The Gongsun family suddenly spent a lot of money to recruit people, and even many small gangs were directly absorbed by the Gongsun family. This made many forces in Taiyuan Mansion confused.
Forget about the Wang family and the Zhao family. After all, these two families are mainly engaged in business, and there has been a long-standing grudge between the two families. Even if they really fight, it will not have much impact.
But the Gongsun family is different. In addition to doing business, the Gongsun family also controls many lifeline industries in the entire Taiyuan Prefecture, and even has a very close relationship with some generals of the Jin King's guard army.
If the Gongsun family makes any big move, the entire Taiyuan Prefecture will be shaken.
The commotion continued until noon and did not cool down. On the contrary, it became more and more intense.
Because Wang Zhao and the three young masters from the Gongsun family led a large group of people to the door of Zuixian Tower from different directions.
Wang Hua and Zhao Tian both summoned a hundred people, nearly half of whom were servants of the two families, and the rest were hired by them with money.
The two stood in front of the team and glared at each other, but no conflict broke out.
However, what surprised the two of them was that Gongsun Ming brought more people than the two of them combined.
And compared with the loose formation behind the two men, the five hundred people behind Gongsun Ming actually formed a simple formation.
These three groups filled the entire street near Zuixian Tower.
However, this not only did not deter the spectators, but actually made them even crazier.
As long as you can see the direction of Zuixian Tower on the surrounding streets, no matter what store it is, it is crowded with people, and the best locations are filled with people from all the major forces in Taiyuan City.
Until now, they haven't figured out what tricks these three families are playing.
"Why did Gongsun Ming bring hundreds of people here? What is this for?"
"Stop talking about this, look at the people he brought. It seems that some of them are King Jin's bodyguards. Good guy, he brought all the troops here. Do you want to rebel?"
"Even if the Gongsun family rebels, they still have this strength, but don't forget that there is Yunzhou around Taiyuan."
"What about Yunzhou? That king now only has an army of a thousand men. How can he be compared to the king of Jin?"
The topic gradually changed from the situation at hand to the comparison between King Jin and King Dai.
Although King Jin has died, everyone still feels that even the ten Datong mansions are not as good as Taiyuan.
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Upstairs in Zuixian Tower.
"Your Majesty, the young masters from those three families have already brought people downstairs." Sheriff Zhang glanced downstairs and was so frightened that he ran to Zhu Gui's door to report the situation.
He thought that these three families knew Zhu Gui's identity and wanted to rebel.
Zhu Gui had already gotten up, but he was just analyzing the information of the major forces in Taiyuan City.
There is really too much information compiled by Hu Shidao, and these secrets have not been screened, so it seems quite troublesome.
"I know, come in. By the way, is Liao Qinghai here?"
Zhu Gui said without raising his head.
"Governor Liao is summoning the government officials. He still doesn't know that the situation here is related to the prince. I'm afraid he will lose his hair now."
Sheriff Zhang made a very rare joke.
"It's hard for him. Someone, please send this letter to the prefect's mansion."
Zhu Gui handed the written letter to a guard, then stood up and came to the window.
When he saw the situation downstairs, not only was he not surprised, but the corners of his mouth turned up.
It turns out that all this was indeed designed by Zhu Gui.
Although he cannot reveal his identity in public, it does not mean that he cannot use other methods.
This morning, Zhu Gui, through Hu Shidao's subordinates and informants in Taiyuan, vividly spread the news about yesterday's fight between Zhao Tian and Wang Hua.
At the same time, it was Zhu Gui who spread the word that the Wang and Zhao families started recruiting people this morning.
The purpose is to focus the attention of all the forces in Taiyuan Prefecture here.
According to the information Zhu Gui has received so far, many small families and gangs have begun to 'take sides'.
In Zhu Gui's eyes, these small families and forces can be incorporated, and he has decided to support the Zhao family and the Wang family.
As for those families who are still standing still, they are either confident in their own strength and do not want to participate in the 'conflict' between the two families, or they have other ideas and want to take their place.
Zhu Gui didn't have that much time, so he naturally adopted the approach of "pull one faction to fight another". However, unlike the general sense, his approach this time was a bit tricky.
Sheriff Zhang didn't know what Zhu Gui had done yet. He only knew that the current situation seemed to be out of control. He quickly said: "Your Majesty, what should we do now? These people don't know your identity and want to rebel, right? Taiyuan is now
But it’s very messy.”
Zhu Gui waved his hand and said: "Chief Zhang, just put your heart in your stomach. Now that the Ming Dynasty has a clear political system, who else dares to rebel? They are here to accept the appointment. Please bring up those three people who were paid yesterday. They were still on the second floor yesterday.
Location."
Sheriff Zhang wanted to say something else, but when he saw Zhu Gui's confident look, he didn't want to disappoint, so he followed Zhu Gui's instructions and invited Gongsun Ming, Wang Hua and Zhao Tian to the second floor.
It is also difficult for him, as a county guard, to be able to do this, to be ordered by Zhu Gui like a servant, without any complaints.
Gongsun Ming and the others came to the third floor, and they had a brief chat.
Wang Hua and Zhao Tian obviously heard some rumors, but they didn't pay attention to it. Now they were a little surprised that Gongsun Ming could bring so many people.
Zhu Gui also walked downstairs at this time, came to sit in front of the three people, and said: "The three young masters really have the skills to recruit enough people within the limited time, especially Young Master Gongsun."
"Brother Zhu, the young master has given you the compliment. I just think this matter has great potential." Gongsun Ming received Zhu Gui's praise and looked very humble and more respectful than yesterday.
This actually made Wang Hua and Zhao Tian feel a little strange.
"Let's see, Master Gongsun has recruited five hundred people, right? I will recommend you to my uncle to be a Qianhu, how about that?"
Zhu Gui said to Gongsun Ming.
"Qianhu?" Wang Hua and Zhao Tian both stood up in surprise and looked at the two people in front of them in shock.
They didn't expect that Zhu Gui actually had the authority to recommend people to become a thousand households. Originally, they thought that he would only be a Shi Chang at most.
Gongsun Ming also showed a surprised look, but on the contrary, he further confirmed that the other party was the acting king.
"Thank you, Master Zhu." Gongsun Ming clasped his fists again to express his gratitude.
"You don't need to thank me. Your abilities should be more than enough for a thousand households, not to mention that I haven't finished speaking yet."