"In the eyes of my father, the family is the lifeblood. For the prosperity of the family and the well-being of his descendants, my father can be the enemy of the world, even the emperor! But in the eyes of your majesty, the world is where his life rests. For the sake of the great nation
The Tang Dynasty has lasted for thousands of years and the country has lasted forever. He can still be the enemy of the world, even if he is his former glory, even if he is his own flesh and blood!"
Changsun Wuji's eyes were red, he clenched his teeth tightly and said word by word: "So, as a father, you must remember that as long as you have the opportunity to crush Fang Jun to death so that the Changsun family can continue to stand for hundreds of years, you will die.
, you must do it! Otherwise, even if I am buried in the soil, I will curse you to be worse than death for the rest of your life!"
Changsun Huan was completely frightened...
He has always boasted that he is the best among the younger generation in intelligence, and he also believes that he knows his "sinister and cunning" father very well, but he did not expect that his father is so obsessed with the family. It turns out that he thought that his father
The reason for abandoning the crown prince and supporting the king of Jin was to gain power...
Big mistake!
Changsun Huan suffered an unprecedented shock in his mind. The almost hysterical father in front of him today made him realize how naive his past smartness was.
In the face of family interests, everything can be abandoned...
"So what do we do?"
Changsun Huan was a little frightened, and his thinking was inevitably slow.
Changsun Wuji did not blame him for being confused anymore. He calmed down his excitement and suddenly burst into laughter...
What's wrong with me?
We have never encountered such a dangerous situation in so many years. How could we not finally turn the danger into safety and get to where we are today step by step? Why is it so out of control today? It seems as if the eldest grandson's family is about to face a disaster, and the heirs will be cut off and the inheritance will be terminated...
Suppressing the irritability and senseless panic in his heart, Changsun Wuji said calmly: "We don't have to do anything."
Changsun Huan asked doubtfully: "But if that's the case, wouldn't it mean that by allowing Fang Jun to use cunning tricks to drive a wedge between my father and Your Majesty, my eldest Sun's family would be on the opposite side of Your Majesty?"
Changsun Wuji shook his head, poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip and found that the tea was already warm, so he put down the teacup and said patiently: "Don't you think I will be against Your Majesty now? As my father just said, as my father
Putting the interests of the family first, His Majesty regards the inheritance of the royal family as a top priority. Confrontation already exists, so why do others need to alienate others? The Guanlong Group can only survive safely by maintaining restrictions and oppression on the imperial power, and the emperor can only suppress the Guanlong Group.
, there is no hidden danger of overturning, and a balance point can never be achieved... As for Fang Jun's methods, although they are brilliant, there is no need to pay too much attention to them. He just dedicated the iron-making method to the Ministry of War, and it was established by the Foundry Bureau newly established by the Ministry of War.
Although the iron factory and the imperial court belong to His Majesty, they are not His Majesty's private property after all, and the opposition is not direct. Behind the Changsun family is the entire Guanlong Group. Even if His Majesty is dissatisfied, so what? As long as His Majesty still has the desire for the Eastern Expedition in his heart.
If you are obsessed, you will never be cruel to a wealthy family."
Now all the aristocratic families know that His Majesty Li Er's ambition is to conquer Goguryeo and incorporate it into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, thereby achieving his reputation as an emperor through the ages.
With this tie in place, everyone knows that His Majesty is throwing a tantrum. Even if he wants to consolidate the imperial power and eliminate the clans, he has to do it slowly, and is unwilling to suddenly cause the clans to rebel and the world to be in turmoil. This gives everyone relief.
machine.
"But the Tang Dynasty now has a large number of soldiers and is invincible. How can Goguryeo slow down His Majesty's pace? Once Goguryeo completely surrenders, His Majesty will use the power of victory and supplement it with the power of the Holy Lord. At that time, like thunder, he will attack every family...
Or who can stop the mighty Tianwei?"
Changsun Huan looked worried.
He didn't understand why his father was sitting so peacefully. What was the difference between this and lingering on?
Once the tiny land of Goguryeo was overrun by the Tang Dynasty, without this buffering link, wouldn't the aristocratic families still have to face the emperor's ruthless blow?
He didn't believe that his father, who had always been far-sighted, would wait for a crisis to come without being prepared...
"Haha, Goguryeo is just a mere place? Emperor Sui Yang thought so at the beginning..."
Changsun Wuji sneered and raised his eyes to look out the window. In the yard, green willows were dancing, red flowers were beautiful, and the sun was shining brightly.
