Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 489 The Unstoppable Upstart

When Nayan Suwei left the palace hall, he was allowed to leave in a small chariot by the emperor's decree because of his old age.Sitting on the chariot is of course more comfortable, especially when the weather is getting hotter and hotter. If you walk a few more steps, you will inevitably sweat, and it is not uncomfortable to get wet all over your body.

Lying on the small chariot, Su Wei thought secretly.

After Zhou Wudi Yu Wenyong, who was one year younger than Yang Jian, died in his 30s, he passed the throne to his son Yu Wenyun, who was Emperor Zhou Xuan.But this Emperor Xuan of Zhou was too nonsense. It can be said that he made all kinds of troubles. He was a well-known master of death. After a few years of troubles, he was angry and complained.

At that time, Yu Wentai was not the leading brother of Guanlong Group, the real leading brother was He Bayue, Guanzhong Daxingtai.

He Bayue, like Gao Huan, was Er Zhurong's younger brother, and Er Zhurong was killed by Gao Huan later.

He Bayue accepted the secret order of Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty to fight against Gao Huan. He led his brothers from Wuchuan Town to integrate the military forces in the Guanlong area and form a new military aristocratic group.

They used He Bayue's old Wuchuan tribe as their team, settled in Guanzhong, mixed Hu and Han, combined civil and military forces, intermarried with each other, especially married with local powerful nobles in Longzhong, Guanzhong, thus forming the Guanlong noble group.

It was only later that He Bayue suddenly died in battle, and Yu Wentai took the opportunity to stand up and lead everyone to continue to fight against Kanto.

Later, the emperor came to Guanzhong. In order to be able to compete with the emperor, Yu Wentai perfected the military system and set up eight pillars and twelve generals.

The basis of this system is the tribal discussion system of the Xianbei people, which is equivalent to the eight kings' discussion of politics.Originally, the emperor had the final say, but it turned out to be an eight-pillar alliance parliamentary system. Yu Wentai himself was the chief assistant, so he naturally held the real power and emptied the emperor.

At that time, the Western Wei Dynasty was a combination of military and government. The Eight Pillars Kingdom and the Twelve Generals were all generals and prime ministers. They were not only the commanders-in-chief of the army, but also the core of the country's leadership, and even their soldiers were considered their private soldiers.

Because of this, these twenty major families became the prominent core families of the Western Wei State in the Guanzhong area, and both the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty were established by these families.

In the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties, these top Guanlong nobles were not just important officials of the court, they were actually the masters of the country, equivalent to the major shareholders and members of the board of directors of the company.

Whether it is the Western Wei Dynasty when the Yuan family was established as a puppet, or the Northern Zhou Dynasty when it came out to be the emperor, the Yuwen family is still just the leading brother.

All kinds of tossing about by Emperor Zhou Xuan, and even various policies secretly implemented, are actually centralizing power all the time, and the royal family is gaining prestige. In the end, Yang Jian, the father-in-law of Emperor Zhou Xuan, and the son of the twelve generals Yang Zhong became the leader of the Guanlong Group. New boss with partial support.

Because Emperor Zhou Xuan messed around, the transition of power this time was very smooth. Even if Yuchi, who is also Emperor Xuan's father-in-law, raised 30 troops, he still couldn't buck the trend.

Yu Jin, Li Mu and other big pillar states all supported Yang Jian one after another. In the end, the Yang family usurped the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the transition was very fast and smooth.

Yang Jian conquered the Northern Zhou Dynasty, then destroyed Xiliang and Nanchen, and finally unified the world.

After the establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty, the system was changed, the system of the Han and Wei dynasties was restored, the Zhou ceremony was restored, and three provinces and six ministries were established.Although the Fubing system is still retained in the military, the Fubing system has changed at this time, and there is no longer a pillar country.

The Twelve Generals were changed to the Twelve Guards and Four Mansions, and the generals no longer had the power to directly command the troops. As for Zhu Guo, they only became honorary officials.

