In any case, the concubine's natal family is still quite influential among civil servants. With disciples and disciples all over the government and the public, no one would be able to despise this force. At least in his opinion, as long as he gave enough money to feed the King of Song and bribed Concubine De, Concubine De's mother's family's influence among the civil servants would protect the Chu family. It will also provide considerable convenience for the Chu family in doing business in the future.
Having obtained the monopoly right to sell salt in Luchi, Shanxi, through the King of Shu, Uncle Chu had already tasted the sweetness. In addition, the annual maintenance responsibilities for the two palaces and one mausoleum in Xijing were obtained from the Ministry of Industry. The Chu family really relied on the power of the king of Shu in the officialdom secretly. Although his evaluation of the King of Shu is true. But this did not prevent him from making a fortune by leveraging the power of the King of Shu.
If he was really worried that what the King of Shu did would bring danger to the Chu family, he should at least restrain himself rather than allowing his family to do whatever he wanted. What Mr. Chu Wu said that day in Dongshi was obviously not eavesdropped. Those words seemed as if someone specifically said them to him. And even if the King of Shu was passive, it was the King of Song who took the initiative to serve.
Wasn't it just from the King of Shu that he tasted the sweetness of power? Only when the King of Shu faked his death and fled to the Western Regions, unable to reach Xijing City, did he turn around and immediately join the King of Song. This is probably not simply an idea of relying on the King of Song to fight against the remaining power of the King of Shu in Xijing. The more reason is that he wants to rely on Concubine De and King Song to gain as much power and protection as possible.
This person is really both a snake and a mouse, and his ability to shirk is first-rate. He blamed the reason why the Chu family became the pawn of the King of Shu, more on the King of Shu himself and the original head of the Chu family, his father. He just wanted to give himself a dead end without evidence. He couldn't dig his father out of the coffin and interrogate him. I don't have the ability to judge Yang by day and Yin by night.
After a conversation with Mr. Cai yesterday, Huang Qiong already had some ideas in her mind about how to use Uncle Chu. But just as Mr. Cai said, you can use Uncle Chu no matter what, but you must not let him return to the mall. Otherwise, it will bring endless troubles to yourself. Huang Qiong still remembers that after the Fan family's northwest branch had an incident, Fan Jian stayed in Chang'an without authorization.
Although he was just cooperating with his brother to deal with the northwest branch of the Fan family, the old man was already slightly dissatisfied. If he was supporting a Chu family, not only would the old man be unable to explain it, but what would the people in Chang'an think of him? Do you think of yourself as the same person as those officials who are corrupt and bend the law? What's more, I don't need to support a Chu family now.
Not to mention the Fan family, it is enough to meet my needs. Just for the person he is hiding, the financial resources he can secretly provide are far beyond what a Chu family can compare to. The reason why he wanted to keep Uncle Chu was for another purpose. But it was for this purpose that he had to truly find out whether Uncle Chu's character and temperament could be truly controlled by him. This was the most important thing.
Of course, he will hold his family members as hostages. But if this person is like the King of Shu, a cold-blooded person who only cares about escaping for his own life and can leave his wife and children behind, I'm afraid it will be useless even if I take his entire family as hostages.
That kind of cold-blooded person doesn't care about anything except himself and his power. In their eyes, only power is the best.
Whether they are in business, in politics, or in command of the army. If you can achieve success, in the final analysis, personality factors account for a large chance, and even the same result can be achieved by different paths. In addition to tenacity and the courage to work hard, he also knows how to give up and make choices. Even giving up everything for success. As the old saying goes, kindness does not lead to military affairs, righteousness does not lead to business, benevolence does not lead to government, kindness does not lead to officialdom, and emotion does not establish affairs.
Those who are soft-minded, overly affectionate, and value friendship will not be able to reach the top in that aspect. Because they often fall into emotions. Of course, being ruthless may not necessarily make you a hero, but people who place too much emphasis on emotions will often be greatly interfered with by the outside world when making decisions. Many times, these people don't know what to choose. The decision you make will most likely be the worst one.
Just like in his previous life, he ended up succumbing to placing too much emphasis on feelings, and ended up luring a wolf into the house? Whether in a shopping mall, officialdom, or a battlefield where two armies are decisive, the chance of victory is often at that moment. Once missed, it is difficult to recover. A successful person not only has to fight against the sky, the earth, and others, but more importantly, he has to fight against himself and his own heart.
As the current person in charge of the Chu family, who can make the Chu family's fortune so big, this Uncle Chu is by no means a good person. What's more, Huang Qiong just learned from the confession of the Fifth Master Chu who was imprisoned in the camp where his bodyguards were stationed that the real development of the Chu family happened after this Uncle Chu took charge. If we say that the previous head of the Chu family only laid a good foundation. But it was this person who really solidified it.
The fifth master of Chu looked domineering, but after entering the military camp of the guards, he turned out to be unusually honest. His interrogators had nothing to say before he was sentenced to death. In detail, he even explained the color of the pants he wears every day. Although he was a bit vague when it came to Chu family affairs, after all, no one could let him know too much about this prodigal.
