The majestic king of a country is choked by several aristocratic families!
Although this thing sounds a bit incredible, at this time, it is really not unusual.
Not to mention the Sima family, which wants to rule the world together with the Wang family, let’s talk about the closest Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty, who was also dragged down by the family, very miserable!
Build the Grand Canal!
For the sake of profit, the aristocratic family co-opted and corrupted Ma Shumou and made huge profits from it! As a result, countless workers lamented that people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were living in dire straits!
Conquer Goguryeo!
The family was afraid that after Yang Guangda won, he would turn around and deal with himself, so they negotiated and tried their best to hold back!
Conquer Goguryeo!
Originally, a million-strong army had already arrived at Liaodong City. Seeing that Goguryeo was about to be destroyed, one of them jumped out to protect him and led a group of navy soldiers recruited from the coast to sneak attack the capital of Goguryeo.
As a result, the capital city was not captured, and his entire army was wiped out, including the supplies of food and supplies that were supposed to be supplied to the land army, but now they were also given away!
Well, the emperor has nothing to eat? How can we fight this battle? Withdraw! As a result, the mighty army of one million people ended miserably with such a funny result.
The delayed expedition to Goguryeo was a disastrous defeat.
Those aristocratic families just breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to celebrate, but they didn't expect that Yang Guang was a bastard who was eating weights, and he came to conquer Goguryeo!
And this time, Lai Huer was removed from his position as Navy Commander, and his food and grass were transported by land instead. The trick that worked well last time couldn't be used at all!
However, this does not trouble those aristocratic families.
Because it may be difficult for them to accomplish something, but it is very easy for them to mess up something!
So, what happened next was that the city of Goguryeo was about to be destroyed and Yang Xuangan rebelled in China!
Yang Guang, who was waiting to celebrate on the front line, heard that there was a fire in the backyard. He immediately abandoned the ruined Goguryeo capital and ran back anxiously.
As for the Three Conquests, they were not launched at all this time, and the Sui Dynasty was already on the verge of destruction.
It is true that the fall of the Sui Dynasty cannot be entirely blamed on the aristocratic family for being behind the scenes, but it is absolutely inseparable from them!
A man as powerful and violent as Yang Guang cannot eradicate these aristocratic families, let alone Li Shimin, who is now at the beginning of everything.
"After solving the problem of salt, the next step is the imperial examination!"
At this moment, Li Shimin's eyes were burning! Perhaps he never thought that Xiao Han's small move would be the key to his victory! This boy is truly his lucky star!
Why did the aristocratic family influence the emperor? Influence government affairs?
One depends on resources! Such as salt, such as grain!
Second, rely on cultural monopoly!
Want to be an official in this era? Then you need to study first, right?
Not every official can be as illiterate as Li Wei! Can't even write a document.
But in this world, studying is still a luxury!
Ordinary families struggling with food and clothing cannot provide for ten, twenty, or even thirty years for a scholar who only consumes and has no output!
Only those landlord families with a superior life and thousands of acres of land can read a book leisurely and take a look down at the mud-legged people working in the fields.
Perhaps when you are in a good mood, you can write one or two poems to express your sympathy for the hardworking people, such as Li Shen's "Compassion for the Farmers".
Don't think that Li Shen, who wrote "Every grain of grain is hard work," was also a farmer, but he was the son of a serious official!
Zhongshu Ling, that is, Prime Minister Li Jing, that is his great grandfather! Even if his family was in decline, he was still a county magistrate in his father's generation!
Otherwise, if you ask a farmer to write it, he may not be able to write such a famous sentence that has been passed down for thousands of years even if he has cultivated the land for 800 years.
Now, the food has been solved by Xiao Han!
Jiangnan is ripe for three consecutive years! This year, the price of rice grain in Chang'an is as low as three or four yuan, which can buy a bucket of grain!
Shandong and Jiangsu, which were originally rich in grain, could not use grain as a bargaining chip in the game with the imperial court! I can only use the remaining salt as a condition for speaking.
And once the salt problem is solved, the aristocratic family will only have the last item left in their hands, culture!
"Hmph, don't think that only aristocratic families can become civil servants! When I open the imperial examination, scholars from all over the world will flock to me. By then..."
"Perhaps, one imperial examination is nothing, but I am still young! I can wait! After five or ten examinations! When all the officials in the world have disciples of the emperor, how should your family deal with it!"
The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more relaxed he felt. The depression that had been lingering in his heart was swept away at this moment! Looking at Xiao Han again, his eyes were even more intense.
"What are you doing? I have no interest in men, I want to marry a concubine!"
Frightened by Li Shimin's gaze, Xiao Han took two steps back. Xiao Han quickly crossed his arms over his chest, pretending to protect his chastity to the end, which made Li Shimin roll his eyes.
"roll!"
"Hey, that's good!"
Xiao Han was about to run out, and Li Shimin's nose was almost crooked with anger.
"Where are you going! Come back!"
"Ah? Didn't you tell me to get out just now?"
"...If I tell you to leave, you will leave? Besides, this is not called leaving, this is called running!"
Xiao Han sneered, he knew that Li Shimin was also joking, could he really get out?
"Let's go, come with me to see the Supreme Emperor!" Li Shimin looked at Xiao Han helplessly, glared at him, shook his head and sighed: "He has talked about you many times in the past few days."
"Going to see the Supreme Emperor?" Xiao Han was stunned, then shook his head: "No, no!"
"Why?" Li Shimin asked with a frown.
Xiao Han twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled bitterly.
Why? He didn't know why, but he didn't want to see Li Yuan anyway!
Maybe it's because I feel sorry for him.
The old emperor was indeed very kind to him at the time, but he teamed up with his son to knock the old man off the emperor's throne and even killed his two sons! No matter how you look at it, you owe everything to others. In this world, how can anyone who owes a debt be willing to go see his creditor?
"Well, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do! I won't accompany you today. You are busy, you are busy!"
Not wanting to be forced to see Li Yuan by Li Shimin, Xiao Han rolled his eyes, made up an excuse, and ran out!
It seems that my waist is no longer sore, my legs are no longer painful, and I can run three miles in one breath without any effort!
"This kid!" Li Shimin was behind and shook his head helplessly as he watched Xiao Han flee.
He didn't want to forcefully order Xiao Han, even if he really wanted to drag Xiao Han to see his father.
By the way, since I took the emperor's seat, many people around me have changed!
If in the past, like today, Hou Junji had been appointed Minister of the Ministry of War, Cheng Yaojin and others would have swarmed in front of him to question him.
But now, no one comes to ask, not even one comes to express dissatisfaction!
Emperor, Emperor!
If you sit in this position, you will really become a loner in the end!
