Tang Dynasty Little Godfather

Chapter 282 Like an egg striking a rock?

Anchangfang.

"Only five companies are cooperating with the Nameless Academy?"

Lady Zixia looked at Guang Sheng with slight surprise.

Guang Sheng nodded and said, "Strictly speaking, there are only two families. The Liu family and the Han family supported Wuming Academy because of Wang Maozhong, while the Qu family did so because of their relationship with the Yuchi family."

"It's less than I expected."

Madam Zixia smiled and nodded, then asked, "By the way, what about the Linghu family?"

Guang Sheng said, "The Linghu family was the most vehemently opposed to their actions. Linghu Xiaozhe also stated that he would not participate under any circumstances, which angered his wife, Yuchi, so much that she went back to her parents' home."

Although the whole incident originated from the Linghu family, the Linghu family considered it a minor matter and was unwilling to break ties with everyone, otherwise, how could he maintain his position in the court?

But they weren't against the nameless college; they were against doing it this way.

From the Linghu family's perspective, you little brats may be making a lot of noise, but you won't suffer because the person opposite you is also your father. It's our family that will suffer.

Therefore, the Linghu family was the most vehemently opposed, but the women in their family were also the most supportive, determined to fight the other side to the bitter end.

Whether it was Yuchi or Linghu Changge.

Madam Zixia nodded slightly, "That's fine too. This is actually an opportunity for us."

Guang Sheng looked at Madam Zixia, puzzled.

Madam Zixia said, "We must remember not to treat Que'er and the others as enemies. When negotiating with other families, we must ignore them as much as possible, and at the same time, regard Wuming Academy as our main and only opponent."

Currently, many officials in the government dislike Wuming Academy. If we target Wuming Academy, we will naturally gain more support, which will bring us great benefits.

If we treat Sparrow and the others as enemies, we'll only become a laughingstock and gain nothing.

Guang Sheng nodded and then asked, "I wonder how Madam plans to target the Nameless Academy?"

Lady Zixia smiled and shook her head, saying, "Who said we were targeting the Nameless Academy? The Nameless Academy is just a way to gain more support. There's no way we can defeat the Nameless Academy. They don't care about money, power, or even reputation. They only care about their own pleasure. Unless we use the power of the imperial court to completely shut down the Nameless Academy, we can't defeat them."

In fact, even if the imperial court were to use its power, it would be difficult to defeat them. Not to mention that the current emperor is promoting Taoist thought, the emperor's favoritism alone would not be enough to shake the nameless academy.

"We're only ostensibly targeting the Nameless Academy, but in reality, we're targeting the families who support them. We just need to make them back down."

Guang Sheng said, "But whether it's rouge, tooth powder, or face masks, we can't compete with them. Should we just tell everyone not to buy them?"

Madam Zixia frowned slightly, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "Face masks, tooth powder, rouge and the like are very popular with my sisters and aunts. They may not be able to consider the bigger picture. If we force them not to buy them, it may backfire. I dare not do that."

Guang Sheng said, "But Young Master Wang can use this to his advantage to win their support."

Madam Zixia laughed and said, "If they can use this to force other families to make concessions, that would be even better, because no family would ruin its own business because of this."

Then we can tell them that once we completely defeat the Nameless Academy, we can take these for ourselves, and at that time, they will support me even more firmly.

It remains to be seen whether they will do something so foolish, but I think the chances are slim, given the involvement of the harem.

As she spoke, she gently shook her head, “We don’t need to manage these transactions, but we must do our best in secret to restrict the raw materials used to make these goods, so that they can’t expand their business too quickly. This will give us enough time.”

At the same time, we must crack down on their other businesses and forbid anyone from trading with them. Such a large family cannot possibly be of one mind. We can launch a campaign to suppress their businesses in various locations, isolate them, and they will soon submit.

Furthermore, we cannot underestimate the importance of printing; we must expand our business in this area and absolutely prevent them from succeeding.

Guang Sheng nodded and said, "I know what to do."

Although the Nameless Academy set a high bar and made big moves, only a small number of people genuinely supported them.

They are an absolute minority, completely incomparable to the other side.

Anyone with a modicum of intelligence would not risk damaging their family's network of connections within the elite class for the sake of a few children.

The most important point is that the other side is their own child. No matter how much they make a fuss, they are still family. If they support Wuming Academy, then they are serious.

They were not afraid of the intimidation posed by the nameless academy.

Meanwhile, Madam Zixia and the Yuan family did not sit idly by. They cleverly positioned the Nameless Academy as the enemy, deliberately ignoring the identities of Wang Xi and his group.

It should be noted that the Nameless Academy was not very popular among the traditional ruling class, especially among officials in the court, who disliked it intensely.

When Lady Zixia raised this banner, many officials in the court immediately gave them their support.

As luck would have it, the Imperial Academy and Lady Zixia had the same idea and secretly got involved, encouraging everyone to support Lady Zixia. This really helped Lady Zixia a lot, allowing her to expand her network of connections and establish close relationships with many officials in the court.

