The little Xie family still wants to fight against the county, you must know that as soon as the Pan family makes a casual move, the Xie family will be wiped out, Ni Pingyu secretly slandered in his heart, although he said that he married a woman from the Xie family, but for this guy who wants to be an official, climbing high branches is the last word, and it is not easy to get a position in charge in the Privy Council now, if he offends the Pan family at this time, it will not be the old birthday star who hangs himself for a long time.

Although he was slandered in his heart, Ni Pingyu, who was very deep in the city government, did not show it at all, and he asked with a little worry: "Big brother, what do the other four families mean now, is it to reconcile with the new magistrate, or to start a war?" ”

Yes, whether it is reconciliation or going to war, this is indeed a matter of concern to everyone, since ancient times, the people do not fight with the officials, as long as the officials do not go too far, once the people will not fight with the officials, this is the so-called official coercion and rebellion. The five major families are entrenched in Kaifeng County, which can be said to be at the feet of the Son of Heaven, if they had been at war with the magistrates, they would have been cleaned up by the political affairs hall a long time ago. For more than 100 years, they have been at peace, and the most important thing is to live in harmony with the magistrates, and unless the magistrates are too outrageous, they will never go to war.

Xie Dongren and Xie Dongyi couldn't figure out why the eldest brother had to get along with the newly appointed magistrate, and he took office in a low-key manner, although he did not show goodwill with the five major families, but he did not contradict him, in this case, it is obviously unwise to start a war rashly.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the three people were the most famous, the first was the old immortal Lin Lingsu, who could be regarded as an immortal master by the official family, the second was the Taishi Cai Jing who was up and down, and then the third was Liu Zhenglong, who defeated the Western Xia and captured the Jin King Li Cha Ge and the Emperor Li Qianshun.

Liu Zhenglong's name has long spread in everyone's hearts, how could Xie Dongren and the others not know, and how dare they offend easily?

Today, when Ni Pingyu proposed whether to start a war or reconcile, Xie Dongren said with a little dissatisfaction: "Liu Zhenglong, the magistrate of Kaifeng County, is excessive, do we need to provoke him, besides, this guy is rich and rivals the country, it is difficult to make mistakes, if you can't grasp the handle, how can you bring him down?" ”

"Yes! A person like this has almost no shortcomings, and even the prime minister of the political hall has no way to take Liu Zhenglong, how can we easily offend? "It's Xie Dongyi who speaks, this extremely selfish guy has long been dissatisfied with his eldest brother, but he can't find a reason to vent, and since everyone has opposition today, of course he won't hide it, and he will hold it.

Seeing that everyone was in opposition, Xie Dongxiao knew that it would be difficult to convince everyone if he didn't say it thoroughly today, so he simply stopped hiding it and was ready to find out the matter. After being silent for a long time, Xie Dongxiao said: "The reason why I oppose Liu Zhenglong is not because my son offended him, and such a big official will not deal with dogs. The reason why I want to deal with him is because the existence of this person will threaten the interests of the five major families, and the future of the Xie family is likely to be cut off into the hands of this person, so I will spare no effort. ”

You can say it, but what is the value and meaning of saying it? Xue Dahua asked puzzledly: "It seems that the other major families are just keeping a certain distance from Liu Zhenglong, but they have no intention of going to war at all. People are rich and rival the country, young and promising, and they were named the prince of Qinling County early, and they are destined to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister in the future, how can they not get along with a small family like us? ”

The five major families are indeed behemoths in Kaifeng, but they are indeed small families in the capital, and Liu Zhenglong, who has the Pan family as a background, really can't look down on a small family like the Xie family, let alone deal with it. This is why Xue Dahua firmly believes that Liu Zhenglong will not deal with the Xie family, of course, there is a deeper reason for this, that is, he is doing business in partnership with the third son of the Liu family, in this case, he looks down on the Xie family a little bit in his heart, and prefers to hug the thick thighs of the Liu family.

There is also an unknown secret in this, that is, Xue Dahua and Xie Dongxiao's seventh aunt is too innocent, which is destined to have irreconcilable contradictions between the two.

