In this world, there are naturally thousands of people with the surname Xu, even in a small county like Huating (although this small county will become a world-famous metropolis in a few hundred years, but in the Ming Dynasty a few hundred years ago, it was still just a very inconspicuous small county), and there are hundreds of people surnamed Xu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Fu Yougui said that the Xu family from Huating County sent someone to mention this matter to him, and everyone understood. Because in the eyes of everyone, the Huating Xu family can only refer to that family, just like mentioning the Jiangling Zhang family, people will only think of Zhang Juzheng.

The Huating Xu family, Xu Jie's family, is a family with deep-rooted forces and a huge power network that can envelop the entire Jiangnan family.

Xu Jie, a former first assistant who withdrew from the political arena a few years ago, is still talked about, a generation of famous ministers, and a generation of powerful ministers! He entered the career after entering the career at the age of 20, and did not return to his hometown until he was in his 60s, experienced too many twists and turns in his life, did many good things, and made mistakes, and even defeated a generation of traitorous ministers Yan Song, and promoted and trained today's first assistant Zhang Juzheng......

Although Xu Jie's current official is no longer an official in the court, the Xu family's local momentum is more prosperous than that of the Zhang family in Jiangling, and it is more intertwined than that of Li Liuzhong and other families in Shanxi after a thousand years of operation.

At this time, it is not like what is described in some martial arts novels, commenting on the world's largest family, a big family. If there really is such a ranking list, the Xu family should be the second largest family in the world. As for the first family, of course, it is the old Zhu family, the lord of the current day.

Only such a big family, such an existence with amazing power in Jiangnan, would make the dignified governor of Zhejiang, Fu Yougui, bow down to listen to the order, and even when Yang Zhen asked him about the reason, he kept silent, and refused to tell the truth until the end.

It was Yang Zhen, after hearing him tell the truth, although he had already estimated it in his heart, he still frowned deeply at this time, and secretly said that it was tricky.

Although he doesn't know much about today's Ming officialdom, Xu Jie's name is still very clear. Although this old man, who is over 70 years old this year, has already left the center of the imperial court for many years, his influence on officialdom, especially on Jiangnan officialdom, is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. I'm afraid that it is Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant, and in terms of influence, he may not be the opponent of this old man who is about to die.

And he, Yang Zhen, actually stood on the opposite side of such a big family - no, maybe it should be said that the Xu family suddenly stood on the opposite side of him and came to be his enemy.

"Damn, is Lao Tzu in conflict with these big families? In Shanxi, he went toe-for-tat with Li Liuzhong and other big families, and when he arrived in Zhejiang, he actually got into a relationship with the Xu family again......" Yang Zhen muttered in his heart, but his face still looked quite calm, except that his face was a little ugly.

Seeing that he changed color slightly, Fu Yougui took the opportunity to say: "Presumably Yang Zhenfu has also heard about the affairs of the Xu family, but if the subordinate officials are unwilling to handle things impartially, they are really powerless." Don't look at Xia Guan, who is now the governor of Zhejiang, it seems to be majestic, but in fact, in this Jiangnan ground, it is the Xu family who really speaks. Since they have spoken, no matter how bold the lower officials are, they will not dare to disobey them. I also hope that Yang Zhenfu can understand the difficulty of being an official like us! As he spoke, he arched his hand to Yang Zhen very solemnly.

Although his words were polite and humble, the meaning of his words was very clear - we are just acting on orders, and it is the Xu family who really can't get along with you and the Cao Gang. Therefore, if you want to take revenge, you should also find the Xu family.

After Yang Zhen understood the meaning of his words, the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "Master Fu is also frank enough, I can also understand your difficulties, but ......" Speaking of this, he glanced at everyone with a smile: "I don't want to see this kind of thing a second time." And don't forget, although the Xu family is powerful, the Cao Gang is not too weak. Maybe they are not as good as the Xu family in terms of success, but if it is a bad thing, there are so many brothers in the Cao Gang, I am afraid that it will not be so easy for you adults to deal with it. You say, don't you? ”

If Cao Bang said this, I was afraid that Fu Yougui and the officials present would have an attack on the spot. But these words came from Yang Zhen's mouth, but everyone didn't know how to deal with it, so they could only say yes. At the same time, he was also aware that he was indeed a little rough, completely ignoring the possible damage that the Cao Gang might bring. If that's the case, I'm afraid that I may not be able to sit firmly in this position.

