The king behind the empress

Chapter 465

In Liuzhou County, there are a total of six great families, namely Zhao, Feng, Han, Chen, Wang, and Li.

These six families almost controlled more than half of Liuzhou County. In the past, they spoke better than the imperial court ordered them. In addition to keeping it for so many years, their secret strength is still extraordinary.

At this moment in the Zhao family, the six patriarchs who were originally very hostile, and could even be said to have blood feuds with each other, sat together for an unprecedented time, and judging by their familiar expressions, it was obviously not the first time that this kind of gathering had happened.

Zhao Tianye, the Patriarch of the Zhao family who was sitting in the main seat, glanced at the few people, and said slowly: "The news from our side should have reached the capital in the past few days. If you want to come to the capital, you will definitely send a censor to monitor it."

"At this juncture, I hope you can take care of your own family affairs, and don't give the court any leverage."

"Don't worry, we have serious concerns."

Feng Wei, the Patriarch of the Feng family, nodded and said, "Just wait for the censor to come down, what should we do then? Are we really going to fight the court to the end?"

"How have we ever fought against the imperial court?"

Hearing Feng Wei's words, Zhao Tianye glanced at Feng Wei with some displeasure, and said, "The imperial court asked us to stabilize the price of grain, and we did so. Past the imperial court?"

"Haha, what Lao Zhao said is not bad."

Wang Jisi, the Patriarch of the Wang Family, couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and then said, "Not only did we not fight against the imperial court, but we also cooperated with the imperial court in giving out porridge outside the city. In my opinion, the imperial court should give me a reward."

"Oh, commendation."

Feng Wei gave Wang Jisi a cold look. Others don't know what they are doing in Liuzhou these days, and the behind-the-scenes people who ordered them personally don't know.

They have done these things to stabilize food prices and sell food, but after doing it, they are just left-handed and right-handed. In the end, it is their own people who buy it back. It seems that the food price does not fluctuate, but in fact it is Liuzhou. There is food, and the price doesn't seem high, but those ordinary people, who have money, can't buy a grain of food.

As for the porridge distribution outside the city, it was even more ridiculous. Many of the porridge sheds outside the city were set up by them, but because the porridge was provided privately, it was their servants who maintained order.

Under such circumstances, most of the people who can go to these porridge sheds to drink porridge, except their relatives, are some idle ruffian rangers raised by them in Liuzhou City. People who really can't eat can eat their porridge Yes, there may not be one among a thousand people who line up.

So although they have earned their reputation, they actually did nothing but drag their feet.

It was also because of this that Feng Wei felt a little uncomfortable. He was not bad in his daily life, and he probably didn't have a conscience, but he didn't have a bottom line like the others.

The reason why he chose to come together with these companies this time was entirely because the New Deal was too ruthless, so he was a little unwilling, after receiving Zhao Tianye's invitation, he hesitated and joined in. Five of the family have already joined in. If his Feng family does not join, he will be targeted by the other five families, and his Feng family will have a hard time in the future.

What he didn't expect was that Zhao Tianye's heart was so cruel. In order to fight against the court, he almost didn't care about the life and death of those victims.

Or in other words, Zhao Tianye just wanted to use the lives of such victims as a bargaining chip to let the court see their strength and let the court know that the world is still inseparable from their family, so as to force the court to make concessions.

But how does Feng Wei agree with this approach? On the one hand, he thinks that Zhao Tianye's actions are too ruthless. On the other hand, because of the catastrophe in Liuzhou, the imperial court will definitely pay attention to it. , then what awaits them is the end of eternal doom.

Looking at Feng Wei's expression, Zhao Tianye could guess his worries, and said soothingly, "Don't think so much, Mr. Feng, and I don't want to do things like this, but the imperial court is too much, and this is a helpless move. "

"It's okay to check the land property and ban slavery, but it still restricts the land, and plans to apply the Tweet Order to us. This is clearly trying to break our foundation."

Speaking of this, Zhao Tianye looked at Feng Wei and said, "I don't think Mr. Feng wants to see the family business that he managed so easily fall apart after a hundred years, right?"