In the face of everyone's questioning, Xie Dongxiao knew that it was obviously not possible to give everyone an explanation, although the matter was a bit confidential, but it could not be hidden until now, and after making up his mind, he said: "Yes, the four major families do not have the intention of going to war with Liu Zhenglong, but Li Mingshan, the county leader, promised to let our Xie family become the first family in Kaifeng County, and the thousands of hectares of fertile land in the south of the city will also be reciprocated." ”

"Big brother, you're joking, what kind of thing is Li Mingshan, what qualifications does he have to say those words, don't think that if you bring down Xu Hong, how great he is. The position of the magistrate is not his, why should he let the five major families break up. Xie Dongren was a little angry, in his opinion, Li Mingshan was a trick and couldn't get on the table, it was already a fluke to be able to use a trick to bring down Xu Hong, how could such a person believe it, and how could he meddle in the internal affairs of the five major families.

The relationship between the five major families in Kaifeng County is far more complicated than the relationship between the four major families of the meritorious family, the ancestors of the five families of Sun, Feng, Cai, Zheng and Xie came out of a village, joined the army together, rushed to kill on the battlefield together, and came back to settle together. After 160 years of marriage, their relationship has long been inseparable. Now that an outsider has come and used thousands of hectares of fertile land as bait, he can make Xie Dongxiao betray, how can this not make Xie Dongren angry?

However, behind Li Mingshan is Dazai Wang Huang, which involves the dispute between the crown prince and the king of Yun. Now the scales of victory are tipped in favor of King Yun, and if we fail to catch it, we are destined to be purged in the future. ”

Xie Dongxiao was helpless, and told the situation of forming an alliance with the Wang family and taking refuge with Wang Hao under the bridge of Li Mingshan, and finally he said: "It is easy to upload and difficult to get off the ship, as long as the prime minister can successfully recover the sixteen states of Youyun, then King Yun will basically replace the position of the crown prince." We are also destined to rise. Now Wang Xianggong, Li Xianggong, Shu Xianggong and many other important ministers are optimistic about King Yun. Even the Cao family and the Shi family are betting on King Yun, while the Pan family and the Gao family did not take refuge in the prince, which shows that the prince gradually lost his holy favor and was deposed sooner or later. ”

The outside world does not know what the internal meeting of the Xie family talked about, and the internal meeting of the four major families of Sun, Feng, Cai, and Zheng has not been made public, but one thing is certain, that is, Kaifeng County is surging, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more tense.

Pan Yun hasn't been back to her parents' house for a long time, but this time she won't go back, after she received the news, she didn't hesitate at all, and went back to her parents' house that night.

After Pan Xu listened to his daughter Pan Yun's words, he knew that he couldn't stop it, Liu Zhenglong was not a worry-free master, and it would take him to poke out such a big basket in Kaifeng County. However, he also knew that Liu Zhenglong was not the kind of person who was easily impulsive, and since he did this, he must have thought it through.

On the surface, it seems that it is just a small county Cheng, but in fact, the spearhead is aimed at Wang Huang, and what is even worse is that in the end, the war will burn to the head of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, what will be the attitude of the official family at that time? The suspicion of the official family is very heavy,

Pan Xu is a very calm person, he knows that Liu Zhenglong must be able to grasp the ironclad evidence by doing this, but even if the ironclad evidence is like a mountain, it is difficult to guarantee that he will get out. If you set yourself on fire, it will be more than worth the loss.

Pan Xu, who was unwilling and didn't dare to take risks, finally invited Pan Jing and Pan Li over, and this time Gao Chen also called over.

