Jiang Hua opened the door and saw the anxious County Wei Yan, the worried uncle Jiang Shi, and the County Magistrate Cheng Yu who usually helped his father with government affairs.
"Young Master, the monarch has deceived many nobles in the name of celebration, and now he has issued an edict to destroy the Tao. This is really unethical. Please Young Master, please take over the throne quickly, and do your best in Yancheng in the name of revenge for your father." Soldiers and horses, find a way out!" County Wei Yan said seriously.
Yancheng is the name of the Jiang family's fiefdom. Just by looking at the name, you can tell that this is a city that produces salt. You can imagine the wealth contained in it.
Eight hundred years ago, Jiang Hua's ancestor was an ordinary citizen of the Chao Kingdom. Later, he settled here, reclaimed the wilderness, and killed the monsters and monsters here. In the end, generations of Jiang family members led the wild people here and opened up the current foundation. .
With sea salt as a profit, although Yancheng is only a city, it has thirty-six townships, nearly a thousand villages, and a total population of about one million. Although it is a county, it is not as big as an ordinary county. Not even close.
This kind of strength has surpassed most of the nobles of the Chao Kingdom and can be compared with the Qing clan. Even if the monarch issues an order to exterminate Taoism, if Yancheng devotes all his strength, there is still no way to survive.
"Bold! Stop trying to seduce Young Master here!"
"Chao Kingdom is one of the vassal states that was enfeoffed by Emperor Zhou. It has been passed down to this day and has a profound heritage. Even though it has long declined, no one knows how much heritage it has. Once we take the initiative to resist, we will definitely become a thorn in the king's side. At that time, the king will definitely He will do his best to destroy us. Doing so will truly lead to death without a burial!"
County Cheng Yu’s words also sound reasonable. Chao Kingdom was one of the feudal princes when King Wu was still there. Although it has been in decline for a long time, no one knows whether there are treasures left by an ancestor in the arsenal of Chao Kingdom.
"Shut up, I think you are the one who deceives Young Master!"
"The soul lamp of the first doctor has been extinguished, which means that the first doctor has died in the hands of the king. Do you want the young master to endure the revenge of killing his father? Is this what he should do for the son of man? This is unfilial!"
"Besides, the Taoist priests in those territories have made the greatest contribution to the development of Yancheng to this day. When encountering the Taoist order, they would abandon the Taoist directly, or even attack the Taoist in turn. This is unjust!"
"Do you want me to be an unfilial and unjust person?"
With that said, County Wei Yan raised his big fist and pointed it at the County Prime Minister. County Prime Minister Yu didn't look at it and sneered: "Benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust? This is just the words of the sage Kong Xuan!"
"Although Kong Xuannai is one of the great sages well-known in various countries, his ideas have no control over our Chao country. In Chao country, inheritance is the most important thing. As long as Yancheng can be passed down smoothly, as long as the Jiang family can If generations go on, what's the matter if the young master is a little wronged?"
"Could it be that Young Master's personal honor and disgrace is more important than the millions of people in Yancheng? Can it be more important than the 800-year inheritance of the Jiang family?"
"Since the development of Yancheng, the ancestors of the Jiang family have been wronged and shed less blood. Have the ancestors and clans been wronged? How can Shaojun not bear it?"
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County Wei Yan didn't say anything, he just punched him!
This punch hit Xian Chengyu's face, causing the skin to bleed. Xian Chengyu also raised his fist and was about to fight back. Seeing that the two were about to fight, Jiang Hua, who had been silent all this time, coughed. . When the two saw this, they immediately stopped their fists.
"Since the development of the Jiang family, we have received a lot of favors from the Taoist. I, the Jiang family, have a shallow bloodline, and I am able to become a doctor only by cultivating immortality and Qi. For eight hundred years, I have shared weal and woe with the Taoist, and it is difficult to tell each other apart."
Some doctors and ministers rely on blood. They purify the blood in their bodies from generation to generation through internal intermarriage, making the family blood as dense as possible and slowing down the decline.
The thicker the bloodline, the stronger the strength. This ensures family inheritance, and over time, circles are formed one after another.
The Qing clan only intermarry with the Qing clan, and rarely marry outside the family. The men of the Qing clan even dream of marrying the princess of a monarch. The monarch's bloodline is theoretically the strongest.
Doctors only intermarry with other officials, and rarely marry outside the family. If you can marry a daughter of the Qing clan, it will be a great joy that the whole family will celebrate together.
The rise of the Jiang family was very short, only eight hundred years. For ordinary people, eight hundred years was a long time, but for the entire Chao Kingdom, the king's reign lasted more than eight hundred years.
For other officials, eight hundred years may only be passed down to two or three generations. For the Qing clan, the head of the family may not have changed.
In such a short period of time, the Jiang family has been unable to move closer to the aristocratic circle. In the eyes of most nobles, the Jiang family is just a small family with good luck. Once the luck is gone, it may perish at any time. By then, the Jiang family's wealth will , is everyone’s wealth!
Relying on this hand, the territories of those officials and ministers continued to expand. They even actively encouraged the countrymen and scholars to develop, and then quietly waited for the other party to perish for some reason, so that they could eat meat and drink soup under the banner of survival.
"Just like my father, if he relied solely on his bloodline, he might not even be able to compare with the scholars. However, with the help of Taoism, my father understood the secrets of Qi training, divided the five elements, and the power of his magic under the suitable terrain. It’s unimaginable.”
"In the past eight hundred years, too many clan members have learned to practice Qi. If the Dao is completely destroyed, then at least 10% of the people will be directly killed. By then, every household will be covered with sackcloth and mourning. How can this be done by the Lord?"
After saying this, Jiang Hua looked at County Cheng Yu: "There is no need to mention the idea of abandoning Taoists and killing Taoists in exchange for the king's forgiveness."
"Our Jiang family has never been accepted by the nobles of the Chao Kingdom. In the past eight hundred years, no daughter of the Qing clan has ever married with us, which is proof. At this moment, there must be evil neighbors sharpening their knives, waiting to kill My Jiang family is eating meat and drinking soup!"
"You don't even have the guts to directly eliminate Taoists and make enemies of Taoist groups. But you still have a lot of courage to take advantage of the trend of exterminating Taoist orders and take advantage of it to make a fortune!"
"As for the monarch, although he seems to be powerful, he is actually just a withered skeleton in the grave and lacks stamina. Senior Shangqing Tianyan's strength is only one step away from the legendary real person. Even if he is attacked by the monarch, he will not be eliminated so easily. At this moment, the monarch and many powerful people must be restrained in the capital, this person is not so easy to destroy!"
"Besides, even if we want to destroy the Tao, our Yancheng is not the place that attracts the most attention."
The one that attracts the most attention from everyone in Chao Kingdom must be the fiefdom of Taoist Tianyan. The truly strong men, the strongest army, and the most powerful treasures will definitely go there first.
"I have made up my mind, no more words!"
"I understand, I will ring the morning bell and summon the leaders of the territories and Taoists from all over the country to witness the young master's succession to the throne in Yancheng in three days!"
