: The Rebellion of the Aristocratic Family (Part 1)

In October of the 16th year of Qianyuan, more than a dozen Jiangdong families, led by Zhang, Zhou, Xie and Lu, secretly transferred the only servants and guests in their families to Youquan. Since Wu County was a family member, this action was easily concealed from Wucheng.

On October 15, the 16th year of Qianyuan, it was mid-winter, but it did not snow in Jiangdong this year, but the weather was a little cold, but this did not stop the Jiangdong family. The more than a dozen servants and servants of the Jiangdong family had a total of more than 13,000 people. In today's Jiangdong area, this is a very large team. After all, more than 99% of the troops of the Wu Kingdom were on the front line.

Yuquan, Zhang family house, and Jiangdong family met here again. Now the troops are ready and the food is ready. The last step is to select a general to command the army. After several discussions, it was decided that the Zhou family's children, Zhou Tong, the youngest son of the Zhou family, was worried about the commander of this army. Zhou Tong was Zhou Kai's younger brother, and he was very capable. The reason why he did not go to the army was because of Zhou Zhuan's favor and so he stayed at home in order to have a child around him.

"Nephew Zhou Tong, everything is ready, right?" Zhang Yong and the heads of aristocratic families looked at Zhou Tong and asked in the Zhang family compound.

Zhou Tong nodded and said, "Don't worry, everything is ready. The county magistrates and county magistrates from all over the country have already greeted me. My aristocratic army will definitely appear in Wucheng quietly, and many of them expressed their full support for our aristocratic families."

Zhang Yong nodded with a smile. The family had been operating for hundreds of years, and its foundation was not comparable to that of Sun's family. So he said, "Okay, three days later, the army will set sail north to Wucheng. This time, we must have a thorough understanding of Sun's family."

"Here!" Zhou Tong replied.

On October 18, 16th year of Qianyuan, more than 13,000 coalition forces of aristocratic families left Youquan under the command of Zhou Tong and headed north to Wucheng. Along the way, Wucheng was completely unaware of the actions of the aristocratic families due to the cooperation of local officials from all over the country. Even some officials loyal to the Sun family were dealt with, making the coalition forces of aristocratic families led by Zhou Tong unimpeded.

On October 28, the 16th year of Qianyuan, the coalition forces of the aristocratic family arrived thirty miles outside Wucheng. Although Zhou Tong had no experience in commanding troops, he was also well-read military books, and his character was always cautious, so he stayed here and sent someone to secretly enter Wucheng to find out the situation.

This time, the aristocratic family raised troops. No one near Wucheng noticed something was wrong. Although many people had seen them, they all thought this was an army composed of the strong men recruited by the King of Wu. He was preparing to go to the front line.

However, as the saying goes, one secret is a secret. Someone finally discovered this move by the aristocratic family. The person who discovered this was Zhang Chao.

Just when Commander Zhou led his army outside Wucheng, he was discovered by the butler in Zhang Chao's mansion. Butler Zhang followed Zhang Chao for many years and had a good understanding. He could easily find that this army was different from the strength of the force that had been forced into the army in the past. He also recognized the general of the army at a glance. This was from the Zhou family of Wucheng and Zhou Kai's younger brother, so Butler Zhang felt something was wrong. Why did these people suddenly appear here? So he hurried back to the city to tell Zhang Chao about this.

When Zhang Chao learned about this, his first reaction was that he felt strange. If it was said that the King of Wu was strong and strong, but Zhou Tong was the direct descendant of the Zhou family and the younger brother of Zhou Kai, the general of the Wu Kingdom. Who dared to force him into the army? But if it was not the team that forced him to be recruited, what would it be? Then Zhang Chao thought about the fact that during this period, the family had fewer contacts with him, as if there was something to hide from him. In addition, this time Zhou Tong appeared in Wucheng with so many people quietly. The more Zhang Chao thought about it, the more he became, the more wrong he planned to enter the palace to meet the King of Wu.

However, since the forced expedition came out, the King of Wu ordered that Zhang Chao not be allowed to enter the palace. The defenders of the royal city did not dare to violate the order of the King of Wu, so they had to stop Zhang Chao. After several negotiations, Zhang Chao still failed to enter the Palace of Wu. In desperation, Zhang Chao went to find Huang Er and Lin Yuan, the two favorite ministers of the King of Wu, hoping that they could make suggestions to the King of Wu on their behalf. However, Zhang Chao, Huang Er and Lin Yuan had always been disagreeing, so how could they believe him? So they sent Zhang Chao away in a few words.

