Young Master Cen suddenly came to Siming Mansion. This news not only left Gao Pingshi baffled, but also left Huang Zhiting confused.
At that time, she did say that she would invite Mr. Cen Qi to come to Siming Mansion as a guest, but that was more of a provocation than an invitation, because in Huang Zhiting's view, Mr. Cen Qi was very troublesome just to deal with the troubles within Sicheng.
I have a headache, how can I come to Siming Mansion for leisure?
Although as an outsider, Huang Zhiting didn't know what the current power structure was like within Sicheng, she was absolutely certain that the Cen family in Sicheng was not monolithic.
You must know that although the housework in her Siming Mansion is also messy, no matter how messy it is, Huang Chengzu takes the initiative to stay out of things, and he does not run out to interfere with Huang Zhiting. As for Huang Yinglei, the younger brother, although he is dissatisfied with his sister for "usurping power"
, but because he had made mistakes before, he could not get the support of the major local officials in the government. Therefore, overall, the Huang family's government orders were still smooth and their power was still intact.
But the situation in Sicheng Prefecture is much more complicated.
The Cen family's main house was Si'en Prefecture at first. Because Cen Jun, the former local magistrate of Si'en Prefecture, was unscrupulous, the imperial court mobilized a large army to defeat Si'en, converted Si'en Prefecture to the local government, and set up Liuguan Prefecture. Later, Cen Meng of Tianzhou rose,
Then he forcibly obtained the status of the head of the Cen family, but Cen Meng showed signs of unifying the Cen family in the name of false revenge for the past. The imperial court once again mobilized a large army to annihilate Cen Meng. As a result, the Tianzhou Cen family also declined.
Wufeng’s Note: See Chapter 073 of this volume: Unity brings strength]
Sicheng Prefecture was Cen Jun's accomplice at first, but later he was attacked by Cen Meng with all his strength. Even the head of the family, Cen Jie, died in this rebellion. However, in the end Sicheng Prefecture still held on until the court took action and killed Cen Meng. Now the Cen family
When all the branches were combined, Sicheng Prefecture was the most powerful, and Sicheng became the main branch of the Cen family.
However, does the status of the Cen family in Sicheng become as stable as Mount Tai? No, not at all.
At this time, the Cen family was in chaos: although the Cen family chieftain originally had a bunch of bosses, the three strongest families were Sien Prefecture, Tianzhou Prefecture and Sicheng Prefecture.
After this rebellion, Si'en Mansion was reassigned to the prefect of Liuguan Prefecture. However, due to the unstable rule, the imperial court had to "relocate" chieftain Zhao's family to serve as co-prefect of Si'en Mansion. However, the eight inspection departments under Si'en Mansion were
It was still the old department of the Cen family. The Zhao family had spent decades working hard and tried every possible means, but they could only obtain three inspection divisions.
So now Sien Mansion is actually divided into three forces:
The Zhao family controls Fucheng, as well as the three inspection departments of Nama, Xinglong, and Guling. They usually have about 4,000 troops and occupy the central area of Si'en Prefecture;
Although the Liuguan prefects stationed by the imperial court are in the city, the territory they can rely on is in Wuyuan County in the south. This county was assigned to Sien from Nanning Prefecture. Although it is a large county, it only has one Wuyuan Shouyu Qian.
There are thousands of people in each household;
The five soil inspection departments in the north are still occupied by the old Cen family. They are currently obeying the orders of the Cen family in Sicheng Prefecture, but in fact no one knows what they are like. Maybe they don't even know.
, I’m afraid it’s more appropriate to think of each as doing its own thing.
This is actually an important reason why the Zhao family would rather give up the old land of Longzhou, which was "surrounded" by Huang's forces, and take over the Bazhai area, because the Bazhai area is just east of the central part of Sien Mansion, close to the area controlled by the Zhao family.
Gu Ling Soil Inspection Department. Once the Bazhai land is captured and managed properly, within ten or twenty years, the Zhao family will have the strength to subdue the five Cen family's old Soil Inspection Departments in the north, and they will basically have unified thinking.
It’s En Mansion.
The situation in Tianzhou Prefecture is a little simpler. Since it was conquered by the imperial court and the situation could not be stabilized after the reform of the local government, Wang Shouren adopted a compromise method, abolishing the reform of the local government and returning to local rule, and still "using barbarians to control barbarians", but
Tianzhou was partially dismembered and then demoted from a prefecture to a state. Later, Mrs. Wa Shi "forgive her husband" and led the army to participate in the anti-Japanese war and made great contributions, and the situation in Tianzhou stabilized. However, due to losses in all aspects, it was not until
Now, decades have passed and it still hasn't gotten better.
