Chapter 599: Full of indignation, please change Qingtian
Fufeng County, Huaili City.
Huaili is the seat of Fufeng County, so there must be many aristocratic families in the city.
In the past, due to Yang Biao's loss of power, the Kansai family as a whole maintained a sluggish development trend.
This situation forced many Kansai families to keep a low profile in the past.
But on this day, a few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, dozens of patriarchs of aristocratic families gathered together in the Fufeng Su family's mansion.
If someone who is familiar with the Fufeng family is present, he will find that these dozens of family heads are either famous scholars in Fufeng area, or ministers holding important positions in Fufeng area.
In addition to everyone's unique status, the family behind them is a wealthy family that has been famous in Fufeng County for at least a hundred years.
It can be said that with the status of these dozens of clan leaders and the influence of the families behind them, if they get together, it will be enough to cause a major earthquake in Fufeng County.
In the dark secret room, the dim candlelight was not enough to clearly reflect the current expressions of each clan leader.
However, there were many heavy breathing sounds lingering in the secret room. From this, we can know that the mood of these dozens of clan leaders is by no means calm at the moment.
So what happened that caused dozens of Fufeng family patriarchs, who have always avoided suspicion and kept a low profile, to gather together today?
What is it that makes these dozens of scheming family heads unable to suppress the restless emotions in their hearts?
That incident was the news of Yang Biao's death.
When they learned the news of Yang Biao's death from the mouth of the spy they planted in Luoyang, every family leader's heart felt as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer and it was difficult to calm down.
And after knowing that Yang Biao did not die of natural causes, but was killed by Cao Rui because of his loyalty and righteousness, the wounds in the hearts of each family head that were hit by heavy hammers were like being sprinkled with countless crushed chili peppers, exuding a wave of
The pain was unbearable.
After a long silence, the head of an aristocratic family could no longer suppress the pain in his heart. He raised the wine glass beside him and slammed it on the ground.
The porcelain collided with the solid ground, making a loud noise in the silent chamber.
At the same time, the owner's angry words followed the loud noise and fell into the ears of everyone present.
"As expected of the eunuch, she is really ruthless!"
There are close friends who can be trusted in the secret room, and the head of the family is not afraid that his words will spread.
And what he said instantly resonated with many people present.
"The traitor Cao Teng harmed our ancestors back then, and now Cao Teng has harmed me and Duke Yang again. Do we have to endure it forever?"
"We killed Yang Liangzhou the year before last, and today we killed Taiwei Yang. So what about tomorrow? Will it be our turn?"
"If we hadn't given all our help back then, how could those eunuchs have captured Kansai?
They just crossed the river and demolished the bridge, but today they extended their vicious hands to Duke Yang. Do they really think that there is no one in Guanxi?"
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Words filled with strong indignation continued to resound in the secret room, and soon the entire secret room was flooded.
From these indignant words, it can be seen that many heads of the Fufeng family have long been dissatisfied with the rule of the Cao family.
The fourth and third generation of the Hongnong Yang family have countless disciples and former officials who have lived in Kansai for hundreds of years.
Among the dozens of aristocratic family heads currently in the secret room, more than 80% of them are disciples and former officials of the Hongnong Yang family.
The four words "disciple and former official" reflect not only the filial piety of dozens of aristocratic family heads who regarded Yang Biao as their elder, but also the deep entanglement between them and Yang Biao in terms of political interests.
It can be said that Yang Biao was their political spokesperson in the past and a strong supporter of their political interests.
But now that Yang Biao was brutally killed as a guilty person, who will protect their political interests in the future?
And will Cao be implicated?
Many people subconsciously think of the two disasters that happened in Shilin decades ago - the disaster of party imprisonment.
Weren't those two disasters led by traitors?
Then who can guarantee that the Cao family, as a traitor, will not launch such a "massacre" against the Kansai family because of Yang Biao?
Regardless of this point, Yang Biao, their old master, died tragically in the hands of the Cao family. If they did not show any expression, it would be "unfilial".
If they have a reputation of being unfilial in the world, their reputation will be ruined directly.
For aristocratic families, reputation means everything. Once their reputation is ruined, they will never talk about it in the future.
The scariest thing is that you don’t have to wait until later.
The political structure of the aristocratic families at that time was a pyramid-shaped structure, with the Hongnong Yang family and the Runan Yuan family at the top of the pyramid.
Below them are large aristocratic families such as the Xun family of Yingchuan, the Su family of Fufeng, and the Du family of Jingzhao.
