It was drizzling in the sky at some point. It seemed that after eight waterways were dug around Chang'an today, even the weather had changed. It was originally a drought year, and many old farmers had even prepared for this year's waterway, but this was the third rainfall since the opening of the waterway.

Spring rain is as expensive as oil. Judging from the frequency of rainfall, the previous speculation seems to be uncountable. This year may be a bumper year.

Chang'an, Zhongfu.

"You can't catch me!" Zhong Feng was frightened and angrily and angrily. Although he had dealt with these Hu Ben Guards more than once before, he broke into Zhong's mansion to catch people. This was the first time that he felt something was wrong.

But his body, which had been hollowed out by wine, was not the opponent of these tiger guards who were like wolves and tigers. After just a few tearings, a tiger guard was cut back with one hand and pressed to the ground.

"What are you going to do?" The old housekeeper couldn't compete with these warriors, so he could only glar at Xiahou Lan who was leading the team: "This is Zhong's Mansion!"

"I know." Xiahou Lan glanced at Zhong Feng with disdain and said coldly: "There is someone who ordered a lawsuit on Zhong Feng, and I am ordered to capture him!"

"This..." the old butler frowned and said, "Isn't the case settled?"

"The new lieutenant has begun to overturn the case, and there are also victims who come to report it. Isn't it a trivial matter?"

"Hurry up, go find my uncle." Zhong Xu stopped struggling at this moment, glared at Xiahou Lan fiercely, turned his head to look at the old butler and said.

"By the way, let me know, Zhong Yao had an affair with the Huns and intended to rebel. He would be beheaded outside the city in three days. Let's prepare for his funeral." Xiahou Lan glanced at Zhong Xuan disdainfully and sneered.

"What!?" The old butler trembled and looked at Xiahou Lan incredibly. His face turned pale in an instant, and the corners of his mouth trembled, "Impossible, my master..."

"This is a case decided by Your Majesty, and it is witnessed by all the ministers and ministers in the court. I believe that it will be news soon." Xiahou Lan waved and said, "Take it away."

When Zhong Yu heard the news that Zhong Yao was about to behead him, he was already stunned. He didn't react until a man dragged him out and struggled with horror. However, at this time, even the people from Zhong's mansion were shocked by the news that Xiahou Lan said. Who would have the heart to pay attention to him?

Outside the gate of Zhong Mansion, a group of people watching the fun had gathered. Although it was raining heavily in the sky, when they saw Zhong Huo being shackled by the lords of the Tingwei Mansion who were like wolves and tigers, many people still applauded, and some even smashed it here with the things they were handed in.

"Tingwei Mansion's office should not be arrogant!" Although Xiahou Lan disdains Zhong Feng's behavior, she is arresting people rather than parading in the streets, and she wants to protect the face of Tingwei Mansion.

After the words came to an end, most people restrained a lot. The new Tingwei seemed to be a ruthless character, and even Zhong Yao and other characters dared to move. At this moment, Xiahou Lan spoke out, and no one dared to take action again, but there were still many people cursing at Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu was arrested, and then several other Zhong family members were arrested by the Tingwei Mansion for various reasons. Those with vision could tell that the Zhong family seemed to be finished this time.

Immediately afterwards, news came from the court that Zhong Yao had an affair with the bandits and had the intention of rebellion. He had been formally detained by the Tingwei Mansion. Three days later, he was beheaded outside the city.

For the people, in addition to those who really have personal pain applaud, I only treat this matter as a topic of conversation after dinner. After all, for these people, Zhong Yao's status is too far away. For them, the concept is that the court has killed a high official, but for Shilin, it is nothing more than a storm.

When those scholars who were waiting outside the palace gate and thought that the results of this public trial could be confirmed, and Zhong Yao would definitely be fine, they were like a bolt from the blue after three days of getting the news that Zhong Yao asked for the execution.

However, the reason for the execution made the scholars who were originally ready to force the palace to lose their voices.

Affair with foreign invaders and leading the Huns to the south is no different from treason. Even if they want to safeguard the dignity of scholars, no one can say a word in the face of such a crime. Liu Xie is already magnanimous to be able to protect Zhong Yao's family. If they make trouble at this time, it would be really unreasonable.

Just like the performance of the ministers in the court, as soon as Zhong Yao's evidence of his crime came out, the Shilin, which had been making a big fuss before, suddenly disappeared. Instead, there were more and more condemnations of Zhong Yao, thinking that Zhong Yao was a scum of the Shilin. In short, in one morning, the wind direction of the entire Chang'an Shilin suddenly changed, and Zhong Yao almost became a scum of everyone's beating in less than half a day.

The people became a little confused when facing this situation. How could these scholars turn against each other?

Amid this condemnation, Zhong Yu and other Zhong family playboys were imprisoned by the court servant's office, and some of Zhong Yao's former confidant generals disappeared for no reason, which became insignificant.

However, these are just ordinary people's views. In the eyes of those who can truly see the situation clearly, this is a power struggle between imperial power and aristocratic families. Zhong Yao is just a trigger point. The emperor wants to promote the rule of law, but the aristocratic families are obviously unwilling to do so. The final result is undoubtedly that imperial power has the upper hand. Although Zhong Yao's crime is hard to tolerate, after all, he is still a victim in this political struggle. Besides Liu Xie himself, the biggest profit is probably the new Tingwei Man Feng.

