In a secret room in Jinling City, a group of people with solemn expressions were sitting in the room drinking tea.

But just looking at the looks on their faces and the slightest calm movements, I also know that they are not like-minded people who gather together to drink tea leisurely. The atmosphere in the room was equally solemn and gloomy, not suitable for the elegant activity of tea tasting. Qin Zixu sat behind a middle-aged man, the middle-aged man had a clear appearance, somewhat similar to Qin Zixu, but he had more of the stability and momentum given by the years. This person is naturally the head of the Qin family's generation, and he can be regarded as the recognized leader of the major families in Jinling today.

Like Qin Zixu, there are still several young people sitting behind his father, and they are all the future family heirs of these families. Now that the patriarchs of the major families are sitting together to discuss things, it is natural that they will inevitably bring their future heirs, who are already weak.

After drinking tea in silence for a while, someone finally couldn't help but put the teacup back on the table beside him, looked up at the head of the Qin family and said, "Brother Qin, what should you do now when you see this?" "Although the various families usually have some intrigue in secret, but the current situation is that His Majesty the Emperor has made up his mind to cut off their lives, so it is not to blame that they have joined forces. The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die? That's to fool the nerds who read stupidly and the people who don't understand anything. For these people, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will never want the family to be cut off in their own hands, and the royal family wants them to die? Okay, even if they really want to die, they can gnaw a large piece of royal flesh and make it hurt to the bone.

The head of the Qin family put down the teacup, glanced around at everyone and said, "This time, everyone gathered together, and I also want to ask you what your plans are. ”

In the crowd, someone said in a weird manner: "Miss Qin Family's son has a good relationship with Princess Changping's beloved son and the Lord of Xingcheng, so the Qin family naturally doesn't need to worry." ”

The head of the Qin family raised his eyes and glanced at it, it was the young master of the Lian family, the relationship between the Lian family and the Qin family had always been not very good, and it was not surprising that the young master of the Lian family said such things on such an occasion at this time. Some people are even a little thoughtful. The Qin family master's expression did not change, but he just glanced at him lightly. On this occasion, if he is the son of the family discipline, he will not have enough stomach, and he will bully the juniors by relying on the identity of the elder and the head of the Qin family.

Qin Zixu raised his head and smiled indifferently: "In terms of relationship, isn't the Lian family closer to His Majesty?" Why didn't you see Your Majesty bypassing the Lian family? ”

Everyone's expressions were a little strange, but the eyes of the Qin family's father and son were much less. It's not that no one in the family has tried to curry favor with the emperor, and when Great Xia had just established the country, the Lian family couldn't wait to send the most expensive eldest daughter of the Lian family into the palace. If it were another emperor, most of the time this method would work. After all, Great Xia had just established the country, and winning over the family was something that ordinary emperors would do. Then the emperor did the opposite, even the concubine entered the palace for three years without seeing the king's face, and five years later in the palace depressed, without even a title. Later, the Lian family was violently suppressed by the emperor, so that the Lian family, which was originally at the top of the top ten families, could only become the middle class.

It was this incident that made the families realize the irreconcilable contradictions between the imperial power and the family. It's just that the Central Plains has been in turmoil for more than 100 years, and it has finally settled down, and no one really wants to provoke war again. On the other hand, after the fall of the previous dynasty, the Northern Yuan barbarians entered the Central Plains. These heirloom families have lived in the south of the Yangtze River for more than a hundred years and have not been able to drive away the Northern Yuan people, but they have been done by Xiao Tianyu with a mud leg, and they actually have no face to do anything anymore. If they provoke war again, not to mention the spurning of the people of the world, they will spit on themselves as they do.

The emperor from a poor background and a tough personality were destined to be incompatible with a family that held great wealth and power in Great Xia. It's not that they have any different intentions, but the emperor can't tolerate their existence, and the only thing they can be happy about now is that the emperor is not young. Otherwise, they may not be able to hold on for a long time. As the saying goes, imperial power is greater than the sky, and this is not a joke.

was choked back by Qin Zixu so unceremoniously, and even the young master of the family suddenly darkened his face and glared at Qin Zixu fiercely. Qin Zixu's eyebrows raised slightly, and he even found out the relationship between the concubine of the family and that Ruan Yuzhi, and now Xi'er is still locked up in the Great Guangming Temple and can't come out, the eldest son of the Qin family is in a bad mood.

Seeing that the young master of the Lian family stood up and said something, the head of the Lian family glanced back at him and stopped his movements. The heart is not a time of infighting. Usually, it is their own business for the major families to intrigue, but now it is the time when they must be unanimous with the outside world. Can they still not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth? If you don't understand them, these families would have been drowned in the torrent of history along with countless families. He coughed lightly and turned around and said, "Now at this time, let's not make trouble with our own people." Brother Qin, everyone, let's take a closer look at any of the plans. Everyone nodded, they naturally didn't come here to watch juniors quarrel.

