As soon as Chen Kefu asked, all the ministers in the Wenhua Pavilion couldn't help but look solemn.

As early as when the Liaodong Army had just entered Hebei, they had carefully discussed how to deal with the powerful people of Hebei.

Although a small half of the people in this hall are from Hebei and Shandong, most of them are only from some small landlords. Although he has lived in Hebei for more than 20 years, he is actually from the Jiangnan family, Du Ruhui, the secretary of the ministry, Gao Shilian, the head of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Wuji, the general Wang Rengong, Luo Zhong, etc., are all from the Guanlong nobles.

The only people who were really born in Hebei and Shandong were Shangshu's right servant Fang Xuanling, and Shangshu Zhongcheng Wei Zheng, two members of the court, were all small landlords who cultivated and read heirlooms. Other generals such as Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were also small landlords and broken eunuchs.

Other generals such as Luo Shixin, Guo Xiaoke, Daniel Zhang, Zhang Jin, and many other generals in the army are even from the bottom of the family, either farmers or hunters, and they do not have much affection for the powerful people of the world.

In the imperial court, the officials from the Shandong clan in Hebei Province, who really have more official positions, are in the highest position in the group of Hebei generals Luo Yi and Xue Dingguo, but they are all generals in the army, leading the troops outside, and they have no right to speak in this kind of court politics.

After Chen Kefu asked this question, most of the ministers in the cabinet had nothing to do, after all, whether it was serious or light, there was no conflict with their own interests, and everything was only based on the interests of the imperial court.

However, among the crowd, as the head of the civil officials, Shangshu's left servant shot Mao Xi, but he changed color slightly. Although Chen Kefu's question just now was very plain, he has been with Chen Kefu for more than 20 years, but he has sensitively felt Chen Kefu's resoluteness from that blandness. Only when he has made up his mind will he ask such a bland question.

Mao Xi's heart was full of worries, since Chen Kefu set up Yang Gao as emperor in Hebei, he and Chen Kefu have had a slight rift. Although he has been watching for more than 20 years, Mao Xi's heart is actually really loyal to Chen Shen, and his watchfulness of Chen Kefu over the years is only abiding by the trust that Chen Shen gave him back then.

Although there are some twists and turns in the middle, when facing the choice between Chen Kefu and Chen Shen. Mao Xi's heart is even more towards Chen Shen.

He felt that he couldn't understand the young master more and more, since he secretly ran from Zhuangzi to Liaodong to participate in the war, he had changed, and he had become so strange. He never thought that one day, the young master would cut Jiangnan apart and abandon it so easily and without nostalgia. Although he also knows that the situation in Jiangnan is not as it seems. can be regarded as a descendant of Nan Chen and the son of Chen Shen. He only saw that Chen Kefu made a choice without the slightest hesitation, and he didn't even try to change everything.

He suddenly remembered the poem that Chen Kefu recited at the military capital gate before, "Count the romantic characters, and look at the present dynasty!" What was he thinking?

Thinking of Chen Kefu's increasingly tough style, his heart became more and more worried. He felt like he had changed. It has become a little overconfident and has turned into conceit. As the head of the civil officials of the current imperial court, he has already seen that this time the clan chaos in Hebei was actually promoted by His Royal Highness behind the scenes. All of this was done on purpose, with the aim of eradicating these races.

Little by little, he dug holes and set up traps. Finally, more than ninety percent of the world's heroes in Hebei, Shandong and other places have been netted.

Mao Xi suddenly understood that Chen Kefu must have already thought of a plan to deal with the clans in his heart. He spent so much effort digging such a big hole, and now he has netted all the clans into it. It is impossible to let them go so easily.

An inexplicable chill rose in my heart.

It's too cruel, and it's too ruthless. …,

Mao Xi, who has always respected the classic path of benevolence and righteousness of Confucian sages, was suddenly disappointed in Chen Kefu's scheming calculations. As a king, he should rule the world with benevolence and filial piety, and rule the country with virtue. But now he feels that Chen Kefu is paying more and more attention to force and power, and this is the case when he fights and treats foreigners. Now the Hebei clan, who already belongs to the people under the rule of the imperial court, will be treated like this, so wait until the future. If he won the world, will he still treat the people of the world like this?

And so it goes. What will be the difference between him and Yang Guang?

Thousands of thoughts flashed in his mind, and Mao Xi stepped forward with worry and said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that the imperial court should govern the country with benevolence and righteousness, especially in this war. Only in this way can the benevolence of the court be demonstrated, and the people can be admired and convinced. If we blindly pay attention to the strict law to control the country, it will inevitably endanger everyone, and the people of the court will be lost for a long time, and the country will not be a country for a long time. ”

As soon as his words fell, Wei Zheng immediately stepped out and said, "The minister thinks that in the past seven years of the great cause, there have been constant disturbances, and the national court is in great need of recuperation. The minister is the minister of the country, and now what the court wants to do, the minister thinks that it is to recuperate. Blindly killing will not solve the problem. On the contrary, if the court punishes lightly this time, then there is the previous thunderous wrath, and then a lighter punishment is given, then it is the grace of the court of rain and dew, so that the world will inevitably return to the heart and the place will be stable. Only when the people's will is attached and the place is stable can production and national strength be restored and the strength of the imperial court strengthened. ”

