"General." A quarter of an hour later, the soldier came in with a bloody human head and threw it at the feet of the heads of the house, causing them to retreat in fright, their faces pale and trembling, and their eyes full of fear.

To be honest, they didn't think about really confronting Zhao Guo, and even Yan Guo was not Zhao Guo's opponent, let alone their powerful families.

They just hope that through the way of struggle, they can obtain some benefits, such as occupying a large number of fields and servants as in the past, and controlling the right to speak in Liaodong.

As for Zhao Guo, all they want is to pay taxes, and they will hand them over as usual.

To each his own takes what he needs, and no one suffers.

All along, they and Yan Guo have cooperated in this way.

The wealthy families of the Liaodong family felt that Zhao Guo should also agree, even if they didn't agree, it would be a big deal to take a step back when the time came, as long as Liaodong was still in their hands, they would have bargaining chips with Zhao Guo.

But reality shattered their illusions.

Zhao Guo didn't take them seriously at all, even the strongest He family was just an unpopular family in Zhao Guo's eyes, let alone other families.

"Huang Yi." Li Mu looked at the thousands of generals under his command.

"The end will be." Huang Yi stepped forward and said with his fists clenched.

The heads of the family looked at Li Mu tremblingly, not knowing what order this killer was going to give.

"Lead the army to Pingxian County to copy the Su family, behead all the three clans, and move to the Great Wall to fill in the border within the nine clans." Li Mu ordered.

"No." Huang Yi said with his fists clenched, turned around and strode out of the lobby.

"Wu Anjun, you have to be forgiving and forgiving. The head of the Su family is dead, and he has to behead his three clans, is this punishment a bit too heavy, I heard that the king is famous for his benevolence and righteousness, even if it is an ordinary soldier, the king will not be lenient. If the general behaves like this, he is not afraid of the king's punishment?" An official said in a deep voice.

"It's already very merciful to rebel without punishing the Nine Clans, so why is it too heavy?" Li Mu said coldly.

"We will definitely impeach Wu Anjun jointly." Another official said.

"Don't worry, it'll be your turn soon." Li Mu glanced at the other party, and his cold eyes frightened the other party to retreat again and again.

"Ben will not know who killed the Pingxian county magistrate, but Ben will be sure that the murderer is one of you. If no one comes forward, Ben will kill them one by one, and copy them one by one, and Ben will not believe it and will not be able to find evidence." Li Mu said loudly, "Someone, drag the head of the Lu family out and behead him."

"Wait a minute, I say, I say." When the head of the Lu family heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground in fright.

"Master Lu, you have to think clearly," an official said urgently.

"Wait a minute." Li Mu pointed to the official who had just spoken, "Drag him out and behead him first."

"I'm an official of the imperial court, you can't kill me." The official said loudly, but the Great Wall Army only obeyed Li Mu's orders, and didn't care who he was, and dragged him out mercilessly.

"If you don't accept it, go to the king to impeach me, and I can give you the money to go out to Handan." Li Mu said.

The heads of the family hated the root of their teeth in their hearts, and they wanted to kill Li Mu, but they were helpless.

After a while, the soldier walked in with a human head.

"You can say it now." Li Mu pointed at the head of the Lu family and said.

"The grass people answered truthfully, I don't know if the general can let our Lu family go." The head of the Lu family knelt on the ground and said.

"Do you think you have what it takes to negotiate terms with Ben?" Li Mu looked at the head of the Lu family playfully.

"I said. It was the county Cheng He Li who sent someone to kill, he said that he was just testing the reaction of the imperial court, and if the imperial court pursued it, he would arrange for someone to come out and take the blame. Because the He family's roots are not in Ping County, the He family will not be implicated in any case. If the imperial court does not pursue it, it will find a way to replace the Pingxian county order with its own people, and gradually control Liaodong. To this end, he also summoned all the heads of our noble families together, demanded that all the families advance and retreat together, and signed a pledge." The head of the Lu family said quickly.

"Where's the list of signatures?" Li Mu asked.

"In Holi's hands." The Lu family

The Lord said.

"He Juncheng, what else do you have to say now?" Li Mu looked at He Li.

"I don't dare to say that I am loyal to Zhao Guo, but I can also say that there is nothing to be sorry for Zhao Guo. After Zhao occupied Liaodong, I, He, was the first to stand up and cooperate with Zhao to measure the land, liquidate the acres of land, and unify weights and measures. If it is just because of the villain's slander, the governor will punish me for the crime of Ho, will I not be afraid of the scolding of the world? Who will dare to take refuge in Zhao Guo in the future?" He Li said in a deep voice.

