Two days passed in a flash, and when night fell, the gates of Xiangyang were slammed shut, no one was allowed to enter or leave, no one was allowed to walk on the street, Wu Chuanwei went out again, and a group of heavily armed soldiers ran on the street, their armor was shining in the cold light under the rain curtain, and the blade was clear and murderous.

Pedestrians on the street dodged and looked at Wu Chuanwei in horror, but soon a notice was posted that Wu Chuanjun was tracking down the person who had fornicated with the Sui army, and the case involved dozens of ministers, so that the people could rest at home. Thousands of Wuchuan soldiers divided into dozens of roads and rushed to their targets.

Dugu Mansion Mansion, Dugu Cheng is sitting at the table writing letters to the heads of the families, he also keenly captured the chaos under the quiet of Xiangyang, realized that the wind and rain were coming, and asked them to arrange for their relatives to leave Xiangyang.

I don't know why, Dugu Cheng was a little upset at this time, he stopped writing and sighed, since Dugu Huaien was killed, he felt that Dugu Mansion seemed to be targeted, hoping that this time the family could be transferred out, if something happened, Dugu would be finished.

"The head of the family, Wu Chuanwei rushed into the house."

Dugu Cheng was taken aback, and stepped forward to open the door in a few steps, only to see the housekeeper standing outside with a frightened face, Dugu Cheng shouted: "What did you say? ”

"The head of the family, hundreds of Wuchuan guards have come in, saying that the Dugu clan is eating inside and out, leaking military information." The butler glanced nervously at Dugu Cheng.

Dugu Cheng's face changed greatly, and what he was most worried about was discovered by Li Yuan.

At this time, the sound of chaotic footsteps came, and nearly a hundred Wuchuan guards rushed here, and they also found Dugu Cheng, and everyone rushed up to surround Dugu Cheng.

A lieutenant said: "If the Dugu family mainly wants to be decent, please cooperate with us!" ”

"You'd better not mess around, Princess Jin is the woman from my Dugu clan." Dugu Cheng looked at the weapon in the other party's hand, sighed secretly, and dropped the sword in his hand.

"The head of the Dugu family can rest assured."

Dugu Cheng had to walk to the hall of the front yard under the supervision of the soldiers, and after a while, Yu Yun, Zhao Yuan, Wei Kuangbo, and Yu Wenxin ...... and so on, the head of the Guan Long family was also sent here by Wu Chuan Division.

One by one sat on the seats with different expressions, and the entire hall was full, if it weren't for the murderous Wuchuan Guard, people who didn't know would think that this was a big gathering of the heads of the Guanlong aristocratic families.

Looking at these high-spirited family heads on weekdays, Han Zhi leisurely tasted a sip of fragrant tea, smiled, and hugged his fists and said: "Princess, I am acting under the orders of the Holy Order, and I still look at Haihan if it is inappropriate." ”

Although everyone is extremely disgusted with this Li Yuan's minions, they don't want to cause a big disaster for themselves, especially Han Zhi also brought a box, which made them involuntarily nervous, and they don't know what it contains, as a Guanlong nobleman who supported Li Yuan's start, he usually regards himself as a founding hero, and there are countless things that seek illegal benefits with the help of power, and he really wants to do things according to the law, even if a hundred heads are not enough to cut off, everyone has this heart, so they are silent, just look at Han Zhi with a cold face, I am afraid that the other party will see the inner uneasiness in his expression.

Han Zhi said again: "Presumably you also know that Li Mi was defeated, the next step is naturally the Sui and Tang Wars, the current situation is very critical, the rear of my Tang Dynasty cannot drag the front army back, but the court does not have a piece of land in the hands of the meritorious soldiers, in order to boost the morale of the army, the saint hopes that the Guanlong nobles will share the worries for the court and donate land, money and grain to the court." Previously, the eight major families such as Dou Xiang, Dou Lu Xiang, Changsun Clan, and Hou Mochen all voluntarily donated ninety percent of their fields, ninety percent of their slaves and half of their wealth. As a commendation for the support of each family to the Tang Dynasty, the Holy Lord awarded the Duke of the Eight Great Families, and the heirs of each family also received the title of County Duke. ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were all wide, it turned out that Li Yuan couldn't come up with evidence of their rebellion, but intensified his exploitation of them, but if they gave in, it wouldn't be long before Li Yuan would have to take everything they had, who could afford Li Yuan's cruel exploitation?

