The strongest boss in the sky

Chapter 562
The first emperor's southern tour was not only a huge shock to all parties in the Jin Dynasty, but even all countries in the world looked sideways.Even Da Zhou, who was preparing to recruit relatives for Princess Rui, couldn't help being taken aback, and sent 20 troops to the border as quickly as possible.

As for the Liang Kingdom and the Shu Kingdom in the south, a general mobilization was carried out across the country. At the moment when the First Emperor got the southern tour, hundreds of thousands of troops had already been mobilized to go north.Among them, the Liang State increased its troops by 50, and the Shu State increased its troops by 30. The two countries jointly claimed to increase their troops by one million to garrison the Yangtze River.

For a time, the situation in the world was turbulent and mysterious, and countless people were paying attention to Mo Chen's every move.Among them, the aristocratic families in the south of Jin Dynasty headed by Cao, Li, and Wang paid the most attention to Mo Chen's actions.The Cao and Wang families supported King Chang, and the Li family supported King Huainan.

Just during Mo Chen's southern tour, the south has become a mess.No, or on the surface, the world is calmer than ever, and even petty thieves from all over the place dare not show up. It can be said that it is a great era when there is no way to pick up lost things, but secretly the major families have already become a mess.

Compared with the riots and tensions in other places, Changping can be described as turbulent.In just two or two days, I don't know how many small families met secretly, and how many people got in touch nervously.

An ordinary house in Changping.

From the outside, the house has two entrances and two exits, and there are no highlights, it can only be regarded as an ordinary mansion.But if you go to the courtyard, you can find that it is full of hidden guards from major families.Among them are not only the Cao and Wang families of the southern wealthy families, but also more than a dozen other well-known families.

In the living room, a dozen people sat around.

Among them, Cao Gong and Wang Shangwen sat in the first place, and the others sat on both sides of the living room.Among them, the youngest person also seems to have gray hair on his temples, and the oldest one has wrinkled face like orange peel.

"Mr. Cao, you have to make up your mind. The First Emperor has already passed Xuchang, and will arrive in Ruyang soon. Once you pass Ruyang, we will not be far from Changping." A middle-aged scribe with an ordinary face His face was full of tension, and his words were full of impatience and helplessness.

"That's right, if Emperor Shi Huang made a grand tour to the south, if it's for us, then." An old man with a thin face and eyes that didn't sparkle like this was pale, and whispered uneasily.

Everyone whispered, all of them were worried, but none of them could pay attention.Hearing the complaints and helplessness of the two, they looked up at Duke Cao worriedly.

Cao Gong looked calm, and faced everyone's complaints without a trace of strangeness.He closed his eyes slightly, took a sip of the fragrant tea calmly, and then said unhurriedly: "Everyone, don't be impatient. Although the Emperor Shihuang's southern tour was unexpected, has anyone's family been ransacked and exterminated along the way? convicted?"

Everyone froze for a moment, and couldn't help thinking.

The First Emperor's southern tour has been going on for some time, but no one has been convicted, and no family has been quarreled and exterminated.Logically speaking, it has been a few days since the fall of the royal family, so the Emperor Shi Huang should have made a move.But for so many days, no one was questioned, no one was ransacked and exterminated, and there was even no follow-up about the Wang family.

In this way, it is indeed a bit abnormal, or very weird.

Could it be that the first emperor didn't get clues from the Wang family? No, the Wang family is already a huge breakthrough. Even if the first emperor couldn't pull everyone out, he must have found more clues and evidence.In other words, what was Emperor Shihuang afraid of?Yes, it must be so, Emperor Shihuang must have noticed something, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Most of the people were flexible minded people. They thought that Mo Chen's southern tour was a panic, so they didn't think of the key point.Now after Mr. Cao raised some points, he couldn't help but think of the problem.

"Mr. Cao is wise, I'm going to lose my composure." The middle-aged scribe who stood up before was embarrassed, and then bowed respectfully.

