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Chapter 293 Your Majesty, don’t worry, I understand.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen sat on the dragon throne and looked at the several pieces of news just sent from Dongchang in his hand.

These pieces of news were sent back by Cao Zhengchun and Lu Bu respectively.

It was about the Song family, the Dugu family and the other four big families resisting, and asked Zhou Chen how to deal with the people of the four big families.

Looking at the content of the message, Zhou Chen didn't look surprised.

After all, the four great clans are all external branches of their master's family, so it would be strange not to listen to their master's family's words.

However, how to deal with the four gate valves next is a question.

Originally, Zhou Chen planned to boil frogs in warm water and slowly disintegrate these wealthy families, but now, the appearance of these worldly people has disrupted Zhou Chen's plan.

The people of the four great clans were provoking the imperial court by attacking Cao Zhengchun and Lu Bu.

If the court does not take certain measures, where will the majesty of the court remain?

Zhou Chen pondered for a moment, and then said to the inner chamber guard standing in the palace, "Jia Xu has come to the palace to see me."

"According to the decree."

The house guard and factory guard immediately took the order and left.

…

Half an hour later.

Jia Xu walked into the Yangxin Hall.

"Your Majesty, Jia Xu, has met."

Jia Xu walked into the Yangxin Hall and saluted Zhou Chen respectfully.

"No gift."

Zhou Chen raised his eyes and looked at Jia Xu; "Wen He, this is what Cao Zhengchun and the others just reported back about the four great clans. Take a look."

Zhou Chen picked up a few pieces of news from Cao Zhengchun and others on the Long Case, and asked the internal servants and factory guards to deliver them to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu took the news from the house guard and glanced at it a few times.

Zhou Chen looked at Jia Xu and said, "The members of the four great clans and the worldly members of their masters' families joined forces to fight against Cao Zhengchun and the others. As a result, the clan leaders and ancestors of the four great clans were all captured by Cao Zhengchun and the others.

"

"Wen He, how do you think we should handle this matter?"

Zhou Chen looked at Jia Xu.

After Jia Xu read the news in his hand, he pondered for a moment, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, now that the foreign tribes of our Great Zhou Dynasty have been pacified, the internal disadvantages have been eliminated, and the power has flourished."

"Isn't it up to His Majesty to decide how to deal with the four great clans?"

The whole world is not the land of the king.

If it were before, the imperial power would really not be able to touch these deeply entrenched wealthy families.

But now, the imperial power is no longer what it used to be. Isn't it the emperor's will to deal with these wealthy families?

Zhou Chen understood what Jia Xu meant.

Zhou Chen tapped the dragon case with his fingers and said slowly, "This time the person joining the world involves many wealthy families. If they are all dealt with in this way, it will cause a lot of turmoil."

"Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone those from wealthy families."

"At this time, if the court's methods are too strong, it will give those people in Tianshan an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Speaking of this, Zhou Chen changed the topic.

"However, if the four powerful men dare to directly attack Cao Zhengchun and the others, they cannot be spared lightly."

"With such a big handle in hand, if used well, the imperial court's previous plans can be achieved one step ahead of schedule."

"I plan to leave this matter to you, what do you think?"

Zhou Chen looked at Jia Xu.

The civil and military elites of the Manchu Dynasty, let alone others, would just talk about Xiao He and other outstanding people who signed up. When it comes to dealing with wealthy families, Zhou Chen feels that Jia Xu is the most suitable candidate.

Because Jia Xu is a poisonous person, when he does things, he only looks at the results, not the process.

This is why Zhou Chen only summoned Jia Xu into the palace just now, but not Xiao He or the others.

When Jia Xu heard this, he bowed directly and said, "I obey your order."

Jia Xu knew that although His Majesty seemed to be asking him, he was actually giving him another order.

"I have only one request, and that is to weaken these wealthy families as much as possible."

"This time, the appearance of these people who have joined the world is a crisis, but it is also an opportunity. Whether it is the four great families or other aristocratic families, they all have clues and sent them to the court."

"If you want to save your life, you have to come up with life-saving things."

"It's easy to confiscate a family and exterminate a clan, but you can't kill all the wealthy families. What I want is not the complete annihilation of the wealthy families."

"You have to grasp this degree well."

Zhou Chen said to Jia Xu.

Zhou Chen understood that wealthy families were the inevitable product of all dynasties.

From ancient times to the present, the hierarchy of status and interests is a shortcoming that humans cannot change at all.

The so-called equality of all people and the harmony of the world is just a joke, a bubble used to fool the people at the bottom.

As long as there are rights, there is class, and as long as there are interests, there is selfishness.

Therefore, what Zhou Chen wants is not to exterminate the wealthy families, but to weaken the wealthy families and make them obedient and no longer have the ability to shake the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

When Jia Xu heard Zhou Chen's words, he immediately understood what Zhou Chen meant.

Jia Xu immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I understand."

"Just understand."

"I'll leave this matter to Wen He, go ahead!"

Zhou Chen didn't say anything else and waved his hand.

"I excuse myself."

Jia Xu bowed and exited the Yangxin Hall.

After Jia Xu left, Zhou Chen fell into deep thought.

It stands to reason that the members of the four major clans and their masters' families would attack Cao Zhengchun and others together to resist the imperial decree. This was the best time to kill the four major families.

But Zhou Chen knew in his heart that killing was easy, but the end result was not easy to deal with.

The Four Gates are not as easy to destroy as imagined.

In particular, at this juncture when those who have joined the world enter the world, the nerves of other wealthy families are tense.

Once the imperial court deals with the four powerful families because of this matter, it will cause a series of chain reactions among other wealthy families.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Zhou Chen could only take this opportunity to swallow up the rights and interests of these wealthy families and weaken the strength of the wealthy families.

As long as the strength of these wealthy families is completely weakened.

These wealthy families will never be able to make any big waves again.

…

As the imperial court's decree that wealthy families were not allowed to interact with worldly people spread, many wealthy families heard about it.

No one expected that such a decree would suddenly come out from the imperial court.

What made the wealthy family even more unexpected was that the imperial court actually ordered those who joined the world to go to Luoyang to report their identities.

Isn't this how the imperial court wants to deal with people who join the world?

The decree spread, and the wealthy families were shocked.

But those who are worldly are dismissive of it when they hear it.

In the eyes of those people who have joined the world, a mere decree wants them to obey orders and go to Luoyang to report their identities. Isn't that a joke?

What the aristocratic families and those who are worldly people did not expect was that as the imperial court's decree spread, the imperial court had already sent experts and factory guards to hunt down the worldly people and visit the mansions of the wealthy families.

Anyone who disobeys the imperial will and dares to resist will be ruthlessly suppressed.

For a time, those people who joined the world became like street rats and were rounded up by the court.

(End of chapter)