Zheng Yuankui didn't speak, and looked at the newspapers placed on the table quietly, his expression getting worse and worse.
Especially after reading a few sharply written articles criticizing thieves, I crumpled the newspaper into a ball and pushed it off the table.
If you want to incriminate yourself, why bother?
It seemed that Li Shimin had been planning for a long time against the Zheng family.
At this time, none of Zheng's officials who were investigated were spared, and all were imprisoned.
This is equivalent to sealing the mouth of the Zheng family and stabbing the eyes of the Zheng family, causing them to lose their right to speak and know in politics.
The most shameful thing about Li Shimin was that he ransacked the official's house, and even the property behind it was not spared, and was all taken back to the court.
At the most critical moment, Li Shimin still released a powerful weapon of public opinion. What they didn't expect was that the newspaper printing speed was so fast, and the speed of delivery was even more terrifying.
They took advantage of the reputation they had accumulated over hundreds or even thousands of years to destroy it all overnight, and made the Xingyang Zheng family a thief among the people of the world.
"Killing is a crime, killing is a crime!" Zheng Yuankui roared heartbrokenly.
If you don't want to completely harm the imperial court, you can only place your slim hopes on the other six families, hoping that they will not abandon the Zheng family.
But he also knew that this hope was slim.
"The third child, starting from today, sell off part of the property, sell the land, and take part of the family to move south."
"Lao Wu, you take some of the family members and move to the northeast."
"Fourth, you take some of the people and move west."
"The rest stayed in Xingyang..."
Everyone was shocked, could it be that the matter had become this serious?
Even if there was a change of dynasty, the Zheng family in Xingyang would never make such a plan.
"Clan leader!"
"Clan leader..."
The speakers in the Zheng family stood up one after another. One of them, an old woman with a cane, said: "Boss, is this decision too cautious?"
"After all, other families haven't abandoned us yet. What if they see us doing this and abandon us decisively? We also have the ability to protect ourselves, why should we spread our strength and let others take advantage of us?"
The third child also stood up and said: "The military also has our people. We can raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a while. If it doesn't work, we have to start a new one..."
"Yes, the rabbit bites people when it is anxious. Li Shimin is going to kill our family to death. Our family is not vegetarian. At worst, we will use our trump card... to make Li Shimin look good."
Zheng Yuankui stood up, tapped the floor with his crutch, and said in a cold voice: "Quiet! Is it difficult for me to speak?"
The dozen or so people finally calmed down and looked at Zheng Yuankui.
"I'm not afraid of the court, but after a complete fallout, bloodshed will inevitably occur. For the continuation of the family, this must be done."
Then Zheng Yuankui sighed and ordered: "When you leave, you must be secretive. Li Shimin's lackeys have sneaked into Xingyang, but don't panic. I will make them regret coming to Xingyang."
"This Xingyang belongs to me, the Zheng family, and I, the Zheng family, have the final say. I don't want what happened last night to happen again."
"Old ghost, did you hear that? If you do this again next time, you will end it yourself."
A masked man in black was lying at Zheng Yuankui's feet, his whole body trembling.
"Master, this old slave knows."
At this time, Xingyang County Magistrate Zheng Qianqian arrived outside the old house. At this moment, he was covered in cold sweat and his heart felt cold.
As the magistrate of a county, he had no idea about such a big commotion in the city. One can imagine how angry the old patriarch was.
This Xingyang is the home of the Zheng family. Someone actually came in and plastered newspapers all over the city. Damn it, how did those people do it?
"Your Majesty the County Magistrate, the old patriarch invites you!"
After Zheng Qianqian entered the old house, the other talkative people in the family had left, and only the old patriarch was left.
"Junior, meet the clan leader."
"Thousands of years, years of being in Gentle Country have made you forget to be vigilant. What happened last night?"
Zheng Qianqian was speechless and could only lower his head.
It's good that he is an official of the imperial court, but in the face of major right and wrong, the first consideration should be the interests of the family. Without the family, he would not be what he is today.
