In the martial arts arena, Lin Ze looked at the powerful family head kneeling on the floor in darkness. With a wave of his hand, several wooden boxes on the high platform exploded and hundreds of books flew out.
Under Lin Ze's control, hundreds of books dispersed and flew towards the audience. A copy stopped exactly one foot in front of everyone, within easy reach.
Lin Ze said calmly: "This is the law of the Western Qin Dynasty formulated by Chen Ping, the Prime Minister of the Western Qin Dynasty, with reference to the laws of the Qin State. I urge you to study it carefully."
"Since I have promised to treat you all equally, it is not only about rewards but also about punishments. I hope that you will not knowingly commit any crime and bring disaster to yourself and your family."
After everyone heard this, they stretched out their hands to take the document in front of them and carefully put it into their arms.
For the rich and powerful, this is actually a good thing. They are not afraid of having rules, but they are afraid of not having them.
With rules, they can show what they are good at and use the rules to benefit the family.
Lin Ze continued: "You have all seen that Chang'an is now an empty city. In order to restore the prosperity of Chang'an as soon as possible, please set an example and bring all the clansmen to move in."
"The city of Chang'an is in ruins and awaits reconstruction, and there are many inconveniences. During special periods, the imperial court will convert your salary into grain, rice and cloth and distribute it to ensure the food and clothing needs of each family."
"Since I have promised to keep the private property of each family in my place of residence, the houses and mansions belonging to each family in Chang'an City will be returned to each family."
"If you are orphaned and given to others, or occupied by Chang'an Mansion, you can replace it with a similar house. If your own house cannot accommodate all the clan members, you can buy other houses at a reasonable price."
"Whichever house you like, you can send someone to Chang'an Mansion to inquire about the price and purchase it. The money will be put into the national treasury and used for court expenses. Shops in the north and south cities will also be sold at a fair price, and the procedures are the same as buying a house."
"In terms of travel, each family moved to Chang'an and used a lot of carriages, which must be enough. If it is not enough, I will arrange for Chang'an Mansion to sell some at a low price."
"I will give you three days to take care of your household affairs. Within three days, you will have your wives and children properly settled, and then you will go to other places to take up your posts."
Everyone responded in unison: "I obey your orders."
Lin Ze waved his hand: "Step back."
Looking at the people leaving, Lin Ze looked calm. Although it was a bit shameless to threaten the services of various families by using old, weak, women and children as hostages, it was the best way after all, wasn't it?
As for whether each family might harbor grudges, Lin Ze wasn't worried. In the face of interests, it didn't matter.
After retracting his chaotic thoughts, Lin Ze ordered Xia Yun beside him: "Assign the Jin Yiwei to pay close attention to the movements of each family. I will write down some small actions for the time being and ignore them for now. If there is anyone who confuses others and openly rebels against the Western Qin Dynasty, the whole family should be killed to serve as a warning to others."
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Xia Yun bowed and responded: "No."
Lin Ze then took advantage of the wind and came to the garden, where he found Zhuang Zhou who was sleeping soundly in the pavilion.
As if sensing someone coming, Zhuang Zhou immediately woke up from his deep sleep and sat up.
When he saw it was Lin Ze, Zhuang Zhou yawned and asked, "Junior brother, what do you want from me?"
Lin Ze sat on the stone bench in the pavilion and said calmly: "According to senior brother's inference, all the factions coming from the sky will look for someone to take refuge with. But now more than ten days have passed, and junior brother has not seen any of them."
"Is it because the senior brother's inference is wrong, or is it that Dao Palace and the junior brother are so indifferent that even the whole family doesn't like Xi Qin?"
Zhuang Zhou scratched his head when he heard this, and said with a confused look on his face: "It's been more than ten days and no one has come? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be."
Lin Ze said expressionlessly: "Did Senior Brother remember it wrong? Instead of visiting each faction to seek alliance, he remembered that each faction came to actively ask to join."
Zhuang Zhou replied flatly: "Impossible. It is a great blessing that all the sects can become allies of the Dao Palace. How many of the direct disciples of the Dao Palace can afford to visit the alliance?"
After finishing speaking, Zhuang Zhou stood up, adjusted his Taoist robes, and said with a serious face: "Junior brother, don't be anxious, wait until I do the calculation and see what the situation is."
Zhuang Zhou was seen sitting cross-legged, taking out a few pieces of tortoise shell from his arms, and was about to start a hexagram. Suddenly, a machine bird came out of the air and stopped in front of the two of them.
Lin Ze and Zhuang Zhou looked at each other, looking at the machine bird in front of them with doubts on their faces.
Lin Ze suddenly had an idea and said to the machine bird: "Did Mr. Mo Zhai send you here?"
The originally motionless machine bird's eyes flashed red, seeming to be nodding in recognition.
Immediately afterwards, the belly of the machine bird opened and a silk book fell out.
After dropping the silk book, the machine bird returned to normal again, flew away through the air, and disappeared.
Lin Ze didn't take action to stop him. He stepped forward to pick up the silk book that the machine bird had dropped on the ground. He opened it and frowned immediately.
I saw on the silk script: "Someone called all factions to meet at Mount Tai on the eighth day of April to discuss how to deal with the catastrophe."
After Lin Ze finished reading, he immediately handed the silk book to Zhuang Zhou and asked, "What do you think, senior brother?"
Zhuang Zhou quickly scanned the text on the silk book, frowned slightly and said, "What do each faction want to do?"
Lin Ze spread his hands and said: "Obviously, this time, the various factions do not intend to be the cannon fodder of the three religions as before, but have other ideas. I'm afraid you have to go and see what the specific ideas are."
Zhuang Zhou: "Junior brother, are you planning to sneak in?"
Lin Ze said confidently: "Senior brother, what you said is wrong. It says there is an alliance between various factions, but it does not exclude the Dao Palace. At most, it is just that you have not received an invitation. How can you say you are a gangster?"
"Besides, Mr. Mo Zhai specially sent the news. There are still three days before the alliance meeting. If we don't go, wouldn't we be living up to Mr. Mo Zhai's hard work?"
"For the time being, regardless of whether we can win over other sects to join the Taoist camp, just looking at the goodwill shown by Mr. Mo Zhai this time, if handled properly, the Mo family's support will be guaranteed."
Zhuang Zhou thought for a while and replied: "What my junior brother said is absolutely true."
Lin Ze said with a smile on his face: "Then it's decided. On the eighth day of April, senior brother and I will rush to Mount Tai early in the morning to see what medicines are sold in each sect's gourd."
Zhuang Zhou was stunned when he heard this: "Junior brother, do you want me to accompany you?"
Lin Ze said calmly: "Of course, senior brother, we have to go together. If a fight accidentally breaks out, junior brother will have to rely on senior brother to save his life."
Zhuang Zhou smiled bitterly and said: "Junior brother is too cautious. Except for the three religions and Guigu, there are probably no more than one hand of third-level heavenly beings from each sect. With my second-level cultivation, why should I be afraid?" Life-threatening?"
"Besides, the signboard of Dao Palace is there. The heavenly being who dares to openly attack and kill Dao Palace disciples probably hasn't even been born yet."
Lin Ze coughed slightly and said, "Senior brother, what you said is wrong. As the saying goes, be careful and make the ship of ten thousand years. Not to mention that people outside the three religions dare not, what if the Buddhist Confucian Biyou Palace secretly takes action?"
"It should be noted that as soon as Junior Brother dies, Western Qin will immediately separate and disintegrate, and the Dao Palace will be completely eliminated."