Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 170

A small village in the eastern part of Bejee
The villages in the west, south, and north of Baekje State have been hunted down by the hunting teams of Incheon City. The current Boje people are either crowded in Baekje City, relying on the city wall to protect themselves, or migrate to the east far away from Incheon City. .

A Boji woman was leading several children to collect wild vegetables and fruits in the forest outside the village, when suddenly...

rustling—

There are unusual sounds in the forest.

The Boji women looked around curiously, but found nothing, but the migrants in the village said that there were many devils in the forest, and these devils liked to hunt them.

"Let's go home soon."

The Boji women were worried that there was a legendary devil in this forest, so they took a few children and prepared to return to the village.

"kill!"

At the moment when the Boji woman was about to escape, three men sprang out of the forest.

These three people are the three of Liu Guanzhang who squatted in the grass for a long time. The three of them did not find the village of Boji along the way, and they did not dare to attract the attention of Boji City, so they secretly bypassed Boji City and went to the east of Boji City. Face to hunt the Boji people.

After several days and nights in the forest, after searching for a long time, I finally found a Bejee village.

But there are too many young and middle-aged people in the village, and the three of them will definitely not be able to beat them directly, so they have been squatting in the grass, waiting for the people in the village to enter the forest and throw themselves into the net.

"You two catch those kids, and I'll catch this woman." Liu Yu shouted to the other two, and then rushed towards the Boji woman.

After a while, the Boji woman and her children were arrested.

The boy was worthless, so the three brothers killed them directly, and cut off the heads of the two little boys with faces full of fear, and planned to take the heads of the boys back to exchange for money.

The three brothers tied up the captured woman and two girls, then hid the woman and two girls in a cave, and then continued to squat in the grass, waiting for the new Beje people to throw themselves into the net.

"We'll go back to Incheon City to exchange money when people have saved enough money, otherwise it will take a lot of time to come here once." Liu Yu said to the two brothers.

"Understood." The two brothers nodded. They are both honest and kind people, and they listen to the eldest brother no matter what.

……

another three years later
Jingning first year
Emperor Liu Shi died of illness, posthumously named Xiaoyuan, also known as Emperor Hanyuan, and the crown prince Liu Ao took the throne.

Liu Shi's life was unremarkable. When he came to the throne, the country was prosperous and the people were safe. He took over a powerful empire, and there were no external troubles.

However, he reused eunuchs above the court, appointed scholars in the local area, completely abandoned the hegemony of the Legalists, and condoned party struggles, so that the situation went downhill. The annexation of land that slowed down during Emperor Xuan's time revived in his era, coupled with successive years of natural disasters When he died, there were already millions of refugees in the world, and what he left to his prince Liu Ao was an empire that was decaying inside.

As soon as Liu Ao came to the throne, he transferred Shi Xian, the eunuch who was heavily used by the late emperor, to other places, and transferred other eunuchs away from the central government.

……

another two months later

Changan
Royal Mansion
"Our new emperor doesn't seem to like eunuchs very much?"

The 74-year-old Wang Ling is now Da Changqiu, and she handles all the affairs of the harem, with the same status as Jiuqing.

"Shi Xian committed suicide, what about us?"

Wang Hongnian is 78 years old, but he is still alive and well. His great-grandsons have all started to learn Chinese characters.

Although he is the great general of Da Sima, Wang Hongnian still consults Wang Ling who is also in Chang'an for everything.

At this time, a servant said respectfully outside: "I would like to report to the two masters, the prime minister asks to see you."

"Don't pay attention to him." Wang Ling said indifferently.

"Yes." The servant replied.

This prime minister is Kuang Heng who made up the story of "chiseling the wall to steal light".

In this era, those who have books at home are either poor nobles or powerful nobles. How could they live next door to a poor boy and be stolen by the poor boy.

But making up stories is something that everyone is used to. Didn't the Wang family also make up "Longevity Lets Peach"?

Everyone knows each other, as long as they know each other well, don't say anything about anyone.

"At that time, Shi Xian was arrogant and domineering because he was favored by the late emperor. Many officials fawned on him. This prime minister, Kuang Heng, got into the position of prime minister because he gave gifts to Shi Xian and kept kneeling and licking Shi Xian. Now Shi Xian is dead, and he wants to curry favor with our Wang family and make our Wang family his new master, haha!"

Great General Wang Hongnian obviously looked down on Kuang Heng, and the current Wang family no longer needed to care about a prime minister like Kuang Heng who had no real power.

In the past, the real power of the prime minister was controlled by the eunuch Shi Xian, and now, the real power of the prime minister is controlled by the great general Wang Hongnian.

In short, this kid Kuang Heng has never had real power since he became the prime minister. He has always been just a tool person in charge of stamping and speaking.

Now his Kuang Heng's master Shi Xian has fallen, so he wants to curry favor with Wang Hongnian and find a new master to keep his prime minister position.

Although it is a prime minister without real power, a prime minister without real power is infinitely better than a white body, and future generations can also proudly say: My ancestors were also prime ministers of a big man!

"Although our royal family is a foreign relative, it is also a powerful gentry. We should stand on the side of the gentry. Otherwise, once the emperor favors a new kinsman, our royal family loses power, and the gentry all over the world will attack them. The Huo family will be destroyed. Our family is accused by thousands of people, such a lesson has not been too long for us."

Wang Ling reminded Wang Hongnian to pay attention to political positions, not to stand in the wrong position, and not to drift away just because he became the Great General Sima.

"Then what do you mean?" Wang Hongnian thought seriously, and continued to ask Wang Ling, not caring about Prime Minister Kuang Heng standing awkwardly outside the mansion.

"The power of foreign relatives is only temporary. When the emperor favors them, they are invincible in the world. When the emperor does not favor them, they will die like the Huo family without a place to bury them. Only the powerful gentry can last, because the power of the powerful gentry does not depend on the emperor and does not need the emperor. However, it depends on the family’s reputation, knowledge, property, land, disciples, old officials, etc.” Wang Ling explained slowly: “So, even though we are foreign relatives now, we still have to stand firmly in the gentry camp. , and at the same time try not to offend the emperor, so that our royal family can truly last forever."

"So?" Wang Hongnian roughly understood.

"So, we should kill Kuang Heng, because Kuang Heng used to belong to the camp of eunuchs. By killing Kuang Heng, we are expressing our position to the nobles in the world. At the same time, the emperor will not say anything, because Kuang Heng is a member of the eunuch group, and the emperor hates eunuchs very much now, so if we kill Kuang Heng, the emperor will naturally have no objection."

While talking and laughing, Wang Ling had already decided on the future of the prime minister Kuang Heng who stood outside the door and wanted to curry favor with the gift.

"Since this is the case, then we can't meet Kuang Heng, so as not to misunderstand us." Wang Hongnian said with a smile, smoothing his beard.

"Exactly." Wang Ling smiled, and then took a sip of hot tea.

As long as one Kuang Heng is sacrificed, he can gain the approval of the scholars of the world. Why not do this kind of thing?

(End of this chapter)