Five more days passed in a blink of an eye.

Zhong Yao's interrogation has basically ended, and a long list has been handed over to Liu He.

Two days ago, Liu He also handed him a list of information and lists of Flying Eagle Guards, asking him to investigate it strictly, and now he finally got a result.

The You brothers have been secretly following Liu He for a long time, the General's Mansion, the Imperial Palace, and the Military Camp. In most cases, both of them follow in a hidden place beside Liu He, or one of them goes out for a mission and the other follows.

Therefore, when Liu He went to court, both of them would hide in the palace. Fortunately that day, they promptly informed the General's Mansion with Feige's letters, and informed the generals of Hangu Pass, Hulao Pass and Mengjin Port with Feige's letters. This was why Xun Yu later dispatched troops and generals, and three defenders led their troops to aid Luoyang.

After the incident, Liu He asked them to secretly investigate all the family forces involved in this incident. The Tingwei is in the light and the Flying Eagle Guard is in the dark. Only by combining the two can the most real and comprehensive truth be found.

Although Liu He did not decide whether to deal with it severely, at least he had to understand who was involved in this rebellion.

Looking at the list in front of him, even Liu He couldn't help but be surprised.

"Okay, okay, in order to deal with me, I actually alarmed more than 600 officials of all sizes, nearly 200 families, and even dozens of people and families participated in Liangzhou and Bingzhou. It was really hard to do it."

However, no matter how surprised the more this matter is, the more troublesome it will be to deal with it. If you follow this list and punish it according to the law, I am afraid that the collapse of the imperial management system will eventually be even more serious than Yang Biao expected at the time.

In the entire Sili area, nearly 80% of the officials will be implicated. At that time, more than 60% of the county towns are almost unmanaged, more than half of the county magistrates, county magistrates and county magistrates will be killed and removed, and many large-scale residences in the northern city of Luoyang will be confiscated and destroyed. At least 70% of the family will be raided.

"Trouble...it's really troublesome..."

Liu He really wanted to kill all these big men's cancers in one go and kill them all, just like when he was in Taiyuan and Yanmen back then, how happy it was?

But he also understood that now is no longer as before. He destroyed a family in a county town or even a family in a county, but only a dozen to dozens of vacancies. He could let his subordinates take over. As long as he occupied a few major positions, plus he, Qian Li and Cui Jun's coordination, the government affairs could be organized.

But now I am responsible for the entire court, and the actual control of the Bingzhou and Sili areas are more than 8 million people. This is a vacant of more than 600 official positions. At least three or four hundred people need to be replaced to barely ensure the operation of the court. But where can I find so many talents with both virtue and talent to serve? It is impossible to just pick a few cats and dogs and get on. Then the people who suffer in the end are the people?

"If you don't kill them, you will harm the people and the world. But if you kill them all, you will also cause the people to suffer. The world will suffer. What should I do..."

If you really accept Yang Biao's suggestion, it is indeed a good idea. Liu He has to admit that this is a method used by Cao Cao in history. In the end, it proved that this method is indeed very effective. All the list and evidence were burned down with a big fire. A fire burned out the stability of the court, the scholars' hearts for Cao Cao, the beautiful reputation of "respecting virtuous people and loving scholars", and even half of Cao Cao's country.

But what Liu He knew more was that it was a forced compromise. It was the helplessness that Cao Cao, the mighty Emperor Wu of Wei, had to bow to the gentry class.

If it were not for the mastery of the aristocratic families, it could even be said that they had almost monopolized knowledge and the channels for becoming officials. If a large number of talented, knowledgeable and virtuous people could take office anytime and anywhere, and continue to serve on behalf of those people, why would Cao Cao have kept such a group of fence-between? How could there be a lord in the world who doesn’t like loyal ministers?

If all the ministers are killed, who will do the work for Cao Cao? Can rely solely on the Xiahou Cao, the two Xun, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Mao Jie, control the entire north?

Asked himself, Liu He didn't want to make such a compromise, but for a moment, he couldn't think of any good idea, which gave him a headache.

He was rubbing his temples, and Xun Yu and Cui Jun suddenly came to the door of the study together. When he was about to walk in, he saw his appearance and stopped at the same time.

