Chapter 5 Lin'an Liu's Family
Jiangdong Liu family, one of the eight millennium families of Kaiyuan!
The Liu family in Jiangdong, a wealthy family, not only monopolized the entire Jiangdong Province of salt and iron, coal mining and other profiteering industries, but also extended its financial tentacles to all aspects including clothing, food, housing and transportation, in Jiangdong can be described in one sentence to describe the Liu family;
"Where there are people, there is the Liu family's business!"
The Liu family in Jiangdong is powerful, from the officials of the Yamen to the three religions and nine streams, and there are Liu clansmen or their protégés in various industries.
If Jiangdong Taishou is the first person on the surface of the Jiangdong territory, then the Liu family is the hidden king of the Jiangdong territory.
As a wealthy family that has been inherited for thousands of years, the Liu family has a deep and long heritage.
For thousands of years, the changes of dynasties in the Tianyuan Continent are unknown, but the Liu family, as the first family in Jiangdong, has always been standing, and even every major event that has happened in the Tianyuan Continent in the past thousands of years, even including every dynastic change, there are Liu clansmen behind it.
As a wealthy family that has been inherited for thousands of years, the power of the Liu family will certainly not be limited to Jiangdong, and the Liu family also has a great right to speak in the court, and the direct family members of the Liu family and some protégés hold many key positions in the Kaiyuan Dynasty.
And this is only the power on the face of the Liu family, and secretly the Liu family still has a huge network.
That is the humble gentleman in the officialdom.
Speaking of this network, we have to mention Liu Qingshan, the one hundred and eighty-seventh head of the Liu family a hundred years ago.
Liu Qingshan is a great Confucian with a very strategic vision, a hundred years ago, the Kaiyuan Dynasty was the self-reserved land of the various gate lords, and the officials above the court were all the children of the scholars, and the children of the poor family did not have the opportunity to enter the court at all.
In the past, the academy only recruited the children of the scholar clan, and the children of the poor could not enter the academy to receive education no matter how much it cost.
Liu Qingshan has a unique vision, and he knows very well the truth that blocking is better than sparse, he knows very well that this pattern will never last long, and the civilians who occupy more than ninety percent of the population base will one day completely explode if they do not have the slightest chance of progress.
It is precisely in recognition of this that Liu Qingshan deliberately reformed, spent a huge price, broke the blockade, and successfully established Qingshan Academy!
The establishment of Qingshan Academy is a major event that can be written into historical records, and it symbolizes that the pattern of the gate valve family controlling the government has been torn apart.
Qingshan Academy can cultivate hundreds of scholars every year, although there are very few of these hundreds of scholars who can eventually enter the court as officials, but through the accumulation of a hundred years, there are not a few scholars from Qingshan Academy who are officials in the court.
What these poor scholars are most grateful to is Qingshan Academy, or the Liu family behind Qingshan Academy, it is the Liu family that gives them the opportunity to ascend to the sky.
This is the biggest benefit of the Liu family.
It is precisely because of this that the successive generations of Liu family heads after Liu Qingshan spared no effort to support Qingshan Academy.
Because of the support of the heads of the Liu family in the past dynasties, Qingshan Academy gradually developed into one of the four major academies of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.
Castle Peak Academy is extremely important to the Liu family.
So when Yue Zhen rode a horse to attack Qingshan Academy, the news immediately reached the ears of the head of the Liu family's generation.
The head of the Liu family's generation is named Pingguan, a middle-aged man with a big belly, a loyal appearance, and a smile like Maitreya Buddha.
Of course, everyone knows that this is just Liu Pingguan's appearance, the head of the eight thousand-year-old families, how can he be a loyal and honest, harmless Maitreya Buddha.
When Liu Pingguan received the news, he only exclaimed, "My ancestor. . . ”
There was no time to change clothes, let alone sit in the eight sedan chairs he was used to sitting in, Liu Pingguan hurriedly turned over and hurried to Qingshan Academy.
The messy scene in Qingshan Academy made the corners of Liu Guanping's eyes jump.
Of course, he knows the conflict between Li Mengran and Yue Zhen clearly, and even his facilitation and careful calculation are indispensable behind it.
The Liu family's think tank staff had already helped him prepare several sets of aftermath plans after a head-on conflict with Yue Zhen, but when this day really came, Liu Guanping still felt that his scalp was numb, and his heart was drumming.
The son-in-law of Lao Wu Wang, the king with a different surname in the Kaiyuan Dynasty, this identity is enough to crush any wealthy family.
