The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 422
The puppet Wei was terrified of being killed. Li Mi was not only worried about Pengcheng, but also worried about the local government officials who were almost paralyzed.

However, this time the most serious damage was to the aristocratic family class. When Li Mi issued a call, all the aristocratic families established under the puppet Wei ruled actively responded, and they all joined the ranks of killing assassins with the power of their families.

They also had to, because the actions of these assassins had panicked the puppet Wei family. For the first time, the puppet Wei official army and the family cooperated tacitly and launched a big purge under Li Mi's rule.

Great action, great results.

Uproot the strongholds placed by Yang Tong, Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Xiao Xian, Du Fuwei, Lin Shihong and other princes. Since about [-]% of the assassins in this frenzy of assassinations are women, their methods are more ruthless than men. Nothing less than that, the final result was that Jinfenglou and other brothels were ordered to close down, which also confirmed that Yang Tong was the chief culprit in the assassination.Because among the princes in the world, only Yang Tong has so many women who are proficient in assassination.

Everyone wanted to form such a team of assassins, but it was a pity that there was only one famous Hong Fu girl. Her husband was the Secretary of the Ministry of War of the Sui Dynasty, and she was one of the instructors of the Shurawei of the Sui Dynasty. Please definitely not invite them.

Assassinate her?Not to mention whether it will be successful or not, just looking at Li Mi's miserable end, one can see how serious the consequences of playing dirty tricks are.

However, Yang Tong's notoriety is growing day by day in the world's aristocratic circles.

Of course, Yang Tong, who was enlightened by Empress Xiao, has already given up.

As Xiao Hou said, being too benevolent is easy to be bullied by others, and reputation is invisible and intangible, it will only become a hindrance to one's progress, so don't let it go.Anyway, if you don't rely on these aristocratic families to govern the country, why should you show embarrassment?Why should I care about your attitude?

Anyway, scolding will not lose a piece of meat or lose a hair.

Scared of shit.

Pengcheng
Wei Palace study.

Li Mi was sitting around the brazier with a group of confidants to discuss matters.

"I'm sure it was Yang Tong who did it!" Pei Shiqing pouted his buttocks and lay in front of Li Mi in a tribute posture.

His eyes gleamed with a gloomy gleam, and when he spoke, he touched the wound on his buttocks, shaking in pain, as if courting for pleasure: "This kid is a complete lunatic!"

"He's not crazy!" Li Mi glanced at Pei Shiqing, feeling that his eyes were too hot, and he couldn't bear to avoid his eyes. After a long time, he sighed and shook his head: "He is forcing me to bow my head!"

"Bow your head?" Pei Shiqing looked at Li Mi excitedly and said, "This son is so arrogant and vicious, can I allow him to be so arrogant?"

Bing Yuanzhen said coldly: "I was the one who broke the rules first, and I have to suffer on my own, and I have no one to blame."

Pei Shiqing gritted his teeth and said, "Then confront him, I don't believe that the world's aristocratic families are still afraid of him."

Bing Yuanzhen and Fang Xuanzao looked at each other with cold faces.

The contempt of the generals was reflected in their expressions, and they all looked at the extremely enchanting Pei Shiqing with the eyes of a mangy dog.

"We can't afford to lose!" Li Mi sighed with remorse: "In just a few days, how many of our colleagues died? If this continues, I don't know if Yang Tong will die, but I, Da Wei Definitely die before him!"

"In your opinion, how can we resolve this matter?" Li Mi looked at Bing Yuanzhen.

"At this point, we can only avoid the edge for the time being." Bing Yuanzhen glanced at Pei Shiqing, who was begging for mercy, and said with a disgusted face: "Perhaps we can only sacrifice huge sums of money and some people."

Li Mi couldn't help being silent, Yang Tong's crazy revenge made him very passive and terrified.

Although some assassins and spies have been caught, everyone knows that in the Central Plains where there are endless wars and a huge population flow, there are still countless assassins that cannot be traced.Before turning hostility into friendship, the children of the aristocratic families who used to ignore the vacancy did not dare to take up the post.If one batch dies, the blood will be exhausted, and Wei Guo will be in chaos if no one else fights.

"Mr. Fang, why didn't you say a word?" Seeing Fang Xuanzao frowning, Li Mi wondered.

"Since it's irretrievable, a temporary compromise is also an expedient measure." Fang Xuanzao looked up at Li Mi and said, "I'm just thinking, how many assassins Yang Tong has, I don't know."

Li Mi asked: "How do you say this?"

Fang Xuanzao clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this series of assassinations seems to be chaotic, but in fact every assassination is planned and then acted. The whereabouts and even temperament of all officials seem to be under the control of the other party. Is this understandable?" Waiting for me, everything you say and do is under Yang Tong's surveillance?"

When everyone heard this, their spines suddenly became cold.

Xu Shiji said in surprise, "If that's the case, the consequences will be disastrous."

