Chapter 70 The abandoned Chai

"This time, that time!" Hou Mo Chen Qianhui sighed leisurely and said, "Our Guanlong nobles and Shandong nobles are already mortal enemies, and there is no way to reconcile. It's just a pity that Guanlong colleagues have already been in harmony with each other, and are not like Shandong nobles. On the surface, now our Hou Mo Chen family fights with the Chai family in Fenzhou, but behind the Chai family in Fenzhou, there are the entire Shandong nobles standing..."

Chen Ying understood a little. It should be that Hou Mo Chen's family suffered a loss: "The Hou Mo Chen's family cannot beat the Shandong nobles, which does not mean that they can't beat the Chai family!"

"Uh!" Hou Mo Chen Qian would look at Chen Ying in surprise: "Do you have a way?"

"I'm not sure, but I can give it a try." Chen Ying chuckled softly, "Shandong nobles may not be a solid piece, and the Chai family in Fenzhou cannot represent the Shandong nobles. Even if he can, the Shandong nobles may not be united with the Chai family in Fenzhou, and they are not close to each other. Sometimes they are not correct. The so-called loyalty is just because there is not enough chips for betrayal. If you have enough interests, people's left hand will betray the right hand, let alone a network of relationships that is vain and cannot be seen clearly or touched?"

Hou Mochen Qian would be surprised and happy: "What are you going to do?"

Chen Ying said without hesitation: "There is not only one Chai family in Fenzhou, right?"

Hou Mo Chen Qian would nod: "Fenzhou is located in Taiyuan, and it was originally a county of the Wang family in Taiyuan. Most of the Fenzhou families are vassal families of the Wang family in Taiyuan..." Suddenly, Hou Mo Chen Qian would have an idea: "Do you want to start with the Wang family in Taiyuan?"

Chen Ying nodded.

Li Jiancheng's first confidant Wang Gui was the Wang family in Taiyuan, and he was also a legitimate branch. It was actually too easy for Chen Ying to talk to the Wang family in Taiyuan. Chen Ying learned Li Yuan's bottom line from Hou Mo Chen Qianhui, and he had a decision in his mind.

When it comes to what you say, doing things with decisiveness is Chen Ying's characteristic.

At noon, Chen Ying hurriedly had a meal at Houmo Chen's mansion, and set off for the Eastern Palace to meet Li Jiancheng. Chen Ying had thousands of years of knowledge and thousands of years of knowledge.

The Wang family in Taiyuan is the leader of Taiyuan. The surrounding tribes are headed by the Wang family and advance and retreat together. It is said that the Xianghao family has the most talents and the most systematic. Generally speaking, as long as the Xianghao family obtains support from the Xianghao family, they can quickly control the place through the manpower, material resources and financial resources they control.

Just like the Wang family, as long as they obtain the support of the Wang family in Taiyuan, they will have no problem controlling Taiyuan and even the entire Hedong. During the Hedong Rebellion, in fact, it was only a slight crack between the Li Tang court and the Wang family in Taiyuan.

Li Yuan first raised an army. In order to win over the Wang family in Taiyuan, he once used Pei Ji as a matchmaker to ask Wang Yuan for his fourth son Li Yuanji. However, the Wang family in Taiyuan directly rejected Li Yuan's request without hesitation. The reason is actually a well-known problem, which is that the Wang family in Taiyuan considers itself to be a pure Han family descendant, while Li Yuan has Xianbei blood.

Li Yuan was very angry, but he could not move the Wang family in Taiyuan. Until Li Yuanji became the governor of Bingzhou and was in charge of Taiyuan. Li Yuanji, who had Taiyuan in his hands, was filled with righteous indignation whenever he thought of the humiliation of the Wang family in Taiyuan's refusal to relatives. Li Yuanji was not Li Yuan. Because of his concerns, he did not dare to turn against the Wang family in Taiyuan. However, Li Yuanji was only sixteen years old and was a junior high school student in later generations like Li Yuanji. It was the rebellious period of youth, so Li Yuanji raised his eyebrows at the Wang family in Taiyuan.

None of the aristocratic clans had a clean butt. Each of their families had a glamorous appearance, and also had the dirty and sinfulness of Xinzhu. Just like officials in later generations, they would have no problems if they didn’t check, they were all role models. There were most likely problems if they checked. After Li Shimin defeated Xue Ju in the first year of Wude, Li Yuanji became even more popular.

Seventeen officials under the fourth rank of the Taiyuan Wang family were dismissed in succession. As for the seventh, eighty and nineth ranks, there were hundreds of officials. Li Yuanji investigated the corruption of Wang family in Wang family and investigated their violations of laws and regulations. Although Li Yuanji was not good at doing things, he was very smart. He was very clever in dealing with the Wang family in Taiyuan. He first made the reputation of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and then dealt with the law. He was beheaded, the ones who should be removed from office were exempted, and the ones who should be searched.