After giving Yang Zhen a good response, Fu Yougui's gaze fell on the evidence again: "Then Yang Zhenfu, what you said before ......"

"What about this matter......" Yang Zhen smiled, gently picked up the piece of paper, tore it into pieces a few times and threw it on the table: "As long as several adults don't make the same mistakes again, they won't be blamed in the past." The same mistake in his mouth refers to their actions against the Cao gang and their embezzlement.

And after seeing him say this, Fu Yougui and the others were really relieved, and they kept throwing their hands towards Yang Zhen together, thanking him for his kindness of not continuing to pursue it.

Under this negotiation, Yang Zhen not only found out the truth of the matter, but also pulled these Zhejiang officials to his side again, which was considered a complete merit, so he got up and left. It's just that when he walked out of the governor's yamen, Hu Ge and the others were still unwilling: "My lord, we spared them like this, aren't we treating them too well?" ”

"Yes, second brother, these officials are really not things, if we hadn't prepared properly, maybe we would have hit a nail here today! When I think about it, I get angry! Cai Yingyang also expressed his views with a face full of anger.

"So what you mean is that I want to fight them to the end?" Yang Zhen glanced back at the two brothers: "But have you thought about it, in this way, what good will it do to me, to my father-in-law?" Do you think we can easily kill so many Zhejiang officials? With all this evidence in my possession? ”

"Isn't it possible? Then will they give in? ”

"Of course not. How many of these officials are big backers in the DPRK? If something happens to them, will their backers sit idly by? Also, a governor is not a petty official, and he can be brought down with only a little charge of corruption? You are also underestimating the rules of the game in this officialdom. Yang Zhen shook his head with a smile and said.

Seeing that they were still a little unconvinced, he continued to explain: "You must feel that in this case, there is no threat for me to throw out those evidence. This is another story, because they still have to mix in officialdom, and they still want to go further and have a good future, so the last thing they want to see is the appearance of such black materials. In fact, what I threaten is not their present, but their future. And for them, just revealing the truth to me, and not how to offend the Xu family, they can only comply. In addition, the reason why they will obey the Xu family this time is also out of this consideration, and it is not a sin for them not to move. ”

The two brothers listened to him finish speaking, but they still didn't understand a little. But since Yang Zhen said so, the two of them naturally would not refute, so they could only nod heavily. Then, Cai Yingyang thought of something again: "Since this matter is the Xu family making trouble behind their backs, then we must not spare them!" "After following Yang Zhen for so many years, Cai Yingyang's personality is much stronger than back then, and he is no longer as simple and easy to bully as he was at the beginning.

However, Hu Ge, after all, has some understanding of things in the officialdom, and he is deeply concerned about this, but he doesn't speak at the moment, just looks at Yang Zhen to see what he means.

Yang Zhen's eyes narrowed slowly, and a trace of essence flashed: "The Xu family, it is indeed an extremely tricky matter." I'll talk to my father-in-law about what to do first. ”

"Sure enough, it's the Xu family who is messing with the ghost behind your back?!" After listening to Yang Zhen's story, Luo Chengzhang's expression became extremely solemn, and at the same time, he didn't feel a little strange: "Our Cao Gang and his Xu family have always been well water and river water, why did they meddle in this matter?" ”

"This son-in-law is not clear for the time being, and he can only send someone to visit the Songjiang area to have an answer. But there is one thing that I seem to be able to guess. ”

"But what?"

"Their targets are not only your father-in-law and the Cao Gang, but even my son-in-law!" Yang Zhen gave his guess with a solemn expression.

"Is there such a thing? How did you get this result? Luo Chengzhang's heart tightened even more when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked.

"I don't have any evidence or clues to confirm this speculation, it's all my own feelings. I always feel that this matter is not simple, not only for the Cao Gang. ”

Luo Chengzhang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile: "You, you are young, this suspicion is quite serious." It's already a very surprising thing that the Xu family suddenly targeted our Cao Gang, and now you say that they are still coming for you, isn't it too unbelievable? He didn't say the rest of the words, he felt that Yang Zhen was a little too wishful thinking and took himself seriously. After all, the status and power of the Xu family are there, and there is no contradiction with Yang Zhen, why are they doing this?

Yang Zhen opened his mouth, but he couldn't come up with definite evidence for a while, so he had to smile bitterly: "I hope the son-in-law is too suspicious." But since they provoked us, we can't help but fight back. ”

"Well, let me think about it again." Luo Chengzhang did not agree to Yang Zhen's proposal, because he was also very jealous of the Xu family.