Not long after, Zhou Yao arrived with Li Sheng, who had rushed back after announcing the imperial edict.
Li Sheng had just passed the imperial edict to Zhou Yao to arrest Yuan Yan when Xiao Ruxun sent a servant to summon Zhou Yao.
When Zhou Yao and Li Sheng rushed over, they saw the broken pieces of wood taken out by several servants. Li Sheng's eyes were sharp and immediately recognized that it was the small table that Xiao Ruxun had been using. He was shocked and didn't know what happened inside when he left.
Zhou Yao also saw it. Although he didn't know what it was, he knew that no one dared to break things in the imperial palace except the emperor.
"This subject, Zhou Yao, greets Your Majesty."
Zhou Yao quickly entered the study of the Palace of Heavenly Purity to greet Xiao Ruxun.
Li Sheng immediately returned to his seat.
"Mm, you may rise."
Xiao Ruxun waved his hand. "Regarding Yuan Yan's matter, you must deal with it as soon as possible. Don't delay it. You must deal with the case swiftly. If anyone dares to interfere, deal with them as well."
Zhou Yao nodded.
"This subject understands! This subject will definitely accomplish Your Majesty's request! "
"Also, during this period of time, apart from those specially instructed by Us, who else is close to Yuan Huang?"
Zhou Yao thought about it.
"Apart from the official dealings Your Majesty has ordered, no one has private dealings with Yuan Huang. They are all aware of Yuan Huang's matter and don't dare to violate the taboo. This subject can guarantee."
Xiao Ruxun nodded.
"The purge has been quiet for a while now. Some people don't have good memories. Zhou Yao, when necessary, teach them a lesson. Yuan Yan is one thing, but you also need to find a few small fries to deal with. Killing the chicken to warn the monkey is still very effective."
Zhou Yao indicated that he understood.
"This subject will do it immediately!"
"Mm, good! Oh right, where are the people from the Duke of Qian Residence? "
"Your Majesty, we have already arrived in Shandong. Coming from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, we should be able to reach the capital in five or six days."
Xiao Ruxun counted the days.
"How are the preparations for their residences and daily necessities? We can't neglect them. "
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Everything has been prepared. The slightest change in the Qian Public House will not escape the eyes of Your Majesty and me."
It seemed that Zhou Yao was very confident about this.
However, he should also have confidence in this. After all, this matter was accomplished under his leadership. Forcing the people of the Duke of Qian Residence from Yunnan to the capital, forcing them to abandon their nest that they had occupied for more than two hundred years to come to the capital, this was not a simple matter.
This matter was also thanks to the cooperation of Deng Zilong and Zhang Wu's Blackwater. Ever since the establishment of the Daqin, it had constantly suppressed the Mu Clan's living space and right to speak in Yunnan, constantly pressuring them, forcing them to concede and accept the condition of moving their entire clan to Beijing.
They didn't dare to rebel or resist, and with the Daming Court gone, who would help them?
After seeing the miserable end of the other three families and the Duke of Wei's family being as calm as usual, the people of the Mu Family finally realized that the current Emperor was definitely an existence that would 'submit to me and prosper, oppose me and perish'. If one did not suit his heart, he would have a strong personality that would make one's life miserable.
When dealing with this sort of emperor who wielded such power, one could only admit defeat. No one dared to resist. The current Duke of Qian, Mu Changzuo, had no choice but to agree to Zhou Yao's condition and move the entire clan to Beijing, suppressing all voices of opposition within the clan.
Anyone who disobeyed would be expelled from the Mu Residence and left to fend for themselves.
In this way, no one in the Mu Residence continued to resist.
In fact, the situation was very urgent at that time. Kunming had been completely taken over by the Qin Army under the command of Deng Zilong, and the city was in a state of martial law. All the people around the Mu Clan were moved away and replaced with elite soldiers. Even many cannons were mobilized. Mu Changzuo was frightened three times that night and had to admit defeat.
Giving up the 200 years of family business in Yunnan, the Mu Clan also shed tears of blood. But the situation was stronger than the people, so they had to accept the condition.
Otherwise, would they really go against Xiao Ruxun?
Of the five top Dukes of the Daming Court, three had disappeared in the long river of history, leaving only the Duke of Wei's Xu Clan and the Mu Clan.
Xu Hongji's cautious life was also a reference for Mu Changzuo. Using Xu Hongji's way of life as a reference, spending the rest of his life in Beijing was Mu Changzuo's best idea.
He didn't think that they would still be able to control the army when they reached Beijing. Although Xiao Ruxun allowed them to keep 200 personal guards, would these 200 people be able to hold out for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn if they were to encounter the powerful Qin army? Obviously not.
For Xiao Ruxun, moving the Mu Clan out of Yunnan, stationing a large number of central officials and central army, and preparing a large number of Han people to move south was a victory.
There were still many living spaces in Yunnan that had not been opened up. After eradicating the local tyrants, there would be a new world.
That was the real South of the Rosy Clouds.
The land reform had progressed to Yunnan, and the forces left by the Mu Clan had basically been wiped out. Xiao Ruxun didn't have any mercy for these local tyrants and ordered them to be killed. There was only one central and one core in the Daqin Empire. There was no second.
Those who didn't obey the central government would be killed, just like the Canal Gangs around the Jinghang Canal. Those who didn't listen to orders would face the encirclement and suppression of the army.
Do you think that I, Xiao Ruxun, am the same as the Zhu Clan's emperor?
Sorry, you're wrong.
As for those who were obedient and cowardly, Xiao Ruxun wouldn't treat them badly. He gave them living conditions and could even accept the head of the Mu Clan as an official, but they couldn't violate the law. Otherwise, it would be challenging the emperor's authority.
For example, in the eleventh month of the first year of Longwu, a relative of the Duke of Wei broke the law in the capital. The Central Investigation Department immediately moved out and arrested him from the Duke of Wei's residence.
Xu Hongji personally went to see Xiao Ruxun, but was instead scolded by Xiao Ruxun. In the end, the young master was sentenced to six years in prison, which couldn't be reduced by even the time it took for a stick of incense to burn. In order to prevent the Xu Clan from interfering, he was directly thrown into the Investigation Department's prison.
The Mu Clan's cowardly surrender was an important step for Xiao Ruxun to eradicate the last separatist force in the south. After eradicating the Mu Clan, more than half of Jiangnan would be as stable as Mount Tai.
After that, the army and the land reform team could also operate in the three provinces in the southwest without worry, wiping out the local Chieftain forces in one fell swoop.
In the land that had never been truly and completely controlled by the central government, Xiao Ruxun wanted to change all this.
After discussing some matters, Xiao Ruxun let Zhou Yao leave and immediately go to work. After Zhou Yao returned to the Investigation Department's official office, he immediately sent people to form an arrest team and set out overnight to take a boat south to the Jinghang Canal. He planned to take a boat to Luzon after arriving in Nanjing.
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