The rise of the Zhang family is of course due to the efforts of the head of the Zhang family, but it also has the influence of the times to create heroes.

As the founding emperor, Li Hongju's prestige is naturally needless to say, and when he is deliberately targeted, the old families have been weakened, and the new families have begun to appear on the stage.

The two sides fought and had a lot of fun.

That's why Yan Guo can't fight.

Kindness is easy to forget, and hatred is eternal.

But the old family is an old family after all, and with the reduction of status, they have also started traditional arts.

It is a marriage, yes, a marriage with a new family, and at the same time teaches some of the family's ways of survival.

Li Hongju was helpless in the end, and he did not disintegrate the power of the family until his death.

After the successor took the throne, he was not as bold as Li Hongju, and when everything was stable, the power of the family expanded rapidly.

After years in power, it turned out that the family had always been a cancer.

As a second-generation leader, he is not a fool, so he started a century-long struggle between the royal family and the family.

Every change of throne is accompanied by the collapse of some families.

This also maintains the vitality of the Yan Kingdom.

But on the whole, Yan Guo gave Long Yun the feeling that it was twilight, drinking to quench his thirst.

As time passed, the family was like a tight spell to trap Yan Kingdom.

In the midst of the constant struggle, the Maison gradually gained the upper hand.

The symbolic event of the Maison's victory was that the children of the Maison could obtain official titles without passing the imperial examination.

Because the Great Wei did not have such a thing as the imperial examination at all, in fact, the imperial examination was proposed by the Yan State, and this talent screening model was also adopted in the Shu State.

Emperor Yan also wanted to introduce the imperial examination, and in the end it was successful.

But it also comes at a cost.

One of them is to give privileges to the children of the family.

Originally, if the latecomers could slowly find an opportunity to pass the imperial examination, they would have obtained a large number of talents, thus replacing the family.

It's a pity, after all, the family is a family, and for a long time, I have directly and indirectly controlled a lot of local wealthy families with a lot of wealth and channels.

At the same time, the family has also tacitly divided the territory, each family controls a territory, and the emergence of talents is in their own hands.

As long as there are talents, they will inevitably be co-opted by the family, otherwise their families and clansmen will be excluded and made difficult.

After a long time, even the talent channels have been controlled by the family, of course, the face of the royal family is still wanted, that is, the top three in the imperial examination are all the emperor's own talents.

Politics is the art of compromise, and that's the tacit agreement reached.

When Long Yun saw this, he really sighed, being an emperor is not an easy thing to do.

Of course, all the Maisons also affirmed one thing, that is, they would not have any thoughts about the throne.

The family has swelled to such an extent that the act of wanting to replace it will not work.

Because the royal family also has its own bottom line, the Li family has never lacked strong genes, everyone eats in the same pot, and if they want to change the owner of the pot, then the pot will definitely be smashed.

Everyone also sticks to the bottom line, and everything is played within the rules.

Of course, there are also those who dare to take risks and try to overthrow the monopoly of the Maison.

It's not that Long Yun specifically went to investigate, but this person is still alive now, but the end is very miserable.

When one person suddenly stands out from the crowd, you will feel very conspicuous.

This person's name is Cao Sihua.

Long Yun had only seen a few things cursoly, and there were not many people who could really make him remember.

But this Cao Sihua is the most profound one.

Cao Sihua, the twelfth year champion of Yan Guoxuan.

At that time, he was known as a rare genius in Yan Kingdom for a hundred years, and he was the first in the world whether he wrote poems, wrote articles, or took the imperial examination.

Born in Muyang County, it is really a small county town near the border of Liangguo in Yan Kingdom, and it is even just a lower county.

Since he was a child, he has been extremely intelligent, and he has been under the door of a man named Gu Bin early.

This Gu Bin is actually not important, the most important thing is his teacher at the time, the late emperor's teacher, the disciple of Tao Chunying, a world-famous bachelor.

Gu Bin was the teacher of Muyang County at that time, which is equivalent to the current director of the county education bureau.

