Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

At the same time, the Han family's smuggling of pig iron caused a storm in the capital.

Although the strength of the Han family was not as good as before due to various reasons, they were very powerful in the past, even though those officials in the capital had been cleaned up by Emperor Hongwen once.

But there are still many officials who are inextricably linked with the Han family.

This time the Han family's affairs are too big, smuggling pig iron to other countries is definitely a felony among felonies, and anyone who fails to do so may be punished by the nine clans.

Of course, the nine clans are still a bit exaggerated, but the three clans still have a great possibility.

And who knows if Emperor Hongwen will take advantage of this incident to clean the court again?
Therefore, many officials who had intersected with the Han family were a little panicked.

"The Han family is over."

At Dong Xiang's mansion, Dong Xiang, who got the news, shook his head, his eyes stained with sarcasm.

Such a family, with a little strength, is more fierce than anyone else. It is simply a dream to replace their Dong family as the first family.

His Dong family has been able to pass on for so many years, strength is part of it, more is knowing how to choose, when it is time to let go, it must be let go.

Ever since Lu Yaoyao came up with papermaking and printing techniques, the head of the Dong family has already understood.

The aristocratic family is about to start to decline gradually, and can no longer control the court as before.

Therefore, the Dong family began to retreat decisively, and at the same time made friends with Lu Yaoyao at all costs.

Nowadays, even though Emperor Hongwen controls most of the power organizations in Dongzhou, he has no intention of touching their Dong family in the slightest. On the contrary, he still uses the Dong family quite heavily.

This is unmatched by other families.

"Brother, this time it's the Han family, so who will it be next time?"

"Does our Dong family have to prepare one or two?"

The person in charge of the Dong family in the capital was a little worried.

There is no way not to worry. I think they put pressure on Emperor Hongwen together with other aristocratic families. Although they have controlled the speed well, the ghost knows whether Emperor Hongwen remembers everything.

Although Emperor Hongwen seems to treat the Dong family pretty well now, but the heart of the emperor is the most unpredictable, and you can take back what is given to you at any time.

"Preparation is certain, but the next one is unlikely to be us."

The collapse of the Han family is imminent. Next, the imperial court must target the Wu family who holds the iron ore.

After all, salt and iron are the most important things in a country, and with the collapse of the Han family, it can be said that all the salt has fallen into the hands of the court.

The next thing should be iron. As long as these two things are in his hands, Emperor Hongwen can completely control Dongzhou, and he will be able to greatly enhance Dongzhou's national power.

And just recently, he has received a lot of gossip, and the Wu family has also made some small moves.

Do you really think that with the emergence of Princess Ning, the Wu family will have a bright future?

In fact, it is not surprising that the Wu family thinks this way. After all, King Ning is the eldest son of the emperor's son. According to the rules, his chance of inheriting the throne can be said to exceed 60.00%.

As long as the Wu family wins over King Ning and helps him in the court in the future, King Ning's chances will be even greater.

Faced with this, how could the Wu family not act.

"Recently, the Wu family has attracted a lot of people. This time the emperor is investigating the smuggling of pig iron. Will there be problems with the Wu family?"

Dong Xiang pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Probably not, the Wu family is not moving yet."

The matter of the Han family will cause quite a shock. If the Wu family is disturbed at this time, the court is likely to be unstable.

If it was placed at another time, Emperor Hongwen might still fight. After all, if it is done well, he can directly get rid of the Wu family and take back the iron mine.

But the news from Beichu did not allow Dongzhou to be in turmoil at this time.

Nanjiang is still eyeing it covetously. If the officialdom in Dongzhou is cleared at this time, if one is not careful, it will cause big trouble.

It has to be said that Dong Xiang's analysis was quite correct. Before King Jin left, Emperor Hongwen repeatedly urged him.

This time it is only aimed at the Han family, don't get involved in other things, of course, if there is a chance to collect other things, they should be sealed up and used later.

The pig iron of the Dongzhou people can't get around the Wu family. It is absolutely impossible for the Han family to smuggle pig iron.

However, there was no way to move the Wu family at this time, so Emperor Hongwen could only bear with it.

"That's okay, so at least we can have a little more time to prepare."

"Well, you can write a letter to the family. The patriarch will naturally know what to do, and the southern border should pay more attention. I always feel that a war may break out."

The person in charge of the Dong family nodded repeatedly.

Bei Chu is not the only one who knows about the changes in southern Xinjiang. Speaking of which, they are the ones who are doing business, and they are the first to notice something is wrong.

Before a war broke out in ancient countries, there were a lot of things that needed to be prepared. From the prices and quantities of some commodities, it was actually more or less detectable that something was wrong.

Some time ago, there was a big fluctuation in grain and iron in southern Xinjiang.

These businessmen have heard some rumors a long time ago.

"The family has already started to gather business, so it shouldn't have much impact."

Dong Lian nodded repeatedly.

The Luo family also did the same thing.

The Luo family is the largest grain merchant in Dongzhou. They not only have business everywhere in the country, but also in foreign countries.

In the recent period of time, Southern Xinjiang has been purchasing food on a large scale, and they have already noticed that something is wrong.

But there are some things that they have no way to say, and there is no need to say, the most important thing is to protect themselves.

"It has long been seen that they are a group of idiots. Fortunately, the Duke of the country didn't bet all his means on them."

In the mansion of Lord Zhen Guo who had been closed for a long time, Lord Zhen Guo also received the news from the outside, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Master, now that the Northern Chu envoys are here, will this be our chance?"

The stooped old butler in front of him asked in a low voice.

Hearing this, Lord Zhen shook his head without thinking much; "Bei Chu is also a bunch of idiots, it's completely useless to count on them."

He knew very well who Dongzhou should not provoke the most.

It wasn't Emperor Hongwen, nor King Jin, nor the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, but Lu Yaoyao, the owner of Wanfu County who didn't like to show his face very much.

He has been aware of this since Lu Yaoyao's rise, so he will never do anything bad to Lu Yaoyao.

Because such a person, once provoked, will bring endless troubles to oneself.

And how long have the envoys of Northern Chu been in Dongzhou?He met Lu Yaoyao.

He could almost foresee that these guys would be beaten to pieces by Lu Yaoyao.

If you count on them at this time, you will be implicated if you don't keep it all together, and it's impossible to turn around.

"I have a letter here, you find a way to send it out."

Duke Zhen's voice was very low, and the butler on the opposite side could only vaguely hear it by bending forward.

Then nodded again and again, put away the letter and retreated.