Chapter 548 The Counterattack of the Aristocratic Family (Update 2)

The head of the Yang family immediately analyzed the situation for the others.

"In fact, the matter is very simple. The granaries of our three families were all robbed, except for the Zheng family, which was safe and sound. It seems that the Zheng family is the biggest beneficiary, but looking at the account book brought up by the shopkeeper, the Zheng family suffered heavy losses just like us."

Zheng Shanfu nodded heavily, "The business of our restaurant has dropped by 50%, and the business of other shops is not very good either."

The four heads of the family finally calmed down and sat together to have a good talk.

Patriarch Yang continued, "It is obvious that the biggest beneficiary recently is Tianxia Diyilou, which belongs to the Ministry of Commerce and was opened by the Fifth Prince."

"This time the Crown Prince brought the Fifth Prince along for disaster relief. It must be because of the Crown Prince's disaster relief that the Ministry of Revenue was unable to allocate more silver. He could only rely on the Fifth Prince to earn money to continue disaster relief."

As soon as Patriarch Yang finished speaking, everyone was not a fool. They immediately thought about what had happened during this period of time, and several people's faces became more and more ugly.

They were set up!

"It must be because we have not expressed anything about the disaster relief, which angered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so our granary was robbed so inexplicably!"

Patriarch Tang immediately concluded.

"But wasn't our granary robbed by the Red Lotus Cult? Your Highness, as a dignified prince, shouldn't do such a thing? Wouldn't this damage his reputation? For some food, he sacrificed his reputation as the successor of a country. The gain is not worth the loss."

The head of the Chen family thought it was unlikely.

At this time, the head of the Zheng family spoke up, "The Red Lotus Cult is a group of rabble. The guards who are responsible for guarding the granary in our family are all skilled, right? Do you think those rioters can rob the granary from a group of guards?"

The four of them were silent again.

"My family's granary was the first to be robbed. I have already reported it to the authorities. The prefect brought officers and soldiers from the surrounding military camps to go out together. I heard that the prefect won a great victory this time and obtained a large amount of grain, but they took it directly to the government's granary and had no intention of returning it to us!"

The head of the Yang family told the three people the latest news he had received. The faces of the heads of the Chen and Tang families became even darker.

The Yang family's grain could not be returned, so naturally, the grain of the two families could not be returned.

"It's clear now. The prince wanted food but didn't want to tarnish his reputation, so he created the Red Lotus Sect and let the Red Lotus Sect rob him. Then he destroyed the Red Lotus Sect, and got food and new achievements. It was a two-pronged approach!"

The head of the Zheng family made a direct conclusion.

"As for why the Zheng family was the only one among the four major families to be spared, it was naturally for the sake of the eldest prince. After all, our Zheng family is also the mother's family of Princess An! Don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face."

The four people were silent again. Obviously, none of them had expected such a result.

"We wholeheartedly wanted to surrender to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but we didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would use such a treacherous scheme to treat us like this!"

The head of the Chen family gnashed his teeth in hatred.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince really thinks that our family is easy to bully! Our Chen family is not some small family with no one in the court!"

The head of the Tang family was so angry that his face turned pale. "Since the Crown Prince is unkind, you can't blame us for being unjust. How can His Highness the Crown Prince's great achievements not be known to the world?"

The head of the Zheng family naturally shared the same hatred and the enemy, "I will immediately write a letter to Princess An. Our Zheng family has been wronged and taken the blame, and we can't just swallow our anger like this."

The head of the Yang family couldn't help but sigh, "Everyone, listen to my advice. It is said that the people will not fight against the officials. What's more, the opponent is His Highness the Crown Prince, the heir to the throne of the country, and we can't fight him."

"Don't be impulsive!"

Patriarch Tang: "Brother Yang, don't persuade me. It's true that the people don't fight against the officials, but we are all nobles, not ordinary people."

Patriarch Chen: "I don't want to fight with the prince, I just want to help the prince to gain fame."

Patriarch Zheng: "Brother Yang, don't worry, I just wrote a letter to Princess An, and I won't do anything else. Of course, the eldest prince will do something, which is not my business." Patriarch Yang

naturally stopped persuading.

Soon, all kinds of rumors spread among the people -

what the prince colluded with the Red Lotus Sect and robbed the people of rice and grain.

In order to have a good political performance, the prince opened various shops in Gusu City to compete with the people for profits.

I heard that the biggest behind-the-scenes messenger of the Red Lotus Sect was actually His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. During this period, the Red Lotus Sect had committed all kinds of evil, including burning, killing, looting, and all kinds of evil, all at the behest of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The biggest focus of the debate was the disaster relief site set up by His Royal Highness the Emperor outside the city of Gusu. There were more than 20,000 disaster victims, and more than 100,000 kilograms of rice and grain had been used up in half a month. However,

apart from distributing porridge, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not have any effective strategies for disaster relief.

In this regard, the ministers in the court repeatedly impeached the Crown Prince.

The impeachment memorials of the Crown Prince fell on Lu Chengtian's desk, one letter after another.

The main reason was from Yu Shitai. Before the young Crown Prince provided disaster relief, he had severely offended Yu Shitai's people in the court.

It almost overturned the entire history platform.

Now that this group of censors has found an opportunity, why not take revenge?

If I can really die for my advice, I can leave my name in history!

This is the lifelong wish of countless old historians.

The morning court would end in less than half an hour before. This was the result of the prince trying to shorten the time after he took over the country. After Lu Chengtian took charge of the government again, he liked this morning court time very much.

It is said that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After adapting to the concise and effective morning court, this period of time would be dragged to an hour at any time, and Lu Chengtian was really annoyed.

It was just a small matter back and forth, and the same thing was repeated every day, and the actions of the little prince in Gusu City would be updated every day.

It was really like you were the one who made the final move, and Lu Chengtian was like watching a play every day. No one knew the prince's actions in Gusu City better than him.

You know, the officials of the Jiangnan faction were all poor children that he had supported and cultivated from the beginning, and they would always report the situation to him.

Not to mention the situation of the unlucky son, even the disaster in Gusu, because the unlucky son went to the disaster relief team, there were naturally his people in the disaster relief team, and he knew more about the relevant situation.

The more he understood, the more angry Lu Chengtian became.

Selling for the sake of the noble families, and for the wealthy merchants to save their wealth, the only ones who suffered were the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Now the noble families are in trouble and can no longer sit still. All kinds of demons and monsters have appeared in the court. It is obvious that these noble families that have been passed down for hundreds of years have a huge influence on the court.

At the same time, all kinds of news that are unfavorable to the prince are circulated among the people. The people in the south of the Yangtze River are prosperous, and there are countless great scholars and literati, who are very good at competing.

And the noble families, especially those who produce this kind of literati, can curse people without using dirty words, and they are talking about these literati.

In the past few days, the reputation of the little prince has been tarnished in the literati circle.