Guoyuan was walking on the road in Jixian County and was amazed when he looked at the scene around him. If he hadn't known that this was Youzhou, he would have thought that he had returned to Luoyang City. There were very few people with rosy faces and wealthy bodies in the Han Dynasty. You can see it. Even in peacetime, you can only see some in Luoyang City, but here in Jixian County, it can be said that such people are everywhere!
Guoyuan couldn't help but sigh: "Although Lei Gong is cruel, I can't compare with his ability to govern the country! In Qingzhou, we tried our best to prevent the people from starving to death, but we want to make the people live like The people in Hebei are equally wealthy but far behind!"
Guoyuan came to Hebei on behalf of the noble families of Qingzhou. They wanted to find a way to contact the senior officials of Daqian so that the noble families of Qingzhou could be integrated into the government of Daqian.
The reason why he was chosen as the representative was because his teachers Zheng Xuan and Xiang Kai were old friends. They were both great scholars and both lived in Hebei. The two sides communicated frequently! What he had to do was to find a way to meet him. Go to Xiangkai, and then use this relationship in Xiangkai to express their willingness to join Lei Gong!
Kong Yu, who was following him, said with a cold face: "But this wealth is all based on the blood and tears of us. The wealthy noble families in Hebei were originally the most powerful branch of my Han Dynasty, but now they have disappeared! All their hundreds of years of accumulation were taken away by Thunder Lord!"
Kong Yu is the sixth brother of Kong Rong, and he also came here on behalf of the noble family of Qingzhou. He is 10 years younger than Guoyuan, and is less than 20 years old this year. He and his friends have often attacked Xu Wei in Qingzhou before. , even imitated his elder brother, practiced martial arts, and wanted to join the army to defeat Xu Wei. However, the young man did not expect that the noble families in Qingzhou had changed so quickly. As soon as the Central Plains War ended, they felt that Cao Cao was not reliable and wanted to think about it. Find a way to join the army!
When Guoyuan heard this, he said: "If you still have such thoughts, go back to Qingzhou immediately. We are here to find a way for everyone to survive, not to offend Lei Gong!"
Then he looked at the young noble clan disciples beside him and said: "Whether you are willing to admit it or not, the current Thunder Lord is not something we can offend. You are all carrying out the mission of continuing the family this time!"
Fortunately, there are only a few people who are as rebellious as Kong Yu. Most of them have been ordered by their families and know their tasks clearly!
Several people came to a relatively remote place in Jixian County, and soon arrived in front of a mansion, opened the door and said: "People from Gaixian County, Le'an County are visiting, please let me know!"
When the guard saw that each of these people were dressed in rich and noble clothes, he immediately went to notify them.
Soon a voice said excitedly: "Brother Zini, being able to come to my mansion really makes this place shine!"
A middle-aged man in his thirties came to Guoyuan. This man was a member of the Cui family who stayed in Hebei. His name was Cui Yi. He was a branch of the Cui family in Hebei. When Xu Wei occupied Hebei, he was a wealthy nobleman who had the ability to escape. Most of them fled, but these wealthy families were used to betting separately. Even if Xu Wei uprooted their influence, they still instinctively kept some people in Hebei!
What Xu Wei really attacked was the influence of the Hebei noble families in the officialdom and their land. All the evil noble families fled, and branches like the Cui family did not have much energy to do evil, but could stay.
In the past few years, the world has been in chaos, but the land of Hebei has been very stable under Xu Wei's notice. Even because they have no land, the three-year drought has no impact on them. At the same time, Xu Wei's arrival in Hebei brought about an explosion of productivity.
, the wealth of Hebei has been growing rapidly in recent years.
Although Cui Yi and the others are from the side branch, they are still well-educated and far-sighted than ordinary people. At the same time, they do not lack the original capital for development. However, Xu Wei restricted them to business, which made them become, in this wave
They are pigs at the forefront of the technological explosion. Their wealth has increased exponentially in the past few years. It can be said that although Cui Yi and the others have lost their power, their current wealth is not much worse than before!
After the two parties came to the hall, Guoyuan found that there were actually many people here!
Cui Yi happily said to these people: "This is Master Zheng's disciple Guoyuan! Guozini"
At that time, he also followed Cui Jun to become a disciple of Zheng Xuan. It can be said that he and Guoyuan were brothers.
Then Cui Yi explained to Guoyuan: "This is Wang Gai, the head of the Wang family in Bingzhou, Linghu Chong, the head of the Linghu family in Bingzhou, Liu He, the clan leader of Jizhou, and Xianyu Fu, the head of the Xianyu family in Youzhou!"