After this incident, the Tingwei Mansion's position in Chang'an was completely stabilized, and even Zhong Yao was dealt with. If I think about it as usual, I have to carefully consider whether my weight can be comparable to Zhong Yao.

As for the voice of grievances for Zhong Yao, after dozens of county magistrates and three prefects were taken down and new officials were quickly replaced, the Chang'an family suddenly realized that in addition to poor scholars, there were also a large number of scholars who came here to recruit talents. These people came from all over the country and were not the same as them. They wanted to use the power of the aristocratic family to check and balance Liu Xie as before. At this time, it seemed a bit ridiculous. These scholars came from all over the country to compete for resources with them and to reach a tacit understanding again. It was impossible for a few years to reach a tacit understanding, not to mention that Guo Jia was around Liu Xie to give him advice. In this case, it was impossible for aristocratic family to be as united as before.

Especially as Zhong Yao's incident happened, the Chang'an clan not only lost a leading figure, but more importantly, Liu Xie's dealt with Zhong Yao this time, causing chaos in the Chang'an family to begin to appear in the hearts of the people, living up to the iron-clad previous ones, and at the same time, he was much more respectful to Liu Xie's attitude.

"Good rain!" Standing in Chengming Hall and looking at the drizzle outside the window, Liu Xie felt unprecedentedly relaxed: "At this point, Guanzhong has been settled. After this autumn harvest, I feel that it is time to consider expanding my territory. Fengxiao, what suggestions do Wenheke have?"

Behind Liu Xie, Guo Jia and Jia Xu couldn't help but smile when they heard this, and looked at Liu Xie and said, "I don't know what your Majesty plans?"

"I plan..." Liu Xie thought for a while, then looked at Guo Jia and Jia Xu and said, "The land in Guandong is not desirable for the time being. I don't want to force any princes to completely rebel. Although we have strong generals and elite troops now, our money and food are limited. I am going to pacify the surroundings like Ma Teng and Han Sui to strengthen themselves, and at the same time, we will travel the Silk Road to enrich the country and strengthen the people, and connect the three places of Guanzhong, Xiliang and Hetao. As for the princes of the Central Plains, we can only slowly plan."

If it comes to military generals, Liu Xie now has veterans such as Lu Bu and Zhu Jun, and Xu Huang and Fang Sheng have also had good qualifications. There are also new powerful generals such as Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Xiahou Lan, and Zhang Xiu. Any princes in the lineup of military generals may be difficult to compete with Liu Xie. What they are short of now is money, grain and population.

The food has to be eaten at a time and the road has to be taken step by step. At present, the power of the princes of the Central Plains has been achieved. Unlike dealing with the Huns, they can not reason with him. Although the princes of all walks of life have not paid tribute for a long time, they are still loyal to the court in name. If Liu Xie directly sent troops to Guandong at this time, it would be an excuse for the princes. Liu Xie was not arrogant enough to challenge the princes with these people in his hands. The Central Plains is not in a hurry, but Xiliang had to be in a hurry. He wanted to open the Silk Road and make profits for the country. Naturally, Xiliang could not fall into the hands of the princes.

What's more, Hetao has now been returned to Liu Xie. Even if there is a straight road that can directly lead to Hetao, it cannot change the fact that Hetao is still an enclave. Once there is a change, it will be difficult for the court to respond and support in time.

In Liu Xie's view of Xiliang, a barren land, is of great significance to Liu Xie. Unfortunately, Ma Tenghan Sui didn't know its true meaning. He only had a treasure mountain but did not know how to use it. So he is still a small warlord who is not even considered a prince, which is ridiculous.

"If you want to deal with Xiliang, why bother with it?" Guo Jia smiled and said, "I heard that Ma Teng's son Ma Chao is brave enough to be a thousand men. He is unfair and has a prestige among the Qiang people. I have a plan to make Ma Han turn against him. Your Majesty can take all Xiliang without spending one army or one clan."

"Oh?" Liu Xie's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded and said, "Speak quickly by Xiao Xiao, the plan will be released."

"Although Ma Chao is unruly, his father Ma Teng regards himself as a loyal and kind person. Your Majesty can issue an edict to be the governor of Xiliang and control Xiliang." Guo Jia said with a smile.

"This plan of disagreement is good, but I heard that Ma Shou became quite loyal and honest. Even if he gave him the governor of Xiliang, he might not be able to turn against Ma Han. Han Boyue was quite tolerant." Liu Xie smiled.

"Then we will recruit Ma Shoucheng into the court to participate in politics, and let his son Ma Chao temporarily take over the position of governor of Xiliang." Guo Jia sneered: "I heard that Ma Chao and Han Sui have been in a bad relationship for a long time. Han Sui has a powerful general named Yan Xing. In the past, when Ma Chao was young, he almost took his life. As long as Ma Teng was transferred away, Ma Chao may not be unable to avenge his personal revenge without any restrictions."
Chapter completed!