Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

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The second son was taken aback by Zhao Kuo's sudden high-profile door, subconsciously scanned the room, and found that no one else appeared in the room.

Now the Second Young Master was relieved, and sneered at Zhao Kuo, "I thought you had something to do, but after a long time, it turns out that you are here to scare people, hahaha!"

But at this moment, Zhou Guanshi next to the Second Young Master suddenly spoke in a trembling voice: "Second, Second Young Master, look, look outside."

The second young master turned his head to look, and was immediately stunned.

Just outside the room, hundreds of Chi You army elites in casual clothes had no expression on their faces, and they had already surrounded the entire room.

More importantly, each of these elite Chi You soldiers held a stringed crossbow in their hands, and the shining crossbow was aimed at the second young master and his followers.

As long as there is an order, the second son and these followers will be pierced by these powerful crossbows in an instant, and they will be shot into a hornet's nest!The second son was dumbfounded.

What's the situation?

Zhao Kuo stood up, smiled and patted the second young master's shoulder: "Didn't I already tell you?

Let you not act rashly. "

The second son was dumbfounded, and said with an extremely stiff face: "You, who are you?"

Zhao Kuo looked at the second son calmly, and said slowly: "Think about it carefully, in Zhao Guozhong, besides this Marquis, how many people can call your father and uncle by their first names?"

This reminder could not be more obvious. You must know that Zhou Shaofen is a Sikou, and his status among officials is second only to Zhao Guoxiangbang, so the second son's face turned pale in a flash: "You, you are Wu Xinjun?"

Zhao Kuo shrugged his shoulders and asked curiously, "Haven't you seen this Marquis?"

The second young master stammered and said, "I, I am an illegitimate child, and I just came from the east side of the river recently."

Zhao Kuo was speechless.

After a long time, is it just an illegitimate child?

But thinking about it, if he is the legitimate son of Zhou Shaoliang, no matter how miserable he is, he should have already arranged an official position to do things, so how could he go to a place like Pingkangfang to do his best and control the situation? What about business?

While Zhao Kuo was talking to the Second Young Master, Su Li had ordered Chi Youjun to subdue all of the Second Young Master's followers.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's name, these followers of the Second Young Master were also dumbfounded. They all knew that in front of them was a big man like Wu Xinjun holding the clouds high, so how could they dare to resist?

All of them were obediently tied up.

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, sat back on the table again, and said lightly: "Now, can we talk about what you have done?

Remember, if you don't explain clearly what Zhou's Chamber of Commerce has done today, none of you will get out of this room alive. "

Although Zhao Kuo still had a smile on his face when he spoke, anyone could feel a deep chill from Zhao Kuo's words.

Zhao Kuo was really angry.

He is obviously already the top member of the ruling class, but he doesn't think about how to build credit to give back to the country. Instead, he thinks about taking food from the bottom people, and even compresses the living space of the people at the bottom.

Damn it!On Tuesday, the young master was forced by Zhao Kuo's momentum, his legs softened, and he knelt directly on the ground with a plop.

"Wu Xinjun, I am innocent, really! All these things about my father were done by these stewards, especially this steward Zhou, who did all the bad things.

It has nothing to do with me, nothing at all! "

Zhou Guanshi was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly shouted: "Wu Xinjun, it's not like this, the villain is completely under the orders of the second son, and the villain is forced to do nothing!"

Under Zhao Kuo's coercion, the master and servant turned against each other instantly!

Chapter 1003 This Marquis Takes Everything (Seventh Change)

When things got to this point, in fact, the master and servant didn't have any intention of continuing to deny it, and they rushed to explain it directly.

The whole thing is indeed as Zhao Kuo thought. Like all other top dignitaries, the Zhou family has a lot of industries in the East City and West City of Handan City.

After the development of Pingkangfang, the high-end industries in the West Market were not affected, but Zhou's property in the East City was robbed a lot and suffered heavy losses.

If it follows the normal logic, then the Zhou family must find a way to suppress Pingkangfang, let Pingkangfang close down directly, and return to the previous state of poverty and nothingness.

But the problem is that Pingkangfang is the "reform pilot area" directly determined by Zhao Wang and Zhao Kuo. If the Zhou brothers have ten courages, they will not be able to openly suppress Pingkangfang. Isn't this killing them?

So, the Zhou family changed their minds.

Since you can't suppress it, then join in.

The Zhou family quickly bought a lot of houses in Pingkangfang that were converted into shops with money, and put them away. The Zhou family felt that this Pingkangfang was full of ordinary people, why should we behave properly? Wouldn't it be enough to use a large sum of money to buy their houses and directly use their power to coerce them to hand over the houses?

As a result, things changed immediately. You must know that Zhou Shaofen, the boss of the Zhou family, is the Sikou. He is the eldest brother of Zhao's legal system. As long as anyone is disobedient, he will be arrested and convicted in a few minutes.

