"Natalie, the Rakshasa Grand Duke, seems to have no relationship with my emperor, but the emperor is also not too young, and his marriage can no longer be trusted...... Therefore, the mourning family has abused power a few days ago, and asked King Cheng to be a matchmaker and proposed to King Zheng of Siam, you won't blame the mourning family for breaking the rules, right? ”

The person who said these words in the main hall of Xishan Palace was Zhuge Weidao's "good sister" Empress Dowager Zheng Yuhuan. And those who listened to her were the heads of the eight families, namely Zheng Guozhong, King of Cheng, Zhuge Weijiu, King of Wu, Li Tieshan, King of Jin, Li Baozhong, King of Shu, Liu Deming, King of Qian, King Mu Jiannan, King Zhenwu of Zhennan, and Zhang Yongbin, King of Zhendong. All of them are the most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty, and in addition to the standard princely titles, they all have official positions such as prime minister and Shangshu.

Among them, Zheng Guozhong and Zhuge Weijiu are the prime ministers of the left and right, Li Tieshan, the descendant of Li Laiheng, is the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Baoyi, the descendant of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, is the secretary of the ministry, Liu Deming, the king of Shu, is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Mu Jiannan, the king of Qian, is the secretary of the household department, Wang Zhenwu, the king of Zhennan, is the secretary of the Ministry of Communications, and Zhang Yongbin, the king of Zhendong, is the secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications...... All of them have heavy fists, and they are not in power alone, but in power.

Moreover, the power of these great families is not limited to the court officialdom, but also extremely influential at the grassroots level. Otherwise, it would be impossible for their eight great families to erect the royal family for more than a hundred years, and it is difficult to shake it until now.

The influence of the Zhuge family, the Zheng family, the Zhennan Wang family, and the Zhendong Wang family is mainly in the industrial and commercial circles, and of course they also control some peasant mutual aid associations in Jiangnan and South China - this peasant mutual aid association...... At a glance, you can see that it is also the handiwork of King Wuzhong!

While King Wuzhong was engaged in dividing and restricting fields, of course, he did not forget to help and organize the peasants.

And the Farmers' Mutual Aid Association, the Farmers' Mutual Aid Conference, and the Farmers' Mutual Aid Association do just that. This peasant mutual aid association began as a huge organization controlled by the eight great families, and in addition to helping farmers, it was also responsible for grassroots governance, the promotion of compulsory education, and military conscription. The backbone of them are all veterans who followed the generals of the Eight Great Families to fight in the east and west.

But this organization began to split after the death of King Zhuge Wuzhong, and was controlled by each of the eight great families. However, the four families of Zhuge , Zheng, Wang, and Zhang, who were based in the wealthy areas of the southeast and invested a large number of industrial and commercial families, controlled relatively few peasant mutual aid associations. And the second Li and Liu plus the Mu family, the investment in industry and commerce is relatively small, and the investment in the farmers' mutual aid association is more.

Therefore, most of the provincial farmers' mutual aid meetings and the industries operated by the mutual aid conferences (issuing small low-interest loans, selling agricultural products, promoting improved varieties of fertilizers and pesticides, etc.) are in the hands of these four families...... So these four families are not easy to mess with!

But Zheng Yuhuan just wanted to seize the opportunity of Zhuge Weidao and Natalie to get together, and provoke the eight great families a little.

Of course, she herself is also the eldest lady of the top Zheng family among the eight great families, and she knows the strength, rules and bottom line of the eight great families too well.

Therefore, she chose to expand her authority with two focuses, one is to protect Zhuge as the Tao...... The Zhuge family will not object to this, and the Zheng family will not object. First, Zheng Yuhuan has already discussed with Zheng Guozhong to accept Zhuge as a "dog", and secondly, Zhuge has pried Natalie away for Taoism, so that the Zheng family can arrange for their own people to be on top.

The Zhuge family and the Zheng family acquiesced in Zheng Yuhuan's protection of Zhuge Weidao, and the other six families would not come out to be villains.

After all, among the eight great families, the Zhuge family and the Zheng family are the real double dragon heads!

And Empress Dowager Zheng's second focus is not to seek the opinions of seven of the eight families in advance, and directly conspire with Zheng Guozhong of the Zheng family to arrange for the princess of Siam to marry the little emperor Zhu Xijin.

