The ancestral party is a name that is not known to the world, but for Cao Anmin, who ascended to the throne of the emperor, without the support of the ancestral party, it is difficult to effectively continue what he wants to do, and some things have to be compromised even if he is the emperor, after all, for those old people, his prestige is far less than that of the deceased Emperor Wen.

"Ancestral Hall!" Li Ang looked at Cao Anmin's frowning brows, and whispered in a low voice, the current ancestral party is not the ancestral party of thirty years ago, and the long-term peace has consumed the ambitions of those old people in power, and the younger generation of young Zhuang faction wants to take over the ancestral party and does not have this strength, and what the emperor has done at present is only to install people in some key positions in the court.

"It's time for those old men to give way." Cao Anmin, who had been quiet, suddenly said in a deep voice, his eyes flashed with coldness, and he couldn't tolerate his inaction in the position of emperor with the trust of his father, Emperor Wen.

Looking at Cao Anmin with an expressionless face, Li Ang frowned, he knew that Cao Anmin regarded him as a confidant, and he didn't even hide this kind of thing from him, but those old people of the ancestral hall party were not ordinary people, and it was not easy to let them abdicate.

"How is Cao Mingde's remnants tracked down?" Cao Anmin looked at Li Ang, his father used an iron fist to remove many people for him before he died, but Cao Mingde has been hiding in the dark for thirty years, and there are always some fish that have escaped from the net.

"Jinyiwei has been checking for more than a month, and there is no progress?" Li Ang shook his head, he was now the general of Zhengxi and the leader of the army. In front of the captain, the honorific title of Long Xiang was added, in addition to these. Cao Anmin also put him in charge of Jinyiwei, and Wei Zongdao, the original commander of Jinyiwei, was transferred to Dongchang.

"Keep looking." Cao Anmin instructed, and then asked Li Ang to come to the bookcase and handed him a roster, "This is the list of the ancestral hall party, the elders of the family and their henchmen. ”

"Your Majesty is going to attack them." Leon took the roster. With a solemn face, it is not difficult to deal with these old people, but such a move will definitely make all the families jealous of Cao Anmin, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will join forces to deal with Cao Anmin, after all, although these families are loyal to Daqin, they will never be ambiguous when it comes to matters involving the entire family, and the same is true for those young Zhuang factions.

"Don't worry, I won't take their lives, and I won't do anything about it." looked at Li Ang's somewhat melancholy face. Cao Anmin's heart warmed, "Daqin is supported by the family. I'm not stupid enough to destroy the Great Wall. ”

"I just want to invite those old people to enjoy the blessings." Cao Anmin looked at the place list in Li Ang's hand and muttered to himself, "They have worked hard for Daqin for so many years, and it is time to enjoy the joy of family." ”

"Is Your Majesty planning to take advantage of their internal contradictions to seize power?" Li Ang seems to understand what Cao Anmin means, Cao Anmin wants to launch a coup d'état, but he is not the only protagonist. There are also those young Zhuang factions who are in the prime of their families, as long as those young Zhuang factions understand that Cao Anmin has no intention of dealing with their family, presumably those young Zhuang factions will agree to deal with those old people in the family with Cao Anmin.

"That's right, I don't want to shed too much blood, after all, it is their own children who have taken over the power from those old people." Cao Anmin looked at Li Ang and nodded, he couldn't tolerate those old people pointing fingers at him or even resisting him in military affairs.

"Is Your Majesty planning to capture those old people in one fell swoop at the ancestral hall meeting on the fifteenth?" Li Ang knew Cao Anmin very well, Cao Anmin would tell him this, obviously he had already made up his mind, and the best opportunity now was the ancestral hall meeting of the fifteenth. At that time, the clan will re-elect the ancestral hall elders, and the elders of the ancestral halls of the major families will inevitably be present. If you do it suddenly at that time. Presumably, those old people would not have thought that Cao Anmin would dare to attack them before the mourning period of the first emperor had passed.

