Some people think they are right

The eunuchs launched an attack and the world was shocked!

Although there was little information in the Han Dynasty, such a major event was naturally passed down by the wind, not to mention that the nobles all had dedicated channels for transmitting news...

However, after this news reached the ears of noble family heads everywhere, it still caused huge panic!

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there have been quite a few cases of extermination of aristocratic families, but basically all of them were executed for serious crimes such as rebellion and treason.

If it is an ordinary party struggle, although the process is fierce, it will only involve the parties involved and the person in charge of the clan at most. There are even protagonists who only need to leave office and not even die...

But now, the eunuchs just listed the evidence of the Taiyuan Wang family and other families' crimes of bullying the local area at the court meeting, and then arrested the entire family and confiscated their land and property. Although they have not yet said that they will exterminate the family, everyone thinks it is very likely.

That’s it!

In addition, although this time it was targeted at people headed by the Wang family, the implication was too broad, covering almost most of the gentry in Bingzhou.

Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was arbitrary and tyrannical at that time, could at best deal with the large groups of nobles by resorting to calamity and suing. They levied property taxes on the rich, encouraged the people to report them, and after verification, confiscated the property of the rich who had failed to pay taxes.

Then half of the confiscated property will be awarded to the whistleblower…

But at best, this is confiscation of property, not arresting people and genocide. What on earth do these damn geldings want to do when they are so serious this time!?

Even so, if the eunuchs only target the Bingzhou gentry, then forget it, but no one can guarantee that their entire clan has not done this bullying of the countryside and brought disaster to the local area. If they finish cleaning up Bingzhou, who will be next?

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Therefore, the nobles everywhere are in danger...

Many family heads sent people to contact the Yuan family and the Yang family, hoping that they would take the lead in resisting. After all, this was a declaration of war against the entire gentry class!

History has proven countless times that as long as the nobles unite as one, they can defeat even the most powerful and intelligent opponent!

Isn't that what happened to Wang Mang, who was once famous all over the world, wielded great power and had all the advantages? As long as the noble clans work together to support a son of the plane, they can immediately oust him from power.

But what frightened them was that neither of the two top clansmen in the world were willing to come forward. They were evasive and perfunctory, and seemed to want to settle the matter...

How can this be done?

There must be a conspiracy in this!

As a result, nobles from all over the country secretly searched for news...

At the moment of life and death, a piece of information is worth ten thousand gold! It should be worth hundreds of millions of gold!

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Just like the current Jingzhao Feng clan, the head of the family, Feng Qing, got a piece of information that he considered priceless!

According to "sources", although the eunuch party is only targeting the Bingzhou nobles headed by the Wang family this time and has no intention of escalating the situation, it is also to completely suppress Qingliu and show its overwhelming power. After all, Wang Yun has always been the leader of Qingliu!

Even Xun Shuang gathered many loyal and outspoken people into the palace to admonish him, and his minister Yang Qiu even kowtowed until his face was bloody, but he did not force the eunuchs to give in. Today, he just scolded him and ended the matter in a hurry...

What does this mean? It means that the eunuchs are unstoppable!

In the past, it was just a small fight, and even the killings were limited to those in the court. Now, the whole clan is being hunted down, even the clansmen in the countryside are not spared. For this reason, the imperial army has even been mobilized!

The key person controls the chancellery and holds great righteousness. If he disobeys it, he will rebel against the decree.

Under such circumstances, how can you resist!?

Haven’t you seen that all the members of Yuan Yang, the crowned clan in the world, have ceased their activities and are silent!?

Fengqing thought he had seen the situation clearly and felt that he was one step ahead of everyone. But it would be useless if he could not continue to be one step ahead!

Therefore, Fengqing came up with an idea after careful consideration, and after a brief discussion with his tribe, he went to Luoyang in person.

Since you can't resist the eunuchs now, you should rely on them as soon as possible. If you can't defeat them, then join them!

A few days later, Feng Qing got in touch with Chang Shi Gao Wang, and after promising to hand over a small part of the clan's land, Feng Qing thought he had gained the trust of the eunuchs and had a solid backer...

This seems to be the case. In return, Gao Wang told him a top secret in advance.

In order to appease other nobles, the eunuchs decided to auction half of the land of the Bingzhou nobles. Gao Wang promised to do something about it so that the Feng family could make up for some losses, and said that the benefits were yet to come...

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The Jingzhao Feng clan was not the only one who turned to the eunuchs in an attempt to protect themselves. Yuan Kai, who was in Luoyang, knew that there were also many minor gentry clans.

However, as the crowned clan in the world, it is impossible for the Yuan family to imitate them. Not to mention that the interests of the Yuan family and the eunuch party are completely in conflict. Moreover, even if he has the idea of ​​​​taking refuge with the eunuch party, I am afraid that the other party will not believe it...

A small boat can easily be turned around, but this boat is bigger... Yuan Wei can only find another way!

