Director Wang's heart felt like it was on fire, and the scale that had been provoked was completely tilted. After leaving Prince Langya's Mansion, he went home, screened the left and right, leaving only one confidant, and whispered: "Please come over to Yuan Li."
Yuan Li had been working with Director Wang for several months. If the girl hadn't told him that Director Wang was a talented and famous person and could only win over her, he would have killed him long ago.
King Langya lost his advisor Wang Dao, just like losing his right arm.
When meeting Director Wang for the first time, Yuan Li's heart suddenly lifted, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up. It seems that being a lobbyist is not very difficult. Maybe he can also be a counselor?
The thought just flashed by. Yuan Li was still self-aware of himself. He knew that Director Wang didn't like him, or even hated him. If he was willing to see him at this time, it was probably because something had happened.
To be honest, until now, Yuan Li still doesn't understand why the girl asked him to come to Jiangnan. He can understand why she asked him to set up an intelligence agency here, but she actually let him contact Director Wang.
When Director Wang was making a decision, the Xun family of Yingchuan County was also making a decision.
The Xun clan in Yingchuan is a large clan. Although its power is not as powerful as that of the Zhao clan in Xiping, it is still one of the top clans. There are thousands of clan members in Yingchuan County alone.
Among the descendants of the Xun clan in Yingchuan, Xun Xiu is currently the most powerful one. After all, he holds a large army. There are more than 20 descendants in the clan who follow him. These more than 20 people are either generals or soldiers.
There are also things like paperwork and logistics.
In addition to him, there are twenty-six descendants of the Xun family currently serving in the Zhao Group, twelve of whom are in Yingchuan County. The oldest is a county magistrate, the youngest is a county clerk, and the rest are
The ones who are ranked lower are those who passed the talent recruitment examination and were appointed to various places.
The patriarch of the Xun family is fifty-six years old this year. He heard two big news in one day. First, there was a report that Xun Xiu had rebelled in Meng County.
The forces were eliminated and Yingchuan County was completely controlled.
He was not happy, only felt frightened, and then cursed Xun Xiu in his heart for being mentally retarded. Yingchuan County was not worth mentioning in the entire Yuzhou, and it was still caught in the middle, let alone the entire Central Plains region.
Now that Zhao Hanzhang's power is so huge, where does he have the confidence to think that he can rebel?
The patriarch of the Xun family only felt a sense of destruction, and before he could come up with a countermeasure, even worse news came. Zhao Hanzhang's army returned to the court, and Xun Xiu's rebellion was put down that day. Xun Xiu had been imprisoned, and Zhao Hanzhang had
What Xun Xiu said was also passed on.
In addition, there is another saying, "Anyone who seeks power for the common people will have his clan killed."
The county magistrate who came to convey Zhao Hanzhang's intention carefully said to Chief Xun: "In addition to this sentence, the envoy also sent a number. In this rebellion, the Zhao family army died 1,369 people, and the seventh rank of the imperial court
The above twenty-three officials, twelve generals, sixty-nine civilians were killed, 3,145 were seriously injured, and more than 4,000 were slightly injured..."
He glanced at Chief Xun and said: "The Xun family's army lost 1,792 people and seriously injured 3,298 people..."
Patriarch Xun did not move, but he seemed to have aged ten years. He asked: "What do you plan to do with the Xun family? He said that you should give the Xun family a chance..."
The county magistrate thought for a while and said: "The envoy didn't say it clearly, but it seems that she was so angry with Xun Xiu that Wang Han, who had tempted him to rebel, was beheaded and was sent to King Langya in the south of the Yangtze River by the envoy."
He whispered: "The Xun clan has a large number of people. If the clan is really executed, there will probably be more than ten thousand people involved. A person like the clan leader who is ignorant of the inside story is innocent after all. You are kind, so you are willing to give the Xun clan a chance."
Chief Xun gave a bitter smile. This was not giving Xun a chance. He was trying to scare the monkeys. There were so many people in the family, even if they rebelled, it would only involve the whole family at most, and there was no reason for the whole clan to be implicated together.
Otherwise, all the family members would have been killed during the Eight Kings Rebellion and when Gou Xi came to power. Someone in Beixian County rebelled, and Zhao Hanzhang did not kill the entire family, but only killed the clan leader and the head of the household...
The thought flashed through his mind, and Patriarch Xun was horrified, finally knowing what Zhao Hanzhang meant.
Patriarch Xun's waist collapsed instantly, as if his entire energy and spirit had been taken away.
When the county magistrate saw that he finally understood something, he stood up and left.
Patriarch Xun sat on his own for a long time, and finally stood up with his knees up.
His little grandson stumbled in from outside, threw himself into his arms, giggled happily, and shouted in an unclear voice: "Azu, Azu..."
While shouting, saliva flowing.
Patriarch Xun burst into tears.
He asked the county magistrate for help and quickly made a decision. Xun Xiu's group and more than 20 people who followed him were all exterminated, and then his family was escorted to Chen County.
In addition, he was also prepared to die.
Zhao Hanzhang and the others had returned to Chen County. When they saw more than a hundred people being escorted over, she raised her lips slightly and asked people to put them in the prison together, right next to Xun Xiu.
After Xun Xiu found out that he had been exterminated, he was shocked and angry at the same time. But even more angry than him were his relatives who were implicated. When they saw Xun Xiu, they couldn't help but insult him.
Xun Xiu rebelled. Apart from those who followed him, how many people in his family knew about his decision to commit suicide?
Ling Chi?
In addition to shocking people, this special punishment also makes people fearful and breeds hatred and violence. She prefers to kill people by killing people's hearts.
Extermination of the clan is also a kind of torture in this era, just like the hearts of the Lingchi people.
Xun Xiu's father was still there. When he saw him in prison, he couldn't help but cursed loudly. The curses continued all the way to the execution place.
According to the law, Zhao Hanzhang implicated his father, women and children under the age of twelve were exempted, but the other men implicated were punished more severely than those implicated in Bixian County. She directly punished them as military slaves.
Unless you make great achievements, it will be difficult to get rid of the status of a sin slave.
All these families were exterminated. The news spread throughout the world. The gentry in the world first felt that the Xun clan leader was afraid of death, so he actually succumbed to the power and exterminated the clan members;
Then I felt a cold feeling in my heart and felt a chill in my back. Zhao Hanzhang was really ruthless and wanted to kill Xun Xiu. He not only wanted to kill Xun Xiu, but also made him have no peace after his death.
Yes, in the eyes of today's people, people who have been exterminated are also lonely ghosts after death, and they will never have peace.
Xun Xiu also knew this, especially after being scolded by his father and knowing that his father was implicated by him, he struggled fiercely and shouted around: "I want to see the envoy, I want to see Zhao Hanzhang
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"Your Majesty, my lady, I have made military exploits, and even without merit, I have worked hard. I did something wrong this time, and I am willing to die. But you can't force the Xun family to exterminate my clan. You can't..."
Before he finished speaking, stones and mud were thrown at him from all directions, and the people watching yelled, "My brother was killed by you. After your death, you will go to the eighteenth level of hell. It's better to eliminate the clan, and you will go underground."