And below these large aristocratic families, there are various medium-sized aristocratic families, and even below the medium-sized aristocratic families, there are countless small aristocratic families.
All aristocratic families in the world basically follow this political pattern and survive and develop stably.
So what is the link that maintains this pyramidal political structure?
It is the relationship between disciples and former officials that contains both personal emotions and political interests.
If today they, the Guanxi aristocratic families, turn a blind eye to the death of Yang Biao and the decline of the Hongnong Yang family, then those medium-sized aristocratic families that are dependent on them will definitely follow suit in the future.
This is absolutely unacceptable to all the family heads here.
It takes thousands of years for unspoken rules to form, but they can often collapse in an instant.
And once this political structure collapses, how can the eggs be destroyed even if the nest is overturned?
For all the family heads here, if the death of Yang Biao made them just sad and displeased, then the death of the head of the Yang family in Hongnong would make them feel fearful and uneasy.
It’s just because all the family heads here are human beings.
So even if they are now extremely indignant about Yang Biao's death, they also know that Yang Biao's innocent and tragic death will cause great damage to their existing interests, but if they want these family heads to take real decisive action, just
It is not enough to rely on sufficient internal factors.
Su Ze, who was sitting at the top, did not express his views on Yang Biao's death. This did not mean that he was not angry about Yang Biao's death. It was just that as Yang Xiao's father-in-law, he had a more important thing to do.
Do.
Su Ze was a literary master and a martial artist in Fufeng. He was the eleventh grandson of Su Jia, the eldest son of Su Jian, the Marquis of Pingling of Han Dynasty.
Su Ze was famous in the countryside for his erudition and good conduct when he was young. When he grew up, he was praised by Yang Biao as filial, honest and talented.
Later Su served as the prefect of Jiuquan, Anding and Wudu.
During the Hexi Rebellion, Su Ze was ordered by Cao Pi to quell the rebellion. He successfully put down the rebellion several times and made great contributions to opening up the Hexi Corridor.
Judging from his political resume, Su Ze's resume is not very outstanding, but the two things Su Ze did made Cao Pi remember him deeply.
Once, Dong Zhao was sleeping on Su Ze's knees. Su Ze pushed his head down in disgust and said, "Su Ze's knees are not the pillow of a sycophant."
This reflects Su Ze's dislike of Dong Zhao, and why Su Ze dislikes Dong Zhao so much. The reason is that Dong Zhao was the first minister to find legal basis for Cao Cao's proclaimed king.
In addition to this, the more important thing that made Cao Pi fear Su Ze was that after Cao Pi forced Liu Xie to abdicate, there were rumors circulating in the world that Liu Xie was killed by Cao Pi.
After hearing this rumor, Su Ze, who was the governor of Jincheng at the time, ignored the dissuasion of his subordinates and publicly set up an altar to mourn Liu Xie.
From these two incidents, we can see that Su Ze was a minister who hated evil as much as he wanted to, and his heart was toward the Han Dynasty.
Of course, it was also because of these two things that Cao Pi became afraid of Su Ze.
Originally, according to the original history, Cao Pi was going to demote Su Ze, but thanks to Mi Yang's presence in the world, Cao Pi's appearance made Cao Pi suffer from health problems in recent years, so he temporarily gave up suppressing Su Ze.
But Su Ze also knew that Cao Pi was afraid of him, so last year Su Ze took the initiative to resign and returned to Huaili City to spend the rest of his life teaching and educating people.
It's a pity that the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind didn't stop. After learning the news of Yang Biao's tragic death, Su Ze became angry.
Not only did Su Ze have a deep personal relationship with Yang Biao, but Su Ze was originally a person who loved the Han Dynasty. Coupled with his upright character, when he learned that Yang Biao was killed by Cao thieves for the Han Dynasty, Su Ze
The anger in my heart suddenly couldn't be contained anymore.
Do Cao thieves still think that they can cover up the world with one hand?
Due to the anger in his heart, Su Ze convened this meeting in the secret room of the mansion today.
And during the process just now, Su Ze had been observing the reactions of the family heads.
The people who know the family best in the world will always be the family.
From observation of Su Ze, we can know that the family heads want to avenge Yang Biao, but they still have one last layer of worry in their hearts.
In other words, for them to really take action, a strong external push is needed.
After realizing this, Su Ze motioned to the servant on the side with his eyes.
At Su Ze's signal, the servant quickly set out to bring the two people in from outside the secret room.
Both of them were wearing mourning clothes and looked sad.
