Historically, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, he faced the problem of how to deal with the ministers of the Han Dynasty.
The problem that Cao Cao faced was that most of his ministers had liaisons with Yuan Shao, and they were in Cao's camp and their hearts were with the Han. If Cao Cao punished these ministers from the Han family, he would lose the support of the aristocratic families in the world.
In the end, Cao Cao chose to compromise. Not only did he not punish the disloyal Han officials, he also incorporated the famous Han officials under Yuan Shao into his own system. These Han officials were grateful for Cao Cao's "mind" and were relatively honest when Cao Cao was alive. Most of them supported Cao Cao.
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What Gao Ligong suggested to Li Zhi was to deal with the civil servants in the court like Cao Cao.
But Li Zhi knew that although the Han Dynasty family in Cao Cao's camp had not flourished during Cao Cao's era, after Cao Cao's death, they used their huge power to come back and intensify their efforts, allowing the successor Cao Pi to pass the infamous "Nine-Rank Middle Man"
Law".
The Legalist culture that Cao Cao established throughout his life completely collapsed in the face of the Nine-Rank Chinese Law. From then on, the wealthy families not only controlled the court, but also completely deprived talents from poor backgrounds of becoming officials.
There is a reason for Cao Cao's behavior. A large part of his power comes from the aristocratic family. He is afraid of losing the support of the aristocratic family. Without the support of the aristocratic family, he cannot unify the world. But Li Zhi is not afraid. All of Li Zhi's strength comes from transcending this era.
The technology comes from the three provinces of Tianjin, Shandong and Northeast China that Li Zhi worked hard to educate with public ethics from top to bottom and rule the country by law.
If the source of power is different, the countermeasures taken will be completely different.
Li Zhi would never let the defeated civil servants sneak into his team.
However, Li Zhi was not in a hurry to deal with these civil servants. After all, these were the emperor's subordinates. If Li Zhi wanted to deal with them, of course he had to make it clear to the emperor first.
If we reject these civil servants with murderous intent now, I am afraid that all the civil servants will flee in all directions and flee to the south of the Yangtze River incognito. By then, even if Han Jinxin has great hands and eyes, he will still miss many deeply hidden secrets.
Li Zhi looked at Chen Wenyue who was talking to him and decided to stabilize him first.
"The officials are so attentive, so I will not shirk it. It's just that the initial arrangements in the capital are complicated. If you want to have a banquet, you have to wait until the emperor's reward comes down."
Hearing Li Zhi's words, the eyes of the civil servants around Chen Wenyue lit up.
Li Zhi actually agreed to Chen Wenyue's banquet.
You must know that the civil servants in the court have always slandered and suppressed Li Zhi in every possible way. Except for Zhang Guanghang, a bachelor of Dongge University, there was no civil servant in the court who was friendly with Li Zhi from top to bottom.
But now when Li Zhi had won a great victory, Li Zhi agreed to the banquet given by the civil servants.
It seems that Li Zhi is not planning to continue to be an enemy of the civil officials, but is planning to use the prestige of the victory to make friends with the civil officials and establish his own team in the court.
The civil servants looked at each other for a while, their eyes shining with excitement.
Li Zhi now dominates the military force. If Li Zhi unites with the civil servants, he can firmly control the court and become an authority that surpasses the emperor. By then, Li Zhi will have the final say over the entire Ming Dynasty. Whatever the emperor has in mind, he must first
With Li Zhi’s consent.
In this regard, civil servants are of course optimistic about the success. For civil servants who are skilled in political power, as long as they can survive and maintain their current positions of power, there will always be a day when they can turn around.
The civil servants seemed to have transformed into Li Zhi's colleagues in an instant and surrounded him one after another.
"Your Majesty's great victory has shocked the whole country. He is truly the mainstay of our Ming Dynasty."
"No one in the world can stop the prince."
"The prince of the county can govern the government from now on and rule the world together with the emperor."
