Chapter 115 Killing the Nine Tribes

Regardless of the crying and shouting of the group of people, Liu Chengen strode out of the military camp and came to Cui Xiawu.

"General Cui, I have accomplished my mission and have obtained the handwritten letters from these rebels."

"Using these handwritten letters, we can trick the rebels into opening their gates and occupy their fortress and compound without a single drop of blood."

Liu Chengen excitedly handed the stack of letters to Cui Xiawu, who took them with both hands.

"Don't worry, Eunuch Liu. We have people guarding outside the Bada Bingshang mansion. I'll send a pigeon to tell them to take action!"

"Bingzhou is a border town. For self-defense, these merchants built high walls and deep courtyards in their own compound. Some even built forts."

"If we enter rashly, we will definitely be stopped. Although we have the advantage of guns and cannons, we are afraid of hurting others."

"It would be best if we could trick them into coming to the fortress gate."

Liu Chengen took a deep breath and said, "Let's take action. We still have to keep an eye on this group of people. Don't let them react."

"As for the Wang family, I'll leave it to you, General Cui."

"promise!"

Cui Xiawu jumped on his horse and immediately rushed out with his personal soldiers.

At the same time, more than a dozen carrier pigeons soared into the sky and flew in different directions.

Half a day later, Cui Xiawu led his troops to the gate of the palace.

He did not rush in, but deliberately waited outside the city for a while, letting his men calculate the time.

He had to wait for the new recruits from other counties and the Jinyiwei to arrive at the same time.

As soon as it was daybreak, he immediately brought the new recruits and the Imperial Guards to the palace.

"Bang, bang, bang! Open the door! Open the door quickly!"

Cui Xiawu looked up at the huge palace and couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

The Datong Wang family has been passed down for more than 300 years. It originated in Bing and You, and the entire royal palace was built like an imperial palace.

The outer wall of the palace alone is ten feet high and is made entirely of bluestone and thick tiles. The wall is three steps thick, enough for three people to walk side by side on it.

There are thousands of houses, all of which are occupied by the people of the palace, servants, and so on.

In the entire Datong County city, the royal palace alone accounts for one third of the total.

It can be said that the Wang family is the sky of the entire Datong County!

"Who are you? Why are you knocking? Don't you know this is the palace?"

With a creaky sound, the door was opened. A servant stuck his head out and saw teams of armed soldiers filling the house.

Before he could react, the leading Jinyiwei kicked the door and the people inside open.

The remaining Jinyiwei and the New Army entered one after another.

At the same time, new recruits and Jinyiwei commanders in Qi County, Taigu County, Quanyang County and other places received messages from carrier pigeons and letters, and immediately arranged for their soldiers to break down doors.

They started the action in the early morning, and inside the city. They were soldiers, so no one would have thought that they would act like this.

As a result, almost all the compounds of the eight major mergers and acquisitions were opened and rushed in.

"Oh!"

"Who are you!"

"Someone is coming!"

"Hurry up! The rebels are coming! The rebels are rushing in...!"

Along with the servants' shouts, teams of servants and guards rushed out of the courtyard and confronted Cui Xiawu's soldiers.

But they had already lost the initiative, as new recruits had already rushed up the city wall and drove away teams of servants and guards.

"Who are you? How dare you break into my Wang family!"

A middle-aged man in brocade clothes came over, looking intimidating without even getting angry, and glared at Cui Xiawu and the others.

Cui Xiawu asked back: "Who are you?"

"Wang Ben!"

"Wang Ben? You are Wang Zhonghe's sixth son, right? You are idle all day long and have nothing to do, so you were not brought to the birthday banquet of Master Liu Chengen last night."

"What did you say?!"

Wang Ben's face changed immediately, but when he looked at the army around Cui Xiawu, he swallowed his anger.

"Who are you and what are you doing here in my Wang family?"

Last night, Liu Chengen held a banquet for his fiftieth birthday, and almost all the important figures in Bingzhou were invited.

Almost all the people in charge of the eight major businesses, including the heads of the families, young masters, and eldest sons, went there.