Guoyuan was surprised to find that there were dozens of people in this hall, and most of them were heads of powerful families in Hebei. If such a gathering had happened during the late emperor's time, he would have been unable to sleep!
Guoyuan said worriedly: "Family heads gathered together so blatantly, don't worry that the Thunder Guild will cause trouble for you!"
Most of the powerful gentry families in the three states of Hebei are here. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are plotting a rebellion. Guoyuan is now a little worried that he has come to Cui Yi!
Xian Yufu smiled bitterly and said: "We are all generals who were defeated by Lord Lei. All the disciples and old officials of the family master were uprooted by him. Now we have become ordinary people. How can Lord Lei care about our gathering!"
Although Xian Yufu and Liu He were Liu Yu's assistant and his son, Xu Wei did not target them because of Liu Yu's reputation in Youzhou official circles. They could still move freely in Hebei and even leave Hebei.
, but they did not leave Hebei and join the Han.
The original battle in Youzhou was so brutal that it completely destroyed their confidence in resisting Xu Wei. They didn't think that the current Han Dynasty could still withstand Lei Gong's attack. Instead of joining the Han Dynasty and being defeated and captured again, they might as well just be like an ordinary person.
People live in Hebei!
Kong Yu was surprised and said: "Lei Gong is so arrogant that he didn't restrict the actions of the other princes?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Liu He smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid that Lei Gong most wants us to escape Hebei, so that he can't justifiably confiscate our property!"
Cui Yi said: "Now we have no power and Thunder God is afraid of us. If we really dare to rebel, I'm afraid even the local Li Zheng will arrest us!"
Kong Yu couldn't believe it and said: "Brother Cui, this is a big house for the ninth time. Back then, Taiwei Cui's house in Luoyang City was just like this. Now you actually say that you have no power?"
Kong Yu obviously didn’t believe it!
Cui Yi said: "Yi has to admire Lei Gong's arrogance at this point. He doesn't care about this at all. Even if we build the house to look like the palace, he won't care!"
When Cui Yi saw Kong Yu with a look of disbelief, he pointed to a tall tower in the center of Jixian County and said: "Jixian County has been designated as the capital by Lei Gong, but the tallest building in Jixian County is this bell tower, which is 13 feet high and is the tallest in Jixian County."
This clock tower can be seen anywhere in Ji County.
Lei Gong doesn’t care about such a tall bell tower anymore, so how can he care about our houses! There are dozens of mansions in Jixian now that are larger than mine, and they are all the residences of big merchants in Hebei. On the contrary, the residences of senior officials like Lei Gong are very simple.
, it’s not even a three-level house! And Lei Gong hasn’t even built a palace yet, his own house and his subordinates are in a market place!”
Liu He said: "Lei Gong is more frugal than my father at the time. With his current power, he can still achieve this. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an unparalleled hero! It is impossible for us defeated generals to rebel against Lei Gong.
, the whole Jixian County is a supporter of Thunder God, and rebelling in Hebei is asking for death!"
Wang Gai mocked: "Yes! All we can do is to do business as merchants. I didn't expect that my Wang family in Taiyuan, which has been passed down for thousands of years, would eventually become a merchant. This is a disgrace to our ancestors!"
Wang Gai made such a mockery, and all the families present looked ashamed. They themselves have inherited a famous family for hundreds of years, but now they can only do some low-level things. No matter how much wealth they make, they can't let go!
Kong Yu said in confusion: "Brother Wang, your father thinks he is a Situ in Xiangyang. You can find a way to escape to Xiangyang!"
Wang Gai looked embarrassed when he said this, and then became angry from embarrassment.
Because no matter how he answered this question, it would be wrong. After all, his father's reputation for loyalty was famous throughout the Han Dynasty. In those days, whether it was his rebellion against Zhang Jiao and his like, the treacherous ministers of Shi Chang Shi, or the rebellious ministers of Dong Zhuo and his like, he
My father always tried his best to fight against them. It can be said that he was fighting on the front line against the traitors!
However, the eldest son of the Han Dynasty Situ stayed in Daqian. This was obviously something that was difficult to make public! It was not that he had never been to Xiangyang City, and Lei Gong did not restrict them, noble nobles, from leaving the land of Hebei.
But his father and clan elders were not willing to let the Taiyuan Wang family leave their ancestral land, because they had watched Lei Gong grow stronger little by little, and no noble family in the world understood the power of Lei Gong better than they did.
