The first emperor's southern tour was not only a huge shock to all parties in the Great Jin Dynasty, but even all the countries in the world looked sideways. Even Da Zhou, who was preparing to recruit relatives for the princess of Ruiguo, couldn't help but be taken aback, and increased his troops to the border by 200,000 as quickly as possible.

As for the southern Liang State and the Shu State, they carried out a national general mobilization, and at the moment when they got the first emperor's southern tour, they had already mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to go north. Among them, Liang increased its troops by 500,000 and Shu increased its troops by 300,000, and the two countries jointly claimed to have increased their troops to garrison the Yellow River.

For a time, the situation in the world was mysterious and mysterious, and countless people paid attention to Mo Chen's every move. Among them, the Southern Clans of the Great Jin Dynasty, led by Cao, Li, and Wang, paid the most attention to Mo Chen's actions. The Cao and Wang families supported the King of Chang, and the Li family supported the King of Huainan.

In the interval of Mo Chen's southern tour, the south has become a pot of porridge. No, or it means that on the surface, the world is calmer than ever, and even petty theft in various places does not dare to appear, which can be described as a good era for the road to be left behind, but secretly, the major families have already become a pot of porridge.

Compared with the turmoil and tension in other places, Changping can be described as turbulent. In just two or two days, I don't know how many small families met secretly, and how many people nervously contacted each other.

An ordinary house in Changping.

If you look at it from the outside, there are two entrances and two exits in the courtyard here, and there are no bright spots, it can only be regarded as an ordinary mansion. But if you go to the courtyard, you can find that it is full of secret guards of major families. Among them, there are not only the Cao and Wang families of the southern wealthy families, but also more than a dozen other well-known families.

In the living room, more than a dozen people sat around.

Among them, Cao Gong and Wang Shangwen sat at the top of the room, and the others sat on both sides of the living room. The youngest of them also looked gray on his temples, and the oldest had a wrinkled face like orange peel.

"Gong Cao, you have an idea. The First Emperor had already passed Xuchang and was about to arrive in Ruyang soon. Once we have passed Ruyang, we will not be far from Changping. A middle-aged scribe with an ordinary face was full of nervousness, and his words were full of impatience and helplessness.

"Yes, the First Emperor's fanfare southern tour, in case it is for us, then." An old man with a thin face and eyes that did not flicker with a pale face, whispered a little uneasily.

Everyone whispered, all with worried faces, but none of them could pay attention. Listening to the complaints and helplessness of the two, they all looked up at Cao Gong worriedly.

Cao Gong's expression was calm, and there was no trace of discoloration in the face of everyone's complaints. His eyes closed slightly, and he calmly took a sip of fragrant tea, and then said unhurriedly: "Don't be anxious, although the first emperor's southern tour was unexpected, but along the way, someone was exterminated, but someone was punished?" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but ponder.

The First Emperor has been touring the south for a while, but it is true that no one has been convicted, and he has not said which family has been quarreled and exterminated. It stands to reason that a few days have passed since the fall of the Wang family, and the First Emperor should have made a move. But for so many days, no one was questioned, no one was exterminated, and there was no follow-up to even the Wang family.

In this way, it is indeed a little abnormal, or very weird.

Could it be that the First Emperor didn't get clues from the Wang family, no, the Wang family is already a great breakthrough, even if the First Emperor can't pull out everyone, he must have found more clues and evidence. Or rather, what was the First Emperor afraid of. Yes, it must be so, the First Emperor must have noticed something, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Most of the people are flexible-minded, and they thought that Mo Chen's southern tour was panicked, so they didn't think of the key to it. Now after Cao Gong mentioned something, I couldn't help but think of the problem.

"Cao Gong is wise, I'm waiting for a gaffe." The middle-aged scribe who stood up before was full of embarrassment, and bowed down with a bit of respect.

"Gong Cao, you are the only one who can pay attention here. Just tell us, what are we going to do next? The old man with white hair stood up, his voice was hearty without the slightest hesitation, and he could not see the weakness of the old man at all.

"Yes, as long as Cao Gong orders it, we will not dare to slack off."

"Ahem, what you said is reasonable, and now that we are in crisis, we need to work together. Cao Gong is the most old and resourceful, but now he needs Cao Gong to take care of him. ”

Others responded one after another, and even Wang Shangwen did not object, and finally made a brief summary. Although the southern part of the Great Jin Dynasty is said to be the largest in the Cao and Wang families, Wang Shangwen still has a sense of proportion in this kind of crisis. He asked himself that he was far inferior to Cao Gong in terms of strategy and prestige, and although he was a little dissatisfied, he did not have a seizure here.

Of course, he focused on pointing out the elder Duke Cao in order to protect the little face of the Wang family.

Cao Gong muttered: "The First Emperor came with an upright army, disrupting our arrangement of wanting to strike first. Now there is not enough time to take the opportunity to provoke civil unrest, and then unite with other vassal states to balance the plan of the First Emperor. However, the First Emperor did not go on a killing spree, obviously because he had scruples.

What we have to do now is to take the initiative to stand up and show our strength to the First Emperor. Only by showing sufficient strength will we be qualified to negotiate with the First Emperor and strive for the greatest benefit for you. ”

When Cao Gong said this, his face was full of pride, and he smiled proudly: "And more than half of the family members today are our people, what do you say the First Emperor would do if he saw this scene?" ”

Cao Gong's voice paused, and he looked at everyone playfully, his words full of confidence.

"If the First Emperor saw this scene, he would certainly be very uncomfortable with us, and he would like to cut us all with a thousand knives. But he had to think about whether the imperial court would be directly paralyzed once he did it against us, and then it would happen again. He couldn't afford to lose, and he couldn't afford to gamble. Even if he wants to attack us in the future, it depends on whether there is still that opportunity! Wang Shangwen smiled knowingly, stroked his beard and laughed.

When others heard this, they also understood the meaning.

The First Emperor's cultivation is extremely strong, and there are very few people in the world who can compete with him, but he is only one person after all. No matter how strong he is, he can't hold the world and govern the world. Without the support of the family, he is nothing, and he can't do anything.

Of course, this move is no less than tearing up face with the First Emperor, and it will inevitably be liquidated by the First Emperor in the future. But at such a time, how can the clans be killed. They only need to delay for a moment or two, and naturally they can find opportunities to throw themselves into other vassal states.

Anyway, they are not royalty, so they are not worried about being liquidated by other princes at all. At most, it is just some capital scraped away, which is not a big deal for these big families at all. The most important thing is that the family has monopolized power for hundreds of years, and has already formed various intertwined in-law relationships, who does not have a few relatives from other vassal states?

For them, throwing themselves into other vassal states is not a burden at all!

"Cao Gong is smart, we know what to do?" Everyone was suddenly full of excitement, and they all stood up and arched their hands.

"Go, the First Emperor is coming to Changping soon, and prepare a grand welcome ceremony for His Majesty, which is also a piece of the heart of our southern family." Cao Gong commanded with a confident and calm look on his face.

Everyone looked at each other, then laughed meaningfully.

Although he was forced to tear his face with the First Emperor, it was very inconsistent with the original plan. But they had great self-confidence, and the First Emperor did not dare to touch them. Because nearly half of the world's families are closely connected with them, this is no longer as simple as the foundation of the Great Jin, but the backbone of the Great Jin.

As long as the First Emperor has not gone crazy, he will never dare to touch nearly half of the family in the world, otherwise there is no need for foreign enemies to invade, and the Great Jin will be completely finished.

With such hole cards in hand, they don't know why they are losing, and why they should be afraid!