Chapter 760: A Few Great Masters
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The city of Nan'an is very large, and if you say something arrogant, the area of the city is even larger than that of the capital.
The reason why the city is so big is that it is completely dependent on these wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is all because they build houses to continuously expand the area of the city.
In the east of Beicheng, it is where the Tan family's mansion is located.
To say that this Tan family is definitely the number one family in the entire Jiangnan platoon, since it started a hundred years ago to now, there are a total of eight Jinshi.
Don't underestimate these eight Jinshi, although these people are the largest and have achieved the level of squire, they are precisely the foundation of the Tan family's rise.
Today's Tan family, although there is only one imperial historian of the Inspectorate, but the network is all over the local and imperial courts.
And this Tan family can only rank second in Nan'an Mansion, and there is a Liang family above him who is even more powerful, and his family now has a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and there are a lot of old protΓ©gΓ©s.
If these families are provoked, as long as the officials in their families raise their arms in the court, they may set off stormy waves.
But now in the Ming Dynasty, how many storms can it withstand? This is a very debatable question.
Under the two Liangtan families, there are the Zhang Du families in turn, and each of them also has people who are officials in the imperial court.
The study in the back garden of the Tan family's mansion is a forbidden place for the entire Tan Mansion, and no one is allowed to enter it without permission except for the head of the family.
But at this time, there were four people sitting in this study, and they were sitting on the left and right, but the main seat in the living room was empty.
At present, it is a gathering of the heads of the four major families, and generally speaking, they are all equal friends, so naturally no one will be self-respecting.
At this time, Tan Zengqing, the head of the Tan family, held the teacup and said in a calm tone: "Kill people as soon as you enter the city, this seems to be a brainless master!" β
The situation in Jiangnan is by no means something that can be sorted out by raising a butcher's knife, that will only achieve the opposite effect.
In fact, the higher you go, the higher you go, the more often you can't break the situation.
It's not that the power is negative, it's precisely because the entire Ming Dynasty doesn't have enough strength to break this situation.
No matter how many problems existed in the imperial court, the forces had already been dispersed.
Du Zhaoyu, the head of the Du family on the side, also responded: "Domineering and exposed, I think he is looking for death!" β
I have to say that Du Zhaoyu's words are even more taboo, but everyone at the scene didn't feel strange when he said it.
Only the Zhang family advocated Lixin to persuade at this time: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears, don't hurt the big guy!" β
Tan Zengqing also nodded at this time, and then said: "This is also true, now that the situation is turbulent, it is always good to be careful, not only do we have to control our mouths, but we also have to let those close to us control it!" β
Knowing that this was meant for himself, Du Zhaoyu took a sip of the teacup before raising his eyebrows and said: "I understand all this, but now that we are united, even the Governor has to give a little thin noodles, and I don't think you have to worry too much!" β
Although Du Zhaoyu had a temper, none of the people present could deny his shrewdness, otherwise how could he support such a big family background.
You must know that maintaining the family in the forefront of the wealthy families in Jiangnan requires extremely clever skills.
At this moment, Liang Jirong, the head of the Liang family, who had not spoken, knocked on the coffee table, and when everyone's eyes converged, he spoke: "Everyone, have we passed the crisis?" β
His words carried the heaviest weight, so even Du Zhaoyu, who had the biggest temper, did not say anything to refute at this time.
What's more, what Liang Jirong said is the truth, and they are indeed in a crisis now.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Liang Jirong continued: "Although this Chen is young, his ability is not small at all! β
"You don't want to think about it, a person who was born in the bitter cold land of the far northwest, and it only took ten years to climb from an ordinary captain to the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, can he be simple-minded?"
"Or do you think that the people who rise from the brocade guards are more harmless than those in the officialdom?"
The last sentence is obviously the opposite, although those corrupt officials are insidious and cunning, they still have basic bottom lines and rules.
But what about Jinyiwei? In order to get the errand done, it's going to do everything.
"Since the emperor sent him, it must have recognized his ability, do you think...... Is his vision higher than that of the emperor? Liang Jirong's tone became more and more unkind.
Today, the emperor on the dragon chair, although he has not been able to govern the country thriving, but his ability to play with power is recognized by the world.
So many times he stood on the opposite side of the officials, and he suppressed the disobedience in his own way.
According to the urine nature of the officials of the previous dynasties, and according to the end of the current emperor's nonsense, the emperor would have been scolded to the point of blood.
But look at it now, even if the emperor doesn't even go to the court in order to cultivate the Tao and practice Xuan, the ministers only dare to target the two in the cabinet.
Seeing that everyone was serious, Liang Jirong also knew the truth of what to do, so he continued: "So everyone, before the matter has no result, we can't take it lightly!" β
At this time, Tan Zengqing also spoke: "Brother Liang is right, we won for a while, but we shouldn't get carried away!" β
After saying this, Tan Zengqing asked, "Brother Liang, since this Chen Xiaoting is so difficult, what countermeasures do you have?" β
Liang Jirong smiled, then shook his head and said, "Everyone, you have to understand one thing first, we haven't committed anything, so we don't need to be afraid!" β
Suddenly turning such a big turn, it can be said that the three people present did not expect it, but they understood what Liang Jirong meant.
I only heard Du Zhaoyu say: "But Brother Liang, as soon as this guy arrived in Nan'an, he killed the people in the mine, I'm afraid he came for us!" β
These four families occupy half of the Jiangnan Salt Iron Tea Mine, so Du Zhaoyu said so.
"It's nothing more than collecting money for the emperor, let's just use the old rules......"
Speaking of this, Liang Jirong picked up the teacup and said: "There is no one in this world who doesn't love money, as long as we give him enough benefits, a person like him who rises from the bottom is most likely to be knocked down with silver!" β
This is not Liang Jirong's nonsense, but the experience that has been explored over the years.
Those officials from poor backgrounds could not resist the bombardment of sugar-coated shells, and they were easily pulled into the circle of interests, and then there was no possibility of withdrawing.
But Tan Zengqing smiled at this time: "In addition to silver, can we also give him a woman...... This Chen is young, and no matter how heroic he is, he must be sad to pass the beauty pass! β
Hearing this, everyone in the room smiled, there were so many cards they could use.
"And when are we going to contact him?" Zhang Lixin asked.
Without waiting for Liang Jirong to speak, Tan Zengqing said: "Let's not worry, the late striker can be invincible, and the more you do, the easier it is to make mistakes!" β
After saying this, Tan Zengqing looked at Liang Jirong and said, "Brother Liang, you think that's what you mean, right?" β
Although the four major families help each other, there are also certain internal disputes, so Tan Zengqing will snatch the right to speak at this time.
In this regard, Zhang Du and the others have long been surprised, and Liang Jirong also nodded calmly: "That's right, that's the truth!" β
With that out of the way, that's pretty much the end of today's business.
As for the relatives who were killed at the entrance of the vegetable market, they are nothing at all, and I don't know how many people in the family are ready to fill the gap!