crush the rich

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, Chen Zhong actually did not have much access to outside intelligence, because Zhongzhou sent soldiers called bodyguards who were actually monitors to deliberately isolate his sources of intelligence, so as to prevent him from knowing too much and creating too much himself. idea.

But they have limited manpower after all.In Nanyi Province, the Zhongzhou warlords did not dare to send too many soldiers to go deep into the hinterland with great fanfare, but Chen Zhong was in his own hometown, and the sources of intelligence were almost everywhere, so all kinds of news that really leaked in were still emerging one after another.

Even if you only listen to a small scale and a half claw, it is enough to shake the morale of the army.

What's more, the current environment and the people around him will never leave him time to hesitate and struggle calmly.There are always some external winds and waves trying to push him to sway in all directions.

Chen Zhong is not a very noble person, nor is he a very assertive person, which is why the Zhongzhou warlords chose him.But at the same time, he is not an extremely evil person, so even after making a selfish decision, he will soon be shaken by the attitude of the people around him, or be condemned by his conscience.

So after this incident, he soon became restless and frightened because of the development of the matter.Although the people sent by Zhongzhou have been controlling and brainwashing him, firstly, the methods are not professional enough, and secondly, since they want to use him to persuade local greedy young adults, they naturally cannot prevent him from contacting others.

They can only consciously isolate those who seem to affect the plan from contacting Chen Zhong.

On this day, Chen Zhong was still talking about the gold mine with the youths in the village and town according to the arrangement of the guards, but his mood was obviously not high, and his words were not as persuasive and attractive to everyone as they were when he just came back , eloquence not only did not improve, but obviously lost strength because of his negative attitude.

Naturally dissatisfied with this person who was called a guard but actually a monitor, he glared at Chen Zhong fiercely for several years, and reluctantly lifted Chen Zhong's spirits a little through silent threats.

But this weak progress dissipated without a trace when Chen Zhong's second uncle arrived.

Uncle Chen is the elder in this village, and he is also recognized as the most educated person in the village.It is said that he had never read a book when he was a child, but by eavesdropping outside the school in the town and holding a few old books to teach himself, he knew thousands of characters, and even became a recognized scholar in the village as he grew older.

The villages in Nanyi Province are also rich. In fact, there are quite a few people who have read books, but Uncle Chen’s status is higher than that of many serious educated people in the village. Of course, not only because he is literate and has read books, but also because He himself was extremely intelligent and intelligent.

This is also a man the guards wish to isolate and guard as much as possible.

After Second Uncle Chen came in, one of the guards signaled Chen Zhong to open his mouth and find a way to provoke him to leave, but the Second Uncle said openly, "Third boy, you can only talk about your gold mining business to an inexperienced little boy." The child listens, but I, an old man, can't listen?"

There is no meaning to these words, as if Chen Zhong said about the gold mine, he only dared to deceive children, but did not dare to show it in front of others.

But he did tell the truth, Chen Zhong must not dare to let his second uncle know more about the gold mine.In other words, even if he dared, the watchers would not dare.

So under the signal of the guards, Chen Zhong directly asked them to invite the second uncle out.

However, while being dragged out by two guards, the old man yelled, "Okay! Are you willing to tell outsiders about this gold mine or not to your own family!? Third boy, our Chen Family You haven’t treated you badly so much, have you!?”

Chen Zhong suddenly felt a little anxious.He naturally knew in his heart that the matter of the gold mine was not a good thing, so he would rather lie to outsiders than to lie to his own people, but the old man's words were so cruel that he didn't hold back for a moment, and almost cried with a puckered face. He blurted out: "Second Grandpa, I didn't mean that—"

The second uncle knocked on the ground with his cane, and shouted: "Then why don't you let them stop!? You two guards don't look like guards, but you look like the masters of the third boy's family!?"

What he said was shocking, especially at this time there was a group of young and middle-aged people watching. Although they didn't have sharp thinking and were dazzled by the temptation of gold mines, they were also instilled in them because of the respect for the elderly that they had been instilled since childhood. Jing Xian thought and instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he wanted to come up to stop him, while persuading Chen Zhong.

Seeing that there was nothing to be done, the two guards stopped reluctantly, but they secretly gave Chen Zhong a look, meaning to ask him to cooperate.Chen Zhong was very embarrassed.

The old man was helped up by several young people, rubbed his shoulders and arms that were scratched and hurt, and said, "Third boy, you can do it. How much money have you made, and you dare to do something to my old man? What on earth are you doing?" Made a lot of money, or got something insane?"

