Guanlong area has always been the Tang Dynasty valve family concentration, since Wu Zetian severely cracked down on the valve family, the family in the Guanlong area began to gradually decline, but after the history of An and the subsequent Hui Chaohua to the rise of the family to provide the soil and environment, after several changes, the current valve family in the Longyou region is mainly represented by Wei, Xin, Ma, Li four families, referred to as the four families, of which Wei is Kaiyang County Wei, which was the first family of the first fifteen years of Longyou, with its strong army and influence, The other major families of Longyou are trampled under their feet.

Followed by the Jincheng County Xin family, that is, the Xin Yunjing family, the Xin family has always been the Helong family, it is also a representative of the local family, according to the Hexi Wuwei County and the foreign Wei family, until the Qingzhi fifteenth year of the Hui invasion and finally defeated to the Wei family, Xin Yunjing was deprived of military power, depressed in Jincheng County, until Zhang Huan's sudden rise, Xin Yunjing suddenly found the opportunity to eradicate the Wei family, he united Ma, Li Fei Yuanli, Bai Yuanguang and a group of veterans, under the pretext of the old department of Prince Yu took refuge in Zhang Huan, Xin Yunjing himself was invited by Zhang Huan to serve as the deputy head of the Hexi Military Academy, and several veterans were also hired as instructors.

The third of the four major families is the veteran horse, he was originally a Fengxiang person, born poor, but in the Anshi Rebellion won the trust of Emperor Suzong, repeatedly performed miraculous feats, was named the king of Anding County, in Anding County was rewarded a large number of anointed land, his brothers have many heirs, three of the five counties in Anding are all his clansmen, but Ma has always been low-key, his family does not own the army, known for being rich in Longyou.

The fourth-ranked family is actually a royal family, Hue King Li Qiao, he was originally the son of Xuanzong's fourth son, Di Wang Li Yan, who was enshrined in Hue County, he is a royal family, and after the family was in power, he kept a low profile like other royal families, fifteen years of accumulation. Li Qiao's wealth swelled dramatically, he owned more than 20 large and small estates in Hue County and Yan'an County, with more than 10,000 slaves alone, and although he did not have an army, he had 2,000 armed families.

The four indicators of army, land, slaves, and wealth have become the symbols of these four families standing out among the major families in Longyou. The land alone occupies sixty percent of Longyou, of which the Wei family occupies the most land, in Kaiyang County, Longxi County, Anding County, Xinping County and other places have nearly 100,000 hectares of rich land, in the Wei family controlled Longyou fifteen years, the entire Longyou Longyou area structure is a super strong situation, has been stable, but from the three years of Xuanren, the situation in Longyou has undergone major changes. The Wei family was cleared out of Longyou and Zhang Huan in Hexi entered strongly, which made countless people lose sleep, doubts, confusion, surprises, anxiety, expectations, and all kinds of contradictory and complex emotions permeated the sky above Longyou.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, near noon, a carriage quietly drove into the south gate of Jincheng County under the escort of nearly 100 knights and stopped in front of the gate of Xin Yunjing's mansion. Soon, a middle-aged man came down from the carriage, he was wearing a white brocade robe and a gold crown on his head, looking noble and arrogant, as soon as he got out of the carriage, Xin Yunjing greeted him out of the gate and took this special guest into the mansion.

This guest was Li Qiao, the king of Hue who made a special trip from Hue County, Li Qiao was one of the few direct royal families in the Tang Dynasty who lived outside Chang'an, and had lived in a long idle life. He put all his energy on the road of expanding his wealth, he only hoarded more than one million stone of grain in the estates, but the increase in wealth also brought him a huge sense of insecurity, his Hue and Yan'an area, there are many party members, in the past fifteen years, many of his estates have also been attacked by party people, causing a lot of losses, which makes him have to take out a large amount of food and money every year to contribute to the Longyou army, in order to get the protection of the military.

After the Wei family was cleared out of Longyou. Li Qiao, like all the Longyou families, is eagerly concerned about the changes in the situation in Longyou, and he is especially concerned about the land reform. However, the people's call for the implementation of the military household acre system has been rising wave after wave. made Li Qiao restless, and he finally couldn't bear it anymore. At this moment, he received an invitation from Xin Yunjing, so he took the opportunity to find Xin Yunjing to discuss countermeasures.

"I thought it would take a few days for the king of the county to arrive, so I didn't prepare anything, if there is anything inconsiderate, please take care of the king." Xin Yunjing smiled and invited Li Qiao to the guest hall.

