Chapter 6 The Great Cleaning
The Taiwei Mansion is still lively, but Chengdu is not calm.
Qin Mansion, Qin Mansion sat silently on Hu's bed, groping for the handrail of Hu's bed, with a little desolation and sadness in his eyes. The people sent to assassinate were not back yet, and Qin Mi knew that something was wrong.
He did not seek asylum in the royal palace like Ren An, because he knew very well that Liu Bian was unable to protect them.
To be honest, to be fair, he did not dislike Ye Zhao. Since Ye Zhao entered Shu, the changes in Shu can be seen. With this lord, with his talent, the future will not be too bad. Ye Zhao has never been bound by aristocratic families or poor families. As long as he has the ability and is willing to do things, Ye Zhao will give him a chance.
From this point of view alone, Ye Zhao meets the conditions of a wise ruler in terms of employing people and managing government.
But Qin Mi had his own family. The Qin family has been a prominent family in Shu since the pre-Qin period. Ye Zhao was good to Qin Mi, but the Qin family gradually declined as Ye Zhao consolidated his foundation in Shu. This was not something that Qin Mi could equalize by being valued by himself.
More importantly, with Ye Zhao's current governance policy, the Qin family will continue to decline until it declines to a balance point and the balance point allowed by Ye Zhao will not stop. At that time, the Qin family is no longer a large family in Shu, but like many upstarts. In fact, Ye Zhao did not give anything to those people, but the policy can make those upstarts grow stronger.
For example, Guan Yu now has a family, including Zhang Ren and Huang Quan; Gan Ning's family is probably near that balance point, so there will be no big ups and downs. Guan Yu, Zhang Ren, Huang Quan and those who followed Ye Zhao earlier are basically poor families, from nothing to something. Even if Ye Zhao didn't do anything, these people will feel that they are constantly getting better with Ye Zhao.
There are many similar people, which are a balance of psychological satisfaction and dissatisfaction. After all, the dissatisfaction is the minority of them. The benefits Ye Zhao gets from them can satisfy most people. The decline of the Qin family will also put pressure on Qin Mi. Many of his clansmen can no longer rely on the Qin family to survive and can only make a living by themselves. In a large clan, there are always some people who cannot make a living by themselves but have a strong say in the clan. The attitudes of these people, coupled with the interactions between several old families, will also develop a sense of hatred for the enemy.
Qin Mi did not want to go against Ye Zhao, but he was not just a minister, but also a pillar of a family. He had to consider the family, even if he knew that Ye Zhao would actually be more conducive to the stability of Shuzhong.
Therefore, he agreed to Zhang Song that during Ye Zhao's departure, he secretly contacted like-minded people, preparing to fight back, regain the power of Shuzhong, and pull Shuzhong back to the most correct path for them. Although this path may not be right for the entire Shuzhong, the country and country have a family first and then a country.
It just turned out...it seemed to have failed, as for the consequences of failure...
"Bang~"
As a few families in Chengdu, there are still independent houses, the gate of the Qin family was roughly knocked open, and a guard rushed in and surrounded the Qin family inside and outside.
Soon, Qin Mi's study room was opened, and Man Chong's figure appeared at the door, staring at Qin Mi with a cold look, hugged her fists and said, "Mr. Zile, please follow me to the Legal Department."
"No need!" Qin Mi sighed, with a trace of green blood spilled out of the corner of her mouth. Before that, after realizing that something was wrong, he had already taken the poison. He knew what he was going to face. As a department specializing in supervising officials, the Law Department has the evidence of most officials. After all, even if Ye Zhao strictly supervises the administration of the government, it is impossible to cut everyone down. These evidences are useless most of the time, but when needed, any person's filing in the Law Department is enough to destroy him and even the entire family.
Qin Mi hopes that he can die with dignity, and at the same time, he also hopes that Ye Zhao will let the Qin family go with his own death. Even so, the decline of the Qin family has become inevitable, but he cannot let the Qin family be defeated in his hands.
"Why?" Man Chong looked at Qin Mi, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "My lord attaches great importance to Zile. If you follow me to see your lord, you may not have no way to live."
"Ran Mi... has no face to face his lord anymore. Please ask Boning to tell me on my behalf that if there is a next life, Mi will be loyal to her lord again. As for this life, Mi only hopes to be able to protect her family!" Qin Mi smiled calmly.
"I will tell my lord everything about Zile's words, as for the result..." Man Chong did not continue, Qin Mi was already dead in anger.
He sighed slightly and said to the left and right: "The autopsy is put into the coffin, block Qin Mi and wait for it to fall."
"Here!"
All the servants and maids of the Qin family were driven away, and Qin Mi was also sealed.
After bowing to Qin Mi’s main gate, Man Chong stood up and quickly left with a group of guards in the law department. Today’s matter was not that simple.
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In the Taiwei's mansion, the Empress Dowager ordered a congratulatory gift, and the soldiers gave Ren Hongchang the position of a female official, Diao Chan in the palace...
After Ye Zhao sent Ren Hongchang into the new house, he did not stay for too long, but went straight to the study, where Zhang Su was already waiting.
"Lord, are you looking for me?" Zhang Su looked at Ye Zhao with some confusion. Today is Ye Zhao's day of great joy.
