Soon after, more than ten people including Wang Xian, Li Quan, Ren Qi, Jia Long, etc. gathered together in Meng Da's house. Among these people, there was even Wu Yi, who was deeply trusted by Liu Che.
Who would have thought that Wu Yi, who had always seemed to follow Liu Che unswervingly, was secretly a member of the peace-seeking faction.
Wu Yi's wife, Wu Ran, was Liu Mao's wife. Although Liu Mao died of illness not long ago, Wu Yi was still highly valued by Liu Che due to this relationship.
As for people like Wang Xian, Li Quan, and Ren Qi, if they had developed according to the normal historical development trajectory, grass would have grown on their graves by now!
However, due to the emergence of the system and the continuous development of the butterfly effect, these people who should have died are now alive and well!
And all of the people here are from Yizhou's aristocratic families or powerful forces.
Liu Che's rule in Yizhou was quite stable. He used the emperor's skills to almost the extreme to constantly balance the forces of all parties.
However, this does not mean that there are no hidden dangers in Liu Che's rule. However, Liu Che was too strong before, and these hidden dangers were suppressed by him. In other words, some people had to obey the strong Liu Che.
Heartbroken.
But now, as the Shu army continues to lose on the front line, Liu Che can no longer maintain his previous strength, and the original hidden dangers have naturally begun to emerge.
It is not an unusual thing for powerful families to conceal their population in the entire Han Dynasty, but the situation here in Yizhou is more serious than that in other parts of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Che is able to have tens of millions of people in Yizhou. On the one hand, it is indeed the help of the system, which spreads a large number of people in the Han states every year. On the other hand, it is Liu Che who has discovered the hidden population of these powerful families.
, transforming them into their own strength.
In order to achieve this goal and to uncover the hidden population of these powerful families, the methods Liu Che used were actually somewhat disgraceful.
At first, Liu Che first looked for aristocratic families who were loyal to him, and then sent assassins to assassinate other aristocratic families. Then, the aristocratic families loyal to Liu Che came forward to annex their lands and people into their own power, and then slowly returned them to government rule.
Using this dishonorable method, coupled with the assistance of other methods, and a combination of right and wrong, in just two years, Liu Che managed to dig out as many of the powerful and attractive members of these aristocratic families as possible. In this way, there was
The prosperity of Yizhou after that.
Therefore, many powerful people from aristocratic families were resentful towards Liu Che. In the final analysis, Liu Che's subsequent prosperity was all based on the powerful people from aristocratic families.
In addition, it was out of consideration for their own future. After the Battle of Jingxiang, the Jin army was so brutal in Jingzhou that many powerful families who followed Liu Xiu ended up being exterminated.
Even those who had relatives serving as officials in the Jin army and who were loyal to the three Liu brothers could not escape the fate of beheading after they were captured alive!
Many powerful families are worried that if they really follow Liu Che, they will not follow in the footsteps of those Jingbei families!
For many people from aristocratic families, the life and death of the entire family is far more important than their personal safety.
Therefore, as the Jin army's battle situation on the front line continued to advance, many powerful families turned to the peace-seeking faction.
And those now invited by Meng Da are the ones with the most determined attitudes!
"Everyone, by coming here today, you must have made a decision, right?" Meng Da said to everyone slyly.
Under Liu Che's constant probing, most of the people present had actually revealed their secrets. Therefore, everyone's life was actually not easy!
"Of course, that fellow Liu Che bullied others too much. Not long ago, Brother Wang was also found a reason to be imprisoned by that fellow. If we continue to sit back and wait for death, it won't take long for us to follow in Brother Wang's footsteps!" Jia Long was somewhat agitated.
He spoke solemnly.
The so-called Brother Wang was a powerful man in Yizhou, and he was one of the people who had followed Liu Zhang to persuade Liu Che to seek peace. As a result, Liu Zhang had nothing to do after that, but he was the most active group of people in the beginning.
, but were dealt with a lot by Liu Che.
Not only Meng Da has a deep understanding of Liu Che's usual style of doing things, but they also know a little bit about it. If the situation in Shu is good, they and others still have a chance to survive. On the contrary, the worse the situation in Shu is, the more likely they are to survive.
The situation becomes more dangerous.
Nowadays, those who can be invited by Mengda are those who are no longer willing to be lonely and are unwilling to sit still and wait for death.
"General Meng, when you invited us here, you said that you had contacted the King of Jin. I wonder if it was true or not?" Li Quan asked with some worry.
The reason why these people were gathered here by Meng Da was because Meng Da said that he had contacted King Jin's people. Otherwise, how could they take the risk to gather here at such a critical moment.
If Liu Che discovered it, Liu Che might overthink it and attack them in advance.
And this Li Quan is also a wonderful person. When he mentioned King Jin in his words, he actually saluted far away in the direction of the north. He hadn't even gotten online yet, but he had already started to ask for the gift he had prepared for him.
The new master showed his kindness.
"Of course!" Meng Da nodded calmly and said, "I must be the only one who has had contact with those people, right?"
Meng Da looked around everyone, trying to see some flaws in their eyes. Meng Da would never be so naive as to think that in this huge city of Chengdu, Floating Water House only came into contact with him. Meng Da
I’m not naive enough to think that I’m that special!
However, even if the people here are not very talented, most of them can be called old foxes, and they are not easily tested!
"General Meng, there is no need to say anything more. What General Meng did was a bloody road! The general should give everyone a thorough explanation and boost morale, right? Otherwise, we would not dare to accompany the general crazy.
This one!" one of them said thoughtfully.
They may sound like a peace-seeking faction, but in essence they are a surrender faction. This Liu Che has already attacked several families. While killing the chickens to scare the monkeys, he is also sucking the blood of these families in the most thorough way.
Everyone was worried that it would be their turn next, so even though they knew that Meng Da had chosen a route, they came to take a look.
