Hearing that killing the eunuch would bring disaster to the family, everyone was speechless for a moment.
"well!"
After a while, an old man sighed and said, "Since you can't keep it, just give it to him. Protecting the family is the most important thing."
"But, Great Patriarch, that is the Blue Mountain Iron Mine, which is the main source of income for our Jiang family!"
Many people are very unwilling.
"So what? He is a eunuch from the palace, representing the power of the emperor. As the saying goes, people should not fight against officials. Do you want to fight against the imperial power?"
After hearing this, the meeting place fell silent again.
This meeting concerns the fate of the family. Everyone understands that the Jiang family cannot defeat the eunuchs lined up in the palace.
The Jiang family is just a small family in a small county town.
Facing imperial power, the Jiang family is no different from ants.
Therefore, in fact, no matter whether the Jiang family holds this meeting or not, there is only one result, that is, to give up the mine.
"Alas! I really don't understand why the emperor would place a personal eunuch in our small Lanshan County. In terms of wealth, Lanshan County cannot compare to the county town. In terms of iron ore, the large iron mine near the county town is dozens of times larger than the Lanshan Iron Mine..."
A member of the Jiang family couldn't understand why the emperor would send a eunuch to a small county town to rob their small iron mine.
The iron mine controlled by the Jiang family was just a small one, not a big one.
Not only he couldn't figure it out, in fact many people couldn't figure it out.
For example, the county magistrate of Lanshan County was also confused at this time.
The eunuch sent by the emperor almost took away all the power he should have controlled. If the eunuch wanted to, he could easily take away his power as a county magistrate.
After the emperor sent the eunuch, the county magistrate also asked people about it.
That is, the emperor did not send any eunuchs to other places except Lanshan County.
The county magistrate also learned that the eunuchs sent to Lanshan County were the emperor's trusted eunuchs.
This situation is really hard to understand.
Is there something special about Blue Mountain County?
This is what many people thought after learning that the emperor had placed his trusted eunuchs in Lanshan County.
However, no matter how others inquired, they could not find out why the emperor placed eunuchs here.
In the county town, not far from the county government office, there is a newly built luxurious house.
This is where the eunuchs in the palace live.
"Eunuch, someone from the Jiang family has come and expressed their willingness to donate the Blue Mountain Iron Mine." A young eunuch respectfully reported to the old eunuch.
Hearing the young eunuch's words, the old eunuch nodded: "The Jiang family is quite sensible, so we don't have to do it ourselves."
"But this is not enough. I heard that the Jiang family has more than 3,000 acres of land. Go and tell the Jiang family to give up 2,000 acres." The old eunuch said lightly.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
"Wait."
The old eunuch stopped the young eunuch who was about to leave and asked, "Recently, His Majesty ordered us to find out about the He family. How are you doing?" The old eunuch asked the young eunuch.
"Father-in-law, I have found out that there is indeed a He family in Lanshan County. They only appeared in the county in the past six months. The head of the family is called He Daxuan." The young eunuch reported.
"Very good, accompany me to meet the head of the He family tomorrow. He is the distinguished guest of His Majesty, so please be respectful to him when the time comes." The old eunuch said lightly.
After saying that, he waved to the young eunuch and said, "Go ahead."
…
Half an hour later.
Jiang family.
"What? That dog eunuch still wants two thousand acres of land from my Jiang family? This is impossible. If we lose so much land, so many people in my Jiang family will starve to death."
The Jiang family was furious at the old eunuch's greed and demand for two thousand acres of land.
At this moment, not only the Jiang family was in an uproar, but other families were also in an uproar like the Jiang family.
Because the old eunuch from the palace not only took most of the Jiang family's land, but also most of the land of other families.
For example, the Qiu family has the largest amount of farmland in Lanshan County, almost 7,000 acres.
However, the old eunuch had just sent someone to inform the Qiu family and asked for five thousand acres of land, which really made the Qiu family very angry.
"Impeachment, you have to write a memorial to impeach."
In the Qiu family, many people were also discussing this matter.
Unlike the Jiang family who couldn't do anything about the old eunuch, the Qiu family had a relative who was an official in the neighboring province.
Faced with the old eunuch's attempt to seize the city by force, the Qiu family chose to ask someone to help write an impeachment memorial.
"But, I heard that the old eunuch is a trusted eunuch of the emperor, and he came to Lanshan County with a group of blue guards to follow his command. If we... he won't frame my Qiu family for a crime and confiscate our property, right?"
"this……"
Hearing this, everyone in the Qiu family suddenly hesitated.
"We can unite with other families to resist the old eunuch. I don't believe that the old eunuch dares to frame all our families."
"But, the old eunuch wanted the Jiang family's mine before, and the Jiang family wanted to unite with us but we refused. Now we want to unite with the Jiang family again, will the Jiang family agree?" asked an elder of the clan.
Hearing this, the head of the Qiu family waved his hand and said, "This is a different time now. I believe the Jiang family will choose to unite with us."
Before, it was he, the Patriarch of the Qiu family, who personally rejected the alliance with the Jiang family. Now, he was also the one who wanted to seek an alliance with the Jiang family, but he did not feel the slightest bit embarrassed about it.
Before, the old eunuch only targeted the Jiang family’s mines. He hoped that the Jiang family’s mines would be taken away, so how could he help the Jiang family?
However, it is different now. The old eunuch not only wants the Jiang family's mine, but also the Qiu family's property. This naturally affects the interests of the Qiu family, which is naturally not allowed.
…
Jiang family!
"What? The Qiu family sent someone to join forces with my Jiang family? Why?"
"The old eunuch also wants the Qiu family's land? Hahaha, great. His Qiu family pretended to be noble before and refused to cooperate with my Jiang family. Now the old eunuch has taken action against his Qiu family. His Qiu family wants to cooperate again, ugh."
When the head of the Jiang family learned of the Qiu family's invitation, he was very contemptuous.
"Then, Patriarch, should we cooperate with the Jiang family?" a clan member asked the Patriarch.
Hearing this, the head of the Jiang family fell into deep thought.
"I think we should cooperate. The old eunuch in the palace is too greedy. He wanted the mine, and we gave it to him. Then he wanted most of the land of our Jiang family. If we compromise again, what if he wants the remaining land of our Jiang family? Should we give it to him or not?"
"So, since the Qiu family has the means to write an impeachment memorial to the court, we should still support them."
…
the next day.
In the morning, under the protection of a group of blue-clothed guards, a sedan chair slowly stopped outside the plaque with the words "He Mansion" inscribed on it.
Boom boom boom!
A young eunuch went to knock on the door, making a "dong dong dong" sound.
However, after a long time, no one came to open the door.
"What's going on? Why won't the He family open the door?"
The old eunuch frowned when he saw that no one opened the door of the He Mansion for a long time.
After a pause, the old eunuch instructed the young eunuch: "Keep knocking on the door."
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