The two smashed on the soldiers' heads, and Gongsun Xiong was immediately pulled aside and stabbed to death by the soldiers.

The reason why Gongsun Xiong didn't flee was not because he didn't foresee today's ending, he just didn't care. He felt that instead of running away irresponsibly like Meng Wu, it was better to fight a battle happily and die in front of the public with dignity.

The onlookers were shocked and grieving, and the crowd squeezed towards the high platform. The soldiers shouted at each other, blocked with shields, slashed with short swords, and many were killed.

Gongsun Qiang was angry and ordered the soldiers to push back, but the brutal act caused great chaos, and many people were trampled and crushed to death. This day finally became the bloodiest and most turbulent day since the reign of Cao Guo; On this day, Cao Boyang completely trampled on the people and completely put himself on the opposite side of the people; From this day on, Cao Boyang transformed from a monarch to a master; From this day on, the Cao people were reduced from subjects to slaves.

The elimination of dissidents is just Cao Boyang's completion of the internal procedure to plague Cao Guo, and the next step is to turn Cao Guo into an enemy of all China.

Soon Gongsun Qiang proposed that the time to dominate the Central Plains had come, and he would sacrifice the ultimate magic weapon with lethality comparable to that of a comet hitting the earth - Lianyi to control China.

Gongsun Qiang explained: "Chu is Jing Man, Wu is Ju Man. The fact that these two barbarian states were able to claim hegemony shows that not only the Chinese state can control one side. The Jin kingdom had begun to decline, and Yidi was bound to rise soon; Jun Bo wants to seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, unite with Yidi, and become the new hegemon of the Central Plains in one fell swoop! ”

This "Yi" belongs to a big concept, including all non-Chinese forces, such as Dongyi (Yi, Ju, etc.), Huaiyi, Kyushu Rong, Wuzhong, Zhongshan, Beidi, etc. At that time, most of Rong Di had already blended with the Chinese countries. This integration manifests itself not only in terms of culture, but also in terms of geography. As far as the patriotic Diqiu is concerned, the Di people have already built a large number of shanty towns outside the city of Diqiu, and settled there in a grand manner (with the approval of the patriots, of course); The Patriots called that area "Rongzhou".

Cao Boyang was already completely bewitched by Gongsun Qiang, and without thinking too much, he handed over the power to implement the Lianyi plan to him.

Gongsun Qiang can do whatever he wants. He first went to the area of Zhongshan and signed a series of alliance treaties with Zhongshanzi and the leaders of some surrounding large tribes.

After Gongsun Qiang returned to China, he presented the treaty to Cao Boyang, and Cao Boyang smacked his tongue while looking at it: "Master, this is going to empty Cao Guo!" The widow wants to be the overlord, not the filial son and grandson! The ancestors didn't have so much money to the Song people back then! ”

Gongsun Qiang said: "But if Jun Bo destroys the Song State and becomes the overlord of China, the benefits will be more than 100 times more than what he paid!" ”

Cao Boyang complained: "Destroy the Song, destroy the Song!" The master shouted for more than ten years to destroy the Song Dynasty, but the Song Kingdom is still standing there! The widow has offended too many fraternal people for this slogan! When will the master be able to take a few cities in the Song Kingdom for the widow to see? Otherwise, the widow will not have the face to enter the Ming Hall after death! ”

Gongsun Qiang said: "It took two generations for Zheng to dominate (Zheng Huan Gong and Zheng Zhuang Gong), and it took two generations for Qi to dominate (Qi Xugong, Qi Xigong, Qi Huan Gong), and the Jin State is also two generations (Jin Xiangong and Jin Wengong), so the hegemony is not urgent." But as long as the uncle gives the minister another twenty years, the minister will definitely be able to make the uncle sit on the throne of the overlord! ”

Gongsun Qiang finally fooled Cao Boyang again, and then began to blatantly move the treasury.

According to the agreement with Beidi, Cao Guo should support the other party with more or less bronze, how much silk and food. The people of the country watched as he carried cartloads of valuable goods and goods. But the property was not given to the Di people in full - the convoy was intercepted when it passed by Gongsun Qiang's fiefdom; In the end, only half of the people who arrived at their destination were the ones they set off.

Someone complained: "What does silk have to do with war?" Could it be that the Di people would dress like Wuhua Mountain and go out to fight? We don't have enough to eat, so why should we be asked to tighten our belts and give a large amount of food to those insatiable Yidi? ”

And that's not all. At that time, the Great Sima Gongzicheng planned to order a batch of bows and arrows from the State of Yi (the bows and arrows of the State of Yi were known for their excellent performance and low price), but they were stopped by Gongsun Qiang. Gongsun Qiang said that the bows and arrows produced in Zhongshan were the most powerful in the world he had ever seen, with excellent materials and exquisite craftsmanship; Although the price is high (the unit price is about three times that of the country), it is worth the price and is indispensable. Besides, Cao and Zhongshan also signed a purchase agreement, and this is the opportunity to fulfill their obligations.

Gongzicheng was too lazy to meet him in general, so he didn't say anything at this time.

Gongsun Qiang then took the copper coins to Cao to purchase bows and arrows, and he transported two-thirds of the money back to his fiefdom halfway, pretended to go around Zhongshan, and then returned to Taoqiu with the bows and arrows of the country.

Gongzicheng grabbed a bow when he checked his weapon, and waved it at Gongsun Qiang angrily: "You should also use dim sum if you defraud the office, right?" Can't you change the mark of the country of Yi on the bow and arrow to that of the country of Zhongshan? ”

Gongsun Qiang was suddenly frightened and sifted chaff - people become stupid when they are too greedy. He had to put away his arrogant face on weekdays, and lowered his eyebrows and asked Gongzicheng not to go out. Gongzicheng reassured him that the imprints could be polished off and re-engraved on the country's markers, but the process was very complicated and required a large number of craftsmen to be hired. As a result, Gongzicheng extorted back three-quarters of the stolen money from Gongsun Qiang, but Gongzicheng didn't polish a single mark, so he put the weapon directly into the warehouse.

In this way, the huge wealth of Cao Guo's office flowed into the pockets of those national beetles. Due to the huge consumption of property and the increasing number of places to use money, Cao Boyang had no choice but to announce a tax increase on the people.

The office soon issued an order to recruit a tax officer. At that time, some cool officials who couldn't get along in the Qi State were living a hard life without food in the Cao State, and they couldn't help but laugh wildly when they saw the recruitment order: the hard days had finally come to an end, and a beautiful life was beckoning to them not far ahead.

Those men, once appointed, showed great enthusiasm and high efficiency, and then a violent and bloody incident ensued; Sometimes even the soldiers who are responsible for keeping them safe can't stand it. As a result, several soldiers with a clear conscience killed the tax collector in anger and then disappeared. Gongsun Qiang quickly issued martial law and began to search for the murderer from house to house, and Taoqiu literally became a city occupied by the enemy.

The speed of exploitation of property is still not as fast as the silverfish's devouring; Cao Boyang is already poor in donkey skills, but Gongsun Qiang has endless bad ideas in his head. Gongsun Qiang said: "Taoqiu is the capital of trade in the East, and the daily trade volume is huge. As long as the gentleman raises the transaction fee for the merchants a little, the treasury of the office will be full again. ”