The Zhang Family had been entrenched in the branches across these kingdoms for many years. Most of the stewards and intelligence personnel in those branches were from the Zhang Family.
Including the deputy hall masters, the hall masters and deputy hall masters of every second-tier branch were also from the Zhang Family.
If an outsider were placed directly in the position of a first-tier hall master, without sufficiently iron-handed methods, he would absolutely be sidelined by his subordinates.
Xu Qinghe readily replied, "That won't be a problem. The outsiders previously replaced by the Zhang Family should still be in these branches.
If my Xu Family sends people over and gathers those outsiders together, that will be a formidable force as well.
With headquarters keeping watch from above, clearing out the Zhang Family's influence won't be difficult."
Wang Daoyuan nodded. "Since it can be done, make preparations as soon as possible.
Now that the Zhang Family has been crushed, they have no ability to stop us at all.
There is no need to build momentum. We'll simply use force."
Xu Qinghe cupped his hands. "This subordinate will make the arrangements at once. We'll raise the matter in the council hall tomorrow."
With that, he left the small courtyard.
Zhou Luan asked, "Why can you always come up with such underhanded ways to trap people?"
"The children of the poor grow up early. When I was young, the Wang Clan was still only a Foundation Establishment lineage.
We were surrounded by powerful enemies. If I hadn't thought up more schemes, could I have survived until now?"
The two little ones, Wang Mingren and Wang Mingxian, were cultivating in their rooms. The matters Wang Daoyuan and Xu Qinghe discussed were always rather sinister, so Zhou Luan did not allow the two children to