Since the winter solstice, news coming to the capital every once in a while is good news about the success of suppressing the rebels in various places.
Under the deployment of King Cheng, the rebels in various places were suppressed after only a few months of arrogance.
Some rebels were suppressed without even conquering a province or even a county, as if they were just playing house.
Apart from giving King Cheng an excuse to take action against some unkind wealthy businessmen and some credit, basically nothing was accomplished.
However, in the eyes of ordinary people, this rebellion was over, but Di Xin and King Cheng knew that this was just the beginning.
Because, among all the good news, although the rebels were suppressed, the leader and some high-level figures took the opportunity to escape.
If it is a local resident like Zeng Hongshen, no matter how high his personal force value is, he will not be able to make any trouble without his subordinates.
And in the eyes of many people, this is indeed what they see.
Unexpectedly, Zeng Hongshen, who was once the leader of the rebel army, has been on the run for thirty years and even appeared at the feet of the emperor, but he has never been caught.
Among them, Zeng Hongshen's ability to hide was one thing, and the imperial court did not regard him as too much of a danger.
As long as there is no established force that opposes the government, a mere second-level strongman can escape.
If they push too hard, they are worried that the innate great master will jump over the wall in a hurry, causing even greater losses.
However, only Di Xin, King Cheng, and now an old emperor knew that those who escaped from the rebels were the real key.
The world lord's clone is hidden in it.
With the Realm Lord's ability, as long as he doesn't die, even if he has nothing, making a comeback won't be a problem.
Rather, after this lesson, they will only become more secretive.
Therefore, when those who escaped raised the flag of rebellion again, it would bring real trouble to Dali that was difficult to solve.
The clones of the world lord who escaped one by one were the cancers buried in the territory of Dali.
Therefore, while many people cheered for this, King Cheng was not too excited.
No matter how many rebels there are, they are not something to be afraid of in his eyes.
The reason why he even used the power of Mingyue Tower was to take the opportunity to get rid of the world lord's clone hidden in it and reduce his opponents in the final battle.
However, except for a few careless people, most of the world lord's clones escaped.
Although he knew that without him taking action personally, it would be very difficult to rely on these natives to keep the world lord's clone.
But even if he was mentally prepared, he still felt a little regretful after reaching this point.
On the surface, the rebellion was suppressed, but the biggest trouble was not solved.
"That's all. After all, we have weakened some of their power, so it's not without results."
King Cheng sighed, and then began to deal with the follow-up issues.
Even though these hastily revolted rebels did not cause much trouble due to lack of preparation, this does not mean that the matter was completely resolved after the rebellion was suppressed.
The disposal of prisoners, the arrangements for the refugees whose villages were destroyed due to the battle, etc. are all trivial matters.
The most important thing is that he has a reason to take action against those wealthy businessmen and certain noble families.
In the feudal dynasty, royal rule mostly relied on the gentry.
In other words, the royal family is actually the largest noble family in this era.
The great separation was not the great separation of the common people, but the great separation of these nobles.
As for the gentry, most of them colluded with wealthy businessmen because of their interests.
In fact, some wealthy businessmen were originally branches of certain noble families.
Therefore, even if some nobles and wealthy businessmen took advantage of the old emperor's inability to rule in person in the past few years and crazily annexed land, if you want to deal with them and make them spit out the land they have greedily annexed over the years, you still need a suitable reason.
If drastic reforms are carried out without saying a word, the entire gentry system will be shaken.
But now, because of the rebels, the excuse was delivered to King Cheng.
The size of the rebel army is judged relative to the Dali army.
In fact, those who can raise the rebel flag have at least thousands of troops, and more, even tens of thousands, is not a problem.
This was due to the excitement of becoming king, which forced them to hastily raise an army.
If properly prepared, each rebel army may have tens of thousands of troops.
And the garrison in a province, excluding the border and the capital, is only thirty to forty thousand at most.
Facing an equal number of well-prepared rebels, only then will the real war begin.
But whether it’s tens of thousands or thousands, the daily consumption of a person’s horse’s chew is a huge number.
This does not include the cost of armor and military pay.
It can be said that without strong financial support and without the court taking action, these rebels will collapse first.
In this era, most of the money was in the hands of noble families and wealthy businessmen.
Therefore, it can be guessed without investigation that these rebels must have the secret support of some noble families and wealthy businessmen.
If the rebels succeed in their rebellion, the status of these secretly supporting nobles and wealthy businessmen will inevitably rise.
And if they fail, they can also calmly cut off contact with the rebels, and apart from the scapegoat they push out, they will not be involved.
And this is actually the unspoken rule of all dynasties.
Even when Dali was founded, there was secret support from many noble families in the previous dynasty.
Dynasties and royal families can be replaced, but in fact those at the top will always be such a small group of people.
Unfortunately, this time they encountered the "unreasonable" King Cheng.
The secrets of Mingyue Tower are almost everywhere in Dali, and they are found in all walks of life.
In this tightly woven intelligence network, even though the nobles and wealthy businessmen were secretive, how could they hide it from King Cheng?
When suppressing the rebels, he secretly had evidence of their collusion with the rebels in his hands.
And even if there is no evidence, with his current status, if he wants to really deal with some people and forge some evidence that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, it will not be a problem.
Not to mention that he wanted to deal with the nobles and wealthy businessmen who had seriously annexed land, but he was an upright and honest person. As long as the result was beneficial to him, King Cheng would not have any psychological burden.
As a Realm Lord, how can he really care about what these mortal natives think.
Moreover, clearing out these people can also slow down the development of those realm masters lurking in the territory of Dali.
