Chapter 4 Dongjun Zhai's Clan

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Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyun went to the dock.

Shan Xiongxin's men were still immersed in the excitement of witnessing a bloody battle, enthusiastically discussing the details of the fierce battle between the officials and bandits, and scrambling to guess the identity of the white prisoners and the secrets behind the fierce battle at the docks.

Everyone has curiosity, Shan and Xu are also full of curiosity about this unexpected fight, especially Xu Shiyun, he is young after all, not yet seventeen years old, it is the age full of fantasy and enthusiasm, but at this moment they are in a heavy mood and forced to be happy.

This fierce battle at the dock will definitely have an impact on the situation in Hakuba, and this impact will definitely greatly increase the difficulty and risk of rescuing Zhai Rang.

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyun also realized this problem just now, because it was not only a team of Eagle Yang Knights who came from White Horse City, but also the chief and deputy chief of Eagle Yang Mansion and an entire regiment of Eagle Yang Guards, in addition to the local military commander of Dongjun Lieutenant Baima, and the county lieutenant of Dongjun County Government also rushed over one after another, and finally even the county guard, the county Cheng and the supervising imperial history from the eastern capital came together. It can also be inferred that the extraordinary identity of the white prisoner can be inferred, and it is not difficult to guess that behind the fierce battle at the dock must be a complex power struggle in the eastern capital.

Shan Xiongxin led a group of subordinates to the city.

After discussing with the deacon who managed the dock for a while, Xu Shiyun hurried into the city with a few retinues. He first went to the old shop in the city to get some valuables, and then rushed to the single wine store, where he met with a group of brothers and friends who had secretly gathered here. Among them, there are Zhai Rang's brother Zhai Hong, nephew Zhai Mohou, Zhai Rang's friend Jia Xiong, Taoist priest, and friends on the road, Wang Yaohan, Wang Bodang brothers, Wang Dangren, Zhou Wenju, Li Gongyi and other heroes.

Among the people seated, Zhai Hong was the most noble, and he was the head of the Zhai family in Dongjun.

The Zhai family is a local noble family in Dongjun, the home of the eunuchs, and belongs to the third- and fourth-rate nobles of Middle Earth. The Zhai family was passed down from the two Han dynasties, and the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were prosperous in Runan and Nanyang. From the late period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the present dynasty, Henan Zhai was prosperous. Because it was the Guanlong people who finally unified Middle-earth, the Guanlong aristocracy naturally accounted for the largest proportion of the unification of power and wealth distribution, while the Shandong nobles and Jiangzuo nobles, who were the losers, could only be at the bottom. The result can be imagined, such as the Zhai family, Shandong's third- and fourth-rate families quickly declined.

Although Zhai Hong and Zhai Rang brothers have entered their careers, they have always lived under people, their origins are unknown, there is no day to get ahead, and there is no period of glory for their ancestors. Poor is thinking about change, the Zhai family, like most of the declining families in Shandong, since it is difficult to make a difference in the official career, so they have to make more efforts in wealth, after all, to maintain a noble family that has been passed down from generation to generation, power and wealth are indispensable.

The Zhai family is a nobleman and cannot surrender their status to do business, so the way they obtain wealth is to exchange power for wealth, and it is the Dongjun Lihu Xu family who helps the Zhai family obtain wealth.

Dongjun Lihu Xu is a Henan giant, it has an extremely close relationship with Dongjun Zhai, but Zhai is a nobleman, Xu is a businessman, the status is very different, the so-called intimate relationship is based on the common economic interests of both parties.

If you want to become a giant in Middle-earth, and form a monopoly power in a certain industry to obtain monopoly benefits, it is absolutely inseparable from the support of power, and the owner of power is the aristocracy. For example, the five great families of Shandong and the two major families of Guanlong and Hanyu are extremely powerful wealthy families, belonging to the top and even the top level of power, and the general giants cannot climb at all, so they can only cling to local prestige such as the Dongjun Zhai family, and then use the subordination relationship between these local prestige and the higher aristocracy to achieve the purpose of rent-seeking greater power, and then maximize the interests between all parties.

As the head of the family, Cui Hong has focused on family affairs over the years, mainly managing relationships and accumulating wealth, and has long been away from his official career. It's not that he doesn't want to work hard in his career, but that he hugged the wrong "thigh" back then and was attributed to the party of the former prince Yang Yong. Both the first emperor and Jinshang spared no effort to crack down on the princelings and imprison the princelings, it can be said that as long as Jinshang is still alive, there is no possibility for the princes like Cui Hong to re-enter the official career.

So Cui Hong pinned his hopes for the revitalization of the Zhai family on his younger brother Zhai Rang, but disaster fell from the sky, Zhai Rang was suddenly arrested, and it was a capital crime.

If something happens to Zhai Rang, it will inevitably affect the entire family, and Zhai Hong's lifelong efforts will be ruined, which makes him unacceptable, he wants to resist, fight against fate, rescue Zhai Rang, and save the entire family.

Under the current situation, Cui Hong has lost the possibility of asking for help from the "above", so he can only put down the shelf of the nobles, ask for help from the "below", and ask for help from the local tycoons and giant businessmen who have been sheltered by the Zhai family.

After Xu Shiyun came in, he first greeted Zhai Hong with the gift of his son and nephew, and asked about Zhai's current situation.

In fact, Shan Xiongxin had already sued him before, and after receiving the news of Zhai Rang's arrest, Zhai Hong knew that he could not escape the bad luck of exterminating the clan, so he decisively dismissed the servants and let his family scatter and hide in many secret places. But this is not a long-term solution, dozens or even hundreds of people in a family can hide from the first day of the first year and can't hide from fifteen, sooner or later they will all die, and they must think of a survival strategy.

