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Chapter 906 Sending out Invitations
In the second year of Kaiyuan, at the beginning of July, the execution ground on the outskirts of Shouchun City.

Yuan Shu was tied up and kneeling on the high platform. His once gorgeous brocade robe had already been torn to pieces. Below the platform, tens of thousands of people were eagerly watching and talking about it.

"I heard that Yuan Gonglu wanted to be the emperor before he died!"

"Bah! Such people who bring disaster to the country and the people deserve to be put to death!"

"Thanks to the great general's divine power, we can see the light of day again."

Su Yao sat high on the execution platform, next to him were Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others who had just arrived in Shouchun, as well as officials sent by the Ministry of Justice.

The Minister of Justice looked around and suddenly raised his hand to signal for silence.

"Yuan Shu, what else do you have to say?"

Yuan Shu raised his head with difficulty and said in a hoarse voice: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Kill them if you want! I only regret that I have not been able to..."

"Failed to do what?" The official from the Ministry of Justice sneered, "Failed to harm more people? Failed to cause chaos in more states and counties?"

He stood up, walked to the front of the stage, and his voice spread throughout the audience: "Everyone! Yuan Shu, a descendant of a famous family, did not think about serving the country. Instead, he established his own regime and levied heavy taxes. To satisfy his selfish desires, he forcibly abducted women and killed innocent people, leaving nine out of ten houses in Huainan empty!"

There was an immediate roar of curses from the audience.

An old man raised his skinny arms tremblingly: "My son was captured by him to build the palace and worked himself to death!"

"My daughter was kidnapped by his men and her whereabouts are still unknown!"

"My family's land was seized by him and my mother starved to death"

The voices were getting louder and louder. Yuan Shu's face became paler and paler, and he finally broke down and shouted, "Shut up! What do you lowly people know?! The world should belong to my Yuan family! I..."

Su Yao interrupted with a wave of his hand: "The time has come." He turned to the executioner, "Execute!"

The knife flashed, and Yuan Shu's head fell to the ground. The whole audience was silent for a moment, and then burst into earth-shaking cheers.

"Long live the general!"

"Long live the court!"

Amid the cheers, Xun Yu approached Su Yao and whispered, "Lord Tang, Yuan Benchu ​​sent a gift, saying that the defense of the six counties has been reorganized and they are ready to be dispatched by the general at any time."

Su Yao raised his lips slightly: "He is quite sensible. Tell Yuan Benchu ​​to come to Shouchun to see me in person."

"The family of Yuan Shu."

Su Yao was silent for a moment, then spoke: "I am a man of my words. Although Yuan Shu failed to surrender, they have also made contributions, so their death penalty will be spared. Send them to the capital and let His Majesty handle it as appropriate."

"As for that Feng family."

As he spoke, Su Yao looked at Guan Yu who was standing nearby with his sword in hand, and said with a smile:

"I heard that Feng Shi worked very well in your army and took good care of Yun Chang. Now that the war is over, if Yun Chang is interested, he should not let her down."

Upon hearing this, Guan Yu knelt on one knee and said in a loud voice: "Thank you for your help, General! I and Feng have long been in love with each other. I am willing to hold your hand and grow old with you!"

Su Yao laughed loudly upon seeing this, and slammed the table and stood up: "Great! Such a perfect match, this general will definitely preside over your wedding in person!"

Before Su Yao finished speaking, the surrounding soldiers suddenly burst into cheers, and for a moment the applause was like thunder.

Seeing this, Feng, who was standing by, blushed with shame and quickly knelt down to thank Su Yao for his kindness. She didn't expect that the general would take such care of her.

Indeed, regardless of Feng's identity as a traitor's family member, or the fact that Guan Yu already had a family, normally speaking, even if the general was willing to help her, she would only be a concubine, and would have to be careful to please everyone in Guan's mansion.

But now that the general is personally officiating at the wedding, the meaning is of course different.

Feng never expected that a captured trophy like him would be treated like this.