The old martial king Yue Wu is terrible, Liu Guanping knows too clearly, although Yue Zhen is just a son of a gentleman who can't support the wall in the mud, but as the son of the martial king, he still makes Liu Guanping jealous.
Who knows what kind of killer legacy the old martial king Yue Wu will leave for his son!
Liu Guanping's fat face was full of flattering smiles, and as soon as he entered the house, he nodded and bowed to Yue Zhen and the three of them bent over and said; "Your Royal Highness King Wu is good. Well.. Young Master Wen is good. Hello Master Kong. ”
As the martial king of Yue Town, it is reasonable for Liu Guanping to bow to him.
But for Wenhua, Kong Gongxun and the two also saluted is very meaningful.
Wenhua's father's article, as well as Kong Gongxun's father Kong Xuan, one is in charge of the entire Jiangdong Province, and the other is in charge of the Jiangdong Province's military rule, and in terms of identity and status, Jiangdong Province is a well-deserved first and second in command.
But as the head of the Liu family, his status is not only not below the two, but even many times, these two people have to put down their bodies and come to flatter him Liu Guanping.
Under normal circumstances, Liu Guanping would never salute the two Wenhua, but he still did it, for no other reason, the two Wenhua now have another identity, that is, Yue Zhen's brothers!
If you don't want to offend Yue Zhen, of course, you can't offend Yue Zhen's brothers!
With a simple salute, Liu Guanping leaned over and made a small and peaceful attitude was undoubtedly revealed!
Yue Zhen ignored these, and swept Liu Guanping from the corner of his eye, Yin and Yang strange aura; "Oh, isn't this the head of the Liu family? I'm a mere martial king, so I can afford your gift! ”
Yue Zhen said that he couldn't stand this gift, but his body didn't move.
A fluttering sentence of the martial king's idle duty was even more stinging, and Liu Guanping's heart trembled.
Although Wen Hua and the others are both arrogant and arrogant, after all, they are from a family of eunuchs and are not stupid Xiaobai, who dared to put on a face to the head of the Liu family like Yue Zhen, and hurriedly stood up and bowed in return; "Uncle Shi has tormented the little nephew!"
Wenhua's parents and Liu Guanping's peers have a relationship, so it is reasonable to call them so, Liu Guanping smiled with a smile on his face and exchanged a few words with Wenhua and the two, and then smiled at Yue Zhen again; "His Royal Highness King Wu, raise your noble hand and spare me this time."
"Spare you. I, the king of martial arts, am qualified to spare you the head of the Liu family. I'm going to ask you to spare me. "Yue Zhen is still a yin and yang strange qi;
Liu Guanping had cold sweat on his forehead, knowing that Yue Zhen's anger had not disappeared, he could only laugh again and again; "His Royal Highness King Wu, I know that your anger has not subsided, and I also know that it is Li Mengran, the king of the academy, who offended you miserably out of nothing, I will accompany you for him, you have a lot, don't be like that poor and sour."
Liu Guanping's appearance of bowing his head and begging bitterly, if he was placed elsewhere, it would definitely cause an unprecedented shock, this is the head of the Liu family, one of the eight millennia!
But Liu Guanping's bowing head was small, which did not have the slightest effect, Yue Zhen still looked at Liu Guanping coldly and said lightly;
"You make amends for him. Hehe.. Is he worthy? Are you counting the green onion? ”
Yue Zhen's words can be said to have not left the slightest emotion, and the sentence You count the green onion even more rubbed the face of the head of the Liu family on the ground and rubbed it again.
When the treacherous and cunning Liu Guanping heard Yue Zhen's bad words, not only was he not angry, but he was secretly happy, Yue Zhen's ruthless opening actually showed an attitude that could be talked about.
"Yes. . . Be.. Be.. Li Mengran is poor and sour, so he deserves me to make amends for him, and besides, I don't have such a big face here in His Royal Highness King Wu. ”
Liu Guan went downhill and hurriedly said; "Your Highness, wait a minute, I will immediately let that dead poor sour kneel to His Royal Highness King Wu and confess his guilt."
"Hee-hee! His Royal Highness King Wu. Please also look at the friendship between your and my two mansions.,Give a thin face.。。 Liu Guanping suddenly remembered something and sneered; You see these dozens of young children in the school are in the way here, why don't I send them out. ”
Dozens of young children in the school were injured and frightened, and they hid in the corners one by one, like a flock of intimidated quails.
After all, Liu Guanping, as the behind-the-scenes boss of Qingshan Academy, must also provide some shelter for the students of the academy appropriately, otherwise the spread will greatly affect the reputation of Qingshan Academy.
