The military officers unanimously agreed to treat this matter as a rebellion.

It was straightforward, clear, and direct.

If 200,000 cavalry were transferred over, no matter what banner they raised, they could trample these rebels to death.

Zhao Liang asked: "My Lords, Generals, have you ever thought about how many of those rebels are true defenders of the Way, and how many are taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble and seek personal gain?"

"We are seeking change, not destruction, and this must be clear."

"Everything is extreme, and it will only burn you!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on everyone's faces changed.

Most people appreciated it, especially the civil servants.

Destroying the martial arts system is tantamount to destroying the Great Wall.

Hai Duan breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

Originally, whether it was the colleagues in the cabinet or the civil servants in the six ministries, their abilities and knowledge were not bad, but they always gave people a feeling of being overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility.

Dealing with things immediately will not be adaptable to local conditions, and it is difficult to take the overall situation into consideration.

After being beaten several times by Shen Yuze, Zhao Liang is now well shaped.

"So, my idea is to completely separate those who uphold the truth from those with ulterior motives."

"The two groups of people will be dealt with in different ways."

"The former can be lenient as appropriate, and the latter will be regarded as traitors and killed!"

As soon as Zhao Liang said this, everyone fell into deep thought one after another. The trend of discussion was nothing more than that this approach was too complicated and extremely consumed the court's energy.

But if it was killed by force.

Those "traitors" would be like leeks, cut one after another.

This also led to the direction of discussion turning to accusing Shen Yuze.

A vulgar word can summarize the thoughts of the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the martial arts reform is taking too big a step, and it has already pulled at the two taels of rotten meat in the crotch."

"The best way is to either negotiate in a friendly manner to slow down the efficiency and trend of martial arts reform."

"Or... suppress the rebels at all costs."

What they said was very obscure, but it was roughly the same meaning.

Shen Yuze did not get angry because of this, but a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

"My dear ministers, let me tell you an anecdote first."

"During the time of the previous emperor, there was a governor of Zhongzhou named Chen Beizhi."

"Hai Shoufu, you should be familiar with him, he was your former boss, so you will continue to tell this anecdote."

Hai Duan was originally the governor of Zhongzhou, the parent official of Zhongzhou.

He knew Chen Beizhi's deeds very well.

Hai Duan was actually a little terrified.

His Majesty's words were gentle, without any sharpness, but one could sense a murderous intent against some people present.

Some people only know the ending of Chen Beizhi.

All nine clans were tortured to death!

Hai Duan then said in a serious tone: "My colleagues, when the previous emperor was in power, Zhongzhou had a period of poor governance. The previous emperor issued an order to rectify the governance of Zhongzhou. The Saint Jingzhong, also known as Zhang Taizhong, formulated a very thoughtful governance law."

"After receiving the imperial edict, Chen Beizhi immediately began to rectify the governance. Your Majesty wanted to severely punish corrupt officials, but he would rather kill the wrong people than let them go, creating a bloody storm in Zhongzhou for 47 days."

"That time, many innocent and wise people were killed. Your Majesty and Saint Jingzhong endured it because they saw some results of rectifying the governance."

"In less than two years, the governance was poor again, leading to a total of six civil uprisings. The previous emperor issued an order again to half-pacify and half-suppress the rebels, and also gave a very thoughtful method. Chen Beizhi appeased the unruly people and suppressed the good people. The means he used were very cruel, so there was the Zhongzhou Incident."

The Zhongzhou Incident was familiar to everyone present.

That was the only time that the Dayun Dynasty was beaten to the gates of Gaojing by the rebels.

In the end, it was Shen Yuchen who led the army to suppress the rebellion.

Hai Duan continued to speak in a righteous voice: "Many people think that this allusion is purely because Chen Beizhi, a crooked-mouthed monk, sang the wrong sutra, and the late emperor and the saint Jingzhong failed to control his subordinates."

"But it is the result of Chen Beizhi's name."

"He doubled the execution of the late emperor's will and the court's decrees. In the first rectification of the administration, he took this opportunity to seek 9.31 million taels of silver."

"In the second rectification of the administration, he used the same trick again and sought more than 14 million taels of silver."

"In several civil uprisings, he colluded with the unruly people and indulged them to seek 5 million taels of silver."

"When the court held him accountable, he still used the late emperor's will and the court's decrees as a shield, saying that he was doing things according to the will of the superiors, so what crime did he commit?"

"This is why Chen Beizhi was implicated with nine clans, and it is also the allusion of the two words 'Beizhi'."

Beizhi is used for calculationIn simple terms, it means doubling a number. But this word turned the upper study room into an ice cave. Why did Shen Yuze mention this? Isn't the meaning very clear! Just now, many people said that it was either destruction or appeasement. Isn't this a typical method of doubling? Shen Yuze suddenly smiled and said, "My dear ministers, who wants to be the next Chen Beizhi?"

"Do you think that if I want martial arts to be reformed, you will reform it to the death and ignore the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences?"

"Anyway, you are civil officials. No matter how much reform is done, it will not affect you. How can you make huge profits from it?"

"Don't tell me that your mind is as clear as a mirror. We are not three-year-old children anymore. Don't say such childish words."

"In the final analysis, you and I are a group of people who will not do anything without profit."

"I suddenly feel that it is not only martial arts that need to be reformed."

Shen Yuze looked at Xu Cheng, and his voice suddenly became extremely cold.

"Xu Cheng."

"All the civil officials who just said to kill the rebels by force, and those who said to negotiate with the rebels in a friendly manner, will be sent to the prison of the Zhenfu Division to serve!"

"After the beginning of autumn, they will be executed!"

Xu Cheng said loudly: "I obey your order!"

Everyone was a little stunned, and saw Xu Cheng walk out of the Shangshufang.

In less than a moment, many hawks of the Zhenfu Division came to the gate of the Shangshufang with the imperial guards and stripped all the civil officials that Shen Yuze just mentioned of their official uniforms.

The whole process took only half an hour.

Before this, they were still high-ranking officials, but at this moment they had become prisoners.

In an instant, more than half of the people in the Shangshufang were gone.

The voices of injustice were endless, but in the end, no one was truly wronged.

How crooked must one's butt be to say such "double" words as a civil servant?

The military officers can still understand.

Because their job, in short, is war and killing, and they should consider everything from the perspective of war!

Shen Yuze said calmly: "Prime Minister Hai, the court administration should also be rectified, otherwise in a few years, all the beasts in human form in the court will be people like Chen Beizhi."

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