A day later, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the streets and alleys of Juping.
The seven elders of the Su family were convicted of giving huge bribes to officials in Shuobei, instigating large-scale armed fights among their clansmen, and colluding to conceal the facts in an attempt to cover up their crimes during trial. They should have been sentenced to death along with their entire family, but considering that the Su family had made many contributions in Juping, they were given a lighter sentence and all their property was confiscated. All members of the three clans of the seven elders' families were exiled to various places in the Northwest Protectorate to perform labor service.
The debts owed by the seven elders of the Su family will be repaid by the government after selling their properties.
All officials from the Su clan serving in Fuzhou were dismissed and investigated.
As the news spread, it also marked the demise of the Su family, which had been entrenched in Fuzhou for many years.
"How will Your Majesty deal with me?"
In the Juping prison, Yang Huizhou lay on the straw mat in reverse, looking at Yun Zheng cautiously.
Yun Zheng smiled faintly, "To be honest, your question makes this king very embarrassed."
"Difficult?"
Yang Huizhou was worried, "Your Majesty, are you hesitating whether to kill me?"
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"You are just a small shrimp, why would I kill you?"
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled, "My dilemma is that if I don't let you go, there's not much point in keeping you, and it would waste the government's food! If I let you work for me, your family is still in the imperial city! But if I let you go, do you think the Third Brother will still trust you?"
"this……"
Yun Zheng’s question instantly stumped Yang Huizhou.
If Yun Zheng let him go back to the imperial city, Yun Li would definitely wonder why Yun Zheng didn't kill him!
Who knows, Yun Li might even think that he and Yun Zheng had reached a secret agreement!
In order to win people's hearts, Yun Li probably won't kill me for working for him, but he probably won't trust me anymore.
Yun Zheng smiled and continued, "In fact, as long as you are ruthless and cut off one of your hands, and then tell the third brother that I cut off your hand to protest to him, the third brother will definitely not doubt you."
The corners of Yang Huizhou's mouth twitched slightly, and he just wanted to greet Yun Zheng's ancestors.
Cut off one of your own hands?
Wouldn't I become a useless person?
If his family were not in the imperial city, he would rather serve Yun Zheng.
After all, Yun Zheng has a large army under his command. Even if Yun Li is angry about his betrayal, he dare not cause trouble for Yun Zheng.
Yang Huizhou thought hard for a moment and said bitterly, "Please, Your Majesty, show me a way forward!"
Yun Zheng raised his lips, "Are you sure you want me to show you a way forward?"
Yang Huizhou felt a chill in his heart, feeling that Yun Zheng had bad intentions.
However, now he has no choice at all.
After hesitating for a moment, Yang Huizhou finally nodded, "Your subordinate...is sure!"
“This is actually very simple.”
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Write a letter and tell the Third Brother that I want him to pay two hundred thousand taels of silver to redeem you! Otherwise, I will behead you and protest to the court!"
Listening to Yun Zheng's words, Yang Huizhou's face became happy again, and then he looked at Yun Zheng with admiration.
What a good trick!
I am working for Yun Li. If Yun Li refuses to pay money to redeem me and I have to watch myself being beheaded, I am afraid that whoever works for him in the future will have to think twice.
After a long while, Yang Huizhou smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, you may think too highly of the Crown Prince."
"What do you mean?"
Yun Zheng was puzzled.
Yang Huizhou: "The court is seriously short of money. All officials in the court are cutting spending. Even the Crown Prince's Mansion is drastically cutting spending. It is really difficult for the Crown Prince to take out 200,000 taels of silver to redeem me."
"Is the third brother so poor?" Yun Zheng was surprised.
"My Lord, what do you think?"
Yang Huizhou was speechless.
How could he not know whether Yun Li was poor or not?
Yun Zheng thought about it and said, "Then let's give it 100,000 taels of silver!"
Yang Huizhou smiled bitterly: "One hundred thousand taels... is enough..."
"If it's less, then let's not talk about it!" Yun Zheng shook his head. "If I were you, I would have stopped working for the Third Brother a long time ago! You are the Crown Prince Regent, but you are so stingy with even 200,000 taels of silver. You have no future!"
“Your Highness, you won’t still want me to work for you, right?” Yang Huizhou seemed to understand a little.
“That’s about right!”
Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "However, if I ask you to do anything big, I'm afraid you can't do it! With your ability, the most you can do is to be my spy."
As eyeliner?
Yang Huizhou smiled bitterly.
To be honest, Yun Zheng’s words were quite discouraging.
He believes that he still has real talent and knowledge.
Otherwise, how could he become the Junior Secretary of the Prince's Mansion?
"Alright, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you anymore, just think about it yourself!"
Yun Zheng stood up and said, "After you have considered it, just let the jailer tell me the answer."
After saying that, Yun Zheng turned and left.
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"Have you heard? The Su family has been destroyed!"
"How come I haven't heard about it? I heard that if it weren't for the prince's mercy, the entire Su family would have been executed!"
"I also heard that the Su family had been cheated of all their wealth by the prince a long time ago. If they hadn't instigated the family members to fight with weapons, they probably wouldn't have ended up like this."
"I heard that the prince deliberately set a trap for the Su family and wanted to use it as a prey..."
"Let's not provoke this prince. It's better to pay more taxes than to follow in the footsteps of the Su family..."
“That makes sense…”
As the news of the Su family's demise gradually spread, the powerful people in Fuzhou also felt tremendous pressure.
This time it’s the Su family.
Next time, I don’t know whose turn it will be.
As various places in Fuzhou reopened land transaction registration one after another, those who had sold land earlier began to buy back the land, even if they would rather offer a little more benefits, just to buy the land back.
If it is really impossible to buy it back, then let the buyers pay less grain to you.
This way, even if Yun Zheng pursues the matter, at least he can make an explanation.
These people are really scared.
The key point is that Yun Zheng did not destroy the Su family by force, but destroyed the Su family reasonably and legitimately through a series of means.
Even those who tried the Su family were tried by Su Zan, the prefect of Juping County!
Such a result makes people feel chilling.
No one wants to be the next Su.
"Next, the issue of allocating taxes to each acre should not go wrong. Should we go back to Dingbei?"
In the palace of Sifang County, Ye Zi asked Yun Zheng with a smile.
The Su family’s problem was solved in this way, which is considered a perfect ending for them!
At this time of year, the ice and snow in northern Shuobei should have begun to melt gradually.
Based on her understanding of Yun Zheng, Yun Zheng should be preparing to use military force against the Dayue Kingdom.
"It's about time to go back to Dingbei."
Yun Zheng nodded gently, "However, I still have something to do here, you can go back to Dingbei first, I will go back to Dingbei after I finish my work..."
It is indeed time to prepare for military action against the Kingdom of Dayue.
The Otsuki Kingdom must have known that they would attack after the spring, and must have been preparing for war with all their strength.
The more time we give Dayue Nation to prepare, the less benefit it will bring to them...
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