Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task of unifying River East. The reward has been issued. Please accept it!
Liu Ji opened the system reward.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 3000 sets of Darksteel Armor!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 5kg of corn, 5kg of sweet potatoes, and 5kg of potatoes!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Luban Secret Skill!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 internal affairs attributes!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the blueprint for the crossbow!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 Rejuvenation Pills!
……
Seeing these rewards, Liu Ji was delighted.
3,000 sets of black armored soldiers could be used to build a black armored army.
Corns, sweet potatoes, and potatoes were important food for the army in the future. They would be cultivated first and planted later.
Luban's Secret Skill gave him the ability to create more inventions.
Crossbows were the best weapons for attacking cities in the future.
The Youth Rejuvenation Pill was even better. Now that his father Liu Yao was seriously ill, he could use it to cure him.
Guo Jia was also weak and sickly, so he would naturally have to use it when the time came…
Without further ado, Liu Ji went to Qu 'a and gave Liu Yao a Rejuvenation Pill. The effect was very obvious.
Liu Yao's condition was getting better.
Liu Yao, whose condition had improved, no longer wanted to care about the world. He only wanted to live a good life and take care of his old age...
Very quickly.
Liu Ji had also returned to Moling.
He had just unified River East when a problem arose.
Because Liu Ji killed Zuo Rong and Xu Shao, it attracted the dissatisfaction of the various aristocratic families.
These aristocratic families began to criticize Liu Ji verbally.
Zhou Yu, who was far away in Shouchun, took the opportunity to plot a scheme. He wrote a letter to the Zhou family, Zhu family, Cheng family, Huang family, Xu family, and others in Jiangdong.
At this moment, Liu Ji had also received this Ten Thousand Person Letter, asking him to abdicate.
In the meeting hall.
Liu Ji looked at the Book of Ten Thousand People indifferently. He knew that this era was controlled by those aristocratic families.
If he wanted to truly be the master of the family, he had to eliminate the aristocratic families that were not convinced of him one by one.
A moment later.
Liu Ji said coldly,
"Taishi Ci, take 5,000 soldiers and kill them all according to the list of gentry in the Book of All People until they come to beg me!”
"Yes!"
Taishi Ci took the Book of All People and left with cupped fists.
Hearing Liu Ji's words, everyone's body trembled.
This Liu Ji was going against the world!
At this moment, Zhang Zhao broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, his Zhang family did not participate, but he still walked out."Lord, you can't! If they killed these people from the aristocratic families, they would become enemies with all the aristocratic families in River East. It would be difficult to deal with them then!”
"Become enemies with the Jiangdong Family?" Liu Ji asked with a sharp gaze. They were the ones who started this. Who could they blame? If you don't accept me, kill!"
Seeing Liu Ji's determined gaze, Zhang Zhao could only retreat.
Guo Jia also stood up." My lord, the entire Eastern Han is now under the control of the aristocratic families. Half of the officials under my lord's command are also from the aristocratic families. If you kill these people, it will undoubtedly cause many people to be alienated. It will also make my lord stand on the opposite side of the aristocratic families.”
"In the future, without the support of the aristocratic families, who will come to seek refuge with the lord? Where did the talents to govern the world come from?”
The others nodded in agreement.
In this era, most poor people could not afford to study, so they naturally did not have much knowledge.
The aristocratic families controlled the human resources, and the world still relied on the people of the aristocratic families to govern. It was also because of this reason that the aristocratic families 'power in the later generations became more and more powerful.
In the end, it could almost control the rise and fall of an empire. How terrifying was that?
This was also one of the reasons why Liu Ji killed the aristocratic families.
Killing the members of the aristocratic families would cause a backlash, but now was the best time. If they missed the opportunity, it would be even more difficult to fight the aristocratic families in the future. It was better to cut the Gordian knot.
"What Xiao Cun said makes sense. However, the aristocratic families are a malignant tumor. The sooner we get rid of them, the better. Although it will hurt now, we can cure them completely.”
"As for the aristocratic families monopolizing talents and worrying about the lack of support from the aristocratic families, I think there is a way to solve the problem.”Savior said calmly.
"Oh? Does my lord have a solution?" Guo Jia said with interest.
"I have a solution. I'll talk to you in detail another day…" Liu Ji nodded with a smile.
