"I am the eighth prince of the Later Tang Kingdom!" The person who came gritted his teeth and said, this Xiong Ba of the Xiong Zhen clan has been charging forward on the battlefield, I don't know how many generals and soldiers of the Later Tang Kingdom have been killed, it can be said that his hands are full of blood of the Later Tang Kingdom.

"Hahaha······ Who did I say, it turned out to be you soft and incompetent guys, why, it is not enough to be beaten by us on the battlefield, do you imagine being beaten by me here?! If this is the case, I will definitely fulfill your wish! Hahaha......" Xiong Ba of the Xiong Zhen clan laughed wildly, and looked at the eyes of the comer, which was naked // naked /// naked contempt.

I can't think that Xiong Ba would despise the so-called Eighth Prince in front of him like this, it's not that Xiong Ba is acting too rampantly, but that the Later Tang Kingdom is really bad in this barbarian war.

The strength of the Later Tang State is still okay according to reason, the population and economic strength are stronger than those of the Chu State, and it stands to reason that such a country will definitely not fall into disadvantage when facing the barbarians.

At least when the state of Chu is facing the barbarian army now, it can get a draw, and sometimes it can get some victories.

From this point of view, the Later Tang State is stronger than the Chu State, and he should be more relaxed when facing the barbarians.

However, in fact, the Later Tang Kingdom is now at an absolute disadvantage when facing the barbarian army, and from time to time it will be wiped out by the barbarian army of hundreds of thousands of troops, and from time to time it will be invaded by the barbarian army, and the border side will be bloody.

Why is this happening?

The reason is very simple, that is, the politics of the Later Tang State are different from the Chu State, in the Chu State, the military /// political balance is the balance of the military, and neither of them is weaker than the other, but in the Later Tang Kingdom, the literati control the whole country.

Just like the ancient Great Song Dynasty, the status of literati was extremely high, while the status of soldiers was relatively low.

The balance between the military and the government was broken, resulting in an imbalance, and finally, there was the consequence that when facing the barbarian army, it often suffered defeats.

Oh, you said that this is the world of cultivators, and the status of the army will not be affected.

Hehe, you're wrong, as long as it involves politics and governance, whether it's in the cultivation world or in the extremely ordinary ordinary world, it's the same darkness and the same disgusting.

The strength of the cultivation world of the Later Tang Kingdom is actually not bad, and even to some extent, it is even stronger than the strength of the cultivation world of the Chu Kingdom.

In particular, the strength of Confucianism, the strength of Confucianism in the Later Tang Kingdom, is several times stronger than the strength of Confucianism in the Chu Kingdom, it can be said that in the Later Tang Kingdom, Confucianism dominates the entire cultivation world.

Yes, the Confucian sect clearly saw the disadvantage of the Later Tang Kingdom when facing the barbarians, and also clearly knew what they should do if they wanted to change this disadvantage.

However, knowing is knowing, and it is completely impossible for Confucianism to truly implement it.

Why?

The reason has actually been mentioned before, the dark political /// governance game has made Confucianism innumerable.

Imagine what would happen next once Confucianism began to continuously enhance the army's voice in the post-Tang dynasty.

First of all, the strength of the literati above the court of the Later Tang Dynasty will shrink rapidly, and the literati will no longer have the right to say the same thing before.

Later, as the literati's voice in the court shrank, the strength of Confucianism would slowly be limited, or even retreat.

After that, the royal family of the Later Tang Kingdom will also seize this opportunity to continuously cultivate the strength of those sects under the Confucian Sect, and strive to make these sects able to resist the Confucian Sect, so that the Confucian Sect will not be able to fully control the Later Tang Dynasty, and the royal family of the Later Tang Dynasty will naturally regain the rights of the Dynasty.

At this point, the situation is obvious, the strength of Confucianism in the cultivation world of the Later Tang Kingdom has greatly declined, which is inevitable.

You said that if you were a member of the Confucian sect of the Later Tang Kingdom, you would watch your rights shrink? !

Just like the emperor of a country, as he grows older, his children gradually grow up, which will inevitably threaten his rights, at this time, many emperors will make the same choice, that is, to abolish the crown prince!!

There are countless similar things in the history of ancient dynasties.

Especially for those emperors who live long and reign for a relatively long time, things like abolishing the crown prince can really be seen everywhere.

For example, Li Shimin, who is often referred to as the first Li Shimin through the ages, has not come to abolish the prince once.

said that Li Chengqian's foot was injured, he was not worthy of the emperor, and there were other crimes, so he abolished Li Chengqian's crown prince.

In fact, these reasons are extremely superficial, and the real reason is that Li Chengqian's forces have affected Li Shimin's rights.

