Chapter 960: Chapter 59: Wolves Devour the Elephant, Breakthrough to True Power (6000 )
Their ‘roots’ have long been deeply intertwined with the ‘roots’ of the Da Lan Dynasty.
If any of them were to be uprooted, it would certainly cause ‘muscle and bone injuries’ to the Da Lan Dynasty!
If it was more severe, it could even affect the National Fortune!
National Fortune has never been about how many strong people there are but involves population, economy, and the people’s hearts among other factors.
This is why initially, the Emperor did not want Li Fei to make a move against the Lu Family.
On the surface, the Lu Family only has one Martial Arts Master Tributor, and one Lu Wenyao who is also a Martial Arts Master.
Even considering Xu Jing as an ally of the Lu Family, in terms of strength, the Lu Family is still ‘not worth ntioning’, completely unable to compete with the court.
If the court wanted, it could eliminate all the Lu Family mbers on the surface!
But if the court first chooses not to follow the rules and resorts to random killing, in the long run, it is the court itself that loses the most.
Because when the rules are broken, the biggest loser is always the rule maker.
Back then, the Third Prince believed that Li Fei would need at least ten years to use power to topple Lu Wenzheng, which was not an exaggeration.
However, he did not foresee that Li Fei would achieve great military accomplishnts, and the Emperor would quickly let the Crown Prince oversee affairs.
Now, Li Fei, leveraging Lu Wenyao, caused internal strife within the Lu Family, borrowing strength to save himself a great deal of effort.
He just needs to ‘lend’ out his supervisory power as Blue Patrol Envoy, and soone will continuously provide him with various pieces of evidence to bring down the Lu Family head’s line!
The family head line, represented by Lu Wenzheng, possesses the strongest power in the Lu Family.
If the family head line is viewed as a giant elephant, then the other branches represented by Lu Wenyao are each like wolves.
Now, the pack of wolves devours the elephant!
After Lu Wenyao ‘fired the first shot’, everyone rushed forward to join this ‘feast’.
And it wasn’t just internal to the Lu Family, other major Gate Valves, Aristocratic families, and various forces also joined this feast.
Everyone was eager to tear a piece of at from the ‘giant elephant’ and swallow it to strengthen themselves.
Everyone feared being a step too slow and having the benefits snatched away.
From early March to May, in just over two months, all the major industries involving the Lu Family head line were affected!
Either officials were directly imprisoned or were forced to cede power and benefits.
Of course, Lu Wenzheng did not just sit passively; he also initiated counterattacks.
But with the Great Trend leaning against him, his counterattacks appeared powerless.
Now the Lu Family is determined to abandon him and rebuild friendship with Li Fei to embrace the future Monarch.
In this situation, the actual existence of the family head Lu Wenzheng is already nominal.
Feng Province Provincial City, Lu Mansion.
Lu Wenzheng is making a phone call in his study.
He still appears calm and composed, showing no signs of being ‘defeated’ or pressed step by step.
“Yes, I want silver only!”
“Sell all of it! I’m talking about everything!”
“I’ll give you only three days.”
Lu Wenzheng is issuing orders via telephone.
“Family Head, but with this, if there’s any slight ‘squeeze’ from outside, we’ll have to declare bankruptcy!”
A voice of urgency cos from the other end of the phone.
“You only need to execute the order.”
Lu Wenzheng states expressionlessly.
“…Yes!”
After hanging up the phone, Lu Wenzheng leans back in his chair and lights a cigarette.
In just over two months, his power across the regions has been battered and shattered!
Now he only has Feng Province as his ‘basic territory’.
After all, he has served as the Inspector of Feng Province for over ten years, along with the foundation of the Lu Family, Feng Province as his ‘basic territory’ is not so easy to breach.
But he is well aware that this is rely a matter of ti.
“Wenzheng, you must rember, to kill a powerful opponent, the best way is—first destroy their ‘na’, then eradicate their ‘existence’.”
Lu Wenzheng still rembers when he was twelve, reading the essay “Debate on Na and Reality”, his father taught him this.
To kill a person with power and influence, the best way is to sever their social connections first!
When all of a person’s social connections are cut off, it ans their life or death becos irrelevant to society.
More than two months ago, if Lu Wenzheng suddenly died, his death would be like a stone stirring a thousand waves across the entire Da Lan Dynasty!
The impact and turmoil would be hard to asure.
But now, with external continuous ‘erosion’, Lu Wenzheng’s influence is constantly shrinking, and his various social connections are being severed consecutively.
When Feng Province, his last ‘basic territory’ is breached, when Li Fei strips him of his official robes.
Then even if he suddenly dies one night in his bed, it would have no impact!
In the study, Lu Wenzheng silently and firmly extinguishes the cigarette and then picks up the phone to continue issuing orders.
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May 23rd.
Wenxing Silver Bank is ‘squeezed’ simultaneously in five Provinces and declares bankruptcy after only two days!
Wenxing Silver Bank was founded by Lu Wenzheng after becoming family head, equivalent to his personal ‘money pouch’.
The bankruptcy of Wenxing Silver Bank, as seen by the outside world, signifies that Lu Wenzheng is not far from ‘na destroyed, existence perished’!
May 26th.
The day after Wenxing Silver Bank declared bankruptcy.
Li Fei has stayed on the small mountain where Shi Caiming resides for almost five months now.
During this ti, he has hardly left the mountain, but in the outside world, he, the Marquis Jing’an, appears to be ‘active’ nationwide.
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