Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 465: Chasing the Four Sides

Not many people knew that Yang Guang was in a coma, but the imperial edicts would not stop being issued because of his coma.

Autumn of the sixth year of Daye.

Chen Ruohan was guarding the border of Liangzhou, and the "Eurobas Soldiers" stationed on the border no longer moved and simply stayed there.

The sixth year of Daye was a very interesting year.

After Wang Shichong fled from Liangzhou to Sichuan Prefecture, he began to develop his own power there, while Shen Faxing, Dou Jiande and others also held back Yu Wenzhi. However, Pei Ju remained loyal and cleaned up the idle "Seventy-two Roads of Dust" for the Sui Dynasty.

Zhang Shi'an returned to the Tianshi Mansion, and in accordance with Yang Guang's order, clarified the news on behalf of Yang Guang and his father that the "Wansui Emperor" was killed by Yang Guang, and also clarified the fact that the Wansui Emperor was "forced to abdicate".

The contemporary Heavenly Master, head of the Zhang family, and Zhang Shian’s father, "Zhang Min", held the Luotian Grand Ceremony at Mount Longhu, and publicly stated that the "Grand Historian" and others of that year were indeed conspirators of rebellion, and Yang Jian was indeed a man who saved the country.

After this news spread, it caused a certain degree of damage to the "legitimacy" of Shen Faxing, Dou Jiande and others.

But in a flash, Shen Faxing asked the orphan of the Grand Historian to produce brand new evidence - and this evidence would be useless even if Zhang Shian, Zhang Min, and the entire Zhang family came out to clarify.

Because this "evidence" is a "person".

Ying'an, the attendant who served Emperor Wansui at that time.

Ying'an was the most trusted minister beside the Wansui Emperor. It was said that Ying'an was originally serving the Wansui Emperor that night, but later disappeared out of thin air. Ying'an even had the seal of the Wansui Emperor in his hand!

In addition to Ying'an, Shen Faxing also found "Daosan", who was the leader of the Taoist soldiers left behind by Emperor Wansui to carry out his orders.

This is irrefutable evidence.

Undoubted evidence.

After these two people stood up to accuse Yang Jian and stated that "Zhang Shi'an" and others used their ancestors to exchange for the generational inheritance of "Tianshi Mansion", the reputation of the Zhang family also became somewhat bad.

People all over the world accused Zhang Min of being ungrateful and selling out his ancestors for the so-called power.

Longhu Mountain, Tianshi Mansion.

Zhang Min sat there, facing the statue of the Three Pure Ones, wearing the purple robe of the Heavenly Master, and the expression on his face did not reveal what he was thinking about.

Footsteps were heard behind him, and a figure with sleeves covered stood behind him.

"Father."

Zhang Min laughed and said in a tone that was neither sad nor happy: "You are finally here."

He turned around and looked at Zhang Shian who was standing there: "I was wondering why that old guy suddenly disappeared, and you also told me the whereabouts of your master. It turns out that he was waiting for me here."

Henry Zhang smiled and said, “Father, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

He looked very innocent: "Father wanted to know the teacher's whereabouts, and I did tell you the teacher's whereabouts. Why do you say that this was my calculation?"

"The child is really innocent."

Zhang Min sneered: "Innocent? What an innocent one."

"From the beginning, you and that old man planned to let me take this position, and then let you inherit the inheritance and step on my corpse to step onto this position, right?"

"I just really want to know one thing."

Zhang Min looked at Zhang Shian calmly: "Can you lead the Zhang family to continue to inherit this Tianshi Mansion, can you lead the Zhang family to continue on the path of a "millennial family"? "

He took out the sword and talisman left by Zhang Jue.

The sword is the Taiping Sword to Suppress Evil, and the talisman is the Golden Armor Heavenly Master's Talisman to Suppress Evil. These are the two treasures of the Taiping Dao left behind by Zhang Jue. They are also the "tokens" of the Zhang family's inheritance. They will only be taken out when the family head inherits the throne.

Zhang Anshi's expression turned serious: "Father, how could I harm Zhang?"

He lowered his head and said: "I will lead the Zhang family and continue to firmly walk on the path of a thousand-year-old family."

"I will definitely not let down or betray the Zhang family."

Zhang Min nodded, handed the things to Zhang Anshi, and then sat cross-legged in the hall. His voice was calm: "I have guessed what you are going to do. Go do what you should do and come back in two hours."

Zhang Anshi lowered his head and remained silent. After a moment, he said in a hoarse voice, "My child, remember this."

Then he turned and left.

Autumn of the sixth year of Daye.

Luo Tianda dipped.

