Chapter 371 Xue Gong and Hou each have plans
I have to say that Tian Wen’s action efficiency is still quite high.
The day after the welcoming banquet, he summoned several core ministers and took out the summary of the investigations given to him by Su Dai in public and read them out, announcing that the Qin people were the mastermind behind the frame-up.
The core ministers of Xue State were also quite surprised.
Because the judgment made by Tian Wen was actually reached after discussing with these ministers of Xue State, which was a consensus among the whole country of Xue State. Unexpectedly, this consensus was overturned like this.
Before the ministers of Xue State came to their senses from the shock, Tian Wen gave the order, and the guards, who were like wolves and tigers, rushed up and held down the three of them.
Looking at the ministers Xue State who were at a loss by this sudden action, Tian Wen coldly expressed the idea that Su Dai had come up with last night.
"Do you know why the Qin people could secretly collude with Mrs. Tian's confidants to poison Xinlingjun? It is because these three people were already attracted by the Qin people as early as the Qin people and were ordered to be spies by this marquis!"
Looking at Tian Wen, who was both stern and sarcastic, recalling the evidence-conclusive information presented by the Zhao people just now, the other ministers could not help but invisibly link these two things.
So the matter was done, and three Tian Wen's confidants who shouted for justice were directly taken to prison.
That night, Su Dai, the leader of the investigation team, brought several subordinates to Xueyi's prison and interrogated the three prisoners.
Su Dai looked at the three prisoners who kept calling for mercy in front of him, and said coldly before leaving.
"Do you still remember what happened in Zhao many years ago? Maybe you have forgotten it, but I want to tell you, the shame of the Great Zhao, the king and minister of Zhao, will never forget it for a day, and will definitely repay it ten times!"
Looking at the three important officials of Xue State who suddenly became dumbfounded, Su Dai laughed three times and turned around and left.
Many years ago, Zhao was just a second-rate country, but Tian Wen was the world's great figure who was about to return to the overlord Qi State to become the prime minister again. Therefore, even when Zhao State saw Tian Wen commit such a crime, he had no choice but to swallow his anger in comparison with national strength.
But those days have passed!
As the king said: "We must be kind to our people, but to our enemies? Sorry, even ten, twenty years, or even a hundred years ago, I will turn out all the names of these bastards from the old paper pile. Those who have revenge will avenge them, and those who have revenge will avenge them!"
Some people disagree with the king's statement, and some people object to it.
Su Dai was actually a dissatisfied person at first, but when he walked out of prison, he suddenly felt that the king said this very well.
This made Su Dai very confident even in a foreign country and was able to fight for the interests of Zhao State with great courage.
Because Su Dai knew that as long as he suffered a grievance, even if it was a little bit of grievance, his own king would make decisions for him.
As long as I am from Zhao, I will be fearless!
This feeling is indeed... very cool.
The day after Su Dai finished his interrogation, three important officials from Xue State were dragged out of prison and pulled to the door of Xueyi's vegetable market to behead him and made public.
Since they committed the crime of betraying the Lord, not only these three people, but also their families were implicated.
This news immediately shocked the entire Xue Yi.
The Qin spy leader, who had already lurked in Xueyi a few days in advance, also learned the news, and rushed to the door of the vegetable market as soon as possible, witnessing the ending of the execution of three important officials and their families.
Among the many people who kept applauding, Hou quietly watched this scene and fell into deep thought.
It is not surprising that the people of Zhao and Wei were able to investigate that the matter was done by Qin. As soon as I knew that Su Dai was not dead, I knew that the matter must have ended.
However, after the investigation team arrived in Xueyi, things actually developed in this direction, which really surprised Hou.
"The Qin spy... this statement is really interesting."
There is no doubt that Xue Yi, or that there are certainly Qin spies in the entire Xue Kingdom.
But to be honest, none of the people who followed Mengchangjun to run away were spies from Qin.
If even a spy from Qin State among those people was, how could Mengchangjun escape from Guanzhong and return to Qi State?
Therefore, these three people were obviously wronged.
