Li Yu did not understand until his death.
There were clearly several hundred Imperial Army soldiers guarding his residence, and it was completely surrounded.
How did Su Che manage to sneak in?
Little did he know.
His death today.
The foreshadowing had been laid five years ago.
Su Che arranged for Xu Yi to be next to Li Yu, so that Li Yu would treat him as a confidant.
What happened in the future had resulted in what happened today.
Of course.
If Li Yu had been a good official and not thought of abusing his power for personal gain, he would not have died today.
In the end.
All of this was his own fault.
He killed Li Yu with a single strike.
Su Che was calm.
Perhaps to others, the Prime Minister of Chu was an extremely powerful figure in the world.
But in Su Che's eyes…
Killing Li Yu was no different from killing a chicken.
Perhaps he was looking forward to killing a chicken.
After all, they could be eaten if they were killed.
They could even enjoy a delicious meal.
Killing Li Yu had dirtied the sword, so he had to clean it again later.
How troublesome.
To save trouble.
Su Che decided not to wipe it for now.
He would wipe them together after today's killing.
After leaving Li Yu's mansion, Su Che went to Grand Tutor Sun Liang's mansion.
Su Che already understood.
The last time the officials had banded together to impeach him, it was Prime Minister Li Yu, Grand Tutor Sun Liang, Grand Preceptor Sima Hao, Assistant Minister Wu Rong, Grand Protector Zhao She, and Grand Scholar Zeng Qingnian.
These six people were existences with towering authority in Chu.
However, for them to have their current status, the powerful families behind them had contributed a lot.
For example, Li Yu was backed by the Cui family of Qinghe.
Sun Liang was also supported by the Zheng family of Xingyang.
This was also the reason why Su Che had slaughtered more than half of the aristocratic families.
The aristocratic families controlled the government and monopolized the path to ascension.
It made it almost impossible for the Humble Class to have a noble son again.
Su Che couldn't tolerate this.
In the original history, the aristocratic families had influenced China for more than a thousand years.
Until the Huang Chao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty, under the planning of Li Zhen, who was born in a poor family and had no academic achievements, Zhu Quanzhong killed more than 30 officials, including Pei Shu, who he called "the one who was difficult to control", at the White Horse Posthouse and threw his corpses into the Yellow River.
The sharp contradiction between Liu Pin and the name of the exam was resolved in this happy massacre.
The clear stream mixed into the Yellow River and became a turbid current. The era of the aristocrats also followed this turbid current to the east and entered the sea, never to turn back!
It was obvious that it was almost impossible to completely end the era of the aristocrats through peaceful means.
That was why Su Che was so decisive and slaughtered more than half of the aristocratic families.
Although it would cause criticism in the current world.
He wanted the world to think that he was cruel and heartless.
However, in the long river of history, his actions were definitely meritorious for thousands of years.
To put it bluntly, the aristocratic family system was a bunch of people surrounding a pot of porridge, urging the person in charge to add firewood so that he could have a sip.
If the pot cracked, he would change the pot for another person. He would always stand firm and there would always be food.
Therefore, the rich became richer and the poor became poorer.
As time passed, the hierarchy was solidified.
When the social classes solidified, it meant that the country was already heading for turmoil or even collapse.
The people who had gained benefits in society would form alliances with each other, causing the interest groups to harden.
They constantly trained their own people by interfering with the civil service examination and other social channels, strengthening their own groups, so as to dominate or even monopolize social resources for a long time. In the short term, this might bring a lot of benefits.
However, in the long run, this was a huge risk. It was like constantly pushing enriched uranium to a critical mass.
Sooner or later, it would explode with a bang, causing turmoil and collapse in the country and the people.
It would also bring about a catastrophe!
When the catastrophe came, the ones who suffered were ultimately the unarmed and innocent people at the bottom.
Su Che was a transmigrator after all.
He was familiar with the history books and knew very well how each dynasty perished.
Therefore, he had been doing his best to prevent the Chu Country from stepping into a pit.
Attacking the aristocratic families was a crucial part of this.
