Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 368 The Abandoned Chai Family
Chapter 70 The Abandoned Chai
"One moment, that moment!" Hou Mo Chenqian sighed leisurely, "Our Guanlong nobles and Shandong nobles are sworn enemies, and there is no way to reconcile. It's just a pity that comrades in Guanlong have long been in harmony with each other. The Shandong nobles are unanimous. On the surface, our Houmo Chen clan is fighting with the Fenzhou Chai clan, but behind the Fenzhou Chai clan, there is the entire Shandong aristocracy..."

Chen Ying understood somewhat, it should be the Hou Mo Chen family who suffered a lot: "The fact that the Hou Mo Chen family can't beat the Shandong nobles doesn't mean they can't beat the Chai family!"

"Uh!" Hou Mo and Chen Qianhui looked at Chen Ying in surprise: "Do you have a solution?"

"I'm not sure, but I can give it a try." Chen Ying laughed softly: "Shandong nobles may not be monolithic, and the Chai family in Fenzhou cannot represent the Shandong nobles. One heart, not close, sometimes it is not correct. The so-called loyalty is just because there are not enough chips for betrayal. If you have enough interests, your left hand will betray your right hand, let alone a piece of illusory that cannot be seen clearly. An intangible network of relationships?"

Hou Mo and Chen Qianhui were both surprised and delighted: "What can you do?"

Chen Ying said without hesitation: "There is not only one Chai family in Fenzhou, right?"

Hou Mo and Chen Qianhui nodded: "Fenzhou is located in Taiyuan, and it was originally the prefect of the Wang family of Taiyuan. Start with Taiyuan Wang?"

Chen Ying nodded.

Li Jiancheng's first confidant, Wang Gui, is the Taiyuan Wang family, and he is also a direct branch.It is actually too easy for Chen Ying to talk to Taiyuan Wang.Chen Ying learned of Li Yuan's bottom line from Hou Mo and Chen Qianhui, and he had a plan in mind.

It is Chen Ying's characteristic that he does what he says and does things vigorously and vigorously.

At noon, Chen Ying had a hasty meal at Hou Mochen's residence, and then set off for the East Palace, begging to see Li Jiancheng.Chen Ying has a thousand years of knowledge and a thousand years of insight.

The Wang family of Taiyuan is the leader of Taiyuan, and the surrounding families, large and small, are all headed by the Wang family, advancing together and retreating together.It should be said that the noble family has the most talents and is the most organized. Generally speaking, as long as they get the support of the noble family at the local level, they can quickly control the place through the manpower, material and financial resources they control.

Just like the Wang family, as long as they get the support of the Taiyuan Wang family, there is no problem in controlling Taiyuan and even the entire Hedong.

At the beginning of Li Yuan's army, in order to win over the Taiyuan Wang family, he once used Pei Ji as a matchmaker to ask Wang Yuan Wang's fourth son Li Yuanji to marry him.However, Taiyuan Wang directly rejected Li Yuan's request without hesitation.The reason, in fact, is also a well-known problem, that is, the Taiyuan Wang family considers themselves to be descendants of the Han family with pure blood, while Li Yuan has Xianbei blood.

Li Yuan was very angry, but he couldn't move the Wang family in Taiyuan until Li Yuanji became the governor of Bingzhou and was in Taiyuan.Li Yuanji, who holds Taiyuan in his hands, is filled with righteous indignation every time he thinks of the humiliation of Taiyuan Wang's refusal of relatives.Li Yuanji is not Li Yuan, because Li Yuan was worried, he didn't dare to turn against Taiyuan Wang, but Li Yuanji was only sixteen years old, and in later generations, Li Yuanji was only a junior high school student at the age of Li Yuanji, and it was the rebellious period of youth, so Li Yuanji was against Taiyuan. Wang raised her eyebrows horizontally and raised her eyes vertically.

None of the aristocratic families have clean buttocks. Each of them has a glamorous appearance, but at the same time, there are unspeakable filth and sins.Just like the officials of later generations, there is no problem if they don't check, they are all role models, and there are probably problems in every case.After Li Shimin defeated Xue Ju in the first year of Wude, Li Yuanji became more profitable.

Successively dismissed seventeen Taiyuan officials below the fourth rank of the Wang family in Taiyuan. .Li Yuanji is very smart even though he can't do things well.He dealt with the Wang family in Taiyuan very cleverly. He first discredited the children of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and then dealt with them in accordance with the law.

