The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 355 The Seven-Star Lantern Continues to Han Dynasty

Liu Xia took Liu Yao's head and went to see Chu Hui who stayed in Chang'an. Chu Hui also sighed.

Liu Yao was so high-spirited at the beginning that he even became the emperor of the Huns and Han Kingdom, but unfortunately he made a mistake and fell into the situation in front of him. Chu Hui said:

"Collect his bones and put them into the ground. Although it is a heinous crime, he is your Majesty's relative after all, and we need to treat him with respect!"

Although everyone knows that Liu Tai and Liu Yao are not related at all, who allowed Liu Tai to enter the genealogy of the Huns and Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Liu Yao naturally became a member of the royal family. Under such circumstances, even if he rebels, he must be treated kindly.

"How much food was lost?!" Chen Yuanda on the other side was the first to ask.

"About one-tenth of the loss!" Liu Xia said, "Because our granary is designed to be buried underground, so although a lot of the surface granary has been burned, the food underground cannot be burned!"

"You actually used a real granary?!" Xi Jian's eyes widened when he heard Liu Xia's words.

"Only a real granary can really attract Liu Yao!" Gou Chun said, "If you use fake grains, Liu Yao will still be seen through as long as he is careful enough!"

"What are you going to do next?!" Chu Hui looked at Gou Chun and said with a solemn expression.

"According to what Your Majesty said, Liu Yao rebelled, and anyone involved in this matter is committing a serious crime!" Gou Chun said.

"Just tell me how many people you plan to kill!" Chu Hui said seriously to Gou Chun at this moment.

Gou Chun thought for a moment, then stretched out a finger.

"10%?" Chu Hui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this number. Gou Chun knew the importance after all!
"Let's go and do it!" Chu Hui said, "Your Majesty's crusade against Shu requires a stable supply of food and grass. I will give you the full details!"

"With your words, I feel relieved!" Gou Chun nodded and said.

Soon, Gou Chun followed Liu Xia out of the Interior Department. Liu Xia said to Gou Chun, "Director Gou, who are we next?"

"The Xiongnu nobles and Liu Yao have joined forces to rebel. I'm afraid the autonomous region won't be able to stay!" Gou Chun said, "I'd also like to ask General Liu to go there."

"This is easy to say. Your Majesty is merciful, but they actually regard His Majesty's kindness as weakness. Damn it!" Liu Xia said.

Gou Chun watched Liu Xia return to his tax department shortly after leaving, where Shao Xu was already gathering momentum.

After Shao Xu surrendered to Liu Tai, Li Ju began to gradually develop into a side general and gradually became a benchmark for surrendering generals.

Shao Xu knew that he and Li Ju were already far apart, so Shao Xu chose to approach Gou Chun.

After all, they had been soldiers together in the past, especially Shao Xu, who had followed Gou Xi, so it was easier to accept Gou Chun.

Liu Tai did not stop this, because in Liu Tai's view, the tax bureau really needed some military power.

Of course, the most important reason is that the aristocratic family has not been completely suppressed. If Gou Chun is restrained by himself, wouldn't he be looking for trouble?

Gou Chun gave Shao Xu a list of names and said:

"All the aristocratic families on the list are involved with Liu Yao. You are ordered to arrest people and search their homes. The focus is to search out the land deeds and grain!"

Shao Xu couldn't help sweating after taking the list. To be honest, the names of each family on it almost wiped out all the old ministers of the aristocratic families who had surrendered to Zhao State. Shao Xu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat just looking at the list!
"What, why don't you take action?!" Gou Chun just looked at Shao Xu calmly.

At this moment, Shao Xu also gritted his teeth and said, "I will obey your order!"

Although Shao Xu knew that Gou Chun had a bad reputation here, he never thought that he would be so ruthless in taking action.

And what can I do? Since I have chosen Gou Chun, I can only continue on!
Gou Chun watched Shao Xu finally make up his mind and nodded with satisfaction.

Shao Xu led his troops to ransack his home, and Gou Chun himself also led his troops to conduct a targeted raid on his home.

After all, the Taxation Department has always retained military power, and it is also the standard configuration of soldiers. Compared with ordinary soldiers on the battlefield, the Taxation Department is more comfortable in executing such family affairs.

That night, all kinds of wailing sounds continued to circle over Chang'an. How many princes, nobles and famous families were filled up in Chang'an's prison overnight.

It wasn't until the night of wailing that the people living in Chang'an City saw daybreak that they had the courage to come out of the open market.

Most of the scenes they saw were retired soldiers responsible for maintaining public security in Chang'an, splashing water and washing the ground, as if nothing happened.