Some opportunists even tried to use this incident to impeach the Linghu and Yuchi families, but they were all reprimanded by the Secretariat. No matter whether what you said made sense or whether you had evidence, whoever impeached you would be reprimanded.

This is a very clear hint: don't escalate this matter to the imperial court. Simply put, this is just a business transaction; don't let it cause a division within the court.

In truth, neither Lady Zixia nor the Yuan family wanted to cause trouble in the imperial court, nor did they have the face to do so. Was it really necessary to make such a big fuss about dealing with a few children?

However, some unscrupulous individuals are secretly stirring up trouble.

The Wu family was one of them.

But no one is a fool. Most of the parents of the students at Wuming Academy do not support Wuming Academy, but if the matter goes to the imperial court, they will definitely support their sons.

The key is that if you really make a scene in the imperial court, then the Nameless Academy might not necessarily lose.

Putting everything else aside, Wang Xi is Li Longji's most beloved nephew. At the same time, Li Longji is promoting Taoist thought. Based on these factors, if a power struggle breaks out in the court, many people will definitely switch their support to the Nameless Academy.

Since we can't develop upwards, we can only develop downwards.

The market has become the point of contention between the two sides.

Fighting here is harmless.

In fact, the Nameless Academy is also developing in this direction. Through the technology they have developed, they have established cooperative relationships with various families, while excluding those who are not on their side. It is still a business dispute.

Currently, both sides have clearly defined camps, rules, and attitudes.

However, it seems that Wuming Academy is truly fighting a losing battle. The most tragic thing is that they are standing up for the Linghu family, but the Linghu family refuses to stand with them, causing Linghu Changge and Linghu Baodi to feel ashamed in the academy.

This struggle was truly bizarre in every way.

Even at this moment, they all believed that they were still a family, and that the whole thing was just the kids acting impulsively. The main culprits were those few who were lawless and their parents didn't care.

This actually stirred up a sense of dignity in many of the older generation, and they were also inclined to support Lady Zixia in teaching them a lesson and letting them distinguish between the two kings.

Therefore, although they were all on the same side, Madam Zixia did not have much of a burden in her heart and immediately launched a siege against the Nameless Academy.

Even so, Madam Zixia knew in her heart that the Nameless Academy was actually invincible. Unless it was physically eliminated, magical attacks would be completely ineffective, but she could not do physical elimination.

She was targeting the family that partnered with the Nameless Academy.

With so many families supporting her, the effect was immediate. In both the East and West markets, the support was almost unanimous. Even the most rudimentary businessmen, and even foreign businessmen, all supported Madam Zixia.

Because the power imbalance between the two sides is too great, even if it's some kind of advanced technology, we wouldn't dare to take it.

That's not all. Currently, the main consumer group is also these nobles, and now they all support Madam Zixia. That is to say, everyone avoids any business related to the Yuchi family, the Qu family, etc.

Without exception, all the merchants who rented shops from the Yuchi family found their shops deserted, and some even closed down for fear of getting into trouble.

Even Wang Maozhong was not spared. The horse administration under his control was greatly affected. Although it was a policy of the imperial court, many of the goods involved needed to be sold on the market.

Nowadays, nobody buys them anymore.

This privileged class already disliked Wang Maozhong, and now that he's associated with Wuming Academy, it's even more infuriating. If they don't mess with him, who will they mess with?

This was truly a devastating blow. The Yuchi, Wang, and Han families all suffered greatly. And this was only the beginning; another wave of attacks targeting their entire clans was also underway.

Only two products were unaffected.

Face masks and tooth powder.

These two items continued to be sold as usual, and both parties were in perfect agreement, as if these two items were unrelated to the matter.

Wang Xi dared not move, nor did Lady Zixia.

As I said before, never joke about a woman's appearance; it will cause big trouble.

Furthermore, the face mask was kept inside the Taoist temple, which involves Taoism, so it cannot be used as a weapon casually.

Of course, this would definitely benefit Madam Zixia more, since these were originally two of the most powerful weapons of the Nameless Academy.

However, Wang Xi didn't care. Although face masks and tooth powder were very influential, they couldn't hurt the other party. What difference would it make if he didn't have face masks?
Despite being at a disadvantage, the Nameless Academy remained calm. Huangfu Sengnian smiled and said, "Everything is going as we expected. They are now united against a common enemy."

Wang Xi smiled and nodded, saying, "Only in this way can we force my aunt to submit. The emotional and familial debts she carries are getting heavier and heavier, and that is her fatal weakness."

Wang Shuang said, "But our days are numbered. My father's horse farm has been affected. If this continues, the Han and Qu families may not be able to hold on."

Li Jie said, "I heard that Wu Chongwen and the others also got involved. If something goes wrong, your aunt and the others might not treat us like this, but Wu Chongwen and the others are hoping for our deaths!"

Wang Xi laughed and said, "Don't worry. Things have escalated to this point, but I'm not going to lose. What good are their numbers? These days, it's all about brains."

We'll first defeat them in the coal mining and fertilizer trade, demoralize them, and break their alliance. Then we'll launch a counterattack against my aunt's core forces.

(End of this chapter)