Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

After exchanging pleasantries,

Xu Xin produced the Emperor's warrant.

They planned to borrow troops from Zhang Di to handle some matters.

After reading the warrant, Zhang Di said:

“My cousin Zhang Hao also went to school for a few years,”

"Our Zhang family used to be a third-class household."

"Now I have five hundred soldiers under my command,"

"They are all old brothers who have followed me for many years."

"It's true that they kill without hesitation,"

“They listen to me very well, and none of them have bothered the people these days.”

"The county magistrate may order them around as he pleases,"

"Who dares to take advantage of the situation and exploit the people?"

"No need for the county magistrate to intervene,"

"I'll make them hang themselves as an apology."

Chapter 297 Go for it

Xu Xin smiled and said, "With General Zhang's words..."

"Then you can proceed with your actions freely."

...

Twenty-six days ago.

The Zhang River was about to freeze but hadn't yet.

You can't ride a horse on the ice of the river.

Furthermore, the floating ice made navigation difficult.

The horse galloped across the ankle-deep snow.

The cavalryman shouted at the entrance of the post station:

"His Majesty has achieved a great victory! Urgent dispatch from 200 li away!"

The official from the post station immediately brought people to take over the duties.

Meanwhile, cavalrymen were dispatched to continue sending messages south.

On one hand, he had someone hold up a banner and ride a horse into the county town.

Not long after, in Feixiang County,

There were officials and messengers running back and forth.

They went along the streets announcing the good news from the front.

Then the notice was posted as a poster.

The owner of a stationery store is named Jia Zongfu.

He was inside the shop tending to the fire, his sleeves rolled up.

I vaguely heard keywords such as "great victory".

He hurriedly ran out into the street to find out what was going on.

A moment later, Jia Zongfu, along with his wife and children,

They left the city by donkey cart.

Arrive at a country house in the suburbs.

He ran wildly into the inner courtyard.

Kneeling in the snow, weeping and screaming:

"Father, the royal army has achieved a great victory!"

"I, Jia, can now return to my hometown!"

The Jia family was the most prominent family in Zhending.

His ancestor was Jia Dan, the Duke of Wei during the Tang Dynasty.

They have lived in Nanpi for generations.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the entire clan migrated to Zhengding.

They gradually became just an ordinary family.

There was a descendant named Jia Wei.

He was recommended during the Five Dynasties period.

Gradually rising to prominence,

He even participated in the compilation of the Old Book of Tang.

Another descendant was Jia Yan.

He was a minister in Zhao Guangyi's residence before he was born.

He rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Commissioner of the Three Departments.

The Jia family of Zhending

It has prospered again.

Their intermarried families,

They are found throughout Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Jinghu, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

The marriage partners included civil officials, military generals, and members of the imperial family.

Jia Fan was the second son-in-law of Fan Zhongyan.

Because of their opposition to Wang Anshi's reforms

They instigated and encouraged the people under their jurisdiction to petition higher authorities.

Fan Chunren, son of Fan Zhongyan; Wen Yanbo, Privy Councilor; Han Wei, Grand Secretary; Yang Hui, Vice Censor-in-Chief; and Liu Zhi, Supervising Censor.

To cooperate in this case of bypassing the proper channels for petitioning.

The group joined forces to obstruct the implementation of the new law.

The Jia family of Zhending was thus drawn into the factional struggle between the old and new parties.

And became a key target of the new party.

The Jia family gradually declined from then on.

The last two high-ranking officials of the Jia family.

One person who disapproved of Cai Jing's rampant minting of tin-plated coins...

He resigned in anger and went to retire to live out his days.

He died of illness seven years ago.

One of them was the deputy envoy for the Jianghuai shipping division.

Actively support the Flower and Stone Tribute,

Disrupting the Southeast Transformation Method

This earned him the appreciation of Emperor Huizong of Song.

He died of illness while serving as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

At the beginning of the Jin dynasty's establishment of a puppet emperor in Zhending Prefecture,

The Jia family of Zhending fled south in droves.

Unwilling to serve the false dynasty,

They also refused to be dogs of the Jurchens.

In terms of national and ethnic righteousness

The Jia family of Zhending was still sensible—a few members of their clan had not left.

However, the family's influence has dwindled to almost nothing.

Those Jia clan members who remained,

They could only rely on Huang Qianshan.

They were all dealt with by Liu Yu.

The Jia family of Zhending fled to seek refuge with the Jia family of Kaifeng.

As a result, after the two Jia families merged...

With over a thousand members, the clan attracted the attention of the imperial court.

They became the third group of families to be separated and relocated.

These split families,

After obtaining household registration in the new location

No one is allowed to change their household registration at will within the next thirty years.

The Jia family migrated to Feixiang County.

There were only about thirty people in total.

Some bought shops in the county town to do business.

Some people spend money to buy land in the countryside to cultivate.

Clearing land can be done without spending money.

The government will also provide seeds.

However, acquiring unclaimed fertile land requires paying money.

Chapter 298 The Jia Family

Upon learning that the royal army had recaptured Zhen Ding Prefecture,

The Jia family, who moved to Feixiang County

They ran together to the county government office to request to return to their hometown.

Because it's in Zhen Ding Prefecture.

The Jia family once owned tens of thousands of acres of fertile land!

Compared to the Jia family of Zhending,

The imposing Dong family of Gaocheng

He's just a nouveau riche from the countryside.

Are you going back to your hometown?

Wang Dalin, the magistrate of Feixiang County, frowned.

The Jia clan members who migrated to Feixiang

With Jia Yijian as the leader, he bowed and said:

"I can't bear to leave my homeland, and I'm nearing seventy,"

"I only wish to be buried next to my ancestors' graves after my death."

Wang Dalin said, "This is the great principle of filial piety."