"Nangong Gate Valve?" Xiao Yichen showed a disdainful smile at the corner of his mouth, patted the folding fan in his hand, and said indifferently: "The second gate valve among the eight great families of the empire." Yes, with your qualifications, even if Nangong Jun is not a descendant of the Nangong family, how dare you fight against it. ”

At this moment, the pin drop could be heard in the hall, and it seemed that everyone had even held their breath. Not to mention this kind of old fritter that has been crisscrossing the sea for hundreds of years, even the civilians in the empire with a little brain know very well that the contest between the various gate valve families and the royal power has lasted for tens of thousands of years. Sometimes the imperial party has the upper hand, and sometimes the gate valve is stronger. It's just that in such a long few months, everyone has also come to the conclusion that no one can subdue anyone, and no one can be missing.

The nobles of the empire are actually not very bastards seriously, at least until now, even in the period when the power of the nobles prevailed, there was no real attempt to usurp the throne. Even from a certain point of view, it is precisely because of the strength of the Shi clan that the Xiao family of the empire has been a Ming monarch for almost all generations, and there has basically never been a mediocre monarch in the real sense.

For example, in the difficult years when the enemy was surrounded on all sides, it was precisely because the children of the scholar clan went forward one after another, and generation after generation of generals and commanders emerged in an endless stream, so as to ensure that the empire has never experienced the pain of losing the country in hundreds of thousands of years.

However, this state of mutual checks and balances, mutual dependence, and mutual vigilance has begun to slowly change in the last hundred years. The fundamental reason for this is the imperial prince in front of him with a disdainful sneer on his face.

It is not that there have never been outstanding princes in the Xiao royal family, and it can even be said that there are many outstanding royal children. It's just that the original scholar family was in the mood to watch a good show for the royal family to have a good prince and a more outstanding prince. Because, whenever this situation occurs, it means that the unanimous attitude of the royal family towards the outside world will undergo a great change, even if it is not put on the surface to compete for the prince, but at least the open and secret struggle in the secret is always indispensable. Therefore, as long as the scholars are not too stupid, they can take advantage of this situation to use methods such as wooing, taking refuge, dividing, provoking, etc., then the Xiao royal family, who is fighting for a long time, no matter who comes to power last, will find that this throne is not as comfortable as imagined, but the ones who get the most benefit are still those who kneel under the dragon chair.

However, Xiao Yichen is a pure "freak" that no one expected!

On the battlefield, he is the invincible god of war of the Empire. In the past two hundred years, in addition to fighting in the south and the north, opening up the territory and expanding the territory, it is like brainwashing, so that ordinary people will be a little crazy when they mention his name. The prestige of the people is so high that it is simply unsurpassed.

Under the battlefield, he implemented a new military law system of "rewarding the good and punishing the evil" and "valuing the brave over the noble", so that the soldiers worshipped him as a god. The implementation of the military knighthood system has made everyone in the army fight bravely to be the first, and even a sentence can often be seen in family letters: "Mother, pray for your son, and when your son triumphs, he must kneel down on his knees with meritorious fields and monarch medals". What's even more terrifying is that he seems to be a natural orator, agitating between his lips and tongues, as if he can brainwash people with witchcraft, so that the generals in the army are dead set on him. Even those high-ranking generals in the army who came from a family were completely obedient to his set of 'soldiers should protect their families and defend the country, and should not be half-hearted for personal interests and so-called family interests'. Often when the elders in the family say a few words such as "think more about the family", these generals with good tempers are silent, and those with bad tempers directly say "Lao Tzu is a soldier, not as many fancy intestines as you" and slammed the door directly. I don't know how many old immortals have died in anger, and how much money has been saved for the empire.

In the court, he was even more sprinkled, cheating, pretending to be crazy, and selling stupidity, and in the end, he didn't use any tricks, so he began to draw his sword and face each other, as if he was stunned, no matter what you said, it was a sentence: "His grandmother's, you have a kind of practice with Lao Tzu, and spitting is a bird feather thing!" But if you really think that he is just an idiot martial artist, once he catches the slightest flaw in his words, then he will immediately quote the scriptures, talk endlessly, and will not squirt you until you want to vomit blood, and will not stop attacking at all. In the face of this combination of "cultured hooligans" and "thugs with fists", it is really sad for the civil officials and elites of the current dynasty.

And what worried the scholars the most was that this man, who was supposed to be extremely ambitious and most likely to become the next generation of Saint Monarch, had no interest in the dragon chair. is not only as close to his eldest brother as one person, but even often charges for the crown prince, completely becoming the sharpest knife of the imperial imperial party. What's even more dangerous is that his extremely protective personality made most of the royal children regard him as a blood brother, which disappointed the scholars who were originally expecting the royal family to fight.

It is precisely because of this situation that Xiao Yichen now holds the world's soldiers and horses, and he does not take the scholar clan in his eyes at all, and even many people are secretly predicting that it is only because the foreign enemy has not been destroyed now, otherwise he must have dealt a heavy blow to the strength of the scholar clan. In the court, there is also the imperial party headed by the prince to contain the Shi clan, which makes the power of the Shi clan to the point of precariousness.

Of course, all this is just a prediction, at least until today, Xiao Yichen has not said even once that he wants to go to war with the scholars, and the scholars have tacitly maintained superficial harmony with them, which can make the empire always go further and further on the high-speed and powerful road.

It's just that these are not things that these petty officials can think about right now. In fact, even if it is the official of Shengjing, there are only a few dozen important ministers in the true sense who can participate in it. Therefore, at this moment, no matter who pretends to be blind or deaf, they will not say a word more.

"Get up, it's hard to kneel. Xiao Yichen sneered for a moment, probably feeling that his performance alone was too boring, so he waved his hand and motioned for Liu Xianneng to stand up.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace. Liu Xianneng kowtowed again, and then stood up cautiously.

"Speaking of which, how did Nangong Jun's dog reply to you?" Xiao Yichen shook his fan indifferently, and did not seem to have any too radical reaction to the previously mentioned civilian interference in military and political affairs. It's just that everyone knows that the man who is high up just disdains to talk to them, and when he returns to Shengjing, it may not be the same thing at all!