"Mr. Cao, you are the only one who can get attention here. Just tell us directly, what should we do next?" The old man with white beard and hair stood up, his voice was hearty without any hesitation, and he couldn't see anything. out of the weakness of the elderly.

"Yes, as long as Mr. Cao gives orders, we will definitely not dare to neglect."

"Hey, what everyone said is right. Now that we are in crisis, we need to work together. Mr. Cao is the oldest and most resourceful, but now Mr. Cao needs to take care of him."

Others responded one after another, even Wang Shangwen did not object, and finally made a brief summary.Although Cao and Wang are the largest families in the south of the Great Jin Dynasty, Wang Shangwen still has a sense of proportion in times of crisis.He asked himself that he was far inferior to Cao Gong in terms of strategy and prestige. Although he was a little bit dissatisfied, he didn't explode here.

Of course, he focused on Duke Cao's age in order to protect the face of the Wang family.

Cao Gong pondered: "The Emperor Shi Huang came with an upright and upright army, which disrupted our plan to strike first. Now that we want to take the opportunity to stir up civil unrest, and then unite with other vassal states to check and balance the Emperor Shi Huang, there is not enough time. But The first emperor did not start killing, obviously he had scruples.

What we have to do now is to take the initiative to stand up and show our strength to the first emperor.Only by showing sufficient strength can we be qualified to negotiate with the first emperor and strive for the greatest interests for you. "

When Cao Gong said this, his face was full of arrogance, and he smiled triumphantly: "And more than half of the aristocratic families today belong to us. If you say that the first emperor saw this scene, what would happen?"

Cao Gong paused, and looked at everyone playfully, his words were full of confidence.

"If the first emperor saw this scene, he would see us as very uncomfortable, and wished to cut us all to pieces. But he had to consider whether the court would be paralyzed once he attacked us, and it would happen again next time. He can't afford to lose, and he can't afford to gamble. Even if he wants to take action against us in the future, it depends on whether he still has that chance!" Wang Shangwen showed an enlightened smile, stroked his beard and laughed.

When other people heard this, they also understood the meaning.

The first emperor's cultivation base is very strong, and there are very few people in the world who can compete with him, but he is only one person after all.No matter how strong he is alone, he can't hold the world, and he can't rule the world.Without the support of the aristocratic family, he is nothing and can do nothing.

Of course, this move is no less than breaking face with the first emperor, and he will inevitably be liquidated by the first emperor in the future.But at this time, how could the aristocratic families be slaughtered.They only need to procrastinate for a while, and they can naturally find opportunities to invest in other vassal states.

Anyway, they are not the royal family, so they don't worry about being liquidated by other princes at all.At most, it is nothing more than being scraped off some capital, which is not a big deal to these big families.The most important thing is that the aristocratic family has monopolized power for hundreds of years, and has already formed various intertwined in-law relationships. Who doesn't have a few relatives from other vassal states?
For them, there is no burden at all to invest in other vassal states!
"Grandpa Cao is brilliant, we know what to do?" Everyone was stunned, and a little more excited, they all stood up and cupped their hands.

"Go, Emperor Shi Huang is coming to Changping in a few days, so preparing a grand welcome ceremony for His Majesty is also a wish of our southern family." Duke Cao ordered with a confident and calm expression on his face.

Everyone looked at each other, and then smiled deeply.

Although he was forced to break his face with the first emperor, it was very inconsistent with the original plan.But they had great self-confidence, and the first emperor dared not touch them.Because nearly half of the aristocratic families in the world are closely connected with them, this is no longer as simple as the foundation of the Great Jin, but the backbone of the Great Jin.

As long as the first emperor has not gone mad, he will never dare to touch nearly half of the world's aristocratic families, otherwise there will be no need for foreign enemies to invade, and the Great Jin Dynasty will be completely over.

With such cards in their hands, they don't know why they should lose, and why should they be afraid!
(End of this chapter)