After Xu He was forced to get on his boat by a few big men with knives, the big boat went down the river and disappeared between the sky and water after a while.

After Xu He helped a few people untie the ropes tied to their bodies, Ding Ze was ashamed and said: "Little second brother, you are right, begging for life on the water, you must not talk nonsense!" ”

Before Xiao Er could talk, the old boat man said, "Childe, why did you have a feud with the Su family?" ”

Xu He turned his head and asked, "Does my uncle know the origin of this group?" ”

The old boat man nodded and said, "Yangtze Jiangsu family, who doesn't know the people on this river?" ”

After an introduction by the old boatman, Xu He figured out what the role of the Su family was.

It turned out that the Great Wei Dynasty was transported, and the taxes from Jiangnan were transported to the riverside, and the ships from all over the country needed to unload the grain and reload it for transfer to Huai'an, Xuzhou and other places.

When the country was founded, the transshipment work was in charge of the Cao Junmen, and later the state felt that the Cao Jun was greedy for ink and illegal, so they contracted the transshipment work to the local large households, and allocated money to these people every year.

These big families contracted the work of the imperial court, so they recruited Cao Ding on both sides of the Yangtze River.

Because they themselves are big local households, and they are all sturdy and sturdy Cao Ding, they have a lot of power in the local area, even if they are the imperial history of Caojiang and the general army of Jianghuai, they have to be scrupulous.

However, there was also competition among them, and there was a quota of food and goods that the imperial court needed to cross the river every year.

These families naturally have competition.

The Su family was originally just an inconspicuous family among these big households, but more than a year ago, the Su family didn't know what way to go, and took most of the transfer errands at once, so they gradually became bigger in the Jingkou area, and the ships that came and went recognized the Su family's banner, and the local people who ate by the river gradually worshiped the Su family's wharf.

The Su family even borrowed this east wind to establish a good relationship with the Yushi Yamen of Caojiang, and the power from the upstream Jiujiang River to the Songjiang estuary is almost their family's sphere of influence, which can be said to be the water giant in the Yangtze River section.

After listening to it, Xu He heard a few key points from the old boatman's words.

First of all, the rise of the Su family is inseparable from the Caoyun Yamen, more than a year ago it was when Ma Liangbi had just assumed the post of Cao Governor, his Su family did not rise early, and did not rise late, but after Ma Liangbi served as Cao Governor, he almost monopolized the money across the river, which shows that there is definitely Ma Liangbi's support behind him.

It seems that Ma Liangbi has a Luo background, which is true.

Secondly, from the Jiujiang River to the mouth of the sea, this is the Yangtze section of the Yangtze River.

This section of the Yangtze River is terrible, and in order to control the Yangtze River, the Great Wei Dynasty set up a very strict river defense system.

The most familiar is the imperial history of the Jiangdu, and the others include the internal and external garrisons of Nanjing (under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies), the governors of Yingtian and Su Song, the Jianghuai General Officer, the Jiangnan Deputy General Army, and even the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu can also be in charge of the river defense.

There are water barracks along the coast, there are guards and soldiers, and there are local people.

Even afraid that Jiangfang would be controlled by people with ulterior motives, in the twenty-first year of Zhengzheng, the imperial court also sent 2,000 people from Yangzhou, Huai'an, Jiujiang, Anqing and other guards to Zhenjiang in two shifts in spring and autumn, and they were personally under the command of Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department.

It can be said that the river defense of the Great Wei Dynasty was really strict to the extreme.

Thinking back to the words of the old boatman, the Su family was able to run rampant on the Yangtze River, not only with the support of the Caoyun Yamen, but also estimated that almost all of the large and small yamen in Jiangfang had gone through the joints.

It's terrible to think about, the Jiangfang built by the imperial court with a lot of money was finally infiltrated by the cult organization of Qingchamen, and what is even more terrifying is that this cult organization is not rootless water, and their purpose is not just to collect money.

The dark shadow behind them, surnamed Zhu.

What the old Zhu family was born in, no one knows better than Xu He.

