The reason why Wu Zetian wanted to move the capital to Luoyang was because the military aristocracy of Guanlong was the basic plate of Li Tang, and at the same time, it was also to further suppress and control the Shandong scholars.

Shandong Shi clan is a historical concept fixed after Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty carried out the Sinicization reform and fixed the family name, which refers to the gate lord clan in a wide range east of the Kunshan Mountain, mainly including Li, Cui, Lu, Zheng, Wang five surnames.

The Li clan of Zhaojun took the famous general Li Mu of the Warring States period as the ancestor, and was a force second only to the Li Tang royal family, and there were many officials to the prime minister during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and were listed as seven surnames and ten families in the Tang Dynasty.

The Cui clan is also divided into two branches, namely the Qinghe Cui clan and the Boling Cui clan, occupying two counties. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, the two were also first-class scholars, and they also belonged to the category of forbidden marriage families with seven surnames and ten families.

The Taiyuan Wang clan is also a top high-level family, Wang Wei of Chang'an, and Wang Yu, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, are all from the Taiyuan Wang clan, and they are also the objects of Li Tang's strict defense.

The Zheng family of Xingyang came from the Zheng State divided by King Xuan of Zhou, and its power in the court was not as strong as the above three, but in Xingyang County, he was still the emperor of the soil.

The Fanyang Lu clan started in Lu Zhi at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and after he put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Lu clan flourished.

The Anshi Rebellion that almost overturned the Tang Dynasty was the five clans surnamed Li, Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang who contributed to the trouble behind the scenes.

The entire Anshi Rebellion can also be said to be a game between the gate valve family and the emerging scholar clan.

Throughout the Kaiyuan Tianbao period under Li Longji, the people who ruled the world were all born in the cold family.

Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Shuo, Zhang Jiazhen, Du Xian, Han Xiu, Zhang Jiuling and others are.

Although the people of the Shandong Shi clan have also served as the imperial historian, Zhongshu Ling and other positions, they are not as powerful as those from poor families.

Moreover, the people of the Shandong Shi clan could not get involved in the military power, and in the later period, Li Longji would rather choose a foreign general to serve as the envoy of the festival, rather than let the people of the Shandong Shi clan hold the military power.

It was precisely because of the imperial court's step-by-step suppression that the Boling Cui clan took the risk to fully support An Lushan's rebellion, among which Jingzhao Yin Cui Guangyuan directly surrendered the city, and Cui Qianyou was the general under An Lushan.

The Qinghe Cui clan, the Xingyang Zheng clan, the Fanyang Lu clan, and the Zhaojun Li clan sat back and watched the success or failure in the Anshi Rebellion.

It can be said that the Anshi Rebellion was a rebellion caused by Li Longji's own play.

You must know that the Tang Dynasty's suppression of the Shandong Shi clan is a policy established from the beginning of the founding of the country.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Taizong Li Shimin ordered Gao Shilian to revise the "Clan Chronicles", and officially began to suppress the Shandong Shi clan in the court for the first time.

In the fourth year of Xianqing, Gaozong Li Zhi ordered seven surnames and ten families to ban marriage, which once again dealt a heavy blow to the Shandong scholars.

Therefore, these families will either be thieves or watch from the wall in the Anshi Rebellion.

The remaining force of Datang is the Jiangnan Chinese.

Their power has weakened much compared to the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

After all, the Jiangnan region was the last place where Datang was subdued.

After the surrender to the Tang Dynasty, the local scholars in Jiangnan led by the eight families of Wujun Gu, Wujun Lu, Wujun Zhu, Wujun Zhang, Huiji Yu, Huiji Wei, Huiji Kong, and Huiji Xie, and the four Nandu clans of Langya Wang, Chenjun Xie, Chenjun Wang, and Lanling Xiao, the twelve Chinese clans in Jiangnan surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and they could not find the opportunity to make meritorious contributions at all, so they were gradually overshadowed by the Shandong Shi clan and the Guanlong military aristocracy.

"In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people!"

Li Mao looked at the sparse enemy troops who came to attack the city, and blurted out this poem.

The interests of the family and the imperial court are not aligned, and it is impossible for them to be of the same mind, and both are just using each other.

"Zhao Gao, you send a letter to Xiao Song and ask him to inform the twelve families in Jiangnan if there are young women who are not married?"

Zhao Gao didn't know why, and asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, is it to let the Jiangnan clan send the show girl into the palace?" ”

Li Mao shook her head and said, "It's not the show girl, it's me who wants to choose the lady and the nine concubines." Now there are two more ladies in the harem, as well as the positions of all nine concubines. ”

"I am willing to give all these positions to the major families in Jiangnan, as long as someone can give birth to the prince as soon as possible, I will give the position of the queen."

Li Mao is planning to use the position of the harem to fight for the twelve families in Jiangnan.

Even if these families disagree, there is nothing to lose.

Yang Guozhong, who was standing on the side, instantly understood what the emperor meant, and immediately began to tout, "Your Majesty is far-sighted, even if Zhuge Wuhou is reincarnated, it is not as good as it!" ”

When Li Mao heard this, she was stunned.

What does this have to do with foresight?

Isn't it just a casual move?

And it's still an idle chess that doesn't know the effect!

God knows if those families in the Jiangnan region dare to gamble.

"It's just that the minister still has a little bit of uncertainty, that is, why doesn't His Majesty use the same strategy for the Shandong Shi clan?"

Only then did Yang Guozhong change his tone and express the doubts in his heart.

Li Mao scolded with a smile: "Those people from the big family are not pig brains, how can they support me now?" Are you Li Longji's hundreds of thousands of troops hundreds of thousands of pigs? ”

"Li Longji can't deal with me, can't he deal with those Shandong scholars?"

"They don't have the courage to fight against Li Longji under the prying eyes of dozens of troops!"

Li Mao behaved very easily.

There was no tension in the slightest because of the constant enemy attacks under the walls.

The defense of the city has been going on all morning, and the coalition forces in the east of the Fanyang River have not yet touched the city wall.

Li Mao also saw that the low-level soldiers of the enemy army knew that Tongguan was not easy to attack, and they all began to paddle.

The soldiers had just approached the city wall, when they heard the sound of arrows piercing the sky at the head of Tongguan City, and they all retreated together as if they had agreed with each other.

In the whole morning of fighting, the death toll was only more than 20 people, and they were all the allied forces of the Van Yang Hedong.

As for the Northern Ya Forbidden Army guarding the city under Li Mao, only three of them used too much force when they opened their bows, straining their muscles.

On the banks of the Yellow River.

On the high platform, Li Longji also discussed countermeasures with Zhang Shouqi and Wang Yu.

Next, Zhang Shouqi, the envoy of Fan Yang Jiedu, led the Jingluo Army, Jingsai Army, and Weiwu Army under his command to Wuguan to support Zhang Jiuling.

Wang Yu, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, led the remaining 40,000 Hedong troops to continue to besiege Tongguan.

At the same time, he also sent Tian Renwan to lead the Qingyi Army, the Heng Navy, and the 30,000 Fanyang elites of the Gaoyang Army to Hangu Pass overnight, re-embarking on the old road last time, and striving to attack Tongguan on both sides.

Li Longji himself led the remaining elite of Fan Yang as a reserve, and after finding a weak point, he immediately reinforced it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that in a month's time, I will be able to join you in Chang'an!"

Li Longji clenched his fists and said confidently.

He believed that under the attack from three sides, no matter how dangerous Tongguan was, it would still not be able to stop the iron hooves of the army under his command.