But those people who were doing business in the market where the aristocratic families were located soon discovered that the market seemed quiet today.

In those markets, there were no young masters listening to the opera troupes, and no maids coming out to buy rouge.

Everything was quiet, so quiet that it even made them feel chills!

Gou Chun returned to the Interior Hall early in the morning with red eyes, and of course took the time to take a shower.

At this moment, Chu Hui appeared in front of Gou Chun with a crazy look on his face and roared loudly, "Is this the killing you said!?"

"Kill 10%? Didn't I leave a bloodline for them all?" Gou Chun said with an innocent face, "I know the importance!"

"Do you know the importance of this!?" Chen Yuanda couldn't help but said, "Do you know that the entire prison in Chang'an is full now!"

"There is no way, who asked them to collude with Liu Yao and intend to rebel!" Gou Chun said in a deep voice, "I don't want to either!"

"They are all colluding with Liu Yao and intending to rebel?!" Chu Hui faced Gou Chun without flinching at this moment.

Gou Chun said calmly: "At least we caught him first! Isn't that right? It will become clear after the interrogation.

We will not let a bad person go, but we will not wrongly accuse a good person either!
Of course, if they are not good people, then there is nothing we can do!
However, the vast majority are corvees and slaves, and these people are not on my list! "

"You!" Hearing Gou Chun's words, Chu Hui became furious and finally choked out, "You are too murderous!"

“Now that Your Majesty is on an expedition to oversee the Shu region, what we need most is stability in our rear areas and the transportation of enough grain and grass.

Only after these people were killed could the rear be completely appeased. Of course, even the burned food was replenished! "

Gou Chun faced Chu Hui and said, "Besides, their family's incense has not been decisive. I said, I have a sense of discretion!"

"Is it really their blood that remains?!" Chu Hui took a deep look at Gou Chun at this moment. Gou Chun faced Chu Hui and answered calmly: "What's the difference between inheriting the incense and branching and main veins!"

Chu Hui couldn't help but look at Gou Chun fiercely, but said nothing more.

Since Gou Chun wants to play like this, then that's all. If it backfires in the future, don't blame yourself for playing it off.

Chu Hui understood that those involved Liu Yao's aristocratic families were naturally directly punished by the nine tribes, and they were all wiped out tonight.

As for those aristocratic families who did not pay taxes, they were probably killed by Gou Chun directly in the name of rebels.

After all, Liu Yao rebelled, and Liu Tai meant that he would be implicated as much as he could be implicated this time.

Because Liu Tai knew very well that this should be the last large-scale bloodbath. After this, he must maintain the attitude of a wise king in front of the aristocratic family.

Therefore, Liu Tai went to Chencang early this time, not only to give Liu Yao the opportunity to rebel after leaving, but also to avoid this direct bloody massacre and not to be directly responsible.

After all, as an emperor, even if Dan Liu Yao rebels as an inducement, I can't just cut the knot and say directly that I want blood to flow into a river, and I will implicate as much as I can.

Gou Chun had been used as a knife by Liu Tai a lot, and she somewhat understood what Liu Tai meant.

Therefore, the task of annihilating the Xiongnu Autonomous Region was left to Liu Xia, which preserved Liu Xia's reputation to the greatest extent.

As for the problem of the Chang'an aristocratic family, it was naturally left to him and Shao Xu to deal with it, to deal with the aristocratic families in Chang'an City, and to collect enough food.

Both Chu Hui and Gou Chun are very clear about Liu Tai's clear positioning of the Chang'an family.

From the moment he launched his army to attack Cheng Han, he had already made up his mind to clean up the Xiongnu nobles and unruly families.

There was no way, because the war started before the roads from Chang'an to Luoyang in the three important plans were repaired, which inevitably led to food shortages.

The shortage of food can only be obtained from the Hun nobles and those wealthy families who evaded taxes.

In normal times, Gou Chun would just give a verbal warning for tax evasion and so on, and then write it down in his notebook.

After all, Liu Tai can't force those who surrendered too much, but the problem is that when the time comes, they will be Liu Tai's granary.

Do you really think that you won't do anything to them? For Liu Tai, it's just to see if it's necessary.

Therefore, Chu Hui quickly sent the news to Liu Tai, and Liu Tai immediately issued the order.

Gou Chun Shao Xu killed the nobles of the family without authorization, which was against the rules and regulations. He was fined for one year, relegated to the position of supervising the history of Hebei, and ordered him and Shao Xu to supervise the folk customs of Hebei. They were not allowed to return to the court without the order of the court!

In addition, Liu Xia, Gou Chun, and Shao Xu were successful in exterminating the rebel party, and their titles were promoted to one level, and their food estates were increased by one thousand.

