Chapter 656: Pursuing and Fighting
The people who know you best are either your friends or your enemies.
In Chu State, apart from the royal family Xiong family, the Xiang family is undoubtedly the one at the highest point of the food chain,
The Zhu family, on the other hand, can be regarded as a first-class family that has existed since the Yong Dynasty. Naturally, they also have a share of the credit for the founding of the Chu State.
Successors of aristocratic families who are a little bit ambitious will naturally want to go further, and the Zhu family is no exception. However, the Zhu family is not very lucky, and often stands in the wrong team. Over the past few hundred years, there have been ups and downs. , in Jiang Qian's era, they once again stood on the wrong team and almost suffered disaster.
And now, they have an excellent opportunity.
Provoke Xiang.
As long as the Xiang family collapses, as the leader, they will naturally get the biggest piece of the cake. Not to mention replacing the Xiang family's position, they can at least restore themselves to their heyday.
The attack against Xiang was precise and effective.
In just ten days, the power of the Xiang clan in Danyang and surrounding Danyang was uprooted. At least more than 60% of Xiang's wealth is concentrated in this area.
Every day, a string of Xiang family members, their relatives, disciples and even close friends were arrested by the new forces headed by Zhu Chi and thrown into prison. The frivolous wealth confiscated from these families was also transported by the truckload. Enter the palace.
Zhu Chi once told Na Wei that the Xiang family owned millions of acres of land. As for how much wealth they had, even Zhu Chi couldn't say for certain. In the past ten days, only the gold and silver treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and precious treasures had been brought into the palace. Medicinal materials, etc., are roughly estimated to be worth more than three million taels.
This made Na Wei's eyes turn red.
He knew very well that what he copied was definitely not worth the money, because the people who did it also wanted to share the profits.
But even after scraping the oil layer by layer, he still had this amount when he got there, which shows how amazing the Xiang family's wealth is.
And this also allowed Na Wei Shen to stand on the commanding heights of morality, and he could condescendingly rebuke people like Xiang, who were all worms in Da Chu.
"Look, look!" Na Wei reached out and grabbed a handful of pearl necklaces that were of the best color and size from the box, and said to Xiong Yi and Zhou Zheng beside him: "How much money does Dachu have in the treasury? Well, are there as many families as our General Xiang? When Xiang Ying sent out troops to attack Jiang Qian, Xiang Ying said he had no money, so everyone in Danyang was happy to lose money to pay the soldiers. Unfortunately, when the southwest wolf soldiers set out, everyone only had a few cold and hard black noodles. Where are the steamed buns? ”
The pearl fell into the box and made a crisp sound. Xiong Yi was speechless and Zhou Zheng turned his head to look elsewhere.
"But I check, I copy, but I want to see how much Xiang has dug into our Da Chu!" Na Wei took a thick stack of ledgers from Zhu Chi and said, "Xiong Sir, in addition to trying Xiang Ying for losing his master and insulting the country, , and there is another crime of corruption. Take these account books and take a look at them! See how the loyal ministers and good generals in your mouth, the veteran ministers of the country, pull the money of the imperial court into their own arms! ”
Na Wei walked away with a puff of his sleeves.
Xiong Yi stared at Zhu Chi below, and Zhu Chi looked back at Xiong Yi without showing any signs of weakness.
"Zhu Chi, you know that General Xiang never needs to commit corruption. The Xiang family has been in the millennium family, and these properties are nothing!" Xiong Yi clenched his fists and said angrily: "General Xiang is already dead, and you still want to Is killing someone heartbreaking? ”
"Mr. Xiong!" Zhu Chi said calmly: "You should know what the situation in Chu is now. Surrounded by wolves, there are endless internal battles. The Xiong family is a royal family, and we cannot criticize it, but the Xiang family is different. He It's so big that he is sucking Da Chu's blood for his own use all the time and anywhere. If he wants to restore Da Chu's blood, this giant beast must fall. Of course, if the general is not dead, he can be the pillar of the sky, but if he is dead, who among the rest of the Xiang family can play the role of General Xiang? Since he is gone, it is natural to use it for the weak general. Chu needs some nutrition. When a whale falls, all things come alive! Mr. Xiong, if you want Chu to regain some vitality quickly, this is what you must do!”
"According to what you say, the collapse of the Xiang family will be a good thing for Dachu?" Xiong Yi said angrily. "This is what the official thinks!" Zhu Chi pointed to the gold and silver treasures and said: "These things are piled in their warehouses. Now that they are copied, they can be used to pay soldiers and build weapons and warships. In order to get money for Chen Yan to reorganize the navy, Commander Zhou embezzled cash from the treasury. It had to be done cleanly, and it had been allocated to hundreds of shipbuilding-related industries, making it impossible for us to pursue it even if we wanted to. We could only grit our teeth and accept the debt. Now that we have copied the Xiang family, we discovered that, This little money is really nothing, what do you think, Governor Zhou?”
Zhou Zheng remained silent.
"Furthermore, as far as I know, the Xiang family has millions of acres of good farmland all over the country. These lands are sold for a large sum of money, which is used as reward for merit and to keep the soldiers one by one. Fight bravely and never retreat, Mr. Xiong, General Xiang is dead, so this is the only contribution Xiang can make to Chu!" Zhu Chichong bowed to Xiong Yi and said: "If Mr. Xiong has no other choice, As ordered, I will resign.”
Inside the Wuhu Broken Door Knife Mountain Gate, the old sect leader Hu Tianying was leaning on the recliner, with his eyes slightly closed, listening to the deputy sect leader Wang Li telling him about the turmoil under the mountain during this period.
Only a few months after the Danyang Coup, the Chu State once again ushered in earth-shaking changes, and this time the shock to the Chu State was much more profound than the collapse of Jiang Qian.
After all, Jiang Qian came to power not long ago, and although he was a top choice for his power, his mind, his mind, and the city, it was still not as good as the thousand-year-old Xiang family's influence on Chu.
This is also the reason why Xiang Ying was able to succeed in his coup once Jiang Qian left Danyang.
"Tell me, how much of Zhu Chi's fierce pursuit is for Sledgehammer's plan, and how much is for himself?" Hu Tianying tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers.
"Master, in my opinion, this guy must be doing it for himself now!" Wang Li said with a smile: "Otherwise, after eliminating Xiang's influence in Danyang and surrounding areas, he should have raised his hand and given Xiang Zhuang a chance to organize The force launched a counterattack, but now it seems that Zhu Chi's plan is extremely thorough, and Xiang Zhuang is a little exhausted! Moreover, the sect leader, Jiang Chong, has also taken action. If Xiang Zhuang is killed by Jiang Chong again, they will be completely finished. ! ”
"That's the truth, so Xiang Zhuang must live!" Hu Tianying nodded and said: "This old guy Jiang Chong has suffered such a big loss and still won't stop. Wang Li, take me to meet this Jiang Chong!"
"Master, your body?"
"Do you think Jiang Chong will really take action against me?"
"I can't tell!"
"Don't worry, I dare to fight for my life, but does he dare?" Hu Tianying laughed loudly: "In addition, the disciples in our sect who have not yet come down from the mountain should go out!"
"Going to help Xiang Zhuang?" Wang Li asked.
"Helping the weak and helping the poor has always been the tradition of our Five Tigers!"
"How do you explain it to Na Wei?"
"What do you have to explain?" Hu Tian responded: "The Five Tigers Broken Gate Sword has never been involved in politics. The disciples have learned martial arts and can do whatever they want and help whomever they want. This has been the case all these years. His majestic You can also recruit disciples from our sect!”
(End of chapter)