retaliate

Chapter 772 Suppression
Almost an hour after the news of Jingtai was sent to Chang'an, several riders rushed into Zhou's house.

"Northern Xinjiang Urgent Report!"

The knight on the horse looked anxious, "Is Ah Lang here?"

"Here!" The steward came out, "Come with the old man."

Zhou Qin was walking the birds in the yard.

"Ah Lang." The steward said, "There is someone from Northern Xinjiang, report urgently."

"A-Ning?" Zhou Qin frowned, "Call me."

The messenger came in and saluted, "Ah Lang, Princess Ningcheng went to the northern border, and Liao Jin followed him and left."

Zhou Qin was carrying the birdcage, and the birds were singing inside, feeling at ease.

Suddenly, the bird retracted its wings and fell silent.

Zhou Qin threw it away, and the birdcage flew over, just hanging on the hook.

"Zitai has become the master of the northern border! Chang'an, you're going crazy!"

Zhou Qin thought for a while, "Da Lang must have got the news. He is in Zhongshu, so it's hard to talk at the moment. By the way, the batch of food prepared for Zitai last time, is it ready?"

The steward said, "It's still worse."

"Send it away immediately, the sooner the better!"

"Yes."

"Let our people stare at the palace."

"Yes."

"Strengthen the security at home, all the chess pieces found in the past have been cleaned up, and no one will be left behind!"

"Yes!"

The Zhou family moved.

In the afternoon, Zhou's guards went out and arrested more than [-] people.

"Kill them all!"

Zhou Qin is drinking tea.

After talking casually, he said to Yang Songcheng who was sitting opposite: "The house is getting bigger and there are a lot of snakes and rats. It is very troublesome to clean it up every once in a while."

There are people from the Yang family here.

It is normal for aristocratic families to deploy people everywhere, even the allies of the Chunyu family and the Yang family have planted a lot of secrets.

This has nothing to do with the enemy or me, it's just an instinct.

Yang Songcheng took a sip of tea, "I came to Zhou's house many years ago, and it was also in this room. At that time, you were young and full of vigor.

Time is like water, gone forever, you are old. "

"I don't need to bother, I'm still eighteen." Zhou Qin smiled, "Look at you, your hair is graying a lot."

"Everyone in the Tang Dynasty looked down on the Emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, saying that he was weak, but he was persecuted by his courtiers. It is really stupid to say what he said, sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats."

Yang Songcheng said sarcastically: "But why is this not the case in the Tang Dynasty? The emperor and the aristocratic family share the world, but they didn't say anything. All these years, the five surnames of a family have always stood firm, why?"

He clenched his fists, "It's because we are united as one, which can make the emperor bow his head."

When the Tang Dynasty was established, Emperor Gaozu also thought about monopolizing power, but he only tried it. The secret counterattack made him bow his head, and then abdicated, becoming the Supreme Emperor.

Yang Songcheng shook his head, "Times have changed. In the original family of five surnames, the Wang family left first, followed by the Zhou family. Have you ever thought that if the five surnames of the family still hold together, the emperor might be like this?"

"So, the prince is naturally in Yang's pocket?" Zhou Qin sneered.

Yang Songcheng said sincerely: "The five surnames of a family are one. After so many years, who has the Yang family left behind?"

"That's right! The family is getting stronger and stronger, but the five surnames are getting weaker." Zhou Qin thinks that Yang Songcheng is really not a good lobbyist, "Let's talk about it! Actually, I don't even mention it, but I also know it, but I want to persuade the Zhou family to alienate Yang Xuan?"

Everyone is a weasel, who will climb the Three Treasures Hall if there is nothing wrong!

Isn't it delicious to catch chicken?
Besides, Yang Songcheng, as the leader of the family, didn't have any major affairs, how could he come to visit the rebellious Zhou family?
Yang Songcheng looked calm, and said lightly: "At the beginning when Zhou's daughter married Yang Xuan, the old man didn't take it seriously, and felt that no matter what, the daughter of my family's powerful family should not marry that kind of mountain people."

