"Lord, this is a letter of surrender sent by officials in Suiyang!" Li Ru handed the list to Ye Zhao's camp in Daji Township and smiled and said, "The general situation has been decided, and this time the lord unifies the Central Plains is a foregone conclusion."

"Before the end, don't say that victory is easy. Throughout history, the battle examples of winning with less are reversed under the trend of winning with certainty?" Ye Zhao shook his head and put down the roster casually, without looking at anyone inside. For him, the surrender of these people is just the icing on the cake.

"Then these people..." Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao, worried that Ye Zhao would abandon these people directly.

It’s not that these people are very talented, but that these people represent what people want. If Ye Zhao refuses to accept it, it will cast a shadow on the original general trend and make those who originally wanted to surrender timidly, and instead promote the unification within Cao Cao.

Ye Zhao raised his head and said, "The old rules should be kept. As for official positions, you can use them by measuring your talents. This rule cannot be broken. As for the land, it is still the old method. It is best to teach it. If you don't want to, you will not force it. But the rest will be converted into official fields and belong to the court. We will measure the land of each family and strictly prohibit the annexation of the land in any way."

Of course, this is only now. After the situation in the Central Plains stabilizes, Ye Zhao will settle accounts one by one. Those who are willing to hand over the land will not be blamed. However, if there are people on the books who embezzle the land by unclear means, they must be spit out at the least for Ye Zhao. How many pieces of land in the big family are clean?

Li Ru nodded silently when he heard this. Ye Zhao's rule was very targeted. The scholarly class did not make a fortune entirely by annexing the land. There were also some innocent people. Most of them were small and medium-sized families and did not have the ability to annexing the land, but they could also defend their own acre of three parts of the land. For such families, among the gentry class, Ye Zhao would not easily touch the private land of these people. Of course, if they were willing to hand over, Ye Zhao would never be polite.

What you really want to move is always standing on the cutting-edge level, including the Zhong family, which is now dancing happily.

Although Ye Zhao's approach will make many major officials dissatisfied, there are actually not many changes for most grassroots officials. As long as these people Ye Zhao can catch them, those big names who sound very prominent and awesome are actually the least needed to be considered.

Although they have a high reputation, they cannot defeat the people's hearts. Most people are facing Ye Zhao's side. What's the use of them even if they are willing to resist? After all, their private land is planned to benefit the people. It's too late to welcome the people, so how could they be forced to Ye Zhao?

Li Ru was a little relieved. It seemed that the general trend did not make Ye Zhao expand, but was quite cautious. In this way, the right time, place and people were on Ye Zhao's side, and there would be no law of nature if he could not win.

"Transfer our military orders. Tomorrow morning, the troops will be sent to Suiyang!" Ye Zhao handed an arrow to Dian Weidao.

"Here!" Dian Wei agreed, took the command arrow handed over by Ye Zhao, turned around and strode away.

Ye Zhao's army had already arrived outside Liang Kingdom. Even if Cao Cao wanted to hide such a big disturbance, he could not hide it. At the same time Ye Zhao issued an order, Liu Xie once again summoned all civil and military officials to discuss matters in Suiyang City.

"Sikong, I heard... Ye Zhao's army has arrived in Liang State, but it is true?" Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao with some caution.

Your Highness and ministers were no longer looking at each other. Obviously, they had already learned the news. Many people's minds were no longer here at this moment. Even after Liu Xie said this, their emotions did not change much. Obviously, these people already had other ideas in their hearts.

"It's true." Cao Cao laughed and said, "And I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I don't even have any confidence in this battle. Ye Zhao's army is inferior to that of the pre-Qin period. I believe that your Majesty and all the Dukes have heard of the benefits of military equipment."

There is no need to say that the endless siege equipment in Guanzhong is so powerful that everyone present has heard of it.

Liu Xie panicked and looked at Cao Cao and said, "Didn't Sikong still say yesterday..."

"Yesterday, I am the saying of my army to stabilize my morale! Now Ye Zhao is at the city. At this moment, even if we want to retreat, we can't retreat." Cao Cao sighed.