Yuan's information was very well-informed, far beyond what those small gentry could compare with. But the more informed he was, the easier it was to be confused by some false news, which made Yuan Wei very headache!

However, he did not panic, not only because he wanted to maintain the style of the Crown clan, but also because he knew that the eunuchs would not be able to cause trouble for long...

Longwei Mansion seems to be preparing for an uprising in full swing. Of course, there are Taiping Taoists before them, and there are also Qiang people in the west. No matter how much Liu Hong favors the eunuchs, he will not be able to get along!

In addition, Yuan Shao reported that Liu Hong was a little wary of the eunuchs this time, and secretly promised Xun Shuang to look for opportunities to rectify the eunuchs.

If these news are true, or even if even one of them is true, then the eunuchs have nothing to fear, and the Yuan family only needs to keep a low profile and act as an ANBU.

But what if it’s fake!?

Yuan Wei once had some doubts at one point whether all the actions of the eunuchs were behind the scenes by Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty...

But after thinking about it for a while, he laughed it off...

To do this, Liu Hong must need a long-term and careful layout. Based on his understanding of Liu Hong, this is impossible!

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Yuan Wei was always in his study when he was thinking. After the eunuchs took action, he claimed to be ill and stayed in the house. In fact, he spent most of his time in his study.

And Yuan Shao hasn't gone to "drink flower wine" recently. He has been acting as the intelligence manager in the mansion, snooping, summarizing, and analyzing all kinds of news for Yuan Wei.

However, while being surprised by the complexity of the situation, Yuan Shao has also been thinking about ways to escape.

The current situation is mysterious recently, and he is very uneasy. He feels that he must break away from Yuan Wei's control. Otherwise, if something changes, with the reputation he has accumulated, he may become the abandoned son of the Yuan family and be thrown out to attract "firepower"...

But after compiling the latest intelligence, he couldn't come up with a reasonable reason. Yuan Wei was so sophisticated that ordinary reasons couldn't deceive him...

In addition, he also needs the right time to leave, whether it is early or late. This is simply too difficult for Yuan Shao, and he has to pretend to be calm so that his clan members cannot see that he has small thoughts!

At this time, Yuan Shao took the information he had compiled and walked to Yuan Wei's study to report:

"Uncle, the eunuchs have made new moves. The Shangshutai has issued an edict to promote General Liu Yan to the west of Zhenxi and serve as the governor of Liangzhou!"

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When news of the merger reached Jingzhou, Zhang Ze, the prefect of Guiyang, was very hesitant.

When he first heard about it, Zhang Ze was a little pleased. After all, the eunuchs were targeting the noble family Haoyou this time. If it could be implemented in Guiyang, Zhang Ze would actually support it...

Zhang Ze is considered one of the current minority counter-insurgency experts in the Han Dynasty. Since he became an official, he has been transferred around the southern border counties.

Wherever there are ethnic minority rebellions in Zangda, Yongchang, Yuexi, Guiyang, there is Zhang Yuanxiu...

He was well aware of the situation in the border counties, but he had no favorable impression of the local nobles. He even believed that many barbarian rebellions were caused by these moths!

Unlike the northern border, the barbarian threat in the south is not too great. Although they have always been in love and killing with the Han people, overall they are in a position of being bullied...

As the Han Dynasty developed Jiangnan, Sichuan and Shu, some nobles saw an opportunity and moved their families there to plunder the ignorant barbarians barbarically!

However, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone barbarians, so rebellions occurred from time to time in the south...

Zhang Ze only led his troops to quell the rebellion wherever he went. Although he knew the cause of the rebellion, he was helpless...

Zhang Ze occasionally thought that if these troublesome nobles could be eliminated, perhaps there would be no more wars in these border areas!

However, when it comes to countering rebellion, even if Zhang Ze does a good job every time, he cannot be promoted after his meritorious service, and he is completely incomparable to Liu Yan, who has been rising through the ranks.

The reason is of course his relationship with the eunuchs.

Zhang Ze had nothing to do with the eunuchs, but just because he didn't, the Shi Chang Shi thought that Zhang Ze was quite useful after discussion, so they treated him as a fire extinguisher and asked him to mend holes whenever something went wrong without any thought of promotion.

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In addition, Zhang Ze himself is also a noble family, and the Zhang family in Nanzheng County, Hanzhong County is also a prominent family in the local area. If the eunuchs get hold of his family, what will he do then...

After calming down, Zhang Ze still characterized the news as bad news.

However, like some conservative nobles, he believed that the eunuchs' perverse behavior would never last long. Well... it probably wouldn't last long...

But this time the eunuchs were able to mobilize the imperial army to cooperate, which made Zhang Ze secretly sweat...

I sat in the government office for half a day, thinking about it and coming to no conclusion.

All we can do is... take another look...

This is what Zhang Ze thinks is the best approach!
Chapter completed!