Three days before Zhao Yong arrived in Jinyang from the front line of the Northern Expedition, he kept silent about Zhao Xian, but only visited the two surviving elders of the Zhao family, Zhao Shu and Zhao Ji, and expressed their hope that the Zhao family could unite as one. Let the Jinyang Zhao family, who have always felt that Zhao Yong is mean and unkind, feel that this gentleman is still quite humane. At a critical time, he still cares about the reputation of the clan. The hearts of the people of Jinyang, who made people panic, began to calm down.

However, from the fourth day onwards, groups of soldiers began to collect the whole city again, and many officials and officials were still asleep, so they were taken away and detained by the soldiers, and many of the children of the clan were arrested before they could understand it. The people were inexplicable, thinking that someone was coming to attack the city again, and they were about to go to the city gate to participate in the defense, but they found that all the people who were arrested were Zhao soldiers.

The arrests began at dawn and ended at the beginning of the curfew. Soldiers patrolling the city occasionally passed through the doors of one or two officials' houses, and could hear the cries of children and women, and in the open gate, the unruly courtyard looked like it had just been invaded by bandits. Once in a while, one or two daring people break in, see if there is no one around, and sneak a valuable gadget or two along the way, which was unthinkable before. It's just that if it is discovered by the officials who patrol the city, it will be an unforgivable sin.

And those officials who have not been arrested are also unable to sleep soundly, lest they will have bad luck before they wake up, and they will be taken away and imprisoned, and some people have even written their wills early, and even explained their private money. The whole of Jinyang seemed to be shrouded in a tense atmosphere, and only one or two dog barks could break the silence.

The next day, the officials went out trembling and asked what was going on. Who else was arrested, one or two well-informed points out: "These people are all officials who have a close relationship with Zhao Ran, Zhao Yan and Zhao Xian. Then it suddenly dawned on him that the innocent had nothing to fear, and the innocent began to feel sorry for himself again. Even the Zhao clan, who were used to being domineering, hid at home, lest they be involved. Zhao Xian's three are all clans, which Zhao family dares to say that they have no dealings with them? If it was really bitten out, it would be too wronged, so some people hurriedly dredged up the relationship, some went to find Zhao Shu, and some went to find Zhao Ji, but the two closed the door and were not allowed to enter at all. Some people thought of Zhao Shan, thinking that this family is our Zhao family, although there is a difference between Handan and Jinyang, but it is still related to the generation. However, Zhao Shan has been living in Jinyang Wangcheng with Zhao Yong, and he can't see him easily. These people are starting to panic, as if the good past is going to say goodbye to themselves.

Sure enough, on the fifth day of Zhao Yong's arrival in Jinyang, he sent Li Dui to announce the charges against Zhao Xian and the others.

First, Zhao Xian, Zhao Ran and Zhao Yan colluded with each other with the intention of rebellion, although they did not directly raise troops, but they killed Jia Cha, the commander of Jinyang, which has constituted a fact. The Sui clan exterminated Zhao Xian's family, encircled Zhao Xian into the Zhao Pan Palace, reflected on his mistakes every day, and could not be released for life.

Second, although Zhao Ran and Zhao Yan are in the same party, they do not think about introspection, but have many encroachments. Since taking office, he has accumulated more of his fellow party members, cronyism, and squeezed out colleagues, resulting in the lack of government affairs in Jinyang and the chaos of military affairs. Then Zhao Ran and Zhao Yan were executed, and their families were reduced to slaves and moved to Cloud City.

Third, Zhao Ran and Zhao Yan belong to the same party as the officials, and they are all tigers. He was deposed from his official position and moved to Wuyuan and Yunzhong counties.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is Zhao Yong's beginning to purge Zhao Xian and his comrades, and take this opportunity to reshuffle Jinyang's officialdom and completely transform Jinyang, who kept giving orders. Speaking from facts, the previous Jinyang was like a banner against the New Deal, and it was also the base camp and spiritual holy place of the opposition in Zhao State, and it always stood on the front line of opposing the New Deal.

