825 The Li family suffered

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"Withdraw, withdraw!"

At this time, the leader of the black-clothed rebels in the back was really panicked, and he retreated loudly, never thinking about killing Lu Xiangsheng anymore.

Because, if you don't leave, your life will be gone, and what's the use of making great contributions.

Soon, some black-clothed guards around him quickly protected him, and fled quickly with their injured cronies.

"General, shall we pursue?"

Seeing those black-clothed rebels fleeing, the general of the White Dragon Army asked.

"Don't chase it, a group of rabble, kill it or not, let's go first and see the situation of Lu Guogong."

Qi Wei shook his head and did not let the soldiers of the White Dragon Army continue to pursue.

When Qi Wei led people into the Han Mansion, Hao Qiang and his guards, only the last twenty or so people were still alive, but they were still guarding the entrance of the backyard.

Hao Qiang was covered in blood, covered with wounds, and his face was pale, and it took a lot of willpower to hold on to it until this point.

"General Hao, are you okay?"

Qi Wei led someone over, looked at the seriously injured Hao Qiang, and asked with concern.

Hao Qiang put his knife on the ground, raised his head and glanced at Qi Wei, the corners of his mouth cracked slightly, and he actually smiled.

"Qi Wei, thank you, let's ...... Could you please do it for me...... Protector of the country. ”

After speaking, Hao Qiang passed out directly.

"Medic, come here."

Qi Wei shouted loudly and asked the medical soldiers to come over to treat Hao Qiang's injuries.

"General, he has been injured too much and bled too much, I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand it!"

After checking Hao Qiang's condition, a military doctor with the army said embarrassedly.

"Hey, do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven, whether you can survive or not, it depends on his creation."

Qi Wei also sighed and said.

"General, Lu Guogong is in the backyard, in a coma."

"Take Lu Guogong and General Hao with them, and let's evacuate."

Qi Wei also knew that Chunhua Town should not stay here for a long time, and after finding Lu Xiangsheng, he immediately took them away.

After all, this is the territory of Jinling, not their territory, and Qi Wei only brought three thousand people at this time.

In the event of an attack by a large number of enemies, they will also be in danger.

Li Zixiao's order to Qi Wei was very clear, that is, to find Lu Xiangsheng as soon as possible, rescue him, and then send him back to Kaifeng.

Therefore, at this time, Qi Wei led three thousand soldiers of the White Dragon Army, and quickly returned to Wuhu with the unconscious Lu Xiangsheng and the injured Hao Qiang and others.

Prepare to send Lu Xiangsheng and Hao Qiang to Jiangbei on the Wuhu side.

When Qi Wei rescued Lu Xiangsheng in Chunhua Town, an important meeting was also held at the Lu family in Jinling City.

This time the attack on Lu Xiangsheng outside Jinling City was led by the Lu family, and several major forces in the entire Nanzhili participated.

The participating forces ranged from the government office, to the army, to the wealthy clans, and merchants, and it was these forces that controlled most of the interests of Nanzhili at this time.

Lu Xiangsheng's New Deal reform moved the cake of these people, damaged their interests too much, and made these people unwilling to accept it, so they definitely killed Lu Xiangsheng.

It has to be said that with the weakening of the imperial court and the increasing power of these people, they gradually became more and more bold.

Attacking and killing the prince of the dynasty and the first and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, such a big crime, if it had been placed in the past, these people in the Lu family would not have dared to do it.

But now, they did.

These people thought that after killing Lu Xiangsheng, they would be able to find a way to deal with Chongzhen's anger in the past, and they would be able to sit back and relax.

After all, as long as they did a seamless attack this time, even if Chongzhen was angry afterwards, there was nothing they could do.

At this time, the control of the imperial court and Chongzhen over Jiangnan was already much worse than before, and now Nanzhili is controlled by interest groups headed by the Lu family.

What they never expected was that in the end, Li Zixiao stepped in and directly sent a large army over.

Moreover, the banner played by the people is also justified, and they received a request for help from the current government and the first minister, and went forward to rescue Lu Xiangsheng.

This directly caught these people off guard, and only then did this emergency meeting held in the Lu family discuss the next countermeasures.

Those who came to participate in this meeting, in addition to Lu Da'an, the current governor of Nanzhili, and Lu Yuanqing, the envoy of Jinling Town, there were also many nobles and wealthy people.

They have great power and status in Jinling, in Nanzhili, and even in the entire Jiangnan, and they have a very heavy right to speak.

