In order to ensure that the conditions he proposed could be implemented and not be violated by the officials and wealthy families in the three places, Yu Zizhen immediately brought the three places under his surveillance after the envoys negotiated the exchange terms with the rulers of the three places.
Intelligence personnel who entered the three places under various pretexts soon took root and settled down there.
They still operated in two lines, light and dark, complementing each other but not interfering with each other, ensuring to the greatest extent possible that Yu Zizhen, who sat high in the temple, would not be deliberately deceived.
It is worth mentioning that during the nearly two years when the Chinese court headed by Yu Zizhen negotiated terms with the three places, Xiao Shaoyuan also arranged suitable marriages for the former second prince and eldest princess.
As for Xiao Shaoke, Xiao Shaoyuan finally chose to send him out of Prince Zhao's Mansion at the cost of a farm, a shop and a mansion.
Originally, Xiao Shaoke would not be so easy to deal with, but he had been jumping around with other royal members of the former Qi Dynasty for the past two years. Although he failed to achieve any results or gain any benefits every time, he was successfully put on the blacklist of the Little Baby Voice System, which was used to record unstable factors, because he was too annoying.
After being reminded by the baby-voice system, Yu Zizhen simply had everyone record everything he had done, and then he threw all the evidence in his face with great momentum and openly questioned him.
Xiao Shaoke never imagined that Yu Zizhen had found out everything he did and said in private without missing a single detail.
He was so frightened that he thought Yu Zizhen was going to settle the score with him and take his dog head off, but he didn't expect that the situation would take such an unexpected turn in the end.
Yu Zizhen, who was originally full of murderous intent, suddenly changed her tone after announcing his crimes, and said that this time she could spare his death penalty because of Xiao Shaoyuan and Xiao Yuanjin's plea for him.
Although Yu Zizhen said at the end that she would only give face to Xiao Shaoyuan and Xiao Yuanjin this time, if there was a next time, even if the emperor pleaded for him, Yu Zizhen would definitely chop off his head immediately, but for Xiao Shaoke, who had escaped death once, he was lucky to not die this time.
After all, if you put yourself in his shoes, if he were in Yu Zizhen's position, he would not allow a troublemaker like him who had once had dangerous ideas to continue living.
As for the other former members of the Qi royal family who jumped around with him, Yu Zizhen's methods of dealing with them were much more severe.
Regardless of whether they were the leaders or the followers, Yu Zizhen handed them all over to Yuheng to be dealt with personally according to the law.
You have to know that in this book world with an ancient background, the law has always imposed more severe penalties on crimes such as "treason" than on other crimes.
Although those families did not cause any harm to Yu Zizhen and the Chinese court, according to the current Chinese laws, they still faced the tragic fate of having their property confiscated and exiled.
This is all thanks to the fact that China's founding emperor, Yu Zizhen, did not like killing or implicating others. If it were the Former Qi Dynasty or other earlier dynasties, these guys would have definitely ended up with their entire family killed and their three clans exterminated.
If a less prudent emperor had said "severe punishment" on top of the legal provisions, then all nine clans of these guys would have suffered greatly.
Xiao Shaoke himself was of course very clear about the ins and outs of this, so when Yu Zizhen said that he could let him go this time because of Xiao Yuanjin and Xiao Shaoyuan's pleading for him, he immediately burst into tears of gratitude towards the two of them.
Xiao Shaoyuan took advantage of the situation and offered to give him a mansion, a shop and a farm so that he could live a life without worries about food and clothing after leaving Prince Zhao's Mansion. He agreed immediately without much hesitation.
As for those former members of the Qi royal family who jumped around with him, they were far superior to Xiao Shaoke in terms of financial resources and connections, so naturally the degree of harm they posed was far greater than that of Xiao Shaoke.
Yu Zizhen directly gave these people a double package of confiscation of property and exile. Not only did the proceeds from the confiscation greatly enrich the Chinese treasury, but after exile, these people who had lost their financial support would be closely guarded by the local garrison soldiers, and would completely lose the opportunity to stir up trouble.
After dealing with this group of former Qi royal family members who were not allowed to take the imperial examinations or military examinations for five generations and were not allowed to leave the place of exile, Yu Zizhen brought out Mr. Jiang, who had been left in the mountain stronghold for a long time.
Mr. Jiang, who had no hope of escaping, had long since succumbed to the coercion of the "evil forces". During the time he lived in isolation, he had always been obediently doing his work.
What's more, after such a long time, Mr. Jiang not only did not become haggard because of being trapped in the mountain village, but his spirit became more and more full because of his regular daily exercise and clear diet.
When Yu Zizhen saw him again, not only had his fat belly disappeared unnoticed, but even his sparse gray hair had a clear tendency to become thicker and darker.
"Tsk tsk, it seems like you're living a good life, sir." Yu Zizhen didn't hide his surprise and astonishment at Mr. Jiang's change. "I heard that you haven't tried to escape in a long time. Could it be that you've adapted to life in the mountains and think it's quite good?"
Mr. Jiang's eyes twitched. He knelt respectfully and saluted, "Your Majesty, you're joking. I just knew there was no hope of escape, so I gave up and stopped trying."
After all, he would be caught every time he tried to escape, and would be punished every time he was caught. Mr. Jiang is old and can't afford to go through so much trouble.
Yu Zizhen raised his eyebrows slightly, "In that case, sir, you can go wherever you want."
What she didn't say was that if she hadn't been so busy with so many things to deal with that she had completely forgotten about Mr. Jiang, she wouldn't have waited until now to get Mr. Jiang out of the village.
Mr. Jiang didn't expect that Yu Zizhen would let him go just like that. Although he and Yu Zizhen didn't have any major grudges, it was an indisputable fact that he was the trusted aide of the King of Zhenbei and had always helped the King of Zhenbei suppress Yu Zizhen. It was even a conspiracy to take over Yu Zizhen's intelligence system.
Given Yu Zizhen's pettiness of wanting to keep him locked up for a while longer even after he established the country, Mr. Jiang thought she would find another way to torture him, the trusted subordinate of the King of Zhenbei.
Seeing him kneeling there without any response, Yu Zizhen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, "Why, sir, you don't want to leave?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Jiang immediately jumped up with agility that was not in line with his age, "I'll take my leave!"
He would be stupid not to want to leave!
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