Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 505 Emperor Wu
The Eight Great Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty are Yu Wentai, Yuan Xin, Li Hu, Li Bi, Zhao Gui, Yu Jin, Dugu Xin and Hou Mo Chen Chong.

Of the eight pillar states, Yu Wentai was the overall president, while Yuan Xin was just a representative of the Western Wei clan at that time, and had no real power. The remaining six pillar states were each governed by two generals and soldiers from each government.

But Lonely letter and Zhao Gui wanted to get rid of Yuwenhu back then, but Yuwenhu killed them. Hou Mo and Chenchong's family had already lost their status in the power struggle. , Yuwen's family was killed.

So what is left is San Li Yiyu, but now San Li Yiyu has almost been eradicated, and only the Li Hu family is left, but the Li Hu family is far behind the two Li Yiyu. Li Yuan is called an old dandy who cannot be supported by the world.

"Actually, it's nothing. There are talented people from generation to generation, and a new generation sends out old ones. Although the eight-pillar country has fallen, new families have risen. Look at the Yuwenshu family. In Yuwentai's era, it was just an ordinary general. , but now, power is in the hands of the government and the public, and it can only be said that there is one dynasty and one courtier." Luo Cheng still has a clear view of the so-called eight-pillar country and five surnames and seven families.

The five surnames and seven families were the most prosperous in the Northern Wei Dynasty. At the earliest, there were only four surnames, and there was no Li family.But the four surnames at that time were only juxtaposed with the eight surnames of Xianbei. It does not mean that the four surnames are the strongest in the world, but that the Sinicization was promoted in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the four surnames became more and more powerful.

However, a rebellion in the six towns also made a family like the four surnames into a mess, not to mention the four surnames in the Guandong after Yu Wentai ran to Guanzhong to set up a new banner.When the soldiers of Wuchuan Town, who were married to the Guanlong tycoons, destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty and unified the North, the four surnames would lose their political foundation.

Hou Jing, who was in the chaos of the Six Towns, finished the chaos in the Central Plains and ran to the south of the Yangtze River. He even killed Wang Xie, Gu Zhang and other Jiangnan clansmen.

It's just that the foundation of the five surnames for hundreds of years is still there, at least they have monopolized academics, have a super economic foundation, and occupy a large amount of land, so they are still very beautiful on the surface.

But no matter how beautiful they are, they have to step up their marriage with the Guanlongmen clan. During the Sui Dynasty, the five surnames and seven families were still relatively low-key people. They have not yet reached the state of being fully revived in the Tang Dynasty.

However, in the Daye Dynasty, the status of the five surnames and seven families was indeed getting higher and higher. This was because the emperor was deliberately suppressing the Guanlong nobles. To fight the Guanlong nobles, he naturally had to recruit the Guandong gentry.

The group of Guanlong aristocrats didn't mean to kill them all at once, but also to beat them one by one, to win over some young people, and to overthrow some old aristocrats.

So now it seems that there are not many top warlords like the twelve generals of the eight-pillar country who still have to wear their tails.

But there are also upstarts like Yu Wenshu and Luo Yi, who have begun to look like powerful people. In addition, such important officials as Tathagata Huer, Yu Shiji, and Pei Yun are almost all supported by the emperor.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, it really couldn't be more appropriate.

Li Yuan's family used to be great, but is it comparable to the current Yuwen Shu's family?

The Dugu family used to be great, but is it comparable to the previous Yang Su family?

The Yang Su family is great, but how can it compare to the current Luo Yi family?

In the final analysis, the royal family is the most powerful clan in the world, whoever is stronger will threaten him, so the imperial power is born to suppress those powerful clans.

It doesn't matter whether you are a noble in Guanlong, or you have five surnames and seven families.

It can be said that if Yang Guang does not perish and passes the throne to his son or grandson in the future, then no matter how prosperous the Luo family is now, when the new emperor comes to power, it is estimated that he will become the stare of the new emperor and may suffer Suppress.

This is the cycle.

Every emperor must suppress the powerful ministers left behind by the previous emperor, suppress those powerful families, and then support and recruit a group of upstarts. This is to ensure imperial power and their own status.

"Then, wouldn't our Luo family be in danger?"

"Not yet. After all, our Luo family is not the family of the twelve great generals of the eight-pillar country. Without the accumulation of those generations, we are still nouveau riche in the eyes of many people. So, the emperor doesn't have to worry about us. Yes. Because all our status and wealth today come from the emperor, and the emperor gave it to us. This is different from the eight pillar countries. Their glorious status comes from Yu Wentai or the former emperor. But everything we are today comes from today."

"It is impossible for us to oppose the emperor, because that is the source of our power. If we change someone, the legitimacy of our status and power will be shaken. Of course, if 20 or 30 years later, or when the next emperor arrives, it may It's different again, but it was early then, wasn't it?"

Luo Yi nodded with a smile, "Yeah, after 30 years, I guess I'll be buried."

Luo Cheng was given the posthumous title of Zhongwu by the emperor, which means that the emperor admired his loyalty very much, so he dared not say more. As long as he does not do anything excessive within a year or 20, the emperor has no reason to move the pawn he raised himself.

"When will you leave Beijing and return to Liaodong?" Luo Yi asked.

"I don't know yet, the emperor hasn't let me go yet." Luo Cheng didn't know what the emperor was waiting for, anyway, he and his Fifth Left Army had been stationed in the southern suburbs. No complaints.Everyone took turns to rest, and during the rest, they went to Luoyang City together for a stroll, and also saw the prosperity of Luoyang, and felt that they would have something to brag about when they returned home in the future.

As for those generals, I have no opinion.

Luo Cheng got the huge wealth of the Yang family, and Luo Cheng didn't take it all by himself. He distributed most of the money to the soldiers, and then gave Yang's mansion, manor, villa servants, kabuki and dancers, etc. All the points are given to those generals and brothers.

Although this move was impeached several times by the good censor, the emperor didn't say anything about him.

Anyway, he is popular now, and the emperor doesn't care about some trivial matters.

Royal Palace.

A rush was presented into the palace.

"Liu Yuanjin proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven in Wu County, with hundreds of officials and more than [-] people."

"Who is this Liu Yuanjin?"

Yang Guang asked angrily.

Yu Wenshu was also a little puzzled, never heard of such a person.

After asking for a long time, Pei Shiju, Yu Shiji and others have never heard of it.

Yang Guang had no choice but to ask them to investigate. After searching for a long time, he finally found some clues.It turned out that Liu Yuanjin was from Yuhang, Jiangnan. He was a knight-errant when he was young, and his family was a powerful landlord with some property.Before the emperor's two conquests in Liaodong, he also recruited sailors in the Jiangnan area, and many civilians were recruited.

The emperor collected grain and grass from the south of the Yangtze River again, and many people in the south of the Yangtze River were also conscripted to transport grain to Liyang.

Originally, after the Sui Dynasty wiped out Nanchen and ruled the world, a major rebellion broke out in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was finally suppressed. Although it has been many years since the last major rebellion, the land of Sanwu is still somewhat alienated from the Sui Dynasty.

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