The offensive of the three tribes was rapid, and they soon invaded the inner city, in addition to exterminating the army of the Han Dynasty guarding here, they also began to liquidate the civil and military ministers who lived in the inner city from house to house.

At this time, the eyeliners under Zhao Weiwei, who had been lurking in the capital, came in handy. With them leading the way, the army of the three clans could effortlessly pull out all the officials in the capital who were hostile to Xia Fan's side one by one.

The so-called hostility is, of course, not just words, but also opposition, hatred, opposition, and so on.

Xia Fan has never been the kind of person who repays grievances with virtue, and he can't do it himself, so this kind of reckoning has already been decided by him.

It has been quite a short time since he left the capital as a proton, and this period is enough for him to see the position of the officials in the capital clearly.

Xia Fan will definitely not be sorry for his friends, but he will definitely not let go of any enemy.

Regardless of the purpose of those civil and military officials, as long as they had shown obvious hostility towards Xia Fan and the forces he had established, then they were all included in this reckoning.

Of course, such a liquidation may not be a raid, and how to deal with it is all decided on a case-by-case basis.

This kind of thing Xia Fan is just taking the lead, and it is Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong who are really here to do it.

They were not less angry in the capital back then, and now of course they have grievances and revenge, but they are very good at taking proportions. Even if he really wants to raid his house and destroy the door, he will definitely come up with real ironclad evidence, so that others have nothing to say.

Xia Fan didn't come forward in person, but he didn't stay out of the matter, because he had been staring at Sun Mansion and Cao Mansion with his divine thoughts.

Whether it is the crown prince, the crown prince, Sun Haoran, or the left minister, Cao Shiping, they are all in the ranks of his liquidation this time.

In addition to the fact that they more or less, directly or indirectly expressed hostility to Xia Fan's forces, more importantly, their location was too important.

It is no exaggeration to say that whether it is the prince or the prince, or the left minister, any one of them can be called a high authority.

With such an important position, it is impossible for Xia Fan to let such two people who have never been close to him fill it.

Moreover, Xia Fan judged through previous intelligence, whether it was Sun Haoran or Cao Shiping, they were far from being as simple and honest as they usually revealed.

There seems to be a powerful force hiding behind them. Especially Sun Haoran, even more so.

This made Xia Fan even less trusting the two of them.

From beginning to end, Xia Fan did not intend to be the emperor, and he would not push the thirteen princes up and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

In any case, this Han Dynasty will belong to the Thirteen Princes, and Xia Fan will not interfere too much.

But he must still consider the basic position of the officials in the court, otherwise, he worked hard to put the thirteen princes on the throne, but the court was a group of guys who were hostile to him, so what was he trying to do after being busy for a long time?

As the saying goes: once a son of heaven and a courtier. In any case, Sun Haoran and Cao Shiping have to leave.

It's just that these two people are not ordinary officials, not only do the two of them have a very strong reputation and influence in the political arena of the Han Dynasty, but also have two huge families behind them to support them.

In addition, these two people have been in the court of the Han Dynasty for too long, and there are countless protégés, forming an extremely large but intertwined network of relationships.

If Xia Fan wants to move them, it is equivalent to confronting two huge bureaucratic systems, and the consequences can be imagined.

If it is an ordinary person, when encountering such trouble, he may retreat from the difficulty, or he will adopt a relatively gentle method, like boiling a frog in warm water, and gradually peel off the relationship network between Sun Cao and their family for a relatively long time.

Until their influence is weakened to a certain extent, so as not to cause too much impact and turmoil on the situation, they will be completely cut off.

Relatively speaking, this must be a foolproof solution. It takes a little longer, but it's certainly milder and less troublesome.

Xia Fan didn't know such a method, but he didn't want to do it, because it was too much of a waste of time.

He really didn't want to spend too much time on the endless court battles right now.

And he didn't plan to be the emperor after all, and it would be difficult to deal with these two families justifiably in the future, so he decided to be simple and rude.

Taking advantage of the current chaos, he quickly uprooted them with a knife, and at the same time eliminated the officials related to them.

As for the trouble caused by this, it is likely that the two forces left in other provinces may rebel, and for Xia Fan, this is not a problem, just directly suppress the territory with a large army and exterminate it.

Now the reason why Xia Fan didn't do it to Sun Cao's two families right away is actually waiting for the right time to come.

The Sun Cao family also has a complex network of relationships in the officialdom of the capital, and many of them are in the ranks of Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong's liquidation.

These officials already possess great power in officialdom, and even more so when they are united.

In order not to startle the snake too early, the Sun Cao family jumped out, so he asked Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yulinglong to cut off Sun Haoran and Cao Shiping's henchmen in the capital first.

When their relationship network was almost cleared, Xia Fan dealt a thunderous blow to Sun Cao's family.

I have to say that Xia Fan's wishful thinking is very good. But things didn't go the way he expected.

Because the liquidation led by Zhao Weiwei and Liu Yu Linglong had not started for long, someone found Xia Fan.

The name of the person who came was Sun Daolin, who was Sun Haoran's eldest grandson, who was about the same age as Xia Fan, had the strength of the eightfold spirit realm, was dressed beautifully, and had a bit of the unique noble temperament of a son of a family.

