Chapter Twenty-Five: The Conspiracy of the Wealthy
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But this is already in the past tense, although Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were famous all over the world in the past, but in the Tang Dynasty, they were like the sunset, and their prestige was not there. What is truly known to everyone is a surname...... Lu's.
Fan Yang Lu's!
"Cui Lu Li Zheng Wang" is the most famous family of the five most famous surnames in the Tang Dynasty, and their status of existence is supreme in Shilin.
The Lu in these five surnames refers to the Fan Yang Lu family.
Fan Yang Lu family from the surname Jiang, the descendants of Qi State, because of the fief Lu Yi and the surname Lu, Qin has a doctor Lu Ao, after the descendants moved to the Zhuoshui area, settled in Zhuodi, with Fan Yang as the county, later generations called Fan Yang people. The real ancestor of the Lu family is the famous Confucian scholar Lu Zhi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi created the foundation of the Lu family, his descendant Lu Yu was one of the three princes of Cao Wei, and then Lu Qin, Lu Ting, Lu Zhi, and Lu Chen were all high-ranking officials, and Lu Xuan was commended when Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty entered the imperial court, and the Lu family became a first-class high-ranking family in the north.
In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Lu family has experienced four or five hundred years of ups and downs. The fame and connections accumulated in the past four or five hundred years have created the glorious status of the Lu family today.
Fanyang Xicheng, in the center of the west city, there is an ancient house that has gone through wind and frost, covering an extremely wide area, with ten acres of land. It can be described as a thousand eaves and a hundred universes, and the weather is magnificent.
In front of the tall portal, the two stone lions are solemn and mighty, but the stone lions are pitted in some places, which are the traces of perennial raindrops.
The water drops are worn by stones, and it is completely conceivable that this mansion is very old.
A luxurious carriage from far and near, two tall horses pulling the cart, both of which are iron blue colors, stand and neigh in the cold wind, looking very miraculous. This is true of all horses pulling carts. One can imagine how noble the owner's family on this carriage is.
The carriage stopped in front of the old mansion, and the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and it was a middle-aged man, revealing a serious, capable, rather majestic face.
The middle-aged man glanced at the plaque in front of the ancient mansion, on which the words "Lu Mansion" were written, and he greeted his subordinates and sent a name post, indicating his identity.
The inscription of the name card reads Qinghe Cui Zhongping.
Qinghe Cui's family, this is the family with the surname of Fan Yang Lu.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Cui family had a place in history, and was one of the ministers of the Qi State, and the descendants of the Northern Dynasty, the most famous of which was Cui Hao. Cui Hao served in the three dynasties of Daowu, Ming Yuan, and Taiwu Emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was an official to Situ, participating in the military plan, and playing a positive role in promoting the unification of the north by the Northern Wei Dynasty. Later generations praised him as "the first-rate military strategist of the Northern and Southern Dynasties".
With thousands of years of reproduction and circulation, the Qinghe Cui clan is a well-deserved first among the world's sergeants.
In the Tang Dynasty alone, there were 23 people who served as prime ministers.
In the Three Kingdoms, the third prince of Yuan Shao IV seems to have a prominent position and supremacy, but compared with the Cui family, he is not qualified to carry shoes.
Li Shimin was interested in suppressing the status of the clan and ordered officials to revise the "Clan Chronicles". But the official still listed the Cui family as the first in the "Clan Chronicles".
It can be seen that in Shilin, Cui's status is higher than Li Shimin.
Cui Zhongping is talented, intelligent, resourceful, and strategic, and is the first-rate candidate in the world, although he is not the head of the Cui family, but he decides most of the family affairs, and he is already recognized as the successor of the head of the Cui family.
The accompanying servants presented them with red notes written in gold clay.
In the Tang Dynasty, the famous post was a symbol of status, and the red note written in gold clay was the most noble post in the world.
The five major families married each other, and they were in the same spirit, and the Lu family did not dare to have any slackness when they received the name post, so they invited Cui Zhongping into the reception room of the house on the one hand, and went to inform the head of the Lu family on the other hand.
In the reception room, Cui Zhongping leisurely drank the high-quality Longjing tea, felt the rich aroma of tea, and the sound of his feet sounded, a white-haired old man over eighty years old walked in from the side door with a rattan cane, and there was a young and handsome young man beside him.
The white-haired old man was dressed in a simple scribe's suit, with a goat's beard with white flowers, and his half-opened eyes occasionally flashed with the light that had gone through vicissitudes.
The young man is in his twenties, he looks personable, he can be described as a talent, and there is a smile called confidence on his face, but the eyes are extremely unique, like an eagle, sharp and incomparable, giving people a cold and ruthless feeling.
Cui Zhongping stood up and saluted respectfully: "Zhongping greets Lu Lao, I haven't seen you for many years, Lu Lao is still so healthy, congratulations!" ”
Lu Lao's real name is Lu Zijian, he is eighty years old, and he has intersected with Cui Zhongping's ancestors, and he is the highest one of the five major families, and it is also the only remaining fruit, and he is deeply respected by the five major families. He himself is also a great Confucian who is better than Kong Yingda, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the first person in Shilin, and he has a very high reputation.