Since it can be found that it was the envoy behind Qin, Hou didn't believe that Su Dai could not find out that these three people actually had nothing to do with Qin.
So, why are these three still dead?
After returning to his station, Hou pondered for a long time, and finally, after dark, he would still be summoned with his subordinates.
"How many people can Qin in Xueyi use in the world now?" Hou looked at one of the subordinates, who was also the spy leader of Qin's country in Xue's country.
The spy leader smiled bitterly and said, "If you want to launch an assassination, you can find six people..."
Yes, since Xue State was a new country, and when Xue State was born, Qin's Guanzhong lair had been beaten up by Zhao State, Qin State's power in Xue State was extremely limited.
Hou's face was calm and he did not get angry because of this. Instead, he continued to ask: "What if it is just used to spread rumors?"
The spy leader was excited and said, "In that case, you can just find a few Ranger leaders."
The State of Xue is different from other countries. Because the monarch Tian Wen likes to recruit raiders, and the confidant ministers around him also have several people from raiders, the power of raiders in Xueyi is particularly large.
Something else is not good for Rangers. It is absolutely first-class to steal, provoke trouble, and spread rumors.
Hou thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "No, you can't find those big rangers for this matter. You want to find those single rangers who have no legs and no one will pay attention to them even if they die. Do you understand?"
Although the spy leader did not understand Hou's intention, he still agreed respectfully.
Hou nodded, looked around everyone present, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone will listen to me. From tomorrow we will secretly spread rumors, saying that the three ministers of Xue who were killed today were all killed because of the delegation of Zhao. Then he told the rangers that Tian Wen had given up the rangers group with the support of Zhao. The death of the three ministers was just the beginning, and soon more officials who sympathized with the rangers will be killed in Xue. After these officials are completely eliminated, it will be the end of the rangers group!"
After saying this, the room fell into a brief silence.
Hou said lightly: "If you have any questions, you can raise them now."
One spy said: "Are all what you said true?"
Hou said: "Of course not."
The spy was stunned for a moment and then asked, "How do you know that more officials will be killed next?"
Hou glanced at the subordinate and said in a deep voice: "Idiot, the three important officials of Xue State were beheaded today. Could it be that these three people have no loyal subordinates or confidants in Xue State? Could it be that after killing the three of them, Xue Guild would not kill their subordinates and confidants?"
Another person asked, "How do you prove that these officials are sympathetic to the Rangers?"
Hou sneered: "The power of the rangers in Xue Country is so powerful that they are an official in Xue Country but have no relationship with the rangers. Do you think it is possible?"
After a while of silence, someone continued to ask: "Since Mr. Xue vented his anger for the people of Zhao, there must be a reason, how did these three people, or these bandits, offend Zhao?"
Waiting for a moment, I was stunned.
Suddenly, Hou slapped his thigh and said, "I have it! Many years ago, Mr. Xue fled from Guanzhong and returned to Qi. On the way, he passed by Zhao State and looted a county town in Zhao State. It is said that he even slaughtered the city. At that time, Mr. Xue was mostly surrounded by servants from the family of a wanderer, so it was most appropriate to use this reason."
Several spies looked at each other and said for a while: "I have heard of this matter, but the lives of hundreds or thousands of people in a county town are so many years ago. It shouldn't be that Zhao State would be so riots, right?"
Hou's mouth tilted slightly and said, "That's natural. What a great man, King Zhao, how could he take this little thing to heart? Besides, how old King Zhao was at that time, I'm afraid I can't remember this matter at all. But what you need to know is that whether King Zhao would care about this matter is not the point. The point is that the group of rangers are all idiots who have no brains or are full of brains to fight and kill. Don't they believe in the bullshit brotherly loyalty in their heads? Isn't this reason for avenging revenge for trivial things many years ago the most in line with the so-called brotherly loyalty of the rangers?"
The spies suddenly realized and everyone was impressed.
"The wisdom of the adults is as deep as the East China Sea, and we are far from that!"
"Yes, it's enough to convince those rangers."
"With my understanding of the rangers, those rangers must be convinced, and many people will think that King Zhao is also a loyal hero!"
