Chapter 146
Men are always willing to show off in front of beautiful women, especially in front of women as beautiful as Lao Wang’s wife. This is not necessarily the case that Li Xiao wants to covet Lao Wang’s wife’s beauty, and the wrong idea of wearing a hat for Lao Wang is actually a normal mentality.
This is like a woman is always willing to be beautiful and generous in front of the opposite sex, while a man always wants to show his talent in front of the woman.
"There are two ways." Li Xiao raised his two fingers.
"One of this is more direct, simple and crude. As the saying goes, capture the king first. Since the old slaves in the old Wang family bully the master, and these old slaves are headed by the uncle of the king, then we will deal with this directly. By the way, what is your husband's uncle's surname?"
"The surname is Sun." Wu Shi said.
"Oh, since this old man is so ignorant, then I will deal with him directly. Even if he is an old man from the Wang family and his uncle, he is an outsider after all, not a member of the Wang family. He received the will of the old master and assisted Brother Wang in the family, which was just an assistance. Now that Brother Wang is older and takes over the family business, he will naturally have to give way."
"But he just refused to give way." Wu looked at Li Xiao with big eyes.
"You have to give in if you don't want to give in. Your husband is the head of the family. Just be more straightforward. On the grounds that the old man is old, he asked him to go home to enjoy his old age. He bought him more land in his hometown and gave him more money. Then he gave his sons the first sons a job as a foreign manager in the Wang family, gave them some fat and flaws, and then sent him home to take care of his old age."
It is called retirement, but in fact it is just to drive him away and regain power. And buying land and giving money to his son to get a few fat men is just to comfort him.
Wu nodded, "This is a solution, but this method is afraid it will be useless to my uncle. Even if my husband asks him to support him, he will not be willing."
"If you don't love the house, you just rely on your seniority to the end! This old man is really shameless. For such a person, it seems that he has to use the second method."
Li Xiao’s second method is to be tough. Lao Sun and others refuse to hand over power, so they will seize power. Lao Sun and others possess the management rights of the Wang family. In this case, Lao Wang is like the chairman of a large company, but the real power in the company is controlled by senior executives such as the general manager appointed by the old chairman.
The new chairman wanted to take power, but was undermined.
This situation is everywhere among the large companies in later generations.
"First cut off his wings!" Li Xiao gave advice to Lao Wang's wife, "A good man and three gangs, Lao Sun is not a member of the Wang family after all. He can control the power of the Wang family, and it also depends on his old friends. As long as Brother Wang first attacks Lao Sun's best friend and checks carefully, he will definitely find out some problems."
If you find the problem, you are not polite. Then you will get real evidence and hold people accountable for crimes such as corruption and take them down. Lao Sun will have no way to save them.
If you win one, you will change your own person to take over the position.
In this way, Lao Sun has fewer helpers and Lao Wang has more subordinates.
Lao Wang is the head of the family, and I believe there will always be someone who is willing to stand on his side. After all, there are direct benefits to supporting the head of the family. It can replace Lao Wang's followers and take over the vacant important positions. This is a direct benefit.
"Come on one by one, don't worry about Lao Sun, just stare at his best friends, check one by one, do it one by one. If you check one by one, kill it, then follow the clues. It's better to involve other people. If you can find Lao Sun's evidence, it would be better. But press it first, and when the investigation is almost done, let it be released together. In the end, Lao Sun can only roll the bed and get out of the crowd."
Wu thought about something.
Shizhong Yuwen Jie and Changsun Wuji and others were in disagreement. Before, Changsun Wuji used Fang Yiai's rebellion case to pull him down and wanted to exile Yuwen Jie to the border prefectures.
The emperor wanted to keep Yuwen Jie in Beijing, and even intended to let him be the censor and take charge of the power of supervision to use him to deal with Changsun.
But he was also a little hesitant under the pressure of Changsun Wuji.
Now that Li Xiao said, this is exactly the same as this strategy. Yuwen Jie was an old minister of Zhenguan after all, and was also a senior official and minister of the disciples, and was ranked as prime minister. Last time he was framed by Changsun Wuji, he must have had deep resentment towards Changsun. If he counted the new and old hatreds together, he would definitely not be able to get along with Changsun.
The Censorate also happens to be in charge of the supervisor. If such an anti-Changsun elder is in charge, it will be much easier for the emperor to deal with Changsun in the future.
"My husband is now a little afraid of being a mouse, just afraid that he will move his whole body. If a Sun party attacks, I am afraid that someone named Sun will fight back. After all, although my husband is a parent, he has not yet been able to grasp the real power of the family."
Li Xiao shook his head.
"Have you heard of boiling a frog in warm water? When you throw a frog into a large pot with cold water, it will not jump away immediately. At this time, you slowly burn the fire, and the water gradually heats up, but the frog will not immediately feel the change in the water temperature, but when it feels that the water is already hot, it can no longer jump out."
"From my point of view, if Brother Wang starts from Lao Sun's gangsters, especially if he takes action, there will be solid evidence. Then Lao Sun will not be able to turn against him directly. The probability is very small."
"How can Saburo guarantee it?"
"It is because of human nature. Lao Sun is just an outsider after all, and he is not the real head of the Wang family. He is in power because of the will of the old head or the commander. The real head of the family is Brother Wang."
Wu thought for a while, "This is also a bet. I dare not defeat Sun directly?"
"It's not a matter of being beaten to death. For Lao Sun, a best friend who was beaten up may not be just going directly to him. He will be lucky. He is not willing to really be beaten to death with Xiao Wang."
This is a kind of psychological analysis.
"Okay, thank you Sanlang. Wang Lang and the others must be waiting for me to pat the cucumbers in a hurry. I'd better send this dish to you first." Wu smiled and stood up.
She didn't say that Li Xiao's plan was good, nor did she say that it was bad, but in fact, she already agreed with Li Xiao's plan in her heart.
The real power struggle in the court is more intense and more complicated than what she said just now. But Li Zhi has a bigger card in his hand. For example, Li Zhi came to the Xue family today to get the support of military tycoon Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin.
Li Ji was the prime minister or Sikong, one of the three dukes. He was highly respected and could be ranked alongside his eldest grandson.
Cheng Yaojin was the general of the left guard and also inspected the Yulin Army. He held the real power of the Chang'an Imperial Guard Army. Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang were divided into the left and right generals of the Yulin Army.
This is what Li Zhi is now increasingly dissatisfied with the confidence of his life-respecting ministers such as Changsun Wuji. It is really a big fuss. Li Zhi already has the ability to turn over the table.
The meal today was very good. Although Li Ji was a very cautious person, Cheng Yaojin obviously supported the emperor and publicly expressed his loyalty to the emperor. With Cheng Yaojin's statement, Li Ji was basically fine.
As for Xue Rengui, he was even more confidant of the emperor, and Su Dingfang was also standing here.
With the support of these important military officials, Yuwen Jie was transferred to the Censorate and according to Li Xiao's plan to remove Changsun Wuji's follow the plan, it became very feasible.
"Thank you, Sanlang's method. This hand-painted cucumber looks very successful. My husband will definitely like it."
Li Xiao laughed.
Chapter completed!