"Surprise and attack unprepared." Li Ang muttered to himself, and then asked Cao Anmin, "Your Majesty's trick is very clever, but when you get to the major families, what does Your Majesty plan to do, do you want to contact those people first?" ”

"Nope." Cao Anmin frowned and said, "Contact them first, it's hard to guarantee that the news will be leaked, and then it won't be good for those old people to know first, let's do it first, as long as we don't hurt those old people." ”

"In that case, which force will be used when the time comes, Your Majesty?" Li Ang agreed with Cao Anmin's approach, he is now tied to Cao Anmin, leaving Cao Anmin, he may be easily killed by the great family of Chang'an at any time like crushing an ant, thinking of the death of Emperor Diwen more than a year ago to deal with Confucian officials, he shuddered, at that time, the Confucian officials in power were not strong, but under the blow of the family that was in step with Emperor Wen, he was completely deposed without even struggling, which shows that the power of those families is by no means just what it seems, Moreover, the clan will not always be on the emperor's side, as long as they think that the emperor is hindering Great Qin, they will work with the family to deal with the emperor.

"I won't use the troops of the palace and the military hall, it's all up to you then." Cao Anmin looked at Li Ang and said in a deep voice, although the troops in the palace are absolutely loyal to Daqin, but too many of them are from families, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no resistance among them, and it is better for troops who have nothing to do with those families to carry out such things.

"I understand." Li Ang nodded, as the general of Zhengxi, he can have a personal tribe, and Li Cunzhi, Li Cunxiao and they are all included in his own tribe by him, and now Cao Anmin asked him to do this, which is equivalent to making him offend those families, but he doesn't care, he never thought of fighting for power and profit with those families in Chang'an, and his land and earth are in a foreign country outside the territory of Great Qin, which is a hint of Li Ang's final destination, and those who have grievances can rest assured.

In addition to talking to Cao Anmin about the details of the time, Li Ang withdrew from the imperial study, he was very optimistic about Cao Anmin's plan, after all, such a martial arts master and a military king family like Da Sima, the chief chief, and such a martial arts master and military king family were still on their side, otherwise, Cao Anmin would not have done this.

However, once the major families and local young Zhuang factions are really allowed to come to power in an all-round way, it will inevitably make Great Qin unable to launch an external land offensive within two or three years. Only after Cao Anmin truly established his own prestige could the Great Qin Army fight without worries.

Out of the palace gate. Li Ang got on his horse, and under the escort of Li Cunzhi and Li Cunxiao, he returned to the new mansion given to him by Cao Anmin. There is still a gap of four hundred, but Li Ang has no intention of recruiting troops in Chang'an, because his subordinates are absolutely loyal.

Back in the mansion, Li Ang didn't have any military affairs to be busy with, he was already jealous enough, those families would never allow many strangers in the Chang'an Protectorate Mansion to hold real power. Seeing Li Ang coming back, Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang came over with Qing Zhi, these days, Li Ang came back early every day, and spent more time with them than busy with military affairs.

"Actually, there's nothing to do. Every day I used to be there to read those reports, and it was all a nice-to-have. Seeing the wind, Siniang asked about herself in the White Tiger Festival Hall. Li Ang replied, now he somewhat understood why the third commander of the military hall, the dead lieutenant, was nowhere to be seen all year round, the great Sima was a sleeping dragon who slept all day, and the chief was busy with other things every day, because the things on those reports were so trivial and meticulous that people wanted to use a knife to cut people. Report it, report it, it's so detailed to the extent of every fire, it's simply torturous.

"I now know how terrible it was for Guanlan Huang Yuan to stay in the Logistics Department of the Ministry of War, reporting to the mountains every day." Li Ang said with a chuckle, and then he was pressed by Lin Fengshuang and Feng Siniang to accompany Qingzhi in the living room, and he was not allowed to go to the kitchen to help.

Looking at Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang who were leaving with brisk steps, Li Ang really didn't know what to say, as a man, when he returned home, his wife was so good to serve, it should be a dream thing! But he was not used to it. Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang would never let him do anything at home, in their words. How can a man do such trivial things while the rest of the family is still helping them.

