novelhk Chapter 501: Aristocratic Family Condemnation Conference
Chapter 501: Aristocratic Family Condemnation Conference
If reform is to be carried out, it will inevitably affect the interests of the aristocratic families. As the head of the current aristocratic families, the Lin'an Ning family should set an example for all aristocratic families.
Therefore, Wen Renye’s action this time is of great significance to the current Dayong in terms of whether the reform is successful or not.
Intelligence shows that when Wen Renye first arrived in Lin'an, he was given a grand reception by the local wealthy gentry, headed by the Lin'an Ning family.
A big banquet every three days and a small banquet every five days.
Gifts, money, beauties, all kinds of rare treasures and stunning beauties were placed in front of Wen Renye openly.
And Wenren Ye accepted them all with a smile.
Gifts and beauties are accepted as is, and reforms are also being implemented at the same time.
Therefore, after only two months in office, he surprised a number of wealthy families who were trying to bribe him because of his thick skin.
The current head of the Lin'an Ning family, Ning Yuanzhou, cursed at the air at home for three consecutive days, and then held a joint meeting of the aristocratic families.
The main theme of the conference was how to deal with Wen Renye's arrogant act of daring to implement reforms in Lin'an.
Except for the Qinghe Cui family which had been destroyed, the heads of the other seven major families all brought their people to attend the conference in person.
The imperial court dared to place Wenren Ye, the troublemaker, in Lin'an City, an important place for the aristocratic families. It can be seen that the imperial court's harvest of the aristocratic families has officially begun!
At the meeting, Ning Yuanzhou's face was livid, and he was filled with righteous indignation at everyone present: "Everyone, this incident is not just a disaster for the Lin'an Ning family, but a joint attack by the imperial court against all of our families!"
"If we allow this reform to continue, we will have to pay a large amount of tax silver every year for our clan's land from now on."
"But do you think this is the end?"
"Impossible!" Ning Yuanzhou's voice was loud and powerful, "If there is one, there will be two. If there are two, there will be three. As long as the court gets a taste of the sweetness of our family, they will find ways to take advantage of us again and again."
"Today, all the gentry are paying taxes together. Tomorrow, they will increase the commercial mining tax, mining tax, birth tax, death tax... all kinds of taxes will be imposed on our noble families first..."
"Everyone!" Ning Yuanzhou stood at the front, bowed to his friends, and said, "Are you all just going to watch our family fortune, accumulated over thousands of years, go to waste for the imperial court?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces became extremely ugly.
Qiantang Hong was the first to come forward and agree:
"Master Ning, we certainly cannot agree with the court treating our family as lambs to be slaughtered. Master Ning is right. When the survival of this city is at stake, we should unite and discuss strategies together!"
Longxi Li also stood up and echoed:
"I agree with this, but each of our families has sons and nephews serving as officials in the court. If we openly oppose the court... I'm afraid..."
"Brother Li, don't worry. We certainly can't confront the court head-on, but we can't let them go just like that!" Huai'an Zhou also said with a frown.
"I wonder what Brother Zhou thinks?" one of them asked.
The head of the Huai'an Zhou family is named Zhou Qingyu. He has always been known for his extraordinary strategy, so whenever something big happens, everyone likes to ask for his opinion.
Zhou Qingyu's eyes gleamed slightly, and he stroked his short beard and said bluntly: "There are two paths, and we can go forward together."
"First, we send assassins to secretly kill Wen Renye and tell everyone that he died in an accident."
"Secondly, we will secretly contact Prince Lu Murongze, who is stationed at the northern border defense line, and provide financial and human support to support him in expanding his military strength, overthrowing this foolish and incompetent monarch, and rebuilding a court with all the righteous people in the court, controlled by our family."
"With these two swords coming down, who dares to destroy my family's life?"
Zhou Qingyu's smile was sinister, but it touched the hearts of everyone. However, some families still had doubts in their hearts.
Xinzhou Zhao said hesitantly, "Brother Zhou's words make sense, but this reform was proposed by Princess Zhaohua. Wen Renye and his men are merely the vanguard of Princess Zhaohua's reforms. As long as she's still here, no matter how many people we kill, she can always rise again and carry out reforms!"
"It's not like we haven't thought about killing that bitch, but who would have thought that she was so skilled in martial arts that even a hundred secret guards combined couldn't kill her. It's truly despicable!"
Ning Yuanzhou slammed his fist on the golden carved chair, his face filled with rage. Zhou Qingyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Princess Zhaohua is so powerful, she only has one person. If she dares to send someone, we dare to kill them. Over time, who would dare to serve her?"
"Besides, hundreds of secret guards are no match for her, so what about thousands or tens of thousands?" Zhou Qingyu's voice was icy cold, as if one was in a snow cave.
"As long as we spend a little money and fully support Prince Lu's ascension to the throne, the day when Prince Lu ascends the throne will be the day when Princess Zhaohua will be cut into pieces!"
"I agree. If you want to kill Princess Zhaohua, you must first cut off her outstretched claws!" Shaoxing Zhuo stood up and echoed loudly.
"Well, in that case, let's plan this together. When we succeed, we'll toast to celebrate together!"
"If we join forces with other noble families, we won't have to worry about not being able to kill a woman!"
"Yes, let's kill Wenren Ye first... I must show this official what will happen if he dares to run wild in Lin'an City."
Ning Yuanzhou's face was fierce, and he raised his wine glass and said sternly: "This first battle will start with my Lin'an Ning family!"
"Support Patriarch Ning!"
"Support Patriarch Ning!"
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The voices of lofty ambitions rang out simultaneously, echoing in the underground secret room specially set up by the Ning family of Lin'an.
Not long after, a carrier pigeon flew into Wen Renye's backyard mansion.
A stunningly beautiful woman stood in front of the window, took the message from the carrier pigeon, her pretty eyebrows slightly furrowed, with a look of reluctance.
The beauty's name is Ning Xiantong.
She is the distant niece of Ning Yuanzhou, the head of the Lin'an Ning family.
She was also a stunning beauty given to Wen Renye by Lin'an Ning. It was said that during this period, she served Wen Renye and was very favored.
Compared with the dozens of beauties given as gifts by other wealthy gentry, she could occupy six out of ten days, which shows how much Wen Renye likes her.
In fact, although Wen Renye hates women in his heart, he is a man after all and has his own needs in that regard.
What's more, if something comes to your door, you should seize it.
Previously, he had been keeping himself chaste because he wanted to conquer Princess Zhaohua. Now that he no longer needs to conquer her, he can do whatever he wants.
After eating meat, Wen Renye finally understood its delicious taste.
No wonder people say that the land of pleasure is the grave of heroes.
This feeling really made him extremely ecstatic and he wished he could die here.
If he hadn't known that he had something extremely important to do, he would have been so captivated by the beauty's exquisite figure that he would have ignored everything else.