The aristocratic family was so shocked that they had no choice but to ask the imperial court for protection, and even took the initiative to spend a large amount of money, food and materials to ask the imperial court to send troops to quell the rebellion.

Emperor Guanghe happily accepted it and ordered the local garrison to quell the rebellion.

Because he knows too many secrets, he is always on tenterhooks every day, worried that he will be stabbed to death by his duplicitous master who uses the excuse "you know too much" to kill Jin Bao!

"Just let the family go just like that?"

The master was granted the title of Crown Prince as soon as he was born. The Yu family was very powerful at that time, and the Crown Prince's East Palace subordinates were strictly selected by the Yu family. Most of them came from the Yu party, as well as from the Qingliu in the court, which seriously damaged the interests of the family.

The aristocratic family was the main culprit for Yu's downfall.

Back then, General Yu died in the war on the border of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in order to "defeat Yu". How many heroic souls were buried in the Northern and Southern Dynasties?How many people on the border have lost their lives?
Later, in the vigorous "Destroy Yu Case" that lasted for a whole year, how many heads were thrown?How much blood has been spilled and how many loyal souls have died?How many loyal people were involved?
The aristocratic families that are being wiped out today are all involved in the "Death to Yu Case" back then.

Jinbao felt that they deserved to die: "Aristocratic families usually fight for power, but in fact they are just like gourds on a vine. None of them are good. If you don't deal with them honestly, they will come back soon."

"I don't understand the truth that even you understand?" Ji Ruxuan glanced at him and opened his mouth to say, "Who are you insulting?!"

Jin Bao felt insulted: "..."

Tell me clearly, who is insulting whom?

If Yu Er was here, he would drag Jin Bao to chat with him, just getting benefits without doing anything. This is the first time for our master to do this, so he doesn't have to be too skilled in business.

Do you still remember Duke Chengen of the Southern Dynasty who was cheated back then? !
Ji Ruxuan rubbed his chin, and he looked like he was holding back his anger: "This little money given by the aristocratic family is not enough for the appearance fee of the brothers. How much material and money will be consumed when the two sides move their troops? You really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are."

Back then, Ji Ruxuan gathered the old members of the Yu family. Because he was young and fledgling at the time, in order to avoid the eyes and ears of the family, he thought that there were rebellions all over the Northern Dynasties, so it would be better to disguise himself as a rebel and recruit troops everywhere!

In order to prevent a large number of rebels from gathering in one place and becoming a force, which would arouse the alert of the imperial court, he dispersed his men to various parts of the country and usually carried out robberies without making a big fuss or offending the family. Benefit.

The Northern Dynasty's treasury was in deficit and countering the rebellion cost a lot of money, so the court never paid attention to it.

Raising an army cost a lot of money and it was impossible to just rely on robbery, so he disguised the rebels as a caravan and started smuggling business, doing business with the noble families openly.

Jinbao was speechless. The aristocratic family had given a lot, which was more than enough to quell a rebellion, but the premise was that their majesty was not the leader of the rebel party.

Ji Ruxuan couldn't help complaining: "You have to have a full meal to act, right? Acting on an empty stomach is thankless and thankless. Am I crazy?!"

Not long after, the aristocratic families were shocked to discover that the imperial court had indeed sent troops to quell the rebellion, but to no avail. The rebels could always avoid the garrison and attack local aristocratic families. Those attacked were almost all aristocratic families that obstructed the imperial government from implementing the New Deal. This is a premeditated act of massacre against aristocratic families by some unkind gentry and local tyrants.

The aristocratic families were so frightened that their souls flew out of their wits and their whole bodies felt cold.

Some were timid, even sick with fear, because they did not dare to face the emperor in his seat, and did not even dare to go to court in the morning.

All this is just conjecture.

But then, Emperor Guanghe suddenly mastered a large amount of criminal evidence from aristocratic families, and dealt with one batch after another of aristocratic families vigorously.Emperor Guanghe didn't even bother to hide it, and told everyone openly that he was the one who slaughtered the family, and anyone who didn't cooperate with his reforms would become a dead soul under the sword.

Therefore, how many of the rebel forces entrenched in various parts of the Northern Dynasties were forces secretly developed by Emperor Guanghe?
Before Emperor Guanghe ascended the throne, he had already taken advantage of the rebel forces, blatantly raised private soldiers, and firmly controlled the general trend of the entire Northern Dynasty.

So what other methods does Emperor Guanghe have that they don't know about?
The ministers couldn't guess it at all, and they didn't even dare to guess it.

After this incident, the ministers have developed an instinctive fear of the new emperor. They are afraid that at some point, Emperor Guanghe's butcher knife will swing to their necks, and they may not even know how they died.

The evidence that Emperor Guanghe collected from the rebel party followed the clues and uprooted the hidden forces of many great families.

Especially the Ren family's hidden wealth in the country is no less than what is revealed. More than 5000 taels of gold, more than 100 million taels of silver, more than 2000 million acres of hidden farmland, and more than [-] shops were confiscated from more than a dozen private treasury. , as well as a large number of rare ancient books, antique jades, calligraphy and painting porcelain, etc., each of which is a rare antique...

It is all the property that Ren has accumulated over hundreds of years.

Only then did the family realize that they were too naive at the time.

Emperor Guanghe treated the Ren family leniently in order to stabilize other aristocratic families and gave other aristocratic families an illusion. Although Emperor Guanghe was angry with the aristocratic family and intended to weaken and suppress the family, he did not dare to kill them all. The aristocratic family fully believed that as long as The aristocratic family will never die, and sooner or later it will regain its strength and make a comeback.

They did not expect that Emperor Guanghe would not kill all the aristocratic families on the bright side.

Secretly, he devastated the family.

Emperor Guanghe said: "Under Pu Tian, ​​is it the land of the king? On the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers? What the aristocratic families occupy are my fields, and what the aristocratic families oppress are also my people."

Subsequently, Emperor Guanghe issued an edict and first introduced the tax and servitude system of "wasting the old to accept the land". Each household would be allocated land based on population and pay taxes based on the size of the family's land.

Without the resistance from the aristocratic family, the new system was implemented very smoothly.

The common people didn't understand any big truths, but they only knew that the imperial court allotted them fields for free and exempted them from the poll tax. This alone made the villagers who had no fields in their hands but relied on farming to make a living, so excited that tears filled their eyes. As long as they have fields in their hands, they can survive and will not starve to death.

The aristocratic families annexed their lands, but the new emperor gave them land.

Emperor Guanghe's fame reached its peak.

The abolition of the tax and labor system of farmers and farmers disintegrated many small-scale rebel forces in various places, and quickly stabilized the hearts of the Jiang Dynasty after the new dynasty was first established.

At the same time, Zhang Chengxian held Emperor Guanghe's edict and the Shang Fang Sword given by the emperor. Under the escort of a thousand elite soldiers, he went to various places to recruit some stubborn rebel forces and inspect the land distribution matters in various places.

11 years ago, two years of drought in the previous dynasty aroused public dissatisfaction and led to a large-scale rebellion. The rebels gathered together to attack the city and seize territory. Zhang Chengxian, who was still a doctor in the Ministry of Rites at the time, went to Hexi with the imperial army to suppress the rebellion. Taking the initiative to serve as a hostage, he promoted peace talks between the imperial court and the rebel party, and put an end to the disaster.

Zhang Chengxian has experience in dealing with rebels. (End of chapter)

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