Moreover, Yue Zhen made it clear that he wanted Li Mengran to admit his mistakes in person, and Liu Guanping was also afraid that Li Mengran would have a sour attack and would not be able to take his face in front of the students, which would be a big deal, so he asked for favors.
Yue Zhen snorted coldly and didn't say anything.
Liu Guanping was secretly happy in his heart, knowing that Yue Zhen had acquiesced, he hurriedly stood up and loudly ordered his servants; "Why are you still standing stupidly, don't you hurry up, talk about these students and send them out to appease and treat."
Liu Guanping and his servants cautiously stepped forward, and the four servants of the Wuwang Mansion saw that Yue Zhen did not speak, so they did not stop them, and soon the school was cleaned up, and there were no outsiders on the scene.
Liu Guanping walked in front of Li Mengran, who was trembling, his face changed suddenly, and his voice was calm; "Trouble for yourself, carry it yourself."
"You are given two choices; First, go and kneel down to His Royal Highness King Wu to confess his guilt and let him be punished. ”
"Two, die."
Liu Guan's face was gloomy and terrifying, in front of Li Mengran, a poor Confucian student, he instantly regained the majesty that the head of the thousand-year-old family should have, and he no longer had the slightest humility.
Li Mengran was afraid and had mixed feelings, denouncing Yue Zhen's ten major crimes, although he was greedy for huge profits and accepted a thousand taels of silver for his private work, but if he didn't get the acquiescence of the Liu family behind his back, he would dare to do this up-and-coming bird.
Of course, these are meaningless, Li Mengran not only didn't dare to say more, but he didn't even dare to think about it, he couldn't afford to mess with Yue Zhen, and he couldn't afford to provoke the Liu family either.
Li Mengran struggled and tangled in his heart.
With this kowtow confession, the literati spirit that he has worked so hard to build for decades will immediately disappear, and it will be difficult for him to mix in the literati circle that emphasizes wealth and nobility, and cannot be lewd, and mighty and unyielding.
Don't kowtow and admit your guilt, not to mention that Yue Zhen won't let him go, even the Liu family won't let go of himself, offending these two is not a question of whether he can still be mixed in this circle, but whether he can still live.
Liu Guanping didn't wait too long, and Li Mengran quickly made the right choice.
Li Mengran crawled in front of Yue Zhen on his knees, kowtowing again and again, crying and begging for mercy;
"Your Royal Highness King Wu, I was wrong. It's my lard that blinded me out of nothing, slandering Your Highness, and asking Your Highness a lot, treat me as a fart... ”
At this time, Li Mengran no longer had the iron-clad and angry Confucian demeanor of the past, and the whole person fell to the ground like a mess of mud and begged bitterly.
Looking at Li Mengran, who was lying on the ground like a pitiful worm, Yue Zhen suddenly felt a little bored.
Interested
was confined for three months by the big girl Red Sleeves with a family whip, Yue Zhen's stomach was full of fire, and during this period, he thought of countless ways to make Li Mengran's life worse than death.
But when he saw that Li Mengran, who was originally heroic and dry, he suddenly turned into a poor slug.
Yue Zhen suddenly felt a little bored.
It's like squatting in the pit.,It's boring to brew for a long time but only let out a few farts.。。
It's all so fucking boring.
So Yue Zhen only felt interested!
Wen Hua stretched out his arm and touched Kong Gongxun, and whispered to him; "Second brother, do you know what kind of temperament a top gentleman must have?"
Kong Gongxun said curiously; "What temperament?"
Wenhua looked at Yue Zhen with a pair of beautiful eyes, full of adoration, and said in a quiet voice; "Just like our boss, as a top gentleman, you must have a unique temperament that is not interested."
Kong Gongxun was puzzled like a mushy mind; "Not interested?"
Wenhua nodded in affirmation; "Yes, it's just not interested."
"Before doing one thing, I am full of interest, even if my father stops me, my mother stops me, and everyone in the world stops me, I will do it without hesitation, and I am not afraid of swords, mountains and fires. . . ."
"But once you're done, you quickly find it boring."
"It's called being in high spirits!"
"This is also a unique temperament that a top-notch gentleman must have."
As a Kong meritorious officer who aspires to become a top gentleman, he looked at Wenhua with wide eyes, carefully comprehended the deep meaning of his words, and suddenly slapped his thigh and said.
"You're so incisive."
"What kind of interest is this, it's like fucking going to the Qinglou to play with women, I was very interested before I went, no one could stop me, and I regretted it soon after I went, and he was just a few minutes of his mother, and a few dozen taels of silver were gone, so fucking interested."