Chu Feng told Zhang Jian everything he had just said to Wang Mang, and what he said was called a detail, and there may not be a faint meaning to explain to Zhang Jian.

Although Zhang Jian seems to be at home now, as a veteran of the Great Qin, he has served in the household department for many years, and his protégés are innumerable, and the hidden power is very great, once it breaks out, I am afraid that even Wang Mang will have to consider Zhang Jian's opinion, and the entire Chang'an knows that Chu Feng is not in a good mood now, and Chu Feng is not interested in taking the lead in offending him.

After Chu Feng finished speaking, Zhang Jian said directly: "Chen Hongliang is indeed Chen Li's nephew, but he is not a nephew, he is a distant nephew, in fact, most of the county orders and left second officials in Hexi and Hedong are somewhat related, this is their old tradition." ”

"According to the regulations on the appointment of Great Qin officials, isn't it appropriate to do this?" Wang Mang's gaze looked at Chu Feng with some inquiry.

"It's really not suitable, except for the east and west of the river, there is no second area like this in the entire Great Qin. Zhang Jian explained: "This is the founding of the Great Qin, the founding emperor and the Hedong and Hexi Chen Li Er clan made an agreement, Chen Li Er clan with the ancestor Emperor in the south and north war, made great contributions, after the founding of the country, the two families returned to the field and returned to their hometown, unwilling to be an official in the imperial court, in order to thank them for their merits, the ancestor emperor gave them a promise, what they asked for is that the successive officials in the land of Hedong and Hexi must have something to do with them, this is to prevent them from being disarmed and returned to the field, the officials of the place where they live bully them. ”

After a pause, Zhang Jian continued: " At that time, the world had just been calmed, the world was not so peaceful, many times the ancestral emperor still needed to rely on each family to do things, and could not treat the heroes badly, so he agreed to the Chen and Li families, so since the founding of the Great Qin, the officials of Hedong and Hexi can almost be related to these two families, and later, the people of the Chen and Li families and the people of the nearby counties or moved out of the branch or intermarriage, and then with the promise of the founding of the country and the ancestor emperor to ask the court to enjoy the treatment of Hedong and Hexi, sometimes the court is strong, and they promise them, not strong, do not agree to them。 “

Speaking of this, Zhang Jian looked at Chu Feng, and said without waiting for Chu Feng to speak: "As for Lord Chu who served as the Hedong Commander back then, in fact, it was Li Yu, who was supposed to be the Hedong Commander, fell and injured himself while riding, and the Li family couldn't find a suitable person to serve as the Hedong Commander for a while, and it happened that the imperial court was going to send a group of people to the county as an order, so he sent Lord Chu over. ”

Chu Feng's face turned pale and pale, he had been serving as the Hedong Commander for a long time, but he couldn't find anyone who should have been in charge, so he was put on top, Chu Feng was sure that what Zhang Jian said was the truth, but this kind of fact really made Chu Feng difficult to accept, Chu Feng would rather never know this fact.

Wang Mang pretended not to notice the small movements between Zhang Jian and Chu Feng, but said directly: "According to what you said, the entire Hedong and Hexi and the nearby eight counties are the sphere of influence of the Chen and Li families. ”

"Back to the prince, it's not eight counties, it's nine counties, Chen and Li's two families also have a branch in Li County, which is still a lineage, of course, according to the minister's knowledge, now seven of these nine counties have more or less connections with the Chen and Li families, as for whether the Chen and Li families have anything to do with the Hexi Ling Chen Li, the minister does not dare to speculate. Zhang Jian said.

Lixian?

Wang Mang frowned, picked up the map directly from the table, and took a look, only to find that Nali County was actually the place where he and Hua Jieyu exchanged White Horse Academy.

Is there a connection here, Wang Mang had some doubts in his heart, so he said: "Now that this king has received a summons, there is conclusive evidence in Hexi to prove that Hexi ordered Chen Hongliang to commit treason, can the Chen and Li families be beheaded on this basis?"

Zhang Jian's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the Chen and Li families are the founding nobles, and there is a gold medal for avoiding death given by the ancestral emperor in the family, there is no sufficient reason to move them, I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

"Death-free gold medal?" Wang Mang sneered and said, "The death-free gold medal can avoid death once, can it still avoid death again and again?"

Zhang Jian smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, the Chen and Li families are the founding fathers, this matter is not easy to handle, and it is not so simple, this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run." ”

"But after Your Majesty got the news, he was very angry, he wanted to kill someone, so His Majesty has asked Haifeng to send someone to the eight counties to investigate thoroughly, Haifeng will definitely be full of people, what do you say?" Wang Mang looked at Zhang Jian coldly.

"Haifeng went to investigate thoroughly?" Zhang Jian's face was shocked again, and he frowned: "Lord Wang, please summon Your Majesty, just say that the Chen and Li families have been entrenched in the east and west of the river for hundreds of years, and their power is strong, and the so-called four major families of Nanyang that Your Majesty has contacted before are compared with the Chen and Li families, just like Firefly and Haoyue, Your Majesty knows the power of the four major families in Nanyang, and naturally knows that the Chen and Li families are easily unable to move." ”

"Then you mean that even if they find out their treason, you have to turn this treason into a big thing, and a small matter will be turned into nothing? Then your position is a little unclear to this king, are you a courtier of Great Qin, or a domestic slave of the Chen and Li families?" Wang Mang said coldly.

Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged, and said: "Xiaguan is first of all the courtiers of Daqin, followed by His Majesty's house slaves, what the ministers say and do is all for the sake of Your Majesty, and now my Daqin is about to concentrate on fighting with South Korea, at this time, it is not good to have extraneous branches, Xiaguan is not protecting the Chen and Li families, it is really a huge power of the two families, Your Majesty is now around there, and the lower officials are worried that if the Chen and Li families are forced to be ruthless, they will be desperate, and Your Majesty will be in danger at that time." ”

"The Chen and Li families are just local heroes, they are so powerful?" Wang Mang said: "Your Majesty is now surrounded by a cloud of masters, and there are about 300,000 troops to escort you, what danger can there be?"

"Lord Wang, Xiaguan once heard a secret that an ancestor of the Li family two hundred years ago appeared thirty years ago, this ancestor of the Li family was already a strong man at the peak of innate at that time, and it is said that he has touched a higher level of realm, and now thirty years have passed, who knows what kind of cultivation this ancestor of the Li family has?" Zhang Jian said lightly: "What the lower official said is for the good of His Majesty, please advise Your Majesty not to act without authorization." ”

Innate peak, touch a higher-level master?

Wang Mang raised his eyebrows, if this matter is true, it really makes Wang Mang a little surprised, in the past, Wang Mang was only a master of Daqin, but now any local wealthy family actually has a strong person with at least the peak of innate strength, but it is obvious that it should be the emperor of the strongest family in Daqin, why is it so weak at the master level?

Immediately, Wang Mang looked at Zhang Jian again, he also wanted to find Zhang Jian to find out the bottom of this official's book, but he didn't expect this guy to have so many goods in his stomach, after thinking about it, Wang Mang said directly: "If Your Majesty doesn't need all the costs and is bent on eradicating traitors, do you still want to dissuade them?"

(End of chapter)