Regardless of whether Zhang Xiaosi truly cares about the monarch or wants to take care of both the royal family and the Feng Mansion, there is one thing she said right:
When the prime minister is gone, the man will change, and everything will start to be different from before.
When the Prime Minister is here, everything is under his control.
Now that the Prime Minister is gone, no one can become the second Prime Minister, and no one dares to say that he can control everything in the Han Dynasty.
I don't have that ability and reputation, so I can only use other means to control it.
It can be said that the state of the court after the death of the prime minister is normal.
On the other hand, when the prime minister was here, the emperors and ministers of the Han Dynasty were all twisted into a rope, defenseless against each other, and went all out. This is abnormal.
"My brother traveled thousands of miles during the battle in Guanzhong and made great contributions. In the end, he was not even able to become a feudal lord."
Wei Yan only received "three thousand first-class officials", but he was actually granted the title of Wugong County Marquis, and was also promoted to the general of Zhendong.
Which one is not above the elder brother?
When Zhao Guang thought about this, he couldn't help but feel aggrieved for his brother.
He gritted his teeth and said:
"I know that for your own selfishness, how many achievements of the Xinghan Association were destroyed in one day? How many people's hard work and sweat were paid in vain?"
Since the establishment of the Xinghan Society, it has been the biggest thug of the imperial court.
Either passively or actively, they dug up the foundations of wealthy families and participated in many attacks against old-style wealthy families.
The Xinghan Hui and the old aristocratic families were incompatible with each other, unless allowed by the imperial court.
This is the biggest bottom line of Xinghan Hui.
Otherwise, no high-ranking person would be able to sleep peacefully after seeing a behemoth like the Xinghan Society merged with a wealthy family.
These people in front of them are so bold that they dare to use their own channels to sell private goods to Liangzhou powerful people.
Privately, he helped others deliver goods to the grassland tribes.
If the fourth sister-in-law hadn't been the one to handle this matter, if someone really wanted to take advantage of it, not only the brother, but also the entire Xinghan Association would be passive.
"I can't help you, the villain, I can't help you, and I can't help the leaders in the meeting..."
Captain You could only shed tears and confess continuously.
Zhao Guang originally wanted to kick him a few more times, but seeing his appearance, he finally closed his eyes and sighed:
"Your contribution was personally rewarded by the Lord. The Lord was so optimistic about you at the beginning, but now he feels so heartbroken..."
Captain You was just crying at first. When he heard these words, he thought of the Lord in the wounded barracks, counting his wounds and asking about his appearance with concern.
Finally I couldn't help but burst into tears.
Everyone present was silent.
"Bang!"
Zhao Guang dropped a dagger, his eye circles were a little red, but his words were ruthless:
"You're crying now. It's too late. You should commit suicide."
"Don't worry, your wife and children will not be expelled, but all the benefits they currently enjoy will be cancelled."
"They can start all over again later."
Under Feng Junhou, the sentence "so that future generations will not suffer from the war" united how many people's hearts?
Everything these people in front of them do is not only for their own enjoyment, but also for the purpose of accumulating wealth for their children and grandchildren.
What Zhao Guang is doing now is not only to prevent them from enjoying it, but also to cruelly cut off their last thoughts.
Do you want one person to pay the price and your children and grandchildren to enjoy the blessings?
Go ahead and dream!
Captain You crawled at Zhao Guang's feet, crying and saying:
"General Zhao, I know that I will never see the prince again in this life. I only hope that General Zhao can tell the prince on my behalf that I will still want to fight for him in the next life!"
I remembered that before I followed the king, my parents died in the war, and four of my six brothers and sisters starved to death on the way to escape.
Now, as long as the wife and children are not deported, at least they will not starve to death, and there will be another chance in the future.
With the foundation they have laid in the past, they can still live a good life as long as they work hard.
"Don't worry, I will help you bring it."
After Captain You received Zhao Guang's assurance, he laughed miserably, held the dagger in his backhand, and stabbed himself in the heart without hesitation.
Watching Captain You fall softly, someone finally collapsed.
"I don't accept it! I want to see Junhou. I have made great contributions to the Han Dynasty. Junhou once said personally that even if I die, he will support my family..."
He waved his hands as if crazy.
Zhao Guang, however, was too lazy to look at him, and glanced at the old pawn next to him as though he was absent.
Two old soldiers suddenly jumped up and pressed him from behind.
While doing these actions, one person also pulled out the Huanshou knife from his waist.
He stabbed his fatal spot accurately from behind.
Completed in one go, without any sloppiness.
It can be seen that he has been prepared for it.
That person never thought that Zhao Guang would come to settle accounts with them this time with such a ruthless heart.
His eyes widened, and his eyes were filled with disbelief before he died.
In the end, the throat could only make a few "ho ho" sounds.
