The two choices Xiao Yi mentioned earlier were not just for Xue Baichuan to choose.
Because Xiao Yi gave Xue Baichuan only one way from beginning to end, and that was death.
Li Gongxiang himself put the knife into his hand, how could he still resist killing him.
Kill a Xue Baichuan.
You can make the Wang family and Jia family obey.
By killing one Xue Baichuan, the entire Xue family's food can be used to relieve the people of the capital and appease the people.
It's a pretty good deal.
At the same time, Xiao Yi also noticed Lu Chong, who was standing there and looking at him, with a somewhat complicated expression.
Then he got off the carriage, walked forward, and asked directly: "You feel that Gu is killing innocent people indiscriminately, so you can't bear it?"
Lu Chong hesitated for a moment, then said bluntly: "His Highness raised food for the people of the capital, and he was already very moved by Xue Baichuan, but he was still unwilling to take out all his food, regardless of the righteousness, let alone His Highness's Love should be killed!"
"It's just that Xue Baichuan was probably instigated by others. Killing him will only tarnish His Highness's reputation."
Lu Chong felt that Xiao Yi should not kill people so directly, just like he killed Wang Hao, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Too direct.
This will only make people think that the current Crown Prince is a cruel and murderous person.
Even if His Highness had people expose Wang Hao's many crimes, let everyone know that Wang Hao died without any regrets.
But what's the use of people applauding?
The key is that the ministers in the court are already frightened, fearing that His Highness the Crown Prince's sword will one day fall on their heads.
As a result, no ministers were willing to support His Highness the Crown Prince who directly went under the knife.
Xiao Yi shook his head and said to Lu Chong: "If you have time, go back and ask Commander Lu."
In his opinion, Lu Chong is still a bit young, so he tends to stick to the rules. It may also be because of his background and the education he received since childhood. He always feels that Xiao Yi should abide by the rules and kill the third-rank officials in the court. At the very least, he must be cautious. Be cautious and cautious.
Because before the Great Qian Dynasty, it was rare to directly kill the ministers of the court. Even the powerful Xiao Di just exiled those convicted ministers to the most remote and poor places.
However, Xiao Yi knew that if he followed any rules, he would only be played to death by Li Linfu. Most of the officials in the court were his people, so how could he convict Wang Hao?
If this is the case, without Li Linfu personally taking action, the ministers in the court will protect each other. In the end, Wang Hao may just be demoted. In this way, Xiao Yi will really be restrained in everything, and may restrain himself until death. .
If you want to break the situation, you must use the sharpest knife to cut through the mess in the capital in the shortest possible time.
Lu Chong was thoughtful. He really wanted to go back and ask Lu Ming why he agreed to the Three Treasures Eunuch and sent him into the East Palace to protect His Highness the Crown Prince a few days ago, so that it has now become the sword in His Highness's hand.
He killed Yang Shenxun, the governor of the palace, Yuhou, with a stick, chopped off the head of Wang Hao, the minister of household affairs, and now killed Xue Baichuan, one of the largest grain merchants in the capital, on the street.
In this way, His Highness's reputation will be affected and he will be implicated.
Xiao Yi didn't say much because he didn't have time to explain this to Lu Chong, and his explanation was far less convincing than Lu Ming's.
Of course, it would be best for Lu Ming and Lu Chong to just figure it out, and maybe they would be able to complete it themselves.
Xiao Yi did not doubt the purpose of Lu Chong and Lu Ming too much, because Lu Chong had already gone to the East Palace to serve as the commander of the Qianniu Sword Guard, and became his sword, killing several people.
This clearly told everyone that he, Lu Ming, now supports His Highness the Crown Prince and is on the side of the East Palace.
So now they are both prosperous and disadvantaged.
Xiao Yi patted Lu Chong on the shoulder, turned around and returned to the chariot, and said loudly to the people: "Don't worry, Gu will definitely raise food so that you can survive."
"Now the Xue family's property has been confiscated, and people have been arranged to go to the Xue family's granary. Before noon, more porridge sheds will be built outside the city, and porridge will be given out vigorously."
