The Zhao family is as rich as any other country, and is one of the most powerful families in the world. Even in the capital, there are several mansions, and there are countless fertile fields and courtyards outside the city.
At this time, in the Xiesheju in the west of the city, which was a courtyard owned by the Zhao family, Zhao Xiong and Zhu Long sat looking at each other.
Zhao Xiong is older, has white beard and hair, smiles like a tiger with a smiling face.
Zhu Long was tortured and lost half of his life that night. After being picked up by the carriage sent by Zhao Xiong, his old arms and legs have not recovered yet.
During the previous dynasty, the Zhu family was also active in the court, and had some friendship with the evergreen Zhao family. After all, they were both aristocratic families. The relationship between families at this level could no longer be judged by friends or enemies. Defined, to put it simply, when there are common interests, they are brothers and sisters. When personal interests are involved, they are enemies of life and death.
"Han You, Han You, Han You!"
After reading Han You's name three times in a row, Zhu Long, who was holding a cup of hot tea, was furious: "I wish you and your family will live together forever. Today's shame will be repaid a hundred times in the future. Um...can you put some stoves in the house?" , I still feel a little chilly."
Zhao Xiong laughed dumbly and nodded to the attendant at the door. The attendant took out several more stoves and placed them beside Zhu Long.
Zhu Long, who felt his body finally warmed up, began to curse: "Brother Zhao, do you know how hateful that kid Han You is, he forced me to even cover myself..."
Zhao Xiong smiled and interrupted: "Brother Yu, it was already night when Brother Yu got the letter, and he never thought that Brother Zhu Xian would be so humiliated."
"And the Minister of Punishment, the Young Minister of Taipu Temple, those people who wanted to curry favor with my Zhu family in the past, huh, they will definitely pay the price for what happened today!"
It has to be said that Zhu Long was really tortured to death. He had no food, no water to drink, and no pennies. He almost froze to death on the street.
After cursing, Zhu Long said with a gloomy face: "What Brother Zhao said in the letter is indeed true. This week Ke'er is really hypocritical to the extreme. It was clearly agreed at the beginning that we would push him to the dragon's throne, just like he came from the dragon's throne. I will definitely enjoy more honor than in the previous dynasty, but in this first year, so many noble families have been imprisoned, so many noble families have suffered humiliation, and so many important ministers in the court are in a dilemma of life and death."
A trace of hesitation flashed across Brother Zhao's face, but he didn't speak. Zhu Long said to himself: "Most of those aristocratic families who were made things difficult and the ministers who were imprisoned were directly related to Han You, the hawk and dog of the Emperor of Heaven. Well, A hypocritical emperor, he didn't take action, but let Han You do it. If we don't fight back, sooner or later we will be defeated one by one."
"This matter needs long-term consideration."
Zhao Xiong shook his head, feeling undecided in his heart.
The Zhao family has disciples and former officials all over the world, and Beijing is the focus of their attention. When the three-province system first became known, the Zhao family had to believe it.
After learning about the three-province system, Zhao Xiong and several elders of the Zhao family gathered together. Their first reaction was that the emperor Zhou Ke had gone back on his word and wanted to use the three-province system to suppress the officials from aristocratic families in the court.
In fact, they had seen some signs long before they knew about the three-province system. Zhou Ke was dishonest and an extremely ambitious emperor who was not intolerant of aristocratic families.
It is precisely because of this that the Zhao family wanted to marry the Prince Yan's Mansion in the West for their own interests and other relationships. Unexpectedly, there was a fire in the backyard, and Zhao Tai would rather fall out with his family than follow.
Then came the matter of Zhao Zhongzheng. Zhao Xiong also came to the capital from the south and wanted to question Zhao Tai face to face whether he was seeking death. In addition, he suspected that Zhao Tai might have secretly surrendered to the emperor, so he was confident.
After arriving in Beijing, Zhao Xiong found that things were not as simple as he thought.
As soon as the three-province system came out, Zhao Taina was like a mad dog, pouncing on this one today and biting that one tomorrow. In the eyes of many people, this official official just wanted to go crazy before the three-province system was implemented.
But Zhao Xiong didn't think so. He suspected that Zhao Tai had been "internally appointed" and had a place in the three provinces, and he was not the least powerful minister. If that was the case, then everything would make sense.
It is worth mentioning that before Zhao Xiong suspected this matter, on behalf of the Zhao family, he wanted to meet with the Zhu family in the North, several wealthy families in the East China Sea, and other aristocratic families to talk and discuss and strive to reach an agreement. As long as the emperor Zhou Ke is peaceful, if he is restless, everyone must find a way to make him peaceful.
"Brother Xian, don't be impatient. We still need to inquire more about this matter."
Zhao Xiong, who had his own little thoughts, comforted him: "Brother Xian will stay here for the next few days. Brother Yu will give you an answer within three days."
"Brother Zhao wants to meet other aristocratic families?"
"good."
It sounds good, but in fact Zhao Xiong wants to know whether Zhao Tai will be "promoted". If he is promoted, this will undoubtedly be great news for the Zhao family. If the Zhao family takes the lead in causing trouble, wouldn't it mean that Zhao Tai will be promoted? Hit yourself in the foot with a stone.
Therefore, Zhao Xiong now wants to determine one thing. What does the emperor Zhou Ke think and what he wants to do? Whether he should tolerate all aristocratic families or suppress some aristocratic families. Rich families like their Zhao family will still remain and even become more prosperous.
The two were polite again, and Zhao Xiong asked Zhu Long to take him to the bedroom to rest.
Zhao Xiong, who was sitting alone in the main hall, was thinking about it and pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back.
To say that Lao Ba was lucky enough to be the emperor, it was definitely not all about luck. His ability to adapt to changes and his outstanding vision were beyond the reach of ordinary people.
After Lao Ba learned about Zhao Tai and Zhao Feiyu, he took advantage of the situation, wooed, suppressed, set off smoke bombs, borrowed knives to kill people, created a puzzle, and so on. Even an old fox like Zhao Xiong was confused and confused. Not to mention other aristocratic families and other ministers.
This is what Lao Ba expected. He would muddy the waters first and then announce the three-province system. It is not yet decided who will be promoted. As long as the list is not announced, everyone can only wait and see until the dust settles.
Just like the boss above said that he wants to promote some people, they may be people he likes, or they may be people he hates, but the people who want to stop this do not dare to stop it, for fear of what if they are promoted. Do it, don't stop it, but you are afraid that your enemy will be promoted, so you don't dare to act rashly for a while.
An old servant walked in quietly and said softly: "Go to bed."
"good."
Zhao Xiong nodded slightly, with a look of disdain on his face: "This stupid old man actually thought that Han You, the emperor's own army, was deliberately targeting him, and he was shouting humiliation, but he didn't know that Han You was targeting him because he was greedy for money. When it comes to military money and food, if we don’t both gain and lose, who would associate with such a person?”
Not to mention, no matter how many tricks the Zhao family plays, at least they have a bottom line. When the previous court defaulted on the food and salary payment for the Nanguan border army, the Zhao family still stepped forward to raise funds from their own pockets. For this reason alone, the northern landlord family There is no comparison with the Zhao family in Nandi.
