God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 254

There were five people in total, all in their 20s.

It was only then that everyone realized that these people were cleanly dressed, and they were fundamentally different from the sallow and emaciated disaster victims who were dressed in tatters.

Du He waved his hand: "Kill them all."

Several guards drew their weapons and were about to strike.

I only heard those young people shouting.

"My lord, we were wrong, don't kill, don't kill!"

"My lord, we were wronged. Someone paid me to wait here to make trouble."

"I don't want to die!"

Several people begged for mercy immediately.

Xu Zhiyuan next to him was suddenly shocked and said: "I know these people. They are all well-known rascals in Chang'an City. They idle around all day long, and they often do things that bully the people. They have been imprisoned several times."

Du He nodded: "Since that's the case, it should be killed even more."

Puff a few times.

Five heads fell to the ground.

All the people present were shocked.

Including Li Junxian, everyone looked at Du He in surprise.

This Du He was as expected in the legend, killing people without blinking an eye.

I saw Du He coldly looking at the crowd of victims, pointing his horsewhip at a few heads on the ground, and said coldly: "You are victims of the disaster, but if you make trouble, in my eyes, you are no different from the mob. I will kill you." There are already enough people, it doesn't matter if you kill some more... Now, whoever refuses to accept, stand up."

Everyone who was swept by Du He's eyes lowered their heads in fear, not daring to look at him.

After a while, no one stood up.

Du He nodded: "Very good, Mr. Xu, send your people to start registering information. Everyone, stand in line and register in an orderly manner. Anyone who dares to make trouble will be killed without mercy."

The victims were all frightened and stupid, and they all stood up obediently and accepted the registration.

It took less than an afternoon to complete the registration.

Xu Zhiyuan was dumbfounded.

He sent more than 100 people to solve the problem, but it was solved by Du He in two or three strokes. Although the method was bloody, the people who were killed were all those damned people, and they saved Chang'an City a lot of trouble.

On the second day, the work of finding out the bottom line continued.

And Du He's killing in the street yesterday has already spread throughout Chang'an City.

When the victims in other places heard about it, they were all trembling with fear. They thought that even if they were driven out of the city, it would be better than being beheaded on the spot.

For a while, everyone actively cooperated with Xu Zhiyuan's work, and the work progress was greatly accelerated.

In a teahouse near Yonghefang.

The three middle-aged men sat together, but they were frowning.

"I was quite sure about this matter, but I didn't expect Du He to use this method to kill all the people we sent out. The victims were scared to death. Instead of blocking the information collection, Xu Zhiyuan sped up the speed. , Really, it really doesn't make sense..."

boom.

After the man finished speaking, he slapped the table angrily.

Another person said: "Master Ghosts and Gods said that Du He is often scheming. Who would have thought that he would do such a thing without hesitating his reputation. It is really unexpected."

"Hmph, infamy? Doesn't that great demon king Du He bear a lot of infamy? When he led people to besiege Gongsong Zanbu, he killed the Tubo prince in front of the imperial army, and he even saw the heads of Wang Xiongfei and Wang Fugui on the spot under Yongning's sect. The Cuiwei Building was blown up in public, and Chang Sun Chong was almost killed... which one, did he care?" Another person said angrily.

……

Although Du He chopped off five heads in a fit of rage, the victims were frightened, and the preliminary work of work-for-relief was advanced rapidly.

But some people are not happy.

This person is Yushi Ma Zhou.

The 32-year-old Ma Zhou is a rising star in the Tang Dynasty. In the court, His Majesty Li Er would accept all his suggestions. One thing, he has the demeanor of Wei Zheng.

In the not-too-distant future, Ma Zhou will reach the pinnacle of his life: as prime minister, he will win the trust of Li Er.

But now it is the seventh year of Zhenguan, and Ma Zhou is only a censor.

On the morning of this day, Ma Zhou handed over all the collected evidence to Li Er, and then sued Du He for various crimes of murder in the street.

"Your Majesty, the governor of Huyi County uses his work to help with major and minor matters. He holds a Shangfang sword and has the right to cut first and then play. But killing people in the street is really inappropriate. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, all criminals on death row need to be personally approved by His Majesty. Only after autumn can I ask about the beheading. The minister has verified that the five people who were killed were guilty, but they did not die. Du He killed them in the street, which is a violation of the law. This is one of them; With emotion and reason, Xu Zhiyuan was arbitrarily asked to register all the victims. The victims are also people, and they are also the people of the Tang Dynasty. If you do this, I am afraid that after a long time, the victims will have resentment in their hearts, and then there will be big problems. Trouble... Your Majesty, please think twice, remove Du He's commanding power, and assign someone else to take up this important position."

Ma Zhou spoke impassionedly, and more than a dozen ministers responded.

Li Er sat on the dragon chair, feeling a little angry in his heart.

But he suddenly thought of the condition that Du He asked himself before, and the third condition was complete trust.

Li Er thought to himself, it seems that Du He had already foreseen these things.

He said in a deep voice: "What Ma Zhou said is reasonable. When Xuan Duhe entered the palace, I want to question him face to face. If he doesn't say anything in front of all his lovers, I will punish him soon."

Not long after, Ximen Qing went to the headquarters and brought Du He to the Tai Chi Hall.

After Du He listened to Yushi Ma Zhou's statement, he didn't panic at all.

Du He looked up and saw Li Er nodded to him with a smile.

Therefore, Du He knew that Li Er was still on his side.

If Li Er turned his face on the spot and refused to recognize anyone, Du He had already planned to give up immediately.

