Early the next morning, four corpses were hung outside the gate of the Liangzhou camp. They were the children of the aristocratic families who had made trouble, and everyone who saw them was horrified.

Two heads of aristocratic families fainted on the spot after seeing such a scene. Family members of several aristocratic families gathered at the gate of the Liangzhou Military Camp, demanding an explanation from the Liangzhou Army.

But when the Liangzhou Army's saber was raised, Pang Xiuyuan, Yin of the Jingzhao Prefecture, said with an expression that this was an order from the Queen Mother, and those who disobeyed the order would be executed. Everyone walked away in despair, not daring to continue to besiege the military camp.

Not only were they afraid of the Queen Mother's edict, but they were also afraid that the Liangzhou Army's scimitar would fall on their heads if they disagreed.

The news that the Liangzhou Army hanged several children of aristocratic families spread quickly throughout the capital. There were dignitaries from aristocratic families who were frightened by Liangzhou's ruthless methods, and there were also upright people who applauded the Liangzhou Army.

In short, this topic suddenly became a hot topic for everyone to talk about after dinner.

What's interesting is that the usually arrogant and domineering young masters were repeatedly warned by their families not to cause trouble. They all shrank their necks and behaved badly. They didn't even dare to get even half a step closer to the Liangzhou Military Camp outside the city.

After dispersing from the gate of the military camp, several aristocratic families were still a little unwilling to give up. After thinking about it, they went to visit the dignitaries in the court with heavy gifts, hoping to see if there was any way to regain some face.

But no matter it was the Yuwen family, the Zhao family or the Shangguan family, the doors were all closed and no visitors were allowed.

On the contrary, Xue Chengyi, the Minister of Punishment, opened his house wide and made no reservations, but no one from aristocratic families dared to come and visit.

Just kidding, who dares to come to this iron-faced judge for such a thing? If he fails to send gifts later, he will send his whole family to jail.

No one is willing to stand up for these second-rate aristocratic families. These aristocratic families know that they will never have a chance to regain their position, so they can only let it go and blame their own family for being unlucky enough to be killed by the Liangzhou Army.

The silence of the major families allowed the officials in the capital to see how powerful the newly crowned Marquis of Beiliang was.

After Chenyue finished the dinner at Cining Palace, he received an invitation from the Zhao family, Zhao Zhonghai, and had no choice but to continue attending the banquet.

The Zhao family's banquet was quite grand, which gave Chen Yue enough face.

Not only were all the backbone members of the Chu Party in the capital gathered, but even Xue Chengyi was invited over by Zhao Zhonghai, just to close the relationship with Chenyue.

You must know that Xue Chengyi rarely attends banquets among various officials, which shows that Zhao Zhonghai attaches great importance to Chen Yue.

The atmosphere at the dinner was also very harmonious, and Zhao Zhonghai, uncharacteristically, never mentioned government affairs, nor did he say anything to win over.

Except for occasionally praising Liangzhou's soldiers, he spent most of his time chatting about interesting things about the capital and the scenery of Qingyang and Yangzhou.

Zhao Zhonghai knew that it was impossible to win over Chen Yue with just a few words. All he wanted was to have a good relationship with Chen Yue.

Compared with his younger brother Zhao Zhongtian, who is a military general, Zhao Zhonghai appears to be extremely talkative and has a strong Jiangnan literati vibe about him.

In addition, as the leader of the Chu Party, Zhao Zhonghai has a natural air of superiority in his movements.

Xue Chengyi, who is also a member of the Chu Party leader's family, is much more taciturn, keeping a straight face most of the time. Even when the Chu Party officials toasted him, he only took a few sips to express his intention.

However, the Chu party officials had long been used to this scene. Everyone knew Shangshu Xue's temper. Being able to attend the banquet was already a huge honor. Even if the emperor was toasting, I'm afraid Lord Xue would not laugh twice.

This situation made Chen Yue sigh, it's no wonder that most of the Chu Party families are getting closer to the Zhao family, but with Xue Chengyi's temper, you can't get close even if you want to.

But no matter what, Xue Chengyi was always a minister, with a high and powerful position, and his ability to handle government affairs was recognized by the whole court as good.

Therefore, the Chu Party is not willing to lose the Xue family as its pillar. If the Xue family is gone, half of the Chu Party's power will collapse.

After the banquet was over, because Chenyue didn't come in a carriage, he took Xue Chengyi's car to leave together.

Chenyue glanced outside through the car curtain, then withdrew his gaze and joked: "Uncle Xue, no wonder everyone calls you the Iron-faced Judge. It turns out that you have a stern face towards your own people."

"Alas!" Xue Chengyi sighed, with a faint smell of alcohol in his mouth and said: "If it weren't for the family, I really don't want to have too much contact with them. Party strife will harm the country!"

Xue Chengyi's expression was very complicated. From the beginning to the end, he just wanted to be a good official who had no distracting thoughts and served the people.

"Uncle, my nephew has something he doesn't know whether to say or not?" Chen Yue hesitated and asked.

"Say it."

Chenyue paused and said: "The party struggle between the DPRK and China has been going on for nearly a hundred years. They are fighting each other. You sing and I will appear on the stage. As many families have risen during this period, so many families have declined, and their families have been destroyed, and they have been wiped out in the long river of history.

My nephew said bluntly that if the Xue family completely cuts off its relationship with the Chu party, the Xue family, which has been passed down for centuries, will soon be wiped out."

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Xue Chengyi's mouth. Although he was a bit old-fashioned, it did not mean that he was stupid.

Don't you know that although the Xue family has enjoyed great glory these years, they also have a lot of enemies. If the Xue family loses power in the court, their enemies will swarm in and kill them all in an instant.

Not to mention anything else, just the two fatties of the Punishment Department and Qingzhou are enough to make everyone jealous.

Seeing the change in Xue Chengyi's expression, Chen Yue continued: "If uncle wants to do more for the people of the world, there are only two ways to go."

"Oh?" Xue Chengyi's eyes flashed with light, and he straightened up: "Which two?"

Chen Yue said quite seriously: "The first thing is that my uncle has changed his character and is closer to the Zhao family and the Chu party. We will advance and retreat together in everything. The Chu party needs the full support of the Xue family, and the Xue family also needs the Chu party."

The party serves as a strong backing. Although some things may go against my uncle’s true intentions during the party struggle, as long as he has the power in hand, he can always do some practical things for the people of the world."

After listening to Chen Yue's words, Xue Chengyi's eyebrows knitted together. This was the easiest and easiest path for others to take, but it was the path he tried his best to avoid.

"What about the second way?" Xue Chengyi asked.

Chenyue suddenly smiled and began to shake his head, but did not speak.

"You brat, you should tell me!" Xue Chengyi became a little anxious when he saw Chen Yue start to sell things off.

"Hehe." Chenyue said mysteriously: "I can't talk about this second way yet. Xue Leihan will inform my uncle for me in the future."

Xue Chengyi was stunned, why did he suddenly mention his son? What could he know?

Just when Xue Chengyi was about to ask, the carriage stopped suddenly and stopped at the door of the post house where Chen Yue lived.

Under Xue Chengyi's stunned gaze, Chen Yue got out of the carriage without looking back, leaving only Xue Chengyi's back.
Chapter completed!