At night, a house in Jiangdu City is brightly lit, this house is a private garden garden of Jiangdong Lu's family, covers an area of about ten acres, its overall layout is centered on the middle artificial lake, pavilions and pavilions are built near the water, and some pavilions are stretched into the lake, which is very characteristic of Jiangnan water town.

Outside the door, there are a number of gorgeous carriages, under the wall next to each carriage, there are groups of family members, guards, a little glance, there are at least more than 60 small groups, each group represents a family, each family members, guards form their own group, bored and idle together.

The Jiangdong Lu clan rose in the late Han Dynasty.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, the four major gates of Jiangdong played a key role in the rise and consolidation of the Eastern Wu regime, and later generations called it "Zhang Wen, Zhu Wu, Lu Zhong, Gu Hou", and its status was far above the proud Zhou, Zhuge , Yu, Lu, Lu, Cheng, Huang and other families.

Say that they are a scholar clan, the qualifications are really not enough, because the scholar clan is a big clan in the Central Plains, but say that they are not a scholar clan, they often make the most trouble, especially in the period of the Eastern Wu and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, they can barely be called a scholar clan. These Jiangnan scholars, to put it bluntly, are the head snakes, they lived happily in the Jiangnan of the Eastern Wu, the Western Jin Dynasty, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, they were finally crossed by a fierce dragon led by the Langya Wang clan and crushed by an overwhelming advantage.

In the past, the four surnames of Wu who were hairpins and hairpins and Zhong Ming Dingshi, after the rise of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty and the prosperity of the two Jin Dynasty, arrived in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but the people were thin, and gradually fell silent, and they no longer lost the splendor of their ancestors.

However, the Langya Wang family, which arose in the Qin and Han dynasties, moved to the south of the Yangtze River to avoid chaos during the Yongjia Rebellion in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty. The status of the Wang family is very important, the status and prestige are so high that other families can not replace it at all, and there is a good saying in the world at that time: "The king and the horse, the world!" ”

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, only the Xie family, who emerged in the Battle of Weishui, was on a par with him, and was collectively called "Wang Xie" by later generations.

It's a pity that 'in the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people'

Because Wang Xie was too involved in the government and was too strong, coupled with the fact that there was no successor, it declined at the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and many local scholars took the opportunity to make trouble, and the ruler was deeply afraid of Wang Xie's domineering, resulting in the decline of the two clans quite completely.

Now, the dominance of the Jiangnan Shi clan is the turn of the 'Wu Four Clans', originally the Wu Xing Shen clan can suppress the four clans, but because Shen Faxing is from the Shen clan, when he was annihilated by Li Mi, the Shen clan fell into bad luck, although Li Mi did not destroy his clan, but many outstanding Shen clan disciples were killed in the war, the Shen clan's status plummeted, and no longer had the strength to compete with any clan.

This also makes the 'Wu Si surname', who has been in honor and disgrace for hundreds of years, become a well-deserved leader of the Jiangnan Shi clan. At that time, Yang Guangli supported Huiji Yu Shiji and acquiesced in his efforts to fight against the power of the big family, not only to balance the power of the court, but also to restrain the increasingly prosperous 'Wu Four Families'.

However, after Yu Shiji, who had the name of 'traitor', was executed by Yu Wenhua, his family that had been in business for decades was jointly suppressed by Yu Wenhua and the 'Wu Four Families', and only Yu Shinan's father and son were left in the proud Yu family, and the Yu family's power can be said to have turned into historical dust.

The influence of the 'Wu Four Families' that devoured the forces of the Wu Xing Shen clan and the Huiji Yu clan is increasing day by day, and among these four families, whether it is the quantity and quality of talents, or the historical role or the length of time in power, the Lu family has always been second to none, plus the strong support of the other three, resulting in the Lu family becoming the leader of the Jiangnan Shi clan.

In the daytime hall, on a huge wooden frame, hung a map of Jiangnan, and more than 60 family heads from the Jiangnan Shi clan gathered together. This is a temporary meeting convened by Lu Yuan, the head of the Lu family, because after everyone swore allegiance to the Great Sui Dynasty, the Great Sui gave Lu Yuan a letter, and Emperor Shengwu decided to give the quota of the five county guards, and let them discuss the distribution by themselves.

