"Liu Zhongde led a large army to respond. Although the king of Yuzhou was seriously injured, fortunately he made it back to the inner city safely."
"But now, many aristocratic families in the inner city have invited master pens to start criticizing the lord."
Xu Mu was startled, "Public opinion?"
"Lord, what is public opinion..."
"Nothing." Xu Mu waved his hand, "I'm not Zuo Shiren, so I care about this bad reputation. Everyone knows it."
In the inner city, his name as Xu Zaifu should still have a good reputation among the people.
"I feel relieved when he returns to the inner city. Wenlong, the next step is to cooperate."
Jia Zhou, who was standing by, nodded, "That's right. I can't say that after my lord and the King of Yuzhou join forces, it may really be possible to slowly uproot the power of the King of Grain."
It is not easy to unplug the ancient valve.
"Wenlong, is there any news from the Western Regions?"
"It took too long to go back and forth. So far, no news has been sent back, but it should be soon."
"The new year is approaching, and the people who report on their duties have almost returned, so let's hold a Spring Festival banquet first like in previous years."
"Great kindness."
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"Everyone, please enjoy your meal."
In the inner city, in an exquisite and luxurious mansion, despite the howling wind and snow outside, despite the news that the King of Yuzhou had been intercepted and killed. But here, there are also many aristocratic families gathering together to eat the delicacies in front of them.
At the first place on the right side of the desk was a fat-headed and big-eared visitor from afar, who had obviously received the best hospitality. At this time, after raising their glasses and drinking together, they began to speak with a slight smile.
"Everyone, the King of Yuzhou didn't listen to the advice. Think about it, after this interception and killing, he must have realized something."
"Master Jin's words are right." After a while, many family heads in the hall began to echo.
In the master's seat, an old man in a thick robe with a goat's beard also couldn't stop laughing.
This old man's name is Du Feng, and he is the head of a well-known family in the inner city. The Du family started selling medicinal materials as their industry three hundred years ago. Until now, it has grown bigger and bigger.
"I bribed General Song Yu before. When I want to go back to the inner city, I will know more information later."
Du Feng cupped his hands and bowed to the fat man on the right.
"This time, if I can cooperate with the Grain King, it will be a great blessing for my inner city. It's a pity that my lord doesn't see far enough."
"Half of the aristocratic families in the inner city are willing to follow him and listen to his words. Even if this matter is difficult to handle, we cannot delay it any longer. Earlier, when Xu Buyi entered the inner city, he should have killed him. If he Kill him, there won't be any bad things happening later." Du Feng held up the wine cup and saluted downwards again.
"I heard that that little guy was originally a border guard?" Someone in the field sneered.
"Even the princess of Xishu is a refugee girl."
"Everyone, throughout the ages, the rise of a dynasty must have had the efforts of countless aristocratic families behind it. Western Shu? A regime that relies on mud legs. What does it want to do? Use those mud legs to become the general and prime minister?"
"Xu Buyi has already done this! In Western Shu, most of them are generals and staff who started from humble beginnings. Jia Zhou, the poisonous owl, is a private school teacher who is frustrated. There is also Dongfang Jing, although he is the number one scholar, he is lame. He is so disabled that if he goes to the inner city to ask for a job, he might not even be able to become a scribe!"
"Xu Buyi used people like this to conquer six and a half states. Everyone, please don't underestimate me." Du Feng said with a smile.
It's nothing more than scene talk. After what happened this time, my lord thought that he had severed all ties with Xi Shu. How many years can the Xishu regime be able to defend itself under a flanking attack in the future?
"The general trend of the world is divided and combined, reincarnation happens every three to four hundred years. The Central Plains is going to change dynasties again, but we, the aristocratic families, have finally built up the foundation, and it will naturally last for thousands of years." As an envoy of the King of Grain , the fat man in the first place on the right put down his wine cup and spoke softly.
These words soon won the applause of the whole hall.
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In Shuzhou, the day after the Spring Festival banquet, Yin Hu finally came back after a long journey. The body is still wrapped in a thick winter robe.
"Greetings to my lord and to the military advisor." Entering the palace, Yin Hu took off his thick robe and spoke solemnly.
"Six Heroes, how is the matter?"
Previously, Xu Mu asked Yin Hu to check the background of An Shiliang.
"As my lord expected, the shopkeeper of Anshi Grain Store is obviously a puppet. He only drinks and has fun every day and knows nothing about the affairs of the grain store."
"Moreover, after I went there, I discovered that the influence of the Grain King has penetrated into the entire inner city. The Grain King has a fat envoy named Cui Fu, who has been operating in the inner city as an agent of the Grain King."
"Where is Chen Anshi?"
Yin Hu shook his head, "Nothing was found... In addition, there is another disaster. The Xia'er branch in the inner city was removed last month. It should be the initiative of those aristocratic families."
Xu Mu frowned.
It was obvious that most of the aristocratic families in the inner city had already cooperated with the Grain King. No wonder Chang Shiro wanted to go to Shu in winter and find him to join forces.
"Six Heroes, how's it going with Tsuneoshiro?"
"I heard that I will return to the inner city soon, so it's not a serious problem. But in the inner city, those aristocratic families are quarreling, and they are clamoring to attack Xishu in the beginning of spring to take revenge."
"The helmsman has a shrine over there in Changyang."
"A shrine?" Xu Mu was stunned. As far as I'm concerned, I don't remember such a thing.
"It was built by the common people, so they erected it next to the Yuanhou Temple. Several noble family members led troops to destroy the shrine. Later, the common people refused to give in, and I heard that many people died."
"Chaos has arisen."
Xu Mu remained motionless for a long time. He didn't serve as prime minister in Changyang for long, but he won the support of many people because of his benevolent policies.
Yin Hu exhaled and took out a letter from his arms.
"According to my lord's wishes, I went to Changyang again to find my lord's old friend. He said that his family's business is all in Changyang and he has given birth to a pair of children. He doesn't want to move anywhere."
The old friend is Zhou Fu who came out of the border crossing. Xu Mu was worried that the aristocratic families in the inner city now hated Xi Shu and might turn their anger on Zhou Fu.
After receiving the letter, Xu Mu sighed. Zhou Fu was different from him. He was a pure businessman. When Wangzhou fell, his family business was destroyed. After entering the inner city, he slowly rebuilt an industry in Changyang.
How to be willing to leave it behind.
"Six heroes, it's been a hard journey, go and rest first."
Yin Hu nodded, bowed and said goodbye, and walked out of the palace.
"Wenlong, I didn't expect that there would be such a commotion in the inner city because of the Grain King incident."
Jia Zhou, who was beside him, nodded.
"Not all the aristocratic families in the inner city want to cooperate with the King of Food. Generally speaking, there will be many loyal and courageous people, like Nine Fingers, who will continue to support the King of Yuzhou's hegemony."
"Of course, there are more short-sighted people."
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