He looked at Ma Zhou with a smile and said, "Master Ma, you said that I have two crimes. One is that it is wrong to kill people in the street, and the other is that I should not treat the victims roughly, right?"

"That's right!"

"Master Ma, how do you feel about the progress of this matter as a supervisory censor who uses work for relief?" Du He asked back.

Ma Zhou thought for a while and said, "The speed is very fast. I heard that the matter of collecting information on the victims of the disaster has ended."

"That's it," Du He smiled slightly, "What I, Du He, did was all for the relief of work. Although the method was a bit ruthless, time waits for no one. Tens of thousands of disaster victims are here in Chang'an City , that is a dynamite package, and if it is not resolved one day later, there may be a big mess. Now, in order to ensure that the work-for-relief can be promoted quickly, some violent measures have to be taken. Why not? As long as the result is good, why bother? What means do you care about?"

Ma Zhou said angrily: "It's really unreasonable. My Tang Dynasty established the country with force, but it ruled the world with virtue. How can we use such rough methods to treat the people? Don't you worry about arousing public anger? Besides, the methods and results are of course The means are important, but the end is secondary."

Du He shook his head: "Lord Ma, since that's the case, if you were to face the situation that day, what would you do?"

"Of course it is to educate the victims and let everyone cooperate with it."

"Too naive!" Du He showed a disdainful smile, "Master Ma's thoughts are really scholarly. On that day, Chang'an County Magistrate Xu Zhiyuan and General Li Junxian were both present. Under the instigation of those mobs, the victims had already started More than a dozen people were wounded, and those people were armed with daggers and other weapons, and they were already ready to move. If I hadn't arrived in time, there might be bloodshed. At that time, it would not be as simple as just killing a few people. , Tens of thousands of disaster victims will riot, who can bear such a responsibility?"

"This...how can there be such an exaggeration...no, impossible..." Ma Zhou was stopped by Du He, not knowing how to answer, but just shook his head vigorously.

"Exaggeration? It seems that Mr. Ma doesn't understand the emotions of the victims. Tens of thousands have lived in Chang'an City for more than a few months. They have nothing to do every day. They can only eat bran and swallow vegetables and drink gruel to survive. They have long complained to the government. , if someone blows it, nothing can be done..." Du He sneered, "Do you think those guys who don't know half a word and can't even eat will talk about benevolence, morality, and etiquette like you?" Do you talk about benevolence? The ancient saying is good, you know honor and disgrace when you have enough food and clothing, and you know honor and disgrace when you have enough food and clothing, and you go to talk about morality with a hungry person who has only half his life left, what do you think of the consequences?"

Ma Zhou: "How?"

Du He: "The consequence is that he will give you a brick and make you roll as far as you can."

As he spoke, Du He gestured towards Ma Zhou in the gesture of throwing bricks and hitting people.

"Hahaha……"

The officials all laughed, and everyone was amused by Du He.

"This this……"

Ma Zhou was at a loss for words.

"But... but the means and the result, the means are still important, that's right." Ma Zhou gritted his teeth and said unwillingly.

Du He said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Ma is quite confident in his theory, okay, then I will ask you a question, if you are sitting in a speeding carriage, rushing forward at an extremely fast speed, suddenly If you find five children playing on the horse path in front of you, if you don’t turn the horse’s head, these five children will die on the spot, and at this time you find a small road on the right, and there is only one child on the road, what will you do?”

Ma Zhou said without hesitation: "Turn the horse's head."

"Turn the horse's head, and the child will be killed."

Ma Zhou said, "It's better than killing five children."

Du He sneered and said: "Playing on the horse path should not have been done, but now they survived, and the children on the trail, honestly playing on the trail, lost their lives instead, where are they going to reason?"

"Here……"

Ma Zhou was in a cold sweat.

Isn't this problem fatal?
When everyone heard the words, they all looked at each other in blank dismay, and secretly calculated in their hearts, only to realize that this was simply a matter of being unable to make a choice.

Du He said loudly: "The reality is much more complicated than this. There is no such thing as justice or right and wrong. In many cases, as Mr. Ma said, killing someone is better than killing someone." Five is stronger, but someone will jump out and accuse you of saying that child is innocent... You see, life is always so difficult, why do people still want to stand up and expose it?"

Ma Zhou was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Uncle Huyi, you have been educated."

After speaking, he stepped back.

Although some people were dissatisfied, they did not dare to come forward to argue with Du He.

I saw Li Er said with a serious face: "My dear friends, the resettlement of the disaster victims is a matter of great importance. As Du He said, it is extremely complicated. It is really impossible to handle everything thoughtfully. If it weren't for this, you had discussed it for a long time. There was no way to discuss it. Du He cared about the world and came up with the method of substituting work for relief. He put aside the affairs of the furniture factory and took charge of the matter himself. It is really rare and loyal. Slander Du He, when the time comes, I will never forgive you lightly."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Everyone bowed and agreed.

In this way, everyone can see clearly that the reason why Du He is so arrogant is that His Majesty is behind it.

Many thoughtful people have also become honest.

On the second day, Xu Zhiyuan personally sent the basic situation of the victims to the headquarters.

There are five thick booklets with detailed information registered on them.

After Du He saw it, he was a little dumbfounded.

"Master Xu, just give me this crap? Do you want me to read page by page and memorize all the names of Zhang Erniu Li Ergou?" Du He pointed at a Booklet, said displeased.

Xu Zhiyuan was dumbfounded.

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