The house is very warm, but it is still burning charcoal fire in the house at this time of year. It's a water heater, so the house doesn't feel very dry. It's just that Fang Jie was too weak from the sword qi's injury, and the people below are busy with their work. Fang Jie only wore a single shirt, and still felt a little stuffy.
He looked at Cui Zhongzhen and smiled.
Cui Zhongzhen was staring at him.
"I agreed not to slap my face..."
There are so many bandages on Cui Zhongzhen's body that it looks like something just jumped out of a big grave. He was pushed in by someone, with one leg hanging on the wheelchair, and he looked much more desolate than Fang Xie. However, these are flesh wounds, and after two months of recuperation, he will be as good as before.
Fang Jie's sword wound will take at least half a year to recover.
But it's okay, spending the past six months with my family is a special kind of warmth stolen.
"Beating someone is not slapping the face, but is it still called beating?"
Fang Jie said with a smile.
Cui Zhongzhen sighed, and moved his neck with some difficulty: "I heard that Chen Xiaoru arrested more than 1,600 people in one breath, and this is not counting the family members of those people. I really didn't expect that the strength of the Tiankonghui in Chang'an City has been deeply rooted. At this point, almost 60% of the court, ministries, yamen, and officials have been arrested... It's a bit appalling."
Fang Jie hummed, walked over slowly and handed Cui Zhongzhen a cup of tea, and then looked at Dugu Wenxiu who was sitting on the other side, smiling and not saying a word.
"Look, he smiles brighter than me."
Fang Jie pointed to Dugu Wenxiu and said.
Dugu Wenxiu hurriedly lowered her head: "I...just... I can't hold back. General Cui's current appearance is indeed too...too... I'd better not say anything."
Cui Zhongzhen glared at him: "This is the unfair place, why can you get out unscathed?"
Dugu Wenxiu said seriously: "The division of labor is different, and the sacrifices are different."
Cui Zhongzhen snorted, and stretched out his still-moving left hand to shake Fang Jie: "I need a large sum of money to buy medicine."
"Want money?"
Fang Jie sat down and said with a smile: "You don't know me too well, if you want me to be a second-rank general guard, you can have this. If you want me to be a prince, you can have this. Want me money? You want There are really too many."
"Duke?"
Cui Zhongzhen's eyes lit up, and then he sat in the wheelchair and bowed his head in obeisance: "I bow to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty."
Fang Jie ignored him, and said after a while: "This time the action is too deep, and the entire imperial court is almost abolished. So next, Dugu, your affairs will be much more serious than before. Originally, San Jinhou had already mentioned it to me. Three or four times, he planned to withdraw from the imperial court and the Black Banner Army, and hand over the transfer of goods to the imperial court. But recently, there are so many things that I can't finish it in one day or three days, so I said no. Wait for a while, he thinks it's not time to rest yet."
"As for the selection of new courtiers, you, Dugu, discuss it with Marquis Sanjin. As for the liquidation...just let Wei Xiting do it."
Now Dugu Wenxiu finally understands, Fang explained what important things to do when Wei Xiting came back. Wei Xiting's character is very cold and hard, and he hardly leaves room for things. It is most appropriate to entrust him with the task of liquidating the remnants of the Sky Control Society. It seemed that Fang Xie was not afraid to make matters worse, and he was famous for taking advantage of the assassination of Fang Xie to deal with other matters.
Wei Xiting is a radical, stronger than Dugu Wenxiu in these respects. Dugu Wenxiu is a gentle person, he can even forgive those who bullied their mother and son back then, such a meek and gentle temperament is obviously not suitable for liquidation. Wei Xiting has no background, no family, he is fearless.
As for how much trouble Wei Xiting can cause, Fang Jie doesn't care.
Now, he doesn't care much.
"I understand, I feel that it is most appropriate to transfer some civil servants from the Southwest. These people have been working in the Southwest for several years, and there are not a few who can be reused. Naturally, some of them came here with a purpose. But at this moment, they have long forgotten what the purpose is, and dare not think about it. Moreover, the Southwest Dao is the most stable, even if a large number of people are transferred, there will be no trouble."
"Well, yes."
Fang Jie nodded: "Southwest can transfer more people, and besides...wait for a year or two, after the overall situation stabilizes, you have to start the affairs of the south of the Yangtze River. You can't move people on a large scale right now, wait for Wei Xiting …When Wei Xiting settles the affairs of Chang'an City, I will let him go to Jiangnan, he is responsible for messing up the situation, and you are responsible for cleaning up the situation."
"It's hard for Wei Xiting."
Dugu Wenxiu said.
Fang Jie smiled: "The two of you are different. You are determined to stabilize the country, while his mind is to leave a name in history. Entrusting this kind of thing to him is more beautiful than you. His heart is cold enough to kill people. Whether it is arresting people, he can do anything. There will be no fewer deaths in the south of the Yangtze River, and once Wei Xiting stirs up the people, no one will be able to stop them."
When the topic came to this point, Dugu Wenxiu had no choice but to raise her own concerns: "I feel that... if the scale is too large, it will have a huge impact on the national system."
