Zhengyang County, originally belonged to Taiyuan County, later Li Yuan called the emperor, because of the outstanding contribution of the Wang family, so it was specially separated from Taiyuan County by Li Yuan, and the entire county was handed over to the Wang family to deal with, several years have passed, here has completely become the base camp of the Wang family, from the county order to the following catch, all the Wang people, can be described as a country in the country.

In the Zhenguan period, the glory of the Wang family even surpassed that of the Zheng family and the Cui family, and became the existence second only to the Li family in Taiyuan, and the protégés were everywhere.

It's just that at this time, in the Wang clan mansion in Zhengyang County, there is a gloomy cloud.

Patriarch Wang Gui's eyes were closed, one hand on the table kept knocking on the table, in front of him, standing in charge of the Wang family, there were his sons and daughters, as well as sons-in-law and nephews, full of no less than dozens of people.

The sound of tapping and tapping constantly hit everyone's heart, and it also made the atmosphere in the room gradually become a little calm.

After a long time, Wang Gui opened his eyes suddenly and said, "Let's talk about it, how should this matter be handled?" ”

The eldest son, Wang Chongji, pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "Father, we must prepare for the worst in this matter, although this matter is not done properly, but if we don't handle it well, it may lead to a catastrophe, I think, we can appease the Zheng family, first put the marriage on hold for a while, and at the same time put pressure on the court, a British duke, we can't retreat, otherwise, in the future, my Wang family will become the laughing stock of the scholars, and the prestige will not exist." ”

Wang Gui glanced at Wang Chongji, and then looked at his second son, Wang Jingzhi.

The corners of Wang Jing's mouth twitched, his temperament was relatively quiet, he had never liked this kind of thing, and he was only a teenager this year, which was the age of playing, and he had never really cared about the things in the family.

The most important thing is that in the autumn of the second year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin gave Princess Nanping to Wang Jingzhi on a whim, but the current Princess Nanping is just ten years old, so she needs to wait a few years.

Looking at Wang Jingzhi, who was silent, Wang Gui looked disappointed and said, "Okay, first send someone to the Zheng family to explain the matter clearly, and the old man will rush to Chang'an in person to see if there is still room for a turn in this matter." ”

"It's not that serious, is it? But a British princess, can we go to such great length? Directly press the prestige of our royal family, who would dare not obey? An old man spoke suddenly, with a hint of anger in his eyes.

This person's name is Wang Xu, he is Li Tao's father-in-law, and Wang Gui's cousin, although he is fifty-eight years old, he is still very healthy, murderous all day long, and he does not have the temperament that a scholar should have, but it is no wonder, after all, he was the pioneer of the former Sui general at the beginning, and he has killed many people.

This time, Li Kong slapped the British lady in the face, and there was no difference between directly slapping him in the face with a shoe stick, if it weren't for the fact that he was just a white body now, he might have led someone to Li Tao's mansion to ask for the guilt.

Wang Gui snorted coldly and said, "This matter was caused by your good daughter, do you really think that my Wang family can do anything?" Don't you know what the current Datang Bingfeng looks like? What's more, although Li Kong is only Li Tao's son, his merits are enough for Li Shimin to go to war with all enemies for him. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Gui sighed helplessly, and then continued: "The most important thing is that Li Shimin is no longer satisfied with the present, he wants to completely control the world, and we, the big families, are the biggest stumbling block for Li Shimin, it doesn't matter a few years ago, because Datang has no money and no food, and he needs us to stabilize the country for him, but in the past two years, because of Li Kong, Li Shimin has more money in his hands than ours, and his soldiers are even more incomparable. ”

"What? He, Li Shimin, still dared to destroy our big clans? Wang Xu's face was gloomy.

Wang Gui looked at this cousin, and a strong sense of powerlessness filled his heart, for whether Li Shimin would destroy their big clans, in fact, all the people of the Shi clan did not think so, in their opinion, without their big clans, Li Shimin's Li Tang Dynasty would collapse with a bang, after all, 60% of the current court are all of them.

But Wang Gui knows that Li Shimin absolutely dares, Li Shimin has never liked to play cards according to common sense, most of the courtiers he relies on now are people from a humble family who followed him from a reckless background, and Li Shimin has also been looking for talents among the people, although those people are still not famous, but if it is a critical time, Li Shimin will definitely reuse those people to impact the influence of the family.

Even, Wang Gui also heard that Li Shimin was going to establish schools with Li Kong in various state capitals to cultivate the children of the Han family, so even if Li Shimin would not destroy them this time, he would definitely not regress.

"Okay, this matter will be dealt with like this for the time being, Chongji, you are the young patriarch, go to the Zheng clan in person, to show the sincerity of my Wang clan, remember, you must not have a conflict with the Zheng family, if it really doesn't work, you will implement the procrastination trick, before I come back from Chang'an, you must not be rash!"

"Yes, son, remember!" Wang Chongji answered, turned around and walked out of the room.

At the same time, the Zheng clan mansion in Xingyang.

A young man bowed his head and kowtowed, his body trembling slightly, and cried to a man over fifty years old: "Uncle, please make the decision for your nephew!" ”

"What do you do? Who is the master? The man looked at the young man below noncommittally, this person was none other than Zheng Qian, who had made a relationship with Cuizhu, and sitting in the first place was Zheng Xuandu, the eldest son of Zheng Shanguo, the patriarch of the Zheng family.

Originally, when Zheng Shanguo was in Chang'an, the development of the Zheng family was still very good, especially when Zheng Shanguo served as the prince's right concubine, they ushered in the peak of development, but in the first year of Zhenguan, Zheng Shanguo was transferred out of Chang'an, and died last year.

On the one hand, they really want to get the marriage of the Wang family and further strengthen the relationship between the two parties, on the other hand, they can't afford to offend the Wang family now, and now Li Kong is making such a fuss, in fact, it is not a bad thing for Zheng Xuandu.

Zheng Qian looked at Zheng Xuandu, who was sitting in the first place, in surprise, and said, "Uncle, you ...... Uncle, the little nephew can't afford to lose this person, and our Zheng family can't afford to lose this person, doesn't the uncle want to think about how my Xingyang Zheng clan will gain a foothold among the scholars in the future if this matter is stopped? ”

"So what should you do? Let the old man fight with the emperor? Or is it fighting hard with that old bastard Wang Gui? ”