Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

"Aristocratic family?"

"At worst, just push it down!"

Zhou Zheng leaned against the dragon throne, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

The existence of aristocratic families has always been a threat to imperial power.

Zhou Zheng didn’t know why the emperors of previous dynasties allowed it, but Zhou Zheng was never one to swallow his anger.

How can I allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed?!

If these powerful families are really so bold as to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court, Zhou Zheng will not be polite.

If killing one is not enough, kill ten!

If ten are not enough, kill a hundred!

In his life, Zhou Zheng has killed countless people, and he doesn't mind adding some more killings.

"Your Majesty, there are endless numbers of them."

Zhong Zhishen was not surprised to hear Zhou Zheng's words, but shook his head.

This attitude was shared by everyone in the court.

In the past, there were countless emperors who were more cruel than Zhou Zheng, and there were also emperors who were more autocratic than Zhou Zheng.

But why did they fail to eliminate the aristocratic families, and even affect the rule of the imperial power? !

It’s not because they are reluctant to take action against the powerful families, but because they can’t kill them all. It’s impossible to kill them all.

"How many of these clans are there? Hundreds? Thousands? Or tens of thousands?"

"No one knows how many powerful families there are in the world."

One of the reasons why the aristocratic families were able to exist for so long, and even compete with the imperial power, was because they were dormant and dispersed.

Except for those top aristocratic families, the imperial court was almost unaware of the existence of other aristocratic families.

Because they packaged themselves as businessmen, officials and landlords.

Even they don't know each other's existence.

This state is very strange, but it exists.

Only when the imperial court wants to take action against the aristocratic families will these families truly stick together.

Zhou Zheng was very confused. These aristocratic families seemed to be quite different from the world he lived in.

"I don't care how secretive they are, or how capable and resourceful they are!"

"If they dare to show up, I will completely eradicate them."

"It's not that the clans can't be killed, it's just that the methods used in the past weren't cruel enough!"

Zhou Zheng is never afraid of threats.

When he faced hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers from the Great Xia Kingdom, he was able to move forward bravely. What about a mere aristocratic family?

However, this lofty ambition did not give Zhong Zhishen much hope.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to look for them. All the clans in the world should have united secretly by now."

In the end, Zhong Zhishen still poured a bucket of cold water on Zhou Zheng.

"what?!"

Zhou Zheng never expected this response.

The aristocratic families in the world have secretly united?!

Why didn't the imperial court get any wind of this? !

Why don't we see rebel uprisings everywhere? !

Why is the entire Great Zhou still peaceful? !

At this moment, Zhou Zheng's brain suddenly became clear, and a sense of fear came from his back, making him feel a little creepy.

The imperial court was unaware of such a big commotion, so what level did this family reach? !

After all, after Zhou Zheng took office, he had already asked Gong Tan to form a more powerful secret guard in order to gain insight into changes in the world.

But Gong Tan was completely unaware of this matter, and neither was Zhou Zheng!

Hiss, hiss!

Zhou Zheng couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

"When Your Majesty took action against the Yin family and other aristocratic families, when Your Majesty forcibly redistributed the land, when Your Majesty promulgated the "Green Seedling Law" and the "Dianding Rumu" policy, when Your Majesty announced that salt, papermaking, etc. would never become profit-making products..."

"These clans began to unite secretly."

Zhong Zhishen's voice trembled a little.

These are all major events that benefit the people, are beneficial to the development of the court, and are beneficial to the people of the world.

However, it touched the interests of a hidden force.

This force is called the aristocratic family!

"The thousand-year-old balance between the imperial court and the aristocratic families was broken in this way."

"Right now, the problems the court is facing, and the problems it will face in the future, are all caused by these clans in secret."

Zhong Zhishen's voice trembled.

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