When the first few houses were arrested and imprisoned, the remaining Pingkangfang people had no choice but to hand over their houses under Zhou's pressure and left Pingkangfang.

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo calmly asked the next question: "These ordinary people who left Pingkangfang, where are they?"

Master Tuesday touched his head with a dazed expression.

Zhou Guanshi thought about it, and said cautiously: "This is really not clear, because Zhou's side doesn't really care."

Zhao Kuo nodded slowly, and said, "Then, where are the transaction contracts of all Zhou's shops in Pingkang Fang?"

Zhou Guanshi was a little hesitant.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Su Li and said, "Do it."

Su Li couldn't hold back any longer, he stepped up and broke Guanshi Zhou's arm.

Zhou Guanshi suddenly let out a scream like killing a pig.

Zhao Kuo looked at Guanshi Zhou without any sympathy in his heart.

This damned thing has caused so many ordinary people in Pingkangfang to lose their only house where they can live.

Zhao Kuo said lightly: "Don't think that anyone can save you. I'm sitting here today. As long as I don't agree, it's useless even if the king comes!"

At this moment, Zhao Kuo can be said to be full of domineering!Su Li slapped Manager Zhou's face again, and said sharply, "Say it soon, or I'll cut off all four of your hands and feet if you don't!"

Manager Zhou suddenly came to his senses, knowing that today it is really impossible to pass the test without explaining something, so he could only endure the severe pain and said: "It's in my room, I, I will take you to get it. "

After a while, a thick ledger was placed in front of Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo flipped through the ledger, getting angrier the more he looked at it.

340 five shops, this is the total number of shops collected by Zhou in Pingkang Square.

In other words, 340 five families in Pingkang Fang were forced to move out of their only house by the Zhou family, and they were displaced in Handan City or Zhao State!Zhao Kuo heaved a sigh of relief, closed the ledger, and said lightly: "Take away everyone in here, let Handan Ling give me a proper interrogation immediately, and see how many fish slipped through the net!"

If it was before, Zhao Kuo might not have had the chance to act, but now the whole evidence has been perfected. The expansion of the Zhou Chamber of Commerce is definitely in violation of the laws of Zhao State, so Zhao Kuo can act confidently and let Handan Order Those people are being interrogated over there.

The only thing that Zhao Kuo regrets is that since Zhou Shaofen is now in charge of the official position of Si Kou, it is still difficult to convict them.

After Wu Fei saw this scene, his spirit was also very uplifted, and he said to Zhao Kuo, "Thank you Wu Xinjun, thanks to Wu Xinjun, our neighbors in Pingkangfang finally have the opportunity to return Here it is."

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, patted Wu Fei on the shoulder and said, "You have to remember that I am different from other officials of Zhao State. I will always stand with the people of Zhao State."

Wu Fei nodded vigorously, and said to Zhao Kuo very seriously: "What Wu Xinjun taught, I remember it."

After a while, Zhao Kuo walked out of the room and glanced back at the magnificent Zhou Chamber of Commerce Building, which was incompatible with the surrounding buildings.

"People's fat, people's ointment!"

These four big characters suddenly appeared in Zhao Kuo's mind, which immediately raised his dissatisfaction with this building to a higher level.

After thinking about it, Zhao Kuo still held back, and decided to burn the building clean. After all, the money that should have been spent on the building has already been spent. Instead of letting the building be scrapped, it is better to use it to do something that can benefit the common people. more favorable things.

Zhao Qian appeared in front of Zhao Kuo out of breath, and seeing that the matter was over, a disappointed expression appeared on his face.

Zhao Kuo patted Zhao Qian's shoulder with a smile, and said, "If you really want to save your life for the people, next time it's better."

Zhao Qian let out a sigh, and followed Zhao Kuo into the carriage helplessly.

After returning to the mansion, Zhao Kuo immediately summoned all his confidants and political allies and told them about the matter.

After hearing this incident, everyone's reaction was also different.

Xu Li thought for a while before opening his mouth, and said, "This matter is indeed a good opportunity to effectively attack the Zhou family's power, but Zhou Shaofen is now the Sikou, so it may be difficult to make decisions in this regard."

Si Kou is equivalent to the supreme justice of later generations. It must be difficult for Zhou Shaofen, the supreme justice, to convict his nephew.

Zhao Kuo was quite calm about this, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's fine if everyone else can't beat him, can't I beat him this time?

Let me just say it straight. I summoned you today to let you cooperate with me. Tomorrow morning, everyone will give me a memorial to go to the king to impeach Zhou Shaofen for conniving the children of the family to act violently. The people are in dire straits and want to obstruct the king's reform of Pingkangfang. "

Zhao Kuo is now a veteran of political struggles, of course he will not directly use the crime of Mr. Tuesday as a crime to give Zhou Shaofen a chance to exonerate Mr. Tuesday.

As the saying goes, to hit a snake is to hit seven inches. Zhao Kuo's goal is to directly drag the entire Zhou family into the water, and let them be charged with obstructing the reform of Pingkangfang.

