The great nobles who come from aristocratic families are all gorgeously dressed and full of nobility. Their carriages and clothes will have their unique marks, which are similar to totems and the family emblems of later generations of Western nobles.
In recent years, in order to strengthen his direct lineage, Li Yuan has promoted many talents from small and medium-sized nobles, and even reckless heroes to become officials and generals. At this time, when people from well-known families entered the banquet hall, the hall was filled with people everywhere.
The officials who were not from aristocratic families who were talking were immediately stunned. Some had sneers on their faces, some had envy and jealousy on their faces, some had flattery on their faces, and a few even felt ashamed.
Not to mention that although future generations claim that everyone is equal, whether they admit it or not, in fact there are still hierarchies between people. Different origins mean too many differences, and it is difficult to achieve true equality for everyone.
Not to mention in this era, the noble families are superior to others, and the nine-level Zhongzheng system has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even the common people themselves have too many people who think that they are untouchables, and those big noble families are naturally superior to others.
After these people from well-established families came in, they walked slowly into the hall as if there was no one else around, and looked arrogant. Without greeting other officials who were not from well-off families, they went straight to the front and occupied the most eye-catching position in the hall.
, the highest position besides the main seat.
In the side hall, Li Jing sat next to Li Jiancheng and glanced a few more times at where these powerful families were. His expression did not change at all, but there was a hint of vague sarcasm and murderous intent deep in his eyes.
He, Li Jing, was not from a wealthy family, but he had great talents. He had taken a fancy to Li Yuan and his son and wanted to sell his skills to the Li family. However, no matter how hard he worked and how much contribution he made, he was just a dog in the eyes of these people.
, except that Li Yuan’s second son Li Shimin gave him enough attention and respect...
But with Li Jing's wisdom, we can naturally see that the reason why Li Shimin is like this is because Li Shimin has seen far enough. He does not really think that Li Jing is more noble than these wealthy families, but that he may be worth more than these wealthy families.
important.
With Li Jing's eyesight, he could easily see that each of these people had the style of aristocratic families, with luxurious clothes and seemingly polite manners, but in fact they were hiding arrogance.
"The Dugu family, the Zheng family, and the Longxi Li family haven't appeared yet..." Li Jing frowned slightly, but didn't think much about it.
With the arrival of the head of the powerful family and other important figures, the atmosphere in the banquet hall suddenly became a little strange.
Although Li Yuan never showed it clearly, let alone directly clashed with any powerful family, the people who were able to come to this banquet were all smart people. Everyone knew that because the Far Eastern Army took away Hedong, and between Sichuan and Shu
After defeating the Li Yuan Group on the ground, some wealthy families began to jump up and down secretly. His Royal Highness the Tang Dynasty was actually extremely dissatisfied with some wealthy families, and the direct officials who were promoted by Li Yuan naturally resented these wealthy families that they could not understand.
and greater estrangement.
But the problem is, everyone knows that the power of the Li Yuan Group, from the government to the military, can be said to be all-pervasive. It is not impossible for the Li family and his son to attack the powerful family, but the price is too high, and the Li family and his son may not be able to bear it.
, at least this is what the powerful family thinks, because the Far Eastern Army outside the Li Yuan Group is watching eagerly, and Li Yuan and his son seem to be unable to afford internal strife.
But in any case, at this time, for other officials, it is better to stay as far away from these powerful families as possible, so as not to get into trouble.
But at this moment, the door of the main hall was suddenly pushed open by someone, and a figure ran in quickly, even staggering a little because he ran so fast.
This man was a young general from a well-established family. He had extremely neatly styled black hair and gorgeous clothes. After he came in, he ran towards the group of nobles from a well-established family.
However, at this time, this guy was running out of breath, and even the basic etiquette of the nobles that the wealthy family had always upheld was forgotten.
Then, he exclaimed something that shocked the whole audience!!
"Something big has happened! Chai Shao has led his 30,000 troops into the city! We have exchanged defenses with the Chang'an City Guards. The city defenses have been taken over by Chai Shao's people. The City Guards have been ordered to withdraw from the Chang'an City military camp!"
boom!
This news suddenly sounded like thunder on the ground. The whole place burst into shock and roar, and many people stood up instinctively.
Suddenly changing defense at this time?
And is it a complete change of defense into the city?
What is this going to do?
As soon as the news fell into their ears, the first reaction of many officials and nobles in the hall was: Could it be that Chai Shao was planning a coup?
Since ancient times, there have been many military coups in Kyoto. Even Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty actually used similar means to seize the world from the Northern Zhou Dynasty. However, he did it very well at the time and got the support of various powerful families, so he did not
When they fight, they can easily take the world into their hands.
