places will mainly cut off the first evil. If they are allowed to mess up, they will need a lot of time to govern in the future.

At this time, Liangshan warship had already cruised on the Yangtze River and could attack the south bank at any time, but Song Qing issued a decree to them that they would never fire the first shot.

With so much preparation, the actions of the court are as ridiculous as a clown in the eyes of Liang Shan people.

As the date agreed between Du Huaizhong and the court approached, all the rich and rich families in the city were also ready. As soon as the day arrived, they would cooperate with the imperial army to recover the city.

In fact, this phenomenon is not only here, but also in many state capitals in Jiangbei.

The last day of King Liang's decree, tomorrow is the day to cooperate with the imperial army. As the sky darkened and the gate was about to close, countless Liangshan soldiers suddenly gushed out.

These soldiers did not disturb the people, but began to arrest people according to their set goals, and those who resisted were killed on the spot. There was also a magistrate who was arrested, and there were also gentry and rich people.

Because of the rapid and decisive action, it did not even cause any turbulence. And this scene is also staged in many state capitals in Jiangbei at the same time.

At the same time, on the water opposite Yangzhou, countless warships sailed out of the hidden harbor and quietly touched the Jiangbei Liangshan army.