Nuclear Warlord

Chapter 176

"It's a good one that can't be broken or built! Well said!"

Emperor Ganwu's eyes flashed brightly, and his heart was filled with excitement, feeling that he had been too cautious all these years.

Blindly forbearance will only allow the Eight Great Aristocratic Families to gain ground.

If he doesn't destroy these aristocratic families now and let them grow bigger and stronger, wouldn't it be more difficult for the later successors?
If the successor is weak and incompetent, wouldn't it be up to the Eight Great Aristocratic Families?
For a while, Emperor Qianwu already had a decision in his mind, and decided to change his original strategy for dealing with the Eight Great Aristocratic Families.

At the same time, he was also thinking about a problem.

That is, if the eight great families cannot be eliminated in his lifetime, which prince can inherit his will and have the courage to fight against these families?

Li Ji obviously couldn't do it. As the prince, he actually agreed with Li Changfeng to apologize to the Zhao family.

Li Chengye didn't speak the whole time. He obviously wanted to hide his strength and bide his time. He was not aggressive enough, too cautious, and it wasn't suitable.

So now it seems that the only suitable one is Li Changfeng.

At this time, Emperor Qianwu already had an idea in his heart about the candidate for the crown prince.

However, Li Changfeng didn't know much about government and military affairs, so he had to practice a lot in the future before he could take on great responsibilities.

These thoughts just flashed in Emperor Qianwu's mind, and the most important thing right now was to deal with the Eight Great Aristocratic Families.

Emperor Ganwu looked at Li Changfeng with admiration and said, "I am very pleased that you have such courage. Since you want to deal with the Eight Great Aristocratic Families, I will support you. Just go ahead and do it!"

Li Changfeng grinned: "Father, you just need to support me, I must find a way to get rid of these cancers."

Li Changfeng was very happy.

He was afraid that Emperor Qianwu would be cautious, keep a low profile, prevent him from attacking the Zhao family, and constrain him everywhere.

Now that he supports him, he can free his hands and feet to clean up the Zhao family.

As for the other seven families, as long as they don't provoke him, he won't bother to care about them.

So what if they have been passed down for a long time?
When he brings Dagan into the era of industrialization and masters the highest and latest production technology, these old dignitaries in the farming era will soon be eliminated by the era, and he doesn't even need to take action.

The tide of the times cannot be stopped by a few aristocratic families.

After Li Changfeng left the palace, Emperor Ganwu looked at Gao Dali: "I asked you to investigate the Zhao family's property, what tricks do they have?"

Gao Dali said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are naturally some tricks, but even if there are none, so what? The old slave will just make some for them!"

"Okay!" Emperor Ganwu sneered, "Confiscate all the properties of the Zhao family in the capital, and put all the money into the treasury!"

Since accepting Li Changfeng's suggestion to support the barbarians with war, everything has been going smoothly so far.

But now that the weather is getting colder, it is hard to say what will happen next. It may be a huge expenditure to support the state treasury. It is just a matter of using the Zhao family to raise money for emergencies.

As a sword of Emperor Qianwu, Gao Dali naturally obeyed, bowed and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this old servant will do it now!"

Soon, Gao Dali made a series of charges and confiscated all the Zhao family's many properties in the capital. It can almost be said that he dug three feet into the ground and emptied all valuable things.

Such a big movement immediately caused a huge commotion in the capital, and all the nobles were silent, secretly worried that the eight great families would start a war with the royal family.

Emperor Qianwu's strength exceeded everyone's expectations.

At the same time, the reason why Emperor Qianwu took action against the Zhao family also quietly spread among the people. It was said that the Zhao family bought a murderer to assassinate the Ninth Prince Li Changfeng, which made Long Yan furious.

All of a sudden, all the nobles understood, and became more vigilant towards the eight great families.

They even dared to assassinate the prince, what else would they not dare to do?

Li Changfeng's prestige among the people was extremely high, and the people in the capital were furious when they heard the news, and they cursed the Zhao family for being insane, and the Eight Great Aristocratic Families for being too arrogant.

It is clear at a glance how the people feel.

All of a sudden, the Zhao family and the eight great families were pushed to the forefront, and the city was full of slander and criticism.

What's strange is that the official did not investigate the Zhao family's murder and kept silent.

This is because Emperor Qianwu left a line, and he didn't want to force the eight great families to unite for a full-scale confrontation. Breaking each one is the best strategy.

Zhao Zhijing, the elder of the Zhao family, saw that the matter was developing in an uncontrollable direction, so he didn't dare to make a claim, so he reported the matter to the Patriarch of the Zhao family.

The Patriarch of the Zhao family, Zhao Tianquan, was furious when he learned the ins and outs. He pointed at Zhao Zhijing's nose and cursed: "Trash! It's just trash! What can you do if you can't handle such a thing? My eight great families have always secretly controlled every dynasty, but you pushed me away. When you are on the cusp of the storm and you are feared by the world, what should you do?!"

Zhao Zhijing felt so aggrieved!

He didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, it was just assassinating a prince, it's not like they haven't done it before, so what?
Zhao Zhijing couldn't figure out how Li Changfeng knew that the Zhao family had paid for the murder. Feng Shiye, the owner of Luohua Palace, replied that he hadn't leaked any information at all.

He had never expected this kind of situation, and the formidable courage displayed by Emperor Qianwu was even more unexpected.

He didn't dare to refute the Patriarch, so he could only smile bitterly and said, "I didn't expect things to develop to such a degree."

Zhao Tianquan snorted coldly and didn't care about the matter. He walked back and forth in the room for a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said indifferently: "Emperor Qianwu is demonstrating. Assassinating the prince has violated his bottom line."

Zhao Zhijing said coldly: "Since that's the case, let's communicate with other aristocratic families and unite to teach him a lesson!"

Zhao Tianquan glared at Zhao Zhijing and said, "Stupid! Do you think other aristocratic families will use weapons like this?"

The eight aristocratic families are united on the surface, but in fact there is also competition in the dark. They must be happy to hear that the Zhao family is deflated. The situation has not yet developed to the point where they can unite.

Unless Emperor Qianwu takes action against more aristocratic families, this is obviously impossible.

Zhao Zhijing gritted his teeth and said, "Our loss this time is about 30 taels of silver, so can we just forget it?"

Zhao Tianquan said with a cold smile: "Of course not! If we take one step back, Emperor Qianwu dares to take two steps forward. We must fight back!"

Having said that, Zhao Tianquan paused for a moment, and said solemnly: "Two things, first, urge the Mistress of Luohua Palace to kill Li Changfeng as soon as possible, and promise me that the Zhao family's affairs will not be completed!"

"Secondly, send people to investigate the Artillery Camp. The method can be bolder. You don't have to be as cautious as before. Anyway, your face is torn. I want to see what kind of support Emperor Qianwu has to dare to treat my Zhao family like this!"

"You arrange these two things yourself, make sure nothing goes wrong, understand?"

(End of this chapter)