The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

"Everyone, the King of Qin is determined to destroy the aristocratic families this time. Now that the five surnames and four families have been defeated, if we don't take action, I'm afraid we will be in danger of being destroyed. You must make a plan."

The first to speak was the Gu family of Lucheng. Among the five surnames and seven families, their strength ranked in the top four. The remaining two were the Zhao family of Dangyang and the Jiang family of Huguang, ranking fifth and seventh respectively!

"Brother Gu, we are lucky to have followed your advice and not participated in this incident. Otherwise, our three families would have been destroyed. But what can we do now? The King of Qin is the heir to the throne and has powerful military forces. We cannot defeat him."

"Since we can't win, we can only surrender. If we fight him, we will die. The King of Qin didn't attack us this time, I'm afraid he left us a way out. What do you think?"

The heads of the Zhao family and the Jiang family spoke one after another.

Upon hearing this, the head of the Gu family frowned, and then he sighed. The three families of theirs were lucky to escape this incident, and it was because he had foresight and did not get involved.

But he also knew that Jiang Fan would never give up his intention to deal with the aristocratic families, and he was also frightened when he saw the fate of the other eight families.

Now, after listening to the words of the head of the Jiang family, I have become much more sober.

"You two are absolutely right. Now, we can only wait and see how he plans to deal with us... However, judging by his style of doing things, he won't force us to death. We still have room to maneuver!"

The other two families nodded when they heard this. Jiang Fan didn't touch them this time, which meant he was giving them a chance. It all depended on how they performed.

When the three great families gathered together, many of the remaining small families that had not participated were also in a state of panic. However, they could only wait for Jiang Fan's next move.

On the other side, Jiang Fan had already returned to the capital. He only sent a letter to Emperor Yan but did not meet him.

After Emperor Yan saw the letter sent by Jiang Fan, he stood up from the dragon throne, his face changed drastically, and his eyes were full of shock.

"Your Majesty..." Liu Fu was slightly surprised when he saw this scene and spoke quickly.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yan sighed, sat back on the dragon throne, and had a complicated expression on his face.

He couldn't imagine that his son would be so decisive that he was not even afraid of causing turmoil in Dayan. However, Jiang Fan acted first and reported later. He had already taken actions in various parts of Dayan, beheaded tens of thousands of people, and exiled hundreds of thousands. What could he do?

Now that things have come to this, it all depends on how Jiang Fan resolves the matter. But when he saw the contents of Jiang Fan's letter, his eyelids twitched.

In several prefectures of Dayan, Jiang Fan's thunderous attack directly cut off the officialdom. The governors, deputy governors, and prefects were almost all killed.

He even touched a senior official. He didn't know if Jiang Fan had considered the consequences of doing so. Killing the governor is a senior official! Aren't you afraid that other people will be panicked?

But Emperor Yan had no idea that the 200,000 troops mobilized by Jiang Fan were not there to sit there and do nothing. With a large army as their backing, even beheading the governor of ten prefectures would be no problem, let alone killing one.

Who would dare to move under such a thunderous move? Moreover, Jiang Fan's move was like thunder, and he did not give those people any chance to resist.

What the Emperor of Yan is worried about now is that most of the local officials have been executed. These people are from the five surnames and seven families. Without these officials, the administration of various places will be paralyzed for a while.

Moreover, what will happen to the Five Surnames and Seven Families in the capital? The Five Surnames and Seven Families have 3,000 to 4,000 direct and collateral relatives in the capital, not counting their servants. If you really count them, there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Among the more than four million people in the capital, one-twentieth of them are from the five surnames and seven families. If unrest is caused, it will be troublesome.

He even worried that it would cause a mutiny and ruin the entire Dayan. He sat helplessly on the dragon throne, ready to wait for news from Jiang Fan.

The first thing Jiang Fan did when he entered the city was to go to the Cui family. In addition, among the remaining four families, except for the Li family who did not send anyone, the other three families all sent people there.

Before he returned to Beijing, he had already sent letters to inform Chu Yan'er and Su Yuqing, as well as his two fathers-in-law. Of course, the Jinyiwei also cooperated with the action.

The generals of the Five Surnames and Seven Families in the Imperial Guard were captured by the Embroidered Uniform Guard at the first opportunity, and the Zhenyuan Army and the Zhenxi Army cooperated with the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

In the capital today, the Zhenyuan Army has 50,000 soldiers, the Zhenxi Army also has 50,000 soldiers, and the Imperial Guard has 100,000 soldiers.

The night before Jiang Fan returned to Beijing, the entire capital was in a state of panic. People from the five surnames and seven families were quietly captured overnight.

When Jiang Fan entered the capital early in the morning, he did not alert anyone, and he went straight to the Cui family. The mastermind of the five surnames and seven families could not be allowed to escape.

Before Jiang Fan arrived at Cui's house, Cui Jing was woken up by his housekeeper.

"Master, something terrible has happened..." The housekeeper knocked on Cui Jing's door anxiously.

Cui Jing was still sleeping on his concubine's belly at this time. He was a little tired after last night's revelry. However, he was full of joy at that time.

The unrest in various places that he had been expecting should have already broken out. It wouldn't be long before Jiang Fan was unable to deal with it, and his prestige among the people would be ruined.

Even if Jiang Fan had the newspaper to clarify the matter, he was powerless to change the current situation. He didn't think the newspaper could clear Jiang Fan's name.

After all, although the people will be influenced by newspapers, they will still look at things based on facts. There is no food, no salt, no sugar, no cotton cloth, etc.

Winter was coming soon, and the people would only think that the rumor was true, that Jiang Fan had robbed all the supplies. The newspaper clarified the matter to clear Jiang Fan's name.

How would Jiang Fan respond to such an attack? Anyway, the rumors were spread by the people and had nothing to do with the Five Surnames and Seven Families. He still didn't believe that Jiang Fan would dare to touch the Five Surnames and Seven Families.

Even the Emperor of Yan didn't dare to touch them, how could a little prince dare to do that? Therefore, he felt that he had a sure win.

"What are you arguing about... You are disturbing my sweet dream. Do you want to die?" Cui Jing snorted coldly and shouted angrily.

Then, he turned around and went to hug his concubine. It was just dawn and he wanted to sleep a little longer. Although he still had to attend the morning court, the morning court had been postponed and he no longer had to get up early in the morning. He just wanted to sleep a little longer.

"Master, news has come from all over the country that our plan has failed. The King of Qin has arrested all of our five surnames and seven families. Not only did he execute our people, he also confiscated our homes!"

"The supplies we stockpiled did not cause any unrest at all. It was just that as soon as the unrest started, the Huaining Chamber of Commerce took out supplies to quell the unrest."

As soon as the housekeeper said this, Cui Jing, who was originally happily thinking of having another baptism of fire with his concubine, instantly wilted.

He jumped up, put on his clothes in a hurry and rushed out.