Li Qiao didn't seem to hear his words, he looked very worried, and when he saw that there were still a few Xin family Qingke sitting in the guest hall, he whispered to Xin Yunjing: "Is there any other place to talk in Yunjing?" ”

Xin Yunjing understood, immediately pointed to the side, and instructed the two subordinates: "Go and clean up my study." ”

The two subordinates rushed away, and Li Qiao and Xin Yunjing chatted about some rumors about Longyou while walking, "I heard that the imperial court has issued an order to transfer the five counties of Longxi, Kaiyang, Anding, Xinping, and Yan'an to all the Wei clans, such as Sima and Changshi, and other counties of Wei's children to Hanzhong and Henan, has Yunjing heard about this?" ”

Xin Yunjing smiled and said: "Of course, the news of the county king is faster than ours, but some of my old letters from the DPRK and China say that this is indeed the case, and it will not wait until April, it is estimated that there will be movement after the Shangyuan Festival." ”

"The imperial court is really good at it!" Li Qiao sighed and said, "The Wei family has gone for a few thorns, and the towering tree has been uprooted for fifteen years. ”

"The court is here to protect them, otherwise they will shake out those things in the past, and everyone will not be able to live, how can it be the court that will do it?" Xin Yunjing glanced at him in some surprise and said, "The county king can't even connect the dots, so I can't see it!" ”

Li Qiao's face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "Of course I understand this matter, but I just feel a little cold in the world!" ”

"There's no way around it."

The two walked to the door of the study, and Xin Yunjing waved his hand, "The king of the county, please!" ”

"Please!"

The two walked into the outer room of the study, the room had been cleaned up and tidy, the charcoal basin baked the room very warm, Xin and Li took off their coats, sat down as guests, and the two maids served tea to them respectively, and then retreated, and then only the two of them were left in the room.

The worry in Li Qiao's heart was like a chicken chick breaking out of the shell at this time, he couldn't bear it, he didn't even take a sip of tea and said impatiently: "Yunjing, I've been dating you for more than ten years!" You must be honest with me this time, should the military household acre system in Hexi be implemented in Longyou? ”

Xin Yunjing didn't rush to answer him, in fact, he knew very well that Li Qiao was most worried about this matter these days. Not only him, but many big families in Longyou are concerned about this matter, and yesterday, Ma Ye specially came to ask himself about this matter, which is related to the core interests of everyone. To say that you don't care is to be a lie.

Xin Yunjing knew very well that Zhang Huan was determined to implement the military household land system, which was the most effective way for him to unite the army's heart and control the army, and the land was issued by him Zhang Huan. He kept the lowest soldiers firmly in his hands, without worrying about the court co-opting his men.

Of course, Zhang Huan had no land to distribute in the Longyou area, and although the government had some official land in his hands, the local officials might not cooperate with him in implementing the military household land acre system that was not recognized by the imperial court, so Zhang Huan's only means was to ask for land from large households, which was beyond doubt. But the land he considered by Xin Yunjing was by no means as simple as land, and the land he considered was the long-term interests of the entire Longyou group, which was why he invited Li Qiao to the land.

Xin Yunjing pondered for a long time, and finally nodded: "According to the reliable information I have received, next month, Longyou will start to implement the military household acre system, and I heard that the detailed rules have been decided. ”

Li Qiao seemed to have stepped on the air, his heart suddenly cooled half, his face turned dead gray, and Hexi implemented the military household acre system. He knows, he has copied the fields of dozens of large households, and Wuwei County is extinct, if Longyou implements it again, then he can't think about it anymore.

"It's not as bad as you think!" Xin Yunjing saw that his face changed greatly, just like a dead old man, and he really looked down on him in his heart, these clan nobles are usually pampered, but they can't stand it when they encounter a little storm. They don't think about the big picture, and only care about the gains and losses of their own property.

He held back the contempt in his heart, smiled and comforted Li Qiao: "If I guess correctly, the military household acre system will not endanger the interests of the county king. ”

Li Qiao's spirits were lifted, and he asked excitedly, "Why is this?" Can you please Yunjing give me a good talk! ”

Xin Yunjing took a sip of tea. Shaking his head and laughing, "It's no wonder. Many people don't understand what the military household acre system is, but they have heard that the big households in Hexi have all died out because of it. The so-called military household acre system is just a means for Zhang Huan to use to recruit soldiers, not to benefit everyone in Longyou, only the army is eligible to enjoy, you calculate, Longyou, Shuofang's 140,000 army limit, even if he Zhang Huan levies 60,000 private troops, at most only 200,000, according to one person and ten acres of land, 2 million acres of land, it is only 20,000 hectares, the entire Helong area is more than one million hectares of land, how much can this be used? The king of the county really doesn't have to worry. ”

Li Qiao thought about it carefully, it was indeed the case, he was frightened by Zhang Huan's cruel methods in Hexi, and he didn't think about it carefully, but even 20,000 hectares of land are also to be paid out by people, how can this be distributed? I am one of the best households in Longyou, wouldn't I be the first to bear the brunt? Thinking of this, the heart that had just been put down hung again.

Xin Yunjing seemed to know his thoughts, so he smiled coldly and said: "I think the county king is really confused, there is a family with no less than 100,000 hectares of rich land, when will it be our turn?" ”

Li Qiao slapped his head suddenly, he let out a long breath, he was really confused, just now he also said that the imperial court was going to transfer the Wei family officials away, Zhang Huan had seized his foundation, how could he let them go, he was really smart and confused for a while!

