When Liu Bei heard Yun Yi's words, his expression became even colder.
If Yun Yi had not erupted into conflict with the other party this time, he would not have known that such a thing had actually happened under his rule!
One had to know that every time the aristocratic families snatched a refugee, the population under his rule would decrease by one!
Moreover, the other party had embezzled the land and acted recklessly.
No matter what, such an aristocratic family could not be left alive!
As a monarch who did not have a good impression of aristocratic families, he looked at Zhang Xiu coldly.
"Old man, ever since I, Liu Bei, entered Wu County, have I ever done anything to you?”
"To think that I was kind enough to invite you all to dinner yesterday!”
"I didn't expect you to use my kindness to do such a thing!”
"Do you really think that I, Liu Bei, don't dare to kill?”
"What else do you have to say?”
Zhang Xiu's face was already ashen at this time, the unyielding spirit from just now completely gone.
He originally thought that it was just a small conflict between his son and Yun Yi. In that case, it would naturally be over with an apology.
However, Yun Yi's words had instantly pushed the Zhang Clan to the opposite side of Liu Bei!
A conflict of interest and a personal conflict were two completely different things!
At this moment, Zhang Xiu looked at Yun Yi's faint smiling face and immediately understood something!
The reason why Yun Yi wanted to invite them was to find out their attitude before dealing with their families!
To think that they thought that Liu Bei was a friendly duke.
He did not expect her to hide a knife behind her smile!
And his son had bumped into Yun Yi's saber at this moment!
Today, Yun Yi deliberately led the matter on without revealing it, causing a conflict and making the matter bigger!
It was all for the sake of using his Zhang family to establish his prestige!
Now that he had a conflict of interest with Liu Bei, how could the other three help him?
Thinking of this, he looked at Yun Yi again and felt a chill on his back.
How could this young man be so ruthless!
Could it be that in order to establish his prestige, he had to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of his Zhang family members?
In his fear, Zhang Xiu's body began to tremble uncontrollably. Finally, he knelt down in front of Liu Bei and said miserably,"
"Envoy, no matter how wrong I am today, it's only my fault and this unfilial son's fault. The Zhang family is innocent!”
"I'm willing to hand over all the land and people I've taken in this period of time, as well as a thousand gold coins, to be used as military supplies for the Duke of Xuande!”
"Duke Xuande, please spare my Zhang family!”
Liu Bei laughed coldly and looked at Yun Yi,"
"How do you think we should deal with the Zhang family?”
To him, it did not matter whether the Zhang family died or not. The key was to help Yun Yi vent his anger!
When Zhang Xiu heard that, he hurriedly crawled over to Yun Yi on his knees and begged,
"Military Advisor, it's all our fault for disturbing you today!”
"I'm willing to pay a thousand gold to compensate you. If you still have grievances, you can kill me! I only hope that the military counselor will let my Zhang family go!”
Seeing that Zhang Xiu was actually willing to use his life to protect the Zhang family, Yun Yi could not help but sigh.
The reason why the aristocratic families could prosper for a long time was because everyone in the aristocratic families was thinking about the interests of their own families!
For the sake of a family, even if they had to harm and devour countless civilians, they would not hesitate!
However, he knew that no aristocratic family could be easily destroyed.
The most direct way to get rid of an aristocratic family was to kill them like Sun Ce, but it would cause them to make countless enemies and make their rule unstable.
The reason why Sun Ce died young was not unrelated to the massacre of the aristocratic families in River East!
The second method was to appease them.
However, he did not agree with either of these two methods.
To get rid of the aristocratic families, one had to cut off their roots. Without their land and property, they could no longer be officials. Naturally, they would be gone.
Now that he was facing the Zhang Clan, he said indifferently,"
"To me, your Zhang Clan didn't make a huge mistake, but to the people of Wu County, it's a heinous crime.”
"How about this? I heard that your Zhang family is good at shipbuilding and has embezzled refugees to build ships. Now, I want you to confiscate the Zhang family's dock.”