The white knife goes in, the red knife comes out.
He only felt that all the strength in his body was suddenly drained, and his consciousness gradually became blurred...
Red blood flowed from the wounds of the corpse and stained the floor.
Most of the people present had crawled out of the dead. This small scene was just a trivial matter to everyone.
There were only a few young people with slightly immature faces who felt their stomachs suddenly twitch when they saw all this.
They shrank their bodies subconsciously and did not dare to make any sound.
Zhao Guang sat back on his seat expressionlessly, lowered his eyes, and said lightly:
"Both daggers and poisons are available here. You can choose one yourself. If you can't do it yourself, you can just ask and someone will help."
After all, they have experienced life and death before the battle. Some people saw that they could not escape and gathered up their courage:
"Please give me a dagger, general."
"Bang!"
Someone threw a dagger at him.
The man picked up the dagger and smiled the same way Captain You did before he died:
"The villain dare not blame the general, let alone the monarch. He only blames the villain himself. His excessive greed has led to today's disaster."
As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and said:
"What the villain hates even more is those people who confuse people. Only today did the villain realize that those people have no good intentions at all."
"After the villain's death, if those people can and should deserve their punishment, I hope that the brothers present, for the sake of my former colleagues, can tell me that I will die without any regrets!"
Zhao Guang finally raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and said calmly:
"Don't worry, they will go underground to look for you soon. Under the yellow soil, you can take revenge if you have any grievances."
"If so, then thank you General!"
The man touched his neck and fell to the ground.
"Please give me a dagger, general!"
"Please give me a dagger, General!"
"I didn't die under the sword of a thief before the battle. How can I be willing to die under my own sword now? General, please give me some poison. I can at least taste what the poison tastes like before I die."
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"Crazy, they are all crazy, they are all crazy..."
Someone took advantage of the chaos and started shouting, then suddenly turned around and tried to run out.
"Peng!"
A heavy arrow followed him like a shadow and penetrated his heart.
Zhao Guang, who was sitting in his seat, put down the bow and arrow in his hand indifferently.
The few people who were still a little hesitant at first saw this situation, their faces were ashen, and they completely gave up their thoughts.
"vomit!"
Several students who went to Liangzhou for internship from the school smelled the faint smell of blood and finally couldn't bear it anymore. They covered their mouths and vomited on the spot.
Zhao Guang closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if enjoying the smell of blood and calming his emotions.
After a long time, he spoke:
"Open the door."
The closed hall door creaked open.
After crossing an archway for about ten steps, another door opens.
Everyone who was waiting in the outer hall looked over.
"The general has finished handling the affairs, please come in."
The guard stood with his hands solemnly and said to everyone in the outer hall.
In the outer hall were Dong Yun sent by the imperial court, Huang Tong, a chamberlain sent by the palace, and Liao Hua, who was temporarily appointed as the governor of Liangzhou.
Liao Hua has leadership experience and is also the most sensitive to the smell of blood.
His nose moved, his eyes suddenly shrank, and he looked warily towards the inner hall.
Looking at Dong Yun who was taking the lead, he opened his mouth and wanted to give a warning.
But seeing that Dong Yun had already crossed half of the archway impatiently, Liao Hua finally closed his mouth.
Sure enough, Dong Yun, who was the first to enter the inner hall, suddenly exclaimed:
"what happened?"
"Oh, nothing's wrong."
Zhao Guang stood up to greet several people, with a calm face, and replied:
"I was dealing with internal matters within the Xinghan Association just now. These people all made mistakes. After being reprimanded, they felt guilty and shameless, so they committed suicide."
After a rough count, there were at least a dozen corpses.
If you want to say that the dead people still holding daggers in their hands committed suicide, that's normal.
But you said the guy with the arrow fletching in his back committed suicide?
How did he commit suicide?
Take the arrow feathers and insert them into your own back?
And for those few, why did the knife pass through the back?
Are people from the Xinghan Society so special even when they commit suicide?
Looking at Zhao Guang, who was as calm as if nothing had happened, and then looking at the people in the Xinghan Club who bowed their heads and remained silent.
Not to mention Dong Yun and Huang Tong, even Liao Hua couldn't help but feel frightened: How cruel!
This Zhao Erlang is indeed a figure who has followed Xiao Wenhe for so many years.
This was done ruthlessly and absolutely!
After all, Liao Hua spent a lot of time in Liangzhou, and his relationship with the Guan family was unusual.
Dong Yun and Huang gestured with their eyes, asking him to be the first to speak.
Liao Hua had no choice but to bite the bullet, stepped over the scattered corpses, walked to Zhao Guang, and whispered:
"My dear nephew, this matter doesn't have to be like this!"
