There were five of them, all in their twenties.

Only then did everyone realize that these people were dressed cleanly, and they were fundamentally different from the people behind them who were wearing tattered and yellow-skinned victims.

Du He waved his hand: "Kill them all." ”

A few of the guards drew their weapons and were about to make a move.

I heard the young men shouting.

"My lord, we were wrong, don't kill, don't kill!"

"My lord, we were wronged, someone spent money to make me wait here to make trouble."

"I don't want to die!"

Several people immediately begged for mercy.

Xu Zhiyuan, who was next to him, suddenly exclaimed: "These people, I know, are all well-known scoundrels in Chang'an City, who are idle all day long, and often do things that oppress the people, and they have been in prison several times." ”

Du He nodded: "If that's the case, then it should be killed." ”

Poof.

Five heads fell to the ground.

Everyone present was shocked.

Including Li Junxian, they all looked at Du He in surprise.

This Duhe, as expected, is the same as the legend, killing people without blinking.

I saw Du He looking at the victims coldly, pointing at a few heads on the ground with a horsewhip, and said coldly: "You are disaster victims, but if you make trouble, in my eyes, there is no difference between them and mobs, I have killed enough people, it doesn't matter if I kill some more...... Now, who else is not convinced, stands up. ”

But all those who were swept by Du He's eyes bowed their heads in fear, not daring to look at him.

After a few moments, no one stepped forward.

Du He nodded: "Very good, Lord Xu, send your people out and start registering information, everyone, stand in line, register in an orderly manner, and those who dare to make trouble will be killed." ”

The victims were all frightened, and all of them stood up honestly and accepted the registration.

It took less than an afternoon to complete the registration.

Xu Zhiyuan was dumbfounded.

He sent more than a hundred people to solve the matter, but Du He solved it in three or two clicks, although the means were bloody, but the people who killed were those who should die, and the death saved Chang'an City a lot of trouble.

On the second day, the work of mapping continued.

And Du He's murder on the street yesterday has spread throughout Chang'an City.

When the victims in other places heard this, they were all terrified, and they thought to themselves that even if they were driven out of the city, it would be better than having their heads cut off on the spot.

For a while, everyone took the initiative to cooperate with Xu Zhiyuan's work, and the speed of work was greatly accelerated.

In a teahouse near Yonghefang.

The three middle-aged men sat together, but they were sad.

"This matter, I was completely sure, but I didn't expect that Du He would use this way to kill all the people we sent out, and the victims were scared half to death, but instead of blocking the collection of information, he accelerated the speed for Xu Zhiyuan, really, it really doesn't make sense......

Bang.

After the man finished speaking, he slapped the table angrily.

Another person said: "Lord Ghost God said that Du He is often scheming, who would have thought that he would do such a thing at the expense of infamy, it is really unexpected." ”

"Huh, infamy? Is there less infamy that Du He's big demon king bears? At the beginning, he led people to besiege Gongsong Zanbu, killed the prince of Tubo in front of the forbidden army, and also looked at the heads of Wang Xiongfei and Wang Fugui on the spot under the Yongning Gate, and blew up Cuiweilou in public, almost killing the eldest grandson Chong...... Which one did he care about? Another said indignantly.

……

Although Du He cut off five heads in a fit of rage, he frightened the victims and made the preliminary work of cash-for-work move forward quickly.

But someone is not happy to go.

This person is Yu Shi Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou, now 32 years old in Chinese New Year's Eve, is a rising star in the Tang Dynasty, and in the middle of the dynasty, His Majesty Li Er will accept all the advice he puts forward, and many people say that Ma Zhou is straightforward, has a saying and has the demeanor of Wei Zheng.

In the near future, Ma Zhou will reach the pinnacle of his life: serving as the prime minister, he is deeply respected by Li Er.

But now it is the seventh year of Zhenguan, and Ma Zhou is still just an imperial historian.

In the early morning of this day, Ma Zhou handed over all the evidence he had collected to Li Er, and bitterly accused Du He of all kinds of crimes of murder on the street.

"Your Majesty, the county commander of the county is in charge of the affairs of the province in lieu of work, holding the sword of Shang Fang, and has the right to cut first and then play, but killing people on the street is really not right, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, all prisoners who are sentenced to death need to be personally approved by His Majesty before they can be beheaded after the autumn, the minister has verified that the five people who were killed, although they were guilty, did not cause death, and Du He killed him on the street was a violation of the law, this is one of them; Second, Du He did not show affection and reason to the victims, but arrogantly asked Xu Zhiyuan to register all the victims, the victims are also people, and they are also the people of the Tang Dynasty...... Please think twice, remove the right to rule Du He, and send someone else to this important position. ”

Ma Zhou said impassionedly, and more than a dozen ministers responded.

Li Er sat on the dragon chair with a slight anger in his heart.

But he suddenly thought of the condition that Du He asked him before, and the third condition was to have full trust.

Li Er secretly said in his heart, it seems that Du He has long had a premonition of these things.

He said in a deep voice: "What Ma Zhou said is reasonable, Xuan Duhe enters the palace, I want to interrogate him face to face, if he doesn't have an explanation in front of all Aiqing, it will not be too late for me to punish him again." ”

Not long after, Ximen Qing went to the headquarters and brought Du He to the Taiji Palace.

After listening to Yu Shi Ma Zhou's statement, Du He did not have any panic.

Du He looked up and saw Li Er nodding to him with a smile.

Yes, Du He knew that Li Er was still on his side.

If Li Er turned his face on the spot and didn't recognize anyone, Du He already planned to leave immediately.