And this time, Zhao Yong swept away the officialdom of Jinyang through the "Zhao Xian case", and at the same time, according to Zhao Gu's recommendation, Zhou Shao, a representative of the county, was transferred to Jinyang and served as the county guard of Yanmen County, and the Jinyang officialdom with Zhou Shao, Zhao Shan and Li Dui as the core was constructed. On the basis of the previous officials, they were re-selected and appointed, and new officials were selected to serve in the whole Jinyang atmosphere. This kind of big blood exchange seems to have to be cleaned, and it must be completed when Zhao Yong is in Jinyang. Otherwise, no one would be able to withstand the pressure of the Zhao clan.

Under this purge, the Zhao clan of Jinyang was in a panic, fearing that one day it would be liquidated on their heads, so more people began to flock to the homes of Zhao Shu and Zhao Ji, hoping to express their anger to Zhao Yong through them. However, Zhao Shu sent his sons Zhao Wen and Zhao Department respectively to express their attitude to all the clans, that is, to support Zhao Yong's behavior, hoping that all the Zhao clansmen could unite as one, abide by the law, and no longer do those illegal things.

In this way, those clans were completely stunned, but they didn't expect that the banner figures also changed their positions, what else could these people say? But for these people, rebellion is impossible, the reason why they oppose the new policy is because the damage to the interests of the clan in the new deal is very great, just for the officials can not do business, it will make many clans lose a lot, not to mention that the land annexed over the years will be counted by the department, and the population under the household will also be counted, which will lead to damage to their interests.

Just when the clans had no way to plead, Zhao Yong summoned them to the palace in Jinyang and proposed a solution, that is, like the new decree, Li Dui came forward to be responsible for counting and accepting the commercial actions of the officials, unifying the standard for ruling the scale, and then converting it into relatively equal land to give compensation, but these lands are in Yunzhong and Jiuyuan counties, and if you want to get paid, you must send someone to take care of it.

The same is true for the clans, in addition to checking out their hidden fields and making a register and returning them to the imperial court, those clans that have no land are also given new land, which is also in the two counties of Yunzhong and Jiuyuan. At the same time, the side branches of the clan were encouraged to serve as officials in Yunzhong and Jiuyuan, and the land was cultivated.

Zhao State, like other vassal states, set up a school palace next to the Pan Palace, responsible for teaching the children of the clan, and the content of learning is generally the "Six Arts of Gentlemen", especially the "Rite and Music Shooting" is the most prominent, the purpose is to teach a group of talents with both civil and military skills; At the same time, the establishment of a Xuan order among the township parties, mainly the children of some clan side branches and nobles were enrolled, which was also a basic educational facility in other vassal states. Although Jinyang also has Pan Palace, but there is no such function, Zhao Yong hopes that through this selection model, the Zhao children of Jinyang will go to Handan for assimilation, and completely break the barrier between the two places.

For those who choose to go to Yunzhong and Jiuyuan counties to reclaim, all clans, officials, and even ordinary people and displaced people are exempted from taxes for three years, and the reclaimed things in the mountains and barren mountains, except for copper, iron, and salt, belong to them within three years, and taxes are levied after three years. These policies aroused the interest of these people, and many side branches of the clan even took the initiative to apply to Li Dui for this matter, which greatly weakened the powerful clan power.

On the one hand, the power is attacked, and on the other hand, the interests are tempted, and at the same time, the newly occupied land is also developed, the bodhisattva heart, the Shura means, Zhao Yong's series of decrees made Zhao Shu and Zhao Ji completely convinced, Zhao Shu was too old to come in person, so that his son Zhao Wen personally expressed his obedience to Zhao Yong; Zhao Ji led Zhao to meet Zhao Yong, and Zhao no longer rejected Zhao Yong's previous proposal, saying that once he was appointed, he could take office. At this point, Zhao Yong has completely conquered the Zhao family in Jinyang, and this conquest did not give those conservatives in Handan a chance to take advantage of the situation to become bigger, but instead mastered a force that could balance them. The clan forces that restricted Zhao Yong's rights began to be unable to pose a threat to Zhao Yong.

