The autumn rain fell all night, and the sky was light, and there were crying everywhere in the city. Some people died of wives, some people died of children, and some people died of their whole family, leaving only themselves.

Children crying helplessly everywhere on the streets. Some of them are lying in the pile of corpses, and some are constantly looking for their mothers. They should have had a happy childhood, but now they have lost their families forever and can only live on the streets in the future. Whether they can survive in this world is a question.

On the street in front, there were corpses like mountains, most of which were the bodies of Huaiyang Army. They died very miserably, either their heads were cut off or their upper body was directly chopped into a big hole.

Some people were not completely dead, and they were wailing in pain, while others were already screaming and they were exhausted, just twitching constantly, waiting for death to come.

Human life is like grass.

The battle in the city was coming to an end. The Huaiyang army was finally found. They expressed their desire to surrender, but the new army did not give them a chance to surrender.

In Zhao Huan's words: After killing my people, if you can't kill them now, you will surrender? Let's die!

The moment the rolled blade slashed on the head of a Huaiyang soldier, it made a tiny-scare bone crack, and the speed was so fast that the soldier's head was cut off, and all the red and white inside spilled out.

After the new army soldier cut off, he flew and then cut off the waist of the Huaiyang army soldier on the left.

He was very strong, and blue veins burst out from his thick and strong arms. Killing these timid Huaiyang troops felt like they were killing chickens.

There was not much emotion in his eyes, and only the emperor's order in his mind, destroy the Huaiyang rebels!

Heart-wrenching screams came from the northeast corner of the city, bones were cut off and heads were cut off. The last Huaiyang army was killed when the autumn rain stopped.

Everyone was soaked in the rain, and everyone was covered in blood. They quickly rode their horses to the center of the city to gather, and Han Shizhong was waiting for them there.

The infantry led by Hu Yantong marched urgently and had already arrived outside the city and began to encircle and suppress the Huaiyang army that fled outside the city.

The remaining new troops stationed in Yanzhou also set out and headed towards Tai'an City.

The entire Tai'an City has become a Shura Hell. People will be frightened by that scene just when walking on the road. Han Shizhong's troops began to summon all the living people in the city to transport the bodies and transport them to the south of the city to burn.

Cao Sheng was escorted to the capital.

After a sensation of autumn rain, Bianjing also began to turn colder.

The ministers were waiting outside the imperial study room. They heard a sound from inside. The emperor was smashing things, tables, ceramics, jade... Zhao Huan smashed everything that could be seen.

His emotions were completely out of control, and no one dared to go in. Even Empress Zhu and Concubine Han stood outside, holding their breath.

According to the news earlier, Cao Sheng from Jingdong Road alone caused the death toll of 30,000 people, and in Tai'an City, he killed another 20,000 people. This time, Jingdong Road rebellion killed more than 50,000 civilians and injured as many as 100,000 people.

It took a long time to calm down inside, and after a long silence, Wang Kuian entered in fear.

The ministers were in their throats and stood outside and dared not move.

After a while, Wang Kui'an came out and said to the ministers: "Everyone, go back, Your Majesty wants to rest."

The ministers saluted inside at the same time, and then turned around and left.

Wang Kuian said to the queen and Han Chenchen: "Sage, Empress Han, you all go back too."

The queen and Han Chenchen's eyes were full of worries, but they could do nothing.

This is the first time since he met Zhao Huan, Han Chenchen has seen Zhao Huan get such a big fire.

Rather than being angry or angry, it is more like being self-blame.

Zhao Huan felt that being an emperor was so fucking unhappy. There were two ways in front of him. One was to force the opposition to the West Jingdong Road, which could force most of the opposition to be forced out, and quickly eliminate the obstacles of the new policy. The implementation of the new policy will be greatly accelerated, but many people will die, especially the common people.

One is to prevent it. Before the rebellion, the Imperial City Department ordered the Imperial City to arrest people, but Jingdong and Jingxi Road are so big. The opposition parties are all actors, and the power is entrenched. So what if they catch a few and cut off their heads? There are still countless opposition parties who have taken root at the bottom, just like after he cut off the prime minister in the court, he still cannot solve the administrative problems of the court.

How should we choose as an emperor? Standing at the highest position of the empire, controlling the entire situation, and setting rules for the Song Dynasty in the next ten thousand years. How should we choose?

Zhao Huan chose to force the counter-attack without hesitation, but he still overestimated himself. He thought he was shameless and cold-blooded to the point where he could not care at all, but when he heard the news, he was in a bad mood.

He sat alone in the imperial study room, and everything here had been smashed by him. He seemed to have returned to the young clerk who was at a loss in the face of things in his previous life. He seemed to hear the crying of the people on Jingdong Road and saw a child who was killed by the Huaiyang rebels.

He breathed slowly as if all the strength in his body was exhausted.

In life, there is no way to do whatever you want, even if you become an emperor, even if you stand in the ninth level of heaven.

I don’t know how long it took, but no one knew what he was thinking. In the end, he slowly calmed down and opened the door and asked Wang Kuian, who had been waiting outside for a long time, to arrange someone to clean up the imperial study.

He went to take a shower and change his clothes himself. After everything was over, Zhao Huan appeared in Wende Hall.

The important officials of the two prefectures received the summons from the palace and went to Wende Hall one after another. The ministers were also unsure, but when they entered Wende Hall, they saw the emperor with a calm face and were reading a memorial, which seemed to be no different from usual.

"I will meet the emperor."

"It's all gone."

"Thank you, the emperor."

Zhao Huan said: "Liu Yanzong, do his best to investigate the list of rebellions this time. I am not allowed to miss a net."

"I will receive the order!"

"Li Ruoshui."

Li Ruoshui, the Minister of Personnel, came out and said, "I am here!"

"How many officials were there in total on Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road last year?"

"Go back to your Majesty, there were 35,463 people who were in office and non-employees last year!"

Zhao Huan said again: "Zhou Dynasty."

"I'm here!"

"How much salary was paid in total last year on Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road?"

Zhou Chao said: "Those who are not kind, a total of 5,367,893 guan of money are given 3,000 taels of gold, 50,000 taels of silver, 200,000 pieces of silk, rice, charcoal, cotton, and tea are worth 1,350,000 guan."

Zhao Huan knew it in his heart and said to the ministers: "How much was the total tax revenue of the imperial court last year?"

The Zhou Dynasty continued to answer: "Report to Your Majesty, the total tax revenue of the imperial court last year was 83.63 million guan."

The ministers knew what the emperor wanted to do.

Zhao Huan said: "Just the salaries of officials from Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road alone consumed 5.367,893 stagnant of money. Here is a land annexation investigation of Beijing-East Road and Beijing-East Road. Wang Kui'an, please hand it to Mr. Xu to see."

Wang Kui'an took it and went down to hand it to Xu Churen. Xu Churen looked blue after seeing it.

"The court throws a lot of money into the hands of officials every year. These officials take the money of the court and the power of the court to buy land and exploit the people. The court then squeezes heavy taxes and corvee from the people. The number of people who starved to death from the east and west of Beijing last year is probably no longer counted. Whenever I think about this, I toss and turn and can't sleep at night. What do you think, how should I sleep peacefully?"

Xu Churen sighed in his heart. The emperor had come to this point, forcing the officials and gentry from both sides to rebel, and took the opportunity to uproot the roots. Now the power of the two sides is in a vacuum, which is the time when the bureaucrats can be streamlined.

The next step is to re-adjust the administrative structure, and even the salaries of officials will be rectified.
Chapter completed!