The thousandth chapter and the second chapter Lu's civil strife
After the county magistrate and county magistrate of Zhuo County left, Luo Shixin and Li Xuanba came to Wang Junlin and shouted that they would follow Shen Guoer to the Lu family's ancestral home. Wang Junlin told them that they must listen to Shen Guoer and then let them go. They followed Shen Guoer.
Planned by Shen Guoer, with the cooperation of Yang Kongchan, and the help of dozens of experts led by Insect Demon, Chunqiu Nu, Luo Shixin and Li Xuanba, Lu's 'coup' went very smoothly. Lu Youwei Hundreds of people in a series were killed and thousands were implicated. The usually ordinary Fourth Master Lu suddenly became a sensation and became the new head of the Lu family. Lu Youwei disappeared since then, but he actually fell into the hands of Shen Guoer.
This was the perfect end to Lu's affairs. Wang Junlin handed over the finishing work to Shen Guoer. He took the others back to the county. During this period, Du Ruhui handled the county's government affairs for him and restrained General Yingyang. Xue Li has never made any mistakes.
On the surface, Wang Junlin only severely damaged the Lu family and forced Lu Bian, the old patriarch of the Lu family, to death. However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the 'coup' of Lu Laosi within the Lu family was probably related to the prefect, so all the officials and nobles of Fanyang County Knowing that the governor might have to attack them next, all the officials and nobles began to feel uneasy.
In the past, Fanyang County was controlled by the Lu family. For example, the thirteen noble families in the three counties in the south resisted bravely. Many of them were purged and oppressed by the Lu family before. Now that the Lu family has fallen, some of them have followed the Lu family to the dark side. Naturally, they cannot escape the purges of the prefect. There are also some people who are opportunistic and rely on the Lu family to obtain official positions. Naturally, they are also targets of suppression.
But no matter what, after the naval commanders Dou Shihai and Lu Bian died one after another, and it became clear that the Lu family had become flesh and blood in the hands of the prefect, no one dared to resist the prefect, and everyone chose to submit, stay silent and be wise.
Most people were afraid that Wang Junlin would implicate them and suppress them, and at the same time, they also wanted to find a way out.
The people in Fanyang County were in a state of panic, and they did not dare to gather to discuss matters, fearing that the eunuch's spies would find out and arouse the prefect's suspicion. Therefore, during this period, people in Fanyang County were in a state of panic.
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"Xianzi Zhao, what do you think the prefect will do next?" A nobleman clasped his fists and looked out the window from time to time while sitting by the window.
Zhao Zhanpeng, the head of the Zhao family, asked for advice.
Zhao Zhanpeng is the core figure in the alliance of thirteen noble families in the south. Over the years, the thirteen noble families have persisted to this day despite the aggressive attitude of the Lu family. Zhao Zhanpeng has played an important role in this.
At this moment, a servant came in and reported: "Master, there is a group of soldiers coming outside the mountain gate and sending a letter asking to see the master!"
Zhao Zhanpeng's eyes flashed, thinking that he was actually here. He smiled slightly and said, "This Lord Prefect is by no means a murderous person who only knows how to kill. I think he has great intentions."
"County Zhao, who is here?" The noble man looked curious.
"Hahaha... let's go, follow me to meet the prefect." Zhao Zhanpeng was still hesitant in his heart.
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"I didn't know that you were coming, so I didn't go far to greet you. Please forgive me." After Zhao Zhanpeng welcomed Wang Junlin into the living room of the clan's mansion, he quickly apologized.
Wang Junlin looked at him and said with a smile: "County Zhao should know the purpose of my coming here today."
Zhao Zhanpeng looked panicked and said: "I am not just relying on my identity and pushing back and forth, but it is really because I have scruples."
At this point, Zhao Zhanpeng suddenly bowed his head and said: "Sir, Fanyang County is too far away from the center of the imperial court. As far as ordinary people are concerned, with the example of the Lu family, they really don't know what will happen tomorrow, so they are panic-stricken and have people sitting on the wall to watch. It's normal to have such a heart. May I ask, sir, do you have the ambition to serve as an official in Fanyang County?"
