At night, the sky was covered with dark clouds. For the first time since the end of the war, Xianyang City imposed a curfew. The most elite guards entered the city, and fully armed soldiers could be seen patrolling the streets and alleys.
The townsfolk knew what was going on. They sat quietly at home, eating and drinking, not caring much about what was happening outside.
The reason was that Qin Zhen's prestige was too high. He could make the people support him unconditionally and firmly support his rule.
Moreover, the old nobles did not have a good image in the hearts of the people. This was a class conflict. Whether the nobles bullied and exploited the people or not, it would still exist.
In one night, the Chen, Li, and Luo families were completely destroyed. More than half of the aristocrats were implicated. Leng Yi commanded the Black Ice Platform's special service team and the Emperor's personal guards to capture all the criminals until dawn.
If it had been before the First World War, it would have been impossible to arrest people on such a large scale. This was because the noble families and corporations not only controlled power but also wealth. If they were wiped out, the economy would collapse and the military and political departments would be paralyzed.
Now, it was different. Great Qin had been sealed off by the western countries, and its trade with the outside world had been halted. The unemployed people were all provided for by the government, and the economy had not collapsed because it had long since collapsed.
With the officials arrested, there was no need to worry about the vacant positions. A large number of highly educated young people who dared to fight and fight were still waiting for jobs. They could be filled in a short period of time.
If they could capture all these aristocratic tycoons in one fell swoop and return their assets to the national treasury, their companies would not be paralyzed. Qin Zhen had long arranged for the royal family's holding company to take over.
"Brother Zhen, General Leng Yi just sent someone to report that the situation has been decided. Go and sleep for a while!”
In the palace, Zhou Youwei walked into the royal study with a cup of steaming ginseng tea. Seeing that Qin Zhen was still marking documents, she persuaded him to rest.
Qin Zhen raised his head and rubbed his tired and sore eyes.
"I have to wait for Leng Yi to report. You Wei, you're not asleep either?”
Qin Zhen asked casually when he noticed Zhou Youwei's dark circles.
"I didn't sleep. I was afraid that the Zhou family would be involved.”
Zhou Youwei replied casually without hiding anything.
Last night, Xianyang City was in a state of panic. Hundreds of people from the Luo, Chen, and Li families of the four major families were arrested by the Black Ice Platform for treason. Hundreds of noble families were implicated. The prison of Xianyang City was overcrowded, and at least tens of thousands of people were imprisoned.
After learning of this suffocating news, she was restless in the palace. She was really worried that the Zhou family would be implicated, but it was not good to leave the palace and go home to take a look.
Fortunately, the Zhou family did not do anything outrageous. It was not a big problem to be greedy for money. In the end, they were safe and sound.
"What are you worried about? The Zhou family is fine, but your second uncle is a little greedy. When you have time, warn him not to have any wishful thinking and cross the line. The law of the country is ruthless. No one can escape the trial of the law.”
Qin Zhen reminded with a smile.
After a detailed investigation by the Black Ice Platform, the Zhou family had not committed any crimes in the hundreds of years since Great Qin had been established.
Firstly, it was because of the small population, and secondly, the family style was relatively good. The family members were educated to the elites, and there were no corrupt officials. It could be considered a clean stream among the old aristocratic groups.
Only Zhou Youwei's second uncle, Zhou Yaguang, who had abandoned politics and joined the army and chose to do business, was a little problematic. He actually secretly sold his drugs to Indu.
Learning from the lesson of Miqing, the Qin law clearly stipulated that planting, selling, selling, and buying drugs were prohibited. Those who violated the law would be sentenced to death.
Zhou Yaguang actually did not break the law, because he planted poppies in Indonesia and then sold them to Indu, which had a huge population. He even groomed a representative to clean himself up.
However, no matter how cunning a fox was, it could not escape the eyes of the falcon. The Black Ice Platform's intelligence detection ability was too powerful, and it was still clear about Zhou Yaguang's background.
"What? What happened to Second Uncle?"
The innocent Zhou Youwei was dumbfounded. Wasn't Second Uncle one of the top ten outstanding businessmen this year? He even donated 50 million Qin Yuan to the government. How could he break the law?
Qin Zhen shook his head and smiled." Don't ask anymore. Tell Second Uncle Zhou to keep his hands clean. Don't harm the old family. We'll split the profits fifty-fifty!"”
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Zhou Youwei's head was full of question marks. She did not understand the meaning of Qin Zhen's words.
Just as she was about to continue asking, the Minister of National Defense, Xiao Teng, pushed the door open and rushed in.
Knowing that Qin Zhen and Xiao Teng must have something important to discuss, Zhou Youwei politely nodded at Xiao Teng and left, closing the door behind her.
"Your Majesty, after learning that Luo Zhongjun has been captured, the four-nation alliance gathered by Great Britain may launch an attack in desperation and destroy several of the Empire's major ports. I propose to activate level one combat readiness and evacuate the residents of the coastal areas.”
"No need!"
Qin Zhen rejected this suggestion.
The western powers would be desperate. When they decided to eliminate the internal problems, he would be there and had already prepared a plan to fight.
"The navy's coastal defense works are perfect, and the air force has so many fighter planes. Do we still need to worry about the western powers bombarding Qin Island?”
A trace of fear flashed in Xiao Teng's eyes as he said helplessly,""Your Majesty, even if that's the case, I'm afraid that tragedy will befall again!”
Qin Zhen knew what tragedy Xiao Teng was talking about. It was referring to the First World War when the Western Coalition Army's fleet bombarded Qin Island, causing hundreds of thousands of people to die tragically and millions of people to be homeless.
This had left an indelible trauma in the hearts of Great Qin's people, and it was a pain that they did not want to talk about.
"Don't worry, not a single enemy ship can get within 100 kilometers of Qin Island.”
Seeing that Qin Zhen was not flustered at all, Xiao Teng was curious.""Your Majesty, do you have a secret weapon?"
Qin Zhen smiled. There really was.
Ever since he transmigrated to this parallel space and time, he had given up on building warships and invested heavily in building submarines that were fast and used little materials.
Ten days ago, they had caught another thirty Little Shark-class submarines. The secretly formed navy submarine force now had 350 submarines of various types. They were divided into four submarine brigades and trained in secret bases, ready to defend Qin Island at any time.
"Call Qi Yangsong and have the Ghost Troop move out. When the enemy is 100 kilometers away from Qin Island, cooperate with the Air Force to attack!”
Ghost Troop?
Xiao Teng was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood what the secret weapon was.
A submarine!
Due to Qin Zhen's strict confidentiality and Xiao Teng's promotion from the Army Commander to the Minister of National Defense in February this year, he did not know about the existence of the Ghost Force. He only heard that the Chang 'an Shipyard and Xianyang Shipyard Base had been secretly developing and building submarines for the past two years, but they did not find any submarines in service.
This ghost troop should be the submarine troop, right?
Specters in the sea, they lived up to their name!
"Understood, this subject will go and pass the order now!"
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