After listening to Pan Xu's story, Gao Chen said: "Things may not have come to that point yet, Liu Zhenglong doesn't need to be in such a hurry. Although the northern front went on the expedition, but the division was unfavorable, Xin Xingzong was defeated by Xiao Gan and Yelu Dashi, and Li Chuwen, the prime minister of Liao, had also been executed for treason, and now Tong Guan can still recover the sixteen states of Youyun, in this case, there is no need to risk overthrowing Wang Huang. You must know that this is not as simple as overthrowing Wang Huang, but thinking directly of King Yun. The question now is what the official family thinks, whether to let the crown prince and King Yun continue to fight, or move the mind of changing the crown prince, this is not easy to say, after all, there is no precedent for deposing the prince since the founding of the country, and the official family should have no reason to do so. If you act rashly without being able to grasp the thoughts of the officials, you are destined to be burned. It is best to send someone to Kaifeng County to find out the bottom, and then make a decision. Liang Shicheng has already begun to fall to King Yun, and many things will be monitored by the Imperial City Division, which is why Liu Zhenglong does not dare to come back, so it is better to send a reliable person to find out. Don't fall for Cai Jing's old fox's tricks. ”

Gao Chen felt that Liu Zhenglong was calculated by the old fox Cai Jing, and Cai Jing wanted to bring down Wang Huang, but he just used Liu Zhenglong as a gunman, and he did not agree to take risks in this case. In the end, he said: "I have no opinion on bringing down Wang Huang, I just think that Cai Jing should take the lead, after all, the infighting of the civilian group is the most beneficial for us." ”

"The problem now is not the infighting of the civil official group, but the Cao family, the Shi family and we are separated from morality, and now we are betting on King Yun, to put it bluntly, it is a bet on both sides If we bring down Wang Huang, the Cao family and the Shi family will make a stumbling block behind their backs, then it will be quite troublesome." Pan Jing also did not agree to take the risk, he said: "Actually, the Cao family has always been unwilling to give up the position of the leader, and it was only a stopgap measure at the beginning, but now that Ah Long has become a magistrate, they immediately jumped out. However, as long as Wang Huang can be removed and successfully attacked King Yun, then the Cao family will never be able to jump up again. I heard that the new emperor of Western Xia will ascend the throne next month, and the war on the northern front will change at any time, we can prepare in advance to bring down Wang Huang, as long as the time is ripe, we will start a war, of course, it is best to have Cai Jing take the lead. ”

"Since everyone agrees to deal with Wang Huang, then we will act separately, Gao Xianggong, you are responsible for keeping an eye on the battle situation on the northern front, you must not be deceived by Tong Guan's Di Bao, and you must get first-hand information. As long as Tong Guan makes a slight mistake, we can take the opportunity to let Ah Long command the troops. Only when Aaron commands the army can it truly be in our interests. Speaking of this, Pan Xu paused for a moment and said: "Second brother, about the Xixia side, Ah Long has all been arranged, you have to keep an eye on the intelligence in the west now, and keep an eye on the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, there is not much trouble over there, and it will be difficult for Ah Long to take charge of the army, so you must bother about this." Third child, you can go to Kaifeng County by yourself, after all, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better. ”

After the arrangements were made, Pan Xu said with a smile: "It seems that I should go to visit Liang Shicheng, although this old fox bets on King Yun, but in the link of taking down Wang Huang, he can remain neutral." After all, betting on both sides is the style of the old fox, and he will not be stupid enough to give up the prince directly. ”

Pan Xu knew that his son-in-law's ultimate goal was to reign over the world, so he couldn't make a mistake before. Only by creating the opportunity for Liu Zhenglong to lead the team to go on the expedition can we firmly grasp the initiative. Obviously, it is unrealistic to go out on the northern front, and there is no drama on the western front, so the only one who gives Liu Zhenglong a chance to represent must be Jiangnan, and the assessment of the Jiangnan rebellion is simply hand-to-hand, so after the army is in control, there is no need to look at the face of the official. This move is very risky, once it is wrong, then the Pan family will fall into the abyss of no return, and at that time, no one can be the savior.

Before Liang Fang left for Kaifeng County, he personally visited his uncle Liang Shicheng. This doesn't have to be before, Liu Zhenglong has already soared into the sky, almost no one can suppress it except the official family, and associating with such a person will have an immeasurable impact on the Liang family, in this case, the two parties must visit Liang Shicheng.

