1089. Cao Gang Chen Buji

Although Chen Buzhi is called Boss Chen, he is actually not the eldest in the family, only because he is the leader of the gang and has the greatest status, so he is called the boss, and the boss of the Chen family is called Chen Buji, that is, Chen Shuozhen's father and Chen Buxi's brother.

Chen Buji was the general under Du Fuwei who dominated Jianghuai, and he was also the head of the Cao Gang, and later Du Fuwei knew the righteousness and took the initiative to attach himself to the Tang Dynasty, and in order to show his loyalty, he deliberately left the foundation of Jianghuai to his brother Fu Gongyi and his son Wang Xiongdan, and brought a small number of henchmen into Chang'an, including Chen Buji, the father of Chen Shuozhen, saw Du Fuwei ask to enter the court, Li Yuan was very happy, and named Du Fuwei as the king of Wu, plus the southeast road Xingtai Shangshu Ling, a very popular minister.

Originally, it was no accident that Du Fuwei and others would be prosperous and wealthy in the court, but Du Fuwei's brother Fu Gong Yi was not a person who was willing to be lonely, but directly rebelled, broke away from Li Tang, proclaimed himself emperor, the country name Song, and forged Du Fuwei's secret order, saying that he received Li Tang's abuse in Chang'an, and asked Fu Gong Yi to rebel, Du Fu and Fu were brothers who grew up since childhood, and the imitation of the handwriting was flawless, just like that, Fu Gong Yi rebelled through Du Fuwei's secret order, and later Li Xiaogong killed Fu Gong Qi, This "secret order" was discovered.

Li Yuan was furious, deprived Du Fuwei of his official title and lost his family, not long after, Du Fuwei and others all died violently, what does this violent death mean, I believe you know.

And Chen Buxian, as a close confidant brought to Chang'an by Du Fuwei, is naturally among the "violent deaths".

So it is not without reason that Chen Shuozhen hates Li Tang, after all, Du Fuwei and others are really wronged, obviously they are desperately attached, but they ended up so dismal by mistake.

I think Du Fuwei is also a hero, in his heyday, he unified the south of the Yangtze River, and there are all the places in Huainan, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, but he has no ambition in the world, and what he wants is to protect one side and make a rich life. Du Fuwei was born poor and sympathetic to the people, and after Emperor Yang of Sui arrived in Jiangdu, he was brutal and murdered the people. His people are known for their prestige, integrity and fairness, so they have Fu Gongyi, Kan Ling, Wang Xiongdan, Chen Buji and other henchmen and generals who are loyal, but unfortunately in the end it is the black pit of the North Brothers, which is embarrassing.

Seeing that his niece still can't let go of her father's hatred, one Li Tang at a time, without any awe, Chen Buji is also helpless to sigh, Chen Buji is very respectful to his eldest brother Chen Buji, Chen Buji followed Du Fuwei into Beijing, and passed the position of the leader of the Cao Gang to his brother Chen Buxi, the Chen family Ding Buxing, Chen Buji brothers and two mothers, and they have no sons, only Chen Buji has an only daughter Chen Shuozhen, if Chen Buji has no son after a hundred years, the foundation of this Cao Gang will be handed over to Chen Shuozhen, so don't look at Chen Shuozhen and a woman, But his status is quite high, and he is deeply favored by Chen Buxi.

"Uncle, I suggest that we immediately catch up with Lu Lao Er and others, give them a lot of money, and persuade them to return to their hometowns, in addition, I heard that the government has been in arrears to protect the salary, we are the Cao Gang, is the backer of the Cao household, we can't sit idly by, if we first pay the salary to the Cao household, while going to Zhang Tingshi to say the item, in this way, the Cao Hu on both sides of the canal will sincerely support us, and the big thing can be done." Chen Shuozhen said with a very serious face. In her eyes, if you want to overthrow Li Tang, you must unite the people, especially the Caohu brothers, and you can't oppress them, but her uncle and other high-level Cao Gang leaders are all desperately exploiting the Caohu on both sides of the canal, which is not popular with the people at all, and Chen Shuozhen is very dissatisfied with this.

Chen Buxian also shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this, and he was giving out a salary? The tens of thousands of brothers of the Cao Gang spend a lot of money every day, how can they have spare money to distribute to those untouchables, and it is better to develop more gangs with that money.

In the view of the Cao Gang's senior management, today's Cao Gang is no longer a gang composed of those poor Cao Gang in the past, and there is no need for those poor Cao Gang anymore, just money, how good it is to make money on this prosperous and rich Grand Canal, you can collect money by setting up a card at will, what? You don't pay? Yes, let's see if you can pass through the canal smoothly, the tens of thousands of gangsters are not vegetarians, and this still needs to be done by those poor Cao households.

"Zhen'er, Qiu Wenzhong, the chief of the party, has come here, and he also asked me to pay the salary, because the crown prince of the dynasty is coming to Jianghuai." Chen is not harmful.

Chen Shuozhen was taken aback and exclaimed, "The prince is coming?" The dog prince heard that he was not over the age of a weak crown, what did he do? ”

Dog Prince...... The corners of Chen Buxi's mouth twitched, and he said straightly: "Implement the salt law."

"What a quick move", Chen Shuozhen said straightly, the imperial court decreed, the world knows the new salt law, and she knows it. immediately reacted immediately, and said bluntly: "Then it's better to stop the business of my uncle and the salt gang in the recent period, so as not to attract attention."

Chen Buxian also smiled, "Zhen'er, don't worry, how can I not know, as soon as this salt law is implemented, the people who should be most anxious should be Cheng Blind and their people, haha." Chen Buxian seems to be quite proud when he says this, too, after all, the Cao Gang does not rely on selling salt for a living, but relies on canal transportation, and the salt gang is different, they live on salt, many of them are regular salt merchants on the surface, and secretly they are serious salt lords.

"Uncle, what about the salary?" Chen Shuozhen suddenly found that she was taken astray by her uncle, and said that she didn't explain how the salary was for a long time.

When Chen Buxian heard this, his face fell, and he squinted his eyes with a swallow beard under his chin and said: "Zhen'er, do you know that there are tens of thousands of Cao households under the jurisdiction of my Cao Gang on both sides of the canal, and so many people's salaries are let out of the Cao Gang, how is it possible, how can they take it out, since Zhang Song and they don't want to come out, they are not in a hurry, we are very anxious, this salary should have been from the government, if it is found out, the first to suffer should be him Zhang Song, we were only forced by Zhang Song, it was forced by Zhang Song to cooperate with him, and it was he Zhang Song who was corrupt, what's the matter with our Cao Gang".

Hearing this, Chen Shuozhen was anxious, frowned slightly, and said straightly: "Uncle, how can this be, first, we are cooperating with Zhang Tingshi, one is prosperous, and the other is lost." Second, the Caohu brothers are the foundation of my Cao Gang, and they must not lose the hearts of the people."

"The human heart? It's not a rebellion to fight for hegemony in the world, what's the use of asking for people's hearts, what you want is money, and only money is useful. Chen Buxian shook his head and smiled straightly, and said that when he saw that Chen Shuozhen was about to speak again, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, Zhen'er, you don't care about this matter, when my uncle and I are a hundred years later, I will definitely give you a strong Cao Gang."

Chen Shuozhen gritted her teeth, looked at Chen Buxian, and turned to leave.

Looking at his niece's stubborn back, Chen Buxian's eyes also revealed a worry that could not be concealed. After a long time, Fang Cai sighed and said secretly: Revenge? It's impossible, let alone ...... The eldest brother died unjustly.