Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Those Wei officials who were jumping up and down in Daliang City, trying to find a way for these nobles to put pressure on public opinion, never imagined that what they ushered in was not Maibo's previous one. The softness of this style is Zhao Kuo's fire like a volcanic eruption.

In just one day, Daliang City was full of Zhao's troops running back and forth. They attacked everywhere under the leadership of Zhao's officials under Mai Bo's command, and killed all the Wei officials on the list. They were all arrested and taken into prison.

As a result, the entire Daliang City was shaken even more.

Countless rumors began to spread crazily in every corner of Daliang City, and all kinds of conjectures emerged endlessly. Some people even said that Zhao Kuo planned to close the city gate and directly kill all the people in the whole city. slaughtered.

Under normal circumstances, this is exactly the kind of riot that the aristocrats want to see. They can take this opportunity to stir up the panic of the people, which will turn into a large-scale uprising that affects the entire city.

But the problem now is that these nobles and officials are all locked in prisons, completely lost contact with the outside world, and have no ability to mobilize the people.

When there is no leader, the people are just a mess.

In addition, Zhao Kuo ordered that Zhao soldiers in all cities patrol the main streets around the clock, and anyone who ran around would be killed on the spot.

In this way, this iron and blood policy immediately deterred everyone in Daliang City.

In this very tense atmosphere, the night passed without any surprise or danger.

Among the big brothers, the nobles of the Wei state were still communicating non-stop through the fence of the cell.

That voice, which had always seemed very calm, was not calm enough this time, and began to complain about the other accomplices.

"I told you a long time ago that now is not a good time to provoke Wu Xinjun, but you have to act against the wind. Now, everyone has been caught in the prison. Let's see what you will do next !"

As soon as these words were uttered, the rough voice immediately became unhappy, and immediately retorted: "When everyone made a decision before, you didn't see your objection, and now you're here again to make an afterthought, what's the point of that?

If you ask me, it is impossible for Zhao Kuo to kill so many people at once. There is still a turning point for this matter. "

Another very calm voice said: "Didn't you realize that a large group of people have been arrested tonight?

I feel that this matter is already very bad, and I hope God can bless it. "

When speaking, this steady voice inevitably trembled a little.

After these words were finished, the whole cell suddenly fell silent.

At this time, in fact, they are all very clear about the whole situation. Now it is the so-called man-made knife and I am fish and meat, so what will happen to the real thing now, the initiative is in Zhao Kuo's hands.

This night passed amidst the uneasiness of these Wei nobles.

Day 2.

At noon, these nobles were directly taken out by countless Zhao soldiers and came to the gate of the vegetable market.

The entrance of the vegetable market has always been the place with the most traffic in Daliang City. After all, everyone has to eat, so everyone has to buy vegetables. This principle has been applicable from ancient times to the present.

Watching this scene, the nobles of the Wei Kingdom felt more and more uneasy, because they suddenly found that there were many wooden shelves hanging at the entrance of the vegetable market.

It didn't take much imagination for these Wei nobles to realize that the wooden racks should be used to hang corpses.

So the question is, whose body should be hanged?

The answer to this question is even simpler.

Behind this group of wooden frames, there is a temporary platform. Zhao Kuo and Maibo, the governor of Dang County, sat on this platform and watched the scene.

Mai Bo couldn't help but open his mouth and said to Zhao Kuo: "Wu Xinjun, do we really want to kill so many people at once?"

It can be seen that Mai Bo is indeed a very mild-mannered official. Even Zhao Kuo had made his words very clear yesterday, but at this moment, Mai Bo still wants to try to see if he can intercede.

Zhao Kuo shook his head, and said to Maibo very calmly: "Maibo Sheriff, you still haven't grasped the root cause behind the matter. At this point, even if I really want to let them go, they won't do it again. Reconciled with us.

The result of letting them go is that they will continue to lead the people in Daliang City to resist us in the future, and it is very likely to be the most violent uprising. "

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, Mai Bo was stunned again, and after a while he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Why is this, it's all the old man's dereliction of duty!"

Zhao Kuo looked at Mai Bo's regretful expression, and shook his head slowly.

Zhao Kuo actually understood Maibo's mentality very well.

After all, Mai Bo has been working in Jinyang City for a long time, and the relationship between the officials and the people of Zhao State is very close, so after Mai Bo came to Daliang City, he also subconsciously wanted to copy Jinyang City. The relationship between the officials and the people in Yangyang.

But the problem is that Daliang City is not Jinyang City, and the people here were from Wei State not long ago, so of course the relationship cannot be as close as Jinyang City, the former capital of Zhao State.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Su Li beside him, and asked Su Li, "Have everyone's identities been verified?"

