Chapter 1050

Bao Zheng personally supervised the execution.

Before the execution, Bao Zheng had even entered the palace to ask Qin Mu for instructions.

"Your Majesty, the entire clan, men, women, old, and young—many of them do not have that intention of despising the common people; perhaps their crimes do not warrant death?"

Those who enforce the law also have benevolent hearts and wanted to plead for mercy to spare some people.

Qin Mu's expression was cold.

He was not cruel and bloodthirsty, but these people had to be beheaded!

"Bao Zheng, do you know why we must cut the weeds and dig up the roots?"

Bao Zheng, with a face full of compassion, bowed and replied:

"I know! If some people are left behind, they might crazily retaliate against the people in the future and become a tumor."

Qin Mu shook his head.

"You don't know!

The Wang family and the other three great clans held onto the upper class by relying on the entire clan's power.

Every Wang family member contributed their strength and was an accomplice!

Even more terrifying is that they were already accustomed to this and accustomed to the four great clans having priority.

No matter how humble they appeared, they all carried arrogant thinking.

This idea of thinking they were superior to others is not innocent!"

Bao Zheng shuddered all over.

The Emperor's words made him feel somewhat nervous.

Having been an official for a long time, it is inevitable to feel superior to others.

If just this kind of thinking was enough to be judged, then the people who should be killed would be more than just the Wang clan.

At this time, Li Ke and Lu Yu came to pay their respects together.

The identities of these two were very sensitive.

Li Ke was from the Great Tang imperial family, while Lu Yu was from the Lu family among the four great clans.

Bao Zheng immediately sensed something keenly and stopped speaking, standing quietly to the side to observe.

Li Ke and Lu Yu, after entering the hall, both looked somewhat sorrowful.

They respectfully finished their salutes to Qin Mu.

Li Ke spoke:

"Your Majesty, regarding this trial of the clans, your subject still has some doubts.

If it is said that some people committed crimes and deserve to die, beheading them is naturally a matter of course.

But there are so many old, weak, women, and children who are also to be beheaded; it is hard to avoid the suspicion of indiscriminate killing."

Qin Mu looked at these two people.

They had both betrayed the Great Tang, betrayed their own clans, and then joined the Great Qin to serve.

They were also two very capable people.

But their backgrounds were also from great clans.

This anti-social crime case was aimed at the great clans.

Although it was very popular among the common people at the bottom, it was inevitable that it would stimulate their sensitive hearts.

If the clans were treated with a one-size-fits-all approach, they would also be within the scope of the strike.

Having made so many contributions to the Great Qin, it was inevitable that they would have some thoughts in their hearts.

"Li Ke, Lu Yu, you both come from clans; you must have feelings about the arrogance of the clans.

I ask you, if you hadn't joined the Great Qin and were still in your original positions, what would you be doing now?"

Before Li Ke came to the Great Qin, he was still a relatively valued prince.

He had once thought about competing with Li Tai for the right to inherit the throne.

"Replying to Your Majesty, if I hadn't come to the Great Qin, your subject would certainly be winning over court officials and competing to be the Crown Prince!"

After answering, Li Ke was stunned.

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The important officials of the Great Tang were all from great clans.

The so-called winning over court officials was nothing more than compromising with the great clans.

In this process, there were trade-offs, and those who were abandoned were certainly the people at the bottom who had no power or influence.

The situation was such that Li Ke had no choice.

Lu Yu also answered:

"Replying to Your Majesty, if I hadn't come to the Great Qin, your subject might still be managing a caravan, rushing about for the Lu family's interests."

This was her mission in the clan; she had never thought much about it before.

Managing a caravan was not a mistake, so Lu Yu felt that she had a clear conscience.

Qin Mu pointed out the key point.

"After the Lu family obtained these benefits, they chose to use this money to consolidate their power,

or simply raise an army to rebel!

Further exploiting the people.

Tell me, are you an accomplice?"

Lu Yu was speechless.

In her view, what she did seemed harmless.

However, the clan was indeed doing some anti-social things.

Calculating it this way, she was indeed an accomplice!

Qin Mu continued leisurely:

"As for those old, weak, women, and children, some might not have done any bad things.

But they enjoyed the clan's protection with peace of mind and looked forward to the clan becoming more powerful to provide more protection.

In a sense, they were the driving force of the clan.

To say they are masterminds is not an exaggeration!"

In fact, no matter what, whenever a clan is exterminated, there must be innocent people among them.

The reason Qin Mu insisted on doing this was still to serve as a deterrent.

The old, weak, women, and children did not have the ability to do bad things themselves.

However, for the clans, they were not innocent either.

Either they incited, or they had complex connections like a spider web behind them.

Previously in Yizhou, removing the branch of the Cui family was a typical example.

One person commits a crime, and the whole clan protects them, allowing them to remain at large.

The Great Qin's approach is that those who provide protection must also be judged together!

Li Ke and Lu Yu fell silent.

As representatives of the clans, they felt that the clans were being targeted.

They also clearly understood the benefits of doing this; in the future, no clan would dare to band together and monopolize.

Qin Mu said again:

"In the past, the crime of exterminating a clan only applied to rebellion.

From now on, we will add an anti-social crime!"

A final decision! And.