Chapter 148: Déjà vu
Listening to the noise of the clansmen outside, as well as the news that Zhou Tai had led troops to break into the clan's land, Xu Gong's nervous lips trembled, but as the head of the Xu family, he still forced himself to be calm.
At this moment, Xu You rushed back - after "interrogating Pan Zhang", Xu You resigned from his position as a cavalry lieutenant and concentrated on being his cousin's dog.
Xu You was ordered by Xu Gong to go to several other wealthy families in Fuchun County, as well as several neighboring counties in Wu County to ask for help......
This is already Xu Gong's last straw, as long as they are willing to cooperate to protect it, unless Bai Tu fights the Jiangdong chaos and the fish die and the net is broken, they will not be forced, at most...... The Xu clan will lose some more benefits and send out some substitute ghosts.
However, when he saw Xu You coming in, with a panicked look on his face, Xu Gong's heart was already cold.
"Family master, those bastards have turned their backs on the honor of the family, and they are afraid of power and are unwilling to interfere......" Xu You said with a sad face.
Xu You was also desperate, he knew it earlier...... He might as well continue to be a cavalry captain, why bother to offend Bai Tu and show loyalty to Xu Gong?
"What? Could it be that all of them ......" Xu Gong was about to faint.
Xu Gong's last hope was for other families to come forward to protect him, but now his last hope has also been dashed.
"Those scorn-eyed guys, is it because I raised the price of cattle when I sold them before?" Xu Gong said angrily.
There were already people present, rolling their eyes at him......
In fact, this is also inevitable, for the family, and other scholars who are working in the direction of the "family", the most important thing is "continuity" and "existence", followed by "strength" and all kinds of "virtues".
And the so-called continuation is also divided into two parts, one is to maintain the existence of one's own family, and the other is to maintain the existence of the group of "scholars"!
There is only one person who can turn from a rogue pavilion chief to the founding emperor from ancient times to the present, but ...... There are many examples of originally inconspicuous families and even wealthy families gradually becoming powerful because they have existed for a long time.
For example, today's top family, Yang Biao's Yang family, the ancestor of the year was just a small horseman under Liu Bang, who divided one of Xiang Yu's thighs and was named Hou, and then he was unknown for several generations, and finally with the descendants taking the lead in reporting after Huo Guang's death, he was once again prosperous, and indeed some talented clansmen appeared one after another, and gradually had today's prestige.
This is the path that the world's families seek most - as long as it exists long enough, nothing is impossible.
In this world, everyone is gradually realizing that how to deal with the relationship with the warlord is also particularly important.
The talents in the family, choose the master, this does not affect the continuation of the family, even if the person who takes refuge is defeated, it does not matter, the person with a normal brain will not pursue his family because someone is in a hostile force, or even more atmospheric, as long as it can be used for it, even he himself will not be investigated.
Otherwise, if you really have to kill all the way to the end, not only will your reputation be bad, but people from other families under your command will also protest because of this.
Bet on the master, the worst result is only to be suppressed for a period of time after failure.
As for the owner of the person with a normal brain? Basically don't survive to the end!
Like Xu Gong, he has to fight with Bai Tu, this is the standard death, and the previous attitude towards other Jiangdong clans has also exposed his gambling side, so that other clans now do not regard him as "the same kind".
"Don't worry...... As long as we can coerce the farmers in the village to resist and resist for a while, then he will definitely not be willing to bear the reputation of oppressing the people and causing riots...... "Xu Gong still wants to resist again."
However, at this moment, the young people of the clan outside had already rushed in!
"Presumptuous! Are there no rules? Xu Gong said angrily.
However, it was found that several clan elders, as well as several clansmen who were still in office, all stood up at this time......
"You ...... What do you mean? Xu Gong said even more angrily.
"Family master, I've worked hard for you in the past few years...... Hey, it's our fault, I saw that you really made the Xu family stronger, so we kept letting it go......"
"Now you can only go and ask Bai Gong for guilt in person, the head of the family!"
"The child is innocent, your nephew under the age of three, and your unmarried daughter, we will try our best to keep it......"
The clan elders are very reasonable: the fault is all of us, but the pot can only be carried by you alone!
Zhou Tai didn't encounter much resistance, and Xu Gong was already sent out.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Tai's face was a little strange: "Xu Taishou hasn't seen you for a long time, and it was this last time, right?" ”
That's right, when Chen Gong took Zhou Tai to Wu County to crusade against Yan Baihu before, it was also like this now - Zhou Tai was gearing up, but Yan Baihu's head had been sent out by Xu Gong.
However, Zhou Tai did not forget that Bai Tu taught him - the name is right, and the word is good.
"Huh? What are you doing tying up the former Taishou? I heard that some people have detained officials from the General's Palace......" Zhou Tai said.
After all, Bai Tu still voted for the canonization of a "chariot general", which is different from the "big Sinong", the "chariot general" is nominally able to dispatch soldiers and horses across the country, before Cao Cao himself, he was only a "chariot cavalry general", and he did not dare to appoint himself a chariot general.
Now Bai Tu can justifiably move the six departments to the mansion of the "Che Cavalry General", so that the six departments, which were originally only "state-level departments", have suddenly been upgraded to quasi-national-level departments......
"General Mingjian, it was Xu Gong, a descendant of the unscrupulous people, who was bold and reckless, not only committed a traitor, but also detained officials, we can't bear it anymore, and we have already captured him." Xu Xing said.
Xu Xing looks a little older, and his tone should be older than Xu Gong, and he is also the Tingpeng of Fuchun County, a subordinate official of the county order, and a small official responsible for coordinating rural affairs.
Compared with Xu Gong, who used to be a Taishou, Xu Xing is inconspicuous, but he is already one of the few officials in the Xu family at this time who has not been involved in the removal of his post.
"Well, then I'll take this person away first, and the officials of the General's Mansion will be released immediately, and then wait for the Criminal Department to be released!" Zhou Tai said.
Xu Gong was also stiff at this time, and let Zhou Taiti slip away, and he also had a long face and didn't open his mouth angrily.
At the same time, in the Che Cavalry General's Mansion in Jinling, Lu Kang also inquired about Bai Tu's thoughts on the Xu family.
It is true that the Jiangdong clan led by the Lu clan has now given up the Xu clan by default, but ...... Bai Tu's final punishment result will be seen by them.
Of course, Lu Kang now understands that Bai Tu is a person and will not indiscriminately hurt innocents.
"It will be dealt with by the Criminal Department in accordance with the law! The sin that can be 'redeemed' is redeemed with their newly acquired field, and it should be the sin that is sufficient and cannot be redeemed...... None of them can escape. Bai Tu looked impartial.
At this time, the criminal department should start to limit the scope of "redemption", and some vicious crimes cannot be "redeemed".
"Then the other clansmen ......" Lu Kang actually understood, but still asked more.
"Other people? Since it is 'other', it is just the surname Xu, and it has nothing to do with them, and it has nothing to do with it. Bai Tu said.
While Lu Kang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he always felt that these words were a bit harsh - they were all surnamed Xu...... It seems that the previous "killing one person is like killing my father" is really not only a momentary anger, but the criminal lawsuit of the Criminal Department to go to the countryside is not Wang Lang's whim, and the future is ...... Where is it headed?