Chapter 530 Comprehensive Cleansing

When the Northern Wei Dynasty was defeated and Tuoba Tao died, the people who were most shocked were the Hebei aristocratic families who had been colluding before.

Previously, they were encouraged by Cui Wei to unite to start an uprising in Hebei, but were immediately suppressed by Liu Yilong and imprisoned one by one.

Although they were imprisoned, Liu Yizhen did not care about their troubles when he came to Hebei. Such cold treatment also made them feel at ease. However, when the news came that Tuoba Tao was defeated and killed, they

I know it's going to be bad.

In the spirit of self-rescue, everyone rushed to the door of the Bohai Gao family, hoping to have the Bohai Gao family come out to intercede with Liu Yizhen on behalf of the Hebei family.

Bohai's Gao family, on the other hand, looked aloof and had nothing to do with me.

In the past, everyone was jealous of Gao Yun's status in the Liu Song Dynasty, and tried their best to exclude the Bohai Gao family. Now, seeing that the limelight is not right, they use him as a shield. Do you really think that the Bohai Gao family is a grievance?

The current head of the Bohai Gao family is called Gao Ji, who is a cousin of Gao Yun's father, Gao Tao. He is a sensible person and knows that he cannot cause trouble to Gao Yun in the court at this time, so he has been keeping those aristocratic families away.

But the aristocratic family understands everything.

They are all in Hebei, who hasn't been in contact with each other several times?

Soon someone from the family came to Gao Ji and brought the words of the Hebei family to Gao Ji——

"We all know that the Gao family can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai because they have a high-ranking official who is the emperor's right-hand man."

"But let me ask, if we are all captured by the emperor, wouldn't the Gao family become the dominant family in Hebei?"

"Hebei has been rich since ancient times, and it has been separated from the Central Plains for hundreds of years. If the Gao family is the only one, how can the emperor rest assured?"

"I hope Gao Gong will consider it carefully. If Gao Gong is willing to intercede with the emperor on our behalf, Hebei will make the Gao family the leader in the future, making it as famous as the king. Thank you."

Gao Ji naturally cursed when he first saw it, and dealt with several clan members who had fornicated with outsiders, but in the end Gao Ji also fell into reflection.

Tell the truth.

If the emperor really killed other aristocratic families in Hebei, how could the Gao family survive alone?

After much thought, Gao Ji finally made a judgment—the Hebei family cannot fail!

The principle of dying lips and cold teeth has been said for thousands of years, Gao Ji would not fail to understand it!

Immediately, he sent a letter to Gao Yun of Chang'an, and he came to Yecheng to meet the emperor with an uneasy mood.

When he first met Liu Yizhen, Liu Yizhen was kind-hearted and praised: "Gao Yun is my right-hand man, and it's all thanks to Gao's cultivation."

This gentle attitude led Gao Ji to make a wrong judgment, that is, the emperor still needs the Hebei family!

However, when he revealed his true intention, Liu Yizhen, who was originally kind, suddenly became unkind and just let Gao Ji stay in Yecheng first.

During this period, Gao Ji also received a reply from Gao Yun. There were only two words in the letter——

"Don't go!"

Others don't know Liu Yizhen's attitude towards the aristocratic family. Can Gao Yun, who is Liu Yizhen's latent minister, not understand?

The two characters were written in a flurry of strokes, which fully demonstrated Gao Yun's urgent mood, but it all came a little late.

The day after Liu Yizhen left Gaoji, he issued an edict in Yecheng -

"Nowadays, Han and Hu people live together in Hebei, and people's hearts are wandering. We should conduct a thorough check on household registration and change the Xianbei, Xiongnu, Qiang and other tribes to Han surnames to calm their minds."

This edict appeared to appease the Hu people in Hebei and bring them into the Han family system through a mild "surname change" system, but in fact the key was the four words "thorough investigation of household registration".

Why is the family so powerful?

Because they control the resources.

What are the resources?

land, population.

Land is the largest means of production in agricultural civilization, and population is closely related to land.

On the surface, Liu Yizhen's edict was to settle down the barbarians who had settled down in Hebei, but in reality, it was to sharpen the sword against the aristocratic families.

Naturally, the "insidious" aspect of this edict cannot be hidden from the family that has become a spirit.

But if you see it clearly, you will understand it.

Who dares to object?

Liu Yizhen today is not like the last time he came to Hebei.

Although Liu Yizhen also had a large army at that time, on the one hand, there was heavy military pressure from the north and the west, and the political instability in the south made it impossible to really let go of the Hebei family.

But it's different now.

Hu Xia was dead, and the Northern Wei Dynasty could only hold on in Pingcheng for a while. The army under Liu Yizhen was completely free to "act recklessly".

Wanting to defeat the invincible Song Army with Wubao and other confrontations... even the Hebei family knows that it is unreliable!

The fighting ability of the family's private soldiers has been tested by Liu Yilong. Not only against the fifth scum, but at most ten weak.

Therefore, the road to armed confrontation was directly blocked by Liu Yizhen's army!

As for the political resources that the family relies on most...

In Liu Song Chaotang, does the Hebei family have the political resources of Hammer?

The only Gao Yun was "abducted" by Liu Yizhen when he was young, and his heart was not in the same league with the Hebei family at all.

As for the others, is it possible to bribe Liu Yizhen or Liu Yizhen's close officials?

Don’t tell me, it’s really done!

Wang Maide, Du Ji, Liu Yilong, and even Wang Zhene and Zhu Lingshi have all recently received property that the Hebei family invested heavily in.

However, they quickly handed over the property intact to Liu Yizhen.

They are not short of money, and their future is bright. Even if lard is deceived, they will not make mistakes at this time.

Besides,

Do you really think that Jin Yiwei is just eating hard food in his spare time?

After several actions, the Hebei family gradually fell into despair when facing Liu Song Chaotang, who was like a copper wall and an iron arm.

"Alas, our Hebei family suffers from Cui Hao!"

A group of Hebei aristocratic families thought that it was Cui Hao who served the Northern Wei Dynasty and made Liu Yizhen dissatisfied, so Liu Yizhen acted so cruelly.

In a helpless and sad mood, they finally shrugged.

Books after books and pieces of land were stripped clean under the auspices of Wang Maide and Liu Yilong.

Countless hidden household registrations and hidden properties were uncovered and flooded into the government's books.

In Hebei and Weijun alone, there are two million young people who are not registered, and four million should be "wasteland" fertile farmland.

During this period, Liu Yilong also conducted a thorough investigation of the files of various places in Hebei Province over the years under the instruction of Liu Yizhen. He showed no mercy when it came to unjust, false or wrong cases. No matter how noble the other party's family background, he would directly bring the army to arrest the person.

Cut it off to show the world.

In just one month, thousands of members of the Hebei family were purged, which was the largest mass killing since Liu Yizhen came to power.

At the same time, the armies in the northeast and northwest were also advancing steadily.

To the northeast, Liu Yizhen sent Zhu Chaoshi to cooperate with Xie Hui's troops at sea to capture Youzhou, Liaodong and other places, and the progress was extremely smooth.

On the contrary, Pingcheng in the northwest, which should have been easy to capture, turned out to be a tough nut to crack.
Chapter completed!