The current aristocratic family of Liu Han Dynasty, the top aristocratic family, in addition to having a strong foundation, also needs strength. The foundation is very simple, with a history of thousands of years, or even longer, a long family heritage, and in the court,
Have enough influence.
Strength, of course, is force, and personal force is also needed.
Otherwise, relying solely on the official prestige of the imperial court will actually be greatly reduced. If the imperial court is at its peak, then you are just a mortal with no strength. As a high-ranking official in a state, there may not be any local power that dares to refute you.
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After all, you represent the imperial court, and an order from the imperial court is enough to destroy a noble clan.
However, once the imperial court declines and the central government's deterrence is greatly reduced, then you have no strength. Even if you rely on the influence of the imperial court, the family will gradually decline.
This is still an extraordinary era, a realm of refining gods, which is enough to have a great impact.
The Liu Han Dynasty had a total of 108 states, and the ascetics of the God Refining Realm were considered to be the pinnacle of a state. Even many states did not have strong men in the God Refining Realm.
The Zhang family became the largest family in Yanmen and the top noble family in Bingzhou precisely because of Zhang Hu's appearance.
Otherwise, the Zhang family of Yanmen in the past was only influential in Yanmen County and was just a local gentry.
But since the rise of Zhang Hu, the Zhang family has become a state-level family. In the entire Liu Han Dynasty, it can be regarded as a first-class noble family.
Of course, in the first class, it also belongs to the terminal existence.
Because the Zhang family's foundation is not enough, even though there is a martial arts expert in the God Refining Realm, the Zhang family is far behind in other aspects. In terms of foundation, especially the influence in the court.
No matter what, the righteousness of the Liu Han Dynasty still exists.
Some first-rate families may not have the realm of refining gods, but only have golden elixirs, but they have senior officials in the center and localities all year round, and have a great influence on the court and localities.
For example, the Wang family in Taiyuan, Bingzhou, in the past few generations of the Wang family, there has been no strong person in the realm of refining gods, but he is also recognized as the first noble family in Bingzhou, and can be regarded as an established first-class noble family in the Liu Han Dynasty.
Not only did they have great influence in Bingzhou, they also had influence in the central government of the Liu Han Dynasty.
There have been several Sangongs, and now there is another high-ranking official who is higher than Jiuqing.
There are also several high-ranking local pastoral officials, and their influence is far beyond what Zhang's can match.
The Zhang family has developed over the past thousand years, but most of them came from the military, and the highest one was just a fifth-rank general at the border.
He is not yet a central general.
No matter what, the local generals are naturally inferior to the central generals.
Zhang Hu himself was a county lieutenant in Yanmen County, and could be regarded as the second-in-command in a county. The Zhang family also produced many such lieutenants.
However, its influence is only in a few counties around Yanmen County.
Compared with the Wang family, an established family that spans several states, it is still far behind.
Of course, Zhang Hu alone was enough to elevate the Zhang family to the rank of a first-class noble clan, and in just a few hundred years, the Zhang family could gradually influence Bingzhou and the surrounding states and counties.
At that time, the Zhang family will be able to reach not only the military but also local government offices. At that time, the Zhang family will be able to become a first-class noble family comparable to the old ones.
This is the role of the strong.
Although some families do not have enough foundation, as long as a strong person appears, they can quickly bring the family to a higher status. Then they will slowly develop and increase their foundation, and they may be able to catch up in a few hundred years.
This was Zhang's original plan.
As long as nothing unexpected happens to Zhang Hu, even if a strong man at the level of martial arts Yuanshen in the God Refining Realm cannot survive as a monk in the God Refining Realm, he will have no problem living for two or three thousand years.
Even if the original cultivation may be damaged in the early stage, then no matter what, you can survive for thousands of years.
For a thousand years, leading the family with the God Refining Realm will definitely make the family better.
The master of the God Refining Realm is already considered the overlord of the Liu Han Dynasty in Kyushu. A God Refining Realm is enough to give birth to a first-class family.
There were only a few first-class families in the Liu Han Dynasty, hundreds at most, and most of them survived from the Qin Dynasty.
The Zhang family has reached the top level within a thousand years, which shows how domineering the God Refining Realm is.
Even the God Refining Realm has such a strong influence, let alone the Earthly Immortal Realm.
The earthly fairyland is enough to influence a country.
In the Earthly Immortal Realm, whether it is a cultivator, a strong martial artist, or a demon or barbarian god worshiping, these are all at the national level.
The Liu Han dynasty was the strongest in Kyushu, followed by the barbarians, and then several foreign tribes such as Nanyue.
As for the monsters and spirits, Kyushu still exists. After all, they are indispensable in the mountains and rivers.
But the spirits of Kyushu cannot naturally become the climate.
The Liu Han Dynasty has the largest number of earthly fairyland. Whether it is a dynasty or some hidden forces, there is no shortage of earthly fairyland.
Especially for Taoism, Taoism is the best at hiding, from the Taoism in the pre-Qin period to the Taoism in Kyushu today.
Although most of the Taoist forces have left Kyushu, it does not mean that the Taoist sect has completely withdrawn.
Some are still left, and some lucky people get the inheritance of Taoism.
In this regard, Taoism always seems to have some interest and hobbies. In the mountains and rivers, some inheritance is left for people to discover, then inherit and embark on the path of cultivation.
That angle is one of them.
Earth Fairyland is a country-level force. Once any noble clan can give birth to such a person, even the Liu Han Dynasty will not dare to look down upon him and will directly crown him the king.
There is no saying here that the Liu family cannot be king.
When Liu Han conquered the world, he also created many kings, the most famous of which were the Twelve Kings.
They all followed Liu Han to conquer the world, and some of them were fierce generals who had reached the level of martial arts.
Liu Han conquered the world, but he did nothing to deal with these kings with different surnames. At most, he only reduced part of their military power.
He didn't even release his military power over a glass of wine. Many princes still controlled a certain amount of troops.
For example, Yuanzhou in the North is the territory of a prince, and the territory of a state serves as the territory of the other party.
Of course, Yuanzhou is on the border, facing the Huns in the north, so it is not considered a good territory.
But no matter what, it is very big. There are nine counties in one state, with a population of at least tens of millions.
The imperial court only received 10% of the tax revenue from here, and the rest of the tax revenue was collected by the palace.
This is also a great wealth.
Of course, the imperial court would not pay any attention to the fight against the Huns in the North, and it was entirely up to Prince Yuan's Palace to handle it.
Today's Prince Yuan is the sixth generation. The original old prince has disappeared long ago. No one knows whether he died or left.
However, Prince Yuan's Mansion has always been in charge of Yuanzhou, and it is considered to be the most important force in the Northern Frontier Army. ()