"Your Majesty."
In the Eastern Palace, Li Er was reviewing memorials when Li Junxian came in to report.
"Just now, Lu Zheng barged into the Crown Prince's courtyard and was killed by the Crown Prince…"
Li Er was silent for a while before he said calmly,""I understand. You may leave."
"Yes."
After Li Junxian left, Li Er's eyes gradually turned cold. He picked up a brush and wrote a few words on a blank piece of paper.
Five Surnames and Seven Wangs!
On the other side, the Crown Prince's guards did not send Lu Zheng's body back to his home. Instead, they sent it to the mansion of the Lu family in Chang 'an.
"Lu Zheng barged into the Crown Prince's courtyard and attempted to assassinate him, but he was executed on the spot by the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is kind-hearted and doesn't want to implicate Lu shi, but His Highness the Crown Prince hopes that Lu shi can restrain her clansmen.”After the guard finished speaking with a cold face, he turned around and left with his men. He still wanted to go back and suffer the fifty strokes of the cane.
The people of the Lu family, led by Lu Yiming, stared at the corpse with a livid expression. Their anger surged.
How many years had it been since the Lu family's authority had been challenged like this?
They were all clear about Lu Zheng's intention to leave, but now, he was killed by the Crown Prince.
Even if Lu Zheng was wrong to barge into the Crown Prince's courtyard, as a member of the Lu family, this mistake should be ignored.
Lu Yiming took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said,"Find a place and bury him."
The Lu Clan naturally could not hold a funeral for Lu Zheng with great fanfare. After all, in terms of emotions and reason, Lu Zheng was a sinner. In terms of face, the Lu Clan still had to do enough.
Lu Zheng's body was carried away. As for his wife and children, someone naturally went to inform them.
As for Lu Yiming, he returned to the front hall with a dark face and shouted angrily,""How preposterous. He's condescending, arrogant, and murderous. He's not a human.”
After cursing for a long time, he stopped panting. The middle-aged man beside him said,"Elder, I didn't think that the Crown Prince would be so ungrateful and dare to make an enemy of the aristocratic families.”
It was not an exaggeration to say so.
Because the five surnames and the Seven Wangs were all on the same side, making an enemy of one family was considered a declaration of war against the five surnames and the Seven Wangs.
"Do you really think that you're the Crown Prince after resolving the Turkic threat?" Lu Yiming snorted. Ignorant child, how could a Crown Prince like him provoke a great clan?”
In terms of thinking, the Five Families and Seven Wangs had never looked down on the Imperial Family.
In their eyes, the imperial family was nothing more than a nouveau riche. Only their clans were the masters of the Great Tang, the symbol of its eternal prosperity.
Furthermore, their children were forbidden from marrying into the royal family. As for the reason, it was naturally because they looked down on them.
As for the others, they were proud to be able to marry the daughter of an aristocratic family.
The influence of the great clans in the Great Tang was evident.
The middle-aged man pondered for a while and asked," Elder, the ignorant Crown Prince doesn't know how to appreciate favors. What should we do next?"”
Lu Yiming thought for a moment and sneered." A wise man knows how to adapt to circumstances. I think not everyone is as arrogant and ignorant as this Crown Prince."”
"What do you mean?" asked the middle-aged man.”
"His Majesty does not only have one son.”Lu Yiming's expression was cold as he said,"He dares to be enemies with the Lu family. He can forget about being the crown prince."”
The middle-aged man pondered for a moment before he smiled and said,"I understand."
"I'll leave this matter to you." Lu Yiming thought for a moment and reminded him," Although Prince Li Ke has the bloodline of two dynasties, he only wants to protect himself. He never comes into contact with outsiders. So, do you understand?"”
The middle-aged man could not help but think of a chubby figure. He nodded and said,"I understand, don't worry.”
Not long after, the King of Wei, Li Tai, happily welcomed the people of the Lu family into his residence. As for what they talked about, it was unknown.
And this matter was naturally placed on Li Er's desk.
Li Er, who had a strong desire to control things, was able to know any movements in Chang 'an at the first moment.
Therefore, he frowned deeply.
Li Chengqian had yet to establish his own intelligence organization, so he still knew nothing about these things.
However, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
To him, any schemes and plots could be broken through with brute force.
In the face of absolute strength, everything was futile.
However, even though it was unexpected to make an enemy of the aristocratic families in advance, it did not have much of an impact.
Aristocratic families should be destroyed.
"Your Highness, the Lu family of Fanyang has a total of 372 scholars under their control. There are also 135 officials in the court who have some inseparable relationship with the Lu family. At the same time, the Lu family had many industries. The two largest industries were salt and paper making. In addition, the Lu family should have raised a group of death warriors.”
Hearing his subordinate's report, Li Chengqian nodded.
He had sent people to the Zhangsun Clan to ask for this information.
As for his nephew's question, Zhangsun Wuji naturally did not say anything.
Killing someone was just a few knives. It was extremely simple.
But even so, why didn't Li Er order the destruction of the aristocratic families?
It was very simple. It was because the influence of the aristocratic families was too great.
He held the lifeblood of the scholars and the people in the world.
If they were killed, the court would lose officials. Who would govern the place? Without governance, the world would be in chaos.
Similarly, all kinds of resources would be broken. How would the people live?
Of course, this was not too big of a problem for Li Chengqian.
Since you have something to rely on, then bengong will cut off your lifeline and kill your entire family.
Or, I'll kill your entire family first and then take out someone better than you.
Simple and brutal!
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