Chapter 1018: Chapter 978: Bring Them All to Me

Just as he thought to himself, if he hadn’t eliminated all those ten squad members, if he hadn’t detained the personnel Lin Yi sent down as replacements, Lin Yi would never have come here.

At least not in the short term, and this Commander would have continued doing this.

At least until he had destroyed the other two countries, he would never have noticed here.

And for all this, only this Lord Liu is to blame; he brought it upon himself.

If he hadn’t harbored those thoughts he shouldn’t have, how else would he have ended up like this?

Actually, Lin Yi also knows that Lord Liu is not the only one with such thoughts in Dayou; there must be many more, like those teams that never returned. They must have encountered the same fate here, either detained by the Commanders there or eliminated.

Such matters might be more severe in more remote places.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Yi was particularly ruthless when dealing with Lord Liu this time.

He wants to show everyone what happens when you anger him.

The consequences of despising imperial power.

He wants to establish his own authority, to make everyone fear him; only by doing so can his policies be better implemented.

Only this way can he lead Dayou to develop quickly.

And at this moment, the soldiers in the scene, upon realizing this, no longer have the slightest doubt.

This is definitely the current Emperor.

If it’s not the Emperor, how could he instantly activate the thunder?

Only the Son of Heaven can achieve such a feat, right?

Moreover, they became somewhat excited for a moment, which also shows how formidable their Emperor is; their Emperor is truly the chosen one of destiny.

With such an Emperor, the days of unifying the three kingdoms might not be far off.

Upon this thought, everyone started to feel hopeful.

Just as Lin Yi said earlier, these soldiers are innocent; they won’t have any reaction; you could say that they obey whoever feeds them.

Lord Liu was previously the Commander here, appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, and because of this, they would unconditionally follow Commander Liu’s orders, which indirectly meant they were obeying the Emperor’s commands.

Of course, as for whether Lord Liu had intentions of inciting rebellion with them, it’s not entirely impossible.

After all, an army is like water; if used well, it can naturally keep the ship afloat, but if misused, it can also overturn the ship.

Moreover, although Lin Yi wants to deal with Lord Liu and deal with this place severely, he will not punish the ordinary soldiers along with them; all he wants to do is deal with all the officials.

It would be no exaggeration to say that even if he dealt with all those soldiers, it wouldn’t bring him any authority, only making the soldiers in other places even more fearful of him and anxious.

By that time, everyone might be unwilling to serve him.

This is also one of Lin Yi’s considerations.

This time, without Lin Yi needing to say a word, a soldier who realized the situation quickly rushed towards the forlorn Lord Liu lying on the ground.

And seeing this, the rest targeted the other few people, quickly acting, leading about a dozen people to rush into the crowded room.

This made the room quite packed.

When looking at those lords and Lord Liu lying on the ground, all were held down and pressed to the ground by these soldiers.

Seeing this situation, seeing the soldiers outside still crowding in, Lin Yi immediately spoke:

"Alright, everyone don’t crowd anymore. Now take all these people to the outside venue, and it’s not that you aren’t given a chance.

I order all of you to immediately self-organize into groups, thirty people per team, go to East County City’s department, and bring all the officials, generals, and the patriarchs and speakers of all the aristocratic families to me."

With this command, everyone immediately stopped the chaos and stopped crowding.

For a moment, everyone exchanged glances, and outside, they quickly started organizing into teams, while those who realized first had already completed team formation and ran out towards the City Lord’s Mansion.

They had missed the credit for capturing Lord Liu just now, but they couldn’t possibly miss the credit for what’s next.

These people might have already left some bad impressions with the Duke in their hearts, and whether they can successfully recover now depends on this move.

Thinking this, they each fought fiercely.

In less than a quarter of an hour, besides the soldiers aiding Lord Liu and others, there was no one else in the courtyard, leaving pairs of soldiers pressing someone to kneel on the ground.

Lin Yi glanced at those kneeling people and said nothing, but sat on a chair outside, proceeding as usual.

As for where this chair came from?

Lin Yi didn’t know which insightful soldier brought it to him.

And time passed second by second, soon, in less than a quarter-hour, noise came from outside, followed by troops of soldiers escorting a number of people bound up like dumplings.

Meanwhile, someone from the squad immediately rushed to Lin Yi’s side, dropped to his knees with a thud, and saluted Lin Yi with clasped hands, shouting:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, all 37 members of the East County Prefect’s family have been brought over."

Looking at the large group kneeling on the ground, Lin Yi couldn’t help but frown slightly. Although he had considered bringing all the officials over, he hadn’t thought about punishing their families as well.

After all, being someone from the 21st century, he has a strong sense of fairness, considering the saying that disaster shouldn’t extend to family somewhat reasonable.

But now, facing someone requesting a task like this, he couldn’t say anything because they didn’t do anything wrong.

Henceforth, he directly opened his mouth, nodded at the person and said:

"Good, rise, for now, escort them to one side, and wait for the others to arrive for collective disposal."

Just as he finished saying this,

[To be continued...]

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