Chapter 63: The Calm After the Massacre
After Zhu Huan and Cao Zhen separated, they hurriedly rushed to Gu Yong's mansion, and he wanted to ask Gu Yong for a plan!
"General Zhu?" When Gu Yong's housekeeper saw Zhu Huan, he immediately greeted him.
"Okay, okay, no need to be polite, is your master at home?"
"General Zhu, the master is enjoying the flowers in the mansion."
"Take me to see Brother Yuan Si quickly!"
"General Zhu, please come with me."
"Brother Yuansi, you are really leisurely, you are still enjoying the flowers in the courtyard!" As soon as he entered the backyard, Zhu Huan found Gu Yong, and walked in front of Gu Yong in three steps and two steps.
"Brother Hugh Mu? Why is Brother Hume in such a hurry? Gu Yong threw away the flowers in his hand and glanced at Zhu Huan.
"Brother Yuansi, you have to save me!" After speaking, Zhu Huan told Gu Yong about the things in his house.
"Hume? Are you also involved in the procurement of the city? Gu Yong glared at Zhu Huan, and told Zhu Huan to pay attention, but he didn't expect Zhu Huan to be disobedient and come back with a warehouse of materials.
"Yuan sigh, I just want to make a small profit, compared to other families, I started very lightly." Zhu Huan anxiously defended himself.
"Hugh Mu, things must be reversed, how can General Zhendong make you earn so much so easily?"
"What Yuan Si said is very true, I regret not stopping Yuan Si's words, and I have fallen to the end of today, please Yuan Si save me."
"Hugh Mu don't worry, what happened today, I have already thought about it carefully, the main purpose of General Zhendong is to eradicate the forces that Sun Quan left in Wu County and Huiji, and consolidate the power of Lord Sikong in Jiangdong. Just a lesson. Gu Yong invited Zhu Huan to the pavilion. Let the next person serve tea.
"What do you mean?"
"Hume. Today, you went with Zidan to raid the family, didn't you find any problems? Gu Yong smiled, Zhu Huan is a fan of the authorities!
"Oh? Listen to Yuan's sigh? Zhu Huan scratched his head, as if he went to raid the house today, they were all members of the Lu family, Zhang family, and Wu family, and they had no action against the Zhu family and the Gu family. It's just that the warehouse has been sealed.
"General Zhendong doesn't want to eradicate all the Jiangdong family, but just test his loyalty, Hugh Mu only needs to return the purchased materials to General Zhendong and give him a generous gift, and General Zhendong will not hold Hugh Mu responsible."
"But Yuan sigh, then isn't the money I made to buy Haiyan just gone?" Zhu Huan glanced at Gu Yong in disappointment, he had made a heavy investment.
"Hmph, Hugh, just a warehouse of supplies. Let Hume mind so much? General Zhendong eradicated so many families, and the land left by the family would be distributed among the soldiers and the people. Ten years, twenty years? Can't our family take it back? Gu Yong glanced at Zhu Huan and shook his head, land annexation was a major trend in the feudal era, and the big landlords started by such annexation!
"Yuan sighs and is smart, I understand, I will immediately send someone to prepare and show General Zhendong the meaning of my Zhu family." Zhu Huan is a great family, how can he not know the power of land annexation, if land annexation is to be implemented, then it is necessary to have a peaceful and unified country, and to serve the most powerful Cao Cao, and it is the right way to unify the mountains and rivers as soon as possible.
"Hugh Mu please!" Gu Yong nodded, Zhu Huan is really a smart person.
Early the next morning, Zhu Huan was already outside General Moling's mansion.
Hearing that Zhu Huan had arrived at the General's Mansion early, Lu Rui immediately invited Zhu Huan in.
"My subordinates have seen the general."
"Hugh Mu doesn't have to be polite, please get up."
Seeing the dew on Zhu Huan's body, Zhu Huan must have rushed to the General's Mansion overnight, it was really hard.
"General Xie."
"I wonder what is the important matter for Humu to be here today? Could it be that something happened to Wu County? ”
"Returning to the general, there was no accident in Wu County, everything is fine, Huan came today to give a gift."
"Gift-giving?"
"Exactly, Huan and his clan felt the hard work of the general in governing Jiangdong, and gave a small gift to comfort the general and the generals of Jiangdong."
"Oh? I don't know if Humu has prepared a thin gift? ”
"In order to support the general and Lord Sikong in governing Jiangdong, Huan decided to donate 1 million pieces of grain and 20,000 pieces of cloth as military resources for the military needs of Jiangdong's soldiers."
"Hugh Mu has such hard work, this general must go to the table to commend Hugh Mu's merits."
"It is a great honor to serve Lord Sikong and General Zhendong." Then Zhu Huan chatted with Lu Rui for a while, and then retreated.
"General!" Xu Shu walked out after Zhu Huan left.
"Yuan Zhi, soon, there will be people from the major families in Jiangdong who will come to the General's Mansion, and the people we want to clear don't need to see, and the rest, let them bleed and withdraw the army."
"Yes, General, my subordinates understand."
Soon, someone will come to give a big gift, and the trivial matters at that time will naturally be handed over to Xu Shu to deal with, and he will go back to the backyard to listen to Rong'er play the piano and Ling'er dance!
"General, this is the list of the Jiangdong family, please take a look!" After three days of raiding the house, Sun Quan's remnants have basically been eradicated, and some families with no talent have also been killed by Lu Rui with excuses.
"Okay, bring it on!" Lu Rui took the table, and there were a total of fifty families in the Jiangdong family, including some families, three members of the Lu family, four members of the Zhang family, three families of the Sun family, and four families of the Wu family. A total of more than 5,000 people were beheaded, and more than 100,000 slaves and family soldiers were charged into the army for hard labor.
Lu Rui looked at the numbers in the text and was stunned for a moment, five thousand heads? That's it? When did you become a butcher yourself!
"General?" Xu Shu asked Lu Rui tentatively.
"Kill them all according to the plan, so that the families and people of Wu County, Huiji, and Moling can see the fate of opposing our army." Lu Rui closed his eyes, this is a troubled time, there can be no mercy, if you are merciful to the enemy, you are cruel to yourself!
"Yes, General, my subordinates understand."
Xiaoxia is still relatively cool for Jiangdong, in Moling, Wu County, and Huiji's execution ground, fifty families were beheaded at the same time, and five thousand heads fell, which made Jiangdong's families feel a trace of nameless fear, Cao Jun is not easy to mess with, compared to Sun Celai, Lu Rui is more strategic in killing people, give you a charge and then do it, let the family bear a rebellious name, and then want to revive the family? First of all, in addition to the name of rebellion!
The people of Jiangdong applauded Lu Rui's approach, eradicating the family, and the excess land could fall into the hands of the people, and with the land, there would be security. After a series of actions, Lu Rui established his prestige in Jiangdong, and he became more handy in governing Jiangdong. (To be continued......)
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