Gate valve - specifically refers to the famous family of officials for generations, these families have a long history, profound heritage, mutual marriage, formed a huge political group, and the use of the 'filial piety system', almost monopolized the right to promote officials, and relatives, eunuchs, and called the three pillars of the Han Dynasty!

After the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, in order to compete for the power of the imperial court, a fierce battle was held between He Jinwei's group of relatives and the eunuch group of the 'Ten Standing Servants'.

Relatives and eunuchs have been wiped out, and there are no competitors, the gate valve group has seized a lot of political interests, forming a monopoly situation, they either support the princes, divide one side, or personally go into battle, participate in the struggle for hegemony, the Han family has declined to such a point, the gate valves are really 'indispensable'!

The fourth generation and three dukes of the Yuan family, protégés and former officials are all over the world, with unrivaled political prestige, naturally, Yecheng has become a place where scholars gather, the Central Plains gate valve, seven points here, rich and powerful households, abound, and have a large number of privileges, they seize fertile land, do not pay taxes, form caravans, collect money, keep slaves and maids, kill at will, completely outside the law, and no one dares to restrain their behavior!

The people of Hebei understand a truth, they would rather offend the government, not the door valve, rather than the imperial grain, can not be less rent, the reason is also very simple, the government is like a wolf, the gate valve is like a tiger, the former will only tear off your flesh and skin, the latter eats people and does not spit out bones, compared with the two evils, or take the lesser of it!

However, there are always exceptions to everything, just when the gate lords were enjoying a good life, a message came: "Strategist Tian Feng offered advice, asking the gate lords of the clan to hand over the guards, donate money and food, form a large army, and fight with the Yellow Turban Army!" ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, Yecheng immediately boiled, the nature of the Shi clan gate valve is mercenary, let them loot the people is no problem, if you want to loot them, it will be difficult, besides, soldiers and horses, money and food are the foundation of life, and they are also the foundation of each family, who is willing to hand it over easily!

Then again, this is the decree of the general's palace, and there is the slogan of 'exterminate the yellow turbans, save the country and save the people', the name is justified and reasonable, it is impossible to resist hard, but the essence of politics is 'there is a policy, there are countermeasures below', you have an order to conscript troops and transfer food, I have a way to pull out a dime, it depends on whose means are higher!

The scholars are very depraved, and they also like to compare with each other, living in high-rise buildings, wearing silk and satin, using gold and silver utensils, and riding horses and carts, especially in eating and drinking, it is extravagant, delicacies and delicacies, delicacies and fruits...... There is everything, the money spent on a casual meal is enough for ordinary people for ten years, and the most amazing thing is that they still eat people!

In the year of famine, the poor people really had nothing to eat, so in order to survive, they had to look for corpses everywhere, gnaw carrion like wild dogs, or exchange children with each other, kill them and cook them into meat soup, which is called 'easy to eat!' ’

The victims eat people, the gate valves also eat people, they are tired of eating the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, in order to pursue excitement, they will buy some poor children, raise them for nothing, and then kill and eat meat, and there is a special name 'vegetable man!' ’

In order to show magnanimity, a gate valve held a 'hundred children's banquet', that is, slaughtered a hundred young children, and made their flesh and blood into delicacies to entertain guests.

However, the order to conscript and transfer food came out, and in just one night, there was a earth-shaking change, the scholars used to compare with each other to see whose life was more luxurious, but now it is the opposite, if someone praises your family for having money, it is even more uncomfortable than scolding your ancestors for eight generations, and 'pretending to be poor' has become a new way of life for everyone!

In order to pretend to be poor, the scholars don't take the car when they go out, the older ones ride a little donkey, the young ones simply walk, and the clothes are the same, full of patched clothes, with a pair of straw sandals, and a hemp rope tied around the waist, which is the standard dress of the scholars, breathable and low-key, it is simply the only magic weapon of 'pretending to be poor'!