Zhao Tianye's words directly touched Feng Wei's heart. If it wasn't for this, he would never have sat with them. Therefore, he was silent for a long time before he asked, "What is Patriarch Zhao going to do next?" Do?"

"Do more and make more mistakes, we don't do anything at this time."

Zhao Tianye looked at several people and said, "When the censor of the imperial court arrives, I hope that you will not do anything. No matter what he asks, we can do our best and don't have to fight against him."

"Just one thing I need to remind everyone, that is, don't think about bribing him!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Tianye looked at several people with warning eyes, and said: "No matter who is coming, since he can be selected as the censor at this time, it means that he must be deeply trusted by His Majesty."

"That's why I don't want you to make extra troubles. Otherwise, if you can't buy it, you will take the initiative to give him something."

"clear."

Wang Jisi sighed, and said: "Some officials are for money, and some officials are for promotion. It is easy to solve for money, and it is really troublesome for those who are for promotion."

If it was the case before, whether it was for money or for officials, they would have a way to deal with it, because there are many people in the court who are inextricably linked to them, and it is not for them to want to help people get promoted. It's not too difficult.

But it’s not working now, the court has been cleaned up, and even if there are still people who are related to them, the connection between them has been cut off long ago, so now they have no influence on the court at all up.

"As long as you know."

Zhao Tianye knew that the patriarchs of these families were not stupid, otherwise they wouldn't have been fighting each other for so long.

But not being stupid doesn’t mean you won’t make a small mistake. After explaining the matter, Zhao Tianye turned his head to look at Wang Jisi again, and said, “Patriarch Wang, after hearing that the people you sent out bought the grain, the old man went back to buy the food. Have you returned to the grain shop?"

According to the plan discussed by the several of them, most of the purchased grain was used for porridge in the porridge shed, and the remaining part was really inexhaustible, so it was destroyed on the spot instead of returning to the grain shop.

So when he learned of this situation, Zhao Tianye was very annoyed. At this time, he looked at Wang Jisi with cold eyes.

"This...is indeed the case."

Wang Jisi's expression was a bit embarrassing, but in his opinion, this is not a big deal, and he didn't deny it, but justified: "I don't think it's a pity to destroy all these grains directly."

"Anyway, no one will know, so when those servants took it back, I didn't say anything."

"madness!"

Zhao Tianye yelled violently, and said, "The grain in the grain store has already been registered by the government. These things are all in abundance. Now you transport the grain back. When the censor comes to check the accounts, have you thought about it?" Will there be any consequences?"

"It's just a little bit of food, it shouldn't be enough, right?"

Wang Jisi, who was reprimanded by Zhao Tianye, couldn't help but said, "Also, so what, even if he is found out, at worst, leave the grain store to him, and he will never find me."

"Throw it out, you said it lightly."

Zhao Tianye snorted coldly, and said, "Throw him the grain store, do you know what he will find along the grain store? Those who buy grain, can you really guarantee that they will not say anything when they enter the government office? "

After finishing these two sentences, Wang Jisi's expression was a bit ugly, obviously he didn't know how to refute, and Zhao Tianye was not unreasonable at this time, he slightly slowed down his tone, and said: "Patriarch Wang, this time is different from the past. , we are not here to make money this time, but to compete with the imperial court for profit."

"A slight mistake in this kind of thing will result in losing your head. I don't think you want to see this kind of situation, do you?"

Wang Jisi knew that he was in the wrong, so he didn't say anything more, nodded slowly, and said: "I see, after I go back, I will let them deal with this batch of grain."

"Since this is the case, the old man will not say more."

Zhao Tianye looked at the crowd and said in a firm tone: "As long as everyone handles the mess well, even if the censor comes, then we have nothing to do."

"This time, as long as we are united, when the censor of the imperial court arrives, we will let him know who is in charge of this Liuzhou."

"Old Zhao is right."

The rest of the people also echoed, "As long as we don't catch him, no matter who it is, there is nothing we can do in Liuzhou."