Seeing that the civil servants became extremely harmonious with Li Zhi in an instant, and even openly stated that Li Zhi could control the government, Wang Chengen's pupils shrank and he couldn't help but snorted coldly.
If Li Zhi really joins forces with the civil servants, the emperor will be completely at a disadvantage, and Li Zhi will really have the final say in the world.
This Li Zhi is really ambitious.
However, the emperor still felt that he was a loyal minister and wanted to make him a prince.
Wang Chengen thought about it and couldn't help closing his eyes and sighing.
Li Zhi looked at the civil servants gathered around him and frowned, but was unwilling to talk to these civil servants. With a flick of his dragon robe sleeves, Li Zhi no longer stayed under the execution ground, but strode towards the viewing platform.
Go up.
The civil servants were in high spirits, as if they had become Li Zhi's followers, and followed Li Zhi to the stage.
When Wang Chengen saw that scene, he couldn't help but snorted again. Finally, at the end of the crowd, he slowly walked to the execution platform alone.
Everyone sat on the execution platform with their own thoughts, and the executioners began to work.
"The time has come!"
The executioner shouted, and the people in the audience burst into applause.
Obviously, the people hated Wu Sangui of Jiangbei Army who tried to overthrow the emperor's new law.
The servant held a short knife in his hand and walked towards the trembling Wu Sangui.
The first action was to stuff a large piece of cotton cloth into Wu Sangui's mouth to prevent the tied Wu Sangui from biting his tongue and committing suicide.
This action completely caused Wu Sangui to collapse.
The so-called Ling Chi is to cut the flesh on the body of the condemned prisoner, cutting off all the muscle and fat in non-vital parts of the condemned prisoner's body with one knife, so that the condemned prisoner gradually dies in incomparable pain. It is said that an experienced executioner can cut three times on the body of the condemned prisoner.
More than a thousand cuts were made, and it was not until the 3357th cut that the life of the death row prisoner was understood.
The cruelty of this kind of criminal law can be said to be at its peak.
Wu Sangui lost all willpower when he thought about the pain he would endure next. He held the cotton cloth in his mouth and kowtowed desperately in the direction of Li Zhi. As he knelt, blood came from his head.
What he was asking for was not to live, but to have a happy life and not to suffer death by a thousand cuts.
Li Zhi looked at Wu Sangui who had smashed his head and said nothing.
The executioner captured Wu Sangui, tied him to an execution pillar, and quickly stripped him of his prison clothes.
The execution began.
Knife after knife, the executioner's short knife was swung at Wu Sangui's body.
The execution ground immediately resounded with Wu Sangui's screams, like those of killing a pig. However, every time Wu Sangui screamed, the people on the execution ground burst into laughter. From time to time, excited people cheered loudly, because the gentry who conspired to rebel were finally severely punished.
Rejoice.
This kind of punishment was too cruel. As a time traveler, Li Zhi couldn't stand it anymore after seeing it more than a dozen times and closed his eyes.
Seeing Li Zhi's appearance, the surrounding civil servants felt more and more that Li Zhi was a "good old man" with a weak will. They looked at each other for a while and felt that Li Zhi would eventually unite with civil servants like them.
Li Zhi's ability in inventing new weapons is great, but when it comes to power, he is probably no match for the civil servants. Civil servants know when to advance and when to retreat. When to be arrogant and when to be forbearing.
Li Zhi couldn't even stand Ling Chi. With such a weak will, how could he fight with the civil servants?
After all, this court is still ruled by civil servants.
The privileges of the gentry will also be regained after playing games again and again.
Wang Chengen looked at Li Zhi's appearance, then at the happy expressions on the faces of the civil servants, and snorted again.
On the execution ground, the executioner's knife skills were very exquisite, and he actually cut more than three thousand cuts on Wu Sangui's body. At the end, Wu Sangui had lost too much blood and passed out completely. No matter how he was cut, he did not react.
Amid the deafening cheers of the people, the executioner stabbed Wu Sangui's heart with his last knife, ending the life of the rebel commander.