With the last head of the family in place, everyone had already arrived, and Lu Yuan, who was on the main seat, waved his hand and said to everyone: "Please be quiet." ”

The hall suddenly quieted down gradually, Lu Yuan cleared his throat, and said in a loud voice: "I summoned everyone here tonight to discuss one thing with you. Emperor Shengwu decided to give us the quota of the five county guards of the Jiangnan Shi Clan......"

Before he could finish speaking, the hall immediately exploded, and the heads of the family shouted angrily: "Didn't you say it before, one by one?" How are there only five county guards? ”

Someone else shouted: "Let's sell our lives, but only take out five county guards, are we called Hanako?" ”

The person who spoke was Shen Rong, the head of the Shen family, and he knew that these five places would not be his turn, so he encouraged everyone to disagree. The small family who had the same thoughts as him also had this kind of thought, and immediately echoed it.

"Shen Gong is reasonable, we Jiangnan Shi clan should be in a group and fight for the power that belongs to our Jiangnan Shi clan."

As a family lord and a local tycoon, the characteristics of his family culture are that he embraces the thigh of a certain warlord, robs a small separatist regime, contributes to the war against reunification, and drags its feet when the regime it supports intends to work hard and make the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. Only in this way will their own status and interests not be suspicious and suppressed by the imperial power after reunification. So fundamentally speaking, for the sake of their family's selfishness, they don't want the world to be unified, as for the life and death of the people, they don't care at all, the continuous war can allow them to take the opportunity to occupy the fertile land, hide the displaced people, if the world is peaceful, where will the displaced people let them hide?

This is not?

If a force is not out, he plans to put pressure on the imperial court in a group.

"Duke Lu, you are the leader of the Jiangnan Shi clan, and you must not promise Emperor Sui in private."

"I, the Lu Clan, naturally advance and retreat with you." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"In this way, the old man will be relieved."

"I wonder what other conditions you have?" Lu Yuan asked again.

As soon as the words fell, I saw an old man standing up, this old man was holding an open cane, and the silver beard was flying on his chest, it was Xie Duo, the head of the Xie family, this person was very senior among the Jiangnan scholars, he liked to dance and write ink, write books and speak, and was very famous in Jiangnan Shilin. Seeing him get up, everyone shut up.

Xie Duo was very interested in this respect, touched his long beard and said: "With the support of our Jiangnan Shi clan, the world is about to be unified, but Emperor Shengwu is much younger, I don't know that the world is the world of the family, and I don't know that only the family will assist the Son of Heaven." How could those Han scholars seriously assist the Son of Heaven? ”

What Gong Xie said was very true, those Han Shi were mostly from poor families, and suddenly rose to a high position, and their greedy nature was immediately exposed. In the face of this sudden arrival of glory and wealth, he has long forgotten the study of the saints. Some time ago, the princes of the Great Sui should know something, and within a month, hundreds of corrupt officials and corrupt officials were arrested, and the faces of these Han scholars! It's really embarrassing for me. Lu Yuan said

"Hey, it's insulting, it's really insulting." Xie Duo sighed again and again, and some dissatisfaction between his eyebrows was not only aimed at the corrupt officials who lost themselves, but also at Yang Tong, who reused the Han scholars: "According to the old man's opinion, the distribution of books should be banned, and the books should be in the hands of the imperial court and the families with excellent moral character, let alone published. It is precisely because books and knowledge are too easy to come by, so these unvirtuous and poor people do not know how to cherish it, how can this be done? ”

In the past, if the Han Shi wanted to read, he had to borrow books from the family gate valve to copy, which depends on whether the family gate valve is willing to give one or two, and because of this, the family gate valve that controls the knowledge has always been high, but after the cheap books are popularized in the world, the advantage of the family is gone, and now, the family door valve can't ban it, unless the court comes forward, no one can change this general trend.

And Yang Tong twisted out hundreds of corrupt officials from the Hanmen at once, which gave the Shi clan the opportunity to bombard the Hanmen and bombard the policy of reusing the Hanshi, not only the Jiangnan Shi clan, but also the Guanlong nobles and the Dongguan Shi clan under Li Yuan's rule...... It's also taking the opportunity to make trouble. If there were scholars under the rule of the Great Sui, I am afraid that it would have become a pot of porridge long ago.