When Zhang Xiu heard this, he only felt his heart bleeding.
The construction of ships was the main source of income for the Zhang family. It was really painful to cut them down like this!
However, the lives of his family were still more important. He hurriedly said,
"As you command, my Zhang Clan's dock will be handed over to your army!”
Yun Yi saw his pained expression and continued to sneer,
"I will order a thorough investigation of the land and refugees that your family has embezzled. Spit everything out!”
"In addition, your Zhang family's land and property will be confiscated.”
"As for the Zhang family, don't you all love the land? Stay in your prime and join the army. The rest of you can go and reclaim the land.”
"This…"
After Yun Yi finished speaking, Zhang Xiu's face was already pale.
But he didn't expect it to be so ruthless!
Enlist in the army, open up wasteland, property returned to the public.
With this, the Zhang family had completely turned from an aristocratic family to a poor family.
Moreover, after becoming a Humble Class, would the refugees who had been harmed by their family let them go?
Just thinking about it made him shudder.
However, before he could speak, Liu Bei said coldly,"
"We'll do as the military counselor says!"
"Jian Yong and Qiao Rui, you are in charge of this matter!”
As he spoke, he smiled and looked at Gu Yong, Zhu Yu, and Lu Yi.
"I wonder what the three clan heads think about this?”
Being stared at by Liu Bei, Zhu Yu felt his body tremble.
Lu Yi stepped forward and bowed.
"It's reasonable for my lord to do this!"
Gu Yong heard the way Lu Yi addressed Liu Bei and frowned as he looked at him. Then, he bowed and said,"
"We naturally have no objections to your arrangement.”
When Zhu Yu saw Lu Yi and Gu Yong's appearance, he also let out a long sigh and bowed.
"Yu has no objections either."
Seeing the three clan heads like this, Liu Bei laughed heartily.
He didn't expect that today, not only did he take care of the Zhang family, but he also subdued the other three families!
In this way, the threat of the Wu and Zhong Families should have come to an end!
Eh?
Suddenly, he frowned.
How did it go so smoothly this time?
Could it be due to the military advisor's contribution?
He looked at Yun Yi, only to see Yun Yi smiling at him.
Seeing this, how could he not understand!
All of this was Yun Yi's scheme!
Liu Bei was touched.
Yun Yi actually used her as bait to help him deal with the aristocratic families!
Where could he find such a virtuous minister?
As expected of his king's assistant!
Liu Bei smiled and said,"
"Today, the military counselor is fine, so I'm very relieved. I feel very guilty for disturbing you!”
"I want to hold a banquet in the residence tonight.”
When Lu Yi, Zhu Yu and Gu Yong saw this, they hurriedly bowed and said,"
"We dare to disobey!"
Meanwhile, Zhang Xiu was paralyzed on the ground with a dejected expression.
He knew that he, who was still a distinguished guest yesterday, would completely lose his power after today.
In a moment of extreme regret, he actually fainted on the spot.
Liu Bei looked at everything and did not pay much attention to it. Instead, he went up to Yun Yi and said gently,
"Zhuo Qun, don't do this again. In my heart, even ten thousand Zhangs can't compare to a single strand of hair on Advisor Jun's head.”
"It's hard to let Zhuo Qun put himself in such a dangerous place!”
"I think you must be tired. Go home and rest.”
When Yun Yi saw this, he smiled and bowed.
"Thank you, my lord!"
The two of them chatted for a while before Liu Bei left with his troops.
Qiao Rui and Jian Yong came up to greet him again.
After the two of them left, the three family heads came up to greet them one after another.
Yun Yi greeted them one by one before saying to Pan Zhang,
"Wen Gui, let's go!"
Before they drove off, the man behind them said,
"Xu Sheng greets the military counselor!"
"Today, I am trapped here. Thank you for saving me, Military Advisor!”
Yun Yi originally wanted to say that he was fine, but when the words reached his mouth, they turned into surprise.
"You said your name is Xu Sheng?"
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