ebookland Chapter 141: Killing relatives for justice
Chapter 141: Killing relatives for justice
Before he even saw the shadow of Empress Dowager Chen, Chen Wang had already begun to feel proud.
He strode to the front and said coldly to Qiu He: "Damn you, you little dog slave, how dare you bring people to my Chenjia Village to cause trouble? I want to see how you die now!"
Qiu He had just asked Jiang Si Ning through the space, and learned that the Queen Mother was not here today to support her natal family, but to sacrifice her own relatives for the greater good and set an example for the people of the world. So he watched Chen Wang's performance leisurely.
Not long after, the Queen Mother's procession appeared in the distance, and Chen Wang became even more ferocious after seeing it.
He pointed at Qiu He and shouted, "Catch him! Wait for the Queen Mother to arrive and hand him over to her for severe punishment!"
The servants gathered in Chenjia Village immediately rushed forward, trying to capture Qiuhe and tie him up.
Seeing that the other side started to attack, the soldiers behind Qiu He naturally did not want to be outdone. They drew their weapons and blocked Qiu He behind them.
Neither side gave in, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became tense.
It was not until Dong Ling arrived with a group of guards that the two groups were separated.
"The Queen Mother is here!"
Following the muezzin's voice, everyone present knelt on the ground to welcome the Queen Mother.
Queen Mother Chen asked everyone to stand up. Then, looking at her family members who were all very smug, the last bit of reluctance she had in her heart had completely disappeared.
Instead, there was endless anger.
Her relatives have gone too far. They even dare to openly confront the imperial army. Do they still take the imperial court seriously?
"Take them all!"
"Did you hear that?" Chen Wang shouted, "Quickly arrest these corrupt officials!"
Empress Dowager Chen angrily shouted, "It is you rebels that we need to capture!"
Chen Wang and the others were stunned.
Wasn’t the Queen Mother here to make the decision for her mother’s family? Why is she taking them down again? Is she mistaken?
When the cold sword was placed on everyone's neck, the Chen family and their accomplices finally realized that the Queen Mother was not wrong.
"Queen Dowager, please spare me! Queen Dowager, please spare me! ..."
"Shut up!" Empress Dowager Chen said coldly, "You are my relatives, but not only do you not support your majesty in implementing the new policy, but you also gather so many people to cause trouble. Who gave you the courage?"
At this moment, Chen Wang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. His mind was in a daze and he could only kowtow and beg for mercy.
"Please spare my life, Queen Mother. I will never dare to do it again next time..."
Empress Dowager Chen said impatiently: "Take them all away and deal with them according to the law!"
After all the people who dared to cause trouble at the scene were arrested, Empress Dowager Chen finally had some peace and quiet.
"Pass on my order," Empress Dowager Chen said, "The Chen family of Fu County gathered together to resist the new policy of the imperial court. Their crime is unforgivable. All of them will be sent back to the capital to be punished. If anyone dares to follow suit in the future, they will be severely punished!"
As soon as these words were spoken, ordinary people in Chenjia Village immediately shouted loudly.
They have been oppressed by the Chen family and those gentry and landlords for too long, and finally they have waited for the day of their turn!
That afternoon, Qiu He and Dong Ling, with their soldiers, escorted more than 2,000 prisoners and marched towards the capital.
People along the way came to watch. When they learned that the leader of these people was actually the empress dowager's family, and that it was the empress dowager herself who ordered their arrest, they could not help but praise them.
It didn't take long for this great news to spread throughout Daxia.
Those people in the south who were still holding on to hope immediately handed over all their properties and cooperated with the local government in implementing the new policy after learning the news.
What a joke! All the Empress Dowager's family members have been thrown into jail. If they dare to resist, won't they be waiting for death?
Therefore, compared with the north, the implementation of the new policy in the south was unusually smooth and was basically completed in just three months.
From then on, the land reform in the entire Daxia was declared completed, and the basic textbooks written by Jiang Sining were also sent to schools across the country at the same time, starting the compulsory education model in Daxia.
The people, who had only been able to farm for generations, not only owned their own land, but could also go to school with very little money. Naturally, they praised the imperial court highly and called Si Chenan the greatest wise ruler of ancient and modern times.
Si Chenan didn't dare to take the credit for this. He knew that if it weren't for Jiang Sining, even if he seized power, he would only follow his previous way of governing the country and at most be more lenient on taxation.
But Jiang Sining didn't let him announce this to the world, so he could only go to the house in person to praise it.
"Queen, now people all over the world are saying that you are a living Bodhisattva."
Jiang Sining chuckled. She knew Si Chenan was just trying to cheer her up, but she also enjoyed it.
"Your Majesty, you didn't come to the university just to praise me, did you?"
"The queen is extremely intelligent, and nothing can be hidden from her." Si Chenan said, "News came from the northern border troops that the barbarians are starting to stir again."
"Now?" Jiang Sining was slightly stunned and said, "Don't they graze in spring and summer and start making trouble in autumn?"
"Yes, that was the case before," Si Chen An said, "but I don't know what happened this year. They actually deployed troops on the border in the spring. I'm afraid they will break their usual habit and launch an invasion against us ahead of time."
Jiang Sining asked someone to bring the latest map and spread it out on the large table.
The barbarian-occupied area is about 1,300 to 1,400 kilometers away from the capital. It is an endless grassland with lush grass, and is a very good high-quality pastureland.
Jiang Sining's previous plan was not to drive the barbarians out of the Tianshan Mountains, but to defeat them completely first, and then use Daxia's huge population advantage to assimilate them.
But she knew it wouldn't be easy, after all, the hatred between them had lasted for thousands of years.
Resolving the problem is definitely not something that can be done overnight.
But she still decided to give it a try. If it didn't work, she could only consider the enemy completely annihilated.
"How many troops do we have in Northern Xinjiang now?" Jiang Sining asked.
"One hundred thousand."
"Order them to retreat three hundred miles."
Si Chenan was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Why do you want to retreat?"
"This is called luring the enemy deep into our territory," Jiang Sining said. "If we don't let them come over, once they are defeated, they will flee towards the Tianshan Mountains. It will be very difficult for us to chase them. This is also the reason why the imperial courts of all dynasties have been unable to completely annihilate the barbarians."
"But with our current military strength, even if the barbarians advance 300 miles, it will not be enough to completely annihilate them," Si Chen An said, "Their cavalry is too fast, and we don't have that many good war horses."
"Don't worry about that. Our newly established School of Metallurgy and Machinery has already produced a lot of good things."
"Really?" Si Chenan was overjoyed and said impatiently, "Queen, please take me to see it!"
"Let's go."
Under the leadership of Jiang Sining, the two passed several checkpoints and arrived at the heavily guarded Smelting and Mechanical College.
Although it is called a college of the university, it is actually several times larger than all the other branches combined. The entire college is divided into two parts, one is the smelting area with numerous blast furnaces, and the other is the mechanical area where the sound of iron forging can be heard incessantly.
When Si Chenan saw dozens of huge steel monsters placed on the open space, he was so surprised that he froze in place.