I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 787 Kong Ming’s first military exploit
Taishi Ci couldn't defeat Zhuge Liang, so he could only let Zhuge Liang do what he wanted.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang invited the fathers of the five major families who were closely related to the imperial commercial administration to gather at the Song family in Haiyan County.

Haiyan County is affiliated to Kuaiji County. During the Han Dynasty, residents here boiled the sea for salt and farmed for grain. It can be said to be an important economic town in the south of the Yangtze River. Its functions and functions are equivalent to Qingzhou in the north.

Therefore, the Song family entrenched here can be said to be extremely wealthy.

However, after Cao Cao arrived in Jiangdong, in order to expand his military and prevent the famous families from becoming stronger, he immediately rectified the salt affairs and changed the salt tax bill. At the same time, he intervened in the local salt affairs with the responsibility of supervision and absorbed a lot of profits from the local salt-making people. This made Cao Cao Several major families, mainly the Song family, were very dissatisfied, but it was at this time that Cao Cao began to trade with the north and opened ports.

Materials from the north began to arrive in large quantities in Jiangnan.

However, if you want to open up sales in Jiangnan, you must communicate with the large local families that control business and borrow their sales channels to open up the Jiangnan market.

As for the families that control these sales channels, people in the Northern Business Administration will naturally carefully identify the pros and cons.

The people responsible for this matter are Mi Zhu and Zhuge Liang.

As the commander behind the scenes, Zhuge Liang judged which ones could cooperate based on the situation of these families and their status in Jiangdong.

Mi Zhu has been operating in the north for many years and is the best in the business world. How to use the north-south trade exchanges to tie Zhuge Liang's goals to the northern chariot without letting the other party easily detect and gradually fall into the trap. These are what Mi Zhu is best at. things.

The head of the Song family was very excited after hearing Zhuge Liang's plan.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's plan, the five family patriarchs were moved.

Their ability to lead their family to the second echelon of Wu County proves that they are not ordinary people. There are also many children in their family who are married to the four surnames of Wuzhong, but this does not mean that they must always succumb to the four surnames of Wuzhong.

Especially in their eyes, Cao Cao was not a good lord.

So, I heard the head of the Song family say: "Mr. Zhuge came here sincerely on behalf of the imperial court and gave us and other families gifts. We are supposed to serve the imperial court, but our family has no less than a few hundred members. The matter is very important. Once we are defeated, Cao Cao knows that the family may face disaster."

It can only sink deeper and deeper.

After he met the five family heads at the Song family, he immediately told them that this time when the imperial court went south, it was bound to conquer Jiangnan. If the leaders of the five major families could stand up at this time and help the imperial court regain Jiangnan, they would definitely become heroes in the future. , after Jiangnan is pacified, their five families will inevitably replace the four surnames in Wuzhong and become the top family of the Jiangnan family.

Zhuge Liang didn't just talk, he also brought a detailed reward and cooperation plan, and held detailed consultations with the leaders of the five major families.

After he made his choice, Mi Zhu, a wealthy man, did the rest.

"Sir is also from a scholar's family, so he will understand our difficulties."

Sure enough, after several years of cooperation between Mi Zhu and Zhuge Liang, their goals were gradually tied to the Northern Trade Bureau.

But now, Zhuge Liang has finally come to close the net.

But after all, they are all cunning and cunning people, and they cannot agree to Zhuge Liang easily.

Zhuge Liang was not only extremely resourceful and capable of governing, but he was also extremely good at deceiving people's hearts and could capture people's fears.

Even if they were alert after two years, driven by huge interests, they could not let go and could not look back.

All cooperation is for profit, and so is betrayal.

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I have too many concerns."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Mr. Song's words are very clear to me, but how can the general trend of the world be changed by my own affairs?"

"Song Gong is afraid that the matter will be exposed today and the family will be accused by Cao Cao. Isn't he afraid that the court will accuse the Song family the next day?" "Although the court will not use killing methods, the current prime minister's methods of rectifying the local area are extremely high."

"Are you only concerned about Cao Cao's petty methods, but not the current Prime Minister's methods?"