Dugu Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief, he said slowly: "We support the Shengshang to raise troops, we are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and we have a relationship of both glory and loss with the Shengshang, so we are naturally willing to do everything to support the Tang Army in the war." It's just that we donated too much money and food last year, and now everyone is more than willing to do it. I also ask my husband to forgive me for a few months, and after the autumn grain is harvested, we will fully support the imperial court, take back this season's grain, and we will also donate the land to the harvest. Is that okay? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, without Datang, there would be no you. Everyone knows that. Although the Sui army was violent, as long as we held the Hanshui defense line and Xiangyang, it was impossible for the Sui army to attack Jingxiang and Bashu. Dugu Cheng glanced at everyone and said, "What do you think? ”

Dugu Cheng became a lobbyist, and he also hoped that everyone would understand that Li Yuan was in a hurry now, and everything would be done, as long as Li Yuan's conditions were agreed, everyone could survive the catastrophe, and then it could be delayed until the fall of the Tang Dynasty.

Yu Yun knew that a few months later, it would be difficult to say whether there would be a Tang Dynasty or not, Dugu Cheng This was completely a delaying tactic, and immediately said loudly: "Dugu Gong said that it is my family's duty to fully support Datang." ”

"My Yuwen family seconded it." Yu Wenxin hurriedly said.

"I, Merriam-Webster."

"I'm ...... Zhao"

Everyone is a human spirit, and when they realize that they are not willful, they all show their loyalty.

"You all have a heart, I will definitely report it to the Holy God truthfully." Han Zhi was almost moved by these impassioned 'loyal ministers', and was also disgusted by their performance, and then said: "I won't repeat the money, grain and fields, I believe everyone will enthusiastically support the imperial court." Let me tell you one more thing, I hope you will be as generous as you have just been. ”

"If there's anything else, you might as well say it directly." Dugu Cheng said coldly.

"Everyone knows that once the Sui army attacks my Tang Dynasty, it will inevitably be a war on all sides, how can we have too few elite divisions, and because the saint in order to comply with your requirements, to Jingxiang and the Sui army to fight each other, so there are too many troops distributed on the Hanshui defense line, the court now has very few available soldiers, it is really difficult to compete with the Sui army that came from the great victory, can only tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, but this is not a long-term solution, if it is conscription, first, it is too late in time, and second, it is also worried about provoking a popular uprising, so we have to support everyone."

"The Holy Lord knows that every family has a private army, ranging from hundreds to thousands, and even more, and these thousands of private soldiers are well-equipped and well-trained, and they may as well be more than the most elite divisions of the imperial court. There are about 50,000 or 60,000 people in total, so the saint hopes that everyone can lend Zhuang Ding to the imperial court, and then return the number to everyone after the war is over. ”

Han Zhi's words were undoubtedly Li Yuan's meaning, he wanted to obtain tens of thousands of elite troops without bloodshed. As long as the army in the hands of the Guanlong nobles is seized, the Guanlong nobles are like tigers without minions, and then they will settle the case of rebellion with them.

But many family owners are not fools, private tribes and grange industries are their core interests, and they are also the bottom line of the Guanlong nobles, Li Yuan promised not to touch their interests, and promised that they could keep the private tribes, and the Guanlong nobles fully supported Li Yuan to advance into Guanzhong, but now, Li Yuan is obviously ready to tear up the original agreement.

