A few days later, in the palace. Li Er looked at the three old men lying on the ground with extremely ugly expressions. "Your Majesty, although the family has made mistakes, their sins will not lead to death!" "King Yongle is already red-blooded. If he continues to kill, the land of Zhuxia and the thousand-year-old Chinese race will be completely destroyed by his own hands. Does your Majesty really have the heart to reenact the past events of the Five Husbands in the Tang Dynasty?" "Your Majesty, you are also from the Li clan in Longxi. You cannot just watch Su Li massacre my Li clan members!" The three in front of me are all at least eighty-year-old men. The Tang Dynasty made it clear that those over eighty years of age would be exempted from punishment for crimes. Moreover, there is no need to kneel down when meeting the emperor. Instead, the emperor must treat him with courtesy. Therefore, even ordinary people can enjoy such treatment as long as they live long enough. Not to mention, the three people in front of me are all elders from the Li family in Longxi.
Speaking of the relationship between the royal family and the Li family in Longxi, Ji Er gritted his teeth. Previously, the royal family claimed to be from the Li family in Longxi, but the Li family in Longxi firmly denied it. The reason is very simple. In the Tang Dynasty, almost everyone knew that the royal family had Hu ancestry. The Li family was originally a descendant of the Xianbei people, but only in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Yuwentai formulated the Guanzhong-based policy and ordered Xianbei to change their surnames to 12 Guanzhong surnames. The Li family's commander-in-chief preferred Longxi. It was at that time that Ji Er's ancestor Li Hu claimed to be from the Li family in Longxi. Although after nearly a hundred years of reproduction, their family continued to combine with the indigenous people of the Central Plains. But fundamentally speaking, it is indeed not a Chinese orthodoxy. Because of this, after winning the world, Li Yuan immediately impatiently pursued the title of Longxi Hall. Then, starting from that time, the royal family launched a vigorous annexation operation. Li Er was so stubborn that when he re-edited the "Chronicles of the Clan", he still listed the Li family of Longxi County as the most popular of the three counties and the second most popular surname in the country. Among them, there is naturally a suspicion of flattering the Li family in Longxi. However, changing your identity to your ancestors is not something that others will recognize only if you want to. Do you, the Li Tang royal family, enjoy the world? But I'm sorry, if you want to be affiliated with my Longxi Li family, you still have to climb high. Not to mention, you still have Hu ancestry and are pure Han Miao descendants. We don’t recognize this relative! When Li Yuan was still in power, he once sent Li Er to the ancestral hall of the Li family in Longxi to visit relatives. As a result, Li Er was severely humiliated by the Li clan members.
Although Longxi Li's words were not fatal, the contempt in his words was obvious. This incident made Li Er so angry that he wanted to kill someone with a knife on the spot. After he became the emperor, Li Er gradually realized it. You really have to be shameless to recognize this relative! The powerful families were deeply entangled in the Tang Dynasty and their power was too great. If you can't control a noble family, you can't say you truly dominate the world. At least, integrate into them. To this end, Li Er thought of many ways, but never succeeded. Su Li took action against Wu Xing Qi Wang, which was exactly what he wanted. At the beginning, Li Er really wanted to use Su Li's hand to hammer out the family's abacus. He didn't expect that Su Li would be so cruel. Not to mention, the harder Su Li kills, the happier Ji Er feels. It is true that he is the emperor, but the emperor is also a human being, and he also has joys and sorrows. I had suffered so much anger from the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes before, and it was of course very satisfying to vent it out all at once. However, it feels better now. The nobles of the aristocratic family were already begging for mercy, and Li Er's IQ as an emperor began to occupy the high ground again. Ji Er actually agreed with Li's request from Longxi. The door valve cannot be destroyed yet! Li Er hated the aristocratic family, but not to the point where he hated it deeply and wanted to deal with it quickly. No matter how unpleasant it is to see the aristocratic family, Li Er knows one thing very well. That is, to a certain extent, aristocratic families are actually one of the most important parts of the foundation of the land of Zhuxia. The aristocratic family actually came from the gentry before the Wei and Jin Dynasties. What is a gentry? Poetry and etiquette are passed down from generation to generation, and culture continues! Since ancient times, reading has been a privilege reserved only for nobles. It has been a consensus for thousands of years that only scholars can be officials! Can ordinary people who cannot read a word be allowed to serve as officials? Can he do it? I can't do it, I don't have the ability!
Whether it was the hereditary system of officials in the pre-Qin period, the later Han dynasty's Chaju system, or the nine-rank Zhongzheng system after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The method of selecting officials has changed over and over again, but the people selected are always from noble families. In fact, this is the real trump card of the powerful family! Because of this realization, in the pre-Sui Dynasty, people began to try to implement Cologne. It's just that the imperial examination is actually in name only. It is nothing more than being recommended as an official to becoming an official through examination. No matter how hard you choose, it's still the same people. After all, almost all the scholars in the world were wiped out by aristocratic families. No matter how fancy the imperial examination system is, it can't escape their grasp. It's just that it opened a small opening for the poor people to get promoted. This kind of thing cannot be rushed. At least in the early stage, the stability of the court depends on the aristocratic family. If Su Li is really allowed to kill so unscrupulously and the whole family is wiped out, where can Li Er find so many scholars with abilities and vision far beyond ordinary people to serve as officials? Therefore, when the Li family from Longxi came to visit, Li Er immediately became interested. He wanted to agree. As long as you nod your head, you will get a lot of benefits. If the powerful family bows its head and submits, it will definitely be completely returned to the royal family in the future. 500 By that time, the internal conflicts in Datang could be said to have been wiped away. Li Er, the emperor, will reach new heights in personal reputation. As for the incident involving the Li family in Longxi, it is nothing at all. The royal family originally wanted to attach itself to the Longxi Li family's Didao, but now even if Li Eryi gives the order, saying that the royal family is the authentic royal family of the Longxi Li family, no one would dare to say anything. The rest of the clans do not have this kind of relationship between the royal family and the Li family in Longxi, so there is no need to give them face. When the time comes, whether you want to make it round or flat, won’t it all depend on your own will? Why not do it? The more Li Er thought about it, the happier he felt. "Your Majesty, you don't want to be known as a fratricide, right? If you don't give me a correct answer today, the three old men will be killed in this hall!" Just when Li Er was thinking hard, an old man suddenly cried out, struggled to get up, and was about to hit the pillar of the hall. Li Er waved his hand and signaled the guards to hold the three of them. "You guys go back first. Su Li has indeed gone too far recently. I will tell him a story." Li Er comforted him softly.
The three old men blinked with tears in their eyes, as if they did not expect that Ji Er would agree so happily. "Don't worry, Su Li is my son-in-law, so he won't even listen to my words!" Li Eryan spoke with confidence. .