After a while, someone finally whispered: "Your Majesty suddenly made a move on us, I'm afraid it is... The dragon body is a little unswerving, right? "If the emperor can live for another ten years, it is impossible to say that these families can only quietly withdraw from the court by themselves. But now, the emperor was clearly not ready to break with the family but suddenly attacked them, obviously out of necessity. There is only one reason why the emperor's majesty can make this dangerous move, the emperor's time is running out, and the successor His Royal Highness the Crown Prince obviously does not have the courage of the emperor to fight against the family. The emperor feared that after his death, the family would grow rapidly, compete with the imperial power or even overthrow the imperial power. Such examples have not happened in history.

Although they don't have this ambition now, if the time and place are really right, no one here dares to say that they really don't have this intention. Now it's just that the conditions can't be met. What's more, trust in this kind of thing is a luxury for both them and the emperor. Even if they escaped and swore to the emperor that they had no dissenting intentions, would the emperor believe it?

The hall was silent for a moment before someone said, "So what?" Even if the emperor is not in good health, he will look like it for a while... We can't just wait. Who of you is sure that the emperor will not suddenly decree tomorrow morning that we will be raided? "If the emperor is unreasonable, they really can't bear it. Although this situation is rare, but at the beginning of the Liang Guogong case, implicated one duke and twelve marquis, in just two or three days, more than a dozen first-class powerful families in Jinling were raided and exterminated, and the blood on the execution ground at the mouth of the vegetable market was not washed for a month. Although these families are not as easy to be exterminated as those newborn nouveau riche, even if they just cut down the few branches in Jinling, they will be greatly injured. If you're not careful, you might never be in decline.

"His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like us, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in good health, what do you think, how are the emperors and grandchildren?" The head of the Yang family, who had not spoken, asked.

Everyone looked sideways at him, and the head of the Yang family stroked his beard and said: "As you can see below, several imperial grandchildren, whether they are the king of Yuejun, the king of Chengjun or the king of Anjun, are very different from the personalities of His Majesty. If it is His Majesty, he will naturally be determined to destroy us, but if he starts with a few emperors and grandchildren, it may not be a way out. ”

Qin Zixu's eyes flashed, and he asked, "What does Uncle Yang mean... Let's bow to King Yuejun for the time being? ”

The head of the Yang family shook his head and said, "No, it's not the king of Yuejun, it's the three kings of the county." All of us fell to the king of Yuejun, don't say it is His Majesty, I am afraid that the king of Yuejun himself can see the reason. It is more likely that this angered the Majesty. But..."

Qin Zixu's eyes lit up and said, "However, if we support the three county kings separately, the three county kings will most likely protect us for their own interests." In the eyes of His Majesty, it will also be the appearance of us and the ten major families attacking each other, although this method cannot completely solve the current problem, but it can solve the urgent need and suspend the murderous heart of His Majesty against us. ”

The head of the Yang family glanced at Qin Zixu appreciatively and nodded slightly. The eldest prince of the Qin family really deserves to be the most outstanding heir of the younger generation.

Everyone thought for a long time and nodded. Now, there is no other way to do it for the time being. These families say that they are powerful, but it is not so easy to fight against the royal family. After all, most of the army, taxes, and officials were still in the hands of the royal family. Their only convenience is that they have less to think about and worry about than the royal family.

Speaking of this, someone asked, "In that case, who will go there for the king of Yuejun?" ”

Everyone was silent, although they were now facing the royal family, they were particularly tired of the king of Yuejun. If it weren't for King Yuejun's rash moves, the situation would not have reached this point. Today's character is strong, not reckless. What's more, there is also a Zhu family in the king of Yuejun. These people here can't say which one is more annoying about the Zhu family or the king of Yuejun. At the beginning, the Zhu family was among the top ten families, which made people feel unhappy, they were all scholarly families, Zhong Ming Ding Food Family, who wanted to be lined up with a businessman's family? Now that the Zhu family actually turned against them in advance, it is even more disgusting.

There are only eight major families here today, among which neither the Zhu family nor the Xie family came. The Xie family didn't come because the Xie family had long been ignorant of the government, and the children of the Xie family rarely served as officials in the court. Even if the emperor is trying to give the world's scholars a face, as long as the Xie family does not seek death, the emperor will not trouble the Xie family. Although some of the Xie family's children were arrested this time, the Xie family was not in a hurry, because the head of the Xie family knew that this would not hurt the Xie family's roots. As for the Zhu family, they were not all the way to them, so naturally they would not come.

