Chapter 871 871: Hongmen Banquet, Shoveling Shit (Part 1) [Please vote]
Shen Tang hits the nail on the head.
Xie Qi’s expression was almost broken into pieces, his eyes were wandering, and he lowered his head unnaturally. He knew that he could not hide it from his lord, but he did not expect that his lord would react so quickly and expose his plan as soon as they met: "Let the lord laugh at the family scandal."
He smiled awkwardly, not daring to look directly into Shen Tang's eyes. .
Occasionally, aristocratic families will have a few innocent-minded young men, but no young man is the head of the family. If the Xie family's mess hadn't been too big, Xie Qi, as the nominal head of the Xie family, wouldn't have broken the pot. He couldn't hold it back, so he had no choice!
It just so happened that the lord wanted to steal the meat from the family's mouth.
Xie Qi suddenly made a suggestion that shocked everyone present. They do the first grade of junior high school first, don’t blame him for doing the fifteenth grade!
But——
What he didn’t expect was that Shen Tang could guess most of the truth through a few pieces of information: “Shizang and his wife have not been in contact with clan affairs for many years. The old man will take care of it?”
Xie Qi nodded: “Yes.”
Shen Tang asked: "Is there something wrong with these elders?"
Xie Qi: "..."
Shen Tang was concerned: "Have you become a thief?"
Xie Qi: " ..."
Seeing his silence one after another, Shen Tang knew that he had guessed correctly.
A wealthy family is like a tree.
The main branch is the trunk, and the branches of the small branch are the branches.
Most of the property was inherited by Dazong, including land and shops, gold and silver treasures, valuable ancient paintings and books... These do not belong to the public family in name, but belong to Dazong's lineage. Not surprisingly, it is only passed down among direct descendants. Branches of small sects struggle on their own, and if they have good connections, they can rely on family connections. Those with good abilities live well, while those with poor abilities still need support from their families. The income from the book lamp field is used for the study of the children of the clan, and the income from the sacrificial field is used for sacrifices and support for the elderly clan members...
Similarly, there are ancestral hall fields, tomb fields, and charity fields...
These are all clan fields!
It is jointly owned by the entire family.
After the children of ordinary aristocratic families become prosperous with the help of family resources, they will more or less purchase family land for the family, and the cycle repeats to ensure the continued survival of the family. There is no guarantee that everyone will be rich and powerful, but it also gives the underdog a chance to rise. This process requires accumulation from generation to generation, and the accumulation speed is slow. At least it's slow in this troubled world where everyone is precarious.
Therefore, the small sect branches will also be jealous of the big sect.
Xie Qi and his wife have been hostages for several years and have only three daughters after years of hard work. The family power will inevitably fall into the hands of the clan elders. The assets belonging to the large group quietly flowed into the side branches and public accounts, and perhaps the handlers were corrupt and hiding their personal interests. Xie Qi went back to do an inventory this time, and he probably found that Dazong had been reduced to an empty shell by corruption, and there were only a few cents left that could be passed on to his daughter.
As the head of the family, as a father——
It would be strange if Xie Qi was so angry.
In addition, he had conflicts with the Xie clan, so he broke the pot and broke it! Since we don’t want him to have an easy time, no one should think about it! Shen Tang made eye contact with Xie Qi.
Xie Qi can't bear all the explanations.
The contents of Shen Tang's guesses were very similar, but the last two straws that broke the camel's back were two things - one was that Xie Qi unexpectedly discovered that a member of the Xie family had bribed Zheng Zheng in order to eat a large amount of money. The people around Qiao tried to kill someone with a borrowed knife; secondly, Xie Qi wanted to write his three daughters into the family tree when he went back this time, and established the eldest daughter as the eldest son and heir to the family, but this was denied.
Even though Xie Qi explained that the eldest daughter was extremely talented and would definitely be qualified to be the head of the family when she grew up, several clan elders refused on the grounds that "this is Si Chen, a hen" and also said, "women are born unable to Cultivation, now they are suddenly able to practice, how can we ensure that they suddenly can't practice?" He also said that the daughter must be married off as a daughter-in-law. She is no longer a child of the Xie family. If she is the head of the family, wouldn't it be like using the Xie family as a dowry? Keep saying no! No matter how hard Xie Qi fought, they couldn't do anything, so they gave Xie Qi a son.
[The head of the family refuses to take concubines, and it is inappropriate to have no male heirs. 】
[The head of the family and the mistress have a deep love for each other, and it is not easy for us to instigate them to break up. These children are the descendants of several down-and-out branches of the family, and their talents and understanding are acceptable. It is better to pick one of them and raise it under your knees. They are young and can be raised well. 】
Xie Qi is really discouraged now!
Finish the work and come back angrily with your stuff.
Because Xie Qi’s experience was tragic and aggrieved, Shen Tang, as the protagonist, must have empathy and not laugh on the spot. After enduring it for a long time, he said with a serious expression: "Shizang's suggestion is good, but I'm worried that other family heads will not agree..."
