Chapter 240: Chopped
At this time, Sun Yu and Lei Yan walked into the main hall, followed by two people, one named Quan Jing and the other called Guan Cheng, both of whom were Lei Yan's lieutenants.
The four of them saluted Wang Xu, and Wang Xu smiled and waved his hand: "Get up." ”
"General Lei can lead his troops to surrender, it is really a great joy for my Hexi Royal City, and it can also save the people of Hexi County from the suffering of war."
Lei Yan said: "King Wen, Lei Yan's request.... ”
Wang Xu smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Sun Yu already told me last night, this king is right!" ”
Wang Xu said: "I will immediately seal you as a warrior of Wuyingdian, the official to the fourth grade, worship the general Wei, command 80,000 elite cavalry to garrison Xiping Pass, you don't have to worry about food and other things, when you will Xiping Pass, I will transfer 100,000 denier grain and grass to you." ”
"There are also Guan Cheng and Quanjing, and they are all official to the sixth grade, Bai Huaiwei and General Huaiyi, I hope you will assist Lei Yan well and guard the border together."
Lei Yan and the three of them were happy, and secretly said that Sun Yu was right, King Wen was really reasonable and generous, and the three of them immediately knelt down and said: "King Wen, please rest assured, the last general will definitely guard the border pass and not let the people in the snow region take a step forward!" ”
Lei Yan beckoned back, Quan Jing immediately took out a brocade box, Lei Yan said: "King Yuwen, this is Ji Ying's head, he has been beheaded by the last general, and all the more than 20,000 elites under him have been captured, and now they are on the way to escort, and they are expected to arrive in the royal city within three or five days." ”
Wang Xu said happily: "Okay, Ji Ying also deserves it, I didn't expect General Lei to make this great contribution when he first landed, which is gratifying." ”
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Lei Yan's matter was resolved, and Wang Xu called all the prisoners in the prison to the main hall; Among these people, in addition to the heads of the major families, there are also ministers of the previous Zhou War.
Wang Xu has already checked. Except for Prime Minister Aisong, none of these people are talented, and they are all wine bags and rice bags. It is a disaster to keep it, and there is more than enough success and more failure.
But Wang Xu won't kill them. It's still the old way, kill some, keep some, and grace and power are the way of kings.
Dozens of prisoners were escorted to the top of the main hall, at this moment they no longer have the arrogant demeanor they used to have, they all knelt down and shouted for mercy, after this period of detention, everyone is much more honest. knew the news that Zhou Zhan was dead (this news was deliberately let everyone know by Wang Xu).
At this moment, everyone also understood that Hexi County was no longer the era of Zhou Zhan, Wang Xu was the king here, and Wang Xu's words were more effective than the emperors in the imperial capital.
He said that if you die, then you will never live tomorrow!
Wang Xu said suddenly: "I think you have all heard of me Wang Xu, many families in Guxi County have been against this king, and as a result, they have caused a disaster, they used to be a strong party, but this king is not afraid, if you dare to rebel." I'll kill you! ”
Wang Xu's face was gloomy, and everyone was frightened.
Slowly took out a piece of music, Wang Xu said: "This is the news that this king got through a secret visit. It records the evidence that many of your families and ministers colluded with each other to rebel, and these people are really hateful, and it is not enough to establish power without killing! ”
Opening the recital, Wang Xu said: "Those who read the name stand up." ”
Everyone trembled with fear at this time, and their hearts were terrified, looking at this situation, just the person who recites the name of the Tao. and shall be beheaded immediately.
"Li Laifu, Zhang Mingzhong, Lai Zhen, Qing Ling..."Wang Xu read the names of more than two dozen people in one breath, most of whom were old subordinates before Zhou Zhan. It is a former minister.
Originally, Wang Xu wanted to wipe out all these big families, but after thinking about it, he forgot it. Because in the army that has just surrendered, there are many captains and generals who are members of big families, and if these families are disposed of, I am afraid that it will inevitably cause a mutiny.
After thinking about it again and again, Wang Xu still decided to keep these families, and those captains and generals in the army must be slowly replaced, and the people of the big family can't stay in the army, which is too dangerous.
If these families don't rebel, it's fine, but once they do, those captains and generals will become a thorn in Wang Xu's body, and a prickly prickle is a tube of blood.
As soon as Wang Xu finished reading, the prisoners who were still kneeling on the ground finally breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said that they were fortunately not named.
And the writer who stood by name, every one of them was sweating profusely, and they couldn't stop shouting injustice, because they didn't rebel at all, and they didn't even have that mind.
But Wang Xu won't listen to this, Zhou Zhan's henchmen must be wiped out!
"Where are the armorers outside the door, drag these rebellious ministers and thieves out and cut them down!" Wang Xu suddenly roared.
"King Wen, we have wronged..."
"King Wen..."
After a while, dozens of Yulin soldiers walked into the hall, escorted all the people who were standing, and executed outside the main hall, and the sound of the horizontal knife slashing on the head could be heard clearly.
Not long after, a Yulin army ran into the main hall and said that the execution had been completed, Wang Xu waved his hand, and the Yulin army retreated.
Now there are more than thirty people left in the main hall, most of them are from major families, Wang Xu said: "Do you want to rebel, or take refuge in me?" ”
Everyone was frightened into a cold sweat, where would they dare to have different intentions, everyone knew very well that if anyone said that he would not surrender now, I am afraid that Wang Xu would immediately kill him, there is no doubt about it.
"We are willing to be loyal to King Wen..."
"We are willing to be loyal to King Wen..."
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Everyone kept kowtowing, and even Prime Minister Ai Song surrendered and expressed his willingness to surrender.
Wang Xu nodded with satisfaction, he had already asked Ye Xiong to investigate, this Ai Song is very timid, and he is the most sensible and good at protecting himself, in general, he is a person who can do whatever it takes to save his life.
This kind of person will not be really loyal to which monarch, which side is strong, he will be the king which side to lean on, is a full winter melon on the roof.
However, the Ai family is a big family, and Wang Xu's subduing of Ai Song also has many benefits, which can effectively control all the big families in the royal city.
"Get up, this king has already set the rules when he was in Guxi County, a family can only have five hundred private soldiers, I hope you will abide by this rule, once it is exceeded, don't blame my king's butcher's knife for not recognizing people!"
The major families said: "I don't dare to wait." ”
Wang Xu said: "In the past, officials in Hexi County could report to the military aircraft, and arrange official positions according to their ability. ”
Speaking of which, Wang Xu stared at Ai Song, in fact, Ai Song is also a rare talent, Hexi County was already short of food, but he was well organized, and he had to support more than 100,000 troops. (To be continued)