I don't want to do it, but he has a health bar

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What Hu Yuxian, the governor of Yuhang Province, did in Yuhang soon spread throughout Dayu.

For a time, impeachments against Hu Yuxian from both inside and outside the court piled up like snowflakes on the desks of the cabinet elders.

The conservative faction, led by former cabinet minister Xu Shaosheng, also began to exert their strength at the same time. They wrote letters to the emperor demanding a thorough investigation of Hu Yuxian and a joint trial of the Guanchaolou Massacre by three courts.

The conservative ministers launched a fierce attack on the two ministers Gao and Zhang, and asked to see the emperor every day.

Other than that,

They refused to obey the imperial edict when attending court, and criticized Gao and Zhang by citing scriptures and classics. They also spread rumors among the people about the two cabinet ministers Gao and Zhang as well as Hu Yuxian, almost making the two of them the most corrupt officials rarely seen in a century.

This group of civil servants is only capable of this.

Slander you, defame you, and engage in non-violent non-cooperation.

As for whether it is useful?

The current emperor and Gao Ge Lao have a relationship like father and son. After throwing all the important affairs of state to Gao Ge Lao, the emperor has been indulging in women all day long, and his life is full of women.

He didn't even bother to look at the criticisms from the conservatives. Anyway, he fully trusted Gao Su.

Especially as he was having fun, hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land appeared under the name of the royal family. Although these fertile lands belonged to him only in name and most of the annual harvest went to the national treasury, he spent all his time indulging in women and still earned a good reputation for being generous and kind!
This is even more true than the late emperor's title of benevolent and filial emperor.

What's more, although it is true that this emperor is addicted to women, he is not stupid.

During the previous emperor's reign, he enjoyed fighting against the Yan Party. For this reason, he had been hanging out with this group of upright people for a long time, so he knew very well what this group of upright people were like.

These clean officials don't have the ability to do that.

But his ability to hold others back is first-rate.

Therefore, these upright people only dared to take action to overthrow Yan after the late emperor became tired of Yan's party's greed.

Just a bunch of trash.

After the Qingliu conservatives made a fuss for a few days, the cabinet issued a decree, defining the Guanchao Tower incident as a "monster attack" and secretly indicating that Hu Yuxian would not join the cabinet in the future. As a result, the opposition public opinion in various parts of Dayu suddenly died down.

To put it bluntly, the wealthy families in various parts of Dayu are worried that Hu Yuxian may enter the cabinet in the future!

Let this fire spread beyond Yuhang.

As for Yuhang...it can only be considered that former cabinet minister Xu Shaosheng was unlucky.

As the situation gradually died down, the Xu family in Huating was worried like an ant on a hot pan.

……

Huating, the old house of the Xu family.

After more than a hundred years of continuous expansion by the Xu family, this old house has now become a giant in Huating. The whole courtyard is in the shape of a double "器" character, divided into eight large courtyards, with 28 small courtyards inside and more than 600 houses, covering an area of ​​150 acres. It faces the street on three sides and is surrounded by fully enclosed blue brick walls more than ten meters high.

In the middle of this old house is the Xu Family Ancestral Hall.

Family meetings and grand ceremonies are held here during festivals and holidays.

Today, the heads of various branches of the Xu family gathered in the ancestral hall to discuss how to deal with Hu Yuxian.

The person sitting at the most senior position in the ancestral hall now is none other than the former cabinet minister - Xu Shaosheng!

Today, Xu Shaosheng has gray hair and looks very old.

He leaned on his agarwood cane and listened to the chatter of people around him.

Some of them advocated assassinating Hu Yuxian directly, while others advocated gathering forces to launch riots in other places in Yuhang in order to impeach Hu Yuxian and make him lose his position as provincial governor.

But there were also some who were afraid and suggested that the Xu family move out immediately, or give in to Hu Yuxian and make peace with him.

There are many different opinions.

After much discussion, everyone finally looked at Xu Shaosheng.

This former cabinet minister who had served in the central government of Dayu for decades seemed to have really grown old, and now he looked like he was asleep in the ancestral hall.

But the reason why Xu Shaosheng didn't say anything was because he seemed to see the decline of his family.

The opposite is the movement of the Tao...

This is the law of nature.

If I had known earlier, I should have broken off relations with that good student of mine and killed Hu Yuxian directly!
But after killing Hu Yuxian, what next?

Won’t there be another Zhang Yuxian or Li Yuxian appearing in the future?

The Xu family has now become a force to be reckoned with in Dayu. Whenever the higher-ups are short of money, they will definitely think of the Xu family.

Thinking of this, the former cabinet minister who had lived in the central government for more than ten years flashed a fierce look in his eyes: "Send an invitation to Hu Yuxian to come and have a chat... No, I will go find him myself."

"Also, you guys decide among yourselves to select two families to separate from the Huating old house. One family will go to the sea, heading south, and the other family will go north."

Since ancient times, true dragons have appeared in the north of Zhongzhou.

The Xu family sent a branch to the north. If Huating could survive this disaster, even if Huating was seriously injured and the family was ruined, they could still leave behind two descendants and plot a comeback.

If the Xu family is exterminated with three clans, or even nine clans!

Those heading north can go directly out of the customs!
Those heading south can go directly to Nanyang!

Branch out into two places and rebuild the family glory.

