Chapter 48: Go with the flow (2)

The old man is named Li Mao, who is an elder of the Li family in Qi County. He has a bit of friendship with Wenli's master Qiao Zhou. Li Bo, the county magistrate of Dongguanghan, also called for his uncle when he saw this. Wenli did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly welcomed him. After a few polite words, Li Mao asked: "Guangxiu is valued by Your Majesty in the palace. I don't know why Guangxiu came here casually?" This old man did not have Li Bo's estimate, and he relied on his seniority to be a headache for Wenli. As long as the people of the Li family carefully checked, they would know when they would enter the city sooner or later. Even if they could cover it up, the Li family would not believe that they were unaware of Li Bo's resistance to embezzlement. This radius of more than a hundred miles is the sphere of influence of the Li family. As a close minister around His Majesty, he cannot guarantee that the Li family will not do anything to him.

Wen Li and Guan Hu went out to inquire about information and observe the people's situation. Except for His Majesty and more than ten people who participated in the mission, no one knew about it. Any accident occurred in Dongguanghan, Li Bo could just turn the blame on the rebels, and at most he would bear part of the responsibility. Li Mao was obviously here to find out the details, and he had a lot of contact with his mentor Qiao Zhou, and he could not refuse it in terms of emotion or reason. But once he exposed his details, he could only be slaughtered.

"My nephew was ordered to go, but he didn't expect to be lucky enough to meet Mr. Li, and his master often misses Mr. Li." Wen Li replied.

"I haven't had a correspondence with Yunnan for a long time. When will my nephew turn around and can I bring me a letter?" Li Mao said with a smile.

The two chatted without a word, and Guan Hu stood straight behind Wen Li without moving. Li Mao changed the topic several times to find out Guan Hu's background, but Guan's eyes closed slightly, seemed to be unaware. After touching the nails several times, Li Mao disagreed, but more than ten people who followed Li Mao were angry.

These more than ten people are elites of the Li family. When they heard that Wen Guangxiu came from the capital, they came with Li Mao to see him. Wen Li was very talented in a variety of books and had a bit of reputation in Sichuan. The Li family's elites all hoped to communicate with Wen Li in terms of talent and knowledge, and Li Mao also contributed to the fire. The more they were like this, Wen Li was more uneasy, and he refused in every way and thought that Wang Jie would prepare to leave the place earlier. Unexpectedly, Wang Jie would disappear as if he had gone. Wen Li was secretly anxious. Wang Jie was also one of the important figures of the Wang family in this county. If the Wang family was in agreement with the Li family, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing that it was lunch time, Wen Li refused the invitation to go to the Li family to have a banquet, and finally sent away the local big families. Li Mao and others left the side hall without leaving, but went to the backyard. Li Bo was waiting in the backyard for a long time, and saw everyone coming back and asking, "Uncle, what news is there?"

"Wen Guangxu is not leaking, Guan Hu pretended to be deaf and dumb, and I didn't get any useful news even though I had worn out my skin." Li Mao changed his angry expression at this time, which was completely different from when he was in the side hall just now.

Li Bo was afraid that his uncle would take his anger and quickly presented a wooden box and said, "Uncle calmed down, please ask my uncle to understand the others, and leave the others to my nephew."

Li Mao took the wooden box and opened it slightly, his face relaxed slightly, and said, "The dirty things you did are probably not hidden from this son. I guess this son probably has no foreign aid, so I won't say what he should do."

With this reassurance, Li Bo was happy, but still had a bitter face and said, "I'm afraid that the court will find out, and your superior will be sad."

"That's your business. Please send someone to inquire about the affairs in the court. I was injured by the junior today, so I won't keep much." Li Mao sneered in his heart and walked away.

Li Bo said respectfully: "Uncle walked slowly, and my nephew won't send him off."

"You must remember that this matter should not involve the family! Otherwise, hum..." Li Mao turned around and reminded him before leaving the backyard.

"Bah! You old man took me a lot of gold and silver. You just want to leave and care about your face. It's extremely dirty!" He cursed in his heart, and Li Bo also left the backyard.

Wang Jie, who was supposed to be preparing carriages outside the county government office, was in a large mansion. After hearing Wang Jie's statement, the two old men gathered in thought. Wang Jie did not dare to disturb him and stood aside waiting for the two elders to give orders.

A guard returned to the side hall to introduce the situation to Wen Li and others. There were at least five times more people in the government office than when he first entered. Most of them were Li's family members. These people wandered around and they had the intention of surrounding the side hall. The situation was severe, and everyone was trying to get out of it. It was impossible to break through with brute force. Wen Li was powerless, and Liu Shao and Fan En were not injured. Guan Hu and two guards wanted to protect the three people, and there was no chance of breaking through from more than a hundred people. There were more than a hundred people on the surface, and it was still unknown how many people Li Bo mobilized secretly.

The barbarian leader who came to Chengdu to meet Liu Chan happily left Chengdu. This trip was not only praised by Liu Chan, but also received many rewards. The reward was naturally inferior to the rare gifts presented by everyone, but the glory was unmatched. Implementing the task of barbarians entering the households was handed over to these barbarian leaders. Using barbarians to control the barbarians was a long-term plan. Liu Chan had a sudden idea and finally got a clue about governing the country.

