Soon after, more than ten people including Wang Xian, Li Quan, Ren Qi, Jia Long, etc. gathered together at Meng Da's house. Among these people, there was even Wu Yi, who was deeply trusted by Liu Che.
Who would have thought that Wu Yi, who had always seemed to follow Liu Che unswervingly, was secretly a member of the peace-seeking faction.
Wu Yi's wife Wu Ran is Liu Mao's wife. Although Liu Mao died of illness not long ago, Wu Yi is still highly valued by Liu Che due to this relationship.
As for people like Wang Xian, Li Quan, and Ren Qi, if they developed according to the normal historical development trajectory, grass would already be growing on the graves of these people!
However, due to the emergence of the system and the continuous development of the butterfly effect, these people who should have died are now alive and well!
And all of the people here are from Yizhou's aristocratic families or powerful forces.
Liu Che's rule in Yizhou is quite stable. He has almost used the emperor's skills to the extreme to constantly balance the forces of all parties.
However, this does not mean that Liu Che's rule has no hidden dangers at all. However, Liu Che was too strong before, and these hidden dangers were suppressed by him. In other words, some people had to obey the strong Liu Che.
But now, as the Shu army continues to lose on the front line, Liu Che can no longer maintain his previous strength, and the original hidden dangers have naturally begun to emerge.
It is not an unusual thing in the entire Han Dynasty for a powerful family to hide its population, but the situation here in Yizhou is more serious than that in other parts of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Che's ability to have tens of millions of people in Yizhou was partly due to the help of the system, which spread a large number of people across the Han states every year. On the other hand, it was Liu Che who discovered the hidden population of these powerful families and transformed them into his own strength.
In order to achieve this goal and to uncover the hidden population of these powerful families, the methods Liu Che used were actually somewhat disgraceful.
At first, Liu Che first looked for aristocratic families who were loyal to him, and then sent assassins to assassinate other aristocratic families. Then, the aristocratic families loyal to Liu Che came forward to annex their land and people into their own power, and then slowly returned them to government rule.
Using this dishonorable method, coupled with the assistance of other means, and a combination of right and wrong, Liu Che managed to dig out as many of the powerful and attractive members of these aristocratic families as possible in just two years. In this way, Yizhou became prosperous in the future.
Therefore, many powerful families have resentment towards Liu Che. After all. Later, Liu Che's strength was all based on the powerful family.
In addition, it is due to their own future considerations. After the Battle of Jingxiang, the Jin army was so brutal in Jingzhou that many powerful families who followed Liu Xiu ended up being exterminated. Even those who had relatives serving in the Jin army were loyal to After the three Liu brothers were captured alive, they could not escape the fate of beheading!
Many powerful families are worried that if they really follow Liu Che, they will not follow in the footsteps of those Jingbei families!
For many people from aristocratic families, the life and death of the entire family is far more important than their personal safety.
Therefore, as the Jin army's battle on the front line continued to advance, many powerful families turned to the peace-seeking faction.
And those now invited by Meng Da are the ones with the most determined attitudes!
"Everyone, you must have made a decision by coming here today, right?" Meng Da said to everyone slyly.
Under Liu Che's constant probing, most of the people present had actually revealed their secrets. Therefore, life is actually not easy for everyone!
"Of course, that fellow Liu Che bullied others too much. Not long ago, Brother Wang was also found a reason to be imprisoned by that fellow. If we continue to sit back and wait for death, it won't be long before we have to follow Brother Wang's footsteps!" Jia Long was a little worried. He spoke solemnly.
The so-called Brother Wang was a powerful man in Yizhou, and he was one of the people who had followed Liu Zhang to persuade Liu Che to seek peace. As a result, Liu Zhang had nothing to do after that, but the group of people who were the most active at the beginning were dealt with a lot by Liu Che.
Not only Meng Da has a deep understanding of Liu Che's usual style of acting, but they also understand it to a certain extent. If the situation in Shu is good, people like them may still survive. On the contrary, the worse the situation in Shuzhong becomes, the more dangerous their situation becomes.
Nowadays, those who can be invited by Meng Da are those who are no longer willing to be lonely and are unwilling to sit still and wait for death.
"General Meng, when you invited us here, you said that you had contacted the King of Jin. I wonder if it is true or not?" Li Quan asked with some worry.
The reason why these people were gathered here by Meng Da was because Meng Da said that he had contacted King Jin's people. Otherwise, how could they risk gathering here at such a critical moment?
If Liu Che discovered it, Liu Che might overthink it and attack them in advance.
And this Li Quan is also a wonderful person. When he mentioned King Jin in his words, he actually bowed far away in the direction of the north. He hasn't gotten online yet, but he has already begun to show his kindness to the new master he has prepared for himself.
"Of course!" Meng Da nodded calmly and said, "I must be the only one who has had contact with those people, right?"
Meng Da looked around at everyone, trying to see some flaws in their eyes. Meng Da would never be so naive as to think that in this huge city of Chengdu, Floating Water House only came into contact with him. Meng Da was not naive enough to think that he would be that special!
However, even if the people here are not very talented, most of them can be called old foxes, and they are not easily tested!
"General Meng, there is no need to say anything more. What General Meng did was a bloody road! The general should tell everyone the truth and boost morale, right? Otherwise, we would not dare to accompany the general crazy. This one!" one of them said thoughtfully.
They may sound like peace seekers, but in essence they are capitulationists. This Liu Che has already attacked several families. While killing chickens to scare monkeys, he is also sucking the blood of these families in the most thorough way.
Everyone was worried that it would be their turn next, so even though they knew that Meng Da had chosen a route, they came to take a look.
but………
(End of chapter)
