Gusu and Wu County were in turmoil, and the people of the Wang clan were panicking, and people were speculating what Li Qinzai would do next.

No one dares to doubt the methods of this Qincha, the search is all done, and what else he does not dare to do.

Now the most suspicious question for the heads of the Wang clan is that Li Qinzai has been ordered to go south and has already destroyed the Zhu clan of Wu County, so what kind of order did he follow, whether he only destroyed the Zhu family of Wu County, so as to beat the rest of the wang clan, or whether the Son of Heaven has the idea of cleaning the Wang clan in Jiangnan.

When he was in Chang'an, the clansmen of the Eight Great Clans joined forces to attack Li Qinzai's car, ignoring the laws of the imperial court, and openly raiding the honor guard of the county prince in the capital of the Son of Heaven.

The more the heads of the Wang clan thought about it, the more uneasy they became, but only the Lu clan of Wu County was calm and relaxed.

Lu's move was the fastest, and of course he got the biggest reward.

Li Qinzai killed the Quartet in Jiangnan, but only he would not move the Lu family, which was the dividend of confession.

The rest of the families are not so good, and they don't know how much they are tormented.

After the Zhu family was confiscated, several prominent families gathered many times, and speculated several times about Li Qinzai's intentions and bottom line, but to no avail.

After Li Qinzai destroyed the Zhu clan, 5,000 troops were stationed outside the city of Gusu, and he also temporarily lived in the camp outside the city.

The rest of the Wang clan heads are not far from Li Qinzai, the so-called Jiangnan Wang clan, the ancestral houses are basically in Gusu and Huiji, and the carriages and horses are just a short time away.

But Li Qinzai did not summon them, and it was inconvenient for the heads of the Wang clan to take the initiative to come to the door, one seemed to be weak-hearted, and the other fell into passivity.

As a result, after the Zhu clan of Wu County was wiped out, Gusu and Huiji, the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, which should have been turbulent and chaotic, fell into a strange state of calm.

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Jiangzhou City Thorn History.

Lu Yun returned to the city from the village, and as soon as he entered the Assassin's Mansion, his father Lu Songxi greeted him.

Lu Songxi is the current head of the Lu family in Wu County, he is fifty years old, but his body is very strong, he was also a good son of a prestigious family when he was young, and he was trained to be the successor of the family since he was a child.

At this time, the news of Li Qinzai's destruction of the Zhu clan had not yet reached Jiangzhou, but Lu Songxi appeared here.

After Lu Yun expressed his loyalty to the imperial court on behalf of the Lu clan of Wu County, it was time for Lu Songxi, as the head of the family, to come forward, and originally Lu Songxi planned to come to Jiangzhou to meet Li Qinzai.

One side represents the family, and the other side represents the imperial court, and formally chatted about the land south of the Yangtze River, the interests of the imperial court and the Lu family, and other specific matters.

However, when Lu Songxi arrived in Jiangzhou, Li Qinzai happened to lead his troops to drive Gusu, and the two missed it like this.

Lu Songxi then stayed in Jiangzhou, like the rest of the wang clan, guessing the purpose of Li Qinzai's trip to Gusu, the father and son discussed fruitlessly, but they were not anxious, anyway, the Lu family knelt faster, and Li Qinzai could not take the Lu family under the knife anyway.

Today, when Lu Yun came back from outside the city, Lu Songxi had doubts, so he greeted the courtyard of the Assassin's Mansion.