That will definitely not be agreed to.
Shen Tang said again: "I don't want to agree either."
The existence of the clan field will make the clan power stable and strong. The larger the clan is, the more it can do whatever it wants in an area and use its power to bully others! When the scale reaches a certain level, every official who comes to take office has to visit a dock. After all, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.
Xie Qi was shocked, but quickly restrained himself.
Shen Tang rubbed his brows and had a rough plan in his heart, and then smiled again: "What are the clan fields under various names for? Isn't it just to worship the ancestors, help the orphans and widows in the clan, and let the children learn? If the government can solve all these problems, then there is no need for the family farm to exist, right? The family farm can only help the old and the weak, and the great unity of the world can help the common people of the world!"
"Whether he is a member of a clan or a commoner, they are all the same to me, so naturally I should treat them equally."
Xie Qi's mind was buzzing, and his heart was numb.
For a while, I didn’t know what my lord’s idea was.
She doesn’t really want to take over all the clan fields, does she?
Shen Tang didn't give him much time to think about it, and said to himself: "Since the aristocratic families in these places want to bargain with me, then let's have a Hongmen banquet... ah no, it's a normal banquet for guests. Let's sit down and enjoy it. Negotiate. There is nothing that cannot be discussed face to face! If so, it is definitely because I don’t have enough swordsmen hiding in the dark, right?”
Xie Qi: "..."
Everyone: "..."
My lord is too lazy to even cover up the basics!
Shen Tang smiled and threw the news from Lin Feng on the table, beckoning for people to draw up invitations, inviting all heads of families, large and small, to attend, so that she would recognize him! Who won't come?
“That means not giving face to the 16th-level superiors!”
"I'll go to the door in person to invite them!"
I'm not sure whether they will come vertically or horizontally.
Everyone cupped their hands and said, "Wei."
The invitation was written by someone else, but Shen Tang still had to seal the seal with the inscription and monogram himself, and he had to continue working after the work was done. She has been really busy lately, and the incident with the aristocratic family is just one of them, and this is the result of Shen Tang restraining his murderous intention.
If you really piss her off, it’s not impossible to kill her from top to bottom! Shen Tang is not afraid that they will unite to attack her. Even though her troops are scattered now, it only takes a few days to integrate them. If they dare to touch the bottom line again, the next time they will be bloodbathed.
In addition to the land in the hands of these aristocratic families, there were also official news from Yan and Qian states. Shen Tang saw more than a dozen official systems from dozens of counties and counties, and the various titles, titles and powers were even more confusing. The information sent back made her head dizzy.
“Aren’t Heyin and Longwu very unified?”
Why are Yanzhou and Qianzhou so magical?
Because of Qin Li's scribe's ways, Shen Tang did not let him go on a business trip elsewhere. Hearing Shen Tang's complaints about these contents, Qin Li smiled and said: "At the same time in the northwest continent, there were thirty-six countries standing side by side, and each small country had its own system."
The big fish eats the small fish. , small fish eat shrimps.
The shrimps are in the belly of the small fish, and the small fish are in the belly of the big fish. Neither the shrimp nor the small fish are fully digested, and the big fish is swallowed by a bigger fish. It is normal for the local official position system to be chaotic, because often the official position in the previous country has not been adapted to, and the new official position in the next country comes down. The result of frequent changes is that many local officials are misplaced and everyone continues to work under different names.
Longwu and Heyin are unified because they were both ruled by the early Xin State, while most of Yanzhou and Qianzhou were once seven or eight scattered small countries. Shen Tang's eyes twitched fiercely. "But Zheng Qiao..."
Yanzhou and Qianzhou have been in Zheng Qiao's hands for four or five years.
“Zheng Qiao looks like someone who can understand these problems?”
Qin Li asked a sharp question.
Shen Tang: "..."
For Zheng Qiao, a crazy critic, whether it is the Xin State or the Geng State, in his eyes, the country is a system full of bugs , as long as the system can still run, there is no need to worry about how it runs. Let’s just say whether this country is functioning, right?
As long as it works, don't worry about anything else.
Haha, Zheng Qiao doesn’t need to worry about it.
But she has to take care of it (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
Shen Tang grabbed the brand new bronze table case. For a moment of trance, he unconsciously increased the strength of his fingers, leaving clear fingerprints on it. Visible fingerprints, expression gradually becoming more ferocious He was twisted ferociously, and the veins on his forehead were squirming in the dark, and his deep resentment could kill a ghost: "Others have planted trees before them and others can enjoy the shade. Why is it my turn to shovel the shit out of the people before me?"
Qin Li ignored Shen Tang Some outrageous words.
How can one not be crazy when one is a lord?