In this way, Pingkangfang was the reform site decided by King Zhao himself, and the Zhou family dared to make small moves here, which obviously violated King Zhao's will.

From this, the flames of war can be directly burned from the body of the son on Tuesday to the two brothers Zhou Shaofen and Zhou Shaoliang. This is the result that Zhao Kuo wants to see.

Different from the previous political struggles, in those previous struggles, both sides were prepared and then suddenly launched an attack on the other side, but this time Zhao Kuo met by chance, so he launched the attack by chance.

This is an out-and-out encounter, but Zhao Kuo believes that he is still very stable in this wave.

With a bang, Zhao Kuo slammed his fist on the table, and said viciously: "These officials, the great nobles, obviously already have power and wealth, but they still want to scrape oil and water from the common people. Is it fair?

I want you to remember that you can of course have glory and wealth, but it should be plundered from other countries through military exploits, not just your own people.

If whoever does things can only search for common people, then I will definitely let him know what is a real mistake in the future! "

Zhao Kuo's words were loud and echoed in the room for a long time.

The news of the young master's arrest on Tuesday quickly spread back to Zhou's mansion.

When they heard the news, the Zhou brothers were drinking.

Zhou Shaoliang raised his wine glass, smiled and said to Zhou Shaofen: "Brother, I just heard that Li Mu dismissed two generals under Zhao Kuo's command, and because of this, he had a big fight with Xu Li in the general's mansion. Woolen cloth."

Zhou Shaofen also showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Although Xu Li has the support of Wu Xinjun, Xiangbang, but Li Mu's supporter is the king, and Li Mu, a general, has a higher position than Xu Li, so what about Xu Li?" Maybe he can beat Li Mu?"

After finishing speaking, the two also laughed at the same time.

For these two people, they really like to hear the news that can make Zhao Kuo feel embarrassed, which is very comfortable, very comfortable.

Zhou Shaofen said leisurely: "Now Li Mu's sudden betrayal can be said to have caused Wu Xinjun's power in the military to collapse like an avalanche.

When the troops are dispatched next year, our two brothers must support Li Mu, so that Li Mu can win the main general again and gain another battle exploit.

At that time, Li Mu will be able to suppress Wu Xinjun's power in the army.

As long as Wu Xinjun has no support from the army, hehe, it will be much easier for us to deal with him than before! "

Zhou Shaoliang also laughed, and said: "Yeah, yeah, every time I see that Zhao Kuoyao showing off his power, it's annoying, so I want him to learn a lesson.

As the saying goes, there is no hundred-day red flower.

He, it's time for him to flourish and decline! "

At this moment, a retainer of the Zhou Mansion rushed in with a pale face: "You two lords, something is wrong, the second son was taken away by Lord Wu Xin!"

This news directly shocked the Zhou brothers' bodies at the same time.

Zhou Shaofen couldn't help but said, "Which Second Young Master?"

The retainer looked at Zhou Shaoliang and said, "That's the Second Young Master in Pingkangfang!"

Zhou Shaoliang's expression changed drastically.

This second son, Zhou Shaoliang used to go to the brothel in Handan to have fun, and then he hired a dancer, but she became pregnant and had this illegitimate child.

Since Zhou Shaoliang's wife is a tigress, Zhou Shaoliang did not dare to take the dancer and the child home, so he had to quietly arrange them outside.

This placement lasted for 20 years, until last year when Zhou Shaoliang's wife died of illness, Zhou Shaoliang brought the second son back to the Zhou family.

However, since he has not received formal training for 20 years, and the illegitimate child has no inheritance rights, Zhou Shaoliang thought about it and asked the two sons to go to Pingkangfang to take charge of the development of Zhou's industry. It was recognized by Zhou Shaofen.

Zhou Shaoliang also never expected, why was Zhao Kuo arrested?

Zhou Shaoliang suddenly stood up, and said angrily: "This Zhao Kuo is really too much, even arresting my child?

Brother, today we must seek justice! "

Intersecting with Zhou Shaoliang who was eager to save his son, Zhou Shaofen obviously calmed down a lot, and said: "Second brother, please be safe and don't be impatient.

We don't know why the child was taken away. What's the use of going to Zhao Kuo in such a hurry? "

After finishing speaking, Zhou Shaofen turned his head to look at the retainer who reported the letter: "You, tell me, how did the Second Young Master get arrested?"

The retainer also spread his hands, and said: "This minister doesn't know either. The Handan Order sent someone to inform that Lord Wu Xin sent someone to hand over dozens of people from the Zhou's Chamber of Commerce at Pingkangfang to the Handan government office. It is said that the second son and others are suspected of raiding the people's fat and people's anointing, and robbing the people's houses, let the Handan order interrogate them!"

After Zhou Shaofen listened, he frowned and said, "Searching for people's fat and people's ointment?

Second brother, what's going on? "

For Zhou Shaofen, he actually didn't pay too much attention to these commercial matters.