Chapter 74: The Four Great Clans of the Zhao Kingdom
At the same time, Wu Shiqi, who was in Zhao State, was lying on the bed, looking at the investigation report written on the scroll with the Great Qin seal, although he was blind in one eye at the moment, but he was still in good limb shape, and his strength was not much damaged.
However, after staying in the Shan Mansion for a period of time, Wu Shiqi slowly discovered that the pressure on the Shan Mansion was really not small, which mainly came from the joint attack of several major clans in the Zhao State, forcing the Shan family to transfer some of their property to the territory of the Qin State, after all, the origin of the Shan family was not very valued, and because they changed their surname to settle in the Zhao State, they were not the opponents of the several local clans of the Zhao State after all.
For example, the Liu family, which is a large clan that monopolizes the military and political power of the Zhao State, has hands and eyes to the sky, and I heard that the head of the Liu family is named Liu Yao, because his brother just died a few years ago, he took over his brother's position and became the head of the Liu family.
Previously, Ling Hao also specially handed him a copy of the investigation information about the largest clans of the Zhao Kingdom, in order to hope that he could help the Ling Mansion investigate more detailed and accurate information and feedback it to the Ling Mansion, and by the way, he could also make a long-term plan for himself, so he secretly handed him a copy of the production technology of women's underwear, so that his own family would have a source of income in the future, of course, the Shan family naturally knew about this matter, but the Shan family had recently been busy selling more spinach, tofu and other ingredients obtained from the Ling Mansion, so they had not reached out to him for the time being。
Wu Shiqi also understands that he is now hiding under the eaves of the Shan family, so he naturally has to do something for the Shan family, such as ...... Share the production techniques of women's underwear with a single family.
Liu Yao...... The contemporary head of the Liu clan of Zhao State, I heard that the relationship with the Shi family, the Jin family, and the Sima family is very close, and the wife of the main room is the daughter of the Taishan Goat clan, named Xianrong, and the two have two sons and a daughter......"
It is said that this Liu Yao lost his father at a young age, so he was raised by Liu Yao's father's brother Liu Yuan. At a young age, he was extremely intelligent and had an extraordinary bearing.
When he was eight years old, he went to the west mountain of Zhao with Liu Yuan to hunt, during which he took shelter under a tree because of the rain, and suddenly a thunderbolt caused the tree to shake, and the people next to him were frightened and fell, but Liu Yao looked calm, so he was appreciated by Liu Yuan.
Liu Yao also likes to read books very much, but he aims to dabble extensively rather than read texts intensively, especially likes to read military books, and can generally read them well. He is also good at writing and calligraphy. On the other hand, this Liu Yao is also strong and mighty, skilled in archery, and can shoot through the copper and iron plate more than an inch thick with an arrow, known as the magic shot. Liu Yao also often compares himself to Bai Bai, Wang Jian and Li Mu, but everyone does not agree with him, but his brother Liu Hur knows his talent.
I heard that when he was twenty years old, he traveled to the Luoyi area, but during this period he was almost killed because he offended the scholar of the palace, so he fled back to Zhao, Liu Yao also felt that his appearance was different from ordinary people, and he was afraid that he would not be accepted by the world, so he lived in seclusion in the mountains for several years...... It wasn't until Liu Yuan and his eldest son Liu Hur died one after another, that he finally came out of the mountain, and took the management of the Liu clan in his hands with a thunderous momentum......
"The Zhao Guoshi clan is brave and ruthless, both men and women are murderous, and it is rumored that its head Shi Le once killed thirteen attendants in a row because he was not satisfied with a dish...... His nephew Shi Hu is even more brutal and murderous, and he is one of the ten most elite [wolf cavalry] in the Zhao State Iron Cavalry, which has always been extremely fierce, and it is very fierce to attack the city and plunder the land, and if there is resistance when attacking the county, the city will be slaughtered after the siege......" Wu Shiqi saw a tingling scalp.
It is rumored that Shi Le, the head of the Shi family, is strong and courageous, strong and good at riding and shooting, and likes Confucian culture. After Zhao State gained a firm foothold, he took the lead in taking refuge under the command of Sima Ying, the young patriarch of the Sima clan, and conspired with his important strategist Zhang Bin to take it as a base and plot a rebellion, so that he was able to enter the military and political arena of Zhao and became one of the important military figures of Zhao State...... In one fell swoop, Zhao became one of the great enemies of Qin, and implemented a number of measures to promote the cultural, educational, and economic development of Zhao.
And this Shi Hu is the nephew of the head of the Shi family. Shi Hu was cruel by nature, and before the Shi family made a fortune, he not only killed his two wives one after another by cruel means, but even if he met a warrior as strong as him in the army, he would take the opportunity to kill his opponent on the pretext of hunting and fighting, so as to relieve his heart......
And the person who made Shi Le, the head of the Shi family, cast a mouse taboo, was Jin Zhun, the head of the Jin family, and Sima Zhong, the patriarch of the Sima clan.
Jin Zhun was originally born in Zhao Guolang's official position, and later served as the Central Protector Army because of his military merits. gave birth to several daughters, all of whom were stunning.
It is rumored that he sent his daughter to the king of Zhao as the queen, so he had to worship the post of Taiwei, Shi Le was discovered by Jin Zhun on the eve of the coup d'état, Jin Zhun and Sima Zhong, the patriarch of the Sima clan, smashed Shi Le's conspiracy, which triggered the Jin family and the Sima family to balance the Shi family, and the Liu family acted as a peacemaker, doing the melon-eating masses on the side, only to hold the political status of Zhao firmly in his hands.
And this Sima clan is an object that needs Wushiqi's attention this time.
As for the origin of the Sima clan, the mainstream believes that it originated from official positions, such as Cheng Boxiu's father, the minister in charge of military power in the Western Zhou Dynasty, who belonged to the clan with official titles. In ancient times, there were people who were in charge of Li, the official in charge of heaven and earth, and Tang Yao once raised Chongli. During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, after Chongli, Cheng Boxiu was his father, the official was Sima, he was in charge of the national army, assisted the government and assisted the country, and had great power. Later, Cheng Boxiu's father pacified Xu Fang and made great contributions, and King Xuan of Zhou allowed him to take his official position as his surname, and then became Sima's family. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Song Kingdom, the Chu Kingdom, and the Jin Kingdom, all countries had Sima, with Sima as their surname. Among the descendants of Cheng Boxiu's father, some of them are called Sima "with officials as their clans", and some of them are called Cheng as "with the country as their clans". Cheng Boxiu's father married the daughter of Anding Hu and gave birth to two sons: the eldest son Zhong Geng and the second son Zhong Xin. Zhong Geng later succeeded his father Da Sima, and his descendants took the official title as their surname, called Sima, the ancestor of Sima, and Zhong Xin inherited the Marquis of Anding, and his people moved to Taiyuan, where they were still called Cheng.
There is also a saying that it originated from the surnames Chen and Tian, and came from Sima Sui Tho in the Spring and Autumn Period.
And the most inconspicuous big family in this Zhao country is this Sima clan, the patriarch of this generation, Sima Zhong, is a mediocre guy himself, but this guy is good at investment, and he can always foresee who will gain power, who will be beneficial to his clan, and what is the benefit of marrying whom...... In short, this is an opportunist who is particularly good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and the investigation shows that his wife Yang Zhi is very talented, and it is likely that this woman is behind Sima Zhong's advice.
Okay, it turns out that Ling Hao sent himself here just to see this...... After reading the investigation materials, Wu Shiqi couldn't help but smile bitterly, this guy really gave himself a big problem.