"Uncles, don't we really want to take refuge in King Yuejun, why bother?" Qin Zixu couldn't help but laugh.

A thin middle-aged man snorted lightly: "In that case, are you going to the Qin family?" ”

Qin Zixu touched his nose and said, "This... Didn't Brother Lian say it just now, my little sister and I have a good relationship with the lord of Xingcheng, this... Everyone knows that there may be something wrong with the Lord of Xingcheng County and the Yue County Palace. "Everyone knows that the king of Yuejun hooked up with the second lady of the Duke of Chu and the county lord of Xingcheng was forced to marry the prince of Jingjiang County. Although now looking at the relationship between the county lord of Xingcheng and Wei Shizi, the husband and wife are very good, and the two seem to be a perfect couple, but this does not mean that the county lord of Xingcheng has no opinion on the king of Yuejun. What's more, they all have reliable information, Nangong Huai doesn't know for what reason, he shirked everything before, and even his daughter was married and insisted on drawing a clear line with King Yuejun, but now he suddenly agreed to support King Yuejun. And the relationship between the county lord of Xingcheng and the Duke of Chu... It is better to say that it is a father and daughter than to be the enemies of the previous life.

So, in the end, I had to draw lots to decide, the four families went to show favor to Xiao Qianye, two went to win over Xiao Qianluo, and two families went to win over Xiao Qianling. It seems that Xiao Qianye's side occupies the top, but the families that went to show favor to Xiao Qianye are all the four families in the bottom ranking, and the other four families in the top of the exam are in the direction of Xiao Qianling and Xiao Qianluo respectively. In addition, Xiao Qianling and Xiao Qianluo were both born in the concubine family, although the two usually can't see how much relationship they have, but if the two join forces, the outcome is still unknown.

Therefore, out of the need for self-preservation, the families did not hesitate to push the struggle between the imperial power and the scholars to the power struggle between the emperor and the grandson. As for the goal - to strive for the early death of the emperor! However, before that, the trouble that King Yuejun gave them could not be reported. After all, the four families need a reason to show favor to Xiao Qianye, and the other four families also need to vote for Xiao Qianling and Xiao Qianluo to show goodwill.

Xiao Qianye has been busy and fulfilling these days, and it can be said that the three county kings of these families in Jinling City have been tossing hard. It's like a competition to see who is more powerful, today Xiao Qianye arrested the people of the Zhao family, and tomorrow Xiao Qianling arrested the people of the Su family. In the morning, Xiao Qianluo found evidence that Li Jiaqiang robbed the people's daughter, and in the afternoon, Xiao Qianye found evidence that the Lin family formed a party for personal gain. It has made the major families and even the emerging magnates miserable, and it is no wonder that the top ten families, who have always been constantly fighting among themselves, can't help but want to join forces to fight the enemy.

But soon, Xiao Qianye was dumbfounded by the sudden bad news. Yu Shi impeached the king of Yue County in the court for accepting bribes, buying and selling officials, and thus led to the tragedy of the river bursting this summer, and the people were killed and injured countless times. The most important thing is that this matter is not a matter of rumors by the imperial historians. It's true, the evidence is conclusive, it's true. Although two or three months have passed since the flood burst the levee, and there happened to be a war at that time, not many people paid attention to it, but now that I have been idle for two or three months, I have naturally found a lot of evidence. In the early morning, Xiao Qianye's handsome face, which was still full of spirits, suddenly turned pale and weak.

The river has been a problem since ancient times, and the embankment is repaired every year and the embankment bursts every year. However, because of the emperor's eldest grandson, there is still a big difference between the embankment and the ordinary embankment.

The emperor sat on the throne, looking at the evidence in front of him, looking at Xiao Qianye, who was undecided, and Xiao Qianluo, who was gloating, Xiao Qianling, a trace of disappointment and helplessness flashed in his eyes.

Obviously, this child was overshadowed. As for the people who were yin, the emperor glanced at the courtiers with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and his expression was gloomy.

Nangong Mo sat in the imperial study, waiting a little boredly for the emperor to come back. From time to time, the emperor summoned her into the palace to check her pulse and prescribe medicine. As for whether the emperor had used the medicine she prescribed, she didn't know, anyway, she had never seen the emperor take medicine. However, Nangong Mo didn't care, she prescribed medicine seriously, and she couldn't force it into people's mouths if the patient didn't eat it. Wei Junmo has to go to the palace on an errand every day, so Nangong Mo doesn't think there's anything wrong with entering the palace often, and he can just wait for Wei Junmo to go home together. Occasionally, I suspiciously go to the Tai Hospital, and exchange with those Tai doctors about "the experience of treating the disease of wealth and nobility" and so on.

