Chapter 1512 - 1513: The Yingchen Family’s Fiefdom
But in the past hundred years, whether through coercion and inducements, imperial rewards, or unsavory methods, their fiefdom had doubled in size!
Thirty years ago, beside the Yingchen Family, there was a clan named the Nandao Family. This clan held the fiefdom of three cities, and its Family Head was also a general of the Great Tang Empire.
However, because of a Spirit Stone mine vein, the Yingchen Family set their sights on one of the Nandao Family’s fief cities.
Thus, the Yingchen Family sent an Emissary to express their intent to purchase that fief city.
But the Nandao Family only had three fief cities to begin with, and that Spirit Stone mine vein was also their most crucial source of income. Naturally, they would never hand it over to the Yingchen Family that easily!
Who would have guessed, in just a few short months, the Yingchen Family concocted twelve charges against the Nandao Family? The Nandao Family Head was dismissed and investigated by order of the court. Yet, before the Ministry of Punishment could even act, the Yingchen Family seized two of the Nandao Family’s three fief cities outright. The last city was only then reclaimed by the Emperor of Great Tang!
In this process, the Yingchen Family slaughtered no fewer than 300,000 individuals who resisted them!
And incidents like this were not unique. This dossier contained several similar examples!
Fifteen years ago, in the Starwild Mountain Range, a unique treasure capable of prolonging life was discovered. It attracted countless experts from across the Great Tang Empire, all wanting to investigate. However, the Starwild Mountain Range lay within the Yingchen Family’s fiefdom!
To claim the treasure for themselves, the Yingchen Family accused nearly 2,000 people of unlawfully trespassing on their territory. Among them, hundreds were executed on the spot. Moreover, even their families were harshly dealt with by the Yingchen Family, forcing nearly a hundred smaller clans to submit to them before the matter was settled!
Through annexation and suppression, they continuously grew stronger. At this moment, Ye Luo seemed to understand why the Emperor of Great Tang, despite being fully aware of Ye Luo’s actions against the Yingchen Family, chose not to intervene, even allowing Ye Luo to act freely!
After all, this was merely the Yingchen Family’s record of annexations within the past century. If one accounted for the extensive history since their founding, then how many families had the Yingchen Family exterminated? How many lives had they claimed?