Wentang

Chapter 585 Blow?Foam?

Five surnames and seven wang, what they represent is not only the interests of their own family, but also a symbol of the entire Shandong cultural gentry.It is not an exaggeration to say that more than half of the officials in the world have relations with them.

In particular, many of the important court officials were their in-laws. For example, Fang Xuanling's wife was from the Fanyang Lu family, and Cheng Yaojin's continuation wife was from the Qinghe Cui family.

With five surnames and seven hopes, how should these courtiers deal with themselves?
Does the imperial court really dare to attack them?Move two at a time?No one believed it.

But soon the court told them with facts that nothing is impossible.Fang Xuanling was suspended from his duties and ordered to divorce his wife.

Even Cheng Yaojin was implicated, but luckily she was only Qinghe Cui's daughter.Although they both have the surname Cui with the Cui family of Boling, the relationship between the two clans is too far away. It dates back to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and it has long been beyond the scope of legal investigation.

It's just that Cheng Yaojin is too dangerous to be a general in command. In order to prevent turmoil, Li Shimin still ordered him to stay at home.

This is also a form of protection for him.

Even the heroes of the Xuanwumen Incident were like this, not to mention other people, all those who were married to the Cui family of Boling and the Lu family of Fanyang in the court were all dismissed.

Iron-like things are in front of you, and everyone can't believe it even if they want to.

What shocked everyone even more was that the imperial court directly ordered the frontier troops stationed in Zhuozhou to dispatch and surround the ancestral land of the Lu family in Fanyang for a screen-like investigation, arresting all blood relatives within three generations.

As for those other than the three generations... In this era, there are only three tribes of Yi, and those who exceed the three tribes cannot be killed.

If you forcefully explain it, there is still some truth in the Zhu San Clan. After all, if you enjoy the benefits brought by the family, you have to bear the consequences of defeat.

The family relationship between the three clans is relatively weak, some sit high in temples, and some beg for food on the street.It doesn't make sense for the person sitting on the high hall to commit a crime and kill the beggar who has not enjoyed any benefits.

Moreover, the Yi tribe here refers only to the father tribe, and has nothing to do with the mother's family, wife's family, son-in-law and so on.

Unlike later generations, even the Zhu Jiu Clan took it out.Of course, the nine clans of Zhu in ancient punishments refer to the three clans of father, mother, and wife, collectively known as the nine clans.

But in the same way, the Zhu Jiu Clan only killed blood relatives within three generations, but even the mother and wife families were included, and those who were more than three generations were also not killed.

There is only one person involved in more than three races in history, Fang Xiaoru.

It doesn't matter if it is the ten tribes of Yi.

The ten clan is no longer a specific number, but an imaginary number concept, which generally refers to all people related to him, including friends, teachers and students.

To put it simply, anyone who has anything to do with him will be killed.So his words caused more than 800 people to be killed and thousands of people were exiled.

His frivolous words fulfilled his eternal reputation, but where did he put those poor relatives who were distant relatives with him but never received a sliver of favor from him?

Even though the Lu family in Fanyang is one of the five surnames and seven kings, there are only a few hundred relatives of the three clans. The reason why they are so laborious and mobilize to send frontier troops to arrest people is mainly because they are afraid that the Lu family will use their prestige in the local area to instigate civil uprisings.

The situation of the Boling Cui family is similar, the imperial army is also dispatched to arrest, and none of the three clans will be spared.

Five surnames and seven looked at the second, and the world shook.

All the people involved in the case of witchcraft are in constant panic, the five surnames and seven Wang can't protect themselves, and no one can guarantee whether they will be the next target to be wiped out.

Then everyone in the world is waiting, waiting for the family's counterattack.But once again, to everyone's surprise, all the aristocratic families who had shown sympathy in the face of the imperial power in the past were all silent.

Now everyone is a little confused, what's going on?Five surnames and Qiwang were wiped out two at a time, and the cultural gentry in Shandong didn't do anything?They just put up with it?
Don't they understand the truth of the cold lips?Or do they have deeper and bigger plans to implement?
Li Shimin was also a little flustered, so he hurriedly invited Yue Shan over to analyze the situation.

Although Yue Shan has lost his mysterious power, after all, he has been in contact with this thing before, and the knowledge and experience he gained from it are still there. What if he can analyze something.

When he arrived at the palace and heard Li Shimin's question, Yue Shan also went blind.This is really embarrassing me, I don't know what these aristocratic families think.

