The people who were made marquis by Xie Fu back then had all been very high-spirited. If there was no threat or strength, Xie Fuwei would naturally not bother to care.
What seemed extremely ridiculous back then actually played a vital role. Not only did it confuse the opponents, it also caused conflicts between them.
Anyway, at that time, Xie Fuwei was synonymous with the confused emperor. Even if he was not satisfied with the title, the most he could do was curse in secret.
If one family is strong and the other is weak, then the weak one will have a higher title and the stronger one will have a lower title. This is how the contradiction arises.
The relationship between these two families is very good, so if one family blocks the other, over time, there will be no good relationship.
Even though Xie Fuwei did ridiculous things, he did them extremely shrewdly. After Wang Luoshen was killed, the good days of these people also came to an end.
From that day on, no one who had benefited from it could sleep soundly. The two major cases resulted in a total of 50,000 heads beheaded. This kind of thing has never happened before in the past thousand years of history.
Nowadays, none of these princes have been granted titles. Apart from the beheaded ones, only three are still alive. They have also submitted memorials to the prince in succession early to request that the crown be removed.
Of the three who are still alive, one is a member of the Yao family in Haining and the current head of the Yao family, Yao Guangyao. When he was granted the title of county king, the Yao family set off fireworks for fifteen days in a row in Haining. The family was very angry because the Song family was as powerful as the Yao family, but they only had a marquis.
At that time, the relationship between the Song and Yao families was very good. The two families had been married for many years, and their business interests were inextricably linked, so they always got along very harmoniously.
Until one day, Yao Guangyao presented a fist-sized luminous pearl to the emperor. The emperor was so happy that he actually made Yao Guangyao the Prince of Haining County.
The Song family was a little greedy, so they tried their best to find a seven-foot-tall blood coral. This thing had a perfect shape, dense yet organized, rich and shiny color.
It stands to reason that the value of this thing is even greater than that of the luminous pearl. However, the emperor only granted one county title to the Song family, which was not even inferior to the county prince of the Yao family.
Later I found out for some reason that it was because people from the Yao family said some bad things behind my back, saying that the priceless blood coral was man-made and not a natural thing.
If it weren't really big enough and beautiful enough, the emperor would have smashed it on the spot. It would be good to be given a county title.
And the county prince's fiefdom is still within the Yao family's fiefdom. So, should the income from this fiefdom go to the Song family or the Yao family?
Both of them are wealthy families, so that little thing is just a small profit for them.
It was this small profit that made the relationship between the Song and Yao families worse and worse. After that, it got to the point where they had no contact with each other until they died. No one from the two families paid attention to the other. However, the women from both families who married to the opposite side were all suffering from splints.
Later, when Wang Luoshen's case came out, Yao Guangyao immediately filed a memorial. First, he clarified his relationship with Wang Luoshen, and second, he asked the emperor to take back the title given to him.
The emperor didn't make things difficult for him. He accepted the title and sent someone to comfort him. Yao Guangyao felt relieved.
He originally thought that this matter would be over, but he didn't expect that the Song family had committed a crime not long ago. It was said that it was related to the traitor Liu Tingsheng and Guo Geming, and more than a thousand people from the three clans of the Song family were arrested.
Yao Guangyao couldn't sit still, so he immediately sent someone to catch up with Mo Wutong who had come to see him before. Mo Wutong went to the Yao family first. Because the Song family was closed at the time, Mo Wutong went to another place.
The Song family was dealt with a month later, when Mo Wutong had just returned to Haining. Yao Guangyao met Mo Wutong in person this time, and the two chatted from nightfall to dawn.
Afterwards, Yao Guangyao sent his most trusted second brother, Yao Guangsha, to follow Mo Wutong to Geling City to explore the situation. If the imperial court really did not intend to let go of the Yao family, instead of letting the imperial court handle it, it would be better to fight for it. If you fight to the death, you will die if you lose.
The Song family's incident had a great impact on Yao Guangyao, and it also had a similar impact on others. In addition to Yao Guangsha who followed Mo Wutong, the Chen family, whose family power was more powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, also sent people.
The power of the Chen family can rank among the top three in Jiangnan. However, the Chen family has always been cautious in doing things, so they were not directly implicated in the major case of Guo Geming and Liu Tingsheng.
However, as such a powerful family in Jiangnan, how could it be possible that the Chen family was not involved at all in Liu Tingsheng's rebellion?
The Yao family was panicked, and the Chen family was the same, so the Chen family also sent a very capable person named Chen Zhuo. scary.
Chen Zhuo is the leader of the third generation of the Chen family. There are only three or five members of the older generation left. The second generation, Chen Zhuo's father's generation, are all between forty and sixty years old.
Chen Zhuo is only over 30 years old this year. His father is the younger brother of the head of the Chen family, and he is considered the second most important person in the Chen family.
Among those who came this time, Chen Zhuo had the highest status and the strongest strength. Second only to Chen Zhuo is Xie Biyu, who came from Sucheng. Although he is also a member of the Xie family, he has no connection with the Xie royal family and cannot even trace his roots.
In fact, few people in the Xie family are officials, so the emperor's actions should not be a threat to the Xie family in Sucheng.
As luck would have it, the Xie family in Sucheng sent a lot of money to Liu Tingsheng in order to make further progress. Fortunately, it changed hands several times instead of doing the accounting directly.
But people in the Xie family are also afraid. If such a thing has not been found out, it is either because the court has no time to investigate, or it does not want to investigate it yet. As long as it is investigated, it is impossible not to find out.
The status of people from the Xie family is second only to Chen Zhuo, and no one in the family is an official. The reason is that the Xie family is really willing to spend money. In recent years, the money they have spent to curry favor with the major families in Jiangnan is like a big river.
