Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Chai? You mean Chai Jin? No, I don't want to go! I don't want to go!"

When Emperor Huizong heard about the Chai family, he reacted very strongly, though it was unclear what was wrong with him.

"That's not up to you."

Ren Yuan looked at Zhao Ji.

"The feud between the Chai family and the Zhao family must be settled. Zhao Ji, you are the best choice."

"why me!"

Zhao Ji suddenly looked up and shouted at Ren Yuan:

"Why me? Why not my unfilial son!"

Clearly, Emperor Huizong's mind is not quite clear right now.

Zhao Huan has already clearly surrendered, so how could we let him bear the consequences of the conflict between the Chai and Zhao families?

“Father, because I have already submitted, the prince has promised to spare the Zhao family’s bloodline.”

At this moment, Zhao Huan also stepped forward, standing next to Ren Yuan and looking at Zhao Ji.

"You unfilial son! You unfilial son! Do you even have any respect for the ancestors of the Zhao family?! You actually surrendered!"

“Father, many people have surrendered, not just me.”

Zhao Huan said that countless people have surrendered throughout history, so one more won't make a difference.

"Moreover, I am acting in accordance with the overall situation, not trying to stop a chariot with my own hands. If our ancestors knew this from beyond the grave, they would be grateful to me for preserving the Zhao family bloodline. On the contrary, it is you, Father, who have been on the throne for so many years, favoring sycophants and alienating virtuous ministers, causing the people to suffer. Our ancestors should blame you."

"You, you unfilial son, you're just being unreasonable and sophistry!"

Zhao Ji was both ashamed and furious. He was ashamed because Zhao Huan had exposed his secrets of so many years, and furious because Zhao Huan had actually said these things in front of so many people. It was as if Zhao Huan had slapped his face into the ground and rubbed it repeatedly!

“Father, you know the truth of the matter, but you just don’t want to admit it.”

Zhao Huan truly showed no mercy to his father, Zhao Ji, whose face had turned pale with anger.

"Alright, put him down and take him away."

Ren Yuan gestured to put Zhao Ji down, since holding him up all the time was really not a good look.

"Ren Yuan! Ren Yuan! I can surrender too! I can surrender too!"

After Zhao Ji was put down, he heard that Ren Yuan was going to take him away directly, and he shouted that he could surrender.

"Zhao Ji, you are no longer the emperor of Song. What use are you to me? Take you away."

Ren Yuan simply waved his hand, as if shooing away a fly, and dismissed Zhao Ji.

Then, he stood in front of all the ministers of the Western Song Dynasty, raised his hand, and before he could speak, all the ministers knelt down!

"Your Highness! We are willing to surrender!"

“You are willing to surrender, but the problem is, even if you are willing to surrender, I may not be willing to accept it.”

Ren Yuan looked at the group of people and shook his head.

These people may be representatives of certain powerful families or important local forces, but so what?

He had his own standards for selecting and appointing people!

"So many of you are going to be investigated by my Dayi. If it's appropriate, I can accept it. If it's not appropriate, then I'm sorry, you'll have to be arrested and sentenced as appropriate."

"what?"

The ministers were astonished. They had all brought the Emperor Emeritus here. With such a great achievement, why were they being investigated?

"What's wrong? Don't want to?"

Ren Yuan looked at this group of good-for-nothings. To be honest, he didn't want any of them. If it weren't for maintaining stability, he would have taken them all down.

"Your Highness, this is not appropriate. Without us, it won't be so easy for Your Highness to take over the entire Song Dynasty smoothly."

"That's right, Your Highness, we are utterly loyal! How could you do this to us?"

……

The ministers were all insane. They had thought that by kidnapping Zhao Ji, they could gain some merit and at least be forgiven for their past mistakes. But they never expected that Ren Yuan would come up and investigate them. If the investigation was not good, he would arrest and sentence them directly.

Do I need your approval to take over the Song Kingdom?

Ren Yuan laughed and took his Dragon-Slaying Mace from the saddle.

"If you don't want to investigate, that's fine too. Just take this blow from my mace, and as long as you don't die, I'll let bygones be bygones!"

"Who's coming?"

These words immediately fell silent, and the soldiers of the Dayi Army turned their swords and spears on the ministers before them.

"Ren, Ren Yuan, you, you actually dare to use weapons against scholars? You, you are engaging in militarism! Your country will not last long!"

An older-looking minister suddenly stepped forward, walked up to Ren Yuan, and his voice trembled slightly:

"If you, if you can wait and talk things over with me now, then, then..."

"boom!!"

Before the old man could finish speaking, Ren Yuan swung his arm, and the Dragon-Slaying Mace struck his head with lightning speed. With a solid thud, the old man's head shattered like a watermelon, scattering debris everywhere.

"Pfft!"

"Commendable courage, but unfortunately, it couldn't hold on."

Ren Yuan flicked the mace in his hand, and the unidentified liquid on it was splashed onto the faces of the others. They didn't dare to move because the headless corpse of the ringleader was lying on the ground, still warm.

"Who else?"

Ren Yuan smiled as he looked at the ministers. These good-for-nothings must all come from long-established wealthy families in the area, and they must be quite rich.

This is only one hit; if we hit more...

Ren Yuan's expectant gaze swept over the ministers, wishing he could grab another one immediately!

"Your Highness! We are innocent! It was all because of this false emperor Zhao Ji that we were forced to serve him! Your Highness, please investigate as you see fit! Our family absolutely does not have two million strings of cash of ill-gotten gains!"

While everyone was frightened by Ren Yuan's gaze, suddenly, someone stood up, knelt down before Ren Yuan, and shouted loudly.

"Ok?"

Everyone's eyes turned to look at them. What had they just heard?

Two million strings of cash?

What are you doing?

But then, one by one, they all knelt down and said:

"Your Highness! Me neither, I also don't have a million strings of cash in unexplained wealth!"

"Your Highness, my family also doesn't have 1.5 million strings of cash!"

"Your Highness, my family is rather poor, and we do not have 500,000 strings of cash!"

……

Shi Qian came to Ren Yuan's side and gently poked Ren Yuan's waist:

"Brother, that was a brilliant move!"

"Ok?"

Ren Yuan looked at Shi Qian and found that the guy was smiling like a fox that had caught a chick.

"Just killing one person has made so many people reveal their secrets and wealth, tsk tsk tsk..."

"The people you brought, get ready to take over."

Ren Yuan nodded. He found these people quite interesting. No wonder they were from a family that had been able to survive for so many years; none of them were easy to deal with! He hadn't expected them to be so pragmatic while also accumulating such a large fortune!

"Hehe, if we get our hands on these guys' assets, then we can make do with what we have for Dayi this year."

Shi Qian rubbed his hands excitedly. It had been a long time since he had been a porter, and he was suddenly really looking forward to it.

"Shi Qian, Pei Xuan is already on his way. If you want to leave some funds for Shadow, you'd better act quickly, otherwise my words won't carry any weight with him."

Ren Yuan whispered some instructions to Shi Qian.

Shi Qian nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Don't worry, brother. If they say they have two million strings of cash, they'll definitely confiscate three million. As long as the source is unclear, they won't lose a single copper coin!"

……