Just when he was about to tell Li Shimin that he was powerless, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and another interpretation about the aristocratic family that he saw on the Internet in his previous life came to mind.

He forgot the specific content of this post, but he still remembers the general meaning:

The family has a long history, and it has existed since the day when human civilization was recorded, and it has always existed as a ruler.Especially in the dynasties before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was basically a situation where the aristocratic family and the emperor shared the same situation.

At this time, the aristocratic family was indeed powerful, relying on monopolizing knowledge to control the channel of becoming an official, and then using the status of an official to develop its own family, allowing the family to grow and further monopolize knowledge.

It can be said that each family is equivalent to a small vassal state internally.

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the academy system allowed learning to enter the people, breaking the family's monopoly on knowledge, coupled with the existence of imperial examinations to obtain scholars, the combination of the two completely eliminated the family.

But the aristocratic family in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was the most embarrassing.

You can say that they are strong, and they are indeed strong. After all, the academy system has not yet been promoted, and the imperial examination is only in its infancy. Most of the scholars in the world are still from aristocratic families, and half of the officials are related to them. It seems that their strength is indeed huge.

But the embarrassing thing is that the imperial court is already using various methods to limit the local strength of the family.For example, they are not allowed to have private soldiers, they are not allowed to build fortresses and manors in places, and so on.

Their so-called strength has changed from the previous dual strength of military culture to pure cultural strength, and as we all know, cultural strength is also called soft power.

On the other hand, learning gradually flowed into the people, and more and more scholars came out of poor families and ordinary people, and they began to have a certain degree of competitiveness.

Years of turmoil have also given people from poor families and civilians the opportunity to fight for military merits, creating a large number of military nobles to compete with them.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the cultural gentry in Shandong held the cultural discourse power, also known as soft power, while the military power, which symbolized hard power, had always been in the hands of the military aristocrat group.

The Shandong cultural gentry no longer had the strength of their ancestors, and their status was more touted.And those who praise them are the gentry all over the world.

Why?The gentry are naturally unwilling to lose the power in their hands, so they must elect a few leaders to fight for power for everyone.Five surnames and Qiwang, who have a long history and strong strength, were elected.

But the five surnames and seven wang who have only soft power left are really so powerful, can they even despise the imperial power?impossible.

The reason why they dare to despise Li Tang's royal family is because Li Tang has already established a unified country, and his primary task is stability, so naturally he doesn't want to touch them casually.

The emperor didn't want to touch them casually, so he gave them a chance to raise their own value.

Part of the reason why the imperial court did not move them was that they were intimidated by the false names of five surnames and seven Wangs. After all, half of the scholars in the world came from aristocratic families. What if they were moved and caused chaos in the world?
In this case, both ends of the stick are afraid of the wolf.

This post is not all speculation, but also gave actual examples.

When did the aristocratic family, especially the five surnames and Qiwang perish?The answer is the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Wen hated the aristocratic family very much, especially the five surnames and Qiwang. After he took power, he directly ordered all the five surnames and Qiwang to sink into the Yellow River.

Is there anyone to fight for them at this time?No.The imaginary situation where one hair can affect the whole body and harm the five surnames and seven hope a hair, and half of the scholars in the world rebelled did not appear.

Everyone is sweeping the snow in front of their own houses, and letting others put frost on their roofs.

Zhu Wen's example tells everyone a truth. The reason why the five surnames and Qiwang dare to be so arrogant is entirely because of the lack of an emperor who is willing to go out.

If they really encountered a daring emperor to attack them, not many people would stand up for them and rebel in order to rescue them.

More people will choose to sit on the sidelines, or even kneel and lick the emperor in turn.Because the aristocratic family is to some extent like a wall, they will lick whoever is strong.

Therefore, the so-called influence of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs is completely touted by everyone, and it is not that strong.

The above is the general content of that post.

When he first saw this post, Yue Shan also admired the person who posted it. The point of view was too tricky, and what he said seemed to make sense.Then he sprayed the man.

What are you talking about, a huge power that even the emperor is afraid of becomes blown out of your mouth?

Also, the Tang Dynasty lacked decisive emperors... Where did you put Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Longji and other emperors?Do you dare to say that they are cowardly?Why didn't they start with Five Surnames and Seven Wangs?

Not only Yue Shan, but nine out of ten people who read this post are scolding the person who posted it.

