Chapter 10: The Real Reason for the Marriage
Seeing that the old man was chattering and talking for most of the hour, but he didn't say why he didn't release the military power, Jiang Sun Che was quite uncomfortable.
After waiting for a while, Jiang Yiquan finally collected his mood and asked Jiang Sun Che another question, "Do you know why the five countries that exist today are our five countries?" ”
"The founding emperors of the Five Kingdoms are eloquent?" Jiang Sun Che said tentatively.
"This is part of the reason, and the main reason is that the current Five Kingdoms are all supported by the Shi clan of the world.
The scholars control the knowledge, and they also master the way to become officials, no matter who is in charge of the world, they are inseparable from them, although Ziluan's imperial examination and the nine-grade official law have had an impact on the scholars, their vitality is still there. Therefore, whoever has the support of the scholars will become the emperor. ”
Jiang Sun Che frowned and said, "But in this case, aren't the emperors of the Five Kingdoms still in a state of being set aside?" ”
Jiang Yiquan nodded and said, "Yes, but without the Shi clan, they can't build a country, even if they are set up by the Shi clan, they can only choose to accept the help of the Shi clan, they don't have a choice."
However, the founding emperors of the five countries are not fools, and they and the scholars are just using each other, and they are all guarding against the scholars.
Just like the founding emperor of our Bei'an Kingdom, Emperor Beicheng, after the successful founding of the country, he was constantly squeezing the power of the scholars, just when the scholars were about to endure it.
Using himself as bait to lure those scholars to assassinate him, he then used this as an excuse to slaughter 50,000 scholars in Bei'an. ”
Jiang Sun Che's back was cold when he heard this, this Emperor Beicheng was too ruthless, using himself as a bait, just to kill the Shi clan.
Jiang Sun Che tried to imagine 50,000 corpses, what kind of scene would it be, it should be a scene where blood is a river, bones are piled up into mountains, and corpses are thousands of miles away.
"However, he was also seriously injured in the assassination, and it didn't take long for him to return to heaven, which made me have to give up the remaining small half of the Shi clan and return to Tai'an City to help Emperor Hongwen ascend the throne."
Jiang Yiquan's flat tone made Jiang Sun Che shudder again, the person who slaughtered the 50,000 Shi clan was actually his father.
He seemed to be able to see the boundless blood in his father.
"Killed 50,000 scholars, and the danger of the scholars is solved?"
"No, those scholars are very good at taking advantage of loopholes, taking advantage of the fact that Emperor Hong Wen has just ascended the throne and his prestige is insufficient, they attract the generals who followed the first emperor to conquer the south and the north, share the benefits with those generals, and let them join the scholar group.
stabilized the situation that the Shi clan was about to collapse, and after learning a lesson, the Shi clan became a lot more cautious and would not leave the handle to Emperor Hong Wen again.
staring me to death, so that I will never have the opportunity to solve the danger of the warriors by slaughtering as before. Jiang Yiquan said hatefully.
"In that case, why did Your Majesty give me the daughters of these leaders of the noble clan? Doesn't this make the nobles stronger? Moreover, isn't Your Majesty afraid that his father will completely integrate into the Shi clan and also empty the imperial power together? Jiang Sun Che was even more confused.
The harm of the scholar clan to the imperial power is obvious, and now the emperor has pushed his father, the general in charge of fifty percent of the military power, into the camp of the scholar clan. Isn't it nice to find yourself?
"No, if we marry the scholars, we can claim to be the scholars, and I will be able to smoothly lead a part of the scholars, and my role is to divide the scholars as a whole. As for my complete integration into the clan and betrayal of Your Majesty......"
Jiang Yiquan laughed self-deprecatingly, "Heh, would Your Majesty suspect that a person with only three years of life left has such great ambitions?" ”
Jiang Sun Che stood up suddenly, "Three years of life?!" Father, what are you talking about? ”
"In my early years, I fought everywhere, and I was left with countless dark wounds on my body, and my body was about to be unable to hold it for a long time.
It was His Majesty who summoned the world's first divine doctor Fang Wuwei to recuperate and heal me, so that I could live for three years, otherwise I would have died a long time ago. ”
"Yes...... This ......" Jiang Sunche stood in place and looked at his father at a loss.
"My son doesn't need to be sad, he can achieve eternal deeds before he dies, and he will die a well-deserved death.
Originally, I was afraid that after I went, it would be difficult for you to live. Now that I see that you are still wise, I am relieved. Jiang Yiquan said freely.
"Don't stare at me, life and death are fateful, people are powerless to win the sky, listen carefully." Jiang Yiquan waved his hand and stopped Jiang Sun Che, who wanted to speak.
"Your Majesty's plan has three steps, the first step is to use our family to split the whole of the Shi clan, causing confrontation and disagreement within the Shi clan, creating opportunities for Your Majesty and buying time.
But this is a risky move, while I split the Shi clan, the Shi clan will also use my power to win over more powerful generals.
If my speed is faster, it will be able to explode a hole in the Shi clan, but if it is slow, more military power will flow into the hands of the Shi clan.
In the second step, His Majesty will intensify efforts to promote county learning, county learning, and state learning, so that knowledge and learning will no longer be the private property of the scholars, and there will be more scholars in the world.
The third step is to restart the imperial examination, so that students all over the world have a way to be promoted, and the official position is no longer controlled by the scholars.