"What He Juncheng said makes sense, I wonder if anyone else has anything to say?" Li Mu looked at the other heads of the family and the officials.

"The head of the Fan family is willing to testify that He Li bribed the assassins and assassinated the officials of the imperial court." Another head of the house stepped forward.

"The head of my grandson family is also willing to testify......

"The head of my Duan family is also willing to testify......

……

Soon, all the heads of the family stood up, and even some officials who were good friends with He Li also stood up.

He Li's face became more and more pale, his body trembled slightly, and his right hand trembled and pointed at everyone, unable to speak.

「…… Don't you even know how to keep things secret?" Li Mu looked at He Li and asked silently.

He Li didn't say a word, if Zhao Guo sent officials to investigate according to the normal process, he dared to guarantee that none of the family heads would leak out, who would have thought that he would encounter a Li Mu who did not play his cards according to common sense.

It's just a county order that died, and he directly led five thousand elites to fight, and now it's still surrounded outside.

Li Mu didn't say a word, first killed the head of the family, and then beheaded the officials, neatly.

The heads of these ordinary wealthy families had never seen this kind of scene, and they were immediately frightened, and they had something to say.

"Fan Zeng, Sima Shang." Li Mu looked at Fan Zeng.

"The subordinates are here." Fan Zeng and Sima Shang clasped their fists and said.

"The two of you immediately lead your troops to Hefu, surround Hefu, and find the names signed and drawn by all the heads of the family." Li Mu said.

"No." The two said, leading the troops towards Hefu.

He Mansion was in Xiangping County, not far from the county government, and an hour later, Fan Zeng and Sima Shang found the list in He Mansion and brought it over.

"Gongsun Chen, Duan Yang......" Li Mu called his name one by one, and every time a person was called by name, his face would suddenly turn white, and his legs trembled.

In addition to the heads of wealthy families, most of the officials also signed on it. In the entire county guard's mansion, except for Fan Zeng, only three people were not involved in this matter.

"Whoever is on the list shall be beheaded. His family raided the house, and moved to the Great Wall to fill in the border within the three clans. The He clan is the culprit, and the three clans are punished, and the nine clans move to the Great Wall to fill in the border." Li Mu pronounced the verdict loudly.

The faces of the various family heads and officials were no longer bloodless, and they collapsed to the ground, they just didn't report it, at most they were accomplices, why should they be punished so severely, even the Qin State, which had the harshest laws.

"Governor, isn't that too harsh?" Fan Zeng asked with his fists clenched.

"Harsh? I will be protecting you, as well as all the officials of my Zhao Kingdom. They can kill the county commander of Ping County today, kill you, the county guard of Liaodong, tomorrow, and kill me, the governor, the day after tomorrow. This will be a transcendent realm, and there is the Great Wall Army as a pro-army, not afraid of being assassinated. Do you have military protection? Do the tens of thousands of officials of my Zhao Kingdom have the protection of the army?"

"The king has said that the army is external, not internal. Even internally, it is impossible for my Zhao State to equip every official with a pro-army. Then what about the personal safety of my Zhao State officials? The only way to stop killing is to kill. This is the first case in Liaodong, and only with the most severe and harsh punishment can everyone in the world be deterred, and they dare not kill our Zhao officials. Otherwise, in the future, when our Zhao State annexes other countries, there will be more and more officials who will be assassinated and killed because of this." Li Mu said in a deep voice.

This matter is not just as simple as the death of an official, but some openings cannot be opened. The imperial court is the backing of all officials of Zhao State, and all Zhao State officials must be given a guarantee of life safety, only in this way can they do things for Zhao State with peace of mind.

Life safety is the same as Yu Lu, the most

Basic and basic requirements.

If Zhao Guo can't even give the officials a guarantee of life safety, then don't blame the officials for complicity with the locals. Everyone is human, everyone has only one life, and everyone is seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

Just like in history, South Vietnam killed Han envoys and slaughtered them for nine counties; King Wan killed the Han envoy, Touxian Beique; North Korea killed the Han envoy and immediately killed him.

This is not only revenge, but also a kind of confidence, the confidence of the country, the confidence of the state to the envoy.

Even if I am an envoy of the Han Dynasty, he is more expensive than your king, and if you dare to kill my Han envoy, you must be prepared to lose the country.

"My subordinates understood." Fan Zeng took a deep breath and said convincingly.

Those family heads and officials were like ashes, if even Fan Zeng couldn't stop Li Mu, who else in the entire Liaodong could stop him.