"Learn these things." Ye Zhao nodded and handed Zhang Su a booklet.
"Here!" Zhang Su took the account book and looked around. His face gradually became ugly as the pages flipped.
The book records that Zhang Song used his position to secretly mobilize some resources from the Taiwei Mansion in the past three years, secretly raising dead soldiers, and even clearly records the number of dead soldiers and the training locations, and secretly contacted officials.
"Lord... this... I really don't know!" Zhang Su knelt in front of Ye Zhao with a loud bang, and said frightenedly. He has been busy with all kinds of affairs in Shu for years and rarely goes home. He doesn't know if his biological brother has caused such a big mess for him.
"If you don't believe you, it's not me who meets you now, but I'm so pampered!" Ye Zhao reached out and helped Zhang Su up, sighed and said, "Junqiao, this incident makes me very embarrassed!"
"I know what Junqiao has done for Shu in the past three years, and I know that Junqiao is a loyal man. Zhang Song should have been executed, but if he and you are brothers, it would be disappointing to you. But if you don't kill him, how can the law be established?" Ye Zhao patted Zhang Su's shoulder and said, "So, you are not prepared to deal with this matter, Xiahou Lan!"
"Here!" Xiahou Lan, who was guarding outside the door, came in and bowed to Ye Zhao.
"From now on, you will listen to Zhang Su's order to resolve this matter. No matter how Zhang Su executes it, you just need to do it without saying much. This is my order!" Ye Zhao handed an arrow to Xiahou Lan and said with a stern look.
"The last general will take the order!" Xiahou Lan bowed and stood behind Zhang Su, stopping talking.
"My lord... I don't know how to repay me like this, but I can only repay my lord with my heart and repay my kindness. Please rest assured. I must handle this matter impartially and never be favored!" Zhang Su's eyes were red, and he bowed to Ye Zhao again.
"How to handle it is your business, I won't care anymore. It's better if you let Zhang Song go. Since I said I won't care about this anymore, I will never say anything more." Ye Zhao helped Zhang Su up and said with a smile.
"Here!" Zhang Su stopped talking, bowed to Ye Zhao, and turned around and left with Xiahou Lan.
"It's a bit ominous to deal with these things on the day of the lord's joy." Xi Zhicai smiled at Ye Zhao from the back of the screen.
"The Southern Central has been settled, and we are about to go to war. It's time to clean up the fat." Ye Zhao smiled and looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "How are the military supplies and food preparations?"
"It has been mobilized." Xi Zhicai nodded and said.
"After this matter, when Yun Chang and the others come back, they can discuss the issue of sending troops. We have been away from the Central Plains for ten years, and it is time to go back and see those old friends." Ye Zhao smiled at Xi Zhicai.
Ye Zhao left the study and came to the new house surrounded by everyone. Ren Hongchang sat on the bed with some anxiety. His festive red robe was hooked by Ye Zhao. His silky skin was extremely moving under the bright candlelight in the house. This night was endless romantic and endless spring scenery.
However, in Chengdu, it was not peaceful that night. Lu Bu, who rarely appeared in the eyes of the people, was dispatched on a large scale tonight. The home of an official was rude Chuangkai, and officials of all sizes were arrested or killed on the spot. At the same time, Zhang Song was brought over by many people in Zhang Su's mansion. In Chengdu, once the Ministry of Law and the city guarding army were dispatched, it also represented their plan that had not yet begun, and not only did the plan die in the womb, but in the past three years, the number of officials of all sizes and big and small that Zhang Song and others had secretly contacted were almost beaten by Ye Zhao. The students in the academy quickly made up for it, which would not affect the operation of Shuzhong.
In the past ten years since Ye Zhao ruled Sichuan, the talent reserve has formed a cycle. In the future, more and more scholars will become officials, and there is no need for scholars.
"Zhang Junqiao, do you know what you are doing??" Zhang Song looked at his brother and roared angrily.
"Enforce the law impartially!" Zhang Su looked at Zhang Song's ugly face and said with a stern expression: "I don't think about serious business, and I don't do serious business with your friends every day, but I only know how to criticize my lord. If it weren't for the kindness of my lord, today, I'm afraid the entire Zhang family would have been imprisoned with you."
"You are confused!" Zhang Song was tied up by others and roared: "Do you still remember how Ye Zhao treated us and other scholars?"
"Enforce the law impartially." Zhang Su looked at Zhang Song and sighed: "What is the fault of the lord, and why should he treat the lord like this?"
"Is there any fault?" Zhang Song looked at Zhang Su, suddenly smiled, shook his head and sighed, "If it weren't for Ye Zhao, how could you and my brothers fall to the current land! How many people are left in the Zhang family now?"
"It's not that lord, it's just that they are incompetent!" Zhang Su frowned.
"Ha~" Zhang Song suddenly lost his desire to communicate. Both sides were not in the same world for a long time, and their ideas were destined to be difficult to resonate with. It was no different to say more, and he said sternly: "Why don't you know how your brother wants to deal with me?"
"According to the law!" Zhang Su closed his eyes and said in pain.
"You are crazy!" Zhang Song's face changed. If he followed the law, there would be no ten heads that he had done in the past three years.
"Stay on!" Zhang Su suddenly felt a little heartbroken and waved his hand without renew.
Chapter completed!