There are rules for the marriages of aristocratic families, and most of them are resolved internally, that is, intermarriage among the five surnames in a family.The next-best would intermarry with the rich and powerful.

"At the beginning, the old man thought that this son was at most a governor. Today, the old man must admit that he underestimated him. This son is like a fish in water in the northern border. After several ups and downs, he actually took charge of the northern border. You know the old man heard the news. Mood?"

Yang Songcheng paused on the table with the teacup, "I almost threw away the teacup, hahahaha!"

The patriarch of a powerful family, who pays attention to a person who is as immobile as a mountain, was so shocked by the news that he almost dropped his teacup, and it made people laugh when it spread.

Yang Songcheng smiled happily, panting for a while and said, "I'll just ask once, disconnect! Can you?"

He stared at Zhou Qin, "This is the overall situation! You know who is behind the old man."

The emperor, the Chunyu family... and a large number of powerful families, powerful and powerful.

"Yang Xuan's suppression of the powerful in the northern border has already aroused the dissatisfaction of the powerful everywhere. He is digging his own grave. Zhou, do you want to be buried together?"

Yang Songcheng's voice became severe.

"Your voice is too loud, it reminds me of a servant in the palace."

Zhou Qin looked at Yang Songcheng, "Once the Zhou family refuses, will the Yang family join forces with other aristocratic families to suppress it?"

Yang Songcheng smiled.

This is the default.

Zhou Qin leaned forward and stared at him.

"Back then, the old man conspired with Emperor Wu to weaken the family. The old man admitted that the old man was ambitious at that time, and he wanted to replace the Yang family with the Zhou family.

After all, they are all from aristocratic families, standing at the top of the world, but when they look up, yo!There is also Yang's standing.

Why?Why should Mrs. Zhou bow her head? "

Yang Songcheng said: "One of the leading geese is to know the direction, to be able to lead the geese to find their hometown, and to bring them back next year. The Yang family has not declined for thousands of years, why? It is this ability to judge the situation, Peerless!"

Zhou Qin chuckled, "Look, this is the advantage of being the leader of the geese. Once you think about who you want to deal with, you can use the signboard of a group of geese to exert pressure. If you don't follow, suppress. If you follow, you have to suppress. Refreshing what!"

Yang Songcheng sneered, "You, don't you dare not follow?"

This time, he came with the hatred of the emperor, the aristocratic family, and the rich and powerful towards Yang Xuan, and he came with a mighty momentum.

Who dares to be?
Zhou Qin said contemptuously, "Get lost!"

The smile froze for a moment, Yang Songcheng stood up, and said in a personable manner: "Farewell."

Yang Songcheng left the Zhou family, and said to the counselors beside him, "Zhou Qin did not break his relationship with Yang Xuan as I expected."

The counselor smiled and said, "Isn't this what the head of state is looking forward to?"

Yang Songcheng smiled slightly, "Zhou Qin has been dormant for many years and seems to be doing nothing, but the old man knows that he has been suppressing the forces in the clan that oppose Zhou Zun.

The old man has always wanted to look for opportunities to provoke the Zhou family to fight among themselves, but Zhou Qin was very strict and couldn't find an opportunity.

This time, the opportunity has come, tell them, it's time to start, the old man wants to see the internal chaos of the Zhou family, it is best to fall apart! "

The counselor bowed, "The father-in-law has far-reaching plans."

……

Not long after Yang Songcheng left, Zhou's Erlang Jun, Zhou Zun's younger brother Zhou Hu came.

Before Zhou Hu was born, his mother dreamed of a fierce tiger in her arms, hence the name Zhou Hu.

Because of the presence of his eldest brother Zhou Zun, Zhou Qin was a bit tolerant with Zhou Hu, and told him to play and learn from a young age, which can be called carefree.

But what I didn't expect was that this Mr. Erlang was a character who didn't want to learn. It didn't matter if he liked to have fun, Zhou's capital was not bad for having fun.

But this Mr. Erlang likes to call friends, and travels freely in Pingkangfang.