This night, the hall of the Lu family was brightly lit, and Lu Da'an, the governor of Nanzhili, was sitting on the first seat at this time, looking at a letter in his hand.

The Li family is one of the wealthy businessmen in Jinling, but at the meeting of the Lu family tonight, they did not see the Li family.

At this time, the Li family in Jinling had long been suppressed by the Lu family, and life had long been not as good as before.

Many of the Li family's shops in Jinling were forced to close due to the calculations of the Lu family.

This is the revenge of the Lu family against the Li family in Jinling because of Li Zixiao.

If it weren't for Li Zixiao's growing influence in Jiangbei and the Lu family's suppression of the Li family in Jinling, they wouldn't have dared to go too far.

However, as the Lu family suppressed the Li family in Jinling, it became more and more difficult for the Li family to do business, and Li Zixiao was thriving in Jiangbei.

Many of the brothers of the Li family went north to join Li Zixiao, compared to being an official on Li Zixiao's side, doing business is far from comparable.

And the current head of the Li family in Jinling, Li Zixiao's father Li Zongyuan, and a group of old people of the Li family have long figured it out and encouraged more children of the Li family to go north to join Li Zixiao.

It is precisely because many of the elite children of the Li family have gone north to join Li Zixiao that the Li family is unable to continue to maintain their status as wealthy businessmen in Jinling.

Moreover, the Li family is just a wealthy businessman in Jinling, and it is too weak compared to the power of the local wealthy families represented by the Lu family.

These sons of wealthy families basically control most of the official positions of the Yamen in Nanzhili, and their families occupy the best land.

In ancient China, what was most important, official position, land, this was the lifeblood of a wealthy family and the guarantee of their power.

As for doing business, it doesn't matter to them, they can't make more money.

At this time, the Li family in Jinling was in Jinling, and they had been isolated by the forces represented by the Lu family, so it was naturally impossible to appear at this meeting.

Peng!

With a loud bang, Lu Da'an slapped the letter on the table, looked angry, and said: "What a Li Zixiao, it is really arrogant to want to take this opportunity to meddle in my Nan Zhili." ”

"Lord Governor, Li Zixiao has occupied Jiangbei in the past few years, rejected Hebei, killed rebels, fought slaves, and even dared to disobey the holy order again and again, he is no longer arrogant, but lawless."

After hearing Lu Da'an's roar, an obese middle-aged man next to him, drinking tea, spoke.

"What Master Wei said is right, Li Zixiao has become more and more arrogant and domineering in recent years, and he even dares not to listen to the orders of the court and the saints, I am afraid that he has long had the intention of rebellion.

This time, Li Zixiao's general Wei Hong openly led an army of 50,000 to the south, under the banner of rescuing Lu Xiangsheng, just to take our Nanzhili into his pocket.

His wolf ambition is obvious, I don't believe it, without Li Zixiao's instructions, his general Wei Hong dared to make such a decision. ”

A man wearing a third-grade official uniform next to him also sneered and said.

"The trouble now is that Wei Hong didn't listen to the orders given by the saint at all.

This is Li Zixiao's cunning, he hid behind himself and let his generals come forward, completely ignoring the orders of the court and the saint.

Now, the 50,000 army led by Wei Hong has been stationed in Jiangpu on the other side of the river.

Although, the official has issued an order to prohibit all boats from appearing on the river, I have just received the news.

Wei Hong transferred a large fleet from Yangzhou, as well as a warship under Li Zixiao, which was heading up the river, and it seemed that Wei Hong was preparing to cross the river.

I have been commanded by Han under my command, leading 3,000 sailors and more than 20 warships to stop them, but I am afraid there is little hope.

Once these ships arrived at Jiangpu, Wei Hong's army of 50,000 would probably have to cross the Yangtze River soon.

At that time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to resist Wei Hong's 50,000 army, after all, the elite of Li Zixiao's people and horses have been infected by everyone in the past few years.

If they can defeat the Tartars in the north, they will not be in vain.

At this time, there were only 30,000 defenders in Jinling City, and it would take several days for the official to transfer troops from other places.

Therefore, the purpose of the official summoning everyone here today must be clear to you.

Let's think about it, how to stop the army led by Wei Hong from crossing the river now, and how to make Li Zixiao take back the order and give up this southward journey.

Jinling, Nanzhili, and Jiangnan are not allowed to be touched by Li Zixiao, this is our territory. ”

"Okay, Lord Lu said it well!"

Lu Da'an's last sentence can be regarded as speaking to the hearts of these people.