"The people in the city will also be able to buy food at the previous price."
"I promise here!"
Naturally, the people already believed Xiao Yi's words.
On the first day, His Royal Highness the Prince beheaded the Minister of Household Affairs, and found out that he had embezzled tens of millions of dollars. It was all their hard-earned money, and it was the wealth of the people!
Now, Xue Baichuan, who was ruthless for the sake of wealth, was killed in front of him. In addition to being convinced, they were still convinced.
Xiao Yi waved his hand and said loudly: "Go build the Wang family in Yefang!"
Lu Ming, who came after hearing the news, did not follow him. Instead, he received the eunuch Sanbao's instructions from the prince to deal with the Xue family.
Those who should be served as corvees were sent to the Jiaofang Division. Those who should be sent to the Jiaofang Division were sent to the Jiaofang Division.
The key is to confiscate the home. The Xue family is a wealthy businessman in the capital, and their wealth is extremely rich.
However, Lu Ming only arranged for the front minister to supervise the house raids.
He personally led people to the Xue family's granary to prevent anyone from getting wind of it and taking the opportunity to destroy the granary or move the grain away.
Xiao Yi was relieved to cut through the mess quickly, but he had to wipe his ass.
Otherwise, if the granary was really burned down by that man, His Royal Highness's attempt to kill Xue Baichuan in the street would have been in vain.
Xiao Yi only left with peace of mind after seeing Lu Ming and his people coming. Otherwise, he must have asked Lu Chong and his people to quickly protect the Xue family's granary.
Fortunately, the former commander of Daqian Palace was on his side. Otherwise, he really would not have been able to swear that he could give porridge after killing Xue Baichuan in front of the people.
At this moment, Xiao Yi had arrived at the door of Wang's house.
The news about the Xue family has reached the ears of the head of the Wang family immediately. Having learned from past mistakes, he is very obedient.
When Xiao Yi arrived at the gate of the Wang family, only the main members of the Wang family stood outside to greet him.
The head of the Wang family is already holding a letter.
He handed over his family's granary very neatly. He didn't keep a grain of rice, and he didn't need to borrow it. He donated it all.
Xiao Yi said, "No need. If Gu said it was a loan, then it is a loan. Do you want to say that Gu is forcing you to hand over the food?"
"Come here, pen and ink!"
Eunuch Sanbao personally brought the pen and ink and the table.
Xiao Yi picked up a pen and waved his hand to write down the loan. After asking about the total amount of food, the loan was completed.
The head of the Wang family didn't insist. Since His Highness the Crown Prince didn't want to take their food in vain, why not?
At the very least, he saved his family and his own life.
As long as you can save your own life, it is better than anything else. Money is nothing more than an external possession.
After successfully borrowing money from the Wang family, Xiao Yi took people directly to the Jia family.
The people who followed were a little disappointed when they saw that Xiao Yi did not accuse the Wang family, and some people thought of taking the opportunity to complain.
But before he could leave, Xiao Yi had already gone to Jia's house.
At this time, outside Jia's house, Jia Helei and his family were also greeting him outside the gate, but there were two people standing beside him.
The Jia family came from Jinling and were married to the local prefect Dong Zhuo, so they had a huge backing.
This prefect is not a simple man. He surrendered to Xixia when he was fighting on the Shaanxi Road, and he could be said to be an enemy of ten thousand people.
The Xiliang cavalry in his hands are among the best in the army, which is also Dong Zhuo's family background.
In order to appease this man, Xiao Di gave him a title and made him Duke Rongguo.
The fiefdom is located on Liangzhe Road, and the two Zhejiang Roads are governed by the post of prefect.
The military power in Dong Zhuo's hands can be regarded as less than half, because there is still more than half that he has kept for himself.
Using the pretext that there were many water bandits on the two Zhejiang roads, they defended their military power to the death.
Xiao Di had no choice but to agree.
He felt that there was another vassal king in Jinling, and if Dong Zhuo really had any objections, there would be a vassal king who could suppress him.
The two people around Jia Haolei were Dong Zhuo's people.