It's no problem for the children of the aristocratic family to like these things, but Zhou Hu is the brother of the head of the family after all, and the entire Zhou clan is watching!
Is it embarrassing?

"Aye!"

A grinning face looked slick, Zhou Qin would have felt that this son was not of his own kind if he hadn't known that his son was ruthless in private.

"What are you doing here?" Zhou Qin was drinking tea, thinking about the changes Yang Xuan had brought to the Zhou family.

"Aye." Zhou Hu poured himself a cup of tea, sat down, and said, "I heard that Zitai became the Lord of Northern Border?"

"Ok!"

"Hey!" Zhou Hu sighed: "The emperor will be furious, and Zitai is quite unkind to the powerful in the northern border. The big thing is not good!"

"Worried that Mrs. Zhou will be involved?"

"Aren't you worried about Aye and elder brother?" Zhou Hu grinned, "Anyway, I don't care about anything!"

"You are the most slick and ruthless in your actions. You can't be the only one in this matter, right? Who else?"

"There are some... old people."

"where are they?"

Seeing his father's unkind expression, Zhou Hu said with a smile: "Go and block the elder brother."

……

In the front yard, Zhou Zun, who had just left the yamen, hurriedly wanted to find his father and discuss the incident in northern Xinjiang.

But as soon as he entered the house, he was stopped by a group of clan elders.

The leaders, Zhou Ting and Zhou Zhu, are the elders of the Zhou family, with the same seniority as Zhou Qin.

Zhou Ting is Zhou Qin's cousin. He once defended his father's sword and was known as the No. 1 bravery of the Zhou family.Time flies, the bravery of the year has long since disappeared, and has become conservative.

Zhou Zhu was quite good at studying back then, but for the sake of the Zhou family, he gave up his official career and stayed at home as a think tank.

This is a sacrifice, so the Zhou family has been kind to his children and grandchildren over the years, and this is a reward.

"Third Uncle, Seventh Uncle."

Zhou Ting travels three, Zhou Zhu travels seven.

Zhou Ting said out of breath, "I heard that boy from Beijiang wants to rebel? Dalang, the Zhou family can last for many years, not by rebellion, but by knowing how to measure it!"

Zhou Zhu said: "Yes! At the beginning, the eldest brother conspired with the Emperor Wu to replace the Yang family. After the incident was revealed, he was forced to stay at home. The Zhou family can't do this again. If I come again, the old man is worried that the emperor and the Yang family will make up their minds to deal with the Zhou family. Do it!"

Zhou Qin had just come back, and his mind was full of the details of discussing with his father. At this moment, he was so surprised that he was stunned.

Shouldn't he be the one to decide on such matters?

Clan elders shot, behind this...

Zhou Zun said: "I will discuss this matter with Aye."

This is the homeowner's business.

Zhou Zhu sneered, "Da Lang, these matters are related to the rise and fall of our Zhou clan, why can't we discuss it?"

"Yes!"

The group of elders followed suit.

This group of people is not easy to deal with. Relying on their seniority, they began to besiege Zhou Zun.

"It's over?"

Someone is shouting and cursing.

"Alang is here."

Zhou Qin came with a cane, saw this group of people besieging Zhou Zun, and cursed: "A group of old dogs, stop!"

At the beginning, the conspiracy between him and Emperor Wu was leaked, and the external pressure increased greatly. The Zhou family even prepared to sacrifice him in exchange for the safety of the whole family.

Later, Zhou Qin used various means to quell the matter, but since then, he has almost no contact with the clan elders.

Zhou Zhu turned around, "Brother came just in time, Yang Xuan caused a big trouble, which is tantamount to treason, it is serious for Zhou to get rid of it quickly."

"Leave what?"

Zhou Qin came over and said, "They're all free. They've gone to inquire about the news when they have nothing to do? They all have a tacit understanding. As soon as they heard the news, they spontaneously gathered together. They were all very angry, and when they gathered, they wanted to find fault."

Three paragraphs, pulled off the hypocrisy masks of these clan elders.