After saying this, all five people were silent in thought.

Then, Zhuge Liang said: "The troops in the south of the Yangtze River are only 40,000 to 50,000, and the standing troops in the north are 300,000. Now, only the two armies of Liu Xuzhou and General Guan have already contained Cao Cao's entire main force." Army, now my general Taishi's army has crossed the sea and is within Wu County. As long as you agree to supply food and grass, our army will sweep across the south of the Yangtze River like the wind sweeping away autumn leaves. Now the south of the Yangtze River has reached a stage of life and death. I don’t know what you are still hesitating about: Should you be a hero or a prisoner? Do you need to think carefully about this?”

This has been said very clearly.

Next to the head of the Song family, the head of the Wu family said to Zhuge Liang: "Mr. Zhuge, how about I give you a reply after three days?"

Zhuge Liang did not force himself, he stood up with a smile and said: "In this case, Liang will not disturb you all, but please remember that you have cooperated with the Northern Trade Bureau for many years, and there are many benefits in this. Although Cao Cao has not asked any questions, , but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know it in his heart. It's just that Jiangnan needs stability now. He can't attack a few people without authorization. But once he repels the Northern Army and successfully establishes a huge reputation in Jiangnan, he will inevitably rectify the families in Jiangnan. By then, who will The family will become Cao Cao’s first choice... Please think twice.”

After saying this, Zhuge Liang left the five Wujun family heads with horrified expressions and said goodbye.

After Zhuge Liang left, several family heads suddenly looked panicked.

The father-in-law of the Shi family hurriedly asked: "Song Gong, what do Zhuge Liang's words mean? Are they alarmist?"

The father-in-law of the Song family is the oldest and most knowledgeable among the five family heads.

At that moment, I saw him stroking his beard and said slowly:

"I have indeed had close business contacts with the north over the years. When the goods from the north arrive in the south of the Yangtze River, my share of the five families is probably greater than that of the four surnames in Wuzhong. If Cao Cao really pursues the case after repelling the Northern Army, Get up, I’m afraid no one in our family can run away.”

The Wu family on the side said, "But how could Cao Cao know that we have close contacts with the north?"

Song Gongdao: "Everything in the world has a wall that is impervious to wind. Cao Cao has spread his eyes and ears in Jiangdong. Even if he doesn't know it, wouldn't the four surnames in Wuzhong send people to inform him? What we are most afraid of is that if we don't help Zhuge Liang, what if he harbors a grudge? Take it seriously and let this matter out in Jiangnan..."

After saying this, the five people present fell silent.

Finally, the head of the Song family slowly spoke: "In my opinion, we should take a gamble this time and tie ourselves to the imperial court. Maybe we can achieve great things and let our family reach a higher level in the south of the Yangtze River in the future." layer."

After hearing this, everyone nodded.

In fact, the meaning of Zhuge Liang's words just now made them feel that this was very likely. Once these people did not agree to Zhuge Liang's request, then what if Zhuge Liang reported to the northern court and asked the northern school affairs office to trick them here? , then what can they do? I'm afraid there's no chance of survival at all.

Although Zhuge Liang is young, his control over people's hearts is very good. He knows very well what to say and what not to say, what words to say and to what extent he can say them to make the other party feel confused and finally surrender to him psychologically.

After Zhuge Liang returned to the camp, he told Taishi Ci that he could be ready to wait for grain, grass and supplies from the five major families at any time.

As soon as these things are in place, they can launch an attack into the hinterland of Wu County.

Taishi Ci listened to Zhuge Liang's words at first and felt that Zhuge Liang had nothing outstanding during his negotiations with the five major families. Can the other party really listen to his words and completely betray Cao Cao?

However, as food and grass from major families continued to arrive, Taishi Ci finally realized how powerful Kong Ming was.

No wonder the prime minister and Liu Xuzhou sent Zhuge Liang to follow them to the hinterland of Jiangdong.

It’s really awesome!

Immediately afterwards, Zhuge Liang told Taishi Ci that in the next step, he would ask these five major families to cooperate with them to seize control of the beacon tower near Jiangnan Port.

(End of this chapter)