Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 130 Family Strategy
Gao Ming likes to joke, but he also knows the difference between joking and playing dead, so when Li Shimin showed a threatening look, he immediately faltered.

"Actually, to deal with these aristocratic families, we must first disintegrate them, and then suppress them, so that we can divide and defeat them!"

Having said that, a confident smile suddenly appeared on Gao Ming's face.

"Actually, those aristocratic families do not completely trust each other, otherwise they would not use marriage to maintain their relationship, so we have to start from this aspect!"

Hearing Gao Ming's statement, Li Shimin also nodded with a smile.

"I know this too, but how can I prevent them from marrying? It's impossible for me to directly order to prevent them from marrying, right?"

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Gao Ming showed a smirk.

"Hey, actually this is not a problem, it's just that you need to pay a little price, old man."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming stretched out a little finger to Li Shimin, indicating that the price is really small. Seeing this scene, Li Shimin also became interested.

"Tell me, what price do I need to pay?"

Seeing Li Shimin speak, the smile on Gao Ming's face suddenly became brighter.

"Hey, this is easier said than done. When you go to court tomorrow, you will announce that you are going to accept the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang as your concubine. If they don't agree..."

Before Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's face turned dark.

"I am the king of a country. If I want to accept the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang as my concubine, they will be too happy. How could they not agree?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Gao Ming with displeasure, as if he was angry that Gao Ming underestimated his personal charm.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately waved his hand towards him with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry, they will definitely not agree to it. I have already inquired about it. The Zheng family's prostitute daughter who is neither married nor engaged is only 12 years old. If the Zheng family wants face, they will definitely not agree. "

"you……"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin's eyes widened, and before his anger came out, Gao Ming spoke again.

"When the Zheng family refuses, old man, you have to pretend to be on fire and ask the other families to send their daughters to the palace to be your concubines. But with the Zheng family's precedent, I think they will definitely not agree. Then you can..."

Hearing this, Li Shimin understood immediately, and immediately took over Gao Ming's words.

"When the time comes, I will not be able to become a concubine, so I will use this as an excuse to get angry, and prohibit the intermarriage of the five surnames, and inform the world, and then the whole Tang Dynasty will praise them for not following others, and then scold me for nothing, right? ?”

Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"My emperor is wise!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was sprayed all over the face by Li Shimin's spit.

"Sheng Ming's fart!"

At this time Li Shimin was surprisingly angry, his face was flushed red, and his fingers had already pointed to Gao Ming's forehead.

"This is the little price you said? If I really do this, how will you make the world think of me? Since it was your idea, how about I let you marry these five surnames?"

Looking at the angry Li Shimin, Gao Ming sighed suddenly, and then spread his hands.

"I would like to, but this is not possible. You see, I am young and handsome. You don't need to say that they are all crying and rushing to marry their daughter to me, so you have to do it."

"..."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin, who was bursting with anger, fell silent.

At this time, Li Shimin found out very painfully that what Gao Ming said seemed to be correct. If he said to let the five families marry their daughters to Gao Ming, maybe they would really agree!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin, who was hurt by his self-esteem, sighed immediately, and then pointed to the door.

"roll!"

"..."

Gao Ming hated Li Shimin's temper of telling others to leave at the slightest disagreement, but at this time he also knew the truth that people had to bow their heads under the roof, so he quickly left without saying a word.

Gao Ming didn't know that he had just stepped out of the gate of the imperial study room, but Li Shimin, who was originally angry inside, showed a relaxed smile.

"Hey, what is face compared to Jiangshan Sheji?"

When going to court the next day, Li Shimin immediately announced that he would take the daughter of the Zheng family as his concubine. There was an uproar all over the court. 90.00% of the ministers jumped up and said no, and the officials jumped up and down. They almost didn't scold her. The king has no way.

Under such circumstances, the Zheng family unexpectedly refused on the grounds that their daughter was young, but what the Zheng family did not expect was that just after they had finished refusing, Li Shimin immediately went to the Cui family, the Lu family, and the Wang family, And the Li family of Zhao County made the same request.

Everyone didn't know what Li Shimin was doing, so the whole court was quiet all of a sudden.

However, with the precedent of the Zheng family, the Cui family, the Lu family and the Wang family all refused with different reasons, but the Li family in Zhaojun had some troubles.

Li Shimin's lineage belongs to the Li family in Longxi, but it has nothing to do with the Li family in Zhaojun. However, it is also a surname, so the Li family in Zhaojun wanted to agree, but now the other four families have rejected it, so they can only accept it. Can politely decline.

