Yan Jiu sat down on the edge of the couch, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "For my brother, I really don't know much. Although my father told me many things back then, I was still young at that time, and I did not mention some of the stakes. Later, my father sent you and me away in a hurry, and even less had time to tell me.

Speaking of this heir hall, it has a history of at least 100 years. Jihetang is not a gang, but the unified name of some of the five surnames of the Seven Sects of the Tang Dynasty. The five surnames of the seven sects of the Tang Dynasty are Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Fan Yanglu, Xingyang Zheng, Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, and Taiyuan Wang. They were the first-class high-ranking scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and the seven most powerful gate lords. There was once Qinghe Cui's family who disliked the Tang royal family and refused to marry the Tang princess because of the Hu blood; Xue Yuanchao, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was the biggest regret in his life because he failed to marry a daughter of the seven clans and five surnames as his wife, and from these things, you can know how great the power and influence of these gate lords are......"

Lu Sheng listened with bated breath, and Yan Jiu said again: "But these gate valves are extremely prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, and the crisis of their existence was also buried at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. Among the founding ministers of the Tang Dynasty who were able to enshrine Lingyan Pavilion, one-third were the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Turkic ethnic groups, and Tang Taizong himself not only had Hu blood, but also used the strength of the Turks at the beginning of the founding of the country, so after the founding of the country, he naturally abandoned the national policy of Emperor Wen of Sui to take Chinese orthodoxy as the main four barbarians and Di as the second, and paid attention to the integration of Huayi.

The Yi people have their own political system, military power, and a different culture from the Han people, but if they are so connived and not suppressed, hidden dangers are gradually buried. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong's soldiers were strong and strong, and the generals were like clouds, and he took advantage of the Turkic civil strife and natural disasters for many years to destroy the *, split the Western Turks, and the military power shocked the world, and the Hu people naturally surrendered to him, but these Hu people submitted to the Tang Dynasty was just a name, and their strength was not restrained at all, but on the contrary, they were growing stronger.

In the last years of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the prestige of the founding soldiers gradually faded, and the power of Tubo Zanpu Songzan Gampo increased greatly after annexing Zhuqiang, so he raised 200,000 troops and was forced to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Taizong thought that marrying a daughter could be worth 100,000 soldiers, so he gave up the use of force, agreed to the marriage, and brought medicine, construction, technology, agriculture and other skills to show friendship.

Unexpectedly, Tubo became richer and stronger, but ambition also bred more, Princess Wencheng was still there, and the friendship of relatives still existed, Tubo once again raised troops to invade the Tang Dynasty, defeated the Tang general Xue Rengui in Xiping Dafeichuan, defeated the Tang army of more than 100,000, and Tuyuhun fell. Tubo got the sweetness, and since then it has occupied the four towns of Qiuzi, Yanqi, Khotan, and Shule in the west of Tang'an, and has controlled the entire Western Regions.

During the time of Wu Zetian, Wang Xiaojie, the head of the Wuwei Army, defeated Tubo and finally recovered the four towns of Anxi. However, during the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty continued to adopt the policy of harmony at the request of Tubo, married the princess of Jincheng to Tubo Zampu, and foolishly gave the land of Jiuqu in Hexi to Tubo, which was called the land of Jincheng princess. The soil of the land of Jiuqu is fertile, Tubo got the land of Jiuqu like a tiger with wings, since then the strength has increased greatly, and it is a rebellion against the Tang Dynasty for many years, when the Hu people of the Tang Dynasty made An Lushan rebel, Tubo took the opportunity to occupy Hexi, Longyou, until the entire Anxi Protectorate was all under their control. ”

Seeing that under the so-called national policy of integrating Huayi and Yi, the power of the Hu people is growing day by day and the population of the Hu people is expanding rapidly, some wise people with the surname of these gates are very uneasy. They are worried that if they continue to indulge in this way, there will be another tragedy of chaos and chaos.

"Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. Rong Di Zhizhi, not with Huatong! This is a sentence in the "Treatise on Migration" written by Jiang Tong of the Jin Dynasty, less than ten years after he wrote this political treatise, there was a tragedy of the Five Hu Chaos, and the Chinese people were almost slaughtered. These people from the seven sects and five surnames think that the Yidi clan should not be put in their hearts! The Tang Dynasty has too much trust and connivance in Yidi, and even some military and political powers are concentrated in one place, as if the festival of a country within a country is entrusted to the Hu people, which is a tiger for trouble, once the court is unable to control it, it is inevitable to cause tragedy. Moreover, those who bring calamity to China will be the Yidi people, who are extremely worried.

You must know that in the past, the alternation of the world and the change of the imperial court were mostly disputes within the Chinese family. And the seven sects and five surnames are orthodox in China, so no matter who becomes the emperor, the interests of these high-ranking families will not suffer too much loss. However, once the foreign clan messes with the Central Plains, these gate lords will bear the brunt of the victims, and maybe the huge family that has been inherited for hundreds of years will disappear because of this, so they think that they should respond as soon as possible, and the country can not exist, so they will save their own families. However, after all, these wise people are only a few, and among them, there are even fewer elders who can influence the family's decisions, and it is difficult to use the power of the family.

Later, Nahu'an Lushan rebelled, and the Tang army was repeatedly defeated, so they had to borrow troops from the Uighurs, and the Uighurs agreed to send troops, but the conditions they agreed with the Tang Dynasty were that "the two capitals will be restored, the land will be returned to the Tang, and the ladies and women will be allowed to take it by the Uighurs for three days", and the Tang Emperor agreed.

After entering the Central Plains, the Uighurs plundered property and women everywhere, and the danger was even more severe than that of the Anshi rebels. At that time, a magistrate, a member of the Seven Sects and Five Clans, was angry and imprisoned a Uighur culprit who had set fire to death many refugees who had fled the war in Buddhist monasteries. The so-called vassal state is so arrogant that Datang is helpless.

And that's not all, after the Uighurs left, the Tang Dynasty continued to give 'rewards' to appease them, and at the same time was forced to buy many sick and old Uighur horses at a high price. Do you think that the orthodoxy of those high-ranking families in China is the strongest, and the Tang Emperor's Hu blood makes them despised, not to mention letting foreign clans rage so much, and their own court disregards decency and dignity?

Those wealthy families all have grievances, but the court is beautiful and weak, but they are helpless. Those who have the foresight think that the crisis is getting closer, but they cannot convince the high heads of the family to turn from light to darkness and hide their power. At this time, one of them with a high level of intelligence came up with another opportunity, thinking of using the financial and human resources that these individuals could control, to separate from the seven clans and five surnames in the open place, and hide them among the people, so that once the world was in chaos and the seven clans and five surnames were dealt a fatal blow, they would be able to survive the bloodline for the seven clans and five surnames. ”

Yan Jiu said proudly: "This wise man is a person surnamed Lu in my family, and he is also the ancestor of the surname Lu in the lineage of you and me. Don't underestimate that they only rely on the strength of individuals, if the strength of the seven sects and five surnames is concentrated, it is enough to establish a country and destroy a country, and the power of these individuals who see the general trend of the world is gathered together is also a force that no one, even a country, dares to underestimate.

Later, as they expected, the Tang Dynasty was only prosperous for three generations, and then chaos continued, such as "Yuyang Drum Incident", "Anshi Rebellion", "Restoration of the Two Capitals, Land Returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the Lady Jin Silk Allowed the Uighurs to Take It for Three Days", "Zhu Mi Rebellion", "Liu Zhan's Rebellion", "Partition of the Domain Town", "Dispute between Friends", "Manna Incident", "Li Xilie's Rebellion", "Wu Jiyuan's Rebellion", "Jingshi Fell Three Times, the Son of Heaven Moved Four Moves", "Everyone Yizi Cannibalism", a series of chaos caused the Tang Dynasty to decline day by day, and the wind became more and more intense.