The two of them were about to leave, but Liu He heard the footsteps at the door, raised his head and saw them.

"It's Shu Heihe Wenruo. Is there anything wrong? Come in and talk."

The two of them walked in, but they still looked like they wanted to speak but stopped.

Liu He became curious now.

"What made you so hesitate?"

Cui Jun looked at Xun Yu and signaled him that Xun Yu had no choice but to speak.

"It's not a big deal, but... there was a rumor outside for some reason..."

The more he said this, the more Liu He could hear that this matter was definitely not small.

Xun Yu seemed a little difficult to speak of, which made Liu He even more anxious.

"Speak quickly."

Xun Yu thought about it and then said it.

It turned out that a few days ago, a rumor began to appear in Luoyang City, and the rumor quickly became more and more intense, spreading everywhere on the streets and alleys.

This rumor says that Liu He is hypocritical on the surface, but in fact he is extremely cruel and inhumane.

He was powerful, not the emperor, but better than the emperor. He had long wanted to replace him and become an emperor, which was even better than the powerful minister Dong Zhuo of that year. Many ministers such as Chen Ji were dedicated to the public and loyal to him. They saw his sinister intentions, so they secretly united to overthrow him, so that the court could rectify the origin and make the emperor take power again.

However, Liu He had already bribed the slaves in many ministers' houses and reported the matter to him early, so he was waiting for him and eventually captured all the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Next, he will definitely start to eliminate these ministers and families one by one, and will also punish those who have offended him, who were inconvenient to revenge bloodily due to the reputation of "benevolence and righteousness", now they will settle accounts one by one after another. Including their relatives, friends, even disciples and slaves, they will not let go.

Through some cleaning, we will eliminate political enemies and take the opportunity to make a fortune for our future enjoyment.

After hearing these news, Liu He not only wasn't angry, but instead felt extremely ridiculous.

"What? Is this their back-up? Just by these few rumors, no matter how many people believe it, even if others believe it, what can I do to me? There is no need to pay attention to it. If the purity is clear, what are I afraid of?"

He laughed at me, then continued to hold his head and prepare to review it on this list.

Xun Yu frowned, thought for a long time, and spoke again.

"Master, they also said..."

Liu He stopped the pen in his hand and looked up at Xun Yu.

"say what?"

Xun Yu looked at Liu He and said, "They said that the lord wanted to pursue immortality. After listening to the slander of the alchemist, he would dig out the hearts of a pair of boys and girls every night on a full moon..."

When he said this, he looked up from time to time to observe Liu He's expression.

At first, Liu He's face darkened, as if he was a little angry with these words, but soon returned to normal.

"What? These traitors have only this trick left? It seems that they are too poor to be worried. They ordered people to search for the entire city of Luoyang, and within five days, they would arrest all the people who spread rumors behind them and parade in the streets. I want to see if the people believe me or theirs."

Liu He has full confidence in this. With the reputation he has accumulated over the years, this rumor can be easily broken.

He didn't take these words seriously, but Xun Yu and Cui Jun were still worried.

Seeing this, Liu He asked, "What? What are the doubts?"

Xun Yu bowed and said, "As the lord said, just a few rumors, it is impossible to pose any threat to the lord. How could the remnants of many families not understand this? Since that is the case, why should they do this in one go or even cause trouble?"

Liu He pondered: "Wen Ruo means... these rumors are just part of their subsequent planning?"

Xun Yu was about to answer, but was interrupted by a sudden shout.

"Report..." A soldier ran to the door of the study, seeing him sweating profusely, his face was very anxious.

Xun Yu asked: "Why are you panic?"

"The Wei family and Wang family each carried coffins and followed a large group of mourning teams to the Mingtang in front of the south gate of the palace."

"Um?"

When Liu He first heard the news, he was stunned.

"It seems that Wen Ruo is right, and there is still a second move."

Xun Yu thought for a while and said, "My subordinates thought that they should be arrested immediately, and then issued an edict in the name of the court to inform the world of his crimes to keep them straight."

Liu He waved his hand.

"No hurry. Since they have set up the stage, why don't you and I go and see what they are singing together."

Liu He put down his things and walked straight out of the study. Xun Yu and Cui Jun shook their heads helplessly, and had to follow.
Chapter completed!