Li Mi sullenly said: "Let's solve the immediate problem first."

"Report to Your Majesty, there is a letter." At this time, a guard reported outside the door.

"What about the letter?"

"An arrow was nailed to the lintel of the main gate."

"Let's go and have a look." A group of people ignored Pei Shiqing and walked out of the palace.

At the door, a letter written in silk fluttered like a banner, and someone took it down by climbing the stairs.

Li Mi said with a dark face: "Read."

"Li Mi, there are laws of war in war, and laws of politics in politics. Once a precedent is set, the consequences will be borne by oneself. This time it is only a small punishment and a big warning. If you use this kind of dirty trick again, don't blame me for letting you..." The scribe Trembling.

"Read!" Li Mi's gloomy voice was extremely cold, with no emotion or anger.

"Cutting off sons and grandchildren... In addition, I have no evidence to prove that you were responsible for the assassination in Yecheng, but someone needs to bear my anger. Dou Jiande is weak, and it is too easy to deal with him; Li Yuan is too poor, and beating him will make people doubt his wisdom. After all the calculations, only you are suitable. If you have been wronged, please express my apology to those who have wronged the dead. A thief will never become a nobleman, you should continue to be a bandit, a nobleman is not suitable for you..."

"Yang Tong." Li Mi's eyes turned red.

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Fang Xuanzao bowed to Li Mi and said, "Yang Tong's letter is obviously intended to anger Your Majesty."

"I know!" Li Mi laughed loudly: "We have made a move, and it is normal for people to repay ten times! I have no reason to be angry!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Fang Xuanzao bowed with a wry smile.

"But I also want to kill, who told me to kill!" Li Mi roared angrily.

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Go home.

Pei Shiqing was lying on the couch, his ass hurt, and his heart hurt even more. The Pei family was the main target of the other party in this assassination. In just a few days, as many as half of the Pei family's children were assassinated. Pei's property was brutally destroyed.

Pei Shiqing looked at the secret report in his hand with a pale face, and said bitterly: "You persecute my family like this! Don't be a son of man!"

"Father, it's too late to say anything now." Pei Yi shook his head, noncommittal to Pei Shiqing's words, looking at Yang Tong now with the eyes of the past, that would be arrogant.

Talented people and educational resources have always been the two major means used by aristocratic families to restrict imperial power. However, with the popularity of cheap books, reading is no longer out of reach. The advantage of the aristocratic family will no longer exist.Poor families and ordinary people may not be able to produce masters for the time being, but the simple and practical learning they have learned is precisely the essence of being an official.The profound theories of the Four Books and Five Classics are not needed by the people in troubled times, and this is precisely the strength of the aristocratic family.

Pei Yi sighed and said: "Father, for the present plan, first call back the children of the clan, after eliminating these chaotic parties..."

"Master, son, it's not good!" A maid stumbled in.

"Bastard! How decent!" Pei Yi slapped the table and cursed angrily.

"What's the matter?" Pei Shiqing restrained Pei Yi's anger, looked at the maid and said, "Be clear."

"Madam and the two young masters were poisoned and died!" The maid looked at the two and said in a daze.

"What!?" Pei Shiqing's complexion turned pale in an instant. Pei Yi's two sons, who are the roots of the direct line, now...

"puff--"

The moment the father and son lost their minds, a poisonous arrow shot out of Pei Yi's chest. Pei Shiqing suddenly looked up, and saw the maid, who followed Pei Yi's body, holding a dagger in her hand. Pei Shiqing was stunned, Under the shocked gaze, he slowly cut off Pei Yi's head, blood dripping all over the floor.

"You..." Pei Shiqing looked at the headless son, his mind went blank.

"You are very lucky!" The maid's face was terribly cold, and before Pei Shiqing could react, she knocked him out with a palm. Two servants walked in, tore off a rag and stuffed it into his mouth. He stabbed Pei Shiqing's crotch hard.

"Woo..." A dull scream resounded through the room. Pei Shiqing's eyes protruded wildly, as if they would stare out of their sockets at any time. The maid cut off two round objects with a dagger, and then wiped the dagger clean on Pei Shiqing's body. The blood on the top, the crotch has been stained red with blood.

The two domestic servants clamped their legs unconsciously, and both felt that the rabbit died and the fox was sad and felt the same way.

The three of them put on clean clothes, gathered more than a dozen domestic servants carrying large and small bags, and walked towards the door.

The huge Pei Mansion was silent, there was not a single sound, a group of more than a dozen people left the Pei Mansion in such a grandiose manner, loaded the treasures they found on a large cart, and with Pei's token, they left easily Pengcheng.

It wasn't until the next day that the news of Pei Shiqing's whole family being slaughtered was discovered. This was the first family to be uprooted in the assassination operation. As the news spread, Li Mi's rule caused even greater panic.

As a result, Li Mi's vigorous purge lasted until March of the following year before subsiding.

(End of this chapter)