By the time Jinyiwei brought the Mi clan back to the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, it was already midnight. There was no doubt about the efficiency of Jinyiwei's work, and when he came back, he immediately started a comprehensive interrogation.

The dead soldiers of the Mi clan can't support the means of the Jinyi Guard, let alone these pampered Mi clansmen. After witnessing the torture of Jinyiwei, some people didn't even go to the punishment and were like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and they recruited everything they knew.

However, because there were too many people arrested this time, by the time Jinyiwei had finished sorting out all the confession files, it was already close to dawn.

Xuzhou City, Yunlong Palace. Li Chen sat in the lobby, with a stack of files on the low table in front of him.

"My lord, in addition to the evidence in these files about the Mi clan robbing Liu Bei yesterday. There are also Mi's Zhuangzi, shops, and some secret industries in the Xuzhou region. Luo Yangxing pointed to the information on the table and said.

Li Chen held the file in his hand and looked at them carefully one by one, these evidences were enough to betray the Mi family. Moreover, the family assets obtained by copying Mi Mansion, not counting the fixed assets of Zhuangzi Shop, are completely enough for an army of more than 10,000 people for three or five years, I have to say that Mi is indeed very rich.

After a long time, Li Chen put down the file in his hand and said to Luo Yangxing: "This thing is done beautifully, the children under the age of seven of the Mi family, as well as the women and children of the side branches, can be pardoned, and the rest of the people will be beheaded outside the city at noon, and the corpses will be hung outside the city for three days." ”

"No." Luo Yangxing gave up.

The Mi clan is a big family, and this big family is naturally dragging the family. Even though Li Chen pardoned the seven-year-old and the women and children of the side branches, there were still more than 100 heads rolling to the ground.

Luo Yangxing left, he was also a little tired after a busy night, and the dirty work of beheading at noon had to be done by the people of their brocade guards.

After Luo Yangxing left, Li Chen said to the guards beside him: "Go and call Chen Deng and Zang Ba." ”

Not long after, Chen Deng and Zangba walked into the Cloud Dragon Hall on their front and back feet. The two of them stood on the left and right sides of the lobby, quietly waiting for Li Chen's orders.

Li Chen took out a dossier, handed it to Zang Ba, and instructed: "These Zhuangzi are the places where the Mi clan hides soldiers, and you quickly lead the troops to control here, remember, don't let them be used by Liu Bei." ”

During the period when Tao Qian was in charge of Xuzhou, the soldiers of Xuzhou City mainly came from the tenants of Chen, Mi and Zhen. Since Li Chen took charge of Xuzhou, the tenants of the Mi family have all returned to the army as farmers.

Today, Li Chen moved the Mi family, but Mi Zhu is still outside the city. There is no doubt that as soon as the day dawns and the city gates open, the news will inevitably spread, and Mi Zhu will inevitably organize the soldiers in these places first. Even if there is no hope of revenge, Mi Zhu will inevitably take these people to Liu Bei.

Li Chen finally disabled Liu Bei, the purpose was to make Liu Bei desperate, go to Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, and continue to be his-stirring stick. But if Liu Bei is allowed to be replenished by Mi Zhu's troops, then he may not go to take refuge.

It also made sense for Li Chen to let Zang Ba go, these people used to be soldiers under Zang Ba. And Zang Ba is not bad at leading troops, and his relationship with his soldiers is also very harmonious. If it were up to him, the rebellion of these people would be much smaller.

"No." Zang Ba took the order and left.

Not long after, Zang Ba ordered all the soldiers and horses, the gate of Xuzhou was opened, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses came out.

After Zang Ba left, only Chen Deng and Li Chen were left in the Cloud Dragon Palace. Chen Deng lowered his eyebrows and was silent. The Mi family is a family, and his Chen family is also a family, so at this time, Chen Deng naturally wants to keep silent as much as possible.

He said too much, and it was inevitable to give people the meaning that the Chen family wanted to exterminate the Mi family and wanted to dominate the family. If he says less, it will give people a feeling of sadness for a rabbit and a fox. At this time, Chen Deng said more and made more mistakes, less said and less wrong, and did not say good.

Li Chen naturally understood Chen Deng's thoughts, although he was not the kind of mediocre lord, but Chen Deng was a courtier, and he was burdened with the lives of hundreds of descendants of the Chen family. At this time, when it comes to the sensitive topic of the family, he naturally has to be cautious.

Li Chen glanced at Chen Deng and said with a slight smile: "Yuanlong, as soon as the sky is bright and the city gate is opened, I am afraid that the threshold of your Chen clan will be broken." ”

The family can become the mainstream of this era, they are not afraid of the government, they are not afraid of the court, and the main reason why the family can develop to such a point is that they are together. When their collective interests are touched, even rival families come together.

Li Chen's extermination of the Mi family will inevitably make the Xuzhou family have a sense of crisis. The Chen family is the largest family in Xuzhou, and it is the first family to take refuge in Li Chen, there is no doubt that the Xuzhou family will come to Chen Deng's mansion to discuss strategies tomorrow.

Hearing Li Chen's words, Chen Deng hurriedly said: "The so-called sins made by heaven are forgivable, and self-inflicted sins cannot be lived. The Mi family is to blame, and there is more than enough to die, and my Chen family will inevitably follow in the footsteps of the lord. ”

Li Chen glanced up at Chen Deng and said, "Yuanlong, I naturally believe it, I want to ask Yuanlong, how do you think these families will react." ”

Chen Deng pondered for a moment and said, "Lord, this matter has been made an iron case by Jinyiwei. We have all the human and material evidence in our hands, and these families should not have any big reaction, but they will not be very cooperative in the future. ”

After saying that, Chen Deng pondered for a moment and then said solemnly: "Lord, although Xuzhou City only has a population of more than 500,000, but if you add 5 counties and counties, we have 470,000 households in Xuzhou and a population of more than 3 million. And nearly half of these people are tenants, coolies, porters, and men who rely on their families for food. The lord, if the relationship with the family intensifies, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch in the future. ”

What Chen Deng said at this time can be described as heartfelt, he Chen Deng is also a family, and it is a sensitive topic related to the family, and after thinking about it again, Chen Deng still said his psychological words.

The family is so powerful that no one can change it. Yuan Shao is a family, Cao Cao is a family, Yuan Shu is a family, Sun Ce is also a family, looking at today's big forces, all of them are families.

At the peak of the Han Dynasty, the problems of the family were not solved, and Li Chen, who only occupied a state, naturally couldn't solve them. Since it can't be solved, then we can only find a way to integrate, so that the Li family can also become a family, and use the family to rule the family.

Thinking about Chen Deng's words, Li Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly. Chen Deng is right, no one can change the family. Which of the new dynasty Wang Mang, who cut the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty into two sections, tried, but was crushed by the family.

Li Chen knew in his heart that he also couldn't change the situation in the world, at least he couldn't change it now, maybe one day he would be able to sit in that position, but he could give it a try.

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