The Tang Dynasty was taken from the Great Sui, but from the founding of the country to the death of the country, even when the country was at its peak, it did not restore the territory and wealth of the Sui Dynasty. Liaodong was occupied by the Sumo Tatars, Liaoxi was occupied by the Khitans, and Anxi and Beiting were divided among the Tibetans, Uighurs, and Great Cannibals; Hexi and western Sichuan were occupied by Tubo, north of Chang'an, Xiazhou, and Qingzhou were handed over to the party members by the Tang court, and the Tubo and Uighurs both captured Chang'an, and even the small Nanzhao State wiped out more than 100,000 Tang troops and occupied Chengdu twice. Up to now, almost all the horse breeding lands since the Qin and Han dynasties have fallen into the hands of foreigners.

When the Huangchao rebelled, the Tang Dynasty was unable to quell the rebellion at all, so he borrowed troops from the Shatuo people, which led the wolf into the house, Shatuo ** chaos in the Central Plains, ten years to establish a country, three years to establish a monarch, for a time the countries were numerous, the war was endless, everything was broken, everything was swept away, the gate valve clan collapsed, and the scenery of the day was no longer gone. However, the 'Succession Hall' established by the ancestors of the Lu clan and other far-sighted people of various clans and surnames has not been affected much because it is hidden among the people because of the three religions and nine streams as the periphery and the five surnames as the core. When the power of the court held by the seven clans and five surnames was gone, the 'Jihetang' had great power among the people, extremely huge power. They have enormous wealth, well-established intelligence networks, criss-crossing connections, and even a powerful force.

The original purpose of the establishment of the Jihetang was to 'survive the heirs' of the seven clans and five surnames, to sting the people before the unification of the Central Plains and the stability of the world, to preserve their strength, and not to disclose their true identities. But ......"

Yan Jiu's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "But...... From the very beginning of the establishment of the 'Jihetang', they severed the relationship with the seven clans and five surnames, completely hid from the people, and developed a separate force outside the seven clans and five surnames. For more than 100 years, they have had no connection with the Seven Clans and Five Surnames, and the purpose of 'succession and survival' has been indifferent to many descendants of the Seven Clans and Five Clans. ”

There are some similarities between the development of this heir hall and the later Qinghong Gang, in fact, many organizations and religions will gradually lose their original direction in the process of development. It is indeed a bit difficult for the descendants of hundreds of years to continue to follow their designated path for the sake of a goal that the ancestors of hundreds of years ago wanted to achieve. Because, people's hearts are changeable.

Yan Jiu's gaze became treacherous: "Among the seven sects and five family heads of that generation, the most powerful and ambitious family head wondered, is it necessary for him to continue to endure in order to restore the county prestige and surname of nearly two hundred years ago, and waste the hard work created by his father and ancestors for several generations?" In this troubled world, if he concentrates the strength of the entire heir hall, can't he fight a big world by himself? Is there a better way to survive a bloodline than to become the emperor of a nation? ”

Yan Jiu continued: "But...... Not all of the heads of the seven clans and five surnames are of the same mind as him, and some of them still want to inherit the legacy of their ancestors and continue to hide among the people; Some people no longer have the luxury of restoring the majesty of the gate valve in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and just want their huge power to continue with a new identity; Some people want to support an emperor, but they continue to live in seclusion behind the scenes, and the only one who wants to participate in the struggle for the world is the man with great talent. ”

Yan Jiu paused slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he said: "But with the strength of his vein, the certainty of success is naturally not great." So...... He wanted to gather the power of the entire 'Succession Hall'. However, the seven clans and five surnames are working independently, and if you want to integrate the power of the entire 'Succession Hall', you have to think of an ingenious way to wipe out the principals of the seven clans and five surnames......"

When Lu Shengsheng heard this, he asked in a deep voice: "This eloquent man roughly wants to be the head of the emperor's family, is it our father?" ”

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