In the Yuan family ancestral hall, all rooms of the Yuan family gather together to discuss matters.
Yuan Tianming was carried in. He was coughing up blood with a white silk in his hand.
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
Yuan Tianming waved his hand: "I know you are here to impeach me, but there is no need. I have been suffering from tuberculosis for a long time. I came here today to tell you uncles and brothers that I, Yuan Tianming, don't have to be the head of this family, or I can die! "
"But the Yuan family's hundreds of years of foundation must not be destroyed in one day!"
"The Yuan family's shipping industry has taken over more than 70% of the Yuan family's industry. Once the shipping business is damaged, the Yuan family will fall into the top five within ten years."
"Everyone, this is the time to work together. I hope you will not disregard the family's future for short-term interests. I, Yuan Tianming, will only serve the Yuan family in this life. If you don't believe it, kill me with one knife now!"
After hearing this, all the old people were immediately ashamed.
"The head of the family is joking, we are gathered here just to find a way to cure Qin Yun. If Qin Yun dares to be in the first grade of junior high school, why can't we be in the fifteenth grade."
"Doesn't he want to collect taxes? Then we will launch the bandits around to rob the tax trucks and see who can outlast the other!"
"Yes, we will still pay the tax, but whether it can be put into the treasury, or whether it can be kept after it is put into the treasury, is not something that the Yuan family should consider."
"Tongzhou Liu Yu has been raising him for so long, it's time for him to help my Yuan family!"
Yuan Tianming nodded: "Okay, let's deal with this matter. In addition, inform the seventh prince as soon as possible. If my Yuan family arrives, he will not feel easy."
"Shaoqing, from now on you will lead me to exercise my rights as the head of the family. In extraordinary times, anyone who dares to do anything against the interests of the family will be beaten to death with sticks and the family tree will be moved!"
"Yes, head of the family."
…
To the east of Yuzhou is Chaozhou.
At the Seventh Prince Qin Shan's residence, a fast horse entered directly from the back door.
At this time, the Seventh Prince had just returned from the capital and was convening a banquet for Mei Ji's subordinates after a long journey.
"Your Highness, a letter from Tongzhou!"
Qin Shan raised his eyebrows, held the Western Orchid in one hand, and played with the Dongyi Japanese girl in the other, and said in an extremely impatient tone.
"read!"
"The Yuan family in Tongzhou is willing to fully support His Highness, but now all the ships in Tongzhou have been destroyed by Qin Yun. Tongzhou would like to ask His Highness to borrow twenty large ships and also invite His Highness to enter Tongzhou."
Qin Shan snorted: "My ninth brother never blinks an eye at killing people in war, but the Yuan family is very calculating and told him that he can borrow the boat. I have just returned from the war and will not move."
"Your Highness, the Yuan family also said that 30% of the water transportation business in Tongzhou and Yuzhou will be sold, and another two million taels of silver will be offered. They only ask that Your Highness move."
Qin Shan's eyes lit up when he heard this. His sixth brother Qin Ming had said that he couldn't fight Qin Yun head-on, but he didn't say that he couldn't stumble him.
Of course, he never liked using his brain.
"Someone, go and invite my sixth brother and eighth brother!"
"promise!"
One day later, the sixth prince Qin Ming and the eighth prince Qin Jin gathered at the Chaozhou Palace.
"Sixth brother, eighth brother, do you want to help or not?"
Qin Ming licked his belly with a faint smile on his face.
"What do you think, Eighth Brother?"
Qin Jin pondered: "Qin Yun's move is obviously to force the Yuan family to rebel, so that he can mobilize the southwest army to suppress it, so that the army can be returned to his hands."
"Sixth brother, now that Qin Tian has been beheaded, and Qin Hao and Qin Chen are far away in the capital, the most threatening person to us is Qin Yun. If his army of more than 100,000 people comes to Tongzhou, I am afraid that I will be waiting all day long. It won’t get better.”
Qin Ming said: "I have a plan to make Qin Yun throw a rat into a trap!"
"Brother Six, tell me quickly!" Qin Shan became interested.
Qin Ming: "We can ask the court to ask Ji Qing to lead people out of Longyou to conquer the Protectorate. As for the money, let the Yuan family come out!"
