Chapter 171: Cleaning Up Handan (Part II)

Change to a Zhao Wang......

These words, like a magic barrier, instantly pierced into the hearts of Li Yan's sons.

Among them, a man in his thirties and the youngest suddenly lit up his eyes.

The hostile eyes that originally looked at Xia Huan were faintly replaced by a hint of heat at this time.

Becoming a king, that is the dream of many people for thousands of years.

In the past, although they were the official office of Zhao State, they were only side branches, and their eldest father was a brother with Li Zuoche, the ancestor of Zhao State.

When it comes to bloodline, it is far from the position of King Zhao.

However, if there is Xia Huan's help, it seems that it is not impossible to ascend to the position of King Zhao.

That's the throne, even if it's a small country like Wei and South Korea, which is almost completely controlled by the government, it can enjoy the treatment of more than 10,000 people.

In this way, they finally understood why Xia Huan had mentioned King Wei inexplicably before.

Young people can't resist temptation, and rightly so. However, Li Yan saw through everything.

quickly suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to refuse.

However, Xia Huan spoke again.

"General Li doesn't have to rush to reply to this king, this king can give you enough time to think about it." After speaking, Xia Huan also glanced at the few people behind Li Yan meaningfully.

Xia Huan went more chic than he left, and he didn't even leave a single person to spy on Li Yan.

"Father's ......"

Not long after Xia Huan left, the sons around Li Yan finally spoke.

"Don't say more. That position, it's not something we can reach. ”

"But Father! This is our best chance! ”

The son with the most fiery eyes before, when he heard this, he suddenly became a little anxious.

If Li Yan is the king, then their sons, no matter how they say, can mix up a good title, and even have a great chance to sit on the throne in the future.

In any case, it is thousands of times better than a fixed sun.

Li Yan glared at the son, but finally sighed and turned back to the house.

After leaving in front of Li Yan's mansion, Xia Huan began to deal with the ministers of the court again.

Although the ministers of the DPRK and China unanimously pushed Zhao Shu out today, if they want to say that they have succumbed to it in their hearts, I am afraid that even ghosts will not believe it.

However, Xia Huan didn't worry too much. With strong soldiers in hand, as long as they are allowed to benefit and disadvantage, they will not worry that these people will not bow their heads and worship.

Even before waiting for the next day, when it was almost midnight in the evening, a group of Chu soldiers began to knock on the doors of the earthly mansions one by one.

"Wu Yun, colluding with Zhao Shu, fornicating with the Han Kingdom, intending to capture the king of Zhou and disturb the alliance of Chu and Zhao, the crime is unforgivable. On the orders of King Zhao and King Zhou, he raided his home. Men are in the army, women are slaves! ”

As soon as the voice of a general led by him fell, a man who usually had a good relationship with Zhao Shu immediately collapsed to the ground.

And behind him, his wife, concubines, and children were even more crying.

However, the Chu army didn't care about this, and directly carried their swords one by one and escorted them out.

Another place

A man in his forties, with his head bowed, knelt in front of the soldiers of the Chu army, who were also wearing armor, his legs trembling slightly.

Because Chu Jun came to the door in the middle of the night, he didn't even put on his clothes, so he was pulled out of bed by Chu Jun.

"Huo Qi, with pure conduct, was meritorious in Zhao Shu's betrayal of the party. Proposed by the King of Zhou, worship Yu Shi Zhongcheng! ”

After reading the edict in his hand, the general of the Chu army glanced at Huo Qi, who was trembling, and said lightly, "Congratulations on your promotion, Lord Huo." ”

"No...... Don't dare, thank you...... Thank you King Zhou for your appreciation and promotion...... Foreign ministers, oh no, Wei Chen, will do their loyalty......" Huo Qi trembled, and finally finished a sentence.

The general nodded, his tone was not as cold as before, and he gave a rare salute and said, "Since this is the case, then the general will not disturb the rest of the adults." ”

"Congratulations...... Congratulations to the General! That Huo Qi hurriedly got up, followed the general of the Chu army, and sent him all the way out of the house.

However, not long after Chu Jun left, Huo Qi suddenly collapsed to the ground again, and then fainted.

This kind of feeling of going from hell to heaven is not something that everyone can easily accept.

In the screams and urging of a group of domestic servants, wives and children, Huo Qi, who had fainted, was carried down.

For the Wenchen in the court, Xia Huan chose to win over some of them, attack some of them, and finally isolate some of them.

Needless to say, those who were hit must have been promoted by Zhao Shu at the beginning, or people who were close to Zhao Shu.

And it is the scholars who have at least decades of prestige in Handan.

Finally, there are those who have little family background and no much power.

Of course, some of these people will definitely be co-opted by Xia Huan in the future, and the other part will be completely defeated.

As for why he didn't do it now, it was just because people's hearts were unpredictable, Xia Huan didn't know very well, among these people, which part of the people could be used, and which part of the people were born against the bones.

For example, those who have a reputation in Handan, in addition to stabilizing the hearts of the people in Handan, it is also better controlled. Because, their roots are here, and whoever controls Handan, they will be loyal to whomever they want.

On the contrary, those who have no roots, even if they bite Xia Huan back at that time, as long as they can run away, Xia Huan can't help them.

Moreover, these people who are isolated are also giving them a chance to express themselves.

As long as he has some eyesight and takes the initiative to help Xia Huan, Xia Huan can naturally reappoint or even reuse them.

That's right, the current Zhao State doesn't need those who are so virtuous and ambitious, but needs those who ride the wall and fall whichway the wind blows.

As long as the Chu army still occupies Handan, there is no need to worry that these people will bite back.

Of course, among the above, they are all means of dealing with Wenchen. For those generals, especially those who really hold real power, Xia Huan is not so easy to speak.

Either let go of the military power in your hands and become a civilian official with peace of mind, or a rich man, or you will fall to the ground.

Fortunately, among the Zhao army, there were not many people with real lofty ideals, and most of them chose to let go of the military power immediately after the Chu army came to the door.

There are only a few people, who would rather die than give in, not only scolded Xia Huan, but even more, they dared to attack the Chu army with only a few dozen domestic servants.

Of course, these people naturally don't have much to do.

As I said before, Xia Huan doesn't need people with lofty ideals, he just needs grass on the wall.

However, there are no exceptions in the army, such as those who are good friends with Li Yan, or those who were once under Li Yan, Xia Huan chose to raise his hand and gave them a certain amount of power.

However, instead of being pleased, these people became very frightened.

That person's money and wealth eliminate disasters for others, naturally, after taking the benefits given by Xia Huan, how can he not do anything?

As a result, Li Yan's Dingyang Houfu was visited almost every day, and they were all his former friends or subordinates.