The few people conspired for a while, discussing the big and small matters and the countermeasures in detail, and after the discussion was over, the few people dispersed.

After they all left, the housekeeper who had been serving in the room said to Zhao Tianye, "Master, Patriarch Feng's attitude seems to be a little vacillating."

"I know."

Zhao Tianye picked up the teacup casually, blew on the tea leaves, and said indifferently, "Feng Wei, an old man, usually flaunts benevolence and morality. Now that he has been acting for a lifetime, he really believes it."

"He doesn't even think about it. If his Feng family is really benevolent and moral, how can his Feng family's land become more and more, and how his Feng family's house will become bigger and bigger."

"Benevolence and morality? What a joke."

"But, sir..."

The steward said hesitantly: "With Patriarch Feng's current attitude, if he waits for the royal censor to arrive, will there be any problems?"

"of course."

Zhao Tianye did not hesitate to say an answer that surprised the butler. He looked at the surprised butler and said indifferently: "Believe it or not, when the censor of the imperial court arrives, as long as the censor is not an idiot, you can use some tricks , Feng Wei will turn against him immediately?"

"This……"

The housekeeper was a little hard to understand at this time, he looked at Zhao Tianye with some doubts, and asked: "Patriarch, since you know that this will happen, why do you want Patriarch Feng to join?"

"So what if he defected?"

Zhao Tianye didn't answer the steward's question, but instead asked, "Has my Zhao family ever violated the law? He doesn't have anything against me. Even if he falls for the censor, what can the censor do against me?"

It is true that their six great families are local snakes in Liuzhou County, but they will never do some really dirty things with their own hands. Various industries in the county, even some gangs driven by them, will fight against them in the open. No relationship.

Although they have taken a lot of money from these shady businesses over the years, they have handled their hands extremely cleanly. Even if those forces are uprooted, it will be difficult to trace them to their heads.

In addition, in order to deal with the imperial court this time, they are already ready to abandon those forces. The old people who are familiar with them in the industry have either been replaced by them, or they have been directly silenced by them, so these people, these things are fundamental. It can't get involved in them.

The housekeeper understood a little bit, Zhao Tianye showed a confident smile, and said: "The old man just wanted Feng Wei to join the Yushi, if he didn't join the Yushi, how would the Yushi know what the old man did. "

"I want that censor to know that this Liuzhou is the territory of my family. Even if he is the censor of the imperial court, if he wants to do things here, it depends on the face of the old man."

Speaking of this, Zhao Tianye said in a cold tone: "It's fine if the censor is knowledgeable. If he is not, even if Feng Wei joins him, the five of us join hands, and I can still let him live in Liuzhou. Impossible to move an inch!"

Zhao Tianye's goal at the beginning this time was the imperial censor, and holding back the imperial court was only his method. His real purpose was to attract the imperial censor, and then let the imperial censor see the real power of their family, and let the imperial court know that they These aristocratic families are not pariahs who are left to their own devices.

Even in the case of legal compliance, they still have countless means to control the situation in Liuzhou.

On the contrary, those families in the south, in his opinion, are all idiots. They dared to raise the banner of rebellion directly, and they were really seeking their own death.

But, then again, the reason why the southern aristocratic families were able to rebel is entirely because the southern counties are different from the northern side. The capital is far away there, and the power of the imperial court is beyond their reach, so there is a dominant family there, so The strength of a county can be easily assembled.

However, these aristocratic families in the north are completely divided. Within a county, there are at least three or five aristocratic families competing with each other, and as many as six or seven families, and they basically do not fight each other, so even if they want to gather forces Direct rebellion is simply not realistic.

But it doesn't matter, even if they don't rebel on the surface, they still have countless means to prevent the implementation of the New Deal. This disaster in Liuzhou happens to be an excellent opportunity.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tianye showed disdain, "Hmph, the imperial court."

"The county guard Cao Yanqing is just a decoration in this county, what is the court?"

　There is still a chapter that I am working on, maybe it can be coded out, and I will try to finish it before twelve o'clock!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)