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Chapter 975
As Yang Zheng walked forward, Xia Houchun's wife, Mrs. Li, came looking for him.

"Your Majesty, how can Wang Jun have such virtue? Why should he sit in the prosperous place of Jiangdong?"

There are many things that Xiahou's family is eyeing.

The governor of Wuzhou is obviously much more generous than the governor of Huainan. Not only Xiahou's family is coveting, but other people in the court are also secretly casting greedy eyes.

Xia Houzhi was upset, but there was no movement on his face, "You also know that His Majesty does not like women to participate in state affairs. Since His Majesty uses Wang Jun, he must be superior. You should keep your duty. Don't ask so many questions."

"Half of the Great Qin's world belongs to our Xiahou family. Of course, our own family is more credible. Besides, it's just a governor of Wuzhou. How can it be difficult for the empress?" Li Shi also had a sharp mouth.

As we all know, without the protection of Xiahouba and Xiahouxuan back then, how could there be Daqin today?

The men of Xiahou's family didn't dare to say that, but the women were straightforward and chewed their tongues without any scruples.

Xiahou's family did show kindness to Daqin, but not to this extent.

Xia Houzhi looked at Li Shi sadly, knowing that Xia Hou's family was hopeless.

It was the most uncomfortable for her to be caught in the middle, with her husband and son on one side and her natal family on the other, "They think so too?"

"Who in this world doesn't know the relationship between the Yang family and Xiahou's family? Now that the Xiahou's family has only got one prefect, it's really not worth it. According to me, it's not too much to ask for a Pingshang Shushi."

"I see, you go back." Xia Houzhi sighed, not knowing why Xia Hou's family became like this.

She suddenly thought of her father, Zhize of the Gentleman, who was killed in the fifth generation. Before the fifth generation, the Xiahou family had fallen to this point. There was no one in the family. There was neither a great Confucianist nor a general. With the facade.

The reason is that these years have passed so smoothly.

Xiahou Dun's family is famous for its good management.

In Xia Houyuan's lineage, the talent has withered.

After Mrs. Li left, Xia Houzhi was silent for a long time, and sighed quietly, "You have to blame yourself."

Between her natal family and her husband's son, she chose the latter.

In the court hall, the voice of Jin Hai became louder and louder.

Yang Zheng never thought that the influence of Xiahou's family would be so great.

Of course, there are also some people who are bewitched.

After all, China has been a mainland country since ancient times, and has formed a continental mindset. It is reasonable to dislike the ocean.

Moreover, shipbuilding is not a small amount, in their eyes, it is a waste of money.

The most difficult thing in the world is to reverse the way people think.

But Yang Zheng has decided to open the sea.

Without sea power, the Chinese nation is like missing a leg. This is Daqin's millennium plan.

In fact, as long as Yang Zheng doesn't waver, no matter how loud these people are, it's useless.

At the same time, Zhenfu Sizheng's secret investigation of Xiahou's family soon came to fruition.

Do not check, I don’t know, I’m scared.

Although the Xiahou family has little influence in the court, it has grown into a towering tree in the Central Plains and has become a new generation of noble family.

However, Xiahou's family did it very secretly, instead of enclosing the population and encroaching on the land and other traditional dramas, they infiltrated and infiltrated all parts of the Central Plains, like a dense spider web.

From Huainan to Qiaopei and Qingxu, there are people all over them, and there are people from them in the court.

A brand new community of interests has been born.

To maintain such a large network, benefits are naturally needed.

They dare not extend their hands to land and population, they can only extend to trade.

Xia Houmao was famous for being good at running the family business back then. Xiahou's family was not bad in this area. Among the seven major firms in the Central Plains, three of them belonged to them.

Maritime trade has risen in recent years. Luxuries such as herbs, leather goods, and timber from Liaodong, and peacocks and pearls from Lingnan all travel by sea.

There are also female slaves in the Wa Kingdom, etc., which are all profitable businesses.

If they can monopolize shipping, the Xiahou family will be truly wealthy.

Strictly speaking, Xiahou's family did not violate the laws of Great Qin.

But their actions have threatened the imperial power.

There are people with money in hand, or relatives, if this continues, who will be able to control it in the future?

"If your majesty removes the Xiahou family, I'm afraid it will be bad for your majesty's reputation in the future. Back then, Gao Zu punished Han Xin and Peng Yue and was criticized by the world. This matter should not be rushed." Lu Zhi also sighed.

"Can Xiahou's family be compared with Han Xin and Peng Yue? What I owe them has already been changed. Besides, what I owe is Xiahouba and Xiahouxuan, not Xiahouzhuang and Xiahoujun."

To this day, Yang Zheng is still afraid of the notoriety of being a cunning rabbit and a running dog?

Lu Zhi smiled slightly, "Since Your Majesty has made up his mind, I will not say much."

"The world belongs to the people of the world, not mine, nor Xiahou's family."

A few days later, Jin Yiwei collected all kinds of evidence of Xiahou's crimes.

People cannot withstand investigation.

Xiahou Zhuang is cautious, but the rest of Xiahou's family will not be so low-key and stir up troubles in the local area.

Xiahouzhuang's son-in-law, Zheng Pi, the prefect of Chenliu, managed 4000 taels of gold at one time, and directly made him a prefect from a county master.

Don't do too much of this kind of thing, Jin Yiwei catches a lot of them.

A storm also rose from Huainan, and soon swept half of the Central Plains.

Yang Zheng didn't hold back, and as many as 370 officials were involved from the local government to the court.

The properties of Xiahouzhuang, Xiahoujun and others were confiscated.

Let Yang Zheng see what it means to be rich beyond a country.

Only the family of Xiahouzhuang had 7 taels of gold, 23 taels of silver, and innumerable money and silk. They had installed fifty carts. In addition, there were 21 mansions in Daxing City, three fleets, large and small sea-going ships, More than 570 river boats...

Xiahou's family has brought low-key luxury to the extreme. Although the place where they live looks dilapidated, there is another world inside. Various famous calligraphy and paintings are collected in the room.

It's no wonder that Xiahou's family wants to extend their hands to the sea, and to maintain such a large family property and power, the usual methods of making money are no longer enough.

This is still the Xiahouzhuang family.

Pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and other Xiahou's family properties also reached a terrifying number.

If it is said that so much family wealth was obtained through normal channels, no one would believe it.

As more and more crimes were uncovered by Jin Yiwei, a major case that shocked the entire empire was revealed to the world.

What annoyed Yang Zheng the most was that Xiahou's family had a secret connection with Sima Wang.

The reason why Sima Wang was able to disappear without a trace in the Central Plains was because of the help of Xiahou's family.

Of course, judging from the various crimes collected, the Xiahou family was also caught by Sima Wang and used by him.

Although the Sima family beheaded Xiahouxuan and forced Xiahouba to leave, this did not affect their relationship with other Xiahou families.

The gentry are often so cold-blooded and only value benefits.

(End of this chapter)