So what about Sicheng Prefecture? As the head of the Cen family, he has a lot of troubles. First of all, there is a problem with the name. After all, the "level" of Sicheng Prefecture is just a "state", and the Cen family still has a local prefect -
—The local magistrate of Zhen'an Prefecture belongs to the Cen family.
Fortunately, although Zhen'an Mansion is known as a first-class mansion, its strength is not as strong as Sicheng Prefecture, and the family heads for several generations have been people who have no ambitions and can just get by, so this did not lead to further civil strife in the Cen family.
In addition to the name, Sicheng Prefecture also has a big problem, that is, one power is divided into two: the current head of the family, Cen Shaoxun, inexplicably gave up power and went to live the hermit life he longed for. As a result, there are now two powerful people in Sicheng, one is Cen Shaoxun.
Huang Ma (Huang's family name is a common surname in Guangxi, and this "Huang" is not the "Huang" of Guinan chieftain), and the other is the seventh son of Cen Ling who visited Siming Mansion today.
There are many rumors about Cen Shaoxun's actions, but none of them have been proven to be true. The only thing everyone is sure of is that one of Huang Ma and Cen Ling must be a "rebellious traitor" because Cen Shaoxun is only four years old.
The only son, Cen Yunhan, was actually sent to Guilin to "study".
Guilin is governed by Guangxi Province and is the core of the imperial court's rule in Guangxi. Cen Shaoxun's only son was sent to Guilin. What is the difference between sending a proton?
This is not the normal operation of a chieftain family!
Therefore, this series of "magic operations" in Sicheng Prefecture has made people in all walks of life in Guangxi confused. They don't know what is going on in their family. The only one who is happier is probably the court - no matter what the hell you are doing, it is anyway
If you take the initiative to send protons, there is no need to say anything, we will definitely accept it.
In such a chaotic and strange situation, Master Cen Qi did not stay in Sicheng Prefecture to fight for power with Huang Ma, but instead came to Siming Mansion. This would naturally be even more puzzling. If Huang Zhiting had not met Master Cen Qi several times
If you see that he is not a fool, you will probably think that this guy failed in his struggle for power and came to Siming Mansion to seek asylum.
However, when Huang Zhiting and Gao Pangshi rushed to the main hall to meet Mr. Cen Qi, they knew with just one glance that this guy would definitely not fail in his fight for power, because he still looked like a handsome, handsome man in white clothes.
Snow, the gold-painted black bone fan in her hand was gently shaking, with an inexplicable smile on her face.
"Miss Huang, Mr. Zhang, although we only saw each other for a few days, I really miss you so much. Fortunately, I suddenly remembered that I have an appointment with Miss Huang, so I just took the opportunity to come and disturb you, haha..."
Cen Qi Gongshi smiled when he said this, but Huang Zhiting became nervous for some reason. She quickly glanced at Gao Jingshi and saw that although Gao Jingshi was smiling, he seemed to be thoughtful, so she couldn't help but said quickly: "Seventh Young Master,
If you want to come, come, but don't use my guise." Then the conversation suddenly changed: "What do you think the Seventh Young Master has learned from this visit?"
Gao Jingshi and Cen Ling were startled by what he said. Gao Jingshi thought: After all, Mr. Cen Qi is also the son of the Cen family and one of the powerful people in Sicheng Prefecture. Why did Miss Huang suddenly treat him so openly?
Young Master Cen Qi secretly thought: Huang Zhiting, this girl took the wrong medicine? Not to mention that I didn’t argue with her about the ownership of the Bazhai land last time, and I didn’t hold her accountable this time for abducting the high patrol officer in the white dragon fish suit.
Siming Mansion, why does she have such an attitude towards me? Could it be that...she also guessed Gao Jingshi's identity and was afraid that I would get close to Gao Jingshi and disturb her subsequent arrangements for Bazhai?
This is a bit troublesome. Although the incident in Bazhai is not insignificant, it is nothing compared to the matter that I want to ask Gao Xun for help. If it is because of the incident in Bazhai, I can't get close to Gao Xun.
If the patrol inspector cannot gain his trust and help, when will the trouble in Sicheng Prefecture be solved?
No, I have to find a way to get close to him, and I have to avoid this girl Huang Zhiting.