After killing Li Yu.
Su Che went to Grand Tutor Sun Liang's residence.
Sun Liang was not as cautious as Li Yu.
There were no soldiers guarding the door.
Su Che easily entered Sun Liang's mansion and slit his throat.
The concubine who was sleeping beside him cried out in shock.
After killing Sun Liang, Su Che turned around and left.
Immediately after.
Taishi Sima Hao, Assistant Minister Wu Rong, Taibao Zhao She, Grand Scholar Zeng Qingnian.
Su Che beheaded these people in their sleep.
Except for Grand Secretary Zeng Qingnian.
This old man was already so old, yet he was still up in the middle of the night and exercising in bed.
When Su Che pushed open the door and entered, he scared the old pervert Zeng Qingnian so much that he fell off the bed.
It was said that Zeng Qingnian, this old thing, was disrespectful. He had taken a fancy to his wife's niece and insisted on taking her for himself.
In the end, the little girl could not bear the humiliation and hanged herself.
Su Che naturally wouldn't show mercy to such a person.
"A person like you is really an insult to a scholar's elegance!”
Su Che's eyes were calm as his clothes fluttered in the wind.
He stepped forward and waved the green sword in his hand gently in the air.
In an instant, the sword Qi was like the sun in the sky, drawing out a domineering sword intent rainbow that split Zeng Qingnian in half.
The concubine lying on his bed was so frightened that she fainted.
In fact, Zeng Qingnian had joined forces with Li Yu and the others to impeach Su Che.
It was because Su Che knew about Zeng Qingnian's evil behavior of forcing his wife and niece to death. He was prepared to report this to the empress and bring him to justice.
After Zeng Qingnian heard the news, he, who had been neutral, immediately joined Li Yu's camp.
He thought that he would be able to rest easy after taking down Su Che.
But Zeng Qingnian still died under Su Che's sword.
After killing the last Zeng Qingnian, Su Che turned around and left.
In one night, six first-grade officials died tragically in their homes.
This matter would not only shake the Imperial City, but even the entire Chu Country would fall into a huge earthquake!
At this moment, the sky was still dark and Zhao Yinman was still sleeping soundly.
Eunuch Wang, the ceremonial supervisor, rushed to the door of Zhao Yinman's bedroom.
"Quickly go and wake His Majesty up. Something big has happened!”
Eunuch Wang said to the palace maid guarding the door.
" But His Majesty hasn't woken up yet…"
the palace maid said hesitantly.
"I know that Your Majesty hasn't woken up yet, but this matter is of great importance. I have no choice but to disturb Your Majesty's sleep.”
Eunuch Wang said anxiously.
The palace maid looked at him and knew that something big must have happened.
Then, he opened the door and woke Zhao Yinman up.
He couldn't sleep for the past few days, and he could barely fall asleep these two days.
However, Zhao Yinman's face was filled with anger when she was suddenly woken up from her sleep.
"Eunuch Wang, what happened that made you so panicked?”
Zhao Yinman asked with a gloomy face.
Eunuch Wang fell to his knees with a thud. His body trembled as he said,
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister died tragically at home. His head was chopped off by a sword.”
" What?"
Hearing this news, Zhao Yinman's sleepiness was instantly gone. She was wide awake.
"There's also Grand Preceptor Sima Hao, Assistant Minister Wu Rong, Grand Protector Zhao She, and Grand Scholar Zeng Qingnian.”
"These people are all dead."
"Lord Zeng was even split into two halves by someone. It was said that the way he died was too horrible to look at. The concubine who slept with him at that time has now gone crazy.”
After saying that, Eunuch Wang, who was kneeling on the ground, almost stuck his head to the ground. He didn't even dare to raise his head to look at Zhao Yinman.
Six first-grade officials died tragically in their own homes overnight.
This was undoubtedly a huge earthquake!
However, Zhao Yinman didn't really care about their deaths.
It was about who killed them.
"Could it be…that he really came back?”
When Zhao Yinman thought of this, she felt a bone-chilling chill down her spine, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
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