Cui Fu looked at the visitor and said, "Did you leave something behind?"

Lu Xinzuo walked into the courtyard and applauded and said, "Mr. Cui said something just now, really wonderful."

There was an old man who came in with Lu Xinzuo. Cui Fu asked curiously: "This one is..."

The old man bowed and said, "I am just a merchant in Jiangnan. My husband's surname is Xu and his name is Zhu. Just call me Old Man Xu. Everyone calls me that."

Cui Fu knew what Lu Xin had to do with his financial resources. Cui Fu asked, "Old Man Xu, how much money do you have?"

Old man Xu smiled and said, "It's just a million yuan in wealth."

"Millions of coins!" Cui Fu was a little surprised when he heard this number.

Lu Xin nodded, "He came to Shandong from Jiangnan to do business. When you came to visit my house, it was because he couldn't meet you in my place. There were many wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, but they were all very low-key."

Old man Xu smiled and said, "I don't know how confident Mr. Cui is, will the Shandong gentry really fall?"

Cui Fu nodded and said, "Of course there are many smart people among the children of aristocratic families. Some smart people must have discovered some clues. They will tell others, but interesting things will happen next."

After sitting down again, Cui Fu said: "In aristocratic families, younger generations cannot disobey elders. As long as the elders disagree, it is useless even if the younger generation says it correctly, and they cannot rebel against the elders' wishes to do things. The older generation is still alive before, and they have no idea that the world has changed a lot now."

He followed Wang Sheng, who had left Taiyuan, and his father Wang Yu, all the way to Daishan. There was a pavilion at the foot of Daishan, which was where the elders of the five clans often gathered.

Zheng Ju smiled and walked into the pavilion first, and Wang Sheng followed him.

Here, the people from the Li family of Zhaojun, the Cui family of Boling, the Lu family of Fanyang, the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the Wang family of Taiyuan have arrived.

The person from Li's family in Zhaojun spoke first: "I have read the letter. Is it now that things have reached this point?"

Facing the elders, Wang Shengxingli said, "It has indeed reached this point."

The relative of the Cui family in Boling said, "What is the aristocratic family going to be over and the aristocratic family going to collapse. This guy is almost calloused when he hears it. The boy of the Wang family, why don't you write a book about how the aristocratic family will pour? Maybe we old men still have the heart to see."

Everyone here smiled, except for the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan, who looked very good-looking.

The others' faces were ridiculous.

"By the way to tell the story of the old Zheng family, your peach blossom brew should be ready. When will I give some to the old man?" said the relative of the Cui family again.

Wang Sheng also looked at the person who was talking. The old man's hair was gray. Now Cui has changed his head, and the old man is the father of the current head of the Cui family. This old man is extremely conceited.

Wang Sheng said again: "Once there is a major change, let alone Li Shimin, those common people will rebel."

Zheng Ju couldn't help laughing, "Those common people, Prince Wang is talking about those foolish common people? They don't know words, let alone understand any truth. They can still make us rebellious. Which Taoist priest did you hear?"

After saying that, the frivolous smile on his face became stronger and stronger.

Wang Sheng's eyes were filled with anger: "Young Master Zheng, we cannot joke with all the aristocratic families."

Zheng Ju said, "Even if you are right, we can't tell the public that the aristocratic family is over. Of course, we will send people to the court to ask Li Shimin what he meant."

After saying that, Zheng Ju looked at the elders of the five surnames, "All elders, are you right?"

Everyone was silently ignored Zheng Ju's words, and their own plans were all in their expressions.

Zheng Ju said again: "Now there are thousands of soldiers in the aristocratic family. Once you say that the aristocratic family will perish, you say that all the scholars left the aristocratic family and all drew a clear line with us. What confidence do we have to say that we are aristocratic family? Then don't say whether Li Shimin will perish us or not, we will perish ourselves."

The people from the Lu family of Fanyang nodded, "This is right."

Wang Sheng continued, "What do you mean by Zheng Ju?"

Zheng Ju smiled and said, "If a ship is about to sink, everyone should go into the water. The five surnames cannot leave, and the scholars of the world cannot leave. They are all hostages. As long as scholars are in our hands, Li Shimin dare not turn the world over."

Wang Sheng said to everyone: "We must protect most scholars and protect the family's family before things happen."

Zheng Ju said: "Now the Li family in Zhao County and my Zheng family in Xingyang. When both of us change the heads of the family, we should not do too many actions now."

Wang Sheng looked at Zheng Ju, "Now is the time for our survival. It turns out that you are still thinking about how to take the position of the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang?"

Zheng Pu raised his head with annoyed expression, "Wang Sheng, no matter how you say I am four years older than you, you should be respectful to me as long as I am older than you, how can you even talk back to me?"

Wang Sheng shouted: "I'm just talking about the matter."

Zheng Ju pointed at Wang Sheng and said loudly: "You are arrogant!"

Wang Sheng also looked at his father and asked in a searching tone: "Father."

Wang Yu was quiet for a while before speaking, "Let's see the situation again, don't worry."

Wang Sheng looked at his father with incredible eyes, "Father, I..."

"Shut up!" Wang Yu said loudly: "Apologize to Mr. Zheng!"

Zheng pouted and looked at Wang Sheng with a smile and disdainful look.

Wang Sheng gritted his teeth and turned around and walked out of the attic. He looked at the clear sky for a moment and felt at a loss.

The conversations in the attic can still be heard now.

Wang Sheng listened quietly to the conversation inside.

The old man from Cui said, "The words of the boy from the Wang family meant that we were saying that the aristocratic family was about to perish? What are the benefits of this?"

Zheng Ju whispered, "If you really say that, the thousands of scholars who follow us may leave."

The head of the Li family in Zhaojun said: "I have not stopped recently. After buying the property, I went to Chang'an."

The old man from Cui said, "But those scholars have always raised them, which is also a burden for our own family. These scholars are too edible. If they support them, they don't do anything. They know that eating rice, noodles and food is really difficult."

Zheng Ju said, "Those scholars are our hostages. If Li Shimin really attacks, we can throw some of these scholars to Li Shimin. This will not only reduce our burden, but also make these scholars punish us."

The old man of Cui grinned: "You are still sensible."

Zheng Ju smiled flatteringly, "What do scholars in the world use to do? We are very polite to support them. As for how to use them, it depends on our mood. Who treats them as human beings."
Chapter completed!