Most of the Wangs from Taiyuan are civil servants who control public opinion, but no matter how much they control public opinion, there is no way to reverse the fact that the Taiyuan Wangs have lost their hearts in Taiyuan.If Li Yuanji is allowed to continue to mess around, I am afraid that the millennium foundation of the Wang family in Taiyuan will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

So, in this case.Taiyuan Wang colluded with Liu Wuzhou and gave Taiyuan to Liu Wuzhou.Li Yuan stood tall and could see clearly, so he ignored the opposition of the government and the public, raised Li Yuanji high, and put it down gently, just dismissed from office and went to the noble.Because what Li Yuanji did in Taiyuan was very to Li Yuan's liking.

Under such circumstances, the Taiyuan Wang family was afraid that Li Yuan would settle accounts with them.

……

When Chen Ying arrived at the East Palace, Li Jiancheng was not there, and Pei Ju received Chen Ying.

Pei Ju looked at Chen Ying, and the wrinkled smile on his face deepened: "Wen Xi Pei owes Chen Lang a favor, if you need something in the future, just speak up."

Regardless of Li Jiancheng's appointment of Pei Ju as the Minister of the East Palace, in name Pei Ju is one of the three secretaries of the East Palace, but this is not a good official position. After the mid-Tang Dynasty, the Secretary of the Palace was exclusively held by eunuchs, and there were no longer any scholars. up.Pei Ju would rather be a fifth-rank official than a third-rank East Palace Commander.

However, because Pei Ju was a newcomer and he was too old, he didn't dare to refuse Li Jiancheng's enlistment like Kuangsheng.

At this time, Chen Ying recommended Pei Ju to be an envoy to watch the army. Although it was an errand for the army supervisor, it represented Li Jiancheng, the prince of the supervisory country.

Chen Ying took the opportunity to say: "Hou Mochen has some old grievances with the Chai family in Fenzhou, can Wen Xi Pei family stand by and watch?"

If Chen Ying asks Pei Ju to deal with Chai, Wenxi and Pei really can't do it, after all, Pei Ju is not the only one who can say it.Now the most popular person in the Pei family is not Pei Ju, but Pei Ji.

Asking Wenxi Pei to sit on the wall and watch, Pei Ju didn't think at all, and agreed with the situation.

……

Chen Ying didn't wait long in the East Palace, Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui came together.

Shanxi is a resource-rich province in later generations of China. Chen Ying can name many large coal mines in Shanxi even with his eyes closed. Of course, Taiyuan has no shortage of steel resources.Looking at Prince Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui, Chen Ying expressed his thoughts: "There is a large amount of coal in the Taiyuan Basin, and there is a wealth of steel. If the steel and coal in Taiyuan are mined and directly made into steel, it will definitely solve the problem of Tang Dynasty. The embarrassment of insufficient steel."

Li Jiancheng said: "The charcoal is fine for heating, but for steelmaking..."

Coal contains a lot of sulfur, which means that direct use of coal to make steel will produce a pile of useless phosphorus pig iron.This kind of thing can be broken by hand, and it is of no value at all.

Chen Yingdao: "With this technology, I can first desulfurize the coal, and then use the desulfurized coal to make steel. This kind of coke has higher heat and better effect than charcoal. The key is to have inexhaustible resources. source of supply."

Wang Gui's heart was moved in an instant: "There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, I am afraid that Chen Lang will not use this technology for nothing, right?"

Chen Ying nodded frankly and said, "Yes, there is a small condition!"

Wang Gui said: "I would like to hear the details!"

The corners of Chen Ying's mouth curled up, and he said: "The Chai family in Fenzhou has old grievances with the Hou Mo Chen family, I want the Chai family to admit defeat."

"..." Wang Gui fell silent.

Li Jiancheng suddenly realized, and finally understood the real reason for Chai Shao's death.Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying and sighed in his heart, Chen Ying really worked so hard for Li Xiuning.

"The meat is only so big. If you have one more bite, I will lose one. Fenzhou is close to Taiyuan. Once this business starts, the Chai family will inevitably have a piece of the pie, right?"

Chen Ying saw that Wang Gui was still frowning, and Chen Ying reminded: "The Chai family in Fenzhou is gone, and the Wang family in Taiyuan can take over all the power of the Chai family. No matter whether it is people or things, only those who are caught Only in your own hands is the safest and most secure..."

Wang Gui slowly opened his clenched fist and nodded thoughtfully.

The few words of Chen Ying, Li Jiancheng, and Wang Gui directly decided the fate of the Chai family in Fenzhou.

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat dried shrimps, and the weak eat the strong. This is the eternal law of nature.

The Chai family in Fenzhou may be a giant to others, but in front of the Wang family in Taiyuan, Li Jiancheng, and Chen Ying, the Chai family in Fenzhou is just a small shrimp that can be sacrificed anytime and anywhere.

Today eight thousand two, ask for support,

(End of this chapter)