Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 141 Hidden Conspiracy
The Liang family is relatively strong among these families. The current head of the family, Liang Hao, whose courtesy name is Bohui, is now the county magistrate of Langtiao County, and his father used to be the county magistrate here. The family owns thousands of acres of fertile land and has great influence in the local area.

At this time, Liang Hao was kneeling on the main seat in the hall, his smug look evident on his face.

"Dear family heads..."

As soon as Liang Hao spoke, the crowd below quickly quieted down, which made Liang Hao feel very satisfied. He enjoyed the feeling of getting a lot of responses from everyone.

"I'm sure everyone has heard something about this, and I'm sure everyone has guessed why I invited you all to my house today."

At this point, Liang Hao paused, glanced at everyone's reactions, and then continued: "I have enough evidence to prove that Liu He is the real murderer who killed the former County Magistrate Yang!"

Although these families had guessed about this a long time ago, they were still somewhat surprised when they heard Liang Hao's words, and couldn't help but discuss it with each other in private.

Liang Hao waved his hand to suppress the voices of the crowd, and his tone suddenly became a little angry: "Since taking office, County Magistrate Yang has loved the people like his own children, has made remarkable achievements, fought against bandits, and provided relief to disaster victims without any complaints. He was actually murdered by Liu He. This is really a heinous crime!"

Liang Hao's words were righteous, but everyone below knew that his achievements were all nonsense. This Yang was corrupt and treated the people like grass. He was not a good person at all.

But no one minds it. They are just excuses anyway. It doesn’t matter whether it’s true or false. In the final analysis, it’s all about two words - profit, that’s all.

Of course, although they knew it in their hearts, they could not say it out loud. Not only did the people present not object, but they all looked approving.

Liang Hao saw everyone's reactions and felt very proud.

"I have specially invited you all here today so that we can discuss together how to overthrow this bastard and avenge County Magistrate Yang. Then, we can report to the county governor and select another wise man to serve as the county magistrate."

This surprised everyone again.

Although everyone was not very satisfied with Liu He, and even had some resentment towards him, after all, Liu He had not infringed on the interests of the various families since he became the county magistrate. Everyone was very surprised that someone had rashly proposed to deal with him.

The most important thing is that the 3,000 Anmin Army is extremely powerful and they are definitely not able to contend with it. If they rashly go to fight, wouldn't it be a way to their own death? These family heads are more cunning than each other, how could they take such a big risk?

"Master Liang, this matter happened too suddenly. I think we should take a long-term view."

"Yes, Brother Bohui, although Liu He is annoying, he has not directly infringed on the interests of the major families. Now that the drought has passed, Langdiao County is becoming more prosperous. In my opinion, it won't be long before the disciples of the major families in Jinyang City will find a way to squeeze this boy out and seize the position of county magistrate. Why should we do this?"

"That's right. Besides, Liu He and his brothers are all very brave, and the Anmin Army is even more powerful. If we run into them, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?"

Seeing that everyone seemed to hold opposing opinions, Liang Hao felt very unhappy.

"Huh, this is ridiculous."

"Langdiao County doesn't belong to his Liu family, but to our big families! In the past, whenever there was land to be reclaimed, we would have to select it first. If there were outsiders to settle down, they would have to pass our inspection first, and we would either take them away as slaves, bring them home as maids or concubines, or keep them as tenants to collect rent." "But since this kid Liu He took office, the tens of thousands of extra people and the large amount of reclaimed wasteland have nothing to do with us. This guy actually distributed all this land to those farmers and refugees. He is simply corrupting social order and lawless!"

This point hit the pain points of each family owner.

Before Liu He, more than 70% of the arable land in Langdiao County was controlled by the families present here. Each family employed servants, retainers, and guards, ranging from one to two hundred to seven to eight hundred.

But when Liu He came, he reclaimed hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland, dug wells, and built canals, turning many dry lands into irrigated fields. They could only watch helplessly, but could not get any of the benefits. It is absolutely impossible to say that they did not feel resentful.

The most crucial thing is that once this kind of direct distribution of land to farmers becomes a routine, it will be the most fundamental blow to these local powerful families.

The heads of the various families looked at each other, and seemed to be greatly shaken.

Liang Hao struck while the iron was hot: "Think about it, the land controlled by the common people is increasing day by day, while our wealth has not increased. In the long run, the status of our families in Langdiao County will become lower and lower, and the common people will no longer have to come to us for a few acres of land to make a living. On the contrary, the tenants and servants outside will envy the farmers outside who do not have to pay rent. At that time, our families will inevitably face the dilemma of people's separation. Isn't this the way to destruction?"

When these words were spoken, everyone present broke out in a cold sweat!
As the saying goes, "boiling a frog in warm water", the reason why Liu He did not touch the interests of these families at that time was, on the one hand, he really did not have too much energy, and on the other hand, he actually held this idea so that everyone would not raise too strong a resistance. Anyway, he could continue to live his current life, and deal with the future later. Only by slowly eroding in this way can the power of the major families be disintegrated.

But now that Liang Hao has made it clear, the family heads are not stupid, so how can they not understand it?
"Master Liang's words have awakened us from our dreams. This matter is indeed a matter of life and death for everyone!"

"Not bad, not bad. We should have a good discussion about this."

"Since Brother Bohui has called us here, he must have come up with a proper plan. I hope you can give me some advice!"

Liang Hao was secretly delighted, and his pride was even greater than at the beginning. This feeling of being in control of the overall situation, this feeling of being asked for help by others, really made him extremely intoxicated.

"Don't worry, everyone. How could Liang be the kind of person who doesn't know what's good for him and seeks his own death? How powerful is the Anmin Army? Since Liang dared to bring up this matter today, he must have made all the preparations."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up and they all looked at him.

"Brother Bohui, since you have a good plan, don't keep us in suspense. Tell us quickly!" everyone urged.

Liang Hao smiled slightly and said, "This matter is of great importance and should not be leaked, but our families have been friends for generations and are closely related. We are all reliable people, so I might as well tell you, so that you won't say in the future that I, Liang, didn't give you the opportunity to get promoted and make money."

After he said that, everyone became even more curious. They didn't know what big secrets were involved in this matter. They all stretched their necks, looking eagerly.

I'd like to explain in advance that the date of publication of this book should be tomorrow, the 26th, or the 2nd of next month. There are still 8 chapters before the Yellow Turban Army descends. Shenmao will certainly not let Zhang Jue succeed so smoothly. Otherwise, if he succeeds in conquering Luoyang, whose experience pack will the protagonist get? There is also a foreshadowing specially prepared for him that will explode in these 8 chapters. If the book is published at noon tomorrow, Shenmao will release these 8 chapters before the VIP chapters, and then the VIP chapters will be updated. The final result will be announced to everyone tonight or tomorrow morning.

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