Seeing that the five surnames all rejected his request, Li Shimin wanted to continue the brilliant "script" on the one hand, and on the other hand was angry at the defiantness of these aristocratic families, so he immediately became angry.

"Too deceiving!"

As the saying goes, "when a man is angry, his blood will splatter five steps, and when the king is angry, he will bleed for thousands of miles." Seeing Li Shimin's anger, the entire court was immediately full of ministers.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Judging from the nature of this matter, what the five surnamed gentry did today can be regarded as "deceiving the emperor", so Li Shimin's thunderous anger is also reasonable. What makes everyone feel uneasy is that they don't know this. One time will not die.

Under everyone's worried eyes, Li Shimin walked back and forth several times "angryly", and then snorted coldly.

"Huh, the decree, from now on, all the daughters of the five surnames are not allowed to intermarry with the other four surnames, and those who violate it will be punished as deceiving the emperor and resign from the court!"

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin waved his sleeves "angrily", and then left directly, leaving a hall of ministers still shouting "Long live, long live, long live".

When the court meeting was over and the ministers returned home, all the astute ministers suddenly realized that today's court meeting seemed a little strange.

Why did Li Shimin suddenly ask for Nabi?Why is Nabi's partner still the prostitute's daughter of a family with five surnames?Why did the first person he spoke to be not the closest Li family of Zhaojun or the weakest Wang family of Taiyuan, but the toughest Zheng family of Xingyang?
If Li Shimin did not issue the last edict, perhaps they would not have guessed Li Shimin's intentions, but with the issuance of the imperial edict "prohibiting intermarriage between prostitutes of five surnames and other four surnames", Li Shimin's purpose has become obvious.

That is to disintegrate the seemingly unbreakable marriage relationship between the five surnames and seven Wangs!
Of course, those who can fully see this point are the smartest people in the court, such as Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, etc. Although some people from the five surnames can see this point, they don't care.

Can the power of the five surnames be suppressed by relying on this little trick?

In the eyes of most people, Li Shimin just couldn't get a concubine, so out of embarrassment and anger, he forbade the intermarriage of the prostitutes of the five surnames in the five families.

Therefore, when Li Shimin's imperial decree was issued, his reputation would inevitably decline. In contrast, the reputation of the family with five surnames was like a rocket, and it suddenly rose!

Names such as "not afraid of power", "not following others", "literati's pride" and so on were immediately hung on the bodies of the five surnames, especially the women of the five surnames, and suddenly became the topic of discussion in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City. hot topic.

Think about it, Li Shimin is the current emperor, and he is not even satisfied with marrying a woman with five surnames. It can be seen how precious these five surname women are!
For a time, the entire noble class in Chang'an City was proud of being able to marry a woman with five surnames. Under such circumstances, the patriarchs of the five surnames were almost bursting with laughter.

"Didn't you, Li Shimin, prevent the daughters of the five surnames from intermarrying among the five surnames? Now, let alone the daughters of the five surnames, even the concubine daughters of the right age are married, and all of them are from the Tang Dynasty." Honorable!"

At this time, Gao Ming almost burst out laughing.

"You five surnames think you have earned it? Just wait to become a full-time father-in-law in the future!"

As the saying goes, "when the water is full, it overflows." The clan of the five surnames seems to be very proud now, but they don't realize that the influence of the noble clan of the five surnames has begun to slowly decline at this time.

Nowadays, when people mention "five surnames and seven wangs", most people think that it is not "five surnames gentry", but "five surnames women".

"If you can marry a woman with five surnames and go home, how face-saving it will be!"

Even some children of the five surname families began to have an idea, that is, they don't need to work hard, as long as their elder sister or younger sister can marry a high-ranking nobleman, they don't have to worry about their future.

Although there are not many people who have such thoughts, it has to be said that such thoughts are terrible, so terrible that they can destroy a family.

And this is also a part of Gao Ming's wishful thinking. After he told Li Shimin this idea, Li Shimin, who was originally anxious, suddenly became full of shock.

"Have you calculated people's hearts to this extent?"

Looking at the shocked Li Shimin, Gao Ming just smiled.

"It's not that I'm calculating people's hearts, but that all aristocratic families will go through this process, and I just shortened the process. In the future, as long as we pay attention to military merits in terms of military officers, and tighten the imperial examinations in terms of civil servants, don't Let the nobles of the five surnames go to the related households, up to three generations, and the clans of the five surnames will surely decline!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately took Li Shimin's hand, and then patted the back of his hand lightly.

"Old man, don't worry, if you don't see that day, I will burn it to you in the form of a family letter."

When Li Shimin heard this, his face twitched again, and then silently raised his right hand and pointed to the door.

"roll!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)