"Are you Gao Yun?"

Inside the city gate, Gao Yun was pinned to the ground by two soldiers. At this moment, Gao Yun looked disgraced and did not have the slightest bit of royal demeanor.

Facing Hu Changcan's question, he didn't even dare to raise his head to answer.

"The sinner is none other than Gao Yun!"

"I hope the generals can forgive me for my personal sins. I am willing to go to Pingcheng and accept interrogation."

The city gate of Fuyang was wide open at this moment. Kou Liu only used one charge to overthrow the city. The combat power of the two sides was not equal at all. Cangzhou, like Yingzhou, also has two counties, but there is one more county.

, there are four counties.

But even if the defenders of these four counties were added together, they were less than half of Kou Liu's army. What's more, the combat power of the two sides was not at the same level. When Kou Liu officially attacked the city, the guards did not even have any

What kind of damage can it cause.

The soldiers were carrying the corpses down from the city wall, and some people were kneeling on the ground and begging loudly for mercy.

The city was extremely noisy, and shouts of killing could be heard in the distance.

Hu Changcan frowned and asked displeasedly: "You are the king of the clan, why did you raise an army to rebel?"

Gao Yun then raised his head and looked to his left and right, "I was being held hostage! I had no choice but to do this!"

"Don't drive in the city. The chief historian, Sima, Dazhongzheng, and even the eunuch are holding great power and want me to go up to the city wall to resist. My private soldiers are trapped in the official office and cannot go out. Please give me a warning!!"

Gao Yun did not accept his fate as directly as Xu Dun. He explained his experience in detail.

Hu Changcan then ordered him to be arrested and sent to Pingcheng.

Knowing that he would not be killed on the spot, Gao Yun breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly thanked him.

Different from the situation in Yingzhou, due to the resistance of the Cangzhou official office, the situation changed from handover to capture. All the officials here were arrested and no one was left. Of course, the leading wealthy families in the city were following the bandits at this moment.

The elite men under his command fought bloody battles.

Hu Changcan simply went to the government office first and asked people to search for local documents in the government office. However, these had been destroyed by local officials, and almost no complete items could be found.

While Hu Changcan was busy, Kou Liu finally arrived at the official office.

His body was covered in blood.

It's like this all over the face.

When he laughed, his expression became extremely terrifying.

Hu Changcan glanced at him, lowered his head and continued to read the surviving documents.

Kou Liu swaggered and sat next to him, "Mr. Hu, I have sent people to the other three cities. The pest control will be completed tomorrow."

Because Liu Taozi called the guys in these cholera places, and they all followed the same example.

Hu Changcan put down the documents in his hand, his expression a little complicated.

Hu Changcan originally did not agree with such a bloodbath in the north. This idea was proposed by Zu Jue before the war started.

Zu Jue's proposal at that time was to allow Daxingtai of Beidao to control the states north of the river.

During the detailed discussion, Zu Jue proposed three problems to be solved.

The first one is an official, the second one is a powerful person, and the third one is a temple.

The solution Zu Jue mentioned was not to solve the problem literally, but to kill and get rid of these people.

Of course, everyone under Gao Jun's command was against it. Zu Jue's idea was too crude and even crazy.

But Zu Jue had so many supporters that even Gao Jun was finally convinced.

So, after Liu Taozi arrived, they began to work on this important matter.

The situation in the states and counties is extremely bad, chaotic, and hopeless. In this case, the only option is to tear down and rebuild, and make the entire Northland clean, and then we can do things.

After Hu Changcan followed the bandits southward, his thoughts continued to change.

From the initial skepticism to the current conviction.

A clan like Gao Yun can be directly eliminated, and veterans like Xu Dun can't get out of the predicament.

This further proves Zu Jue's point of view. There is currently no way to improve local problems except killing.

In order to improve his policies, Zu Jue has been frantically preparing to take over the work in the past few months. He made arrangements for officials very early, and then prepared enough officials. The purpose was to solve the local bureaucracy and

Be able to take over quickly and minimize the damage to the local area caused by the operation.

Looking at Hu Changcan who suddenly fell silent, Kou Liu asked helplessly: "Is Mr. Hu ready to intercede for these people again?"