"Seven years after the Great Cause, the conquests continued, and now the imperial court urgently needs to unify the world. If we want the world to be unified, we must soothe the people and recuperate. It will soon be a new republican dynasty, but the people's power of the court is insufficient, and the national strength is not strong, so if you want to rule civilly, the law must be lenient, benevolent, and simple. The minister thought that in times of chaos, the first thing was to educate, and as for the law, it was enough to seek righteousness. ”

Chen Kefu sat there with a blank face, and did not comment on right or wrong.

Du Ruhui, the secretary of the ministry, came out of the ranks, saluted and said: "The minister does not agree with the meaning of Xiangguo and Wei Zhongcheng, if you want to be civilized, it needs to be after the chaos." If there is a division and a war between all sides, at this time, the imperial court should use thunderous means and should ruthlessly suppress anyone who attempts to cause chaos. Only iron-blooded and tough can show the determination of the imperial court, and can also rein in those forces with bad intentions. If the punishment is lenient this time, then the previous big action of the imperial court will undoubtedly be a loud thunder and a small raindrop. At that time, these rebels will think that the court is weak and deceitful, and not only will they not be grateful, but they will also arouse the ambition in their hearts. Therefore, the minister thought that this rebellion should not only be heavily responsible, but also need to be punished in a severe way. ”

"In the opinion of the ministers, all the rebellious family heads and backbone members of the powerful clans need to be punished by the nine clans and confiscated from the family property. In addition, all the rebellious and powerful members of the world must also be beheaded for public display, even those who are rebellious and rebellious, and the whole family must be exiled and confiscated! ”

"Phew!"

As soon as Du Ruhui's iron-blooded and stern handling method was proposed, it immediately caused several people to gasp.

In this rebellion, more than ninety percent of the clans in Hebei, Shandong and other places rebelled. And more than seventy percent of the local heroes rebelled, that is, the farmers and small landlords in those villages, and more than half of them rebelled. In addition to these leaders, the number of peasants and slaves of the clan who were voluntarily and involuntarily coerced and rebellious was even more staggering, and the number of rebels gathered in the four counties of Yuyang alone was as large as 200,000. If you include their families, then the number of people involved in these four counties can be as many as six or seven hundred thousand.

The rebel army in Yuyang is still only one, and if the rebel armies in Hebei, Shandong, and Huaibei are all combined, the number can reach as many as one million. And when you add up all the people involved, it definitely reaches three or four million people. …,

According to the statistics of the imperial court, the combined population of Hebei, Shandong, and Huaibei is about 20 million, and the population of these three places is less than 20 million, even the population of those counties that have not yet been recovered.

If they really do what Du Ruhui said, then the population under the rule of the entire imperial court will be immediately reduced by one-third, which is more than the number of people who have been reduced by wars in the past few years since the great cause, how not to surprise them.

Even Chen Kefu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, if he really did this, he was afraid that he would really lose people's hearts by then.

"From three generations later to the present, people have become more and more cunning and cunning, so the Qin Dynasty only rules by law; Although the Han Dynasty preached the royal way, but with the addition of domineering, it seems that it wanted to educate, but the result was that the indoctrination failed. Is there anything in the world that can do it and not do it? Wei Zheng is a scholar who does not know current affairs, and if he believes his false theories, he will definitely ruin the country. I advocate severe punishment and severe punishment. "The old minister of the Chen family, Lu Guangli, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stepped forward and said.

Wei Zheng shook his head, "In the past, the Yellow Emperor conquered Chiyou, Gaoyang conquered Jiuli, King Shang Tang exiled Xia Wei, and King Wu of Zhou conquered King Shang, all of them were able to achieve peace in the world, and the people were still those people, and turned chaos into great governance, didn't the five emperors and three emperors do it with education?" ”。

Chen Kefu smiled and nodded, and many ministers in the cabinet also clapped their hands.

"In troubled times, we should use heavy codes, Du Shangshu is not wrong, not too heavy, and there is a boundary. As early as the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the imperial court had abolished corporal punishment. Therefore, we can't deal with it too harshly, but we can't blindly deal with it lightly as Wei Zheng said. The severity of the punishment is all in the thought of the court, but the court must also be cautious. ‘

'Chaos should be governed by heavy canons, and after chaos, the world should be pacified with benevolence and virtue. ‘

Chen Kefu stood up and stood with his hands in his hands, "The nature of this rebellion of the Hebei family is very serious, and the impact is extremely bad. If it weren't for the imperial court's early precautions, our imperial court would probably have had to retreat to Liaodong. I would only like to ask you ministers, if this rebellion of the clans is against us, how do you think those clans will deal with us? ”

ps: The updates in the past two days are relatively early, and four more every day, and more diligent, Muzi spelled out, I hope everyone will also throw out the tickets......,