As soon as the aristocratic families from all over the world digested the information from Lin, they started to receive mass messages from Shen Tang. Invitation. The handwriting of the invitation is different from the threat. "The inner treasury was burnt to ashes, and the public minister's bones were trampled all over the street" was written by one person. I subconsciously thought it was Shen Tang's own handwriting. I shuddered subconsciously - hadn't they all handed in their donations? It's not over yet. Right?
After seeing the contents of the invitation clearly, everyone felt like they were mourning for their heirs.
The invitation began by sincerely thanking each family for their generosity. Shen Tang thanked each family on behalf of thousands of people. She understood the righteousness and used the excuse to invite each family to attend the banquet. Although the family leader was not named by name, the meaning behind the black and white words was very clear.
The head of the family does not have to go, but he must go to the person who can make the decision.
The worst he can do is be the second in command.
Every family is so gloomy that they dare not discuss countermeasures this time.
There are also stubborn people who want to harm themselves and report illness, and let others go there for them - fools also know that this is a Hongmen Banquet. If you go, you will most likely not be able to come back, but if you don't go, you will really lose five kilograms with the box. ——It’s just that the plan has not yet been implemented. The garrisons in various places have been completely taken over by Shen Tang’s people. These soldiers and horses train troops every now and then, using the streets in front of each house as a runway for training.
【One two one, one two one! 】
Start running in order before dawn.
[One, two, three, four——]
Not to mention the head of the family, even the family members of the house owner heard it.
In addition to running out to train before dawn, the military training instructor also used the street as a martial arts field. Every now and then, he would bring more than a hundred low-ranking soldiers to learn to use martial energy to form weapons, and practice bending bows and arrows. From time to time, arrows would escape and cross the courtyard. wall.
The head of the family: "..."
Shen Tang didn't do anything, and she didn't say anything.
But the head of the aristocratic family couldn't just pretend that she didn't do anything and didn't say anything.
After the last commotion, Shen Tang thoroughly found out the location of the private soldiers raised by each family on the farm, including the secret content of their scale and combat strength. It was inconvenient for each family to contact each other. Once someone made any move, a fire would break out in the farm and several people would be killed.
Without contact, there will naturally be no unity.
If you lose the protection of force, you are a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
So, the heads of each family hesitated for a few days and went their separate ways.
They did not dare to delay on the road, and they all arrived within the specified time. The strange thing is that the closest one and the farthest one arrived on the same day. Many family heads are related by marriage and know each other. To be cautious, I didn't even dare to have a conversation.
They also saw Shen Tang for the first time.
The rumored monster that is neither male nor female.
In terms of appearance, he is indeed no less impressive than Zheng Qiao.
Shen Tang, escorted by his bodyguards, walked to the main seat and sat down. He raised his hand to greet the heads of the aristocratic families, who all had pale faces: "Good morning, gentlemen. It's been a long journey. Did you sleep well last night?"
Because the space was not big enough, Shen Tang simply placed the banquet in the martial arts training ground. Each table had a small plaque with the name of each family head on it. The original intention is to make it easier for them to find a location, but in the eyes of each family owner, it is just a small magic card.
Everyone looked even worse: "Thank you, Mr. Shen, for your concern."
"If there is anyone who doesn't take good care of you, you must tell him."
Each family head: "..."
At this time, someone noticed that in addition to the small magic sign on the food table, there was not even a dish. Nothing, nothing! This scene made several sensitive people instantly think of a certain allusion to the spirit. They were calm on the surface, but secretly they were sweating coldly.
Pa bang bang, I heard Shen Tang clapping his hands.
A line of burly and muscular military men followed, carrying plates. Their arms were thicker than the thighs of the house owners. When they leaned over to put down the dishes, they cast a huge black shadow that enveloped all the house owners. , with a saber hanging on his waist.
Shen Tang said apologetically: "You all know that Shen came from a rough background and had a hard time getting started. He has long been accustomed to living a simple life and does not like extravagance. He does not support dancers or singers in his house. He even provides food to guests. The soldiers are here to help. Haha, the conditions are crude and not as good as the warm and fragrant soft jade in the prince's house. It's disrespectful."
The faces of the heads of each family are pale.
They couldn't help but wonder about the blood relationship between Shen Tang and Zheng Qiao. Why do they both like to be weird in front of others?
No——
Zheng Qiao is not as good at playing as Shen Youli.
They knew that this was the Hongmen Banquet, and Shen Tang also knew that they knew that this was the Hongmen Banquet, but they really didn't expect that Shen Tang would directly show his ax to the public. Are you too lazy to even pretend? However, none of the Gonggun princes dared to scold him.
Shen Tang didn't seem to notice how broken their spirits were, and said to himself, "Eat well and drink well", and he had a great appetite.
Every family head: "..."
Well, not everyone has no appetite.
On the Lingzhou family’s side, there is a person who stands out.
The old man with white beard and hair closed his eyes and meditated.
Beside him, someone was feasting.
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(End of this chapter)