But in the end, Wang Xuan still didn't listen to Zhao Laiyu's suggestion.
The reason was that Zhao Laiyu's suggestion was a bit unkind. He actually suggested that Wang Xun Mingzhe protect himself. After all, whether it was the Gong family's disaster or the county warehouse's deficit, it had nothing to do with Wang Xun's two introverted sons, so why bother?
Because his nephew implicated himself?
After all, he came from the temple...
Wang Xuan thought to himself.
Although he respects Zhao Laiyu, he has to admit at this time that Zhao Laiyu is indeed an old fox who came out of the temple. In his eyes, family ties are far less important than the continuation of the family. This is the real ruthless person.
But Wang Xuan thought about it for a long time on the way back home, and finally couldn't bear to abandon his brother and nephew.
It is undeniable that this is human nature. After all, the family relationship between nobles is the most stable relationship in the world. There are only a few examples of brothers turning against each other for the sake of family property in Wei State.
More often than not, brothers help each other, uncles and nephews help each other, so that the problems of the nobles often affect the whole body and are tabooed by the court.
Because of this, now that Wang Zan has decided to break up with Zhao Hongrun, Wang Xuan will naturally side with Wang Zan for the sake of his brother.
But having said that, although I decided to join forces with my brother, how to fight Zhao Hongrun is still a problem.
To be fair, this visit to the county government to meet Zhao Hongrun with the name of the city's big and small people can be said to have brought a lot of shock and blow to Wang Xuan, which also made him understand a truth: King Su did not treat their king at all.
He takes everything into consideration.
In other words, since we have to decide to fight Zhao Hongrun, relying on the Wang family alone is obviously not enough. Unless we involve many nobles in Anling and drag the Anling Zhao family into the water, maybe this will be a bit of a success.
Odds of winning.
Thinking of this, Wang Xun told Wang Zan what Zhao Laiyu meant, but omitted what Zhao Laiyu said to him privately. At the end of his life, he said to Wang Zan: "Brother, for the current plan, we have to find a way
Let the eldest sister persuade Uncle Zhao and drag the Zhao family into the water."
The uncle of the Zhao family he refers to is Zhao Laiyu’s eldest son Zhao Wenlin.
Brothers Wang Zan, Wang Xun, and Wang Lun had four sisters, all of whom were married to prominent local families in Anling. Among them, the eldest daughter of the Wang family was Zhao Wenlin's wife, because she gave birth to two sons and one son to Zhao Wenlin.
As for the relationship between a woman and a woman, Zhao Wenlin respected his wife very much.
Furthermore, the eldest daughter of the Wang family has been managing the family business of the Zhao family in Anling for the past ten years, so she has a high status in the Zhao family. Even Zhao Wenqu and Zhao Wenfu respect her very much.
This sister-in-law.
"..." Wang Zan thought for a while and said, "Brother sent someone to ask the younger sister to go to the Zhao family and tell the elder sister about this."
"Good!" Wang Xuan nodded.
Therefore, Wang Zan sent someone to invite his second sister, third sister, and younger sister who were already married to the palace. He told the sisters about the current disaster of the Wang family, and sincerely asked the sisters for help as his elder brother.
When the three daughters heard this, they all went back to their husbands' homes to persuade their husbands.
Don't think that a married daughter won't care about her parents' family. In fact, especially in this era, a woman's support from her husband's family only has two things. One is to see whether her son is successful and whether he has a say in the family;
Second, it depends on the power of the natal family. The stronger the power of the natal family, the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the husband's family will not criticize the woman too much.
Therefore, if the Wang family collapses, it will not be a good thing for the married Wang daughters. Because of this, when Wang Zan asked several sisters to help, they agreed immediately.
On the Wang family's side, they are working hard to form gangs, invite allies, and prepare to fight with Zhao Hongrun. Unfortunately, Anling City is full of green crows at this moment. If there is the slightest disturbance in the city, how can they hide it from Zhao Hongrun?
No, Wang Zan, Wang Xun and others had just invited the three sisters to the main house of the Wang family, and Zhao Hongrun had already learned the news.
"Interesting, it seems Wang is determined to fight me to the death this time."
After learning about this from Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows, Zhao Hongrun smiled nonchalantly.
Doesn't he really care that the nobles in Anling City unite to fight against him?
To be honest, he really doesn't care.
You know, taking advantage of his "attack" in the past two days, he could logically mobilize 5,000 merchant navy troops to garrison Anling and take over Anling's city defense.
What? Irregular?
Don't forget, Anling County Magistrate Yan Yong is on his side right now. With the county magistrate's approval, what's wrong with the rules?
The only thing worth worrying about is that this matter is too big.
For example, if Zhao Hongrun summoned the merchant navy and took the opportunity to massacre all the forbidden nobles in the city, the court would not be able to turn a blind eye.
But as long as it doesn't get to this point, I believe that Du You, the Minister of Rites in the Daliang court, will come forward to help Zhao Hongrun and try to attract the attention of the censor.
You know, the Ministry of Rites has been responsible for easing the conflicts between the Wei people and the Chu people in the country since April last year. To this end, it has introduced a number of reward policies to ease the conflicts. For example, the Wei people may marry the Chu people in the country.
, the local government will give certain material rewards, and if this family has children in the future, the local government will provide subsidies.
It is undeniable that for this matter, the Ministry of Rites went all out, even arguing with officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and finally applied for a large amount of money and invested a lot of money.
