If all of them were to be executed along with their entire families, these scholars would be implicated in a wide range of cases, and the number of people involved would certainly not be less than 200,000. Such a large number of people cannot all be killed, can they?
After sharing his concerns with everyone, the officials in the government office remained silent, clearly indicating that the imperial court dared not issue such an order lightly.
Cao Song, who was standing to the side, said, "Then let the people of the Sili government arrest them all first. As for how to deal with them, we'll talk about it later. If they are prepared and raise an army in advance, there will inevitably be unrest!"
"The Grand Minister of Agriculture is right. Now that all levels of government and troops have been mobilized, word has already leaked out. We must act quickly to maintain stability in the Sili region!"
The other officials also chimed in with their own words.
Soon, dozens of orders from the imperial court reached the Sili government office, and the 1,500 eunuchs who had been prepared beforehand took those secret letters and began a purge operation in the Luoyang area!
In a short time, countless scholars' residences were sealed off, and batches of scholars, along with their families and relatives, were imprisoned to await trial.
Soon, more than half of the scholars in the Luoyang area were arrested because they were involved in this major treason case.
While a large-scale purge was underway in the Luoyang area, powerful Qiang families in several counties of Liangzhou also suffered devastating blows from the Liangzhou army.
Nearly 50,000 Qiang chieftains in the Liangzhou region, along with their families and relatives, were arrested by the Liangzhou army and are awaiting trial.
Their vast lands, slaves, and other property were all confiscated by the imperial court and government.
By this time, the powerful clans in Liangzhou had been almost completely wiped out.
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