Compared with everyone's cold-faced attitude, Xiahou Xuan was full of spring breeze, with a smile, and as soon as he appeared, he hugged his fists and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've made you wait for a long time, and the hospitality is not good, and I invite you to Haihan." ”

Due to Xiahou Xuan's identity and status, some family heads returned the salute with a smile, but there were still some people who were indifferent and sat there with a cold face.

Xiahou Xuan tried to steal grain from them, which is difficult for anyone to accept, this year's harvest is not good, and the landlord's family has no surplus grain.

Xiahou Xuan turned a blind eye to those who had a cold face, greeted the people who gave him a salute warmly, and said with a smile: "This governor has been busy with official business, and he has never been flawed to meet with the princes, so he is very ashamed. Zhu Gong is a celebrity in Yongliang, for many years, has been committed to the stability and prosperity of Yongliang place, great contributions, today the governor slightly prepared a thin wine, to thank you. ”

As he spoke, Xiahou Xuan raised his glass, circled the field for half a circle, and then drank it all.

Many heads of families reluctantly picked up their cups and drank the cloudy wine.

Most of the governors of the wine do not dare to drink it? Don't look at the words that these people discussed in advance, but when the real thing comes, all of them will hinder their face, and they can only be vain.

Xiahou Xuan can't come up with good wine and food? Of course not, all of this is from Cao Liang's arrangement, and Xiahou Xuan is just obedient.

Cao Liang knows very well that when dealing with these wealthy families, you can't use conventional means to put on the delicacies of the mountains and seas, wine and delicacies, and after eating the sea, you still can't do what you should do.

So Cao Liang was not prepared to give them good treatment from the beginning, not to mention, Cao Liang gathered these families today to ask the teachers for their crimes, and it was a great blessing that they did not become prisoners to eat prison food, but sat in the lobby and had wine and food to eat.

These guys have been comfortable for a long time, and they don't realize that they are actually very close to the guillotine, Cao Liang looked at it coldly, too many of these people have a lot of complaints about the quality of the wine and food, and their dissatisfied expressions are completely revealed, and only a few people who are extremely deep in the city government can't see his expression.

And it is often such opponents who are the most terrible opponents, those who are happy and angry, Cao Liang will not regard them as opponents at all.

Xiahou Xuan's speech has been to the point: "This time the governor came by edict, just to crusade against Shu, since the second year of Taihe, against Shu repeatedly violated my Yongliang realm, plundered the people, destroyed the fields, and did all kinds of evil, the court was deeply worried, so it was ready to wave the army to fight against the rebellion, and solve this border trouble once and for all, so the governor hopes to cooperate sincerely with the princes, and kill the enemy, have money to pay, have grain to produce grain, and hope that the princes will focus on the overall situation of the country, and do not shirk." ”

Xiahou Xuan's words immediately caused an uproar.

Although everyone was mentally prepared in advance, when Xiahou Xuan put this issue on the table, the heads of the families were still frowning, in the past, when grain and grass were collected, the imperial court would also use the name of harsh taxes to cover and take advantage of it, but this time Xiahou Xuan simply didn't even need to cover up, and directly asked the major families and wealthy families for it, which is too direct, right?

Guo Huai was also present, he didn't expect Xiahou Xuan to be so direct, he was crazy about food.

The corners of Guo Huai's mouth hung with a subtle sneer, Xiahou Xuan's move to open his mouth to the family clan was completely beneficial, if he was unanimously opposed by the family family, not only would Xiahou Xuan not be able to recruit the required grain and grass, but also the relationship with the major families would be stiffened.

Of course, the more stiff this relationship is, the more Guo Huai likes to see it, and Xiahou Xuan came to Chang'an in the name of General Zhengxi, the governor of Yongliangdu, which is itself a threat to Guo Huai. This Yongliang Erzhou is the base that Sima Yi has worked hard to operate for many years, how can he tolerate others to get involved.

Seeing the anger of these family heads, Guo Huai was secretly proud, originally he didn't know what means to use to expel Xiahou Xuan, but now this matter has become very easy, he only needs to find someone to impeach Xiahou Xuan, and the court is under pressure, and it is likely that Xiahou Xuan will be transferred to leave.

Guo Huai secretly gave Pei Yan a look, asking him to increase his strength and completely muddy the pool of water.

Pei Yan immediately understood, fanned the wind among the heads of the family, and instigated trouble, and for a while the heads of the family were enthusiastic and unanimously opposed Xiahou Xuan's grain requisition plan.

Cao Liang secretly sneered, at this critical moment, there are really some idiots who take the initiative to jump out and make trouble, they really think that they are the pillar foundation of the country, and no one dares to touch them?

Xiahou Xuan's previous speech was actually to give these Guanzhong wealthy families a chance, whether it was illegal occupation or tax evasion, these actually had nothing to do with Cao Liang, after all, the top priority now was to get 500,000 pieces of grain and grass to meet the urgent need of the army.

As long as these family heads come up with grain and grass, Cao Liang can reveal their past affairs and not pursue them.

But these guys are completely iron roosters, Xiahou Xuangang finished speaking earnestly, and immediately some people jumped out and openly sang the opposite play, crying poor, some opposed, some people also burst into tears, crying bitterly, like mourning, if money is more important than life.

Since this is the case, Cao Liang also feels that there is no need for him to be polite, these guys really don't die if they don't see the Yellow River, and they don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin.

Cao Liang's eyes were very sharp, and Pei Yan, the head of the Pei family who danced the most happily in the crowd, and Guo Huai had made eye contact several times, although it was fleeting, and it was difficult for others to notice, but Cao Liang kept staring at Guo Huai, and sure enough, he found the cat between him and Pei Yan.

Obviously, Pei Yan is Guo Huai's confidant, the reason why the Pei family dares to so blatantly embezzle a large amount of tuntian is precisely because of the support of Guo Huai behind him, and now under the instigation of Guo Huai, wantonly causing trouble.

Pei Yan was scolding in the crowd at the moment, not beware that the two pro-soldiers had already stood behind him, and made a decisive move to capture him.

Everyone was shocked, Pei Yan's face also turned pale, and he shouted: "Not guilty!" ”

Cao Liang smiled coldly and said, "Come on, read out the evidence, let him die clearly!" ”

ps: I've been busy moving in the past two days, and I haven't had a word during the day, so I have to work hard until now.