However, no one has the heart to discuss the survival of the Zhai clan now. If Zhai Rang is not rescued, Zhai Rang's case is allowed to expand, and the government is allowed to arrest more people, then even if Zhai Rang dies and does not confess, others will confess, and finally everyone here today will be buried with Zhai Rang, and what is even more terrifying is that everyone's family will not be spared, and they will have to bury Zhai Rang, and more innocent people will be involved, and I am afraid that tens of thousands of people died because of this case.

Zhai Hong slightly perfunctory Xu Shixian, and then asked bluntly, "There is no other way than to rob the prison?" ”

Zhai Hong obviously still had a trace of illusion, thinking that the Xu family might still find a chance to reverse.

The Xu family is a giant in Henan, and of course there is not only the Dongjun Zhai family behind it. The Dongjun Zhai clan has been in decline for a long time, and it is just a local force, and it has no ability to help the Xu clan monopolize the shipping of the north and south of the river, so there must be a big backer behind the Xu clan, and it must be protected by a top wealthy family such as the five great families in Shandong, who are at the top of the power.

Zhai Hong judged based on this, wishful thinking that if the Xu family could ask the wealthy family behind him to help, he might be able to save Zhai Rang and the Zhai family. After all, Zhai Rang's status is not high, his power is not great, and the Dongjun Zhai family is only a low-end nobleman, so the person who takes Zhai Rang and Zhai's "knife" is also limited in status and power, and it must not be compared with the top wealthy families.

Of course, Xu Shiyun understood the meaning of Zhai Hong's words, and shook his head again and again without thinking.

"Only live and die with Ming Gong."

As soon as Xu Shiyun said this, the only glimmer of hope in Zhai Hong's heart was suddenly shattered. Xu Shiyun bluntly refused, I can give Zhai Rang a funeral, but Xu can't give Zhai Rang a funeral.

There was a long silence in the room. The reason why everyone is waiting for Xu Shiyun to come back is because the Xu family has both money and backers, if Xu Shiyun is willing to devote all his strength to save Zhai Rang, there may be room for salvation, but now it seems that everyone overestimates the Xu family.

After all, Xu is a lowly businessman, even if he relies on the "big tree", he is just a grass mustard ant mole parasitic on the "big tree", a tool to earn benefits for the "big tree", and has no influence on the "big tree" at all. The Xu family has fallen, and the family involved in the case of Zhai Rang has died, and a replacement will appear soon. For a "towering tree" like the five great families of Middle-earth, who "turns their hands into clouds and covers their hands into rain", it is easy to create a wealthy businessman.

Xu Shixian's determination is beyond reproach. Doing everything possible to protect the Xu family is equivalent to leaving a way back for everyone, as long as the Xu family does not fall, there is still hope for the light of day after all.

Finally, Zhai Hong's voice sounded again, tired and resolute, "After the prison robbery, do you all know the consequences?" ”

The people looked at each other, but they did not speak. The consequences of the prison robbery are clear to everyone, but as Xu Shiyun said, now the only way to live and die with Zhai Rang is a dead end anyway, it is better to take risks, maybe you can kill a way out of darkness and despair.

Now that we've decided to rob the prison, the next step is to discuss the specific plan for the escape. How to rob a prison? How do you get out of the city after the robbery? And how to escape the pursuit of officers and soldiers? After that, the government will definitely offer a reward for wanting, where are you hiding? All kinds of plans, the Xu family is indispensable everywhere, whether it is to save people, hide or live in the future, they all need to rely on the strong strength of the Xu family.

Zhai Hong, Shan Xiongxin and others have actually made the worst preparations and drafted specific methods for robbing the prison, but the Dongjun Zhai clan has been "wiped out" overnight, and Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang and others are both local heroes, real declining aristocrats or simply grass people, with very little strength and influence, and only limited to a large area of urban and rural "slap", so the strategy they proposed to rob the prison is just a piece of paper talk, if they want to implement it, they must rely on the help of Xu Shiyun and the Lihu Xu clan behind him.

At the critical moment, status, respect and humility are all empty, and only strength can determine a qiē. Don't look at Xu Shiyun is still less than seventeen years old, but he is the first heir of the Lihu Xu family, the next generation of the Xu family, and has begun to participate in the Xu family's decision-making, and also has the right to use most of the Xu family's "power" for his own use, so Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang and others respect him very much and have friends with his peers, and Zhai Hong, Zhai Rang and other nobles do not dare to despise him, treat each other politely, and hand him over.

As far as the prison robbery is concerned, no matter what plan Zhai Hong and Shan Xiongxin draft, they must ultimately win Xu Shixian's approval, and then Xu Shiyun will call Xu's "resources" to implement it, otherwise it will be empty talk.

After everyone discussed, the plan to rob the prison was immediately decided, everyone performed their own duties and responsibilities, and then they had to "disperse in a hurry" and go their own way. At this moment, Zhai Hong suddenly remembered something, "There was an accident in Jinkou today, there were robbers and prisoners, not only did the Yingyang Mansion dispatch people, but also alarmed the envoy and the captain, and even the supervising imperial history from the eastern capital went to the scene in person." Such a major event will inevitably affect the situation in Baima, and it will be even more detrimental to some kind of prison robbery and rescue. ”

Everyone looked at each other. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyun thought of the white prisoner in unison, and a trace of ominous thought passed through their hearts for no reason.