Chen Zhong didn't dare to accept the look from the guards, but he didn't dare to force the old man out as they wanted, so he lowered his head and said, "Second Uncle...that's not what I meant. Why is your old man here too?"

Second Uncle Chen didn't answer his words, but held his crutches, squeezed his back, walked around the two guards, and said, "Third boy... where did you recruit the guards? Seeing that they are much tougher than you? Are you their master, or are they your master?"

Chen Zhong was terrified when he heard that, the guard was just pretending to be here, and he definitely didn't respect Chen Zhong very much in his heart, but he was still startled after hearing such a sensitive question from the old man, and said quickly: "I'm just doing things according to Boss Chen's words."

Uncle Chen inspected them for a while, without comment, he just said: "I hope so."

Then he said to Chen Zhong: "Third boy, do you still listen to what your uncle is telling you now?"

Chen Zhong was stunned for a moment, then said, "Second Uncle, what did you say... Do you need me for anything?"

Generally speaking, he respects Uncle Chen very much, and he must listen to what the other party has to say.But at this time, he couldn't help himself, so he didn't dare to answer Uncle Chen's words.

The second uncle said: "I have something to tell you, don't let your two guards follow. If you still want to listen to my old man, you can come in with me and talk."

After hearing this, Chen Zhong hesitated a little.The guard gave him a threatening look, but unexpectedly, the second uncle happened to be standing between Chen Zhong and the two of them, blocking the sight of both of them.The guards wanted to stop them, but the second uncle didn't give them this chance. Instead, he waved at the group of young people who were asking Chen Zhong about the gold mine, and said, "Let the second uncle and your third uncle watch The same goes for your third uncle. The people in his own village don’t believe it, but the people hired from outside. These two people are gangsters, and the second uncle can’t believe it. If you listen to me, put them in prison first, and let me tell you Your third uncle will talk about the private affairs of the family for a while."

When he said this, the young and middle-aged men hesitated for a while, and really went to surround the guards to take them out.The guard was a little anxious immediately, but this era is not suitable for seizures, and he was pushed out by everyone after a little hesitation.

Chen Zhong was very apprehensive, but he was lacking in assertiveness after all. After being pushed twice by his second uncle's crutches, he took advantage of the situation and really entered the house.He was actually a little afraid of dealing with Uncle Chen, but he braved up and asked, "Uncle Second, what do you need me to do... I might..." He wanted to say that he might not be able to help, but Remembering my character design at this time, I shook it and changed, "...It may not be able to help anything."

The second uncle stared at him for a while, but did not answer his question, but suddenly said: "Third boy, have you been threatened?"

Chen Zhong: "...!?"

He was very disturbed, his voice was almost trembling, and he couldn't hide it at all, but he still pretended to be shocked and said, "Second Uncle, what are you talking about?"

The second uncle understood him when he looked at him, sighed and said: "Little San, no matter how big things you encounter, the family will help you. But you... must not do things that harm your own people, or you will not only You, your parents, uncles, children... will have no place in the village in the future."

The second uncle's words were not excited, and could even be said to be in an ordinary tone, but when he heard Chen Zhong's ears, it seemed to shake his heart, liver, lungs and kidneys, and he was so shaken in an instant that the defenses of his whole body were almost shattered. Then the encounter in Zhongzhou, the threat of the staff officer and the figure of his family flashed through his mind, but he still froze in the end.

He pretended to be nonchalant, and said in a dry voice that he thought he could hide from the other party, but in fact it was hard to win people's trust: "Second Uncle, what are you talking about... how could I harm my own people... besides, I'm posting now Cai, even the guards are hired, how can anyone threaten me?"

Naturally, Second Uncle couldn't believe what he said, but seeing that he had been perfunctory, he hadn't continued to press him to expose the unnaturalness of his attitude.He pretended not to notice, and said to Chen Zhong: "Anyway, Xiao San, you have to remember... The world outside is not peaceful, but our family is not easy to mess with. Let's talk about these ten miles and eight villages, which family and clan are not Living together for generations, with the same spirit? They all break the relationship between the bones and the tendons. We will not let our family members be easily deceived by outsiders, but if someone eats inside and outside, the result will not be much better than offending outsiders .”

Chen Zhong's heart trembled, he was very shaken for a moment, and he almost wanted to tell the story.But amidst the distraction, there was still a shadow in his mind, which was the Zhongzhou army armed with live ammunition in groups - the young and middle-aged men in the village might indeed have some deterrent effect on other villages, but compared to the real What is the warlord of China?

Thinking of this, Chen Zhong shrank back all his courage.

After the prince received the information, some people hated iron and scolded Chen Zhong: "This Chen Zhong is worthless, his name is wasted!"

