A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 358
In the previous life, there were five surnames and seven hopes, a thousand-year-old wealthy family that flourished from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, and finally ended with the disaster of Zhu Wen's Baimayi.

Of course, they are said to be millennium-old families, but these families are not always prosperous, and most of them have low morale. These families maintain their wealth through marriage.

There is no genius in his generation who will rise to power, but he can use the help of other talented families to provide some cover.In this way, the family has continued for thousands of years.They are almost no different from the aristocrats of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Of course, these aristocratic families were still much weaker than the nobles of the Bang and Zhou Dynasties. After all, those nobles had private soldiers.

Luoyang, the capital of God.

Dark clouds shrouded the sky. Above the sky, there were howling winds, thunder and lightning, and pouring rain. The heavy rain fell as densely as a rain curtain, like a curtain of water.

The rain hit the stone slabs, causing thousands of splashes, and the bustling city of Luoyang became quiet.The rainwater gathered on the stone slabs into small puddles, and then flowed into the ditches. Even the dirt in the dark corners was washed away by the rainwater, and the whole of Luoyang was completely renewed.

Imperial Palace, Qianyuan Palace.

Wang Ke stood under the eaves of the palace, looking at the rain curtain not far away and couldn't help but fell into deep thought. When he was 11 years old, his father Wang Luo ascended the throne, and became emperor at the age of 38. Now he has been in power for [-] years. The world became more and more prosperous in his hands.

It's just that he is not young anymore and his energy is a little weak. Therefore, in the past two years, he has always asked the prince to assist the government or patrol the world on his behalf.But today he always felt agitated and had no intention of dealing with government affairs, so he came to watch the rain under the eaves.

He felt very pleased with his son. This was the prince he had carefully cultivated. He believed that Daqian would continue to be brilliant in his hands.

Outside the city, a fast horse was galloping along the galloping road in the rain. The rapid sound of the horse's hooves hit the ground, not caring about the slippery road.

The ringing of the bells in front of the horse was extremely rapid and could be heard clearly even in the heavy rain. A large amount of water splashed down his raincoat.The horse's speed continued non-stop as it headed north, and soon saw the huge black shadow crawling on the ground in the rain.

The horse was panting continuously, and hot air was constantly blowing out of its nose, which was clearly visible in the rain.

At the Yongding Gate of Luoyang City, several soldiers were chatting. At this moment, a crisp ringtone passed through the rain curtain. The body of the half-asleep soldier next to him who was leaning against the wall jumped up instantly, and then he rushed towards the few people next to him. He shouted loudly: "Hurry, open the post road quickly, the herald is coming."

Several people nearby were excited and quickly opened the door of the post road next to them.As soon as the gate opened, the rapid sound of horse hooves was heard in the rain curtain. The next second, a figure rushed out of the rain curtain, jumped into the post road, and rushed towards the imperial city without stopping.

The rapid sound of horse hoofbeats broke the tranquility of Luoyang City, and then disappeared into the imperial city.

Wang Ke opened the eight hundred miles in his hand and rushed. When he saw the prince patrolling, he encountered a landslide and his horse fell off and broke its leg. His face suddenly changed, and there was a panic in his heart. He suddenly stood up and said: "Send an order to the internal minister Wang Zhe and the left and right prime ministers." Come."

"Wei!" The chamberlain next to him immediately sent someone to deliver the order.

Soon everyone rushed over, and after learning that the prince fell off his horse and broke his leg, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

"Your Majesty, please order a strict investigation of the powerful officials within a hundred miles!" the interior minister said without hesitation.

The prime ministers on the left and right also agreed.

"The imperial censor, Jinyang Order, and local officials are ordered to patrol together!" Wang Ke's face was gloomy, and his whole body was full of murderous aura. Everyone in the hall was frightened.

At the same time, Wang Ke has also sent secret guards to investigate.Once it is discovered that this matter is really man-made, there will definitely be a bloody storm.

"The imperial physician is ordered to rush to Taiyuan County immediately to treat the prince!"

"only!"

After all the matters were taken care of, Wang Ke felt a little dizzy. The servant next to him quickly stepped forward to help him sit down.If the prince breaks his leg, even if it is cured, there will definitely be consequences. Nine times out of ten, he will become lame. This is definitely a big deal for the heir to the throne of a country.

Except for the founder of the country, lameness has basically ruined his throne.The prince who Wang Ke had worked hard to cultivate for more than 20 years was considered useless.Next, you can only choose from the remaining children.

But after his eldest son was born, he was running around everywhere, except for the prince's current eldest son.

He needs to cultivate a qualified heir as soon as possible in the next few years.He knows very well that his current body cannot survive for a few more years. When the new king comes to the throne, there will definitely be problems if the young master is in doubt.

But at this moment, he suddenly became aware of the other forces in the DPRK - the noble princes and nobles.After years of development, these nobles have become very powerful in the court, especially since he enfeoffed the clans a few years ago and enfeoffed most of the clans to all parts of the world.

At that time, it was also because the Gong clan was powerful and worried about turning against the guests, which weakened the power of the Gong clan.

However, as the power of the public clan weakened, so did the power of the court. It was no longer possible to suppress the nobles and officials. Originally, when the prince Wang Ce came to the throne, he could easily suppress them and control the court according to his ability.

Now if it were his other sons, Wang Ke would not have the confidence at all.

Faced with this situation, Wang Ke thought quickly for a moment, and then the light in his eyes became more determined.

Next, Wang Ke continued to summon some ministers and waited until the sky darkened and the palace door was locked.

Early the next morning, the sky was clear and golden light fell on the Qianyuan Hall.

Wang Ke sat on the throne with an expressionless face. The atmosphere in the hall was very solemn, and everyone was trembling with fear.

At this moment, a royal censor in the back row of the hall suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, I am reporting that your Majesty, Jia Yi, impeached Wuyang Marquis Zongzi for committing murder, injuring several people."

Following the letter from the censor Jia Yi, several more censors came out.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Zhao Qi is impeaching the slaves of Marquis Xuanping for buying and selling by force and taking advantage of others."

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Zhangjie has committed an act of misconduct before impeaching Marquis Yingyang."

Suddenly, several censors came out to impeach the nobles, and the officials in the hall immediately felt that something was wrong.

When Wuyang Hou and others heard this, their faces turned bitter. His son had beaten someone, but he had lost money. Even the traitor was severely beaten by him and sent back to the feudal country.

Marquis Yingyang is even more aggrieved. Yesterday, His Majesty specially rewarded him with a jar of fine wine and made him drunk. Even if he went to court today just to wash up and gather energy, now he is actually impeaching him for his misconduct. instrument?

Now that they are impeached by these censors in the main hall, these noble princes and princes feel very aggrieved.Just when they were about to defend themselves, the Interior Minister Wang Zhe immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the princes and princes did not do this on purpose. Why don't you send someone to investigate in detail?"

Wang Ke said coldly: "You are all important ministers of the country, but you know the law and break the law, and are arrogant and domineering. How will you govern the country in the long run? The order is to send them back to their fiefdoms to guard the territory and calm the people, for future effects."

Wuyang Hou, Xuancheng Hou and others never expected that they would be driven out of Luoyang City because of such a trivial matter.Even if they had already made compensation according to the law, it was too unjust to be kicked out of the court like this.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!"

However, Wang Ke did not show any mercy and directly ordered the Yulin Guards to take these people out of the hall.

(End of this chapter)