When Wang Mang heard the voice, he turned his head to look at it, and saw thousands of strong men with flat poles and hoes to kill them.

"Hurry up, this Zhao family is bold, against the imperial court, and wants to rebel. We will quickly wipe them out for Lord Wang, maintain the peace of Wei City, and no longer allow them to run rampant and domineering. ”

This statement is reasonable, the Zhao family has always bullied the township and endangered the world. Many of us in Wei City have been persecuted by them, and now we are about to help Lord Wang completely kill this cancer. ”

After the strong men came to the field, there was no extra fancy, and they quickly ran to the fighting field, waving the hoe in their hands and joining the battle.

Wang Mang saw that these people really came to help, and they were not afraid of death one by one, and he was extremely relieved in his heart, and secretly said that he really didn't worry about them in vain.

"The people's will is the most, and the people are like the sky. With the help of heaven, there is no disadvantage. ”

"Being a soldier in wartime, and being a farmer in peacetime, this is the atmosphere that the people of my Han Dynasty should have." Wang Mang laughed.

With this group of people joining, more than 1,000 servants of the Zhao family were immediately at a disadvantage, and they were shocked by the horror of being killed.

"Quickly lay down your arms and surrender, and I will spare you from death. If you continue to fight and rebel with the Jia family, after the official is enlightened, you will be beheaded by the family. ”

Wang Mang stood outside the venue and shouted, threatening the Zhao family's private soldiers, not wanting to see too many casualties among the people and the officials.

When the private soldiers of the Zhao family heard Wang Mang's words, their subordinates couldn't help but hesitate a little.

Wang Mang is the general of the Marquis of Wu, concurrently serving as the secretary of the household department, and the king of Ning, with a high and powerful position. They are also wondering whether it is better to surrender, lest they really end up being beheaded by the raiders.

Jia Fengxin saw that his morale was shaken and the morale of the army was unstable, so he also shouted: "Don't be afraid, don't panic, don't mess up." Wang Mang is powerful and brings disaster to the country and the people, trying to cover the sky with one hand and suppress the Son of Heaven. As the people of the Han Dynasty, we should show courage and courage to fight him to the death and defend the Han Dynasty from such ministers disturbing the government.

And the rest of my Jia family is about to rush to help, as long as we hold on for a while, Wang Mang will definitely be repelled by us. At the same time, my Jia family will also give a message to the saint, and ask the saint to send down a holy decree to remove Wang Mang and cut off the officials.

As long as we do our best, Your Majesty will definitely have a reward afterwards. Now we are not fighting for the Zhao family, but for Your Majesty and the entire people of Kyushu.

As long as Wang Mang is eliminated, the world will be peaceful, the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and the earth will be smooth and rainy. Wang Mang's son is a demon who has not been born for a thousand years, and only if we desperately take him down, can we be free and happy. ”

"Qing Jun's side, behead the ministers, kill!"

Jia Fengxin raised his arms, and the morale of the Zhao family's slaves and his Jia family's private soldiers also immediately increased a lot, temporarily stabilizing the morale of the army. made them continue to confront Wang Mang's side, and refused to back down at all.

Wang Mang raided Zhao's house here, and thousands of people fought with weapons.

Such a major event naturally alarmed all directions, and the news was transmitted to the surrounding cities at a rapid pace.

In this Wei City, not only the Zhao family is a wealthy merchant family, but also other wealthy merchant families, all of which are supported by other big families in the imperial capital.

For example, in Wei City, the "Wu family", a wealthy merchant supported by the Wang family, cannot be underestimated, comparable to the Zhao family, and is also one of the best families in Wei City.

Weicheng is close to the imperial capital, and some powerful nobles are not good at moving troops here to seize territory, but it does not prevent them from carrying out cultural battles and supporting their own forces to seize the foundation of the economic lifeline.

Now, the Wu family heard the news and began to hold an emergency meeting to discuss things.

In the same vein, the remaining large families are also holding meetings to discuss how to act.

Some of them proposed to help Wang Mang, and some proposed to help the Zhao family, but their opinions were different. Each has its own arguments and reasoning, which is very contradictory and difficult to choose.

Now Wang Mang is growing in his wings and his power is strong. They were afraid that Wang Mang would be in a hurry, so he directly mobilized a large army to suppress the city.

After all, now Wang Mang is in a high position in the court and has a certain right to speak. If he asks the Son of Heaven for a holy decree to transfer troops, the Son of Heaven may agree to him under pressure.

In this way, he can justifiably march into Wei City.

For this, many wealthy merchant families are more worried.

After all, they are just supported by some wealthy and powerful families, and in terms of energy and foundation, they are 108,000 miles worse than Wang Mang, and they can't even compare to a single hair.

If Wang Mang really wants to target these rich businessmen, as long as the big families behind these rich businessmen don't interfere, then basically no rich businessman can survive a round and will be pinched to death.

Since ancient times, those who have power are more powerful than those who have wealth, let alone those who have power and wealth.

I'm not afraid that you're rich enough to rival the country, I'm afraid that you're going to dominate the world.

Now these wealthy businessmen are not only asking for the opinions of the big families behind them, they are also seeking a way out for themselves. is not very willing to be a pawn, for fear of angering Wang Mang and causing a catastrophe of raiding the family and exterminating the clan.

The wealthy businessmen were undecided, waiting for the news from the great family behind them.

Those aristocratic families in the imperial capital are not very calm at the moment, and they are all taking intensive measures to discuss how to solve the problem.

But one thing they are very clear about is that they will not be involved for the time being.

They have all understood that this is a battle between Wang Mang and the Feng family of the Jia family. If you rashly get involved, you will definitely not please you, and you may even offend the two forces.

There is only one thing they are worried about, that is, if Wang Mang suppresses the Zhao family and starts a start, will the rich businessmen he has supported also have to submit and pay taxes honestly?

Once you surrender, then your annual wealth will inevitably be reduced to a certain extent. The reduced part may go into Wang Mang's pocket, or it may go into the treasury.

All in all, these aristocratic families did not want this part of the money to flow out of their hands, and they were all discussing how to deal with it.

The big family has the worries of the big family, and the royal family also has the worries of the royal family.

Since Liu Ping, the eighth prince, heard about this incident, he came to the imperial study of Changle Palace in a hurry, met Liu Xin, and asked Liu Xin to rule on the matter.

Liu Xin, who was sitting in the imperial study to approve the copywriting, was very surprised when he saw the arrival of the eighth prince, and was about to ask why.

The eighth prince didn't have time to greet him, so he went straight to the point and told what Wang Mang had done in Weicheng.

"Your Majesty, how should this matter be handled?" The Eighth Prince frowned and said, "It stands to reason that Wang Mang's move will be of great benefit to us. After all, if he finds out the tax problem and restricts those rich businessmen, then our treasury will be full in a short time, which can strengthen our base. However, if we help Wang Mang, then we will inevitably offend the Jia family and the Feng family..."

When Liu Xin heard this, he was shocked, and scolded and said: "This Wang Mang is really troublesome, can't he stop for a few days?" ”

After complaining a few words, he also calmed down, and said with some hesitation: "Eighth uncle, Wang Mang wants to take the Zhao family to find out the taxes and grievances, this is a normal and trivial matter." But the Najia family insisted on getting involved and expanding the matter. We must not get involved in this, lest we offend both. ”

(End of chapter)