Just when Yao Ruoyu was waiting for the dragon blood fruit to ripen in the Maowusu Desert, the atmosphere in the court hall of the Shu Palace in Chengdu was so solemn that it was suffocating.

"It's already the twelfth! More than a thousand lives, that's almost enough, right?"

Suddenly slapped the table in front of him, Yang Renjie stared at Song Kai standing in front of the throne, in fact, if it wasn't for Li Yilin and a few people to stop him, he might have done it directly.

At this moment, in the palace of the government, in addition to the three ministers Bai Junru, Bai Qiuyu, and Duan Chun, there are Yang Renjie, Li Yilin and other people from the Ministry of Literature and Art.

Glancing at Yang Renjie, who was stopped by Fu Chaozan and them, Bai Junru looked at Song Kai with an ugly face, and said solemnly: "Minister Song, my Dawen has just occupied Sichuan, and I am afraid that such a massacre will only provoke a popular uprising." ”

"Civil unrest?"

Everyone was standing at the bottom of the main hall, but Song Kai stood in front of the throne, glanced at everyone with an indifferent face, and said slowly: "Of these twelve families, can one of them have grievances?

After three consecutive "yes", the hall suddenly fell silent, even Yang Renjie, who was blushing and thick-necked, was silent.

Before Yao Ruoyu left, in addition to handing over the Wenwang Mansion and the Military Aircraft Department to Zou Buyi and Yang Renjie respectively, he also let Song Kai temporarily take the position of the minister of the minister, which was equivalent to temporarily handing over the five departments to him to lead.

But no one expected that just seven days later, Song Kai suddenly issued an order to thoroughly investigate the various families that had funded Wanyan Wild Tao before.

Since Wenbang's invasion of Sichuan, the Jin State has been defeated repeatedly, and fighting a war is a matter of great loss of money, not to mention the war that encompasses the entire Sichuan.

Until the alliance between Wenbang, Liangshan and the White Wolf Society, Wanyan Wildtao's financial resources were no longer enough to support him to form an army again to fight against the literary army.

In desperation, Wanyan Wild Tao could only gather the various families in the city and ask them to fund the army.

It was also the strong support of these families that allowed Wanyan Wild Tao to reorganize a large number of troops to defend the city of Chengdu before the coalition army attacked the city.

After knowing the order issued by Song Kai, the major families that had previously funded Wanyan Madtao were naturally panicked, and those who had a relationship immediately asked for mercy from the relationship, and those who didn't have to do it were also connected in tandem to discuss methods.

It's just that without waiting for them to react, the Dark Night Dragoon, under the leadership of Xi Shi, successively leveled the mansions of seven families, and all the doors were copied, and then they didn't stop at all, and they kept checking one after another, making the entire Chengdu people panic, and the high-level leaders of the major families were even more panicked.

After hesitating, Hu Xian said softly: "Brother Kai, we don't understand these politics, but these twelve families, each family is full of beheading, will the means be too ruthless......?

"Only punish the high-level?" Song Kaidao raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "What you said is light, if you don't use thunder methods, how can you really subdue the major forces in the city, besides, today is the Great Wen Dynasty Meeting, if I remember correctly, Hu Xian, you are not a guest of the Wen Palace, right?"

Unexpectedly, Song Kai replied like this, and Hu Xianqiao's face suddenly turned red.

Li Huan, Fu Chaozan, Li Yilin and others were next to each other and didn't dare to attack, but Fu Feng and the others didn't have those concerns, Fu Feng stood up directly, and said in a deep voice: "Song Kai, Hu Xian can't participate, so can I?"

Frowning slightly, Song Kai bowed his head and said, "Yes." ”

Smiling, Fu Feng's eyes were like knives, and he said in a deep voice: "The two armies clashed before, we were enemies with them, and it is understandable that they funded Yan Yantao, if they are all killed for this reason, aren't you afraid of provoking a civil uprising?"

"Yes!" Jiang Siyu's eyes were like water, and he said softly, "We have just occupied Chengdu, and the loss of troops is huge, if we force all these families to rebel, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to ......."

"With the presence of Xi Senior and the Night Dragoons, what kind of storm can these families set off?" Song Kai asked coldly.

"So, this is what you rely on?" Yang Renjie glared angrily and said sharply, "Relying on the Seven Realms, relying on the Night Dragoon?" Don't you forget, Master Xi is the guest secretary of King Wen's Mansion, and the Night Dragoon Army belongs to the Military Aircraft Department, and they are all under the control of me and Zou Buyi, when will it be your turn to manage the head of the Criminal Department?"

Seeing Song Kai looking over, Zou Buyi, who had been drinking tea next to him, finally sighed and said lightly: "Minister Song has discussed this matter with me, and I have no opinion." ”

"You?" Yang Renjie was furious when he heard this, and turned his head to glare, the latter suddenly turned his head a little weakly, but he happened to see Hu Xian's contemptuous gaze, and couldn't help but become more and more embarrassed.