Li Qiao's heart finally relaxed, and he hurriedly got up and saluted Xin Yunjing, "Fortunately, Yunjing has seen the sun, Xiao Wang is grateful!" ”

Xin Yunjing waved his hand slightly, his expression was still serious, "King of the county, please sit down, I didn't come to you for this matter, I have something else." ”

Li Qiao saw that he was serious, and he was slightly surprised in his heart, so he sat down slowly, Xin Yunjing glanced at him, and said slowly: "The king of the county must also know that the current pattern of the court is that Cui and Pei dominate the world's major affairs, and the other five major families are dependent on the two of them. If we don't think about fighting for it, more than ten years later, we will sooner or later become fish on someone else's board, and the king of the county is a direct clan, so this experience should be more than mine

Xin Yunjing's words hit Li Qiao's heart. He bowed his head and was silent for a long time, and then sighed for a long time and said: "I, the Li family, created the Tang Dynasty, Taizong, Gaozong, and Xuanzong are so angry, who would have thought that now it would be so decadent, even if it is the Jin Dynasty when the family was very prosperous." It is also the king and the horse share the world, at least half of the clan is still in the country, as Yunjing said, in more than ten years, who in the world will remember the surname of Datang Sheji? ”

Xin Yunjing saw that he had provoked him, so he immediately stood up and closed the curtains, opened the door and looked outside, then sat down and said to Li Qiao in a low voice: "Now there is a chance." If it is caught, it is very likely that our Helong clan will turn over into the mainstream of the imperial court, and it depends on whether the king of the county dares to make this bet! ”

Li Qiao suddenly understood what he meant, and hesitated: "You mean Zhang Huan?" ”

Xin Yunjing nodded slowly, "Exactly!" ”

He took a deep breath and said: "He is the son of Prince Yu, but he is clear and righteous, and he ascended the throne as the emperor, and now his power has risen greatly." But there is no background behind him, if we Helong Group fully support him, first support him to enter the cabinet, let him become the spokesperson of our Helong Group, and then push him step by step to the throne, and wait until that day, take Cui and Pei instead, naturally it is us, when Suzong ascended the throne in Lingwu, isn't that it? ”

Li Qiao did not speak. For a long time, the frustration in the power field made him focus on accumulating money, but the glory of his father never disappeared in his heart, and deep down, he always longed for the day to re-enter the stage of power, which he never dreamed of, and never even mentioned it to his wife and children.

Today, Xin Yunjing's words seemed to open a window in front of him, and his center suddenly became brighter, as if he saw himself like his father, adding a prince to the prince, the crown prince, and the ambassador of the right meridian of Hexi Long.

Li Qiao raised his head and looked directly at Xin Yunjing. He solemnly and without the slightest hesitation expressed his opinion, "I firmly support it!" ”

At this moment, a snap suddenly came from the inner room of the study! Syllable! Li Qiao jumped up in shock, only to see a few people walking out of the inner room. He knew the latter people. It was Ma, Lifei Yuanli, and Bai Yuanguang, but he hadn't seen one person in front of them. I saw that this person was still young and had a dark face, but he was tall and had a terrifying momentum in his gestures.

Xin Yunjing smiled slightly, and then introduced to Li Qiao: "This is the Tianbao County Duke, the envoy of the Longyou Festival, and the champion general Zhang Dudu!" ”

Ma Ye said with a smile: "The king of the county should not blame Yunjing for concealing it, the matter is confidential, and he has to test it first." ”

Li Qiao looked at Zhang Huan in a daze, he couldn't say a word, but Zhang Huan stepped forward and saluted him and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I still have an uncle and nephew relationship with the county king, but I don't know if the county king is willing to help me." ”

Li Qiao smiled bitterly, and hurriedly returned the salute: "Since I have agreed, there is no reason to regret it, the governor can rest assured, I am by no means a person who keeps money, and I will do everything I can to be the governor!" ”

Zhang Huan was overjoyed, Li Qiao not only had the best grain storage in Longyou, but he was also a descendant of the clan, and with him as a bridge, he could gradually open up the situation in the Li clan.

Zhang Huan saw that the four major families of Longyou had obtained three of them, and he was really happy in his heart, so he beckoned to everyone and said, "Come!" Please sit down and talk slowly. ”

The night was already deep, Zhang Huan left Xinyunjing Mansion, he looked up at the night sky, took a long breath of fresh air, Longyou after the New Year, the air is no longer so cold and biting, a bright moon hangs high in the sky, intermittent white broken clouds conjure up a river, floating in the deep blue night sky, a soft wind with a hint of warmth, floating around him.

Today is a very important step for him to establish the Helong Group, which is not only as simple as getting the support of the Helong clan, but more importantly, he can thus empty the local government and through the Helong clan, so that the entire Longyou can really be controlled in his own hands.

Although this is far from Hu Yong's strategy of suppressing the powerful and winning over small and medium-sized landlords, or even contrary to it, Zhang Huan knows very well that replacing the family with a power group is the only way for him to go.

Zhang Huan looked up at a round of the moon that was about to be consummated, and a fierce killing intent gradually emerged in his eyes, and the next step should be the time for him to stab the Wei family.