Just when Zhen Qian was planning the Xihai Road of the Wa Kingdom, the Tang Dynasty Bianzhou Kaifeng, known as Laoqiu, Daliang, Chenliu, Tokyo, Bianjing, Bianliang, etc., one of the six ancient capitals in history, is located on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, known as the northern water city, the Wei State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the five dynasties of the Later Liang, the Later Jin, the Later Han, the Later Zhou, the Liao Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty and other dynasties successively in Kaifeng Dingdu here.

Kaifeng in the Tang Dynasty was the most important transportation hub connecting the north, south, east and west of Chang'an, Kyoto, whether it was the fur transported from Hebei, or the seafood transported from Shandong, or the money and grain transported to Chang'an from the south, it would continue to gather here, making this city with a heavy cultural heritage with a strong commercial color.

The fixed population of Kaifeng is only three or four hundred thousand, but the business travel from south to north every day is more than 100,000, especially the convenience of river transportation, the villages and towns around Kaifeng City are extremely prosperous and lively, not inferior to the city.

In a small village less than a dozen miles away from Kaifeng City, there is a landlord surnamed Cui, who is usually low-key, and the door can be full of birds, not showing mountains and water, and only in summer and autumn will people occasionally remember.

However, just after the Lantern Festival, the nearby villagers found that there seemed to be more people coming in and out of the door of the Cui landlord's house, and those people were a little mysterious, and they often never showed up after entering the Cui landlord's house, which happened almost every few years. However, these are just the villagers' after-dinner conversations, and they quickly forgot about it and were busy running for this year's vitality.

In the hall of Cui's landlord's house, seven white-haired old men knelt in front of the low table, and dozens of people stood behind them, some of them were also not young, and some were just in the age of weak crowns, the only thing that was the same was that they all had solemn expressions on their faces.

The first elder whose face was already covered with old age spots waved his hand, and asked all the maids who poured tea and water in the hall to retreat, until they disappeared at the door before they said leisurely: "Everyone, the latest news just came from the court, Yang Guozhong and An Lushan have been fully evil, in front of the emperor to state An Lushan's many misdeeds, An Lushan resigned from the post of Jiedu with retreat, and the emperor added the title of An Lushan's left servant, and gave him a son and three officials, and a son and four officials, in order to show that the grace remains unchanged, what do you think of this matter?" ”

As soon as the old man finished speaking, the last old man on his left hand with pockmarks on his face spoke: "Yang Guozhong is insatiable, An Lushan, in order to please Yang Guozhong, asked his adviser Gao Shang to bring ten carts of gifts to visit the door a few years ago, but he ate a closed door, what he wanted was actually the power of the transfer envoy in the hands of An Lushan, how could An Lushan give up, the evil has become inevitable, and it is the same as fire and water!" ”

Another old man also spoke: "The emperor tolerates and connives, Yang Guozhong, one is to cultivate the Yang family, attack the nobles, contain the royal family, and contain the generals. The second is that Yang Guozhong's means of accumulating wealth and supplying the palace for extravagance, now Yang Guozhong's power has become a climate, and only the nine major military towns can still compete with Yang Guozhong, do you still have to wait? ”

Although these seven old men will meet quietly in different places every year, there is only one topic, and that is the situation in the DPRK and China.

But this year's topic is particularly heavy, seeing that his own voice in the court is getting less and less, Yang Guozhong is becoming more and more domineering, and the devil's claws have extended from the Chang'an court to the localities, which makes these people who have been forbearance begin to fidget.

"The emperor is deaf, addicted to pleasure, suspicion is flourishing, nostalgic for beauty singing and dancing, there are as many as 40,000 beauties in the harem, there is Yang Yuhuan's exclusive favor inside, and Yang Guozhong's dictatorship outside, and he has rarely asked about the government, and if Yang Guozhong continues to do nonsense, I am afraid that our family will never have a ...... day to come out", an old man had a hideous face, and his mouth was rebellious, but the people around him nodded yes one by one.

"Yes! We don't even have a voice in the court now, and if we continue like this, we can only stretch out our heads and be humiliated! ”

"The great thief of Yang Guo's loyalty to the country must be eradicated!"

"Yang Guozhong's crimes are heinous......."

The people standing behind the old man began to make noise, and you criticized Yang Guozhong with every word, as if he was about to devour the non-existent Yang Guozhong alive.

"Noise!" An old man's eyes widened angrily, patted the dwarf in front of him and shouted.

The people who stood and spoke were timid and silent like cicadas, how could they have the right to open their mouths on this occasion, just now they were just a moment of excitement, and they wanted to perform in front of these old men, so as to have a sense of existence.

Xiucai has failed to rebel for ten years, that is to say, these people, don't look at these old men are solemn and majestic, and they have absolute authority in their respective families, but when it comes to dealing with Yang Guozhong, there is no good way.

Some people proposed to impeach Yang Guozhong in front of Li Longji, some people wanted to balance Yang Guozhong through the hands of Gao Lishi, and some people wanted to win over and divide Yang Guozhong's subordinates, but they were immediately refuted and despised by others!

"Yang Guozhong's only scruples are the commanders of the nine major military towns, we can win them over and oppose Yang Guozhong together?"

"Who do you want to woo, Yang Guozhong is now powerful and has holy grace, it is impossible to bring down Yang Guozhong?"

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you say?"

The old man at the head slowly spoke: "Now only An Lushan can balance Yang Guozhong!" ”

"Yes!"

The first old man on the right hand side of the old man at the head spoke at this time: "It's An Lushan, if you want to get rid of Yang Guozhong, you have to be An Lushan!" ”

"You are driving tigers at the front door and wolves at the back door, can An Lushan let you knead them?"

"I can't control it much now, first get rid of Yang Guozhong, and then find a way to get rid of An Lushan!"

"A martial artist, what is there to fear!"

"Takeo!" An old man sneered, "I'm afraid that this martial artist will become the burial person of our family!" ”

"That's it!" An old man said impatiently: "Everyone, vote, the minority obeys the majority, and supports An Lushan to get rid of Yang Guozhong!" ”

Five of the seven old men raised their hands and agreed to support An Lushan's plan to get rid of Yang Guozhong, and the old man who proposed it said: "We want to install our people under An Lushan, and let An Lushan have the strength to fight against Yang Guozhong, I propose that from today onwards, we will concentrate thirty percent of the human and financial resources of our seven families to supply An Lushan, what do you think?" ”

"What a big deal!"

As soon as the old man's words fell, there was a burst of sighs, the manpower and financial resources of the seven families are thirty percent, that is definitely a very terrifying number, equivalent to three percent of the annual tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty, provided to An Lushan, and the strength of An Lushan has not swelled to a terrifying point all of a sudden, and immediately someone couldn't help but exclaim: "Will our seven families still be able to contain An Lushan in the future?" ”

"I suggest that the opponents that Yang Guozhong has fought against, as long as they have threatened Yang Guozhong, or have had a grudge with Yang Guozhong, they are all our cultivation objects! What do you think? ”