Su Li nodded and said: "A total of 2138 people, all of whom have been identified, there are still about 200 people who are still at large, and they are actively hunting down now."

Zhao Kuo nodded upon hearing this, but was not angry at all.

After all, this is Daliang City, the former capital of the Wei State, and the Zhao army has about 1 people. It is no problem to be able to control this city, but it is impossible to completely control it completely. It's a very normal thing.

So Zhao Kuo looked up at the sky and found that the sun was almost noon, so he said: "Then there is no need to wait any longer, let's execute these prisoners immediately!"

Su Li received Zhao Kuo's order, immediately took two steps forward, and said loudly to everyone present: "Your Majesty has an order, all the criminals have committed the crime of betraying the State of Zhao, deliberately inducing grain prices to rise, In order to incite the hearts of the people and try to restore Wei's treason charges, all of them will be beheaded today to show the public, as a respectful example!"

As soon as Su Li's words were heard, the crowd of Wei people who were watching the excitement immediately burst into an uproar.

"Is there any mistake, are you going to kill so many people?"

"Unexpectedly, in this city, there are so many people who want to restore the state of Wei. It's really admirable!"

"It's a shame, if these people didn't want to make trouble, then this time the food crisis would not have happened. We were almost starved to death by them. Are you still here to admire them?"

For Zhao Kuo's decision, most of the people in Daliang City were not satisfied, but some people applauded.

These clapping people were those who were starving because they had no money to buy food during the previous food crisis. Now they are very happy to see the beheading of these merchants and nobles who raised the price of food.

On the other side, the nobles and their subordinates who were about to be beheaded completely panicked after hearing this order.

When they were arrested at the beginning, these nobles actually had some luck in their hearts, thinking that Zhao Kuo would not kill so many people in one go.

But they obviously ignored Zhao Kuo's determination, and they even forgot that Zhao Kuo was a victorious general, and they forgot that more than 100 million soldiers from other countries have lost their lives in Zhao Kuo's hands in the past ten years.

For Zhao Kuo, how difficult is it to kill more than 2000 people?

Seeing the dozens of nobles at the front being dragged towards the executioner, these people were completely flustered.

"Forgive me, I am willing to hand over all my property, as long as I spare my life!"

"I am willing to tell you all the information. The names of those who want to betray Zhao Guo and restore Wei Guo are all in my head. As long as you are willing to let me go, I will tell you everything!"

"Forgive me, as long as you are willing to spare my life, I will do anything, and I will be a Zhao Guoren honestly in the future, absolutely without any rebellious heart!"

In the face of the very approaching death, these nobles of the Wei state were obviously very flustered, completely revealing their true colors of greed for life and fear of death.

He also didn't mean that every nobleman of the Wei state was greedy for life and afraid of death. Some people looked up to the sky and laughed, and cursed at Zhao Kuo.

"Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, you butcher with blood on your hands, you will suffer retribution one day!"

"Zhao Kuo, today this old man will take the first step. He will be on the road to Huangquan in the future. Please wait for this old man!"

After hearing these abuses against Zhao Kuo, the soldiers of Zhao State immediately became angry.

You must know that for all Zhao Kuo soldiers, Zhao Kuo is the invincible god in their minds.

So these Zhao soldiers also broke out, cursing and dragging the prisoner directly in front of the executioner, and then raised the butcher's knife high.

After the order was given, dozens of heads fell to the ground at the same time, and the smell of fresh blood immediately wafted in the air.

The world suddenly became quiet.

Everyone watched this scene quietly, and different thoughts were spinning in everyone's minds.

But the only thing that is certain is that Daliang City is destined to be different from before.

One corpse after another began to be kicked off by the executioners, and heads fell from their necks one after another.

The smell of blood became more and more intense, and even the surrounding Wei people retreated a lot unknowingly.

Looking at this scene, Mai Bo began to tremble a little.

You must know that Mai Bo has been doing official work for so many years, and he has not been on the battlefield for a very long time. This scene has a great impact on him.

As for Zhao Kuo's words, his mood was very calm. After all, Zhao Kuo had fought for so many years, and the number of dead in any one battle did not exceed tens of thousands. This is not a problem at all.

Zhao Kuo said to Maibo very calmly: "I have already done for you the matter of offending people by Maibo County Magistrate, and it is your turn to do the next thing to calm people's hearts.

I hope you can do this well, otherwise the sheriff of Dang County can only be replaced by one person. "

Zhao Kuo did not choose to dismiss Mai Bo immediately. On the one hand, Mai Bo's ability is indeed still there, but he has not used it well.

On the other hand, Mai Bo is Zhao Kuo's man. If Mai Bo is removed at this time, wouldn't it be tantamount to showing weakness to Zhou Shaofen?

So Zhao Kuo would not do this either.

