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Chapter 154 Jia Xu? Jia Wenhe?

royal palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen sat on the dragon throne, processing memorials.

At this moment, a palace eunuch entered.

"Your Majesty, Commander Cao Shaoqin requests an audience."

The eunuchs and guards reported this.

"Let him in."

Zhou Chen said something without even looking up.

The eunuchs and guards bowed and withdrew.

After a while.

Cao Shaoqin entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Your Majesty, this is a message sent by the Grand Governor from Jiexiu Prefecture."

"Your Majesty, please review this."

Upon entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Cao Shaoqin immediately presented a document to Zhou Chen.

Oh!
A message sent by Cao Zhengchun?
Zhou Chen raised his head, his eyes flashing.

Cao Zhengchun was ordered to exterminate the Fan family of Jiexiu. Could something have gone wrong?
Zhou Chen took the message from Cao Zhengchun from Cao Shaoqin's hand, opened it, and glanced at it.

The message was brief, but it made Zhou Chen frown.

The Fan family of Jiexiu actually abandoned their stronghold and dispersed in advance, leaving Cao Zhengchun empty-handed.

In Jiexiu Prefecture, Cao Zhengchun only executed one senior member of the Fan family and some minor figures.

Cao Zhengchun did not kill any of the other major figures in the Fan family.

What frowned on Zhou Chen the most was that the Fan family members, who had broken up into smaller groups, began to cause trouble everywhere and even targeted some other powerful and wealthy families.

Is the Fan family trying to create large-scale chaos in the Great Zhou Dynasty?
Zhou Chen's expression turned somewhat grim after reading the message sent by Cao Zhengchun.

Zhou Chen never expected that the Fan family would break him down into smaller parts, thus thwarting his plan to wipe out the Fan family of Jiexiu in one fell swoop.

With the Fan family's deep-rooted influence as one of the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, coupled with the covert assistance of the Yuan and Zheng families, Zhou Chen knew that some local governments would definitely be working hard for the Fan family.

It's possible that some local officials might even secretly provide assistance to those from the Fan family who are causing trouble.

Who can blame them when seven or eight out of ten local officials come from powerful and wealthy families!

If the imperial court wanted to eliminate the Fan family, it could only send troops to hunt down and suppress the Fan family members who were causing trouble.

This is equivalent to putting out fires everywhere.

It must be said that the Fan family of Jiexiu's approach was just right in preventing the Fan family from being wiped out by the imperial court, and it also diverted most of the court's attention.

Zhou Chen put down the message Cao Zhengchun had sent him and frowned as he pondered.

After a while.

"Cao Shaoqin, immediately issue an edict to all local government offices."

"Any member of the Fan family who rebels and causes trouble in their territory shall be wiped out by me."

"Anyone who lets the Fan family traitor escape will be punished along with the Fan family traitor, regardless of the reason."

“Exterminate their three clans.”

Zhou Chen wanted to see which local officials dared not to do their best, and who was not afraid of death.

If any local officials dare to outwardly comply but inwardly defy the order and fail to do their utmost to eliminate the Fan family's misdeeds in their territory, then they shouldn't blame Zhou Chen for being impolite.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cao Shaoqin immediately bowed and said.

"besides."

"Send an imperial edict to Lü Bu and Zhang Liao, ordering them to lead troops together to pursue and annihilate the Fan family rebels."

Zhou Chen understood that the Fan family had now broken up into smaller, dispersed units.

Therefore, it would be too much for Cao Zhengchun to lead thousands of imperial guards to wipe out the entire Fan family.

Therefore, Zhou Chen could only send Lü Bu and Zhang Liao, who were still in the four northern provinces, to lead troops to pursue and annihilate the Fan family.

Cao Zhengchun, along with the Imperial Guards, and the troops led by Lü Bu and Zhang Liao, formed a three-pronged force to pursue and suppress the Fan family rebels in Jiexiu.

Zhou Chen wanted to see what would happen even if the Fan family broke up into smaller units.
"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cao Shaoqin bowed again.

