As a special post station for the Shangyuan Wang family, Shaxu Post Station covers a larger area than ordinary official post stations.

It has a huge vestibule with a stable outside. The vestibule is connected to the backyard through the main hall of the post station, and the backyard is the living area for the post station staff.

The entire post station was surrounded by a circle of earthen walls, which were ten feet high and very solid, making the post station look like a temporary military settlement.

More than a hundred Xuanzhong guards were now lined up in the front hall, with murderous intent on their faces, waiting for Xiao Bi's orders.

As for the hundred or so soldiers guarding the post station, they had already been disarmed by Xuan Zhongwei and thrown into a corner of the courtyard to stand as punishment.

The postmaster of the post station had never seen such a scene before. He was trembling and looked terrified. He was completely frightened.

"Search, find all the letters related to Uehara Wang!"

Xiao Bi put his hand on the hilt of the goose-feather knife at his waist and said in a cold voice.

"No one can be left behind, take them all away!"

"Yes!"

The crowd dispersed quickly and orderly, like drifting black feathers.

"Are you from the Wang family?"

Xiao Bi walked up to the postmaster and questioned him condescendingly.

"No... no, sir, I am just a clerk, a minor official who is responsible for delivering letters for the royal family."

The postmaster's face turned pale, tears streamed down his face, he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop and kowtowed repeatedly.

"I don't know anything! Sir, please spare my life, Sir, please spare my life..."

"enough!"

Xiao Bi let out a low shout, his voice as loud as thunder.

"According to reliable sources, Xuan Zhongwei can confirm that the Shangyuan Wang family is related to many extraordinary cases. This post station must undergo a comprehensive and careful search!"

"As the postmaster of this post station, you naturally cannot run away."

"I believe you must have heard of Xuan Zhongwei's evil-eliminating prison. We will meet there then."

Upon hearing this, the postmaster's pupils suddenly shrank and he collapsed to the ground in fear.

Xiao Bi patted his shoulder with the scabbard and gave his signature smile.

"However, if you can tell some lies, perhaps this matter can still be turned around."

"I believe you should be very familiar with this kind of thing."

he said in a low voice.

Fang Weihan was confused as he listened to this.

My goodness, why is Xuan Zhongwei's working style so unpopular?

Violent law enforcement, greed for money, perjury, heavy sentences...

It’s really a one-stop service.

Even a dog can prove to it that it is a cat.

He shook his head and said to Xiao Bi:

"Xiao Dianjun, I'll go in and take a look too."

"Your Highness, please go."

Xiao Bi waved his hand, and continued to tease that Yi Cheng like a demon, it seemed that he enjoyed the process very much.

Fang Weihan walked into the main hall of the post station, which was decorated like a large document library, with various letters sent and received arranged in sequence using time and region as distinctions.

"Tsk."

Fang Weihan walked into a small hall. The words "Jiangyang" were written on the ceiling of the hall. It seemed that it was referring to the letter sent from Jiangyang County.

In this small hall, several Xuanzhong guards were skillfully sorting letters. For them who often raided houses, this kind of work was already a piece of cake.

Seeing Fang Weihan come in, they all clasped their fists and saluted:

"Meet His Royal Highness Prince Guangling."

"It's okay, I'll just take a look, you guys go about your business."

Fang Weihan waved his hand, indicating that they shouldn't worry about it.

He casually picked up a letter that Xuan Zhongwei had already picked out and took a look at it.

It contains records of the development of the local salt pond and salt mine by the governor of Jiangyang County.

Fang Weihan had never heard of any salt mines in Jiangyang County.

Obviously, this thing was embezzled by Wang Shi of Uehara.

They even dared to embezzle the salt industry, which is the lifeline of the country's economy. The Uehara Wang family is truly all-powerful.

"Ugh."

Fang Weihan sighed secretly in his heart.

There is no way to cover the sky with one hand, so I can only endure it.

The rest of the eight families were more or less willing to coexist peacefully with the royal family within the rules of the game set by the Great Zhou.

Even if the Xie family of Chen County monopolized business and suppressed dissidents, they never touched the royal family's property and even paid taxes to the royal family on time.

The Youzhou cavalry of Fanyang Lu's family are strong and powerful, and dominate Jizhou, but they still obey the orders of the central government and do whatever they are told to do.

To put it bluntly, it is caused by the industry being too single.

Either you have money but no soldiers, or you have soldiers but no money. If you want to achieve long-term development, everyone must sit down and have a good talk together in a friendly manner.

You want to buy soldiers with money?

Haha, do you think the royal family and the rest of the aristocratic families will agree?

