The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

Will Li Er kill those aristocratic families?

"I think you can be more confident and remove the 'ma' character."

"Even if you gave ten more heads to the aristocratic families, it probably wouldn't be enough for Li Er to chop them off."

"The suspense now is whether it will be a simple confiscation of property or the implication of nine generations of relatives."

“Such powerful families should be eradicated at the root; keeping them around will only create hidden dangers.”

On the live chat, discussions have already begun regarding how to deal with the powerful families.

In their view, the outcome was already decided; all that remained was how to deal with the powerful families.

There might be some resistance during this period, but even An Lushan is dead, so what can the remaining aristocratic families do?

But what none of them expected was...

After Li Er joined forces with Yuchi Gong's remaining thousand or so Xuanjia soldiers, they immediately headed to Chang'an.

However, by the time they arrived, Chang'an had already been turned into a sea of ​​fire.

This fire was just started today.

Someone spilled kerosene all over the entire city of Chang'an.

The city was filled with wailing cries.

Standing outside the city, endless wails reached my ears.

Li Er even heard many people addressing Emperor Taizong as "Your Majesty".

They probably thought that with the defeat of the Great Yan, the restoration of the Great Tang would be imminent, and their good days were just around the corner.

Just one step away!

Li Er's face turned ashen.

He just watched Guo Ziyi quietly.

Guo Ziyi was always in charge of integrating spies and intelligence.

Such a dramatic change has occurred in Chang'an, yet no one was able to receive advance notice.

Guo Ziyi knelt there with his head down, saying nothing.

The aristocratic families acted too quickly, so quickly that the spies they sent couldn't react in time to report, and naturally, he didn't receive any information about it.

But he refused to defend himself.

Regardless, it was his fault.

If he hadn't also felt that the outcome was already decided and hadn't lowered his guard by not sending more spies to Chang'an, there might have been a chance to stop the aristocratic families from their heinous actions!

They actually burned down Chang'an!

There are countless people in Chang'an!

All the city gates were sealed off by fire, and even if some people were still alive, they were no different from dead.

No one can save them.

Even though Li Er had immediately ordered the army to fetch water to extinguish the fire, he could only listen to the wails of agony in the city gradually fading away.

This fire cannot be extinguished in a short time!

Guo Ziyi, Geshu Han, and Yuchi Gong all knelt quietly before Li Er.

The cries of agony in the city were so heartbreaking that they felt their hearts were bleeding!

Especially Geshuhan, who also felt extremely guilty!

What he was thinking was that if the battle of Tongguan were to take place, he could move even faster!

If those from aristocratic families hadn't been allowed to leave, and hadn't been given the opportunity to tip off others in advance, things might have turned out differently.

"Everyone get up."

After an unknown amount of time, Li Er finally broke the silence.

The voice carried only a chilling intent.

Even Yuchi Gong trembled slightly at such pure killing intent.

He had never seen His Majesty in such a state before!

None of the three dared to move.

“The deed is done. Even if you kneel here and die, the people of Chang’an will never return.”

"Even I cannot bring the dead back to life, nor can I save them from the underworld."

"But I can send those damned beasts to their graves!"

"I learned a few new words while looking at the sky a few days ago."

“Exterminate ten generations of their families, skin them alive, and do not distinguish between noble families, men and women, the old and the young, or humans and animals.”

"Leave no living creature alive!"

"Either you all kneel here and die, or you go and investigate—investigate the whereabouts of all of them, find out who their ten clans are, and slaughter them all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuchi Gong got up and left.

After a brief hesitation, Goshuhan followed suit.

Only Guo Ziyi remained kneeling there.

"You're not going? Don't you want to avenge them, and my Chang'an?"

Li Er stared at him coldly.

"This fault lies entirely with this sinful subject. If this sinful subject had not been so careless, the people of Chang'an would not have suffered this calamity."

"I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

Guo Ziyi didn't even raise his head, his voice filled with extreme sorrow.

Everything should have gone smoothly. After Chang'an was recovered, the people of the world should have been living a prosperous life during the Zhenguan era.

But because of his momentary carelessness, millions of people in Chang'an were trapped in a sea of ​​fire!

They had endured ten years of exploitation by powerful families, and just when the dawn of salvation was about to arrive, they looked up to see a despairing sea of ​​fire!

"I should have killed you, but now is the time when I need men."

"I do not want to let any other person who deserves to die escape just because I killed you, Guo Ziyi."

"Your head will remain on your neck for now. Only by bringing back all those involved in this fire can you atone for your sins!"

Li Er's tone remained cold, but his killing intent had diminished.

He was angry.

But not to the point of losing one's mind.

He knew exactly who was responsible for the fire!

"Your humble servant obeys the imperial decree!"

"I will not fail Your Majesty's expectations, and I will ensure that all the criminals are executed!"

Guo Ziyi kowtowed three times, leaving a trail of blood, before getting up and leaving.

"By my decree, from this day forward, all those who have ever considered themselves a noble family, whether from the Five Clans and Seven Noble Families or otherwise, shall be executed without mercy!"

"Anyone who has even the slightest connection with a powerful family will be killed without mercy!"

"From this day forward, I grant you permission to plunder aristocratic families. You may burn, kill, and loot; I will not tolerate any of it. The only requirement is that no one be left alive!"

"A three-month deadline has been set. After three months, all members of aristocratic families must die!"

"If you cannot do it, I will be very disappointed."

When Li Er issued this decree, many people outside the sky were somewhat shocked.

They don't care about burning, killing, looting, or anything else?

This doesn't sound like a decree that a wise ruler would give!

"Does he know how many innocent people will lose their lives after he issues this decree?"

Some people couldn't help but criticize.

Old Zhu slowly typed out a question mark.

“There’s a temple outside Yingtian City that’s missing a Buddha statue. Why don’t you sit on it?”

"You son of a bitch, the lives of noble families are lives, but the lives of ordinary people aren't, is that it?"

"They dared to set this fire in Chang'an, and dared to leave the people no way to survive. They should have expected this outcome!"

"Otherwise what? After they burn down Chang'an and countless lives, can they still continue to act arrogantly and domineeringly?"

"Then you really are a living Buddha. You're not suited to be an emperor; you're better suited to sit next to a Buddha statue in a temple!"

Old Zhu felt he hadn't been this angry in a long time.

The main problem is that the person who asked this question is incredibly brainless.

Benevolent governance is not inherently wrong, but it depends on who you are dealing with.

To be lenient to aristocratic families is to be cruel to ordinary people!

"Well, I have a slightly different opinion."

"Although I don't know what kind of punishment it is to skin a daylily, one way of dying is too monotonous. It would be better to experiment with some more cruel punishments."

"Since they're all going to die anyway, why not let them use their last bit of light?"