Turbulent Times Chapter 338: Li Yuan

Xu Jingzong sorted out his mind a bit, and said: "Master Hou, the ancestor of the Li family in Longxi was Li Chong, the eldest son of Situ Li Tan of the Qin State, Li Chong, the governor of Longxi County, and Li Yao, the second son of Li Chongzhi, was the governor of Nanjun. Marquis; his grandson Li Xin was named General and granted the title of Marquis of Longxi. His descendant "Flying General" Li Guang was an important figure in the Han Dynasty. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Li family of Longxi rose in troubled times, and Li Hao, the king of Xiliang, was the first of the Li family In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Li family of Longxi continued to be in the Guizhou group. It was prominent in the world and had a high family status. There are five surnames in the Central Plains, the high-ranking gentry, these gentry have a short inheritance of five hundred years, and the long ones have been as long as a thousand years."

"In the Sui Dynasty, because the Li Hu family, a branch of the Li family in Longxi, was one of the famous Eight Pillar Kingdoms, the power of the Li family in Longxi became more powerful. But now, the successor Li Hu died early, and the youngest son Li Yuanxi, who was only seven years old at the time, The title of Duke of Tang made Li Hu's family gradually show weakness, and Li Yuan did not hold a high position, so he was gradually not valued by the Li family in Longxi."

"In fact, under the Longxi Li family, there are thirteen branches, namely Fanyang Li family, Dunqiu Li family, Bohai Li family, Shengongfang Li family, Danyang Li family, Anyi Li family, and Pingliang Li family. Li family, Guzang Li family, Shazhou Li family, Pushefang Li family, Jiangjun Li family, Wuling Li family, Jingzhaofang Li family."

"These thirteen branches and the family are added up. As far as I know, the Li family in Longxi has no less than a hundred officials in the imperial court, from the three departments and six provinces to the counties and counties of the country, from the servants and the governors to the officials. County magistrates and small officials, as for private landlords, merchants, officials, and soldiers, there are countless."

"Mr. Hou may not know. The humble judge judged that the Li family of Longxi was involved in the secret murder of Mr. Hou. Apart from the fact that only they can do this, another reason is that among the more than one hundred people arrested by Shen Guang , and half of them are surnamed Li."

"In short, under His Majesty's deliberate suppression, although the Li family in Longxi did not serve as the main official of Yongzhou, there are too many small officials and officials from the Li family. Zhangye County Yingyang who was frightened into a lunatic by Lord Hou before Lang Jiang Li Fengyun is the youngest son of the Longxi family. He was originally the person who controlled the most troops in the hands of the Li family in Longxi and one of the biggest reliance of the Li family in Longxi. However, it was broken in the hands of the Marquis. When he was appointed General Yingyanglang of Zhangye County, Lord Hou had a death feud with the Li family of Longxi."

"In short, in this Jincheng, except for the governor Wang Tong, every official down to the Jincheng guards the gate of the veteran pawn, the shopkeeper of various shops, the girl who sells laughter on the street, and the old man who sells art in front of the temple. , and so on, they may all belong to the Li family."

Wang Junlin really did not expect that the Li family in Longxi was so powerful. He thought that the enemy who secretly murdered him this time was Yang Su, Duke of Yue, but now it seems that this may not be the case. He was slightly stunned, and said viciously: "So what if there are too many people, and I am afraid that they will fail."

"Master Hou is not afraid." Xu Jingzong said worriedly: "But Lord Hou, the law does not blame the public... Even in normal times, the Li family in Longxi has the power to make Yongzhou mess up. They can control all walks of life. People from all walks of life have a way to make the people complain, and the people are in dire straits...and now that there is a snowstorm, they have the ability to manipulate tens of thousands of refugees for their own use."

Knowing what Xu Jingzong was worried about, Wang Junlin laughed and said, "Don't worry about Jingzong. It is good for the family to be powerful, but it also has disadvantages. At least it is difficult for them to hide like ordinary nobles and big landlords. As long as we know them If they are our enemies, they are in the clear."

Speaking of this, Wang Junlin's smile gradually disappeared, and he said indifferently: "I was already planning to kill people, but now it seems that there are still a few people who were going to kill people."

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The Li family in Longxi has never bullied others, nor deliberately kept the mystery of the noble family, so many scholars from Yongzhou and tourists from afar would walk along the wide forest road after strolling in Longxi City. On the avenue, go around to the outside of the city, and take a look at the beautiful and majestic manor from a distance.

Although you can't play it up close, it's enough to entertain your eyes if you look at it from a distance.

In recent years, the Li family in Longxi has been low-key and not mysterious, so this Li garden, which has been built for more than two hundred years, also maintains the deep imprint of their family. The pavilion is not so gorgeous and eye-catching, but it reveals a faint sense of simplicity and intimacy, and the courtyard wall built along the foot of the mountain is not tall. Visitors can see the inside when they stand on the official road. cornices. Standing closer, you can hear the sound of gurgling water inside.

Closeness does not mean homely, simplicity, of course, is not simple. In the eyes of a truly knowledgeable person, you can definitely see that every detail of this pet manor is impeccable. Every material and design is ingenious, and in the eyes of a general, it can be seen that this manor seems defenseless, but as long as it is simply modified, it can become a manor that can be guarded for half a year in a very short period of time. The long-distance castle... In fact, after the fall of Longxi City in the great war last year, the Turkic and Qiang people once wanted to send troops to take this manor, but they attacked for a long time and sacrificed hundreds of lives, but they failed. When the Turkic people were furious and were preparing to increase their troops, Li sent an envoy to discuss with Boduo Fawang in secret, and gave 200,000 taels of silver to Boduo Fawang as military funds, and finally survived.

The weather has not been very good these days, the early spring has come, but the sun is rarely seen,

The carriage that Li Fengmu, the eldest son of Li Zongxian, the current Patriarch of the Li family in Longxi, was traveling on the road home alone, without the usual tourists.

The carriage came to a strange stop outside the side door. Li Fengmu pulled the corner of the curtain, revealing a gloomy face, looking at the front door of his house.

It seems that they are seeing off guests. A middle-aged man in official uniform is walking into his carriage with an angry face.

Li Fengmu put down the curtain of the car, looked back at the staff on the opposite side and said angrily: "Just now we said that Liu Zhigang, the prefect of Longxi County, didn't want to come to our house to borrow food again, and he didn't want to know who he was. The little prefect dares to come to our Li family to play wild."

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"Father, the confession has been made. It's just that more than a hundred of us who are responsible for slandering and slandering Wang Junlin have disappeared." , Facing the inside of the house.

From inside the house, Li Zongxian, the current owner of the Li family in Longxi, heard a slightly tired and comforting voice: "If those people disappear, they will disappear! Even if they fall into Wang Junlin's hands, they will not harm us. The most important thing is the plan now." At that time, as long as the refugees eat up the official rations of Jincheng, Longxi and Zhangye County, and the refugees are hungry, they will definitely be controlled by us. At that time, Yongzuo will be in chaos all his life, and our allies in the court will force the emperor to write a letter I don't believe that Yang Jian still ordered Wang Junlin to be arrested and imprisoned."

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