After the birthday banquet was over, the Gao family was busy cleaning up inside and outside. Jia Cong and others returned to the East Guest House to talk about today's events and asked Gong Kun who he could guess who was behind Zhu Tong. Reading at 0 o'clock
Gong Kun shook his head: "It's just a test, so you can't show your true ability. There are all kinds of people in Chang'an City. It's good that you two are so crazy. You can break the truth with others, whether they want to recruit or scheme." It’s not easy.”
Jia Huan smiled and said: "I am a crazy student, and Cong'er is a naughty child."
Jia Cong frowned and said, "I'm not afraid of anyone, I'm just a little worried. I don't hide my temper when I play and socialize in the capital. If the gods in the capital want to know, they can just go and ask people everywhere. , you can’t go to Chang’an to test me. If you’re from Chang’an, it’s even less necessary. I’m just here to celebrate my birthday and will leave in a few days. Why are you testing me?”
Gong Kun said: "You don't have to worry, it's just two poems, it's nothing. Maybe I'll find your cousin Gao in two days to find out who this Zhu Tong is."
Jia Huan laughed and said, "It's still two days? I just saw cousin Gao Hua glance at Cong'er from left to right for half a day. He clearly has something to say. He will probably be here early tomorrow morning."
Before he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting loudly outside: "It's so late in the day, why is Mr. Gao here?"
Jia Huan curled his lips and said, "Look, I can't even wait for one night."
After a while, Gao Hua walked in with a smile and said to Jia Cong, "Grandma invites you."
Jia Cong glanced at him: "Brother, let me tell you something, why did my aunt call me so late at night?"
Gao Hua said: "I don't know this."
Jia Huan looked around and asked, "Is she happy right now?"
Gao Hua laughed and said, "How can I be unhappy? I heard from my sister that when Cong'er's poems were spread inside, the whole house of the family members exploded!"
Jia Cong stood up and sighed: "I wholeheartedly want to be an upright Dabao, but they force me to be an upright second-rate person."
Then he followed Gao Hua to Jia Taijun's courtyard and went straight into the main room. He saw Jia Taijun sitting on the imperial concubine's couch with his eyes closed. Next to him was the daughter-in-law who had greeted them at the door of the house that day. Jia Cong looked around and saw no one. There are no other people with high qualifications and great talents.
Jia Taijun ordered: "Cong'er sits down, Hua'er goes out, and Xiaomei goes out too."
When Jia Cong saw a chair placed near the imperial concubine's couch, he knew it was reserved for him and sat down obediently. Gao Hua and his wife responded, quietly exited, and closed the door.
Jia Taijun opened his eyes, looked at Jia Cong up and down for a long time, and sighed: "The Jia family has a child like you. I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse."
Jia Cong said seriously: "It's a blessing."
Jia Taijun couldn't help but laugh, and after remaining quiet for a long time, he said, "Tell me the truth, do you have any objections?"
Jia Cong hesitated for a moment: "Yes, there should be, but I haven't made up my mind yet on how to do it. I don't like fighting."
Jia Taijun's eyelids moved and he said: "If you want to seize the world, there is no one without fighting. It's just that when I looked at you a few days ago, you didn't look like an ambitious child. Unexpectedly, there was this poem today."
Jia Cong thought to himself, that is the poem written by Grandpa Taizu. How can I write such a powerful poem? He thought for a while and said sincerely: "I have no ambition to conquer the world. I just know that I I am smart but don’t want to pretend to be stupid. I am afraid that one day I will be stabbed in the back by the Tian family because of my great achievements, so I want to rebel. I am a very suspicious person. I have obviously been sitting on the throne but I have been suppressed by the Supreme Emperor for these years, no? I know it will take a few more years, and the four princes and eight princes are veterans of the Supreme Emperor. I think it will be too difficult to gain his complete trust. I am afraid that one day I will be forced to rebel."
Jia Taijun stared at him: "I heard from Ying'er that you are the leader among the Jia family."
"yes."
"Many people think that Jia Si's son Jarvis is the leader, and you and Cong'er are both his little brothers."
Jia Cong smiled: "People think that, and we have no intention of correcting them. We have nothing to do with them anyway."
Jia Taijun took a sip of tea with a smile and asked him: "Didn't you do it on purpose?"
Jia Cong shook his head: "It wasn't intentional."
Jia Taijun then asked: "Jarvis used the Gao family's mouth to advise the Sixth Prince in Ping'an Prefecture that day. Was it his own idea or yours?"
Jia Cong tilted his head and thought for a while, then said seriously: "I don't remember."