"What benefits did Yang Songcheng promise? Or, how did Yang Songcheng threaten you and make you wait in fear all day long!"

Zhou Qin sneered.

Zhou Ting said: "I don't need to be shy about anything, I said that Yang Xuan is tantamount to conspiracy in the northern border, the emperor is furious, and all the powerful people in the world are against Yang Xuan, together, this is a powerful force. Are these words true?"

The clan elders nodded.

"The purpose of these forces gathering together is very simple. They want to get Yang Xuan off. If the Zhou family doesn't part with Yang Xuan, big brother, the Zhou family will be overthrown later!"

"That's right! Yang Xuan's son is ambitious, the Zhou family must never stand by his side."

"To shut up!"

Zhou Qin stopped the noise and said, "You're all pretty smart. Why do you feel that a crisis is imminent? But have you ever thought about it? Why are the emperor and the Yang family putting pressure on the Zhou family at this time?"

He pointed to the outside, "At this moment, Zitai is holding the army of Northern Xinjiang. If he is offended, he will bark his teeth at Chang'an, who will stop him?"

"Chang'an's army is gathered, and there are countless famous generals!" Zhou Zhu said.

"A large army of shit, a famous general of shit." Zhou Qin said disdainfully: "The old man has been to the northern border, and has seen Zitai lead an army to fight.

Compared with him, the so-called famous generals in Chang'an are vulnerable.

As for the army, it is a joke. When can the watchdog be called a strong force? "

"The emperor wanted to touch the Zhou family for a while, and speaking of it, it was also the sin that the old man committed back then.

But you also know that the Zhou family must either be Yang's dog, or have to resist.

The old man resisted and lost.The old man admits defeat and has been dormant at home for many years.

Now that the emperor and the Yang family are attacking again, is this old man afraid?Don't be afraid! "

Thinking of the emperor, Zhou Qin couldn't help but smile contemptuously, "The emperor and the Yang family didn't dare to attack the Zhou family openly. What are they afraid of? Zitai! At this moment, the Zhou family took the initiative to cut off the seat with Zitai, it was a butcher's knife." Serve it up, and then wait to be slaughtered. Do you understand?"

He looked at these clan elders and said disappointedly: "The Zhou family has been dormant all these years. I thought I could make you wait and consider the situation more, but now it seems that it is more and more useless for you to wait."

Zhou Zhu was annoyed, "Brother, the state of the Tang Dynasty is stable, and rebellion at this time is seeking death!"

"Who said to rebel?" Zhou Qin frowned. "Zitai swore that he would live up to Tang in this life. Those who said he was rebellious must have ulterior motives."

"But the separation of Northern Xinjiang and Chang'an has become a fact."

"Wait for the emperor to purge if we don't split the northern border?" Zhou Qin sneered, "Who wants to be arrested without a fight? Huang Chunhui refused to come out to see and speak without seeing him. It can be seen that he knows that the planner behind this matter has bad intentions... probably wanting to Let Nong Zitai come down, and then clean up northern Xinjiang!"

"What about my Zhou family? Could it be that they were bound together and fell?"

"Who said the Zhou family will fall?" Zhou Qin's eyes sparkled, "Crisis is also an opportunity. Zitai controls the northern border, as long as he does not rebel, he will be the number one force in the Tang Dynasty.

The Zhou family has this son-in-law, will they take advantage of the situation?what!
A group of idiots, what are you waiting for if you don't rush to take advantage of the situation and expand the Zhou family?Waiting for food? "

Zhou Ting sighed, "Brother, just now that person said that starting tomorrow, the outside world will start suppressing Zhou's business.

What is the reason why the aristocratic family has been able to dominate the Central Plains for many years?Not just field population, but more business.

Suppress Zhou's business, cut off the source of Zhou's money, and then seek to seize Zhou's land.

When the Zhou family is alone and alone, no one needs to do anything, and it will collapse when the wind blows. "

"Business?" Zhou Qin seemed a little stunned.

"Yes, starting tomorrow."

Zhou Qin smiled, "I've been waiting for this day for too long!"

(End of this chapter)