Maybe people in this era mention the old Zhu family, just like people in another era mention Zhang Shicheng, but it's just a stepping stone on the road to success, after being crushed, can they still resurrect?

But if according to what the uncle said, Zhu Jianshen and Zhu Houzhao have appeared.

According to calculations, isn't this year just in time to catch up with Zhu Houxi?

Emperor Jiajing of Sejong in another time and space?

This person is not comparable to the previous Zhu family, the deep palace cultivator, but he played with Xia Yan, Yan Song, Gao Gong, and Xu Jie, who were smart people.

He did not go to the court, but he firmly controlled the government in his own hands.

Although he became more and more obsessed with cultivation in the later period, he lived in Xiyuan to practice Xuan for 20 years, but he can still be called an emperor who has made achievements.

If in this time and space, the Su family is really behind Zhu Houxi, then Xu He estimates that what White Lotus Sect, what Wenxiang Hall Master, what Qingcha Sect, and even Caoyun Yamen Ma Liangbi are actually just minutiae under this big net, and people don't know how much power they have accumulated in the shadows.

Thinking of this, Xu He couldn't help but shudder, and his heart became more and more thoughtful.

"Childe, what are these people doing in the past to arrest you?" Xiao Er asked curiously.

Xu He shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just asked a few questions." ”

Xiao Er saw that his face was worried, so he didn't ask much, helped the old boatman clean up, and then drove the boat towards the north shore.

And in a deep mansion compound not far from the imperial history yamen of Caojiangdu in Beijing.

The prefect of Fang, who had just hung the crown, was locked in a room and had not entered the grain of rice for a day.

There was a "squeak" and the door was opened from the outside.

A man in his fifties came to the prefect of Fang's mansion.

Just when Governor Fang was stunned, the man gave a deep salute and said, "Lord Fang, I have made you suffer!" ”

Seeing this, Governor Fang frowned and said, "Who are you?" Why did you take me captive here? ”

The man smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that a good official like Lord Fang who is the master of the people, but he was forced to hang up his crown by those wealthy gentry, it's really a pity!" ”

Governor Fang snorted coldly: "It's a pity, how do you know? I'd love to! ”

Seeing this, the man didn't mind: "Then don't talk about these unpleasant things, Lord Fang still remembers that when you first took office, you saved a scholar in the hands of the Shen family?" ”

After thinking for a while, Governor Fang shook his head and said, "I don't remember!" ”

The man didn't care either: "The wish to return from the attempt is empty and the years are running." Bufan rained for three days, and the thatched huts were several villages. The mountain gas is far away and the sea is far away, and the sound of the river is close to the door. There is no chance to fly, and the east looks to kill the soul. Do you always remember this poem? ”

Hearing this, Governor Fang suddenly looked at the man in surprise: "How do you know this poem ......?"

It turned out that this poem was when he took office in Guazhoudu to meet a lifting person, the two talked very well, and later learned that this person is a native of Songjiang Huating, this time he will try to return to his hometown in Beijing.

The two met in Guazhou, sang poetry and harmony with each other, and were happy.

Before parting, the man saw that the river was still stormy, so he wrote this poem.

Later, when the prefect of Fang took office, he found that the person he knew in Guazhoudu was arrested by the Shen family and forced him to sell his ancestral land to the Shen family.

When Governor Fang saw the man, he had already been beaten to death.

Seeing this, he stepped forward to intercede, but the Shen family was unwilling, but in the end, he agreed to release him because he was the face of the new prefect of Songjiang, but Tian must be "sold" to the Shen family.

Seeing this, the prefect had no choice but to persuade the person to stay in Qingshan.

In the end, under the turn of the Fang Governor's Mansion, the people raised more than 700 acres of good paddy fields in the family for 200 taels [sold] to the Shen family, and then the family left Songjiang Mansion and disappeared.

Fang Zhifu has always regretted this matter in his heart, but at that time, in order to save people, he had no choice but to submit to the Shen family.

Unexpectedly, someone would mention that person today.

"You, do you know Xu Jie?"