After staying in Jinyang for nearly a month, Zhao Yong's team began to march towards Handan, which was terrifying and refreshing for Jinyang. The most obvious difference is that when Zhao Yong left, the scene of kneeling down all over the city made him slightly intoxicated, this is the feeling of a person in power, the scene of looking at the world, which he has not forgotten for a long time.

He hadn't forgotten what had made him feel this way, and he knew that he had to keep making changes if he wanted it to last. Zhao Guo will be nine years since the beginning of the new deal, just like he and Que Guanzi said at the beginning, the ten-year period is coming. During this decade, he focused on military reform, taking power into his own hands while compromising with the clans of the Zhao state. And step by step, he recovered the territory of Zhao that was invaded by Zhongshan, and drove Lou Fu and Lin Hu out of the Great River Valley, and the territory of Zhao more than doubled. It's also time to think about what's next.

"Do you like that feeling?" A woman's voice interrupted Zhao Yong's thoughts, and he looked at Qiu Linyue who was sitting on the couch, her face was still pale, holding a stove in her hand and covering it with a quilt. Seeing Zhao Yong looking at him, he coughed twice. Zhao Yong hurriedly folded the quilt for her again, and said with a smile: "This feeling can ensure that you can recover." ”

Qiu Linyue's injury was beyond everyone's expectations, she was in a coma for more than half a month, and she was still in poor health after waking up. The medical officer said that it was bleeding too much, his body was weak, and the previous wounds were not intact, which was why he was so serious. But Qiu Linyue has to go back alive or dead. Zhao Yong finally couldn't bear it, and agreed to let Li Zhuo send someone to go deep into the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain to find out the news of Qiu Lin's department, and contact Qiu Linyue as soon as possible. Because of her weak body, it was very difficult for Qiu Linyue to even get on the horse, let alone return to the Qiu Lin tribe. The medical officer told Zhao Yong and Qiu Linyue that if they wanted to be completely cured, they had to recuperate and supplement them with medicinal materials, but even in Jinyang, there were not enough medicinal materials, so they had to return to Handan and let Bian Que diagnose and recuperate.

Qiu Linyue was both happy and afraid of this suggestion. is happy because she has an inexplicable affection for Zhao Yong. Zhao Yong arrested him twice and let her go back twice; Since I knew Zhao Yong, I encountered two accidents, and I could see Zhao Yong's smile when I woke up; And following Zhao Yong during this period of time, no matter how busy he is, he will come to visit him; When Yunzhong City was surrounded by the army of Lou Fu, she always looked at the direction of the city gate, it seemed that she could see Zhao Yong's resolute expression and warm smile from such a distance, and she even wanted to die in a city with such a man, and she was happy; In Jinyang City, what others saw was the clouds and rain between Zhao Yong's talk and laughter, while Qiu Linyue saw his sleepless sigh at night. Such a man, who woman wouldn't like it?

However, she must also be afraid, will Zhao Yong accept her in the end? Will his ministers accept her? Will his concubines receive her? These are all things that Qiu Linyue fears. It was this fear that made her cautious about Zhao Yong's kindness, and Zhao Yong never crossed the thunder pool.

"But this kind of feeling, can't sing and dance at will, can't graze and hunt at will, how can it make people happy?"

Zhao Yong was slightly stunned, he also yearned for this kind of idyllic life, but now he could only shake his head and said with a wry smile: "If people can resolve contradictions like this, it is really the same world, but this is impossible." For example, our Zhao State is now fighting against Qin State in the south, if we don't fight against him, we will become their prisoners and be willing to be enslaved by them. Do you think that's fine? ”

Qiu Linyue really doesn't know much about politics, and there will be no way to talk about Zhao Yong's analogy, so she can only honestly nest there and watch Zhao Yong handle official business. Suddenly asked, "If it's... If Zhao is really defeated by Qin, you can follow me back to the Xiongnu. ”

Zhao Yong thought to himself, will he follow the Huns to be Qiu Linyue's male concubine? It's very weird to think about it, so he smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, Zhao Guo won't lose easily." ”

"Won't it?" She asked cautiously.

"No, it won't." Zhao Yong replied to her very solemnly.

(End of chapter)