"Is Sikong trying to let His Majesty and all the ministers and Sikong fight against each other?" His Highness, Zheng Hun, the right general of the Central Army, stood up and glared at Cao Cao and said, "Where is Sikong putting His Majesty's safety?"

"Ye Zhao will not hurt Your Majesty, nor dare to hurt Your Majesty." Cao Cao looked at Zheng Hun and said, "This battle is indeed a battle of back-to-back, but it is a grudge between Cao and Ye Zhao. We met in a humble manner, and we are relatives and friends, and we are also opponents. Cao's long-cherished wish has been realized in this life, and even better than Cao. There is no regret for worrying about it, but if Cao wants to be effective in his role, Cao cannot do it. Therefore, this battle is a battle of back-to-back, and he will never give up regardless of life or death. However, this has nothing to do with the Dukes. If you want to leave, Cao will not force him to stay."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's eyes fell on Zhong Yao, making Zhong Yao feel frightened.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "I have made an appointment with Xiuming. The Suiyang city gate will be opened today. If you want to leave, it will be difficult for you to keep it."

"You all treat us as kind as a mountain. How can we bear our lord's grace at this time? If anyone drives it away, I will not forgive him!" Xu Chu took a step, looked around the ministers with his tiger's eyes and roared sternly.

Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and other Cao Cao's confidant generals took a step forward silently without saying anything, but the momentum emitted from their bodies was terrifying. After hesitating for a moment, Yu Jin also took a step with Mao Jie. As Cao Cao's brothers and the first group of people who followed Cao Cao, these people were undoubtedly the highest loyalty to Cao Cao and the most unwilling tolerate the appearance of traitors.

When the ministers heard this, they lowered their heads and remained silent.

"Get back!" Cao Cao glared at everyone and waved.

When Xu Chu and others heard this, they could only retreat unwillingly.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and looked at the ministers and said, "I have ordered people to open the city gate. Don't worry, Ye Zhao will definitely not attack the city today, but Cao has something to say first. If you stay tomorrow, Cao hopes to be with me, otherwise you won't blame him for being cruel!"

Everyone felt cold in their hearts when they heard this. No one spoke. However, after the court dispersed, a large number of officials immediately took their families and cleaned up their fine lines. After confirming that Cao Cao did not deceive them, they rushed out of the city like crazy, and even led many people to follow the trend and rush out of the city together.

In the Suiyang officialdom, less than 10% of the officials remained, and what was even more unexpected about Cao Cao...

"Lord!" Xu Chu dragged Liu Xie in with a panic look on his face.

"Why are you treating Your Majesty like this?" Cao Cao frowned and shouted.

"Sikong!" Before Xu Chu could speak, Liu Xie had already spoken. He walked quickly to Cao Cao, took Cao Cao's hand and said to Cao Cao: "I can't fall into Ye Zhao's hands! No! I just want to escape to Mount Tai. Sikong wants to fight Ye Zhao. I will never object, but as long as I arrive at Mount Tai, even if Sikong is defeated, isn't there any me? I can reorganize and fight Ye Zhao to the end!"

Xu Chu, who was beside him, grinned and said nothing.

Cao Cao sighed, touched Liu Xie's head and said, "Don't your Majesty understand?"

What do you understand?

Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao with a blank look on his face.

"If I am defeated, no matter where Your Majesty escapes, he will be just a loser!" Cao Cao patted Liu Xie's head earnestly and said sadly: "Everyone can escape in this Suiyang City, but only Your Majesty and I cannot escape. As long as you and I have not fallen into Ye Zhao's hands, he will not give up. The truth is that there is no other day, so I don't need to teach Your Majesty, right?"

"But..." Liu Xie wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Cao Cao.

"Actually, your Majesty doesn't need to understand. I am actually quite envious of Your Majesty. If you don't know anything, you can't figure it out, so you will lose all that many worries." Cao Cao glanced at Liu Xie with pity and said to Xu Chu: "Escort Your Majesty back to the palace, and order the soldiers of the three armies to prepare for the expedition!"

"Here!" Xu Chu bowed and pulled Liu Xie, who was still trying to struggle, and walked out.
Chapter completed!