Chapter 272: Chapter 169: Top Ten Grandmasters_2
Translator: 549690339
Upon hearing this, Yang Jing thought about the way Shangguan Haimoon was clinging to Lu Yuan when they had just met, and couldn’t help but laugh, saying, “Shangguan Ming really has a sharp eye for people, wanting to make you his son-in-law.
If it weren’t for the fact that this old man has no daughters, I would have wanted to recruit you as my son-in-law as well.
However, if General Lu doesn’t mind, I do have a few older brothers with legitimate daughters who have yet to be married.”
Yang Jing said half-jokingly and half-probingly.
Lu Yuan quickly waved his hands, saying, “Lord Yang, I am currently only focused on breaking through to the Innate level, and have no interest in any romantic relationships before achieving major success in the Martial Arts.” “Alright, it seems that Shangguan Ming and I have thought too much.”
Seeing that Lu Yuan did not want to discuss the matter of matrimonial alliance, Yang Jing did not push any further, quickly switching the topic back to more serious matters: “Outsiders say that our six surnames and seven clans have formed alliances and marriages for generations, and in reality, that is indeed
Lile case.
Our thirteen families prosper or suffer together.
The royal family of the Da Yue, the Xiao Family, is one of our six surnames as well. It’s just that they are the royal family, while the rest of us are only ministers.
However, in reality, apart from the royal lineage, there is not much difference between our twelve families and the Xiao Family.
Even going back two hundred years, the Hai Tomb Wang Family among our twelve families was once the ruler of the Qi State. And three hundred years ago, my South Ridge Yang Family was the ruler of the Chu State as well.”
As for the other families, many of them were once royal families of various states.
But despite the passing of thousands of years, the dynastic transitions, our thirteen families’ Ancestral Temple Inheritance has never been extinguished.
Why is that?
It is because our thirteen noble families stick together and help each other. Therefore, even if the national power declines and the world becomes chaotic, as long as we are united, the chaos won’t get out of hand.
At most, we could just eliminate the royal family that has been doing a poor job, replace it with another family, and establish a new dynasty to appease the people.”
Yang Jing spoke in a casual tone.
Meanwhile, Lu Yuan was stunned after hearing his words.
What the hell?
Each of the six surnames and seven clans are descendants of royalty, taking turns to be the emperor as if it’s a game called “next year is my family’s turn.”
Can the Altars of Soil and Grain and the land for imperial hegemony be played with like this?
Lu Yong learned something new.
After sarcastically commenting in his mind, Lu Yuan digested the information. He then had a deeper understanding of the situation in Da Yue.
If what Yang Jing said was true, and the six surnames and seven clans practiced this kind of democratic election system, then their relationships needed to be viewed from a different perspective.
The current Da Yue also needed to be seen with different eyes.
He could no longer simply think that Da Yue is just the Xiao Family’s property, but rather, see it as the collective property of the six surnames and seven clans.
“It’s as if Da Yue is a company, the Xiao Family is the current chairman, but they do not hold absolute shares. They just hold a slightly larger, or even just a small portion of the shares, with a CEO title.
In the entire company, the other five surnames and seven clans also hold shares, and their combined shares are several times or even ten times more than that of the Xiao Family. Therefore, when they unite, they can remove the chairman and replace the CEO or, in other words, the emperor.
And then the Xiao Family would be demoted from being a royal family and chairman to a common aristocratic family, director, and shareholder.
Hence, Da Yue can change its skin and go public again under a different name like Great Chu or Great Wu, but it must not collapse completely.
Otherwise, it would harm the interests of all shareholders, namely, all the noble families.’
Lu Yuan quickly figured out the relationships among the six surnames and seven clans. He then felt a surge of trepidation in his heart.
Dealing with a single Xiao Shi dynasty is a far cry from dealing with an entire interest community in terms of the pressure and difficulties faced.
At the very least, if Lu Yuan was asked to rebel against the court, he could grit his teeth and possibly succeed.
But if he was asked to oppose the entire six surnames and seven clans, despair would fill his view.
After all, there are currently five Inborn Grandmasters among the six
surnames and seven clans. With Yang Jing, who is about to break through to the Innate level, that makes six.
And if there is one Yang Jing, are there others as well?
Having understood the origins and background of the six surnames and seven clans, Lu Yuan could not afford to underestimate these descendants of royalty any longer.
He weighed all these factors in his heart and asked, “Lord Yang, what is your intention in telling me all this?”
Yang Jing mentioning all this must have an ulterior motive.
For a moment, Lu Yuan could not figure out what the other party was thinking.
As expected, when he asked, Yang Jing smiled and then calmly said, “Now that Da Yue is declining, the rest of us twelve families, as officials, will naturally have a hard time as well.
The Xiao Family, being the royal family, has allowed the country to fall to such a state that they no longer deserve to rule the world as the Heavenly Sons.
Therefore, after discussions, the five surnames and six clans have decided to depose the Xiao Family and pass the throne to the Longzhou Shen Clan.
The current head of the Shen Clan is an Inborn Second Realm Grandmaster, and even the Third Realm Grandmaster is within reach for him.
This makes him the undisputed number one person in our Da Yue Martial Arts.
With the Shen Clan as the Heavenly Sons, it should be possible to stabilize the world and quell the unrest.”
Lu Yuan was shocked again.
Did the Yang Jing in front of him understand what he was saying?