Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 174
Taicheng is not big at all, and the center is where hundreds of officials and government offices are located. There are many eyes and ears, and it is difficult to hide any troubles.Therefore, as soon as the Zhang family's children entered the Taibao official office, someone had already reported the matter to Yu Liang.

Upon hearing the news, Yu Liang laughed back from anger.It is self-evident what the Zhang family intends to visit the Taibao at this time.Yu Liang didn't know how to evaluate this foolish move. Even if the Zhang family was eager to change their families, couldn't they go out and collude in private?In Taicheng, where everyone is watching, even if he wants to ignore it, he still has to take other people's opinions into account!

Could it be that the Zhang family really thought that the Taibao was willing to speak up for his family's southern family in the current atmosphere?Even though the Wang family and the Shen family had many quarrels before, how could the reunion and separation in the current situation change because of this reason? It is too naive to think so!
Originally, Yu Liang thought that the reason why the Zhang family showed such a fatal loophole was because they were taken advantage of by negligence, but now it seems that he thinks highly of Zhang Kai.

Although this family has a good reputation in Jiangdong, it is just inheriting the shadow of the ancestors, and its judgment on the current situation is really clumsy.Such a loophole that could cause his family's temple to crash, I'm afraid this gentleman thought in his heart that it was a trick, and he had seized Shen's life gate.Thinking about Zhang's behavior of publicizing the queen's favor to his family regardless of his situation before, Yu Liang felt that Zhang was stupid.

Although he has already decided to turn to the Shen family and return to Taicheng to clean up the situation, he has not completely given up on the Zhang family.Therefore, starting with Ruan Fu first is to give Zhang a warning and retreat to reflect on his own mistakes.As for instructing his family members to tell Zhang Kai to invite Ren Da Changqiu, it even hinted that this Gong Mingzhe resigned and retired, don't be obsessed with temporary gains and losses, and make calculations after avoiding the limelight.

But now it seems that Zhang Kai may have completely misunderstood what he meant. At this time, he probably felt very hostile to him in his heart, and even went to the Taibao directly to counter him with the help of the Wang family.

This made Yu Liang both angry and funny. Although he and the Taibao had a serious dispute, they are far from reaching the point where they are fighting for life and death. It is only because of their different identities and positions that they have different persistence.In addition, they even have the same appeal with each other, that is to maintain the stability of the situation and prevent violent turmoil.Now there is a tacit understanding between the two of them seeking common ground while reserving differences, how could it be possible to attack each other as Zhang hoped.

Unable to be sensitive to the current situation, and the Zhang family did such a stupid thing, it was no longer possible for Yu Liang to take care of the Zhang family, and even wanted to fight against the Zhang family before others.Otherwise, the effectiveness of his previous move to depose Danyang Yin will be greatly reduced.Looking at it now, the recent disputes between the North and the South, and the many grievances accumulated in the hearts of the overseas Chinese, most of them want to vent on the Zhang family.

After making a decision in his heart, Yu Liang quickly wrote a warrant and handed it to one of his subordinates, saying: "This letter is delivered to the Tingwei, asking him to arrest Shi Zhanglan, the governor of Danyang County, and strictly investigate the case of the county government's submission!"

After the subordinate took the order to leave, Yu Liang couldn't help sighing in his heart.Although he has to take into account the feelings of the overseas Chinese and give them a target to vent, since he is the secretary of the Communist Party of China in power, he cannot ignore the feelings of the southerners.The reason why Zhang was held back earlier was because he didn't want to leave a domineering and tyrannical stance to others, and the reason why the Taibao fought hard and subdued before was to aggravate his image.

Such a small action will not have any substantial bad influence on him for a while, but if it accumulates over time, once the hidden danger breaks out, it will bring him great trouble.

Knowing what Taibao was thinking, Yu Liang had no choice but to do so.This is his natural disadvantage as a challenger. Compared with Taibao, he is inferior to Taibao in terms of family background, qualifications, reputation and ability.Only by adopting such a tough stance, can we establish enough prestige in the shortest possible time, so as to form a check and balance against that "Jiangdong Guan Yiwu".

Otherwise, with the means and skills of this gentleman, Yu Liang will be restrained to achieve nothing and be lost to everyone.

Yu Liang also knew that with his style of acting, in the current climate, his reputation would be inferior to that of the Taibao.But one side is a false name, and the other side is actual authority. If he doesn't want to become a vassal, he has no choice. This is his natural helplessness.

Although the proposal to oust Ruan Fu has been agreed in Taichung, to change such a high-ranking official, the emperor still needs to issue an edict, and the ministers cannot decide on their own.While Yu Liang was drafting the imperial edict for presentation to the imperial court, he was full of emotion in his heart.Regarding the selection of the emperor's son-in-law, he went in a circle, and it still came down to the emperor's wishes in the end.Although there are many reasons for this, it is impossible to say that there is no frustration in my heart.

"If Your Majesty can enjoy the country for a long time..."

Such a thought suddenly appeared in Yu Liang's heart, and he shook his head immediately. It is useless to think about something that is doomed not to happen.

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Zhang Kai waited restlessly in the official office, almost hopeless, and finally looked forward to Zhang Cheng's return.Seeing that his face was slightly gray after entering the door, Zhang Kai's mood suddenly tensed up, and he said with trembling voice: "Can the Taibao make a statement?"

Zhang Cheng shook his head, his face no longer showed the excitement he had when he left, and his tone was low and dry: "The Taibao never summoned me, so I was told, but within the punishment, don't say anything else."