"Go!"

Zhou Chen waved his hand.

Cao Shaoqin left the Hall of Mental Cultivation directly.

"Heh, do you want to wait for the result of Luoyang being completely transformed?"

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you."

After Cao Shaoqin left, Zhou Chen muttered a cold laugh to himself. The Fan family members had dispersed in small groups, and Zhou Chen naturally understood their intentions.

On the one hand, they wanted to attract the emperor's attention.

On the one hand, they wanted to wait for a completely different outcome.

However, regardless of their motives, the Fan family is likely to be disappointed.

"Time to start today's check-in."

Zhou Chen thought about it for a moment.

For the past two days, Zhou Chen has been checking in with the same person as Chang Wei every day.

This is also the main reason why the Eastern Depot was able to expand rapidly.

"Sign in."

Zhou Chen murmured to himself.

【bite…….】

[Check-in successful.]

[Congratulations, host, for gaining the loyalty of the character Jia Xu.]

Jia Xu?

Jia Wenhe?
A hint of joy flashed across Zhou Chen's face.

Zhou Chen never expected that he would have such incredible luck today, actually finding a remarkable person through his sign-in.

He is no ordinary outstanding person.

Speaking of Jia Xu, he was a remarkable figure in the Three Kingdoms period, known as the "Poisonous Strategist."

Their greatest skill is manipulating people's hearts.

In the Three Kingdoms period, it was this treacherous strategist who brought chaos to the country and destroyed the last vestige of the Han Dynasty's dignity.

Even the ruthless tyrant who said, "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me," almost fell into the hands of this cunning strategist.

In Zhou Chen's view, if this strategist hadn't thought of joining this powerful figure and hadn't held back in Wancheng, there wouldn't have been the subsequent tripartite division of the world.

Throughout the entire Three Kingdoms period, the person Zhou Chen admired and liked the most was Jia Xu, the cunning strategist who brought chaos to the country.

Strategists should first plan for themselves.

This is the highest level a wise strategist can achieve.

None of them were accomplished by Jia Xu, the treacherous strategist who brought chaos to the country.

Throughout the entire Three Kingdoms period, only Jia Xu, this cunning strategist, lived the longest and died a peaceful death.

"Jia Xu greets Your Majesty." A middle-aged scholar appeared in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and bowed to Zhou Chen on the dragon throne.

The middle-aged scholar was dressed in a simple long gown, yet possessed a dignified appearance.

His eyes, however, were too narrow and long, and the occasional sharp glint in them made him seem formidable.

Zhou Chen glanced at Jia Xu and smiled slightly; "Wenhe, no need for formalities."

"I am lacking a great talent like Wenhe by my side."

"With Wenhe's arrival, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Zhou Chen said with a smile.

Although Zhou Chen has already recruited talented individuals like Fang Mou, Du Du, and Liu Ye, these three are skilled in politics but lack strategic thinking.

If we're talking about the ability to scheme against people, none of the three of them, including Fang Xuanling, can compare to Jia Xu.

It can be said that Jia Xu's scheming had no bottom line.

Zhou Chen particularly admired Jia Xu's ability to protect himself.

In Zhou Chen's opinion, if one cannot even protect one's own safety, how can one plan anything else or scheme against the world?

"Your Majesty flatters me. I am unworthy of such praise," Jia Xu said, bowing.

Zhou Chen smiled; "Wenhe, what is there to be ashamed of?"

"I believe that Wenhe alone is worth 100,000 soldiers."

"I have some things I'd like to hear Wenhe's thoughts on."

"Wenhe, please have a seat!"

As Zhou Chen spoke, he instructed the eunuchs and guards to bring a chair over for Jia Xu.

Jia Xu did not sit down.

Instead, he remained standing there.

Zhou Chen saw this and asked Jia Xu to sit down again.

Jia Xu then sat down.

Then, Zhou Chen began to ask Jia Xu for his views on the current situation of the court.

(End of this chapter)