"That seat has its own sitter." Jian Xubai smiled gently, Quan Dang didn't hear Su Shaoge's last words, and said calmly, "The others haven't arrived yet, please stay with the second son." ”

Su Shaoge looked at him coldly, but the hand pointing to the imperial chair was not put down, and he asked the bottom of the question: "But I don't know who the person sitting on it will be?" ”

"If it's as the second son thinks, I don't know if the second son can be rewarded?" Seeing this, Jian Xubai didn't go around in circles, and looked back calmly, "I belong to King Su." ”

"King Su?!" When Su Shaoge heard this, his eyebrows jumped, for a person like him, such a reaction was already very excited-he slowly lowered his hand, folded his sleeves and stood quietly for a moment, staring at Jian Xubai, and slowly shaking his head, "How can you support King Su?" ”

Jian asked with a smile: "Why can't I support King Su?" ”

"King of Shu, King Xiang, Prince of Prince." Su Shaoge looked at him without blinking, and slowly counted the candidates in the royal family who could be the new emperor, "There is also the little prince of King Hengshan, your brother-in-law, and many children in the clan who probably never thought that they could practice Zuo." You can choose anyone, how can you choose King Su? ”

He frowned tightly, "If you choose King Su, why do you want me to come here again?!" ”

King Su is currently recognized by the royal family as the most talented disciple of Mingjun, but everyone knows that without the support of the Su family, he definitely does not have the prestige and weight he has now.

In Su Shaoge's view, in this battle for the throne, these people thought they were praying mantis catching cicadas, and they ignored Jian Xubai, the yellow finch behind - then it is natural for Jian Xubai to copy the ambition of the old lady Duanmu, support a puppet to come to power, and be regent himself, and it is convenient to usurp the throne.

According to this line of thinking, it is not that Jian Xubai cannot support King Su, the premise is that the Su family must completely collapse!

If this is the case, what did Jian Xubai do when he found Su Shaoge in Xuanming Palace? Directly let Yu Qinghan or Lu Qinghong lead the troops to wash the Jihou Mansion in blood, and drag a scapegoat out to take this matter down!

Now that Jian Xubai has asked Su Shaoge to come here, he obviously hopes that the Su family will also participate in the next negotiations—then he should have no intention of slaughtering the Su family.

But in this case, he still wants to establish the king of Su?

Isn't he afraid that after King Su ascends the throne, he will make wedding clothes for the Su family?

After all, even if King Su is on guard against the Su family, the Empress Dowager Su is still there-thinking of the face of his biological mother, it is impossible for King Su not to protect the Su family!

As for pre-booking or something, King Su's father, Emperor Xianjia, had already used up the royal family's credit.

Su Shaoge didn't believe that Jian Xubai would trust King Su's promise!

"As soon as the second son came in, he asked me why I didn't sit in that chair." Jian Xubai didn't answer his question directly, but he also pointed to the imperial chair and asked calmly, "I also want to ask the second prince one thing: If there was no Jiang Nantang's intervention back then, would the Su family still try their best to assist King Su over the years?" ”

Without waiting for Su Shaoge to answer, he said again, "Or, will the Su family be patient and wait for King Su's birth?" ”

Su Shaoge stared at him coldly: "What do you want to say?" ”

"The first emperor's chronic illness began when Concubine Shentu and Mrs. Zhenyuan were favored, and they relied on the humiliation of Emperor Huizong's favor." Jian said lightly, "In order not to give a handle to those who oppose his accession to the throne, the first emperor insisted on holding on until after he ascended the throne, and then dared to openly summon the imperial doctor for consultation-then, who was the person who concealed the truth about the imperial health for the first emperor before this?" ”

"I thought about it, it could only be my grandmother's handiwork."

"The medical skills passed down from the divine doctor Ji to get sick have always been unique and transcendent over the years."

"When Concubine Shentu and Mrs. Zhenyuan were favored, there were also refuge in the important ministers of the previous dynasty, not to mention the Tai Hospital?"

"The only one who can make the first emperor silent before ascending the throne is the healer of the Splendid Hall."

When he said this, he looked at Su Shaoge, "However, after the first emperor ascended the throne, he immediately broke his promise to my grandmother!" ”

"After that, my grandmother has always been very close to the Su family."

"At that time, King Su had not yet been born."

