More than twenty years have passed since that catastrophe for the aristocratic family. Time has not only erased the awe of the new generation of the aristocratic family's children to the imperial court, but also caused the imperial court's estimation of the aristocratic family's strength to be biased.
The battle back then was objectively a lose-lose situation. After all, both the court and the emperor were using their own resources to hurt the enemy. However, although the royal family suffered more injuries, it also suffered more. In the end, it seemed that the benefits must have exceeded those of the aristocratic family.
However, subjectively both sides believed that they had won, which resulted in the aristocratic families remaining arrogant and losing respect for the imperial court, while the imperial court in turn began to believe that eradicating the aristocratic families might not be as difficult as imagined.
However, the court's attitude towards the aristocratic family was still wary, especially this time, after more than twenty years, the Yunzhong Chen family once again showed their strength as a thousand-year-old family in front of the world.
The clouds on the previous day were still full of beacon smoke, but the clouds on the next day returned to their previous tranquility at an incredible speed. The turmoil caused by the knights in the rivers and lakes was completely eliminated overnight, as if it had never appeared before.
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This terrifying strength moved everyone in the imperial cabinet, and Jin Yiwei, who had obtained the exact information earlier than these people, also re-evaluated the strength of the Yunzhong Chen family.
"Changfu, Weifu, Chengxing, Wantong, Zhongyuan, Tongxing... these six escort agencies, plus 12 agencies in Yunzhong, Beidi, Northwest, and Zhili
, a total of eighteen families.”
Xu Le, the governor of Nanzhen Fusi, looked at the information in his hand intently and sneered: "What a big deal, everyone from west to east is willing to obey orders."
The Chen family's method of suppressing the Jianghu forces in Yunzhong has been discovered, which is simply to fight violence with violence. The masters of these eighteen escort agencies came out overnight and calmed down the chaos in Yunzhong in an incredible time.
Wu Qiming took the information from Xu Le and looked at it carefully, with a deep look in his eyes: "I still underestimate them. Have you confirmed the relationship between these escort agencies and the Chen family?"
"I've checked," Xu Le said solemnly: "Eighteen escort agencies have never had contact with the Chen family before."
"In other words, this team was pulled out by the Chen family overnight," Xu Le narrowed his eyes slightly: "But it's not surprising. The family has always had a high self-esteem. I'm afraid that such a gangster will
Even if you surrender, you may not be able to win in their eyes."
It is not difficult to get these escort agencies to contribute. For the sake of fame and fortune, there is always a way to control these people. The scary thing is that the Chen family in Yunzhong has never included these people under his command, but will attack them as soon as they are called.
Just go and find them when needed and make them willing to serve.
In fact, what the Chen family revealed in this turmoil was only the tip of the iceberg. As a family, their essential strength comes from the ability to sit on a high place and formulate rules, rather than going down to compete with people in martial arts in person.
This time they didn't use much of the family's power at all, but they also recruited a group of gangsters to fight fire with fire, and the effect was remarkable.
"I heard that the newly appointed young head of the Chen family has been arranged to recuperate?" Wu Qiming asked.
"The Chen family has not yet opened an ancestral hall. He is still just a son of the Chen family. And judging from the current situation, that old guy Chen Nuo will not trust the Chen family in his hands." Xu Le sneered.
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"That's a pity. If this person were in charge of the Chen family, everyone would be more relaxed." There was an unspeakable sarcasm in Wu Qiming's smile.
"By the way, how should Wudang deal with it, the old rules?" As he said that, Xu Le made a beheading gesture on his neck.
"Don't worry, the Chen family is so powerful, why not let them go to Wudang in person to hold them accountable." Wu Qiming casually threw the information in his hand on the table.
"Isn't it appropriate?" Xu Le frowned and said, "Wudang, with its current state of overwork and seven injuries, can really withstand Chen's pressure? Don't let this sect be easily beaten into the dust by then, and it will be frightening.
You have ruined the gentlemen in our court."
The Chen family in Yunzhong showed as unfathomable strength as in the past, which indeed made many ministers in the court lose their voices. The pressure on them from the family is getting bigger and bigger. If things go on like this, bad things will happen.
"Don't worry, Yan Feng and Zeng Hong are both in Wudang, they will do things easily."
Wu Qiming is not very worried about this, and it is not necessarily a bad thing for the Chen family to continue to show their strength. The stronger they are, the more they will arouse the fear of the court.
For the Chen family, showing their strength now is also a helpless choice. If the Chen family chooses to settle the matter this time, their family influence will definitely decline a lot.
Therefore, it was the lesser of two evils, and the imperial court was not afraid of them for a day or two. Chen didn't care. Ensuring his family's influence came first.
So Wudang's troubles followed one after another.
"Master! News from the south, another..." A Wudang disciple hurriedly tried to break into the hall, but seeing the depressing situation inside, he unconsciously shut up.
Miao Yunyong stood at the front with a sullen face and said nothing. Song Yangui on the side stretched out his hand to take the letter that the other party held, and then said: "I understand, please step aside first."
"Yes." The Wudang disciple shrank his neck and immediately bowed and retreated.
Song Yangui read the content of the letter, frowned, and sighed: "It's Chen's handwriting again."
The content of the letter was very simple. It was nothing more than a complaint. The Wudang Sect industry north of the Yangtze River was hit almost at the same time. Some shops closed down and some closed down. It was so miserable.
Although the Wudang Sect is now closed to the mountains and away from the world, the disciples on the mountain still need money to practice Taoism and martial arts. Where does this money come from? It does not come from the property under the name of the Wudang Sect.
The Taoist sect seeks immortality outside the world, but this yellow and white thing has to come from the mortal world. Wudang has many properties under his name, including shops and fields. The Taoist sect is as wealthy as the Buddhist sect. There are thousands of orchids in the Buddhist sect.
There are also immortals and gods in heaven and earth.
But it is a pity that the Wudang Sect is not only a Taoist sect, but also a Jianghu sect. The stable operation of the industries under the Wudang name is also related to their powerful force.
This is what the Chen family is aiming at. They use various means to seize Wudang's industry, but Wudang can only passively accept it.
The aristocratic family is different from the imperial court. Although they are both privileged classes, the scary thing about the aristocratic family is that they have power but no responsibility. Even if they go to war with the Wudang Dao Sect, they have nothing to fear. Unlike the imperial court, they are the ones who will be destroyed.
The land under the rule.
But this time the Wudang Sect was beaten passively, not only because of the special position of the family, but also because there was another group who was also secretly causing trouble, and that was the Jin Yiwei.
Someone died in the capital, and it stands to reason that the Jin Yiwei had every reason to intervene, but this time they did not choose to stand in the open, because they clearly wanted to see both the Aristocratic Family and Wudang lose, and then reap the benefits.