I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 426

Under the eyes of everyone seeing them off, Zilu drove the carriage, Li Ran and Kong Qiu got into the carriage and left Yunyi for the Kingdom of Jin.

Because Fan Yang has been shielding Jisun Yiru, and Fan Yang is the de facto ruling minister of the state of Jin.So both of them knew that this trip must be extremely difficult, and it might even be dangerous.

Although Kong Qiu had never been to the state of Jin before, after all, Kong Qiu had a natural talent for socializing, as well as his character of "being happy when friends come from afar", and he had many students himself.Therefore, Kong Qiu knew a thing or two about the situation in Jin.

"Sir, after the death of Zhao Wenzi, Han Qi became the ruling minister, but I heard that he also retired a few years ago and became an official. Now Wei Shu is in charge of the government, but because Wei Shu doesn't understand political affairs, Fan Yang has always been in charge. .And Fan Yang sent troops to quell the Huaxiang Rebellion in Song Dynasty and the Prince Dynasty Rebellion, so his reputation was greatly shaken, and he became the de facto leader of Jin State!"

"I recently heard that Han Qi has also died of illness. His son Han Xu took the name of Ding You and led his people to move to Pingyang. It seems that he also wanted to avoid Fan Yang. Fan Yang's power can also be seen from this. Moreover, when Qiu was in Lu State I heard that Fan Yang is the most supportive of Jisun Yiru in the matter of the Lu State! There must be a connection between the two of them, so our trip may not be easy!"

Li Ran knew about this, sighed, and couldn't help thinking of Mrs. Zhao.

"Then what's going on with the Zhao Clan of the Jin Kingdom?"

"After Zhao Wenzi passed away, his son Zhao Jingzi succeeded him. However, Zhao Jingzi didn't live long and died young, leaving behind his son Zhao Yang who has not yet been crowned weak. If he hadn't been promoted by Han Qi before he became an official, I am afraid that his six ministers His position is no longer guaranteed.”

"Zhao Yang..."

As for Zhao Yang, Li Ran had heard Sun Wu talk about him.

At that time, he led the Jin army and fought against Sun Wu, who could hardly resist.Although Sun Wu was ordered in danger at that time, and his fighting spirit was not good, but being able to fight Sun Wu back and forth is also a testament to his bravery.

Moreover, according to Master Chang Hong, after this Zhao Yang entered Luoyi, for some reason, he repeatedly put pressure on Shan Qi, asking him to keep Li Ran safe.

In addition, after Zhao Yang led the army to assist Zhou Wanggai in taking control of Luoyi, he also came to look for Li Ran.It's a pity that Li Ran was in a bad mood and didn't see anyone, so he missed the meeting between the two of them.

In fact, Li later realized that Zhao Yang actually had the grace to save him.

Therefore, after Li Ran regained his strength, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful about the past incident.

However, when it comes to Zhao Yang, Li Ran's first impression was that he was not a virtuous lord, but a reckless man.It can be said that there is more than enough stamina, but not enough city government.

Why do you see it?

It's just because Zhao Yang failed to ask to see Li Ran, but directly threatened to set fire to the house, and then he was able to compete with Chu Dang in brute force.This incident alone is enough to show that he is fierce and short-witted.

Li Ran couldn't help but think of the Yangtong family, that is, the Yangtong family with whom he had a friendship as both a teacher and a friend.

Therefore, Li Ran immediately asked about the current situation of the Yangtong clan.

When Confucius heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh:

"Uncle Xiang doctor, it's really an ancient legacy."

"It's a pity, maybe there is a destiny in the dark. Uncle Xiang's wife is the daughter of Shen Gong, Wuchen and Xia Ji, the traitors of Chu State. She has a son named Yang Tong Shi Me. Because of the sheep tongue eating me Later, I was implicated inexplicably, so that the Yangtong clan was replaced by the Yi clan, and the clan priest was cut off..."

Li Ran couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, he couldn't believe his ears.

It turned out that the reason why the Yangtong family was exterminated was actually related to the Qi family of Jin.

At least, it seems so on the surface.

That year, the Qi family was headed by Qi Ying, and his two family heads, Qi Sheng and Wu Zang, had a scandal. The two of them openly engaged in wife-swapping and adultery.

One must know that their Qi clan is in the state of Jin, and they are also the family of highly respected and virtuous doctors.Now that such a scandalous thing happened in the family, it made Qi Ying extremely ashamed and angry.

Therefore, he wanted to arrest Qi Sheng and Wu Zang to deal with it according to family law.

After Qi Sheng learned of this situation, he immediately found Xun Bi and bribed him, hoping that he would help him.

