Although those nobles were all strongly dissatisfied with Jiang Ming!

However, the domestic intelligence agencies that rely on Jiang Ming to support their families are absolutely loyal to him!

They're counting on Jiang Ming's monthly salary!

So, he told Jiang Ming about the impending 'turmoil' in the various vassal states!

Even within the Yan state, many nobles were secretly colluding with the nobles of the southern vassal states, preparing to overthrow Jiang Ming!

At this moment, Jiang Ming truly realized that it was impossible to bring peace to the world through rational management, optimized social systems, and gentle means!

We must have a set of coercive measures!

These ignorant and opportunistic feudal lords reignited Jiang Ming's murderous intent!

In fact, looking back at history, Jiang Ming realized that achieving true overall social progress was often very difficult, and sometimes even regressive.

Take land annexation, for example, and the monopoly of land by the aristocratic and powerful classes.

This problem started in the Western Han Dynasty and remained unresolved until the end of the Tang Dynasty...

It wasn't until Huang Chao emerged, stormed into Chang'an, and slaughtered people according to their family genealogies, completely eradicating the gentry class from the historical stage to some extent, that the privileged class was truly removed from the historical stage.

After the Song and Yuan dynasties, the Ming dynasty reinstated the system of supporting the Zhu family throughout the country. More than 200 years later, the powerful and wealthy class almost burst the Ming dynasty, ultimately leading to its demise.

What's even more terrifying than the monopoly of the aristocratic class is the annexation of land!

This issue was not finally resolved until modern society!

Jiang Ming was too impatient; he wanted to govern the whole world so soon, which was impossible!

After all, the relations of production are determined by the productive forces. If we try to adapt an advanced production system before the relations of production have developed to that stage, it will inevitably backfire!

However, Jiang Ming refused to believe it. He had already decided to kill them, starting with the Yan Kingdom, and thoroughly purge these powerful figures!

Let them all become isolated individuals like Zhao Yong!

Therefore, Jiang Ming, as the King of Yan, immediately ordered his prime minister to arrest all Yan generals on the spy list, as well as ministers who were attempting to participate in the rebellion, throughout the country.

In a short time, the total number of nobles and their cronies arrested throughout the Yan Kingdom reached twenty to thirty thousand!

Apart from the nobles who were executed for having conclusive evidence of collusion with the rebels, their families were all demoted to commoners, just like ordinary people!

At the very least, we must ensure that the regime does not capsize within the territory of Yan!

In addition, as the Khan of the Xianbei and the Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu, Jiang Ming directly promoted many Xianbei and Xiongnu generals.

These people don't want any land.

They're only interested in ranches!

Moreover, when it comes to the continuation of their lineage, they care more about the survival of the tribe!

To put it bluntly, they care more about people and how many cattle and sheep they own. They don't have strict requirements about land, since everyone is a migrant!

Therefore, they can be even more loyal to Jiang Ming!

Jiang Ming assembled 300,000 Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Yan soldiers and deployed them on the southern border of Yan, ready to defend against the backlash from the southern rebels at any time!

Zhao Yong, as Jiang Ming's close ally, also mobilized 200,000 troops to prepare to encircle the rebels!

After receiving news of the impending rebellion, Ying Zhuang, the ruler of the southern state of Chu, also assembled an army of 200,000 to besiege and attack the states of Wei and Han.

The entire world was about to descend into chaos and carnage!

Compared to Jiang Ming...

His younger brother, Ying Zhuang, seems to have a reputation for being more farsighted.

Having learned from the previous disorganized state of Chu, Ying Zhuang, as the Chu ruler from Qin, launched a thorough purge of the Chu nobility after Jiang Ming took control of the entire country!

Of course, his purge did not involve killing these nobles, but rather exiling them to Lingnan to expand the territory.

Upon arriving in Lingnan, these former Chu nobles were completely wiped out by the Baiyue tribes of Lingnan...

This tactic of using someone else to do the dirty work directly eliminated the internal crisis in Chu.

Moreover, the nobles who originally lived within the territory of Wu were also relocated to the territory of Chu by King Ying Zhuang of Chu, as instructed by Jiang Ming, and lived a life of ignominy under the guard of the Chu army.

In this way, they were separated from their original means of production, and these guys all became obedient.

Therefore, there was no response from nobles in the Chu state or the former Wu state during this rebellion.

It only has a greater influence in the Central Plains region!

Jiang Ming, still maintaining his attitude of not easily starting a war, invited the King of Han, the King of Wei, the King of Qi, and the king of a small country to come to Qiu to negotiate and see what their demands were.

Then both sides can find a solution that is acceptable to each other!

On the surface, he came up for a meeting, but at this moment, Jiang Ming had already given up on the idea of ​​a "soft landing".

His real plan was to lure all these feudal lords here and then kill them all!

Jiang Ming had a clear idea: without destruction, there can be no construction. For these privileged classes, a "Huang Chao-style purge" was necessary to completely and physically exonerate them, so that all the "former aristocratic groups" in the world would give up their illusions and earn a living honestly through their own abilities from now on!

But these feudal lords didn't seem to be stupid; none of them fell for it!

Despite being surrounded by enemies on all sides, they continued to resist the imperial court...

With Wei as a grain-producing base, Han as a place specializing in weapon manufacturing, and Qi, a country rich in resources, the rebels were very confident!

The chaos within Da Gan's country also attracted the attention of the Northern Xiongnu!

Their original plan was to first destroy the Qin state, and then, relying on Hangu Pass, gradually extend their reach into the Central Plains!

Now, they've changed their minds!

They planned to bypass Qin and go directly to the north of Zhao, then march south to attack Zhao and relieve the pressure from the rebellious armies of the many states in the Central Plains!

With their arrival, Zhao Yong's 200,000 northern cavalry troops had to be deployed to the north.

The rebels in the Central Plains can then concentrate their efforts on dealing with Jiang Ming of the Yan Kingdom.

Meanwhile, the Northern Xiongnu army also diverted a portion of its forces to the north of Yan to contain Jiang Ming, preventing him from attending to both the north and south...

In this way, as long as the rebels in the Central Plains deal with the State of Chu in the south, they can ensure that they do not lose their base!

Jiang Ming has been extremely frustrated these days in the imperial court.

What was supposed to be a great situation has now turned out like this!

He really didn't want to go to war, after all, it would bring huge losses of social wealth and population.

But all these nobles must be killed to prevent future troubles!

But these guys weren't falling for it, which really annoyed Jiang Ming!

Just as he was inside the royal palace, pondering which method he could cleverly use to eliminate the leading vassal kings, his subordinates entered the palace to report that the 100,000-strong army of the Northern Xiongnu had returned to the grasslands and was preparing to invade the northern prefectures of Zhao!