The treacherous and cunning Liang Shicheng has been paying attention to Liu Zhenglong's growth, and it can be said that he knows the development track of this young man well, and originally thought that he could control it in his own hands, but this guy is now soaring, and the relationship between the two can be said to be drifting apart.

Liang Shicheng is known as the hidden appearance, it can be said that this hidden old fox has a city government that ordinary people can't understand, and almost no one can see what he is thinking, let alone guess what he is going to do.

Every time he saw Liang Shicheng, Liang Fang was nervous, of course, this time was no exception, this guy lowered his head and carefully told Liu Zhenglong about seeing him secretly, without adding any personal opinions, because that was the biggest taboo in front of Liang Shicheng.

After listening to this, Liang Shicheng pondered for a moment and said: "Don't rush over, postpone for three or five days, as for what Liu Zhenglong says, you just need to listen, you don't need to give the other party any answer, and you will talk about it when you come back." ”

After Liang Fang left, Liang Shicheng fell into deep thought, Liu Zhenglong had only been in Kaifeng County for such a short time, and he hadn't even taken back the official residence, so he wanted Liang Fang to go over, what did he do here? Obviously not a trivial matter, but the small Kaifeng County is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, what big thing can happen?

Although Liang Shicheng is cunning and cunning, he still has the necessary judgment for unknown things, which has something to do with being a eunuch, after all, he can't really control the court like Cai Jing, and his protégés are all over the world.

The answer was soon revealed in Pan Xu's mouth, Liang Shicheng didn't expect Liu Zhenglong to have such a big courage, and he actually pointed the finger at Wang Hao, this is really eating the gall of a leopard, this is a big thing to break the sky.

"Master Pan, it's just that young people don't know how to mess around, if you toss like this, I'm afraid it's not right." Liang Shicheng's tone was very bad, he was very dissatisfied with Pan Xu's arrival, and felt that this guy was a little old and confused, and he made such a childish mistake.

"It's true that young people can be ignorant, but you're about to be in trouble, and I don't know who is ignorant. I am not here today to represent an individual, nor to represent the Pan family, but to represent the entire meritorious family, I don't know if the entire meritorious family can withstand it. ”

Although the four major families are not in harmony with each other, the outside world does not know the reason, and the heads of the four major families can speak on behalf of the four major families, which is the method of the meritorious family against the civil official group.

The meaning of Pan Xu's threat when he spoke was obvious, he was not afraid of offending Liang Shicheng at all, he was not afraid before, and now he is even more afraid.

"Are you threatening the old man?" Liang Shicheng was a little angry, Pan Xu could be said to be the only person who threatened him in the door for decades, how could he not be angry in this situation. The mud bodhisattva still has three points of temper, not to mention the hidden appearance of the power leaning towards the government and the opposition?

Pan Xu saw that Liang Shicheng was angry, and he was secretly proud in his heart, it seemed that he would go well today, he said unhurriedly: "I can't talk about threats, but I want to explain that when the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon is full, the truth should be understood." Once a son of heaven and a courtier, do you look at the precedent of the prince counterattacking the prince since the founding of my dynasty? King Yun's biggest asset is to win the Sacred Heart, but the problem of the Sixteen States of Youyun is destined to be a joke, do you think it will become the weight of King Yun's counterattack? You must know that Tong Guanqin led an army of 200,000, but in the face of less than 10,000 remnants of the Liao State, he was defeated, what if he faced the Jin army like a wolf and a tiger? Playing with words, the civilian clique is old and spicy, but militarily, it is still our meritorious family that has the right to speak. ”

Liang Shicheng really doesn't know anything about the army, let alone such a eunuch, even the ministers in the political hall are two-eyed, and there are very few people in the entire Great Song Dynasty who understand military affairs, otherwise there would be no shame of Jingkang.

Li Gang was a staunch main battle faction, but his ignorance of military affairs led to the fact that he made many fatal mistakes in the defense of Tokyo, otherwise Song Qinzong would not have fallen to begging for surrender in the enemy camp. There will be no Jing Kang's shame, this is not Li Gang's fault, it is the epitome of the military ignorance of civil and military officials in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty. The military department is so absurd that he used a gangster Guo Jing to play a big god to fight against the Jin State Iron Cavalry, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty could stop it, so he knew how blank the military was.

