Chapter 13 Clans

Due to the low productivity in ancient times, the progress of this road construction is far lower than the influence of Changsun Tang, a total of about three miles of road, more than 1,000 people spent four days to basically build the roadbed, and it is only about four meters wide road.

In Changsun Tang's plan, this Jiangling City can exist as an important transit point in the early days, so this road is not enough, Changsun Tang plans to widen the road to eight meters, that is, two zhang and six feet wide, so that it can be divided into two lanes on the left and right, and by the way, you can explore some traffic rules.

may confirm the saying: blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular. When the eldest grandson was worried about the attack on the construction site, he received another piece of bad news.

There would have been no problem with renovating the road according to the original road width, but the widening was a problem. When passing through the ancestral hall of the local Lu family, the Lu family refused to demolish an archway in front of the ancestral hall, and on the other side was a continuous private house.

At this time, although the imperial examination system has begun to be implemented, and even Fang Xuanling was born as a Jinshi in the Sui Dynasty, but after all, this is just a substitute, unlike the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, which is the only way to become an official.

At this time, the recommendation letter must be obtained before taking the jinshi, and the qualifications for this recommendation are in the hands of officials at all levels, which is a bit of progress compared with the previous probation system, but it is only a small step, and the recommender and the recommended person are natural political allies.

At this time, the political system can be said to be the family gate valve system, and the family gate valve holds the qualification of recommendation and monopolizes resources such as books, so there is a family origin, and the possibility of a poor family member wanting to get ahead is relatively small.

The main body of this family is the large and small clans in various places, the status and prestige of the patriarch is very high, and he can even say a word of life and death, and the local officials are all in line with the local big clans to have a good relationship, and the ruling power of the imperial court can basically only reach the county level.

It is for these reasons that if a clan comes out to oppose this cash-for-work thing, it will be very tricky for anyone to deal with.

The eldest grandson had to order someone to stop the project here, and until now, he knew why Wang Jue didn't even want to take on this thing, it turned out that this was a hot potato.

The eldest grandson returned to the city, and there was such a "big incident" of conflict with the local area, as a subordinate official of the Governor's Mansion, he should report to his superiors first.

On the way to find Wu Shitong, he first ran into Wang Jue, who took Changsun Tang to his temporary study.

"Virtuous nephew, I know what has happened in the past few days, what are you going to do with that waistless person in the warrior Tong?" Because this warrior Tong has no backer, regardless of his identity as a national prince, the people in Chang'an City call the warrior Tong a waistless person, of course, there are even more ugly calls.

"That's right, as a subordinate official, this is not my duty, it is up to the governor and the lord to decide." The eldest grandson just said what he meant, but he didn't want to get into these muddy pits of them.

"Now you know why so many people were ready to see your jokes."

"It's all subordinate incompetence." The eldest grandson can only take the blame.

"Do you know the trick here?"

"The subordinates are ignorant, and they really can't see the problem here." The eldest grandson was also a little dazed, he didn't understand, why there were so many difficulties in this good thing, this splash could still be understood, but what was this clan for?

"Do you know whose world this world is?" Wang Qi asked.

"The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." The eldest grandson didn't quite understand what Wang Jue meant, so he said such an answer in a proper manner, of course he wouldn't talk about the people.

"Think again."

The eldest grandson was speechless, he really didn't understand the meaning of these words, could it be that at this time, Wang Qi already had the ideological level that water could carry a boat and also overturn a boat? The problem is, just because you have this understanding doesn't mean you're going to do it.

"Let me tell you the story of several high-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty, starting with me, my grandfather was the minister of this Nanping Kingdom, and I was also born in Jiangling City; Fang Xiang's great-grandfather was a general of Later Wei Zhenyuan; Even the unscrupulous Chen Yanjin, whose grandfather and father were both state officials in the Northern Qi Dynasty; Even Li Mi was born in the family of the fourth and third dukes. Wang Jue's ability to say these words shows that he is not wary of Changsun Tang, but even so, it is impossible to tell Changsun Tang the answer directly.

"What does Lord Shizhong mean that it is these clans that influence the general trend of the world except the emperor? And this ...... "The eldest grandson almost blurted out, the emperor can be changed, but this clan will not change it."

"Do you still call me Lord Waiting?" Wang Jue did not answer positively, some things, some answers cannot be made public.

"Thank you, uncle, little nephew understands. It seems that there is a lot of involvement in this, but the little nephew is a little reckless. "This can't be helped, the small body of fifteen or sixteen years old with clothes on the top must have a good habit of nodding and bowing when you see people.

"In this matter, it is better for the virtuous nephew to be cautious, but it is not cost-effective to offend these clans."

"But what does this have to do with these clans?"

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit!" Wang Jue broke the key here with one sentence.

The clan will not oppose the construction of water conservancy and road construction, but if they don't interfere, it will be a big problem. Now there is no direct stake in the construction of water conservancy and roads, but there is no major problem in blocking it, that is, finding a way to raise your arms.

There are two main reasons for this, one is that the salary is directly paid to the individual, and the clans cannot do anything without profit. Second, the government will come forward to do good deeds, which will greatly increase the prestige of the government, which is not conducive to the prestige of the clans. You must know that even if the patriarch of the clan during the Republic of China could even decide the life and death of a member of the family with a word, it was by virtue of this prestige, which was a talisman blessed on them.

Of course, for Wang Jue, his purpose of waking up Changsun Tang is not so simple, this seeing that the eldest grandson family with the queen, the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Shunde three respected status, has basically appeared the atmosphere of the family, if this is coupled with this often surprising eldest grandson, the power of the eldest grandson family will be so huge that there is nothing to add, as a high-level official of the imperial court, Wang Jue knows about gunpowder, the name of this eldest grandson will naturally not be unfamiliar, at this time, winning over the eldest grandson can not only divide the power of the eldest grandson family, What's more important is that you can send charcoal in the snow, this kindness Changsun Tang can't even accept it if he wants to, this old fox's Taoism is not low.