Moreover, although the emperor is not very easy to get along with, as long as he touches the right pulse and does not violate his taboos, he is still very funny sometimes.

Hearing a burst of messy footsteps outside the door, Nangong Mo put down the scroll in his hand and stood up, and saw the emperor walking in angrily. Behind him were Xiao Qianye, whose face was also ugly, and Wei Junmo, whose face had not changed. Nangong Mo, who was originally going to dodge, stopped after seeing Wei Junmo and waited for the three of them to come in.

Without even giving Nangong Mo a look, the emperor kicked the eunuch at the door and walked into the imperial study and sat down. Xiao Qianye followed behind, looking a little trembling. Nangong Mo had to look at Wei Junmo: What happened to Xiao Qianye again?

Wei Junmo's expression was calm: he was overshadowed.

Nangong Mo pursed her lips, she was yin from time to time, and she was yin from time to time, she had to wonder if Xiao Qianye was really the white lotus that came out of the mud and was not stained.

The emperor slapped the imperial case in front of him fiercely, scaring the three people in the imperial study... In fact, there is only one person who jumps.

"Tell me about it! What the hell do you want all this money for? I don't have enough money for you? The emperor stared at Xiao Qianye and said in a deep voice. Although the county king's Yulu is not as good as the prince, he also has 8,000 taels of silver a year, not to mention, Xiao Qianye still has a fief as the county king, even if he is not sealed, but the income of the fief should be given to him every year. The Emperor really couldn't understand why he was taking money that shouldn't have been taken at all.

As an emperor from the grassroots, what he hates most is corrupt officials and corrupt officials. If you are an official in the Great Xia Dynasty, you either don't be greedy, or you won't be caught for the rest of your life, because once a corrupt official is caught, what will happen... It's light to lose a small life. Raiding the family and exterminating the clan, peeling off the human skin to make a fur man, the emperor has done it. But now, it is his grandson who takes bribes, and the future ... The crown prince or even the emperor?!

"Imperial grandfather, grandson is wronged!" Xiao Qianye hurriedly knelt down and shouted injustice. Whether this kind of thing is true or not, it must be right to shout injustice first.

"Wronged?!" His Majesty the Emperor laughed angrily, casually threw the file in his hand to the ground in front of Xiao Qianye, and sneered: "You give me a good look, which one has wronged you?" You are really capable, you are so close to Jinling that you have made me complain, and you can still hide it from me! I see your wings are stiff! ”

"Grandfather Huang's anger is relieved!" Xiao Qianye was so frightened that his legs weakened and fell to his knees. The previous page of the file scattered on the ground shows how he installed his cronies and how he sold some positions to people who did not have the ability to take the exam and wanted to be officials. And where the accident happened, the person in office happened to be one of his henchmen. When the embankment was broken, it was when Zhang Dingfang rebelled, and everyone focused on the rebels, so the man wanted to cover up the matter and did not report it to the court at all. Whether the local officials accepted bribes from the other party or were afraid of his status as the emperor's eldest grandson, they simply suppressed the matter. So until now, not to mention the people in Jinling City, even he, the person who is the master, doesn't know.

Nangong Mo stood to the side and looked down at the ground. Although the distance is not close, her eyesight is not bad, and the writing with the brush is not small, but she can see clearly. Before he finished reading it, Nangong Mo couldn't help but tear a handful of sympathy to Xiao Qianye. Xiao Qianye is really going to be miserable this time, if the emperor doesn't want to protect him, he will really be unlucky.

But... At this time, the chances of the emperor not protecting him are almost equal to zero. It's just that I don't know whose handiwork this is, Xiao Qianling, Xiao Qianluo's brothers, or those families who were miserable by Xiao Qianye? The matter of two or three months ago can be investigated so clearly, if it is Xiao Qianling and Xiao Qianluo, I am afraid that they will not be able to wait now. Is this what makes the Maison so powerful? No wonder... His Majesty the Emperor wanted to destroy them so much.

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Meng Meng Da ~ Every morning I am the sauce purple - full of vitality! At noon, it's a purple sauce - I seem to be a little tired! At night, it's like a wilting grass...

Boring Little Theater:

The emperor and the scholars are sauce purple.

The family: Wamen wood has a different heart!

Emperor: I don't believe it.

Family: The tiles are really different!

Emperor: I really don't believe it!

Family: The tiles are absolutely different, and the hearts are dug out for you to see?

Emperor: Dig them all out first, I! Still don't believe it!

Unbelief is unbelief!

Family: Do you believe it if it is swollen?

Emperor: Do you believe it sitting in my place?

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It seems that I can't believe it...

In the afternoon, I found a small shop to sit on the code word~ so comfortable ~ Mo Da Shengshi Medical Concubine

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143, the target is angry with the emperor!.

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