But Xun Li took the bribe, and immediately went to the Marquis of Jin, saying that Qi Ying had illegally detained his servants.

At that time, Jin Pinggong was dead, and his grandson Jinhou Qiji was in power.

Just because after Jin Pinggong, the Jin State's office can be said to be declining day by day.At this time, the Marquis of Jin had already been emptied.So, in the end, it turned out that the Marquis of Jin ordered Qi Ying to be arrested directly.

Qi Ying's clan members were also quite upright, seeing this situation, they directly vented their anger on Qi Sheng and Wu Zang.And killing the two of them directly, it can be regarded as cleaning up the door.

However, their killing didn't matter, but in the end they directly confirmed Qi Ying's crime.

And the "Marquis of Jin" actually used this as an excuse to kill Qi Ying directly.

Among them, the strangest one belongs to the Yangtong clan.

It stands to reason that the turmoil of the Qi clan has nothing to do with the Yangtong clan.But in the end, Uncle Xiang's son eats me with sheep's tongue, and he was somehow implicated in it.

As a result, the Yangtong clan was convicted, and they were directly exiled from the three clans!
And what Confucius said, "There is a destiny in the dark", is that when Yang Tongue was on the stage of the Jin Dynasty at the beginning of the year, it was because of Qi Xi's remonstrance that it was able to survive the Luan Rebellion. survived.

Up to now, his son Yang Tongue eats me, but because of the family affairs of Qi Xi's grandson Qi Ying, his family has been exterminated!
So, it can be said that the world is unpredictable.

Hearing this, Li Ran knew in his heart that there must be dark actors involved in these vicious things.

After all, if he had only detained his servants, he shouldn't have suffered such a heavy crime.What's more, as the head of the family, rectifying the family tradition has nothing to do with state affairs.

The "king of a country" would actually intervene in it, so what's the matter?

Obviously, this is just an excuse.Its essence is clearly a kind of liquidation!
Liquidate what?
What is liquidated is the power of the Jin government!
Yang Tongue, as the official sect with the clearest stance in the Jin State at that time, it is only natural that the dark walkers hated it deeply.

And their Yangtong clan and Qi clan, as the only surviving Jin government offices, will eventually be taken over by Jin's secret agents and completely eradicated, which is a matter of course.

It can also be seen from this that since Uncle Sunbao of the State of Lu, Zichan of the State of Zheng, Yang Tongue of the State of Jin, and the relatively milder ruling ministers of the State of Jin Zhao Wu and Han, when these great figures have passed away one after another, And after losing the Chu State, the only force that can check and balance the world, it can be said that the dark walkers no longer have any scruples, and become more and more unscrupulous.

The whole world is now shrouded in the dark clouds of the dark walkers.

Li Ran also knew very well what kind of chaotic situation he was about to face.

"I never imagined that the Yangtong family and the Qi family would end up like this..."

Confucius shook his head when he heard the words:
"It's really a pity... By the way, it is said that this incident is actually the same as the Luan Clan's Rebellion back then, in which the Fan Clan of Jin State was also a hindrance. Hey... Fan Clan is like this, so it might not be the same in the future A Lu Guoji family!"

Li Ran sighed:
"By the way, Zhong Ni, are you familiar with Fan Yang?"

"Qiu's status is low. Although he has never met this person, it is obvious that this person and Ji Sun Yiru are gangsters! But as to what his purpose is, it is still unclear. However, now that he is a member of the Jin Kingdom, The person in charge, if we want to use him to plan the return of Marquis Lu, I'm afraid it will be very difficult!"

Hearing this, Li Ran nodded slightly thoughtfully, and said rather helplessly:
"Now the Fan family is in the Chinese army in the state of Jin, and they are friendly with the Bank of China and the Zhi family. Their power can be said to be at the height of the sky. However, the masters of the Han and Zhao Er families are all young and weak, and Wei Shu has lost power, so here we are. After Jiangcheng, how to persuade Fan Yang in public is still very important!"

Kong Qiu nodded.

"That's true. No matter what, Fan Yang is always a hurdle we must do, and we must not get around it."

At this time, Li Ran had already vaguely sensed that Fan Yang might be a member of the crowd, or even the leader of the Seven Kings!According to Qing Feng, the person in charge of the dark walkers is now in the state of Jin, so could this person be Fan Yang?

If this is the case, then all of what Confucius said before can make sense.

However, this also means that their trip is very likely to come to nothing.

Li Ran couldn't help being a little dazed, thinking in his heart, how to "persuade" or "coerce" Jin State to intervene in Lu Hou's return to the State?

(End of this chapter)