Now they are trapped in the military camp.

There was no one in charge in the entire eight commercial compound and fortress. Faced with this group of ferocious Jinyiwei and new troops, no one came out to take charge of the matter for a while.

"It's easy!"

Cui Xiawu took out an envelope and said, "This is a letter from your Wang family's ancestor Wang Zhonghe. The secret communication between you eight great states and Wu State has already been exposed."

"But Eunuch Liu Chengen, remembering your past contributions to the country, has decided to use the land for punishment as a substitute for your guilt. As for the Wang family, you must be fined 1.4 million acres of land!"

"what?!"

Everyone present was stunned.

what's the situation?
The Wang family is secretly communicating with the enemy country?
Eunuch Liu used the discussion of criminal land as a substitute for punishment?
One million and four hundred thousand acres!
That’s 1.4 million acres!

It occupies more than half of the Wang family’s current land.

If it is handed over, the entire palace will be finished!
"action!"

The Jinyiwei and the new soldiers behind him took a step forward. Wang Ben subconsciously said, "Stop! How do I know whether what you said is true or not? I want to see the county governor..."

"What the hell!"

Cui Xiawu kicked Wang Ben to the ground and signaled his men to tie him up.

Then a large number of Jinyiwei and new soldiers rushed into the palace and gathered everyone in the hall.

"All the people in the palace, listen up! The palace has been caught in a conspiracy with the Wu Kingdom. Only the people in the palace will be arrested. All servants and maids are not allowed to run around!"

"All the people in the palace, listen up! The palace has been caught in a conspiracy with the Wu Kingdom. Only the people in the palace will be arrested. All servants and maids are not allowed to run around!"

Team after team of soldiers rushed in and soon took control of the entire palace.

All the direct descendants of the palace, including the young masters and young ladies, were captured and brought to the center of the compound.

The rest of the servants, maids, etc. were terrified. Many of them ran around in panic and were killed by the Jinyiwei.

Most of the servants and maids were so frightened that they squatted on the ground and begged for mercy.

At this moment, a commotion came from the left side of the compound, along with the sounds of fighting and weapons clashing. Someone was resisting!

Wang Ben, who was squatting on the ground, immediately stood up excitedly: "My palace has been nurturing scholars for three hundred years, and we have our own warriors to protect us."

"Guard Liang! Kill these people quickly... bang!"

"what!"

Before Wang Ben could finish his words, he was hit by an elbow from the Jinyiwei next to him and saw stars.

Cui Xiawu also looked in the direction of the commotion, and sure enough, more than a hundred tall and strong guards rushed in with long swords in their hands.

Seeing that his master Wang Ben and others were trapped, he roared and rushed towards Cui Xiawu and others.

Most of these people are warrior guards recruited by the Wang family.

The rest are warriors trained by the Wang family themselves.

"Let go of the Fourth Master!"

"Get out of the palace, you dog official!"

Amid the roar, Cui Xiawu raised his hand slightly, and the Jinyiwei who were originally blocking the group of guards quickly retreated.

The middle-aged man in the lead's eyes lit up, thinking that this group of government troops were scared, he immediately roared and moved faster.

At this moment, a series of crisp "bang bang bang" sounds like frying beans rang out.

"boom!"

"Bump!"

Several bloody holes immediately appeared on the forehead, heart and chest of the leading man, and his huge body actually rushed forward several meters under the action of inertia.

Finally, he fell to the ground with force and died.

The same goes for other servants and warriors.

In just the first round of shooting, more than twenty warriors were lying in a pool of blood.

"hidden weapon!"

"Come on!"

"The wind is so tight!"

The remaining warriors were so frightened that they quickly used their lightness skills to try to leave.

Unfortunately, the second round of shooting has already arrived.

Some were shot down by the new army's bullets while they were still in mid-air, and fell heavily to the ground, crying for their parents.

In just over ten breaths, all the more than a hundred guarding warriors were lying on the ground.

Some died, some were injured, it was a horrific sight.

