Sir, there are many scholars in Fanyang County, and the scholars represented by scholars are also a force we should strive for." Liu Ziming was somewhat dissatisfied with what Wang Junlin just said about the importance of merchants and craftsmen, but he didn't know how to refute it, so he reminded him through the importance of scholars.
Wang Junlin.
Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "The Lu family is a great Confucian family for thousands of years. The so-called scholars in Fanyang County are actually the Lu family academy. The head of the Lu family, Lu Bian, is the one who controls this power. So I have never thought of relying on my words."
The speaker can win over it. Of course, this is not impossible. Maybe at the right time, we can win over it. After all, with a little training from scholars, it can be used to govern the place very well."
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Wang Junlin said that the Lu family occupies the largest piece of cake in Fanyang County. It is well-founded. Take the land that people care about most in this era as an example. The Lu family or the Lu family occupied nearly half of the fertile land in Fanyang County. According to the regulations of the Sui Dynasty,
There is no need to pay taxes on the fertile land of nobles and officials from the fifth rank or above. These two conditions are naturally owned by the Lu family, so there is no tax on the half of the fertile land in Fanyang County. From this point of view, it is no wonder that Yang Guang has such great influence on the world's richest families.
Hated to death.
In fact, as a member of a thousand-year-old family, the Lu family is among the seven sects and five surnames. Not only does it have hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, but also hundreds of staff and guests, and thousands of various guards and vassals... Thousands of years of savings.
Wealth has already reached a level that rivals other countries.
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When Wang Junlin left Changxiang County for the county seat, there were less than ten days left before the New Year.
For the Fanyang Lu family, there has been a tradition that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years during the Chinese New Year month, which is to hold a clan assembly before the Chinese New Year every year.
At the conference hosted by the direct lineage of the Lu family, the heads of all the collateral sects will come to participate in the family banquet to congratulate the head of the Lu family and celebrate the New Year.
On this day, the ancestral home of the Lu family, located in Zhuoxian County, Fanyang County, was filled with melodious silk and bamboo and intoxicating wine.
Lu Bian, who is over sixty years old, is still glowing and his energy is as good as that of a man in his forties or fifties. After he personally presided over the complicated Confucian etiquette and worshiped his ancestors, the elders of the sect, his direct descendants, and the heads of each small sect found their seats and sat down.
, he waved all the servants in the hall that could accommodate hundreds of people to retreat, then sighed, glanced at everyone, and said: "My fellow tribesmen, I have just received news that I am the grandson of Jiandong, the county magistrate of Changxiang County.
He has been beheaded by the king in front of tens of thousands of people."
Lu Bian's expression was calm when he said this, making it difficult for people to feel the pain of losing his grandson. However, the familiar heads of various small sects knew that it was the unfathomable palace of the sect master that kept him silent.
There were many people in the lobby who had not heard the news before. After hearing it, they were suddenly surprised and started talking about it.
"Father, Wang Junlin is so brave and dares to kill our Lu family. Does he want to die?" Sitting near the front, a man who looked to be in his mid-twenties or eighty-year-old said with a domineering look.
This man is the youngest of Lu Bian's twelve sons, named Lu Youde, and he is also his favorite. Like many families in history, the one he loves the most is also the least promising. The entire Fanyang County
Everyone knows that Lu Youde is the biggest dandy in Fanyang County. He is domineering and often bullies men and dominates women.
"Shut up, what do you know?" Lu Bian yelled, blowing his beard and glaring in anger, becoming more and more disappointed with his little son day by day.
Lu Youde didn't know what he said wrong, and he felt dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to talk back to his father in front of the heads of various small sects, so he sat down with a dissatisfied look on his face and drank alone.
"Grandpa, when Wang Junlin was in Gu'an County, he was kind and gentle to Jianbo and me. Why did he suddenly go on a killing spree in Changxiang County?" Lu Jianqiao, the captain of Gu'an County, stood up and saluted Lu Bian with a puzzled look on his face, and then
said.
Lu Bian snorted coldly and said, "Youwei, tell everyone what's going on."
Lu Youwei, Lu Bian's second son, who once watched a thousand cavalry besieging Wang Junlin at the head of Gu'an County and Lu Jianqiao, stood up, first saluted Lu Bian meticulously, and said, "Yes! Father!"
Then Lu Youwei turned around and said to the more than a hundred core members of the Lu family in the audience: "The person Wang Junlin killed in Changxiang County was not just Jiandong, but also the Changxiang County Magistrate, Captain, County Lieutenant, and also
He did not kill them randomly. He produced evidence that the four people, including Jiandong, violated the laws of the Sui Dynasty. Moreover, the crimes committed by the four people did reach the level of beheading according to the laws of the Sui Dynasty. And Jian Dong, who was an official in Gu'an County,
Neither Bohe Jianqiao nor the county magistrate of Gu'an violated such laws that could lead to beheading..."
When everyone heard this, there was an uproar and discussions. Those sitting here were all the core figures of the Lu family. The power, financial resources, and number of people of millennium-old families such as the Lu family were already comparable to those of the top 100 companies in the world in later generations. Among them,
The competition is equally fierce. Except for people like Lu Youde who are born as the sons of the sect masters, other people who can become elders or heads of small sects are all excellent people and their minds are definitely not bad. Wang Junlin's move immediately left them at a loss.
Starting a counterattack, after all, compared to when Wang Junlin came and surrounded them with a thousand cavalry, Wang Junlin used the Sui Dynasty law to kill the Lu family, which was more than clever.
After Lu Youwei waited for everyone to digest what he said, he said: "Wang Junlin summoned the people of Changxiang County and publicly announced the evil deeds Jiandong and the others had done. He had won the favor of the people of Changxiang County, and he had conquered
He captured Feng Xiaoyong, the 500-strong leader of Changxiang County, and promoted him to the rank of captain, which was regarded as preliminary control of a thousand county soldiers."
Many people present frowned when they heard this. Many people had already realized the power of Wang Junlin's methods. A small sect leader immediately said: "Second Young Master, what is the reaction of the nobles in Changxiang County?"
Lu Youwei looked gloomy, smiled bitterly, and said: "This is exactly what I want to say. He asked several nobles in Changxiang County to participate in the beheading of the four Jiandong people, and asked several nobles to each recommend a direct clan member to Wang Junlin.
He serves as a scribe and attendant."
"A cunning poisonous thief with such vicious methods."
"Several nobles in Changxiang County can no longer believe it."
"Sect Master, you should send someone to warn these families in Changxiang County. I guess they don't dare to disobey our Lu family."
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Lu Youwei did not further explain and analyze, but just told what happened. However, most people in the scene immediately saw the danger and Wang Junlin's clever methods, but their reactions were still based on Wang Junlin's plan yesterday.
During the period, they began to suspect several nobles in Changxiang County and expressed clear suspicion and suspicion towards them. Some hard-liners even expressed their intention to retaliate.