However, the above delicate balance only exists in the other seven surnames besides Uehara Wang.

The Uehara Wang family, the largest family in the world, was not included.

It can already make some rules on its own.

A country within a country, the king of Uehara.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the monopoly of the Uehara Wang family was too special.

Civil service system.

When Emperor Wu first established the country, half of the civil and military officials in the court were surnamed Wang, the king of Shangyuan Wang, and the rest of the noble families shared the remaining half.

There are countless three dukes in the Uehara Wang family throughout the generations, and countless relationships have developed from these bigwigs.

Students and former officials, relatives from Qin and Jin, nepotism...

These relationships accumulated over the years have accumulated an extremely strong political asset for the Uehara Wang family.

Wherever the power of the empire was exercised, the Wang family's disciples would spread there, like the shadow of the empire, which could not be eradicated at all.

The Shangyuan Wang family, who controlled the center of imperial power, was an unsolvable problem hanging over the heads of successive Zhou emperors.

As for them, the Fang family couldn't move at all, because a single move would affect the entire body.

The entire Hedong area is basically the territory of the Shangyuan Wang family, and the emperor's decrees can hardly be implemented here.

Hedong is easy to defend but difficult to attack, with strong soldiers and horses, and the 40,000 Bingzhou soldiers and cavalry are extremely elite. Moreover, Hedong is very close to Changming and Luojing, so it can be supported at any time.

In the contemporary imperial court, Wang Tun holds the position of Zhongshu Ling, commanding all the civil officials in the country, while his cousins ​​share the military and political power in various states.

Wang Yu, the governor of Yizhou, Wang Xu, the governor of Jingzhou, Wang Min, the governor of Qingzhou, Wang Xuan, the governor of Yuzhou...

Of the thirteen states in the world, the Wang family of Shangyuan controls four of them, and the Wang family can mobilize a large number of resources in the remaining nine states.

Oh, we also have to exclude Bingzhou, which is their base camp.

He has money, power, land, soldiers, and connections.

This is what makes the Uehara Wang family the number one family in the world.

If the royal family really breaks off relations with the Uehara Wang family, it is hard to say whether the Fang family's empire will eventually be renamed the Wang family.

"How did I die?"

Fang Weihan thought silently.

There seemed to be no irreconcilable conflicts between him and Uehara Wangshi, at most there was some personal grudge.

Is it a problem with my identity?

Prince of Guangling...what does this identity mean?

Just as he was thinking silently, he seemed to feel someone was watching him.

Fang Weihan turned back thoughtfully.

The girl stood quietly at the door, saying nothing, just looking at him dimly.

Several Xuanzhong guards also noticed Xiao Jin's arrival, and they tactfully bowed and took their leave, and even closed the door before leaving.

Fang Weihan and Xiao Jin were the only ones left in the room.

"Stop staring at me and take a break. I can't run away."

Fang Weihan sighed.

He pulled over two chairs and pushed one to Xiao Jin.

"Come on, sit down. While we have some free time now, let's talk about what happened just now."

Fang Weihan waved his hand, signaling Xiao Jin to follow.

The girl bit her lip, hesitated for a while, and sat on the chair opposite him.

"Are you looking for me to apologize?"

Before he could say anything, he heard Xiao Jin suddenly speak first.

Fang Weihan: "?"

"I……"

He was a little amused and just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Xiao Jin again.

"You don't have to apologize to me, you are right."

Xiao Jin said this coldly, pinching his throat hard, trying to make his voice sound more serious.

The girl placed her hands on her thighs, holding a delicate jade flute in her hands. With her pure and lovely face, she looked as holy as a lotus emerging from water.

After she said this, she turned her head away, waiting eagerly for Fang Weihan's reaction.

Come and comfort me, come and comfort me, come and comfort me...

But what caught her off guard was that Fang Weihan seemed to be relieved.

"Have you finally figured it out?"

He said with some relief.

"That's right, you admit your mistakes and correct them. Xiao Jin, you have really grown up."

Xiao Jin: “???”

She turned around in disbelief and looked at Fang Weihan in confusion.

He... what did he just say?

I know my mistakes and I can correct them? ?

I……

The girl could no longer suppress her anger. She stood up and walked to Fang Weihan in two steps, pressing his shoulders in frustration.

"I didn't do anything wrong! You're the one who made the mistake, right?"

"Why do you give me such a cold face for no reason?"

The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she felt, and all the thoughts that had been accumulating for a long time came pouring out at once.

"Why can you chat and laugh with others as if nothing happened, but I have to worry about gains and losses alone?"

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