"Outside, outside, there are remnants of the parliament to disrupt the empire, and there are Ge Yiren and others who intend to rebel, on the occasion of the reappearance of the imperial crisis, the emperor calls on the people of the empire to work together with the imperial court to eradicate traitors and defend the empire."

The eastern sky was slightly white, and the crisp voice of the newsboy was already ringing in the streets and alleys.

Hearing the newsboy's shout, passers-by stopped to pay for the newspaper.

Yesterday's big movement in Qingzhou City frightened many people, and it made people speculate, and now the emperor himself wrote an article to explain the ins and outs, and they were quite impatient to know what happened.

"I didn't expect that this merchant council has been eradicated for so many years, and now it is still a hundred-legged insect that is dead but not stiff."

Before the breakfast stall, a worker who was eating breakfast and preparing to go to the factory sighed.

Sitting next to him are many workers like him, all of whom work in the industrial area and come here almost every morning to eat tofu brain and fried dough sticks.

"In my opinion, the main crisis this time is not the merchant council, after all, this merchant council is now just rootless duckweed, and there is no trick to make a fuss, the real point is that the former cabinet minister Ge Yizhi wants to usurp power, and the power is much greater than that of the merchant council." Another worker said.

"It's not, otherwise the emperor wouldn't let the whole world rebel together." Someone answered.

"This scene is a little familiar, more than ten years ago, the emperor eradicated the wealthy clan in Liuzhou in this way, more than ten years have passed, and now the same crisis is reappearing, it seems that there is no sword and sword, this matter cannot be calmed down." It was a worker in his forties who spoke.

"Brother Zhang, you are a native of Qingzhou, was that incident really so terrible more than ten years ago?" A young worker asked.

The middle-aged man who was questioned showed an expression of reminiscence, "It's terrible, it can be said that there was a river of blood back then, and the lotus pond outside Qingzhou City was stained red with blood." “

When the others heard this, they showed frightened expressions, they all came from other cities, and later settled in this Qingzhou, they had heard about the cleanup of the wealthy clans in the six states back then, but they had never experienced it.

But when the middle-aged man said this, they seemed to be immersed in the scene, and they couldn't help but feel a chill in their backs.

Seeing that everyone was a little worried, the middle-aged man known as Brother Zhang suddenly laughed, and he said: "What are you worried about, this matter can't be shared on your heads, it's just those traitors who are unlucky." “

After a pause, he pointed to the last paragraph of the manuscript and said, "See that?" The emperor asked the militia to lead the people to hunt down the traitors, and it is estimated that the empire will move like the six states in the past, and when the time comes, it can be said that cards will be set up everywhere, everyone will stare at strangers, and not a single fly will try to escape from the palm of the emperor's hand. ”

Everyone sighed again when they heard this, and someone said: "Since it is the emperor's order, we must obey it, if it were not for the emperor's efforts to overcome public opinion and benefit the people over the years, we would not have a good life today, and now someone wants to let the empire return to the original Dayu country, I will be the first to do it." ”

"I won't do it either, I've been living for a long time, and I can't bear to let those scholars pee on top of my head." There was a heckling.

"In this case, let's cooperate with the emperor to wipe out these traitors, and return the empire to a bright future, let's go, let's go to the factory and gather others to search for people from house to house."

"Let's go, let's go!" Others heckled.

Qingzhou University.

The students who read the newspaper were filled with righteous indignation, and since the Reformation of the Empire, they have represented the power of imperial reform.

Faced with the likes of Ge Yiren trying to bring them back to the Dark Ages, they were naturally not happy.

Therefore, after the news in the newspapers spread in the school, the students organized themselves to go out of the academy to promote the conspiracy of the merchant council in Qingzhou and denounce the meanness and shamelessness of Ge Yiren and his ilk.

And with the passage of time, this sentiment spread successively in Dengzhou, Jinling, Suzhou and other cities, and for a time the entire empire was vigorously hunting down traitors on the list.

Many thieves who tried to escape had nowhere to run and were quickly apprehended.

It's just that in the process of arrest, some people also announced personal vendettas, and many old nobles who did not get together with Ge Yi's ginseng were also unlucky, some were cursed, and some were beaten.

And this situation soon frightened the old nobles who had a lot of complaints about Xiao Ming on weekdays, remembering what Xiao Ming did more than ten years ago, they all expressed their loyalty to the royal family, and at the same time claimed to support the decree issued by Xiao Ming.

However, the old nobles were frightened, and Pang Yukun was also frightened, originally he was ready to wait for the destruction of the old nobles of Chang'an with Ge Yiren and Luo Hong as the main body with the mentality of watching a play, but the current situation will be uncontrollable if it continues to develop.

So he found Xiao Ming in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, now with the help of the people of the whole country, most of the remnants of the merchant council have been brought to justice, and some of the remnants have fled to the sea, even if they don't die at sea, it's hard to say how many people can be left who fled to Europe, as for the old nobles of Chang'an, they were all arrested in collusion with Ge Yiren, and those who tried to act as wall grass were also cleaned up.

Pang Yukun looked sincerely frightened.

Xiao Ming was looking at the information provided by the secret guards from all over the country, Pang Yukun was anxious about this matter, but he was not in a hurry, because he was in control of the development of the situation from beginning to end.

And the secret guard is his invisible hand that controls the situation, acting as a leader, so he can be said to refer to where and where to fight.

For those who could not be controlled by the secret guards, he immediately dispatched the guards to control them.

In this way, on the whole, he did not let this matter get out of control, and at the same time achieved the effect he wanted.

The excerpts sent by the old nobles of Chang'an prove that after this incident, they basically understood that the era that belonged to their willful and reckless behavior was over.

From now on, it's okay to live comfortably, but if you want to engage in the east and west, you have to weigh it carefully.

"You're a step late, I've already sent the manuscript to the newspaper, and tomorrow I will announce that all the criminals have been arrested, and the matter is over perfectly."

Xiao Ming said lightly.

Pang Yukun breathed a sigh of relief, "It turns out that the emperor has been preparing to arrive for a long time, and the lower officials are relieved." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Your Majesty, it has been a few days since Niu Ben and Luo Quan arrived in Qingzhou by train, and in a few days, it is estimated that the commanders of other major military regions will also arrive on time, this Luo Hong's matter ......."

Xiao Ming said: "The Luo family has proven their loyalty, but Luo Hong made a big mistake, and I must not tolerate it, otherwise how to set an example, this time I can only make General Luo sad." ”

Pang Yukun sighed, and he didn't feel good in his heart, after all, Luo Hong also made great contributions during the battle between the vassal kings.