Of course, they don't want to see Li Zixiao go south to meddle in Nanzhili, or even Jiangnan.

Li Zixiao's commercial policies in Jiangbei were basically very similar to the new policies formulated by Lu Xiangsheng before, which were unwilling to be accepted by these businessmen who had become accustomed to not paying taxes.

As long as the officials of Nanzhili are inextricably linked, they are either the children of the Lu family, or Lu Da'an's protégés, or people close to them.

And the grievances between Li Zixiao and the Lu family have long been irreconcilable, and water and fire are incompatible, which makes the officials of Nanzhili not want to see Li Zixiao control Nanzhili.

In this way, these people basically reached an agreement on the issue of preventing Li Zixiao's army from crossing the river.

"Actually, if you want Li Zixiao to withdraw from the army, it's not impossible?"

"Master Wei, what are your plans?"

"Don't forget, where did Li Zixiao go out, that is, from Jinling.

At this time, the Li family in Jinling is, in the final analysis, his relatives, we can start from the Li family and force Li Zixiao to comply. ”

Wei Qi's face turned ruthless and continued.

"Anyway, this time, we planned to let the Li family attack and kill Lu Xiangsheng for us, but now it seems that our original decision was right."

Wei raised his hands and said.

"So, should we continue the previous plan now and blame the Li family for the crime of assassinating Lu Xiangsheng this time?

It's just like this, will it anger Li Zixiao! ”

Someone said worriedly.

"What if you provoke him, everyone has already sent troops to fight him, and his face is torn, and he still cares if he is provoked or not.

According to me, what Master Wei said is right, and now it is even more important to take the Li family and be more compliant than Li Zixiao.

Although Li Zixiao set up his own door in Jiangbei, I don't believe that he can care about the life or death of his own son Li Zongyuan. ”

At this time, Lu Yuanqing said viciously, he had long been eager to attack the Li family in his heart.

"So? Everyone supports this suggestion of Master Wei? Do you want to do it to the Li family? ”

Lu Da'an sat on the first seat, swept through everyone, and asked.

The people below exchanged their heads and discussed in low voices, and after a while, everyone responded: "We agree to Master Wei's proposal. ”

"Well, since that's the case, then it's decided.

Master Wei, you are involved in politics as the political envoy Si Zuo, so I will leave this matter to you. ”

Lu Da'an looked at Wei Qi and said with a smile.

"yes, okay." Wei Qi nodded expressionlessly and responded.

"I'm old, and I can't do it for a few days." At this time, Lu Da'an suddenly said something meaningful.

But after Wei Qi heard it, his eyes lit up.

Because Wei Qi knew that Lu Da'an's words were meant for him.

Once Lu Da'an retired, there were only three people who were most likely to take his place in Jinling, and he Wei Qi was one of them.

And at this time, if Wei Qi can get Lu Da'an's support, he will be able to take over more certainly.

"Governor Lu rest assured, this matter will be handled by the official."

Wei Qi also smiled at this time, arched his hand at Lu Da'an, and said reassuringly.

"Hmm."

Seeing Wei Qi's statement at this time, Lu Daan nodded with satisfaction.

"Don't worry, this official has also sent people to General Sun of Jianyangwei, General Wang of Zhenjiang, and General Leng of Changzhou.

They will arrive at Jinling with their army in a few days, and we will do both. ”

Lu Daan continued.

"In addition, from now on, cut off trade with Jiangbei, President Luo, do you know what to do?"

Immediately, Lu Da'an spoke coldly, looked at a middle-aged man in brocade in the hall, and spoke.

"Yes, Lord Governor, the grass people know about it, and they will arrange it."

Luo Yu stood up and replied to Lu Da'an.

Lu Da'an didn't ask Luo Yu at all, and the meaning of these businessmen was to give orders.

And Luo Yu didn't dare not agree, although this was the biggest loss to these merchants, they could only obey Lu Da'an's orders.

"Hey, the Li family is in trouble now."

Luo Yu sighed in his heart.

In fact, Luo Yu was also forced to join the interest group of the Lu family, because he couldn't do anything if he didn't join.

There are many things that he can't help himself, Luo Yu had a good relationship with Li Zongyuan back then, and he sighed secretly in his heart at this time.

Next, they studied the next arrangement in detail.

"Okay, after you go back, let's do what we have agreed, and no one should drop the chain at this time.

If something goes wrong on anyone's side, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

When the meeting was about to end, Lu Da'an had a cold face and warned everyone again.

(End of chapter)