Lu Bu attacked the Mei family, Tao family, and Jiang family.
These three families are all official families, and they have been officials for generations. The worst ones have been governors, and the best ones have been governors.
He was extremely famous in Shouchun City and had many disciples who also worked for Yuan Shu.
It's just that they are all soldiers and generals. As a family of officials, how can they put their eggs in one basket? They naturally have to separate them.
Moreover, Yuan Shu's future is worrying. It would be a waste of natural resources to allow outstanding children to serve as officials under Yuan Shu.
The three families had a strong say in Shouchun City, and could even influence Yuan Shu's decrees. They mainly stayed among the people and relied on the power of the people to put pressure on Yuan Shu.
Controlling public opinion is what the three families are good at. Knowing this, Lu Bu happily chose the three families to start.
It depends on how much benefit these three companies can bring to themselves.
Lu Bu took Fang Yan and Han Xian straight to Shouchun City. Fang Yan took the lead in organizing this matter. Lu Bu asked Fang Yan to offend the aristocratic and wealthy families to death, so that Lu Bu could use it with confidence.
With Lu Bu supervising this matter, Fang Yan did not dare to do anything secretly. He could only follow the steps and do what Lu Bu wanted. With the support of the army, the matter went smoothly.
And it made a big fuss, reaching the ears of the Mei family, Tao family, and Jiang family.
The Mei family, the Tao family, and the Jiang family were official families with descendants all over the place. Each family probably had a population of one or two hundred. Those who failed to live up to their expectations were sent to the countryside to manage a township.
Those who are ambitious will go to serve as officials, and they are keen to invest in the major princes.
Those with average ability will inherit part of the family business. Anyway, the Mei family, the Tao family, and the Jiang family are big businesses. Shouchun City has many shops, extensive business, and tens of thousands of fertile fields.
It is enough for one's own children to fill all walks of life. This is the benefit of being born in an official family. Even if they are only marginal figures, they can still get some benefits.
After all, the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated that the family, the country, the world, and the family come first!
Outsiders are far less useful than family members. Even great princes such as Cao Cao value their own family more, such as Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong.
Anyway, they belong to the Cao family. As long as they have some ability, they will definitely be recruited by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao is like this, not to mention the rest of the official family. Naturally, if they have a position, let their own children take the top position. If outsiders want to get involved, there is no way!
When they heard that their fields were being divided up by unruly people, the Mei family, Tao family, and Jiang family were completely panicked.
After all, in ancient times, fields were the foundation of life. No matter how much money you have, it is useless without food.
The official families are all big families with so many people to support. If their fields are divided up by unruly people, their good days will be over.
As a family of officials, they naturally have two skills, and they are keen enough to smell the crisis.
After all, the land fell into the hands of the unruly people, and it would definitely be troublesome to get it back, and it might even trigger a strong impulse.
The only way to resolve the matter before it has completely boiled over is to resolve it.
Now the problem fell directly on Zhang Xun's head. Looking at the three parents in front of him, he felt very aggrieved.
"General, if you don't deal with Lu Bu outside the city, the people's hearts and minds may be scattered. It will be a fool's dream to rely on the city's gas shield to defend!"
The head of the Mei family said in a deep voice.
"We can't stay in the city forever, so we might as well take the initiative and take advantage of Lu Bu's unpreparedness to catch Lu Bu off guard."
Patriarch Tao echoed.
"Then Lu Bu is just a paper tiger, but General Zhang is afraid of this. He can't be just taking advantage of Lu Bu."
The head of the Jiang family said calmly.
A few words raised Zhang Xun's anger. It was obvious that the Mei family, Tao family, and Jiang family had their buttocks tilted.
They only think about their immediate interests. As for the life and death of Shouchun City, they have long been forgotten by the Mei family, Tao family, and Jiang family.
They don't care who the master of Shouchun City is, as long as their interests are not damaged, that's fine.
Now Lu Bu is doing something special outside the city. If they wait any longer, by the time Lu Bu attacks Shouchun City, all their fertile land will be divided.
When Lu Bu takes control of Shouchun City, what will they have to fight with Lu Bu? Thinking of this, it is better to fight quickly and not involve their interests.
To be honest, the Mei family, the Tao family, and the Jiang family really don't think Yuan Shu can secure Shouchun City. Now they are still acting like a coward, expecting Yuan Shu, rather than expecting a sow to climb a tree.
Since Yuan Shu is doomed to defeat, he might as well die early and be reborn, so why bother resisting here?
"I can understand the mood of all the family heads."
"I have also recently heard about Lu Bu's evil deeds outside the city. He divided the fields of the family heads among the unruly people indiscriminately."
"But as long as we defend Shouchun City, Lu Bu will definitely retreat in spite of the difficulties. Conquering the fields will be easy by then. Why should all the family heads be in a hurry?"
Zhang Xun advised.
"General Zhang's words are wrong. That Lu Bu has evil intentions. Not only is he dealing with the land issue, he will definitely shake the people of Shouchun City. By the time the protective shield dissipates, it will be too late for a decisive battle."
The head of the Mei family was unwilling to compromise and continued.
"Master Mei is overly worried. Lu Bu's expedition has intensified the consumption of food and grass. There is not much food and grass left. Before the shield of the city's protective air is broken, Lu Bu will definitely retreat. I guarantee you."
Zhang Xun had no choice but to say these words, hoping to comfort the hearts of the three family heads.
A head-on confrontation with Lu Bu at this moment is undoubtedly an act of seeking death.
After all, relying on the defense system, he was almost defeated by Lu Bu alone. If he went out to fight, he would be killed by Lu Bu alone!
One against ten thousand is not just talk.
Rather than this, it is better to hope that Lu Bu will run out of food and supplies and Liu Bei will go on an expedition. In this case, it will be difficult for Lu Bu not to retreat.
By that time, it doesn't matter if the city protective air shield is gone. Without Lu Bu's threat, it will not be easy to slowly deal with those unruly people and restore the city protective air shield.
But the three family heads did not think so. The three family heads felt that Yuan Shuding would not be able to pass this level, and with Lu Bu's fierceness, he would not retreat easily.
Since the Tao is different, we should not conspire against each other. The head of the Jiang family stood up calmly and said, "It seems that General Zhang has accepted Lu Bu's benefits. There is no need to say anything more. Let's go."
After saying that, the Jiang family leader walked away, followed closely by the two family heads, with rather ugly expressions on their faces.
Zhang Xun's words are too childish. If you want to snatch the land that belongs to them from the unruly people, it will probably be harder than climbing to the sky.
After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and if Lu Bu is needed to interfere, there is a high probability that they will not return to the fields, and public opinion will fall to the bottom.
The way to restore public opinion is very simple, that is to benefit the people!
But Lu Bu's move was too cruel. He directly used other people's property to benefit the people. Unless aristocratic or wealthy families wanted to go bankrupt, the extent of benefiting the people would definitely not be as good as Lu Bu's.
If this is the case, public opinion will never be restored.
Since Zhang Xun was unwilling to go out of the city for a decisive battle, they would secretly help Zhang Xun, believing that Zhang Xun would not say anything then.
Zhang Xun looked at the decisive backs of the three family heads and felt a little panicked in his heart. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it.
Zhang Xun did not dare to underestimate the power of the three family heads, but it was really difficult to obey the orders of the three family heads.
Unable to think of what the three family heads would do to him, Zhang Xun simply gave up and guarded Shouchun City with peace of mind, not letting anyone in or letting anyone out!
