"Die!"
Dian Wei killed wildly and finally caught up to Gongsun Du.
Gongsun Du was only at the middle stage of the Xiantian Realm, and his swordsmanship was also very poor. He couldn't even block a single move from Dian Wei.
Dian Wei didn't think of capturing him alive and directly chopped off his head with his halberd.
"Gongsun Du is dead, we won't kill anyone who surrenders!”
Guo Jia, who was watching from the side, saw that Dian Wei had killed Gongsun Du and immediately shouted. Liu Hao didn't interfere in this matter and left it to him. He wanted to give Liu Hao a perfect answer.
These soldiers were stronger than ordinary people. If they could surrender, it would be of great benefit to them.
"I won't kill anyone who surrenders!"
"I won't kill anyone who surrenders!"
“.......”
The soldiers under him also shouted.
The private soldiers of the four families were already scared out of their wits by Dian Wei, and soon, some soldiers put down their weapons.
With the first one, there would be a second one. The intense killing immediately stopped.
"Take their weapons and bring them to the barracks!”Guo Jia instructed.
"Yes!"
The situation was settled, and Guo Jia heaved a sigh of relief.
"Fengxiao, you did a good job this time.”At this moment, Liu Hao also walked out from the backyard of the prefect's manor.
"Everything is thanks to my lord's great blessing." Guo Jia said modestly. It wasn't difficult this time, so there was nothing to be proud of.
"Fengxiao, eliminate the weeds and roots. I don't want to leave any hidden dangers.”Liu Hao said coldly.
Although the four clan heads and Gongsun Bai were already dead, there were still many direct descendants of the four clans. Liu Hao would never let these people off.
"Don't worry, my lord. I've already sent Zhou Cang and Pei Yuan Shao. None of the four clan heads 'descendants will be able to escape.”Guo Jia wasn't a kind person either.
"Alright, the prefect's manor won't be able to hold a celebratory feast today. We'll have a good celebration tomorrow.”
"My Lord, I'll go and get busy first.”Guo Jia said. There were still many things waiting for them to deal with.
"Go!"
.......
The next morning, Xiangping City was in an uproar.
The fierce battle last night had caused a huge commotion, and the people in the city knew about it.
"Have you heard? Last night, the people of the four great clans rebelled and attacked the prefect's manor. In the end, they were taken down by the prefect and the four great clan heads were all killed.”
"How can we not know about such a big matter? The four great clans are not good people. Instead, after the prefect came to Liaodong, he did a lot of things for us commoners.”
"I hope that the Great Han Dynasty will have a few more good officials like the prefect. That way, the world will be at peace.”
“......”
The teahouses and taverns were all discussing it. Basically, everyone in Xiangping City knew about it.
In the prefect's manor, Liu Hao and Xi Zhong were currently in the main hall.
"My lord, the assets of the four great clans have already been counted. The four clans 'fields account for half of the entire Liaodong. Their wealth is equivalent to five years of Liaodong's tax revenue, and there are also 50,000 dan of grain.”
Xi Zhong didn't know if he should be happy or angry.
"Zhicai, it's not just Liaodong. It's the same in other places.”Liu Hao's expression was also ugly.
Just the four families occupied half of the land in Liaodong. In addition to the small aristocratic families in Liaodong, at least 80% of the land in Liaodong was in the hands of the aristocratic families. How could the common people live on?
"My lord is right. The root of the chaos in the Great Han Dynasty lies in the aristocratic families. If the aristocratic families do not suppress them, the commoners will never have a good life.”Xi Zhong sighed.
In the past, Xi Zhong had thought that as long as there was a wise ruler who was close to virtuous officials and distanced himself from villains, the Great Han Dynasty would definitely be able to continue. However, this matter had completely made him give up.
"Don't worry, one day we will change everything.”Liu Hao said firmly.
Seeing Liu Hao's determined gaze, Xi Zhong regained his composure.
"My lord, what should we do with the money and land?”
"The land and money will be distributed to the people, but not directly.”Liu Hao thought for a moment and said.
With Zhang Ning's treasures, Liu Hao was not short of money. By distributing the money and land to the people, he could increase his prestige among the people.
"My lord, why do you use work as a form of relief?" Xi Zhong was a little puzzled. This was the first time he had heard of this name.
"We can invite the people to repair the city walls, dig the reservoir, build the road, and so on. Then, we can pay them. This way, they won't starve to death, and we will also benefit a lot.”Liu Hao explained.
"Wow, this work-for-relief is really a good idea. The more you work, the more you get. Those who get less won't complain.”Xi Zhong's eyes lit up.
In the past, when the government provided disaster relief, they would directly distribute money and food to them. Sometimes, because of the uneven distribution, or because the distribution was not enough, it would cause riots. However, using work as a form of relief could perfectly eliminate these drawbacks.
"Liaodong is a bitter and cold place with few people. We can take this opportunity to absorb some refugees.”
The commoners were the foundation. Right now, everyone did not pay attention to the population. In the later stages of the struggle for hegemony, the population of the Great Han Dynasty would decrease sharply, and many lands would not be farmed by the commoners.
"Yes!"
"Alright, that's all for today. Call Feng Xiao over when you go back.”
"My lord, there's still one more thing that needs to be handled by you personally.”Xi Zhong reminded.
"What is it?"
"Write a memorial to report to His Majesty. Killing the four great clans is not a small matter. Perhaps there will be a copy of the ginseng lord.”Xi Zhong said.
Hearing this, Liu Hao slapped his forehead. He had actually forgotten such an important matter.
"Yes, I will deal with the memorial.”
"Then this subordinate will take his leave."
Liu Hao was not in a hurry to write the memorial. After a while, Guo Jia came.
"My lord!"
"Fengxiao, how's the matter with the army?”
This time, after taking in the private soldiers of the four great clans, Liu Hao's army had increased by quite a bit.
"My lord, the casualties of the county soldiers are not very high. I have already let them go back and did not hold them accountable. The private soldiers of the four families have been incorporated into the county soldiers.”Guo Jia said.
"Yes." Liu Hao nodded his head. The county magistrates were all descendants of the four great clans. Now that they had been executed and a new county magistrate had taken office, those county soldiers were kept in the dark. There was no need to hold them accountable.
"Fengxiao, 5,000 soldiers are still too little. Continue to recruit soldiers and expand to 10,000. Now that there are no four great clans, we can do whatever we want.”
"Yes!" Guo Jia had the same intention.
After Guo Jia left, Liu Hao returned to the study room and wrote a memorial before sending it to Luoyang.
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