Unexpectedly, in July and August last year, armed fighting broke out between Anling and Yanling counties, resulting in the death of more than a thousand people. All of a sudden, the hard work of the Ministry of Rites for more than half a year was wasted. Do you really think that the Ministry of Rites is not angry?
When Zhao Laiyu was still in the clan, perhaps Du You, the Minister of Rites, still had scruples in his heart and did not dare to investigate the matter thoroughly. After all, once the matter was thoroughly investigated, it would inevitably involve the Zhao family in Anling, which would cause Zhao Lai
Yu's dissatisfaction.
But this year, Zhao Laiyu has been squeezed out of Daliang by Zhao Hongrun. What worries does Du You have? Without saying a word, he took advantage of Zhao Hongrun's leaving Daliang to avoid rumors and tricked him into coming to Anling to come forward to resolve the matter. Wasn't he thinking
Take the opportunity to suppress the Wang family, Zhao family and other Anling wealthy families?
Therefore, as long as Zhao Hongrun doesn't go too far, Du You, the Minister of Rites, will help Zhao Hongrun. After all, this time His Highness Prince Su is working for free for their Ministry of Rites, and it is still unpaid.
Because of this, Zhao Hongrun has no scruples in his heart. Since the Wang family has decided to invite the nobles of Anling to fight with him, then let's fight to the death. In such a big Anling City, all the nobles will not be defeated by the Wang family.
Talk about moving.
When it comes to taking the opportunity to eradicate half of the city's nobles, Zhao Hongrun doesn't feel any psychological pressure at all.
The only thing that made him a little unhappy was that, for some reason, his third uncle Zhao Laiyu's branch, the Anling Zhao family, had not seen any movement yet.
This made Zhao Hongrun a little unhappy: even before he came to Anling, he had predicted several times that his third uncle's guild would use the family's strength to fight with him, but he did not expect that even if he asked the Yanling soldiers to destroy the Wang family,
In his mansion, his third uncle remained motionless.
"Maybe Zhao Laiyu is afraid."
Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao analyzed this.
After hearing this analysis, Zhao Hongrun's expression was very strange.
After all, according to his understanding, his third uncle, Zhao Laiyu, was a man with a very hot temper. When he was in the clan mansion, he was the one who scolded Zhao Hongrun the most.
Why did this old guy's hot temper change after only a few months?
Hearing Zhao Hongrun's question, Zongwei Zhou Pu said with a smile: "Why did your Highness forget that it was because Zhao Laiyu was still in charge of the Zongfu at the beginning, but now, he is in a high position and has little power, so how can he have the confidence to fight with His Highness?...
After all, this old man is an old man who has been immersed in temples for decades, so he naturally knows how to advance and retreat."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized, and then felt a little bored: If Zhao Laiyu avoided fighting, even if he challenged the Wang family, there would be no sense of accomplishment.
"Well, in short, let's keep an eye on the Wang family first." Zhao Hongrun said to Duan Pei, the leader of the Green Crows.
Even though the Wang family is second to none in Anling, in Zhao Hongrun's eyes, it can't be said to be a rival. After all, he made the Wang family lose face in Anling with just a few tricks. It can be seen that this Wang family is the best in Anling.
There should be no resourceful people in the sect, so defeating such an opponent would not make Zhao Hongrun feel very happy to be honest.
unless……
Unless the Wang family has a way to drag the Zhao family into the water...
"Otherwise, how many more days should we give Wang?" Zhao Hongrun muttered to himself.
Just as he was muttering in a low voice, Zong Wei Mu Qing came into the house and said with a smile: "Your Highness, that Wang Chen is really a useless guy. He recruited Gong Ying and Gong Fu brothers. They haven't been killed yet, but
He was imprisoned in the cellar of Wang Chen and his brother-in-law Hou Can's house, and these bad boys would go over and beat him up from time to time..."
"snort!"
Zhao Hongrun snorted softly when he heard the words, turned to look at Zongwei Lu Mu, and said: "Lü Mu, you go and rescue the two brothers Gong Ying and Gong Fu. As for Hou Can, just set up a private cage
, he was arrested and imprisoned in the county jail for the crime of abuse of punishment... No visits to the prison were allowed."
Lu Mu clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will take someone with me right now."
On that day, Lu Mu led more than a hundred Yanling soldiers to the house of Wang Chen and his brother-in-law Hou Can, and rescued the brothers Gong Ying and Gong Fu from the cellar.
I saw Gong Ying and Gong Fu brothers, their whole bodies were beaten with sticks and whips, and were scarred, but their eyes were still tough. It is said that they have not begged for mercy so far. Even Lu Mu couldn't help it after hearing about this incident.
Compliment a "man".
On that day, the two brothers Gong Ying and Gong Fu were taken to the county government by Lu Mu, and famous doctors in the city were invited to diagnose and treat the two brothers. As for Wang Chen and his brother-in-law Hou Can, they were thrown into the county jail by Zongwei Zhou Pu.
The family, as well as the shops and property under his name, were ordered to be sealed off by Zhao Hongrun.
In the eyes of the nobles in Anling City, this may be a signal that Zhao Hongrun is preparing to suppress the nobles in Anling. Therefore, the nobles in the city have gathered on the side of the Wang family, trying to join forces to fight against Zhao Hongrun and try to expel the Su King.
Leave Anling.
Little did they know that everything they were planning was seen by the Green Crows hiding in the dark.
The confrontation between Zhao Hongrun and the Anling nobles headed by the Wang family began. (To be continued.)