Now that the path has been chosen, the three of them look at each other and smile, and the thousand words they want to say are all merged into this smile. Of course, the road behind has to go, but the current plot world is not to be missed, and the three of them quickly cleaned up the battlefield and led the army back to the camp.

With the conditions promised by the plot world, the aura that is equivalent to the relevant plot or historical figures has disappeared, and the accumulated feats of the old guy's team are amazing enough, and in the quartermaster's camp merit rewards, a new list option has finally been opened.

Zhao Gao quickly skipped the materials and equipment on the previous pages, and did not have any nostalgia for the rare props and silver plot equipment in the middle, and directly turned to the special options on the last page.

There are only three special options, and Zhao Gao can't help but browse them carefully:

"Family Elder: With the death of a large number of family disciples, Zhiyan urgently needs to balance the power of the Zhijia Elder, and you can use all merit points to obtain this position;

Meritorious Heroes: According to the rules of rewards and punishments set by Zhi Yao, you can designate additional fiefs with all meritorious deeds, the size of the fiefdom is determined by the number of meritorious deeds consumed, and the current meritorious deeds can be exchanged for seventeen cities;

Powerful: The Duke of Jin knows your legend and admires your demeanor on the battlefield, and you can directly exchange all your merits for the corresponding official position. Note: This option will cause displeasure in the smart home. ”

Of these three options, the first is to use meritorious service to directly open up the innermost core power of the Zhi family, which can affect the current decision-making, and the disadvantage is that it is equivalent to an open break with another part of the Zhi family; The second option belongs to slowly improving one's strength, indirectly improving the right to speak, and belongs to the safest path, the disadvantage is that the process is a bit slow, and the time that needs to be accumulated will not be short; The third is more radical, once the choice is made, it will get a higher official position and directly compete with the Zhi family, if handled properly, it is likely to become an emerging force independent of the Zhi family, and the constraints on various actions will be greatly reduced, but the risks will also be greatly increased.

There was almost no hesitation, and Zhao Gao quickly chose the first item "family elder". From the point of view of purpose, Zhao Gao still has to support the Zhi family in the end, and Zhi Yan's ability identity is obviously the most suitable one to be a puppet, and no matter who he chooses, he will inevitably compete with other people in the Zhi family who are trying to take power in the end.

Moreover, in the early stage of planning, whether it was Zhao Gao or Lao Ba, they all gained a lot of loyalty and favor from the Zhi family through the assassination of Zhi Boyao, and if it was operated reasonably, it was tantamount to gaining a big first move.

Sure enough, after Zhao Gao made this choice, Zhiyan quickly sent someone to summon Zhao Gao and entered the inner tent to discuss privately.

With the continuous weakening of the power of the doorman, Zhiyan's voice in the family is also decreasing, and there have been voices within the family to re-select the strong family master; Externally, the forces of several family lords who were wiped out because of the rebellion were carved up, and most of the remaining family lords were in a wait-and-see state, with no clear direction; In the imperial court, because of the order to bury Zhi Yao with the courtesy of the princes, the Duke of Jin has clearly sent a reprimand, pointing out that Zhi Yan is rude, just because most of the people in the court are now figures of the Zhi family, and nothing worse has happened for the time being.

Zhiyan is equivalent to digging a deep pit for himself: if he obeys the orders of the Duke of Jin, it is equivalent to giving the people of the Zhi family a truth, and the crime of unfilial piety is enough to depose his position as the head of the family; But if you don't listen to the orders of the Duke of Jin, then the lack of righteousness in the monarch and the ministers is enough to make the prestige of the Zhi family suffer a major blow, and it is equivalent to giving the Han and Wei families a chance to extend their tentacles into the center of power.

"Drag it out!" Faced with this dilemma, Zhao Gao was too lazy to design and give any better advice, in fact, he didn't need better advice, only people like Zhiyan who couldn't see the general trend would be entangled in these details in front of him.

All the problems he worries about will be encountered by any powerful minister, and if he thinks about these problems all day long, then he doesn't have to do anything else - just like Zhiyao at the beginning, how much better is the situation he is facing than now?

In the final analysis, it is still Zhiyan's lack of decisiveness, once the power is in hand, he hesitates to look forward and hesitate, and he will cause so much trouble.

It's like a doorman.,It's hard to find historical figures with names and surnames.,But the plot world consumes resources to generate a large piece of it.,There was a batch of supplements some time ago.,It's just that Zhiyan was caught in the hands of the old man of the Zhi family under negligence;

The matter of the family lord is even simpler. It has always been who wins and who they help, besides, the previous batch of rebellions has just ended, and the blood on the knife edge has not dried yet, who dares to jump out against the opinion of the head of the family?

As for the last Jin Gong, it would be naïve to really think that Zhiyao had a good relationship with him at the beginning. Who doesn't know the power and the sovereign? It's nothing more than a mutual involvement of interests.

If Zhiyan's means are enough, it is enough to report to Zhiyao that he has died in the king. According to the Zhou rites, the funeral of the person who died in the king's affairs can be more than second-class, in this era of the collapse of etiquette, there only needs to be such a reason for both parties to get by, who will be willing to care what the truth of the matter is.

Now that Zhiyan doesn't dare to make a move, Zhao Gao will not be soft. After receiving the secret order, it was logical for Zhao Gao to light up the butcher knife in his hand in the name of Zhiyan.

The first thing to do is to retract military power. Some time ago, Zhao Gao had already arranged a large number of manpower in the low-level private army of various family lords by means of conquest and defense, coupled with the killing ability of Lao Ba and Mai Linglong, within three or two days, Zhao Gao quickly collected most of the military power of the Zhi Army by thunder means, and several unsatisfied family lords were directly killed in the camp tent, and the rest of the more knowledgeable ones also quickly handed over the military power in their hands to Zhao Gao, and packed up their things and went back to the territory.

With Zhiyan's warrant, all the resistance and commotion were compressed into a small range, and the elder of the Zhi family who received the news was just about to protest, and the whole operation was almost over. By the time they really reacted, the military power had already changed hands, and all the words became superfluous.

Such a method, just like Zhi Yao back then, if it weren't for Zhao Gao's actions later, they would almost think that Zhi Yan was Zhi Yao's resurrection.

The people who danced the most happily all stopped moving, and those who were clamoring for Zhiyan to give up the position of the head of the family had already been forced to hang themselves up with a hemp rope. Under the power, Zhiyan felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, but before he could give the order to pardon these clansmen, Zhao Gao immediately chose to purge them on the spot.

All the historical figures were killed, and none of the plot characters above grade B were left, under Zhiyan's military order, it was equivalent to the plot world depriving them of their power with rules, and these characters were just like ordinary plot characters, obediently pulled out and beheaded one by one.

These people bound him because they coveted the power in Zhiyan's hands, and because the bloodline relationship was Zhiyan's most reliable support, of course Zhao Gao would not let it go.

From then on, Zhiyan no longer had to worry about the power of the Zhi family, nor did he have to worry about the rebellion of the retainers and lords, and the anger of the Duke of Jin had no direct relationship with him.

Because at this time, all the decrees are issued from Meng!