"Yes, but if you want to change this, you still need the nod of the Holy Martial Emperor! He disagreed, who would dare to move under the rule of the Great Sui? ”

"Emperor Shengwu can fight, but it's still too tender to govern the world." Xie Duo leaned on the old and said: "Since ancient times, the joint governance of the court and the family can last for a long time, otherwise, Wang Mang is the best example." ”

"Xie Gongjinyu's words are also one of the conditions of my Jiangnan Shi clan. What do you think? The corners of Lu Yuan's mouth also showed a hint of a smile, this Xie Duo not only wanted to grab the position of a county guard, but also twisted the Jiangnan Shi clan into a rope, taking the opportunity to challenge the imperial court, so as to ensure the interests of the family, this goal is common, so he did not object.

Xie Duo nodded with satisfaction and looked at everyone: "What do you think?" ”

"Support Gong Xie next!"

"The old man also supports the ban on books, and at the same time hopes that the imperial court will ban the imperial examination, if it is really to be implemented, then the admission quota must also be strictly divided, ninety percent of the scholars, and one percent of the Han scholars."

"One county guard in a family is the most basic condition, otherwise, my Gu family will never agree."

"The old man seconded it!"

"Seconded below!"

“……”

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, and the ugliness was revealed.

......At this moment, a crisp sound of applause came from outside the hall, and I saw a middle-aged scribe enter the hall, saying as he walked: "Wonderful, wonderful!" ”

As soon as the heads of the family turned around, they saw dozens of internal army guards hugging Fang Xuanzao and walking into the lobby, and everyone suddenly stood up and glared at Fang Xuanzao angrily.

"The head of the house, the army has surrounded the house." At this time, a housekeeper came loudly.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

They turned out to be surrounded by troops?

Lu Yuan was furious and asked sharply, "Fang Xuanzao! What do you mean by that? Is the Holy One trying to take the opportunity to kill us all? ”

"What do you mean?" Fang Xuanzao glanced at everyone with his hand, and said with a cold smile: "Unite the Sui army and betray the Wei State, what do you actually mean by asking me?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and their eyes showed a look of horror.

Fang Xuanzao smiled "hehe", and looked at these ugly Jiangnan Shi clan heads with great ridicule, "Didn't you say it was quite lively just now?" Please continue to ......"

There was a dead silence in the hall of the "......".

Fang Xuanzao, as the first person under Li Mi, was in charge of the affairs of Wei State, and after going south, he was not less embarrassed by these people, and at this time, looking at these goods, his heart was extremely happy: "What, now I know that I am afraid?" It's late......"

"What do you want to do?" Lu Yuan's face changed greatly.

"What?" Fang Xuanzao stepped back, suddenly changed his face and said, "Do it." ”

"Bang ......"

As Fang Xuanzao gave an order, he heard a crisp sound coming from the window of the living room, but it was the Wei soldiers who smashed open the window and threw clay pots into it, the clay pots were broken, and the strong smell of fire oil filled the hall.

The hall suddenly became a mess, snatched the door and fled, however, they were greeted by the butcher's knife of the Wei soldiers, the Wei army since the fight to the south of Jiangdu, is a multi-faceted angry bag, and now a knife to kill the head of these Jiangnan Shi clan, the heart is extremely happy.

In about a quarter of an hour, dozens of heads of the hall were hacked to death, and the soldiers began to set fire to them, and the Lu family's gardens were engulfed in smoke and eventually burned.

The houses, villas, and shops of various Jiangnan Shi clans in Jiangdu were all taken over by the Wei army, and all men, women, and children were hacked to death.

How ruthless the Wei soldiers were, it shows how angry and resentful they are against the Jiangnan clan. And the nightmare for the Jiangnan Shi clan has just begun, and their industries and children in various counties and counties of Wei State have also been brutally bloodbathed by the Wei army at this time.

The case of annihilating the Jiangnan Shi clan, although it was an order issued by Li Mi in anger, but under Fang Xuanzao's careful arrangement, the Jiangnan Shi clan suffered a devastating blow, and some families were killed to the point that there was not even a single person left, resulting in a change in the lazy atmosphere in Jiangnan, and the entire Wei State was full of the momentum of slaughter and tension, and was full of war, which played a great role in promoting the Wei army's active preparation for war.