All Hail Cousin Brother

Huang Wenwen looked sad and gave a bitter smile: "No matter what, they will die. Cooperating with Marquis Weining can still have a chance of survival, so they put all their efforts into attacking first and charge King Zhou Li with the crime of treason..."

At that time, the power of the Weining Hou Mansion was dominated by the ruling and opposition parties, and Lu Huang's imperial concubine was always favored, and she was unparalleled in the limelight.

Yu Youyao sighed softly: "The common people have been oppressed by the gentry for generations, and they have deep resentment against the gentry. The death of King Zhou Li planted the root of hostility towards the gentry in the hearts of the people. Later, King Zhou Li was vindicated, and the gentry's The evil deeds were exposed to the world, and this hostility was gradually replaced by hatred, but because of the power of the gentry, no one dared to resist."

In that battle that year, King Zhou Li was not the only one who died.

There are thousands of soldiers who eventually died at the hands of the Di people due to lack of supplies and supplies. They are the patron saints of the north, and they are also the husbands, fathers, sons and relatives of thousands of ordinary people.

As long as we grasp this and exploit it a little, it will be easy to arouse the hatred of the common people against the gentry.

The ants kill the elephant.

This is like when Ms. Yang claimed she was sick and handed over the housekeeper's key. Her grandmother asked her to help the housekeeper. She discovered that there was a problem with the purchase of the large kitchen.

Yang Shuwan, Yang's mother, and Zhou Guanshi formed a stable and secret chain of interests, which could move the whole body. It would not be easy to influence anyone.

Even if we move, it won't solve the fundamental problem.

Therefore, Yu You has taken advantage of other people in Xiaozhuang Zhou, and the embankment of a thousand miles has collapsed in an ant nest. Don't underestimate any of them.

The key to dealing with the gentry lies in the word "gentry".

She can't touch the gentry, so she can't control the wealthy gentry?

As long as you get a handle on them, you can follow the clues and implicate the nobles.

Although it is not enough to uproot the gentry, her purpose is not to completely eradicate the gentry. After all, the gentry is the cornerstone of the development of the Northern Territory. If they are exterminated, the Northern Territory will inevitably fall into civil strife, which will be detrimental to Yin Huaixi. Weakening the power of the noble clan is her fundamental purpose.

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In the northern territory, there are two major sources of medicinal materials.

One is headed by the Bai family in Xiangping City, the origin of authentic medicinal materials in Guandong, which is the three provinces of Liaodong.

The other place is headed by the Qin family of Shaanxi, the authentic medicinal materials produced in the northwest, from the vast area west of Xi'an, including Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai.

Even though there are unique authentic medicinal materials, there is still a shortage of medicinal materials in the north.

Authentic medicinal materials are given priority over the procurement of military supplies.

The court was suspicious of the vassal king's origin, and he was protected by the local gentry. Whenever there was a conflict between the vassal king and the gentry, the first person the court was suspicious of was the vassal king.

This is also the source of the gentry's confidence.

Youjun is in a weak position and must be controlled by others.

King Zhou Li is a lesson learned from the past.

Mr. Bai was sitting in the front hall, listening to the young man reporting the situation outside: "...it was because he was praising the Xie Mansion for its righteousness, but I don't know who was fishing in troubled waters, inciting him to speak out and denounce it, saying that the gentry was tyrannical and overbearing, and the common people were the prey of others..." This is still a nicer way of saying it. In fact, it involves scolding and everything else: "I even said, said..."

The boy, who was still eloquent at first, suddenly trembled like chaff, his mouth trembled, he couldn't squeeze out a word from his throat, and his face turned pale for a moment.

A bad premonition suddenly appeared in Mr. Bai's heart.

Mrs. Bai was furious and said angrily: "No matter what people outside said, please explain everything to me clearly."

The boy shook his calf and knelt down on the ground with a "plop", trembling in his voice: "Tell me, tell me, if the wealthy gentry had even the slightest bit of benevolence and righteousness in the Xie family, how could every family in the north be in plain clothes, and everyone would be lifted up?" White banners, orphans and widowed mothers are living a hard life, so that the father cries for his son, the wife loses her husband, the son loses his father, even King Zhou Li... was killed..."

"This is unreasonable," Mrs. Bai's face changed, and she suddenly became furious. With a "bang", she slapped her palm on the table: "It's just nonsense, a bunch of nonsense."

When the emperor was angry, the situation in the north where corpses lay thousands of miles away is still vivid in my mind.

And these words were really extremely sinister, and they directly pushed all the big and small gentry in the north into the limelight.

Mr. Bai's eyes narrowed, and he soon discovered that the boy had always been talking about gentry, not "gentry", which was hard not to make people think deeply.

Mrs. Bai was worried that the rumors would get worse, so she quickly said: "Send someone to keep an eye on the outside. If anyone dares to spread rumors and slander our Bai family, we will arrest them directly and send them to the county government..."

Although the state government office is located in Xiangping City, all matters in Xiangping City are under the jurisdiction of the county government office.

"Shut up!" Mr. Bai glanced at Mrs. Bai warningly, interrupted her coldly, turned to the boy and said, "You go down first!"

As if he had received an amnesty, the young man climbed up from the ground and ran away as if his soles were oiled.

Mrs. Bai frowned: "Master, why do you..."

Mr. Bai said angrily: "Back then, the case of King Zhou Li was full of blood, and no one dares to talk about King Zhou Li's death. Why are those people outside so blatant? Who gave them the courage? Who started this? Head? You want to take them to the Yamen. Isn’t it true that there are three hundred taels of silver here, which unfoundedly confirms the rumors about the death of King Zhou Li?"

Mrs. Bai's breath tightened: "Master, you mean that the rumors outside are all premeditated? Could it be that it was done by the Xie family?

The rumor only appeared after the Xie Mansion donated military supplies and medicinal materials.

It's hard not to think of Xie Fu.

Mr. Bai nodded with difficulty: "It should be said that all this was ordered by Princess Shaoyi and supported by King Wu Mu, otherwise the rumors would not have reached this level in just half a day."

The Xie Mansion donated military supplies and medicinal materials, targeting the wealthy gentry.

It is not difficult to think of the soldiers who died tragically on the battlefield due to lack of supplies during Beidi's massive invasion, as well as the cause of King Zhou Li's death.

Mrs. Bai's head was dizzy: "We can't arrest people, but we allow these rumors to get worse and worse. Others still think that we are guilty of committing crimes, and we hide and dare not show up." She suddenly widened her eyes: "Isn't it difficult for our family to ride a tiger now?" ?”

Mr. Bai closed his eyes and his face became gloomy: "This is the cleverness of Princess Shaoyi. This incident was all caused by her caring about the victims of the epidemic. She took advantage of the Xie Mansion's righteousness to fight against the gentry of the northern border. Roasting on the fire, King Zhou Li and King Wu Mu, father and son, have extremely high prestige in the north, and the people have deep grudges against the gentry, which can easily arouse public anger..."

Once large-scale public outrage arouses, the government will have to intervene.

No matter how well they manage their affairs in the yamen, they only make things easier within their ability. The government cannot offend Princess Shaoyi or even the Yu clan behind her for the sake of mere merchants.