"Brother." As she gets older, Qingzhi becomes more and more handsome, but she is still the same as before, as long as Li Ang is here, she will be tired of this brother, "Why do you always frown?" ”

"Brother comes back every day, just sit here and eat and wait for death, how do you say brother is happy." Looking at the generous girl under the door, Li Ang shook his head and said, and then he thought that he was in the courtyard in the morning, saw the fallen leaves, and wanted to bend down to pick them up, but he didn't expect to be seen by Li Yanzong who came over, and then this little man who believed in the righteousness of Kong Mengzhong's servant blamed himself, which made him cry and laugh, and the two brothers Jing Leng and Jing Han who were born with him also agreed seriously, and followed Li Yanzong, who taught them, to ask him for guilt, he didn't know what to say.

"But men have become families, and they are all like this!" Qing Zhi looked at her brother, thinking of the big Sima she saw in the house of her godmother and grandmother, sat next to Li Ang, held her chin and said, "Lord Da Sima doesn't do anything at home, listen to the godmother, this is the majesty that a man should have, and it is also a rule handed down by the ancestors, how can a man do what those women do, if he says it, he will be laughed at by others, and the women in the family will also have a dull face, and they will be gossiped." ”

"What is this?" Li Ang's head grew up, although he liked the atmosphere of Daqin very much, but this kind of rule left by the ancestors was too unreasonable, he just wanted to help do something at home, but it turned out to be so serious.

"And now my brother is a general of Zhengxi, I heard that our family is also a big family, and the rules can't be sloppy." Qing Zhi looked at her troubled brother and said with a wink.

"What rules are not in order, those are the rules of other people's families, and our family is not going to come to any of them." Li Ang stood up suddenly, startling Qing Zhi on the side.

"Brother, what are you going to do?" Looking at Li Ang, who was rolling up his sleeves, Qing Zhi suddenly laughed, "Who are you going to fight with!" ”

"Go to the kitchen." Li Ang looked at the girl who was smiling narrowly, glared at her, and said angrily, in fact, he was reluctant to Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang to manage such a big family every day, for fear that they would be tired and panicked, you must know that many of the people around him are lonely, after he opened the sect, he became his retainer, and ate with them every day, which is a group of old men who can eat and drink.

Looking at Li Ang who walked out of the living room, Qing Zhi covered her mouth and followed him with a snicker, since her brother became the general of Zhengxi, her two sisters-in-law managed her brother to death and didn't let him do anything, thinking of her brother gritting his teeth and saying that sentence, 'Go to the kitchen', she felt that this was like her brother when she was a child.

At the door of the kitchen, seeing Li Ang and Qingzhi coming, Cen Ji, who was staying at the door, was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I said, why are you here, the boss, they said that they didn't let you enter the kitchen, didn't this old master Kong say anything about 'gentlemen are far away from cooking'." ”

"I'm not a gentleman." Li Ang said and entered the kitchen, making Cen Jizhang'er confused, it seems that the master is not very angry today!

"Why are you here, go and accompany Qingzhi." Seeing Li Ang enter the kitchen, Feng Siniang, who was busy with the servants, frowned and said, Lin Fengshuang beside her was also looking at Li Ang, obviously on the same line as Feng Siniang.

Seeing Feng Siniang and Lin Fengshuang staring at him with raised eyebrows, Li Ang's momentum when he came was mostly gone, "I'll come over to see if I can help, you know, just sit like that, I'm not used to it." ”

"Then find something to do, go to the study to read, write and draw as you like." Feng Siniang held a long-handled spoon in her hand and stuck it in her waist.

"The old man came to this kitchen, and he was not afraid to tell people that you were unproductive." Lin Fengshuang and Feng Siniang talked together and drove Li Ang out of the kitchen, for them, the kitchen is a woman's territory, and men have no part in calling the shots.

was kicked out of the kitchen door, Li Ang looked at the girl who had been staring at him and laughing, and he didn't know why, as soon as he saw Lin Fengshuang and Feng Siniang holding a stir-fry shovel and a soup spoon, he would lose his momentum.

"Who dares to spread the news of the master's coming to the kitchen, see how I clean her up." After Li Ang went out, Feng Siniang looked at the people in the kitchen and glared, which made those people tremble and get busy with the work in hand.