Although Gao Jun's arrival gave Liu Taozi a name and a complete system, it also brought a lot of quarrels.

For example, almost all the elders supported this spring cleaning, but many of the people brought by Gao Jun opposed it. Hu Changcan was an old-fashioned person, and if Gao Jun asked him to do it, he would definitely do it, but

I was still somewhat resistant to such a thing, and I had persuaded the bandits several times before not to kill too many people, but to kill the chief culprit.

The two sides have different origins, different experiences, and naturally have different ideas.

Hu Changcan shook his head, "No."

He gestured to the documents in his hand, and then said seriously: "Only part of the household registration documents have been preserved. Judging from the contents of the documents, from the first year of Tianbao to the ninth year of Tianbao's last registration, there were actually 70,000 fewer households in Cangzhou."

"How many???"

Kou Liu's voice couldn't help but become louder.

This is not the number of people, this is the number of households!

One family at a time, 70,000 families have been lost in nine years, which is hundreds of thousands of people.

Looking at Kou Liu's astonished eyes, Hu Changcan said in disbelief: "But the equalization of land is still going on as usual. Even if the population is greatly reduced, the equalization of land is increasing. All the cultivated land in the hands of the government is among the people. If it is according to the

According to the records in the archives, every household in Cangzhou has about ten thousand acres of fertile land..."

Kou Liu just shook his head and had nothing to say.

Hu Changcan looked at him and said, "These counties in Cangzhou must be cleaned up, and no harm should be left behind. Kill them when they need to be killed, and don't worry too much."

"oh?"

Kou Liu was a little surprised. Hu Changcan suppressed his anger and said quietly: "Before I set off, King Pengcheng told me many things related to the local area. Just because he had served as the governor of Cangzhou and was very familiar with the situation here. He

He also told me about the many achievements under his governance."

"But looking at it today, no matter how the governance looks like, as long as people leave, everything will become the same as before, without any change."

"Zu Jue is right."

"There is no cure, only killing!"

Kou Liu was even more surprised.

"I never thought I would hear such words from Mr. Hu's mouth."

"However, you don't need to worry about these things. These people never hide their things in their daily lives. The evidence they have found is already complete. I will not leave any trouble behind."

Just after Kou Liu and Hu Changcan captured Ying and Cang prefectures in succession, the rest of the states and counties quickly learned the news, and then fell into chaos.

In an instant, officials and powerful people from various states and counties began to flee. Almost all the officials fled to Yecheng, while the rest of the powerful people went south. The price of ferries along the river continued to rise. They spread rumors everywhere,

Claiming that the general massacred the city, more and more people began to flee.

Kou Liu's marching speed was also very fast. Another army under his command followed Gao Mai and marched from the west. They were killing people on both sides.

Hebei became turbulent as a result, and thieves reappeared. However, there were some states and counties that were not affected, such as Dingzhou, where Liu Taozi was an official in the past, so there were fewer officials and people fleeing here, which was completely different from other places.

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As Liu Taozi officially took action, more and more news spread to Yecheng and into the hands of Hu Changren.

Yecheng, Hu Mansion.

The sky was a little dark.

But the house was brightly lit.

Hu Changren sat in the upper position, and many important ministers sat on both sides of him.

Hu Changren still smelled of alcohol, but his face was sober.

He was frightened out of his drunken state.

Just now, a servant came to inform: North Daxingtai Shangshu Ling, Pingcheng King, General, Chijie, Hengshuo Governor, Commander Yan Ying An You Si Xian Ding Ji Ying Cang Ten Prefectures Military Affairs Commander Liu Taozi

Rebelled.

Hu Changren's face turned pale with fright at this bad news, and he immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss important matters.

Hu Changren was sitting in the upper position, and many of his close associates were sitting on both sides. All the important ministers in the court were also present.

They may have all learned the latest news, and they all looked a little uncomfortable.

Some people wiped the sweat from their foreheads from time to time, while others whispered something to the people around them.

Hu Changren gasped and looked at everyone, "General... General, is there any misunderstanding about this matter?"

Upon hearing Hu Changren's inquiry, Zou Xiaoyu quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there must be a misunderstanding about this matter."
To be continued...