As far as Yunzhou City is concerned, the Zhang family, as well as several other big families, are out-and-out local wealthy clans, the kind of huge force that makes Yunzhou City tremble every time it stomps its feet.
However, several such arrogant families were actually surrounded by the army today, and many of them were even hacked to death?
This strong contrast made almost everyone in Yunzhou City look at it and feel very uneasy.
Why did His Highness the Prince suddenly take action against these big families?
And he acts so resolutely and decisively?
After learning about this incident, the patriarchs and elders of some other families began to inquire about the inside story from familiar officials, fearing that the butcher's knife would fall on them next.
However, officials of all sizes in Yunzhou City were completely confused at this moment.
Since the assassins had previously sneaked into the military camp pretending to be a reward team, Zhu Gaojie actually did not trust the officials in Yunzhou City.
Except for the two people sent by Cabinet Minister Yang Rong and Xia Lao Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue to supervise the management of grain and grass, he was skeptical of the other Yunzhou officials, and even the entire Yunzhou officialdom.
Without him, the reason why the army's logistics and supplies were delayed last time was that in addition to some people in the capital taking advantage of the old man's death to cause trouble, there also seemed to be some problems here in Yunzhou City. The combination of the two, Only then did the logistics supplies that were running well were delayed, forcing Jin Yiwei to come forward and directly take the gold medal left by Zhu Gaojie to suppress it.
And Zhu Gaojie was now rushing back to Beijing to deal with a lot of things, and he had no intention of delaying here in Yunzhou first. He originally wanted to let it go first and then slowly process these guys in the future, but unexpectedly he encountered a group of people here. The assassination of the dead soldiers!
As a result, Zhu Gaojie felt a little unhappy.
how? You guys are just trying to get in the way, you have to kill a few of them first to calm down the anger, right?
When he got angry, he directly decided the life and death of the families involved in the matter!
"Your Highness, the magistrates and magistrates of Yunzhou City, as well as the county magistrates, are all waiting outside the military camp. They want to see you..."
As soon as Su Wu entered the Chinese army camp, he saw Zhu Gaojie busy writing at his desk. He stood aside and began to report the situation directly.
After listening for a while, Zhu Gaojie raised his head and asked:
"How is things going at Shen Qingyu's place?"
When he asked, Su Wu quickly replied:
"Currently, the property of each family is still being confiscated. Everyone has been caught. Some who dared to resist or wanted to escape were caught and killed. No fish escaped the net."
"It's just that these families have huge businesses and rich assets. Therefore, Shen Qingyu and the others, together with the soldiers of the fifth military camp, are still checking carefully to avoid any mistakes."
When Zhu Gaojie heard this, he put the pen aside and sneered:
"Of course they have a lot of assets. These families have been in Yunzhou for many years. It is said that they have been here since the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. After dozens of generations, they are out-and-out local snakes."
"In Yunzhou alone, the Zhang family owns more than 10,000 acres of fertile land. They have an unknown number of tenants and lend money at interest. The family has had two county magistrates and three co-magistrates. They have also married many times with other families in the north. It can be called the largest force in Yunzhou City."
"Shen Qingyu and the others want to check everything thoroughly, but I'm afraid there just isn't enough time today!"
Seeing that Zhu Gaojie knew so much about the Zhang family, Su Wu couldn't help but silently sentenced the Zhang family to death in his heart.
Good guy, it’s okay for you to be rich and unkind, and even run rampant in Yunzhou, but you want to participate in the conspiracy of those people and conspire to assassinate His Highness. It’s really an old man who has hanged himself. He is impatient to live...
"As for the other families, although they are not as arrogant as the Zhang family, they are also very wealthy."
"The relationships between these people are complicated and intricate, and they are inextricably linked to Yunzhou officialdom."
Zhu Gaojie said with some annoyance:
"Originally, there was a problem with logistics, so I wanted to rectify the Yunzhou officialdom, but I just hurried back to Beijing, and all the students from the liberal arts college were sent to the south for appointment, so I thought I would take it slow for a while and try again in the future. Take your time to clean them up.”
"I didn't expect them to rush to find me!"
"What do you want to do? To force me to have an abortion?"
Su Wu spoke cautiously:
"Your Highness, I think maybe these people suddenly saw the army dispatched to encircle and suppress these families, so they were a little panicked and wanted to come to inquire about the news..."
"snort!"
Zhu Gaojie shook his head disdainfully and snorted coldly:
"Of course they will be flustered, and they should know how to be afraid!"
"I, the majestic Prince of the East Palace, encountered assassins and assassins here. I didn't kill them all. I'm quite polite!"
"However, I don't want to see them yet, so I'll let them wait outside."
"I will meet them again after Shen Qingyu has checked all those houses."
Su Wu agreed, and then asked again:
"Then Your Highness, what should be done with these people caught?"
"Should they all be imprisoned in the military first, or should we find another place and have people under strict supervision?"
Zhu Gaojie said nothing, closed his eyes slightly, and after thinking for a while, he slowly spoke:
"Tell Shen Qingyu that all the people in charge of these families, whether they are the head of the family, the clan elders, or others, as long as they have decision-making ability and status in the family, they will be executed without being imprisoned."
"The rest of the prisoners, except the women and children from the side lineage, were all beheaded."
"As for those women and children, they are all punished as slaves and handed over to the government."
Su Wu was stunned for a moment. This punishment could be considered quite severe.
If Zhu Gaojie's wishes were followed, these families could almost be said to have been completely wiped out. The main lineage and side lines were all executed, leaving only the women and children of the branches alive and punished as slaves...
Adding up the several major families, at least thousands of lives would be lost!
And there is no future or chance to turn around!
It can be said that the emperor was so angry that blood flowed everywhere!
Seeing that Su Wu seemed a little confused as to why he was so cruel, Zhu Gaojie shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice:
"I am the crown prince of the East Palace and will soon ascend the throne. They dare to participate in such a major rebellion. They are lucky to not be killed by the nine tribes."
"When I do things, I always remove the roots. I won't leave these tails to pop up and disgust people in the future."
"Since they dare to do it, they must also be prepared to bear the consequences!"
"Conquer your family and exterminate your clan. This is what you will get if you piss me off!" (End of Chapter)