After Zhang Min's lies were exposed, Zhang family's Young Heavenly Master "Zhang Shi'an" announced that he would inherit the position of Heavenly Master, and at the Luotian Grand Ceremony, in the presence of many aristocratic families such as the Guandu Chen family, the Longxi Li family, the Shangdang Zhao family, the Guanzhong Qin family, etc., he swore an oath by heaven and earth, and with the Lord of the Taiping Dao, the Great Sage Master, the Most Holy Heavenly Master, the Ancestor Heavenly Master and others as witnesses.

The Zhang family has lived in Longhu Mountain for generations and has since stopped interfering in secular political struggles.

Practice Taoism wholeheartedly and pass on the ultimate truth of heaven and earth.

The new Heavenly Master "Zhang Shi'an" exposed the conspiracy of the previous Heavenly Master in the presence of many noble families, and discovered the remains of the previous Heavenly Master "Zhang Min" in the main hall.

At that time, thunder roared in the sky, and the Heavenly Master was punished and ascended to heaven.

The matter was finally resolved.

When the Luotian Grand Ceremony was over, everyone knew that as long as the Zhang family did not have any stupid head in the future, there would be one more "Millennium Family" in the future.

The honor of this world is gone.

"Tianshi Zhang Family", "Qufu Kong Family" and "Guandu Chen Family" secretly correspond to the three elements of heaven, earth and man.

One is the sky, one borrows the earth, and one lives among people.

Daye Six Years
辽州
Zhongsun Xie and others had united with the governors of the other two counties in Liaozhou and invaded the Central Plains through Liaozhou and more remote areas, but Li Shimin, the deposed envoy of Liaozhou, had been "resisting".

Although it was said to be resisting, in fact, it did not produce any real fire.

Liaodong County Governor's Mansion

Li Shimin was sitting in the courtyard reading. In recent years, he always liked reading because reading can make him wise and understand reason. He gained more and more truths from books, which made him more and more insightful.

It was also during these years that his "eldest son" and "second son" were born.

Although letters were sent from Longxi many times, Li Shimin never replied once. Sometimes when people's hearts turn cold, they will no longer look forward to the things they expected when they were warm in the past.

In Li Shimin's heart, the Longxi Li family no longer had anything to do with him.

Zhang Sun Wuji hurried in from outside, with a look of surprise on his face. He looked at Li Shimin and said, "Erlang, there is news from Kyoto. I'm afraid that person can't hold on any longer."

“I’m afraid I won’t make it through this year!”

Li Shimin was stunned, then looked at Zhangsun Wuji and said, "How is this possible?"

"Hasn't the emperor's health always been good? At the end of last year, he was even able to travel to Suzhou and Hangzhou. This year, he even led the army in person. How come he suddenly..."

Chang Sun Wuji had some concerns. He whispered, "There are some speculations that some of the people who were around the Wansui Emperor back then left behind some of these people. Some of them were grateful for the Wansui Emperor's kindness and wanted to avenge him, so they secretly poisoned the current emperor." Poison?

Li Shimin stood up with a bang, his face full of disbelief: "How is this possible?"

"Your Majesty's daily life has all been tested for poison. How could that person escape? Are all those people in the palace dead?"

Chang Sun Wuji sighed: "In fact, it was not poison, but a medicine."

"There is nothing wrong with what the emperor uses daily, but after being stimulated by a kind of "incense" in the imperial study, it becomes a colorless and odorless "chronic poison" that no one can detect. This poison seems to have been left over from the Han Dynasty."

The secret medicine used by the Han court?

Li Shimin dug out this memory from his mind, and then hesitated: "Could it be the "boiled crane" that Liu Huangshu was poisoned with back then? But doesn't "boiled crane" only make people unconscious for three days? After that, it won't have any hindrance to the body."

Chang Sun Wuji nodded, then shook his head: "It is indeed 'boiled crane', but according to the report from our spies in the palace, the effects of boiling crane are different after being stimulated by different 'primers'."

"The eunuch used 'fierce fire' instead of 'burning harp', so every time it is activated, the 'fire' will remain in your Majesty's body, accumulating toxins, which will only give you a 'headache'. If that were all, it wouldn't be fatal, but what's more deadly is that the 'golden elixir' your Majesty took contained 'burning harp'."

"When these three factors converge, the headache becomes increasingly severe, the person cannot sleep for a long time, and the whole body feels like it is burning with a raging fire."

"At some point it will explode."

"It was like adding fuel to a raging fire, and it exploded with a bang."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Shimin and said, "Erlang, if your majesty dies, the world will be in turmoil and the kings will fight for supremacy."

"Do we.?"

Li Shimin smiled, put down the book in his hand, and then said softly: "Brother, don't be anxious."