Through various means, Yang Jian quickly took back a lot of the core power in the hands of the Guanlong nobles in the past.

He did what Yuwentai and the others wanted to do but failed.

Yang Jian has been in the world for more than [-] years, and has been suppressing the Guanlong Group with various means. When Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, in fact, most of the families of the original Eight Pillar Kingdom's twelve generals had declined.

After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he took the opportunity to vigorously promote the gentry in Jiangnan and Guandong.The five surnames and seven families who once stood in the wrong position in the Eastern and Western Wei struggles finally raised their heads again, but they were still very honest in front of the emperor.

Yang Guang is very satisfied with these Kanto and Jiangnan gentry, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, and Pei Shiju are all their representatives.

And he, Su Wei, can be regarded as the representative of the Guanzhong gentry among the Guanlong nobles, and Yu Wenshu can be regarded as the representative of the Guanlong military nobles in the dynasty.

However, the Yu Wenshu family was not popular at all before, but now they are top representatives. On the contrary, the descendants of the eight-pillar countries such as Li Hu, Li Bi, and Li Mu Yuyi are now suppressed and unable to stand up. He took the opportunity to chop off his head.

Li Mu's family was also involved in the case of the emperor inheriting the title, which killed several direct descendants, and let a fatuous and incompetent nine son Li Hun succeed the family head and seize the title of duke.

If it goes on like this, it won't take many years. It is estimated that the families of the twelve generals in the eight-pillar country will be almost destroyed, and they will no longer be able to control the court.

This time Yang Xuangan's rebellion gave the emperor another opportunity to uproot Yang Su's Hongnong Yang family.No way, maybe they will take the opportunity to implicate others, such as Jingzhao Webster and others.

In the current DPRK, there are three major groups faintly formed.

The Guanlong military aristocrats are naturally still among them, but their power is not as good as before, and they can no longer monopolize the court and control the world.The Guandong gentry headed by the five surnames and seven families have been strong in the past few years. When Qi was destroyed in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Guandong gentry headed by the five surnames who stood on Qi's side naturally suffered a comprehensive suppression. The power of the four surnames that rose in the Northern Wei Dynasty declined greatly. In the past two years, it has recovered a lot.

Then there are the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. The earliest gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were naturally the current gentry in the north and the local gentry in Wu when they traveled south. several.

However, it now appears that the Shandong tycoons have faintly risen, and the force represented by Luo has sprung up very quickly. Compared with the existing three major groups, they have little foundation, lack of qualifications and prestige, just like Luo Cheng.

But it is precisely because of this that Su Wei feels that this is the root of the rise of Shandong tyrants, because the emperor likes to use this.At the beginning, the Guandong gentry was used to suppress the Guanlong Group, and the Jiangnan gentry was used to contain the Guandong gentry.

Undoubtedly, they now want to use Shandong Haoqiang to create a new powerful group to completely replace the Guanlong military nobles. After all, although the emperor was born in the Guanlong military group, he is more afraid of this group than anyone else.The emperor built the Eastern Capital, moved the capital to Luoyang, and moved the center of the world to the east, which also further weakened the influence of the Beilong Group on the imperial court.

The emperor always likes to do this, but compared with Emperor Wen, he is undoubtedly more radical and hasty.

Yang Xuangan's rebellion is actually the best proof.

After Luo Cheng enters the court, what position will he take?
Su Wei smiled lightly.

He is old, and has been in the court for more than [-] years, with three ups and downs, and many things have become bearish, and he has seen through the character of today.This is an emperor who will do whatever he thinks, and no one can persuade him. He will only listen to what he wants to hear and do what he wants to do. As for the rest, he will never take care of it.

"The young man is really lucky. It just so happens that the Son of Heaven needs such a person. He really burned too much incense in his previous life." Su Wei sighed.

(End of this chapter)