Wei Mansion, as the head of the first guard of the Sixteen Guards, nominally the supreme commander of the 60,000 Tang Army, although the construction of Wei Zhaoxun's General's Mansion is not comparable to those top gate lords in Chang'an City, but the grandeur of the General's Mansion is not lacking, perhaps to make up for a general like Wei Zhaoxun who is not in charge of military power, Emperor Xuanzong can't give them real power, but it gives them enough face. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Emperor Xuanzong personally ordered the general's mansion to be built one by one, domineering and magnificent, are located in the most prosperous area of Chang'an City, according to the provisions of the general of the Sixteen Guards is only equivalent to the official position of the third grade, the Tang Dynasty has strict regulations on the palace of officials in Beijing, the construction of the palace of low-level officials shall not exceed that of high-level officials, the general sounds domineering, but as long as people with a little common sense know, the generals of the Sixteen Guards are all nominal and fictitious, really to talk about real power, I'm afraid that even the five-grade officials can surpass them!

Of course, there are no absolutes in everything, there are always some people in Chang'an City, those top gate valves, all of them have existed since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, and some even have the power of the dragon, assisting the Tang Emperor Gaozu to expand the territory, and the emperors of the Tang Dynasty also took care of them, which directly led to their rapid development, and the military, government, and business all have a lot of right to speak.

The accumulation of several generations, their wealth is not very clear even to their own clansmen, even if it is not an exaggeration to describe them as rich and rival countries, fortunately, even if they have multiplied for many generations, but their loyalty to the Li Tang royal family has not changed in the slightest, if it is not, even if they are influential, they can't stop the emperors of the past dynasties from getting rid of their determination, let go of so much wealth, which emperor will not really be tempted?

And what is strange is that whether it is Emperor Taizong, who dominates the world and attracts the submission of the Quartet, or the Empress Zetian, who is a heroic woman among scheming women, or Emperor Xuanzong, who is a young man in charge of the army, has never done anything to even a top door valve, I have to say that the successive heads of the top gate valves are really good at being people!

The emperor's fancy made it possible for these top gate lords to intermarry with the imperial family, and looking at the Tang Dynasty, only by intermarrying with them would they not insult the dignity of the Li Tang royal family (at least in their hearts).

On weekdays, even the first-rank members in the court have to greet them with a smile, of course, greeting them with a smile does not mean that they have to grovel, speaking of which, even if the family behind the first-grade members is not as good as these top gate valves, it is only slightly inferior.

As for why they greet them with a smile, not for anything else, because even if you look at the entire Chang'an City, they are enough to run rampant in Chang'an City, whether it is the Cui family, the Wei family, or the current Li family (Prime Minister Li Linfu's family) Yang family (not for anything else, just because the Yang family has a Yang Guifei who favors the harem, which has attracted sisters and brothers to be listed), of course, there is also the Wang family with great influence in the army, the above five families are enough to be regarded as the top gate valve in Chang'an City today!

Don't say anything else, just say that the most ordinary of them is the Wei family, there is the Tang generation, and there are 20 members of the Wei family, and the whole Tang Dynasty is the crown; The family has a very high rate of eunuchs, and if you think about it, there is such a strong family support behind it, and it is not a trivial matter to be an official if you want to be an official.

Not only is the eunuch rate extremely high, but also the high-level officials Wei is endless, many years of high power has also made Wei one of the important objects of Li Tang royal marriage, a total of nearly 30 Wei members and the royal family intermarriage, not only the royal family, Wei also and Guanzhong Jiangnan some powerful families continue to marry, strengthen Wei family's influence in the region!

The reason why these top wealthy families can maintain their longevity is mainly due to two reasons: relying on the family shade and the imperial examination system to go hand in hand, occupy the main road of the eunuch road, and maintain the unshakable political status of the family, and second, make full use of the inherent influence and huge wealth of the family, take great care of some outstanding young generals, and even pull them into the clan and become an important member of the Wei family, so as to ensure the influence of the Wei army!

However, because Emperor Xuanzong's throne was seized through mutiny, in order to prevent the same tragedy from happening to him, Emperor Xuanzong attached more importance to military power than previous emperors, which directly led to a significant reduction in the influence of top gate lords like Webster in the army, but the hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, if it is said that Webster has no influence in the army, it is estimated that no one will believe it, the accumulation of several generations, Webster's influence in the army, can not be eradicated overnight!

And as compensation, Emperor Xuanzong relaxed the standards for Wei's civil official recruitment, which directly calmed Wei's original dissatisfaction.

The reason why Wei can have such power, everything should be for them to have a heroic ancestor - Wei Ju, speaking of Wei Ju, it is definitely the top existence among the Tang Dynasty generals, Wei Ju's military career is a legend, once broke tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Lingnan tribes, expanded thousands of miles, bound the leaders of several clans, and fought the Lingnan tribes one after another for the treasures in the clan to seek peace, the Lingnan subjects felt its might, and set up a monument to remember it, "military merit" described his life as a horse, with such a great military exploits, He was named the hereditary state assassin by the Tang Emperor, and the glory he brought to the Wei family has made generations of descendants enjoy it inexhaustibly.