Li Yuan said that it was borrowed in name, but everyone knew that this was a tiger borrowing a pig, and there was no return, and the private army was their last force to resist Li Yuan, as long as the army was in hand, Li Yuan had some concerns. Without the protection of the army, they would be a big fat sheep to be slaughtered. What's more, Li Yuan has now come to arrest people by force, and the contradictions between the two sides have reached the point of irreconcilability, and it is even more impossible for everyone to hand over the private army, otherwise they will definitely die.

Dugu Cheng thought that Li Yuan didn't know what everyone was going to rebel against, so he was bold, and said sharply: "We can donate money, grain and land, or even donate all of them, but the matter of Zhuang Ding should not be mentioned again." ”

Da Xi Rui, the head of the Da Xi family, also said; "Keeping Zhuang Ding is promised to us by the Holy Lord before the army, we don't believe that the Holy Lord has reversed his word and has no faith, we have to face the Holy Saint to confirm!"

"So, you don't believe me?" Han Zhi asked with a smile.

Zhao Yuan said coldly: "It's not that we don't believe it, but it's too big, and we hope to confront the Holy Lord, if the Holy Lord breaks the original promise, we have nothing to say." In short, we cannot accept your side words. ”

"In the Holy Heaven, how can you see it if you want to see it?" Han Zhi said viciously: "Whether it is money, grain, and land, or Zhuang Ding, it is up to you to decide now, you are all living in Dugu Mansion and thinking about it, and when you hand over the money, grain, Zhuang Ding and land deeds, I will naturally let you go back." Otherwise, no one would want to leave half a step. ”

After speaking, Han Zhi turned around and left, dozens of Wu Chuanwei followed him one after another, dozens of family masters looked at each other, through Han Zhi's words, they understood that Li Yuan would not receive them, and they all felt trembling and uneasy.

Slowly, everyone's eyes looked at the small box left by Han Zhi, and the contents were obviously for everyone to see.

Dugu Cheng stepped forward and opened the box, there were neat letters inside, he picked up a copy to watch, his eyes widened, and his heart beat violently, this turned out to be the letter written by the old master Dugu to Yang Tong, after reading them one by one, he found that many letters did not even know about himself as the head of the family, and there were also letters written by himself to the heads of various families, which should have been copied by Wu Chuanwei from the secret room of the family.

Dugu Cheng sat on the ground, and his heart seemed to have fallen into the abyss. The heads of the family also stepped forward one after another, and found some of their own private letters, and their faces also changed greatly, like falling into an ice cellar.

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Dugu Mansion has been surrounded by more than 3,000 Wuchuan Wei regiments, and all families have been sent here by Wu Chuanwei for centralized control, while the coachman and his entourage were escorted to Wuchuan Wei Prison for detention, when Han Zhi walked out of the gate of Dugu Mansion with his men, the gate was slammed shut, and Wu Chuanwei sealed the gate.

At this time, the deputy general Dou Xiaode stepped forward and said with a smile: "Sir, the expressions of these family heads must be very exciting." ”

Dou Xiaode is the son of the Dou family, the grandson of Dou Kang, and the eldest son of Dou Dan, he already knows that many people in their family were framed and killed by the Dugu family, including his grandfather and father, and he naturally hates the Dugu family.

Han Zhi snorted coldly, "It's all a bunch of self-righteous guys, who think they can confront the Holy Lord and the Imperial Power, so let them suffer." ”

Dou Xiaode nodded with deep sympathy: "Mr. is right, since he has turned his face now, then he can't give in, King Qi is not in Xiangyang, and I ask the general to persuade the saint, if you don't take this opportunity to clean up this group, you will definitely suffer endless harm in the future." ”

Han Zhi nodded, "I'm in the palace, so I'll ask General Dou here." Here are a group of old foxes, the general be careful, don't let one escape, if someone goes to report to the private army, these people will definitely rebel, and it will be a catastrophe for my Tang Dynasty. ”

"Thank you, sir, for your teachings!" Dou Xiaode should be solemn.

Han Zhi confessed a few more words, got on his horse and ran in the direction of the palace.