Liu Changxu attached tremendous importance to this effort to reform his lineage's conduct, visiting its Enforcement Hall repeatedly to oversee the proceedings in person.
At Liu Changxu's unwavering insistence, the Enforcement Hall executed hundreds of Liu Household Members whose wrongdoing was monstrous and unforgivable, while thousands more received the punishments they deserved.
After this enforcement storm swept through like a furious gale and driving rain, the Liu Lineage's conduct improved markedly, and its members took on an entirely new bearing.
The authority of the lineage's Enforcement Hall was greatly strengthened as a result, inspiring even greater awe among its members.
However, this reform campaign left Liu Changxu's wives nursing considerable resentment toward him.
Su Jinxiu was especially bitter. The greatest number of those punished were her descendants, driving her resentment toward her husband to its peak and leaving her unable to let it go for a long time.
Yet no matter how deeply his wives resented him, Liu Changxu never backed down an inch!
In truth, the ultimate targets of this reform campaign were precisely these wives of his.
At the root of it all, Liu Changxu's wives were the ones who had given those descendants the confidence to act without restraint and commit their misdeeds.
Of course, Liu Changxu did not simply impose his will through force. He showed his wives the evidence of the crimes committed by every lineage member executed by the Enforcement Hall, one by one.
After seeing the irrefutable evidence of their descendants' wrongdoing, even Su Jinxiu, who harbored the deepest resentment, finally recognized her own mistakes.
Together with Liu Changxu's persistent, patient persuasion, this finally averted the marital discord sparked by the reforms, preventing grave and irreversible consequences!
This reform campaign lasted a full two years from beginning to end.
Once it ended, Liu