Your Majesty, please spare Diao Chan; your yang energy is too strong.

"Have you distanced yourselves from the aristocratic families during this period?"

Inside Cao Cao's residence.

Cao Cao gave instructions to his sons and daughters.

"Why?"

Several people were a little confused.

Especially Cao Pi, who was vying for the position of Cao Cao's heir before Cao Cao's defeat.

They went to great lengths to win over powerful families.

It's no longer something you can just get away from whenever you want.

"If I'm not mistaken, that person is about to make a move against the aristocratic families."

"All of this indicates that the good days for aristocratic families are over."

"Whether you like it or not, if you don't sever ties now, no one can save you later."

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Pi and said coldly.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present was immediately chilled to the bone.

It had been less than a year since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Are they about to take action against the powerful families?

Isn't this too fast?

.............

As it turned out, it wasn't fast at all, and Cao Cao's guess was correct.

It's clear from his decision to bestow the title of concubine upon all those members of aristocratic families that Zhou Heng was preparing to take action against them.

To say what the biggest cancer in the world is...

That was definitely not a particular dynasty or a particular ruler.

Rather, they were from a prominent family.

He didn't take action before because he still needed the support of powerful families.

The world is now unified.

The existence of powerful families would only hinder his power.

No one can tolerate it.

Zhou Heng was no exception.

So this time, even though Bu Lianshi pleaded desperately, Zhou Heng did not soften his heart in the slightest.

The Xun family, who had originally surrendered.

They were subjected to a bloody massacre.

Apart from Xun Yu, everyone below him was demoted.

Even he is like that.

Not to mention everyone else.

For example, the Sima clan, a prominent family in Hanoi.

It was an entire family massacre.

Some powerful families, having heard rumors, wanted to start a rebellion.

But now that the country is unified, wouldn't it be suicide to start a rebellion at this time?

What awaits them is a bloody massacre.

The most typical examples are the four prominent families of Jingzhou.

From the Cai family to the Pang, Huang, and Kuai families, they were almost all wiped out.

Huang Yueying knelt at Zhou Heng's door and remained kneeling there for a long time.

This did not change Zhou Heng's decision.

It wasn't just them, but also the women who had followed Zhou Heng even earlier.

For example, the Zhen family.

The Zhen family was completely stripped of their noble titles and became merely a merchant family.

The five beauties of the Zhen family were in tears, but there was nothing they could do.

Zhou Heng is actually in a difficult position.

On one hand, there's his woman, with whom he's had a relationship spanning so many years.

It's not something you can just give up.

Moreover, the other party helped me so much.

But with powerful families, the world will never change.

The most likely development was the caste system of India in later generations.

This is not what he wants to see.

Therefore, the only option is to kill.

In an instant, the sound of executioners' blades echoed throughout the entire Celestial Empire.

Countless people were moved to tears.

This includes Empress Fu Shou, who was once the Empress of the Han Dynasty.

Unfortunately, no matter what they did, Zhou Heng did not change his decision.

They almost completely wiped out the entire aristocratic family.

Kill according to the family genealogy.

The blood of those killed flowed freely, and the entire aristocratic family was almost wiped out.

Zhou Heng had these aristocratic families send over their family genealogies a long time ago.

They were initially pleased, believing that Zhou Heng was rewarding them according to their merits.

Unexpectedly...

In return, they were killed according to the family genealogy, wiped out completely.

Leave no one behind.

This great upheaval is historically known as the Calamity of the Heavenly Emperor.

So much so that this massacre occurred.

Most of the women in Zhou Heng's harem no longer wanted to see him.

She threw a little tantrum.

The main figures were Huang Yueying, Cai Shi, Bu Lianshi, and Xu Shi.

They almost wiped out their family.

However, Zhou Heng was not without magnanimity.

Ultimately, their immediate family members were spared.

However, an order was issued that all members of aristocratic families would be forever barred from serving as officials in the imperial court.

They are not allowed to seize land or engage in business.

This effectively blocked their last resort.

This can only be considered a minor setback.

Because Zhou Heng slaughtered countless members of the aristocratic families.

But for the world, that was a very gratifying thing.

After all, they had suffered a lot of oppression from these powerful families over the years.

Now that these termites are gone, heaven knows how happy I am.

At least ordinary people won't always be ordinary people.

Zhou Heng also brought some of the ideas from later generations to this dynasty.

The simplest example is the imperial examination system.

It gave ordinary people a path to promotion.

Some people say that if you take too big a step, you might accidentally tear your balls.

But this is during the founding of the country, so there's no problem.

Zhou Heng's current massacres are far less severe than those during Zhu Yuanzhang's time.

Moreover, most of his subordinates were Yellow Turban rebels, and very few came from aristocratic families.

No problem at all.

Now that the world has been initially settled, it is not so easy to rebel.

Therefore, many aristocratic families ultimately only have regrets.

He wrote countless books criticizing Zhou Heng.

But what's the use of that?

When Zhou Heng found out, he issued an order the next day to kill them all.

Besides the imperial examination system.

Zhou Heng also invented papermaking and printing, which enabled China's technology to achieve a leapfrog development.

Make sure everyone has access to education and everyone has the opportunity for advancement.

Even the imperial court created a new system of three departments and six ministries.

Cabinet system.

It greatly reduced his stress.

The sixth year of the Celestial Dynasty.

After six years, after a long period of rest and recuperation.

The nation's strength reached an unprecedented level.

Zhou Heng once again raised an army and marched north into the grasslands.

With Zhang Liao as the vanguard, they decisively defeated the Xianbei.

He killed the Xianbei Khan Kebineng in battle.

They completely incorporated the vast grasslands into their territory.

Zhou Heng never expressed any desire for them to be autonomous.

Why did the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty manage to subdue all the surrounding countries each time?

But they weren't included in the territory.

It's all because of that bullshit self-control.

He simply created a Protectorate General of the Western Regions.

On the surface, it's just a superficial measure.

In fact, weakening a dynasty renders it completely useless.

However, Zhou Heng completely broke this limitation.

This directly ushered in an era of large-scale immigration.

The vast populations of the north and south were relocated to the grasslands.

It was completely incorporated into the rule of its own empire.

And Liaodong.

When Zhou Heng established his state, Gongsun Du of Liaodong had already written a letter of surrender.

But this did not satisfy him.

They go back on their word when it comes to the Koreans.

Zhou Heng is extremely annoying.

If Zhou Heng were to name the ethnic group he dislikes most in the world, aside from a certain island nation, it would be the Koreans.

For these ethnic groups.

Zhou Heng's philosophy is to completely eradicate and eliminate all threats.

This ushered in an era of massive immigration.

This allowed the Han Chinese population to spread throughout Liaodong.

Completely incorporated into the vast territory of the Celestial Empire.

This will leave a vast world for future generations, so they will have no worries about the future.