Anyone who reads more history books will not come up with such a naive point of view.

But now, Yue Shan had no choice but to believe it.

Because the behavior of the aristocratic family at this time really can't be explained... No, it should be said that it can be explained by the content of this post.

The five surnames and Qiwang are puffy. If the emperor is really determined to be cruel, they will reveal their secrets.

The more Yue Shan thought about it, the more he felt it made sense, so after thinking for a while, he said to Li Shimin: "I do have a little guess, but I don't know if it's accurate, let me just talk about it, and give the saint a reference."

Li Shimin, who was distressed, said quickly: "Say it quickly."

Yue Shan organized his language and said: "I thought that the so-called strength of Wu Xing Qiwang was fake, or there was a lot of water in it...

"The aristocratic family in the pre-Han and pre-Qin period had private armed forces... from the previous dynasty to this dynasty, they have been restricting the strength of the family..."

"The Shandong cultural gentry who have lost their military strength no longer have the great strength of their ancestors, just like a person who has lost a leg..."

"Unwilling to lose their glory, they launched the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes..."

In fact, the value of some things comes more from the consensus of everyone, such as the five surnames and seven Wangs. Their high status is certainly due to factors such as long inheritance and deep family history.

But it's not normal for them to be so high that they dare to despise the imperial power, and more people in the world jointly lift them to this position.

Marrying a wife should marry a woman with five surnames.

Is it true that a daughter with five surnames and seven hopes is so good and noble?
No, it's like a certain commodity, everyone thinks it's worth it, and when they are proud of owning it, it's worth it.

The diamonds in the previous life are the best example. The content of diamonds in the earth is very huge, and only the diamonds that can be mined on the surface can turn it into the price of ordinary crystals.

However, there is a group that has been hyping for a hundred years, and manipulating the market to restrict mining, abruptly hyping a thing that should have been popular into a rare treasure.

People all over the world have been brainwashed by the group hyping diamonds, subconsciously ignoring its reserves, thinking that this kind of thing is expensive, so it should be worth so much money.

When everyone thinks it is valuable, then it is really valuable.

The same goes for women with five surnames. When everyone thinks it is an honor to marry them, they become a status symbol.

This is how the status of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs came about. When everyone in the world thinks that their family has a long heritage, profound family knowledge, and talented people, they should enjoy this kind of honor, and their status will be infinitely elevated.

Yue Shan spoke more and more smoothly, and he talked eloquently: "But now, the sage told everyone with a butcher's knife that the five surnames and seven expectations are nothing more than that."

"It was only after the bubble was punctured that everyone realized that it was just a mass of air inside. So far, the image of the aristocratic family was broken."

"The myth that the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs have been in business for tens of hundreds of years is almost shattered. Everyone has re-recognized that the imperial power is inviolable, so those grasshoppers changed their appearance overnight and became loyal ministers and filial sons of the Tang Dynasty."

"That's why the sage wiped out the five surnames and the second of the seven wangs, and all the aristocratic families remained indifferent. They were not engaging in any conspiracy, but simply recognized the reality and were powerless."

Li Shimin's eyes became brighter and brighter, and finally couldn't help sighing: "Wonderful, listening to Cuilan's words is better than reading ten years of books."

"I am the emperor who controls the power of the world. Why are the five surnames and seven Wangs so arrogant? They are confident because I don't want to cause turmoil in the world."

"People are selfish. Even if those scholars have some relationship with the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, how could they sacrifice themselves for them? More importantly, it is wise to protect themselves."

"In the past, all the princes in the court, including me, were intimidated by their bragging about their strength. To put it bluntly, they are...that is, tigers made of bamboo strips. They look terrible, but they are actually straw bags."

At this point, Li Shimin looked up to the sky and laughed, and said after a long while: "Sure enough, you are worthy of being a child of a fairy. Even if you lose your mana, your ability is beyond human reach."

"The sage praised it absurdly. All of this is speculation, not evidence. More precautions are needed, and they will be given an opportunity." Yue Shan reminded.

"I understand that no matter how careful you are at this time, I have ordered officials from all over the country to strictly control and report to the court at any time if there is any trouble. The troops from all walks of life have also been stationed in key checkpoints and towns. Ping Annihilation." Li Shimin nodded.

"The sage is wise, I am too much to say." Yue Shan flattered, and took the opportunity to change the subject: "But I also have one thing I want to ask the sage."

(End of this chapter)