And then... it's gone.

After hearing Liu Tai's order from Chencang, all the surviving aristocratic families understood that Liu Tai's order was to protect Gou Chun and Shao Xu and let them go to Hebei first to avoid the limelight.

After all, the killing was so brutal this time, and I was afraid that the officials in the imperial court would be hurt more or less.

But for Liu Tai, this time Gou Chun put down the bomb of the Xiongnu nobles, eradicated the stubborn diseases of lawlessness and disorder in the Zhao family, and finally solved his food problem for at least this year. Anyway, he was very satisfied with Gou Chun's performance.

Facing the situation in front of them, the remaining aristocratic families found that in addition to condemning, all they had left was condemnation.

Again, Liu Tai's base is not them, and their influence on Liu Tai is really too limited.

Even if Liu Tai consciously carried out a bloodbath on the Xiongnu nobles and aristocratic families, what could they do? They could only bow their heads.

In the final analysis, Liu Tai has proved with his determination and ruthlessness that he is the one who sets the rules for this hot man. As long as you don't abide by the rules you set, don't blame Liu Tai for being ruthless.

In an era when people thought that they were born into a wealthy and noble family, they could influence the political power. After Liu Tai relied on his own military system to reorganize the country, the basic structure of the entire society has changed. This is no longer the era of aristocratic families!
In any case, with Liu Yao being killed, the Xiongnu nobles and wealthy families were purged, and the whole of Chang'an finally became peaceful.

Because everyone is waiting for a result, that is, whether Zhou Ping can successfully conquer Cheng Han.

Because if the conquest succeeds, then with Liu Tai's victory, any contradictions can be covered up.

If it fails, Gou Chun's action will inevitably suffer backlash from the family.

After all, with Chu Hui watching, no matter how ruthless Gou Chun was, he would clean up all the families that violated laws and disciplines and evaded taxes. Those families that chose to lie dormant and forbearance still existed.

What they are waiting for is for Liu Tai to fail, even if he fails just once. As long as Liu Tai fails once, they will have the courage to resist.

If most of Liu Tai's soldiers were lost in this conquest of Shu, then they would even dare to counterattack!
However, Zhou Ping's attack on Shu went really smoothly, so smoothly that even Liu Tai was a little stunned.

Liu Tai originally thought that attacking Shu would be extremely difficult, and he even had the consciousness to make a comeback next time after this failure.

But Zhou Ping borrowed the hot air balloon from the Flying Ball Camp to bypass the danger and reach the rear. When the Yanhan flag began to fly again in Shu.

The people of the aristocratic families in Shu responded quickly. They hardly hesitated for a long time, and decisively chose Yanhan instead of Chenghan at this moment!
To be honest, Zhou Ping had never encountered a wealthy family who accepted his own power so quickly. Even the common people at the bottom didn't seem to have much resistance to the banner of the Yanhan.

Because Zhou Ping directly destroyed the main force of Cheng Han, his reputation in the entire Cheng Han, especially in the Hanzhong area, was almost as high as Zhang Liao's.

But when these common people saw the soldiers riding in the hot air balloons falling from the hot air balloons, some people mustered up the courage to ask these soldiers, "General, why can you fly in the sky, but there are soldiers and generals from heaven?"

"I, the Yanhan soldiers, rode the Kongming lantern inherited from Prime Minister Zhuge, so I was able to cross the Qinling Mountains. Now that I can successfully resist Hanzhong, I must be blessed by Prime Minister Zhuge!" I don't know who said this about the origin of the hot air balloon.

After being passed down from one person to another, the people in Hanzhong almost quickly chose to surrender. The old man in the village even said:

"Since Duke Zhuge, there has never been anyone as good as the Duke. Now that Duke Ge's lantern continues and the Yan Han Dynasty remains the same, how can we not welcome Master Wang!"

Because the people of Shu have a legend that Zhuge Liang used a seven-star lantern to extend the life of Yan Han and thus recreate the Han Dynasty.

Now that we see a hot air balloon based on the seven-star lantern appearing in Shu, and it is flying the banner of the Yan Han, how can we not regard it as Zhuge Liang's appearance? Wherever it passes, the people and officials surrender without a fight. .

Of course the people were superstitious, but for the local officials, it was great to have such an excuse to surrender.

Therefore, Zhou Ping's progress was quite fast. He originally thought that Hanzhong County would be the most difficult area for him to conquer when he entered Shu, but he just surrendered!
When the news reached Liu Tai, he couldn't help but sigh, "Marquis Wu's kindness will continue to be with Yan Han!"

(End of this chapter)