"Indeed, in the early years of Xianjia, after Jian Pingyu did not retreat but advanced, he learned from the old lady Duanmu that the first emperor was not in good health, and I am afraid that he will not live forever." Su Shaoge's face sank, and after a while, he also said lightly, "At that time, not only was King Su not born, but even Changxing had not landed!" My Su family worked hard to help the first emperor ascend the throne, of course, it is impossible just to produce a queen mother, let alone to watch the son of the Cui family sit back and enjoy it! ”

After a pause at this, Su Shaoge looked at Jian Xubai again, "It is true that my Su family had plans to replace the first emperor at that time, but when you say this, is it because you can't stand for the first emperor!?" Not to mention that the first emperor had colluded with Song Jinan long before he ascended the throne, and at that time, my Su family didn't think about being able to stand up to him! Just your natural mother...... If it weren't for the first emperor ascending the throne, it might not be possible for you to lose the fragrance at a young age, so that you and your biological father could not recognize each other, and you recognized the thief as your mother until now! ”

"Naturally, I don't think the first emperor has any grievances?" Jian Xubai said slowly, "I just want to say, if there is no six-valve infighting, even if the first emperor has a good wrist, but he is ill and has no military power, relying on the skills of the temple alone, how can he break free from the control of the Su family, and even turn against the guest, so that the Su family will lose his wife and soldiers?" ”

"So you chose King Su?" Su Shaoge was originally quick-witted, and although he was very aggrieved at the moment, he quickly calmed down and thought, "Because he has good qualifications, and my Su family will definitely look at him, which is enough to prove that you have not cultivated a puppet to facilitate your intention to usurp the throne in the future - in this way, we will believe that you will not cross the river and tear down the bridge?" In this way, we will sit down and talk calmly, instead of standing together and trying to prevent you from usurping the throne? ”

He muttered, "I just can't figure out how you persuaded the Liu family?" ”

The Donghu Liu clan was dissatisfied with the three families dividing up the court earlier, and turned to the Su family, but now according to the meaning revealed in the simple vernacular, they can't even get one-third!

Will they be willing?

"I just asked them two questions: first, how did His Majesty Emperor Taizu let the Shen and Liu families guard the tomb?" Jian Xubai said calmly, "Second, if there is no His Majesty Emperor Taizu, can the Shen and Liu families have the possibility of pacifying the troubled times and establishing a dynasty?" ”

Su Shaoge frowned, his eyes showed a complicated look, he thought about it, and still asked: "Then how did the Liu family answer you?" ”

"They said they didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, I don't know what the second son thinks?" Jian looked at him calmly.

- The Shen and Liu families were indeed forced by Emperor Taizu, who founded the country, to disband their subordinates and announce three generations of tomb guards in exchange for a mutual compromise with Emperor Taizu.

But in fact, Emperor Taizu at that time was not capable of dealing with Shen and Liu.

The reason why it was Emperor Taizu who won the final victory was because the Shen and Liu families pinched it first after they drove out Hulu.

Emperor Taizu of Darui happened to be a fisherman.

Not many people know about this past, but Su Shaoge, as the concubine of Fufeng Hall, is naturally not among them.

At this moment, he closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened his eyes and said: "Shen and Liu are fighting, and Taizu is benefiting; Song and Su fought each other, and the first emperor looked at the opportunity. Such a lose-lose thing really shouldn't happen again! ”

Speaking of this, he sneered, "However, is this the disadvantage that we can't see each other's intrigues?" However, now it is not as good as before, even though the Xilin Zhou family, the Yunxia Huo family, and the imperial capital Gu family are all gone, but the six valves have been inherited to this day! ”

"Even if Jinxiutang and Jiangnantang are now without a male heir, their power still exists!"

"There are not too many fewer people, but the court is more crowded - but I don't know, what can Yan Hou do to solve this problem?"

When he says that there are not too many fewer people, he means that the number of families who need to seek the continuation of family wealth has not decreased too much; The court is even more crowded, but it refers to the imperial examination.

Since the emergence of the imperial examination in Xiyong, the children of the poor family have been given the opportunity to advance, and the people in power with a little brains are more willing to reuse this person from a humble background, even if he is a very popular minister, it is difficult to threaten the imperial power.

Since then, the court, which was originally guarded in the hands of the scholars for generations, began to pour into a large number of Shu clans.

Although under the joint suppression of the family headed by the six valves, and the tacit control of the emperors of the past dynasties, among these Shu officials, no matter how powerful the government and the opposition were, they were not able to form a family again-for example, Jian Pingyu, he was a typical son of a poor family, and he also married the daughter of Jinxiutang, and once the official residence was above 10,000 people under one person, when he was alive, he did not think about supporting his relatives and raising his descendants, but the fact is that although he has put in a lot of efforts, still failed to let the Jian family have even a trace of the prototype of the family.

But the entry of these Shu eunuchs into the dynasty still had a great impact on the family.

The most obvious point is that it is not that the emperor has since had the power to balance the family.

Rather, occupy a seat.

The court is so big, there are so many official positions, and there is a fixed number of fat shortages - the number of official eunuchs of the Shu clan has risen, and the number of noble families can install their own people's seats, so of course there will be less!

So why is it that in recent years, the relationship between the six valves has become worse and worse, not to mention the intrigue, and the Jiangnan Hall of the single line is on the verge of extinction, and the other five families have not only reached out to help, but can't wait to pounce on it to get a piece of the pie? !

All because the source is narrow.