Once an official came to the door to urge donations, the scholars took the whole family, each with a broken bowl and a wild vegetable dumpling, blocked at the gate, crying and shouting, in a word-"The poor family can't open the pot, don't let me pay, don't ask for it!" ”

In the face of the collective scoundrels, Tian Feng first came to the door to persuade them, knowing them with reason, and moving them with affection, hoping that they would donate money and food to tide over the difficulties together, but unfortunately, it was useless at all, these guys were all glass rats...... Not a single hair!

Persuasion is useless, so I have to use tough means, Tian Feng transferred 5,000 elite soldiers, coerced from house to house, and refused to donate money and property, and took them all away to eat in prison, to see if you want money or death!

It's a pity that Tian Feng underestimated the thickness of the scholars' skins and the degree of stinginess, and their reaction can be described in one sentence - beating a tiger with a bare ass, one is dead, and the other is shameless!

The knife is on the neck and you don't donate money and food, it's really urgent, you just take the whole family away, you can't eat anyway, and you go into the cell, at least someone is in charge of the food!

Persuasion is useless, coercion is not, in desperation, Tian Feng used the last resort, brought a few strong men, carried a hundred catties of iron hammers, and visited the door one by one, anyone who refused to contribute money and effort, without saying a word, directly smashed the gate and demolished the pillars, the gate valves were panicked all of a sudden, their own face can not be, the gate and the pillar can not be wanted!

Mendi, refers to the social status and cultural level of a family, the family of the powerful becomes the high family, and the poor family is called the cold family, the difference between the two is very large, and there is basically no intermarriage!

The valve reading, the high gate will erect two pillars in front of the door, the left record of merit, called the valve, the right record of the official position, called the reading, used to reflect the historical glory of a family!

Gate valve, is the door and valve reading the joint name, the former for the status, the latter for the glory, indispensable!

Now Tian Feng is leading people to tear down the gate and smash the pillars, just like digging their ancestral graves, without these two things, how will the scholars live in the future!

The scholars can not lose face, they can't do without the 'ancestral grave', in desperation, they have to endure the heartache - 'send people, donate money and food', and help form an army to go out, at the same time, they also hate Tian Feng to the core, as long as they seize the opportunity, they will definitely be cut by a thousand knives, and the bones will be scattered......

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In the Zhen family-hall, a clan meeting is underway, all adult men in the clan, regardless of their descendants, will attend the meeting, a total of dozens of people, and more than 100 senior stewards, standing on both sides of the hall to observe, the matter is very important, and they also have the right to speak and suggest!

Zhen Mi is the daughter of a grandson, the family status is extremely high, and she also changed into a man's clothes, and as the 'fifth son', she sat in a position second only to the head of the family and participated in the meeting!

As for Xiao Yi, a small hat in Tsing Yi, holding a sword, standing behind the beauty, called a guard, is actually the mastermind, a pair of eyes burst out of the cold light, constantly scanning the Zhen clan, they are all competitors of their own sons, as a qualified father, should you pull out these thorns?

Sitting opposite Zhen Mi is her eldest brother Zhen Yu, a handsome and kind character, in his thirties, wearing a feather crown, wearing a soap coat, holding a copy of the Tao Te Ching, watching it with relish, as for the things at the meeting, there is no meaning to ask at all!

"Forget fame, don't ask about the world, seek the Tao wholeheartedly, don't stain the red dust, what a free and easy strange man!"

After checking the half-ring, Xiao Yi made a judgment on this eldest son, the Zhen family has five sons, only he has survived to the present, not without reason, this is a person who is not in danger, and he will naturally live a hundred years old!

"Yuan's is the gate valve, Zhen's is the chaebol, the two rely on each other, help each other, now the Yellow Turban is in turmoil, Hebei is in turmoil, the people of Li have been devastated, the trade routes around the country have also been cut off, and the family business has suffered serious losses......