Most of the people born in the Wang family in Taiyuan were civil officials and controlled public opinion, but no matter how they controlled public opinion, they could not reverse the fact that the Wang family in Taiyuan lost their hearts. If Li Yuanji continued to make trouble, the thousand-year foundation of the Wang family in Taiyuan would be destroyed.

So, in this case, the Wang family in Taiyuan colluded with Liu Wuzhou and gave Taiyuan to Liu Wuzhou. Li Yuan stood high and saw clearly, so he raised Li Yuanji high and gently put down, just dismissed from office and became a title. Because what Li Yuanji did in Taiyuan was very fond of Li Yuan's appetite.

Under such circumstances, the Wang family in Taiyuan was afraid that Li Yuan would settle the score with them.

...

When Chen Ying arrived at the East Palace, Li Jiancheng was not in the East Palace, and Pei Ju received Chen Ying.

Pei Ju looked at Chen Ying, and the wrinkles on her face smiled even deeper: "Wenxi Pei owed Chen Lang a favor. If there is any need in the future, just speak."

Although Li Jiancheng appointed Pei Ju as the Order of the Eastern Palace, Pei Ju was nominally one of the three ministers of the Eastern Palace, but this was not a good official position. After the Middle Tang Dynasty, this Order of the Ministry was specially appointed by eunuchs and no longer served by scholars. Pei Ju would rather serve as a fifth-rank minister than to be a third-rank Eastern Palace Order of the Eastern Palace.

However, Pei Ju is new and is too old to refuse Li Jiancheng's enlistment like a crazy person.

At this time, Chen Ying recommended Pei Ju as the commander of Guan Jun. Although this was an errand for the military supervisor, it represented Li Jiancheng, the prince of the State Supervisor. He inspected the Lingzhou General Administration and was very easy to achieve results.

Chen Ying took the opportunity to say, "Hou Mochen and the Chai family in Fenzhou have some old grudges. Can Wenxi Pei family stand by and watch?"

If Chen Ying asked Pei Ju to deal with Chai, Wen Xi Pei was really unable to do it. After all, Pei Ju was not the only one who could say it. Now the most aggressive person in Pei is not Pei Ju, but Pei Ji.

When Wenxi and Pei were sitting on the wall to watch, Pei Ju didn't think at all and agreed.

...

Chen Ying didn't wait long in the East Palace, and Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui came together.

Shanxi is a major resource province in China in later generations. Even if Chen Ying closed his eyes, he could tell many large coal mines in Shanxi. Of course, Taiyuan has no shortage of steel resources. Looking at Prince Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui, Chen Ying expressed his thoughts: "The Taiyuan Basin has a large amount of carbonite and rich steel. If the steel and carbohydrate in Taiyuan are mined and steel directly made, it will definitely solve the embarrassing situation of insufficient steel in the Tang Dynasty."

Li Jiancheng said: "Carbonite is just fine for burning fire and heating, but steelmaking..."

Coal contains a lot of sulfur, which means that it is possible to make a pile of useless phosphorus pig iron by directly making steel. This kind of thing can be broken by hand and has no value at all.

Chen Ying said: "I have this technology to desulfurize the carbohydrate first, and then use the desulfurized carbohydrate to make steel. This kind of coke has a higher heat than charcoal and has better effect. The key is to have an inexhaustible source of goods."

Wang Gui was instantly moved: "There is no free lunch in the world. Chen Lang probably won't use this technology in vain, right?"

Chen Ying nodded frankly and said, "Yes, there is a small condition!"

Wang Gui said: "I hope to hear the details!"

Chen Ying curled his lips and said, "The Chai family in Fenzhou has an old grudge with Hou Mo Chen family, and I want the Chai family to admit defeat."

"..." Wang Gui was silent.

Li Jiancheng suddenly realized and finally understood the real reason for Chai Shao's death. Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying and sighed in his heart that Chen Ying had taken great pains to make Li Xiuning.

"The meat is only that big. If you have one more bite, I will have one less bite. Fenzhou is frequently facing Taiyuan. Once this business starts, Chai will inevitably have a share of the pie, right?"

Chen Ying saw Wang Gui still frowning, and Chen Ying reminded: "The Chai clan in Fenzhou will no longer exist. The Wang clan in Taiyuan can take all the power of the Chai clan. Whether it is a human or an object, it is safest and most certain to hold it in your own hands..."

Wang Gui's clenched fists slowly opened and nodded thoughtfully.

The few words of Chen Ying, Li Jiancheng, Wang Gui and others directly determined the fate of the Chai family in Fenzhou.

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, the strong prey on the weak, this is the eternal law of nature.

The Chai family in Fenzhou may be a huge monster to others, but in front of the Wang family in Taiyuan, Li Jiancheng, Chen Ying and others, the Chai family in Fenzhou is just a small shrimp that can be sacrificed anytime and anywhere.
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