He pointed at the chessboard in front of him, his voice carrying a hint of amusement: "The world is like a game of chess. The real chess player has not yet taken his position. If you enter the game early, you will only become a 'chess piece' of this chess player."

"wait."

"Now, what you and I need to do is to accumulate strength."

Li Shimin turned his head and said, "Tell Yaojin, Shubao and the others to seize the opportunity, train the troops as soon as possible, and be ready at all times. After getting my news, contact Guan Shishu and launch a counterattack against Zhongsun Xie and the others!"

There was a calm gleam in his eyes.

"When that day comes, you and I will occupy Liaozhou and drive out the enemies from all directions!"

Changsun Wuji looked at Li Shimin, who was in high spirits, and also felt a little excited and happy in his heart.

"promise!"

When Changsun Wuji married his sister to Li Shimin, he had this idea in mind. He knew that the world would definitely be in turmoil - because some aristocratic families knew about the existence of the "Aristocratic Family Sorrow".

If he wants to preserve his own power, he has no choice but to choose his own side in the Great Purge, and then compete with him for supremacy.

When they become the winner in the end, they only need to give up a small part of their interests to allow the family to continue to exist in the new era!
The world is like a chessboard, and there are only a few players manipulating the board.

Winter, the sixth year of Daye.

The situation in the world became more turbulent, and the excavation of the Grand Canal had entered the final stage.

The days of heavy snow gradually approached, and Yang Guang's control over the situation in all directions gradually weakened, but he still summoned "Yu Wenzhi" back to the capital, even though Yu Wenzhi's expedition against "Dou Jiande" was almost successful at this time.

He issued nine imperial edicts to Yu Wenzhi in succession to urge him to act, and asked Pei Ju to mobilize troops and be ready at all times.

Under the threat of such a situation, Yu Wenzhi finally returned to Beijing.

He arrived in the capital in the first month of the sixth year of Daye.

Snowflakes fell on the ground, covering everything.

Pei Ju stood at the city gate to welcome this "hero". Yu Wenzhi was dusty and his brows were tired and sad. He seemed to have known what he would face this time.

"You came."

Yu Wenzhi took a deep breath, looked at Pei Ju and said, "I just didn't expect that the person who would send me off for the last time would be you."

Pei Ju chuckled and walked towards the plum garden in the city, asking, "Are you just going to accept your fate?"

Yu Wenzhi was stunned for a moment, and some "ideas" seemed to arise in his mind. He looked at Pei Ju and asked, "How did you know?"

Pei Ju shook his head and did not answer Yu Wenzhi's question. Instead, he said, "I wanted to take leave to go home a few days ago, but I kept putting it off until you came back. After you came back, His Majesty began to doubt me and agreed to my request for leave."

"Tomorrow I will resign and return home."

He looked at Yu Wenzhi and said with emotion: "The world is so cruel, cause and effect go round and round."

Yu Wenzhi's expression became even uglier. At first, he was just testing whether Pei Ju knew about it, but as the two talked more and more, he found that Pei Ju seemed to really know what he wanted to do.

Will he accept his fate?
That's bullshit.

He came back not to reassure Yang Guang, nor to die - he came back to send Yang Guang to death.

Back then, Yang Jian was able to launch the "Bloody Night Incident" and kill Emperor Wansui to ascend the throne. So why couldn't he kill Yang Guang and ascend the throne to become the new emperor?
The divinity of the emperor?
It had already been thrown into the dog's stomach by Yang Jian.

But as the "conversation" deepened, Yu Wenzhi's expression became better and better, because he found that Pei Ju didn't seem to want to meddle in this matter - and he didn't warn or hint at him either.

Pei Ju really plans to retire and return home—even though this guy is only less than thirty years old now.

He also mentioned a series of names of "officials". These were the people who had passed the imperial examinations with the head of the Chen family and entered the court to serve as officials. These people were also ready to leave at any time.

Yu Wenzhi stood under the moonlight, in the city of Kyoto which was bustling with activity but inexplicably made him feel desolate.

He suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

Why does it feel like every step he takes is calculated by others? Why does it feel like he is about to take that position, but still feels that his fate is controlled by others?

He doesn't understand.

Somewhere in Kyoto.

Pei Ju came to the dilapidated house as usual, packed up the things in the dilapidated house, and then turned over the candle.

This shabby little house that hid secrets was destroyed in the fire.

A wisp of green smoke curled up.

In the shadow and darkness, Pei Ju slowly walked towards the mansion.

The first month of the seventh year of Daye.

The Kyoto fire.

The heroes of the world are chasing each other in all directions.

(End of this chapter)