the next day.
Inside the Regent's Palace.
"Your Highness, do you know why these officials often rebel against you?" Yao Guangxiao asked.
"Didn't I kill enough? Didn't I wipe out even one bastard's entire clan?" Lin Mo laughed.
"Yes, Your Highness, you need to be ruthless so that they will be truly terrified!"
"Then I'll leave it to you to handle. Find one or two ringleaders!" Lin Mo said. "Exterminating ten clans is out of the question, but nine clans are worth considering!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Guangxiao took out a list from his bosom. "Your Highness, the list has been prepared for you!" the demonic monk said. "As for their crimes, I have already collected them."
Lin Mo took the list and exclaimed, "Holy crap, so many people?"
This is going to wipe out half the court!
“Yes, all these people have advised His Majesty to dismiss Your Highness!” Yao Guangxiao said.
Upon hearing this, Lin Mo fell into deep thought. "The ringleader should be exterminated along with his entire family, and the others..." he said, "the other officials, let's not bring disaster upon their families!"
"Your humble servant obeys!" Yao Guangxiao showed no surprise whatsoever; he seemed to have anticipated Lin Mo's decision.
"Guangxiao, how many new soldiers have you recruited during my absence from the capital?" Lin Mo asked.
"Your Highness, there are fewer than 20,000!" Yao Guangxiao replied. "Years of war have decimated our male population!"
"What about the other provinces?" Lin Mo asked again.
“It’s better than the capital, but…” Yao Guangxiao hesitated.
"Release carrier pigeons and have all the regional officials send their eldest sons to the capital," Lin Mo announced. "Those who disobey, make another list, and I will deal with the matter!"
Without the corruption value setting, Lin Mo had no more scruples.
These scoundrels only care about their own interests and disregard the safety of the Great Xia Dynasty.
If they don't obey, kill them all. What's the point of keeping them alive?
What will Lin Mo use to kill?
Xuanhua Palace, of course!
Need money?
Putting aside the fact that He Xiao has already submitted to me, I will carry out the order to empty the national treasury even if Lin Mo is asked to do so!
Anyway, there's a system that lets you exchange military rations and supplies; you can earn silver later!
"Your humble servant obeys!" Yao Guangxiao grinned and immediately left.
After a busy day, the sun quietly set.
Lin Mo hadn't even had a few bites of dinner when his subordinate came to report, "Your Highness, a guest has arrived! She claims to be from Xuanhua Palace!"
"Oh? Let her in!" Lin Mo said while eating.
Perfect timing, I also have a task for them.
Carrier pigeons won't make those regional officials submit obediently; assassination is inevitable.
Only by killing a few outspoken individuals and sending their heads to the nine border regions can we instill fear in them and force them to submit!
Not long after, the person was brought in.
Lin Mo looked up and exclaimed in surprise, "It's you?" "Tang Die?"
"This humble woman greets Your Highness the Regent!" Tang Die (Zhao Zhilan) bowed and said.
At this moment, Lin Mo quickly waved his hand, signaling all his subordinates and maids to leave.
Afterwards, he carefully closed the door, then turned around and said, "Your Highness, why are you doing this?"
Upon realizing that Lin Mo had recognized her, Zhao Zhilan trembled. "Your Highness, I am here on the orders of Lord He to protect your safety!"
"Protect me?" Lin Mo couldn't help but laugh. "Has He Xiao lost his mind?!"
"Who will protect whom is still uncertain," he thought to himself.
"Besides protection, I am at Your Highness's beck and call," Zhao Zhilan added.
"Send me around?" Lin Mo sighed.
Forget it, let her be!
"Can you get in touch with He Xiao?" Lin Mo asked her.
"May I ask, Your Highness, what task do you require of me?"
Lin Mo suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with unwavering determination, and said, "Assassinate!"
~~~
Upon arriving at the room arranged by Lin Mo, Zhao Zhilan was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.
She was very grateful to Lin Mo for not exposing her, allowing her to stay in the capital as Tang Die.
However, she was also very surprised by Lin Mo's change.
"The world is a marketplace of fame and fortune, and also a melting pot. Any hero or great man can be corrupted by worldly affairs, becoming cunning, greedy, and obsessed with power," Zhao Zhilan thought to herself.
"Lin Mo, is he really going to assassinate those disobedient regional officials for the sake of power?"
A sigh, a breath!
"Zhao Zhilan, Zhao Zhilan, what should you do next?"
"Wait!" A voice suddenly appeared in her mind, "Zhao Zhilan, you're not a little girl anymore. Don't jump to conclusions! Based on what I know of him, he's not that kind of bloodthirsty person!"
"Try to understand this world with your heart!" Zhao Zhilan recalled the teachings of Xuanhua Palace. "Why did Lin Mo make this decision?"
"No, I have to get to the bottom of this!" she thought.
So she immediately got up and left the room!
~~~
Inside the Regent's Palace at this very moment.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Huo Churan asked, frowning in confusion.
"I'm not doing anything, I just want to teach you a lesson!" Lin Mo said angrily.
Meeting Zhao Zhilan had already left him with a belly full of frustration, with nowhere to vent it. Hearing Huo Churan's remarks that night only made him angrier.
"Your Highness, I was merely expressing my true feelings," Huo Churan said, somewhat aggrieved. "I am the daughter of a traitor, yet you did not despise me and still married me. I am already very content."
Therefore, I absolutely do not wish to bear your eldest son!
It turns out that Huo Churan believed that she was of lowly status because she was the daughter of Huo Minggao, a rebel from the Great Xia Dynasty.
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