The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 548: Internal Fighting of Aristocratic Family
As Zhuge Liang expected, the entire reception room soon turned into a "vegetable market".

The wealthy and powerful families who had originally united as one, completely exposed their profit-seeking nature as the spoils-dividing meeting officially began, turning this place into a "battlefield" filled with smoke of gunpowder.

First there were foreign wars between the aristocratic families in each state.

In order to gain more benefits for their state, they refused to give in to each other and attacked each other fiercely, completely ignoring the fact that Zhuge Liang was standing next to them.

Various negative information continued to be exposed, and those dishonorable means also surfaced one by one.

Especially some acts of taking advantage of loopholes and falsification, if they hadn't exposed themselves, Zhuge Liang would have found it hard to imagine.

There were too many things to deal with, and Zhuge Liang had already memorized them in his mind and was ready to settle the score later.

As the argument became more intense, the situation gradually got out of control and turned into a full-blown fight.

A group of old men in their sixties and seventies, who were usually very steady, were fighting in front of Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was speechless after watching this scene.

The young ones were pulled away by the waiters who were already prepared, but the older group had to be more careful and for a moment they could not control the situation.

Facts have proved that in the face of huge interests, even brothers and sisters may turn against each other, not to mention that these people are just allies.

Zhuge Liang did not stop these people from arguing, but just acted as a witness, giving both sides some time to criticize each other, and he would ultimately judge the result.

Everyone present had no objection to this and they all dropped their disguises. Some of the noble families, who had been as close as brothers, revealed each other's secrets without any hesitation.

This heated debate lasted for three full days before Zhuge Liang made a preliminary final decision on the evaluation results.

Everyone took a short break, and then the civil war between the states broke out.

The noble families that had just shared a common hatred for a common enemy a few days ago began fighting among themselves again.

Because the number of people was relatively small, the situation was ultimately easier to control, but the noble families from other states also frequently caused trouble and participated.

Zhuge Liang witnessed with his own eyes that several pairs of noble families, who had been quarreling fiercely two days ago, now quickly colluded with each other for their common interests.

However, there are always winners and losers in a debate, and Zhuge Liang also knew the scale, so he finally decided on the result.

Although everyone was not satisfied, most people could accept it.

And this is already the best result.

It is normal for this kind of thing to make no one satisfied. If someone is satisfied, that would be a big problem.

After the final result was decided, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This was too difficult, even he felt exhausted.

None of these powerful families has a simple character.

Although Da Qi's intelligence system is already very complete.

But cats have their ways and dogs have their ways. When it comes to many secret information, Zhuge Liang really doesn't know as much as these people.

The problems raised by these people in recent days are enough to keep the Discipline Department busy for half a year.

Zhuge Liang had to quickly judge, evaluate and weigh the problems reflected by many aristocratic families, and finally make an overall balance. This required a lot of energy and he could not afford to slack off at all.

After all, Zhuge Liang's words meant the rise and fall of the next hundred years to these people, and everyone was watching him closely.

However, determining the "ownership" of the Kushan territory was only half the job.

"Everyone, the distribution of Kushan land is temporarily determined. If you have any questions from now on, you can provide relevant evidence and explanations anonymously within one month, and Liang will give you feedback in a timely manner."

"Of course, if someone confesses voluntarily, we will give them leniency as appropriate."

"The results of the feedback will be announced dynamically. Please keep an eye on it. The results will be announced in a month. Please take good care of yourself."

Zhuge Liang left a meaningful message at the end.

The expressions of everyone present suddenly turned ugly.

How could they not guess Zhuge Liang's thoughts? This was an opportunity to let them fight among themselves thoroughly.

Even though they had quarreled so fiercely before, they still left some wiggle room for each other.

Otherwise, it would not be as simple as Zhuge Liang's settling of scores later. Some powerful families might be taken away from the spot and completely removed from the list.

But as soon as Zhuge Liang said this, some of the noble families who had suffered great losses were afraid that they would completely turn against him.

Enough!

Everyone present secretly thought about Zhuge Liang's conspiracy.

The person before him is not only fair and strict, but also has extremely superb governing skills.

Just this one move completely pinched the weak spot of the powerful families.

Some of the backup plans they secretly arranged in Da Qi may no longer be able to be kept.

After all, they know clearly what is more important.

Some things are given up once they are given up, and some things once missed will never have another chance.

The aristocratic and powerful families in the Central Plains are the best examples. Their situations are undoubtedly very different from those of the aristocratic families in Youzhou.

"Okay. Let's put this matter aside for now. Next, we will discuss the issue of conquering the four northern kings of Kushan."

Zhuge Liang tapped the map and started the next topic.

"I'm sure you all know that although Da Qi will send troops to attack Kushan from the north, they will only be for cooperation."

"The main forces are Yuan Shao, the Prince of Zhao, Cao Cao, the Prince of Wei, Lu Bu, the Prince of Yan, and Gongsun Zan, the Prince of Liang."

"But relying on their own strength is not enough. Therefore, we need your assistance and support."

"If you take down Kushan, you will get land, people and materials, and more will go to the four kings, each taking what they need."

After these words were spoken, no one present reacted much.

They were prepared long before the spoils-dividing meeting began.

How can there be any good thing that allows you to take advantage of others without doing any work?

They wanted the Kushan's land, but the Kushan would never give it to them. They could only destroy the Kushan, and then those lands would be theirs.

To put it more nicely, Zhuge Liang said it was assistance.

But in reality, it is still unclear who is Party A between them and the four kings.

Both sides are very anxious and neither of them can control the other.

Therefore, they did not put on airs, but directly waited for Zhuge Liang's arrangements.

Although the ownership of the land was distributed by Da Qi, the Four Kings must have had a certain influence.

Before these lands are completely secured, everything is subject to change and they cannot afford to be negligent in the slightest.

The representative of the Yanzhou family stood up first and said, "Don't worry, my lord. We will definitely do our best to help the King of Wei."

Although it is not a good thing to stand out at this time, the situation of the Yanzhou family is very bad now, and they can't care about anything else.

When the other noble families heard this, they secretly cursed him as a lackey in their hearts, but they also rushed to list and express their views.

Soon, the powerful families in each state had decided on their respective destinations.

Jizhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou belonged to Yuan Shao, King of Zhao; Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Sili belonged to Cao Cao, King of Wei; Youzhou belonged to Lu Bu, King of Yan; Liangzhou and Bingzhou belonged to Gongsun Zan, King of Liang.

(End of this chapter)