Jia Taijun was startled.
Jia Cong said: "I really don't remember. Everyone was talking about it at that time, and I can't remember who came up with the idea. It happened that Senior Brother Weiss got a chance to talk about it that day, so he did. If he didn't say it, he wouldn't have said it.
Maybe I said it, or Brother Huan said it."
Jia Cong thought this sentence was ordinary, but Jia Taijun was stunned for a long time. He couldn't help but ask first: "Is there anything wrong with this?"
Jia Taijun asked again: "You usually discuss matters, do you discuss them together?"
Jia Cong said curiously: "Naturally, one person's thinking is bound to be biased. Only by working together can we avoid major omissions."
Jia Taijun asked again: "Are you the leader?"
Jia Cong nodded: "I am the leader."
Jia Taijun nodded slowly: "Okay, okay. It is extremely rare to be able to work together and unite as one. Moreover, the group of children around you are all extraordinary. Ying'er has already allowed you to conquer them. If you were born in troubled times, you can work together to found a country."
But now is the prosperous time."
Jia Cong snorted: "Now is the moment of prosperity turning into decline. Instead, I only look at Situ Pan." He paused and then said, "What I just said is, 'I am afraid that my achievements will overwhelm my master's worries.'
It’s just one thing that I want to rebel against. The most important thing is the other.”
Jia Taijun looked at him.
Jia Cong knew in his heart that whether he could get the support of the Gao family depends on how he deceived him tonight. So he sorted out his thoughts and said leisurely: "Before the founding of every dynasty, there will be troubled times. In troubled times, people are worse than dogs. The so-called 'win the hearts of the people'
"The one who conquers the world' is a somewhat narrow fallacy."
Although Jia Taijun was silent, his eyes jumped.
"Persia captured Babylon, Rome occupied Egypt, the Yuan army defeated the Song Dynasty, and Spain conquered the Aztecs. None of them won the hearts of the people. People in our dynasty only saw that the Yuan Dynasty only lasted a mere century, so some people advocated that they were unpopular. Little did they know.
This is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Once upon a time, Babylon, Egypt, and the Aztecs were all big countries, but now only dilapidated monuments remain for future generations. The only way to end troubled times is through force.
. During the war, no one could reason with anyone, and the people’s hearts were as dust and worthless.”
Jia Taijun couldn't help but nodded slightly: "Although I don't know where Persia and Babylon are you are talking about, I can hear some truth."
Jia Cong went on to say: "Only when everything is leveled can the power of people's hearts be revealed. The previous decades or even hundreds of years were turbulent. When the country was first settled, the people breathed a sigh of relief and looked forward to living a stable life from now on.
days. The founder of the country also knew that the country was impoverished due to war, so he cut taxes, practiced frugality, and tightened his belt to live a comfortable life, so that the people could recuperate and recuperate, and the country's strength gradually grew." He smiled bitterly, "However, human life is limited.
The founder of the country is also mortal. Everyone loves their children and will give their children the best. Emperors are also human beings. Therefore, when the king himself lives frugally, he will inevitably forget to ask his son to be frugal as well. When his son ascends the throne,
At that time, the country's strength has increased, the people have become rich, and the new king's food and clothing expenses are very good. The harem will also be enriched, and the national treasury will not be enough, so it is inevitable to increase taxes."
Jia Taijun nodded again.
"Without the consumption of war, people's livelihood can only become more prosperous, the country will only become richer, and it can afford the ordinary luxuries of subsequent monarchs. However, these are ordinary luxuries and must not be excessive. Because the throne is passed down from generation to generation, and no one can afford it.
It’s not certain that every generation is good. For example, the Song Dynasty would not have died so quickly if it had not been for the emergence of Huizong Zhao Ji.”
Jia Taijun said: "Counting it carefully, every dynasty and every generation perished at the hands of the faint king."
Jia Cong said with a smile: "They must die in a prosperous age. If Zhao Ji had been born earlier, the country would be poor and there would be nothing for him to live in luxury. Therefore, the prosperous age is a gateway where it is easy for a king to become a fool."
Jia Taijun glanced at him: "Do you think I am a fool now?"
Jia Cong shook his head: "No, he can only be regarded as a mediocre king. A mediocre king will not destroy his country. However, the Supreme Emperor is a foolish king."
Jia Taijun took a breath of cold air.
"I don't know what he was like in his early years. Most of the news I heard from everywhere said that he was once a wise king. But if he hadn't been greedy for power and refused to hand over his country even though his body was already in ruins, how could he be like this?
