Chapter 410: Liu Bian

At this moment, Liu Bian was truly a bit angry.

As someone who traveled from the future, Liu Bian knew the faces of these people clearly.

That the dignified Han Empire could become like this was all thanks to the scholar-clans.

These aristocratic clans privately gathered private soldiers, scraped land from the hands of the people, and enslaved the people.

Inside this, besides the low grain yield of the Han, the bigger reason still came from the aristocratic clans.

The reason why the Han would break out into the Yellow Turban Rebellion was that the people were not fed, not clothed, and had no hope of living.

Otherwise, relying on Zhang Jiao, why would countless people join him with a shout?

They were all people of the Han who couldn't live, and were forced to have no other way, so they rebelled.

Therefore, Liu Bian would not allow the aristocratic clans to control a large amount of land no matter what.

Under his rule, all land in the world could only belong to the imperial court, and the imperial court would distribute the land in its hands to the people for planting for free.

As for the aristocratic clans, they could only retain enough land for their living.

Moreover, the current Han had the high-yield food he provided, so this land was enough for their living needs.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian said to Xun Yu below:

"Wenruo, tell me and the officials the situation. I want to see what kind of trouble these aristocratic clans can stir up!"

Hearing this, Xun Yu's expression also shook, and he immediately said loudly to Liu Bian and the officials:

"Your Majesty, officials, according to the intelligence currently collected by the Shadow Guards, now besides Sili and the Liang and Bing provinces that Your Majesty has just recovered, some aristocratic clans in other provinces have already secretly contacted the marquises."

"These aristocratic clan members want to resist the imperial court through the hands of the marquises."

"It's just that the Shadow Guards have not yet grasped their specific plans."

After Xun Yu finished speaking, he looked at Liu Bian with a solemn expression.

For someone like Xun Yu who came from an aristocratic clan, he knew clearly the ability of these aristocratic clans.

The reason why the aristocratic clans could be so arrogant was that they controlled the lifeline of the world's scholars—various classics.

As long as these people were determined to oppose the imperial court, the imperial court would face a situation where there were no officials to use.

At this time, the officials who heard Xun Yu's words also didn't dare to make a sound.

You must know that among these people, quite a few came from aristocratic clans.

Yuan Kui, Wang Yun, Xun Yu, and others were even the largest scholar-clans in the entire world at present.

The reputation of the Yuan family for four generations and three dukes was not for nothing.

"Hmph!"

At this moment, Liu Bian heard this and suddenly snorted coldly, his voice full of chill:

"These aristocratic clans are really calculating well. Do they think that by doing this, I will compromise?"

"They are wrong. My dignified Han Empire has hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers; can I still be afraid of their small aristocratic clans?"

"Bang!"

Saying this, Liu Bian couldn't stop his anger and slapped the table in front of him angrily. Suddenly, the sturdy table was shattered by Liu Bian's palm full of anger.

With a bang, it resounded through the entire court hall, and the officials were all shocked.

Since they had known Liu Bian for so long, Liu Bian had always been calm and composed, and had never lost his temper at them once.

This was the first time everyone saw Liu Bian angry. It was truly: when an emperor is angry, a million corpses will fall!

"Please calm your anger, Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, the officials hurriedly knelt down in panic, shouting for him to calm his anger in panic.

"Calm my anger! These damned scholar-clans, how can you ask me to calm my anger!"

Liu Bian scolded the crowd angrily.

"Jia Xu, Tai'a!"

Only to see Liu Bian shouting loudly at Jia Xu and Tai'a.

"Your humble servant is here!"

Hearing Liu Bian call them, Jia Xu and Tai'a immediately stepped out and responded to Liu Bian with firm faces.

At this time, they already knew what Liu Bian wanted to do.

"Jia Xu, Tai'a, you two arrange for Shadow Guard members to monitor every move of the aristocratic clans in all provinces and commanderies of the world."

"I want to see who are the ones seeking death who dare to oppose me."

Liu Bian said angrily to Jia Xu and Tai'a.

"Your humble servant obeys the decree!"

Hearing this, Jia Xu and Tai'a immediately bowed and accepted the order.

"By the way, check the aristocratic clans in Sili to see if there is any contact between them and those people."

"If anyone is found to be colluding with them, hand the list to Fengxian and Mengde."

"Punish them severely according to the laws of our Han; if anyone dares to resist, it will be regarded as the crime of treason, and their families will be raided and exterminated!"

"Your humble servant (this general) obeys the decree!"

At this time, Lü Bu and Cao Cao, who had already arranged the army, also returned to the court hall.

Jia Xu and the other four immediately responded loudly to Liu Bian.

As Liu Bian's voice fell, for a time, the entire court hall seemed to have fallen into the cold of an ice cave.

This kind of courage, this kind of imperial majesty, was much stronger than the emperors of the past.

Until this moment, the officials realized clearly what true imperial majesty was.

That was: one word decides life and death, one sentence judges ten thousand people!

This kind of imperial majesty made Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and other loyal people to Liu Bian feel very excited.

Only such an emperor is worthy of their loyalty and can benefit the people of the world!

And among the officials, those who had contacts with these resisting aristocratic clans were now pale.

At this time, they realized what a big mistake they had made.

Could an emperor like Liu Bian really be controlled by those aristocratic clans!

At this time, Liu Bian also knew clearly that among these people below, quite a few had contacts with them.

Immediately, he said to them:

"I know that most of you are from aristocratic clans, and quite a few have contacts with those aristocratic clans."

Liu Bian's majestic voice rang out, taking in all the changes in the expressions of the people below.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger. We are loyal to the Han and absolutely dare not harbor any second thoughts, let alone resist Your Majesty with them!"

Hearing Liu Bian's words, most of the civil and military officials below were scared to their knees.

"Alright, all of you rise. I didn't say I was going to do anything to you."

Hearing this, these people suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from their foreheads after rising.

"We thank Your Majesty!" The officials thanked Liu Bian gratefully.

"You aristocratic clan members, after you go back, hand over the land in your homes to the imperial court."

"Remember, each family can keep at most one hundred mu of land; this is my greatest concession. Finish it within three days."

After Liu Bian finished speaking, he saw that many people below showed a look of difficulty.

"Everyone, broaden your horizons. With the high-yield food I provide, these one hundred mu of land are enough to support your families!"

"Moreover, I have even better food in my hands. You will all be martial arts practitioners in the future; what is the use of having so much land!"

"As long as your cultivation improves, you can live a long life. Once your cultivation reaches the Martial Emperor Realm, you can practice fasting."

"At that time, you can just go into seclusion for a few months, so don't take land so seriously; these are all for the bottom-level people." ===== CHAPTER 411 =====