After hearing what Zhao Kuo said, Mai Bo could only nod mechanically.

This execution is still going on.

Wails, screams, begging for mercy, crying, all kinds of sounds kept ringing in the air.

But these voices have no way to stop Zhao Kuo's order, nor do they have any way to stop the people of Zhao from ruling this land.

Although this land does belong to the Huaxia tribe, the Huaxia tribe has indeed been separated for too long in the past thousand years.

As a time traveler, Zhao Kuo would feel that all the seven heroes of the Warring States Period should be his own people, but among the seven vassal states of this era, many people did not think so.

If it was another person, he might choose to educate patiently, but Zhao Kuo felt that he didn't have so much time to educate.

You just need to tell these restless people with blood that they must be a peaceful Zhao people, otherwise the result can only be death.

Zhao Kuo believes that he has definitely taught these Wei people a very vivid lesson today.

As for whether the Wei people will rebel in the future, Zhao Kuo actually considered it.

This is why Zhao Kuo executed more than 2000 people in one go, insisting that he would rather kill the wrong than let it go.

These more than 2000 people are basically people who are capable of starting a rebellion in Daliang City and even the entire Wei State. There may be many rebellions after their death, but they will definitely not become that kind of large-scale and successful rebellion.

Small-scale rebellions are commonplace in dynasties of any era, and Zhao Kuo believes that local officials can handle them casually.

Finally, the last human head dropped to the ground.

Zhao Kuo let out a long breath and stood up.

"Okay, put all the grain found from these guys' warehouses into the market immediately, I want the price of grain to stabilize immediately!"

This is what Zhao Kuo promised before. He said that he would solve this problem before this evening, and now Zhao Kuo has proved that what he said is indeed true.

Chapter 952

Anything has a long shelf life in winter due to the presence of ice and snow.

When more than 2000 heads were hung on the city wall alive, one can imagine the shock to everyone in Daliang City.

Zhao Kuo, the conqueror of Daliang City, when he came back again, told everyone in the city with a thunderous method - if you don't obey, you will die!

After doing all this, Zhao Kuo did not leave immediately. On the one hand, it has entered the coldest time of winter, and on the other hand, it is because he still needs to see the effect of this time.

It turns out that works well.

After Zhao Kuo executed these guys all at once, there were no traders in the price of grain. In addition, Mai Bo was ordered by Zhao Kuo to put a large amount of newly captured grain into the market, which immediately stabilized the price of grain in a short period of time.

This immediately increased the favorability of the people in Daliang City towards Zhao Kuo and the officials of Zhao State, but there were also a small number of hoarding profiteers who did not expect this matter at all, and directly lost a large sum of money. Contributed several corpses to this winter.

But all in all, Zhao Kuo's action this time not only shocked the people of Wei, but also used food to win over a wave of Wei people, which belongs to the classic combination of "one carrot in one hand and a big stick in the other".

In addition to this, there was another problem that was also quickly resolved.

The execution this time left many vacancies in Daliang City, but the most indispensable thing in Daliang City is people.

The literacy rate is very low these days, probably only scholars who account for less than 5.00% of the total population have the possibility of literacy, but even so, the vacant official positions in Daliang City are still given by many applicants in a short period of time It was crowded, and there were even situations where fifty people robbed a position for some positions.

In this regard, Zhao Kuo expressed his opinion very calmly: "The most indispensable thing in this world is people who want to be officials, no matter in the past, present or future."

After experiencing the last execution, during the appointment process this time, Zhao Kuo also specially held a swearing-in ceremony.

When every official takes office, he must swear allegiance to King Zhao who is far away in Handan.

In the palace that originally belonged to the king of Wei, at this moment there was a throne placed on top of it. On the throne was a decree issued by the king of Zhao, asking Zhao Kuo to come to Daliang City to solve the problem.

At the bottom of the main hall, more than 200 officials from Zhao Guowei who just took office were in uniform, and said loudly: "The ministers are willing to die for the king, and they will not hesitate. If you violate the law, you will be punished by heaven." People complain!"

Zhao Kuo and Mai Bo stood aside and watched this scene, Zhao Kuo was very satisfied.

After the officials took the oath, they saluted Zhao Kuo, Zhao Guoxiangbang, and Mai Bo, the Dangjun prefect, and then retreated one by one.

Regarding this, Mai Bo was also a little puzzled: "Your Honor, will this trick work?"

Although Mai Bo is indeed more in awe of gods and oaths, he also knows that many people in this world talk about awe, but in fact they don't take it seriously at all.

Zhao Kuo also laughed after hearing this question: "I don't know if it will work, but one thing is for sure, if one day some of these people break the law and are about to be beheaded, people will say, 'Look! Well, that's what happens when you break your oath'."