In the pre-Wei period, even in the early years of Xiyong, because the imperial examination was not yet issued, there was no recommendation from the noble family, and there was no way to become an official - of course, the noble family first followed their own people - this is the reason why the upper grade has no poor family and the lower grade has no powerful family.

At that time, the court was headed by the six valves, and without the support of the six valves, they didn't want to be promoted to a high position; Inferior families such as Youzhou Pei and Hongzhou Gu followed; Below are the lower families.

Layer upon layer, no matter how good the children of the poor family are, unless they are favored and supported by the wang family, it is impossible to get ahead.

But just like Su Shaoge said, now it is no better than before, the imperial examination has greatly weakened the power of the wang clan and squeezed their space to control the government.

This situation is like ten people in a house, and they used to get ten loaves of bread a day to live, and even if the bread was of different sizes, the smallest one was enough to cover their stomachs, so that even if they had a grudge against each other, they could not fight each other with their lives, and they would not kill each other.

But now they can only get five or even less bread a day, which is not enough points, how can the conflict not escalate?

For the fall of Jiangnan Hall, the degree to which Wei and Su fought to the death began here.

It's not that they don't know, and the royal family is most happy to watch them fight.

But if you don't fight...... What can we do?

The family must continue, the power must continue, and the wealth must continue - the prominence that has lasted for several dynasties has been fought all the way in the final analysis.

Su Shaoge looked at Jian Xubai tightly, and his voice was as cold as ice: "Of course, at the moment, Yanhou is a sword, and we are a fish, so we can only listen to what you say!" But Yanhou should also understand that a twisted melon is not sweet! ”

There was a mocking look on his face, "Or Yanhou should go back to the house and ask Old Madam Duanmu how many clansmen, vassals, doormen, old people, and in-laws are there in each of our families...... Need to take care of it?! ”

"Don't think I'm opening my mouth - Yan Hou must know a little about Jiang Nantang's industry! The Song family's industry is all over the country, and my Su family is not far behind! Does Yanhou think that such a rich family business can be supported by dozens of hundreds of people?! ”

"And we are not one or two, we are six valves, and there are two families of Pei Gu, and there are also the Shu clan officials up and down to fight for ......" Su Shaoge said this, exhaled, and said leisurely, "You call me to come, I come, it's just, what's the use of coming?" If we have to talk about it, do you think we don't want to talk about it?!! ”

"So you are trying to get involved in the royal affairs in every way, trying to revitalize the court in order to restore it to its former glory." But Jian Xubai just looked at him indifferently and said lightly, "However, whether it is Shen Liu, who wants to ascend the throne as emperor, or the Su family, who is enthusiastic about mixing with the royal family to compete for the crown, they have all failed!" ”

"Neither path has proven to be suitable for the noble family." He said with some indifference, "Because no matter which noble clan succeeds in claiming the emperor, it will inevitably vigorously eliminate the rest of the gate lord wang clan - after all, who knows if they will imitate it after seeing this example?" So when the Shen family revealed their ambition to compete in the world, the Liu family also had the same idea, and in the end, the two families competed and both lost! ”

"And although the Su family's method is relatively mild, unless you can meet a mediocre monarch like Emperor Huizong every time, otherwise, Emperor Xian is an example, and King Su is also an example!"

He smiled sarcastically, "In the past two years, King Su has been a vassal domain, and he has been estranged from the Su family a lot!" ”

When Su Shaoge heard this, he fell silent, and after a while, he said: "It is very difficult for the Wang clan to be the emperor. The most important point is that every decision must be carefully considered and confirmed that all the consequences that can be imagined and can be borne before it is made. ”

"That's why back then, the Shen and Liu families were obviously heavily armed, and how many arrogant soldiers and fierce generals they commanded, but in the end, they could only watch Darui Taizu win the world!"

"Da Rui Taizu was born in a poor family, pull a few brothers, pull a banner, hide the family, and then you can rebel."

"How many clansmen are vassals of the Shen and Liu families, and how many in-laws are old...... Unless you are 100% sure, how can you act rashly?! ”

Darui Taizu is from a poor family anyway, and if he doesn't rebel, he may not be able to live at all - this is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes.

But the Shen family and the Liu family are all big clans, and if they don't rebel, they will also live a good life with brocade clothes and food; It's good that the rebellion succeeded, but once it failed, the end can be imagined!

"So when they measured the world at that time, they all felt that they should kill the nearest opponent, and after annexing the other party's forces, they had the certainty of competing for the world!"

"And one of them is in the west and the other is in the north, and they are also very worried that when they go south, they will be taken advantage of by the other party to copy their hometown!"

Su Shaoge said this in one breath, and smiled bitterly, "The world sees us turning clouds and rain, and we seem to be able to dominate the world, but they don't know how difficult and racking our brains are with every step!" ”

At this moment, he seemed to be several years older, and said lightly, "Even behind the seemingly stupid infighting, how much helplessness is hidden?" ”

Jian raised his eyebrows, and was about to answer - there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and someone had arrived.