Chapter 1502 Family interests come first
"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 depends. For the sake of the great 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 it 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 a life worse than death!”
Changsun Huan was completely frightened...
He has always prided himself on being the best among the younger generation in intelligence, and he also believed that he knew his "sinister and cunning" father very well. However, he did not expect that his father was so obsessed with the family, and he thought that his father was so obsessed with the family. 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 no longer blamed him for being confused. 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 reach where we are today step by step? Why are you so out of your mind today? It seems as if the eldest grandson's family is about to be destroyed and the inheritance of the descendants will be cut off...
Suppressing the irritability in his heart and the unfounded panic, Changsun Wuji said calmly: "We don't have to do anything."
Changsun Huan asked doubtfully: "But if this is the case, wouldn't it mean that Fang Jun's cunning tricks were allowed to drive a wedge between my father and Your Majesty, making my eldest Sun's family stand on the opposite side of His 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 Put family interests first, Your Majesty regards the inheritance of the royal family as a top priority. Confrontation already exists, so why do others need to alienate them? The Guanlong Group can only exist safely by maintaining restrictions and oppression on the imperial power, and only by suppressing the Guanlong Group can the emperor avoid the risk of overthrow. Never There is no need to pay too much attention to Fang Jun's methods. He only dedicated the iron-making method to the Ministry of War, and the newly established Foundry Bureau of the Ministry of War established the iron factory. Although the imperial court belongs to His Majesty, But it’s not His Majesty’s after all. Private property, the opposition is not direct. Behind the Changsun family is the entire Guanlong Group, so what if His Majesty is dissatisfied? .”
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 throughout the ages.
With this tie in place, everyone knows that His Majesty is trying to consolidate his imperial power and eliminate clans, but he has to do it slowly, and is unwilling to suddenly cause rebellion among clans and turmoil in the world. This gives everyone relief. machine.
"But the Tang Dynasty has a vast army and is invincible. How can Goguryeo slow down His Majesty? Once Goguryeo completely surrenders, His Majesty will use the power of victory and the power of the Holy Lord to strike at all the clans like thunder... Or who can stop Hehe 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 flattened by the Tang Dynasty, without this buffering link, wouldn't the aristocratic families still have to face the emperor's ruthless blow?
He did not 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 whirling, 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 arrangement. He had previously encouraged the family members to resell grain to Goguryeo in order to provide it with more grain and grass so that it could have the power to withstand the attack of the Tang Dynasty. And if Goguryeo still cannot withstand the Tang army, then the aristocratic families will also have other means to weaken the Tang army and create a chance 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 influence 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...< br>
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 hundreds of thousands of orphans and widows to be added to the Tang Dynasty, and the ten years of hard work of Zhenguan's famous ministers were ruined in one day?
If that's the case, wouldn't the family members become enemies that the sons of the Han family would like to kill quickly?
Changsun Huan felt chills piercing his bones...
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Family bloodline is the top priority in people's minds 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, seeing their ancestral home in danger, would inevitably feel anxious and regretful...
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. Many imperial officials are already verifying the matter. Compared with the impeachment of His Highness in front of His Majesty soon, I His Highness couldn't do it even if he wanted to... However, because of the favor of the Chamberlain, His Highness couldn't bear to deal with official matters, so 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 two will be in big trouble... 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.
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 not good at literature and martial arts. They have nothing but ruining the family business. This is really true. It's so imaginary... Let His Highness miss the Minister of the House, so Mrs. Wu begged to come to the door. At that time, the net was open and your family was given the qualifications to participate in the construction of the temporary market by the pool in Kunming. As a result, you really failed... In this case, I will go back now. I just ask you two to make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise there will be any consequences. My Highness can take care of it.”
After saying that, the scribe walked away, leaving everyone in the Wu family looking at each other with a sigh...
A moment later, Mrs. Shan's voice was sharp and she cursed loudly: "That old prostitute is so heartless. The family is already on the verge of despair, but they stayed out of it and ran out to enjoy themselves. Why didn't the owner of the family divorce her back then? It would be best if he took the losers as well. And they drove them out of their homes and bought a brothel to let them experience the feeling of sleeping with thousands of people and being ridden by 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 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 Mei Niang for help, but they actually came and never came back. Wu Mei Niang was left in the Fang family's house to eat well and drink hot food, and never came back... (End of this chapter)