But it was from this confession that Huang Qiong noticed that Uncle Chu had concealed many things. Therefore, he had the patience to interrogate this guy alone for a whole day. It wasn't until it got dark that Huang Qiong walked out of the room where this guy was kept alone. Just when Huang Qiong wanted to leave the Tongming Gate Tower. In a room where the Chu family members were detained, a woman shouted.
Hearing the woman's shout, Huang Qiong, who was about to leave, couldn't help but frowned slightly and stopped in his tracks. He still knew the original temperament of his own bodyguards and soldiers. They were used to being domineering and domineering in the Eight Imperial Forest Army, and they also took advantage of others. After following me, my temperament changed a lot. Especially after going to the battlefield, his temperament has changed a lot.
But having been stationed in Xijing for such a long time, it is now somewhat of a return to the old ways. Huang Qiong glanced at the female members of the Chu family and found that they were all pretty. There are a few of them who have seen many beauties, and are somewhat moved by them. At this time, women's cries could be heard in the room where the female relatives were detained. Could it be that those of my own soldiers wanted to take advantage of others when they saw how beautiful they were?
The woman who was shouting was worried that her own soldiers would do something like a bully. Huang Qiong came to the room and walked in. But just when Huang Qiong entered, the woman who was crying saw someone coming in. She hurriedly took a few steps and knelt down and kowtowed desperately. While kowtowing, she cried: "Master, please, have mercy on us women." Bar."
"Men have always made the final decision on everything in the family. How do we women know that?? Now that the Chu family has fallen, it stands to reason that we women have enjoyed the glory for so many years and reaching this point is considered retribution. But uncle , you look at the old one and the young one, not to mention, there are two more who are about to give birth. The other one is still in confinement, and his body bones are at their weakest. "
"But there's not even a handful of straw inside, and it's so cold that I can't bear it. The child who hasn't even been born yet is so cold that he can't even cry. I beg you, the sinful woman, to be so kind as to give me some braziers." Even if we commit more serious crimes, the newborn child is not guilty. The sinful woman represents the whole family and kowtows to the uncle." The woman said while kowtowing desperately.
Hearing the woman's cry, Huang Qiong raised his head and glanced around, only to find that in the room where women and children were imprisoned, not only was the window paper in tatters, there was not even a straw mat on the ground. A roomful of women and children were shivering with cold. Especially a woman holding an infant child in her arms. The sweat towel wrapped around the head is indeed still confinement.
After he came in, the women and children in the house showed obvious panic on their faces when they saw the man coming in. The children who were still in their arms were so frightened that they were about to cry when they saw Huang Qiong coming in. And their mother, afraid of angering the old man again, hurriedly covered her children's mouths. Even if the child had difficulty breathing due to being covered, they did not dare to let go.
They all remembered that it was this man who led a group of vicious officers and soldiers to ransack their homes yesterday. He drove himself out of his home where he was warm and served by maids. Locked in this cold cell with no warmth at all. The three meals a day went from delicacies from the mountains and seas to a bowl of corn porridge that was extremely rough and cold. The porridge is so thin that even human figures can be seen.
In the original Chu family, even the lowest servants would not eat this kind of food. The rough food, the cold cell, and the menacing officers and soldiers outside made the women in this room hate and fear Huang Qiong, the man who had stolen the entire Chu family. And the woman who was kowtowing to Huang Qiong was too frightened to speak when she saw the true face of the person who came in.
Seeing the miserable scene in front of me, I felt the temperature in the house was like an ice cellar. Huang Qiong frowned. Turning around, he said with some dissatisfaction to a military attache who was guarding them: "It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous. Don't say that the Chu family court has not convicted him yet, even if he has been convicted, he can't treat him like this. Don't talk about the confinement man, just Those two big-bellied ones shouldn't be treated like this."
"Go and get some straw, make it thicker. Get a few more braziers and keep them warm. Besides, after all, it's still the Chinese New Year. Don't be so harsh on food. Two meals a day, even if you don't give them Meat dishes, but two vegetarian dishes are still given, and two steamed buns per person. These are women, how many of them would dare to make trouble even if they are full? Don't be so harsh."
"The enemy tower in Tongmingmen City is five stories high. Can't we find a sunny room with intact window paper to hold them? We have to find such a dilapidated one. Is there a similar room with broken window paper? A house? Even if there isn't one, how about getting some cloth to cover those broken windows? At least it can block some wind and cold. We are all women, so don't be so harsh."
"Go now, find a sunny room with intact window paper, spread some more straw, and prepare a few more braziers, then turn them all over. In addition, take care of your subordinates. They are locked up here and are not allowed to do anything. Don't bother me when people come. If I find out about it, and there is someone among you who has evil intentions and wants to take advantage of these women, let alone me, I'll just chop him alive."
"Those two who are about to give birth, and the one who is in confinement, don't need you to get used to it for the time being. I will rearrange the arrangements. There are so many eunuchs and maids in the palace, can't they tolerate a few women with children? Even if you are a prisoner, you cannot do this. I also know that this matter is a bit hasty, and I can't blame you. But I can always get it with a layer of straw or a few reed mats."