"What, what is the meaning of this? Could it be that the Taibao was also afraid of Zhongshu's power and did not dare to speak out? The Shen family has repeatedly disobeyed his family, so they don't care about it?"

Zhang Kai's complexion became ugly, he murmured for a moment, and then he said bitterly: "You are so cowardly and powerful that you don't dare to take revenge! Ha, no wonder you were driven across the river by Jie Hu, a group of stern and vain people Seniors! His family suffered a big defeat, lost all courage, and dared not even save his face, it is really shameful!"

"I left from the Taibao Office and turned to Yushitai to invite Kong Gong, but Kong Gonggong and Cai Shizhong left together, as if they were going to Ge Gong's residence together."

Seeing that his uncle lost his composure, Zhang Cheng didn't dare to say any more, but in the end he didn't dare to hide anything, so he could only continue speaking in a hoarse tone.

"what?"

If the previous incident only made him angry and shameless of Mrs. Wang, then this incident completely broke his inner defense, and his face turned pale.Censor Zhongcheng supervised all the officials, his family was in trouble at the moment, no matter how dull he was, he could feel the strong malice that Kong Yu and Cai Mo's mixing together meant to his family.

For a moment, Zhang Kai felt besieged on all sides. He sat in the banquet and thought hard for a long time, then he stood up suddenly and said in a loud voice: "Lu family, yes, the second son of the Lu family...you go, that's all, I Go and invite me in person!"

The two Dukes of the Lu family were both ministers, not far from Zhang Kai's official office.He walked out quickly, his actions were no longer as calm as before, and he walked in a hurry.But when he rushed into Lu Wan's official office, he was in vain. After asking his subordinates, he found out that Lu Wan had just left.

Zhang Kai didn't have time to think about it, so he walked out of the official office of Shangshu quickly, and walked out along the galloping road, even the servants couldn't keep up with his pace.All the way to Taicheng, Zhang Kai saw Lu Wan boarding his car from a distance.After seeing the situation, he didn't care about his manners, and shouted: "Mr. Lu, please stay..."

However, Lu Wan in the distance didn't seem to hear his voice, and he still boarded the cart on his own. Soon the ox cart started to drive, turned around the palace wall, and disappeared from Zhang Kai's sight.

Those who are in charge of Taiwan Province often have to live in Taicheng to deal with government affairs. Today is not the time to rest and take a bath, and I have never heard anything about the Lu family.Lu Wan left in a hurry, probably to avoid himself.

Although Zhang Kai secretly hated him, he really didn't know who to seek to discuss with him to resolve his family's predicament.Yu Chi stood on the road for a while, and waited until his servants followed him before he said in a deep voice, "Go to Lu's residence."

The development of the situation has exceeded his expectations, and it is useless to stay in Taicheng now.His family has never had much close contact with the overseas Chinese, and to solve the current predicament, they still have to rely on their old friends in Jiangdong.The ox cart was driving on the road, and Zhang Kai in the carriage was puzzled. Why was the situation so good suddenly reversed?

His family painstakingly collected the crimes against the Shen family in order to intimidate the Shen family, but in the end it was his family who caused the trouble?

Due to Zhang Kai's repeated urging, the driver quickly arrived at Lu's residence in Wuyi Lane.His family had frequent contacts with the Lu family, so there was no need to post a name card. After Zhang Kai got off the car, he was led into the mansion by Lu's disciples.But after sitting in the hall of the Lu family for a long time, the second father of the Lu family has never appeared, only a few unimportant people exchanged meaningless greetings at the banquet.

Zhang Kai was so anxious that he didn't have the mood to chat with these people, so he repeatedly urged Lu's disciples to invite the second master to meet again.After a long time, Lu Ye came late, and Zhang Kai didn't have time to listen to his apologetic words. After the rest of the Lu family retreated, he asked impatiently: "Today's event in Taichung, Mr. Lu was also present, I really don't know what's wrong. Why does it belong to my family, and I ask the elders to teach me."

Lu Ye was nearly seventy years old, sitting there looking old-fashioned, with wrinkled face and gray beard, eyelids slightly drooping as if he had fallen asleep. He waited until Zhang Kai asked again, and then sighed on the table: "Oh, respect The plan is bad. What difference does it make if our Jiangdong sect is lucky or unlucky with Emperor Zong? Today’s fault is not the same as yesterday’s.”

Hearing this, Zhang Kai couldn't help cursing, he came here to ask for advice, so what good is this nonsense to him.

Lu Ye's eyes flashed, and he looked at Zhang Kai, knowing that the other party's obsession was deep, and he might not be sure of his own opinion.But the two families have been friends for generations, and the other party came here bitterly, if they ignore it, it would be unreasonable.

After pondering for a long while, he finally said: "No matter what else happens, since Jing Xu had proposed to invite Tang Muyi for the princess before, he must continue, and must not give up because of minor details."

After finishing speaking, he didn't care how much Zhang Kai understood and whether he was willing to obey, he had already signaled his servants to help him up, and said apologetically, "I'm too old to sit for long, Jingxu, please do your own thing, it's inconvenient for me to accompany you."

Finding nothing in the Lu Mansion, Zhang Kai walked home anxiously. When he reached the gate, he saw that his mansion had been surrounded by the imperial guards. Seeing his younger brother Zhang Lan being escorted out of the mansion, his face was pale and he was in a state of despair.

"Ting Wei takes people, brother save me..."

Seeing Zhang Kai standing in front of the door, Zhang Lan shouted as if seeing a savior.

(End of this chapter)