Jiang Wei and Xiahou Ba returned to Hanzhong with their men. Zhang Yi was left behind, and Liao Hua led thousands of people who had been transferred from Chengdu to Hanzhong to stationed in Chengdu. Although no one knew when Jiang Wei would enter the palace, this move would be no different to declare that Shu Han would not launch a northern expedition in a short period of time. Zhang Yi and Liao Hua were the long-time generals in the court, and the two Zong Yu and Hu Ji who were living in Chengdu. Only Jiang Wei was the general at the command of the Shu Han Dynasty, and the rest gathered in front of Liu Chan.

Zong Yu was indeed sick, and Hu Ji felt regretful and refused to refuse because of breaking the appointment with Jiang Wei. So the important task of guiding Liu Chan to control the people fell on the shoulders of Zhang Yi and Liao Hua. Since childhood, Liu Chan has never taken the battle himself, let alone commanding the army. Now in his fifties, he has learned to fight, and all the ministers have criticized him. When Zhang Yi and Liao Hua were teaching, Liu Chan would call all the fourteen people who were focused on training in the royal family, which is also considered an atmosphere of learning.

Time froze, a few days later, and it was the day when the Chen and Xu families were convicted. Liu Chan did not take into account the feelings of the ministers, nor did he show mercy because of the historical origins of the two families. The ministers intended to plead for mercy for the two families, but were rejected by Liu Chan. Yang Xi Fan Jian sorted out more than 20 crimes of the two families, including many old affairs in the court. Both families faced the death penalty of being executed by the whole family and destroying the three tribes.

The two brothers Chen Can and Chen Yu were expected to report the Xu family's evil deeds to be exempted from crime, but they did not expect that the result was the result of both jade and stone burning. The two brothers could not resist this unexpected blow, one fell ill and the other went crazy. The Xu family was still unwilling to accept it. Xu You exchanged views with the backbone of the family and made a last fight, swearing to fight to the death!

A memorial filled with scandals in the court was handed to Liu Chan. The news spread like wildfire and the court was in an uproar. Unexpectedly, the Xu family was so vicious! The ministers had tried their best to plead for the Xu family, but Your Majesty was extremely firm and unshakable. Everyone had no ability to change Your Majesty's ideas. To do this, no matter how afraid it is to help the Xu family, or to make excuses the Xu family with old feelings, they were helpless.

The only thing left is to die to ask Your Majesty for mercy. Even if your close relatives do not do this in this situation, you will die. If you are a little bit dead, who will take care of the one behind you? There are dozens of charges for the Xu family, and it is a death sentence. For the Xu family, who is responsible for the exact crime, it is not to mention whether they have the courage to fight to the death, but just convicting you of the same crime is a disaster.

When the Fei clan was destroyed, the ministers felt guilty. Now the powerful Chen and the Xu family also wanted to destroy the clan. After thinking that they were meritorious, a few ministers went to Qiao Zhou to discuss it. I hope they could make a final attempt and leave a bloodline for both families. Qiao Zhou had refuted the letters several times before, and was depressed at home. After hearing the requests from everyone, Qiao Zhou suddenly figured out and said to everyone: "We are unable to change Your Majesty's decision for the crime of rebellion. Now the Chen and Xu families have committed more crimes than the Fei clan. What else can we do?"

The crime has been decided, and the necessary procedures are indispensable. The most important thing is to search the house! Both families are large families, and there are not many industries in Chengdu, but the industries in Sichuan are amazing. From east to west, the north and south, and almost all counties have industries of two families. In order to operate such a huge family business, in addition to the deep foundation of the Xu family, Chen Fu is even more incapable of strategizing. With such ability and ending in such an end, it is very sad.

The wealthy families who assisted the Chen and Xu families in rebelled in various counties, both Han and barbarians treated the same treatment as the two families - extermination. The family property and property of these people must also be owned by the country. The arrest and execution of people will be carried out by the county, and the court will also send people to supervise. So Liu Chan issued four edicts, ordering Gao Wan, Du Zhen, Wei Ji and Wen Li, who investigated the people's situation in the four counties, to be responsible for the matter nearby.

Needless to say, it was another bloody storm, and the ministers just discussed it briefly. Now everyone is worried about whether they are in the memorials handed over by the Xu family. As an official in the same dynasty for so long, they all know each other's background, and no one can hide it from each other. Xu You followed Chen Qi for a long time and knew no less than Chen Qi. Everyone was nervous, and they were interested in entering the palace to inquire, but they were afraid of adding extra money, just like an ants on a hot pan.

Only Yang Xi and Fan Jian who have read this memorial were handed over to Liu Chan. Liu Chan also read it. The dark and decaying side of the Shu Han court was fully displayed through this memorial. The memorial was left in Liu Chan's hands, and Liu Chan had to look at it for several hours every day. Regarding some of the phenomena, he asked Yang Xi and Fan Jian from time to time. At this time, Yang Xi and the two could not hide for anyone, so he had to explain one by one.

The two of them had no idea that Liu Chan just used the bad behaviors recorded in this memorable storyline as a negative teaching material for the future rectification of the court. Knowing oneself and enemy, winning every battle, understanding the activities between bureaucrats, the future governance will be targeted. At that time, whoever didn't open his eyes and wanted to play with the means was asking for trouble.
Chapter completed!