The Lu family and the Yu family, the heads of the two prominent families, sat in the secret room and talked and laughed.

The atmosphere is very harmonious, just like the reunion of old friends and confidants for many years, starting from the memories of the year, and then there is the blue wisp of the road, hard work, etc., many years of wind and waves, the two old people can talk about a lot of material.

After chatting nonsense for a long time, the two of them did not say the topic very tacitly, but in the seemingly inconsequential topics, they observed each other's expressions from time to time and tested each other's tone.

The two old foxes fought for a long time, and finally, Yu Chengzhi was defeated.

It's already the year of the sixtieth year, and there is not much left in the rest of my life, and I can't waste my limited time in the world on this kind of meaningless chat.

It's not an old man.

So Yu Chengzhi covered his mouth and coughed lightly twice, and finally took the initiative to get to the point.

As usual, as in the previous visits, Yu Chengzhi tentatively asked Li Qinzai what benefits he had promised the Lu family.

Everyone is the head of the wang family, they have known each other for decades, and they all know what virtue each other is.

With Lu Songxi's cunning and cunning temperament, if Li Qinzai hadn't promised great benefits, this old fox would definitely not have taken refuge so thoroughly, not only was he not afraid of offending the rest of the noble clans, but he also lost his face.

The first few times Lu Songxi's mouth was very tight, and he didn't want to reveal a trace of life or death, and today Yu Chengzhi originally thought that he would get nothing again, but who knew that today's Lu Songxi's mouth was like a widow's long-standing trouser belt, and it suddenly loosened.

"Gong Yu really wants to know what benefits Gong Li promised the Lu family?" Lu Songxi smiled.

Yu Chengzhi's eyes lit up, there was hope!

"It is related to the rise and fall of the Jiangnan Wang clan, and I also ask Brother Lu Xian to give advice." Yu Chengzhi said humbly.

Lu Songxi stroked his beard, revealing an ethereal smile like a feather ascending immortal, and he pretended to be reserved and particularly annoying.

Yu Chengzhi also smiled, not impatient or impatient, let him be relieved.

After a long time, Lu Songxi was a little bored, and then he said slowly: "The six families in the south of the Yangtze River are ...... After all, I didn't see the situation clearly. ”

Yu Chengzhi's expression tightened, and he hurriedly said, "Why did Brother Lu Xian say this?" ”

Lu Songxi glanced at him and said lightly: "Duke Yu thinks that Duke Li went to Jiangnan by order, what is it for?" ”

Yu Chengzhi frowned: "I thought he was planting sweet potatoes before, but later I found out that it was wrong, he was fighting the idea of land under the name of our Wang clan." ”

Lu Songxi said again: "Why did he want to fight the idea of our land and property? ”

"Because there are too many lands under the name of the wang clan, the court is afraid of it?"

Lu Songxi shook his head and nodded again: "Yes, but it's not." ”

"Duke Yu, the land that the Wang clan has embraced is slowly accumulated over hundreds of years, and what the court is afraid of is not that we have more land, but that after there is more land, the Wang clan will sit down and threaten the court."

Yu Chengzhi said unhappily: "We didn't support the army, and we didn't rebel, but we have a little more land in our name, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

Lu Songxi sighed: "You still don't understand...... There are too many land, the more farmers and tenants in the manor under their name, when nothing happens, the court and the wang clan are naturally at peace, once there is any wind and grass, the wang clan ascends to the heights and shouts, and thousands of people can be gathered in an instant, how can the court not be afraid? ”

Yu Chengzhi sneered: "This is also a reason? ”

Lu Songxi nodded and said seriously: "Count." ”

After a pause, Lu Songxi said again: "Another important point is that the Wang clan has annexed too much land, and many peasant households in the south of the Yangtze River have to become tenants of the wang clan after selling their fields, and more and more peasant households have lost their land, which is not a good thing for the imperial court." ”

"Yu Gong carefully recalled, in recent years, our Jiangnan farmers have joined the army, is it getting less and less year by year? Is the quality of the soldiers getting worse and worse? ”

"The peasant households who have lost their land will either move their families away from their homeland and go out to earn a living, or they will become tenants or even serfs, and the imperial court will not even be able to recruit soldiers.

Yu Chengzhi's eyes widened, and he was finally a little moved.

Lu Songxi said slowly: "Li Jungong ordered to go to the south of the Yangtze River, not only to rectify the land issue, but more importantly, many local government affairs and deep-rooted connections that have accumulated for a long time are within the scope of his rectification. ”

"Look at his measures such as destroying the Zhu clan with thunderous means, dismissing dozens of officials, and ordering various prefectures and counties to re-measure the land, Duke Yu will know the purpose of Duke Li's trip to Jiangnan."

"There has been chaos in the granary of Jiangnan, and if the Son of Heaven wants to rectify it, he must be heavy-handed, but it is ridiculous that your six noble families are stubborn, and they are still trying to counteract Qincha, and even play a conspiracy against him."

"You guys...... The courage is really big, and the head is really iron. Originally, Li Jungong was going to kill Liwei, but you took the initiative to stick your head over and let him cut it off, tsk! ”

Yu Chengzhi's face became more and more ugly.

After Lu Songxi's careful analysis, Yu Chengzhi felt more and more that the conspiracy planned in the Gu family's secret room a few days ago was unreliable and very wrong.

I thought it was a foolproof conspiracy, but now that I think about it, I feel like I'm dancing on the tip of a knife.

Seeing that Yu Chengzhi's face was ugly, Lu Songxi leisurely made up for it.

"In the past few days, there have been a lot of rumors against Li Jungong in various states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, no need to ask, it must be the masterpiece of a few of you, right? It is said that there seem to be landlords and peasant households who gather frequently in the secret to incite public opinion? ”

"Haha, it's good to die!" Lu Songxi laughed sarcastically.

"I'm afraid that even you don't know that the blade hanging around your neck is getting closer and closer, and the more crazy you are, the faster your death will come."

"Do you know how big a crime it is to resist the Son of Heaven and incite a civil uprising? The Zhu family was destroyed, but some people survived, and after the trial of the criminal department, the Zhu family could continue the incense after all. ”

"And you, once the incident happens, it will be a great sin of the Nine Clans, and none of them will survive."

Yu Chengzhi's eyelids jumped violently, and cold sweat was pouring down his back.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the ominous feeling in his heart was getting stronger and stronger at this moment, and the conspiracy against Li Qinzai the day before yesterday was becoming more and more like a sharp blade against his chest, and he seemed to have smelled death.

After being silent for a long time, Yu Chengzhi said stiffly: "Li Qinzai's rectification of the land of the Wang clan is clearly not giving us a way to live, except for struggling to the death, what else can we do?" Do you really let him do anything wrong with the land and farmers of our noble family? ”

Lu Songxi squinted and smiled: "Are the Son of Heaven and Li Jungong so brainless, and they don't give us any benefits but want to drive us to a dead end?" ”

Yu Chengzhi looked at him in surprise: "Could it be ......?"

Lu Songxi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The Lu clan of Wu County suddenly threw himself into the imperial court and Li Jungong for no reason, do you think it was me Lu Songxi who was dizzy, or was he Li Qinzai frightened?" ”

"If you don't give me benefits, maybe I'll be like you, hiding in some dark place and struggling to the death."

Yu Chengzhi said in surprise: "What kind of benefits did Li Jungong give to the Lu family, can Brother Lu Xian give me?" ”

Lu Songxi showed a look of arrogance, and said lightly: "The benefits that Li Jungong promised to the Lu family, why should I tell you?" ”