"The few of us were still angry before we came here. This time, the most we can do is make the culprit surrender. As for the others, they have made meritorious deeds before the battle."
"Severe punishments and punishments are enough. Why did you take such a heavy blow without discussing it with us before?"
Zhao Guang smiled, shook his head and said:
"Uncle Liao, as I said before, these people did something wrong and committed suicide because they were ashamed of others."
As he spoke, he let out a long sigh with some compassion on his face:
"Hey, who told the Xinghan Society to put loyalty and righteousness first? Who among the people who came out of the Xinghan Society doesn't regard the word righteousness as their life? Without righteousness, what's the point of living?"
Liao Hua didn't think much of this.
But Dong Yun already wanted to have a relationship with Zhao Erlang's mother.
Am I pretty?
Pretty!
It would be okay if this matter was ordered by King Feng Gui.
If it was just the Zhao Erlang in front of him who made his own decisions, he might be taken care of by a certain ghost king by then.
Liao Yuanjian (also known as Liao Hua) had a close relationship with the Guan family, and he had worked with King Feng Gui for so long, so I heard that King Feng Gui wanted to call him uncle.
No matter what happens to King Feng Gui, he will always take Tiger Girl's face into account and will not embarrass him.
Chamberlain Huang has gone back. As long as he stays in the deep palace, who can do anything to him except the emperor?
The one who suffers the most is himself.
I am at the Chancellor's desk, and King Feng Gui is still in charge of the Secretariat's affairs!
Intimidating people within the Xinghan Association to commit suicide, what a powerful official!
The more Dong Yun thought about it, the more he felt that it was impossible for him not to speak:
"Yes, yes! General Zhao, there is no need for this!"
"We came here this time just to see the various workshops in Liangzhou and the situation of the military and civilians on the border for the imperial court and the emperor."
"After all, the Lord has been in Buliangzhou for a long time, leading the army to fight against the thieves in Guanzhong. There is no control over the people below. Occasionally, some people are restless. That is normal."
"Just give me a warning. It's so impulsive to cause such a murder. It's so impulsive..."
He swore that no matter whether it was the court or the palace, he just wanted to warn the Xinghan Society not to cross the line.
At most, it's just a punishment, as a sign of beating.
The Xinghan Association only needs to hand over the culprit and give him a fine, and the matter will be over.
After all, who hasn’t noticed what the Xinghan Society has done for the imperial court over the years?
If you make a mistake, you just need to correct it.
There is no need to be so extreme, no need, really no need.
But it was obvious that the reaction of the Xinghan Society was so strong that it far exceeded the expectations of the court and the palace.
Zhao Guang lowered his eyes and said quietly:
"There are state-owned laws and regulations, and the Xinghan Association is based on loyalty and justice. No one can cross this bottom line."
"The mistakes these people made were not small mistakes. In order not to harm their families, they had no choice but to commit suicide to save their face."
A scholar dies for a confidant, which is not just a talk among the Han people.
That's really something you can do.
Zhao Guang committed suicide by biting these people to death. Unless he wanted to become a life-or-death enemy of the Xinghan Society, outsiders would just listen and believe it.
What Zhao Guang did was more than that.
I saw him clapping his hands.
So someone came in carrying several large boxes and lined them up by the door.
"General Zhao, this is..."
"This is all the files of the Xinghan Society that have accumulated properties in Duyezawa over the years."
Zhao Guang looked at the boxes and sighed, "In order to make up for this mistake, the Xinghan Association decided to hand over all the properties in Tonoze to the state."
These boxes represent the countless money and food that the Xinghan Society has invested over the years, as well as the countless profits in the future.
Just giving it away like this made even Zhao Guang, who married a former rich woman in Hanzhong, feel heartbroken.
There was no other way, my brother said:
Since the place where the mistake was made was Tonozawa, let’s just make a clean break with it.
This also prevents anyone from using Tonozawa as an excuse to settle old scores in the future.
The Xinghan Society is no longer the small society it once was.
The elder brother has almost reached the top of the Han Dynasty's power.
Coupled with today's sensitive moment, we must not leave any excuses to others.
If my brother falls, he doesn't need others to pounce on him and bite him. The Xinghan Association will be torn apart by itself.
And those guys who are more greedy than wolves will never give up until they eat up Xinghanhui.
Although the current approach may easily make people think that Xinghan is a little too weak, and if he is frightened, he will even vomit out the meat in his stomach.
But there are also people who think that Xinghanhui is really ruthless in doing things.
The King of Yue ordered three hundred soldiers to commit suicide, which directly frightened the courage of the enemy soldiers.
At the moment, Dong Yun and others looked at the corpse in front of them, and then at the row of large boxes next to the door.
Faced with this huge concession from the Xinghan Hui, several people not only did not feel a trace of joy in their hearts, but instead felt a trace of chill.