The waste prince is so fierce

Zhao Mingde nodded in agreement. "Your Highness is right. We have secretly collected evidence of their crimes, and when the time is right, we will be able to capture them all."

At this time, Zhao Wanqing's brother Zhao Zixuan, a leader among the younger generation of the Zhao family, spoke up: "Your Highness, the Zhao family is willing to fully support your actions. But I wonder what specific plans Your Highness has next?"

Li Quan smiled slightly, "Next, what we have to do is wait. Wait for the right opportunity to catch all these powerful people in one fell swoop. And this opportunity will come soon."

Everyone nodded in agreement when they heard this. They knew that since Li Quan dared to say such a thing, he must have made up his mind.

Sure enough, not long after, the opportunity that Li Quan had been waiting for finally arrived.

When Zhang Wenyuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, learned that his son had been arrested, he was extremely anxious and sought help from people everywhere. However, he usually oppressed the people and made many enemies.

When Zhang Hao was arrested this time, many people secretly applauded.

After Li Quan learned about this situation, he immediately decided to take action.

He joined forces with the Zhao family and some people who were oppressed by Zhang Wenyuan on a daily basis, and wrote a letter to the court to impeach Zhang Wenyuan's crimes.

At the same time, they also secretly collected evidence of Zhang Wenyuan's collusion with a big shot in the capital, preparing to bring Zhang Wenyuan down in one fell swoop.

All these actions were carried out in secret and in an orderly manner.

Zhang Wenyuan knew nothing about this and was still running around to exonerate his son Zhang Hao. However, he never expected that his doomsday had quietly arrived.

When the imperial envoy of the court came to Yangzhou with the emperor's edict, Zhang Wenyuan was still in his mansion discussing how to rescue Zhang Hao. However, when the imperial envoy read out the edict, Zhang Wenyuan froze in his place as if struck by lightning.

The imperial edict clearly stated: "After investigation, it was found that Yangzhou prefect Zhang Wenyuan was guilty of corruption, abuse of power, oppression of the people, and collusion with the powerful in Beijing. He is now dismissed from his post as Yangzhou prefect and his property is confiscated. His descendants will never be allowed to serve as officials."

With the downfall of Zhang Wenyuan and the arrest and imprisonment of Zhang Hao, the powerful people in Yangzhou City began to feel insecure.

They knew very well that what they did had already been clearly known to Li Quan, the Zhao family and others.

In order to protect themselves, they had to start restraining their behavior and seek reconciliation with Li Quan and the Zhao family.

In order to survive, Liu Hongwei from the Liu family, Chen Hong from the Chen family, and Wu Hai from the Wu family secretly gathered at the Chen family to discuss countermeasures.

"boom!"

Chen Hong slapped the table, and the teacups on it jumped up one after another.

Then he said angrily: "The Zhao family has already defected to Li Quan's camp! You are still thinking of pulling the Zhao family in!"

"Brother Chen, please be patient."

Liu Hongwei said in a deep voice, "We need to calmly analyze the situation now. Since the Zhao family has chosen Li Quan, no matter how hard we try, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pull them back. The key now is how we deal with Li Quan's offensive."

Wu Hai sighed, "Li Quan is a man with a meticulous mind and ruthless methods. Since he has joined forces with the Zhao family, he will definitely not let us go. We now have only two choices: one is to surrender and submit to him; the other is to join forces to resist and look for opportunities to counterattack."

Chen Hong snorted coldly: "Surrender? I, Chen Hong, would rather die in battle than bow to that brat!"

Liu Hongwei shook his head and said, "Brother Chen, your courage is commendable, but we also have to think about our family. If the three of us join forces, there may be a glimmer of hope."

Wu Hai nodded in agreement: "Brother Liu is right. Although Li Quan is powerful, our three families also have considerable influence in Yangzhou City. As long as we unite as one, we may not be powerless to resist."

The three of them looked at each other and had something in mind.

Liu Hongwei took a deep breath and said slowly: "Since everyone agrees to join forces to resist, we must make a careful plan. First, we must strengthen the family's defenses to prevent Li Quan's sudden attack."

"Secondly."

Chen Hong added, "We need to secretly collect intelligence on Li Quan and understand his movements and weaknesses. Only in this way can we find an opportunity to deal him a fatal blow."

Wu Hai added: "Also, we need to strengthen our ties with other families and gain more allies. Although Li Quan is powerful, he also has enemies. We can use these enemies to contain him."

After the three of them had made their decision, they went back to arrange the relevant matters.

However, what they didn't know was that Li Quan had already sent spies to lurk around them, and their every move was under Li Quan's control.

A few days later, Li Quan received a secret report and learned about the plans of Liu, Chen, and Wu. He smiled and said to Zhao Mingde beside him: "They want to join forces to resist me? Humph, they really overestimate their own abilities."

Zhao Mingde bowed and said, "Your Highness, these three families also have considerable influence in Yangzhou City. Although we are not afraid of their joining forces, we must also be careful in dealing with them."

Li Quan nodded and said, "You are right. Pass the order down to strengthen the city defense and closely monitor the movements of these three families. Once they take any action, we will attack immediately and catch them all in one fell swoop!"

At the same time, Liu Hongwei, Chen Hong and Wu Hai were also making intensive preparations. They not only strengthened the family's defenses, but also secretly contacted other family forces that were dissatisfied with Li Quan to discuss countermeasures together.

However, just as the three families were preparing intensively, an unexpected news disrupted their plans.

Li Hao, the King Ping of the Li family, who had been active in the capital, suddenly came to Yangzhou City.

His return not only brought a large amount of resources and manpower, but more importantly, he brought back a shocking news: the court had already noticed Li Quan's behavior and secretly ordered Li Hao to secretly investigate Li Quan's crimes. Once verified, Li Quan would be arrested and brought to justice.

This news was like timely help to Liu Hongwei, Chen Hong and Wu Hai.

"Quick, prepare the valuable gifts. I want to pay a visit to His Royal Highness Prince Ping!"

Chen Hong hurriedly got out of bed early in the morning and said as he put on his clothes.

"I want to see King Ping too!"

Wu Hai was also very excited and put on his clothes hurriedly.

Liu Hongwei was relatively calm. He reminded Chen Hong and Wu Hai: "Don't forget, this matter is very serious. We must act with caution."

"Yes, Brother Liu, you are absolutely right!"

Chen Hong looked at Liu Hongwei with admiration, and he said quickly: "Then let's hurry up. Otherwise His Royal Highness Prince Ping will leave."

"it is good."

……

Three days later, Chen Hong, Liu Hongwei and Wu Hai finally met the rumored King Ping Li Hao.

King Ping Li Hao is not young, but he is well maintained and looks energetic.

"Commoner Liu Hongwei (Chen Hong) (Wu Hai) pays respect to His Highness!"

The three of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Hao with excitement.

"Be flat."

Li Hao waved his hand and asked them to stand up.

He looked at Liu Hongwei and said, "I heard that Mr. Liu is a famous gentry in Yangzhou City and once donated a huge sum of money to the court as disaster relief money."