Hearing Liu Ji's words, everyone left with doubts.
The aristocratic families had controlled the government for many years. Did Liu Ji really have a solution?
……
On this day.
From this moment on, the aristocratic families in River East were enveloped by endless killing intent.
Zhu family.
At this moment, the higher-ups of the family were discussing how to deal with Liu Ji.
Rumble!
The sound of horse hooves could be heard outside the door.
Bang!
Before they could react, the gate was blasted open and Taishi Ci appeared in front of them with his soldiers.
"How dare you! Who are you? State your name!"
Taishi Ci smiled coldly." I, Taishi Ci, am here today on the orders of my lord to slaughter your Zhu Clan!"”
"Slaughter my Zhu Clan? Liu Ji?"
Zhu Heng frowned.
Zhu Heng did not panic. Instead, he said in a deep voice,"Yangzhou has changed several Prefecture Overseers, but none of them dare to touch our Zhu family. Without the support of our Zhu family, what would Liu Ji do if he got Yangzhou? Can you hold on?"
"Even Liu Yao didn't dare to touch my Zhu family in the past!”
"Why is it that when it comes to his son, he doesn't follow the rules? He was going to risk universal condemnation!”
Zhu Heng spoke righteously and fearlessly.
Ever since the feudal vassals had split up, they had basically not touched the aristocratic families. Instead, they had gone to befriend them. The reason was just as Zhu Heng had said. Without the support of the aristocratic families, the feudal vassals could not stand firm at all.
"Rules?"
Taishi Ci sneered,"The rules are set by our lord, not you!"”
As he spoke, Taishi Ci's long saber descended.
Puff!
Fresh blood suddenly erupted three feet high, and a head with a thick sense of fear rolled onto the ground.
"Ah!"
"Run!"
A scream sounded. The Zhu family's stunned people were instantly scared out of their wits after they reacted and fled.
"Kill them!"
Following Taishi Ci's order, the soldiers rushed forward, as cold as messengers from hell who came to reap lives.
Blood splattered everywhere, and miserable screams rang out.
"Liu Ji, you will die a horrible death!"
"Liu Ji, we won't let you off even if we become ghosts!”
"You will pay the price for this!”
“……”
The screams gradually calmed down…
Zhou family.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
"Liu Ji, you're so vicious!"
"Liu Ji, our Zhou family will never live under the same sky as you…"
The Huang family…
……
After killing a few families, the remaining scholars and large families panicked. Some of them chose to flee to Wu County, hoping to borrow the protection of Wu County's Governor Xu Gong. Some of them chose to rush to Moling City and kneel in front of Liu Ji's Prefecture Overseer Manor.
However, when they arrived at Yangzhou, they were told that Liu Ji was not in the residence. They felt a little regretful, but they could only kneel bitterly and wait for Liu Ji's return...
At this moment, Liu Ji and Zhou Tai had already led 20,000 troops to Wu County City.
Liu Ji knew that if he wanted to rule the world, he would have to kill.
Secondly, these aristocratic families who opposed him were his stumbling blocks.
Wu County City, on the city wall.
Xu Gong looked at Liu Ji coldly. After a while, he shouted angrily,
"Liu Ji, you are tyrannical and cruel. You slaughtered several big families in Yangzhou. It's simply infuriating. Everyone has to kill you!”
Liu Ji chuckled and replied indifferently,"Why wouldn't I kill you if you're my enemy? Are you going to let them kill me instead?”
"You…"
Xu Gong was at a loss for words. His face turned red as he turned around and shouted,"Pass down my order. All of us will defend Xu County to the death and fight Liu Ji until the end!”
"Good!"
Liu Ji's face darkened." All troops, get into formation!" he shouted.”
Wu---
A long horn sounded.
Thump! Thump! Dong!
The sound of war drums rang out, resounding throughout the world.
Liu Ji and Zhou Tai were clad in armor and riding tall horses. They held weapons in their hands and stood in front.
Behind him were Liu Ji's two thousand cavalry.
Behind them were 20,000 soldiers.
Everyone was on guard, waiting for Liu Ji's order.
"Attack the city!"
Following Liu Ji's order, the entire army let out a deafening roar.
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
Liu Ji and Zhou Tai took the lead and charged towards the city wall of Xu County…
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