"What a good one is not broken and does not stand! You can say that again! ”

Emperor Qianwu's eyes flashed, and his heart was excited, feeling that he had been too cautious all these years.

Blindly forbearance will only make the eight great families gain an inch.

If he doesn't wipe out these families now and let them grow bigger and stronger, won't the situation of his successors be even more difficult?

If the successor is weak and incompetent, wouldn't he be left to the control of the eight great families?

For a while, Emperor Qianwu had already made a decision in his heart and decided to change his original strategy towards the Eight Great Families.

At the same time, he was also thinking about a problem.

That is, if he can't get rid of the eight great families in his lifetime, which prince can inherit his legacy and have the courage to fight against these families?

Li Ji is obviously not good, as a prince, he actually agreed to Li Changfeng to apologize to the Zhao family, he is a soft bone.

Li Chengye didn't speak during the whole process, obviously trying to keep his head down, not enterprising enough, too cautious, and not suitable.

Then now it seems that the only suitable one is Li Changfeng.

At this time, Emperor Qianwu already had an idea in his heart about the candidate for the crown prince.

However, Li Changfeng is not familiar with government and military affairs, and he will have to temper himself if he has the opportunity in the future before he can take on a great responsibility.

These thoughts flashed in Emperor Qianwu's heart, and the most important thing at the moment was to deal with the Eight Great Families.

Emperor Qianwu looked at Li Changfeng with an appreciative expression and said: "I am very pleased that you have such courage, since you want to deal with the eight great families, I will support you, just let it go!" ”

Li Changfeng grinned: "Father, it's good that you support it, and the sons will definitely find a way to get rid of these tumors." ”

Li Changfeng was very happy.

He was afraid that Emperor Qianwu would be cautious and obscure, prevent him from making a move on the Zhao family, and restrain him everywhere.

Since he supports him, then he can let go of his hands and feet to clean up the Zhao family.

As for the other seven families, as long as they don't provoke him, he doesn't bother to pay attention to them.

How long have they been inherited?

When he brings the great cadres into the era of industrialization and masters the highest and latest production technology, these old magnates in the agricultural era will soon be eliminated by the times, and they don't even need his help.

The tide of the times is not something that a few families can stop.

After Li Changfeng left the palace, Emperor Qianwu looked at Gao Dali: "I asked you to investigate the Zhao family's industry, what are they tired of?" ”

Gao Dali said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, there are naturally some cats, but even if there are none, what if there is none?" The old slave made some for them! ”

"Good!" Emperor Qianwu smiled coldly, "Confiscate all the Zhao family's properties in the capital, and fill all the silver taels into the treasury!" ”

Since accepting Li Changfeng's suggestion to adopt the advice of using war to feed the barbarians, everything has gone smoothly so far.

But seeing that the weather is getting colder, it is difficult to say what will happen next, maybe it will be a huge expense to need the support of the treasury, and it is just right to use the Zhao family to raise silver taels in case of emergency.

As a knife of Emperor Qianwu, Gao Dali was naturally obedient, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old slave will do it!" ”

Soon, Gao Dali fabricated a series of charges and confiscated all the Zhao family's many properties in the capital, which can almost be said to be digging three feet into the ground and emptying all valuable things.

Such a big movement immediately caused a huge sensation in the capital, and the nobles were silent, secretly worried that the Eight Great Families and the royal family would start a war.

Emperor Qianwu's strength exceeded everyone's expectations.

At the same time, the reason why Emperor Qianwu made a move against the Zhao family also quietly spread among the people, saying that the Zhao family bought a murderer to assassinate the Nine Emperor Prince Li Changfeng, which caused Long Yan to be furious.

For a while, the owners were all aware of it, and they were more vigilant against the eight great families.

They even dare to assassinate the prince, what else do they dare not do?

Li Changfeng has a very high prestige among the people, and the people of the capital who learned the news were furious, and scolded the Zhao family for being mad and arrogant.

What is the will of the people, it is clear at a glance.

For a time, the Zhao family and the Eight Great Families were pushed to the forefront, and everyone was full of turmoil in the city.

The strange thing is that the official did not launch an investigation into the murder of Zhao Jiamai and remained silent.

This is Emperor Qianwu left a line, not wanting to force the eight great families to unite to launch a comprehensive confrontation, and each defeat is the best policy.

Zhao Zhijing, the elder of the Zhao family, saw that things were developing in an uncontrollable direction and did not dare to make an assertion, so he reported the matter to the head of the Zhao family.

Zhao Tianquan, the head of the Zhao family, was furious when he learned the ins and outs, pointed at Zhao Zhijing's nose and scolded: "Waste! It's rubbish! If you can't do anything like this, what can you do? My Eight Great Families have always secretly controlled every dynasty, but you have been pushed to the forefront and feared by the world, what crime should you be guilty of?! ”

Zhao Zhijing's heart is aggrieved!

He didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, he just assassinated a prince, and they hadn't done it before, so what was it?

Zhao Zhijing couldn't figure out how Li Changfeng knew that it was their Zhao family who bought the murder, and the palace master of Luohua Palace replied to the news for ten nights and said that he had not leaked any news at all.

Now this situation is something he never expected, and the strong courage shown by Emperor Qianwu made him unexpected.

He didn't dare to refute the head of the family, so he could only smile bitterly and said, "I didn't expect things to develop to such a point. ”

Zhao Tianquan snorted coldly and didn't care about it, walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and said in an indifferent tone: "Emperor Qianwu is demonstrating, and assassinating the prince has violated his bottom line." ”

Zhao Zhijing said coldly: "In this case, we will talk to other families and join forces to teach him a lesson!" ”

Zhao Tianquan glared at Zhao Zhijing and said, "Stupid! On this matter, do you think other families will use swords in vain? ”

The eight great families are united on the surface, but in fact, there is also competition in secret, and the Zhao family must be happy to see it, and the situation is far from developing to the extent that they can unite.

Unless Emperor Qianwu made a move against more families, this was obviously impossible.

Zhao Zhijing gritted his teeth and said: "This time, our loss is almost more than 300,000 taels of silver, can it be calculated like this?" ”

Zhao Tianquan smiled coldly and said, "Of course not!" If we take one step back, Emperor Qianwu will dare to take two steps forward, and we must make a counterattack! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Tianquan paused for a moment and said solemnly: "Two things, first, urge the palace master of the Luohua Palace to kill Li Changfeng as soon as possible, and promise me that the affairs of the Zhao family will not be completed!" ”

"Second, send someone to investigate the artillery battalion, the means can be more daring, and there is no need to be as cautious as before, anyway, the skin is torn. I want to see what Emperor Qianwu has to rely on, dare to do this to my Zhao family! ”

"You personally arrange these two things, make sure that nothing goes wrong, you know?"

(End of chapter)