Bai Wanli was the first to kneel down, looking choked with grief, and said: "Your Majesty, please help the Bai family."
Zhao Shan asked: "What happened to the Bai family?"
Bai Wanli cried: "Your Majesty, the Bai family was targeted by Yu Song, the new governor of Yangzhou, and twelve members of the Bai family were imprisoned. These people are all talented and capable, and they are even more prepared to participate in the assessment arranged by your Majesty. Now that I have been caught, please make the decision, Your Majesty."
Zhou Xin also knelt down and choked with sobs: "Your Majesty, my Zhou family has prepared to participate in Your Majesty's assessment to select talents, but Master Yu has captured all the Zhou family members. Master Yu has captured six elites of the Zhou family. It is too difficult for the Zhou family. "
Wu Junyan, Xue Pan and others knelt down and cried.
Everyone asked Zhao Shan to make the decision.
Zhao Shan looked confused and said, "Why were the members of each family suddenly arrested? I authorized Yu Song to be fully responsible for Yangzhou's government affairs, so I didn't pay attention to the matter."
Bai Wanli said: "Your Majesty, Yu Song is using old things to target us. It is true that people in our big family have made many mistakes in the past, but those are things that happened in the past, and we have all changed our ways now. Yes, your majesty, please give me a clear warning."
"Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning."
Zhou Xin also looked miserable.
Zhao Shan looked at the crying people and sneered in his heart.
Are you crying?
But to whom do those people who were killed by the collision, whose families were ruined and innocent people died in vain, cry to?
The coldness in Zhao Shan's heart did not diminish, but he did not reveal his emotions. He continued: "I have understood what you said. Don't worry, I will not wrong any good person here. Right and wrong can be judged by the public."
"I'll call Yu Song here and let him talk about it and confront you."
"Here, tell Yu Song to come over."
Zhao Shan ordered to go down.
The soldiers went to deliver the order. Not long after, Yu Song strode into the hall, bowed and said, "I, Yu Song, pay homage to Your Majesty."
Zhao Shan directly talked about Yu Song's arrest of various families, and said in a deep voice: "Every family is talking about your arrest. Come and explain to everyone."
"I accept your order!"
Yu Song answered neither humble nor arrogantly.
He glanced around and felt confident when he saw that his eldest brother Yu Yong was not there.
The eldest brother has always been calm and wise. Many people say that he is smarter and more talented than the eldest brother. In fact, the eldest brother is the real wise man.
However, the eldest brother is restrained by the Yu family.
Yu Song's eyes fell on Bai Wanli and said forcefully: "Bai Wanli, you cry to His Majesty that the Bai family has been arrested. However, the twelve arrested Bai family members were all identified by Zhang Guangdao personally, and the evidence of their crimes is conclusive. I will be promoted to court soon. You can watch the interrogation, and you can raise any objections. If they are not guilty, I will release them on the spot."
Bai Wanli smiled sarcastically.
As a member of the Bai family, he naturally knew there was a problem. In other words, the people arrested in each family have problems.
Once put on trial, no one can handle it.
Bai Wanli did not dare to confront Yu Song, so he could only plead with Zhao Shan: "The Bai family has always been loyal to Your Majesty. There may have been many problems with the Bai family before. But now, the Bai family has changed their ways. Your Majesty, please take a closer look."
Yu Song said coldly: "Can the problem of killing people be corrected? Can the problem of causing people's families to be destroyed? Can they be corrected? Insulting a man's wife and daughter, causing the wife and daughter to commit suicide at the same time, can they be corrected?"
A strong murderous aura emerged from Yu Song's body.
With a cold expression, he cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, my point of view is very simple, we should kill everyone. Only by killing to stop killing can the people of the big family restrain their hands and dare not break the law and discipline. Otherwise, the law and discipline will not exist. The majesty of the imperial court has been lost, and it is unable to appease the hearts of the people of Yangzhou, let alone win the trust of the people."
Bai Wanli was frightened.
Kill them all, and stop killing by killing. Yu Chan has such a murderous intention.
can not be like this.
If they kill indiscriminately in this way, the Bai family will definitely be severely damaged.
The key is not that the dozen or so Bai family members were captured. With the Bai family's size and population, killing a dozen or so people would have no impact. The key is that during the interrogation process, the Bai family will definitely be further hurt and the Bai family's property will be further affected.
This is the biggest impact.
