Now that things have come to this point, there are people who actually ask themselves what to do.

In this regard, Shi Xie really wanted to tie up these people and hand them over to the emperor to deal with.

But he couldn't do that.

After all, they are of the same clan, and their blood is thicker than water.

But venting still requires venting.

"What else can you do? What else can you do? The Emperor's Soldier is coming! The Emperor's Soldier is coming! What if they come to clear the land, what will you do? What will the Shi family do? What will the ancestors do? You ask me, what else can I do?!"

Shi Xie stomped his feet hard, and his feet were numb and he was completely in a state of discomfort.

So the atmosphere of the entire meeting fell into a dead silence.

After a long time, Shi Xie sighed and shook his head.

"You will go back to your own territorial counties. When you meet the emperor's soldiers, open the city to welcome the emperor's soldiers. Don't resist, don't do it right. You should eat a pot of slurry to welcome the king's army. In this way, the emperor's soldiers will not kill you and your lives can be preserved."

The scholar's family was very surprised.

"Then...what should I do if I have to ask for guilt in one day? Wouldn't I resist at all?"

Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Wu asked.

Shi Xie glanced at Shi Wu.

"Do you want to die or live?"

"Of course I want to live."

"Then do what I said. Maybe the business of Shijiajia can be protected to the maximum extent. As for the rest, don't even think about it. The emperor has already deployed troops.

This matter will not end so easily. Fortunately, Zhang Jin is not dead yet. If he can hold on until the people from the court come, Zhang Jin can help us take a lot of crimes and must save Zhang Jin's life."

Shi Xie made up his mind to surrender to Guo Peng again with a surrender attitude, not resisting, and not giving him an excuse to kill him.

In this way, at least the lives and part of the property of the scholar's family can be saved, so that Guo Peng will not deal with other scholar's families like those powerful people.

The scholars were desperate and surprised and helpless about this.

Since Shi Xie had spoken, they had no other way, so they could only do it.

The news that Guo Peng had made a large-scale liquidation of the rebellion in the north also reached Jiaozhou at this moment. When they learned that the northern powers were killed by Guo Peng, their heads were rolling and blood was flowing, which made them shudder.

Times have changed, and now is no longer an era where they can do whatever they want. They must pay the price to be qualified to survive.

Survival is no longer so easy for the powerful people.

The Shi family dispersed in groups of three or three according to Shi Xie's orders, returning to the place where they could manage the affairs, preparing to lift the defense of the entire Jiaozhou and give their future completely to the central court.

In Shi Xie's view, this will prevent the central court from taking ruthless measures against them.

I have eaten a pot of slurry to welcome the king's army. What else do you want me?

Do you want to kill me?

At least you can stay in Jiaozhou and not be severely punished by the emperor, lose your status or power, and become a local tyrant without political power. That would be a big problem.

This is the best solution that Shi Xie can think of in such a situation.

Indeed, this is indeed the best solution.

If Shi Xie could really get a meal and a pot of slurry to welcome the king's army, even Guo, the Wei soldiers would not know how to treat this group of enthusiastic good people.

If nothing happened to Shiwu.

The position of Shiwu was the governor of Nanhai County, and he was acquired through the power and status of the Shi family in Zhangjin's predecessor, and Zhu Jun's son Zhu Fu died. At that time, there was no opposition from the entire court and agreed to the Shi family's control over Jiaozhou.

After Zhang Jin came, although he was unhappy in the face of the dominance of the Shi family in the local area, he didn't have much thought, because the world was not in chaos at that time.

It was not until the world was in chaos and Zhang Jin and Liu Biao were not in the face, but Zhang Jin began to realize that he needed to strengthen his power, otherwise he would be a fish on a chopping board.

So today's fruits were achieved.

Originally, it was two happy things to overthrow Zhang Jin and maintain the status of the Shi family.

Two happy things combined should be a wonderful time like heaven.

But why did this happen?

Emperor Wei made a fuss and made the originally beautiful things mess up.

The scholar family is about to face the fate of becoming fish and meat that others can share.

This made Shiwu very dissatisfied.

Not everyone knows how to advance and retreat like Shi Xie.

Such people are among the few in the entire human world who can restrain their desire to grow and grow, see the direction of the world clearly, and choose to surrender to the strong instead of going alone.

More people cannot see clearly their strength and where their level lies, thus giving themselves expectations too high.

This is understandable, because people are not so easy to admit that they are inferior to others. After all, this is a country where the saying "Whether kings, princes, generals and ministers are better than others" is born.

Everyone who is literate, educated, and has ideals has the dream of becoming a one-stop in their hearts.

It is not easy, very difficult to admit that you are just an ordinary person.

Shiwu is such a person.

And he is not ordinary himself, he is also the ruling class of this era.

He became the prefect of a county at a young age and enjoyed the treatment of being surrounded by people. Although he knew that he was just a local bull in the eyes of the people in the Central Plains, his treatment was no worse than that of the people in the Central Plains.

What is cultivated by the support of the front and back is naturally a superior mentality, and it is also normal for him to see what it means to be truly powerful from his own eyes, and it is normal for him to have unwillingness to think about being unwilling to accept it.

Then someone around him was instigated by him.

He was surrounded by a businessman who fled from the Central Plains to Jiaozhou for refuge in the war era. He moved to Jiaozhou with his whole family. He attracted Shiwu with some wealth and insight from the Central Plains and soon became a celebrity around Shiwu.

Relying on Shiwu's appreciation, this merchant bought land in Jiaozhou, expanded the manor, became a landlord, transformed into a powerful man, and existed on Shiwu, and was very loyal to him.

Later, the business road from Nanhai County to Yangzhou was opened. By selling some specialty products in Jiaozhou, Shiwu made a lot of money.

This time, Shiwu was persecuted by Zhang Jin and surrounded by Zhang Jin's men in the prefect's mansion. It was this merchant who rushed over to protect Shiwu with his men, dispersed Zhang Jin's men, and stood firm in the prefect's mansion for seven days and seven nights, and finally forced Zhang Jin's men to retreat.

Such loyalty moved Shiwu very much and trusted him more. When Jiaozhou completely resisted Zhangjin, he also took him with him and appointed him to protect his safety.

Then Shi Xie got angry and drove everyone away, asking everyone to go back and wait for the king's army, and then welcomed him, and ate a pot of slurry to welcome the king's army, leaving the king's army helpless.

This made Shiwu feel very frustrated.

"It was originally a rebellion initiated by Zhang Jin. If the emperor wants to punish Zhang Jin, what does it have to do with our scholar family? If he punishes our scholar family, not to mention whether the people in the world agree with it, it is difficult to find his reason!"

Shiwu was unhappy and kept complaining about Shi Xie's cowardice and the emperor's cruelty and harshness along the way.

Feng Chao, the businessman who was responsible for protecting him, turned his eyes and immediately understood the crux of Shiwu's heart.

"Mr. Fu, you are right. Even if the Shi family has not made any great contributions, they have been defending the land and safe country for so many years, guarding the southern border, and protecting the peace of Jiaozhou. They have no contributions and have worked hard. This time, the matter was even more wrong with the Shi family. What does it have to do with the Shi family?
Chapter completed!