Compared with Wei's military and political all-in-one, Shandong (east of Kuoshan) Cui's family influence is much more single, but this does not mean that Cui's is half a point weaker than Wei's, really to calculate, looking at today's Chang'an City, Cui's is the real breeding time for the longest, as early as before the establishment of the Tang Empire, Cui's already existed, for the establishment of Li Tang's imperial power, Cui's has a dragon's merit, it is precisely because of the strong support of the Cui family's whole family, the Li Tang Dynasty was able to dominate the world so smoothly, it can be said that for Cui's Emperors of all ages have been grateful!

It is precisely because the Cui family is mainly engaged in business that the Cui family's industry is very clear and clear, the money and wealth are rival the country, and the good land cannot be said, which can really be squandered by the entire Cui family's children for life and death! As the saying goes, money can reach the sky, if you want to have power, you must first have money, money can make grinding ghosts, and it is precisely to reach such a point that the Cui family can be among the top gate valves of the Tang Dynasty!

Compared with the previous two, the family of Li Linfu, the chief prime minister of Emperor Xuanzong, is completely a newly rising family, but with the perennial position, coupled with good means, the court has only a few followers, and the trust of Emperor Xuanzong directly leads to the Li Linfu family is also undoubtedly the top door valve, it can be said that there is neither long-term accumulation of contacts, nor the wealth of the country, but Li Linfu can push his family to the ranks of the top gate valves, I have to say, his means are by no means very comparable!

As for the Yang family, not to mention, with the existence of a harem like Yang Guifei, it is difficult for the Yang family not to be among the top wealthy families, as long as Yang Guifei does not lose favor for a day, the power of the Yang family will definitely be better than one day, and Yang Guozhong is the top member of the court, in order to boost the prestige of the Yang family, it is to make An Lushan and the Yang sisters about brother and sister, so that An Lushan has become the most reliable backer of the Yang family in the army, although An Lushan and Yang Guozhong are not in harmony, but in the eyes of Emperor Xuanzong, An Yang and the two belong to the internal conflict of the family, but as everyone knows, the two of them have reached the point of death with each other at this moment!

"Sisters and brothers are all in the land, poor and glorious!" It is the best description of the Yang family today, Yang Guifei's three sisters were all named Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Han, and Mrs. Qiuguo, even if Yang Guozhong can't fight with Yang Guifei's eight poles and can only be counted as a clan brother, Yang Guozhong is just because he is good at calculation, Emperor Xuanzong canonized him as the imperial history and concurrently led more than 40 envoys, all the Yang clansmen do not need to participate in the imperial examination, there are high-ranking officials Houlu, officials above the government and the opposition, as long as the surname is Yang, all of them claim to be Yang Guifei's relatives.

The Yang family was punished for nothing, and became an official for nothing, and the monthly reward of the three ladies alone amounted to 100,000 gold coins, which is enough to see how much Emperor Xuanzong favored the people of the Yang family! If you really want to talk about it, today's Yang family can be regarded as the top family in Datang today, and other gate valves are undoubtedly slightly inferior to them.

As for the glory of the last Wang family, it was completely created by the contemporary head of the family, Wang Zhonghe, if the previous Wei Ju's military career was a legend, then Wang Zhongsi is the one who continues to write this legend!

When Wang Zhongsi was at the peak of his military career, he was also the envoy of the four towns of Hedong, Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou, and the Tang Dynasty had a total of ten major festivals, but Wang Zhongsi was able to monopolize the fourth, especially under Emperor Xuanzong, a ruler who valued military power more than everything, it has to be said that it is a strange phenomenon.

This is not the most important thing, more importantly, during this period, there are young generals trained by Wang Zhonghei all over the world, which is the most valuable kind of wealth!

The total strength of the four towns reached 270,000, and the army that Wang Zhongsi could directly or indirectly control accounted for half of the number of the Tang army, even Emperor Xuanzong, who was the ruler of the Tang Dynasty, could only directly control one-third of the entire Tang army, which was much worse than Wang Zhongsi! Even An Lushan, who is now powerful and favored, is only one person and the envoy of the two towns.

One person wears the seal of four generals, controls the territory of thousands of miles, and holds the world's strongest military towns, which is not amazing, which has never happened in the history of the founding of the Tang Dynasty!

It's just that due to the scarcity of the Wang family, (even enough to describe it as pitiful, this is probably the real reason why Emperor Xuanzong is relieved to hand over the military power to Wang Zhonghe, even if Wang Zhongsi launched a rebellion, but there is no successor, I believe that as long as people with a little IQ will not do this kind of thing! ）

The scarcity of people, coupled with the fact that the Wang family acts very steadily and unassumingly, directly leads to the fact that the Wang family's reputation is not as loud as the previous four, but if anyone despises it because of this, I believe that they will definitely pay a painful price!

Originally, King Shou was still qualified to drink and talk with these top wealthy families, but now King Shou is so downtrodden that even lifting shoes for them is not enough, even if Li Qing is the bloodline of the Li Tang royal family! Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, the total number of imperial relatives and relatives has not been 100,000 but also 80,000, not more than Li Qing, and less Li Qing.

No one is strong in the situation, so you have to learn to bow your head, but Li Qing always believes that when he comes to Chang'an City next time, he will definitely stand proudly in front of those who have laughed at him with an unprecedented attitude, even God can't stop Li Qing's rise!