What's the situation? Hearing that Prince Xianyichu was a figure, he refused to pass the throne to him because he didn't want to be his puppet. Jinshang was very talented and picked up a dragon chair out of thin air. He thought that Jinshang was obedient and easy to control. Little did he know.
How can a man be without ambition? He must be quite young now. He has been wearing a dragon robe for many years, but he is still controlled by others. It is strange that he can feel comfortable! Besides, all the princes are dissatisfied with him, how can he not be suspicious? Why?
Since the king is suspicious, the ministers will not feel at ease, and if they cannot feel at ease, they will try to protect themselves. The kings are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they each try their best to expand their authority. The most terrible thing is that the old sage still clings to the military power! The Emperor
Without military power, what can we do to suppress these brothers? Naturally, the old saint will hand over the military power when he leaves. But his life is too long, and by the time he returns to the west, the princes will no longer be so good.
Deal with it. Surely my great-aunt has also heard about what happened to the Wang family in Taiyuan Prefecture?"
Jia Taijun nodded: "I heard what Ying'er said."
"The affairs of the Wang family are the epitome of many powerful families. Isn't the same true for the imperial family? The fall of the dynasty mostly originated from internal fighting. After a few years, when the old saint left, the saint and the princes would inevitably meet with each other. The prosperous age suddenly
Turned into chaos." Jia Cong shook his head, "I think in a few years, either the saint will destroy the six kings with the assistance of the wise king Situ Pan, and the country's power will be greatly consumed, and it will take a very long time to recuperate before it can recover; or
The six kings worked together to dismantle our dynasty, and the mountains and rivers are still broken. It will take a long time to recover, and the battles are still ongoing. If it had been a few hundred years earlier, it would have been nothing. Is it normal? It only happened in a hundred or two hundred years.
It's a reincarnation. Today is different from the past, but we can't let it go."
He reached out and poured himself a cup of tea, ate it, and then poured another cup. Jia Taijun knew that what he said next would be important, and he couldn't help but feel solemn.
Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said: "Western countries, such as the Netherlands, England, France, Spain, etc., have already had extremely powerful guns, guns, artillery, and artillery. They also have large ships that can travel extremely far, and there are also many soldiers. Their national strength is
And Sheng. Human nature is greedy. They didn’t bother us in the past because they were too far away and couldn’t reach the troops. Now, they can even go to Africa and the Americas. How can we go further than Africa and the Americas? At least Eurasia is a well-established continent.
There has always been only one law between countries, which is the law of the jungle. Natural selection, survival of the fittest, and the law of the jungle. No foreign nation with strong military strength will see the decline of our country's power and the pity of our people, so they will take a detour and not mess with us.
Anyone who bullies others will pick on the weak." He hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Even if the Western countries are farther away, Russia is next door to us, and their queen today will become Yeka who will go down in history.
Emperor Jelina, even if this country becomes strong, it will only let our country go."
Jia Taijun's eyes widened immediately.
Jia Cong pursed his lips and drank the cup of tea in one gulp. "So I thought, we must find a way to make this battle impossible to fight, or to determine the winner very quickly. I thought about it.
Assist the emperor to eliminate the six kings as soon as possible. If the emperor is just mediocre and not suspicious, then forget it. Once he is suspicious, I am not sure I can protect myself. Once the Tian family becomes suspicious, it is not just a matter of one person and one person.
If we don't protect everything, it will bring trouble to the nine clans. My father, brothers and sisters are all good, how can I risk my family and life? Therefore, starting from...from an incident in the early years..." He sneered and shook his head. From now on.
Lin Hai was ordered to go to the south of the Yangtze River as bait, and he was determined to serve the emperor. "If we want to finish the battle quickly in the future, the only way is that there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides, or there is an internal conflict on one side. It will be against them."
Among the Situ emperors of that generation, Situ Pan, the smartest and most powerful Situ Pan was still alive. If he were not separated from the saints, it would be too difficult for the princes to defeat the saints very quickly.
At this time, the national power is still consumed hugely. Therefore..."
He bit his lip, stood up, and said to Taijun Jia very solemnly: "If you want to save all the people from the fire and water in a few decades, if you want the people of our country not to be slaves to the country's subjugation, if you want our country not to be littered with corpses and massacred,
The source is now. The combination of the six kings is not enough. The wise king Situ Pan must be brought in. If he does not fall out with the present, there will be endless troubles."
Jia Taijun was stunned.
Jia Cong had a serious look on his face, and he was secretly proud of himself: "Skill: Talk nonsense seriously, upgrade!"