The motorcade started, and Lin Chen's car took the lead as they drove towards Wanhua Hotel.
"Brother Ruler, Imperial Father asked me to bring a secret edict!”Li Lizhi said.
Li Lizhi had lived in Donglin for more than a month, so she had naturally ridden in a sports car before. She even knew how to drive, so it was not that strange.
However, because of Wei Zheng's question, she had to tell Lin Chen as soon as possible to prevent him from misunderstanding.
"Oh? What did your father ask you to tell me?" Lin Chen said as he drove.
"Imperial Father told you not to overthink things. Apart from me and the soldiers, the others are part of the remonstrants of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs.
This group of people stirred up trouble in the imperial court.
Therefore, these people can't actually represent my father's attitude.
As for Wei Zheng, my Imperial Father said that he is a good official, but his temper is too stubborn and needs to be beaten up!”Li Lizhi said.
Lin Chen wasn't a fool.
"In that case, the ones who came to the Donglin Country this time are actually the forces of the aristocratic families, not your royal family.
So, what they said and did had nothing to do with the royal family?”Lin Chen said slowly.
"Yes, what father means is that I will leave everything to you, brother. In the spring of the sixth year of Zhenguan, father will submit his credentials and come to Donglin for an official visit!
At present, Imperial Father is too busy, and the troubles of the aristocratic families are endless. Our Great Tang is finally at peace, and they are starting to stir up trouble again!”Li Lizhi sighed.
Lin Chen narrowed his eyes and nodded understandingly.
This was human nature!
In times of chaos, although aristocratic families were selfish, they still had the basic concept of a country.
With Li Shi Min's talent, it was enough for them to unite against the enemy.
But now that the Turks had retreated, the other group of highlanders had been intimidated, and the Great Tang had entered a period of stable development.
Therefore, these aristocratic families began to act wantonly again.
The great clans had always been the source of internal chaos, both in the Great Tang and in the future.
Since he knew Li Shi Min's attitude, Lin Chen didn't have to tolerate those people for the sake of the big picture.
As for Li Shiming's visit, Lin Chen guessed that Li Shiming would see Lin Chen's attitude before deciding if he was going to pay a visit.
To put it bluntly, he was secretly forcing Lin Chen to side with the aristocratic families or with the emperor.
Lin Chen knew very well that before he had seen Donglin with his own eyes, before he understood how great the difference was, Li Shiming had believed that Donglin should submit to the Great Tang.
However, Li Shimin was very good at pacifying the people, so he was more obscure in his work.
"Lizhi, what do you think will happen to the Great Tang if I destroy the aristocratic families?”Lin Chen said calmly.
The satellite of the Donglin Country had already taken off. As long as they knew the location of those aristocratic families 'old houses, they could directly fire a shot at them.
If the ancestral homes of those aristocratic families were destroyed and a large number of important members died, the officials of the aristocratic families in the imperial court would hurry home to take charge of everything no matter what. This way, the imperial court would be empty.
It could be said that if Lin Chen did this, the world would be in chaos.
"Brother, you can't. If you do this, our Great Tang will be doomed!”Li Lizhi was shocked.
Lin Chen looked at Li Lizhi in surprise. How could a ten-year-old girl have such a big picture?
"But if your father were to do this, and these officials of the aristocratic families die in my Donglin State, I'm afraid that with the arrogance of the Great Tang's aristocratic families, they will continue to find trouble with me.
I'm not afraid of a group of ants finding trouble with me, but if they find trouble again and again, I'll be annoyed. It won't make sense if I don't destroy the ant nest, right?”Lin Chen said calmly.
Lin Chen suddenly realized that this was what Li Shiming wanted.
Li Shi Min didn't know how powerful his weapon was, so he wouldn't believe Li Lizhi no matter what she said.
In this way, Li Shiming was probably trying to shift the conflict between him and the aristocratic families into a conflict between himself and the aristocratic families.
This method of transferring contradictions was not uncommon in ancient times and in the world.
In the future, a certain island country would have collapsed if it had not shifted the conflict!
If Li Shiming allowed the aristocratic families to consume each other, he would reap the benefits and the Great Tang would not fall into chaos…
What a beautiful thought…
Lin Chen understood this and naturally began to think of a solution!
Li Lizhi fell silent…
She was just a child after all…
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