Zhang Chao was furious when he returned home. Zhou Tong suddenly brought so many people to Wucheng. It was obvious that the aristocratic family planned to make a mistake. But now that the King of Wu did not see him, how could he stop this? After thinking about it again and again, Zhang Chao decided to see Zhou Tong, hoping to persuade Zhou Tong to withdraw his troops.

After Zhang Chao came to the Allied Army camp of the aristocratic family, he found many familiar faces. Not only the Zhou family, but also the Zhang family, Lu family, and Xie family, and there were also a large number of people. According to Zhang Chao's estimate, the Jiangdong family probably came out in full bloom this time, which made Zhang Chao even more panicked.

Zhou Tong was very surprised by Zhang Chao's arrival. Logically speaking, this action had removed all Wu Cheng's eyes and ears, so how could Zhang Chao find out?

Zhou Tong decided to meet Zhang Chao. After all, Zhang Chao already knew the actions of the aristocratic family. If Zhang Chao went back to inform the King of Wu about this, he would probably fail. Therefore, the most urgent task was to stabilize Zhang Chao. Even if Zhang Chao could not convince Zhang Chao to act together with the aristocratic family, he would not be allowed to go back.

Zhang Chao walked into the central army's tent and saw Zhou Tong who stood up to greet him. He said with a cold face: "So it's Zhou Tong's nephew."

Zhang Chao is Zhang Yong's younger brother, and Zhou Kai, Zhou Tong's father Zhou Zhuan is of the same generation. Although he is called his nephew, Zhou Tong looked at Zhang Chao and smiled and said, "My nephew Zhou Tong has met Uncle Zhang!"

In fact, as Zhang Chao's identity, Zhou Tong should call him Zhang Xiangcai even more. The reason why Zhou Tong didn't call him that was entirely to remind Zhang Chao that he was also from a noble family.

Instead of being polite to Zhou Tong, Zhang Chao stared at Zhou Tong's face and said, "I wonder why Zhou Tong's virtuous nephew came here? He also brought so many people?"

Zhou Tong smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, don't be in a hurry. Sit down first and wait for your nephew to slowly talk to you." Zhou Tong did not accept Zhang Chao's words, but asked Zhang Chao to sit down first and talk slowly, and then asked someone to bring Zhang Chao a glass of wine.

After Zhang Chao sat down, he took a sip of wine and said, "Nephew Zhou Tong, now I have sat and drink wine. You should also tell me why you came here with so many people? And if I read it correctly, not only are you from the Zhou family, but also from the children of the Jiangdong family, my Zhang family, Lu family, Xie family, etc. What do you want to do?"

Zhou Tong straightened his face and said, "Uncle, this is the case. The Sun family has no virtue, and is powerful and is powerful and poisons the people. In order to save the people of Jiangdong, our aristocratic family decided to overthrow the Sun family and give the world a bright world in Jiangdong. I hope my uncle can understand it."

"What! You are going to rebel!" Zhang Chao was shocked. Although he had already speculated before coming, he was still shocked after learning about the plot of the Jiangdong family from Zhou Tong. Since the founding of the Sun family, he has given preferential treatment to the aristocratic families. The important positions in the court and the local areas are basically held by the children of the aristocratic families, but now the Jiangdong family is actually going to rebel.

"Uncle is at ease." Zhou Tong saw Zhang Chao so surprised and smiled, "How can this matter be described as rebellion? Our Jiangdong family followed the heavens and responded to the people. They followed the end of the Qin Dynasty and rose up to overthrow the tyranny of the Sun family. This is a great act of benevolence and righteousness, and is incomparable to rebellion. The tyranny of the Sun family is deeply poisoned to the people and our family. My uncle is also a member of the aristocratic family. We need our uncle's help very much."

Zhang Chao was the prime minister on the spot, with a huge and deep-rooted force in Wucheng. If he had his help, he would be unobstructed to enter Wucheng.

"Hmph!" However, Zhang Chao was not interested in the aristocratic family's plan. As for Zhou Tong's explanation, Zhang Chao even sneered. What kind of act of kindness and righteousness is not a fig leaf, so he sneered: "I really didn't expect that the nephew is so clever, but no matter what, it cannot change the fact that you traitors are. The original appearance is the prime minister on the spot. As the saying goes, eating the king's fortune and bearing the king's worries, the original appearance is different from you and others and not planning. However, the original appearance has kind words to persuade him. If you don't want to be infatuated for thousands of years, I hope the nephew will leave quickly. The original appearance can assume that this has never happened."
Chapter completed!