Compared with the anxiety of the major families, the five surnames are relatively much more calm.

Among them, Taiyuan Wang's and Qinghe Cui's are both types of rookies who are more rookies on the frontal battlefield, so they changed "out of people" to "donate money"; The Zheng clan in Xingyang has both offensive and defensive capabilities, but the whole city has to rely on the shield of Old Man Zheng, and the imperial court does not dare to squeeze it too much.

Fan Yang Lu and Longxi Li are very strange, and they are very capable, but they are not contributing much at present, which makes people scratch their heads.

Cui Jinqi was entangled by Cheng Jinyang here, so he had to call his friends who were core members of the Lu family and the Li family (note, Li Qingjun had insufficient potential and was not a core member) to ask if there was any secret deal with the imperial court.

"Hey, Ah Ling, let me ask you...... What, you don't know? To lie, to lie is to lie! I despise you. Forget it, I'm going to find Qingyun. ”

"Hey, Qingyun, let me ask you something...... Well, that's the case, I can understand the secrecy, it's just that my boyfriend's family has a ...... Hey, don't you ask me who my boyfriend is? Hu, nonsense! What do you mean 'if I say it's a boyfriend, it's definitely not', would I lie about this kind of issue about a girl's reputation? Ignore you! ”

Cheng Jinyang, who was next to her, saw that every time she called, she was about to quarrel after a few words, and hurriedly reminded her beside her: "Get down to business!" Get down to business! ”

Cui Jinqi glared at him in annoyance, reluctantly got back to the point again, and continued to sound.

After a moment of communication, the two learned that the imperial court seemed to be holding back a big move with the help of the power of the Li clan in Longxi and the Lu clan in Fanyang...... Of course, for the sake of secrecy, I can't say more, unless the Cheng family also joins in.

As for whether you can join, it depends on the review of the imperial court.

If they can join, the Shendu Cheng clan will no longer need to respond to the imperial court's call and undertake the frontal battlefield work with a large loss of manpower, but concentrate on preparing for this "big move".

Of course, due to the need for confidentiality, there will certainly not be many participants, but the risk factor must be amazingly large.

Or to put it more bluntly, it is actually to sacrifice the small number of clan elites who participate in the project to protect the majority of the clan......

Well, I still have to make a choice.

In other families, there must be some hesitation. After all, the scholar clan talks about the meritocracy, and the family's products all depend on the highest level of your family's abilities, even if you sacrifice a hundred sixth-grade abilities, the loss is not as great as the sacrifice of a fifth-grade ability.

However, the more embarrassing thing about the Shendu Cheng clan is that they no longer have a fifth-grade ability, and the highest is a sixth-grade ability.

The lowest in the scholar clan is only five grades, and there is no such thing as a "six-grade family". In other words, compared with the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, there is no world of difference between the sixth-grade and the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, so the pros and cons in this regard can still be calculated.

After thinking quietly for a while, Cheng Jinyang himself still preferred to participate. Because he suddenly thought of one more thing, that is, the status of the scholar clan of the Shendu Cheng clan.

Previously, the emperor promised that he had reached an agreement with Wang Maohong to temporarily remove the status of the Cheng family during the war, and the subtext was "talk about it after the war". If the war is won and the Shendu Cheng clan is preserved, but there are not enough meritorious deeds in the war, then the status of the Shi clan is still shaky.

After all, after the war, the reward for meritorious deeds will inevitably divide the current resource cake again. If the Shendu Cheng clan does not have the meritorious deeds to do so, there will definitely be people who force the family to spit out the existing clan property on the grounds that "the Shendu Cheng clan no longer has a five-grade ability". Therefore, if you want to fight for meritorious service, you have to use this war......

It's hard, it's hard! So the family is a mess, I said why did the old people simply give up their power neatly, and they were helpless in the face of this situation, otherwise how could they let go so happily!

Thinking of this, Cheng Jinyang called Xing Yuanzhi again and mentioned this matter.

"I'll go talk to the patriarch right away." Zhi's answer was also very succinct.

Because of their ability characteristics, Cheng Xing's two families have always been focused on Meng, and Meng is not out of focus. If the imperial court approves the Cheng family to join, it is actually equivalent to allowing the Cheng and Xing families to join together. On the other hand, if the Xing family chooses not to join, then the Cheng family will have to weigh it carefully.

Just as he was waiting for Xing's reply, another strange phone call came.

The caller was the commander of the Jinyi Guard who had been to Luotang last time, and told him on behalf of the imperial court that the plan had allowed the Shendu Cheng clan and the Hejian Xing clan to join, and the secret level was "military-top secret", and the specific content could not be known until after joining.

As a condition for joining, the Shendu Cheng clan and the Hejian Xing clan need to provide 4 six-rank abilities to participate. There is also an additional requirement: Cheng Jinyang himself must participate.

Cheng Jinyang: ???

What do I have to attend? I'm just a little eight-rank supernatural hey! How much can you play on the battlefield?

"That's what Your Majesty meant." The Commander of the Brocade Guards added, meaning that he didn't know why.

Hanging up the phone, Cheng Jinyang thought about it again in distress, only to hear Cui Jinqi next to him ask curiously:

"Hey, Jin Yang, have you offended the emperor?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Look." Cui Xiaoniang said seriously, "Now the Shendu Cheng clan no longer has a five-rank ability, and the only one with the potential of the five-rank is you." ”

"If you die on the battlefield, won't the Shendu Cheng clan never be able to turn over?"

Cheng Jinyang felt that what she said made sense at first glance, but after thinking about it, there was no need to be so troublesome.

The emperor wants to rectify the Shendu Cheng clan, and directly announces that "because there is no five-grade ability, the Shendu Cheng clan will expel the Shi clan portal"? Even if these words have no legal effect, with the volume of the emperor's position, as long as it is announced, it can quickly spread throughout the entire scholar circle, so as to make the Shendu Cheng clan "socially die", is it difficult?

Wrong! The emperor's goal is definitely not the Shendu Cheng clan! Could it be......

…… I?

"Hey, you don't really want to participate, do you?" Cui Xiaoniang asked in surprise.

"Or else?" Cheng Jinyang sighed helplessly, "People have opened all the conditions." ”

"Either the whole family dies slowly and falls out of the family circle after the war; Or take this opportunity to gamble, no matter whether it is successful or not, at least the family can have fewer deaths. How do you choose? ”

"Change me." Cui Jinqi said as a matter of course, "The Shendu Cheng clan was not good to you at all before." If I change me, I will run away, and if the family wants to be demoted, it will be downgraded, and if it wants to be destroyed, it will be destroyed, and it has nothing to do with me. ”

"That's one way to do it." Cheng Jinyang said with a smile, "But you see, the family used to treat me badly, why do I have to go to the trouble of returning to the family?" It's nothing more than the need for family resources. ”

"What's more, it was the uncle who was in charge at that time, but now the family is in charge of me, and all resources are at my disposal. Giving up the family is very simple, but it also means losing the family resources and returning to the precarious life of the past. ”

"So, although the patriarch is very tired from work now, and he has to risk his life next, if you want me to stop fighting and just give up these things in my hands, I must be unwilling."

"So that's what men are aiming for?" Cui Jinqi shook her head, saying that she couldn't understand, "Forget it, then you can continue to fight here, I'll go watch the show." ”

She left in a hurry, which made Cheng Jinyang secretly relieved, she could finally work hard.

After another moment, the little lady came over with a tablet, sat down next to Cheng Jinyang, and watched the TV series with a smile.

Cheng Jinyang: ..................