Liu Fangzhi, a Tang dynasty man, said: "Crossing the river is the 'overseas Chinese surname', and Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao are the greatest; The southeast is 'surnamed Wu', and Zhu, Zhang, Gu, and Lu are the largest; Shandong is the 'county surname', and Wang, Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng are the greatest; Guanzhong is also known as the 'county surname', Wei, Pei, Liu, Xue, Yang, and Du Shouzhi; Daibei is the 'surname of captivity', Yuan, Changsun, Yuwen, Yu, Lu, Yuan, and Dou Shouzhi. ”

The Jiangnan Shi clan is also known as the Jiangzuo Shi clan, the Jiangdong Shi clan, and the Six Dynasties Shi clan.

The eight great scholars in the south of the Yangtze River did not decline at the end of the Southern Liang Dynasty, and most of them entered the Sui and Tang dynasties from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the crown was re-elected, and the family etiquette was passed down from generation to generation.

Although the status and role of the Jiangnan Shi clan in the Tang regime were not as good as those of the Shandong Shi clan and the Guan Long Shi clan, they still had a certain political force, especially in the three dynasties of Gaozu, Empress Wu, and Dezong, and the prime minister from the Jiangnan Shi clan was trusted and played a greater political role.

Compared with the Six Dynasties, although the overall political and economic power of the Jiangnan scholars declined in the Tang Dynasty, they still had a high social status and maintained the traditional advantages of a cultural family, so as to ensure that their children were able to pass the Jinshi examination in the late Tang Dynasty when they lost the hereditary privilege of being an official in the late Tang Dynasty, and maintained the status of the family as an official for generations to the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Even if Zhen Qian didn't know about the eight great scholars in Jiangnan before, but after the Drunken Immortal Building opened in Yangzhou, these noble families couldn't even think about it.

In the Tang Dynasty, the suppression of the wealthy families of the scholar clan has been continuous, coupled with the improvement of the imperial examination system, the status of the scholar clan has sunset. But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the wealthy families of the scholar clan have always held the tools of public opinion in their hands: books, even those from poor families, are mostly attracted by the scholars, and their influence still exists.

Zhen Qian developed movable type printing very early, but he didn't take it out for a long time, not because Zhen Qian was unwilling, but because he didn't want to stand on the opposite side of these wealthy families.

Once cheap books become popular on a large scale, it will be easier for students at the bottom to obtain knowledge, and they will not be attached to the scholars, which is equivalent to drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, and Zhen Qian does not want to be a leader at this time.

In the final analysis, the Tang Dynasty was still a dynasty dominated by scholars, but this scholar clan was not controlled by a few big families, but by a group formed by a small scholar clan.

Hearing that the four giants in the southeast appeared in the Wufeng Islands, Zhen Qian was first stunned, and then shocked, showing a look of doubt.

The four wealthy families in the southeast have no contact with Zhen Qian at all, these people are not good men and women, although they do not have a lot of power in the court now, but they are still in the local area, and they have complete control over the southeast.

Judging from the information in Zhen Qian's hands, the wealthy families in the southeast rarely appear in the Wa Kingdom, not because they are unwilling, but because these wealthy families do not want to conflict with the wealthy families in the north of the Yangtze River, and the business in the family is also to go south to deal with Hu Fan, and ...... shipped to the Arab region.

"Do you know the purpose of the four wealthy families in the southeast to come to the Wufeng Islands, or do you pass by here and go to the Wa Kingdom?"

When Wang Tianxing heard that the four wealthy families in the southeast appeared in the Wufeng Islands, he didn't inquire at all, and then he remembered that he had forgotten such an important matter, and looked at Zhen Qian with an embarrassed face.

Zhen Qian grabbed the teacup and wanted to smash it, but after thinking about it, he still held back, this is a fool, what kind of anger is he vomiting, "Send someone to inquire, let Steward He come forward to receive him, be sure to ask them about the purpose of this trip?" ”

What else does Wang Tianxing want to say, those are the four giants in the southeast! Although it is not as good as the five surnames and seven sects, but in the south of the Yangtze River, the influence is also unprecedented, unsurpassed, and I thought that Zhen Qian would be happy to hear this, but I didn't expect to be sprayed by Zhen Gan with a face foaming, and I felt a little aggrieved.

In fact, Wang Tianxing's current mentality is similar to that of the common people in later generations when they heard that high-ranking officials and high-ranking officials suddenly appeared at the door of their homes to be close to the people, and it was too late to be excited, and there were many thoughts.

The distance from the north island to the south island is not long, and if it is a land route, it will take more than an hour to go back and forth, but it takes a day to make a round trip from the sea.

After Zhen San inspected the Wufeng Islands, he suggested that pontoon bridges be erected between the five main islands, and bridges should be erected between the main islands and important small islands, so as to communicate the north and south islands of the Wufeng Islands and facilitate the traffic and management between the islands.

In this era, it is not much difficult to erect pontoon bridges, but the erection of bridges is completely different, but this plan has been agreed by Zhen Qian, and now pontoon bridges have been laid between the five main islands of the Wufeng Islands, and the roads connecting the five main islands are also under intense construction, and it is expected that the passage will be completed in another half a year.

In the evening, when Zhen Qian was having dinner with Qingyan and Kwai Ji, someone informed Steward He to send someone back from the South Main Island, if he reported to Zhen Qian!

Zhen Qian put down his job and rushed to the conference room, Wang Lun and Wang Tianxing were already waiting in the conference room, when Zhen Qian walked into the room, he saw a young man in his twenties talking to Wang Lun, and found that Zhen Qian pushed the door and walked in, and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen the island owner!" ”

"He Jin, but what news is there from He Guan?"

"It was my father who asked me to rush back to report ...... to the island owner," He Jin said a little shyly: "It is true that the four major families in the southeast sent a fleet to the Wa Kingdom, one is to prepare to trade in the Wa Kingdom, take a casual look at the Nagasaki Lease Area, and also want to set up a trading house in Nagasaki Town." Second, I heard from Zhen Shi that crystal tablets can be purchased here in the Wufeng Islands, and he wants to cooperate with the Wufeng Islands, so he will stay on the South Main Island? ”

The Wufeng Islands cannot always be a secret to maritime merchants, after all, the Wufeng Islands are on the southern sea route, and if you pay a little attention, you will find that there are inhabitants on the islands.

However, the appearance of the four major families in the southeast still made Zhen Qian have to be vigilant, in terms of strength alone, now Zhen Qian is not comparable to the family families that have been inherited for hundreds of years, compared to their own advantages, these family families can't look at the islands in the sea at all, otherwise they would have sent people to occupy them.

If Zhen Qian is not a person of later generations, the idea of the Heavenly Kingdom of the Shang Dynasty is also deep-rooted, and he looks down on the outer land at all, but this does not mean that other forces will not have the heart to covet it.

Zhen Qian had to be cautious, and he knew very well that there were still the shadows of Li Longji's princes behind these southeastern scholars, and no one could guarantee that these would not make money, thinking of this, Zhen Qian said coldly: "Good students entertain them, if they want to buy crystal pieces, sell them some, not too much, and send some more people to keep an eye on them, I want to know their every move in the Wufeng Islands and the Wa Kingdom!" ”

He Jin promised to return to Nanzhu Island overnight and told Steward He what Zhen Qian meant, Wang Lun was a little puzzled: "Zhen Lang, why don't you wait to see these southeastern scholars and refuse to let people go thousands of miles away?" ”

(End of chapter)