When standing in front of Xia Fan, although his words were modest and his attitude was respectful, he had a bit of arrogance in his bones.

And his intention was very simple, he was ordered by Sun Haoran to invite Xia Fan to Sun's mansion for a banquet.

Xia Fan knew in his heart that Sun Haoran's banquet was just a pretense, and his real purpose was only to notice something, so he wanted to test it.

"Okay, I'll go to the Sun Mansion to visit Taifu in person later. Although Xia Fan was determined to eradicate the Sun family in his heart, he did not turn his face immediately, but accepted the invitation with a smile.

"In this way, my grandson's family is waiting in the house. Sun Daolin said with a smile.

When Sun Daolin left, the smile on Xia Fan's face gradually turned cold.

He originally wanted to clean up the Sun family at the end, but since the Sun family was sent to the door now, he had to plan a little earlier.

"What's wrong with the Sun family?" Xia Fan appeared beside Zhao Weiwei and asked directly.

At this time, Zhao Weiwei was personally leading people to raid the home of a second-class official, and he was only slightly stunned when he saw Xia Fan suddenly appear, and then said: "I just started here, and those officials who are attached to the Sun family have gone to the Sun family for help, Sun Haoran won't find your head, right?"

"Well, invite me to the feast. Xia Fan nodded.

"I'm afraid it's ill-intentioned. A cold light flashed in Zhao Wei's eyes and said, "Boss, are you going?"

"Of course you want to go. Xia Fan said: "But I won't go alone, but I will bring soldiers and horses over." ”

"But what do you need my cooperation?" Zhao Weiwei immediately asked.

"You are still busy with yours, but don't touch the officials of the Sun family for the time being. Xia Fan said.

"Does the boss want to give them an illusion, thinking that with Sun Haoran's protection, they can escape this catastrophe, and then they will go to Sun's house one after another, and when the boss goes to the banquet, they can be wiped out?" Zhao Wei's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood Xia Fan's intentions.

"Hmm. Xia Fan nodded and said, "It's too troublesome to copy the past like this, it's better to wait for them all to jump out and then catch them all." ”

"It's just the boss, this time we want to liquidate the important ministers of the court, and the vast majority of them are officials above the third rank in Beijing. Zhao Weiwei frowned slightly and said, "If you kill too much, aren't you afraid that no one will handle the affairs of the imperial court?"

"Three-legged toads are hard to find, and there are many people who want to be officials. Xia Fan said nonchalantly: "There are many people in the capital who want to be officials but there has been no real shortage, let's clean up these important ministers, and then promote some of the following to fill the vacancies." ”

Xia Fan said lightly: "After this liquidation, there will inevitably be chaos inside and outside the government and the opposition for a few days, but it doesn't matter, it won't take long to recover as before." ”

"Boss, I'm not worried about the court. Zhao Wei looked at Xia Fan and said: "Although Liu Xingchen is dead now, the rebellion in the Han Dynasty has not been quelled, and the other ......"

"Are you afraid that the Sun family and the Cao family will rebel later?" asked Xia Fan.

"Hmm. Zhao Wei nodded and said, "The Sun family's fief is located in the southern province and has a lot of power, if there is a rebellion, I am afraid it will be a great disaster." In addition......"

Zhao Wei paused and said, "Didn't the boss always suspect that there were other forces behind the Sun family acting as the black hand behind them to secretly support them?"

"Find out what?" Xia Fan's gaze froze and looked at Zhao Weiwei.

"There is no particularly conclusive evidence, because the Sun family is quite careful, so it is difficult to catch any real evidence. However......" Zhao Wei said: "Judging from the clues, the Sun family may have taken refuge in the Great Sun Demon Kingdom, and even Cao Shiping didn't know when he had colluded with him." ”

"It doesn't matter if there is evidence or not, we don't want to condemn them. Xia Fan shook his head and said, "As long as there is suspicion, it is enough." Even if the Sun family wants to rebel, it is not difficult to suppress it, and there is no need to worry. ”

"The Sun family is nothing, the real trouble is still outside. Zhao Wei frowned and said: "Recently, the Great Sun Demon Kingdom has been frequently mobilizing troops and horses recently, especially on the border, and there are millions of soldiers. ”

"It's not a day or two that the Great Sun Demon Kingdom covets the territory of the Great Han Dynasty, and now the Great Han Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, and it is strange if the Great Sun Demon Kingdom does not take the opportunity to make waves. Xia Fan was not surprised, and said with a smile: "It seems that your subordinates have done a good job, and they have infiltrated the Great Sun Demon Kingdom so quickly." ”

"It's mainly Uncle Seven who has helped a lot. Zhao Wei didn't dare to take credit, and said: "After getting a reminder from the boss last time, I specially found Uncle Seven, who not only helped me find some demon cultivators, but also went to the Great Sun Demon Kingdom in person. ”

"No wonder I haven't seen him lately. Xia Fan suddenly said: "You must let people keep an eye on the Great Sun Demon Kingdom, if there is any major change, you must report it in time." ”

"Understood. ”

(End of chapter)