The dangers of aristocratic families have been revealed as early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The wars in the late Eastern Han Dynasty started due to the Yellow Turban Uprising, but later it was more due to the mutual attacks between the aristocratic families. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the early Southern and Northern Dynasties, the politics of aristocratic families developed to the point where
peak.
Or if the imperial power is strong, it can gather the power of aristocratic families for its own use and become famous for a lifetime. If the aristocratic family has greater power, it can counterattack the royal family and replace it. The changes in the Southern and Northern Dynasties are mostly due to this reason.
With the passage of time and the suppression of the aristocratic family in the past dynasties, the role and influence of the aristocratic family in the late Northern and Southern Dynasties has obviously been unable to compare with that of the past. Otherwise, some children from poor families, such as the general Xiao Mohe, would not have a chance to rise.
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But "a hundred-footed insect is dead but not stiff". The aristocratic family has accumulated hundreds of years of accumulation. Of course, it is impossible to become really vulnerable because of the intermittent suppression and weakening of the imperial court. A truly large aristocratic family that is good at controlling the direction of the wind still has a strong
Financial and political influence, such as the Wenxi Pei family active in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Wu family of Qinjun, who have been generals for generations, are still powerful families.
Li Xingchen also knew how harmful the family was. The provocation and threat to the imperial power was secondary. The most important thing was to curb the descendants of poor families. After all, the continuous inheritance of imperial power did not mainly depend on how powerful the emperor was, but on how powerful the emperor was.
It depends on how many talents can be used by the royal family instead of the aristocratic family.
But at least at this stage, Li Xinchen still has to win over the family. At least the family can give Li Xinchen more powerful power in a short period of time, allowing Li Xinchen to gain a foothold in Bajun as soon as possible, and even completely break away from dependence on Nanchen and achieve governance.
semi-independent.
If the aristocratic family is a cup of poison, then Li Xinchen can only "drink poison to quench his thirst".
After all, when Yu Wentai and later Tang Gaozu Li Yuan were able to establish their own dynasties, they actually relied on aristocratic families and clans. The twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the early Tang Dynasty were basically symbols of the Guanlong clan clan and the Shandong clan clan.
At least now, all the Bashu family wants is to have a place under Li Xinchen. Of course, Li Xinchen will not refuse the money and talents that come to their doorstep.
Some people always say that the aristocratic family system hinders the promotion of children from poor families, but in fact, among hundreds of children from poor families, perhaps only one or two can become talented in the end, while among hundreds of children from aristocratic families, only two or two can become talented.
30. After all, compared to the talents and self-taught talents of poor children, the systematic education of aristocratic families is obviously more capable of producing middle-to-upper-class talents. At least it can provide Li Xingchen with more talents in a short period of time to maintain his actual influence on Bajun.
control.
Li Xingchen strode up to Feilu. The sound of killing on the Bajun City in the distance was loud. The flags of Nanchen and Northern Zhou moved back and forth along the city wall. It was obvious that the Nanchen army attacking the city had easily opened the way due to the siege equipment.
They captured the city wall with only corpses, but it seemed that Zhang He didn't want to be captured without mercy. His general's flag was still flying on the city tower and he didn't move an inch.
"This picture is quite a man." Li Xingchen sneered.
Tang Qi, who was next to him, said with a smile: "This Governor Zhang has worked hard for so long, and of course he is reluctant to give up his life's hard work."
As soon as he said this, the young people around him smiled knowingly.
Tang Qi's words were clearly ridiculed. Everyone present was from aristocratic families who had been suppressed by Zhang He. In fact, in order to allow the Jianwei Zhang family to dominate Bajun, Zhang He had some disputes with other aristocratic families. Otherwise, these people
It is impossible to gather around Li Xinchen in such unity.
Because at least at this stage, they have the same goals as Li Xingchen.
The easiest person to become a friend is the enemy of your enemy.
As the drumbeats became louder and louder, Zhang He's flag on the top of the Bajun city suddenly fell down, and immediately a red war flag fluttered on the city tower.
The disciples of the surrounding aristocratic families glanced at each other subconsciously. Although they knew that there was an absolute gap in military strength between the two sides, and it was difficult to compare in terms of morale and equipment, they were indeed able to capture Bajun so quickly.
Unexpected.
No matter what, Bajun is one of the largest cities in Bashu. If Bajun was captured so easily, wouldn't it mean that the rest of the cities were as fragile as a piece of window paper in front of Li Xingchen?
Suddenly Dong Mingzhi and others felt that it was quite worthwhile for them to come to Bajun.
"Let's go into the city!" Li Xingchen laughed.
Everything is under control, including the reactions of the children of these aristocratic families.
This feeling of being able to control one's own future is really good. At least the moment Li Xingchen stepped into Bajun City, he finally had his own foundation, even if the foundation was still extremely weak, even if the foundation could collapse at any time.
, but Li Xingchen is no longer a young man who depends on others, but has a place in the world and can command the generals of one side.
Of course, Li Xingchen was not so arrogant as to think that he was the king of Bajun. The next more important thing would probably be the lawsuit with the imperial court.
Taking Ba County is certainly a great achievement, but whether the court will recognize it or not remains to be seen.
He looked around, maybe these aristocratic families could help him.
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Zhang He hanged himself on the beam of his government office.
When Li Xingchen strode into the lobby of the government office, Zhang He's body had been taken down. The body had lost its warmth, but Zhang He's face still showed the regret and helplessness he had before his death.
Obviously she also knew very well that no matter what the reason was, even if it was to appease and win over the local aristocratic families and people, Li Xingchen would not be able to let him live.
"See you, general!" Lu Zhiwu's face was still stained with blood - it was he who had just led his guards to charge directly at the tower where Zhang He was guarding, forcing Zhang He to retreat from the city.
The city wall was broken, and even if the government office was a deep-walled compound, it was obvious that it would not be able to sustain it for long, so as soon as Zhang He retreated to the government office, he directly chose to hang himself.
Li Xingchen smiled slightly: "The credit for getting there first must be Boyu's!"
After receiving Li Xingchen's affirmation, Lu Zhiwu looked happy and nodded solemnly. He immediately turned aside and the bodyguard behind him came up with a booklet: "General, Zhang and his wife presented the Zhang family's treasury account book, claiming to be Zhang.
and entrusted him during his lifetime to seek a way out for the whole family."
"Oh?" Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows and subconsciously turned his head slightly.
Dai Cai and the young people from the aristocratic families who were following him looked surprised, obviously they did not expect that Zhang He would come up with such a trick. Everyone knew how much money Zhang He had made over the years, and now Zhang He
His wife handed over the most important account books and treasury so easily and simply.
Although if Li Xingchen really wanted to interrogate and search, he might not be able to find the location of the account book and the treasury, but the Zhang family's positive attitude of surrendering and cooperating with the investigation could not be ignored by Li Xingchen. He even had to encourage his own
The enemy does this.
Looking at Zhang He lying on the ground, Li Xingchen couldn't help but sigh: "Zhang He is really a smart man."