"Drag them all out and behead them." Li Mu waved his hand and said, "In addition, send this matter to Handan, and say that Ben will recommend it to the newspaper so that everyone in the world will know about it."

"General, I'm afraid this will affect your reputation." Sima Shang said worriedly.

"If you can make some nobles back down, if you can make some officials firm their hearts and make a little reputation, why worry about it." Li Mu waved his hand and said indifferently.

"The general's righteousness." Fan Zeng clenched his fists and said

"The last will slaughter them." Sima Shang looked at He Li and the others angrily, and led the Great Wall Army to escort them out.

"He Li has always cooperated with the work of my Zhao State Mansion, but I didn't expect to assassinate my Zhao State official in secret." Fan Zeng looked at He Li gradually disappearing from view and sighed.

"Fan Junshou really didn't expect that?" Li Mu looked at Fan Zeng, the other party was able to rush to He Mansion within an hour, find the list, and bring it back, obviously he had already prepared. It's just that Fan Zeng and he have different powers, different personalities, and different ways to solve things.

Li Mu believes that even if he doesn't come, Fan Zeng can handle this matter.

But Fan Zeng's so-called handling is definitely not a result that can satisfy him.

So here he comes.

"The subordinates just feel that He Li's behavior is a little abnormal, so pay attention to one or two, if there is no general, the subordinates may still be struggling now." Fan Zeng said with a smile.

"Sometimes it's good to hide it, but sometimes it's not good to hide it. There are many geniuses in the younger generation of my Zhao Kingdom, and the experience they have gained is far beyond yours. This is a great world, all the opportunities you can think of can be encountered, and if you blindly hide it, you may lose the possibility of catching up forever." Li Mu patted Fan Zeng on the shoulder, got up and walked outside.

Zhao Kuo once praised Li Si and Feng Quji for their talents, and also said that Fan Zeng had the talents of Xiangguo, but in Li Mu's opinion, compared with Li Si and Feng Quji, there is still a big gap between Fan Zeng and Li Si and Feng Quji, at least for now.

The abilities of Li Si and Feng Quji have won the recognition of all the high-level officials of Zhao State, and compared with the minister, the difference is only qualifications.

And most of the high-level officials of Zhao Guo have only heard Fan Zeng's name, and they don't even know what the other party looks like.

"My subordinates have been taught." Fan Zeng was silent for a while and said respectfully.

Three days later, Li Mu left Sima Shang behind, assisted Fan Zeng in raiding his home, relocated to a wealthy family, and rushed to Liaoxi with 2,000 Great Wall troops.

Although the big clans in Liaoxi have also made some moves, they are not worth mentioning compared to Liaodong. wanted to raise prices and cause public resentment, but in the end, even the market was occupied by the Zhao Chamber of Commerce, and nothing was gained, and a lot of money was lost.

For these big clans, Li Mu did not order to raid the house and fill in the border like Liaodong, but just asked all the big clans to hand over the hidden fields and servants, and cooperate with the government to complete the household registration, if there is any more concealment, heavy punishment.

"Still have questions?" In the lobby, Li Mu looked at all the heads of famous families below.

"Nope." The heads shook like rattles.

In the past few days, the matter of Liaodong has already been reported, and they are extremely glad in their hearts that the group of fools in Liaodong assassinated the county commander before them and prevented a disaster for them, otherwise it is difficult to say whether they can live now.

"Ben will not be killed

Whoever kills, I, Zhao Guo, have no intention of killing you all. You can go to Hebei to inquire about all the nobles who are attached to my Zhao State, compared with a few years ago, which one has not grown several times, and some have even obtained fiefs, which are comparable to their ancestors. The king once said that Zhuxia is one, whether it is Yan or Zhao, they are all Huaxia, regardless of each other. As long as you contribute enough, you can also get a fief. You think for yourself, whether this immediate interest is important, or whether the fief is important." Li Mu said to everyone.

……

In the palace, Zhao Kuo was pumping Zhao An's ass with a belt, this guy actually threw firecrackers into the teacher's carriage after school today, but the horse pulling the cart heard the firecracker explosion and was frightened, pulled the carriage all the way and successfully pulled the carriage into the river.

Then the teacher's complaint came to Zhao Kuo......

"Bang bang, will you dare in the future?" Zhao Kuo asked as he smoked.

"Don't dare." Zhao An cried and said.

"My lord, Wu Anjun's letter." At this time, Liu Ping walked over.

At this moment, Liu Ping is the best person in the whole world in Zhao An's eyes.