You can't put all your eggs in one basket.

After making these arrangements, Xu Shaosheng stood up slowly without saying goodbye and left the ancestral hall. As for who stayed and who left...

The leaders of each department also looked embarrassed.

This might be a test from the old patriarch. If they leave Huating, it means that they will lose the qualification to inherit Huating's industry forever. They may even fall from a first-rate family to a third-rate, or even a second-rate family.

And once you go north or south, it is equivalent to starting a new business!
We must fight with those bloodthirsty thugs for territory and property.

How great is this!
So a new round of quarrels broke out in the Xu family ancestral hall.

……

Lin'an, in the inn.

Ever since the bloodbath at Guanchao Tower, Hu Butang has been living in a small inn, never going out and seeing anyone, but there is an endless stream of carrier birds flying to him from all over Yuhang.

Apparently Hu Butang was busy trying to conquer the wealthy families in various parts of Yuhang.

Song Yuheng and Pei Guanyin were both in Lu Jing's room.

Song Yuheng's face was still full of worry. This time they had acted too ruthlessly and cruelly. There was a possibility that the cabinet would take action against Lu Jing and others in order to appease the public anger.

Seeing Lu Jing still leisurely looking through the martial arts techniques in the room, Song Yuheng said unhappily, "You are not afraid at all! If Hu Butang can't hold it back, you will be the one pushed out!"

Lu Jing was not worried at all: "What's there to worry about? Are you afraid that the landlords will rebel? Even if they rebel, they can only bully others in their own territories and will not be able to do anything."

Throughout history, there has never been a situation like the feudal system before the Zhao emperor.

In the dynasties that followed, there was almost no record of any landlord successfully rebelling.

Instead, it is the poor people who can't make a living who can create a wave.

Lu Jing said leisurely: "If you want to rebel, you need weapons, horses, armor, and food. The landlords and gentry have weapons and food at most. Even if they have horses, they can't have armor. If they really dare to rebel, they will die as soon as the soldiers arrive."

"So they can only complain to the court."

"And I'm sure they won't dare to rebel!"

Song Yuheng wondered, "They have money and food, why don't they dare?"

Lu Jing sneered, "Because the landlords and gentry are weak and afraid, they can only compromise in the end. If the court dares to make up its mind and continues to do this province by province, within five years, Dayu will surely become strong again. What a pity..."

Song Yuheng was so anxious that he scratched his head: "What a pity?"

Why are you keeping us in suspense?
She is now becoming more and more curious about Lu Jing.

I used to think he was just evil, a scoundrel who only knew how to kill monsters to make money, a killer.

But after the incident at Guanchao Tower, Song Yuheng discovered that she seemed to have never really understood Lu Jing. This guy always did something shocking.

Not only is he gifted in cultivation, but even in officialdom, he seems to have a set of methods that are completely different from the current ones.

Moreover, Song Yuheng had the feeling that Lu Jing had never revealed the methods in his mind.

What Yuhang did this time was just the tip of the iceberg in his mind.

Lu Jing smiled and said, "It's a pity that the biggest landlord in Dayu is our Majesty, and the cabinet ministers who control the national policies in the cabinet."

If Hu Yuxian continues to implement what he is doing this time, it would be tantamount to asking the ministers to liquidate themselves.

How can this be?

Song Yuheng: “…”

As a practitioner of literature, Taoism and history, Song Yuheng is well-versed in all kinds of history. Looking at all the major dynasties, aristocratic families emerged one after another, and land and wealth always concentrated in the aristocratic families. So, is there no way to cure this stubborn disease?
Song Yuheng asked the question, staring at Lu Jing with sharp eyes.

Lu Jing sighed: "There is really nothing we can do about this. This is caused by human greed, and it is also the use of Tao."

Song Yuheng's eyes suddenly dimmed.

Lu Jing smiled and said, "Don't be disappointed, Mr. Song. When a dynasty is in decline, there will always be people with lofty ideals who will save the world in times of crisis! Rebuild the flame of humanity! This is also where the power of humanity is the strongest."

There is never perfection in this world.

Only by constant innovation can one ensure one's vitality.

And this is exactly the reason why the human race can still stand today despite the covetousness and interference of demons, barbarians, and even strange forces.

Song Yuheng: “…”

Pei Guanyin: “…”

They didn't expect that this guy, who usually looked like his brain was full of muscles, could actually say such lofty words.

Pei Guanyin looked at Song Yuheng with a tender look, as if to say, "You have found a treasure~ Senior Sister is so envious~"

While the three were chatting, the servant of the posthouse suddenly knocked on the door and said, "Sir, there is a letter for you."

Song Yuheng stood up and took a look at it, then said with a strange look: "The East China Sea bandits are holding a banquet and said they want to invite you to their banquet. Are they planning to surrender?"

At this moment, Hu Butang from next door suddenly came over. Before he even entered the room, he swung the letter in his hand and said contemptuously, "Huating Xu Shaosheng is coming to meet with me, haha."

Lu Jing smiled: "What a coincidence, the bandits from the East China Sea also came to see me."

Hu Butang laughed loudly and said, "They are afraid now. What do you think? Are you going?"

Lu Jing's face was stern: "Of course not! The Japanese pirates of the demon tribe have always been fearful of power and not virtuous, so my position has always been to eradicate all evil and kill them all."

(End of this chapter)