Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 149 Deja Vu
Listening to the noise of the tribe outside and the news that Zhou Tai had led troops into the tribe, Xu Gong's lips trembled nervously, but as the head of the Xu family, he still forced himself to calm down.

At this moment, Xu You rushed back - after the "interrogation of Pan Zhang", Xu You resigned from the position of Cavalry Commander and concentrated on being his cousin's lackey.

Xu You was ordered by Xu Gong to go to several other wealthy families in Fuchun County, as well as the famous families in several neighboring counties in Wu County to seek help...

This is Xu Gong's last life-saving straw. As long as they are willing to jointly protect him, unless Bai Tu fights for chaos in Jiangdong and everything is destroyed, they will not come by force. At most... the Xu family will lose some more profits and give away some scapegoats.

However, seeing Xu You's frightened expression when he came in, Xu Gong's heart was already cold.

"Master, those bastards have betrayed the honor of the family. They are afraid of power and are unwilling to interfere..." Xu You said with a sad face.

Xu You was also desperate. If he had known it... he might as well continue to be a cavalry captain. Why bother to offend Bai Tu and express his loyalty to Xu Gong?
"What? Are all of them..." Xu Gong was about to faint.

Xu Gong's last hope was that other aristocratic families would come forward to protect him, but now his last hope has been shattered.

"Those short-sighted guys, is it because I raised the price when I sold the cattle?" Xu Gong said angrily.

Some of the tribesmen present were rolling their eyes at him...

In fact, this is inevitable. For aristocratic families and other noble families who are working towards becoming a "noble family", the most important thing is "continuation" and "existence", followed by "strength" and various "virtues".

The so-called continuation is also divided into two parts. One is to maintain the existence of one's own family, and the other is to maintain the existence of the "gentry" group!
There has been only one person from ancient times to the founding emperor who was able to transform from a rogue pavilion chief to the founding emperor. However... there are many examples of originally humble aristocratic families, or even wealthy families, gradually becoming powerful because they have existed for a long time.

For example, today's top aristocratic family, the Yang family, where Yang Biao belongs, had an ancestor who was just a young cavalryman under Liu Bang. He split one of Xiang Yu's thighs and was made a marquis. After that, he remained unknown for several generations, and finally followed the descendants in the family. After Huo Guang's death, he took the lead in reporting and became famous again, and indeed some talented tribesmen appeared one after another, gradually gaining the prestige they have today.

This is the path that families in the world seek most - as long as they exist long enough, nothing is impossible.

In today's world, everyone is gradually realizing that how to deal with the relationship with warlords is also particularly important.

Talents from aristocratic families choose their masters to serve as officials. This does not affect the continuation of the family. Even if the master who takes refuge is defeated, it does not matter. A master with a normal mind will not pursue someone's family because he is in a hostile force, or even be more generous. , as long as it can be used by him, even he himself will not pursue it.

Otherwise, if you really want to fight all the way to the end, not only will your reputation be bad, but people from other families under your command will also protest because of it.

The worst result of betting on the owner is to be suppressed for a period of time after failure.

As for the owner with abnormal brain?Basically, you won’t survive until the end!
For people like Xu Gong, it is a standard way to commit suicide if he insists on competing with Bai Tu. Moreover, his previous attitude towards other Jiangdong nobles also exposed his dog-betting side, making other nobles no longer regard him as a "same kind". ".

"Don't worry... Bai Tu is the one who fishes for fame. As long as we can coerce the farmers in the village to resist and resist for a while, he will definitely not be willing to bear the reputation of bullying the people and causing riots..." Xu Gong also wanted to Try to resist again.

However, at this moment, the young men from the clan outside had rushed in!

"Unbridled! Are there no rules?" Xu Gong said angrily.

However, it was discovered that several elders in the clan, as well as several clan members who were still serving in their posts, all stood over at this time...

"You...what do you mean?" Xu Gong said even more shocked and angry.

"Master, you have worked hard these past few years... Hey, it's our fault. We saw that you really made the Xu family stronger, so we kept letting it go..."

"Now I have to go and apologize to Duke Bai in person!"

"You are innocent, your nephew under three years old and your unmarried daughter, we will try our best to keep it..."

The clan elders are very sensible: the fault is all ours, but you can only bear the blame!

Zhou Tai did not encounter much resistance, and Xu Gong was sent out tied up.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Tai had a strange expression on his face: "It's been a long time since Governor Xu, did it happen last time?"

Yes, when Chen Gong brought Zhou Tai to Wu County to attack Yan Baihu, it was like this now - Zhou Tai was gearing up, but Yan Baihu's head had already been sent away by Xu Gong.

However, Zhou Tai has not forgotten what Bai Tu taught him - if your name is correct, your words will be correct, and if your words are correct, your achievements will be successful.

"Well? Why did you kidnap the former governor? I heard that someone detained the officials of the general's palace..." Zhou Tai said.

After all, Bai Tu was awarded the title of "General of Chariots and Cavalry" in vain. Unlike "Da Sinong", "General of Chariots and Cavalry" could nominally mobilize the troops of the country. Previously, Cao Cao himself was only a "General of Chariots and Cavalry". ", he didn't dare to call himself a cavalry general.

Now Bai Tu can justifiably move the Sixth Department to the residence of the "General Chariot and Cavalry", so that the Sixth Department, which was originally only a "state-level department", was suddenly upgraded to a quasi-national department...

"General Mingjian, Xu Gong, the unworthy descendant, acted daringly and not only committed crimes, but also detained officials. We couldn't bear it anymore and have captured him." Xu Xing said.

Xu Xing looks older, and sounds like he must be older than Xu Gong. He is also a court official of Fuchun County - an official subordinate to the county magistrate, a minor official responsible for coordinating rural affairs.

Compared with Xu Gong, who had been a prefect, Xu Xing was inconspicuous, but he was already one of the few officials of the Xu family who had not been involved in dismissal.

"Well, then I will take this person away first, and release the officials from the General's Office immediately, and then wait for the punishment department to be released!" Zhou Tai said.

Xu Gong was very stubborn at this time and allowed Zhou Taiti to slip away. He also had a long face and said nothing in anger.

At the same time, in Jinling's Chaqi General's Mansion, Lu Kang also inquired about Baitu's thoughts on Xu.

It is true that the Jiangdong nobles headed by the Lu family have now given up on the Xu family by default, but... Bai Tu's final punishment will be seen by them.

Of course, Lu Kang now also understood that Bai Tu was a man who would not hurt innocent people indiscriminately.

"It will be handled by the Ministry of Punishment in accordance with the law! For crimes that can be 'redeemed', they can use their newly acquired land to redeem them, which should be enough. For crimes that cannot be redeemed... no one can escape." Bai Tu looked impartial. The way it is handled.

At this time, the Ministry of Punishment should start to limit the scope of "redeem". Some vicious crimes cannot be "redeemed".

"Then other tribesmen..." Lu Kang actually understood, but he still asked one more question.

"Other tribesmen? Since it's 'other', it means they all have the surname Xu. Those who have nothing to do with them have nothing to do with them," Bai Tu said.

While Lu Kang was relieved after hearing this, he also felt that these words were a bit harsh - they were all named Xu... It seems that "killing a person is like killing my father" was not only a moment of anger, but Wang Lang was not the one who sent criminal lawsuits to the countryside. A sudden whim, where will the future... go?
(End of this chapter)