"You are a smart man. If I didn't want to be the governor of Fanyang County, the Lu family would have been wiped out long ago. How could I raise a thief to respect myself?" Wang Junlin stretched out his hand to ask Zhao Zhanpeng to sit down and talk, and said: "Your Majesty intends to attack Goguryeo. Others It's hard to dissuade me. Fanyang County and Goguryeo are across the sea, and I am staying in Fanyang County to prepare for the expedition against Goguryeo."
"If your Majesty makes the people of Fanyang County miserable in order to conquer Goguryeo, what will your Majesty do?" Zhao Zhanpeng asked again.
Wang Junlin was slightly startled. Zhao Zhanpeng's question was quite difficult to answer.
Shen Guoer had already investigated and found out that Zhao Zhanpeng and the thirteen noble families behind him had no contact with Yang Guang, let alone the emperor's people, and they should not come to test Wang Junlin on behalf of the emperor - but even so, Zhao Zhanpeng's question was not It's hard to answer.
"If it were anyone else,
Governor of Yang County, when Your Majesty leads the army to conquer Goguryeo, the people of Fanyang County will definitely be in dire straits because of this, and you and other wealthy nobles will also suffer heavy losses because of this." Wang Junlin said, "But if I control Fanyang County, this situation will never happen. It will happen. It is not convenient for me to explain the specific situation, but Mr. Zhao might as well take your time and take a look. After a while, you will believe what I said today."
"It is indeed a blessing for the hundreds of thousands of people in Fanyang County that you have this ambition!" Zhao Zhanpeng left his seat, walked to the front of the hall, lifted up his robe, knelt down, and said, "Zhanpeng has little knowledge, but he also knows the country and the people. As a noble person, I dare not cherish my broken body, so please do your little bit for me!"
"Sir, please get up. How can I be so virtuous as to dare to receive such a courtesy from you?" Wang Junlin took a step forward and lifted Zhao Zhanpeng up from the ground.
Xiang Xiang, who came with Wang Junlin, stood aside and looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Nowadays, among the nobles in the world, few people take the common people into consideration. Unexpectedly, this Mr. Zhao is the head of the Zhao family, but He is an anomaly, no wonder he dared to become an enemy of the Lu family, he must have seen through the Lu family’s hypocrisy a long time ago.”
"During the Lu family's control of Fanyang County, many wealthy families in Fanyang County surrendered. It was really helpless. I hope you can treat them differently." Expressing his will, Zhao Zhanpeng sat back in front of the case and offered advice from the bottom of his heart: "I have interacted with the Lu family too much. Those who have committed many evil deeds should be severely punished, otherwise it will not be sufficient as a punishment. It is not that the officials of Fanyang County have no intention of apologizing. Your Excellency, there are not many people who can be replaced now, so it is better to replace them slowly."
"Zhanpeng has been busy fighting with the Lu family in these years, and he doesn't think much about governing civil affairs. Compared with the talent and learning of Du Changshi next to you, Zhanpeng doesn't have any good ideas on how to govern the county, but I ask you to know how to use people well. , hold balance and do good, enough to calm the hearts of wealthy families and officials."
"In addition, the annexation of land in Fanyang County is still very important. Seven out of ten of the hundreds of thousands of people in Fanyang County are landless tenants. If you can distribute most of the Lu family's land to the people and win the support of the people, why worry about Fanyang County being uneasy?"
When Wang Junlin heard what Zhao Zhanpeng said, he immediately understood that this old guy had been waiting for him to arrive today so that he could tell him these words. However, this old man was able to think beyond the self-centered thoughts of the nobles and consider the overall stability and development of Fanyang County, especially the stability and development of Fanyang County. Being able to take the people's hearts into consideration is really rare among the nobles in today's world.