"I gave you countless warnings, but you ended up doing things like this. I'm very disappointed in you."
"Go to the ancestral hall to receive your punishment!"
Zheng Qianqian's little hands couldn't help but tremble a few times. The Zheng family has a clan rule that merits must be rewarded and demerits must be punished. Merits and faults do not offset each other.
Looking at my fingers, I'm afraid I can't save it anymore.
"Yes, patriarch!"
"Starting today, the city gates will be sealed and no one will be allowed in or out. The city gates will be opened again in three days."
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"Thousand years ago, be more vigilant. Next time something like this happens, go underground and apologize to your ancestors."
Zheng Qianqian knelt on the ground with a thump, and then he realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Patriarch, please rest assured that something like this will never happen again."
"Go ahead, for the continuation of the Zheng family, we will not hesitate even if we sacrifice our lives."
Zheng Qianqian went to the ancestral hall, and screams like a slaughtered pig came from the ancestral hall.
After a while, his face turned pale, and when he came out, the little finger on his hand was missing.
In ancient times, famous aristocratic families such as these put filial piety first. Their body and skin were influenced by their parents. Those who liked to harm themselves could not be trusted. Those who were unfilial could lie. These were the foundations for the establishment of a noble family.
But the Zheng family has such a very arbitrary family rule that is hard to understand.
However, if they can become a family that has been passed down for thousands of years, they all have their own rules for making a living.
Perhaps this inhumane clan rule is one of the reasons that unites the Zheng family.
Zheng Yuankui looked at Zheng Qianqian walking away and said to the man in black next to him: "Old ghost, from now on, let night fall!"
He must use his trump card to let the other six families see his Zheng family's determination, otherwise Zheng family will become an abandoned son, and let Li Shimin see that the family is not as weak as it appears.
"Yes, I will go there myself."
The Zheng family was born in the Zhou Dynasty and was named the State of Zheng. As time passed, the State of Zheng was destroyed, but the Zheng family continued to use Guo as their surname.
Since the ancestor Zheng settled here, he began to cultivate talents within the clan.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in constant war. In order to protect themselves, the family had no choice but to relax the family rules, accept foreign surnames, and cultivate their own dead soldiers and counselors.
From then on, it gradually developed into a prominent family, and it became the tradition of the Zheng family to cultivate talents with foreign surnames and form their own hidden forces.
Because there are so many talents, the Zheng family has grown stronger and stronger. Even after the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, they still stand in the Central Plains.
Since war broke out in various places in the late Sui Dynasty, their hidden forces have played an extremely important role.
After he came to power, he paid more attention to cultivating talents and dead soldiers with foreign surnames, and arranged them to every corner of the Tang Dynasty to seek more benefits for the Zheng family.
On the other hand, it has also become a trump card in his hand.
If Li Shimin wants to mess with their Zheng family, let's see who can cause chaos first.
At noon, Xingyang City closed the city gate directly, preventing people from entering or exiting, which made the merchants very angry.
But the people did not fight with the officials. They could only curse a few times and then leave.
In the city, Zheng Qianqian was like a madman and started arresting people everywhere.
Anyone who was suspected was arrested and thrown into jail.
It's a pity that none of them are Li Ke's people, because they left the city after posting the newspaper last night.
Moreover, the tunnel is about to be completed, and countless explosives have been shipped from Chang'an to Xingyang.
When the time comes, give the old patriarch of the Zheng family a knife on his butt to open their eyes.
"Young Master, Zheng's people are preparing to move in batches tonight."
Li Ke put down Sun Tzu's Art of War in his hand and said with a smile: "Are you finally going to save seeds?"
"Tell our friends, it's time to work tonight, no one can escape, and don't take a penny."
"Tell Yan Yunda and Li Bingdao to watch out and don't let me lose all the money."
Sishe sighed, meeting their young master, the bandits' work was all in vain.
The main reason is to have a good reputation of "doing justice for heaven" and let the family hunt him to the ends of the earth.
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