After saying this, Empress Dowager Zheng looked at the heads of several families in the main hall for a circle, and finally fell on Zhuge Weijiu, and the bosses of the other seven families also looked at this old man who could pinch and calculate.

The old man is already pinching his fingers and calculating - this queen mother is not very peaceful! But she is a woman who is Zhuge for the Tao, and she is so close that she can't be more intimate with Zhuge for the Tao. If Zhuge Weidao is an ordinary Zhuge , then the old man can prevent this marriage, but Zhuge Weidao is a military advisor! And he is also the youngest and most talented military advisor in the Zhuge family's military division!

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Zheng should be mastered by Zhuge Weidao, which should not be a problem, because Zhuge Weidao (original) has always been very good at coaxing women, and Empress Dowager Zheng is a woman who has long been "taken" by him.

Counting this, the old man laughed: "Okay, this is a good marriage, you can't go wrong!" ”

Can't be wrong?

The heads of several big families frowned, you didn't ask about your birthday, and you didn't even know the name of the Siamese princess, so that's okay? How do you calculate? Did you old man make some deal with Empress Dowager Zheng?

Everyone has a question mark in their hearts, but no one wants to come forward to go against the Zhuge family and the Zheng family......

......

At this time, Zhuge Weidao had already dressed up in red and hung colors, and after the dress up, he sat with Erlang's legs crossed under the eaves of the main building of his villa, watching Yu De, He Tianran, Wang Wen, Guo Xiaobao and A Li inside and out. Under the command of these people, the team to receive relatives has been completed, and they are waiting for the auspicious time, and Zhuge Weidao will be able to lead the team to meet Natalie.

And this auspicious time was calculated by Nalandili, who was dressed as a Taoist aunt. It seems to be quite difficult to calculate, but I saw this beautiful Taoist aunt pinching her fingers while looking at Zhuge Weidao with a pair of watery eyes, and her cheeks were blushing and blushing...... Even if you count the hours, your face is red, and there is no one left!

Zhuge Weidao was also looking at Nalandili at this time, and I have to say that this girl is really good-looking!

Natalie's facial features are also beautiful, but compared to her, they look a little rougher. Of course, the figure is definitely Natalie's anger, this is a female furry bear who hasn't gained weight yet!

But Nalandili doesn't seem to be bad in terms of this figure, she is a mixed-race orchid, and she is still a double cultivation boutique from generation to generation of "eugenics"! It's no wonder that Natalie has fallen in love with her...... I don't know if I will deal with Natalie first when the cave room has candle nights tonight? Or do you want to take Nalandri first?

It seems like a bit of a challenge!

Just when Zhuge Weidao was a little worried about his physical fitness, he saw his brother Zhuge Weixue running in: "Second brother, the naval division brought Da Hei Qiping to congratulate!" ”

The Shanghai Military Division is Zhuge Yangming's nickname, and Zhuge returned to the military division to try that he was busy with business in Shanghai, so he didn't come to participate. But this time Zhuge Weidao got married, no matter how busy he was, he had to come - Zhuge Weidao is now attending the meeting of the military division and regiment, and he is already the eighteenth big man in the Zhuge family, how can he not come?

But the big black flush is......

"Who's Daikoku Flushiping?" Zhuge asked.

"It's this generation of Da Hei Chang Is," Zhuge Weixue replied, "The head of the Da Hei family has been named Chang Wei for generations, and Qi Ping is the real name of this generation of Da Hei Chang Is." ”

In fact, this "Qiping" is not his real name, and the word "Qi" in it comes from the shogun Tokugawa Ieqi.

"What? It's him? Zhuge was startled and jumped up from the chair. He stretched out his hand and took the prayer from his brother's hand. The worship post is red, there are only four big characters on it, and the big black is flush!

"Where are they?" Zhuge asked again for the Tao.

"I've arrived at ......the side hall," Zhuge Weixue said with a smile, "and a little girl!" ”

"That's ......" Zhuge Weidao's brows furrowed, it was his ex-girlfriend who brought his father to the door to find fault!

Zhuge Weixue saw his brother's frowning appearance, and sighed in his heart: "My brother is good-looking, well-born, and talented, although he likes to mess with flowers and grass, but he will never get used to those flowers and plants, even if it is the soft rice of the Empress Dowager Zheng, he is also hard to eat." How is it a little ...... now?"

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao had already gritted his teeth and spoke: "Okay, I'll go see them!" ”