Therefore, everyone's first reaction was: Something big happened? Is someone planning a military coup?
But then this idea was discarded.
Because although the Chai family is also a well-established family and a great aristocrat, the Chai family is only a middle-class existence among the well-established families, and has no qualifications to plot a coup d'état and secure the world.
Immediately afterwards, everyone thought that the Chai family had only exchanged the city defense with the Chang'an City Defense Army - rather than taking the city defense by force. This news made people feel a little calmer.
If the city guards are willing to switch defenses with Chai Shao's men and hand over the city defense, then there must be an order from above, to be precise, it must be an order from His Highness the King of Tang.
"If Chai Shao is not plotting a coup, then it may be..." Many nobles from well-known families suddenly became a little ugly. Their eyes were gloomy. They looked at the people in the hall and talked down to each other.
voices, and they started discussing in secret.
"Does Li Yuan...really dare to take action against...us?"
"It's impossible. Although Li Yuan is cunning, he doesn't have the courage."
"Li Yuan didn't have the courage, but Li Shimin came back and went to see Li Yuan as soon as he entered the city. Could it be that he convinced Li Yuan?"
"It's possible. Li Shimin is so ruthless that he would kill his own brother whenever he asked. There's nothing he wouldn't dare to do."
"But it's still impossible, because Li Yuan has always been wary and wary of his son. Now that he has killed his third son, Li Yuanji, he is even more wary of Li Shimin, and it is impossible to give him military power again."
"Yes, according to our intelligence, Chai Shao has always been close to that good-for-nothing Li Jiancheng, but he never had much friendship with Li Shimin. Even when Li Yuan married his daughter to Chai Shao, Li Shimin expressed strong opposition."
"Maybe... we are overthinking."
"I understand. Today Yin Kaishan led his troops to meet Li Shimin without Li Yuan's order to mobilize troops. This must have made Li Yuan more wary of his son. And Li Shimin was able to take Yin Kaishan under his command without anyone noticing. Li Yuan
He must have suspected that the city defense army was also captured by Li Shimin, and was worried that Li Shimin would force him to go to the palace, so he asked his son-in-law to lead troops and change defenses with the city defense army."
"Yes, that should be the case."
"That's right. If Li Yuan really wanted to take action against us, he wouldn't be able to force the city defense army to switch defenses with Chai Shao's people in a big way. After all, there are thousands of his bodyguards in the palace."
People from well-established families here were talking in low voices, and civil and military officials from other places were also talking in the hall. Some people couldn't hold it anymore and simply ran out to inquire about the news.
Li Jiancheng was obviously shocked by the news, but he couldn't figure out the reason after pondering for a long time, because he didn't think his father would take action against a wealthy family, so he looked at Li Jing and asked humbly: "How about this?"
Come here, sir, why did Chai Shao bring his men into the city?"
Li Jing smiled and said: "It goes without saying that His Highness the Prince of Tang must be on guard against the Crown Prince's younger brother Li Shimin."
When Li Jiancheng heard this, he immediately felt convinced. He nodded heavily and said, "Yes, my second brother actually killed Yuanji. Now it is not impossible that he wants to force the palace with a great victory. My father was right to guard against him.
"
There seemed to be no changes in the palace. Some nobles from well-known families sent people out to summon the servants and guards from their families, and sent them out to find out the news.
And Li Yuan's personal guards in the palace did not stop him... This move made many aristocratic families who were originally worried feel completely relieved, and most of their last worries were dissipated, but there were still some shadows.
"Your Majesty, it's time for you to appear. This can completely calm down the hearts of those powerful families. I think the King of Tang will also praise you when he hears about this." Li Jing whispered in Li Jiancheng's ear.
talk.
Li Jiancheng's eyes lit up, he nodded, stood up, left the side hall, and entered the banquet hall.
Although Li Jiancheng suffered a defeat in Hedong and even became a prisoner of the Far East Army, he was the eldest son of His Highness the Tang Dynasty and the crown prince. He was equivalent to the prince's status in the Li Yuan Group. Not to mention within the Li Yuan Group, even within the Li Yuan Group,
The whole world is a big shot, and except for Wang Junlin who always treats him like a piece of shit and doesn't even want to meet him, no one will pay enough attention to him.
Therefore, no matter how many people secretly despise him, he will always be the object of people's attention no matter where he appears.
At this time, with the arrival of Li Jiancheng, many people in the hall looked at Li Jiancheng.
Many civil and military officials came forward to salute Li Jiancheng, and Li Jiancheng responded with a gentle nod, elegant in style and perfect in manner.
In the end, Li Jiancheng entered the circle of a wealthy family, which made many heroes with a rough background snort secretly.
The head of the wealthy family only paid tribute to Li Jian and showed little respect for him.