Wang Yun and the elders of the Wang family discussed the situation in the world and believed that Da Qian's momentum to seize the entire world was irresistible. The Wang family could give Wang Yun a loyal minister, or they could have Wang Yun and the Han buried with him, but it was impossible for the entire Wang family to
Buried with the Han Dynasty! If they really wanted to be buried with the Han Dynasty, they would have been buried with the Qin Dynasty long ago, and it would be impossible for the Wang family to inherit it until now!
So now the Wang family has been divided into two. Wang Yun is taking his youngest son and a small number of clan members in Xiangyang, while most of the remaining clan members still stay in Hebei! With Wang Gai as the family patriarch, there are many noble families like the Wang family in Hebei.
yes.
Although they can only be merchants now, after thousands of years of experience, they have seen nothing!
The heroes of the Warring States Period, the First Emperor who unified the world, the rogue-like Emperor Gaozu, the benevolent Emperor Hanwen, the domineering Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang who wanted to change his destiny against nature, Emperor Shizu, the son of destiny, they have seen all kinds of heroes. !They clearly understand that it is not common for heroes to become emperors, but it is more common for mediocre emperors to become emperors!
Although Lei Gong is strong, he is just like Zu Long. They understand that facing heroes like Zu Long, they can only obey when it is difficult to resist. But when the manpower is exhausted, no matter how powerful Lei Gong is, he can only rule the world. It took only a short time, but after his death, there will no longer be a strong hero like him in the world. Then it will be their time to take action.
They can afford to wait for decades! At worst, they will have a banquet in front of Lei Gong's grave. Let's see what Lei Gong can do to them then.
Grave dancing is their specialty. After Lei Gong dies, they will write about Lei Gong's cruelty and inhumanity in the history books, and how unpopular Da Gan is!
It can be said that the wealthy nobles who stayed in Hebei have this idea. They are powerful monarchs who have seen too much, so they just have to endure it! As long as Lei Gong dies, the world will still belong to them in the future!
Guoyuan is obviously more mature than Kong Yu. He knows that this is a common method used by aristocratic families to separate families in troubled times and ensure that they are on the side of the winner. Although Lei Gong is not willing to accept them now, even if they become ordinary people, they will We must stand on the side of Da Gan. Just like what they are going to do now! The Da Han has not yet failed, but the wealthy nobles in Qingzhou have sent them to find a way out!
Guoyuan thought for a while and said: "The clan leaders are gathered here. It is obvious that they have important matters to discuss. I will take my leave first and come back to meet Brother Cui one day!"
Cui Yi said with a smile: "It's not a big deal. Zini doesn't need to avoid it. This matter has spread throughout Daqian. I think even the big guys will know about it soon!"
Xian Yufu said: "Daqan has been fighting for many years, and Lei Gong is generous to his subordinates. The subordinates who died in the battle can receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in pensions, and ordinary soldiers can also receive tens of thousands of dollars in rewards. Even civilian husbands are rewarded." You can get a reward of several thousand yuan, so you are so lavish, so you spend money like water. Several wars have been fought, and the entire land of Hebei already owes 80 billion yuan!"
Guoyuan and Kong Yu were surprised when they heard that Daqian owed 80 billion yuan. Such a huge debt meant that in the next few years, Daqian would not be able to send troops to the Central Plains. This was great news for them. !
But Xian Yufu immediately extinguished their hopes and said: "Such a high debt worried the entire Daqian leadership, so they sent Master Xiangkai to find Lei Gong to solve this problem. Originally we thought this problem was difficult to solve, but it turned out that I didn’t expect that Lei Gong would actually take care of me!”
"This is impossible, how can such a high debt be solved, unless the Thunder Guild's magic can produce gold and silver!" Kong Yu shouted loudly as he could not accept that his hope was dashed so quickly!
But Cui Yi said: "The debt of 80 billion is naturally out of reach for Dahan, but it is nothing to Dagan. Dagan's fiscal revenue this year is 38.4 billion, and this is even during the war. , If there is no war next year, it will definitely exceed 40 billion yuan. With such a high fiscal revenue, it will only take a few years to pay off the debt of 80 billion yuan!"
"Not to mention, now Lei Gong has also thought of other ways. He has a glass factory in his hands and is making money every day. It is said that the profit this year is expected to be 1.5 billion. Lei Gong sold the glass factory to big businessmen like Zhen An for 40 billion! "
Then Linghu Chong ridiculed: "It's a pity that people like Zhen An were born as slaves. Although they were promoted by Lei Gong, their background is too low and they don't have enough money to buy the glass factory that is making a lot of money every day. They can't unite." But after spending 6 billion, the shares occupied are only more than 10%!"