"Don't worry, my son. Since Goguryeo was able to block Emperor Sui Yang's million-strong army back then, it will also block His Majesty from Pyongyang today..."
Changsun Huan looked at his father's deep eyes and suddenly had an epiphany in his heart.
He thought he had seen through his father's plan. He had previously encouraged the family members to resell grain to Goguryeo in order to provide it with more food and grass so that it could have the power to withstand the attack of the Tang Dynasty. And if Goguryeo still could not withstand the attack of the Tang Dynasty, then the family members would also have different ideas.
To weaken the Tang army and create opportunities for Goguryeo to win.
As long as the Tang army can be dragged on the land of Liaodong rivers and mountains, even if it wins in the end, the national power accumulated since Zhenguan will be exhausted. By then, no matter how wise and decisive your majesty is, how can you dare to attack?
A move to shake up the family?
Not only do they not dare to move, but they also want to win over the aristocratic families so that they can continue to become the cornerstone of a stable world...
However, in this case, most of the hundreds of thousands of elite troops and civilians who will definitely not be less than twice the number of the army will be lost in the land of Liaodong, with their corpses lying on the ground, and their souls wandering and unable to return to their hometown...
A chill suddenly rose in Changsun Huan's heart!
Does this mean that family interests come first?
For the sake of family interests, he did not hesitate to push hundreds of thousands of people into the abyss of destruction, causing the Tang Dynasty to have hundreds of thousands of orphans and widows, and the ten years of hard work of Zhenguan's famous officials were ruined in one day?
If that were the case, wouldn't the family members become enemies that the sons of the Han family wanted to kill quickly?
Changsun Huan felt chills piercing his bones...
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Family bloodline is the top priority for people in this era, so most people will go to any lengths to inherit the family, even at the cost of eternal infamy.
This is the value of this era.
Even bastards like the Wu brothers would inevitably feel anxious and regretful when they saw that their ancestral home was in danger...
In the main hall of the Wu family, the scribe sent by King Wu Li Ke was so arrogant that he even refused to take a sip of the tea. He just stood in the hall and said: "My highness ordered someone to come and tell you that most of the construction by the Kunming Pool has collapsed. Not only has it been delayed.
The construction period has also caused serious public opinion consequences. There are already many imperial censors who are verifying the matter. Compared with the fact that my Highness will be impeached in front of His Majesty soon, my Highness will not be able to suppress it even if he wants to... But His Highness
Out of consideration for the favor of the Minister of Housing, you can't bear to deal with business affairs. You two must either completely knock down those buildings and build them again, or give up your qualifications and let His Highness choose someone else to take over. Otherwise, if you are found out by the censors, you will be in trouble.
But this is too big... Please make a decision quickly, my Highness is still waiting for a reply."
Everyone in the Wu family stood in the hall, their faces ashen as death.
Wu Yuanqing said bravely: "Please go back and reply to His Highness, and give me some more time..."
"Haha..." The clerk sneered with disdain, his eyelids almost flew to the rafters, and said sarcastically: "I have always heard that brothers from the Wu family are incompetent in literature and martial arts. They have nothing but ruining the family business. This is really true.
It's a lie... Your Highness wanted to be the minister of the house, so Mrs. Wu opened her eyes when she asked to come to the door, and granted your family the qualifications to participate in the construction of the temporary market by the Kunming Pool. In the end, you really didn't live up to expectations... In this case, so-and-so
Let's go back now, but I ask you both to make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise my Highness will have to bear the consequences."
After saying this, the scribe walked away, leaving everyone in the Wu family looking at each other in bewilderment...
A moment later, Mrs. Shan's voice was sharp and she cursed loudly: "That old prostitute is so cruel. The family is already on the verge of a desperate situation, but they stayed out of it and ran out to enjoy themselves. Why didn't the owner of the house just put her down? It would be better if he took the losers with him as well.
And they drove them out of their homes and bought a brothel so that they could taste the feeling of sleeping with thousands of people and riding with thousands of people!"
This is a really ugly thing to say. Not to mention Wu Meiniang's three sisters, Yang is also the second wife of Samurai Yu. If you say that she sleeps with thousands of people and rides on them, then what do you think of Samurai Yu?
Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang looked gloomy and sat on the chairs without saying a word. Even though they were unhappy with Shanshi's words, they did not stop.
In fact, they were both filled with anger!
Mother Yang and Wu Xiu Niang, mother and daughter, said they went to the Fang family to ask Wu Meiniang for help, but they actually came and never came back. Wu Meiniang was left in Fang's house to eat and drink, and she never came back...