All Hail Cousin Brother

Huang Wenwen's expression was desolate, and he gave a wry smile: "Everyone is dead, and there is still a chance to cooperate with Weininghou, so they made a desperate bet, and it was better to strike first, and simply charge Zhou Li Wang a crime of treason..."

At that time, the Marquis of Weining had power over the government and the opposition, and the imperial concubine Lu Huang was so popular that it could be said to be the limelight.

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

In that battle, not only King Li of Zhou died.

There are tens of thousands of people who died because of lack of supplies and could not get supplies, and eventually lost their lives to the soldiers in the hands of the Di people. They are the patron saints of the north, and they are also the husbands, fathers, sons and relatives of thousands of people.

As long as you grasp this point and make use of it, it will easily arouse the hatred of the common people for the gentry.

Ants kill elephants.

This is like when Mrs. Yang claimed to be ill and handed over the housekeeper's keys, her grandmother asked her to help the housekeeper, and she found out that there was a problem with purchasing in the big kitchen.

Yang Shuwan, Yang's mother, and Zhou Guanshi formed a stable and secret chain of interests, and it was not easy to move anyone.

Even if it moves, it won't solve the underlying problem.

Therefore, Yu Youyao pinched the other people in Xiaozhuang Zhouli, the embankment of a thousand miles, collapsed in the ant's nest, don't underestimate any of them.

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

She can't move the gentry, can't she handle those tyrannical gentlemen?

As long as you get hold of them, you can follow the vines and implicate the gentry.

Although it is not enough to root out the nobility, her purpose was not to completely eradicate the nobility. After all, the nobility is the cornerstone of the development of the northern border. If they are wiped out, the northern border will inevitably fall into civil strife. Weakening the power of the gentry is her fundamental purpose.

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In the northern border, there are two origins of medicinal materials.

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

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

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

Authentically produced medicinal materials have priority over military purchases.

The court was suspicious of the origin of the vassal king, and was sheltered by the local gentry. Whenever there was a conflict between the vassal king and the gentry, the court was the first to be suspicious of the vassal king.

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

The You Army is in a weak position and must be controlled by others.

King Li of Zhou was a foreshadowing.

Sitting in the front hall, Master Bai listened to the little servant reporting the situation outside: "...I was praising the righteousness of the Xie family, and I don't know who was trying to fish in troubled waters. This is still a nicer rhetoric. In fact, there are all kinds of scolding: "I even said, said..."

The boy, who was still articulate at first, suddenly trembled like a sieve, his mouth trembled, and he couldn't squeeze a word out of his throat, and his face turned white for a while.

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

Mrs. Bai was furious, and said angrily, "No matter what the people outside said, they explained it to me one by one."

The little servant shook his calf, knelt on the ground with a "thump", and said with a trembling voice: "Tell me, if the noble gentleman has a little bit of benevolence and righteousness from the Xie Mansion, why would every family in the north be plain and everyone would raise it? Bai Fan, orphans and widow mothers lived a hard life, so that the father cried for the son, the wife lost the husband, the son lost the father, even the King Li of Zhou was also...killed..."

"It doesn't make sense." Mrs. Bai's expression changed, and she suddenly became furious. With a "bang", she slapped her palm on the table: "It's just nonsense, nonsense."

Back then, when the Son of Heaven was angry, the situation of the corpse lying in the north for thousands of miles is still vivid in my mind.

And these words are really sinister, and directly push the big and small gentry in the north to the cusp of the limelight.

Master Bai's eyes narrowed, and he soon realized that what the servant said was always a gentleman, not a "gentleman", it was hard not to think deeply.

Mrs. Bai was worried that the rumors would get worse, and said quickly, "Send someone to watch the outside world. If someone dares to spread rumors and slander our White House, they will be arrested directly and sent to the county government..."

Although the prefectural yamen is located in Xiangping City, the affairs in Xiangping City are under the administration of the county yamen.

"Shut up!" Master Bai gave Mrs. Bai a warning glance, interrupted her with a cold voice, and turned to the servant boy: "Go down first!"

The little servant got up from the ground as if he had been granted amnesty, and ran away as if smeared with oil on the soles of his feet.

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

Master Bai said angrily: "In those days, the case of King Zhou Li was full of blood, and no one dares to talk about King Zhou Li's death so far. Why are those outsiders so blatant? Who gave them the courage? Head? You are going to take them to the yamen, isn't this place without three hundred taels of silver, and the rumors about the death of King Zhou Li have been confirmed for no reason?"

Mrs. Bai took a deep breath: "Master, you mean that the rumors outside are premeditated? Could it be that the Xie Mansion did it?

The rumor only appeared after the donation of military and medicinal materials from the Xie Mansion.

It's hard not to think of Xie Mansion.

Master Bai nodded with difficulty: "It should be said that all this was instructed by Shaoyi County Master and supported by King Wu Mu, otherwise the rumors could not have evolved to this point in just half a day."

The Xie House donated military supplies and medicinal materials, pointing the finger at the gentry.

It's not hard to think of the soldiers who died on the battlefield because of the lack of supplies when Bei Di attacked aggressively, and the cause of King Li's death in the first place.

Mrs. Bai's head was dizzy: "We can't arrest people, but let these rumors become more and more serious. Others still think that we are thieves and don't dare to come forward." She suddenly widened her eyes: "Isn't it difficult for our family to ride a tiger now? ?"

Master Bai closed his eyes, his face turned pale: "This is the genius of Shaoyi County Master, this is all because of her, and she cares about the epidemic of the victims. On the fire, King Li of Zhou and King Wu Mu's father and son have a very high prestige in the north, and the people have deep resentment against the gentry, which can easily cause public anger..."

Once large-scale public outrage was aroused, the government had to intervene.

No matter how good they usually manage in the yamen, they can only do things within their ability to make it convenient. It is impossible for the government to offend Shaoyi County Master or even the Yu clan behind her for the sake of mere merchants.