Liang Shicheng also knew about the defeat of the Northern Expedition, but the specific details were unknown, after all, the Privy Council would only inform the government of the defeat of the government, and the details of the defeat would only inform the official family, and no one would know.

"The defeat of the Northern Expedition, what does it have to do with King Yun, and what does it have to do with Wang Huang?" Liang Shicheng couldn't turn a corner at this time.

"The Northern Expedition was defeated, and it was difficult to complete the official family's wish to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, then Tong Guan was insulting to the emperor's life, not only would he fall out of favor, but he would be dismissed if he didn't do well. There will be two terrible directions in the government and opposition public opinion, the first direction of the northern expedition itself is a mistake, the civilian clique will take advantage of the situation to launch an attack, and the meritorious family will not bear the blame, this pot can only be carried by Tong Guan. The second direction is even more terrifying, that is, Tong Guan is a waste at all, unable to recover the sixteen states of Youyun, defeated and humiliated the country, and lost the people and money, so that the Great Song Dynasty lost the only opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Youyun. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will re-propose Liu Zhenglong to take command of the expedition, you must know that with the backing of the meritorious families headed by the four major families, Liu Zhenglong will definitely be able to win. Behind Tong Guan stood King Yun, and the prince had already chosen to bet on Liu Zhenglong. Let's ask, Tong Guan was defeated, after Liu Zhenglong recovered the sixteen states of Youyun, the prince and the king of Yun were more able to win the holy favor, once the prince successfully ascended the throne, can Wang Huang still be mixed, as for the consequences of you, the boss, do you still need to say it? ”

Pan Xu is definitely a first-class politician, and he has a set of tricks, as for whether Tong Guan can recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and whether he can counterattack, he doesn't know now, of course, Liang Shicheng doesn't know, so he grabbed the defeat and fooled him, which is absolutely invulnerable.

Yes! If Liu Zhenglong goes out to take the sixteen states of Youyun and is finally crowned the king of the county, what will be the consequences? Liang Shicheng didn't dare to think about it, others didn't know, he knew the attitude of the official family recently, after learning the news of the defeat, the official family had not painted for ten consecutive days, and there was no concubine in Linxing, scolding Tong Guan in the palace all day long, saying that this bastard was far inferior to Liu Zhenglong.

Liang Shicheng was silent, he was not stupid, of course he knew what Pan Xu was doing, but this old fox also knew that the other party was not alarmist, the prince and King Yun were destined to lose their strengths, no matter which one ascended the throne, the other party would be liquidated, this is the price to be paid for standing in line.

Now that Pan Xu is Jiang Taigong is sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, it depends on how Liang Shicheng chooses, he is not in a hurry, anyway, he has already dug a pit, Liang Shicheng jumps in or not, the result is the same, that is, the relationship between Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao has been completely cut off. Once the relationship between the two is severed, then it will be one step closer to bringing down Wang Huang.

"Then does Master Pan want Liu Zhenglong to go on the expedition, or does it?"

"What do you mean, sir?" Pan Xu kicked the ball back again, and he said unhurriedly: "Liu Zhenglong is my son-in-law, and my expectation for him is to pay homage to the marquis, and now he is already a county prince at a young age, and the next step is to pay homage to the prime minister, so it makes no difference to me." ”

The shameless old fox, Liang Shicheng suddenly understood what Pan Xu meant, and he said with a smile: "It seems that Master Pan still hopes that his son-in-law can enter the political hall, but now he is young and young, and he still needs more training in the local area. ”

"That's what old people mean, young people should spend more time with their wives at home, how can they stay on the battlefield all year round?" Pan Xu had a smile on his face, and he said with a smile: "Kaifeng County, it's better to have the final say alone." ”

"Yes! As long as Liu Zhenglong formally submits an application, Yushitai will investigate. By the way, my nephew and Liu Zhenglong are good friends, and they should go down in the next two days. ”