"I know."
Fang Jie nodded: "Once the people start to lose their fear, they will become violent and uncontrollable. I can't eradicate all resistance, but the people can. I need this power... I will consider everything you worry about Arrived, so I have already drawn a circle and told Wei Xiting not to go beyond this circle."
"Once out of control..."
Dugu Wenxiu looked at Fang Jie, hesitant to speak.
"It won't hurt you."
Fang Jie said, "I'm not confused yet."
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"Now is the real waste."
Wu Yidao leaned forward slightly and said: "If the settlement is settled this time, the courtiers will basically change. It is widely rumored that you are really angry, my lord, and no one can stop you from killing some people. So those whose interests have been touched don't dare to make mistakes for the time being. However, as Wei Xiting's errands become more and more ruthless, it is estimated that a rebound will come soon."
Fang Jie hummed, and glanced at the blue sky outside: "When you came back from Eastern Xinjiang, you mentioned this matter to me. At that time, what you were worried about was that once the initiative of liquidation was released from the hands of officials In the hands of the common people, the scale is beyond imagination. And once a wave forms, no one can control it."
Wu Yidao pondered for a while, then nodded: "I said bluntly, my lord, I'm afraid I won't be able to control it when the time comes."
"Just let it go."
Fang Jie took a sip of tea and said: "If you want to really settle the case, you can't rely on officials. Even if they are all officials appointed by me, because officials don't have the courage to touch the root cause. But the common people are different. Most of them People don't know what a powerful force they are facing. For example, there are 100,000 people in a county, and dozens of them are the ones they hate the most. Unstable. But the common people have nothing to dare to say something that is not nice... because they are ignorant."
"The ignorance I'm talking about doesn't mean that they are ignorant in learning, but that they are ignorant in this kind of war between classes. They don't even think of what they want to overthrow in the early stage, they just simply vent their hearts. Resentment and dissatisfaction. Once a wave is formed, there will be a worrying situation. Because once a wave is formed, those people at the forefront become leaders. The so-called opinion leaders... These people are from grassroots civilians, and they rely on the wave to become everyone attention, so they get cocky."
"I don't need these leaders because there can only be one leader."
Fang Jie pointed to himself: "Me."
"But... once these people become opinion leaders, it will be difficult to get rid of them."
Wu Yiyi said worriedly.
Fang Jie smiled and shook his head: "It's easy, because I never thought of being a tolerant person. Do you still remember what Wei Xiting told me at the beginning? He said, if I want to do this matter thoroughly, then Just being a tyrant. That's right... I don't have to think about anything, just do what I want, and that's a tyrant."
Wu Yiyi was silent for a while, feeling a little cold in his heart.
What Fang Jie had to do was a very cruel thing.
He wants to mobilize the people and rely on the people themselves to overthrow those wealthy families. Only in this way, the power of the aristocratic family will be weakened infinitely. If the Black Banner Army were to do this, the resistance they would encounter would be enormous. With the strength of the Black Banner Army, it may not be unscathed in this war. However, the most powerful thing in this world is the power of the people. When the people are mobilized, what are they afraid of
They get crazy, downright crazy.
In a certain period of time, they will uncontrollably smash and overthrow everything that they think oppresses them.
This idea is crazy.
Wu Yidao couldn't imagine how Fang Jie thought of such a decisive way in the first place. Dugu Wenxiu's worry was correct, and everyone who knew about it had the same worry. They were worried that when this wave reached a certain intensity, it would sweep towards the Black Banner Army.
People who have lost their minds no longer think about who has done what. Those generals who once protected them with great military exploits will all become their targets.
Therefore, Fang explained: "I don't need the so-called leader of the people."
"When one appears, kill one."
So sinister.
Fang Jie stood at the window and looked at the vast world outside: "I need the power of the people, because only this kind of power is invincible. Only this kind of power can remove all obstacles. I will release this power now. Let him wreak havoc...but I don't want to see a world of disorder, and that order is me."
"But how can we contain the leaders who are bound to emerge?"
Wu Yiyi frowned: "This kind of leader can't stop them from appearing at all."
"So I first created a leader for them."
Fang explained.
Wu Yidao suddenly realized: "Wei Xiting?"
Fang Jie nodded: "I want Wei Xiting to be a hero in the hearts of the people, and let them feel that Wei Xiting can lead them to resist all injustices. But this is not enough, I need a giant to always control the direction, and some people deviate slightly It will be removed."
"Xiao Riding School?"
Wu Yi asked again.
Fang Jie nodded again.
"Five years."
He was silent for a while and said: "I set this time as five years, and I will stop after five years."
"If... the minister means... what if it can't be terminated?"
Fang Jie smiled: "You are wrong, you have neglected one of the characteristics of the people. That is blind obedience... Just like a flock of sheep, the sheep at the back all follow the lead sheep with their heads down, and they follow whatever path the lead sheep walks. They don't even think about whether the road is right or not, or how to go."
Wu Yidao nodded: "So, Wei Xiting must pay close attention to him."
"No."
Fang Jie laughed and said, "You're wrong again, Wei Xiting is not the leader... I am."