Mr. Ren was very calm, and said: "It's just a short shot. It's just ordinary people. If they really have this kind of decisive killing, they won't be pushed out by Zhongzhou to make this target. This matter has to be taken slowly. "

After that, he was really calm and arranged a series of tasks.Chen Zhong only sent a few people to beat the side drum secretly, but Ji Geng stepped up the firepower - if the court had lost its prestige now, and it was inconvenient for the crown prince to take the initiative, this matter could actually be simpler.

Because of the news, the government office in Nanyi Province has received many reports and arrested several people who incite the hearts of the people.Most of the people caught were ordinary hooligans bought by Zhongzhou spies, but there were also a few more important spies among them.Mr. Ren is trying to follow the vine and use these people to catch the spy from Zhongzhou who sneaked into Nanyi Province, and cut off a paw surnamed Li.

This process cannot be done by the prince's subordinates alone. After all, he is only the prince and not the emperor. He is only in the process of studying and has no official position. Although he has a certain influence in Nanyi Province, But it is not easy to directly order officials to act according to their own wishes.

He can only use his influence to act subtly.

But this is not a bad thing.

During this period of time in the Kingdom of Xia, the prestige of the imperial court has actually been extremely low.Nanyi Province is located in the south, with a rich environment, and the prince has subtly influenced and monitored it in the past few years. It is already a relatively clear political area, but it is still inevitable that officials are corrupt, officials oppress the people, and tyrannical robbery happens.

If the pressure is applied directly from top to bottom, the efficiency is high, but it is inevitable that some people will not take advantage of the problem, or even overplay it, and take the opportunity to bully and exploit the people.If this kind of thing happened, the prince might as well ignore it at first, and the harm would be less.

Xia Guo's entire political system is now rotten, and the emperor is more addicted to pleasure no matter what he does. The "Prince Regent" placed minions throughout the court, and even exiled the dignified prince to Nanyi Province with a random name.He is indeed more capable than the emperor, but this prince's mind is not on government affairs, he thinks more about fighting for power and profit.Because of the rampant warlords, the regent himself didn't take this nominal "prince" seriously, but he never killed him. When he returned to Beijing, he would usually put on a hypocritical appearance of a good uncle.

Coupled with the humanistic atmosphere of the past dynasties in Nanyi Province, several forces here finally chose to support the prince after several battles. At present, it may be one of the most peaceful areas in the entire Xia Kingdom itself.

But even so, the prince will not pin his hopes on the current corrupt bureaucracy, and prefers to use tactics rather than power to achieve his goals.

Facts have proved that Yin Lian's several suggestions are very to the point.

After Ji Geng's list came out, people came to his door one after another to confirm whether the people on the list were his family members or just people with the same name, and the prince really found out a lot of people who matched his identity.After he followed up and reported the situation of these people through newspapers, it immediately aroused fierce reactions from many towns and villages.Although not every village can read newspapers, if there are locals who are trapped in Zhongzhou or even die in other villages, they will soon be brought back by fellow villagers.

This led to a very wide range of news dissemination this time, and because word of mouth will inevitably have distortions and exaggerations, so once the public opinion tendency of this "gold mine scam" is characterized, it will be exaggerated in the direction of being characterized until it is determined. Demonize.

By the end of August, many places in Nanyi Province had begun to "smell the golden change", which really made the gold mining scammers in Zhongzhou nowhere to go, and even those "multilevel marketing personnel" who had appeared before also appeared on the spontaneous list of the people. The list of liars began to be shouted and beaten by everyone.

But it was Chen Zhong's betrayal that really brought the whole matter to a conclusion.Under the multi-party work of the prince's subordinates, Chen Zhong was finally pushed by the environment and relatives and friends to make a decision. In turn, he cooperated with the prince's subordinates to turn against Zhongzhou, not only exposing Zhongzhou's conspiracy, but also helping the government dig out Zhongzhou The warlords hid several strongholds and important figures in Nanyi Province, and helped the prince clean up the political circle in Nanyi Province.

During the whole process, Yin Lian gave many useful suggestions, and the friendship with His Highness the Crown Prince and even his advisers quickly deepened, to the point where they called each other Biaozi.She felt that this might be the friendship that they had been working on together—although she only talked and didn't do anything from the beginning to the end, it was obvious that the other party also recognized her ideological contribution.

Yin Lian's harvest during this period of hard work is a large pile of letters written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and famous figures in history.Although a small part of them may not be able to be shown due to the difference in the world line, it is not a problem to pick out one or two of them that will not make people feel abnormal but can show their identity and background.

Yin Lian felt that this wave of goodwill earned was well worth it.