Bai Junru and the other three did not mention it, among the people in the Ministry of Literature and Art, Yang Renjie, Jiang Siyu, Fu Feng, Hu Xian and others were all questioning, Li Yilin, Ren Jiasheng and others were all younger brothers and sisters, so they could only be next to them and mud, but in and out of the words, they were also dissatisfied with Song Kai's massacre.

Because when the remnants of the Western Xia rebelled, Song Kai had locked himself up with Duan Li's daughter Duan Yun to threaten Duan Li, so Hou Jingru had long been dissatisfied, but she was weak and didn't dare to say more.

When she was puffing up next to her, Hou Jingru suddenly saw Wu Xue sitting in the corner munching on baked cakes, looking like she was out of the way, she couldn't help but be angry for a while, and walked over and whispered: "Sister Xue, you can also say a few words! Brother Kai listens to you the most." ”

"Ahh

Originally, seeing Wu Xue speak, Yang Renjie and the others still had some hopes, but it didn't take a few words to change their taste, and suddenly everyone was full of black lines, but Bai Junru and Duan Chun suddenly showed thoughtful looks, but Bai Qiuyu and Zou Buyi looked at Wu Xue with some surprise, and their eyes were a little suspicious.

Seeing that Song Kai was still silent, Yang Renjie suddenly used his strength to break away from Li Yilin and the others, and said angrily: "Song ......"

"General Yang!"

Suddenly, Bai Qiuyu interrupted his questioning and said with a wry smile: "Minister Song's actions are difficult. ”

"What can be the problem?" Yang Renjie turned his head and roared angrily.

He was short-tempered, but Jiang Siyu was more delicate, and when he heard this, his eyes flashed, and he asked, "Minister Bai, can you explain it for me?"

Bai Qiuyu glanced at Song Kai, who was pale, sighed, and said: "You are all the prince's henchmen, Bai Mou will not hide it, dare to ask you, how much did our literary and artistic army lose in this battle of Sichuan?"

At the mention of this, the faces of Yang Renjie and the others suddenly became a little ugly.

It is no exaggeration to say that this time the troops were sent to attack Sichuan, and eighty percent of the soldiers of the literary and artistic army died in Sichuan, although they continued to be replenished later, but every time they clashed, they still suffered heavy losses, and there were at least four major changes in troops.

"The battle on the battlefield is not enough to capture the city and defeat the enemy army," Bai Qiuyu's face was solemn, and he said slowly, "My Dawen was originally only a land of four cities, and it could not support a literary and artistic army of more than 30,000 people, and the financial resources were already a little tight. ”

"The expedition to Sichuan lasted for half a year, and the captured Sichuan was also close to being broken, and in order to resist us, it can be said that the army was exhausted, and all financial resources were used to form an army, and now the whole Sichuan is close to an empty shell. ”

"Now that the prince is traveling far away, when he returns, the ceremony of awarding rewards and other ceremonies will always be carried out, and it will be another expense at that time, and everyone has already arrived in the Five Realms, expanding from the battalion level to the town level, which is equivalent to a threefold increase in the consumption used for training on weekdays, how can I still support it?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but fall silent.

Yang Renjie and others are all generals who are in charge of killing and burying, Hu Xian and others are not involved in this kind of money, and Xu Xuanrong is not there, so he naturally does not know that the finances of the city-state have reached the limit, and if they are not replenished, they may completely collapse at any time.

After smashing his mouth twice, Zou Buyi smiled bitterly: "It is precisely because of this that when Minister Song told me about this matter, I would agree to let Senior Xi participate in this matter." ”

But no one paid attention to him, Yang Renjie, who was still red-faced before, was embarrassed at the moment, and hesitated: "Kaikai, I ......"

Waving his hand, Song Kai said indifferently: "This matter is my own decision, it has nothing to do with you, today's court meeting, there is no need to hide the things you are pressing, even if it spreads." ”

"Brother Kai, why bother?" Li Huan frowned and said with a wry smile, "Isn't this pregnant with your reputation?"

"Do you think I still have a good reputation in Chengdu City now?" asked rhetorically, Song Kai said lightly, "The money and property obtained from the previous raid of various families have been returned to the household department, but it is far from enough to fill the deficit, so the massacre will continue, after you go back, the patrol needs to be strengthened, and once there is an attempt to rebel, report it to me as soon as possible." ”

"What should I do if Brother Yao is back?" Fu Feng hesitated.

Ren Jiasheng couldn't help but say: "Yes, Brother Kai, even if Brother Yao understands you, but now there are rumors about you everywhere in the city......

Before he finished speaking, Song Kai had already said coldly: "This matter, I will start alone, I will also give you an explanation, what you need to do is to continue to maintain a hostile attitude towards me, in addition, the matter of stepping up patrols must not be delayed, do you know?"

"How do you explain?" Jiang Siyu frowned slightly, staring at the young man's indifferent expression, his heart suddenly moved, and he said in astonishment, "Are you going to ......?"

With a flick of his robe, Song Kai said in a deep voice: "The day Brother Yao comes back, it is the day I resign as the head of the Criminal Department, and I already have someone I like to take over, with him, there will be no problems in the Criminal Department, and I can concentrate on cultivation." ”