Li Chengqian, the crown prince, was born to Li Shimin when he was 21 years old, and when Li Chengqian was sixteen years old, that is, after he really became an adult (ancient men came of age very early), Li Shimin was only 37 years old.

At this time, because Li Chengqian is an adult, and he is still the crown prince, the forces gathered around him are getting stronger and stronger, and later, he can already threaten Li Shimin's rights.

Faced with such a situation, Li Shimin, who was reluctant to have his rights taken away, naturally had the intention of abolishing the prince in his heart.

"Lao Tzu is still very strong, and he can still be the emperor for decades, so why don't you abolish the crown prince first and find a younger son to inherit the crown prince's position, so that it will not threaten my throne!"

In this way, Li Shimin took the initiative to provoke the previous power dispute between Li Chengqian and the following younger brothers, and finally led Li Chengqian to take the risk of killing his younger brother in desperation, and even did something to Li Shimin.

At this time, the time was ripe to abolish Li Chengqian, Li Shimin unceremoniously abolished Li Chengqian, the successor who posed the greatest threat to his imperial power, and by the way, he abolished his second son Li Tai, who was not a small threat, and finally chose a relatively young ninth son Li Zhi, who would not threaten his full strength for a long time, to inherit the position of the crown prince.

It can be seen from this that in the face of power, there is no family affection at all!

There are many similar examples in other dynasties, such as my Qing Dynasty.

It can be seen that in the face of power, no matter how noble you were before and how famous you were later, behind the truth, there is actually such darkness and disgusting.

Now it is the same for the Confucianism of the Later Tang Kingdom, as long as it can maintain the status of Confucianism in the court of the Later Tang Dynasty and in the cultivation world, the military strength of the Later Tang Kingdom is almost a little worse, and the army is wiped out from time to time by hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and the Confucianism of the Later Tang Kingdom does not care at all.

It is precisely because of this reason that when the current Xiong Ba faces the eighth prince of the Later Tang Kingdom again, he is so arrogant and does not take him seriously.

"You are the eighth prince, I think it is the eighth prince and the eighth prince, hahaha......." Xiong Ba laughed loudly, not afraid that the people around him would know, if it was the prince of other countries, Xiong Ba would not dare to mock like this, but now he is facing the eighth prince of a post-Tang country, a cowardly country in the eyes of the barbarians, then he has no scruples.

If Xiong Ba hadn't been a little sober in his mind and knew that this was Xingyue City, not a place where he could make trouble, maybe he would have gone up and given this so-called Eighth Prince a good look now.

Lin Ze, who was eating on the side, heard these arrogant words, his face changed slightly, and even Lu Yun, who was still smiling before, had an extremely ugly face at this time.

Don't look at Lu Yun is also a barbarian, but now she and their clan are Lin Ze's, and now this Xiong Ba below insults the eighth prince of the Later Tang Kingdom like this, it is simply slapping Lin Ze in the face.

No, Lu Yun just wanted to stand up and give the Xiong Ba below a good look.

"Black Feather, you go and bring that reckless man below. At this moment, in a box not far away, a man in his sixties with a handful of beard and gray hair frowned at a guard beside him.

"Xiao Hai, go and catch the rampant brute below. In another box, a domineering man in a black and gold brocade robe said to the man with a cold face on the side.

At the same time, outside the inn, a man in a black and gold python robe, hearing this, also raised his eyebrows, and didn't want to step towards the teahouse.

Whoosh!

Two figures flew down directly from the second floor, appearing on the left and right of Xiong Ba.

"Who are you?"

Xiong Ba couldn't help swallowing and spitting, looking at the two people who blocked his actions, his cultivation had reached the realm of the early stage of the Supreme Grand Master, in the clan, and within a few hundred miles of the surrounding area, it could be said that he was invincible in the world, how could he be in front of the two in front of him, but he felt a strong crisis, as if if he made a move, he would be killed directly.

"Under the Fifth Princes of the Chu State, Hei Yu!" Hei Yu was a man dressed in black, with a thin figure, but his arms were very conspicuous, extremely slender, exuding a fierce murderous intent.

"Zhou Hai of the Blue Dragon Legion of Qi Kingdom!" Zhou Hai's face was indifferent, looking at Xiong Ba in front of him indifferently, and his powerful momentum was constantly oppressing.

As soon as the two of them finished introducing, the momentum on their bodies suddenly exploded, and it was obvious that the two had reached a tacit agreement to directly get rid of this disgusting barbarian.

As for who took this guy, the two of them didn't care.

Anyway, no matter which one is taken away, this guy will be taught a good lesson, and when the time comes, this guy will not end up well, and that's enough.

Wouldn't it be even more humiliating to really fight for such a guy!

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