Lu Zijian smiled: "Xiao Cui doesn't need to be polite, after all, he is old, and he is a little powerless to do anything, and the burden of the future still has to fall on you...... Let me introduce to you, this is my great-grandson Lu Ziqian...... Come, Ziqian has seen your uncle. ”
The young man Lu Ziqian greeted him with a courtesy, meticulous manners and neatness.
Cui Zhongping heard of Lu Ziqian's name, and knew that he was the first person among the rising stars of the Lu family, which attracted much attention, the pupils in his eyes shrank, and he said with a smile: "I see this son as heroic and compelling, his eyes are like eagle eyes, his face has a strange appearance, it is not a thing in the pool, there are successors of the Lu family!" ”
Lu Zijian shook his head and said: "Little Cui is too modest, the little guy can't succeed, it's difficult to take on a big responsibility." He is like Chen Ping in the early Han Dynasty, but he is a little less tactful, and he is like Cao Wei's Jia Xu, but he is a little less calm. The only strength is that he is vicious, and he can make his opponent unrecoverable. But the conspiracy is always successful compared to the yang conspiracy, this kind of person can only live in the dark, if he is on the stage, he will not succeed. ”
Lu Ziqian was neither happy nor angry when he heard this, and still stood on the side with an expressionless face.
Cui Zhongping secretly admired: Although he has never seen Lu Ziqian, he has already heard that he has a little understanding of his strengths and weaknesses, Lu Zijian is old, but he is still so able to distinguish between right and wrong, and it is not easy to see the good and the bad, and he is also glad that he has come to the right place this time.
Lu Zijian said: "Xiao Cui is not an outsider, so don't beat around the bush...... I'll guess, but about His Majesty today? ”
Cui Zhongping said in a deep voice: "Old Wisdom Lu, for a long time, the royal family and my family have had an unknown relationship. They are afraid of the power of our clan and have the intention to eradicate and suppress it, but because our clan is full of talents, and seventy percent of the officials in the world are from the clan, they also have to rely on our strength, and they do not dare to act excessively, so as not to cause national turmoil. For hundreds of years, this has been the case, both sides are in a balance point, neither wants to break it, and each other is safe. But since His Majesty succeeded to the throne today, this balance point is no longer in balance. I have to say that today's majesty is majestic and strategic, far superior to his predecessors. He did not confront us, but took a detour to support the Guanlong Shizu group to confront us, the Shandong Shizu group. Our Shandong Shizu Group has been famous for a long time, and it is the target of the public, so the Central Plains and Jiangnan clans are happy to fight and lose both, and they all face each other's battles with the attitude of watching the fire from the other side. But we are not afraid. After all, the Guanlong clan group has a weak foundation, although it has the support of His Majesty, but for us who have a foundation of thousands of years, it is a tree-shaking mayfly, and it is not worth mentioning. But recently, the appearance of a person has broken this balance......"
Lu Zijian knelt on the mat, closed his eyes and listened to Cui Zhongping's story, hearing this, his closed eyes suddenly opened, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and a name blurted out: "Du He, Du Qinglian!" ”
Hearing this name, Lu Ziqian's face turned cold, this name appeared in his dreams more than once, and his eyes raised the fighting spirit to compete with him.
Cui Zhongping's face was solemn, he was not surprised that Lu Zijian was able to say this name, although Du He was only an eighteen-year-old boy, although Du He had only been famous for three years, his existence had almost become a nightmare for the major clans, and that amazing talent had also spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.
"Yes, it's him, Du He, Du Qinglian!" He said this name, a very ordinary name, but in his mouth it weighed like a thousand pounds: "This Du He is less than twenty years old, but he is a unique genius for thousands of years." His wisdom and courage and his strategy have long surpassed his peers. The cheap paper he renovated allowed all the poor families in the world to use paper to learn, and the movable type printing technology he transformed, but the price of books was reduced to an incredible point, so that all the poor families in the world could study with books, and the library suggestions he put forward made so that all the poor families in the world could learn what they wanted to learn at any time. If this continues, I dare to predict that within ten years, the world's poor families will definitely be able to compete with our clan, or even surpass. With only two inventions, one suggestion, this man broke something that no royal family had been able to do for thousands of years. Lu Lao ...... We can't afford to spend it anymore, and if we don't fight back, in the near future, we will be like braised meat on a knife board, at the mercy of others. ”
Lu Zijian also knew that the current situation was urgent, and said in a deep voice: "The old man is not so confused that he can't distinguish between right and wrong, and I am not ignorant of the current situation, but we can't move." Du He is amazing, Li Shimin is even more amazing, if Du He is an indestructible sword, but Li Shimin is the backing of the sword, rash attack, will only reveal the handle, flaws. Xiao Cui should have a countermeasure here, so you might as well talk about it......"
Cui Zhongping smiled indifferently: "Old Lu is wise, as Old Lu said, we can't move." But there are people who can move, and it is the most suitable for the future development of our race. ”
"Who?" Lu Zijian asked.
"King Wei...... Li Tai! Cui Zhongping spit out a name from his mouth: "Li Tai wants to take the position of crown prince, and his enemy is our old opponent, the eldest grandson of the Guanlong Group, Wuji." As long as we can support him, we can pave the way for our future, and we can also deal with Du He, cut off Li Shimin's arm, let his rear catch fire, and have no time to care about him! ”