The main task is to train talents for the imperial court.

The contradictions between the family and the imperial court can basically be detected by officials to a certain extent.

Many talents have been co-opted and cultivated since childhood because the family discovered it early.

It can be said that Cao Sihua is lucky, after Gu Bin found him, he directly thought that his teacher recommended this child.

As a result, Cao Sihua entered the emperor's field of vision early.

For the talents that the emperor cares about, those families will not do more excessively.

After all, they have attracted more talents.

When he grew up a little, Tao Chunying trained him as a closed disciple, and for this reason, he let him take the imperial examination until he was weak.

Cao Sihua's fame is not that before he made his career, many things were suppressed by Tao Chunying.

However, his talent and fame are still concerned by major families.

He was also very competitive, he didn't embarrass Tao Chunying, a teacher, and directly participated in the imperial examination after the weak crown, and he was the first place every time.

He is also the only person in Yan Guo who is currently connected to the three yuan.

Lian Zhong Sanyuan is not so influential as Cao Sihua.

It's that after he won the champion, he had the right to participate in national affairs, and he didn't be a squire first like ordinary imperial examination people.

Instead, he went straight to the Imperial Observatory.

The Imperial Historical Observatory is a yamen that can be heard.

This is a yamen to prevent the Son of Heaven from being isolated from inside and outside the hundred officials, and it is an independent yamen.

Usually, the impeachment of so-and-so for corruption and perversion of the law or the dereliction of duty of a certain official leading to the occurrence of major events, etc., is basically initiated by the Yushitai.

It is even possible to initiate a recital without evidence.

If another minister wants to impeach an official, he must be justified, or he will be punished.

However, the Imperial Historical Observatory can go directly to heaven without evidence.

That's a lot of right.

Yushitai can be said to be a platform for voices, and it is also a platform for fighting methods.

In the past, the principle of appointing people from the Imperial Historical Observatory was basically upright and courageous, and the people were selfless.

But such people are in the minority after all.

The Imperial Historical Observatory is full of people from all major forces, and there are actually very few people who really do things for the country.

In this case, Cao Sihua seems very different.

This person is particularly fierce and can also reflect his character.

In the twenty-second year of Xuanyuan, that is, eleven years after becoming the champion.

The book was sparse and sparked great controversy.

This book is called "Strengthening the Country and Strengthening the People's Policy".

It tells in detail that the local tyrants and the family are too closely involved, and there are too many resources to control, which leads to the lack of food and clothing for the people at the bottom and the hardships of life.

It was also pointed out that the family had encroached on too much wealth, which caused the Yan State to be unable to accumulate capital to dominate the world.

It is proposed to reduce the number of Maisons, and at the same time abolish the system of recommending talents to officials.

also gave all kinds of data as support, if the family can really support the country, then it is a matter of time before the Yan Kingdom dominates the world.

He is a person who truly thinks for the country and is a person who is loyal to the country.

At that time, many people speculated that Emperor Yan was the mastermind behind the scenes.

At that time, the first family was the Zhang family, and various speculations were given in detail from this description.

After all, a family is a family, not something that cats and dogs can tease.

Not to mention that Cao Sihua has some reputation, even Tao Chunying, who is highly respected, does not dare to do this.

Cao Sihua won a good reputation at that time, especially among the people, and many people created a shrine to worship him.

But since then, Emperor Yan at that time suddenly fell ill, so the drama of the prince competing for the throne began.

Everyone's attention was attracted, and after Cao Sihua's performance cooled down in the heat, the throne also came to fruition.

The first emperor, who is now the father of the current emperor Li Xurui, ascended to the throne.

The new emperor ascends the throne, the most important thing is stability, the support of the family, and there is no stability at all.

So Cao Sihua began to be targeted in various ways.

In the end, he lost his official position, and his family was also affected by the 'bandits' attack, and those who used to be drew the line one after another.

Cao Sihua finally went crazy under depression.

Judging from the final records, Cao Sihua seems to be still in the capital at present.

In terms of age, he is almost sixty-five.