This scene shocked the entire Wang family.

Some of the timid female relatives also started crying, feeling extremely sad.

They couldn't understand why the guards who were usually so powerful in front of them were easily shot and killed by this group of soldiers.

What they couldn't understand was why their Wang family had suffered such a disaster?
You know, the nobility of the royal family's descendants is such that even when His Majesty wants to take a concubine, he will seek the opinions of the royal family instead of forcing her to marry.

Some first and second rank officials would even be proud to marry a daughter of a royal family.

How come today, I was so easily trampled under the feet of the officers and soldiers?

"Repay...!"

A Jinyiwei quickly ran over and said, "General! We found a large number of weapons and armor in the Wang family's cellar. There are at least three thousand sets of armor!"

"Three thousand sets of armor?"

Cui Xiawu looked at the frightened Wang Ben coldly and said in a cold voice: "Dayu Lu, anyone who secretly hides three sets of armor will be beheaded!"

"Your Wang family has hidden more than 3,000 sets. You can never chop off enough heads!"

"Keep searching!"

"promise!"

Many officers and soldiers rushed into the palace like wolves and tigers, but Cui Xiawu walked up to many royal descendants and took out the imperial edict that had been prepared for a long time from his waist.

Almost at the same time, in the recruit camp, Liu Chengen, ignoring the shocked looks of the heads and ancestors of the eight great families, slowly held out a scroll of imperial edict.

Quanyang County, Pingyuan Lord, Banner County, Jinyang County...

Quanyang County, Pingyuan County, Qi County, Jinyang County... In almost every large county and county government, as long as it was the mansions and fortresses belonging to the Eight Great Merchants and other aristocratic families, there would be a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard or a battalion commander of new recruits, who would take out almost identical imperial edicts.

In the military camp, Liu Chengen shouted in a sharp voice:
"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, proclaims!"

"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, proclaims!"

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says..."

Quanyang County, Pingyuan Jun, Qi County, Jinyang County... In the entire Bingzhou, more than a dozen soldiers were reciting the imperial edict indifferently and fanatically.

"In Datong County, Bingzhou, there are eight major merchants headed by the descendants of the Wang family. They have secretly colluded with the bandits of Wu State, betrayed their country for fame, and privately sold salt, iron, weapons, armor, and even information about the border garrisons..."

Liu Chengen spoke very slowly, enunciating each word, striving to ensure that everyone present could hear clearly.

As Liu Chengen's voice sounded, everyone present changed their expressions.

how……

Didn’t Your Majesty say that the silver for discussing crimes could be used to discuss crimes? Why is there still an imperial edict?
Wang Zhonghe's expression became even uglier. He stared at Liu Chengen, as if he remembered something.

correct!

Before, Liu Chengen only mentioned the private sale of salt, iron, weapons and other items, but this imperial edict included additional information about border garrisons!

Damn...!
How did Your Majesty know this confidential matter?
On the Wu Kingdom side...

Liu Chengen's voice continued: "As a result, the borders of Bin, You, and Bing states have been frequently invaded by Wu State, which has plundered countless livestock and people, causing millions of common people to suffer. This is a man-made disaster, a crime tantamount to treason, and I am deeply saddened by it!"

"The eight major families of Datong Wang family, Qixian Qiao family, Yuxia Chang family, Taigu Meng family, Xiujun Hou family, Pingyuan Qu family, Pingkang Kang family, and Jinyang Fang family hereby come together to discuss..."

Having said that, Liu Chengen glanced grimly at the dozens of businessmen who had now collapsed on the ground, and continued:

"Execute all nine clans, and use all of their property to fill the national treasury. This is my decree!!!"

"Execute all nine clans, and use all of their property to fill the national treasury. This is my decree!!!"

"All nine clans will be executed, and all their property will be used to fill the national treasury. I decree this..."

Quanyang County, Pingyuan Lord, Banner County, Jinyang County...

More than ten voices were also heard, announcing the demise of the family they were in.

Kill the nine tribes!
　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　The last day of April, begging for monthly tickets!!!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)