Speaking of this, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter, and the room was filled with joyful laughter.
Hou was also gloomy and reminded: "You all remember that you must do this matter quietly and don't let others find out. Now the power of the Qin Dynasty in Xueyi is not strong. If someone finds any trace, then we will all be buried here! Okay, let's go down and have a good rest, and start acting tomorrow!"
As expected, after three important officials of Xue State were beheaded, Xue Gongtian Wen did not continue to stop, but continued to arrest some people, and all the charges were colluding with the enemy without exception.
After arresting these guys, according to the announcement by Mr. Xue, another group of people were arrested and imprisoned for the confession of those previous groups.
The three batches were captured separately, and the officialdom in Xue Kingdom was immediately shocked.
Because in just a few days, nearly 100 officials in Xue State were already imprisoned!
The Xue State's officialdom was naturally worried. Although many officials did not collude with Qin, they were closely related to the arrested and imprisoned officials, and were very worried about being implicated by the guys in prison.
Some people also have close friends with officials in prison and are very determined to complain to their friends.
Some people were overjoyed because his political enemy was just locked in a prison, so they quickly submitted a memorial to Xue Gongtian Wen. On the one hand, they expressed their loyalty and took the opportunity to arrange their own political enemies, hoping that Xue Gong could kill them as soon as possible.
There are many chaos, and there are many things.
In such an atmosphere, several core ministers of Xue State realized something was wrong, so they joined forces to enter the palace and pleaded with Xue Gongtian Wen, hoping to reduce the power of the sudden earthquake in the officialdom.
In the eyes of these core ministers of Xue State, the ones who colluded with the enemy must have to deal with it, but it is still too harmful to Xue State to deal with so many people at once.
Not to mention anything else, when so many officials were arrested and imprisoned, the entire government agency of Xue, which had lost one-tenth of its manpower, was somewhat difficult to operate.
Many positions require specific knowledge and long-term exercise to be competent. It does not mean that you can easily deal with any person you want to bring up.
Moreover, some officials have good political achievements and are more loved by the people. After being arrested, the local people's hearts were greatly affected.
Some officials were powerful local tribes. After knowing that someone had been arrested, they ran home and raised an army to resist Xue State, which caused a lot of trouble.
In short, in one sentence, Xue State has begun to fall into chaos. If this kind of arrest and cleaning is not stopped, this chaos will destroy the entire Xue State!
Faced with the protests of several important officials, Xue Gongtian Wen was not angry, but smiled bitterly after being silent for a long time: "Everyone, it's not that I want to destroy Xue State, this Xue State is the foundation that I have worked hard to work hard on! But...ah, the people of Zhao State are not that easy to deal with."
Several important officials then realized that the feelings were caused by the pressure of the people of Zhao, which made Xue State become this state.
Before the important officials could speak, Xue Gong Tian Wen waved his hand and said resolutely: "But what you said is indeed true. Xue State cannot continue like this! Don't worry, I will meet Su Dai tomorrow and tell him the end of the matter! But...ah, the officials arrested before can only vent their anger for the people of Zhao."
Several important officials of Xue State looked at each other and finally agreed with Xue Gong's plan.
Looking at the backs of these departing officials, a smug smile flashed across Xue Gongtian Wen's face.
Tian Wen thought he was very clear about the abacus of Zhao people. He just wanted to create chaos in Xue State and see if there was any opportunity to take the opportunity to annex Xue State in the future. Do you really think this marquis is a fool?
Now I have thrown the blame back to you Zhao people... Huh, I didn't expect it.
Nowadays, no one should regard anyone as a fool!
The next day, Tian Wen indeed summoned Su Dai.
However, when meeting with the Soviet Union, Tian Wen said something different.
"Doctor Su, you Zhao people submitted 101 people, eliminate the seven people who died of old age, illness and battle, plus the three people who were beheaded before, and the remaining ninety-one people have been arrested. In a few days, this marquis will execute them all! In this way, Doctor Su and King Zhao should be satisfied, right?"
Chapter completed!