He immediately expressed his gratitude to Su Yao profusely.

However, she didn't know that in addition to helping others, Su Yao also had some small considerations of his own.

Su Yao smiled and asked the two to stand up, then said:
"Pass on my order and send out invitations to the surrounding celebrities. On the auspicious day of August 15th, this general will personally officiate the wedding between General Guan and Miss Feng in Shouchun City!" As soon as the news came out, Shouchun City was bustling with activity.

The chaos that occurred when the city was captured not long ago has completely disappeared, and everyone is busy preparing for the upcoming grand wedding banquet.

Ordinary people are looking forward to this rare event, and businesses are gearing up to welcome celebrities.

The princes, officials and powerful families who received the invitation were even more excited.

With their keen sense of smell, they naturally realized that this wedding banquet was actually a test from Su Yao for people like them.

"August 15th, there is still nearly a month and a half to go! The general stayed here for so long just to officiate at the wedding of his general? No one would believe it!"

In Shouchun mansion, many Huainan celebrities gathered to discuss countermeasures urgently.

"Yes, yes. Based on Su Yao's past practices, every time he conquered a place, he would promote his new policies. Now that Yuan Shu has been defeated and Huainan has surrendered, he might want to use this wedding as an excuse to test our attitude and promote his new policies."

When everyone heard this, their faces changed drastically.

Huainan is not a place with poor transportation. Thanks to Yuan Shu's deliberate propaganda, they have all heard about Su Yao's promotion of the new policy in the north.

Whether it was re-measuring the land, checking out hidden households, dividing the land, or even abolishing the recommendation system, each and every one of these things shook the foundations of these local aristocratic families and powerful people.

For a moment, the room was silent, with only the flickering candlelight illuminating everyone's tense faces.

"Everyone, now that things have come to this, what should we do?"

An old man with white hair and beard was the first to break the silence, his voice revealing deep worry.

Everyone in the room looked at each other, no one dared to speak easily. Finally, a man in his forties dressed in a brocade robe stood up, looked around at everyone and said:

"Su Yao is so powerful that even Yuan Gonglu was defeated by him. If we openly confront him, it will be like hitting a rock with an egg."

"Since he invited us to a wedding banquet this time instead of resorting to violence, it is clear that he is not as tyrannical and cruel as the rumors say. We should just pretend to be nice to him and cooperate with him for now, and wait for the future..."

"Ridiculous!" A middle-aged man with a sinister face slammed the table and stood up. "Su the thief's new policy is to undermine the foundation of my family! If we give in today, we will be doomed tomorrow!"

"In your opinion, Brother Chen, do you want us to follow Yuan Shu's example and rise up in rebellion?" the man in brocade robe asked with a sneer.

"This..." The man surnamed Chen was speechless for a moment and could not come up with any good idea.

Just as everyone was arguing, hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the door. A servant rushed in in a panic:
"My lords! It's bad! The general has sent someone to post a notice that a 'New Policy Propaganda Conference' will be held in the east city training ground in five days, requiring all officials and heads of noble families to be present!"

There was an uproar in the room.

"Here it comes! It's here!"

“This is to force us to express our stance!”

"Everyone, there is no time to lose."

The white-haired old man stood up tremblingly, a trace of determination flashed in his cloudy eyes:
"I propose that we all sign a petition immediately to express our full support for the general's new policies. At the same time, each family should voluntarily donate some of their land and slaves to show their sincerity."

"what?!"

"Isn't this cutting off one's own foundation?!"

The old man smiled bitterly: "Don't you see clearly? Since the general pacified the north, anyone who resisted the new policy was exiled at the least and the whole family was executed at the worst. Now he comes with the power of a great victory. If we resist stubbornly, we will be defeated."

He hadn't finished speaking, but his meaning was self-evident.

Finally, under the threat of death, these family representatives had no choice but to bow their heads and decided to pretend to cooperate first and then make plans later.

But how could Su Yao give them a chance?

This time, Su Yao even added a new policy to liberate slaves.

(End of this chapter)