Imperial City, Dew Palace!
Zhangsun Wuji and the others were present. They were discussing a matter that could shake the foundation of the country.
Li Wuxian came in from outside.
Li Er listened to the report and smiled bitterly.
Indeed, he did not kill anyone, but the tendons in his hands and legs were all broken. This was no different from a dead person.
It was just that one was panting while the other was unable to breathe.
"Sai Palace is a vassal of the aristocratic families, so they have been acting arrogantly recently. I didn't expect that even my little Langjun's shop would be implicated.”Zhangsun Wuji understood the cause and effect of the matter and chuckled." It's not bad for the Empress to do this. Recently, the aristocratic families have become more and more restless. They actually want to send more people to the imperial court, hehe..."
"Noble families, Your Majesty, be careful not to be too big. At that time, it will be detrimental to the Great Tang's legacy.”Wei Zheng said in a deep voice.
The matter they were discussing today was related to the aristocratic families.
During the chaotic times, the aristocratic families were still well-behaved, but now that they were about to enter a period of peace and stability, these fellows began to be dishonest again.
The five surnames and the seven Wangs actually jointly wrote a letter, asking Li Er to arrange a position according to his discretion!
This was a blatant provocation.
However, Li Er really had no choice.
Aristocratic families had been around for a long time and had countless elites. The journey of ruling the world had its pros and cons.
Although the imperial examinations had been initiated in the previous dynasty, and the Great Tang continued to exist, only the sons of the great clans had the right to take the examinations, and only the great clans had the right to take the examinations.
This imperial examination system was just to select talents from the aristocratic families. In the end, it did not break out of this circle.
In the imperial court, other than Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin, and the other rising nobles of Longxi who had followed Li Er, the rest were mostly the descendants of the five surnames and the Seven Wangs, or the descendants of the noble families who were attached to the five surnames and the Seven Wangs.
Even his right-hand man, Zhangsun Wuji, the head of the civil officials, was also from an aristocratic family. Although he was loyal to him, Zhangsun Wuji had no choice but to rely on the aristocratic family for the peace of the court.
Li Er frowned.
A ten-thousand-year-old family, a hundred-year-old country!
Li Er had long known of this saying. Before the Great Tang, the country had been reduced to ashes after a hundred years, but the aristocratic families had been passed down for ten thousand years and still flourished like towering trees.
This was something Li Er did not want to see.
How could he not want to pass on the Great Tang for hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of generations!
However, he knew that as long as the aristocratic families were still around, this wish would be impossible to achieve.
"What do you think? The calamity of the aristocratic families might not be far away.”Li Er was a little worried.
His Highness did not answer.
Cheng Yaojin laughed out loud.”
"We can't kill them! We can't kill him!" Zhangsun Wuji was so shocked that he almost jumped up.
"We can't kill them. Killing a family won't be of much use, but if we kill them all, the world will be in chaos.”Fang Xuanling said hurriedly.
These words could not be said casually.
Cheng Yaojin tucked his robe and stopped talking.
After a long time, Wei Zheng sneakily got up from his chair. He ran to Li Er's side and whispered,
"Your Majesty, why don't you…go and seek the opinion of that expert in Riches Manor?”
Wei Zheng chuckled.
Li Er glanced at him.
Who knew what was wrong with Wei Zheng? Every two or three days, he would remind him that if he wanted to leave the palace, as the most loyal subject of the Emperor, he had to lead the horse and serve him.
She spent most of her free time following him closely, as if she was afraid that he would run away.
So, this was his plan!
Go and meet Little Langjun?
It had been more than ten days since he had left. He had been troubled by the matters of the aristocratic families. Coincidentally, he had not handed the bounty to Li Feng for the matter of the Retired Emperor.
In that case…
Li Er stood up and looked at the silent crowd.
"Go down and think about it. Remember, the Great Tang belongs to my Li family, not some random five surnames or seven Wangs!”
"Hmph, if you really push me too hard, I'll kill them all by myself!”
"All of you can leave."
Li Eryi flung his sleeves and returned to the inner hall.
Wei Zheng hurriedly followed.
"What's wrong with Xuan Cheng? These few days, she seemed to stick to His Majesty for no reason.”Du Ruhui looked at the two of them and asked curiously.
"Haha, Xuan Cheng's actions have always been unexpected. Let him be." Fang Xuanling said with a smile. Of course, he knew why Wei Zheng was doing this."Let's go, auxiliary machine. Let's go play mahjong.”
"Sigh, His Majesty has been worried about the aristocratic families recently. We can't help but feel ashamed.”Zhangsun Wuji shook his head." Forget it, forget it. I want to go back to the residence and think about it. The balance of the aristocratic families lies. What should I do?!"”
Fang Xuanling sighed." The aristocratic families have been around for thousands of years. They've been buried deep underground. It's a waste of effort to touch them. Why don't we think about how we can borrow their strength to live in peace?"”
Li Jing and the others nodded in agreement.
They had made their fortune with the army and had won every battle, but they felt powerless against these aristocratic families.
Zhangsun Wuji turned around and muttered to himself,""Nephew, His Majesty is really going to give you a difficult problem this time.”
Everyone left.
Zhangsun Wuji returned to the manor.
However, there were people from the Gate Clan waiting for him.
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