"Will the Yuan family agree? With more than 100,000 troops dispatched and at least tens of millions of taels of silver, the Yuan family may not be willing to bleed a lot." Qin Jin frowned.
Qin Ming said with a smile: "If the Yuan family is smart, they should understand that my father has already set his sights on this piece of fat. If the Yuan family does not cut off the flesh, then they will be exterminated."
"Instead of waiting for Qin Yun to take action, it is better to take the initiative to disperse Qin Yun's army. In this way, Qin Yun will not be able to do whatever he wants in Tongzhou."
Qin Shan paused: "My mother-in-law comes from the Yuan family after all!"
Qin Ming interrupted him: "Seventh brother, you must remember that your surname is Qin!"
"This is the bottom line. Qin Tian only forgot this bottom line and ended up like this. Why do you want to be like him?"
The seventh prince and the eighth prince looked at each other.
"What Sixth Brother said is absolutely true. The three brothers and I will work together and sooner or later, Sixth Brother will be the master of the matter in Great Xia!"
Qin Jin complimented.
Qin Shan nodded: "Just do as Brother Six says!"
…
Go to the capital and attend the court meeting.
Emperor Xia slowly put down the memorial in his hand: "Dear ladies, what do you think about the matter of the Protectorate of the Western Regions?"
A minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Protectorate of the Western Regions is our barrier to the west of Great Xia. Now it has fallen into the hands of ambitious people, which has led to our Great Xia's connection with the countries in the Western Regions being cut off."
"If things continue like this, Daxia will not be able to obtain well-bred horses from the Western Regions, and the combat effectiveness of Daxia's cavalry will plummet. I think we should send capable generals to sweep across the Western Regions Protectorate."
"I second the proposal!"
Emperor Xia: "Shen Wansan, how much war reserve money does the treasury have?"
Shen Wansan paused: "Your Majesty, there is no silver in the treasury!"
At this time, an official of the Yuan family in the court spoke.
"Your Majesty, my Yuan family has always had business in the Western Region Protectorate, but this time the Iron Wolf King rebelled, so that the business of my Yuan family's caravan in the Western Region has completely disappeared."
"For the sake of Daxia and the smooth flow of trade routes between Tongzhou and Yuzhou, the Yuan family and other major families in Tongzhou are willing to invest 10 million taels to help the imperial court regain the Western Region Protectorate!"
Emperor Xia smiled and said: "Look, these are my good people, these are the heroes of Great Xia."
"Instructions are given that all those who contribute money and labor to the army will be given a silk book of Daxia's meritorious deeds, which will be recorded in the county annals for future generations to see. In addition, outstanding men in the family can be recommended to accompany the army out of the customs, so as to promote the power of Daxia!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
…
In Tongzhou Prince's Mansion, Qin Yun frowned when he looked at the urgent letter from Babaili.
A letter came from Shen Wansan, and the imperial court decided to mobilize and form a counter-rebellion army in the Western Regions, led by Ji Qing. The army that Qin Yun had reorganized before returned to its previous formation.
The major generals were directly dispatched by the Ministry of War. The previous generals were promoted openly and secretly, and were either shelved in the cabinet or transferred to the northern and eastern regions.
Even Lan Tian was named a general and was directly transferred to the north.
Qin Yun knew that this was the emperor's back-up plan. He was worried that he would rebel!
Even if I say a thousand words, I almost didn't put pressure on him at the beginning, now it's too late to say anything.
And Qin Yun also understood that Emperor Xia's purpose was just to bleed the Yuan family. Now the Yuan family has paid ten million taels, which is much more than the annual tax collected under the so-called land equalization tax system.
Maybe in the end, in order to appease the Yuan family, I would have to give him a scolding.
High, really brilliant! I don’t know who came up with such a plan.
At this time, Wang Muzhi bowed in.
"Your Majesty, the small and medium-sized aristocratic families that previously signed land lease contracts with us have come to ask for the termination of the contract."
"Also, the Yuan family went out of their way and paid all the land taxes. However, when tax collectors from all over the country came back from the countryside, they were all looted by bandits. What do you think we should do?"
Qin Yun chuckled lightly: "The show has just begun. The Yuan family wants to play, and I will accompany you to the end!"