As the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, the Xie family in Sucheng consumes 40% of their annual profits just for the money they spend on their relationships.
With such lavish spending, others have to give him some face. In addition to these three people, there is one person who is particularly prominent among those waiting for news.
This person's name is Shi Xianfeng. Speaking of which, the Shi family in the Jiangnan area is still barely considered a wealthy family.
In the past hundred years, the Shi family has not produced a third-grade official or above, and only one third-grade official has been produced. Later, he was expelled from the court for offending others and died in depression.
However, the Shi family has a heritage that no one dares to ignore. The Shi family was once the home of the founding heroes of Dayu. When Dayu was founded, Shi Pojun was one of the eight generals under Emperor Taizu. Dayu was made a Duke of the country.
Until now, Shi Xianfeng's status as the Duke of the Kingdom has fallen to Shi Xianfeng. No matter how much the family declines, this Duke is much more noble than those Xie Fuwei enfeoffed.
The Shi family will not be implicated in anyone's case, whether it is Wang Luoshen or Liu Tingsheng and Guo Geming. The Shi family has never disdained to associate with these people, but the Shi family has never been willing to do so.
Shi Xianfeng is almost forty years old this year. Before his father died, he held his hand and said that he must let the Shi family carry forward and regain its glory.
Shi Xianfeng had a very high status, he was the Duke of the country after all, but the Shi family had always been aloof and arrogant, and they never bowed their heads even though their family conditions were not that good.
Originally, the Shi family had always had prestige in the military. Later, as Emperor Taizu gradually removed the military power of the generals, the Shi family's glory lasted only a lifetime, and then gradually declined.
Shi Xianfeng inherited the aloofness in his character. Wang Luoshen once sent someone to find him, and his answer was that the Shi family would never participate in the conspiracy. Liu Tingsheng also approached him, and his answer was exactly the same.
He came here this time because he heard rumors that the Supreme Sage intended to depose the current Majesty and put a so-called prince of unknown origin on the throne.
The Shi family does not seek rebellion. But you can choose your monarch. After all, both the Supreme Sage and your Majesty are members of the Xie family.
So even among the crowd, he felt out of place with the others. Others think he is too pretentious, and treason is treason. Is it not the same to be rebellious like this and to be rebellious like that? He feels that others are idiots and not worthy of talking to him.
Now in this small town about a hundred miles away from Geling City, people from all over the world gathered together in twos and threes to chat, but he was the only one standing under the tree in a daze.
Of course, a person with Xie Biyu's character wants to be polite to everyone he meets. As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Besides, he has gained a good reputation for being generous and generous over the years. He originally wanted to get close to Shi Xianfeng, but ended up using his hot words. His face was pressed hard against his cold ass.
Yao Guangyao pulled Xie Biyu aside, lowered his voice and told him not to pay attention to the man named Shi.
If it weren't for the fact that the Shi family has an extremely unique technique that allows every generation of the Shi family to achieve extremely terrifying realms, perhaps no one would invite the Shi family this time.
The Shi family's skills are unique in the entire world. But how unique it is, people now only know a little bit about it, probably because they have heard that people from the Shi family can become peerless warriors who surpass the Wuyue realm without cultivating internal strength.
However, everyone thought that was bragging. If you only train your body, let alone those at the peak of the Wuyue Realm, even those in the early stages of the Wuyue Realm will not be able to defeat them.
At this moment, the three highest-ranking people, Yao Guangyao, Xie Biyu, and Chen Zhuo, were chatting together.
Those with lower status found someone by themselves, but Shi Xianfeng was always so aloof and arrogant, really like a stubborn stone.
"That Mr. Mo, I don't know when he will come back." Xie Pi'an looked away from Shi Xianfeng and said with some worry: "I don't know if what he said is true." Yao Guangyao said. : "Even if half of it is true, we can only listen to it as it is true now." Xie Bi said: "I'm just worried that your Majesty can't defeat the Supreme Saint." Chen Zhuo, who was standing next to him, spoke calmly. He said: "What is there to worry about? Of course His Majesty cannot defeat the Supreme Saint." Xie Bi's face became even more ugly.
The Xie family has spent countless amounts of money in order to get ahead in these years, but no matter how much money they invest, it has no effect. Although there are several people in the Xie family who have become officials, the largest one is only in the fifth rank.
But the Xie family is in a difficult situation again, spending money year after year. The other party may not do anything, but if you don't spend money for a year, the other party will definitely repair the Xie family.
It seems that his status in this group of people is not low, but he knows very well that once the Xie family can no longer afford the money, this status will be lost immediately. Standing among this group of people, he may not even have a hunting dog raised by Chen Zhuo. Not as good as anything.
"We didn't have much chance of winning. If we really want to say how many points we have... if it's ten points, it's one point at most." Chen Zhuo's words were like pouring cold water on Xie Pi'an.
But what Chen Zhuo said immediately after that made everyone have to agree.
"Which of us now knows that it's hard to win but still has to fight hard?" Chen Zhuo raised his head and looked at it and said: "If it was easy to win, why would you and I stand here and talk about weak fighting spirit?" Everyone silent.
Shi Xianfeng couldn't help but look at Chen Zhuo. He looked down on everyone, but he quite recognized Chen Zhuo's words.
"One point is good." Shi Xianfeng, who never took the initiative to chat with others, spoke at this time, so everyone looked at him in surprise.
Shi Xianfeng also raised his head and looked at it and said: "A point is better than no point at all." Some people thought this was nonsense, so they scoffed.
But Chen Zhuo couldn't help but glance at Shi Xianfeng because he could hear Shi Xianfeng's determination this time.
