The eight prefectures in the south of the Ming River are, Suzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, Jianghuai Mansion, Beihu Mansion, Hanwu Mansion, Jiangning Mansion and Lin'an Mansion.

Among them, Beihu and Hanwu are in the west.

Luzhou Mansion and Jianghuai Mansion are in the middle.

Suzhou and Songjiang are to the east.

Jiangning and Lin'an are in the south.

At this time.

In a magnificent and huge garden in Lin'an Mansion, there is an elegant pavilion.

In the pavilion, eight middle-aged men in brocade clothes are drinking tea and enjoying the scenery, talking and laughing.

These eight middle-aged men are the heads of the eight major families in the Jiangshui Alliance.

The eight great families refer to the Lin'an Kong family, the Jiangning Li family, the Songjiang Lu family, the Suzhou Wang family, the Jianghuai Su family, the Luzhou Xie family, the Beihu Zhang family and the Han Wu Zhao family.

The Eight Great Families are the eight most noble families in the Eight Prefectures of the South of the Yangtze River, and they have far-reaching influence among the people, both in prestige and status.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhao, let's talk about it, what is the reason for the reinforcements of Beihu Mansion and Hanwu Mansion to Jinling?"

It was Kong Lingwen, the current head of the Lin'an Kong clan, who spoke.

The Kong family has been inherited for thousands of years, through several dynasties and has been unfading, with extremely profound heritage, its pawnshops, commercial houses, taverns, teahouses, etc., all the industries that can make money are involved, and the power is all over the eight provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the southern countries have their family figures.

In addition, the Kong family was the first family to initiate the formation of the Jiangshui Alliance, and now it is the head of the eight major families, which can command the entire Jiangshui Alliance, and its strength is extremely terrifying.

"Brother Kong, didn't the old man say the reason in the letter. ”

Zhang Xuanyu, the patriarch of the Zhang family in Beihu, said helplessly: "The troops sent by Beihu Mansion and Hanwu Mansion were not initiated by my Zhang family and Zhao family. ”

"Instead, General Huangfu, who guarded the Wolf Gate Pass in the west, directly crossed the government and personally issued an order. ”

"yes, we can't help it. ”

On the other side, Zhao Heng, the head of the Zhao family of the Han Wu Dynasty, smiled bitterly and echoed: "The commanders of the soldiers of Beihu Mansion and Han Wu Mansion were all protégés of General Huangfu back then. ”

"He personally gave the order, and also sent 80,000 iron horsemen to the two prefectures, plus the edict of King Qin of the imperial court, we can't stop it at all. ”

"Besides. ”

"We also managed to delay the dispatch of troops for almost three days, and we really did our best. ”

After listening to what the two of them said, Kong Lingwen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shook his head and sighed bitterly: "It seems that it is really immortal!"

"Brother Kong, why did he say this!"

On the side, Li Wen, the head of the Li family in Jiangning, chuckled and said, "Liu Chengshun has an army of 400,000, and he also has the Jinyang Sect as the backing, just relying on the reinforcements of Beihu Mansion and Hanwu Mansion is not enough at all. ”

"It's been the tenth day of siege on the Jinling City side, maybe it's already broken by now. ”

"Yes, I heard that the Jinyang Sect has already bought off the manpower in Jinling City, and if there is no accident, Kyoto should have been taken long ago. ”

"How can it be possible to block an army of 400,000 with that little strength in the capital, isn't it a dream to eat people. ”

"Calculating the time, we should also send someone to talk to Liu Chengshun about the conditions, Jiangnan Bafu is our world, if we want to listen to him, we must pay a sufficient price. ”

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The heads of the eight great families stood up one after another to echo, but Kong Lingwen's entire face had slowly darkened.

"Don't dream here, okay?"

Taking a deep breath, Kong Lingwen said coldly: "It seems that you haven't received the news yet, Liu Chengshun's 400,000 army was defeated as early as last night. ”

And the defeat was extremely miserable, the 400,000 army was wiped out, and only Liu Chengshun himself fled. ”

"How can this be ......!"

The faces of the seven family heads changed wildly when they heard this, and then their expressions were shocked, and they all couldn't believe it.

"How is this possible, that's an army of 400,000!"

"Someone must have sent reinforcements, otherwise with the 400,000 pigs in the capital, he wouldn't be able to catch them in ten days. ”

"Who is it, who else in the Ming Dynasty has the ability to send troops to King Qin, besides my Jiangnan Eight Mansions?"

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"It's the royal army of the South!"

Kong Lingwen snorted coldly and explained: "This morning, the old man's cronies in the capital, Feishu reported that Zhu Qichen, the eldest son of King Wu'an, personally led 200,000 iron cavalry to reinforce and broke Liu Chengshun's 400,000 army in one fell swoop. ”

"It's the South!"

The heads of the families nodded with heavy faces, but soon became puzzled again.

"The southern border is thousands of miles away from Jinling, how did they pass through it in just ten days?"

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"The old man also wants to know this. ”

Kong Lingwen's expression was solemn, and he was surprised: "Thousands of miles apart, if you want to go back to Jinling in the south, even if you hurry up, work day and night, and don't eat or drink, it will take half a month at the earliest." ”

But Zhu Qichen only took ten days, and there was only one possibility. ”

"That is, as early as ten days ago, the imperial court's edict to transfer troops was transmitted back to the south, so they returned to Jinling in such a short time. ”

"That's how it should be!"

"It seems that the imperial court has been prepared for a long time!"

"We are careless, we should set up a pass on the road to Jinling in the south to prevent them from reinforcing troops. ”

"What should we do next, the reinforcements from the south and west have arrived in Jinling, and Liu Chengshun and Jin Yangzong are trying to gather troops to besiege the city. ”

"Yes, I didn't expect Jin Yangzong and Liu Chengshun to be so wasteful, the 400,000 army couldn't take a small Jinling City for ten days. ”

"Could it be that Da Ming's luck has really not been broken!"

The heads of the seven great families were each worried, and their expressions were extremely embarrassed.

The reason why they gathered here today was originally to discuss that after Liu Chengshun broke through Jinling, as a condition for the exchange of the eight prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, they would ask Jinyangzong for the corresponding benefits.

But I didn't expect to face this situation in the end.

"Alright, don't pretend to sigh here one by one!"

Kong Lingwen's face was cold, and he said calmly: "All the original plans are implemented, Liu Chengshun is defeated, and the state capitals will first send a few to Jinling for the dead ghosts." ”

"Then our eight great families are contributing some money to appease the anger of the imperial court, and everything will be treated as if nothing happened. ”

"That's all there is to it!"

"I hope the court doesn't settle accounts after the autumn. ”

"Whose account is settled after the autumn?"

"The eight mansions in the south of the Yangtze River have the eight great families of my Jiangshui Alliance in charge, do the imperial court dare to touch us, they can't afford to pay that price. ”

"Besides, the little emperor of Jinling City who has just ascended the throne for a month, he knows what a fart. ”

"Hahaha......!"

"Brother Su, this is not right, is he at least still an emperor!"

"Hehe, ...... Emperor?"

"A hundred-year-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family, how can the emperor not be subject to us. ”

"Hahahaha!"

"What Brother Xie said is extremely ......!"

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After a short period of depression, the heads of the great families began to talk and laugh again, enjoying the beautiful scenery, just now it was just an episode, as if it had nothing to do with them.

This is the wealthy family, who has nothing to do with them, they only want interests, who can maximize their interests, and who they support.