Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 360 The Gongun princes are dressed like beasts

Yes, Jia Huan felt that these seventeen family heads obviously had no intention of cooperating with him.

If there is really an intention to cooperate, we will not fail to ask him how to cooperate.

It seems that they still have other ideas in mind.

But this was also within Jia Huan's expectation.

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After the banquet at Qingfeng Tower ended, the seventeen family heads did not disperse because of this.

They went directly to another restaurant. This restaurant was called Juxian Restaurant, and it was the property of the Bai family.

The seventeen family heads went directly to the private room on the third floor. The waiter was sent out after serving tea.

The entire third floor was guarded by the Bai family to ensure that no one would break in by mistake and that their conversation would never be overheard by outsiders.

However, they did not check the roof of the third floor, so they did not find it.

There was a man in black lying on the roof of the third floor.

The man in black had already uncovered several tiles on the roof, put his ear to the mud beneath the tiles, and was listening attentively to what the seventeen family heads below were discussing.

In the private room, the head of the Liu family said: "How many days has this magistrate Jia been back? And he came back with a thousand orders for a four-wheeled carriage? The gross profit alone is as much as 30."

"Even if we all buy shares, we will get more than 1 yuan in dividends in a month. That is 10,000+ taels of silver a year. If we pay dividends in a year, we can pay taxes for at least ten years. What do you think? "

After Patriarch Liu finished speaking, several of the other Patriarchs could not help but feel excited.

At this time, the head of the Cao family sneered: "The profit of the four-wheeled carriage is certainly high, but I am afraid that I will make money but lose my life!"

The words of the Cao family leader made everyone feel cold.

The head of the Bai family asked hurriedly: "The head of the Cao family, I would like to hear the details. Please tell me carefully."

The head of the Cao family sneered: "You are all smart people, so why pretend to be stupid? Do you really not know what is going on in the court?"

"The new law harms the interests of the gentry. In our Great Xia Dynasty, the royal family and the scholar-bureaucrats jointly rule the world. Which scholar-bureaucrat is not a gentry?"

"The new law harms, in fact, the interests of all officials and gentry in the world. How can it be implemented?"

"You only see the immediate benefits but fail to see the dangers in the future. Isn't this a way to die?"

After the Cao family leader finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but fall into silence.

After a long while, the head of the Wang family said: "But the current Magistrate Jia is not easy to deal with! If I don't agree to him, how can he tolerate me?"

"One is a near-term disaster, and the other is a distant disaster. What's more, even if we pay taxes and comply with the new law now, after the new law is repealed in the future, will there be trouble for us to settle accounts later?"

"The ones who are going to be unlucky must be the group of people who pushed for the reform, right? If you don't obey County Magistrate Jia now, you will be unlucky soon. If you obey him, you may be unlucky in the future. Please tell me, how should we make a decision?"

At this time, the head of the Song family sneered: "Ignorance! Stupid! It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning. If he really succeeds in the implementation of the new law in our Pingan County, maybe the new law will really be implemented in the future." "Once a general trend is formed. , even if we really want to stop it, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy. You and I can both understand this truth. Couldn’t they have thought of the Gong Gong princes in the court? "

"Since they have thought of it, do you think they will let the Jia family do it so easily? If you dare to fall to the Jia family, do you think they will let you go so easily? Huh! Come on! At that time, what awaits you is probably the disaster of confiscating your home and destroying your family!"

The words of Patriarch Song frightened the rest of the Patriarchs to the point of trembling in their hearts.

The head of the Liu family quickly asked: "The head of the Song family, if we don't cooperate with County Magistrate Jia, it will be a dead end. If we cooperate with him, it will be a dead end as well! Everyone is dead on both sides, so what should we do?"

The head of the Song family sneered: "Idiots, I didn't let you openly resist the new law. It's enough for you to delay the time. As long as this kid's autumn tax can't be paid, the princes in the court will naturally take action to take this kid away. Take it.”

"When the time comes, the princes in the court will naturally send another obedient county magistrate to take up his post."

The head of the Wang family hurriedly asked: "The head of the Song family, what do we need to do? Please give me some advice from the head of the Song family."

The head of the Song family said: "If the children of the Jia family want to collect taxes, they must re-measure the land. And to measure the land, we must be led by locals from Ping'an County."

"If you prevent them from measuring the land, you don't need me to teach you, right? It only takes a few months. Isn't this matter very difficult for you?"

After the Song family leader finished speaking, many other family heads agreed one after another.

They also exchanged experiences with each other.

The plan was decided and all the family heads left one after another.

But in the end, there were still three people left, namely the Cao family, the Song family, and the Bai family, who had not left.

After everyone dispersed, the head of the Bai family asked worriedly: "The head of the Cao family, the head of the Song family, please give me some confirmation. Can our family really openly resist the new law? What about the children of the Jia family, is this really the case?" So confused?"

The head of the Cao family sneered: "The head of the Bai family, you have to make one thing clear. It is not us who oppose the new law, but the Gonggun princes above the court!"

"The ruthlessness of their methods is completely beyond your imagination. I will only reveal a little to you."

"If the delaying method really fails, at least more than half of the seventeen gentry families in Ping'an County will be wiped out and the whole family will die."

The head of the Bai family took a breath and said, "This Jia family kid is so vicious?"

The head of the Cao family sneered: "Do you think it's the Jia family's children? No, it's the Gongguns above the court. And once all the seven or eight aristocratic families in Ping'an County are wiped out, do you think the Gongguns above the court will impeach them? Now, can the Jia family's son still hold the position of county magistrate?"

"What's more, if he still can't be moved down, people will continue to die in Ping'an County. By then, it won't just be the aristocratic family who will die."

"If a large area of ​​​​people die, hundreds or even thousands of people die, and if the Jia family's son does not leave office for a day, Ping'an County will continue to die. Do you think he can continue to hold the position of county magistrate?"

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Hearing this, the head of the Bai family couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

He said fearfully: "Master Cao, the princes in the court, are you so vicious? Even those bandits and those golden dogs on the grassland, are they not as vicious as them?"

The head of the Cao family sneered and said: "This is natural. These nobles in the court are just like beasts, jackals, tigers and leopards. They can eat people without spitting out their bones."

"Going against the little boy of the Jia family will result in death at most, but going against the nobles in the court will mean confiscation of the house and destruction of the family!"

(End of this chapter)