He looked at Ma Zhou with a smile and said, "Master Ma, you said that I have two crimes, one is that it is wrong to kill people in the street, and the other is that I should not treat the victims roughly, right?" ”

"That's right!"

"Dare to ask Master Ma, as the supervisor of the imperial history of work-for-relief, how do you feel about the progress of this matter in the past few days?" Du Ho asked rhetorically.

Ma Zhou thought for a while and said, "The speed is very fast, I heard that the matter of collecting information about the victims of the disaster has ended." ”

"That's it," Du He smiled slightly, "What I Du He did, it was all for the sake of cash-for-work, although the means were a little ruthless, but time waits for no one, tens of thousands of victims are in Chang'an City, that is a dynamite package, if it is not solved one day late, there may be a big mess, now, in order to ensure that the cash-for-work can be quickly promoted, violent measures have to be taken, why not?" As long as the result is good, why care what means are used? ”

Ma Zhou said angrily: "It's really unreasonable, my Tang Dynasty established the country with force, but it ruled the world with virtue, and treated the people, how could you use such brutal means, aren't you worried about arousing public anger?" Besides, the means and the result, of course, the means are important, but the result is secondary. ”

Du He shook his head: "Master Ma, if this is the case, if you face the situation that day, what should you do?" ”

"Of course, it is to teach the victims well and let everyone cooperate with them."

"Too naïve!" Du He showed a disdainful smile, "Master Ma's thoughts, it is really a scholar's style, that day, Chang'an County ordered Xu Zhiyuan and General Li Junxian to be present, under the instigation of those mobs, the victims have already injured more than a dozen people, those people are carrying daggers and other weapons, they are ready to move, if I don't arrive in time, I am afraid that there will be bloodshed, when the time comes, it will not be as simple as just a few deaths, it is not good, tens of thousands of victims will riot, who can bear such a responsibility?" ”

"This ...... How can there be such an exaggeration...... No, it can't be ......" Ma Zhou was asked by Du He, he didn't know how to answer, he just shook his head vigorously.

"Exaggerated? It seems that Master Ma doesn't know the emotions of the victims, tens of thousands of people have lived in Chang'an City for more than a few months, doing nothing every day, can only eat bran vegetables, drink gruel to live, and have long complained to the government, if someone fans, nothing can be done......" Du He sneered, "Do you think that those guys who don't know half a word and can't even eat will be as full of benevolence and morality, etiquette, and kindness as you?" The ancient adage is good, you know honor and disgrace when you have enough food and clothing, and you know honor and disgrace when you are honest, if you go to talk about morality with a hungry person who only has half a life left, what do you think of the consequences? ”

Ma Zhou: "How?" ”

Duhe: "The consequence is that he will give you a brick to roll as far as you can." ”

As he spoke, Du He gestured towards Ma Zhoubi in a posture of throwing bricks and hitting people.

"Hahaha......"

The ministers all burst out laughing, and everyone was amused by Du He.

"This ......"

Ma was speechless on Monday.

"But...... But it is true that the means and the results are still the means that matter. Ma Zhou gritted his teeth and said unwillingly.

Du He smiled: "It seems that Master Ma is quite confident in his theory, okay, then I will ask you a question, if you are sitting on a speeding carriage, rushing forward at a very fast speed, and suddenly find five children playing on the road in front of you, if you don't turn the horse's head, these five children will die on the spot, and at this time you find a path on the right, there is only one child on the road, what will you do?" ”

Ma Zhou said without hesitation: "Turn the horse's head." ”

"Turn the horse's head and you'll kill the child."

Ma Zhou said: "That's better than killing five children." ”

Du He sneered: "Playing on the horse road, it shouldn't be, but now it has survived, and the child on the trail honestly played on the trail, but lost his life, where to reason?" ”

"I ...... This ......"

Ma Zhou's cold sweat came down.

Isn't this question going to kill you?

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other, and they all secretly thought about it in their hearts, only to find that this was simply a question that could not be made.

Du He said loudly: "The real situation, but it is much more complicated than this, there is no so-called justice or right and wrong, in many cases, as you said, it is better to kill one than to kill five, but there will also be people who jump out and accuse you of saying that the child is innocent...... You see, life is always so difficult, why should anyone stand up and debunk it. ”

Ma Zhou was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Uncle Yiyi County, I have been taught." ”

With that, he retreated.

Although some people were not convinced, they did not dare to come forward to debate with Duhe.

I saw Li Er said with a serious face: "You Aiqing, the matter of resettlement of the disaster victims, the matter is very important, as Du He said, it is extremely complicated, and you want to deal with it all thoughtfully, it is really impossible, if not, you have discussed for a long time and have not discussed a method, Du He cares about the world, and came up with a method of work for relief, and put down the affairs of the furniture factory, personally lead this matter, it is really rare, a piece of loyalty, if you talk nonsense again, slander Du He, when the time comes, I will not be spared." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

And all the people bowed down and agreed.

In this way, everyone can see clearly that the reason why Du He is so arrogant is that His Majesty is behind him.

Many of those who were careful have become honest.

On the second day, the basic situation of the victims was personally sent to the headquarters by Xu Zhiyuan.

There are five thick booklets with detailed information.

After Du He saw it, he was a little dumbfounded.

"Master Xu, will you give me this thing? Do you want me to flip through the pages one by one, and memorize all the names of Zhang Erniu and Li Ergou? Du He pointed to a booklet a little speechlessly and said unhappily.

Xu Zhiyuan was dumbfounded.

……

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