Bai Wanli and Yu Song couldn't explain clearly, so they could only beg for mercy from Zhao Shan: "Your Majesty, the Bai family obeys your Majesty's arrangements. The Bai family even supports your Majesty's policies and actively cooperates with your Majesty in governing the place. There is absolutely no ambiguity. Please For the sake of the sincerity of the Bai family, Your Majesty can be lenient."
"Your Majesty, please be patient."
Zhou Xin quickly agreed.
Wu Junyan knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please be generous."
All the families are not clean. Now that they are being targeted, they naturally do not want to be affected. Each of them can only play the emotional card, saying that they are loyal to the emperor and obeying the emperor's orders. This is the only way for each family.
Zhao Shan seemed to be moved. He sighed slightly and said, "Yu Song."
"I'm here!"
Yu Chan stepped forward and bowed.
Zhao Shan said: "The Bai family, Zhou family, Wu family and other families have all made great contributions to me by submitting to me. I also said that as long as they serve me, they will not care about the past. Now I want to catch all the families. , It really shouldn’t be done, it’s like letting me break my promise and make myself fatter.”
Yu Song loudly said: "Your Majesty is wrong. Your Majesty is the emperor of Daqian, and he carries the country and the country of Daqian on his shoulders. Naturally, he must put the country of Daqian as the most important thing, rather than your Majesty's words. Your Majesty must win the trust of the people. Rather than trusting a bunch of jackals."
Zhao Shan waved his hands and said, "You can't say that."
Yu Song's eyes were sharp and he looked like he would not give in. He said forcefully: "What do you want to say, Your Majesty?"
This confrontational scene made every family look forward to it.
Better fight.
It is best to remove Yu Song, so that the families will not be targeted and the sword hanging above their heads will be gone.
Zhao Shan said in a deep voice: "Yu Song, I have no objection to your insistence. It's just that this time the matter is special. In this way, I will draw a bottom line for you. Anyone who has committed a capital crime will be dealt with as you wish. People who have not committed a capital crime will be dealt with as you wish. , is it okay to allow each family to use money to atone for their sins?"
Yu Song further said: "Your Majesty..."
Zhao Shan extended his hand to interrupt and continued: "I have already taken a step back, is it possible that Yu Qing is still aggressive? After all, each family has made great contributions to my victory over Wu County."
Yu Song hesitated for a moment and said, "I would like to obey your Majesty's instructions."
Zhao Shan turned to Bai Wanli, Zhou Xin and other family leaders and asked, "What do you think?"
Bai Wanli was naturally dissatisfied, but he did not dare to bargain. He said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the Bai family is willing to pay for their sins."
Zhou Xin said: "The Zhou family also agrees."
Wu Jun said sternly: "The Wu family seconded the proposal!"
The heads of each family expressed their opinions one after another, saying that the mute could not tell the story of the pain of eating Coptis chinensis. Although I know that I will lose a lot of money by paying for my sins, it is still worth it if the people in the family and the elite of the family can survive.
Zhao Shan said: "Everyone, please step back."
"The grassroots resign!"
Bai Wanli bowed respectfully and stepped down.
One person followed Bai Wanli away, and soon only Zhao Shan and Yu Song were left in the hall.
Yu Song was sincerely convinced and said: "Your Majesty is wise, and I am convinced. After this incident, I executed the people who deserved to be executed, and won the trust of the people. I also beat each family, and further asked them to use money to atone for their sins and weaken the major families. A series of methods, each The family’s power has been greatly weakened.”
Zhao Shan smiled and said: "This is all because of your cooperation, Yu Qing. Otherwise, how can you win their trust?"
Yu Song said: "This is Your Majesty's mercy. Otherwise, I would kill all these big families and clean them up directly."
Zhao Shan looked solemn, shook his head and said: "It's not because I am merciful, but because I killed these big families, other big families emerged. The newly emerged big families will become new evil dragons, further squeezing the people. Exactly like this, We need to put a brand on these people so that they don’t dare to act recklessly again.”
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Yu Song praised again.
In terms of means, His Majesty is still powerful.
Yu Song changed the topic and continued: "Your Majesty, I have an idea regarding the execution of the children of the rich families and the assessment of candidates from each family."
Zhao Shan smiled and said, "Tell me about it."
A cold light flashed across Yu Song's eyes, and he said: "I plan to bring the selected members of each family, or the selected talents, to the execution ground together, and watch with my own eyes the children of the big families who deserve to be killed, in order to shock everyone. .”