In this way, the danger of the scholar clan was solved, in fact, it was similar to the plan of the late emperor Ziluan, but the Ziluan period was the most powerful period of the scholar clan.
And now it's different, over the years, the Shi clan has been partially cleaned by Ziluan, and some of them were slaughtered when the Bei'an State was founded, and the current Shi clan is no longer as strong as it used to be.
The most important thing is that we are not facing all the scholars in the world, but only the scholars of our Bei'an country. ”
"It's impossible that everyone of the Keshi clan can't see this plan, maybe they will oppose marriage? Moreover, my father had slaughtered the scholars back then, how could they accept my father? Jiang Sunche didn't believe that the scholars would be obedient.
Jiang Yiquan smiled, "This is a yang scheme, and the scholars don't want to restore their former glory after several generations of accumulation, they also want to speed up, so they will definitely agree to the marriage."
As for my slaughter of the warriors, hehe...... The scholars only care about the interests of their own families, they hold each other just to protect their own interests, those who are killed, who cares about them? ”
"This book will be ......," Jiang Sunche said, pointing to the general score in his hand.
"The people above are all generals in the army who have been assimilated by the scholars." Jiang Yiquan's eyes flashed with murderous aura.
"In other words, the Shi clan has already begun the action of assimilating the generals in the army, and my father is already a step slower.
What if the warriors have more powerful generals and break the game directly? ”
"There's another trick to this plan, and that's me."
"Father?" Jiang Sun Che was puzzled.
"Yes, that's me. If the speed of the nobles is too fast, I will rebel. ”
Jiang Yiquan guessed his father's plan and hurriedly said, "My father rebelled and then failed, giving His Majesty an excuse to kill the rebel."
At that time, several leaders of the noble clan who married with our family will also be charged with plotting against the same party and will be killed together.
The leaderless warriors will be chaotic for a long time, and this time is enough time for the imperial power to completely overwhelm the warriors?!
That's why the emperor ignored the royal majesty and asked the three princesses to marry me together. Giving me the third princess to marry just to make our family more powerful and more attractive to the scholars? ”
"I'm really smart." Jiang Yiquan smiled with satisfaction.
"Don't worry, my son has already agreed with His Majesty, and I will arrange for you to fake your death and go to a remote place to be rich and prosperous for a lifetime."
"Is it worth it?! Risking your life for this?! Jiang Sunche couldn't help but roar at his father.
"It's worth it, for the sake of the common people, for Your Majesty, there can't be such a force in the world that can provoke a war at any time, not to mention that the scholars are so dirty and ugly, I died because of destroying them, and I died as I deserved.
Reform requires sacrifice, and it is most appropriate for me, a person with few years to live, to sacrifice. Jiang Yiquan said firmly.
"Yes...... Can...... Yes, even if His Majesty's imperial power can overwhelm the scholars of Bei'an, what about the other four countries?
As long as the scholars of the other four countries exist, the scholars of the world will never disappear.
At that time, the scholars of the other four countries are afraid of repeating the mistakes of the scholars of the Bei'an Kingdom, and they will definitely encourage the four countries to fight.
Bei'an is unable to resist it, it will be wiped out, and the scholars will still rise again, so what's the point of your sacrifice? Jiang Sun Che hesitated for a long time, and finally thought of words that could persuade his father.
"Good! My son was really quick, and after thinking about it, he could think so far. Jiang Yiquan praised in surprise.
Is this the time to praise me?' ’
"Do you think that only I, the Bei'an Kingdom, want to get rid of the Shi clan?"
Jiang Yiquan sent back all Jiang Sun Che's words of persuasion in one sentence.
"Two years ago, when the five countries signed a peace treaty, they had already secretly discussed the matter of dealing with the Shi clan, and two months ago, the five countries formally signed an agreement to jointly start actions against the Shi clan on the eighth day of March this year." Jiang Yiquan told Jiang Sun Che.
Jiang Sunche really has a sentence in his heart, MMP doesn't know whether to talk about it or not.
'You are five nations! In order to eradicate the class of scholars, you can secretly join forces! You can do it! ’
"But why must it be my father, and others can't?" Jiang Sunche is still making a final effort, although it is likely to be in vain.
"I am the head of the generals, and I am in charge of fifty percent of the country's soldiers and horses, and my prestige in the army is also the highest, if it is not for me to marry, the temptation of the warrior clan is not enough."
Jiang Sun Che sat on the ground dejectedly, and his eyes lost their light.
Jiang Yiquan patted his son on the shoulder, "Don't be sad, this is just a last resort, and you won't use it unless you have to." ”
"Is this the Emperor? Sacrifice your courtiers to accomplish your goal. This is the king wants his ministers to die, and if the ministers do not die, it is for disloyalty......" Jiang Sun Che muttered this sentence.
"This last resort was proposed by my father on his own initiative, and I don't blame Your Majesty, and Your Majesty didn't agree ......to it at first," Jiang Yiquan explained.
Before Jiang Yiquan could finish speaking, Jiang Sunche interjected, "He finally agreed." ”
Jiang Yiquan knew that no matter how much he explained, it was useless, because his son had already decided that this was what Emperor Hong Wen meant.
So Jiang Yiquan changed his way, "Your Majesty also felt guilty in his heart, so he handed over the most beloved third princess to you." ”
"He's just trying to make himself feel better!"