In public and private, the Zhen family should send troops and horses, donate money and food, help the general to pacify the thieves, and open up various trade routes by the way, and connect the world...... However, when a large army goes out, someone must be in command, and there is anyone in the family who is willing to take on this heavy responsibility? ”

The stakes are very high, the head of the family Zhen An also attended the meeting, different from the sloppy image in the past, today he changed his outfit, wearing a purple and gold crown, wearing a Fushou robe, holding a gold silk dragon head crutches, sitting upright, like a pine, quite a feeling of not being angry and self-assured!

The Zhen family was very active in this conscription and grain transfer, and the guards, family members, and tenants gathered a total of 10,000 people, and as for the money, food, and ordnance donated, they accounted for three-tenths of the whole army.

On the one hand, the Zhen family is the first chaebol in the world, even if it is useless to pretend to be poor, it is better to be generous, and it can be exchanged for the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, as well as the favor of the general!

On the other hand, if the chaebol wants to survive, it needs a stable environment, Hebei is in chaos, and the Zhen family caravan is also suffering heavy losses, for its own safety, it should also send troops to fight the thieves!

The question is, the Zhen family is a business family, and if you earn money, you are invincible in the world, but you don't know anything about leading troops to fight, and 10,000 elite men and horses are sent out, who is responsible for killing the enemy in battle, and who can bring them back safely?

Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, a general is hard to find, without a good commander of the army, sending troops to fight is equivalent to death, this is also the purpose of today's meeting, to select an excellent son, to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the army!

In the lobby, everyone's eyes flashed, thinking about the candidate for the commander of the army, this is a good opportunity to gain power, and it is also an extremely dangerous thing, in the face of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, if you are not careful, you will have no bones!

As the head of the family, Zhen An can't easily leave Yecheng, besides, he is old and can't stand the hard work of the campaign, so naturally he can't lead the army!

Next, it is the young family master Zhen Yu, but this eldest young master is bent on seeking the Tao, ignoring the world, and has no talent to command the army, so he let him fight in the Yellow Turban Army, and there is only one result - the whole army is wiped out, and the family's vitality is greatly damaged!

As for the rest of the Zhen children, they lowered their heads one by one and were silent, they ate, drank and had fun, carried cages and drove birds, and their small lives were very comfortable, why did they go to fight with the Yellow Turban Army, in case of a mistake, what should the wife and concubine at home do? What about countless family fortunes?

"The situation is critical, life and death are at a critical juncture, there are many children of the Zhen family, so there is no warrior who takes the initiative to ask for help and go into battle to kill the enemy?"

No one replied in the middle of the ring, Zhen An couldn't help but look lost, in order to open up business routes, the elite children of the family lost everything, and the rest were all useless wastes, let them inherit the family business, and the Zhen family would definitely lose......

"Mi'er is not talented, and he is willing to lead the children of the family to go on the expedition, pacify the Yellow Turban thieves, open up the Quartet trade routes, and return Hebei to a safe and sound!"

Zhen Mi stood up, took the initiative to invite Ying, and led the team to go on the expedition, Qingxiu's eyes were full of disdain, she couldn't look down on these family members, otherwise it would not be a woman's turn to go on an adventure on the grassland!

"In this case, you will be tired, the battlefield is dangerous, you must deal with it carefully, these people are the essence of the family, and you must not lose it!"

Zhen An nodded slightly, the family is prosperous and the yang is declining, and she can only let the only bold female baby command the army, as for Zhen Mi's ability, naturally don't worry, because there is the world's number one general standing behind her...... Ghost-faced Xiao Lang, with soldiers like gods, winning a hundred battles, never defeated!

"Hehe, the financial power and military power are all in your hands, and the family business of the world's first chaebol will never fall into the hands of others!"

Xiao Yi smiled faintly, his eyes swept over Zhen Mi's lower abdomen, full of smug expression--"Baby son, Daddy has brought you a great business, and you will have a good life in the future!" ”

(Qingming Festival, I went back to my hometown to go to my father's grave, and I delayed updating for a few days, I'm sorry everyone...... Baronton! ）

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