The heads of the families present were still angry, but they suddenly saw two people coming in front of them, which frightened them.
But after taking a closer look at the appearance of one of them, many family heads immediately made sounds of joy.
"Gong Ning!"
Gong Ning is Yang Xiao's cousin.
As the eldest grandson of Yang Biao, all the family heads here know Yang Xiao.
And because of their feelings for Yang Biao, they would naturally feel happy when they saw that Yang Xiao could escape from Luoyang and survive.
After Yang Xiao saw that all the elders present here were good friends with the Yang family, he seemed to have found support in his heart.
With a plop, Yang Xiao, who was wearing mourning clothes, knelt down in front of the family heads, crying and begging:
"My father died for justice. I hope all the elders can avenge my father!"
Yang Xiao was brought up by Yang Biao, and Yang Xiao had a very deep feeling for Yang Biao.
Because of his feelings for Yang Biao, Yang Xiao's cries became louder and louder. These bursts of sad cries made all the family heads present feel unbearable.
Many family heads couldn't help but get up and want to help Yang Xiao.
"Gong Ning gets up first."
"This matter is of great importance and should be considered in the long term."
"How can I sit idly by and ignore Mr. Yang's death? Don't hurt yourself by crying."
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Words of comfort came from the mouths of the family heads. Although no one gave Yang Xiao a clear answer, it could be heard from their tone that they were now full of guilt.
The benefactor died tragically, and the benefactor later cried and begged them to avenge him. Every burst of Yang Xiao's cry was piercing the hearts of the family heads.
But if he didn't get a clear answer, how could Yang Xiao get up?
Crying, Yang Xiao took out a letter written by Yang Biao from his arms. He handed the letter to the nearest family head, and then said in tears:
"My eldest father had long sensed that Cao Cao had the intention of harming him, so before he died, he wanted to rectify the name of our Kansai family in the world.
When my father sent me out of Luoyang, he once told me that if something unexpected happened to him, for the sake of our Guanxi family's plan for a hundred years, we should serve General Mi as our master.
My father wrote every word in this letter in his own hand before he died, and I hope all the elders will preview it."
After listening to Yang Xiao's words, the head of the family who was holding the letter in his hand was shocked. He quickly opened the letter and read it.
After reading the contents of the letter, the head of the family's face was obviously agitated.
At the same time, Yang Biao's last words continued to circulate among the family heads, and soon all the family heads read the contents of the letter.
The contents of the letter were generally the same as what Yang Xiao said.
What do Yang Biao's last words mean?
If Yang Biao is compared to the leader of the Kansai family, then this last message is the last order he gave in this life.
Given Yang Biao's influence in the Guanxi family, this order had a very large agitating effect.
In particular, Yang Biao's letter mentioned that he and Mi Yang had formed an alliance, which made many family heads feel restless.
That is General Mi who is victorious in every battle!
But there are some things that cannot be turned back. For the sake of the family, some family heads still asked hesitantly:
"General Mi, can you trust me?"
After hearing this question, Meng Da on the side immediately said: "The general is a descendant of the Fufeng Fa family and a scholar of Guanxi. How can there be any doubt?"
"The Fufeng Fa family and the Fufeng Meng family are both willing to vouch for the general."
When Meng Da said these words, Yang Xiao immediately wiped away his tears and said: "My sister-in-law will marry the general, and the Hongnong Yang family is also willing to be the general's guarantee."
Even Su Ze, who had been silent, stood up at this moment and said to the family heads present:
"Fufeng Su family, also Bao!"
The Fufeng Fa family, the Fufeng Meng family, the Fufeng Su family, and the Hongnong Yang family, the joint guarantee of these four aristocratic families is enough to make anyone in the world feel at ease.
So at this moment, with all the internal and external factors in place, what do the heads of the aristocratic families have to hesitate about?
It was the same head of the family who threw the wine glass in the first place. He was the first to take off the official seal of the Wei Dynasty from his waist, threw it to the ground and said:
"The sky is clear. Since the Cao family is unkind, then we will let them know who is the master of the land of Kansai!"
The arrogant words of this family head caused other family heads to echo loudly in an instant.
Seeing that the atmosphere of the whole place was ignited, Su Ze looked excited. He bowed to the allies in front of him and said:
"On that day, Duke Yang defended his righteousness with death.
Today, I would like to invite you all to exchange the blue sky with me!"
When Su Ze's words spread throughout the audience, all the heads of the aristocratic families also bowed to Su Ze and said: