"Yes, but not for it." Fei Zhao said succinctly.

"Why?" Liu Zhang was not angry, and continued to cook without changing his face.

"The four imperial examinations, the benefits to the state capital are obvious, but they touch the interests of the family, no matter which family, including the Fei family, will resist, I Fei Zhao put an old bone and half of my body into the ground, what interests do I talk about, if it is beneficial to the Han Dynasty, I Fei Zhao agrees, but the children of the clan may not, I agree with them and they will not agree, so I can't support the adults."

"What if the officials could help you suppress those dissenting voices?" Liu Zhang said casually.

Fei Zhao was shocked, and blurted out, "How to suppress it?" Fei Zhao had heard about more than a dozen heads in Fucheng, and he had also heard that Liu Zhang had killed Li Yi and Pang Le's two generals despite dissuasion, and now that Liu Zhang said this, Fei Zhao easily thought that Liu Zhang was going to suppress it by force, how could he not be surprised.

"Make sure you don't hurt a single hair." Liu Zhang said lightly.

Fei Zhao really couldn't think of any way Liu Zhang could use to make those family children obedient, so he could only say: "If Lord Zhou Mu can really make those children of the family who are not obedient to discipline obey, Fei Zhao should fully support the adults in the four disciplines." ”

"Okay, you go down, and call Deng Heng in by the way."

After a while, Deng Heng walked in from outside the door, Liu Zhang asked him to sit casually, Deng Heng could only find a place to sit down nervously, since the patriarch of the Zhang family set a plan to oppose the four imperial examinations, the Deng family is one of the pioneers, but why did Liu Zhang just call himself here, or come with Fei Zhao, who has always been out of tune with the Jiangzhou family.

"What a good thing the Deng family has done." After Deng Heng sat down, Liu Zhang also finished eating, pushed the dishes in front of him inside, turned his head and said to Deng Heng: "Your Deng family has done a lot of great things, not only instructing the children of the family to resist the four official examinations, but also when Zhao Wei dominated Shunan, your Deng family is a strong supporter, controlling the Jiangzhou rice shop, and using Zhao Wei's power to arbitrarily raise the price of rice."

There are even more crimes committed by the children of the family, one of your nephews robbed the people's daughters, and more than once, he killed people by usury, and the grandson who served as a subordinate official made a lot of money in the name of taxation, and also helped embezzle taxes and falsify accounts, Patriarch Deng, right? ”

Deng Heng listened to Liu Zhang's words, and thousands of thoughts flashed in his mind, I don't know if Liu Zhang wants to destroy the chaotic party implicated in Zhao Wei, or if he wants to use himself to warn other people who boycott the four imperial examinations, but in either case, his life is not guaranteed.

However, compared to the entire race, Deng Heng still chose the latter rationally, his teeth warped, and his lips trembled: "Big, my lord, this, these grass people really don't know." ”

"Hahaha." Liu Zhang laughed a few times and praised: "Patriarch Deng answered well, the responsibility is clean, but the official doesn't like it very much, the official hates ambiguous people, and even hates those who follow the old horseman of the Zhang family and shout." ”

The last two sentences, Liu Zhang almost said it close to Deng Heng's ear, Deng Heng felt Liu Zhang's breath, as if it had all been replaced with killing intent, and his head "boomed", and he couldn't think anymore.

Liu Zhang looked at Deng Heng, who was covered in chaff, and waited for him to barely return to normal before he said: "Patriarch Deng, to be honest, this official doesn't want to see you tonight, but he still called you, you must be very curious about the reason, right?" You may wonder if the official wants to investigate Zhao Wei's rebellion, whether I want to take your Deng family and warn the Zhang family, I can only tell you that you think too much.

There is a general in your Deng family, Deng Xian, you probably haven't forgotten this nephew, right? He is a general who swore to follow his official at the head of Fucheng City, even in the most difficult time, he did not abandon his official, and he had the merit of deception, this official looked at his face, and did not want the Deng family to be destroyed like this, Deng Da Patriarch, you had better weigh it. ”

"Deng Xian?" Deng Heng has not fully integrated the information given by Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang said coldly: "Patriarch Deng, the official has little patience, and Deng Xian's face is not so big, the official only shows you a way out, according to the intelligence of the official, the Zhang family will besiege the county government tomorrow, your Deng family must clearly oppose it, and openly support the four imperial examinations of the official, hand over your nephew and grandson, and restrain the clansmen from now on, and act in a low-key manner, otherwise, except for Deng Xian, no one in your Deng family will be able to see the sun the day after tomorrow." ”

The sweat on Deng Heng's face rolled down one by one.

Liu Zhang bent down and whispered to Deng Heng: "Patriarch, you can think that this official is provoking the Jiangzhou clan, but you remember, you only have one chance to choose, no, there is, retreat, way." ”

Deng Heng's whole body trembled, sweat wet his entire back, and he struggled fiercely in his heart, whether to obey or disobey, to obey, to be obedient is to be the enemy of the entire Jiangzhou clan, if Liu Zhang is just lying and threatening, then the Deng family may be persecuted by all ethnic groups and fall into a desperate situation, and disobey? The entire family was destroyed, and Deng Heng couldn't afford such a price.

Reason told Deng Heng that no matter how brutal Liu Zhang was, it was impossible to destroy a family, let alone slaughter the Jiangzhou family, but deep down in his heart, Deng Heng always believed that what Liu Zhang said was true.

How do I choose? Deng Heng felt that he had never been so painful in his life as he was now, and complained in his heart why Liu Zhang called him to make such a choice.

After half a ring, Deng Heng gritted his teeth and said to Liu Zhang: "Grass, the grass people are willing to obey the will of the adults, but the children of the family are unruly, I am afraid it will be difficult to ......."

"That's your business." Liu Zhang said coldly: "This official only looks at the attitude of the Deng family's children tomorrow, and the rest is not under the control of the official." ”

"Yes, yes." Deng Heng trembled and responded a few times, withdrew from the room, and when the night breeze blew, he found that his whole body was already wet with sweat, and even his shoes were full of sweat.

In the house, Deng Xian came out of the side room, bowed to Liu Zhang, and said nervously: "Lord, what did the patriarch say?" ”

"If he doesn't obey his orders, will you resent me?" Liu Zhang said quietly.

Deng Xian took a step back, only thinking that Deng Heng had made a confused choice, thinking of the scene of the clansmen falling into a sea of blood, he couldn't help but tremble, and only said to Liu Zhang after half a sound: "Lord, can you pardon my family?" ”

"Yes." Liu Zhang replied very dryly.

Deng Xian breathed a sigh of relief slightly, but he still frowned.

At this time, Wang Lei walked in from outside, Liu Zhang waved his hand to let Deng Xian go out, and asked Wang Lei: "Are those subordinate officials willing to take over the position of chief official?" ”

The officials of the Jiangzhou clan were almost killed, and their positions must be replaced, Liu Zhang sent Wang Lei to persuade those subordinate officials, so that those subordinate officials could take over their position as chief officials, although Wang Lei strongly opposed Liu Zhang's efforts to deal with the clan, but at this time, Liu Zhang's determination had been made, and he could no longer persuade him, so he could only obey Liu Zhang's will, hoping to have a stable Jiangzhou as much as possible after the destruction of the clan.

But Wang Ti still shook his head helplessly, and said to Liu Zhang: "Although most of these subordinate officials are from poor families, they are afraid of the world, and even more afraid of causing the revenge of the world, so they dare not promise to take over the position of the chief official, and find some high-sounding reasons to prevaricate. ”

Liu Zhang let out a sigh of relief and said, "This is what I expected. ”

"Lord, since that's the case......" Wang Lei was about to speak, Liu Zhang interrupted him and said: "Don't persuade anymore at this time, these subordinate officials are unwilling to take over the official position of the chief official, and this official is not helpless." ”