After Lu Yun respectfully saluted Lu Songxi, Lu Songxi asked, "How is my son's trip?" ”

Lu Yun frowned deeply, and said in a low voice: "The child went to a Zhuangzi outside the city, which is a Zhuangzi under the name of our Lu family, and there are more than 40 Zhuang households in the Zhuangzi, but most of them are old and weak women and children, and it is rare to be young and strong." ”

Lu Songxi snorted and said, "The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are hereditary, and it is not uncommon for many young people in Zhuangzi to be conscripted into the soldiers. ”

Lu Yun shook his head and said: "The child asked the old man in Zhuangzi, the young and strong people who were conscripted into the government soldiers, about forty, but more than half of the young people did not join the government soldiers, but left their hometowns and went to other places to make a living. ”

Lu Songxi frowned: "Why is that?" ”

Lu Yun sighed and said, "Staying in Zhuangzi, Qingzhuang can only starve to death, because ...... The land in the Zhuangzi is basically our Lu family, and the villagers have become tenants of our family, and after the tenants farm and pay rent every year, there is very little left, and they can't support the whole family at all, except for going out to make a living, there is no other way to live. ”

Lu Songxi's expression remains unchanged, a person who can be the head of the family will not be too kind in terms of temperament, he doesn't care very much about the life and death of the poor class, he only has family interests in his eyes.

Seeing that Lu Songxi was silent, Lu Yun hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Father......"

Lu Songxi waved his hand: "The old man knows what you want to say, that's right, the land in the Zhuangzi belongs to our Lu family, but the Lu family bought these lands back then, they didn't rob or steal them, they were all honest and honest transactions, and buying and selling are buying and selling, and there is no need to mix any sympathetic thoughts." ”

Lu Yun was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "The child just wants to tell his father that Li Jungong suggested that the child go to the villages outside the city to take a walk and observe the people's suffering. ”

Lu Songxi's expression tightened.

He can not care about the life or death of poor peasant households, but he can't not care about what Li Qinzai says.

One class crushes another, this is the rule of the game that the big fish eats the small fish.

"Yun'er, what do you think of Li Jungong's deep meaning?" Lu Songxi asked.

Lu Yun pondered for a long time, and said hesitantly: "The child is not sure, but the child guesses that Li Jungong's trip to Jiangnan should not be just as simple as disposing of and promoting the planting of sweet potatoes, this matter is not a big deal, there is no need for the Son of Heaven to send an important minister of such weight as Li Jungong to go to Jiangnan in person." ”

"So, Li Jungong came to Jiangnan for another purpose? Knocking on the Jiangnan Wang clan may be one of the goals. ”

"Li Jungong led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the east, and the child guessed that one or two of the eight major clans in the south of the Yangtze River would inevitably be unlucky, and to put it seriously, there might be a disaster of annihilation."

Lu Yun stared at Lu Songxi's eyes and said slowly: "However, the child thinks that Li Jungong's trip to Jiangnan, in addition to promoting sweet potato planting and knocking on the wang clan, should have other purposes, or rather, this purpose is the main reason why he came to Jiangnan." ”

"What else does Li Jungong have for purpose?"

Lu Yun lowered his voice, and said word by word very slowly, but the words were very clear: "Land!" ”

Lu Songxi was startled, and his beard movement froze, and his face gradually became unsightly.

"He wants to rectify the land and property under the name of the Jiangnan Wang clan?" Lu Songxi's tone became cold.

Lu Yun nodded: "Although I am not sure, the child should not be wrong when he looks at the words and deeds of Li Jungong after he went to Jiangnan." ”

"The child heard a report from the people in the Assassin's Mansion that when Li Jungong first came to Jiangzhou, he didn't see any of the local officials and landlords of the Wang clan, but led his entourage to a village outside Jiangzhou, and only came back after staying in the village for a day."

Lu Songxi sneered: "How is he doing?" Do you want to confiscate the land in the name of the noble clan and distribute it equally to the farmers who have lost their land? Naive! ”

Lu Yun said unhurriedly: "Xue Rengui's 20,000 troops are stationed in Yuezhou, the soldiers are waiting for the Dan, and the soldiers are pointing directly at the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Lu Songxi smiled: "The army of 20,000 is indeed scary, but ...... Hehe, it's still not enough to see. ”

"How did the Sui Dynasty fall? Because Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty offended the family lords of the world, the Li rebels, and the world's family Jing echoed, and the Sui Dynasty was overthrown in less than a year. ”

"Yin Jian is not far away, do you want to follow in the footsteps of Emperor Yang of Sui today? Hehe, impossible. ”