Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 133

[Chapter 133 An Eye For An Eye]

An Eye Yuanyang County.

After nearly a day of marching, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei arrived here.

Ge Dong, the county magistrate of Yuanyang County, immediately came to greet him when he heard the news.

Seeing Zhao Xu, Ge Dong immediately knelt down, “I am guilty of a crime, Your Highness please punish me.”

“Get up first, and tell me how much rice was burned.” Zhao Xu said.

“Returning to Your Highness, three thousand acres of rice fields have been burned.” Ge Dong’s voice was very low, for fear of Zhao Xu’s anger.

“Three thousand acres, five hundred households have lost their harvest.” Zhao Xu felt distressed for a while.

To him, the rice is nothing, but to the lost people, it means that all his income has been destroyed.

“Your Highness, please make the decision for us.”

At this time, a group of people from a distance came here, probably thousands of people.

Some of the civilians were carrying stretchers on which some injured people were lying.

“Your Highness, these are the people from the villages to the south.” Ge Dong said.

Zhao Xu nodded and greeted him.

When they came to Zhao Xu, the people knelt down and wept.

Seeing this, Chang Wei became even more angry, cursing: “This time we didn’t suffer from the people of Beidi, but we suffered from our own people. We will not be able to swallow this breath. Your Highness, as long as you say something, The last general led people to kill Fan Yang and capture Yuan Li alive.”

“What happens after the capture? Aren’t the ministers going to scold His Highness for rebellion, General Chang, don’t be impatient.” Liu Fu persuaded, and then he suddenly raised his voice, ” This Yuan Li is really not a thing, not as good as a beast.”

Zhao Xu listened to the two people’s words, he helped the kneeling old man in front of him, and said: “Everyone, get up, this time the king is here to solve this problem Don’t worry, the government will compensate you for the food that was burned this time.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” The eyes of the people were full of gratitude.

The autumn harvest is coming soon, and every household is looking forward to harvesting and living a good life.

Unexpectedly, they were not looted by the Beidi people, but their hard-earned gains were destroyed by the same Dasong’s own people.

Zhao Xu looked at the injured again.

The injured people shed tears of grievance at this moment.

Ge Dong said: “Those people were discovered as soon as they entered the field, and those who went to stop them were all injured.”

“This king will definitely avenge you.” A wave of anger burned in his heart.

It’s a small thing, but it’s not a small thing either.

Just imagine, these people put all their hopes on themselves, and sent their sons and daughters to the battlefield to support themselves.

At home, all their fields were destroyed.

If they do nothing, these people will not be chilled.

At that time, this matter will spread throughout Yan County, and he will no longer be the King of Yan.

It was for this reason that he personally came to Yuanyang County to appease the people.

“Your Highness, tell me how to do it. We must listen to His Highness. We are not afraid of real swords and guns.” The young and vigorous people in the crowd looked like angry roosters.

They were not afraid of Yuan’s soldiers, they were afraid that no one would lead them.

Now that King Yan is here, they are more courageous, secretly determined to make these despicable people pay the price.

“First of all, the township soldiers cannot be dismissed. They must be trained diligently and patrolled frequently.” Zhao Xu said.

In order to deal with Beidi, the rural soldiers in the north of Yan County are relatively well organized.

But the south is a little more relaxed. Now that the Yuan family is playing tricks, he can only organize the people and deal with the soldiers of the Yuan family just like they dealt with the Beidi people.

Ge Dong nodded, “The next official will immediately send the officials from the county government office to the countryside to supervise this matter.”

Zhao Xu nodded, and said to the people: “As for the matter of revenge, leave it to the king. This time, bringing so many soldiers and horses is not just for scaring people, you just wait for the order.” The

people heard the words , They all laughed.

Some people shouted: “Your Highness, you must teach the surname Yuan a lesson. This Yuan Li is not as good as a beast. I don’t know how many people have been killed by him to receive credit.

” The slander is murdered by bandits.”

“…” The

more you speak, the more excited you become.

Liu Fu sighed: “If the Zhang family is unpopular in Yan County, the Yuan family is unpopular in the entire Yan County.”

Zhao Xu naturally knew this.

His decision to fall out with the Yuan family was not just about the assassination.

One of the reasons is to let the people of the seven counties see that he and the Yuan family are incompatible.

In this way, the people who hated the Yuan family would gather around him.

And just as he expected, after defeating Beidi this time and drawing a clear line with the Yuan family, during this period of time, people continued to enter Yan County from other counties.

Of course, this is also due to his land policy and taxation policy.

“Everyone, go back for now. In just a few days, this king will give you an explanation.” Zhao Xu comforted the people when they became angry again.

With the assurance of King Yan, the common people feel at ease.

They saluted Zhao Xu messily, and carried the wounded away gradually.

After the people left, Chang Wei said: “Your Highness, what should we do?”

“Of course an eye for an eye.” Zhao Xu said: “But we don’t burn rice, but cut rice.”

Ge Dong pointed to the south and said: “Your Highness, the field next to Yuanyang County belongs to the Yuan family.”

Chang Wei suddenly realized that he almost forgot.

Fanyang County is the same as the former Yan County, most of the property is in the name of the Hao family.

The Yuan family is the dominant family in Fan Yang, with property spread all over Fan Yang.

Since his Yuan family dared to destroy the fields in Yan County, they made Yuan’s family feel bad.

“Magistrate Ge, go collect the sickles and organize the young and strong to act when the night is dark and the wind is high.” Zhao Xu said, this time he brought five thousand soldiers and horses, plus Yuanyang’s young and strong, it was enough.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Ge Dong smiled badly.

…

the next night.

Fan Yangcheng.

Yuan Li looked at the wine jars piled up like a hill in front of him, with a smug smile on his face.

These wine jars are exquisitely made, and the word “Swallow” is engraved on the plates, which are the goods snatched from the merchants of Yan County.

Since returning from Yancheng that day, he has made up his mind to deal with Zhao Xu.

Yan County was barren, so after King Yan recovered from his illness, he didn’t pay much attention to it, because he thought that in such a place, a prince would not be able to make a difference.

But he did not expect that King Yan could earn a huge amount of silver through commerce.

Now he wants to cut off the lifeline of Yan County, so that King Yan will no longer be able to accumulate wealth.

“I really want to know Yan Wang’s expression, it must be very exciting now.” Yuan Li laughed, and Guo Tu, the counselor beside him, was slightly proud.

It was he who came up with this poisonous plan. He asked the soldiers of Yuan’s family to dress up as robbers and specifically pick and rob merchants who were going to Yan County.

In the past, the Yuan family had no one to restrain them in Yanzhou. Yuan Li was used to being domineering, so he only used force when dealing with King Yan.

He only wanted him after suffering a dark loss from the King of Yan, and his simple trick was enough for the King of Yan.

In addition, he also ordered the soldiers to sneak into Nanjing, the neighboring Yuanyang County, and burn the rice of the people of Yan County.

“This is called the strategy of cutting the flesh. Cutting the flesh little by little. Since he has become the king of Yan and cannot openly lead the army to destroy him, he will be slowly consumed to death.” Guo Tu smiled sadly.

“Well, not bad.” Yuan Li felt much better.

After learning that King Yan had killed his son-in-law Zhang Kang in public, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Now the two are completely torn apart.

That being the case, no matter dark or light, as long as it can be used against King Yan, he will use it.

Just as he was proud, a servant hurried in.

“My lord, it’s not good. Our rice in Yuanyang was cut overnight.”

“What!”

Yuan Li and Guo Tu changed expression at the same time.

(end of this chapter)